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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Stamping Friends,
May your year be blessed with health, prosperity and Stamping time!
The Holiday catalog is only good through January 4th so hurry if you have a few other products you wanted.
Use the hostess code KDREJS4A with your online order placed no later than the 4th and the orders will be combined so that I can order the Six Sayings hostess set that you will see on today’s cards. It is a must have set. I will draw from everyone ordering to select who gets the hostess set. One entry for each $25 order! The inside of my New Year’s card uses the Six Sayings hostess set and Perfect Plum ink. Once again (previously used at Thanksgiving) I have combined two of the stamps from the stamp set to make the greeting I wanted.
The snowflakes from ‘Flurry of Wishes’ were used for accents and stamped with Wisteria Wonder.
For the front of the card you will think I am very cheesy or very brilliant but we are not going to take a vote!
Yes, it is a box card but it was soooo perfect for the greeting I wanted to use to reflect going from 2015 to 2016 and it had a snowy scene to tie in with the blessings falling like snowflakes!
Now for a Thank You card, once again using the Six Sayings hostess stamp set and positioning the designer series paper to the left instead of centered for a unique look.
On the inside I wanted the word “Very”. Our current ‘Reason For The Season’ set has the word ‘very’ but I didn’t have that set so I used the retired Very Merry Tags set. I stamped it on Very Vanilla, colored in the bottom half which had the word ‘merry’ with an Always Artichoke marker, punched it out with the 7/8 ” scalloped circle punch and then embellished the tag with gold metallic thread and a gold sequin and popped up the tag with dimensionals on top of the smaller of the gold foil doilies. It is stunning in real life!!
Here is the instruction sheet
Thankful-Very PDF Instruction Sheet
And the supplies used:
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Have a wonderful evening and SAL, Sigh A Loud as you consider all those New Years Resolutions you are going to keep!
Blessings,
Karen
May the cure be found….
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Stampin’ Up! joined the fight for the cure of breast cancer by contributing to research a portion of sales from each Pink Paper Pumpkin purchased this month! Thank you to all who subscribed and helped the fight!
Congratulations survivors! We pray for your continued good health. We hurt for those still in the trenches and cry for those we’ve lost. Stay strong!
The little 3X3 cards were inspired by a card made by our own team member Jennifer Michael.
The Paper Pumpkins come with a crazy too big USPS label but a bit of Un-du takes it right off so you have all of the pretty pink box to see. The card I attached to the front uses our Bitty Butterfly punch and a sizzlit given me by my dear sister and cancer survivor, Sharon, also, a new team member. Welcome, Sharon.
The ribbon is the White 3/8″ Glitter ribbon found on page 29 of the holiday catalog. The picture doesn’t do the sparkles justice. You just use a marker of your desired color to color the back and voila! colored glittery ribbon.
I used Pink Pirouette cardstock for the card base and our Shimmery White cardstock for the top. The “For You” uses our Bitty Banners Framelits though the stamp itself is retired. The Groovy Love stamp set has a stamp that says “From My Heart” that would be a perfect substitute!
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And a Happy Halloween to all! We had about 80 trick or treaters and then ran out of goodies. If you are on a sugar high from “sharing” the treats you can stay up and stamp! Oh yes!
Get Well Soup, Bohemian Birthday, Bohemian Thank You, Beautiful Birthday, Thank You, Card Box
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Hello Stamping Friends,
Where did summer go? Paul can’t wait for hunting season and I am already thinking about all those Christmas cards we will make together!
Let me show you what we did at the August card buffet:
Get Well Soup-printable pdf instructions
Card #1: Bohemian Get Well:
Isn’t the Bohemian Designer Series Paper (DSP for short) just beautiful. The first card uses the left over Very Vanilla paper from cutting the oval to make an additional layer. My stampers at the card buffet made that creative change.
How did you make that soup bowl? I am so glad you asked.
You start by stamping the Very Vanilla layer with the whole image.
Then mask the little heart on the soup bowl with a sticky note and ink up the bowl part of your stamp.
Remove the sticky note! (That was the hardest thing to remember) and then stamp your bowl on the DSP.
Make a little cut at the right side of the bowl to cut out the soup section.
When you glue the bowl on top of your full image it will blend perfectly. Be sure and use Tombow liquid glue so you can get it perfectly aligned.
Then color the soup section. I used the fine tip end of my Crushed Curry marker and it gave a nice “soupy” look. For the inside I used a strip of DSP and a stamp from the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set:
Full directions and all the sizing are on the printable pdf file at the top of the first picture.
Envelope Card Box printable pdf instructions
As a thank you gift for attending, each stamper received this Envelope Card Box. Three of the cards at the card buffet used the Bohemian DSP and the card box used the same DSP so the stampers could have a lovely gift for themselves or have a gift to give with matching Get Well, Happy Birthday, and Thank You cards.
I love the new Lots of Labels Framelits with its straight sides used for the buckle of the belly band, and there are seven sizes so truly LOTS of labels. The greeting is from Watercolor Wings.
Card #2: Bohemian Happy Birthday:
This was the Happy Birthday with the Bohemian Designer Paper on Blackberry Bliss with the new Boho Chic Embossing Folder. I used a framelit from the Project Life Cards and Labels framelits to punch out the middle of the DSP where I stamped the Happy Birthday from the Birthday Blossoms stamp set.
The Bohemian DSP measures 3 5/8″ X 2 7/8″ and is on a Very Vanilla layer that measures 3 3/4″ X 3″. Not much else tricky on this card. It takes 23″ of twine to go around twice. The embossed layer is the same color as the main card stock and a full size of 5 1/2″ X 4 1/4″. The DSP cut out makes a perfect border for the inside of the card which uses another greeting from the Birthday Blossoms stamp set:
Card #3: Bohemian Thank You:
This card comes straight from an example in the catalog. It is white embossing on the DSP with a base card stock of Rich Razzleberry and a Bermuda Bay Banner. The stamp set used is Another Thank You. For the inside, I stayed simple and used a greeting from the Crazy About You stamp set:
Card #4: Sprinkles of Life friend card
I couldn’t wait to play with the Sprinkles of Life stamp set inside the back cover of the catalog. It is this years Make A Difference stamp set. Stampin’ Up! donates $3 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities for each set they sell. But there’s more fun….. they have a punch that goes with the set! It is the Tree Builder Punch and punches out the clouds and tree leaves and the bird and the apple and the tree trunk! Here is my take on the set using Garden Green and Soft Suede:
Kinda Eclectic is the stamp set with the sunshine and a Work of Art stamp makes quick work of adding green to the bottom. For the inside I broke my own rule and used a retired set from Sale A Bration called See Ya Later, it was just sooooo perfect for the card…..
Nothing much you need help with on this card. The stamp sets do it all and the layers are the standard. What? You don’t have my Standard Layers worksheet? Let’s fix that:
Standard Layers-printable pdf file
Card #5: A Whole Lot of Lovely Thank You Card:
This uses a hostess stamp set so now you really do want to have a party and earn this set – right?
There are only a couple tricky things to know on this card. The banner is the #4 banner framelit. Cut two of the same color and then cut 1/8″ off the top and the sides for a nice layered look. I used Versa Mark to add flowers to the top banner, glued it to the larger banner and then cut it in half, moved the halves 3/4″ apart, and glued the circle on top to lengthen the banner. You could also cut the paper exactly the width of the framelit, 1 7/8 “, and then run the banners only part way through the Big Shot to just cut the edges. We will do that with the next card but since this was behind a nice big circle I took the easy way. The stamped (colored with markers) Thank You is cut out with the Circle Framelit # 5 and the black border is punched with the 2 1/2 ” circle punch. This card was on Pinterest with Watermelon Wonder and Mint Macaron and looked great. This card uses Calypso Coral and last years In Color of Coastal Cabana. The inside used the same hostess stamp set:
Card #6: Birthday Blossoms:
Hard as I tried to adjust the color this card looks blue but it is really a beautiful purple -Wisteria Wonder. It is also an example straight from the catalog with just a different card base and different ribbon and different twine. Okay, so it started out with an example from the catalog.
The tricky part is making the top layer longer than the largest framelit – easy peasy – if you remember to go through the Big Shot only part way to cut just the lovely curves and then back it out. You start with a Whisper White strip 2 13/16″ X 5 1/4″ to run just part way through the Big Shot using the largest of the new Lots of Labels framelits #7. The straight edges of this new set of framelits are perfect for adding ribbon. I put a strip of sticky tape on the back of each side of the label and used 4 1/2 ” White Organza ribbon which I trimmed after adhering. 12″ of Baker’s Twine gathered the ribbon nicely on the sides for a unique look. The stamps are all from the Birthday Blossoms stamp set, (we used two word stamps from that set on the Bohemian Happy Birthday) and the set is made for the pansy punch so no fussy cutting!
I won’t overwhelm you (or me) by listing every single item used in the six cards and the envelope box but please call or email me if there is something you can’t figure out. I would be glad to help, and if you don’t have a demonstrator I would love to earn your business!
As Always, SAL Stamp A Lot, Smile A Little, Share A Love
(and always be Salt And Light in your world!)
Karen
Guest Stamper – Jennifer Michael
Hello Stamping Friends,
Today the spotlight is on Jennifer Michael who joined the Stampalosopher team in February of 2014 and promoted to Senior Associate last month. Jennifer lives in Kiowa, CO and hosts a crafting/scrapbooking event on the third Saturday of each month.
She has graciously provided us with the instructions for the two cards she made at her March event:
Here is the printable recipe:
Irresistibly Yours Card
And the printable recipe:
Lotus Blossom Card
Thank you, Jennifer! It is great to have you as part of the team!
SAL,
Karen
Card Buffet January 2015
The specials this week are very “special”! Did you know you can use your reinkers and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper to make many different colors of glimmer paper?!
Technique Alert: Colored Glimmer Paper: Drip drops of ink on your glimmer paper and use your Aqua Painter to spread the color evenly. So easy!
Card Buffet Report:
We had a great time with Valentines, A Sympathy card, A St Patrick’s Day card, A Birthday Card and A Thank You Card. Each stamper took home a Treat Box Holder with a bookmark designed by Peggy Tassler and featured on Too Cool Stamping with Angie Leach. Click on the link for directions. Here is my version with our new Stack With Love Designer Series Paper:
Do you see those little bitty hearts on the bookmark? They are from our new Heart Confetti Punch. Before this punch, our smallest heart was the owl punch heart which I used here with red glimmer paper inside the heart with the arrow. There are two different ways to make the window for the nuggets. Angie Leech used the Modern Label punch, lining up the punch with punched sticky notes. After trying that technique (second image) I used the Project Life Framelit so I only had to make one cut (first image).
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Remember the Thank You card from a previous post? Jennifer did a double punch on the paper piercing and used a candy dot to match the stem of the flower. I love seeing the creativity of my stampers.
Have a great day and use hostess code JEJ32FKT to be entered in February’s online drawing. Congratulations to Shanon who won the set of Rhinestones in January’s drawing and December went to Robyn for post comments.
Stamp A Lot,
Karen
Lotus Blossom Thank You
Hello Stamping Friends,
I didn’t want to overload one post with three items so I overloaded your email with three posts. Let me know which you prefer.
I was anxious to play with the Lotus Blossom Stamp Set and I needed about 10 thank you notes after Christmas so I created a CAS – clean and simple- card. With Paul scoring and doing the paper piercing we were able to do all 10 in about one hour.
It is white on white with the blossom and the Candy Dot done in Calypso Coral. The stem uses Wild Wasabi.
There are three flower images, two stem images and two greetings in the stamp set:
Best of all — it is free during Sale A Bration with a $50 order.
Base Card Stock: Whisper White 5.5 x 8.5
Top Layer: Whisper White 5.25 x 4 popped up with dimensionals
Ink: Calypso Coral, Wild Wasabi
Embellishments: Calypso Coral Candy Dot
Tools: Paper Piercer Tool and Essentials Paper Piercing Template
Simply Scored Scoring Tool and Stylus
Score two lines across the bottom of the top layer 1/4 ” from the bottom and 1/8″ apart. I scored it on the back, though the picture looks like it was scored on the front. The Essentials Template lets you line up the corner precisely and punch 5 holes across and down in the upper left corner.
The blossom stamps have little 1- 2-3 tags so you know the order to stamp and can line them up perfectly. Ink the first two up and stamp but use the Stamping Off Technique for the third stamp. Do the same-stamp off- with the solid stem stamp after stamping the other stem direct to paper.
Stamping Off Technique: Ink up your stamp — stamp it off on your Grid Paper or scratch paper and then stamp it on the image.
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SAL (Stamp A Lot, Smile A Little, Share A Love)
Karen
Seasonally Scattered Thank You Card
Hello Stamping Friends,
The Seasonally Scattered set in the 2014 Holiday Catalog, page 43, is perfect for the Baby Wipe Technique used in this Thank You Card. Do you recognize those leaves and the lovely fall colored bling? No? It is from the Seasonal Snapshot Project Life Accessory Pack on page 35 of the Holiday Catalog.
Baby Wipe Technique: Baby Wipes have no alcohol so they are our wet wipe of choice.
1) Protect your surface with the Silicone Craft Sheet (or the lid of a stamp storage box)
2) Place your Baby Wipe on the protective surface
3) Mount your stamp of choice and place it on your wet wipe to determine your outer edges, dry the stamp off
4) Drip drops of ink from various colors of reinkers on the Baby Wipe. You want the colors to run together
5) Stamp
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