Summer is my favorite season. And I’m sad to see the warm weather going away. So with my mind on the activities of a hot August afternoon at the lake, I put together a dragonfly birthday card using summer colors and images.
Then I made multiples of this card to send to those in my Stampers With ART group with September and October birthdays. I tend to make fall cards for Autumn birthdays. But I don’t think anyone will mind getting a little glimmering dragonfly card this year instead.
I just showed live on YouTube and on Facebook about an hour ago step-by-step directions for creating this card with the Happiest Day Stamp Set, the So Swirly 3D Embossing Folder, inks with Blending Brushes and Daubers, the Modern Oval Punch, Festive Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Blends Markers, Wink of Stella, and other coordinating products from Stampin’ Up!®. 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.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Click here to access and download a printable “measurements & supplies” sheet.
Measurements …
Summer Splash Cardstock
4-1/4” x 11” scored parallel to the short side at 5-1/2”
Basic White Cardstock
(2) 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”
3-1/4” x 4-1/2”
Scrap for punching Modern Oval
Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock
3-3/8” x 4-5/8”
Festive Glimmer Paper
Scrap for punching Modern Oval
Here are photos of the finished card.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared today!
Winners: After live winners from last week’s live… Beverly Pantley & suzannedepies7866 This week’s live winners…Tracey Shoemaker & Gale Beth Rice
Congratulations to these individuals!! If your name is above, be sure to reach out to me at stampyourartout@comcast.net to claim your prize.
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We celebrated my parents’ 60th Wedding Anniversary with family on Sunday. And everyone was able to attend. So we made sure to take a bunch of group photos. Below is one of them.
Cheers to you, Mom & Dad!! And cheers to all the goodness that your loving relationship created. We are all very blessed.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. 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 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).
A PEEK AT OCTOBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Nests of Christmas: Spread Christmas cheer with this cozy, all-inclusive crafting kit! Makes 10 cards (5 each of 2 designs) & includes printed cards and coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes tri-fold card bases, precut grosgrain ribbon, and precut labels with specialty green foil. And it coordinates with the Nests of Winter Suite Collection (item 164072). Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy, Real Red, Shaded Spruce (Classic Stampin’ Spot). Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the October-December kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Merry Tags & More Dies (#165639) — made available September 11th and only while supplies last! 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 October 10th for this next kit.
NEWBIES CAN GET 40% OFF OCTOBER 2024 PP KIT Heads up! New subscribers to Paper Pumpkin can sign up through 10/10/24 and get 40% off the October 2024 kit. This is only for new subscribers where the email connected to the account has never been used for Paper Pumpkin in the past. Click here for the details of this promotion. Click here to sign up!
SCRAPBOOKING PRODUCTS ARE HERE! Meet the September 2024 Scrapbooking Brochure—full of scrapbooking products that coordinate with the mini catalog and some online-only suites! Stickers, Two-Toned Cardstock, and Workshop Kits are the first items in this new line. And this is just the beginning. Too fun! Stay tuned. View the brochure online from my Catalogs Page. Shop these products in my online store.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE Stampin’ Up! is striving to make a difference by donating to organizations throughout the world that work to benefit children’s literacy. And you can help. When you purchase the Sentimental Christmas Designer Paper (also shown on pages 4 & 5 of the Sept-Dec 2024 Mini Catalog), Stampin’ Up! will donate $3. We hope you’ll join us in making a difference this holiday season.
STAMP-N-STORAGE’S FALL INTO ORGANIZATION SALE! Stamp-n-Storage is offering 15% off and Free Shipping in the 48 Domestic U.S. now through September 30, 2024. Click here to shop.
WORLD CARD MAKING DAY OCTOBER 5, 2024 It’s time to celebrate World Card Making Day! Join Stampin’ Up! on October 5 (2-3 PM Mountain Time) to celebrate this day with a FREE creative virtual event. Create five simple cards together and see some additional fun projects. Crafters of all skill levels are invited and welcome to join. Registration began September 3rd! Scan the QR code in this flyer to sign up and get notices.
KITS COLLECTION: CARD KEEPER & CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTSKITS ADDED These are the kits that were most recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASSES 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 September 2024 Unbounded Beauty Suite Video Class Bundle which is now available. CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to see others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Splendid Autumn Suite from the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog will be available October 1st.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES Lots of new products released in July into the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog or publication. So be sure to visit this link to shop today. (All Online Exclusives products are always available while supplies last.)
STAMP YOUR ART OUT LOGO MERCHANDISE Be sure to check out my line of Stamp Your Art Out logo merchandise! From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > LOGO ITEMS. Or just click here. Many of the items have more than one color option. Thanks for shopping!
It’s Free Shipping Day! (Scroll down for details.) I’m loving our new line of initial scrapbooking products that Stampin’ Up! just released September 4th. I purchased the Halloween Memories Workshop Kit, the Halloween Spells Designer Paper/Sticker Sheet, and the coordinating pack of Halloween Memories Two-Tone Cardstock. And I created some cards. Yep, cards. No pages yet. I wanted to share with all of you card-makers that these kits aren’t just for scrapbooking. (Plus I needed to make some Halloween cards to send to my family this year.)
I needed a few more sentiment images, so I added stamped imagery from the Simply Said Stamp Set and created eight festive greeting cards to share with you today.
Though the sticker sheets are the same in the workshop kit and designer paper/sticker packet, the designer papers are not. So I’m going to show you variations on two of these cards to show you the options if you just have the kit.
In fact I just showed live on YouTube and on Facebook about an hour ago step-by-step directions for creating these cards. You can see a recording of that video here in my blog post. Be sure to watch the video by clickingHERE (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.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Clickhere to access and download a printable “measurements & supplies” sheet.
Measurements…
So Spooky Card
TT Pumpkin Pie Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11”
White Willow Cardstock: 3-1/2” x 4-3/4”
Designer Paper: 4” x 5-1/4”
Eek Card
White Willow Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11”
Designer Paper or Cardstock: (2) 1” x 4”
Cast a Spell Card
TT Gorgeous Grape Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11”
White Willow Cardstock: 3-1/2” x 4-3/4”
Designer Papers: 4” x 5-1/4” & 1-1/4” x 4”
Potions Card
TT Basic Black Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11”
TT Pumpkin Pie Cardstock: 3-1/2” x 4-3/4” & 1” x 4-1/4”
White Willow Cardstock: 2-1/4” x 3-1/2”
Designer Paper: 3” x 5-1/2”
Hello Monster Card
White Willow Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11” & 5/8” x 2-3/4”
Designer Paper: 3” x 5-1/2”
Happy Hallo Ween Card
TT Gorgeous Grape Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11” & 3-1/2” x 4-3/4”
White Willow Cardstock: 3/8” x 3-3/8”
Designer Paper: 4” x 5-1/2”
October 31 Card
TT Basic Black Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 12”
TT Pumpkin Pie Cardstock: 3-1/2” x 4-3/4” & 1” x 4-1/4”
Celebrate Fright Night Card
TT Pumpkin Pie Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11” & 2-1/2” x 3-1/2”
White Willow Cardstock: 1/2″ x 2-5/8″
TT Basic Black Cardstock: (2) 3-1/2” x 4
(TT = two-tone)
Here are photos of the finished cards. The first two are using TT Pumpkin Pie Cardstock for the card bases.
The second two are using White Willow Cardstock for the card bases.
These next two are using TT Gorgeous Grape Cardstock.
And the last two are using TT Basic Black Cardstock.
I love that that two-tone cardstock!!
I hope you enjoyed what I shared today!
Winners: After live winners from last week’s live… janhansen6009 & Pam Reno This week’s live winners… Vickie Woodcox & Maria Grzincic
Congratulations to these individuals!! If your name is above, be sure to reach out to me at stampyourartout@comcast.net to claim your prize.
Tune into my events on my Facebook Page to see notices of my upcoming Lives. Or subscribe to my YouTube channel. And then click on the bell next to the subscribe button and set notifications to “all” so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. My next Online Paper Crafting Class Live will be on Wednesday, September 25 at 11 AM Central Time. But I am getting my September Paper Pumpkin Kit today or tomorrow. So I’ll be creating right away with it and hope to share my first set of alternate project ideas with you all on Saturday, September 21 at 10 AM Central Time. I hope you can join me for either or both!
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NEWBIES CAN GET 40% OFF OCTOBER 2024 PP KIT Heads up! New subscribers to Paper Pumpkin can sign up starting today and get 40% off the October 2024 kit. This is only for new subscribers where the email connected to the account has never been used for Paper Pumpkin in the past. Click here for the details of this promotion. Click here to sign up!
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. 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 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).
A PEEK AT OCTOBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Nests of Christmas: Spread Christmas cheer with this cozy, all-inclusive crafting kit! Makes 10 cards (5 each of 2 designs) & includes printed cards and coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes tri-fold card bases, precut grosgrain ribbon, and precut labels with specialty green foil. And it coordinates with the Nests of Winter Suite Collection (item 164072). Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy, Real Red, Shaded Spruce (Classic Stampin’ Spot). Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the October-December kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Merry Tags & More Dies (#165639) — made available September 11th and only while supplies last! 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 October 10th for this next kit.
SCRAPBOOKING PRODUCTS ARE HERE! Meet the September 2024 Scrapbooking Brochure—full of scrapbooking products that coordinate with the mini catalog and some online-only suites! Stickers, Two-Toned Cardstock, and Workshop Kits are the first items in this new line. And this is just the beginning. Too fun! Stay tuned. View the brochure online from my Catalogs Page. Shop these products in my online store.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE Stampin’ Up! is striving to make a difference by donating to organizations throughout the world that work to benefit children’s literacy. And you can help. When you purchase the Sentimental Christmas Designer Paper (also shown on pages 4 & 5 of the Sept-Dec 2024 Mini Catalog), Stampin’ Up! will donate $3. We hope you’ll join us in making a difference this holiday season.
STAMP-N-STORAGE’S FALL INTO ORGANIZATION SALE! Stamp-n-Storage is offering 15% off and Free Shipping in the 48 Domestic U.S. now through September 30, 2024. Click here to shop.
WORLD CARD MAKING DAY OCTOBER 5, 2024 It’s time to celebrate World Card Making Day! Join Stampin’ Up! on October 5 (2-3 PM Mountain Time) to celebrate this day with a FREE creative virtual event. Create five simple cards together and see some additional fun projects. Crafters of all skill levels are invited and welcome to join. Registration began September 3rd! Scan the QR code in this flyer to sign up and get notices.
KITS COLLECTION: CARD KEEPER & CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTSKITS ADDED These are the kits that were most recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASSES 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 September 2024 Unbounded Beauty Suite Video Class Bundle which is now available. CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to see others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Splendid Autumn Suite from the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog will be available October 1st.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES Lots of new products released in July into the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog or publication. So be sure to visit this link to shop today. (All Online Exclusives products are always available while supplies last.)
STAMP YOUR ART OUT LOGO MERCHANDISE Be sure to check out my line of Stamp Your Art Out logo merchandise! From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > LOGO ITEMS. Or just click here. Many of the items have more than one color option. Thanks for shopping!
Gosh I love these kits! I received my August 2024 Time For Cake Paper Pumpkin kit on Monday and opened it up to find supplies for putting together some festive and fun birthday cards.
But I never assemble my kits as is, because I like to show kit recipients other ways to use their supplies. I like to think outside the box…see what else I can come up with, and create alternate cards, scrapbook pages and more. So today I’m sharing with you twelve cards that I made with the supplies of the three kit cards. Replicating this with all the supplies in your kit would allow you to quadruple the cards you can get from this kit.
What would you do with all these birthday/celebratory cards? If you don’t need a lot of birthday cards yourself, you can package them together in sets and give them as gifts! I show you how to make these cards in my 8/23/24 video.
Watch my videohere to get to get measurements, directions, and tips (or you can just click on this image below if you are already in my blog post). Scroll down to see close-up photos, access the links that I mentioned in my video, and see a list of extra supplies (linked to my online store) that I used to make my creations. Then be sure to visit my blog again soon, because I’ll have many more alternate projects that I’ll be sharing on soon!
I hope you enjoyed what I shared and gained some creative inspiration! Want to make the cards as intended? Click here for a link to Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video.
Below are close-up photos of the alternate projects I made and shared in my video. (Remember to watch my video first to get measurements, tips and directions.)
If you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply these ideas to products you already own. OR…become an active subscriber and get in on the refill kit. It doesn’t contain the ink and stamp images. But you will at least gain the main pieces and can hopefully replace most of the stamp images I used with some of your own.
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 September 10th for this next kit…
A PEEK AT SEPTEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Autumn Abundance: Share your love for all things autumn with this kit! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes printed cards and coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes laser cut card fronts, a whimsical watercolor ephemera pack, and embellishments. Coordinating colors: Cajun Craze (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Wild Wheat. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the July-September kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Every Celebration Dies (#164991) — made available June 11th and only while supplies last!
My husband Tim, my son Luke and I went to the Minnesota State Fair yesterday. (This was one of our views on one of the rides! Do you see the ferris wheel off in the distance? It’s a huge fair…one of the top rated state fairs overall.)
It was opening day, and we went to see my nephew Robbie play bass drum in the big parade.
My sister (Rob’s mom) was a chaperone/parent volunteer and helped the kids out during the parade and when needed. But she had free time, too. So she joined us when there was free time. And despite the rain showers (that came down hard right before and during the parade), the weather during the rest of the day was quite pleasant.
When we first arrived, Tim and Luke had to ride the Skyscraper. (It’s now a tradition for them.) They ride it right away so they can eat whatever they want afterwards. Hahaha!
And yes…we definitely ate! That is one of the fun things about coming is trying out new and bizarre foods. Not everything we ate was new and bizarre though. I personally have a lot of sensitivities, so I don’t wander into that craziness like most people. In fact, I LOVE that many of my gluten free/dairy free favorites can be found. Yay for Nautical Bowls (and the awesome workers there that pose for a pic with us)!! The special “State Fair Bowl” menu item tasted great!
We tried lots of foods (a new favorite of mine is the French Meadow Bakery‘s Shroomy Calamari), shopped a lot, rode a couple rides, watched the parade, visited the livestock, and enjoyed people watching and the music around us. We’ll be back again!
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. 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 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).
Products…things you might need/want in addition to the August 2024 Paper Pumpkin kit
AUGUST 2024 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SALE August 6-31, 2024 you can enjoy a 15% discount on select Designer Series Paper packs from our 2024-2025 Annual Catalog! This is a great time to stock up and save on gorgeous paper so you have artistic and versatile paper designs on hand for your next projects! Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
BONUS DAYS! EARN IN JULY & REDEEM IN AUGUST! It’s now time to take those Bonus Days coupons that you earned in July and redeem them on your August order/s! You will want to redeem all of them between August 1–31! Click here for the details. Click here to shop.
NEWONLINE EXCLUSIVESHAVE ARRIVED Lots of new products released in July into the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog or publication. So be sure to visit this link to shop today. (All Online Exclusives products are always available while supplies last.)
KITS COLLECTION: HAUNTED HOME & CHRISTMAS WISHESKITS ADDED These are the kits that were most recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
A PEEK AT SEPTEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Autumn Abundance: Share your love for all things autumn with this kit! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes printed cards and coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes laser cut card fronts, a whimsical watercolor ephemera pack, and embellishments. Coordinating colors: Cajun Craze (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Wild Wheat. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the July-September kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Every Celebration Dies (#164991) — made available June 11th and only while supplies last! 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 September 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASSES 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 August 2024 Mediterranean Blooms Suite Video Class Bundle which is now available. CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to see others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Unbounded Beauty Suite from the 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available September 1st.
STAMP YOUR ART OUT LOGO MERCHANDISE Be sure to check out my line of Stamp Your Art Out logo merchandise! From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > LOGO ITEMS. Or just click here. Many of the items have more than one color option. Thanks for shopping!
I have lots of things to share today! I’m going to show you lots of creative ideas, demonstrate a make-n-take project that I created for a recent August team event (using the Changing Leaves stamps, dies, embossing folder, AND other coordinating Stampin’ Up!® products), show off “card candy” that my Stampers With ART team members created and swapped out at this event, show you more cards that were created at this event with Kits Collection kits by those who attended in person, and introduce you to new products that are debuting September 4th in the new mini catalog. Phew! Are you ready?
I just showed live on YouTube and on Facebook about 2 hours ago how to create my make-n-take project, all of the card candy, and my new products. I also slipped in a few other tips, card ideas and products. 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 for the make-n-take card candy I designed, and then let me know if you have any questions.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Click here to access and download a printable “measurements & supplies” sheet.
Measurements…
Early Espresso Cardstock
Granny Apple Green Cardstock
2” x 5-1/2”
Scrap for creating leaves
Basic White Cardstock
1-7/8” x 4-1/4”
Country Woods Designer Paper
1” x 1-7/8”
Iridescent Striped Trim
Here are photos of the finished card candy pieces I designed for the event’s make-n-take project.
And here are the card candy pieces that were created and swapped at this August 2024 Stampers With ART event. Take a look at all the creativity! And be sure to watch the video so you can see how easy these can be turned into cards. Those that made each card are mentioned in the watermarks of the photos. (By the way, I do NOT have a supply list or measurements for each of these. That would take me way too much time. I am sharing them to inspire your creativity and to show all the talent.) A big thank you to all of the crafters/creators!
Besides swapping card candy, we enjoyed food and conversation, and we got creative with a few kits from the Kits Collection. Lori, Marciene, Kristie and Shannon (our special guest and Demonstrator Development Manager from Stampin’ Up!’s home office) created with the Expressions of Kindness Kit.
Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards – including a discount on future products! Signing up for the kit now allows you to pre-order from the Sept-Dec 2024 Mini Catalog being released in September.
Here are a couple photos from my visit with my sister to see our parents at their lake home.
You can see my set up for the live broadcasts. My dad assures me that the wi-fi speed will be improving soon. So hopefully someday soon I’ll be able to have longer stays up there and still do lives without any issues. (Crossing my fingers.)
I hope you enjoyed what I shared today!
Winners: After live winners from last week’s live… Debbie Renfro Standefer & lynnettemalovrh6514 This week’s live winners… Rhonda Kelly & Sharon Groves
Congratulations to these individuals!! If your name is above, be sure to reach out to me at stampyourartout@comcast.net to claim your prize.
Tune into my events on my Facebook Page to see notices of my upcoming Lives. Or subscribe to my YouTube channel. And then click on the bell next to 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, August 21 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 shop My Favorite Extras. 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 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).
AUGUST 2024 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SALE August 6-31, 2024 you can enjoy a 15% discount on select Designer Series Paper packs from our 2024-2025 Annual Catalog! This is a great time to stock up and save on gorgeous paper so you have artistic and versatile paper designs on hand for your next projects! Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
BONUS DAYS! EARN IN JULY & REDEEM IN AUGUST! It’s now time to take those Bonus Days coupons that you earned in July and redeem them on your August order/s! You will want to redeem all of them between August 1–31! Click here for the details. Click here to shop.
CLOSE TO MY HEART PRODUCT RELEASES As former Makers and Close To My Heart® customers continue with the transition to Stampin’ Up!, we’re happy to share that Stampin’ Up! is releasing a limited supply of Close To My Heart products in our online store available to those who purchased CTMH products in the past. More arrived July 3rd. Yay!! You can also view online publications of these product releases by visiting my catalogs page. But keep in mind the CTMH section of the online store will always be the most accurate when it comes to product availability.
NEWONLINE EXCLUSIVESHAVE ARRIVED Lots of new products released in July into the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog or publication. So be sure to visit this link to shop today. (All Online Exclusives products are always available while supplies last.)
KITS COLLECTION: HAUNTED HOME & CHRISTMAS WISHESKITS ADDED These are the kits that were most recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
A PEEK AT SEPTEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Autumn Abundance: Share your love for all things autumn with this kit! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes printed cards and coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes laser cut card fronts, a whimsical watercolor ephemera pack, and embellishments. Coordinating colors: Cajun Craze (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Wild Wheat. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the July-September kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Every Celebration Dies (#164991) — made available June 11th and only while supplies last! 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 September 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASSES 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 August 2024 Mediterranean Blooms Suite Video Class Bundle which is now available. CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to see others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Unbounded Beauty Suite from the 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available September 1st.
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Summer is always busy but fun here in Minnesota. My boys are on summer vacation from school, we all get outdoors more (or at least open the windows while we are inside the house so we can FEEL like we are outside), we take small day or weekend trips, we get projects done…I’m sure it’s the same for you.
So currently I feel like I’m a little behind in my creative projects. But I promise you I AM designing and crafting up a storm when I can. This weekend while my husband is visiting his mom in Owatonna and it’s close to 90 degrees F outside, I’ve been doing just that… trying to get things designed for an upcoming demonstrator/team event next weekend called Creative Connections. OH MY GOSH! As I write this it just hit me…I have only a week left. Hahaha!
Because I’m designing for that event and because of the things that have pulled me away from my craft room lately, I don’t have many other creative projects to share right now. So today’s post is a totally unique one. But I hope you’ll enjoy it. I decided to share with you some of the meals I’ve been making this summer with food that we are getting in our CSA! 😃
What is a CSA? I pulled this definition off the internet…”Community Supported Agriculture consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes the community’s farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits.” Basically these farms sell shares to the public and then distribute food weekly to those who have purchased the shares. It’s a great way to get a hold of locally grown fresh food and support local farming at the same time.
My sister and I have been with the Brown Family Farm for a few years now and LOVE them. Besides great food and generous portions, the communication is amazing. We get recipes for the veggies we are receiving, a guidebook for all the produce, updates on what’s happening on the farm, etc. And this year I am hosting one of their pick up sites – people come to pick up their shares here at our house each week! Too fun!
Check out some of the great meals I’ve been making. The ingredients in bold type are foods we’ve gotten from the CSA so far this summer. Let me know if you try (and enjoy) any of these. Oh, and sorry I don’t have full recipes. But hopefully the ingredients will help most of you recreate.
I’m a huge salad lover and love to whip up some sort of salad pretty much every day. This salad below includes red leaf lettuce, butter crunch lettuce, radishes, green onion, snap peas, avacado, salmon, cucumer, and feta cheese.
For this meal I cooked up some finely chopped kohlrabi on the stove top with some coconut oil and fresh rosemary. Then I added in some cod and covered to cook through. I seasoned with a little salt and pepper, added it to some quinoa, and served it with cantaloupe.
Here are egg wraps. The base is Swiss chard. And within are eggs (scrambled while cooking in the pan to get the mixed but not totally mixed look), fresh green onions, tomatoes (from my husband’s garden), and shredded parmesean cheese. Be sure to let the eggs cool just a little bit before adding them. Otherwise, the Swiss chard gets a little wilty.
This salad includes beets (boiled, peeled and cooled), summer/yellow squash, both ends of a green onion, radishes, feta, and green romaine (plated with grilled chicken breast).
I adapted a recipe shared by Brown Family Farm… Breakfast Casserole with kale and green onion! I love it that our CSA shares recipes with us each week and keeps them posted for future reference. (This one was shared in June 2023.) It helps us to use up our food that we get each week. My son Luke LOVES this. I’ve made it twice so far and he requested it again. Maybe dinner tonight?
One week we got red potatoes! So I diced them up, tossed them lightly with olive oil, and baked to soften. Then I took my spiralizer and made zoodles with summer/yellow squash. I added green onion, red bell pepper, feta, and a dressing made from olive oil, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, and pure maple syrup. This zoodle dish is fabulous with shrimp!
Not a meal with diversity, but this one below was on the day we got sweet corn and pickle cucumbers. We had to eat it right away. So we prepped them, added cod and had a lovely dinner. SO YUMMY!
Back to salads! This one includes red romaine, golden beets (which are sweeter), roasted broccoli and cauliflower, green onion, and freshly baked salmon.
And this ninth meal idea includes more fresh sweet corn, grilled chicken, red romaine, green onion (both ends), red beets, and pickle cucumber.
We’ve also gotten rhubarb (which my boys and husband will eat) and zucchini. I’m excited to find out what we will get this week!
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CLOSE TO MY HEART PRODUCT RELEASES As former Makers and Close To My Heart® customers continue with the transition to Stampin’ Up!, we’re happy to share that Stampin’ Up! is releasing a limited supply of Close To My Heart products in our online store available to those who purchased CTMH products in the past. More arrived July 3rd. Yay!! You can also view online publications of these product releases by visiting my catalogs page. But keep in mind the CTMH section of the online store will always be the most accurate when it comes to product availability.
NEWONLINE EXCLUSIVESHAVE ARRIVED Lots of new products just released into the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog or publication. So be sure to visit this link to shop today. (All Online Exclusives products are always available while supplies last.)
KITS COLLECTION: CIRCUS CELEBRATION & GARDEN OF THANKSKITS ADDED These are the kits that were most recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
A PEEK AT AUGUST’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Time for Cake: Bring on a birthday bash with elegant birthday cards made with rose gold details! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes printed cards and coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes printed labels, embellishments and rose gold cord. PLUS…Get a FREE additional stamp set! Coordinating colors: Moody Mauve, Night of Navy (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Petal Pink, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Wild Wheat. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the July-September kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Every Celebration Dies (#164991) — made available June 11th and only while supplies last! 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 VIDEO CLASSES 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 July 2024 Full of Life Suite Video Class Bundle which is now available. CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to see others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Mediterranean Blooms Suite from the 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available August 1st.
STAMP YOUR ART OUT LOGO MERCHANDISE Be sure to check out my line of Stamp Your Art Out logo merchandise! From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > LOGO ITEMS. Or just click here. Many of the items have more than one color option. Thanks for shopping!
Today I’m not featuring any creative projects. Instead this is just a quick post to share what’s been happening in our household during this first part of June. It’s been busy to say the least. But it’s been fun! And if you’ve been tuning into my Online Paper Crafting Classes you may know some or all of this news. But now I have a few photos to share. 😁
Our oldest son, Nicholas graduated from high school! His commencement ceremony was on June 3rd. It was a warm, sunny evening. So everyone was hot, but happy for the sunshine. It was a wonderful day for sure!
When I first started blogging in 2013, this was one of the first photos I shared of him. He had turned 7 years old a few months prior (on October 1st) to when I posted, and I was sharing his Mario themed birthday card and cake that I had made. Look at how little he was! Quite the change from what he looks like today, right?
(Luke, our other son was just 5-1/2 years old at that time. This is another photo from that post.)
I can’t believe it’s already over 11-1/2 years since then! And now Nick will begin college in the fall.
He’s majoring in Exercise Science. He loves fitness, nutrition, and exercise. And he loves to challenge himself to do his best. So it makes sense that he is passionate about body building and has been in training for his first competition for several months. Here he is at that event which took place on June 8th, 5 days after the graduation ceremony.
Here is another side-by-side photo of the boys. Gosh! They are young men now! Nick really enjoyed being on stage. He’s back in training and already planning to compete in another event in September.
On June 9th, the day after the competition, we had his graduation party. We were so blessed to have so many friends and family attend and share in the celebrating.
A bonus to having the party the day after the competition was that he was free to eat whatever he wanted and eat like a “normal” person. Hahaha! I’m not sure if he had any of this cake, but he certainly COULD have.
Though no major events for Luke, he IS done with 11th grade and he is enjoying his summer off so far. Next year around this time I’ll be posting photos from HIS party.
No news about my husband Tim either other than he has been a gem helping me prepare for that party. The yard was in tip-top shape!
My own personal news is that I just created and posted a video sharing details and information about my hair journey and the topper that I’ve been wearing recently. You can view that video by clicking here.
It took a lot of planning and preparation to get it recorded and done. It was also very emotional for me, because I put myself out there. But I’m so grateful I did it, because the comments coming in have shown me that I’ve already helped others dealing with hair loss. If you left a comment, thank you for that support…and for your support in general!
I have more creative projects that I’m working on, so stay tuned for those in future posts! Thanks for reading. Have a great weekend!
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. 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 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).
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS– NEW ITEMS ARE COMING! You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog or publication. So be sure to visit this link to shop today. Then on July 3rd, you’ll be seeing even MORE added… including the Glass Mat Studio! Yep…it’s returning! Click here for images and downloadable flyers of what’s to come. (All Online Exclusives products are always available while supplies last.)
KITS COLLECTION: EXPRESSIONS OF KINDNESS & THE SCENIC ROUTE TRAVEL JOURNALKITS ADDED These are the kits that were most recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
A PEEK AT JULY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Painted Petals: Craft beautiful cards with unique watercolor designs and pretty layers! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes printed cards and coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes precut paper pieces and embellishments and comes in a beautiful coordinating box. Coordinating colors: Calypso Coral, Gray Granite (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Melon Mambo, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the July-September kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Every Celebration Dies (#164991) — made available June 11th and only while supplies last! 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 VIDEO CLASSES 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 June 2024 Take To The Sky Suite Video Class Bundle which is now available. CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to see others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Full of Life Suite from the 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available June 1st.
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