Farewell Friday: Good Feelings & Rays of Light

March 29, 20241 Comment

As we near the end of a Stampin’ Up! catalog year, it’s time to spotlight some of my favorite retiring products. These products are available while supplies last or until April 30, 2024 (download full retiring product list at end of this post).

Since the TGIF Bonus Challenge #tgifc466 was to create a “simple gift set” of cards, it gave me the opportunity to stretch outside my comfort zone of bright colors, and use some of the black & white designs from the Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper. But you can’t take ALL the color out of my life, so I added Calypso Coral, which also shows up on some of the paper designs.

These cards use the paper, PLUS the Good Feelings stamp set and Rays of Light background stamp, all of which will NOT be returning to the new catalog premiering in May. The Rays of Light background is the one I will grieve over losing the most!

This simple fun-fold card style is strategically planned to make the most of your patterned paper! If you score a full 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of card stock along the long edge at 4.25″ and 9.75″…THEN cut it in half at 4.25″, you’ll have two 11″ x 4.25″ cards ready to fold, meeting on the front of the card,

Use a 4″ x 4″ piece of DSP on one side and a 4″ x 1″ piece on the smaller fold. This pattern can be used in landscape or portrait orientation.

Now, HOW should we “gift” all these simple co-ordinating cards?

A quick folio made from a 12″ tall x 10″ wide piece of the Designer Series Paper is just the thing, and can hold all the cards plus envelopes!

Score it at 4.75″ and 5.25″ to give a center binding back, then add a ribbon to tie closed:

What else is retiring? Click banners to download the lists of items from the ’23-’24 Annual Catalog AND the January-April Mini Catalog which will be retiring.

>>> NOTE THAT THE LAST CHANCE SALE STARTS APRIL 9th <<<

These are the supplies I used for my simple set of cards and the folio to gift them in. I appreciate your orders so much and will mail you a thank you card! THANK YOU.

Product List

Good Feelings Cling Stamp Set (English)

$24.00

Rays Of Light Cling Stamp Set

$18.00

Delightfully Eclectic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$30.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$10.50

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$10.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.00

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$10.00

Black & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Gingham Ribbon

$7.00

Bee Builder Punch

$22.00

Paper Trimmer

$26.00

Stampin' Seal+

$12.00

New at SU! – Trucking Along with Sunny Thoughts

July 19, 2023July 20, 20238 Comments

Did you know there are products online that aren’t in the Stampin’ Up! catalog? The New at SU! Design Team wants to make sure you know how AWESOME our Online Exclusive products are!

Occasionally we get a product that we know will be a runaway hit…and the Trucking Along Bundle was one of those which sold out the first stock in just a few days, then AGAIN just this week you snagged up all the punches we had in the Utah warehouse! The stamp set is still available in the U.S. market, and the TRUCK BUILDER PUNCH has been reordered (though it’s coming from overseas, so it may take up to 90 days…). Thanks for being patient while we restock.

The photopolymer stamp set + coordinating punch covers everything from Summer to Christmas, and really delivers crafting happiness:

For my card, I used an inch and a half of a paper straw glued to the back of the truck and slightly flattened out (which is why it has to be paper, and really a much better use for a paper straw than drinking….) to slide along the linen thread! You may want to use two layers of Thick Basic White card stock to make the truck heavy enough to slide easily, or use a mini glue dot to attach a penny to the back of the truck.

The pickup is packed for a beach adventure and the sun is radiating! You’ll have a load of fun making it slide back and forth along the linen twine. I’d love to hear your thoughts about this card!

While some products will stay a while in the Online Exclusive section of our Stampin’ Store, some may be LIMITED to the supply on hand, and supplies in each market may vary. New Online Exclusive products will be introduced in MARCH, JULY and NOVEMBER. You’ll want to visit all the other posts in the July New at SU! Blog Hop and **SAVE** your favorites to CASE (copy) later!

July 2023 New at SU! Hop: Online Exclusives

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1.Joni in the Spotlight Stamping (US)-Tropical Leaf

2.Creative Juice by Loni (US) – Trucking Along with Sunny Thoughts

3.Playing with Papercrafting (CA)- Nested Friends for New with SU

4.iHeartCards2 (US) – One Horse Open Sleigh

5.24-7 Inkspiration (US) – Irresistible Blooms

6.Tricia’s Stamping Creations (US) – One Horse Open Sleigh Suite

7.scraphexe (DE) – Trucking Along | Perfekter Pick-up

8.Stamping Flair (AU) – So Very Merry

9.De Kijkkast (NL)- Timeless Charm Bundle

10.Carterie Plus (CA) Balade en carriole/One Horse Open Sleigh

11.Stampin’ Xime (DE) – Kreativset Blühende Frische Grüße

12.The Joy of Stampin’ with Rachael (USA)- Classic Letters Stamp Set

13.Nature’s INKspirations (US) – So Very Merry

If you are here on July 19th…don’t miss the 24 hour Stamp Sale! *All stamps in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog are 15% off TODAY ONLY, PLUS you earn Bonus Days coupons for every $50 you spend in July!

*Except Host Stamps, Online Exclusives are NOT in the Annual Catalog

If you want to see another card using the Trucking Along bundle, check out my flower farm truck card HERE.

Circling Round to Monochromatic Colors (Plus 3 for FREE)

May 22, 2023May 22, 20231 Comment

It’s been fun to teach color theory in May and I really hope you’ve learned some skills to help you choose palettes for your paper crafting and rubber stamping projects! Today, I “circled around” to MONOCHROMATIC schemes, which isn’t limited to only one color, but can include 2 or 3 variations of the same HUE. Here are a few examples:

Stampin’ Up! yellows are a exquisite example of how 3 different tints, tones or shades can harmonize well: Crushed Curry (card base), Daffodil Delight (sentiment and banner) and NEW Lemon Lolly (focal point) are different depths of the same sunny color and coordinate together!

We have a variety of purples, and not all of them start in the same corner of the color wheel, so this is where you need to learn to “see” harmonizing colors. The three I used for this card were Gorgeous Grape (card base), Highland Heather (larger banner and cupcake frosting) and Fresh Freesia (background and cupcake liner).

The tutorial for this card style includes further explanation:

I chose to use the Circle Sayings Bundle for our lesson on monochromatic color ideas because I have an exclusive opportunity through June 15th for you: Purchase the bundle from my Stampin’ Store and you’ll receive 3 never-seen project tutorials PLUS the consumable supplies to create all three projects! You’ll get the tutorials via email and the supplies in the mail by June 30th.

Let me share a few additional Stampin’ Up! color trios that work well as monochromatic combinations. These are NOT all the possible pairings, only a few I came up with to get your juices flowing: