Feb 16, 2013 | Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2013 |
Lets do some Sale-A-Brating! In the Stampin’ Up! world that means its our biggest promotion of the year with lots of different choices for earning FREE Stampin’ Up! products. Earlier this month I had a class that focused on the Sale-A-Bration products for 2013. So I want to share some of those projects with you so you can see some ideas on the different choices that you have. Today’s project was one that we saw on stage at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference and I adapted it to be a project for my Stamper’s Club this month. This is the Happy Hello Simply Sent Card Kit – one of your Free Sale-A-Bration choices. Now you can make the cards just as they are in the kit but this little project takes the kit a bit further. You need to get some product anyway in order to get the kit free – so this is one idea for you –
It’s a super cute pouch to put some cards in and give as a gift to someone – a hostess perhaps. If you went to the Stampin’ Up! leadership conference this may look familiar. I’m not sure how Sara made her pouch but this is how I made mine.
- I used a full sheet of 8-1/2 x 11 Vellum Card Stock, score it in half at 5-1/2″ using the Simply Scored Board.
- Turn it and score at 1″ on either side.
- Cut on the 5-1/2″ score line from the outside edge to the 1″ score line on either side to create flaps. I cut away the flaps on one side.
- punch a half-circle on the side with the flaps
- Fold the pouch in half and the flaps around the back – I didn’t even use any adhesive.
- Add a piece of 1/8″ Baja Breeze Taffeta Ribbon and tie it in a bow
- Make a tag using the Extra-Large Tag punch
- The tag is stamped with the phrase that comes from the Bring on the Cake stamp set
- the butterfly is a piece of Daffodil Delight designer paper from the Polka Dot Parade paper pack using the new Bitty Butterfly punch, then a bitty flower and a rhinestone
Now make the cards that come in the Happy Hello kit – the Baker’s Twine, Rhinestones, Daffodil Flowers and Envelopes are all included in the kit. The only thing I added was on the blank card I stamped “wishing you a wonderful day” also from the Bring on the Cake stamp set.
I put two cards and envelopes in the pouch – since the kit comes with 8 you could make 4 sets! To get the Happy Hello kit free you need to put in a $50 order of Stampin’ Up! products – so here is an idea.
- Simply Scored Tool $29.95
- Vellum Card Stock $6.50
- 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon $5.95
- Bitty Butterfly punch $15.95
Use a stamp set that you have on hand, if you don’t have the tag punch cut it by hand, use some designer paper that you have on hand for the butterfly. Hopefully that gives you some inspiration. I saw another cute idea for this kit and I plan to try it out and share that with you later.
You can place your order for these products today on by website – www.monika.stampinup.net – just click on SHOP NOW.
Enjoy the weekend!
Feb 15, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2013, Spring Catalog 2013, sympathy, Vintage |
The new Stampin’ Up! Flower Trim is beautiful! If you haven’t seen it in real life you are missing out. And while the trim itself comes in Very Vanilla – you can change the color! On this card I changed my to Summer Starfruit – and I’ll share with you how I did that. Here are the two versions of this card –
These cards are very pretty in real life and I just love the little flowers. I cut off a couple of flowers for each card. Do you want to know how I changed the color from Very Vanilla to Summer Starfruit? It’s easy – here is what I did –
- I cut off the number of flowers that I wanted from the trim and placed them on a paper towel
- I used one of the new Stampin’ Spritzer bottles – fill it with some rubbing alcohol about 1/2 full or a bit more.
- Use the Summer Starfruit ink refill and add to the Spritzer bottles – the more drops the darker it will be – so you’ll have to decided what is right for you. I probably added 10 drops. Then shake it up.
- Spritz the flowers with the mixture in your spritzer bottle and let the flower dry – it shouldn’t take very long.
Here are the tips on making this card –
- The card base is Summer starfruit.
- The layer of Whisper White card stock is embossed on the bottom edge with the Needlepoint Border Embossing Folder (Spring catalog).
- Add a 1/2 piece of one of the Tea Lace Paper Doilies (Spring catalog) to the white card stock.
- Stamp sentiment on the white card stock.
- Add the leaves/stems to the doily layer. Use the piercing tool and pierce a hole on either sides of the stems to pull the Linen Thread through and tie in a bow.
- Attach the Whisper White panel to the card base.
- Add the flowers to the stems – I used glue dots.
Here is another version of the card –
If you look at the two version of the cards there are just a couple of minor differences –
- The stamp set that I used – So Sorry on one and Vintage Versus from the Sale-A-Bration brochure on the other
- The stems/leaves that I used – the Bird Builder punch on one and the Little Leaves Sizzlits die on the other.
I hope you like this card. I do and will probably make a few more as I need some more sympathy cards and I think this one turned out very peaceful looking. Thanks for stopping by today. All the products that I used are available in my online store on my website – just click the SHOP NOW button – www.monika.stampinup.net
Feb 14, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Spring Catalog 2013, Valentine's Day |
Happy Valentine’s Day! We made Valentine’s at the Ronald McDonald House on Tuesday night. And since today – Valentine’s Day was going to be a Create with Connie & Mary challenge day I decided to use the sketch for the card we were making at the Ronald McDonald House. Stampin’ Up! has a partnership with the Ronald McDonald House Charities and demonstrators from all over volunteer time to get crafty with house guests everywhere. I go with a small group of demonstrators to one of the houses here in the Atlanta area – we try to visit every month. And since it was the week of Valentine’s day of course we had to make Valentine cards.
This weeks Challenge at Create with Connie & Mary is a sketch challenge. Plus you can get daily inspiration right now if you join Create with Connie & Mary Spring 2013 Online class. They are show-casing items from the Stampin’ Up! Spring catalog plus Sale-A-Bration! Lots of great ideas and its not too late to join.
Here is a look at the sketch for this week –
Since I wanted a Valentine card – the first thing was to take the flower and make it a heart. Then I just played with the rest until I got something I wanted. I ended up turning the sketch for my card. It needed to be a simple card for everyone at the Ronald McDonald house to make. And I pre-prepped several pieces ahead of time so they just had to glue them on.
Here are some details on this card –
- card base is Primrose Petals and I used the hearts folder from the Adorning Accents Embossing Folders to add hearts across the bottom (I did this ahead for them)
- Above the embossed hearts is a scalloped piece of Pool Party card stock – this was cut with the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL die (I cut these ahead of time too)
- They stamped a greeting above the scallops – they had a choice of four different ones – “Happy Valentine’s Day” from Wacky Wishes, “Be My Valentine” from Delightful Dozen, “You’re in My thoughts, You’re in my Heart” from Word Play, and “happy valentine’s day” from Teeny Tiny Wishes – all the stamping was done in Real Red ink (it’s best to have only one color ink to choose from when we stamp there)
- I punched hearts from the More Amore Designer Series paper using the Full Heart punch (I punched all these ahead of time). They added them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- I also had a couple of hearts from the Hearts A Flutter stamp set that they could use. They were able to write and stamp on the inside of their card and decorate the envelopes too.
- We had cards for grandma’s, auntie’s, mama’s, and sister’s.
- Signed and sealed and ready to be delivered!
Here are some photos of our Stampers’s this week.
I hope you gave some love to someone close to you and even to someone you didn’t even know! I know everyone had the Ronald McDonald House that stamped with us really had a fun time.
Visit the Create with Connie & Mary site to see the creations from the rest of the design team and to submit your own creation for this new challenge. Plus don’t forget to check out the 2013 Spring class going on right now!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Stamps: Wacky Wishes (and others listed above but not shown on this sample)
- Card Stock: Primrose Petals, Pool Party
- Accessories: Full Heart Punch, Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Adorning Accents Embossing Folders, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL die, More Amore Specialty Designer Series paper, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Feb 13, 2013 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Scrapbook Pages, Spring Catalog 2013, Valentine's Day |
We are quickly closing in on Valentine’s Day and if you happen to take photos on that day or any other day and want to scrapbook the photos of the ones you love here is the perfect layout for that. Using the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Hearts A Flutter Stamp set and framelits – all from the Stampin’ Up! Spring catalog.
We made this fun layout at my scrapbook class last month. It’s full of hearts of all shapes, sizes and patterns. Let’s take a closer look at everything I used –
- The bases of this layout is Basic Gray – this is a two-page 12″ x 12″ layout
- On either side is a strip of Real Red card stock that was die cut on one edge with the Finishing Touches Edgelit Die and then layered with a strip from the More Amore Specialty Designer Series paper
- Tucked in on either side are Very Vanilla and Pool Party card stock that has been cut with the Labels Collection Framelit Dies – I actually used the same size die for both colors and just off set them to show the layers.
The banner is made from the Hearts a Flutter stamp set and the pieces cut with the Hearts a Flutter framelits – these can be purchased as a bundle (15% savings). The colors are Pool Party, Primrose Petals and Real Red. The banner is accented with a laser cut heart from the More Amore Specialty paper and a button from the Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack (you can earn this for free during Sale-A-Bration). I used the Pool Party Baker’s Twine to string everything together.
The photo mats are Very Vanilla – but you could completely replace those with photos, or use them as mats.- Along the bottom of the photo mats are lots of hearts – punched with the Full Heart and Small Heart punch and die cut with the heart from the Hearts a Flutter framelits. A few stamped ones are sprinkled in and another laser cut heart.
For the title I added the Love you stamp from Seasonal Sayings – this set was originally in the Holiday Mini catalog but it was carried over into the spring catalog – did you notice there is a full page of carry-over items all listed in the back of the Stampin’ Up! Spring catalog. This was cut out with the Apothecary Accents Framelit die set and then a Pool Party Label framelit is layered behind it.- Now add the photos!
Come back tomorrow for the last of the 14 hearts! If you would like to order of the products that I used visit my online store on my website – www.monika.stampinup.net – or contact me to place an order for you. If you are local to me I will have a table at the Bascomb United Methodist Scrapbook Crop on March 2nd and have scrapbook layouts and kits available for sale.
Feb 12, 2013 | Big Shot, Spring Catalog 2013, Valentine's Day |
For Heart #12 I have a cute fabric heart pouch. All sewed up for Valentine’s day and filled with kisses. This was a swap from Leadership created by Patty Shipley.
I received just this little pouch which is made from the More Amore Designer Fabric from Stampin’ Up! – use the Heart Framelits to cut the fabric and a piece of heavy weight plastic and then put kisses in the center and sew around to close it up. On the list of supplies there are a few more items listed – a stamp set, designer paper, twine and cardstock – perhaps there was supposed to be a tag on here too – I’m sure that was cute too.
Speaking of sewing I am on the hunt for a new sewing machine so I can make crafty little things like this. If anyone has a suggestion let me know.
Tonight I’ll be going to the Ronald McDonald house to make Valentine’s with the guests that are there. It happens to be my challenge card for Create with Connie & Mary – so you’ll see it on Thursday – it is a very Simple Valentine card. Plus tomorrow I’ll share my Valentine Scrapbook layout – and I think that should complete the 14 hearts projects.
Thanks for visiting!
