Friends for Life

Today is the 41st anniversary of my brother and sister-in-law's beautiful wedding.  I'll always remember how many years they've been married, as I was 7 months pregnant with my daughter.  I can still recall the dancing and how I threw that baby bump around!  So fun!  (And she loves to dance! - could it have anything to do with that day?)

I pulled out the fun Friends for Life dies to create this:

 Two big hearts - isn't that perfect for an anniversary?

I used the largest heart die to cut them using the Full of Life Designer Series Paper.  And I used another strip from the same piece of patterned paper for a strip at the bottom.

Did you notice the two-toned greeting?  I dipped half the stamp (Layers of Beauty) in Melon Mambo and the other half in Pumpkin Pie - cool!

What a pretty way to comemmorate a special day!

Product List

Friends For Life Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163359]

$25.00

Friends For Life Bundle (English)

[163365]

$53.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$9.00

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[147086]

$9.00

Full Of Life 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163357]

$12.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$11.25

Friends For Life Dies (English)

[163364]

$34.00

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$30.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems

[163781]

$8.50

Season of Green & Gold

 Are you ready for Merry Mondays yet?  Well, neither am I, but after playing with some new product (available July 5th) I thought I would post my pretty card.  

The OnLine Exclusives will be offering some early holiday products, and my favorite so far is the Season of Green & Gold suite.  There are two stamp sets (I only bought one for now - Greetings of the Season), dies (Greetings of the Season dies) and some beautiful new designer paper - the Season of Green & Gold. 

One of my favorite things about being a Stampin' UP! demonstrator is that I get to pre-order products before anyone else.  And then I get to play!  

I actually used a sketch from page 22 of the Annual Catalog to make this card.  I chose two pieces of the DSP (a green plaid and one with gold-foil "stars"), layering them on a Mossy Meadow card base.  

The greeting was heat embossed in gold, and cut with one of the larger dies in the set.  I wrapped some retired gold-edged ribbon through the punched hole in the label and around the first layer of DSP, fixing it under the label and tying it in a bow.  All that was needed was to add a few gold jewels.

Season of Green & Gold will be available July 5th.  But if you want to get your hands on it now, become a demonstrator and add it to your Starter Kit.  Just $99 gets you $125 in product of your choice, FREE shipping and a FREE Paper Pumpkin kit!  It's a great deal, and you'll be getting a head start on your holiday cards.  Why not try it?

Click here for more information and to join!

Choose Happy

 Whew!  I've been so busy!  June is an extremely busy month for my family, with anniversaries, birthdays and Father's Day, and I've been on a roll trying to get all my cards done.  I can't share any of them yet, as the occasions haven't happened, and I don't want to spoil the surprise.  But I haven't had much to share until today.

It's the first time I've played with new stamps, and I pulled out Choose Happy for a start.  This cute set has 14 tiny images (heart, bunny, candle, pumpkin, etc) to commemorate all kinds of special occasions - from birthdays to holidays to seasons and more.  AND there are a ton of words, like "Dreams", "Gratitude", "Birthday", etc. to use with the two main words - Choose and Happy.  A fun way to build your card.

So for my first play, I decided on a birthday card (because I'm always in need of those!):

I started with a piece of the Full of Life Designer Series Paper - one with a watercolor look fading from greens to oranges to yellows.  I stamped "happy" randomly using Smoky Slate ink (and stamping off once) before ending up with one stamped in black.  

The little candles were stamped on small Stitched Rectangle die-cuts, and colored with Stampin' Blends.  

I embossed two colors of cardstock to coordinate with the designer paper and added everything to a white base.  

But it needed just a little something - black fine-tip marker to the rescue!  I added little squiggles and dots for a border, and love how it came out. 

One more birthday card for my stash!  And a fun play with the new stamp set!  

Product List

Choose Happy Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163701]

$21.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[147113]

$9.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$11.00

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154897]

$11.00

Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161682]

$11.00

Full Of Life 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163357]

$12.50

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]

$11.50

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144245]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$11.25

Metal Plate 3 D Embossing Folder

[160766]

$10.00

Basics 3 D Embossing Folders

[161598]

$30.00

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$35.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$32.00

Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins

[163484]

$7.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Under the Moon

 Last week at my May Card Club class we made a fun-fold card using the new Under the Moon stamps.  And there was a little technique with the card too.

Do you see that sunrise?  (Or maybe it's a sunset?)  We used two colors of ink on one stamp.  So how did we do it?

I've created a little video so you can see how it's done (along with the way to create the fun-fold card).

I love how these stamps are made to pick up differing amounts of ink, so that even when you use the same color (see the water) it looks like you used a few.  And the attendees loved learning how to add a second color to a stamp using sponge daubers.  

I guess we all love this card!  

Product List

Under The Moon Photopolymer Stamp Set

[163531]

$20.00

Beach Day Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[162797]

$20.00

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$9.00

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[147086]

$9.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[147113]

$9.00

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153081]

$11.50

Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163393]

$12.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Tinsel Gems Three Pack

[161624]

$7.50

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$7.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00