Tag: TGIFchallenge

Oh My Stars!

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When a member of my team promotes to a new title, it’s time to make a fuss over their accomplishment, and I needed a special card for my promoting demonstrators. I’ve also been mulling over the #tgifc282 inspiration challenge:

I pulled out my Stitched Stars dies along with the Strong & Beautiful stamp set to create a circle of STARS:

If you’d like to see me make this card in action, you can see it on my Lunchtime Live Crafting FB Live video.

I can’t wait to pair this card with a little gift to celebrate my team promotions and hope it will remind them that they are making a difference by sharing their creativity. I’m always welcoming new team members who want a discount, need a delightful way to make extra income or crave adult connection…and you could even choose a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine ($120) in your starter kit ($99)! What a great discount!

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Strong & Beautiful Cling Stamp Set
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$25.00
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$9.75
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$8.75
Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper
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$14.50
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
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$120.00
Magnetic Cutting Plate
[149656]
$24.00
Layering Circles Dies
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$35.00
Stitched Stars Dies
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$38.00
Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
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$10.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
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$7.50
Star Designer Elements
[150430]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
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$4.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
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$4.00

So Much Love for Color

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Have you ever looked at a color combination and have a stamp set jump into your mind? It happened to me today when I saw the #TGIF280 Color Palette:

So Much Love is a delicate and feminine cling stamp set, and in my imagination, this card appeared…I think it turned out even more lovely than I had hoped:

I wanted it to be a #simplestamping card with just stamps, ink and paper. It always astounds me that with just 3 ingredients, you can make such beautiful things!

GOOD NEWS: The So Much Love set is actually one of 2 FREE sets that are included in the Get & Go Starter Kit promotion this month (September 2020)! Along with the free stamp sets come 2 packages of ready-to-go card kits that can be used for your first party!

It’s a wonderful opportunity to get the best deal AND start off strong for the holiday season!

Now you have another SIMPLE card idea to create with your new supples:

And it didn’t take long to make the card: Maybe 8 minutes? 4 of those minutes were fussy-cutting out the flower! This is a card ANYONE can make in a moment…and you’ll get one from me in your welcome package when you join my Stampin’ Family in September,.

Tinsel in a Tangle

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Colors inspire me and ever since I got a glimpse of the #tgifc276 color challenge last Friday (and Lauren Alarid’s stinking CUTE holiday card using these unexpected colors), I’ve been thinking about it!

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Here’s my take on this challenge featuring the “Don’t Stop Believin” stamp set from the August-December Mini Catalog:IMG_6611-(W2)

Isn’t that fun? Check out how to use the Lovely Labels Pick-a-Punch here!

If you start making your holiday cards in August, you won’t end up with your tinsel in a tangle in December! Try these tips:

  1. Design your Christmas Card now!
  2. Order the supplies (including adhesive and envelopes).
  3. Cut all the card bases and other pieces while you are binge-watching Netflix (Umbrella Academy season 2 is out…) in September. Keep the pieces in a shoe box to make it easy when you have time for the next steps.
  4. Stamp images on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
  5. Ask your husband to drive to your next adventure and assemble the cards in the passenger seat.
  6. Buy cute postage stamps in October!
  7. Make an address list and print labels (this will also come in clutch when your kids get married, as long as you keep it updated) before Thanksgiving.
  8. Mail them the first week of December.

I guarantee that when you break it down into smaller steps, you’ll be relaxed to enjoy the Christmas Season!

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Don't Stop Believin' Cling Stamp Set

$20.00
Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75
Magenta Madness 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75
Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.75
2020–2022 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$11.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.00
Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50
Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$9.00
Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$9.00
Magenta Madness Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$9.00
Bronze & Ivory Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$9.00
Lovely Labels Pick A Punch

$23.00
Glitter Star Ornaments

$8.00
Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon

$7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

Chinchilla Out with a Color Challenge

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The first day of May 2020 feels like it needs some CHEERFUL colors, and the TGIF Challenges team delivered just what the doctor ordered: 262

This pIayful palette called for something light-hearted, and the Witty-Cisms stamp set was the first to come to mind- that chillaxing chinchilla image has been begging for me to ink it up!

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It was so adorable in just a simple color-block, that I wondered how it would look with a little texture. Grabbed two of my favorite embossing folders and made a stepped-up version:

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Which one do you like best?

I’ll be sad when this stamp set retires on June 2nd because it has such clever greetings paired with adorable drawings! If you love it as well, sign up for my Witty-Cisms VIRTUAL Class in the mail HERE before May 15th: It includes instructions and supplies for 6 cards, the stamp set, Everyday Label Punch and 4 Stampin’ Blends Markers. This Chinchilla card is a bonus one you can make at home now!

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Witty-Cisms Cling Stamp Set

$22.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2

$8.75

Calypso Coral 8-1/2

$8.75

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2

$8.75

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.00

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$9.00

Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder

$9.00

Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$9.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

Heads up: Both of the embossing folders are retiring too, but the good news is that a NEW Die Cutting/Embossing Machine is coming soon!!!

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Be a Gold-Dipper!

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I’m sorry to say that Sale-a-Bration 2020 is almost over, but the crafting will continue because we are all still stuck at home (thanks, Covid-19): Are you prepared to keep making pretty things? If not, you have a few more hours to earn Sale-A-Bration rewards by shopping in my Stampin’ Up! store! It all ends March 31st at midnight, Mountain Time.

To end with a fun technique, I’m playing along with TGIF Challenges and their “Gold Dipped” #tgifc257 challenge:

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I chose to demonstrate this card LIVE on my Creative Juice Facebook Page today, so you can watch the replay by clicking the link. Hint: There is a giveaway, too!

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The Butterfly Punch is a newly added option for Sale-A-Bration and I paired it with the Power of Hope bundle (another S-A-B option you could choose free): IMG_5053-(W)

It’s kind of hard to see, but the gold embossing powder is really shiny!IMG_5056-(W)

I’ve been mailing a card (or two or ten) each day during the quarantine and I think the sentiment inside is perfect for keeping us going:

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Play along with this challenge- or any other- to keep your sanity! Crafting (and sending something you’ve created to someone else) will get you through this lonely time.

Reach Out From Home

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Just because we are quarantined doesn’t mean we are alone: It’s a blessing that we can talk on the phone or via video and MAIL a card! I challenge you to make and mail a card each day you are stuck at home thanks to Corona Virus!

I chose to combine my card today with a challenge: Why not expand your creativity at the same time you are doing a service?

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Cute sketch from TGIF Challenges, eh? The Peaceful Poppy Suite is the one I chose again because I wanted a card to match the frame I made here…it will be a birthday card and gift for my friend Carolyn!

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It’s going to be perfect and I’m off to package it so it can make it’s way to Canada! IMG_4878-(W)

A Beautiful Difference

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It only takes one person to make a difference in your life for the better: A mother, a teacher, a friend…any of them could touch you in a way that changes your course in a beautiful way.

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The sentiment on the card I created today for the #TGIFC246 Sketch Challenge could be perfect for anyone who has helped you in your life while they are here are when they are gone:

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The meaning changes with what you add on the inside of the card: Happy Birthday, With Sympathy, Happy Mother’s Day.

Whatever you want to say, this card is a simple way to express your feelings.

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Timeless Tulips Bundle (English)

$32.25

Petal Pink 8-1/2

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2

$9.75

Mint Macaron 8-1/2

$8.75

So Saffron 8-1/2

$8.75

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

$9.50

Petal Pink 5/8

$8.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

$30.00

Painted Labels Dies

$35.00
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Poppies in Berries

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Feeling “berry” pleased to share one of my favorite suites from the new Mini Catalog with you today as I participate in the #tgifc245 color challenge: 245

Truly, I vowed not to buy any more floral stamps when the January-June Mini Catalog was about to be unveiled…and then my willpower flew out the window when I saw the Peaceful Poppies Suite:CM101025B

Yesterday I demonstrated the “spotlighting” technique on my Facebook page during my Monday Lunchtime LIVE Crafting with a different card, but carried the idea into the color challenge today: IMG_4273-(W)

HOW TO: 

  1. Cut two pieces of Very Vanilla card stock, 5″ x 3-3/4″ and 2-1/2″ x 3-5/8″. Layer the smaller one on top of the larger one with a bit of adhesive in the middle to hold together just while stamping the outline images of the poppies using the Rich Razzleberry ink pad.
  2. Remove the smaller layer and color with Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Blends, then layer together on the card with the largest scalloped die from the Stitched So Sweetly dies.
  3. Emboss your sentiment on a strip of Blackberry card stock for the top and add a few of the coordinating sequins.

It’s really easier than it looks!

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Painted Poppies Cling Stamp Set

$23.00
Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English)

$21.00
Stitched So Sweetly Dies

$32.00
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.75
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

$9.50
Blackberry Bliss Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$9.00
White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$6.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

$30.00
Peaceful Poppies Sequins

$7.00
Mini Glue Dots

$5.25
Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00
Snail Adhesive

$7.00
Big Shot

Big Shot
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$110.00

I’ll be back with more poppy-inspired crafts soon, meanwhile, I hope you’ll get your fingers inky, too!

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Wildly Happy to Craft!

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It’s Fri-YAY because sketch challenges make me WILDLY HAPPY! It’s a creative exercise I look forward to as often as I have a moment to create. If you need to strengthen your imagination, sketch and color challenges are the best “strength training” you can do.fb_img_1560993860054

Something else that makes me WILDLY HAPPY is babies: Grandbabies, baby animals, whatever! And stamps make me giddy, of course, and the Wildly Happy stamp set is the first one that came to mind when I saw the #tgifc220 sketch.

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This was also a great excuse to use the Rectangle Stitched Framelit dies: What’s not to love about that adorable little detail? wildly happy

I added just a bit of light Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blend marker to the bunnies and grounded them with light Crumb Cake. If you don’t have the polka dot tulle ribbon, make sure it’s on your next order: It will be your favorite accessory for your cards, and you don’t even need much to give it a little pizzazz.

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Wildly Happy Cling Stamp Set

$21.00
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.75
Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$11.50
Stitched Rectangle Dies

$35.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.00
Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon

$7.50
Flirty Flamingo Light Stampin' Blends Marker

$4.50
Crumb Cake Light Stampin' Blends Marker

$4.50
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

$9.50
White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$6.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

$30.00

Gingham-Style Multi-Crafting

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“Multi-Crafting”= the act of creating a greeting card for more than one purpose

You know you are an avid paper crafter when you can’t bear to throw away “useable scraps” of Designer Series Paper and now I feel justified in saving the strips from my Gingham Gala paper pack: It was the theme of  #tgifc213

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WHY this DSP isn’t carrying over into the new catalog is beyond comprehension, but make sure you order your Gingham Gala paper stack before it’s gone- or by June 3rd- whichever comes first.

I demonstrated how to make this card on my Facebook Page for my weekly live crafting video today and it’s so adorable~ Do you ever stamp an image that just makes you giggle with delight? Totally happened here.

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Since I was Multi-Crafting, it occurred to me that I could do another version with a sneak peek of a new stamp set (coming in the 2019-2020 catalog on June 4th) that would work with #GDP191

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And that was just the beginning of a full-blown gingham-style craft-attack:

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The good news is I have a bunch of thank you cards to mail out to customers, I’ve used up most of my Gingham bits & pieces, I can check off my Monday LIVE video on my task list, and can participate in two creative challenges. I think I’ll take the rest of the day off 🙂

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Gingham Gala 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Little Elephant Clear-Mount Bundle

$34.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.75

Gorgeous Grape 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Mini Striped Ribbon

$8.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$30.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

$35.00

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50