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Welcome Little One Window Card

I have been on pins and needles as I watch all the hurricane news unfold. First Harvey, then Irma. And I hear there is possibly another coming?! Though I am up here in "safe little Minnesota", just know that there are so many of us all over who are sending positive thoughts and prayers to all who are rebuilding, caring for the injured, rescuing, suffering, worrying, and living through this all.

I also wanted to mention that Stampin Up! shared (about 4 days ago after the devastation that Hurricane Harvey caused) that they are matching donations made to the American Red Cross, dollar-for-dollar, for up to $50,000. Please click here to donate. And Click here to read more.

On a more positive note...

It seems like lots of people I know are having babies right now. I needed to make a few cards and came up with this cute window card using the stamp set called "A Little Wild."

It's a unique stamp set.

• A Little Wild Stamp Set Clear-Mount: #144344
• A Little Wild Stamp Set Wood-Mount: #143671
• Little Loves Framelits Dies: #143743
• A Little Wild Stamp Set Clear-Mount Bundle (stamps & dies together): #145328
• A Little Wild Stamp Set Wood-Mount Bundle (stamps & dies together): #145327

And there is a similar one now in the holiday catalog! You stamp the image, cut it out with the coordinating die, and fold it over to get a two-sided tag!

• Seasonal Chums Stamp Set Clear-Mount: #144948
• Seasonal Chums Stamp Set Wood-Mount: #144945
• Seasonal Tags Framelits Dies: #144685
• Seasonal Chums Stamp Set Clear-Mount Bundle (stamps & dies together): #146077
• Seasonal Chums Stamp Set Wood-Mount Bundle (stamps & dies together): #146076

 

Here are the measurements and a few directions for putting this cute baby card together.

Measurements:

• Smoky Slate Cardstock: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" folded in half for the card base
• Shimmery White Cardstock: 4" x 5-1/4" and scraps for stamping & cutting out 1-3/8" circle piece and the flower
• Garden Green Cardstock:2-1/2" x 4"
• Smoky Slate Gingham Ribbon: about 16"

Directions:

• Emboss the front of the card base piece.
• Emboss the Garden Green.
• Stamp the sentiment. Punch it out with the 1-3/8" Circle punch.
• Stamp the flower and cut it out with coordinating framelit.
• Stamp the elephant images so the top of the elephants are about 2-1/4" up from the bottom of the 4" x 5-1/4" vertical Shimmery White piece. Cut out the elephants with the coordinating die.

• Punch a 2-1/4" Circle in the Smoky Slate card front (bring the punch in from the side, not the bottom) so the circle is in the bottom right corner and punched about 5/8" from the bottom.
• Attach the Garden Green layer to the 4" x 5-1/4" Shimmery White so the green conceals the hole in the Shimmery White piece. Adhere this white piece to the inside of the card.  (When the card is closed, you should only see Garden Green through the 2-1/4" circle. (My green is attached to the Shimmery White about 1/4" from the bottom.)

• Fold the elephant, trim the notch at the top off, and color using the Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pen.
• Color the flower, too. Trim around the flower, and attach it to the elephant. Add a rhinestone.
• Add LOTS of adhesive to the backs of both the front and back elephant images. Attach him to the lower right area of the card folding him so that the front of the elephant shows entirely on the front of the card and the back of the elephant shows entirely on the inside of the card.
• Attach the 1-3/8" sentiment circle piece so that when the card is closed the elephant hides it.
• Then tie on the ribbon.

At the very bottom is a list of products I suggest if you wish to recreate this card.

By the way for those who have been wondering about my health, I am healing well.

I have felt a super fast recovery from a second surgery that I had on August 28th. LOL...yes, I didn't really tell you about that one yet. (I had TWO surgeries in August. That one was for my bladder. I figured it was best to do it all in one month's time before things got busy with the kids in school activities.)

And though the recovery from my August 7th gum surgery has been much slower, the Periodontist told me last week that everything looks fabulous - much better than most at this stage. Yay! I am brushing, but with a super soft brush and I am occasionally chewing food on that side of the mouth. And it feels good to be "fixed!"

Thanks for all your positive thoughts and prayers!

 

Product List

A Little Wild Wood-Mount Bundle [145327]	A Little Wild Clear-Mount Bundle [145328]	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101910]	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102584]
Smoky Slate 1/2" Gingham Ribbon [144231]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131202]	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932]
Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143708]	Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143704]	2-1/4" (5.7 Cm) Circle Punch [143720]	1-3/8" Circle Punch [119860]
Watercolor Pencils [141709]	Blender Pens [102845]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]

 

 

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New 2017 Holiday Catalog Product Shares are available!

 

I filled several rounds of shares already, and the product was ordered on September 1st. But I still have a few more stampers who are hoping to participate in some product shares, and I'm looking for others to participate with them.

Click here for more information.

 

 

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Another Foam Sheets Card Idea

I shared a set of cards on June 9th with raised letters on foam sheets. Thanks to our  Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets that are new in the 2017-18 Annual Catalog, the raised word, "Hugs" was easy to create and adhere on those cards.

Today I'm sharing a similar card. At the time I created this one though, (in late May) the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets was not a product that was available for demonstrators to preorder. At that time the 2017-18 Annual Catalog wasn’t live, but I used some of the new products that I COULD order early: the Delightful Daisy Designer Paper, the Happy Birthday Thinlit, and the Glimmer Enamel Dots. Don't you love how the words pop up off the card!? :)

I love the look of this card. It would have been so much easier and way quicker to put together had I used the new Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets on the back of the designer paper piece and on the back of the foam piece, but I still went ahead and made the card with what I had at the time. I even took pictures so that you could see the more laborious way I went about adding raised lettering. Hahaha

By the way, all the products that I needed for this card are listed below and linked to my online store in case you are interested in purchasing any of it.

 

After adhering a strip of 2" x 4" designer paper to my 5-3/8" x 4-1/8" Whisper White cardstock, I ran this through the Big Shot with a piece of dryer sheet underneath so that the die-cut pieces would stay together. (The dryer sheet acts as a sticky note and it doesn't get cut up by the die.)

Then I cut the foam sheet.

I attached the 5-3/8" x 4-1/8" Whisper White piece to the 11" x 4-1/4" Whisper White card base piece (already folded in half) using Multipurpose Liquid Glue and a sponge making sure every part had glue.

Next I attached the foam words in place...

...and the designer paper die-cut words on top of the foam the same way - with sponged-on Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Notice I left the other designer paper die-cut pieces on the dryer sheet.

This last step took the longest and the required some patience. I took each of those remaining pieces and adhered them one at a time back into the areas they came from.

For the very small pieces the paper-piercing tool came in handy.

Then I just embellished the card with a few Glitter Enamel Dots and...

...Wink of Stella painted on the raised lettering. It's hard to see in the photo, but each letter is glittery.

 

My family has been on a road-trip since Saturday. We are driving through 7 states and visiting several national parks. And we are having a fabulous time.

Today we get to see Yellowstone!! I'm gathering up photos and planning to share a few this weekend (hoping by Sunday) of what we've seen so far.

Products I used to make this card:

• dryer sheet
• foam sheet (white)

Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper [144137]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272]	Glitter Enamel Dots [144200]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]
Big Shot [143263]	Happy Birthday Thinlits Die [143700]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stamping Sponges [141337]
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Paper-Piercing Tool [126189]

 

 

The We ♥ Hosts promotion is here and runs June 1-30... Workshop Orders, Party Orders, Club Orders, even Individual Orders of $350+ will earn an additional $35 in free merchandise (Stampin' Rewards).  Check out the rewards chart and what you could earn. Contact me if you want to learn more OR if you want to host an event in June. 

 

The June Tutorial Bundle is now available! Purchase it today (and any other past bundles) by clicking HERE. 

 

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Amazing Birthday Sunburst Card

I shared this card awhile back - back in December of 2015. But I wanted to share it again with a current (but retiring) stamp set called Mixed Borders and also link you to this great page layout (click here), this pretty card (click here), and this card I shared just last month (click here) so you can see what a fabulous die this soon-to-be-retiring Sunburst Framelit is.

I was pretty sad when I saw this die on the retiring products list. I think it's fabulous, and I am going to miss it for sure. The Retiring Products List posted April 10th. Certain products tend to sell out quickly. So take inventory now and start making those needed purchases earlier than later.

If you wish to recreate this card, below is some helpful information.

Product List

Mixed Borders Photopolymer Stamp Set [141932]	Sunburst Thinlits Die [140617]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272]	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119683]
Big Shot [143263]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203]	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper [135315]
Banner Triple Punch [138292]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Metallic Enamel Shapes [141678]
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:Mixed Borders (141932p)
• Paper:
  • 140272 Whisper White Thick cardstock: 11” x 4-1/4” scored in half at 5-1/2” and 3-1/2” x 1”
  • 119683 Daffodil Delight cardstock: 4” x 5-1/4”
  • 131203 Soft Sky cardstock: 4” x 5-1/4”
  • 135315 Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper: 4” x 5-1/4”
• Ink: 140931 Basic Black Archival
• Other: 138292 Banner Triple Punch, 143263 Big Shot, 140617 Sunburst Thinlit die, 141678 Metallic Enamel Shapes, 126889 Stampin’ Trimmer, 103579 Paper Snips, 104332 SNAIL Adhesive, 104430 Dimensionals, 103683 Glue Dots

 

Instructions:

1. Run the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper through the Big Shot with the Sunburst Thinlit die. Then set up the die the same way on the Daffodil Delight cardstock. But before die-cutting, rotate the die in a clockwise direction just a tiny bit (pretend you have a pin holding the center of the “sun” still). After die-cutting once, position the die on the Daffodil Delight piece again. But this time rotate the die in the other direction just a bit before running it through the Big Shot again. This will create more narrow rays in your Daffodil Delight sun shape piece.
2. Add the Soft Sky cardstock to the card front using SNAIL. Add the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper using SNAIL. Add the Daffodil Delight cardstock using several Glue Dots.
3. Punch the end of the 3-1/2” x 1” piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Banner Triple Punch. Stamp the sentiment. Then add this banner to the front of the card using Dimensionals in the middle and under the right end and Glue Dots under the left end (so this end much closer).
4. Add the Metallic Enamel Shapes.

 

 

We are still working on room remodeling here at my house. The last of the new carpeting is getting installed today along with floor board reinforcements. My parents are here to help us (once again), and my dad will be putting screws in the floor boards so they don't squeak anymore! Yay! During the last couple days my dad also resurfaced our dining room table. Isn't he a saint?!

I'm still hoping to share photos of my boys' new bedrooms. Things have just taken a lot longer than I had originally anticipated - still trying to put in the finishing touches. Hopefully I'll get those photos along with photos of all the new rooms (and now the new dining room table! lol) on my blog soon. It's been an exciting but LONG process.

Have a great Thursday everyone!

 

Looking for information on retiring products and the upcoming 2017-18 Annual Catalog? Click here for the newest news! ;)

The Retiring Products List posted April 10th. Certain products tend to sell out quickly. So take inventory now and start making those needed purchases earlier than later.

Want to be one of the first to see and get your hands on new products?

Become a Stampers With ART Star! Join my community, have fun and reap the rewards of being a demonstrator. Click here to learn more.

 

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Thailand Achievers Blog Hop April 2017 Eastern Palace Pages & More

 

Welcome to another Thailand Achievers Blog Hop! The theme for this month is: OnStage April 2017 Highlights. So follow along and check out all the other blogs in the hop (click on the names of other participants in the list below) so you can find out what new things were shared at our recent Stampin' Up! OnStage Conference AND see a great collection of hand-stamped cards and paper crafting projects that feature fabulous products including peeks at what will be in the 2017-18 Annual Catalog! Oh, the creativity you will see as you hop from blog to blog! Have fun.

I had a hard time waiting to share about all the fun from OnStage, so on April 10th I posted LOTS including photos of the new 2017-19 In Colors (with comparisons to past/present colors) and photos of the display boards. CLICK HERE to see all that I had to share that day. I also shared the gifts that I had made for my demonstrator team members that attended OnStage on my April 9th blog post. I made their gifts using the new Eastern Palace Bundle of products. CLICK HERE to see those gifts.

And so that's what I decided to use to make my two projects that I'm sharing with you today in this hop. I made a 12x12 scrapbook page layout that will be PERFECT for photos from our fun that our family has up at the lake.

 

And I made a greeting card to share with you today.

Both of my projects were made with products from this Eastern Palace Suite which was just made available to us demonstrators this month. These products will appear in our upcoming 2017-18 Annual Catalog, but Stampin' Up! is offering them a month early to everyone! So if you like what you see, you won't have to wait long to get your hands on these supplies. Check out 3 of the new 2017-19 In Colors too - Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide!

Click here to download the flyer.

 

I have to confess, I completed my projects a few days ago. But I wasn't happy. So Monday morning I decided to change my pages. This is what I originally had...

The pages seemed unfinished and didn't have enough contrast. I didn't like that my sun was so low on the page either. So along with all the other page elements on the left page, I started to peel it up. Well...these stickers are strong little buggers! I ended up trashing that sticker and flipping my 12x12 cardstock over before reassembling.

I like this SO-O-O-O much better! And adding the extra Whisper White photo mats and the sailboat (on the right page) made me even happier.

The sailboat gave the page a title and emphasized how I was trying to make a lake from the torn strips of designer paper. In this photo below you can see that I didn't need an extra circle punch. Instead I ran the stamped cardstock through my Big Shot with this die. That created a scored circle. Then I just trimmed along the score line and cut straight across for the top of the boat. (For the sail, I just cut the stamped image with my Paper Snips all the way around.)

When I add my page journaling in the future, I'll type out what I want to say on the computer so it fits within the inside of this yellow tab. Then I'll print that journaling onto Whisper White cardstock and add it so that the gold stickers still show all the way around.

                        

Measurements:

• Dapper Denim Cardstock: 12" x 12"
• Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Paper: 1" tall strips of the Dapper Denim/Gold paper
• Daffodil Delight Cardstock: 2-1/4" tall strip for journaling piece & scrap for sun
• Whisper White Cardstock: 4 pieces that are 4-1/4" x 5-1/2", 4-1/4" x 4-1/4", 3-5/8" x 4-1/4", 2-5/8" x 4-1/4" & scrap for boat
• Marina Mist Cardstock: 4 pieces that are 4-1/8" x 5-3/8", 4-1/8" x 4-1/8", 3-1/2" x 4-1/8", 2-1/2" x 4-1/8" & scrap for boat

 

When I first saw my Eastern Palace Bundle of products, I immediately fell in love with the dies and I saw snowflakes, the sun and of course... flowers. I know it's not fall yet, but this sunflower was begging to be shared. I made this card, and then I saw a similar card...

...shared by Maralee Ross in one of my demonstrator Facebook groups. Too funny that our thoughts went on such similar paths. I like the way she created her stem!

For my stem I tucked a piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock under the bottom right side of the Wood Texture Designer Paper (also new product from the 2017-18 Annual Catalog being released on June 1st). The leaves were cut with yet another one of the Eastern Medallion Thinlits dies. Crazy, right?  You can really think outside the box with this bundle!

Measurements:

• Garden Green Cardstock: 4-1/4" x 11"
• Crumb Cake Cardstock: two pieces that are 4" x 5-1/4" (one for the inside)
• Early Espresso Cardstock: 2" circle piece
• Wild Wasabi Cardstock: 2-3/4" x 1/2" and scrap for die-cutting leaves
• Daffodil Delight Cardstock: scrap for die-cutting flower
• Wood Texture Designer Paper: 1-3/4" x 5-1/4"

 

Oh!! OnStage!! Okay...I don't have too many more photos from that event to share since I shared most of them on April 10th, but here are the goodies I brought home with me. This first photo is what everyone at the Minneapolis location received: a bag with several pockets, 2 pens, a name badge with a lanyard, a commemorative pin, two soon-to-be-new stamp sets, a 6-month planner/notebook with several pages for writing, a packet of sticky notes, and of course...the NEW CATALOG!

This second photo shows our four make-n-take projects, my prize stamp set (Just Add Text), and the extra product from our table that I got to take home!

And this last photo shows the items that I took back from CentreStage (which is a special leadership event for Silver Elite+ demonstrators): an apron, a stamp set and the souvenirs from the table.

Remember to look through my April 10th post to see more!

 

If you want to be in on the fun of getting catalogs and products early and possibly even attending OnStage events, you should get the starter kit! It's great to be on the demonstrator side of things. CLICK HERE for more information.

Thanks for checking out my blog today. Have fun on the hop. And remember to stamp your art out! :)

 

 

 

Looking for information on retiring products and the upcoming 2017-18 Annual Catalog? Click here for the newest news! ;)

The Retiring Products List posted April 10th. Certain products tend to sell out quickly. So take inventory now and start making those needed purchases earlier than later.

Want to be one of the first to see and get your hands on new products?

Become a Stampers With ART Star! Join my community, have fun and reap the rewards of being a demonstrator. Click here to learn more.

 

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Welcome to another Thailand Achievers Blog Hop! The theme for this month is: OnStage April 2017 Highlights. So follow along and check out all the other blogs in the hop (click on the names of other participants in the list below) so you can find out what new things were shared at our recent Stampin' Up! OnStage Conference AND see a great collection of hand-stamped cards and paper crafting projects that feature fabulous products including peeks at what will be in the 2017-18 Annual Catalog! Oh, the creativity you will see as you hop from blog to blog! Have fun.

I had a hard time waiting to share about all the fun from OnStage, so on April 10th I posted LOTS including photos of the new 2017-19 In Colors (with comparisons to past/present colors) and photos of the display boards. CLICK HERE to see all that I had to share that day. I also shared the gifts that I had made for my demonstrator team members that attended OnStage on my April 9th blog post. I made their gifts using the new Eastern Palace Bundle of products. CLICK HERE to see those gifts.

And so that's what I decided to use to make my two projects that I'm sharing with you today in this hop. I made a 12x12 scrapbook page layout that will be PERFECT for photos from our fun that our family has up at the lake.

 

And I made a greeting card to share with you today.

Window Box Baskets & Sara's Paper Pumpkin Kit Video

Tomorrow is Easter. So I quickly finished up some baskets that I had started a couple months ago (and shared on February 4th) with the Window Shopping Bundle.

The Easter Bunny will be pleased that there are enough baskets for all 4 of us! I'm guessing the pink one will end up being mine. That's fine. I like dark chocolate the best. ;)  

I decorated the baskets with two accessories that I will so dearly miss: The 2016-18 In Color Enamel Shapes and the 2016-18 In Color Ruched Ribbons (Emerald Envy, Sweet Sugarplum, Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo and Peekaboo Peach). Even though these colors are sticking around another year, the accessories for this family of colors will be changing.

Yes, the retiring products from the 2016-17 Annual Catalog have been announced. Click here for more details.

If you have the Window Box Thinlits and you'd like to make a few of these cute baskets, be sure to watch my Facebook Live video that I shared on February 4th. The supplies I used to make them are in the Product List below.

 

 

And yesterday those of us who are subscribers to the Paper Pumpkin YouTube channel got a special treat. Sara Douglass shared in detail this month's "A Sara Thing" Paper Pumpkin kit. It was fun to watch as she shared the step-by-steps and helpful tips for this April kit's fantastic cards. If you haven't seen it yet, here it is!

I've heard lots of "cheering" in the Paper Pumpkin Fan Club group that I host on Facebook. Some subscribers received their kits yesterday, so I'm crossing my fingers that I won't have too long to wait for mine. There are so many fun elements for making creative alternate projects. My mind is already spinning! (Of course, I HAVE to make one of each of these cards as is, too. Don't you love them?!)

 

My boys and I are looking forward to Easter egg coloring this afternoon, so I'd better wake them up and get the eggs boiling. (I'm always excited when my boys want to do something creative.) Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Looking for information on retiring products and the upcoming 2017-18 Annual Catalog? Click here for the newest news! ;)

The Retiring Products List posted April 10th. Certain products tend to sell out quickly. So take inventory now and start making those needed purchases earlier than later.

Want to be one of the first to see and get your hands on new products?

Become a Stampers With ART Star! Join my community, have fun and reap the rewards of being a demonstrator. Click here to learn more.

 

Product List

Window Box Thinlits Dies [142762]	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115318]	Emerald Envy 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141425]	Sweet Sugarplum 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141428]
2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes [141410]	Dapper Denim 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141424]	Flirty Flamingo 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141426]	Peekaboo Peach 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141427]
Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995]	Glue Dots [103683]

 

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