Cards

Many of us are getting ready to host or attend gatherings with family and friends today to kick off summer. I hope we all take a moment though, to remember what this day is all about. Let’s remember those soldiers who have given their lives for our country.

Check out this amazing picture. This was taken at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis a few years ago. All I can say is wow! I grew up in Minneapolis and I drive by this cemetery every time I fly back into town as it’s right near the airport.

As we’re remembering those brave soldiers we can still think about creating cards. I love the red, white and blue of patriotic projects. I created this patriotic card a LONG time ago. Stampin’ Up! is updating our demonstrator websites (woo hoo!) and we’re going to lose any content we had uploaded to it. Before I had a blog I used to upload cards I had created to my demonstrator website. I took a quick glance through the many projects and saved a bunch of them. Holy cow! These cards were pretty old! It was quite funny to look through them. I’ve decided that I’m going to have to start sharing them on Thursday for Throwback Thursday! You’ll want to check back on Thursdays if you’re in need of a good chuckle! Ha!

This card was created as a birthday card but could be used for patriotic occasions by just using another sentiment. I sure do miss the star punches though. Stampin’ Up! used to have this smaller star punch as well as a larger one. Of course I still have them in my stash. They come in handy when my church card making group is making cards for the Military Ministry. 😀

I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable holiday today. Take care, happy stamping and remember our fallen soldiers.

Look what came the other day! Woo Hoo! It’s here! Look at all of those amazing products! I want to play with my new toys! Unfortunately I’m headed to the north woods to open up our cabin. Don’t get me wrong, I love it up there but seriously….I want to play with my Everything Rosy Product Medley Kit!

The designer papers are GORGEOUS! ….and I’ve only showed you one side. They’re double sided! And don’t get me started on the ribbons….LOVE them! If you can’t tell, I’m pretty excited for this grouping of products!

Since I won’t be able to share any of my own samples from this medley until the end of May when it may already be sold out I want you to head on over to Pinterest and search for “Everything is Rosy stampin’ up”. There are a TON of AMAZING samples there for your inspiration.

Seriously, you need to consider purchasing this medley of products…they even come in a nice box so you can keep everything together! I am in LOVE! Of course, it helps that one of my favorite PINKs…Melon Mambo…is highlighted in the kit. 😀

Head on over to my online store and purchase your Everything is Rosy Product Medley TODAY!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Ah…simple, yet elegant. That’s what this card is. The floral design from the retiring Floral Phrases stamp set is lovely.

The sentiments in this stamp set are for weddings and thank you notes but if you just use the images like I did you can use it for any occasion. There is a border type image also in this set which I stamped on the inside of the card. You can see it in the image of the stamp set below.

This stamp set is retiring on June 3rd. It comes in wood block (#141764 $25) or clear block (#141767 $18). Did you know that starting with the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up! will only be selling photopolymer and red rubber Cling stamp sets? Some of the larger background stamps will still be available in wood block but that’s it! Quite a change for Stampin’ Up!.

I am going to miss wood block stamps. I liked to be able to grab the stamp I wanted out of the box and start stamping. However, I do love photopolymer stamps and being able to see through them to line things up perfectly the first time around. Of course what is there to not love about Cling Stamps? They stay on the block! 🙂

What is your favorite type of stamp? Wood block, clear block, cling or photopolymer? Leave a comment and let me know.

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Do you live in the Denver area? Will you be in the Denver area on June 22nd? If you can answer yes to either of these questions then I want to invite you to our SASSY Stampers & Friends Summer Stamp Camp!

What is a stamp camp? It’s an all day event with lots of stamping and fun! We’ll have 8 cards for you to make, displays, a delicious lunch, door prizes and more! Cost for this amazing event is only $40!

We’ll be using new products from the upcoming 2019-2020 Annual Catalog and we can’t wait to share them with you!

Click here to download the registration form. Final day for registration is Friday, June 14th. I hope you can join us!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

The new 2019-2021 In-Color Pretty Peacock is definitely my favorite new In-Color. It’s gorgeous! Check out the photo below. I’ve finally figured out how to use hex codes to get the actual color instead of relying on my poor photography skills.

What a fabulous color! I thought Tranquil Tide was a great addition to the Stampin’ Up! spectrum of colors because it was a blue-green that we really needed. I still like it and will miss it. But look at Pretty Peacock! AMAZING! So rich, so beautiful! Did you know that there is a whole suite in the new upcoming Annual Catalog centering around a peacock stamp?!

Oh my! There is a stamp set, dies, foil accented designer series paper, foil sheets, ribbon and rhinestones that all coordinate together! COORDINATION! Woo Hoo!

Stampin’ Up! has paired this gorgeous new color with Old Olive and Blueberry Bushel…..an AMAZING combination! I can’t wait to try it out.

What do you think of Pretty Peacock?

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Mother’s Day is sneaking up on us (as does everything!). Have you made a Mother’s Day card for your mom or the other females in your life who are mom’s?

We made this easy card in classes this week. One of the gals made about 6 of them….sisters-in-law, daughter, sister. Then she sent me a text when she got home saying she forgot to make one for her mother-in-law and her step mother-in-law! Ha!

Many of my customers liked this card but their mothers were no longer with us so I showed them how they could easily change this card up to just be a lovely floral card.

In this stamp set the pot of flowers and the sentiment are all one stamp so it makes it easy to get everything lined up in the first card. For the second card I showed my customers how to easily mask the sentiment so it wouldn’t get inked up and stamped. I first trimmed down the small piece of Whisper White cardstock and the small piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock. To mask the sentimentI took a couple of sticky notes and placed them over the sentiment on the stamp. Then I took my ink pad and inked up the pot of flowers on the stamp. I did end up with ink on the sticky note but that’s ok. Remove the sticky note and stamp your image on the cardstock. Easy Peasy!

Masking is a great way to make your stamps more versatile as in this case. Without thinking of masking the sentiment many people would have just thought….”I don’t like this stamp set because I don’t need to make Mother’s Day cards”.

The stamp set I used on this card is called “Just Because”. It’s a hostess set from the Occasions Catalog. A Hostess Set is one you can only purchase (at a specially reduced price) if you host a qualifying party or make a purchase of at least $150.

I like this stamp set because I can use my Stampin’ Blends on it to color the images yet they were small. I still get a little intimidated when I try to color large areas. Practice makes perfect though so I’ve just got to stick with it.

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping! Don’t forget to make (and send) those Mother’s Day cards! 🙂

Today is the day that you can order the Everything is Rosy Product Medley!

If you love to stamp and if you love gorgeous products this Product Medley is for YOU! I can’t wait to order mine…..tomorrow. I need to wait until tomorrow so that I can also order some more new products from the upcoming 2019-2020 Annual Catalog! Ah…the perks of being a demonstrator! 😀

Look at all of those fabulous products included in this medley! Stamp set, dies, designer paper, ribbon, rose gold foil sheets, printed dies, rose gold dies, embellishments and shimmer paint! Woo Hoo!

Look at those fabulous samples! These cards are absolutely gorgeous! I am SO excited! You can order this bundle today right in my online store! Don’t wait! I’m sure they will go FAST! They are only available during the month of May or while supplies last.

Terracotta Tile is one of the new 2019-2021 In-Colors. It’s a great addition to the Stampin’ Up! color family. It’s very close to Calypso Coral…just a little deeper. My photo above doesn’t show the true colors but it does give you an idea of how the colors compare.

I think it will be a great color for fall and of course…terracotta pots! Ha! what do you think you’ll use this color for?

I haven’t had a chance to really play with any of the new colors yet but I am looking forward to it. Terracotta Tile is a little deep/dark for the softer new In-Colors but it goes nicely with the new Pretty Peacock. I hope you’re looking forward to using the new In-Colors.

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Are you dreading saying goodbye to some of your favorite Stampin’ Up! products? I know I am. The Big Shot, the Stampin’ Trimmer, countless stamp sets, rolls of ribbon, paper, colors, embossing folders and dies. The Last Chance List or as we know it The Retiring List has been out for almost a month now. Have you checked it over to make sure you won’t miss out on your favorite products?

I always hate to see items show up on the Last Chance List because that means I can’t/won’t use them in my classes anymore. That doesn’t mean I’m getting rid of them though. The Happy Birthday Thinlit is an item I will definitely hang on to. It’s so versatile for all types of birthday cards. In the photo below you can see the card that I designed for the Military Ministry at my church. This group sends out birthday cards to all those who have served or are serving in our military from our church. I head a group that makes cards for the office and various ministries at church to send out.

Most of the birthday cards I design for the Military Ministry are red, white and blue and they usually have stars on them. This way they can be for males or females. If you’re wondering where I got the stars for the card I have to tell you that they were made with a long-retired punch. Stampin’ Up! used to carry a small star punch and a large star punch and I have them both as well as retired star framelits. I will be the first to admit that I have a TON of retired items in my stash. I’m not a hoarder. There are just some items I can’t seem to part with. How about you?

Back to this Happy Birthday thinlit….do you have one? You should! It’s a must have for any craft room. Are you interested in finding out what all is still available on the Last Chance List? Head over to my online store. This is any easy way to actually see photos of the items that are going away instead of reading them on a list. Don’t miss out on those favorite items! Shop now!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Seaside Spray is another one of the new 2019-2021 In-Colors. This color didn’t do anything for me when I first saw it. Just another light, nondescript blue. HOWEVER….that changed when I used it for the first time.

I was designing cards for next week’s Card Buffet Class and looked at my collection of ink pads and realized that Seaside Spray would work perfectly for the card I was designing. Seaside Spray is a lovely, soft light blue with a hint of gray to it. The picture below doesn’t do it justice but you can still see how it compares to Pool Party and Balmy Blue.

I do believe that I’ve found a new favorite blue. I used it for the sky on the card I designed. Perfect! What else can you see using Seaside Spray for?

What colors would you pair it with? I’ll tell you right now that it goes really well with the new Rococo Rose and of course, Night of Navy. I’m anxious to play with it and the other new In-Colors more and find some more fun color combinations.

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Rococo Rose is another one of Stampin’ Up!’s new, upcoming 2019-2021 In-Colors. Woo Hoo! Another pink! A modern dusty rose. This color is really pretty. It’s too bad my photo below doesn’t do it justice.

Even though I can’t get the colors right in my photo you can see how the new Rococo Rose compares to the other Stampin’ Up! pinks. It really helps fill out the pink spectrum. It definitely coordinates best with Blushing Bride. Petal Pink has too much orange/yellow in it and Flirty Flamingo is too bright. I don’t have Melon Mambo in my photo but that’s even bright/deeper in color than Flirty Flamingo.

Can you just picture the gorgeous flowers you can stamp using this amazing new color? Hmmm…I may have to get my stamps and ink out and see what I can come up with! I’m already picturing how gorgeous it will be when used with a DistINKtive floral stamp. Wow!

What do you think of Rococo Rose? Will you be adding it to your craft room? Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

When my friends and I go to On Stage events many of us create small gifts for each other. For this last event I went to in Minneapolis I created these adorable little Daisy Boxes that were the perfect size for an adhesive eraser (Amazon!).

The box was pretty easy to make. I just measured the adhesive eraser and made the length and width of the box base just a hair bigger. The sides of the box were just a hair bigger than the height of the adhesive eraser. In order to have the lid fit over the base I added about 1/16″ to the length and width of the base dimensions.

The adhesive eraser is about 1 7/8″ x 1 7/8″ x 1/4″. I then made the bottom of my box 2″ x 2″ x 3/8″ which made for a nice snug fit. So I started with a piece of cardstock that was 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ and scored each side at 3/8″. For the lid I started with a piece of cardstock that was 2 13/16″ x 2 13/16″ because I wanted the lid to fit snug. This piece of cardstock was also scored at 3/8″ on each side. On both the top and the bottom I snipped a little angle in the corners to reduce the bulk when I formed the box itself.

Once the box itself was done it was time for the adorable belly band. You can’t go wrong with the Gingham Gala designer series paper stack and it coordinates perfectly with the daisy. I stamped the daisies with Smoky Slate ink and the center with Daffodil Delight ink. Once the flower was pieced together I attached it to the belly band with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I hope you have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Ooooo! Stampin’ Up! is coming out with something new and I’m not just talking about the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. They’re coming out with a Product Medley! What is a Product Medley? It’s kind of like a Product Suite in the Annual Catalog but everything comes together. Stampin’ Up! describes it as an “exclusive collection of cute, coordinating products” that will be available ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

During the month of May, while supplies last, you will be able to purchase the Everything is Rosy Product Medley. I can’t wait! The products included in this medley are GORGEOUS! Check out this short video to learn more about the Everything is Rosy Product Medley:

The Everything is Rosy Product Medley includes the following exclusive products:

• Everything is Rosy Photopolymer Stamp Set (blocks NOT included)
• Everything is Rosy Dies (10 dies)
• 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper Stack (48 sheets; 8 each of 6 double-sided designs
• 6″ x 6″ rose gold foil paper (8 sheets)
• Printed die cuts (2 sheets)
• Rose gold die cuts (4 sheets; 2 each of 2 designs)
• Rose gold adhesive backed mirror embellishments (60 1/4″ embellishments)
• Melon Mambo 1/4″ Ruched Ribbon (10 yards)
• Night of Navy/Rose Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon (10 yards)
• Rose Gold Shimmer Paint (1/2 oz)

OMG! I can’t wait! Look at those gorgeous colors! The kit isn’t available to demonstrators or customers until May 1st but some lucky demonstrators got it early so that they could demonstrate it at the various On Stage events a week or so ago. I’ve seen some gorgeous samples that I will definitely be sharing with you this week because I know you are going to want this Everything is Rosy Product Medley as much as I do!

The kit comes with all of the items I listed above. It’s not an all-inclusive kit as you don’t get the blocks for the stamp set, the die-cutting machine needed for the dies, cardstock or ink. It also doesn’t come with directions for specific projects either.

The products that I will want to make sure to have on hand to make projects with this medley are:

• Night of Navy cardstock
• Melon Mambo cardstock
• Thick Whisper White cardstock
• Whisper White cardstock
• Stampin’ Dimensionals
• Adhesive
• Clear Blocks A, B & C for the stamp set
• My die-cutting maching
• Possibly a Stampin’ Spritzer for the shimmer paint

Mark your calendar now for May 1st! That is when the Everything is Rosy Product Medley will be available for purchase. Remember, it is available ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST or until May 31st, whichever comes first. I am definitely placing my order on May 1st! Woo Hoo! How about you?

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!