Priscilla's Papercrafts

Saturday, April 9, 2022

Hello, Rainbow!

Have you experienced a delay in receiving your Stampin' UP! products? Or tried to order and found that it was out of stock?

Well, it may be sitting on one of these:

As I flew over Oakland, CA yesterday I couldn't help but notice all the cargo ships in the water below. Stampin' UP! has been experiencing delayed shipments (like most companies right now), and are doing everything possible to fill orders and get them out promptly. Unfortunately they can only do so much if the products have not been delivered to them. But things are looking up! And hopefully this will be clearing up over the next several months.

And in the meantime? I'm still having fun with products I ordered from the January - June 2022 Mini Catalog, and Rainbow of Happiness is still one of my favorites!

Here's a card from my March Cards-by-Mail club offering. Although the rainbow paper behind the rainbow die-cut was from Sale-a-Bration and no longer available, there are still many ways to create rainbows using colored paper, stamps and ink or markers.

I first cut a Stitched So Sweetly rectangle from Basic White cardstock, then cut the rainbow shape using the Rainbow dies. This was popped up on Dimensionals over the rainbow-colored designer paper.

The Basic Borders dies created the cloud-like layer, which was topped with a greeting stamped on a Cloud (punched with the Cloud Punch).

The Mini Catalog will be ending its run in June, so be sure to complete your Wish List before the products disappear!

And speaking of disappearing - the 2021-22 Annual Catalog is just about done! Be sure to check out the Last Chance List to grab some bargains before they are gone!

Product List

Rainbow Of Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[157721]

$18.00

Rainbow Of Happiness Bundle (English)

[157727]

$44.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

[147096]

$7.50

Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper

[155426]

$18.00

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

[159229]

$8.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Brilliant Rainbow Dies

[157726]

$31.00

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

[151690]

$32.00

Cloud Punch

[157749]

$18.00

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]

$29.00

2021–2023 In Color Jewels

[155571]

$7.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$120.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Saturday, April 2, 2022

Drowning in Paper!

Help! I've got tons of beautiful Designer Series Paper and just ordered some more from the Stampin' UP! 2022-23 Annual Catalog pre-order. What to do?

I decided to take a fellow demo's advice (Kylie Bertucci is from Australia) and "love it, chop it!" She advocates cutting up your pretty papers so you use them and don't just hoard them (to enjoy looking at them but never putting them to use - like, who does that? ✋).

So...the other night I realized I had a number of almost-used-up paper packs that each contained 1-2 full-size, 12" x 12" pieces. Choosing the lovely Expressions in Ink paper, I started by cutting one of them into 4" strips, then cutting those down to 5-1/4", leaving me with a six pieces that would be perfect for a card front. Then I got busy:

These gorgeous cards just about made themselves! The beautiful gold veining in each piece is stunning! Let's look at each.

First is the patterned paper mounted on a Shaded Spruce card base after heat embossing the greeting from Artistically Inked. All it needed was a knot of Gold Shimmer Ribbon, and this elegant card was done!

Here's a second, also using Shaded Spruce for the card base, with gold-embossed greeting from Sweet as a Peach. This one got Gold Glitter Dots for embellishment:

Possibly my favorite, another sentiment from Flowing Flowers, mounted on Old Olive, and includes the Glitter Dots:

Here's a another Flowing Flowers sentiment:

For those of you lucky enough to score the FREE Sale-a-Bration set, Special Moments - I love the understated elegance of this sentiment:

And finally, one more terrific font from Flowing Flowers:

Since I need a hostess gift for a dinner party I'm attending tonight, I thought this would be perfect:

I had one more piece of the paper, on which I embossed the "thank you" and trimmed it to fit inside an Acetate Card Box, tied up with a gold bow.

Many of the items used are currently on the Last Chance List of retiring products. They are only available while supplies last. Check out the list here. And order soon, because these things are flying out the doors!

Product List

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set

[154542]

$24.00

Flowing Flowers Cling Stamp Set

[157880]

$25.00

Sweet As A Peach Photopolymer Stamp Set

[155050]

$18.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Expressions In Ink 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[155464]

$15.00

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146981]

$8.75

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100702]

$8.75

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$6.00

Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon

[152156]

$7.00

Gold Glitter Enamel Dots

[152155]

$8.00

Acetate Card Boxes

[144628]

$7.00

Friday, April 1, 2022

On the Beach

I absolutely love the Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper, and used a piece of it for this month's Cards-by-Mail in this card:

Each participant received a 4"x 5-1/4" piece of the patterned paper and was instructed to tear it on the diagonal to create the feel of the ocean washing on the shore. Isn't that cool?

And look at those embellishments - Faux Sea Glass and shells cut and embossed on Pearlescent Paper to look like real shells!

Although the paper is only "while supplies last", the beach glass shapes and the pearlized paper, along with the sea shell shapes and embossing folder is being carried over, so we can all continue to create beach-themed cards - whoopee!

If you've been missing out on the Cards-by-Mail club, be sure to contact me for more information and get in on the action next month. The monthly club includes 4-6 cards, using Stampin' UP! products, and you get everything you need to create your cards (minus the stamped images - you complete them with your own stamps, which can be included in your order) including detailed instructions with color photos.

I hope you'll join us next time!

Product List