This card makes me smile, I really love this set. I am kind of all over the map in the way that I design cards, especially lately. I usually start from an inspirational point and go from there, whether it is a design layout, or a color combination, a particular paper or set or technique. I started with the paper this time. I adore this Everyday Enchantment paper from the Saleabration collection. I will be very sad when I run out! I loved these two pieces together, so I decided on the layout and then went in search of the set to go with it. I ran across my retired Pedaling Past set and that was that. I really like the way it turned out, it reminds me of summers past. I keep hearing that Country Time lemonade music in my head when I look at it!

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps:  Pedaling Past

Ink:  Basic Black ink and Real Red marker

Paper:  Very Vanilla and Basic Black card stock, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Fun Stuff:  Brights Designer buttons, Basic Black satin ribbon, black embroidery floss

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As you can see from the countdown clock in my sidebar, it is only 2 weeks till the new Annual Catalog goes live!  There are so many fun new stamps and tools and I think you will love the new streamlined style of the catalog.

The catalog is a little smaller and Stampin Up has made them much less expensive for us to purchase (and less expensive for you too!) So I am changing up the way I handle the catalog a little bit. I am excited to announce that this year I will be able to offer them free with a $25 purchase (one per customer) or for those who just want to purchase a catalog with no order, the catalog price will be $5. You will still get one free when you host a workshop. I’ll also be doing some random giveaways if you would like to earn one free that way. Also, for any customer who purchases at least $50 from me over this catalog year, you will earn next years catalog free as well, and will be able to pick it up as soon as they begin arriving next year. I love that this new system will allow me to give free catalogs to my current customers as we go forward. As always, owning the catalog will insure that you will receive the Holiday and Spring catalogs. These will be much larger than the previous mini catalogs, so they will have many more seasonal products in them and they will be current for a full 5 months. More time to get your favorite goodies!

Contact me to reserve your catalog!

I used a lot of different sets on this card. I really like the way many of our vintage sets work together, it makes it fairly easy to put together a collage type card. I started with the Parlor Prints background stamped in Crumb cake on Crumb cake card stock. Then I randomly stamped Established Elegance images in Soft Suede. They were placed so they would show behind the focal piece. I stamped and cut out the Apothecary Art image and added a layer of soft suede card stock which I cut out with the Labels Collection Framelits. Finally, I added a couple of strips of designer paper and did some distressing and sponging. These are really simple techniques, but combined with these beautiful images, it’s easy to get that vintage look. I am stocking up on this Beau Chateau paper, it’s a favorite and I hate to see it retire!

Stampin Stuff

Stamps: Established Elegance, Apothecary Art, Parlor Prints, Loving Thoughts

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette, Blush Blossom, Daffodil Delight classic inks

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Soft Suede card stock, Beau Chateau DSP

Fun Stuff:  Big Shot, Labels Collections Framelits, Crochet Trim, Distressing Tool, Blender pens, sponge

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I wanted to start out by apologizing for not posting very often lately. I have just been in a rut. When you feel bad it is hard to get enthusiastic about anything, even things that you love and are passionate about. The real problem for me is that I really have never had many health issues and certainly nothing that kept me feeling under the weather for weeks at a time, so it has taken me a while to quit telling myself that maybe I’ll feel great tomorrow and just get on with dealing with the fact that I probably won’t.  Don’t get me wrong, in general I feel so much better than I did at the first of the year. So this is my official, yucky days or not, I am moving on post. Maybe claiming it officially here, will make it so. My goal is to post 3-5 times per week, so we shall see! Thank you so much for your patience and continuing to visit my blog!

This is a card that we made at Stamp Camp last Thursday. It is simple and sweet and uses the Button Buddies set. Love the cherries from that set! The ribbon is from one of the simply sent kits and is retired. I am super excited that we will be offering stitched grosgrain in the new catalog, though! The 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon will now have a line of straight stitching through the center. Love it!

Speaking of the new Catalog, as you can see it goes live in a little over two weeks! My copies to hand out arrive today and I will start delivering them tomorrow. Let me know if you would like to have one! You can receive one Free with a $25 retirement purchase between now and the end of May. I’ll go into a little more detail about the new catalog program and new catalog pricing tomorrow.

Stampin Stuff

Stamps:  Button Buddies and Petite Pairs

Ink:  Real Red and Old Olive  markers

Paper:  Real Red and Whisper White card stock and Summer Smooches DSP (New Catalog!)

Fun Stuff:  Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelit,  Perfect Polka Dots EF, Brights designer buttons, Red Twill ribbon (ret) , White bakers twine

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This is a cute little punch art lamb that we made for Stamp Camp a while back. I made a tutorial for it and a punch art chick. Enjoy!

These are the punched pieces you will need for the lamb.

Cut the oval, circle and word window pieces in half as shown.

Attach the oval half to the scallop circle as shown. Make the ears by attaching the two

half circles. Add the word window pieces to the back of the circle to make the lambs legs.

Add the 3 flowers for the wooly hair on her head and the two 1/8 inch circles for eyes.

The final touches are the pink flower and pearl and pupils, drawn in with a Basic Black marker.

Make an adorable chick with the punched pieces shown.

The little hearts from the owl builder punch make cute little chickie feet! Add the hearts

for wings and the blossom flower for comb. You could leave off the flower and add a bow

for a little girl chickie.

Fold the square in half to make the beak. I just cut a 5/8 card stock strip to make the

square for the beak.  Add the circles for the eyes as shown to finish. I decided not to

add the tiny white circles for the eyes but you can add them if you want your chick to

be looking a certain direction!

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Good morning everyone! The retired accessories list is out and there are some real surprises! Don’t panic when you see it! It is huge! We are retiring a couple of product lines (Decor Elements and Simply Adorned) and we are reconfiguring quite a few products. Many of the products on this list are at a discount, so grab what you need as soon as possible, because they are gone as they sell out. Stamps will still be available until May 31st.

The Retired Accessories list (with discounted products listed first)

Accessories in a sortable Excel file

Retiring Decor Elements

Retiring Stamp Sets (pdf)

Retiring stamps (excel)

So here is a little scoop about some of the products being reconfigured for the new catalog!! Our ink pads are being reconfigured! They will have a new foam pad, rather than the linen pad. I have heard from demonstrators who have gotten to play with them and they say, “You will LOVE them”! They give a nicer, bold image with very little effort (just a tap on the ink pad). I can’t wait to get my hands on them! They are in the same case, so they will still fit your current storage. They also come with a nice new label for the front of the pad, which I love.

Look for a single asterisk for all of the products that will still be available, but in a reconfigured package or style. Other things being reconfigured are our paper cutter, heat tool and package configurations for 12×12 card stock. Many colors will only be found in the assortment packs. So if you have some favorite colors you may want to check and stock up on those.

As always, you can call or email with an order or head on over to my online store to pick up those must have items before they are gone for good (and get some great deals while you are at it!)

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This is a card we made for Stamp Camp last month, using the Fresh Vintage Saleabration set. Very easy! We stamped our background piece in Night of Navy ink and then added the butterflies and sentiment. I have been stuck on these white on white cards lately, but I can’t help it, I am kind of hooked!

Stampin Stuff

Stamps:  Fresh Vintage, Take it to Heart and Apothecary Art

Ink:  Night of Navy classic ink

Paper:  Whisper White and Night of Navy card stock

Fun Stuff:  Big Shot and Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Basic Pearls

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The Retired List is out and that means we are saying goodbye to some of our favorite sets. The list is pretty big this year, due to the changes in our catalog program. We will be releasing the new catalog on June 1st!! I can hardly believe it is that time. That is a month earlier than in previous years. The new catalog will be about 40 pages smaller, but the seasonal catalogs will be much larger. They will be 8 1/2 x 11 and will have more pages. There will only be a Holiday and Occasions mini catalog now, we will no longer have a Summer Mini Catalog. We will also be discontinuing our Decor Elements and Simply Adorned lines so that will make more room in the yearly catalog.

Check over the Retired List and get your must have sets, before they are gone for good! We will be releasing the Retiring Accessories list on April 25th. I did notice that all of the sweet treat cups sets were retiring, so if you want those, I would stock up now. When the accessories go, they go quickly and we cannot get more of those items.

Retired list in PDF format

Retired list in Sortable Excel file

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We will be starting at 6:00 PM on Thursday (April 12) at the Bixby Community Center. Please RSVP if you plan to attend. You may stamp one of each design for $10.00.  If you would like to stamp multiples of these designs, each stack is 5 cards of one design. The first stack is $7.50 and each stack after that is $5.00 or you may stamp 5 stacks for $25.00. Be sure to bring your own adhesive!

Contact me to RSVP!  Hope to see you there!

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Check out this new tool to use with the Simply Scored Scoring board! Make your own envelopes and so much more. Here is a little video that shows a few things you can do with this new diagonal plate. It’s fabulicious, and yes;  you can order yours today!

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Guess who has a new computer! Guess who has been pulling her hair out for a week, after her older computer died along with her back up storage drive? Guess who is very glad that her darling husband convinced her to buy a new computer before the old one crashed completely, therefore allowing her to save most of her precious data! Yep, that would be me. So glad to be back in the cyber universe again.

I have a card to share today! I had a lot of fun with the coffee theme.

This is a simple card but it has some neat elements that tie the “Morning Cup” theme together.  The Newsprint DSP is perfect, of course.  I distressed a piece of Crumb Cake card stock, added “cup rings” and spritzed it with Early Espresso ink. The linen thread was the last little touch. I like it!

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps:  Morning Cup

Ink:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Elegant Eggplant classic ink, Early Espresso ink refill, Crumb Cake marker and Black StazOn

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Elegant Eggplant card stock and Newsprint DSP

Fun Stuff:  Big Shot and Perfect Pennants die (scalloped circle mat), 2 1/2″ Circle punch, Curly Label punch, Linen Thread, Alcohol and atomizer

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I have had a lot of searches for a couple of pop up cards that I featured in a kit at StampFest a couple of years ago. I decided to add the tutorials for those cards since there was so much interest in them. I have written quite a few tutorials over the last couple of years and will be adding some of those to my tutorials page over the next couple of months. If you like tutorials, you may want to keep an eye on that page.

This is the pop up card that I made, using the Flight of the Butterfly set. You can find the tutorial here. I’ll go ahead and add the stamping supplies on this post as well. I hope this is helpful for those searching for pop up instructions.

Stampin’ Supplies

Stamps:  Flight of the Butterfly,Enjoy Every Moment, Happy Everything

Ink:  Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery, So Saffron and Chocolate Chip classic inks

Paper:  Cameo Coral, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Whisper White card stock, Retired DSP

Fun Stuff:  Bigz XL Top Note Die and Little Leaves Sizzlet, Big Shot, Corner Punch, ¼ Circle Punch,
Five Petal Flower punch, Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate

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Just one more Elementary Elegance card and then I need to play with some of my other sets! For this one I used more of the Everyday Enchantment DSP. Love that paper! The frame is cut using the Labels Collection Framelits. I needed a longer frame for this image, so I cut the top and bottom of the frame separately.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps:  Elementary Elegance and Tiny Tags

Ink:  Lucky Limeade and Baja Breeze classic inks and Versamark

Paper:  Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla card stock, Everyday Enchantment DSP and Subtles DSP stack

Fun Stuff:  Big Shot and Labels Collection Framelits, Clear embossing powder, Jewelry Tag punch, Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon, White bakers twine

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These colors make me smile, or maybe it’s the polka dots. This years group of In Colors are some of my all time favorites, such bright happy colors and they play so well together! The image and the ribbon are two of the items that you can choose FREE, with your $50 purchase during Sale-a-Bration.

I used the excess rubber from the center of the frame image to make a little shadow stamp. There is a little bit of polka dot pandemonium going on here, but I think it works. Happy Friday, everyone!

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps: Elementary Elegance

Ink:  Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Wisteria Wonder classic inks

Paper: Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White card stock, In Colors Patterns paper stack, Sweet Shop DSP

Fun Stuff:  Big Shot and Perfect Polka dots embossing folder, Curly Label punch, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon, In Color designer brads

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Even though the weather has decided to cool a bit this week, I have been thinking spring in my stamp room. This is a cheery little card using the Up Up and away set. The clouds were sponged using a stencil that I made from card stock. I pieced a scalloped circle and the Fancy Flower punch together to create the cloud shape. The hills are circles punched using the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch.

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps:  Up Up and Away

Ink:  Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Wild Wasabi and Rose Red classic inks

Paper:  Rich Razzleberry, Rose Red, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White card stock and Wild Wasabi DSP from the Subtles paper pad

Fun Stuff:   2 1/2″ Circle punch,  2 3/8″ Circle punch, Fancy Flower punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Basic Pearls

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My Digital Studio Express 30-Day Trial:

With the FREE trial, you’ll get:

• Full access to the software at NO COST for 30 days.
• Full design functionality.
• Exclusive artwork that comes with My Digital Studio Express. See included content here.
• Opportunity to purchase additional downloads from designer templates to stamp brush sets–and everything in between.
• Access to our professional print services.

Once your trial period expires, simply contact me to purchase the downloadable or disc version of the software to continue enjoying My Digital Studio. You will still be able to access anything you have made during the trial period. If you try it and decide not to purchase the software, any of the additional digital downloads you have purchased can be used in other programs, so there is nothing to lose by trying it out!

Download your FREE trial here!

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Don’t forget that you can download a free trial version of My Digital Studio today! I’ll post with all of the details a little later.

This is a fun little card using the Easy Events set. I paired the love birds with the sentiment from the the tree image. I am thinking about cutting the sentiments away from the images on this set to make it even more versatile. Cheery fun!

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps:  Easy Events

Ink:  Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi and Calypso Coral classic ink, Black StazOn

Paper:  Calypso Coral and Very Vanilla card stock, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Fun Stuff:  Big Shot and Perfect Pennants die, 2 1/2″ Circle punch, Calypso Coral bakers twine, Basic pearls

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I have chosen our more recently released ribbons and you may mix and match which shares you would like to participate in. When I have 5 people in a share, I will order the ribbon, cut and repackage it for the participants and deliver or ship it out.

These are some of the ribbons/products I am offering and you may go to my Product Share page to view the details, then contact me to join a product share!

product shares

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I wanted to keep the focal point kind of simple on this card so it could share the spotlight with this gorgeous paper. I just love every design in this pack of Everyday Enchantment DSP. I plan to snatch up as much of this stuff as I can earn during Sale-a-bration! I used the Fresh Vintage set on this card and heat embossed the image on the butterfly to give it some interest.Very simple concepts but I love how they all work together so nicely.

I’ll be back this weekend with a Ribbon Share offer for you!

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps:  Fresh Vintage and Bring on the Cake

Ink:  Soft Suede and Baja Breeze classic ink and Versamark

Paper:  Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla card stock and Everyday Enchantment DSP

Fun Stuff: Big Shot and Labels Collection Framelits dies, Basic Pearls, Clear Embossing powder, Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon

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The most wonderful stampin’ time of the year is here. It’s time to Sale-a-brate!! Learn all about our Sale-a-bration promotion and view the free items you can choose!

This card is made using two of the free items you can choose when you spend at least $50 between now and March 31st. These cheerful colors have me thinking spring and I love that darling sentiment! I used the Domestic Goddess DSP. I thought the crisp and cheery patterns complemented this image from the Sprinkled Expressions set and the colors are perfect with the Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack.  Cheery fun!

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps:  Sprinkled Expressions

Ink:  Calypso Coral classic ink

Paper:  Whisper White and Calypso Coral card stock and Domestic Goddess DSP

Fun Stuff:  Circle punch 1 1/4″, Circle punch 1 3/8“, Dotted Ribbon border punch, Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack, Pool Party bakers twine

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Just a few more days till Sale-a-bration begins! For those new to Stampin’ Up!, here are the details.  January 24 through March 31st we will be giving away FREE stamps and accessories with every $50 in catalog purchases (before tax and shipping). There are 20 items to choose from in the Sale-a-bration brochure, including stamps, ribbon and brads, gorgeous designer paper, card stock, fabric, decor elements and digital collections! Earn a free product with each $50 in purchases, no limit on the number of free items you can earn!

Hostesses earn additional goodies based on the sales from their workshops including a free tote and a bundle of free items (stamp set, designer paper, ribbon and brads!) and that is in addition to any free items you earn on your personal order and all other hostess benefits earned.

If you sign up to be a demonstrator during Sale-a-bration, you will reap the rewards for the rest of the year!  You will get to choose a free pack of Designer series paper or a free digital download, EVERY MONTH for the rest of the year!!

Be sure to check back on Tuesday, January 24th for  the Sale-a-bration kick off, where you can view the brochure online or place your first Sale-a-bration order! I’ll have samples of some of the great items that you can choose for free to post this week too!

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