These are the projects we made this week at Stamp Club. The angels were a big hit using the Sizzix Bow Die. I did a search on the internet and found several different versions and mine are a combo of several different ones.
This card uses the single stamp, "Be Merry" which is actually a tag. I used a strip of DSP to cover up the "To/From". We stamped the tag with white craft ink and then embossed it with white embossing powder.
This was one of my favorites. I finally sucked it up and bought the Typeset Alphabet Sizzix Die. I used cardboard that comes inside the DSP cut into 1 1/2" squares; then I stamped in Garden Green one of the stamps from Tape It. I used the sticker tape from the Goody Goody set in between the green. Next I die cut the "j" "o" and "y". The ornament is from Mosaic Madness and "Christmas" is from the polymer stamp, Endless Wishes which unfortunately is sold out.
I just love these colors - Coastal Cabana, Pumpkin Pie and Brown Sugar. I used the single stamp, Magnificant Maple and Gorgeous Grunge to make the background on the thinlit card.
A new, holiday-themed collection of single stamps from Stampin' Up is now available! The holidays will be here before you know it, and these holiday-themed single stamps may be just you need. There are eight different stamps to choose from, six of which coordinate with Framelits dies or punches. Check them out here: Details:
You can find the stamp item numbers on the flyer above.
Single stamps will be packaged in cello bags. If you'd like a case for your stamp, you can buy Clear-Mount Stamp cases that come in packs of four (item 119105).
These single stamps are available in clear-mount only.
The stamps won't come with a Clear-Mount Block, and you'll need to buy a block separately if you don't already have one. The recommended block sizes can be found on the flyer.
There's no limit on how many pieces you can buy.
I'm headed to CKC (Creating Keepsakes Convention) in Charlotte this weekend. Marianne are taking a few classes and doing a little shopping. We're headed down this morning and will be back Saturday afternoon. We are both looking forward to lunch .... we are going to Mert's Heart and Soul - a great little soul food restaurant downtown!!
I am waiting for my Tuesday Stamp Club gals. They should be arriving in about an hour. So, I thought I would share the cards we will be making. I am concentrating on Easter and will let them choose which ones they want to make this month.
Using the Single Stamp - Ears to You and Melon Mambo ink - easy one.
Easel Card
The Easel Card will be the most difficult for them to make but it is really easy when you figure it all out. I used Blush Bossom card stock (retired). The Cross is made from the Lattice Die (Elegant Eggplant). The leaves are punched with the Bird Punch. I used Nestabilities for the oval and ran it through the Dotted Embossing Folder. The flower in the center is from the Flower Trim in the mini catalog (pg. 5). I love these flowers! They come in Vanilla but it is so easy to die them. You can color them with markers or reinkers or just smush them into your ink pad. For the ones we are using today, I just cut about 12 flowers from the card and sprayed them with a mixture of rubbing alcohol and 5-6 drops of reinker. I mixed it up in my Stampin' Spritzers (big catalog, pg 179). They are a good deal - you get 2 bottles for $2.95. I have several that I have mixed different colors into.
Easter Blessings is also a Single Stamp in the mini catalog (pg 24) as are the doilies (pg 5). Another deal! 24 doilies for $2.95! I used a background from A Good Egg stamp (retired) on the Eggplant card.
This card makes me smile and think of SPRING!
I am trying to make the best of the Sale-a-bration stamps - only a few more days!! This one uses Bloomin' Marvelous. I stamped the flowers in some retiring in-colors - Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade and non retiring, Summer Starfruit. I cut 1" of the Sale-a-bration DSP for the bottom and wrapped a small piece of ribbon around it. My club ladies will be able to choose from the ribbon from Sale-a-bration - Pool Party, Is. Indigo or Calypso Coral.
Another Sale-a-bration - my favorite! This one is Feeling Sentimental and I thought the That's the Ticket stamp went with it perfectly!
For this card I used the Natural Composition DSP. Wow! I just got this DSP - don't know what took me so long. It's great - it is a heavy weight paper and the patterns are already embossed on the paper and glossy. I sponged Soft Suede around the edges and sponged Vanilla on the center of the paper and made that embossing POP!
As part of Stampin' Up's 25-year anniversary celebration, they are bringing back
some of our favorite stamp images from the last quarter century and
combining them into 12 sets, which will be released - one set per month - during
2013. Even better, along with some great classic images, each "Best of"
set will also include a never-before-seen image!
All Best of stamp sets will include 3-5 images, including a never-before seen image, and will be priced at $14.95.
While SU is releasing just one Best of stamp set per
month (with a new theme each month), all of the Best of sets will be
available until March 31, 2014.
A new flyer will be released every month for each new Best of set.
All Best of stamp sets are available in Clear-Mount only.
And that's not all ..... As a special incentive to collect the Best of stamps, starting in
February SU is including a collector's card and 25-year proof of
purchase sticker with every Best of set. Collect six stickers, and send
it in to redeem a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Free sets
must be redeemed no later than April 30, 2014.
This past week was Leadership and Stampin' Up announced a couple of key things. One being a kit for a guy. They introduced the new, very manly stamping kit: the Dude, You're Welcome! kit.
Guys don't always have the easiest time expressing themselves, but with the Dude, You're Welcome! kit, they'll have
Four wood-mount stamps (double-mounted) with the perfect sentiment for every occasion
Twelve 4" x 6" postcards in four different (manly) colors
Twelve gray envelopes
A Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad
An instructional guide (for the most novice stamper!)
Basically, the kit includes everything a dude needs to create the
perfect manly card that any woman would adore, all packaged in an
appropriately masculine box.
Check out the video:
Did you love the way he casually tosses aside the instructions?
Fortunately, this set doesn’t really need instructions for the man in
your life to make you a great heartfelt card. Order one of these sets for the man in your life. He may not say so,
but he’ll appreciate it and out of curiosity, he’ll use it! (And, maybe
if you’re really nice, he’ll let you use it, too!) And you’re better
half isn’t the only one who would benefit from this easy and fun set:
suggest it to the other men you know, too!
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That's not all the news!! Stampin' Up has had a great response so far to their experiment with single stamps.
So much so that they are making ten more never-before-seen images
available as single stamps available through March 31, 2013. And boy, are they cute ones!
Stampin' Up is now joining a lot of other companies who offer a monthly kit!! How fun!! The products will be delivered straight to your door!
It's so easy to get started. Simply sign up for the program starting TODAY (Monday) by visiting www.mypaperpumpkin.com
and click Get it. Every month a new, surprise project kit arrives at
your doorstep. Just think of the anticipation of creating a fun project
to pin, showoff, and share with your friends and family-every month!
Of course, you'll want to know more. So here's the nitty gritty:
Each month SU sends you a unique, surprise kit with a project-cards,
journals, décor, and more! (They've even color-coordinated, measured, and
cut everything for you!)
Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, and accessories-everything but adhesive.
Each kit gives you a 30-minute creativity escape.
They will ship your Paper Pumpkin on or 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. (Let's say you sign up on May 10th, we'll send
your kit around May 15th. If you sign up on May 11th, we'll send your
first kit around June 15th.)
A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is
included!)
There's no commitment, you can cancel your monthly Paper Pumpkin at anytime. You can also skip a month if you want.
Starting in early March, they will offer a Try-It kit if you'd like to try Paper Pumpkin for one month.
The Welcome Kit is the very first Paper Pumpkin you will receive in your
first month of membership. The Welcome Kit includes a free gift-a clear
acrylic block!
