Hi Stampers, welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month our Design Team created projects featuring “Sale-A-Bration Products.” We hope you enjoy and will be inspired by them! Don’t forget to leave comments. We love hearing from you! At the end of my post, you will find the full line-up to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
For my project, I chose to use the Approaching Perfection birthday stamp set. You can earn this level one Sale-A-Bration item by placing a $50 order of current Stampin’ Up! product. I made a similar fidget spinner card in 2017. You can see that old post HERE.
My card base is Pacific Point card stock 8.5″ x 5.5″, scored at 4.25″. Next I took a 5.25″ x 4″ piece of Basic White card stock and used the classic label punch to cut a slit in the layer for the fidget spinner to spin in. I used the Approaching Perfection stamp set (and the Stamparatus) to stamp the candles along the bottom of the Basic White layer in Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight ink (applied to the stamp using the Stampin’ Write Markers). The balloons (also from Approaching Perfection) were stamped in Memento Black ink and colored using the Stampin’ Write Markers.
For the fidget spinner itself, I downloaded a clip art file and cut it out on my Silhouette Cameo. (You could take an actual fidget spinner and trace it and cut it out of Pacific Point card stock). What makes object on the card spin is pennies. I have one on either side of the Basic White layer and they are attached in the middle with a mini stampin’ dimensional.
Next, I needed circles: 1″, 3/4″ and 1/2″. Last time I used punches, but those have since retired. A quick flip through the catalog and I found the Shark Dies, it had circles, and they were the right size! I used the waves from the Shark Dies and Basic Black card stock to diecut the 1″ circles and adhered them with liquid glue to the three points on the spinner. Next I die cut out 3 3/4″ circles from Basic Black card stock and adhered those over the top of the 1″ circles with a stampin’ dimensional. Finally, I punched out a 1/2″ circle and adhered it to the middle with liquid glue.
Inside the card is a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Basic White CS. I stamped the Happy Birthday (from the Approaching Perfection stamp set) in the center in Pacific Point. In the lower right corner, I stamped another set of candles, inked using the brush tip of the Stampin’ Write Markers
More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Mark your calendars for our next blog hop on February 10th when our theme will be “Birthday Bonanza” where the design team will be sharing birthday projects that celebrate our family and friends. Don’t miss the fun! Until then, please stay safe and have fun in your craft room.
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Hi Stampers. Well, we did it… We made it though 2020. Can you believe that Valentines Day will be here soon? On one hand the last year feels like a blur and on the other hand it feels like we “snailed it” through the year. So, it only seemed appropriate to use the new Snailed It Bundle (part of the Snail Mail Suite) for my Valentine’s Day for today’s blog hop.
My card starts off with a Blushing Bride card base followed by a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of the Snailed It DSP. Using the Triple Banner Punch, I then flagged the end of a 1/2″ strip of Basic White CS (approximately 5″ long) and then stamped the word “hello” near the flagged end. Also using the Triple Banner Punch, I flagged the end of a 3/4″ and 1″ strip of the Snailed It DSP (various patterns, approx 5-1/2″ long).
With Memento Black ink, I stamped the snail onto a scrap of Basic White CS and colored it with the Stampin’ Blends. Using the Snail Dies, I die cut the snail out, a few hearts out of Real Red CS and a postage square out of Blushing Bride CS. Next up, I adhered the strips with Stampin’ Seal and the postage stamp and hearts with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Inside the card is a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Basic White onto which I stamped the hearts and mushrooms. I used my AWESOME Stampin’ Blends to color. I’m thrilled with how it came out!
Stampin’ Up! does a FABULOUS job with co-ordination! While alot (and I mean ALOT) of the products all coordinate, ocassionally Stampin’ Up! will bundle them together as a “suite”. With a suite you can use one item number to order a set of products that are all designed to work together, giving you the best chance for success on making awesome projects!
Click on the “next” arrow to continue along on the blog hop for more awesome ideas. If you get lots, you can always come back here and find your place again on the blog hop roll call listed below.
If you live in the United States and would like to shop with me you can follow any of the photo links below to get to my online store. When you place your order, don’t forget to use this months Mystery Hostess code – from the bar on the right – to earn this months Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial (with a qualifying order)! If you need help with how to use the host code you can find the answer here.
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Hi Stampers, welcome to our Sale-A-Bration blog hop. We are showing off some of the awesome items that you can earn for FREE during Sale-A-Bration 2021! Sale-A-Bration will kick off on January 5th, 2021 – the same day our 2021 January to June Mini Catalog goes live. It’s also the day that the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine is available to all.
During Sale-A-Bration, for each $50 you spend on Stampin’ Up! product you get a FREE Level 1 item. For each $100 you spend on Stampin’ Up! product you get a FREE Level 2 item or two Level 1 items. Several of the FREE products coordinate with the items in the January to June Mini Catalog.
The Sweet Strawberry bundle is for sale in the Jan-Jun Mini catalog. This bundle consists of the Sweet Strawberry Stamp set and the Strawberry Builder Punch. One of the Level 2 items in the Sale-A-Bration is a coordinating stamp set and DSP. This item contains the Berry Blessings stamp set and the Berry Delightful DSP. They work beautifully together!
My card has a Cherry Cobbler card base with a 3″ x 3″ piece of Whisper White CS adhered in the upper right corner. Over that, I adhered a 5-1/4″ x 4″ layer of the Berry Delightful DSP (which you can earn FREE during Sale-A-Bration!). Before adhering it, I used my bone folder to curl back the upper right corner. I used Stampin’ Seal adhesive around most of this layer, but pinned back the corner using a glue dot.
Stampin’ Tip: The Build a Strawberry punch can make a 3D strawberry – just punch out 3 of the strawberries (in Cherry Cobbler) and 3 of the stem and leaves (in Garden Green). Score each strawberry in half and attach them together. Use liquid glue to attach the leaves and stems to each strawberry. Cut off the stem of the center strawberry, leaving the leaves. Adhere the back of the strawberry to the card and the two stems together.
Inside my card is a 5-1/4″ x 4″ layer of Whisper White CS, adhered with Stampin’ Seal. Two step stamping was done for the strawberry (stamped in two parts – the solid and the detail) in Cherry Cobbler ink. The sentiment and the leaves/stem to the strawberry are stamped in Garden Green ink.
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If you live in the United States and would like to shop with me you can follow any of the photo links below to get to my online store. When you place your order, don’t forget to use this months Mystery Hostess code – from the bar on the right – to earn this months Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial (with a qualifying order)! If you need help with how to use the host code you can find the answer here.
ClickHEREto learn more and start choosing your kit products! No Risk!Try out all of the demonstrator discounts and benefits through March 31, 2021. No penalty to drop. Extendfrom April through June (and you can order from the new 2021 Annual Catalog early) by reaching $300 in sales by March 31, 2021. Just for You!There’s no obligation to host parties, sell or purchase anything other than the kit.It’s the perfect crafty gift to yourself!
Earn my monthly Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial by placing an order $30 or more (before shipping & tax). This PDF tutorial includes all the instructions to create six adorable cards! All orders of $30 and above (before tax and shipping) placed in my online store using the Hostess Code YSS2F6PP, will be emailed the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial.
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Hi Stampers, welcome to another blog hop. For this hop we are featuring some holiday’s other than Christmas. I chose to showcase an Advent card I made for a customer.
My Advent card started with a thick Whisper White card base with an open top and bottom. (Think of the base as two cards that were put together to make a square box.)
After cutting and scoring my base, I used the layering circles dies to cut a circle in the center of each panel. (Here is a photo of how it looked before it went together.)
On the outside of the card I have die cut a swirled circle around each opening. (I apologize that I used some non-SU glitter paper for these – but it would look gorgeous cut out of the brightly gleaming paper, too.)
Inside the card I have attached a piece of vellum for each circle, to make it a window. Inside each window are (1, 2, 3 & 4) candles that I cut using my Brother Scan N Cut (<– affiliate link)
Inside the card, I placed an battery operated tealight candle to light it up. (safer than an open flame).
When you flatten the card, the message part of the card slides in and then pulls out in order to stand it up for display.
Doesn’t it look beautiful all lit up?
This Advent card is also beautiful in Gold Glimmer Paper.
If you live in the United States and would like to shop with me you can follow any of the photo links below to get to my online store. When you place your order, don’t forget to use this months Mystery Hostess code – from the bar on the right – to earn this months Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial (with a qualifying order)! If you need help with how to use the host code you can find the answer here.
ClickHEREto learn more and start choosing your kit products! No Risk!Try out all of the demonstrator discounts and benefits through March 31, 2021. No penalty to drop. Extendfrom April through June (and you can order from the new 2021 Annual Catalog early) by reaching $300 in sales by March 31, 2021. Just for You!There’s no obligation to host parties, sell or purchase anything other than the kit.It’s the perfect crafty gift to yourself!
Earn my monthly Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial by placing an order $30 or more (before shipping & tax). This PDF tutorial includes all the instructions to create six adorable cards! All orders of $30 and above (before tax and shipping) placed in my online store using the Hostess Code 2AFF2GFU, will be emailed the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial within 48 hours.
PLEASE NOTE, if your order is over $150 before tax and shipping DO NOT enter the Hostess Code and you will receive all the Stampin’ Rewards you earned on your order AND the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial.
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Hi Stampers. Welcome back for another Paper Pumpkin Possibilities Blog Hop, where we show you alternative ideas with your monthly Paper Pumpkin kit by Stampin’ Up! This month we are playing with the Jolly Gingerbread kit. The kit made adorable little boxes shaped like gingerbread houses, you can see them in the video below, but I didn’t need those. I needed cards – so that’s what I made.
My card is a fun fold called a landscape easel card. This is the fold I used on my card yesterday for my Facebook Live class. It will be on YouTube soon. The card base is 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ Early Espresso CS, scored at 4-1/4″ and 6″. I layered Soft Suede CS and Trimming the Town DSP over that.
This gave me a cute winter scene, in which to set my house. Don’t you love how the path (on the DSP) leads right up to the door of my house? All stamps used on this card are from the Jolly Gingerbread Paper Pumpkin Kit and I used Early Espresso ink. The house is colored using Stampin’ Blends and the fence is made using scraps of Whisper White CS that I punched out using the Classic Label punch.
Inside the card, I stamped on a Whisper White layer in Early Espresso ink. As a “stop” to hold the card open, I used the two smallest dies in the Stitched Nested Label Dies and die cut an Early Espresso and a Whisper White label. They are attached with stampin’ dimensionals.
Doesn’t it look cute all propped up? It was fun – how fast it all came together!
Stampin’ Up! Video (showing the kits original intent):
Did you know that Paper Pumpkin provides us with a stamp case insert that fits into the standard size stamp cases? You can buy them empty to store your stamp sets and these inserts can be super handy!
If you live in the United States and would like to shop with me you can follow any of the photo links below to get to my online store. When you place your order, don’t forget to use this months Mystery Hostess code – from the bar on the right – to earn this months Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial (with a qualifying order)! If you need help with how to use the host code you can find the answer here.
Don’t forget to shop the sale! Stampin’ Up! is having their Merry & Bright Online Extravaganza TODAY ONLY. ALMOST the entire Annual Catalog, almost 200 pages & well over 600 items, will be 10% off just 24 hours!
There are so many items on sale that it was simpler to to list what is NOT included. The following list of 74 items is the select few items that are not on sale – and three of them are catalogs. So, you see it is ALMOST everything in the Annual Catalog!
Be sure to come back tomorrow (or just after midnight) and shop with me to get your discount AND your FREE Customer Appreciation PDF.
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ClickHEREto learn more and start choosing your kit products! No Risk!Try out all of the demonstrator discounts and benefits through March 31, 2021. No penalty to drop. Extendfrom April through June (and you can order from the new 2021 Annual Catalog early) by reaching $300 in sales by March 31, 2021. Just for You!There’s no obligation to host parties, sell or purchase anything other than the kit.It’s the perfect crafty gift to yourself!
Earn my monthly Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial by placing an order $30 or more (before shipping & tax). This PDF tutorial includes all the instructions to create six adorable cards! All orders of $30 and above (before tax and shipping) placed in my online store using the Hostess Code DR32NCPN, will be emailed the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial within 48 hours.
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Hi Stampers. Welcome to the Stamping Friends Holiday Hop! Can you believe that (in the US) Thanksgiving is next week?!? How did we reach the end of November so quickly?!?!? With all that is going on with COVID, my husband and I have decided to stay home alone. But, that doesn’t mean we can’t have a festive banner to hang.
THANKSGIVING BANNER:
Each pennant of this Thanksgiving banner is made using Cajun Craze CS and then a layer of the GORGEOUS Gilded Autumn Designer Series Paper was placed over that. Each pennant was manually “flagged” the end using the paper snips.
I used the Playful Alphabet Dies to die cut the letters for “Happy Thanksgiving” and the Layering Circle Dies were used to cut the circles.
The letters and circles are alternates of Cajun Craze, Early Espresso and Mint Macaron CS and then mixed and matched.
The larger circles are adhered to the banner pennant using Stampin’ Seal and the second circle is added with stampin’ dimensionals. Since I used Adhesive Sheets on the back of the CS I used for the letters, all I had to do was peel off the backing and adhere the letters as stickers. Easy peasy.
At the top of each pennant, I punched a hole on either side using a 1/4″ circle punch and used the 1/4″ Cinnamon Cider ribbon to string it all up. Overall, I was pretty happy with how it came out, but I think I’m gonna go back and add some die cut leaves to the blank pennants.
For my card, I used a 11″ x 4-1/4″ card based scored at 5-1/2″ and then cut 2″ off of the bottom front of the card base and rounded the corners.
To finish off the top, I added a 4″ x 3-1/4″ layer of Gilded Autumn DSP (I also rounded the corners on this piece) and wrapped a piece of the Early Espresso Suede Trim all the way around. I used a second piece of ribbon (and my bow maker tool) to make the bow and attached that with glue dots.
For the sentiment, I stamped the word “thanks” from the Many Mates stamp set in Early Espresso ink onto a scrap of Very Vanilla CS and punched it out using the 1-1/2″ punch. This is then attached it to a piece of Early Espresso CS that had been punched out using the Label Me Lovely Punch using stampin’ dimensionals and the label is attached to the card front (as seen in the photo) using Stampin’ Seal.
Inside the card started with a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Very Vanilla CS with a 4″ x 2-1/4″ piece of DSP added to the bottom. (This is actually the other side of the DSP used on the top of the card. The inside sentiment is also from the Many Mates stamp set and is also stamped in Early Espresso ink. This fold is new to me, I like it! Do you want more holiday inspiration? Pop on over to Germany to see Katja’s post HERE. If you should ever get lost, I’ve provided the line up for you below.
If you live in the United States and would like to shop with me you can follow any of the photo links below to get to my online store. When you place your order, don’t forget to use this months Mystery Hostess code – from the bar on the right – to earn this months Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial (with a qualifying order)! If you need help with how to use the host code you can find the answer here.
ClickHEREto learn more and start choosing your kit products! No Risk!Try out all of the demonstrator discounts and benefits through March 31, 2021. No penalty to drop. Extendfrom April through June (and you can order from the new 2021 Annual Catalog early) by reaching $300 in sales by March 31, 2021. Just for You!There’s no obligation to host parties, sell or purchase anything other than the kit.It’s the perfect crafty gift to yourself!
Earn my monthly Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial by placing an order $30 or more (before shipping & tax). This PDF tutorial includes all the instructions to create six adorable cards! All orders of $30 and above (before tax and shipping) placed in my online store using the Hostess Code DR32NCPN, will be emailed the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial.
PLEASE NOTE, if your order is over $150 before tax and shipping DO NOT enter the Hostess Code and you will receive all the Stampin’ Rewards you earned on your order AND the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial.
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