Monthly Archives: November 2016

Warmth and Cheer DSP stack

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I completely overlooked the Warmth and Cheer DSP stack in the Holiday catalog and I can’t imagine why. I kept seeing cards online with gorgeous papers and they kept being this stack. When Julia was ordering recently, she planned to get this one and when I commented that it was on my list for my next order, she just upped the quantity to two and got me one. I’m so grateful! At the crop this weekend, I had a lot of fun playing with this stack and the stitched shapes framelits dies which coordinate beautifully with the stitching on this paper stack.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Warmth and Cheer DSP stack - Merriest Wishes - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

Paper stacks are 6 inches square and if you cut your DSP for the card at 3 3/4 by 5 inches you get enough leftover to cover the envelope flap for perfect coordination. So that’s what I did and I matted it with a piece of garden green that’s just an 1/8 inch larger. This was then glued to a crumb cake card base. For my sentiment I used the Merriest Wishes set and embossed it in black. I then cut it out with the awesome stitched shapes framelits dies. I’m so glad that these came out early – they are addictive though, I warn you! I’m using them on pretty much every card that I can! I’ve read this morning that the stocks of the dies are getting low, so if you want to snap them up before they go on back order, you need to get them right away. Anyway, I popped up the sentiment with dimensionals and finished off the project by sticking the remaining DSP to the envelope flap and snipping around the edge of the flap.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is GWTDK7RM (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Merry Mice Stamp Set

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This is an adorable card, I made it at the weekend at the crop. Julia had the Merry Mice set and I decided that I needed to play with it.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Merry Mice - Warmth and Cheer DSP stack - Christmas Greeting Thinlits - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

I stamped him in archival basic black and then coloured him in with markers – garden green, cherry cobbler, smoky slate and blushing bride in the ears – the ears were too bright so I used a blender pen to soften them. I then found a sweater pattern from the Warmth and Cheer DSP stack and stamped the mouse onto it and cut out his sweater. Somehow I got really lucky and the pattern was perfectly centred and makes the mouse look so cosy. Next I cut him out with the stitched shapes framelits dies. I also stamped just the star onto a piece of gold glimmer paper and fussy cut out the star. To finish off my card, I used the Christmas Greetings Thinlits and a scrap of gold glimmer paper to make the jolly. I dry embossed the envelope flap with the Holly TIEF.

These stitched dies are available now in advance of next year’s annual catalog and to really sweeten the deal, there are a number of coordinating sets available at 25% off this month – Merry Mice is one of them.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is GWTDK7RM (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

So Detailed Thinlits Dies

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Following the success of the detailed floral thinlits dies, Stampin’ Up! have brought out the So Detailed Thinlits Dies and they let us play with them at Onstage! Here the make and take was assembling a card with a belly band made of a delicate detailed piece cut using the dies and the coordinating stamp set So in Love  and the Falling in Love DSP. I was lucky enough to get the stamp set for free and the So Detailed Thinlits Dies and DSP are winging their way across the country to me at the moment and should arrive tomorrow. Can’t wait!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - So Detailed Thinlits Dies - Falling in Love DSP - So in Love

We used a pool party base and used the same ink to add a few flowers to the DSP before gluing it down to the base. The belly band was made out of a die cut piece of very vanilla and another piece which we carefully glued together loosely so that it would slide on and off. The sentiment is in crumb cake and this make and take also features the rather lush Very Vanilla satin ribbon (which I picked out of the box of supplies as it was passed round and round the table for us to share out the goodies) and the Falling in Love embellishments.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is GWTDK7RM (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Moroccan Designer Series Paper

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I wanted to showcase the stitched shapes framelits dies again and decided to add the Moroccan Designer Series Paper to the card.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Moroccan Designer Series Paper - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies - Endless Birthday Wishes

I started by stamping the image from the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set in versamark and then bringing it to life with the silver embossing powder and the heat gun. I used the largest but one oval stitched framelit and that created my focal point. I cut a piece of the Moroccan Designer Series Paper to add more emerald envy. I used the same colour for the sentiment also from Endless Birthday Wishes. I put this all together on a piece of whisper white and then onto an emerald envy card base. Easy but very effective.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is GWTDK7RM (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. 

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Inside the Lines DSP

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Here’s a sneak peek from the upcoming Occasions catalog – it’s another make and take that we made at Onstage Local last weekend using the Inside the Lines DSP. It was loads of fun – want to come to the next one? Just join my team and get ready for some fun. It’s as simple as that!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Inside the Lines DSP - Dragonfly Dreams

I’m really excited about this card and the products that we used. The Inside the Lines DSP is one of the products that you can only get for free! During Sale-a-bration (January 4 – March 31), you get to pick a free product from the SAB catalogue for each $50 that you spend before tax and shipping. This paper is a 12 pack of 12″ by 12″ paper, 3 each of 4 designs that is printed in black and white and ready for colouring.

The pack that we were given for this card contained the three pieces of DSP already cut to size and we just coloured one of the pieces. With the new watercolour pencils – we have 13 of these in Stampin’ Up! colours. Once you’ve coloured the image, you can use a blender pen or aquapainter to blend colours and smooth lines. It’s really fun and I can’t wait to be able to order my own set. We used calypso coral, daffodil delight and old olive on this card. We also used the Dragonfly Dreams set for the sentiments – stamped in calypso coral on the same colour card base and in basic black for the thanks banner. The black baker’s twine is a new product too. So that’s four new products on this card – the Inside the Lines DSP, the watercolor pencils, the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and the twine.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is GWTDK7RM (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz