I am Celebrating You for a Birthday Card. But I am really celebrating the Stamparatus! WooHoo!! I really love that Stampin’ Up! made some awesome additions to a stamping tool that we all love. My card today uses the Stamparatus to make a wreath from a regular flower. There are several videos out showing how to make the template. I am not going to recreate the wheel so I will just explain a little and show you my card.
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Isn’t that Daisy Wreath just adorable? And it only takes a couple of minutes to get it stamped in a perfect circle. The little daisy from the Daisy Delight stamp set is a two-step stamp. I stamped first with Crushed Curry and then did the solid stamp with Flirty Flamingo.
The sentiment is from Hand Delivered. It is my favorite of the new Host Rewards stamp sets. It is extremely versatile and just darn cute! And I am sure you recognize the designer series paper as the Share What You Love Specialty DSP. I see myself going through several packs of this over the upcoming year.
OK to the wreath. I took a piece of Thick Very Vanilla cardstock to make my template. I did not measure it but it was probably 6 X 6. Using the largest of the non scalloped Layering Squares (approximately 2 7/8) I placed it in the center of the 6 X 6 and cut it out with the Big Shot. I then turned it so it was like a diamond and centered it again over the square that I had just cut. Once you have that cut out , you are ready to go.
This card began as just an experiment to see how my lining up of the cuts were. So I used the square that was first cut out. You place the now template on the stamparatus and secure it. Insert the square back into the square hole and place your stamp in the center top of the square. Ink, stamp, turn your square to the diamond position (I rotated counter-clockwise each time) ink, stamp, repeat. And you end up with a perfect circle! Who Knew!!! I am in love all over again with the Stamparatus
Thank you for visiting with me today! I really appreciate it and one of these days I will create my first video and I will not be sending you off to someone else’s video. All of the products I used are listed at the bottom of the page. I hope you will give this a try. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me!
It is still a great time to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. I would love to have you join my team. A great perk for demonstrators this time of year is getting to see the new catalog first. Then we get to order and play with the new products a month early. For me, that is one of the best parts of being a SU Demonstrator. Of course, the discount helps! If you are interested, please contact me and let’s talk.
Happy Monday to you! It appears the the storms are finally leaving us here in the south. That is reason enough to celebrate. My thoughts are with other parts of the country that had flooding and other serious events happen. Hopefully my card today will give you a SMILE for a few minutes.
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When I think of Good Times, I think of either the mountains, or the beach. Today I have focused on the mountains. The stamp set Waterfront is the perfect stamp set for those like me who like these two vacation spots. It is a piece of cake to depict either location just by using different colors.
Today’s colors are so rich and beautiful together. I do not believe the photograph really does them justice. The returning Blackberry Bliss is a real jewel! I used the Seaside Embossing Folder for the background layer and it really shows off well in the Blackberry.
Thank you for visiting today. I have used quite a few colors on my card and they are on the supply list at the bottom of the post. Do not forget about the Clearance Rack. Even though technically the Retired List is gone, leftover items will begin showing up on the Clearance Rack pretty soon.
Stay tuned tomorrow and I will try to get a few of the Stampin’ Up! new product videos to link. In the meantime, you can always go to the Stampin’ Up! YouTube site and begin watching. Enjoy!!
It is still a great time to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. I would love to have you join my team. A great perk for demonstrators this time of year is getting to see the new catalog first. Then we get to order and play with the new products a month early. For me, that is one of the best parts of being a SU Demonstrator. Of course, the discount helps! If you are interested, please contact me and let’s talk.
Stampin’ Up!s 2018-2019 Catalog launches today! WooHoo!! Ordering becomes available at Noon (MT). So you can begin ordering at 2:00PM if you are on Eastern Time.
To give you a little sneak peak, I have added 2 videos. One is for an AWESOME new bundle, Rooted In Nature. I love this one! It is great for any occasion, even masculine cards. And those are so hard sometimes. The second video is for the AMAZING Stamparatus. If you have not seen this new stamp positioning tool, please watch the video. It is very unique in the design and capabilities.
If you do not have a new catalog and would like one, please contact me and I will get one in the mail to you. I will be back on Monday with some great new product based cards. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
It is still a great time to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. I would love to have you join my team. A great perk for demonstrators this time of year is getting to see the new catalog first. Then we get to order and play with the new products a month early. For me, that is one of the best parts of being a SU Demonstrator. Of course, the discount helps! If you are interested, please contact me and let’s talk.
I am playing along with the Global Design Project (GDP140) for today’s card. The challenge is to a CASE a card and this one is casing my Fearless Leader, Brian King. So I could not resist.
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Even though I have not used the set very much, I was thrilled to see that Playful Backgrounds is carrying over to the New Catalog. It is a great set for fun and bold backgrounds. For this card I stamped the open circles in Mossy Meadow. I then randomly stamped the solid circles with Granny Apple Green, both full strength and stamped off once. For the top section I used the lacy background from Southern Serenade, another YAY! for it carrying over from the Occasions Catalog. I used Soft Sea Foam ink for this one and stamped off before each placement.
When I began this card I wasn’t sure what my focal point would be. After I decided on the sentiment, which is also from Southern Serenade, I knew immediately the cat punch was perfect. I added all the colors as layers and finished the card with a couple of the Metallic Shapes in silver.
Thank you for stopping by today. I very much appreciate it. All of the supplies I used are listed at the bottom of the page.
LAST MINUTE REMINDER: Today is the last day of the current Stampin’ Up! Catalog. If there is a bundle you are interested in, please order today so you can still receive the 10% discount! Contact me if you have any questions. I hope you have a great rest of your day!
It is still a great time to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. I would love to have you join my team. A great perk for demonstrators this time of year is getting to see the new catalog first. Then we get to order and play with the new products a month early. For me, that is one of the best parts of being a SU Demonstrator. Of course, the discount helps! If you are interested, please contact me and let’s talk.
Yesterday’s Bike Ride card was a small centered focal point. Today is basically the same, without a sentient, and very unintentional. I have played with the Cake Soiree stamp set and from the large set I chose one little stamp. I suppose I am in “small” mode this week!
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I believe that the Designer Series Paper, Tranquil Texture, is more prominent than the stamped gift. I really, really love this paper and combination of colors. I stamped the package onto the DSP and then colored the flowers using the Stampin’ Blends. (Which are back in supply! WooHoo!!) I used the colors from the DSP for my blending.
I wanted this to be just a cute card and decided not to add a sentiment. To help enhance the center, I added the Berry Burst Metallic Edge Ribbon for some shine and bold color. I also added the silver/white baker’s twine for the package bow. I know the colors seem a tad dark, but the dark layers of the card are the returning favorite Blackberry Bliss. The base of the card is one of the New colors, Balmy Blue. It is a really nice and soft blue.
Thank you for visiting with me again today. I very much appreciate it. All of the supplies I used are listed at the bottom of the page. You can click on any item and be taken directly to my online store.
Reminder: The current catalog as well as the Occasions Catalog end on May 31st. That is only a couple of days away. If there are items that you are interested in grab them now, and they may already be sold out. ALSO….. if there are bundled products that you love, even if they are carrying over, they will not be bundled any longer. So get them now and save the 10% for another purchase!!
It is still a great time to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. I would love to have you join my team. A great perk for demonstrators this time of year is getting to see the new catalog first. Then we get to order and play with the new products a month early. For me, that is one of the best parts of being a SU Demonstrator. Of course, the discount helps! If you are interested, please contact me and let’s talk.
I have a cute little 4 X 4 card today. I love these for several reasons. They are easy to prepare for since everything is square cuts, they are smaller and great for DSP, and they still can be mailed in a regular A2 card envelope. Yay! But this one is just cute 🙂
Bike Ride, 143716
Yes, I know the title says Bike Ride and this is a basket of apples! But this basket of apples fits on the bike, I just omitted the bike. There are a variety of items that fit in the basket. And the sentiment, even though from a different stamp set, matched perfectly to the apples I believe. I love when the unexpected is perfect!!
For a mostly brown card this one is quite bright. The Designer Series Paper is the upcoming Nature’s Poem. I totally adore it. The colors are very rich and there are great alternate patterns to the leaves. But the leaves are so soft that they are like a painting.
Thank you so much for visiting today! I hope you enjoyed today’s card and will leave me a comment. Stay safe in this nasty weather and please stop back tomorrow. As always, the complete list of supplies is at the bottom of the post. If you click on any item it will take you directly to my online store.
It is still a great time to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. I would love to have you join my team. A great perk for demonstrators this time of year is getting to see the new catalog first. Then we get to order and play with the new products a month early. For me, that is one of the best parts of being a SU Demonstrator. Of course, the discount helps! If you are interested, please contact me and let’s talk.
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