May 25, 2015 | Birthday, Cards, In Colors, Ronald McDonald House Charities |
I thought I would share a quick sneak peek today – it’s a brand new stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! catalog – the 2015-2016 Annual Catalog that starts on June 2, 2015.
The set is called Sprinkles of Life and you may miss it in the catalog – it is on the inside of the back cover and it’s the new Ronald McDonald House stamp set. That means for every stamp set that is sold Stampin’ Up! donates $3 to Ronald McDonald House Charities. This set is SOOO Cute! You are going to love it. I can’t wait to play with it some more. There is even a matching punch – the Tree Builder Punch – it’s what the scoops of ice cream are punched with – so it’s much more than just a tree punch. I also used the new In Color Envelope Paper – the new color I used here is Watermelon Wonder.
In case you are wondering about the background it is one of the masks in the Hooray It’s Your Day Project Kit from the Occasions catalog – be sure to order that before it’s gone – last day is June 2nd.
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May 24, 2015 | Birthday, Occasions Catalog 2015 |
Last weekend was the Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat and it was so much fun! The theme was birthday and on Friday night all the girls received a little birthday themed treat. The idea came from a swap that I received from my friend Linda at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference back in January. I loved the idea so much I wanted to use it for the retreat. And then Cindy and I decided to go a bit further and use the idea for our Make&Take project on Friday night so we got creative and made three more designs – a graduation, wedding and baby themed bag. All the bags were made using the Birthday Bash Specialty Designer Series Paper, the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies and the Celebrate Today stamp set.
As part of their goody bag of supplies everyone received part of a pack of the Birthday Bash Specialty Designer Series paper, pieces of all the coordinating card stock and pieces from the Basics Hodgepodge clips. Here is a closer look at each treat bag.
The Birthday Bag was the one that Cindy and I made ahead of time and left as a surprise on everyone’s work table. Inside I added party supplies – a whistle, buzzer, candy stick, blow pop, and a lottery ticket.
The end of the school year is here or almost here for everyone so many are in need of graduation ideas so we wanted to create a graduation bag – fill it with some cash or a gift card and the new graduate will be thrilled.
And it’s wedding season too – we focused on hearts – the heart clip and a glittery heart die cut. Are you headed to any weddings this June? We had one last year in June but I don’t think I have one to attend this year.
The colors in this paper even made a fun baby version – the Bermuda Bay has the blue for a boy and the Calypso Coral has the pink for a girl and the Crushed Curry can go either way. Fill it with something for the new little one – socks or a onesie would fit inside or something for the new mom (and dad too).
A fun collection of little bags for all occasions and the Celebrate Today stamp set works for all of them – perfect for birthdays, graduation, wedding and baby! Everyone at the retreat seemed to love making these bags.
Thanks for stopping by today. I’m trying to get myself back to a regular posting schedule and will try to have some regular features on certain days of the week. I’m working on my plan and now to see if I can implement it and then keep it going!
Have a great day!
May 21, 2015 | Cards, Occasions Catalog 2015 |
Yes I have another rainbow card today. The idea for the rainbow came to me in a dream one night – I wanted to come up with some other ways to use the masks that came in the Hooray It’s Your Day Project Kit. I thought I could make a rainbow out of the one that looks like rays from the sun. The perfect color family for a rainbow of course is the Stampin’ Up! Brights collection – remember the Roy G Biv you learned in school – here it is in Stampin’ Up! colors – Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo.
I placed my mask over a piece of Whisper White card stock and then used a sponge dauber in each color to fill in one of the sections. Before lifting my mask I used my Project Life Journaling pen to trace the edge of each section. I layered my rainbow on Basic Black card stock and then on a Whisper White card front. I used Basic Black Baker’s Twine to go around the card a couple of times and tied a bow.
The greeting is from And Many More stamp set. To finish I used some of my punches – a Daffodil Delight “sun” from the 2″ Circle punch and then some Whisper White clouds from the Cupcake Builder Punch and a little Tangerine Tango heart is from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit Die because I had it lying on my table from a different project – but we have several little heart punches that you could choose from.
Even my husband thought this was a cool card. He doesn’t often come in and comment on my cards but he picked this one up to take a closer look.
Be sure you get the Hooray It’s Your Day Project Kit before it is gone! It’s in the Occasions Catalog which ends on June 2nd. You get the mask that I used in this card, a second mask, spritzer bottles, and supplies to make 20 fun cards!
Here is a full list of supplies that I used – just click on any item to go to my online store.
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
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May 19, 2015 | Cards, class, Masculine, Retired List |
Do you need the perfect card for Father’s Day? Did you see these “parts” that I shared on my Instagram account?
Everyone loved the colors – Soft Sky, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla – together they made a perfect father’s day card.
I used the Open Sea stamp set along with Gorgeous Grunge (it makes everything better) and the And Many More stamp set for the greeting. You can easily switch out the “BEST DAD EVER” for something else. I used two retiring items on this card the Distressing tool to distress the Soft Suede layer under the sailboat and then the Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker’s Twine. All the rest is carrying over to the new catalog including all the stamp sets I used – yeah!
This card will be one of the choices in my Card Maker’s Class this week – Friday May 22nd. Join me for a morning or evening class – RSVP here.
Here are all the supplies:
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
Thanks for visiting today.
The set is called Sprinkles of Life and you may miss it in the catalog – it is on the inside of the back cover and it’s the new Ronald McDonald House stamp set. That means for every stamp set that is sold Stampin’ Up! donates $3 to Ronald McDonald House Charities. This set is SOOO Cute! You are going to love it. I can’t wait to play with it some more. There is even a matching punch – the Tree Builder Punch – it’s what the scoops of ice cream are punched with – so it’s much more than just a tree punch. I also used the new In Color Envelope Paper – the new color I used here is Watermelon Wonder.
