I made a card from the Designer Tin of Cards project kit a couple of weeks ago using part of the intended supplies for one of the cards and today I’m using some of the rest. Actually, I’m only using the card base itself which still leaves some decorative items… I really didn’t want to cover up much of the pretty pattern, rather I wanted to feature it.
Here’s the card from a few weeks ago
and here’s a shot of what’s planned for the kit:
So at my upcoming class, instead of creating 16 cards as per the kit, there will be the option to make 24 with a few extra supplies that I’ll provide.
For today’s card, I used the Designer Tin of Cards for the sentiment which I stamped in chocolate chip onto a piece of sahara sand and cut out with the layer circles framelits dies. I decided to do it backwards and used the scalloped circle for my top layer and cut a circle of watermelon wonder for it to sit on. It’s popped up with dimensionals. This wasn’t quite enough so I reached for my blossom bunch punch and punched out 3 of the smallest flowers. Pearls finished off the centres perfectly. So there you have it – a way to really stretch your kit.
I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, clickhere.
And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.
There’s some Stampin’ Up! News to share this morning and a couple of things that I wanted to point out. So let’s get to it!
Next month there’s a Stampin’ Up! party called Onstage! It’s where the next catalog is revealed to demonstrators and we get to play with new product (and even order some of it), watch presentations and hang out with the Stampin’ Up! family . We also like to make lots of a single card and swap with others so that you get a whole host of samples. This year, head office has given us a list of a few of the current stamp sets which will be in the new catalog in case we wanted to make our swaps with sets that will definitely be around for another year. This makes these sets a really good buy – here they are:
Dragonfly Dreams (item 142924)
Jar of Love (item 141587)
Banners for You (item 141710)
Touches of Texture (item 141934 W/143251 C)
Swirly Bird (item 141749)
Beautiful You (item 143004 W/143637 C)
I seem to have used a few of these sets quite a lot!
If you’d like to attend an Onstage event, joining now would allow you to sign up for the event in November. Of course you could join a little later, but joining in March gets extra benefits. The normal benefits are:
20% discount on all your orders with the potential to push that 25%
Volume rebates, team commissions, performance bonuses
VIP access to new product releases at least a month early
Free products to earn during various promotions
Qualify for product rewards, incentive trips and more
Receive the exclusive Stampin’ Success magazine quarterly
Eligible to attend Stampin’ Up! events twice per year
The starter kit is an amazing deal – it’s fully customizable, so for just $99 you get $125 of quality product of your choice, shipped free, saving you $38.50 on product and shipping. If you join by March 31st, you add two stamp sets completely free, a value of up to $104. If you’re ready to jump in, grab your wish list and click here. Or if you have questions, go to the Join My Team tab for more details. If you still have questions, contact me.
Finally, Sale-a-bration is in the final month and will end on March 31st. Products are on an “as supplies last” basis so if there’s something you really want, dive in early. A good way to get free products is to buy a Paper Pumpkin prepaid. A 3 month prepaid Paper Pumpkin is currently on sale ($55 instead of $59), so not only do you get almost a 7% discount, you get to select a Sale-a-bration freebie. What more could you ask for?! Just order as normal at my online store – you can put the code 137859 in the search bar and it will take you right there. Even better is the 12 month prepaid where you save $2 per month (137861), but the best part is that you get FOUR Sale-a-bration items for that and $21.50 in Stampin’ Rewards! It’s $215 for a whole year of the red box (I ordered it myself) and if you add a few things and get to $250, not only do you get a fifth freebie, but there’s an extra $25 on top of the usual $25 of Stampin’ Rewards, so in total, that’s FIVE free Sale-a-bration products and $50 in Stampin’ Rewards.
In case you don’t know what Paper Pumpkin is about, here are the details:
Each month you receive a unique, surprise kit with a project. It’s colour-coordinated and everything is pre-cut
Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, accessories and instructions.
Each kit gives you about 30 minutes of fun
Your Paper Pumpkin ships around the 15th of the month.
You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month’s kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month.
A Paper Pumpkin subscription is just $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!) There’s no commitment, you can cancel or put your subscription on hold at any time. You can also prepay 1, 3, 6 or 12 months at a time (great gift idea) and save money with the latter 2 options.
Once you’re a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can buy previous kits as supplies last. Sometimes complete kits are available, at other times, it’s just the consumables so that you can make more.
Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, clickhere.
And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.
I’ve had this card in my head for a week or so but just couldn’t quite finalise it to get to my Paper Pumpkin February 2017 Alternative 2. The “ornament” is actually the candle flame from the kit and thus I’ve actually made a Christmas card in March! I liked the ornament on cherry cobbler but wanted my sentiment in ink rather than heat embossing because the gold embossing powder doesn’t match the ornament. Hence this layout was created.
The gold thread is held onto the ornament with a glue dot and then wrapped under the cherry cobbler piece and secured there. There’s a slight bump where it goes under the cherry cobbler, but it’s minor. I then popped the ornament up with dimensionals and added a bow with another glue dot. Before constructing the card, I stamped my sentiment from Embellished Ornaments because the extra layer would have messed up the stamp-a-ma-jig – and of course, it’s better to do the sentiment early so that you can flip the cardstock over if necessary!
I glued the cherry cobbler piece to my very vanilla layer, standing them up on my desk so that I could be certain that they were lined up properly. Then I added this to a cherry cobbler card base.
I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, clickhere.
And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.
I’ve finally done it! I’ve made a baby card for a boy! Every time I sat down to make a baby card lately, it came out as a baby girl one. Now I’m at least half prepared for the birth of my colleagues’ children. One is definitely a boy and the other is unknown so I just need another baby boy card in case. I meant to use the adorable toys in Moon Baby, but the baby with the umbrella demanded to be used again!
I used archival basic black to stamp the image onto watercolor paper and then actually left it overnight. Not because it needs quite that long to dry, but because I didn’t get to it. The pale blue is actually the pacific point watercolor pencil and a lot of water to get it quite that pale. I then matted it with night of navy which led to me stamping the sentiment in night of navy also and matting it in the same colour using the layering circles framelits die. I stamped the sentiment on watercolor paper as well so that the colour and texture matched the larger panel perfectly. The card base is actually marina mist – not a colour that appears anywhere else on the card, but it worked due to the very pale pacific point. After folding the card, I put the front into the Lucky Stars TIEF to create the texture – I like how it goes right to the edge of the card front.
I was thinking about doing a little organizing since I don’t use my coloured embossing powders that often; these days I tend to use versamark on the stamp, then a colour and use clear embossing powder. In a very obvious attempt to craft rather than organise (!), I decided that it would be fun to use the Reverse Words stamp set again but have it multi coloured.
I did this by stamping the image onto the versamark ink pad and then used sponge daubers to add pool party, pear pizzazz and then sweet sugarplum. I stamped it onto a piece of whisper white and then covered it with clear embossing powder. After heating, I got this lovely glossy multicoloured background for my reverse words image. I added a few sweet sugarplum dots, a sweet sugarplum mat and put this all onto a thick whisper white card base. A similar effect could be created using baby wipes and re-inkers – I may give that a go soon.
I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, clickhere.
And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.
