Welcome to the June 2019 Greek Isles Achievers Blog Hop! Follow along and check out all the other blogs in the hop (click on the names of the participants in the list below my signature) so you can see some fabulous cards and projects created by other demonstrators who also earned the Stampin’ Up!® Greek Isles incentive trip that will take place this July 2019. This month’s hop features new products in the 2019-20 Annual Catalog that debuted June 4. Click here to shop online and see all the fun Stampin’ Up! products that are now available.
I’m giddy because my sister and I leave for this trip in just two weeks!!! I can’t believe this fabulous dream-come-true trip that I earned just sharing what I love is almost here!
This is the swap card I’ll be bringing with me. It’s an arrow fold card.
Since I learned how to make these arrow fold cards last month and adapted the measurements to work with our A2-size envelopes, I’ve already made a few different ones with our new products. Click here to see the one I made with the Magnolia Lane Suite of products. And click here to see the one I made with the Garden Lane Designer Paper and Butterfly Wishes Stamp Set.
I love this sentiment in the Woven Heirlooms stamp set and felt that it went well with this card design. Plus sad to say, but I’m in need of sympathy cards lately.
It’s a pretty easy card to make as long as you can measure and fold accurately. Here are the details if you would like to give this arrow fold card a try.
Measurements…
Very Vanilla Cardstock
8-1/2” x 5-1/2” scored at 4-1/4” and folded in half
Terracotta Tile Cardstock
5” x 4”
Mosaic Mood Designer Paper
4-1/2” x 3-3/4”
Scrap for fussy-cutting the flowers and leaves
Mint Macaron Textile Ribbon
About 8″
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Directions…
Mark the bottom front of the folded horizontal Very Vanilla card base at 2-3/4″. Mark each of the sides of the front of the card at 2-1/8″.
Connect the 2-3/4″ mark to each of the 2-1/8″ marks with score lines. Connect the 2-3/4″ mark to each of the upper corners with score lines.
This card is harder to explain with just written directions, so I encourage you to watch my video that I made for the Magnolia version of this card to catch all the tips and directions for making an arrow fold card.
Fold the outer score lines forward. Then fold the inner score lines backward to create the arrow. Use a Bone Folder to make the crease lines crisp. Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the folded over sections of the arrow in place.
Mark the bottom of the Terracotta Tile Cardstock in the middle at 2-1/2″. Then follow the directions in the video for cutting from this point diagonally to each of the top corners to make three triangular pieces. Adhere these to the front sections of the card base.
Mark the bottom of the Mosaic Mood Designer Paper in the middle at 2-1/4″. Cut from this point diagonally to each of the top corners to make three triangular pieces. Adhere these to the Terracotta Tile sections of the card.
Stamp the sentiment on the inside of the card.
Fussy-cut the flower and leaves and adhere to the front of the card with Dimensionals.
Tie the bow and add below the flower with a Glue Dot.
Our travel documents for this Greek Isles trip arrived last week. But it’s been so busy here, that I haven’t shared them yet.
It was so exciting to open up. Stampin’ Up! always impresses with the beautiful packaging and gifts to its incentive trip earners. We are treated like royalty. Inside this beautiful ribbon-wrapped box…
…was this gorgeous wallet with copper printed honeycomb accenting, branded with the leather SU Logo, and filled with…
…our pretty luggage tags, name tags, documents, travel guide, etc. And look at all the pockets in this wallet! We’ll be organized on our trip for sure.
Have fun on the hop! And enjoy seeing all those inspiring ideas made by fellow trip achievers using new products!
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, and Facebook! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
BETTER THAN FLAT TUTORIALS I’m so proud to be teamed up with five other super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators so we can create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our fantastic June projects the feature a variety of gift card holders are now available! CLICK HERE for more information.
A PEEK AT JULY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT July’s “On My Mind” Paper Pumpkin kit contains supplies to make 9 mailable card (3 of 3 kinds) and coordinates with 3 different suites from the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog: Woven Threads, Garden Lane, and Come Sail Away. Cllick here to get your subscription started by July 10th for this next kit.
Coordinating colors: Gold, Kraft, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty Peacock, Sahara Sand, Seaside Spray, and Terracotta Tile
#APaperPumpkinThing
Out blog hop has gone international today, because this special May kit was made available in the South Pacific and European markets as well! 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 May 2019 Hugs From Shelli Paper Pumpkin kit. To follow the hop and see other creative project ideas, simply scroll down and click on the names of other hop participants.
Here is a photo of the intended project from this month’s kit – 12 stunning note cards: 3 each of 4 designs inspired by Stampin’ Up!’s own cofounder, Shelli Gardner.
I shared a 12×12 scrapbook page layout and how to double the cards in your kit just by adding a pack of Very Vanilla Note Cards & Envelopes on May 21st. And my son, Nick and I shared a couple more cards with this kit yesterday.
Today I have a sweet gift box made from one of the note cards and a gratitude book made from eight pretty kit envelopes.
Both of these are super easy to make and only require a few extra tools and supplies.
GIFT BOX
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.
Measurements for the box…
Blue note card from the kit
Pretty Peacock velvet ribbon from the kit
About 10″
Directions…
Position the open blue note card (print side up) horizontally with the solid blue to the right and the printed blue to the left. Then score vertically at 1/2″, 2″, 3-1/2″ (the score line already there), and 5″. Then trim off the last 1/2″ (at the 6-1/2″ mark). Now rotate a quarter turn to the note card is vertical and score 1-1/2″ in from each side. With the floral print up, cut along the bottom three horizonal score line on each side up to the vertical score lines. The cover of the box will be formed by the portion above the last cuts. So reduce the sides by one inch. Then trim from the top down the small vertical score lines just to the the horizonal score line. Angle cut the sides of the two outer tabs.
Bring the bottom sides of the box together and adhere. Then bring the top tabs in to connect to the front flap to create to cover/lid. Do the adhering of the cover/lid with Glue Dots with the box is in a closed position.
Fill with treats. And add a bow.
I made my bow by following the directions in this video and wrapping it around my two fingers. This way I was able to keep only the velvet side of he ribbon showing. 😊
GRATITUDE BOOK
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.
Measurements for the book…
8 envelopes from the kit (2 of each print)
Early Espresso Cardstock
7 pieces that are 4-1/4″ x 2-3/4″
Pretty Peacock velvet ribbon from the kit
About 16″
Directions…
Fold the envelope flaps the opposite way…backward. Connect the envelopes initially by sliding the flap of one into the inside of another and make sure they are all in the order you want them. Then secure all the envelopes in place by undoing one at a time, adding a strip of adhesive (or glue dots from the kit), and reconnecting.
For the last envelope (which will be coming from the envelope that forms the front cover, insert the velvet ribbon, and fold this flap back and adhere. Tie the ribbon in a knot to decorate the binding of the book.
Open up the pages of the book and attach the Early Espresso pieces.
Then decorate the front cover with a simple stamped label attached with Dimensionals.
The gratitude book can house photos or clipped images of people and things you are grateful for. The journaling can be added below the pictures. 🙏🏼
I hope you enjoyed what I shared today!
If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HEREto sign up by June 10th for the next kit.
A PEEK AT JUNE’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT June’s Paper Pumpkin kit is all about sharing random acts of kindness through creativity in a fun and easy way. It includes 16 fun-sized, beach-themed cards and envelopes and an exclusive carrying case so you’ll always have your cards on hand to share wherever you go. Click here to see an introductory sneak peek video. Then click here to get your subscription started by June 10th for this next kit.
Coordinating colors: Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, and Old Olive
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Thanks for visiting! Enjoy the hop!
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!
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Product List… things you might need/want in addition to the May 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit to make these projects
EVERYTHING IS ROSY MEDLEY Are you a fan of rose gold, beautiful florals, and stunning designs? Then the May exclusive Everything Is Rosy Medley is perfect for you! To access the informational flyer, click here. This bundle is $80 US and available during the month of May or while supplies last.
THE 2019-20 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS JUNE 4TH! CLICK HERE to find out how YOU can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog (and to access the dates about transitioning into the new catalog).
BETTER THAN FLAT TUTORIALS I’m so proud to be teamed up with five other super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators so we can create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our handsome masculine-themed May projects are now available! The June projects are almost ready!) CLICK HERE for more information.
STORAGE BY STAMPIN’ UP Stampin’ Up! is now offering new organizational products! Storage by Stampin’ Up!® for those of us who want to interchangeable, stackable, customizable storage solutions for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads, markers and more! Click here to learn more. Click here for a planning/configuration chart. Click here to access the informational flyer. CLICK HERE to view and shop for these items in my online store.
ANNUAL CATALOG NEWS Due to recent supplier issues (and other factors), Stampin’ Up! will no longer be carrying the current die-cutting machine and trimmer: The Big Shot and Stampin’ Trimmer are retiring. These changes are giving Stampin’ Up! the opportunity to research and explore replacement options. But there will be a gap when we do not have a trimmer or die-cutting machine available. You will not see these items in the upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalog that debuts June 4, 2019. Click here for more information.
Welcome to the May 2019 Greek Isles Achievers Blog Hop! Follow along and check out all the other blogs in the hop (click on the names of the participants in the list below my signature) so you can see some fabulous cards and projects created by other demonstrators who also earned the Stampin’ Up!® Greek Isles incentive trip that will take place this July 2019. This month’s hop features more peeks of the upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalog that debuts June 4…in about two weeks!!
The card I’m sharing today is one that I mailed out to a few achieving demonstrators in my group. I’m in love with it! AND…it’s quite simple to make. I used new products from the Bird Ballad Suite: the Bird Ballad Laser-Cut Cards, the Bird Ballad Designer Paper, and the Free As A Bird Stamp Set and coordinating Stitched Nested Labels Dies.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store. Again many of the products are not available quite yet. Those links will not work until June 4.
Measurements…
Very Vanilla Cardstock
Scrap for die-cutting 2-5/8″ x 4-7/8″ Stitched Nested Labels piece
Scrap for stamping and die-cutting inside sentiment 1-3/4″ x 7/8″ Stitched Nested Labels piece
3″ x 5/8″ strip for front sentiment piece
Basic Black Cardstock
Scrap for die-cutting 2-3/8″ x 4-5/16″ Stitched Nested Labels piece
Bird Ballad Designer Paper
Scrap for die-cutting 2-1/16″ x 3-13/16″ Stitched Nested Labels piece
Old Olive 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon (retiring soon)
about 7″
Directions…
Stamp sentiments onto Very Vanilla pieces. Die-cut the inside sentiment. Trim the end of the outside sentiment strip.
After all pieces are die-cut (using the dies listed in the measurements section above), attach the designer paper to the Basic Black layer using SNAIL. Then attach the outside sentiment strip using a Dimensional at the “banner-cut” end and SNAIL at the other end. Trim up off the excess Very Vanilla that extends beyond the layered Nested Labels.
Add SNAIL Adhesive to the back of the large Very Vanilla 2-5/8″ x 4-7/8″ Stitched Nested Labels piece keeping the adhesive at least 1/4″ away from the outside edges. Open up the card and attach this piece so it is centered and straight. (Do not worry about the adhesive showing through on the front side. It will be covered by the front layered piece.)
Attach the layered piece to the front of the laser-cut card using more SNAIL.
Tie then add the bow to the front with a Glue Dot.
Stamp a few flower images, color in the centers with the Daffodil Delight Blends Marker, then attach the inside sentiment layer with SNAIL.
See? Super simple. 😊I hope I inspired your creativity and you enjoyed what I shared. You are gonna LOVE the Bird Ballad Suite. In fact, something new in this 2019-20 catalog…if you love an entire suite, you can now order if all with just one order number. The Bird Ballad Suite which includes…
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, and Facebook! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
EVERYTHING IS ROSY MEDLEY Are you a fan of rose gold, beautiful florals, and stunning designs? Then the May exclusive Everything Is Rosy Medley is perfect for you! To access the informational flyer, click here. This bundle is $80 US and available during the month of May or while supplies last.
THE 2019-20 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS JUNE 4TH! CLICK HERE to find out how YOU can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog (and to access the dates about transitioning into the new catalog).
A PEEK AT JUNE’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT June’s Paper Pumpkin kit is all about sharing random acts of kindness through creativity in a fun and easy way. It includes 16 fun-sized, beach-themed cards and envelopes and an exclusive carrying case so you’ll always have your cards on hand to share wherever you go. Click here to see an introductory sneak peek video. Then click here to get your subscription started by June 10th for this next kit.
Coordinating colors: Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, and Old Olive
BETTER THAN FLAT TUTORIALS I’m so proud to be teamed up with five other super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators so we can create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our handsome masculine-themed May projects are now available!) CLICK HERE for more information.
STORAGE BY STAMPIN’ UP Stampin’ Up! is now offering new organizational products! Storage by Stampin’ Up!® for those of us who want to interchangeable, stackable, customizable storage solutions for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads, markers and more! Click here to learn more. Click here for a planning/configuration chart. Click here to access the informational flyer. CLICK HERE to view and shop for these items in my online store.
ANNUAL CATALOG NEWS Due to recent supplier issues (and other factors), Stampin’ Up! will no longer be carrying the current die-cutting machine and trimmer: The Big Shot and Stampin’ Trimmer are retiring. These changes are giving Stampin’ Up! the opportunity to research and explore replacement options. But there will be a gap when we do not have a trimmer or die-cutting machine available. You will not see these items in the upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalog that debuts June 4, 2019. Click here for more information.
#APaperPumpkinThing
Yay! I’m excited for our Paper Pumpkin blog hop today! 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 2019 Sentimental Rose Paper Pumpkin kit. To follow the hop and see other creative project ideas, simply scroll down and click on the names of other hop participants.
Here is a photo of the intended project from this month’s kit – 9 pretty note cards: 3 each of 3 designs and a coordinating gift box.
I shared a several ideas (cards with dimension mainly) with this kit yesterday, but today I have some fun bookmark ideas to show.
I even recorded how to make them in this video (my Facebook Live broadcast from yesterday). Watch the video first to get measurements, directions, and tips (you can just click on this image below if you are already on my blog). Then scroll down to see close-up photos, access the links that I mentioned at the beginning of my video, and see a list of extra supplies (linked to my online store) that I used to make my creations.
If you wish to recreate these monster bookmarks with your kit contents, here are the measurements and a few more close-up photos below.
Measurements for the two monster bookmarks:
Gray Granite Cardstock
3-1/2” x 3-1/2” then cut at the diagonal (only need one)
Scrap for punching one ¾” circle
Mint Macaron Cardstock
Scrap for punching two ¾” circles
Extra Stampin’ Up! Products I Used for ALL the bookmarks: See below for a full list of extra supplies linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Here are photos and tips for my other three bookmarks that I made.
THE ROSE CORNER BOOKMARK
Tips for this one:
Use the same measurements above. The printed floral paper in the kit is what I used for the main design. I just cut it to 3-1/4″ x 3-1/4″, cut it diagonally to get my piece, and then stamped the leaves. I cut my leaf stamp to get just one leaf! (Yep!! It sounds crazy, but I did. And then when I want to stamp the three leaves together another time I just mount my two stamps together on the block.) I punched the top corner with the Detailed Trio Punch and tied some twine through.
THE RECTANGULAR BOOKMARK
Tips for this one:
I stamped the rectangular piece the same way I stamped it for my kit card. I added the sentiment image, added the enamel dots, and then punched the top with the Detailed Trio Punch. I added the Mint Textile Ribbon and tied it together tight with some twine.
THE RIBBON BOOKMARK
Tips for this one:
I stamped my two label pieces…The sentiment one also has some really light (stamped off twice) Mint Macaron leaves. The floral side has two punched out Flirty Flamingo flowers added with Glue Dots over the top of the leaves. I attached these finished labels to the Silver Foil scallop circle pieces. Then I sandwiched the end of the Silver Metallic-Edge Ribbon between the two labels using Tear & Tape Adhesive.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared today!
If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HEREto sign up by May 10th for the next kit.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
May’s Paper Pumpkin kit is going to be beautiful! It was designed with the help of Shelli Gardner, Stampin’ Up!’s board chair and cofounder. Shelli worked closely with designers and concept artists to create a Paper Pumpkin kit that is uniquely hers. It includes an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, paper, and crafting materials to create 12 mailable cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs), 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes, and a Classic Stampin’ Spot. Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock (a new 2019-21 In Color), Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla. Click here to see the video for even more information on this kit. Then click here to sign up by May 10th for this next kit.
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, and Facebook! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
Product List
April 2019 Sentimental Rose Monthly Paper Pumpkin Kit (received by active subscribers only)
And Stampin’ Up! has posted its list of products that are now retiring from the current ones: the 2018-19 Annual Catalog and the 2019 Occasions Catalog. Be sure to take a good look at the retiring products lists so that you don’t miss out on getting items that you have wanted. Some things (like designer papers, ink pads and refills, cardstock…) sell out quickly! CLICK HERE for more detailed information, to access the lists and links, for dates about transitioning into the new catalog, AND to find out how you can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog.
THE 2019-20 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS JUNE 4TH!
After attending the April 2019 OnStage event, I now have a copy of the awesome upcoming catalog!! CLICK HEREto find out how YOU can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog.
BETTER THAN FLAT TUTORIALS
I’m so proud to be teamed up with five other super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators so we can create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our beautiful April feminine-themed projects are now available!) CLICK HEREto find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. (A new one is offered each month. May’s tutorials will feature masculine-themed projects.)
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
May’s Paper Pumpkin kit is going to be beautiful! It was designed with the help of Shelli Gardner, Stampin’ Up!’s board chair and cofounder. Shelli worked closely with designers and concept artists to create a Paper Pumpkin kit that is uniquely hers. It includes an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, paper, and crafting materials to create 12 mailable cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs), 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes, and a Classic Stampin’ Spot. Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock (a new 2019-21 In Color), Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla. Click here to see the video for even more information on this kit. Then click here to sign up by May 10th for this next kit.
STORAGE BY STAMPIN’ UP
Stampin’ Up! is now offering new organizational products! Storage by Stampin’ Up!® for those of us who want to interchangeable, stackable, customizable storage solutions for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads, markers and more! Click here to learn more. Click here for a planning/configuration chart. Click here to access the informational flyer. CLICK HERE to view and shop for these items in my online store.
ANNUAL CATALOG NEWS
Due to recent supplier issues (and other factors), Stampin’ Up! will no longer be carrying the current die-cutting machine and trimmer: The Big Shot and Stampin’ Trimmer are retiring. These changes are giving Stampin’ Up! the opportunity to research and explore replacement options. But there will be a gap when we do not have a trimmer or die-cutting machine available. You will not see these items in the upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalog that debuts June 4, 2019. Click here for more information.
Welcome to the April 2019 Greek Isles Achievers Blog Hop! Follow along and check out all the other blogs in the hop (click on the names of other participants in the list below my signature) so you can see some fabulous cards and projects created by other demonstrators who also earned the Stampin’ Up!® Greek Isles incentive trip that will take place this July 2019. This month’s hop features peeks of the upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalog.
One of the perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is being able to order products early. And those that attend OnStage (Stampin’ Up!’s convention) events get to order even earlier.
I haven’t had a lot of time to play with much it yet, but I finished my make-n-takes with some extra new products we were gifted at OnStage. Here are images of the make-n-takes the way we were supposed to make them.
I only did two as intended: the bird’s nest card from the upcoming May Paper Pumpkin kit & the birds on a branch card from the Free As A Bird Stamp Set and Bird Ballad Designer Paper. So pretty, right?!
Because of the suggestion from Amanda Martin while we were working on these cards at OnStage, I punched out a section of this Bird Ballad Designer Paper before finishing my card above.
Then I brought it home and added it to a Whisper White card base along with the pink flowers from the other make-n-take card which I altered a LOT. Both of these cards below used the supplies from the Perennial Essence Suite make-n-take: the Floral Essence Stamp Set, the Perennial Flower Punch, the Perennial Essence Designer Paper, the Perennial Essence Vellum, and the Perennial Essence Floral Centers.
I didn’t do the next make-n-take as is either, because I received the It Starts With Art Stamp Set as a product gift. And someone at my table (Amanda?) gave me their make-n-take packet (so I had an extra pieces). That fun Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon is carrying over into the new catalog. So I used that along with the Follow Your Art Designer Paper, the It Starts With Art Stamp Set, a little extra cardstock, and Rhinestones to complete these two cards. Gotta love that sentiment: “Follow your art.”
These last two I made with the make-n-takes supplies from the Come Sail Away Suite and a little extra cardstock: a Crumb Cake card base and some Basic Black. The Sailing Home Stamp Set is amazing and includes some wonderful sentiments. I have a feeling it will be pretty popular. The Sail Away Trinkets are adorable. And the Come Sail Away Designer Paper is both beautiful AND handsome!
I shared several photos including product and sample display boards yesterday, on my April 15th post. But here are a few more photos from OnStage April 2019. It truly IS an amazing experience to be at one of these events!
Besides all the ideas with new products that we get to create with, that are on display, and that are demonstrated…
…we get to swap cards, receive training and inspiration from presentations, take home prizes and gifts (see yesterday’s photos to see what I took home),…
…we celebrate accomplishments…
(Kim Peck and I walk across stage to celebrate our $700,000 milestones. And below Dena Rekow, Susie Wood and LeeAnn Greff walk across stage to celebrate their $1,000,000 milestones. Amazing!!)
…and we get to connect with friends – old and new.
These gals all helped with Check-In.
Rachel Durtschi and I teamed up to check in demonstrators before OnStage began.
Here I am with my dear friend, Mary Haugen, fellow demonstrator and co-owner of Stamp-n-Storage.
You can’t help but smile when you are around this bunch. In the photo with me are Kelly Acheson, Dena Rekow, Susan Campfield and Barb Mullikin.
Susan and I got to visit briefly with our friend BJ Peters (my fellow Demonstrator Council Member for the Mountain West Midwest North Region).
I met a demonstrator from Germany (here also visiting family), Katharina Pollak.
These are three wonderful team members of mine: Joann Knutson, Vicki Bibeau, and Julie Haugen.
And these gals (Vicki Spicer, Kayla Cory, Nancy Forsberg, and Mary Marohl) are some of my other wonderful team members. You can click here to see the video of new products that Kayla made.
I’m looking forward to the next one! Not sure which location I’ll be attending (the live 3-day event not listed is in Dortmund, Germany), but I’ve marked my calendar. Would you like to join me?!
I hope I inspired your creativity and you enjoyed what I shared.
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, and Facebook! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
RETIRING PRODUCTS!
And Stampin’ Up! has posted its list of products that are now retiring from the current ones: the 2018-19 Annual Catalog and the 2019 Occasions Catalog. Be sure to take a good look at the retiring products lists so that you don’t miss out on getting items that you have wanted. Some things (like designer papers, ink pads and refills, cardstock…) sell out quickly! CLICK HERE for more detailed information, to access the lists and links, for dates about transitioning into the new catalog, AND to find out how you can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog.
THE 2019-20 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS JUNE 4TH!
After attending the April 2019 OnStage event, I now have a copy of the awesome upcoming catalog!! CLICK HEREto find out how YOU can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog.
BETTER THAN FLAT TUTORIALS
I’m so proud to be teamed up with five other super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators so we can create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our beautiful April feminine-themed projects are now available!) CLICK HEREto find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. (A new one is offered each month. May’s tutorials will feature masculine-themed projects.)
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
May’s Paper Pumpkin kit is going to be beautiful! It was designed with the help of Shelli Gardner, Stampin’ Up!’s board chair and cofounder. Shelli worked closely with designers and concept artists to create a Paper Pumpkin kit that is uniquely hers. It includes an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, paper, and crafting materials to create 12 mailable cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs), 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes, and a Classic Stampin’ Spot. Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock (a new 2019-21 In Color), Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla. Click here to see the video for even more information on this kit. Then click here to sign up by May 10th for this next kit.
STORAGE BY STAMPIN’ UP
Stampin’ Up! is now offering new organizational products! Storage by Stampin’ Up!® for those of us who want to interchangeable, stackable, customizable storage solutions for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads, markers and more! Click here to learn more. Click here for a planning/configuration chart. Click here to access the informational flyer. CLICK HERE to view and shop for these items in my online store.
ANNUAL CATALOG NEWS
Due to recent supplier issues (and other factors), Stampin’ Up! will no longer be carrying the current die-cutting machine and trimmer: The Big Shot and Stampin’ Trimmer are retiring. These changes are giving Stampin’ Up! the opportunity to research and explore replacement options. But there will be a gap when we do not have a trimmer or die-cutting machine available. You will not see these items in the upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalog that debuts June 4, 2019. Click here for more information.
#APaperPumpkinThing
Yippee! Today is a blog hop day with Paper Pumpkin kit ideas! 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 March 2019 “Poppin’ Birthday” Paper Pumpkin kit. To follow the hop and see other creative project ideas, simply scroll down and click on the names of other hop participants.
Here is a photo of the intended project from this month’s kit – 8 pop up cards: 4 each of 2 designs.
I shared a several ideas with this kit on Monday, but today I have a wedding card & matching gift tag.
If you wish to recreate these with your kit contents, follow the measurements and tips below.
Measurements of extra products:
Silver Metallic-Edge Ribbon:
10″ for the card
What you’d need for wrapping your gift for the tag
Measurements of kit products:
Smoky Slate striped card base:
2-3/4″ x 8-1/2″ (a card base cut in half) for the tag
1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ square cut from white label piece for the tag
Extra Stampin’ Up! Products I Used: See below for a full list of extra supplies linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Directions:
For the card, attach either the “stacked presents” or “layered cake” insert to the inside of the smoky slate card base so the white side is face up. BUT FIRST…stamp the confetti image in VersaMark ink, add the Silver Emboss Powder, and heat emboss.
Add bows with rhinestones to each tier.
Cover the exclamation point in the sentiment image with washi or masking tape. Ink stamp with VersaMark ink, then remove the tape. Flip a Daffodil Delight scalloped banner piece over and stamp sentiment (making sure to leave room for the number 2). Then emboss with silver powder.
Ink surface of the “2” with VersaMark ink, add silver powder, and emboss. (You may have to do half of the number first, and then the other half so you have something to hold onto with a wooden skewer while heating.) Then add a second layer so the print of the paper doesn’t show through.
Tie on the ribbon and attach to the front of the card with Dimensionals. Adhere the “2.”
For the tag, punch a hole in the top for the ribbon.
On the inside stamp the confetti image in VersaMark ink, add the Silver Emboss Powder, and heat emboss.
Add the white square piece on the front with Dimensionals. Then add the bow and a rhinestone.
Tie ribbon around your gift (mine is the beautiful Memories & More photo album), and add the tag.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared today! If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HEREto sign up by April 10th for the next kit.
April’s Paper Pumpkin kit will introduce you to Stampin’ Up!’s brand new Distinktive® photo-realistic stamp images. These stamps have a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single image. The kit will make 9 cards (3 cards of 3 designs) and an adorable gift box. Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors are: Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Mint Macron, and So Saffron.
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Product List… things you might need/want in addition to the March 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit to make these projects
wooden skewer and a heat resistant surface (I used cardboard covered in aluminum foil)
During the month of March (and only while supplies last), Stampin’ Up! is offering new exclusive products that coordinate with several of our 2019 Sale-a-Bration products! Unlike the Sale-a-Bration products though (free with qualifying orders), the Sale-a-Bration Coordination products are for purchase. Click here for the informational flyer with images of all the products. The Hop Around Framelits, Lily Framelits, and Call Me Cupcake Framelits are now sold out in the US and are no longer available.
SALE-A-BRATION 2019
Sale-A-Bration (January 3 – March 31, 2019) is one of THE best times of the Stampin’ Up! year. Earn free exclusive products! Earn more Stampin’ Rewards! Get a fabulous tote with one of the best kit offers ever!…CLICK HERE for more information & to find the links to the online brochures filled with fun free products. New Sale-a-Bration choices were added February 15 and again March 1. The Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack, the Butterfly Elements, the Precious Parcel Card Kit, and the Foil Sheets are all sold out in the US and are no longer available.
STORAGE BY STAMPIN’ UP
Storage by Stampin’ Up!® for those of you who want to interchangeable, stackable, customizable storage solutions for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads, markers and more! Click here to watch a fun video showing lots of ways to stack and build with these modules. And stay tuned for more information in future posts.
OCCASIONS CATALOG NEWS
There are some products that are selling out in the 2019 Occasions Catalog already. These products were going to retire with this seasonal catalog anyway, but due to complications with Stampin’ Up!’s die supplier & not being able to replenish the inventory, the following items are no longer available:
Doily Builder Thinlits Dies (item 148553)
Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies (item 148529)
Rose Trellis Thinlits Dies (item 148549)
And this item is on low inventory/forecasted to run out soon:
Detailed Birthday Edgelits Dies (item 148548)
GET $175 WORTH FOR $99!
It’s a great time to sign up to be a demonstrator. During Sale-a-Bration, the starter kit is amazing!…Choose up to $175 worth of Stampin’ Up! products (which could include preorder products!), and pay just $99. Shipping is free too, so you save there as well. There is also the option of adding in this beautiful, exclusive tote for an additional $30. Click here to download the Sale-a-Bration brochure and see the tote and the options for the great starter kit on pages 4 & 5. Click here to learn more about the perks of being a demonstrator in my Stampers With ART community. And then click here when you are ready purchase your kit. But hurry. This offer ends in just a couple days… March 31, 2019.
“BETTER THAN FLAT” TUTORIALS
Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D (“better than flat”) projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our April projects will be available April 1st!) CLICK HEREto find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one is offered each month.
JOIN THE CLUB!
Do you find that you order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product each month? Do you want to get perks for those monthly orders? I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club that will kick off soon, and we are looking for more members. Click here to learn more. Then contact me with your questions &/or to sign up.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I am an affiliate with Stamp-n-Storage which means I may get commissions if you click on links I provide and decide to purchase anything from this company. I love their products and recommend them because I own several myself and believe my readers will benefit from them.
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