Monday, June 21, 2021

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Yes, you heard that right!  For one day only, Thursday, June 24th, Stampin' UP! is offering FREE shipping on all orders of $50 or more.  

Now is a great time to pull out that Wish List and place your order.  You'll save a minimum of $6.95, and up to 10% of larger orders.  And who doesn't like to save money?

Shop Thursday...It's a great day to get what you want at a discount!

Friday, June 4, 2021

A Whale of a Birthday!

 My youngest grandchild is ONE!  Today is Hannah’s birthday, and this card is for her, because, you know, she’s “kind of a big deal!”  😍


Yeah, I pulled out all the stops on this one, but why not?  


And the images in the Whale Done designer paper made it easy!  First I punched the whale from the patterned paper, using the Whale punch.  And I “fussy cut” the sea turtle with my Paper Snips.  And finally, I used the patterned paper with the Smooth Sailing dies to create the sea grass.


Then it was all put together - a Basic White card base, with a Seabed-embossed Basic White layer and a frame cut with the Ornate Frames dies.  The greeting is from Whale Done, stamped in Tuxedo Black and cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies.


Happy 1st Birthday, Hannah!  You are a BIG DEAL to me!  




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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

A Special CASE

 Have you ever fallen so in love with a card that you just have to copy it?  

I saw a card on Pinterest by Nancy Endright and knew it would be a perfect anniversary card for my son and daughter-in-law.  So I CASEd it (Copy and Share Everything) almost completely.  And here it is:


So what did I love about this card?  Everything!  The white space, the stamp set, the background embossing, the Linen Thread


Let’s start with the stamps, Friends are Like Seashells.  The images were stamped using Basic Gray ink, then colored with Stampin’ Blends in Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight and Flirty Flamingo.  Then they were cut with the coordinating Seaside Seashells dies.  I also cut one of the large die images with Soft Seafoam, and cut away the sea grass pieces on which to layer the shells.


The Basic White layer was stamped with the “sand” from the stamp set, and then it went through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder.  This was added to the Thick Basic White card base after I wrapped it with the Linen Thread.

I finished with some Opal Rounds.  LOVE!


Wishing Evan and Christy a very happy 15th wedding anniversary (with thanks to Nancy for the perfect card!)


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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Sweet as a Peach

Well the brand new 2021-22 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog has been available for about a week, and I'm finally getting to play with some of my new toys.  😁  I had a hard time trying to decide what to create with first, but then I remembered a friend's birthday, and it became perfectly clear.


Sweet as a Peach, with the coordinating Peach dies made it to the top of my Wish List.  I love the little peaches (there's a big peach too!) and I love the colors in the designer paper.  And you save 10% when you purchase the bundle of stamps and dies together.   And who wouldn't want the dies to go with the stamps?  


There are lots of products on this card.  But I knew where to start - see that Basic White Ornate Layers frame?  It was sitting on my desk, a mistake happy accident from another card.  I stamped the branches in Pear Pizzazz, stamped the peaches using Pale Papaya (a NEW In-Color!) with some Flirty Flamingo sponged on them, and cut them out with the Peach dies. 


I knew I wanted the white frame to pop off the page, but it was so skinny!  So I cut another frame using the Stitched Rectangle dies with Pale Papaya cardstock to go inside - love how that worked!  The background is one of the sheets from the You're a Peach patterned paper, cut with the new Scalloped Contours dies, and all the elements are popped up on Dimensionals.  I finished with some of the new In Color Jewels.  


Check out the You're a Peach Suite (#155831).  It's so sweet!  

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