I’m bringing in another Vertical Z-fold card similar to the one I shared last week. I needed more team birthday cards and ran out of the Hand-Penned paper that I was using. So here is my second version that would appeal to maybe a few more people (I could see giving this card to a female OR a male).
The Designer Paper Sale is still going on (through August 2). And this Bloom Where You’re Planted Paper is one of the nine packs being offered at 15% off! Click here for more details.
Products I used in today’s card… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements:
Garden Green Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11” scored parallel to short side at 2-1/8” and 5-1/2”
Basic White Cardstock: 3-3/8” x 4″ & 1-1/2” x 4”
Bloom Where You’re Planted Designer Paper: 4″ x 4″ (potted plants design), 1” x 4” & ½” x 4” (dk green leaves design), & 1-1/2″ x 4″ (brick design)
2021-23 In Color Shimmer Vellum (Evening Evergreen): Scrap for punching sprig
Stamp “happy” on small white piece, then emboss & add a small Rhinestone that has been colored with the Dark Cinnamon Cider Blends Marker.
Stamp “HAPPY” (with stamped-off/second generation Cinnamon Cider ink) and “birthday” on larger white piece.
Fold card base into a Z as shown below. Then add the large white piece, the thinest green leaves designer paper piece, and the brick designer paper piece in that order to the inside area first tucking the punched Sprig under the upper left edge of the brick layer. There will be an overlap of the white & striped piece.
Fold the card shut. Line up the 4” x 4” potted plant piece so that it fills the front folded flap & covers the layers underneath.
Cut a notch in the end of the smaller ribbon and adhere it to the embossed piece (trim off excess). Attach the other green leaves designer paper piece to the longer ribbon (trim off the excess). Open the card fully and attach this piece under the potted plants section. Close the card and attach the embossed white piece at the top but also tucked under the front flap a bit.
Open the card and add a green Holiday Rhinestone to dot the i in birthday.
Last weekend we were finally all able to gather (after a year and a half apart) at Grandma Jandro’s house to spend the day with my husband’s side of the family. We grilled and ate, played lawn games, and enjoyed the fabulous weather as we caught up on each other’s lives.
Here is Tim’s mom, Grandma Jandro with her grandkids and great grandkids.
This is my husband, Tim with his sisters and mom.
And here is our immediate family with grandma. Gosh… My boys look almost as tall as their dad!
Family is such a treasure.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
THE JULY-DECEMBER 2021 MINI CATALOG & SALE-A-BRATION BOTH DEBUT AUG. 3! Get ready for new product and FREE product pics! Click here to learn more about our Stampin’ Up! publications.
DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SALE! From July 1 to August 2, you can enjoy a 15% discount on select Designer Series Paper from the 2021–2022 Annual Catalogue! Click here for more information. Click here for the informational flyer.
A PEEK AT AUGUST’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Empower yourself and others with the Hope Box Paper Pumpkin Kit! Created from the heart and soul of Stampin’ Up! cofounder, Shelli, the Hope Box Paper Pumpkin Kit reminds us why life is precious. It includes supplies to create nine encouraging 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ cards in a specially designed box designed to be a keepsake box—keep mementos of cherished memories or reminders of what’s yet to come. Collect treats and trinkets (letters, song lyrics, inspiring quotes, photographs, etc.) that represent what hope means to you in your Hope Box and look inside for inspiration or share it with a friends who could use some uplifting! For more inspiration on how to build your Hope Box, watch Shelli herself put one together in this video. Coordinating colors: Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Bumblebee, Melon Mambo, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Poppy Parade. If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by August 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve July 2021 Expressions in Ink Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Hand-Penned Suite will be available August 1st! AND these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® A new line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits is here! Creativity made easy!Click here for more details.
UNITED THROUGH CREATIVITY Celebrate what makes us unique through what brings us together: creativity! In honor of the Stampin’ Up! value statement, “we care about people first”—and in the spirit of World Diversity Day— Stampin’ Up! created a collection of inclusive, multicultural, and multilingual craft elements. Click here to access this digital download so you can create away! Available through May 2, 2022.
I can’t get enough of the beautiful Hand-Penned Designer Paper. And I wanted to create a card that also showed off a bit of the amazing 2021-23 In Color Shimmer Vellum. So I created this fun-fold card which is perfect for showing off multiple designer paper patterns at once. AND bonus…this Hand-Penned Paper is one of the nine select packs that are on sale this month! Click here for more details.
PDF Tutorial…Click here to access and download a printable direction sheet.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements:
Just Jade Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11” scored parallel to short side at 2-1/8” and 5-1/2”
Basic White Cardstock: 3-3/8” x 4″ & 1-1/2” x 4”
Hand-Penned Designer Paper: 4″ x 4″ (floral design), 1” x 4” & ½” x 4” (purple design), & 1-1/2″ x 4″ (striped design)
2021-23 In Color Shimmer Vellum (Fresh Freesia): Scrap for punching daisy
Stamp “happy” on small white piece, then emboss & add a sequin. Stamp “HAPPY” and “birthday” on larger white piece.
Fold card base into a Z as shown below. Then add the large white piece, the thinest purple designer paper piece, and the striped designer paper piece in that order to the inside area first. There will be an overlap of the white & striped piece.
Fold the card shut. Line up the 4” x 4” floral piece so that it fills the front folded flap & covers the layers underneath.
Cut a notch in the end of the smaller ribbon and adhere it to the embossed piece (trim off excess). Attach the other purple designer paper piece to the longer ribbon (trim off the excess). Open the card fully and attach this piece under the floral section. Close the card and attach the embossed white piece at the top but also tucked under the front flap a bit.
Punch the daisy, cut it in half, and layer it together with a Glue Dot. Add it to the inside of the card and add a sequin.
Did you enjoy the printable tutorial in this post? Then you may want to join my Facebook Group. I share my tutorials there, too. And you can access them all from this one album.
Thanks for stopping by to see what I had to share today.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
THE JULY-DECEMBER 2021 MINI CATALOG & SALE-A-BRATION BOTH DEBUT AUG. 3! Get ready for new product and FREE product pics! Click here to learn more about our Stampin’ Up! publications.
DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SALE! From July 1 to August 2, you can enjoy a 15% discount on select Designer Series Paper from the 2021–2022 Annual Catalogue! Click here for more information. Click here for the informational flyer.
A PEEK AT AUGUST’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Empower yourself and others with the Hope Box Paper Pumpkin Kit! Created from the heart and soul of Stampin’ Up! cofounder, Shelli, the Hope Box Paper Pumpkin Kit reminds us why life is precious. It includes supplies to create nine encouraging 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ cards in a specially designed box designed to be a keepsake box—keep mementos of cherished memories or reminders of what’s yet to come. Collect treats and trinkets (letters, song lyrics, inspiring quotes, photographs, etc.) that represent what hope means to you in your Hope Box and look inside for inspiration or share it with a friends who could use some uplifting! For more inspiration on how to build your Hope Box, watch Shelli herself put one together in this video. Coordinating colors: Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Bumblebee, Melon Mambo, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Poppy Parade. If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by August 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve July 2021 Expressions in Ink Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Hand-Penned Suite will be available August 1st! AND these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® A new line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits is here! Creativity made easy!Click here for more details.
UNITED THROUGH CREATIVITY Celebrate what makes us unique through what brings us together: creativity! In honor of the Stampin’ Up! value statement, “we care about people first”—and in the spirit of World Diversity Day— Stampin’ Up! created a collection of inclusive, multicultural, and multilingual craft elements. Click here to access this digital download so you can create away! Available through May 2, 2022.
The new Give It a Whirl Dies are so much fun! Have you seen them yet? I’ve been inspired by many and have been pinning some of these creations on my 2021-22 Annual Catalog Pinterest board. But I’ve been most inspired by team member, Vy Tran’s spinner card variations. She does a great job making interactive cards! Click here to see her card that led me in the direction of my Spinning Sunshine Rays birthday card that I’ve just put together this weekend.
I just showed live on YouTube about an hour ago step-by-step directions for creating it. And now I’m sharing that video here in my blog post. Be sure to watch the video by clicking here (or you can just click on this image below if you are already on my blog post), scroll through the close-up photos that follow, check out the measurements & products list below, and then let me know if you have any questions.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared in this video. Below are measurements, close-up photos, and a product list for what I demonstrated. (Please subscribe to my YouTube channel so you can get updates when I share and go live).
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements …
Misty Moonlight Cardstock
5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored parallel to the short side at 4-1/4”
Beauty of the Earth Designer Paper
4” x 5-1/2” for die-cutting top layer for the spinner
3-3/4” x 5” for the inside
Gold Foil Sheets
Two pieces that are 3-7/8” x 5-1/8”
1-1/8” diameter circle can be cut from one of these
Vellum Cardstock
4” x 4” for die-cutting spinner layer
Basic White Thick Cardstock
Scraps for die-cutting clouds
Here are photos of the finished card.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared!
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By the way, today is the last day of June and the last day for these promotions…
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS SALE It’s time to say goodbye to retiring products from the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog. Click here for more information and to access the list of products leaving.
HEY CHICK & HEY BIRTHDAY CHICK Available through June 30, 2021 – The popular Hey Chick returned to pair up with the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set in the January-June 2021 mini catalog!! And each with coordinating dies. Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SALE STARTS JULY 1ST! Just a heads up…from July 1 to August 2, you can enjoy a 15% discount on select Designer Series Paper from the 2021–2022 Annual Catalogue! Click here for more information. Click here for the informational flyer.
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® A new line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits is here! Creativity made easy!Click here for more details.
UNITED THROUGH CREATIVITY Celebrate what makes us unique through what brings us together: creativity! In honor of the Stampin’ Up! value statement, “we care about people first”—and in the spirit of World Diversity Day— Stampin’ Up! created a collection of inclusive, multicultural, and multilingual craft elements. Click here to access this digital download so you can create away! Available through May 2, 2022.
A PEEK AT JULY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Life is full of big adventures that are best experienced together! This month’s The Adventure Begins Paper Pumpkin Kit helps you celebrate those exciting new chapters in the most creative of ways with enough supplies to create twelve motivating cards all featuring the exciting colors of nature. Send cards to your family and friends about to embark on a new journey and make connections while you explore and discover new levels of your creativity! Includes inspirational sentiments and adventure-themed imagery featuring these nature-inspired coordinating colors: Basic Black, Basic White, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Night of Navy. If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by July 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve June 2021 Sand & Sea Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Expressions in Ink Suite will be available July 1st! AND these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
The new Turtle Friends Stamp Set has some adorable images. I purchased it along with the Turtle Punch, because buying them bundled together saved me 10%. But I didn’t use the punch on today’s card. Take a look at what I came up with.
PDF Tutorial…Click here to access and download a printable direction sheet.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements
Early Espresso Cardstock
5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored parallel to short side at 1-1/4″ and 4-1/4”
2-1/4″ x 2-7/8″
Basic White Cardstock
2-7/8″ x 5-1/4″
2″ x 2-1/2″
Pale Papaya Cardstock
Scrap for stamping and fussy-cutting large turtle shell
Expressions in Ink Designer Paper
2-7/8″ x 5-1/4″
1″ x 5-1/4″
Gold Specialty Metallic Specialty Paper
1″ x 5-1/4″
3/8″ x 2″
Directions
Stamp the large turtle onto the small white piece and onto the Pale Papaya scrap. Stamp the shell shaped sentiment inside the shell of the Pale Papaya turtle, then cut it out.
Emboss the Pale Papaya shell and the larger gold strip. Adhere the shell to the large, stamped turtle (this is called “paper piecing”).
Fold the card base. Add the 1″ wide strips so that the designer paper one is centered in the 1-1/4″ wide section of the Early Espresso card base and the gold one is about 1/8″ away from the right side when the card base is open.
Stamp the words and small turtle on the larger white piece, then add to the left of the gold strip so that its left edge is close to (but not touching) the middle score line. You want to be able to fold the card shut, and if the white is too far over, it won’t. You also want to make sure that when the front of the card is folded over that the white piece disappears.
Add the larger designer paper so it looks balanced between the designer paper strip and the white piece.
Add the small gold strip to the small Early Espresso piece, then add the small white piece. Open the card all the way and add this layered turtle piece with Dimensionals to the card so it’s lined up with the imagery on the larger white piece AND so it’s centered on the 1″ wide designer paper section.
Close the card and add the gold pearls.
Thanks for stopping by to see what I had to share today. Click here to check out what I’ve pinned on Pinterest with this stamp set (and coordinating punch).
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS SALE It’s time to say goodbye to retiring products from the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog. Click here for more information and to access the list of products leaving.
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® A new line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits is here! Creativity made easy!Click here for more details.
UNITED THROUGH CREATIVITY Celebrate what makes us unique through what brings us together: creativity! In honor of the Stampin’ Up! value statement, “we care about people first”—and in the spirit of World Diversity Day— Stampin’ Up! created a collection of inclusive, multicultural, and multilingual craft elements. Click here to access this digital download so you can create away! Available through May 2, 2022.
A NEW CATALOG IS HERE! If you do not have another demonstrator (or are not a demonstrator yourself), click here to fill out a catalog request form. If you live close enough (I am located in Andover, MN) to pick one up, contact me so we can make arrangements. By saving me on shipping costs, I will let you pick a goodie from the gift basket too.
CONNECT, CRAFT & COLLECT
Stampin’ Up! is gifting an extra $25 in Stampin’ Rewards to all orders that reach the $250+ mark May 4 – June 14! This is the perfect perk for those who host parties or those who place large individual orders. Click here for more details.
A PEEK AT JULY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Life is full of big adventures that are best experienced together! This month’s The Adventure Begins Paper Pumpkin Kit helps you celebrate those exciting new chapters in the most creative of ways with enough supplies to create twelve motivating cards all featuring the exciting colors of nature. Send cards to your family and friends about to embark on a new journey and make connections while you explore and discover new levels of your creativity! Includes inspirational sentiments and adventure-themed imagery featuring these nature-inspired coordinating colors: Basic Black, Basic White, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Night of Navy. If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by July 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve June 2021 Sand & Sea Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Expressions in Ink Suite will be available July 1st! AND these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
HEY CHICK & HEY BIRTHDAY CHICK Available February 2 – June 30, 2021 – The popular Hey Chick has returned to pair up with the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set in the current mini catalog!! And each with coordinating dies. Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online.
Welcome to our All Star Tutorial monthly blog hop for the Sand & Sea Suite!
I received an amazing fun fold card from Sara Douglass & Shelli Gardner earlier this month. When I messaged them to thank them, I said it was the most “wowest” card I have ever seen! Seriously…this thing is incredible. (Click here to check it out.) And so of course as an addict to fun fold cards and math, I just had to recreate it (in a slightly more simplified version) and share it with all of you.
So a few hours ago I shared live on YouTube step-by-step directions for creating my version of this card using products from the Sand & Sea Suite: Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set, the Seaside Seashells Dies, the Seashells Embossing Folder, the Opal Rounds, and the Sand & Sea Designer Paper. And now I’m sharing that video here in my blog post. Be sure to watch the video by clicking here (or you can just click on this image below if you are already on my blog post), scroll through the close-up photos that follow, check out the measurements & products list below, and then let me know if you have any questions.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared in this video. Below are measurements (sorry there are no metric measurements this time), close-up photos, and a product list for what I demonstrated. (Please subscribe to my YouTube channel so you can get updates when I share and go live).
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Initial Measurements …
Sand & Sea Designer Paper (light blue waves)
7” x 8-1/16” cut parallel to short side into four pieces (first cut in from left at 2-7/16”, then two strips that are 1-5/8” wide, leaving a remaining strip that is 2-3/8” wide)
½” x 3-13/16”
Sand & Sea Designer Paper (sand)
3-1/2” x 5-1/2”
2-3/4” x 2-3/4”
1” x 3-1/4”
Sand & Sea Designer Paper (sea urchin shells)
1-5/8” x 3”
Basic White Thick Cardstock
7” x 9” scored parallel to the short side at 2-1/2”, 4-1/4”, 6”, and 8-1/2”
5-7/8” x 7-3/4” scored parallel to the short side at 3-7/8”
Scraps for die-cutting and embossing two sets of shells
Misty Moonlight Cardstock
5” x 7”
3-1/8” x 3-1/8”
Flirty Flamingo Cardstock
4-1/16” x 6-1/16”
2-15/16” x 2-15/16”
Flirty Flamingo Metallic Ribbon
About 34”
Here are photos of the finished card. Remember that you’ll want to either hand-deliver a card like this or mail it in bubblewrap. The finished folded size is 5″ x 7″.
Did you get your hands on this month’s set of tutorials featuring products in the Sand & Sea Suite? These tutorials are designed by twelve Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world. They are exclusive to those who earn them or purchase them. And they are complete with photos, video directions, supply lists, and both imperial and metric measurements.
Here are peeks of the fantastic projects in our June bundle focusing on the Sand & Sea Suite. (Click here to find information for how to get your hands on this month’s compilation.)
Our hop today offers MORE ideas than what we are offering in our bundle. I hope you enjoyed what I shared. Now be sure to scroll down and click on the names of other hop participants in our team to follow the hop and see other creative project ideas featuring the Sand & Sea Suite. (If you are receiving this blog post by email, click HERE to see links and follow the hop.) I hope our ideas in this hop inspire your creativity!
I also invite you to subscribe to my YouTube channel. And then click on the bell to the right of the subscribe button and set notifications to “all” so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. My next Live will be on Wednesday, June 9th at 11 AM Central Time. I hope you can join me!
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS SALE It’s time to say goodbye to retiring products from the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog. Click here for more information and to access the list of products leaving.
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® A new line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits is here! Creativity made easy!Click here for more details.
UNITED THROUGH CREATIVITY Celebrate what makes us unique through what brings us together: creativity! In honor of the Stampin’ Up! value statement, “we care about people first”—and in the spirit of World Diversity Day— Stampin’ Up! created a collection of inclusive, multicultural, and multilingual craft elements. Click here to access this digital download so you can create away! Available through May 2, 2022.
A NEW CATALOG IS HERE! If you do not have another demonstrator (or are not a demonstrator yourself), click here to fill out a catalog request form. If you live close enough (I am located in Andover, MN) to pick one up, contact me so we can make arrangements. By saving me on shipping costs, I will let you pick a goodie from the gift basket too.
CONNECT, CRAFT & COLLECT
Stampin’ Up! is gifting an extra $25 in Stampin’ Rewards to all orders that reach the $250+ mark May 4 – June 14! This is the perfect perk for those who host parties or those who place large individual orders. Click here for more details.
A PEEK AT JUNE’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Make a splash with awe-inspiring, ink-stained artistry! This month’s ink-credible kit featuring three new 2021-23 In Colors contains enough elements to create nine cards (3 each of 3 designs) and includes trendy alcohol ink-stained paper pieces, an exclusive stamp set, and not one, but two Classic Stampin’ Spots! And, it all comes in a beautiful, colorful, and collectible box. This is a super affordable way to get aquainted with new colors in Stampin’ Up!’s current line. And if you love it all, you can pair this kit up with products from the coordinating Expressions In Ink Suite. Coordinating colors: Bumblebee, Evening Evergreen, Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by June 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve June 2021 Sand & Sea Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Expressions in Ink Suite will be available July 1st! AND these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
HEY CHICK & HEY BIRTHDAY CHICK Available February 2 – June 30, 2021 – The popular Hey Chick has returned to pair up with the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set in the current mini catalog!! And each with coordinating dies. Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online.
#APaperPumpkinThing Welcome to our monthly “A Paper Pumpkin Thing” blog hop! See what I have to share. Then check out all the other blogs in the hop to see additional creative alternate paper crafting project ideas that we each came up with using the contents of the April 2021 So CoolPaper Pumpkin kit. To follow the hop and see other creative project ideas, simply scroll down and click on the names of other hop participants. (If you are receiving this blog post by email, click HERE to see the hop.)
Here are the cards the kit instructs how to make. (Click here for a link to Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video to help you assemble these as intended.)
I’ve already shared some other alternate projects using the contents of this kit on April 26th.
Today I am sharing party invites that I mass produced with the Stamparatus and some easy but cute gift pouches for party guests.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of extra products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store.
The gift pouches are super easy to make. All I did was cut my envelopes from the kit in half. Then I trimmed off the sides to open them up.
I turned them inside out and resealed them with Tear & Tape (along the bottom) and Stampin’ Seal on the side.
This is what they look like on the back side.
I added a layered sentiment piece with Basic White (1-1/4″ x 3-1/2″) and Basic Black Cardstock (1-3/8″ x 3-5/8″), Rhinestones and a stamped sentiment from the kit in Tuxedo Black ink.
I filled my sample one with some odd but colorful treats (I was laughing when all I could find in the house was Kool Aid and a pack of Craisins. hahahaha). I guess if I was having a cool treats themed summer party, I’ll probably put a $5 gift card to an ice cream shop and a pack of Pop Rocks in there instead.
Here is what I did to make the invites.
First I stamped the popsicle images all over a piece of cardstock that I colored with multiple ink colors using the Blending Brushes. Click here, click on the video, and then scroll to the 21 minute mark to see how I colored that cardstock and added droplet images. I then fussy cut those popsicle tops.
Next I pulled out my Stamparatus and easily & quickly stamped 16 note cards with two stamp images at the same time.
I added a 1″ x 5″ strip of the envelope liner paper (you can get 4 from each envelope) and a 5″ length of Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon to the bottom of each card front, added a colored popsicle top with Dimensionals, stamped the splatter image in matching ink colors, and added Rhinestones.
I have 16 cards ready to personalize with party information on the inside. Now I just need to set a date and have the boys give me their guest list so we can enjoy and celebrate together outside when school is out.
I hope I inspired your creativity with what I shared today! If you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply these ideas to products you already own.
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A NEW CATALOG DEBUTS MAY 4! If you do not have another demonstrator (or are not a demonstrator yourself), click here to fill out a catalog request form. If you live close enough (I am located in Andover, MN) to pick one up, contact me so we can make arrangements. By saving me on shipping costs, I will let you pick a goodie from the gift basket too.
CONNECT, CRAFT & COLLECT Stampin’ Up! will be gifting an extra $25 in Stampin’ Rewards to all orders that reach the $250+ mark this May 4-June 14 – great for those who host parties or those who place large individual orders. Click here for more details.
JOIN+ STARTER KIT SPECIAL Get ready for an awesome Starter Kit special that will take place at the kick off of the new 2021-22 Annual Catalog on May 4th and continue on through the month! Click here for more details.
HEY CHICK & HEY BIRTHDAY CHICK Available February 2 – June 30, 2021 – The popular Hey Chick has returned to pair up with the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set in the current mini catalog!! And each with coordinating dies. Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online.
CRAZY FOR BUTTERFLIES New early release and exclusive Butterfly Bouquet products are now available March 2 through May 3, 2021!! Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online. BTW the Butterfly Bijou Designer is no longer available.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Step up to the plate, take a swing, and knock it out of the park! With the Batter Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit, it’s your turn to go to bat for all the people who’ve gone to bat for you. This month’s timeless kit with a “throwback” theme contains enough grand slam supplies to create nine 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ cards (3 of 3 designs) featuring classic colors, pinwheel and pinstripe patterns, and vintage-washed paper pieces. There’s no “batter” way to root, root, root for your home team and honor the all-stars in your life! Each kit also contains a couple sticks of the chewy staple – the official bubble gum of the MLB! Chew while you craft, slide a piece into a card, or save it for later. Click here to watch the promotional video, get more peeks at the kit, and see what the Batter Up! kit is about. Coordinating colors: Basic White, Bumblebee, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Soft Suede If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by May 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve April 2021 Flowering Cactus Product Medley Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Ice-Cream Corner Suite will be available May 1st! AND these tutorial bundles (Jan-June) include links to instructional videos!
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