Last Day to Get Your Butterfly Bundle

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Stamp with Jini

Today is the last our Butterfly Bundle (135311/135312) is being offered and you can save 15% off this great stamp set and punch. So I thought it would be fun to share with you a card created with the two items in this bundle.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Papillion Potpourri (132058/123759) and Notable Notions (130282/130285)

Inks: Silver Metallic Encore Pad (132142) and Early Espresso Classic Ink (126974)

Paper: Blushing Bride 131198) and Very Vanilla (101650)

Accessories: Elegant Butterfly Punch (127526), Postage Stamp Punch (122344), and Linen Thread (104199)

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Holiday Catalog Premiere Party

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Why not Rev Up the Fun!

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Stamp with Jini

Rev Up the Fun! is a stamp set with a young man’s favorite things – after all what boy doesn’t like cars and motorcycles, right? So this card was created with our nephew in mind who is turning 7 this month.

The Rev Up the Fun! stamp set is a lot of fun to work with and I just love the cute sentiments included in the set – they’re well, just a lot of fun.

To create this card I used our 1″ Square Punch to cut out the different images after I stamped them. I used one of our new Neutrals Designer Buttons for the fourth square since it reminded me of a tire.

Would you believe the Designer Series Paper is from our Witches’ Brew Designer Series Paper, it’s not just for Halloween as you can see? I love to find different ways to use our holiday papers and the patterns in this package are really great for all kinds of year round cards.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Rev Up the Fun!

Inks: Real Red Classic Ink Pad (126949) and Jet Black StazOn Ink Pad (101406)

Paper: Witches’ Brew Designer Series Paper (132185), Real Red (100052), Basic Black (121045), and Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650)

Accessories: 1″ Square Punch (124094) and Neutrals Designer Buttons (130031)

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Supply of Envelope Punch Boards Running Low

Stampin’ Up! just announced that due to an overwhelming response to the NEW Envelope Punch Board that they have almost sold through the supply sooner than anticipated. Stampin’ Up! has already begun taking steps to restock, but the new supply will not arrive until Mid October. They are anticipating that the Envelope Punch Board will be going into back order status in the next couple of days.

So that being said, if this is one of the items you have on your wish list and you don’t want to wait, you need to place your order – Why not place your order today before the current supply runs out?

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this.

NEW Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit Available

Great for the new stamper or even experienced stampers, college student, or a great gift for anyone. The Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit contains everything you need to make 20 different cards. Why go to the store when a birthday, graduation, wedding or even a time for expressing gratitude comes up? The Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit puts cards for all of those events right at your fingertips, and best of all, they’ll be handmade!

The kit contains everything you need (except adhesive and scissors) to create 20 beautiful cards for almost any occasions, and it comes in a beautiful box to store them in.

7 piece stamp set
1 clear block
2 Stampin’ Spots
Cardstock and evenlopes for 20 cards
Twine, buttons, clips and more
Die-cut paper embellishments
Full-color Tips & Tricks brochure
A cool, storable, giftable box

Everyday Occasions Kit flyer (printable; with ideas for cards included)

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Holiday Catalog Premiere Party

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Magnificent Maple Extended Flip Card

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Stamp with Jini

This past week a very special childhood friend of mine celebrated his 81^st birthday and I wanted to make him a card he’d flip over – so I made this Magnificent Maple Extended Flip Card for him using our new Circle Card Thinlits Die and the Magnificent Maple single stamp from the Holiday Catalog.

I thought it would be fun to use the Circle Card Thinlits Die since it makes flip or swing cards so easy to make. And I couldn’t resist adding a bit of “bling” to make it extra special, since Dick has been like a second father to me over the years and always makes me smile. I love getting together with him and hearing his latest joke or funny story. I’m sorry to say it just doesn’t happen frequent enough now a days.

Because I wanted to have a little more room to sign this card I created this extended flip card. Want to know how I did it? I made a quick video to show you how – How to Make an Extended Flip Card.

And while I was at it I made a quick tutorial to show you how I created the extended flip card too. Hope you enjoy it!

Magnificent Maple Extended Flip Card Tutorial (PDF)

I think you’ll find these cards so much fun to make you’ll want both the Card Thinlits Dies. After all who can resist the Circle Card or Label Card Thinlits Dies and all the extra pieces they come with?

Circle Card Thinlits Die (133480)

Label Card Thinlits Die (133479)

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Magnificent Maple (131868), Woodgrain Background (128763/127808), and Simply Sketched (Hostess Set 129669/129672)

Ink: VersaMark (102283), Early Espresso (126974), and Crushed Curry Classic Ink (131173)

Cardstock: Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper (132184), Champagne Glimmer Paper (127885), Early Espresso (119686), Very Vanilla (101650), and Tangerine Tango Card Stock (111349)

Accessories: Circle Card Thinlits Die (133480), Circle Collection Framelits (130911), Early Espresso Embossing Powder (128980), Gold & Silver Stampin’ Glitter (132205), Heat Tool (129053), 2 ½” Circle Punch (120906), and Stampin’ Sponges (101610)

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Holiday Catalog Premiere Party

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12 Weeks of Christmas

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Stamp with Jini

Do you love making holiday projects?

I know I love to make holiday projects for family and friends and now you can too! It’s my way of saying thank you – so why not join in the fun!

Starting next Wednesday, October 2nd…… Those of you who are on my mailing list will receive my 12 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter email once a week for the next 12 weeks.

Each of these special newsletters will contain an exclusive project and will include a variety of items along with the instructions to make each project. How great is that right? Just remember, I will not be sharing my 12 Weeks of Christmas projects here on my blog. (These are exclusive projects that only my Newsletter subscribers shall receive.)

So why not join in all the holiday fun now – Sign up for my mailing list today. You’ll find the sign up box below my 12 Weeks of Christmas design in the upper right hand corner of my blog – Or you can click HERE to subscribe today so you don’t miss out on all the fun!

New Bite Me Photopolymer Stamp Set

Check out the latest Bite Me Photopolymer stamp set(134622) just introduced in time for your Halloween projects. The images are fun and trendy – What a fun way to dress up those Halloween treats for your little goblins.

Want to check out all the information? Here is the flyer with all the details –

Click on the image above to see or print the Bite Me Flyer (PDF)

FREE Starlight October Wallpaper Digital Download

Get your trendy new Starlight October Wallpaper Digital Download (134989) for your laptop today – it’s FREE so why not go ahead and get it now?

And maybe you’d like the coordinating Starlight October Kit (134988)?

Want to check out all the other New My Digital Studio downloads for the week? There are some great ones for your upcoming holiday projects! How about the Christmas Banner Simply Created Kit (135255)

or the Snowflake Season Kit (135257)

Cherry Cobbler Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (135256)

Wishing You Stamp Brush Set (135259)

And last but not least, the Occasional Tags Designer Template (134983)

My Digital Studio is so easy to use. If you haven’t already tried it why not check out our 30 Day FREE Trial of the My Digital Studio program? I think once you do you’re going to love it. Still not sure? Why not come to my Introduction to My Digital Studio Class and see what it’s all about. Click HERE to see my Calendar of Events.

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FREE Event – Holiday Catalog Premiere Party

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Walk in the Wild Birthday

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Stamp with Jini

Seems like we have a lot of birthdays to celebrate in September, so here is my latest creation for one of our friends using the Walk in the Wild stamp set (130354/130357) I really like to use the Walk in the Wild stamp set for the guys in my life and when paired with Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Catalog, I think it’s a great combination for all those fall birthdays I’ve got on my calendar.

Since this is for a guy who is a hunter I wanted to make the card look a bit more aged and rustic. So I used our Stampin’ Distress Tool to really rough up the edges of my mats along with sponging everything. And to add a little more texture I just did some tearing on the edge of my card stock to allow the wonderful Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper to show that I used as my inspiration for my color choices.

I really like the way this card turned out. Want to see another card I created using the Walk in the Wild stamp set? Click HERE.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Walk in the Wild (130354/130357)

Inks: Chocolate Chip (126979) and Sahara Sand Classic Ink (126976)

Paper: Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper (132184), Sahara Sand (121043), Soft Sky (131203), and Very Vanilla (101650)

Accessories: Stampin’ Distress Tool (127562), Stampin’ Sponges101610), and Dimensionals (104430)

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Dying Clothes Pins Video

Oops… I’m rather embarrassed; when I shared my Photo Clothes Line project with you last week and the accompanying video I didn’t update the YouTube Channel so the video didn’t work. Sorry – the problem has been fixed so you’re able to watch my Dying Clothes Pins Video at this time. You can watch it below, or if you prefer you can Click HERE to see my entire Photo Clothes Line Post with the accompanying video.

Gently Falling

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Stamp with Jini

Today is my mother’s 74^th birthday and so I like to make a special card for her. My mom’s favorite season is fall. She loves all the leaves changing color so I thought the Gently Falling stamp set would be a good place to start. I really love all the techniques you can do with the Gently Falling and since it is a two step stamping set it gives you tons of choices!

I also wanted to use her favorite color, blue when creating this card so I thought a great place to start was with our Clearance Rack fabric, Spice Cake (item 124066). I pulled the color pallet from this fabric as inspiration when I created this card.

So what do you think? I like to use torn fabric on cards instead of ribbon sometimes – it adds a little different texture I think. I hope my mother will like it.

Don’t you love that we have a clearance rack in the Online Store? I know I do it is a great place to find special buys and the items are always changing. Isn’t it wonderful to be able to find old favorites like the Spice Cake Fabric I used today? Why not check it out by clicking HERE?

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Gently Falling (128430/123804) and En Francais (128562/127790)

Inks: VersaMark (102283), Soft Suede (126978), and Pool Party (126982)

Paper: Soft Suede (115318), Pool Party (122924) and Very Vanilla (101650)

Accessories: Spice Cake (item 124066), Scallop Edge Border Punch (119275),Houndstooth Embossing Folder (123134), Clear Embossing Powder (109130), and Heat Tool (129053)

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Holiday Catalog Premiere Party

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Photo Clothes Line

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Stamp with Jini

Here is my final project that I created for my daughter’s dorm room, a Photo Clothes Line using Dyed Clothes Pins – I wanted to have a way for her to hang pictures of friends and family easily. Especially since nothing seems to be sticking to her dorm walls I was able to hang this project up easily with push pins.

First I created three different photo clothes lines for her to hang photos and such from using these cute little Floral Frames Framelits. (Framelits aren’t really designed to cut anything other than paper, but I decided to take the risk and give it a try and it worked).

Then for a touch of the whimsical I added butterflies using the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die. I simply used my Crop-a-Dile to punch some holes and added some silver wire that I could bend and shape the way I wanted across her wall. It wasn’t the floral wire that I have used in the past, but since I couldn’t find any last minute on the way to Milledgeville, I figured this would have to do in a pinch. I’m not really happy with the wire so I’ll replace it the next time I visit with the floral wire I found afterwards.

Here is a closer photo of part of the photo clothes line hopefully you can see the butterflies better. The room is really narrow so it was tough to get a shot straight on of the entire thing.

Finally I used the Dyed Clothes Pins I made to hang the photos that I attached to my coordinating photo mats. Kaitlin seems to be happy with the look and final splash of color to her room.

And of course Dad wanted to make sure his baby girl had a picture or two of him – lol. So here is one of them he chose from this spring in her graduation dress on with Larry’s other baby, his 1969 Cutlass. (Poor guy, he’s not missing her at all, ya right – he keeps asking me if she has called. I know he is counting down till fall break!)

Does this dress look familiar? It should, it is just like the one on the cover of our catalog – just in Calypso Coral. Something Kaitlin rolled her eyes at when I pointed it out to her.

Want to learn how I created the matching color clothes pins? Why not check out my latest video, Dying Clothes Pins.

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This last photo is of her seating area and the finished French memo boards I showed you in an earlier post. She now has lots of different places to tuck her mementos and items she wants to save.

Kaitlin seemed very pleased when she got back to her dorm room and found I had spent some time cleaning, organizing and hanging up things while she was at class. I know she is really spoiled, right? But between her finishing up the season with Drum Corp, her heavy class load, and chest pain I felt I could spoil her a little. Even her suite mate thought that it was pretty cool of her mom to do that for her (Whew right, didn’t want to embarrass the kid!)

Supplies:

Paper: Regals Designer Series Paper Stack (130139), Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper (126902), Island Indigo Card Stock (122923), and Rich Razzleberry Card Stock (115316)

Accessories: Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Refill (122932), Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Refill (115664) and Mini Clothes Pins

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Best of Halloween Treat Pouch

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Stamp with Jini

Did you need a cute Halloween treat? Here is a fun one that my team member, Tamara made using the Best of Halloween Stamp Set for our meeting this month. Tamara is great making special treat items and this one is no exception.

Don’t you love those cute little googlie eyes peeking out at you?

The Best of Halloween Stamp Set is part of our Best of 25 Years year long celebration. When you buy 6 of our Best Of sets you receive a free set worth $14.95 – Just use your collectors card to collect all your stickers and when it’s filled redeem it with me. Want to know more? click HERE to see all the sets that are part of this promotion.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Best of Halloween (134381)

Inks: Basic Black (126980) and Baked Brown Sugar Classic Pad (131174)

Paper: Witches’ Brew Designer Series Paper (132185), Basic Black (121045) and Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650)

Accessories: Stampin’ Distress Tool (127562), brown bag, and plastic spider

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Joyful Christmas

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Stamp with Jini

Yesterday I shared with you my team swap and so over the next couple of days I thought it would be fun to show you some of the swaps my team made. I’ve got a group of very talented ladies and am always impressed with their creations.

So today’s swap is from Janie. She used the Joyful Christmas Stamp Set (131802/131805) from the Holiday Catalog to create this card. I really like the nontraditional colors she used to create this poinsettia.

Janie and I have a mutual love for the colors found in the Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper – How about you? Isn’t there is just something that makes me feel good when I look at this designer series paper? And since it also comes in a 48 sheet Paper Stack it’s great for card making!

Yep, you heard me right the Winter Frost designer series paper comes in your choice of either a pack of 12×12 sheets (item 132341) with two special foil sheets or a Paper Stack of 48 sheets that include 4 patterns (item 132183). How great is that – I love all the choices Stampin’ Up! gives us to create with.

Want to learn more about my team? Or how to join? Click Here for information about the Blue Mountain Stampers.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Joyful Christmas (131802/131805)

Inks: VersaMark and Island Indigo Classic Pad (126986)

Paper: Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper (132341), Island Indigo (122923) and Whisper White (100730) Card Stock

Accessories: Heat Tool (129053), Silver (109131) and Pool Party Embossing Powder (129398), Silver 1/8″ Ribbon (132137), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246), Island Indigo (131905) and Pool Party (131904) Stampin’ Write Markers, and Apothecary Accent Framelits (127003)

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Halloween Flip Card

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Stamp with Jini

I love our new Thinlits Card Dies and today I wanted to share with you the Halloween card I made for my Team swap last Thursday. Here is the outside.

And here is the flip side – taking a picture was a bit more challenging with this card – so I hope it shows it well enough.

My Halloween Flip card uses our NEW Circle Card Thinlits Die (133480). It makes this card sooo easy to create. And Flip or swing cards as they are known while a lot of fun, were more difficult to make the old way, before these dies.

There are two Thinlits Dies available The Circle Thinklits Die (133480) that I used here, and the Label Card Thinklits Die (133479). Check out all the great additional pieces you get too.

I based this card on a Halloween Punch Art card that I shared with you earlier HERE. Since I loved the silhouette image I knew that was where I wanted to start. But I simplified it so that the flip card was highlighted too. What do you think?

One of my favorite things about stamping is the camaraderie of stamping with friends. When we moved to Clarkesville in 2006 I wanted to find things local and became very frustrated with the fact that I couldn’t find what I wanted. The long drive to the mall quickly became frustrating when I returned home to find the items I purchased didn’t work with my project I wanted to do. So I turned to my Stampin’ Up! Catalog that I received during a stamp-a-stack event that I went to with my friend Michelle. And so my journey began – with all the products coordinating so well and the wonderful friends I made stamping I quickly found my crafting became a lot more fun.

How about you? Have you ever thought about becoming a Demonstrator? Would you enjoy stamping and learning more about stamping? Why not check out my Calendar of Events or learn more about joining my TEAM, The Blue Mountain Stampers? Whether you want to earn the 20% discount on your paper crafting supplies or earn a little extra income I think you’ll enjoy the Stampin’ Up! experience too.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Seasonal Sayings (131937/128009)

Inks: Cajun Craze Classic Ink (126965)

Paper: Cajun Craze (119684), Basic Black (121045), and Daffodil Delight Card Stock (119683)

Accessories: Circle Card Thinlits Die (133480), Typeset Alphabet Bigz Die (127553), Basic Black and Cajun Craze Stampin’ Write Markers, Stampin’ Sponge, Owl Builder (118074), Bird Builder (118074) and 1 ½” Circle Punches (120906)

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Holiday Catalog Digital Downloads

Get our 8 new My Digital Studio Downloads this week from the Holiday Catalog. Just in time for getting your projects done in advance and who doesn’t love that right?

Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit (135248)

Thankful Stamp Brush (135249)

And how about a Merry Little Christmas Kit (135247) Now not only can you have the traditional kit (132158), from page 27 in the Holiday Catalog but you can create additional projects digitally!

A Banner Christmas Stamp Brush Set (135254)

Festive Flurry Kit (135250)

Snow Day Stamp Brush Set (135251)

Pretty Presents Kit (135252)

If you love the 2013-2015 In Color Ruffle Trim (135253) you’re going to love this new digital version for My Digital Studio!

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