We finally made it up into the mountains a day after we had planned due to a 24 hr snow storm. We are enjoying ourselves as usual. Rest, relaxation, too much food and skiing for some of us.
When you’re in the mountains you need to post a mountain card! This gorgeous card was made by my friend and fellow demonstrator Janet Muse. A lot of work went into this card with all of the different layers. Janet used the Mountain Air stamp set and the coordinating Majestic Mountain Dies.
The Mountain Air stamp set is one of the new Reversibles stamp. These type of stamps are fun to use. The stamps have an image on each side of the stamp. One side is usually the outline/intricate image and the other side is a solid image that will fill in the first image. Of course each side can be used separately if desired. Check out the video below for more information on this stamp set and the coordinating dies.
I haven’t played with these fun products yet but they will probably be on my next order! How about you?
It’s that time of year when we have our time share week in Breckenridge, CO. We love it up there and look forward to our time in the mountains. However…Mother Nature is not cooperating. It’s absolutely beautiful out this morning…if you like SNOW! Down here in the Denver area we have probably close to 6″ on the ground and it’s still snowing. In the mountains they could get close to 3 FEET and many of the roads are closed.
It’s looking like our week in the mountains may be shortened by a day. I guess I’d rather be safe than sorry though.
Breckenridge, CO
If you haven’t been to Breckenridge you should put it on your list of places to visit. It’s a fun little mountain town all year around. I haven’t skied for a few years now but I’ll be getting back on the mountain one of these years. I enjoy just relaxing in our place or wandering around downtown. There are tons of cute little shops as well as my favorite little wine bar. 🙂
It’s time to go pack just in case the roads clear up later. Have a great day! Stay warm and Happy Stamping!
We can all use a little love in our lives whether it comes from family, friends or a complete stranger. It’s Throwback Thursday but I’m only going back about a year. I love this little project L-O-V-E project!
LOVE Banner
This was pretty easy to make and guess what? Many of the products I used on the banner are still available! The Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets aren’t available any longer but that’s the only item you’ll have to come up with another plan for.
The hearts are all made using the Stitched Be Mine dies (#148527 $35) and the letters are from the Large Letters Framelits dies that are now on the clearance rack (141712 $59.40) at almost half off the orginal price! I would definitely think about picking these dies up if you don’t have them. There are lots of projects that you can make using them.
Large Letters
Here is the link to the original post where you can get instructions on how I made it. This little banner was pretty easy to make. You can easily swap red or pink paper for the foil sheets. You could also punch out the large hearts from the From My Heart Specialty Designer Paper in the current Mini Catalog if you want. There are all sorts of ways to change this banner. You could even use the Hand-Lettered Prose dies instead of the Large Letters if you wanted.
I hope you find a little L-O-V-E in your lives. Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!
Brrrr! I feel like I’m back in the Minnesota Homeland! When I woke up this morning the temperature was in the single digits and barely above zero! For Colorado that’s VERY VERY COLD! I want to go to the tropics where it’s WARM!
Since I can’t just jump on an airplane right now I can do the next best thing and dream of a tropical vacation while playing with my crafting supplies…or just staring at tropical cards my fellow demonstrators have made. 🙂
Tropical Oasis Memory & More Cards
Check out this fabulous card that my friend and fellow demonstrator Keri Young designed. Don’t you love it? Keri made this for the recent swap I hosted. The rectangular focal point is one of the Memory & More cards from the Tropical Oasis Suite. Keri used many of the different cards for her swap cards but kept the basic card design the same. Clever! I’m telling you….the tropics, or at least thinking about them will be my happy place today!
Have you played with any of the Memory & More cards yet? You don’t have to be a scrapbooker to use these cards. As you can see from Keri’s card above the cards can work perfectly on a greeting card! I have a set of these Tropical Oasis Memory & More cards. Now I just need to sit down and play with them…..and today may just be the day! Brrr!
I hope you have a warm and productive day! Take care and Happy Stamping!
It’s Throwback Thursday! Who remembers the What I Love Sale-a-bration stamp set from 2016? This was one of my all time favorite Sale-a-bration stamp sets. I just love those flowers.
What I Love
Before Stampin’ Up! had DistINKtive stamps that look realistic you had to rely on two or three step stamping to get your dimensional-looking image. This stamp set was easy to work with because it was easy to line up the different images.
I still love this stamp set and will be sad if it’s not in my stash of retired stamps. The good news is that Stampin’ Up! keeps coming out with new stamp sets to replace our old favorites! Ha!
No, I’m not in Hawaii nor am I going to Hawaii in the near future….I just made a card that made me wish that I was in Hawaii! Ha! The Tropical Oasis Suite will definitely make you think of a tropical vacation.
Tropical Oasis Suite
Oh, my! Check out all of the goodies in this bundle! Stamp set, dies, designer series paper, trinkets, braided trim, embossing folder, new ink and Memories and More cards! Wow! You will love these products! They all coordinate and make you think tropics!
I think my favorite product in the suite (at this point, anyway…) is the embossing folder. It’s called Coastal Weave. Check it out:
Coastal Weave Embossing Folder
Now, I can’t tell you all about this fabulous suite of products without sharing a project with you! This was my first project made with this suite and I only used the stamp set, dies and of course the embossing folder from the suite on it. It kind of makes you want to head on over to a tropical island and walk on the beach.
Timeless Tropical Project
I must have a thing about trees. If I see a stamp set with a tree I really want it. These palm trees are what called to me when I first saw this stamp set….them and the gorgeous flowers.
To make the sandy beach I took a strip of Crumb Cake cardstock and tore one of the long edges. Then I took a Stampin’ Sponge and lightly dabbed on some Soft Suede ink. It’s hard to tell from the picture but I also did a little sponging on the sun to add a little depth to it. The trees are stamped in the Soft Suede ink and then colored with a Dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blend Marker and a Light Soft Suede Stampin’ Blend Marker.
Ah….Tuesday’s Tip! You don’t just have to use Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp your images before coloring them with your Stampin’ Blend Markers. You can use any Stampin’ Up! ink pad! All of the Stampin’ Up! colored ink pads are water-based just like the Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad is!
If you haven’t heard this before, the reason you need to use a water-based ink pad is because the Stampin’ Blend Markers are alcohol-based. You want to use the opposite type of ink pad. If you used a StazOn ink pad which is alcohol-based with your Stampin’ Blends your images would smear since both the ink pad and the markers are alcohol-based. The same goes when you’re water-coloring your stamped images: you want to use an alcohol-based ink pad so when you watercolor the ink won’t bleed.
Dimensions: Crumb Cake card base: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″, 3 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ Soft Suede: 5″ x 3 3/4″, scrap Pool Party: 4 3/4″ x 3 1/2″ Whisper White: 5 1/4″ x 4″, 2 3/4″x 3 3/4″ So Saffron: scrap
I hope you have a warm and tropical kind of day! Take care and Happy Stamping!
Adorable! These little critters are TSC! (Too Stinkin’ Cute!) How can you not want to own this stamp set?! This stamp set is the very first one you see in Stampin’ Up!’s Sale-a-bration Brochure. Stampin’ Up! definitely knows how to grab your interest! I sure fell in love with these little guys. They were my very first Sale-a-bration choice…yep…you can choose this stamp for FREE with a qualifying order during Sale-a-bration!
The Gang’s All Meer
Check out this adorable and easy card that we made in my classes recently. The most difficult part of the card was cutting out the little hat and that wasn’t bad at all! The fun background is made using one of the stamps from the Birthday Backgrounds stamp set which is found in the Annual Catalog. This time of year it’s hard to remember that there are still tons of amazing stamp sets in the Annual Catalog….we get caught up with all of the new products that have come out in the Mini Catalog and the Sale-a-bration Brochure!
Dimensions: Thick Whisper White cardstock for card base: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Lovely Lipstick: 5 1/4″ x 4″, 2 3/4″ x 3 1/4″ Whisper White: 2 1/2″ x 3″, scrap for hat Crumb Cake: 5″ x 3 3/4″ Ribbon: 3 3/4″, 4″
Poppies are popping everywhere these days! Check out the photo below….I was at the party store and saw these cute plates and napkins. I just got on the Amazon website and searched for poppies. I found poppy everthing! Scarfs, glassware, sheets, shower curtains, pillows, peel-and-stick wall decor….the list goes on. Poppies are BIG now!
Poppies!
If you don’t believe me that poppies are “in” now, you haven’t checked out the front of your 2020 Mini Catalog!
2020 Mini Catalog
Look at all of those poppies! Aren’t they gorgeous?! Check out the Peaceful Poppies Suite starting on page 24 of the Mini Catalog. Look at all of those fantastic products!
So many fabulous products! Two stamp sets, two sets of dies, GORGEOUS designer series paper, sequins, ribbon and die-cut elements! WOW! You really do have to check out the paper. It’s amazing!
Painted Poppies
I played with this suite just a little bit after the holidays and made some fun and simple cards. Here’s one of them. I stamped card front with the poppy outline in the Poppy Parade ink. I stamped my focal point of many poppies twice on the Whisper White card stock. I colored the poppies with my Dark Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blend, layered the stamped image and adhered it to the front of my card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Easy Peasy!
This suite of products is definitely going to get a lot of use! Have you ordered yours yet? If not, you can head right on over to my online store and order it today! 🙂
January is all about making goals and trying to improve things in our lives. One of my (many) goals this year is organization. I try, but it doesn’t always happen because I’m so messy! Yes. I hate to admit but I can be a slob. It’s time to make a change and 2020 is the year to do just that! Let’s get this ball rolling and get organized!
One step at a time, right? My whole house needs organization but we’re going to focus in on my craft room. Let’s start small….say with how I store my Stampin’ Blends Markers.
Stampin’ Blends Storage by Stampin’ Up!
I love my Stampin’ Blends Markers and I love my Storage by Stampin’ Up! for my Blends. The Blends fits perfectly and it’s easy to organize whichever way you want in the storage unit. I’ve grouped mine by color family and then alphabetically in each color family.
Now you’re wondering why I’m talking about changing things up and getting organized if I’m using this great little storage unit. Well, it’s because as a demonstrator, I usually have more than one set of markers. This is because if I have a large class or my group is holding a Stamp Camp I sometimes need duplicates.
I found a little plastic drawer unit when I was cleaning out a closet one day and have been using that but there’s no organization to it. If I’m looking for a specific color I have to go through all the markers in the little drawers to find the color I’m looking for. So it was time to get organized.
Stamp Case
Even though Stampin’ Up! doesn’t carry wood block stamps any more (except for background stamps), you can still purchase the stamp cases and they are great for storage! Yes! This is what I’m using to store my duplicate Stampin’ Blends!
Stampin’ Blends Storage
I’ve used the Full Wide Stamp Cases. You can easily fit 14 markers in a case. I was debating on whether to use my label maker to label the case but decided to make some labels with my computer that slip perfectly into the plastic sleeve cover. And guess what….I’ve saved the file so if you’d like to organize your Stampin’ Blends like this and would like a copy of the file just email me at cindy@stampbystampcreations.com. I’d be happy to share! My labels group the markers by generic color: blue, green, purple, pink, orange, red, yellow and neutral. Of course the beauty of a Word file is that you could keep the size and change the description! I love technology! 🙂
An important thing to keep in mind is that you will want to keep the cases flat as you seen in the above photo so the ink stays evenly distributed in the marker!
I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s organization tip. Please leave a comment below and let me know! Thanks! Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!
When a new catalog comes out I usually host a Card Swap for some of my fellow demonstrators. Last week my 2020 Mini Catalog and Sale-a-bration Swap cards were due and I received 18 fun and fabulous cards.
There’s still time to work on your Valentine’s Day projects so I want to make sure you get plenty of inspiration! Today’s card was one of the swaps I received. It was from fellow demonstrator Lisa Van Goor. I love how Lisa used so many of the fun products in the From My Heart Suite. She used the stamp set, the designer paper, the ribbon, the doilies and the punches. That’s five out of the 7 products! Wow!
I love fun fold cards. Isn’t this one unique? The front of the card isn’t one sheet of cardstock. The focal point with all the hearts connects the top and the bottom of the front. Too fun!
Since we’re talking valentines here I was wondering what your favorite valentine color was. Pink? Or red? Pink is my favorite color but for valentines I’m going to have to go with red. Which you do prefer? Leave me a comment and let me know!
On Friday I received my January Paper Pumpkin kit. Usually when I receive my kits they go on the shelf with all of my other Paper Pumpkin kits…I’m a collector. Ha! This month though, I decided to actually sit down and work on my kit. What a concept!
Check out these adorable projects that can be made with this kit. It’s hard to see in the upper right corner but the instruction sheet tells you that the kit will make 10 little 3″ x 3″ cards and 20 little treat bags. Wow!
Now, some of you are probably saying that you don’t need little cards or little treat bags. That’s what I was thinking….at first.
I started my crafting by making one of the little cards and one of the little bags according to the directions as you can see in the first picture below. Then I took what I originally made and made them into full size cards (second photo). In the third photo I’ve made the original projects into note cards.
After these changes I made more cards trying to keep things pretty basic. I didn’t want to get too carried away.
Since I didn’t need any little treat bags I was going to continue making full size cards with the remaining products in the kit. Then I had an epiphany! I would make little thank you treats and hand them out in the weeks leading up to Valentines Day. Waiters, cashiers, etc.. Just a little thank you for something nice someone does. Did you know that a Ghirardelli chocolate fits in the little bags perfectly? Now I just need to pick some up and fill my cute little treat bags!
I had a lot of fun with my January 2020 Paper Pumpkin kit and can’t wait for February’s! I’ve already been given a hint that it will coordinate with the Happy Birthday to You Stamp Set in the Sale-a-bration Brochure! I love these little teasers!
If you’d like to have as much fun as I had with a Paper Pumpkin kit you should sign up to receive these monthly kits. As you can tell from this kit, they’re not all full size cards, but many of the kits are. From my post here, you can also see that when a kit isn’t full size cards, it’s not hard to make to pieces and parts you receive into full size cards with a little extra cardstock.
You can check out the Paper Pumpkin website and sign up today! Give it a try! I think you’ll enjoy receiving this monthly kit in the mail!
It’s Throwback Thursday and I’ve been sharing valentine cards with you this week so of course today I had to share an old valentine with you!
Who remembers this stamp set? It’s from way back in 2013! Wow! That’s a long time ago! The stamp set was called Oh, Whale! It was one of my favorites at the time. The coordinating die was the Happy Whale Clearlit. I can’t even remember what a Clearlit was! Ha!
If you want to take a look at one of my blog posts from way back then you can find the post for this card here. Don’t get too excited…it was very uninformative!
It’s fun to look back at old projects and old blog posts to see how far things have progressed. Although, by looking at this card I can see that I still like lots of layers on a card and that I still use this layout…alot! Ha!
How has your stamping journey progressed? Do you still like some of the same things or has your style changed drastically? I’d love to hear…even better share a few before/after pictures with me! You can either email me at cindy@stampbystampcreations.com or leave a comment below.
Today’s card is another one of the cards that we’re making in classes this week. Not only is this card cute and easy, but it’s versatile! You can make it a birthday card, get well card, a valentine, or almost anything. All you need to do is change the inside sentiment of the card!
If you’ve looked through your Annual Catalog and your 2020 Mini Catalog for this stamp set you probably didn’t find it. This stamp set is exclusive to Stampin’ Up!’s Beginner Brochure. This is a brochure designed specifically for those new to stamping. But just because it’s designed for new stampers doesn’t mean that those of us with a little more experience can’t enjoy the items in it too. Check it out. There are some cute items in it like this Celebrate With Cake stamp set.
Celebrate With Cake Stamp Set
My card is a little more advanced only because I used a die-cutting machine to emboss the background and I fussy cut the mail box after stamping it in two different colors. Oh…and don’t forget the millions of layers I used on the card…a beginner stamper may want to use just a single layer…at least to start with! 😀
Here are the dimensions for this card: Thick Whisper White cardstock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Real Red: 5″ x 3 3/4″, 2 1/4″ x 2 3/4″ Soft Suede: 4 3/4″ x 3 1/2″ Whisper White: 2″ x 2 1/2″ Ribbon: 5 3/4″, 4″
You can see all of the products that I used on this card below this post. I hope you have a fabulous day! Take care and Happy Stamping!
The From My Heart Suite is SO fun to play with! This card that I’m sharing with you today is one we’re making in class. I was able to use the stamp set, the heart punches, the ribbon and the designer paper on the card.
From My Heart Card
I love how you can punch out the hearts from the designer paper with the two punches from the Heart Punch Pack (scallop edge and straight edge). The two hearts make the perfect focal point for your card.
My card is kind of two cards in one. Check out the photos below and you can see that my punched heart focal point could actually be a small card on it’s own! How fun is that?!
Here are the dimensions for my card: Thick Whisper White cardstock: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2″ (scored at 4 1/4″ Real Red cardstock: 5 1/4″ x 4″, 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ Whisper White cardstock: 5″ x 2 1/2″ (scored at 2 1/2″) Designer Paper: 5″ x 3 3/4″ Ribbon: 4 1/2″, 4″
If you haven’t purchased the From My Heart Suite or at least some of the fun products found in it, get that order in! Valentines Day is only a month away! Yikes!
Wow! Valentines Day is a little over a month away and it’s time we start talking valentines. The new From My Heart Suite in the 2020 Mini Catalog is perfect for all of your Valentines Day needs.
From My Heart Suite #153931 $88.25
Look at all of the fun products in this suite! Stamp set, 2 punches, gorgeous specialty designer series paper, ribbon, doilies, faceted gems, and heart foil tins! Wow! Did you know that you can order ALL of these products at one time with only one item number?! Yes! Stampin’ Up! makes it easy! Of course you can order them separately too. Just check out the links at the end of this post.
Here’s a quick video for you from Stampin’ Up! describing all of these fun products and how they coordinate together.
Isn’t this suite of products great? This week I will be sharing all sorts of projects with you made with them. I hope you’ll LOVE them! Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!
