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Affection Collection – Not Just for Valentines

Affection Collection – Not Just for Valentines

Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Affection Collection

 

I keep hearing the Affection Collection stamp set referred to as the Valentines stamp set in the Holiday Catalogue.  And it would be a great set for making Valentines card for your loved ones but I think it is so much more than just a heartsy valentines set. 

 

I was participating in a swap with my Dreaming About Rubber Stamps Team Members and challenged myself to use the Affection Collection Stamp set for a card that was not pink or red or had hearts. So here it is. What do you think?

Since I needed to make quite a few cards I wanted to keep it simple but still show off some of the great new Holiday catalogue products.  To keep the stamping easy, I used only one ink colour, Early Espresso and only two card colours, Early Espresso and Bashful Blue in addition to Very Vanilla for the card itself.

 

The Brushed Bronze designer buttons and Crochet Trim fit right into my colour scheme. The only other additions needed to create this card were the Window Frame Framelits and Lacy Brocade embossing folder for the Big Shot. Clean and simple and quick to make – the perfect swap card! 

 

 

View the Holiday Catalogue online or request your free copy today by clicking here. 

 

Brushed Bronze Buttons  

  I love the look of these new Brushed Bronze Designer Buttons in the Holiday Catalogue on page 32.They look great on their own or you can add some ribbon to the top with a mini glue dot like I did.

Brushed Bronze Designer Buttons, 16 Buttons, $8.95, 127833

 

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Stamps: Affection Collection (Wood 127946, Clear 127949)

Inks: Early Espresso (126974)

Paper: Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack (126904), Early Espresso (119686), Very Vanilla (101650)

Punches: Modern Label (119849)

Big Shot: Window Frames Collection Framelits Die (129021), Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder (127819)

Other: Brushed Bronze Designer Buttons (127833), Victoria 5/8″ Crochet Trim (118481)

 

 Affection Collection Stamp Set by Stampin Up

Affection Collection Stamp set – Holiday Catalogue, page 35 (Wood $36.95, 127946, Clear $26.95, 127949)

I love the way this set works with the Modern Label Punch, $22.95, 119849. Stamp your greeting, punch it out and add it to the stamped frame. So easy! Thanks Stampin’ Up!

 

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Evergreen Christmas Card with a Tulle Rosette

Evergreen Christmas Card with a Tulle Rosette

Aug 20, 2012 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

Evergreent Stamp Set by Stampin' Up with Tulle

 

Have you noticed the Jumbo Sticky Rounds in the Holiday Catalogue? These are perfect for making rosettes and other flowers with fabric and ribbon. If you haven’t already, please sign up for my newsletter by clicking the envelope link below to receive a video this week on how to use the Jumbo Sticky Rounds to create different types of flowers.

 

 

I also used the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin’ Pad on this card. What a long name! Stampin’ Up! could have saved time and just called it the “Wow” pad since that is what everyone says as they use it.  This pad stamps in an opague glimmery not quite white, not quite silver ink. Very pretty! It looks fab stamped over a darker colour of ink or on dark cardstock but it also look great stamped on Whisper White or lighter coloured card stocks for a glimmery watermark look.

On my card, I used it twice – to stamp the Evergreen stamp set greeting onto the Not Quite Navy cardstock and to over stamp on the Not Quite Navy inked tree with the words from the Evergreen stamp set.

 

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Illuminate Glimmer Pad by Stampin up Canada 

  

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Stamps: Evergreen (Wood 127970, Clear 127973)

Inks: Illuminate Glimmer Watermark (126857), Not Quite Navy (126971)

Paper: Not Quite Navy (101722), Crumb Cake (120953), Whisper White (100730)

Other: Crumb Cake 3/8″ Scalloped Tulle Ribbon (127840), Jumbo Sticky Rounds (127852), Large Pearl Basics jewels (125577) 

 

 

Evergreen Stamp set – Holiday Catalogue, page 18 (Wood $31.95, 127970, Clear $22.95, 127973)

I love all the various looks you can create with this stamp set by layering the images – bold only, bold image and words, bold image and the line design, line design and words, star or no star and so on. Think of the possibilities!

 

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Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations Card

Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations Card

Aug 19, 2012 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Core'dinations card Stock by Stampin Up Canada

This card is so soft I wish you could all feel it. It reminds me of velvet, the really expensive ones. 

To make this card, I cut a 5-1/4″ x 4″ piece of the new Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations card stock for the front of my card and sanded it with the Stampin’ Sanding System. This can create somewhat of a mess if you are not careful so I recommend using the Core’dinations Dust Bunny to pick up the paper dust.

 

I adhered the Core’dinations card stock to a Whisper White card and then stamped a More Merry Messages greeting in Cherry Cobbler ink onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock. I punched out the greeting with the Decorative Label Punch and used dimensionals to hold the greeting in the Flourish Designer Frame. I added a Mini Brad at each end of the frame using scissors to trim the ends of the brad so they weren’t visible extending beyond the frame.

I peeled the backing off of the dimensions and used them to attach the Flourish Designer Frame to the card. I thought it still needed a little more accent so I tied a bow of Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon and added it below the frame.

 

The Core’dinations Card Stock is available in three great Stampin’ Up! colours. Check them out below.

View the Holiday Catalogue online or request your free copy today by clicking here. 

 

Designer Flourish Frame with Core'dinations Card Stock  

  

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Stamps: More Merry Messages (Wood 126400, Clear 126402)

Inks: Cherry Cobbler (126966)

Paper: Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations (127846), Whisper White (100730)

Big Shot: Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder (127819)

Punches: Decorative Label (120907)

Other: Flourish Designer Frames (127835), 1/8″ Mini Brads (122941), Stampin’ Sanding System (129367), Core’dinations Dust Bunny (129366), Cherry Cobbler 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon (120992), Dimensionals (104430)

 

 

 Cherry Cobbler Core'dinations Card StockEarly Espresso Core'dinations Card Stock Gumball Green Core'dinations Card Stock

Core’dinations Card Stock is available in Cherry Cobbler (127846), Early Espresso (127848) and Gumball Green (127847)

Create an antiqued, distressed and color-popping look. Outside layer is exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors–one side textured, one side smooth. Inside layer is a monochromatic color. Reveal inside layer by sanding, tearing, or distressing. 12 sheets; 12″ x 12″.

 

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Simple Saturday: Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags

Simple Saturday: Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags

Aug 18, 2012 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

snow festival designer printed tags by stampin up canada

 

To me, Simple Saturday stamping means card making in 5 – 10 minutes. And card making can’t be simpler than when you use the pre-printed Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags on a card. The tags are each 4-1/2″ x 3-1/8″ so the size is just right for a card. All that you need to do is add a stamped greeting. I used Cherry Cobbler ink on all three cards with various images from the More Merry Messages stamp set.

I hadn’t plan to order these tags quite yet because I thought I wouldn’t get around to using them until closer to Christmas. But when Stampin’ Up! had a promotion offering an additional discount on these tags to demonstrators I decided to order them now. (Additional savings – another great reason to join Stampin’ Up! today.)

When you purchase the Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags, you will receive 25 tags for $4.95. That’s less than 20 cents a tag. I added a strip of the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack behind each card for more colour. These print paper sheets are so perfectly sized for card making it’ll be tough to pick a favourite. 

So whether you want quick and easy cards, cards to make with kids or simply economical Christmas Cards this year, order these tags today. 

 

View the Holiday Catalogue online or request your free copy today by clicking here. 

 

Snow Festival Tags - lightsSnow Festival Tags - ReindeerSnow festival Tags - Owl

 

  

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Stamps: More Merry Messages (Wood 126400, Clear 126402)

Inks: Cherry Cobbler (126966)

Paper: Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack (126904), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Whisper White (100730)

Other: Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags (128152)

 

Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags

Snow Festival Designer Printer Tags (128152)

25 double-sided tags, 5 each of 5 designs 

 

Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack

 

 Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack (126904)

48 sheets, 4 each of 12 double-sided designs, 4-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ 

 

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A Perfectly Preserved Pear

A Perfectly Preserved Pear

Aug 17, 2012 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Perfectly Preserved and Cannery Set Framelits by Stampin up

 

When I am stamping, I always picture how the card is going to look before I gather my supplies. And some cards transfer exactly from my mind to my paper. This was not one of those cards.

I found myself adding layers and taking away layers, adding ribbons and taking away ribbons, moving the greeting, changing the accessories, etc. You get it, right?  The good news is that despite the many efforts, when all is said and done, I like this card. I think the Cotton Ribbon saved it.Did you know that you can stamp directly onto the Cotton Ribbon as well?

 

I wanted to use a 3″ by 4″ piece of the Orchard Harvest designer series paper because this size gives me the most bang for the buck. I always try to cut my designer series papers to a size that allows for the most use of the paper. But the jar just looked lost on the paper. By moving the paper up just a bit and leaving some Crumb Cake showing at the bottom and adding a small piece of Lucky Limeade at the top of the paper I achieved the balanced look I wanted.

After cutting out the Perfectly Preserved stamped jar, lid, pear, stem and greeting with the Cannery Set Framelits, finishing the card was easy. A Naturals Designer Button in the darker colour to match the Early Espresso and I was done. 

 

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Perfectly Preserved Sample

 I notched the Cotton Ribbon to match the notch created on the greeting with the Bitty Banners Framelit.

  

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Stamps: Perfectly Preserved (Wood 126690, Clear 126692)

 

Inks: Early Espresso (126974), Lucky Limeade (126984), More Mustard (126964)

 

Paper: Orchard Harvest DSP (126895), Early Espresso (119686), Crumb Cake (120953), Lucky Limeade (122926), Whisper White (100730)

 

Big Shot: Cannery Set Framelits (127822), Bitty Banners Framelits (129267)

 

Other: 7/8″ Cotton Ribbon (127844), Naturals Designer Buttons (127554), Whisper White Baker’s Twine (124262)

Perfectly Preserved Stamp Set

 

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Wood 129943 $55.95, Clear 129944 $46.95 (also available in French) 

 

 

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