Waves of the Ocean

Each of the world’s wide and open oceans is brimming with beauty and wonder. Marvelous marine animals, miles of submerged mountain ranges, and unique underwater plants lie thousands of feet below Earth’s dry surface, encouraging exploration and awaiting discovery.

Discover the depths of the ocean—and your artistic abilities—with the Waves of the Ocean Collection! This coastal collection includes an inspiring set of stamps and detailed dies, both early-release products from the upcoming 2022–2023 Annual Catalog. Plus, a pack of paper made from images of hand-poured paint, blue-hued foil sheets for a sea of shine, and radiant rhinestones for a splash of sparkle—each an exclusive product you can only purchase during the promotion period!

Explore artistic expression with the Waves of the Ocean Collection. With these seaside supplies, you’ll dive into inspiration and swim in a sea of creativity!  

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The bundle  (stamps and dies) is $51.25 (USD) but if you want it all (and who doesn't) it is $79.25.   

The Waves of the Ocean Collection includes:

• Waves of Inspiration Bundle (10% off)
  
• Waves of the Ocean 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper
  
• Blue Foils 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Specialty Paper
  
• Rhinestone Waves Basic Jewels
• Only available while supplies last

The Designer Paper is $11.50 / Blue Foil Specialty paper is $10.  

Exclusive embellishments only available during the Waves of the Ocean promotion are $6.50.

• 168 adhesive-backed rhinestones
  
• 3 mm: 20 each of 6 colors
  
• 4 mm: 4 each of 6 colors
  
• 5mm: 4 each of 6 colors
  
• Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy, Pacific Point
  
• Only available while supplies last
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Click on the pictures below to get a better view of this wonderful collection!

New Horizon Designer Paper

I love the New Horizons designer paper!!  You can order it using the item # 157768.  Each pack of this New Horizons paper includes four of each of the 12 double-sided designs ... 48 sheets total!!  Just a small portion of this paper can be the main artwork in your hand crafted card.  No need to add much more.

Here are a few cards I put together in just a small amount of time.

Stamped the birds and trees onto the DSP.

Stamped the birds, tree & grass on to the DSP.

 

I cut one of the New Horizons designer paper into four 3" x 3" pieces.  Remember there are two sides to the paper so pick which one you like the best.  Stamp an image if you wish like birds, trees, etc.  I layered the 3" square onto Basic Black (cut 3 1/8").  Place this layered piece where you want it to go.  Stamp your sentiment on the white card base.  You can adhere the square onto the card with glue, tape or add dimensionals to the back and pop it up.

  

Masculine Slimlines

 I have been concentrating on making cards that I can send to men (or boys).  This stamp set, Driving By, that I got for FREE! during Sale-a-Bration did the trick!  I love the van!  I paper-pieced some designer paper that I had in my stash for the vans.  I love the hippie one, don't you?  I am going on the Beach Boys cruise with my daughter in a couple of weeks and the theme is 60's so this card fits the bill!   I think I am going to make several cards similar to these slimline to give out on the cruise.

This designer paper (Pattern Party) is from the Annual Catalog Hosting Rewards.

 

I found this truck in a retired stamp set called Ride With Me.

More Friendly Hello

 More cards using the Stampin'Up! Friendly Hello stamp set and Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper from the 2022 Sale-a-Bration brochure.

Another great way to use that designer paper you have been hoarding!  The card is Petal Pink.  The designer paper is matted on a piece of Granny Apple Green cardstock to make the DSP "pop."  Surprisingly, when I was looking for a piece of ribbon to use, I found this Gumball Green ribbon.  Gumball Green retired several years ago but it went well with the Granny Apple!

Another simple card to show off the designer paper.  This time Fresh Freesia is the winner.  I used Wink of Stella on "hello."

Friendly Hello from Sale-a-Bration

I used the Stampin' Up! Friendly Hello stamp set and Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper from the January-February 2022 Sale-a-Bration brochure to create these cards to share with you today.

For this card, I used my Stampin' Blends to color the flowers and the bird.  The colors I used on this card are Petal Pink and Pool Party.  I am not a big fan of Petal Pink (too orangey) but I really like it paired with Pool Party.

This card does a great job of highlighting the designer paper - 3 different patterns and all from the same Sale-a-Bration pack.  I used the tag dies from Tailor Made Tags and stamped the sentiment from Biggest Wish stamp set.   Fresh Freesia was the star of this card and of course I had to sprinkle a few rhinestones around.

Wild About Wildlife Challenge

 What good timing!  I got my Paper Pumpkin for this month on time for a change and it is a Safari Celebration theme so several cute animals in the kit.  Then today I  stumbled across a blog posting about a Clean & Simple Challenge using animals.  My monkey fit the bill!  What do you think?

The bananas are stamped from last month's Paper Pumpkin and colored with my Stampin' Blends.  The sentiment is fussy cut and popped up on dimensionals (as is the monkey himself.)

Thanks for stopping into my Inkie Fingers blog.  I really love the Wild about Wildlife challenge.  It goes perfectly with the Safari Celebration Paper Pumpkin kit for February.  You can see other entries at The Paper Players 579 theme challenge.

Friendly Hello

 Don't you love this cheery card?  I love the different images in the Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper.  Different versions of them also come in three different colors - Pool Party (which I used), Petal Pink and Fresh Freesia.

I love the little bluebird.  I'm starting to see them in my yard - almost spring time!!  He was stamped with Black Memento on white cardstock and then colored with my Stampin' Blends.  This Friendly Hello stamp set included a "speckles" stamp.   I think these speckles are just the finishing touch on this card. You can get the Friendly Hello stamp and DSP for free with a $100 order.

 For the sentiment, I stamped onto the DSP and cropped the die piece with one of my favorite sets, Tasteful Touches.  There are so many great dies in there.  I don't very often stamp my sentiment on designer paper - not because I don't like it, but because I don't remember that it looks so pretty!  

Hope this inspires you to pull out your designer paper and see what you can create!

 

More Memories & More

Happy Valentines!  

While watching the Olympics Sunday, I made a few more Memories and More kits.  Are you watching the Olympics?  There is so much to watch!  My favorites are hockey and curling.

The background on this card is made using a clear transparency that has a hexagon shape on it.  I found it is my files of vellum and it works great for this card.

Memories and More

 When you need a pretty card but don’t have much time to put one together, the Memories & More Card Packs are  a great resource. These cards below that I made this weekend are made with the Flowers for Every Season Memories & More Card Pack which are retired...BUT there are a couple of other Memories & More packs in the Annual Catalog (page 127) and a new pack in the Mini Catalog (pg. 59).  

If you want an easy afternoon of crafting where you end up with a stack of pretty cards, then Memories & More Card Packs are a great product for this. Just grab some matching embellishments and cardstock, and then be amazed at how many cards you can make in a couple of hours.

The Memories & More Card Packs are designed for pocket scrapbooking and work  well for that purpose with two different size double-sided cards to match with your memories. In the Flowers for Every Season pack there are 50 cards - some designed to add journaling to capture the stories associated with your photos. The pack includes stickers as well for decorating the cards or using them throughout your photo album. If you are like me and it can take years to put an album together, this is a great tool to speed up the process!

The additional bonus is that the Memories & More Card Packs are great for making quick and easy cards that look lovely. You can spend as much, or as little time as you want embellishing the cards and adding sentiments to make them perfect for you.

There is not much stamping on the cards below but I have added some ribbon and enamel dots. The only other product needed to make this card is some adhesive and card stock. Super quick to make.

I stamped the sentiment and added Just Jade & Cinnamon Cider cardstock to this card.

I added ribbon, Misty Moonlight and Bumblebeed card stock for this one.

I cut strips of two of the cards in the pack and mounted them on Magenta cardstock which was then adhered to the Bumblebee card.  I added the ribbon and stamped the sentiment.

I cut one of the cards from the pack in three equal pieces and mounted them onto black cardstock which was then adhered everything to the Bumblebee card stock.  I used the Tailored Tag Punch and adhered the sentiment (which was a sticker in the kit.)

I added ribbon for the Just Jade card.  The flowers in the right corner is a sticker.  I stamped the birthday cake and used the Stitched Circle to die cut it.

I hope you enjoyed these cards and will take a look at some of the Memories and More kits in the catalog.  I got this kit in the Clearance at a deal.  So, you might want to look at Clearance items from time to time

Lots of Puns

 I have fun making these Paper Pumpkin cards from the February Lots of Pun kit.  Most of these below are alternative ideas for the kit.  I added Early Espresso for several of the cards but all other elements came in the kit.

This egg makes a cute flower too - see below!

This is a fun fold.  The top is scored in half and when it opens, the top folded part rests on the Celebrate flag piece.  Instead of an egg, it's a flower!

Who's ever seen a banana with glasses!!

The sentiment is stamped on a small piece cut from one of the envelopes.