New at SU! Shark Frenzy

March 10, 2021March 9, 20219 Comments

Happy to have you here as our international blog hop team of demonstrators is showing you how delightful the products from the Stampin’ Up! January-June Mini Catalog are to craft with!

If your children (or grandchildren) have contributed to the BILLIONS of times “Baby Shark” has been viewed or listened to, you know the frenzy that surrounds this phenomenom

When my niece was born, a school teacher asked her older brother what they had names is new baby sister. He was struggling to pronounce “Charlotte” so he told the teacher his baby sister was “Sharky”. Naturally, she needed a SHARK FRENZY card to celebrate her recent age advancement (birthday)!

I noticed that the “Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo” could also be sung as “Happy Birthday to You” I borrowed the “Happy Birthday” sentiment from the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set (the “to you” came from a past Paper Pumpkin set…they come in handy at times like these!) for the inside of this double-easel card.

To make a double easel card, make card base 11″ x 4-1/4″, scored at 5-1/2″ and a second piece of card stock 4-1/4″ x 5″ scored at 1″ and 3″ along the longer edge. Adhere the 1″ flap of the smaller piece to the bottom front edge of the card (with the score along the bottom edge) to create a double easel card base, then add layers of Designer Series Paper, embossed backgrounds or stamped images to embellish your card.

Combined with the Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper, you’ll SEA a lot of crossover versatility with the Shark Frenzy bundle!

Your demonstrator can help you order the supplies needed for a Sharky card, or if you don’t have a demonstrator, I’ve shared the supplies I used below (U.S. customers) Now bounce on over to Suzanne’s website for another darling animal to craft with: Kangaroo & Company!

Product List

156213

$37.75

Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

152460

$11.50

131197

$8.75

111350

$8.75

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

146990

$8.75

122925

$8.75

159276

$9.75

101856

$10.00

147096

$7.50

147107

$7.50

153115

$7.50

147101

$7.50

126951

$6.50

149653

$120.00

144108

$4.00

152334

$10.00

March 2021 New at SU! Hop: January-June Mini Catalog

De Kijkkast: Brushed Blooms

Chase & Main: Handsomely Suited

Sugar & Scraps: Ice Cream Corner

Tricia’s Stamping Creations: Springtime Joy

Lilypad Stamper: Art Gallery

Carterie Plus: In Bloom Bundle

Creative Juice by Loni: Shark Frenzy. YOU ARE HERE

Mamie & Papyrus: Kangaroo & Co.

24/7 Inkspiration: Dandy Garden Suite

Stampin’ Xime: Hydrangea Haven

Stampin’ Scrapper: Hydrangea Hill Suite

Stamping Flair: Ride the Range

Scraphexe:

Playing with Papercrafting: Simply Succulents

Stamping with the Copper Cropper: Hydrangea Hill

StampinMak: Snailed It

March 3 for Free: Hydrangea Haven

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021Leave a comment

Each month I offer a different “free kit” for a bundle from the newest catalog: During March, when you purchase the Hydrangea Haven bundle (or Hydrangea Hill Suite Collection available again mid-March), I will send you 3 tutorials by email and the consumable supplies via USPS to complete the projects.

With blossoms beginning to burst forth this month, these lovely bunches of flowers seemed a fitting way to spring into crafting that coordinates with the season! There are a few products you’ll need to complete the projects: Scissors, adhesive and Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine (or Big Shot), Tuxedo Black Memento pad AND these suggested Stampin’ Up! ink pads: Highland Heather, Misty Moonlight, Rococo Rose and Seaside Spray. These colors also coordinate with the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper. You may want to add these items to your cart when you are ordering the bundle.

TIP: Rococo Rose and Seaside Spray are two retiring 2019-2021 In-Colors leaving us in April, so if you need to order ink refills for your ink pads (or matching card stock or accessories), get them SOONER than later, as they tend to sell out quickly!

While these pretty purple projects are NOT part of the kit, I did show you how to use the Hydrangea with the gorgeous Mercury Glass Acetate Sheets (included in the Suite Collection) during a recent Facebook Lunchtime Live Crafting:

Want to plan ahead for future 3 for Free kits? The kit with your purchase for April will be the Sweet Ice Cream bundle (or Ice Cream Corner Suite Collection).

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In case I haven’t mentioned it recently, I know you have many options for purchasing your craft supplies and I *TRULY* appreciate when you choose me to keep you stamping. Your support of my small business means the world to me, so thank you from my heart to yours.

The Brilliance of Butterflies

March 4, 2021Leave a comment

Let your creativity take flight with the artistic designs of the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle! This stamp and die bundle is an exciting early-release from the upcoming 2021-2022 Annual Catalog.

This unique collection is made up of:

* One LARGE stamp with intricately detailed butterfly images.

* A coordinating multi-image die cut out the images in one pass and additional coordinating, detail-rich dies to add even more beauty to your projects. You’ll love both the convenience of stamping once and cutting once!

Only through May 3rd (or while supplies last), you can also get your hands on the gorgeous, limited-release, coordinating designer series paper and a unique, textured specialty paper that will add a pop of brilliance to your projects. Many of the paper images coordinate with the dies, too!

Paper coordinates with the dies

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The Butterfly Brilliance Stamp Set is perfect for every butterfly occasion. Not only is the art style realistically detailed which allows for a wide range of versatility, these butterflies are modeled after butterfly species from around the world! The butterflies on this single stamp are arranged for an easy background stamp, or alternatively, use a masking technique to stamp individual butterflies!

This unique set is made up of one large stamp and it coordinates with the die to cut out the images in one pass.

You may want to purchase a second stamp set so you can cut the butterfly images and use independently.

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Final Days to Sale-a-Brate

February 26, 2021Leave a comment

You aren’t imagining things: Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration is a little shorter this year…but don’t worry: There will be 2nd Sale-a-Bration in July and August, with all NEW (limited time) products to earn! That means you only have 3 days left to snag the wonderful freebies from the current event, because it ends February 28th. I’ll share a few of the SAB products I’ve been crafting with:

Darling Donkeys has been neck-and-neck with Berry Blessings for most popular Sale-a-Bration stamp set! Do you have this one yet? I layered him on an embossed piece of vellum for a fabulous birthday card.

When you find a card pattern that will work with all of your Designer Series Paper, make a big STACK of them! That’s what I did with the Flower & Field DSP and used this card for swapping at our recent StampFest events. It’s an inexpensive card, since the paper was free!

Finally, this was ONE of the cards I demonstrated in my Lunchtime Live Crafting on my FB page this past Monday showcasing The Touch of Ink stamp set and the Oh, So Ombre paper …with plain and patterned paper that will pair well with any stamp, it’s a great choice to expand your choices for projects with Bermuda Bay, Rococo Rose, Granny Apple Green or Blackberry Bliss (shown). Be sure to watch the video to see the other projects I demonstrated!

Now RUN (don’t walk) to get your order in before February 28th so you can choose a free Sale-a-Bration reward (like one of these) with each $50 you add to your cart before they are gone forever!

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Hey, Chick~ The Return!

February 17, 2021Leave a comment

Remember way back during Sale-A-Bration 2017 when the Hey Chick Stamp Set was a Sale-a- Bration reward? We were blown away by how much everyone loved it! We decided to bring those same chicks back: Both the original birds and in their new Hey, Birthday Chick stamp set…and added dies for ALL OF THEM!

You’ll find excuses to use these feathered-friends in your crafting all the time, even while “cooped” up during the winter. Mix and match both sets for maximum eggs-citment!

HEY CHICK CLING STAMP SET

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HEY CHICK BUNDLE

The Hey Chick Bundle includes the Hey Chick Stamp Set and the Chick Dies. This bundle is also available in French. BUNDLED SAVINGS

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Valentines, Kawaii-Style

February 13, 2021Leave a comment

The SpendLOVE family sends cards in February (for obvious reasons) and this year Cody and I stamped, cut, embossed and mailed 192 of these adorable greeting cards (with a little help from my mom):

Our son taught us that in Japan, the “culture of cuteness” is called Kawaii: When something (a human or object) is adorable in a charming, shy or childlike way. I think these frozen treats fit the Kawaii description, don’t you?

It’s a labor of love to send these cards (which include a photo of our family and a short newsletter) and as we address the envelopes, we remember our family and friends with gratitude.

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154456

$17.00

153301

$16.00

151690

$32.00

152702

$9.00

149653

$120.00

115318

$8.75

146986

$8.75

159276

$9.75

147102

$7.50

147109

$7.50

147107

$7.50

147103

$7.50

153114

$7.50

147101

$7.50

132708

$6.00

154578

$7.00

104430

$4.00

New at SU! Darling Donkeys for Sale-a-Bration

February 10, 2021February 10, 202117 Comments

We are more than halfway through the first Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration of 2021 (yes, there will be TWO this year) and the New at SU! group of international demonstrators want to make sure you can use the products you choose FREE (with your qualifying order) in simple, sensational and innovative ways! As you hop through our February event, tell us what you are inspired to try in your stamping studio.

The Darling Donkeys stamp set is one product you could choose free with a $50 purchase through February, and I imagined a vibrant In-Color card would be perfect to celebrate a birthday:

Starting with strips of the In-Color 2020-2022 colors on a piece of white card stock, I cut out the letters using the Playful Alphabet dies and then glued it to a card base. Then I looked at the letters I had cut out and thought perhaps I should make a second card with them:

That little donkey is just ready to cut loose and celebrate, isn’t he! He’s colored with Stampin’ Blends and I was tickled I could create a Twofer card (two-for-one).

Which do you like best?

The supplies I used are listed below, and kick up YOUR heels as you head over to Tricia’s site to see what she’s creating with the Approaching Perfection Sale-a-Bration stamp set.

Product List

155264

$0.00

152706

$34.00

148551

$35.00

132708

$6.00

Cinnamon Cider Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

153105

$9.00

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

145058

$9.00

159276

$9.75

2020–2022 In Color 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock Assortment

153074

$9.00

152480

$8.00

153115

$7.50

153117

$7.50

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

147277

$9.50

109132

$6.00

129053

$30.00

104430

$4.00

February 2021 New at SU! Hop: Sale-a-Bration

Creative Juice by Loni: Darling Donkeys YOU ARE HERE

Tricia’s Stamping Creations: Approaching Perfection

Stamping Flair: Darling Donkeys

Chase & Main: A Touch of Ink

Sugar & Scraps: A Touch of Ink

Moore Fun Stamping: Oh So Ombre DSP

Gifted Hands, Ink!: Berry Blessings

As the Ink Dries: Berry Blessings

Stampin’ Scrapper: Berry Blessings

De Kijkkast: Corner Bouquet

Mamie & Papyrus: Berry Delightful DSP

24/7 Inkspiration: Flower & Field DSP

Stamping with the Copper Cropper: Darling Donkeys

Playing with Papercrafting: A Touch of Ink

Carterie Plus: Berry Blessings

StampinMak: Heal Your Heart

Lilypad Stamper: Paper Blooms DSP & Heal Your Heart

Hey, Birthday Chick: 3-for-Free!

February 8, 2021Leave a comment

Remember the Hey, Chick stamp set from Sale-a-Bration a few years back? They were the “must-have” set of the year and those same chicks are BACK (and ready to PARTY!) in the January-June mini catalog. It’s fitting that my February 2021 3-for-Free class features the new Hey, Birthday Chick! bundle:

In addition to their new stamp set, the original set is available AGAIN – ICYMI – and there are coordinating dies to keep them farm-fresh. “CHICK” out what all the cluck is about HERE!

Starting off with a simple card, I created this one on my Facebook page last Monday:

There is also an edited version of the how-to video on YouTube:

When you order the Hey, Birthday Chick bundle from my Stampin’ Store in February, you’ll receive a tutorial for 3 projects via email with the paper goods to make those projects coming to you in the mail.

Supplies you will also need to complete the 3-for-Free projects:

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I listed the mini Cut & Emboss machine for those who don’t have a machine yet, but a regular Cut & Emboss machine will work too (or a Big Shot).

Fine Art Floral Suite

January 27, 2021Leave a comment

Fine Art Floral Suite

Whimsical watercolor floral and glamorous gold accents: Does this describe your style? You’ll love all the ways you can use the Gilded Leafing that is part of this suite. Here are just a few of the ways you can adhere these sparkly flakes to your projects:

1. With Heat & Stick Powder (as shown on the card sample below)

2. Over Tear & Tape adhesive for stripes.

3. On top of glue dots

4. With Liquid Glue

5. Punch or die cut shapes from adhesive sheets or foam adhesive.

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Gilded Fine Art Floral Card

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SUPPLIES:

STAMPS: BUNDLES
Art Gallery Bundle (#156227)
Art Gallery stamp set (#154421)
Floral Gallery dies (#154316)

PAPER
Merry Merlot (#146979), Basic White (#159276), Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper (#154558)

INK
VersaMark (#102283, Merry Merlot (#147112)

ADHESIVES

Stampin’ SEAL (#152813), Foam Adhesive Sheets (#152815), Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430), Mini Glue Dots (#103683)

TOOLS
Wild Rose Dies (#149547), Heat Tool (#129053), Take Your Pick Tool (#144107)

EMBELLISHMENTS
Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed Sequins (#152477), Gilded Leafing (#154560), 3/8″ (1 Cm) Fine Art Ribbon (#154561), Heat & Stick Powder (#156110)

TIPS: The Gilded Leafing is packed tightly in the container and is super light so it can “float” around easily. Open the container carefully and consider storing the leafing in a larger storage container with a lid. This makes the leafing easier to use and also easier to return excess leafing once done.

Coordinating Products

January-June Mini Catalog - Fine Art Floral Suite

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A BURST of Berries!

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021Leave a comment

This card is EXPLODING with blackberries and it couldn’t be sweeter (unless they were real blackberries):

It was created with my FAVORITE Sale-a-Bration 2021 product: The Berry Blessing Bundle is a stamp set AND matching Designer Series Paper that you can choose FREE with a $100 order during January-February… PLUS it coordinates with the Sweet Strawberry bundle (my January set of the month).

When you open the card, the pops open! It’s very simple to make and I created a video tutorial (taken from a live video on my CJBL Facebook page today) so you can make your own: