Jun 4, 2015 | Catalogs, Designer Series Paper, Embellishments, SU Ribbon |
With a new catalog comes new ribbons, new Designer Papers, new basic papers and new Embellishments. Flipping through the pages I always have a long list because I want to see it all and sample it all. So for the past few years I have been offering product shares. This allows you to get a sampling of the new products without having to purchase full packages of everything. I buy them and divide everything amongst a group of people. You can see, feel and play with your samples and then order more of the items you love!
This time I have 6 different choices for you:
- Ribbon Share $34 – includes all the new ribbon pg. 158-159
- Designer Paper Share $25.50 – includes samples of all the new Designer paper pg. 142 – 144
- Color Collections Paper Stack Share $19 – includes samples of all the monochromatic stacks pg. 144
- Paper Basics share $9 – includes new items in our basics and base materials pg. 148-149, 151
- Embellishments share $8 – includes new embellishments pg. 160-161
- Gotta Have it All $95 – includes the 5 shares mentioned above plus the new sequins
Choose any combination that you would like. The shares will be available to pick up at my house or I can mail them to you for the cost of postage. Payments due June 14th for orders going in on the 15th. If you have questions let me know.
Contact me to arrange payment – Email me
May 27, 2015 | Birthday, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Paper Pumpkin |
Remember yesterday I mentioned that I had a card to share showing an alternate idea for the stamps in the May Paper Pumpkin Kit. Well here it is…
The happy birthday stamp with the swirls is from the May Paper Pumpkin kit. Plus I used ink spots from some earlier kits – Bermuda Bay and Tangerine Tango to ink the stamp – little spots are easy to use for inking just a portion of the image in one color and the rest of the image in another color. The big ink pads you can’t really do that with – you could however use the Stampin’ Write Markers to do this but sometime I think the ink pads give better coverage of ink.
The Tangerine Twine in the button is also from what comes in the kit – I just separated the twisted twine and used some of the Tangerine threads to go through the silver metal button. It’s also the same twine we had in the Holiday catalog and in the carryover section of the Occasions catalog – so you can order more of it through June 2nd.
I also used some of the retiring designer paper – this pack is called Confetti Celebration – which is bright with geometric patterns in it. I do have another sneak peek item that I used on this card!! I bet you can’t guess what it is. It’s a brand new PUNCH coming in the new catalog and I think it’s going to be a top seller! I’ve already been using it like crazy – it’s the new Banner Triple Punch – and it punches the little banner tails for you and has guides for 3 different widths of paper – 1″, 1-1/2″ and 2″. Plus I found that I was still able to use it outside of the guides for other widths of paper – i just flipped it over so I could see where it was punching the tails underneath. This punch will be available June 2nd!
The May Paper Pumpkin kit was a fun Birthday kit with cards, gift bags and even tissue to go inside. If you want to join the fun be sure to sign up for the Paper Pumpkin Special right now. It’s only through JUNE 10th –
Offer Details: Use the code SAVE50 to join Paper Pumpkin before June 10, 2015, and get 50% off the first two months! After that, keep the creativity coming for only $19.95 + tax per month (shipping included). It’s for new subscribers on a month-to-month subscription. Click here for more info and to join.
I hope you liked that alternate card idea.
Jul 22, 2014 | Cards, Designer Series Paper |
Today’s card is called a Twisted Easel card. Sue demonstrated this style of card at my last team meeting. And then I decided to make a version using the A Little Smile stamp set for one of my classes.
It’s a standard sized card with a diagonal score line across the front flap so that you can fold it. Then you need a raised element on what would be the inside of the card. That is so you can tuck the fold front behind it and it can stand up on your desk. This one is fun and bright and I think would be perfect on a work desk to give you a smile every time you see it! So maybe you can make one for a friend and brighten their day!
Since it is still a standard size card – just un-tuck the front and fold it flat to slide it in an envelope. The trick with the front is that it needs to be as long as the card is wide – so in this case 4-1/4″ – so you can see when folded flat the front is shorter than the back.
Here are the supplies:
Don’t forget the sale on Designer Series paper – buy 3 packs and get one free.
Thanks for stopping by!
Jul 14, 2014 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Designer Series Paper |
Today is my baby’s 18th birthday! Now I’m feeling old. My youngest child is 18. How can that be? I’ve been looking through old photos today and posting them in an album on my personal FB page – its’ like watching him grow up all in one day. Now I started with digital photos in 2002 so that is where I started. I’d have to go find the real baby pictures and scan those in. That’s a future project not for today. I’m also finishing up getting ready for convention. The Stampin’ Up! convention is this week and I’ve been waiting all year to see a bunch of my friends from all over North America. This year worked out well with convention squeezed in right between Ryan’s 18th birthday (today) and our 25th wedding anniversary (on the 22nd). Usually convention runs into one of the other of those special days.
Anyway on to the card I want to share today – it’s the card I made for Ryan for his birthday – and also used for one of my stamp club projects which was on Friday night. Ryan thought it was one of the cooler cards that I’ve made in a while – I’m glad he liked it so much.
I used the star framelits to make a star shaped card. Once I was done though the largest star doesn’t fit in a regular size envelope so the solution was to use the envelope punch board and make one to fit it! Plus I was able to use that extra star from the center to add to the envelope. Now this is not one I would mail out to anyone – it’s one you want to hand out to someone special – you don’t want the start to get smushed – its got some dimension to it – and then the specialty designer paper that I used for the envelope is the thinner paper and probably wouldn’t make it through the mail system.
Happy Birthday Ryan!
Here is what I used to make this card:
Thanks for the visit today.
Jul 5, 2014 | Cards, Designer Series Paper, SU Ribbon |
I have a monthly card class for some of the ladies that work at Kennesaw State University. The school mascot is an owl so its fun to have owl themed cards as part of their class. In the new Stampin’ Up! catalog is a set called So Very Happy and it has a cute little owl in it. This month we made a card with that set –
The idea for this card came from I swap I received from my friend Connie Babbert. I made a few changes – different colors, Designer paper, ribbon and punch topper. The designer paper that I used is the Lullaby paper – which is a “baby” paper but doesn’t have any baby images so you can use it for other things. One side is the “blue” side and the other is the “pink” side of the designer paper. I have another card to share later that is a baby card and with this paper I could easily use the same card design and make it either boy or girl by flipping the paper over. For this card I used the “blue” side – so the colors include Coastal Cabana, Hello Honey, Pistachio Pudding and the Baked Brown Sugar.
One of my favorite parts is the thick baker’s twine – I used three colors of twine and pulled them trough the top of the two tags. Then tied the little knots in the end to keep them from fraying.
Enjoy your day!
Jul 1, 2014 | Blendabilities, Designer Series Paper |
Thanks everyone! While I did not have enough to earn the Getaway incentive trip – just a bit short of that… I did have success with pre-paid Paper Pumpkin subscription and have a new member of my Stampin’ Up! Team!
Plus another surprise this morning – some time ago I entered a Paper Pumpkin creation contest where we used the stamps to create new projects – well today in the Stampin’ Up! announcements I’m listed as a winner of a $50 SU shopping spree! That’s always a good thing to wake up to!
Thank you again for supporting me and let’s try again to earn the next incentive trip – I wonder where it will be…..
I need to get my latest projects all photographed so that I can share them with you. In the meantime here are a couple of product updates for you.
Blendabilities are now available –
And a sale on Designer Paper!
Talk to you later…
