A Color Refresh and FREE Shipping!

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Before I tell you about the Color Revamp I need to let you know that Stampin’ Up! is offering FREE shipping April 6-8!  Woo Hoo!  Get your wish list prepared and get those orders in this weekend.  If your order totals at least $50 (in merchandise) you can choose the Hung Up Cute Clips, the Elements Cute Clips, the Soda Pop Tops, the Paper Doilies or the Designer Builder Brads from the Spring Catalog as a FREE gift from me! Don’t  miss out on FREE shipping and a FREE gift from me! You can call me with your orders, e-mail your orders or place your orders on-line at my on-line store . If you do place your order on-line and you qualify for the free gift from me just e-mail me the gift of your choice and I will get that to you.

It’s time for a Color Revamp at Stampin’ Up!  How fun!  Sometimes change is hard and sometimes it’s just plain FUN!  Most of the colors coming into the Stampin’ Up! color families are past In-Colors.  There’s only one brand new color.  Check out the chart below for all of the changes!  I am so excited that Pear Pizzazz is coming back but I’m a little disappointed that Concord Crush didn’t make the change….oh, well….maybe next time.Color Revamp.0413

 

Springtime Bootiful Occasions

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Bootiful Occasions.0413Spring has sprung and now we’re in desperate need of those April showers the month is so famous for. What better way to get ready for an April shower than with an adorable pair of rain boots!  (OK…just one boot here but you get the idea!)

Once again I got carried away on layers but they just add so much to the card.  Don’t you love the little sun made from the 1 1/4″ Circle Punch and the Pennant Builder Punch?!  Too cute!

You can’t tell from the picture but I heat embossed the boot and sentiment.  Did you know that you can heat emboss with the new classic foam pads?  They’re much “goopier” (is that a word?) than the old pads so the stamp picks up more ink.  If you work quickly enough (no dilly-dallying!) and sprinkle your clear embossing powder on the wet ink right away you can emboss!  How fun is that?!

A cute card for spring with fun and bright colors!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Elements of Style

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Elements of Style.0313Here’s a pretty and versatile card for a Tuesday morning!  We made this at our recent Stamp-a-Stack class.  It’s a great card because it can be for almost any occasion!  Simply change the sentiment!

The flowers are from the “Elements of Style” stamp set and the sentiment is from “Petite Pairs” although you can use any sentiment that fits in the large oval punch.

Once again my photo doesn’t do the card justice.  I used the Primrose Petals Core’dinations Card Stock for the large background piece just to add a little texture.

Today is the first session of this week’s “Spring Has Spring” class.  We’re making 4 fun cards for spring.  I can’t wait to share them you!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

MDS Monday: My Sisters

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It’s a new month and time for new ideas!  This month I’m hoping to start some new “theme” days.  The first I’d like to introduce to you is MDS Monday.  On Mondays (not necessarily every Monday) I am going to post some projects created using My Digital Studio.  If you’re not familiar with MDS it’s Stampin’ Up!’s digital design program.  It’s fabulous!  You can do SO much with it.  The product itself comes with tons of stuff included but there’s a whole library of downloads that you can purchase.  Stampin’ Up! comes out with new downloads every week!  So there’s no need to worry that you’ll be stuck with the same old items for all of your projects.

Did you know that there is a website just for My Digital Studio?  Check it out at www.mydigitalstudio.net.  Some other fun facts about this program are 1) the price has just be lowered to only $19.95! and 2) you can try it for FREE for 30 days!  Both of these are great reasons to give it a try.  For your FREE trial just go to my Stampin’ Up! website and click on the box in the upper right-hand corner that says “MDS FREE TRIAL”.  Just download it to your computer and start playing!

MDS.LL1But I digress…you want to know about today’s project!  This page was pretty easy to make.  It’s part of the album I made for my sisters for their 50th birthdays last summer.  The only elements that I added to the page were the “Medallion Stamp Brush” (item #118124), the “Soft Blooms” embellishments (item #130080) and the “Basic Pearsl & Rhinestones” embellishments (item #124330).

Would you like to learn how to use this product?  I’d be happy to sit down with you and show you how to use it.  I know you’ll love it!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!  Be sure to check out MDS today!

Happy Easter!

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005Easter Blessings to all!  It’s the last day of our fun “What Can You Do With A Circle?” month so I had to show something with circles, right?  I was in a quandry of what to show you and then I saw it….this cute little Easter bonnet just sitting on the shelf in my craft room.  It has patiently been waiting for it’s debut…and the day has finally arrived!

I made this little hat years ago.  You can tell because Stampin’ Up! no longer carries the wide satin ribbon or these little flowers.  The entire hat is made from paper.  The top is a 2 5/8″ Circle and the bottom is 4 1/2″.   I must have used some kind of circle cutting tool for those….it’s been so long I can’t even remember!

This is actually a little treat container.  The top comes off.  There’s a band attached to the top and a band attached to the bottom with the top band being a little larger than the bottom.  I don’t have directions for this but if you’re interested in how to make this I could probably figure it out and make a little tutorial.  Just leave a comment or e-mail me at cindy@stampbystampcreations.com if you’re interested.

Easter Blessings!  Have a great day and Happy Stamping!

 

More Circle Fun!

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001 (2)We’re down to the wire….”What Can You Do With A Circle?” month is almost over.  Have you enjoyed it?  I sure hope so!  It’s been fun putting it all together for you.

I CASEd this card from my upline Tara.  She’s the BEST!  Always willing to help you out.  Isn’t this a fun card?  I used the Delicate Details Lace Tape from the Spring Catalog.  I punched out 1/2″ circles (see, I used circles!) and stuck them to the back side of the lace tape which is sticky on the back.  When I adhered the tape to the card I did use a little bit of adhesive on the back of each colored circle.

Another simple and fun card!  Why don’t you give it a try?  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Wedding Books…..

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photo 1 (2)I had a busy but fun day yesterday.  I got to go with my future daughter-in-law as she tried on wedding dresses.  There are SO man dresses out there!  It was interesting to see that most of them are strapless these days.  Very pretty though.  She looked so beautiful in the dresses.  I think she has things narrowed down but she’s got a few coming in in her size to try on.  Sometimes it’s hard to tell when they’re way to big here or a little snug there.

Anyway….at the last place we were at they had these fun books on display.  Aren’t they neat.  My picture taking needs a little help but the word LOVE is carved into the pages of the first book and I DO is carved into the second book.  I don’t think I’ve seen anything like that before.  Have you?

Well, back to stamping today and cutting for next week’s classes.  I received my “This & That” stuff the other day and I can’t wait to play with it!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

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Embedded Embossing Technique….With Circles!

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Embedded EmbossingYou’ve got to have circles when it’s “What Can You Do With A Circle?” month!  Today I have a fun technique for you and it’s even more fun with CIRCLES!  😀

For this card I punched a bunch of circles with my 1-1/4″, 1″ and 3/4″ circle punches and randomly adhered them to a piece of Basic Black card stock.  I then ran the black card stock through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  That’s it!  Throw some ribbon on it and adhere it to a card!  It’s so festive!

One trick I always do when I use this embossing folder (most others) is that I always cut the card stock larger than I want the final piece to be.  This folder, especially, shrinks when you run it through the Big Shot.  Of course it doesn’t shrink evenly.  It shrinks more in one direction than the other!  This way it will always be the exact size that I want!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Circle Flowers

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circle flowersAren’t these cute?! And they’re circles!  I made this card yesterday and thought it wasn’t bad but the more I look at it the cuter it gets!  Is that possible?  Maybe the all those circles are just doing crazy things to my brain!  Ha!

Such a FUN card and it’s made with…yes…CIRCLES!  I used the 1 3/8″, 1 1/4″, 1″, 3/4″ and the 1/2″ circle punches.  Wouldn’t this be cute in PINKS?!

The flowers were simple to make with all of those punches.  The leaves are actually the wings from the Bird Builder Punch and the stems are strips of paper!  How easy is that?

It’s a perfect card for spring!  Yes, our spring weather is slowly returning to Colorado.  We’re so excited!  60’s for Easter Sunday!  Much nicer than this past weekend!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Dropped Circles

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009 (2)Spring has sprung but you wouldn’t know it here in Colorado.  We had more snow this past weekend and the past few days have been COLD!  I know, I’m whining….but when the calendar says spring you want to put away all your winter gear and enjoy the warm breeze and sunshine!

This fun technique/template (with circles!) is called Dropped Circles.  I went with the pastels for spring and used the “Spring Sampler” stamp set.  The strips are a little less than 1 1/4″ wide so that you can fit them in a 1 1/4″ Circle Punch to round the bottom edge.  Remember how I showed you how to round corners circle punch in my recent e-mail?  If you missed it and want to know how I did this leave a comment or contact me.  I’d be happy to share!

I did have a little trouble lining up my strips of card stock evenly and having enough room for the punched circles but all in all I think the card turned out pretty cute.  Thanks to LeAnn Greff for the idea!  I’ve seen cards like this where you punch a small image in the strip instead of attaching a circle.  I might have to work on that one to share with you!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Half Circle Highlight

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photo (3)It’s the last week of the month so I need to make sure I give you more circles!  (“What Can You Do With A Circle?” Month!)  Although, today, I only have a half circle for you…

Isn’t this kind of a neat layout?  I’ve seen used on a vertical card too.  I like the way the half circle kind of frames the flowers.

I started with a full card and then cut away half of the front before punching the half circle.  To tie the ribbon, I cut a slit in the fold of the card with my Xacto knife and slipped the ribbon through.  All of the stamping is done on the inside piece of the card.  It’s a pretty easy layout.  I’ll have to try it in class sometime!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Best of Birthdays!

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Best of Birthdays.0213It’s a big birthday day.  I know at least 3 people celebrating today and my baby’s birthday (age 20 now) was yesterday!  I felt we were in need of a birthday card for today’s post.

I used the new image from the “Best of Birthdays” stamp set.  It’s a fun image.  Have you used it yet?  How about the doilies from the Spring Catalog?  Have you tried them?  I’ve been working with them a little bit.  They’re not quite my style but it’s fun trying to incorporate them into a card or project.  Did you notice that the doily is actually a circle? 🙂

Well, hopefully our little blizzard will let up soon.  I need to go pick up a pie for birthday celebrations.  My son’s birthday was yesterday, his girlfriend’s birthday was last Saturday and my other son’s fiance’s birthday is this coming Tuesday!   We have plans to go out to dinner tonight so we’re hoping the weather will cooperate.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Happy Hour Fun

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Happy Hour.0213It’s Happy Hour!  No circles today, just squares.  That’s ok though….the squares contain tropical drinks….yum!  🙂

This is a fun card that I CASEd while making a batch of cards for my cousin.  Don’t the Calyposo Coral and the Island Indigo go perfectly together.  Such a fun and bright combination.  These colors will be gone at the end of May so be sure to get your paper, ink pads, ribbon and ink refills before they’re gone!

Cheers to you!  This drink is on me!  Have a great day.  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Circle Circus

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photo (2)What better way to celebrate “What Can You Do With A Circle?” month than with a circle stamp set!  Yes!  Circle Circus is the perfect stamp set for this month!  It’s full of all different size circles that coordinate with Stampin’ Up! punches.  How perfect is that?!

This is a pretty simple card and did you notice that I used my favorite color?  Melon Mambo!  It just makes this card pop!

I highlighted a few of the flowers with one of the flower punches in the Itty Bitty Punch pack and added a rhinestone jewel.  Fun & Simple!  😀  If you like this card, please share it!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

My Very First Video!

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I did it! My very first video!  Woo Hoo!  I hope you enjoy it!  Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.  (I may have the comment settings here on my blog messed up so if you can’t leave a comment, please e-mail at cindy@stampbystampcreations.com)  If you like my video, please share it!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!