Hooray!  After weeks of teasers the new 2016-2017 Stampin’ Up! Catalog is finally here!  209 pages of paper crafting ideas and inspiration with over 400 new products!  I am so excited about this catalog!  It’s colorful and well organized with so many new, on-trend products.

If you have placed a order with me during the past year your copy is on it’s way.  If you don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would be happy to send you a catalog. The easiest way to get your copy is to place an order with me HERE making sure to include your contact information allowing me to contact you and I will ship one out to you FREE of charge.  If you plan to shop with me and would like an annual catalog you can receive your catalog for FREE – just pay $6.80 for Priority Postage HERE.

So don’t wait another second!  Start  flipping through the fun-filled pages of the new annual catalog! There are new products to see and new projects to make!  Click on the catalog image to view a PDF copy on-line or download to your computer or mobile device.  Ready, Set, Go!!!!

Today was my anniversary and I needed a card for my guy and I needed it quickly.  My Paper Pumpkin to the rescue!  Paper Pumpkin is a crafting subscription program by Stampin’ Up! that allows me to make amazing projects without the prep work. The card I made today came from the May Kit which contained the elements to make eight masculine (perfect) Father’s Day or birthday cards.  Because I needed an anniversary card I changed up the greeting using another stamp set from my craft room, Crazy About You, but all the other bits and pieces came from the Kit.  The card was a snap to make but don’t take my word for it and check out my video tutorial below.

Easy peasy right?  Paper Pumpkin is happy mail that I treat myself to every month.  I love that everything I need to make a fun paper-crafting project is included in the box.  Stamps, ink and paper all precut and ready to go.  Here are a few kits from past months:

GIFT WITH PURCHASE

Purchase a 3-month prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription through me from now thru June 10, 2016 and I will send you one of these cute Skip-to-the-Fun totes along with a Paper Pumpkin Pen as my thank-you gift.  The bags are not too little and not to big but just right to hold two Paper Pumpkin boxes.  U.S. orders only and must be placed on my Stampin’ Up! website HERE.  Use HOSTESS CODE 2D77EK9R and make sure to click YES to “Allow my demonstrator to contact me with order updates and other important information” so that I will have your address to mail your gift.

I’m on my way back home today from a few days away but wanted to check in and share a cute project kit by Stampin’ Up!  The You’re so Lovely Project Kit contains material to make 12 cards along with 12 goodie bags and tags.  Perfect for party favors or quick thank-you or “just because” gifts.  They would also make a cute presentation for gift card giving.

The kit comes with some fun tools like stencils and a sponge brayer that can be saved and used on other paper crafting projects.  The coordinating You’re So Lovely Stamp Set along with Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Basic Black and Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pads are recommended to create the kit as designed however, the kit elements can be used for all sorts of projects.  You are only limited by your imagination.  Here is a video from Stampin’ Up! showing all the fun bits and pieces that come with this kit along with some super cute alternative projects made using the You’re So Lovely Kit.

Aren’t these projects over-the-top?  I can hear the “ooohs” and “awwws” from anyone on the receiving end of one of these sweet projects.  Whether you assemble the kit as intended or make an alternative project this kit would be wonderful to have on hand for all your gift-giving needs.  The kit is on the Retiring List and disappears on May 31, 2016 so don’t miss out and click on the products listed below to order.
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I might have missed May Day by one day but Mother’s Day is just around the corner and I think these baskets would be the cutest filled with treats to give to the mothers in your life!  I used one of my favorite color collections from Stampin’ Up!; the Brights Collection.  Tempting Turquoise and Melon Mambo are such fun colors and the Whisper White band around the top of the baskets really make the colors pop.

The little flowers on the basket are what make the baskets so sweet.  I used the Grateful Bunch Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up! along with the Blossom Bunch Punch.  The two are offered in a bundle until May 31st with a 15% savings.

The base of the basket is made using the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits and the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine. Here are the project dimensions for the basket.  Make sure to watch my video tutorial below to see the adjustments I made to create the basket.

Project Dimensions:

• 9″ x 6″ Brights Collection Designer Series Paper
• 7-1/2″ x 1/2″ Brights Collection Designer Series Paper
• 11″ x 1/2″ Whisper White Cardstock
• 7-1/2″ x 1/2″ Whisper White Cardstock
• 2 pieces Whisper White Cardstock 3-1/4″ x 2-1/2″ Each

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It’s that time again: Stampin’ Up is getting ready to retire stamps and accessories from both the annual and occasions catalogs. As sad as it is to see these products go, there’s still time for you to get them. Plus, retiring products have discounts up to 50% off! What an amazing opportunity to get these products before they’re gone.

I think the stamp set I’m most sorry to see go is A Dozen Thoughts.  It’s a set full of great sentiments that I use all the time. The “everything else” I think I’ll miss most is the Bird Builder Punch.  Here’s a Throwback Thursday card that I made using the punch. The bird wings were used for the flower petals and the leaves for the flower stems.  It’s such a fun punch and I’m so glad I have it in my craft studio!

Retiring products are only available until May 31st or “While Supplies Last” so if you have had your eye on any of these products I would suggest you not wait to order.

You may view all retiring products by clicking on the links below:

Retiring List PDF

Happy Stamping!

Today I’m sharing a sweet little card that is super simple to make but because of a different fold appears a little fancy.  I had a bit of space to fill on the card front so I used the Big News Stamp Set.  Big News is full of great sentiments for many occasions like birthday, new baby, wedding/anniversary, and congratulations.  It’ so nice to own a stamp set that is versatile and can be used for many occasions and this one sure fits the bill.

Isn’t the stamped candle image peeking out from the inside of the card cute?  And it ties in beautifully with the three candles I punched out using the new Party Punch Pack on the card front.  Always love it when a plan comes together – lol!

If you would like to make a fancy fold card like this all you need is a piece of card stock that measures 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ then score it at 2-1/8″ and 4-1/4″.  I used Watermelon Wonder Card Stock.  The piece of Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper is 5-1/4″ x 1-7/8″ and the oval was cut from a 5″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White Thick card stock.  For the inside of the card I used a 5-1/4″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White card stock for the inside of the card.

Here is a quick video demonstrating how I made this simple card:

Here is the list of supplies used:
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Would you like to learn how to make beautiful handmade cards and paper crafts but don’t know where to begin?  Perhaps you need a gift for your bestie.  Or maybe you would like to get your craft on but the thought of planning, shopping and organizing all the supplies exhausts you.  My Paper Pumpkin Kits are the perfect solution.  Each month a fully designed project kit arrives at your door with stamps, ink and paper – everything cut and ready to go so you can skip to the fun!  It’s a surprise each month—anticipation for the surprise is seriously half the fun!

Currently a My Paper Pumpkin 3-month prepaid subscription is on sale AND  the purchase qualifies for a FREE item from the Sale-a-Bration brochure.  Purchase as many 3-month subscriptions as you want – save money and earn a FREE Sale-a-Bration item with each purchase.   Subscribe today!  Tell your bills to move over and make room in the mailbox, My Paper Pumpkin is on it’s way!

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SALE-A-BRATION BROCHURE

My card today is a clean, simple card that is a breeze to make.  We made a version of this card in my February Fun Card Class and it received the most, “this is my favorite” comments so I thought I would share it today.

I started with a Whisper White card base then added a simple background layer using a small print paper from the It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Stack.  The stamp set I used for this card is the Honeycomb Happiness Wood-Mount Stamp Set, an exclusive Sale-a-Bration set that can be had for FREE with a $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase.  This set pairs with the sweet Honeycomb Embellishments.

You know I always have to add a little bling so I finished the card off with a couple of rhinestone embellished butterflies that were cut out with the Bold Butterflies Framelits using the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine.

A complete listing of supplies used in today’s card is below.  Subscribers to my newsletter will be receiving a full-color PDF project sheet for this card in their in-boxes this week so if you do not currently subscribe why not sign-up today!