One thing that makes a stamp set truly worth the investment is when it can be used for a variety of occasions. And that is certainly true ...
Mornin’ guys. Hope your week is going well as we hit hump day! My share today is a sneak peek of one of the most fun stamp sets in the upcoming 2016 Occasions Catalog. Those of us who went…
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I'm so thrilled to be part of this AMAZING blog hop! I'm even more excited to be sharing some very awesome NEW products from the 2016 Occasions Catalogue. We have some of the most talented and well known SU demonstrators from around the world joining in today so be sure to hop your way through all the blogs to see their beautiful creations. If you have just come from Janneke de Jong then you are in the right place! It was very hard to choose which of the new products to use - I'm in love with them all! Get your wishlists started you will want them all too. To sweeten the deal SALE-a-BRATION also starts on January 5th so stay tuned for more on what you can earn for FREE!! Here is my Tropical card using framelit cut outs from the Botanical Gardens range. I just looove it. Be inspired with this colour swatch, feel free to share and pin it! Click to Shop Online for SU products Click to Join My Australian Team & choose Occasions products in your starter kit! Thank you so much for joining our Stars Blog Hop. Please hop your way through all the projects, up next we have the beautiful and talented Allison Okamitsu 1 Steffi Helmscrott 2 Kylie Bertucci 3 Brian King 4 Jenni Pauli 5 Louise Sharp 6 Sam Donald 7 Janneke de Jong 8 Carolina Evans - You're here! 9 Allison Okamitsu 10 Martha Inchley 11 Erica Cerwin 12 Michelle Last
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I was just starting to play with this stamp set called Special Reason when I found out it is retiring on May 31st. It has a set of matching dies called Stylish Stems, which is also retiring. This…
SNEAK PEAK! I recently attended a Stampin'' Up! OnStage event in New Jersey. At that event we were able to preview the new mini catalog and play with a bunch of new products. I was able to advance purchase a few of these new products from the 2017 Stampin' Up! Occasions m
Welcome to my Stampin' Up! Blog! My name is Bruno Bertucci and I'm married to Kylie.
I've been showing a LOT of floral ideas for the Botanicals for You stamp set I featured this week to showcase one of the most popular Sale-A-Bration 2016 freebies (find out how to get it for free!) So I thought I'd share a couple of masculine card ideas you could also make with this versatile set. Dial down the flowers and you've still got magic! TIP: I used my Stamp-A-Majigg to perfectly position my stamp a second time, so I could create a "drop shadow" of Pool Party ink behind my Night of Navy words. Works great! It went so...
Good news! Good news! I was promoted to Silver Elite during the most recent Sale-a-Bration! Yay! So excited!!!! Thank you to Joan and Karen for joining my team! Welcome! At... [Read More]
I'm late posting photos of the cards created for this month's class swap. Being under the weather for the better part of six days put me way behind, but it feels great to be back in my stamp room! In case you don't know about the class swaps, those who attend my monthly class decide on a swap theme for the next month's class. The March theme was to feature a color combination using 3 to 4 colors from one of Stampin' Up!'s color collections. The fun thing about a color combo theme is that it can seem that none of the cards have anything in common, except the theme which is definitely not apparent when looking at these creations: This is Jane's lovely creation featuring Inside the Lines DSP and a fun envelope pocket/flap layer. The ribbon adds so much to this design. If you don't believe me, just try to imagine the card without it. Debbie designed and created this colorful and cheery Z-fold card. I like the clever design using the decorative die-cut to hide the sentiment inside. This also allows for more sentiment/signature space--which is also colorful and decorative. Lisa's waterfall of petals and leaves, featuring "Special Reason" stamp set. I love how the DSP behind the stamped layer is playing color peekaboo and giving a hint of more flowers, tying the overall design all together. This is Terry's beautiful creation. I had trouble capturing all of her gorgeous shading for the sky in my photo, but it is so striking in person. Her lighthouse ground is heat embossed, which adds an extra element of texture to such a pretty scene. And lastly, this is the card that I created for the swap. It features colors from the Brights Collection that I sponged onto a piece of Irresistibly Floral DSP.
My oldest sister has a son who is getting married in May. My sister is what you would call a free spirit. She loves nature, she is an awesome cook, she meditates and takes care of herself. She …
Het is alweer even geleden dat je Vintage Vrijdag op mijn blog voorbij hebt zien komen. Nou ja, laten we het maar even niet over mijn blogdip van vorig jaar hebben. Mijn goede voornemen voor 2016 is om dit wekelijkse item weer op te pakken en deze week tel ik dus door waar ik was gebleven. Voor deze kaart heb ik gebruik gemaakt van een aantal sets die leuk met elkaar combineren. Als eerste de Butterfly Basics. Deze set bestaat uit diverse stempels waarmee je de achtergrond kunt maken. Deze heb ik afgedrukt op het mooie Shimmery White Cardstock. De bloem heb ik ingekleurd met behulp van een blenderpen en inkt uit de deksel van mijn inktpad. Voor de rand heb ik gebruik gemaakt van de set Timeless Textures. Dit is een set uit de nieuwe voorjaar/zomer catalogus. Deze set bestaat uit verschillende stempels voor het maken van achtergronden met de Layering Techniek. De Kolibri komt uit de set Picture Perfect. Deze Two-Step Stampin set bestaat uit 3 afbeeldingen die je kunt opbouwen uit meerdere stempels. De tekst Thanks komt uit de set Another Thank You. Wil je dit kaartje maken? Klik dan op Supply List onder de lijst met super leuke kits die ook nieuw zijn in de voorjaar/zomer catalogus. Je vindt daar alle materialen die ik heb gebruikt voor deze kaart. Op dinsdagavond 26 januari geef ik een workshop met de set Picture Perfect. Je maakt 3 kaartjes waarbij je de Two-Step techniek kunt toepassen. Meer in formatie vindt je in mijn activiteitenkalender. Je kunt je opgeven middels de RSVP knop voor deze workshop. Ik wens je een heel gezellig weekend en hoop je snel weer te zien voor een nieuw kaartje!
I just love "Punch Art", your creativity can just run wild! And today I have found another version of Punch Art with the Playful Pals Stamp and Framelit set This bundle is available on January 5th - I was a bit overwhelmed at first, there are 50 stamps and 18 framelit dies in the bundle, so where to begin. For some reason the frog legs jumped out at me - no pun intended! I stamped and cut the legs eyes, fussy cut the body. I started just moving the pieces around on my desk, and before I knew it I had crated my adorable little frog, I just love those big eyes! - but he needed something else.... a lily pad, I stamped the "solid" body stamp then fussy cut. The sentiment and sun are a Sale-A-Bration stamp set, also available January 5th. Challenge 217 at Freshly Made Sketches gave me inspiration for my layout. I hope you have enjoyed my project; I would love to update you when I create a post! If you would like to receive an email from me when I do Click Here. You can also subscribe for my newsletter for Stampin' Up news, updates and Sales. Thanks for visiting, It's Year End Sale time! For those that live in Australia and want to get a bargain click here to see what is on offer at my online store. Use the Hostess code displayed at the top of my blog when you check out and you will be eligible for a Thank You gift for for shopping with me - Learn more here - be sure to click YES that you allow me as your demonstrator to contact you in your account settings otherwise I won't be able to forward your Thank You gift.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating today! I hope that you’re able to spend the day with your loved ones…we’ll soon be stuffed with Prime Rib, cheesy hash brown potatoes a…
For this card I cased a card in the new 2016 Occasions Catalogue (pg. 22 Occasions). I liked how the butterflies were used on this card and is is an easy card to whip up when in a hurry. Rather than using the Mint Macaron ink pad, I used Versamark for the lace stamp. For the butterflies I used most of the current In-Colours (Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, & Delightful Dijon). To create the corners of the Whisper White panel, a 1/2" circle punch was used. That is the only element that is popped up with dimensionals. For the inside, just a couple of butterflies, a sentiment and a strip of the lovely lace (that didn't stamp too well for me this time). Well that concludes the Sneak Peeks for the "Grateful Bunch" stamp set bundle with "Blossom Bunch" Punch. Next Sneak Peeks will be using some of the "Going Place DSP" and "Going Global" stamp set! See you tomorrow!! What I used for this card you will find below (with the exception of the new Bundle). Happy Stamping! Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE YEAR-END SALE ITEMS BEFORE THEY ARE ALL GONE! CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL SALE ITEMS Using the Hostess Code. If you are placing an order greater than $200, you will earn Stampin’ Rewards that you should redeem and enjoy. Yay! If your order is less than $200, though, I’d love for you to add this Hostess Code to your order:29RDQCHZ Using the Hostess Code: Sign in to your online account and be sure you see me as your demonstrator in the top right corner Have fun while selecting your items Enter the Hostess Code before checkout (toward the left bottom of page) and click on apply.
Happy Tuesday and you know what today is - a tip! We have all heard the expression....if you are given lemons....find away to make Lemonade! Know you know me by now...I am very honest an up front about how I like products, what products do I not care for and other products than Stampin' Up! products that I find to make my Stampin' experience better! The main thing is....to have fun and it is as simple as that! I am going to be totally upfront....the Paper Pumpkin Kit for December was not my cup of
I used the Stampin’ Up! Honeycomb Happiness stamp set from the upcoming 2016 Sale-a-bration Brochure to create my card to share today.
Hi Stamping Friends! The spring flowers have been amazing this week here in Indiana! I was worried that our late cold snap may have damaged the flowering plants and trees, but most are looking better than ever! My flowering plum tree was practically dead last fall and it is blooming like crazy now.
These cute little dragonflies are part of a new set of Thinlits that are in the 2017 Occasions Catalog. They are called Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies and they have a matching stamp set called D…
I'm in love with this new bundle in the Occasions 2017 catalog! It's called Dragonfly Dreams. It's very versatile. I would use it for a birthday, get well, congrats, thank you, thinking of you card. I made several of these cards at once. First, I started with Whisper White cardstock and cut the dragonflies. I stamped on another piece of Whisper White with the dots from the stamp set. I used three colors - Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party and Perfect Plum, and then mounted it behind the dragonflies. I colored the dragonflies with the Wink of Stella pen but you can't see it in the photo. I love the shimmery look! I finished it off with some Metallic Enamel Shapes. I decided to see what the dragonflies would look like in Pear Pizzazz on the white panel. I liked the look even more! The sentiment is from Sheltering Tree. Let me know which is your preference. And I will post a third on another day! Check out the new catalogs here:
This is one of the cards we made in class this week. The die cut image is from the Window Box die set. Thanks for stopping by!
Welcome to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop for Febraury 2016, we have the great pleasure to have Patty Bennett as special guest. This month our theme is "Inspired by Patty", our task - to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) one of Patty's projects. I absolutely adore the Flowering Fields stamp set, so the project below was my call to CASE: I love how Patty has combined stamping and Designer Series paper, separating the elements with the ribbon or washi tape. Here is my Patty inspired project: My project features 2 of the amazing Sale-a-Bration products, Flowering Fields Stamp set and Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper. I used Basic Black Archival to stamp the images and Aqua Painters to colour - I had a burst of inspiration and created a 2nd card! Can you see the Wink of Stella on the water colouring? It has an amazing shimmer in real life, but is a tad difficult to photograph! The sentiments are from the One Big Meaning set available in the Annual Catalogue. I would love it if you could pin my cards! Thank you so much to Patty Bennett for your time and inspiration. So make sure you hop all the way around our Crazy Crafters hop and see all the incredible ideas, and if you have a chance please leave a comment, we love receiving comments. You are currently on my blog - Sue Vine, check who is below me and that is where to head to next! Thanks for hopping with us. I would love to update you when I create a post! If you would like to receive an email from me when I do Click Here. You can also subscribe for my newsletter for Stampin' Up news, updates and Sales. Thanks for visiting today, If you use the current Hostess code displayed at the top of my blog at the check out and you will be eligible for a Thank You gift for for shopping with me - Learn more here - be sure to click YES that you allow me as your demonstrator to contact you in your account settings otherwise I won't be able to forward your Thank You gift. Remember Sale-a-Bration is THE MOST exciting time in the Stampin' Up!® Calendar as it means FREE products. EVERY $90AUD you spend you get a free exclusive Sale-a-Bration product! There is no limit to the amount you can earn either. Click here to learn more about the fabulous benefits of the Sale- A- Bration event, and here to see the exclusive freebie products on offer for a limited time. Turn something you love into so much more .... Pay $169 and get $295 of product! That's $126 of FREE product Click Here to join and take advantage of the extra product bonus during Sale-A-Bration
Today’s share is a cute card that can be adapted for any occasion or gender – bicycles are easy like that! Plus the Love Blossoms Paper Stack has quite romantic prints and neutral prints! The bicycle was watercoloured in, so naturally one could change up the colour to suit the occasion. I just love how ... Read More about Pedal Pushers – NEW FREE Items for SaleABration!
Today I’m sharing a sneak peek at an upcoming stamp set from the 2016 Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration brochure. I used the Flowering Fields stamp set to create my card for the Sunday Stamp…
#stampinup #faithfulinkspirations #onstage2017 Today's card is a sparkling masterpiece created by Michele Fleming. I'm sure you'll agree with me that it's simply stunning! Michele started with a 2-3/4" by 4" piece of Basic Black Card Stock, cutting out two of the flowers using the Stylish Stems Framelits. She stamped a sentiment from the "Beautiful You" stamp set in Versamark Ink, sprinkled on some White Stampin' Emboss Powder, and set it with her Heat Tool. She adhered this onto a 3" by 4-1/4" piece of Silver Glimmer Paper. Next, Michele adhered this assembly onto a 3-1/4" by 4-1/2" piece of Basic Black Card Stock, which she had wrapped a length of 1/8" Silver Ribbon around. She then embossed the front of a Basic Black Card Stock card base with the Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. She adhered the focal piece to this using Stampin' Dimensionals. Finally, Michele added three Basic Rhinestones to the card for just a bit more bling. Don't you agree that this card is simply stunning?! tams# 12805 Product List Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143637] $28.00 Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50 Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.00 Silver Glimmer Paper [135314] $5.00 Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141493] $7.50 Stylish Stems Framelits Dies [142750] $31.00 Silver 1/8" Ribbon [132137] $5.00 Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] $5.00 White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $5.00 Heat Tool [129053] $30.00
Ik ben Stampin' Up! demonstratrice in Boxtel. Op mijn blog deel ik nieuws, aanbiedingen en voorbeelden van kaarten, cadeautjes en scrap Lay-outs.
It's Border Buddy Saturday and it's Alison here today! I'm sharing a cute card using the Little Cuties stamp set which is one of the sets Patsy and I have included in our Free Card program for March. This is a simple little card using our Note Cards & Envelopes which come in both Whisper ... Read More about Border Buddy Saturday – Little Cuties
Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches! Each week, one member of our design team creates a sketch for you to try, the twist is to keep your project clean-lined and fresh! The "Clean Team" has come up with some "Freshly Made" designs to get you in the spirit! We are so excited to visit your blog and to see what YOU create with our sketch! Greetings! It's Rita here this week with a bit of a funky sketch for you. I hope you'll give it a shot and see what you come up with. I know the team did such an amazing job with it and you will as well. I look forward to seeing you in the gallery! Jennifer Brum Linda Callahan Narelle Farrugia Cindy Hall Karren Johnson Cindy Lovell Taking the week off but stop by to say hi! Jen Mitchell Amy O'Neill Kim Singdahlsen Jennifer Timko Rita Wright We have a few simple rules to keep things fun and fair for all of our players: Please use any crafting product you would like to use. Feel free to combine our sketch with up to THREE other challenges, except another sketch challenge. Please add a DIRECT link to your blog when adding your card to the linky below. If linking to a public gallery, please use keyword FMS216. Please include our sketch and a link back to Freshly Made Sketches on your post. Have fun! This challenge will end at 12:00p (noon) PST on Monday, December 14th. On Tuesday we will announce the winner of this week's sketch challenge who will known as the "Queen of Clean" and each Design Team Member will choose one "Princess".
This is one of the 8 videos shared in my Bundle of the Month virtual classroom featuring the Dragonfly Dreams, Did you miss order the bundle for the class? Want to be part of next months class – Oh So Succulent Bundle of the month? Want just a viewing membership to my virtual classroom with […]
#stampinup #faithfulinkspirations Today's card has a clean and simple feel to it. Don't go thinking that "clean and simple" means "plain and boring." This card has so much texture and color that it pops! I love the way the flower pops off the Whisper White background. It's so dramatic. And so easy to make!! I stamped the flower from the "Special Reason" stamp set in Watermelon Wonder onto a Whisper White scrap. Then I cut out the flower with the coordinating Stylish Stems Framelits Dies. You can get both these fabulous products in a bundle and save 10% over purchasing them separately. Next, I colored the petals closest to the center of the flower with a Watermelon Wonder Stampin' Write Marker. And then I colored all over the flower with the Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush so that the flower really sparkles! I stamped the two solid image leaves from this set in Emerald Envy onto Whisper White scrap and cut them out with the matching Stylish Stems Framelit. To build the card, I started with a Thick Whisper White Card Stock card base, cut lengthwise. I adhered a 3-3/4" by 5" Whisper White mat, which I embossed with the Festive Embossing Folder, to a 3-7/8" by 5-18" Watermelon Wonder layer. Next, I knotted a length of Whisper White Organza Ribbon and wrapped it around these layers before adhering them to the card base. I adhered one of the wonderful Lace Doilies to the card--these doilies are wonderful because they are Whisper White on one side and Very Vanilla on the other. Squee!! Then I adhered the leaves and, finally, I used Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the flower. I stamped the "happy birthday" sentiment from the same stamp set in Emerald Envy on to a 1/2" strip of Whisper White Card Stock, flagged the end with my Paper Snips, and then adhered this to the card, tucking it under the ribbon. Sweet! tams# 11422 Product List Special Reason Clear-Mount Bundle [144720] $45.75 Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [138323] $6.50 Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] $6.50 2015-2017 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [138333] $15.00 Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00 Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00 Watermelon Wonder 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138334] $8.00 Watermelon Wonder 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138334] $8.00 Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00 Lace Doilies [142793] $4.50 Festive Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141471] $8.50 Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00 Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $10.00
Hi Stampers, Today we will be making this beautiful card using a technique called Faux Quilted background . I got a swap card from my friend Karen Duke and she used this technique on her swap
I made this card for a color challenge I wanted to participate in but didn’t. It was during my stressful and hectic December when things just got away from me. I am back on track now so I’ll be postin
Hi everyone! Hope you had a fabulous weekend! I've got some masculine cards for you today...I am meeting with five lovely ladies this morning to do some stamping and I wanted to show them some cards using the Urban Underground Specialty DSP! The first uses the Match the Sketch sketch: I used some of the cool silver and black hexagon DSP with silver foil and Smoky Slate cardstocks, along with Guy Greetings for the first card: It's a little easier to see the foil here....I stamped "DAD" with Stazon ink and stamped the other images with Basic Black and fussy -cut them out. I created my own background by stamping the sentiment on the angle repeatedly all over the Smoky Slate cardstock, and I added some Timeless Textures images as well! The second one incorporates the As You See It Sketch: and some other papers from the same DSP set: The top strip also has silver foil x's on it; the central panel is regular DSP and I stamped the birthday sentiment from February's Paper Pumpkin kit directly onto it and added some of the dot elements as well: The final embellishment is some silver wire thread and a little "bolt"! Since the panel is on an angle, it was a little tricky to keep the wire from slipping. I solved the problem by cutting a wee little slit on each side of my card and nestling the wire in the slit. Worked like a charm! Thanks for popping in today!!! Be sure to come back tomorrow for the latest Stamp Ink Paper challenge, too! A little Duplo play! Have a splendid day! Project Details- All Products SU Unless Otherwise Noted Stamps Guy Greetings, February Paper Pumpkin, Timeless Textures Card stock & Papers Whisper White, Basic Black, Naturals White, Silver Foil, Urban Underground Specialty DSP Ink Stazon, Basic Black, Smoky Slate Accessories Urban Underground Embellishments, Silver Wire Tools Bg Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Aquapainter, Misti
Hi friends! Happy to share my card for The Paper Players with you. This week, the sensational Sandy is our hostess with a fun Theme Challenge: I was so excited for this one because I really like to fussy cut. I find it very relaxing--funny, right? I know some people find it stressful but I can really get in the zone when I'm snipping! Despite that, I ended up using some dies on today's card and no fussy-cutting at all! Just shows, that you have to go where inspiration takes you. Oh how I love the Dragonfly Dreams set and coordinating dies--it was the first thing I purchase from the Ocassions catalog. Paired with the Affectionately Yours designer paper is gorgeous. I love the bright, spring colors and the pop of copper throughout. There's not much explaining needed for this card--it's really pretty simple. The dots from this set were stamped in Mint Macaron onto the cardstock of the same color and the sentiment was stamped directly with Night of Navy ink. You do need to see a close-up of this gorgeous dragonfly resplendent in Copper Foil. The detail of this die is amazing and cuts beautifully from the foil paper. I cut an extra dragonfly from Vellum cardstock and added it to the background for a subtle extra layer. I like the gossamer look of the vellum. The stamps in this set are just as gorgeous as the detailed dies. The detail SU is able to achieve even with the photopolymer stamps is amazing. I never thought they would be able to match the detail of red rubber in the clear stamps but this set proves that they have! I hope you enjoyed my Affectionately Dragonfly Dreams card....it will be headed out to a special friend who enjoys nature and all manner of winged creatures! Do check out the lovely creations from the rest of the Design Team over at The Paper Players...maybe you'll even join us before the challenge closes on Friday, March 10th at Noon (PST). Thanks for stopping by! The Paper Players Design Team Claire Broadwater Jaydee Joanne James Laurie Schmidt LeAnne Pugliese Nance Leedy Sandy Mathis Crystal Komara Valentyna Komisarenko Deanne
