Let’s talk about Paper Blooms. This DSP is free with a $50 order. It has 12 sheets, 2 sheets of 6 double-sided paper and coordinates with Night of Navy, Petal Pink, Rococo Rose, Seaside Spray, and Soft Sea Foam.
Here is a sample using the florals (in a fun-fold gift card holder with the Posted For You bundle) – so pretty!
This card uses the one design in the pack that has big circles. I wasn’t sure what to do what that pattern, honestly, and then immediately thought how cool it would look to pair with the Approaching Perfection SAB stamp set. I made this card for a Demonstrator swap I joined, and decided to make a pink version and blue version.
Good morning stampers, happy Ground Hog Day! (every day is feeling like Ground Hog Day, isn’t it?? But, at least we have stamping!)
I’ve mentioned before (and likely in every post so far) that Stampin’ Up!’s paper offering is one of my favorite products they sell. The patterned paper (Designer Series Paper), specialty paper (think foils, glimmer paper), and of course their tried and true cardstock – in my humble opinion are the best on the market and it has been consistently top quality for more than three decades (I am a fan!) Definitions aside, this new Jan-June Mini Catalog and the current Sale-A-Bration brochure do not disappoint in the paper category! I’ll be posting one project a day for the next 7 to showcase the designer series paper, and other Sale-A-Bration products.
First up – Berry Blessing Stamp Set and Berry Delightful DSP bundle. It’s free with a $100 minimum purchase and the best! Here are some samples from Stampin UP:
The January – June 2021 Mini Catalog is here! Today I’m sharing a swap card I made featuring the Well Suited Suite: Handsomely Suited stamp set, Suit & Ties Dies, and the Well Suited Designer Series Paper. This card was so much fun to put together!
Note: the greeting on the pocket is from A Good Man stamp set from the Annual Catalog
So many ideas for this bundle – cannot wait to play with it some more!
Well, 2020 is behind us. What a year–roller coaster of emotions and events, but reflecting back also many meaningful lessons and silver linings. I am grateful for 2020. I learned to not take anything for granted: my health, my time spent with others face to face, and doing the things I love (like eating at a restaurant and going to the movies!) because just like that, in a snap, it can all change. I have always loved being home (even pre-pandemic I was a telecommuter reporting into the main office in NYC but living in MA, and now NC), and being home with my family since March has been an amazing gift making me love it even more.
This card features a new stamp set from the Jan-June Mini Catalog called Borders to Backgrounds (pg 30 – available Jan 5!) as well as items from the Playing with Patterns Suite (pg 100 AC). Sadly, the coffee cup retired from the Holiday Mini, but I will still use it because I love it so.
The other gift of 2020? Showing me how important having a craft like stamping is to me. I do not know what I would have done this year without my craft. I love it so much, it gives me tremendous joy, and since March I have used my craft to share that joy with others. I joined two RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) lists in March and have sent almost 250 cards to random strangers in need of a paper hug. While I hope my card brought a smile to the recipient, each time I popped a card in the mailbox my heart grew. To the 10 year old who was sad to have a Covid Birthday, or to the couple celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary alone this year, or to the young mom who just received a cancer diagnosis, or to the freshman college student who was not transitioning well because she was the only one in her dorm, or to the 100 patients at an assisted living facility who would be alone at Christmas, and to the many others…I still think of you. Another incredible gift.
The inside sentiment is from one of my favorite stamp sets: Best Year (pg 133 AC).
So stamp on, dear friends, and let’s keep the joy going through 2021. We need it this year more than ever. Happy New Year, and happy stamping.
Day 7 of my 7 Days of gratitude. It’s a simple one today – almost time to put the turkey in the oven. I am so grateful to you, and wish you a day filled with good food and moments of giving thanks, no matter how many are around your table this year.
Thanksgiving Eve, and I have started to bake and cook. My little family is going to feast. Feels silly to go to all this great lengths for just 4 people, but we are sad we aren’t with my family (for the first time, in a very very long time) and decided we wanted the table to resemble the Thanksgiving meal we are used to sharing with my parents, brother, and his family. Besides, the comment from my oldest “What? We aren’t going to have Great Grammy’s Baked Corn?” is what got me…so here we go.
Today’s project features the Harvest Hellos stamp set and the Apple Builder punch. I love this set and having a coordinating punch is always a good thing. I used this set a few weeks ago using the apple image, see my post for World Teacher’s Day. Below is a card I made using the same design, but hte pumpkin image instead:
(Note the apple stem and the apple leaf on the pumpkin card–that’s because I was on a roll of stamping punching with my punch that I forgot to turn my stamp around and use the other leaf!)
Here is a Thanksgiving version of this stamp set:
And, of course, using up all that Plaid Tidings patterned paper–what will I do when this catalog is over and we don’t have the plaid anymore? I think I’ve used it in every project this week!
Only a few more days until Thanksgiving, and I’m getting this post in right under the wire. Today Stampin’ Up had a 24-hour Black Friday 10% off sale on almost every item in the Annual Catalog, including Bundles AND Suites – wow!
Well, in classic 2020 fashion, they experienced a number of technical issues with their websites, so they are extending this sale for another 24 hours and will now run through 11:59 PM (MT) on Wednesday, 11/25. Wahoo! Be sure to check it out!
That sale had me go back to the Annual Catalog for today’s project. Often during the holidays, we focus on the new Holiday Mini catalog or Occasions catalog, that we forget about our year-long Idea Book. So pull that out and start creating!
Today’s card features the Arrange a Wreath Bundle. I love love this bundle and have had it really since the Annual Catalog was released in June, but honestly, this is the first I’m using it. (No judging allowed…I’m sure you have a few items you have not used. Now is the time to pull those out!) This bundle includes an all-occasion stamp set that has bold images and year-round sentiments. The coordinating dies, cut out all the images in the stamp set, plus some additional images. Love!
And, here’s my card! Same card, just slightly different colors with one using Cherry Cobbler and the other using Cajun Craze.
I need a bit more practice with this stamp set and dies, because it didn’t turn out exactly as I was picturing in my head, but it’s all good. It still gets the important message across: I give thanks to you, for all that you are and all that you do.
I almost forgot about this stamp set, and I’m so glad I didn’t because it is a good one!
Country Home was first introduced in the Holiday Catalog in 2018 and it’s been in the Annual Catalog ever since. The set features images that are definitely for Fall/Thanksgiving and even Christmas, but you really could use this stamp set all year round, for any occasion. The sayings are full of gratitude and who wouldn’t love the watering can with the tiny words that fit in the little oval circle. So sweet.
Card Front
My favorite sentiment in the stamp set says “Simply thankful for all the good things” and that pretty much sums it all up, doesn’t it?
Stampin’ Supplies:
Country Home stamp set
Mint Macaron cardstock
Bumblebee cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Gilded Autumn Designer Series Paper
Momento Black stamp pad
Gray Granite stamp pad
Stitched So Sweetly dies
Tin Tile 3D embossing folder
Stampin’ Blends: Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight, Mint Macaron, Crumb Cake
Stampin’ Up! has so many wonderful fall-themed stamp sets and coordinating products, and making just one card of one design is not possible. If you’ve been following my blog you know how much I love the Plaid Tidings patterned paper, but did you know it is part of a suite? Yup, the Plaid Tidings Suite which features the Celebration Tidings Bundle, Plaid Tidings paper, and 3/8″ Embroidered Ribbon. The Celebration Tidings Bundle includes the Celebration Tidings Stamp Set (13 photopolymer stamps) and the Celebration Label Dies (15 dies).:
