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Coming Soon · January Mini Catalog · Sale-a-Bration

Time to Celebrate

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This week, we’re getting some sneak peeks at some of my favorite products from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! January Mini and Sale-a-Bration catalogs that are set to release on January 7th. Today’s card comes together in a snap thanks to the newest paper packs — Wildflower Birthday and pastel ombré glimmer paper. The new Wildflower Birthday pack makes quick work of festive cards and is the perfect addition to any crafter’s stash for those last-minute cards.

This super clean-and-simple design starts with a base of Basic White cardstock. The focal panel is a panel cut from the sheet of tags in the Wildflower Birthday designer series paper pack. I used the pink/purple sheet of pastel ombré glimmer paper as the mat behind the focal panel and tied everything together with the new Fresh Freesia seam binding ribbon. The sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies is stamped in Melon Mambo directly on top of the focal panel. We finish things off with a little bling from the new two-tone sparkle gems pack.

Products used in today’s design:
Basic White cardstock
Pastel ombre (coming soon!), Wildflower Birthday (coming soon!) DSP
Beautiful Butterflies stamps (coming soon!)
Fresh Freesia seam binding ribbon (coming soon!)
Two-tone sparkle gems (coming soon!)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon · January Mini Catalog · Sale-a-Bration

Pretty Wonderful

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As we’re racing to the finish of the fall semester, we find ourselves running to and fro from various school activities and holiday events and rehearsals. I think we might get one evening at home this week. I’m glad I took a little time over the weekend to work on some crafty projects!

This week, we’re taking some sneak peeks at products from the upcoming January Mini and Sale-a-Bration catalogs from Stampin’ Up! Today we’re pairing up a Sale-a-Bration patterned paper pack with new stamps & dies.

Our card design uses Sketch #18 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog, which makes putting this card together a breeze. Once again, we’re using the Luv 2 Stamp Group’s monthly color combo to make our color selections — Night of Navy, Pool Party, and Melon Mambo. We get started with a base of Night of Navy cardstock. Our background panel is a sheet of the new SAB Bloom Impressions paper separated into large shutters. The focal section consists of our sentiment and focal image. The sentiment from Mixed Labels is stamped in Pool Party on white cardstock and then cut with the coordinating sentiment die from the Mixed Labels die set, which is mounted over some crinkled Pool Party ribbon and a strip of the new Beautiful Bokeh paper cut into a banner. The butterfly is diecut using the new Beautiful Butterflies dies. I layered Pool Party pastel ombré glimmer paper and black cardstock to create the butterfly. The focal section is adhered with dimensionals to help it stand out against our field of flowers. A few of the new Sunny Day iridescent dots draw the eye to our sentiment.

I’m going to be showing you more of the Beautiful Butterflies a little later this week because, YOU GUYS, it is just fabulous! There are so many possibilities with this bundle, including some shape cards, that I can’t wait to share. But we’ll be getting a broader look at my new products favorites before we dive in to the details of each.

Products used in today’s design:
Night of Navy, Basic Black, Basic White cardstock
Bloom Impressions (coming soon!), Pastel ombre glimmer (coming soon!), Beautiful Bokeh (coming soon!) DSP
Beautiful Butterflies (coming soon!) dies
Mixed Labels bundles (coming soon!)
Pool Party crinkle ribbon
Sunny Day iridescent dots (coming soon!)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon · January Mini Catalog · Sale-a-Bration

Made My Day

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It’s a bright and shiny new week already! It was a busy weekend for us between bowling league activities and lessons, holiday gatherings, and holiday preparations. Whew — I feel like I need a weekend from my weekend. What about you?!

As promised, this week we’re going to be getting some sneak peeks at some of my favorite items from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! January Mini and Sale-a-Bration catalogs. Today’s card is based on a super fun color combination that our Luv 2 Stamp Group is working a challenge with right now — Night of Navy, Pool Party, and Melon Mambo. As soon as I saw this combo, I knew exactly what new products I was going to pair to show you. So let’s get a closer look.

I decided to use a sketch from the Annual Catalog to simplify the design process, so this design is based on Sketch #16. We get started with a base of Melon Mambo cardstock. The focal panel consists of the lovely new Toadstool Gardens designer paper, which is a Sale-a-Bration freebie, and a double mat of Night of Navy and the new pastel ombré glimmer paper, which will launch in the January Mini. I wrapped this panel with some Pool Party crinkle ribbon and then placed the sentiment panel over it. The sentiment from the new Mixed Labels stamp set is stamped on white cardstock and then diecut with the coordinating sentiment die from the Mixed Labels die set. I used the size-up sentiment die to cut the mat from the same Pool Party pastel ombré glimmer paper. Dimensionals behind both the sentiment panel and main panel give this card some dimension. I added some shiny sequins for a touch of sparkle across the focal panel.

I’ll be sharing more product previews this week, so I hope you’ll pop in and see what caught my eye from the new January catalogs!

Products used in today’s design:
Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, Basic White cardstock
Pastel ombre glimmer (coming soon!), Toadstool Gardens (coming soon!) DSP
Mixed Labels bundle (coming soon!)
Pool Party crinkle ribbon
Shiny sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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It’s Almost Time!

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Happy Monday, everyone! It’s been a pretty dreary day here in North Texas, but we’ve received some much-needed rain. So I suppose we’ll take the dreary.

Tomorrow (November 5th) is the big day — the Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives release day! I still have a few things that I plan to snag from this release. Can’t wait to hear what you think of the new products. Be sure to pop back and let me know in the comments!

Wanna know something else exciting? I’ll be hosting a Christmas card class at the end of the month, and you still have time to register. We’ll be using the Joyful Ephemera packs to make 9 gorgeous cards. Click the Upcoming Classes tab for more info.

Tune in tomorrow as we get started on projects with this week’s theme — thankfulness. Can’t wait to show what’s up my sleeve!

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Here for You

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Do you ever find yourself stuck in a design rut? Sometimes w have to shake things up and get out of our comfort zone! And today’s card design does just that.

This week, we’re spotlighting the new Marbled Elegance paper that will launch on Tuesday with the new Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives. For today’s card, we’re pairing it with the cute Otterly Adorable paper (also launching Tuesday) and Friends for Life dies in a unique take on the window design.

We get started with a base of Real Red cardstock. Our background panel is from the Marbled Elegance patterned paper pack. Using the Heartfelt Hexagon punch, we make a window in the top of the Marbked Elgance background. I cut the cute cuddling otter pair from a sheet of the Otterly Adorable paper pack and mounted them in the open window. I tied the white diagonal trim around the panel under the window, making a small bow, and then adhered the panel to the card base with dimensionals. I had leftover heart outlines from yesterday’s card design, and I used those to create nesting hearts. A few additional hearts were cut from red Season of Elegance foiled paper. The sentiment panel is cut from white cardstock with the Radiating Stitches heart die and then stamped with the sentiment from Changing Leaves in Real Red. The smaller hearts are adhered with varying levels of dimensionals to create some depth and interest. I finished things off with iridescent rhinestones basic jewels for a dash of twinkle.

It’s always fun to push our creative limits with new design techniques. I love the unexpected mix of shapes, colors, and textures in this design.

Products used in today’s card:
Real Red, Basic White cardstock
Marbled Elegance (coming soon), Melon Mambo foil (retired), Otterly Adorable (coming soon), Season of Elegance DSP
Friends for Life, Radiating Stitches dies
Changing Leaves stamps
Heartfelt Hexagon punch
White diagonal striped trim
iridescent rhinestones basic jewels
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Hearts of Love

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As I am sure you have gathered, my week has not exactly gone as I had planned. Between the day job, the kiddo’s band concert, and Halloween, it’s been a hectic few days. I even had to bow out of the group Instahop. But I know we’ve all been there. That’s just life sometimes.

It’s supposed to be a much quieter weekend, and I hope to be able to play a little catch-up in the craft room. Maybe I’ll even get to bring you some weekend bonus content if all goes well. We shall see.

For now, let’s continue our sneak peek at the new pack of gorgeous paper that will be releasing on Tuesday with the new Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives. The Marbled Elegance paper is two-sided with a gold foiled side that looks like a paint pour and the other side of complementary patterns. This paper is perfect for making Valentines but honestly is pretty enough to work for absolutely any occasion. Today, I wanted to highlight the no-sentiment technique, where the card design simply speaks the message.

We get started with a base of Pretty in Pink cardstock. The lovely rose patterned sheet of Marbled Elegance serves as our backdrop for the card front. Using the Friends for Life heart die, I cut two large hearts — one from Marbled Elegance and the other from Melon Mambo foil paper (sadly retired). To complete the trio of hearts, I cut a smaller heart from white glimmer paper using the Radiating Stitches dies. All of the hearts are adhered with dimensionals at varying heights to create a lot of visual interest. I added a bit of Pretty in Pink ribbon bunched with some gold cord. And the design is finished off with a combination of gold hearts and iridescent rhinestones basic gems for that extra pop of twinkle.

What do you think? Are you a fan of no sentiments on the front?

Products used in today’s card:
Pretty in Pink cardstock
Marbled Elegance (coming soon), Melon Mambo foil (retired), white glimmer DSP
Friends for Life, Radiating Stitches dies
Pretty in Pink ribbon, Gold cord
Gold hearts (coming soon), iridescent rhinestones basic jewels
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon

Pocket Full of Love

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We’re continuing with our sneak peeks of the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives release, which releases in just a week! This week, we’re pairing up the lovely Marbled Elegance designer series paper with other products in the Stampin’ Up! lineup.

Today, we’re combining a whole host of fun products from the current stash, including Sending Love, Perennial Postage, and Playing in the Rain just to name a few. So let’s see how we put this cutie together.

We get started with a Basic White cardstock base. Our background panel is the heart patterned sheet from the Marbled Elegance paper pack that is diecut using the Perennial Postage dies. Our focal panel background is a piece of vellum that is also diecut with the Perennial Postage dies. Our little envelope is made from Marbled Elegance paper and the Sending Love die set. Inside the envelope are stems of heart flowers. The floral stems are cut from Mossy Meadow using the Playing in the Rain dies, while the heart flowers are cut from white glimmer paper using the Sending Love dies. A few gold hearts finish the flower centers and add a pop of golden sparkle to compliment the gold foiling of the envelope and the twist of gold trim in the background. The sentiment from Country Flowers is stamped in black on white cardstock and then fussy cut with paper snips. The design is finished off with iridescent rhinestones basic jewels.

I’ll be taking a little break tomorrow due to my kiddo’s band concert but will be back Thursday morning with the Luv 2 Stamp Group Instahop. Hope you’ll drop in and check it out!

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White, Mossy Meadow cardstock
Marbled Elegance (coming soon), vellum, white glimmer DSP
Country Flowers stamps
Perennial Postage, Sending Love dies
Playing in the Rain dies
Gold trim
Gold hearts (coming soon), iridescent rhinestones basic jewels
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[133676]
$11.50
Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper
[163769]
$6.00
Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[101856]
$10.00
Country Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163405]
$24.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad
[101406]
$10.50
Sending Love Dies
[162879]
$35.00
Playing In The Rain Dies
[160550]
$35.00
Perennial Postage Dies
[162607]
$33.00
Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack
[161633]
$9.00
Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels
[158130]
$7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Glue Dots
[103683]
$7.25
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Coming Soon · Fun Folds

Miss You

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Happy Monday, crafty friends! Our weekend turned out to be waaaaaay busier than I anticipated. Between the kiddo’s bowling league and lessons and my own singing engagements, we kinda met each other coming and going this weekend. And that left no time to craft – womp, womp!

But here we are starting a bright, shiny new week and I have some bright & shiny new things to share with you from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives release that will go live next week! This week, we’re going to pair some gorgeous new patterned paper with all sorts of things from the crafty stash — from other new Online Exclusives to current products. It’s going to be a fun week.

We’re getting started with a really cool fun fold called the Curtain Fold because it really shows off the new Marbled Elegance paper beautifully! Our card starts with a base of Melon Mambo cardstock. The backdrop for our gorgeous curtain fold is a combination of Melon Mambo foil paper (sadly retired) and the creamy Season of Elegance foiled paper that’s been embossed using the Painted Texture embossing folder. The sheet of Marbled Elegance is a combination of pinks, shades of white, and gold foil. Our sentiment from Sending Love is stamped in Melon Mambo on Very Vanilla and then diecut with the Everyday Details circle die. I used the leftover portion of a piece of white glimmer paper cut with Spotlight on Nature dies as the eye-catching border around our sentiment. A strip of iridescent striped trim anchors it against our sparkly background. A few iridescent rhinestones basic jewels and gold hearts finish things off with the perfect amount of twinkle.

The Marbled Elegance paper really is stunning, and I’m looking forward to showing you all the ways you can incorporate it into your everyday designs to give a little extra pop.

Products used in today’s card:
Melon Mambo, Basic White cardstock
Marbled Elegance (coming soon), Season of Elegance, White glimmer, Melon Mambo foil (retired) DSP
Painted Texture embossing folder
Sending Love stamps
Spotlight on Nature, Everyday Details dies
Iridescent striped trim
Iridescent rhinestones basic jewels, gold hearts (coming soon)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[115320]
$11.50
Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[164144]
$16.50
Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper
[163769]
$6.00
Melon Mambo & Granny Apple Green 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Foil Sheets
[161953]
$10.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder
[154317]
$10.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies
[163580]
$35.00
Everyday Details Dies
[162864]
$34.00
Sending Love Cling Stamp Set (English)
[162873]
$25.00
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad
[147051]
$9.00
Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim
[163299]
$8.50
Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels
[158130]
$7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[154031]
$7.00
Add All to Cart
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Otter Failure

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This week, we’re getting a closeup at one of the latest Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusive releases called Otterly Adorable, coming to a cart near you on November 5! This adorable suite of products includes coordinating stamps, dies, and patterned paper, along with some silky cording and pearlized embellishments.

Today, I had planned to show you a super cute flip-panel design, but it turned out to be an otter failure. *snicker* In all seriousness though, my design was flawed from the start and I realized why after I switched gears to salvage the design. So I promise to make good on a cute flip-panel design later this week when I have a bit more time to execute a more complicated design. In the meantime, let’s get a closer look at how a failure turned into a cute peek-through panel.

Today’s card starts with a base of Pool Party cardstock. Our backdrop is a combination of Lost Lagoon shimmer pape (sadly retired) and the water foliage pattern from the Otterly Adorable paper pack. Using the largest circle from the Spotlight on Nature die set, I cut a circle through all layers of the card front. Separately, I also used the die to cut the two swimming otters from a separate patterned sheet from the Otterly Adorable pack. I adhered the swimming otters panel to the Pool Party circle and then to a quarter sheet of Pool Party to keep the inside of the card neat and tidy and one color. Behind our backdrop panel, I mounted some acetate to serve as the peek-through window into the water below and adhered all of this to the card front. From Flirty Flamingo, I cut several sets of the smaller fish using the Otterly Amazing dies and let them free-float on the acetate. Our swimming otter panel is adhered to the inside of the card using dimensionals to allow a little room for our fish to swim in the window. The sentiment from Country Flowers is stamped in Pretty Peacock on white cardstock diecut using the Greetings of the Season die and finished off with the Lost Lagoon soft cording. A few riverside irregular pearls add that last touch of sparkle to the design.

When I showed my son my “otter failure,” he said, “but mom, that doesn’t look like a failure….that’s cute!” One of the many lessons I’ve learned is that sometimes you just need to pivot when your first idea doesn’t work out. Not ever failure turns out to be something for the trash bin. Sometimes it’s cute!

Products used in today’s card:
Pool Party, Flirty Flamingo, Basic White cardstock
Soft Shimmer (retired), Otterly Adorable (coming soon), acetate DSP
Otterly Amazing (coming soon), Spotlight on Nature, Greetings of the Season dies
Country Flowers stamps
Lost Lagoon soft cording (coming soon)
Riverside irregular pearls (coming soon)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[122924]
$11.50
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[141416]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Soft Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
[161750]
$11.00
Window Sheets
[142314]
$5.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies
[163580]
$35.00
Greetings Of The Season Dies
[164112]
$32.00
Country Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163405]
$24.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
[150083]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Add All to Cart
Coming Soon

Make Today Otterly Amazing

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In just two short weeks, Stampin’ Up! will release a brand new set of Online Exclusive products, including the too-cute-for-words Otterly Adorable suite. This week, I’m featuring this cute selection of products in hopes of providing some inspiration for your future projects. This bundle has so much potential — from playful designs to love-themed projects and all kinds of things in between!

Today, we’re using the paper and embellishments to create an encouragement card. Pairing the paper with a few dies makes this the perfect scene to bring a smile to someone’s otherwise less than bright and happy day!

Our card starts with a base of Lost Lagoon cardstock. I chose the watery pattern from the Otterly Amazing paper pack to serve as the backdrop for our scene and matted it with the Pretty Peacock shimmer paper from my retired paper stash. Our focal panel consists of two sheets of paper — the water reed patterned sheet and a cute otter sitting in the reeds from one of the sheets full of otter vignettes. I used the Spotlight on Nature dies to cut the reed background and a smaller inset panel on which our sunbathing otter sits among the reeds. I used my paper snips to cut more detail in this cute vignette and to help it stand out from the background. All of these layers are adhered with varying heights of dimensionals to give more depth and pop to our scene. A twisted some of the new Lost Lagoon soft cording around the background panel before adhering the focal panel. The sentiment from the You Are Beautiful stamp set is stamped in Pretty Peacock directly on our background panel under the focal point. A few riverside irregular pearls are scattered about our card front to add a little sheen and draw the eye across the design.

Tomorrow we’re going to make a splash with a fun fold design!

Products used in today’s card:
Lost Lagoon cardstock
Otterly Amazing (coming soon), Soft Shimmer (retired) DSP
You Are Beautiful stamps
Spotlight on Nature dies
Lost Lagoon soft cording (coming soon)
Riverside irregular pearls (coming soon)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[133679]
$11.50
Soft Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
[161750]
$11.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies
[163580]
$35.00
You Are Beautiful Cling Stamp Set (English)
[163704]
$24.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
[150083]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Add All to Cart