NEW AT SU BLOG HOP-FLIGHT AND AIRY

Happy New Year!!! And Welcome to another fun year of "hopping" around the world with this fun group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators!!! We are glad you are here!!!!

This month we not only get an amazing new January to April Mini Catalog, but also a spring SALE-A-BRATION Catalog!!!  How fun is that! And remember, everything in the SAB catalog is FREE with a qualifying purchase!!! So it's a win/win situation!!!

So we are featuring some of the fabulous SAB items here on the hop!

Here's my card!

There is minimal stamping here-only the sentiment, and that's from the        Enduring Beauty stamp set! Otherwise, it's all DSP! This 12x12 pack             Flight and Airy is FREE with your $50 purchase! This is such a pretty pack! And really so versatile! I just love these chubby little birds!!! And the colors are so bright!!!

These 3 guys are cut from the DSP using the Deckled Circles Dies! You can probably tell the Deckled Rectangle Dies cut out the piece behind them-which is the backside of this DSP! It has been embossed with the                              Painted Texture Embossing Folder, but would've been pretty all on its own!!!

I have so many more ideas for this DSP! Oh, and did I mention that it coordinates with a new stamp set from the January to April Mini?! Yup, get the stamp set-get the DSP for FREE!!!!!! You won't be sorry!!!

Other items used on the card are the Rainbow Adhesive-backed Dots, Bakers Twine 3-Color Pack, Wink of Stella. 

Please be sure to check out the blogs listed below! They have so many wonderful ideas using the items from the Sale-a-Bration Catalog!!!! I know you'll find tons of inspiration!!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!!

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If you are not working with a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already I'd love to share all our amazingness with you!! You can contact me HERE!  

You can find all the items above at my online store HERE! 

You can find Paper Pumpkin HERE!

ICS BLOG HOP-SIMPLY MARBLEOUS

 

Happy New Year! And welcome to a new year of the                                           Inspire, Create, Share Blog Hop!                                                                                                                                                       

We are starting off with a big treat! It's Sale-a-Bration time!!!!!                                                                           That's right! For every $50 you spend you can earn a beautiful exclusive FREE product! But only through February! 

We also have a beautiful new January-June 2022 Mini Catalog (J to J) from which to choose your purchased items!!! (as well as our amazing Annual Catalog!)  We are featuring the Sale-a-Bration (SAB) items on this hop!!! Hop through and ENJOY!!!

Here's my card this month:

The item from the SAB Catalog that I'm featuring is the                                    Simply Marbleous 6x6 Designer Series Paper!                                            This is a big WOW! Sooooo pretty!  I thought this blue tone reminded me of the sea, so I combined it with a new bundle from the J to J Catalog-Lets' Set Sail! It's a stamp set with a cool Sailboat Builder Punch! Being a girl from Cape Cod I  NEEDED the sailboat set!!!! And oh how it works with this DSP!

The DSP is reversible and includes all these colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Bumblebee, Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Misty Moonlight, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, So Saffron!! This will go with pretty much every color cardstock you may have! One side is very swirly like this card, and the reverse side is more subtle. Super versatile!!!

Other items I used on this card are the '21-'23 In-Color Jewels and the Layering Circle Dies.

I hope you've enjoyed this product! I know I sure do! Now hop to Darla's blog & see what she is featuring from the SAB Catalog! Simply click on her name here or the icon below!! Then keep hopping!!! Enjoy!

Happy Stampin'!

If you are not working with a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already I'd love to share all our amazingness with you!! You can contact me HERE!  

You can find all the items above at my online store HERE! 

You can find Paper Pumpkin HERE!

ICS BLOG HOP-LOVELY LILY PAD

Welcome to the February 

Inspire, Create, Share Thinking of You Blog Hop! 

We've had a relatively mild & snow-free winter so far. Good news I guess, but it certainly does have a feeling of blah.  Adding to that is the unfortunate number of sympathy cards I've needed in the last month. Far too many. 

This month we will share ideas for sympathy and general "thinking of you" cards for our friends who just need something special. This card was created for a special customer who lost her dad last week.

So here's the card(s):

Now this is a beautiful combo of colors all based from the 

Lily Impressions DSP.  The somewhat "solid" part is the reverse side of the beautiful print you see. Simply cut a standard 5 1/4" x 4" base/matte & cut it at about 2".  Flip it over! Yes, it's taken awhile, but I finally will use the back sides of these beautiful prints! lol

Did I mention yet that all the contents of this card are from the 

Sale-a-Bration Catalog that is currently live until March 31?  Now, there are 2 cards because my lovely friend Amanda over at Our Crafty Playdate always says, "Always make 2 when you make a card"! So these are the same yet a bit different. Wasn't sure which I prefer.  

The stamp set is Lovely Lily Pad-again-a SAB item! And this is one of Stampin' Up!'s new Reversible stamp sets! You can actually use the front and the back of the stamp! Don't believe me? Ya gotta try it! So cool!

Now with a bit larger purchase you can also get the beautiful coordinating 

Lily Pad Dies! It's a full suite! These are relatively simple cards! But the colors in this DSP really "pop"! This would actually make a pretty card for any occasion! Just simply change the sentiment! This "suite" of items will remain in my stash forever! Way too pretty to ever give away!

The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set & punched out using the Classic Label Punch.  The beautiful lilies were colored using 

Stampin' Blends. The finishing touch is the Scalloped Linen Ribbon! 

BTW, my friend's favorite color is purple! Thus these color choices!

If you don't already have a demonstrator you work with & would like to purchase any of these items or would like more info simply head over to my store HERE! I'd love to share what I love so much with you!!!

Well I hope you've had some inspiration in designing sympathy/thinking of you cards from our blog hop this month-or just maybe some comfort from reading the sentiments.  There will always be a need for comforting, and it's nice to know that our cards can help even is some little way. That's why we create.

To see more, please hop over to Debbi's blog & enjoy her designs! Then keep going! Simply click on her hame here or the icon below to get there!

Happy Stampin'!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES

Well this week we are preparing to say goodbye to this year's Sale-a-Bration! Boohoo!!! I loved this catalog so much!!!! So our challenge this week is to post using something we wish would continue into the Annual Catalog.  It was tough narrowing it down! Wow!

So hello hoppers from Helen's blog! Be sure to hop on to Miss Liz's when you are finished here! 

So here's my card:

Outside of card!

It was so hard to choose 1 item from the SAB catalog!!! But I must say my favorite has to be the Hey Chick stamp set. Those dang little hens/chicks whatever they are just crack me up!!!! Especially this guy! Not even sure what it is! lol But how cute!!! I love when he "peeks" through!!

Inside card!

This is just a simple card using. Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pens, Decorative Label Punch, and a couple of other goodies made this fun card! Not too difficult.

So if only Hey Chick would be around forever! I do know that this one won't go into my sale stash! This will live with me forever! lol 

Happy Stampin'!

COLORING DOWN THE LINE WITH SAB

This week our little blog hop 

Coloring Down the Lines 

is featuring an item(s) from the amazing Sale-a-Bration Catalog!!!! I'm using my FAVORITE set ever!!!!

So if you are "hopping" with us, Helen is before me, and Lizzy is after me! Be sure to keep going & check out everyone's blog!!! Such great ideas here!!!

So here's my photo:

And here's Robbie's inspiration photo:

Hey Chick is my favorite stamp set ever!!! I think those little chicks are so cute!!!!! This is a very simple little card made using the Stamp-a-ma-Jig!!! This is such an overlooked but critical tool for stamp placement. And this card needs perfect placement!!! We made this card in our class last weekend!

The coloring is done using our amazing new Watercolor Pencils and the Blender Pens! The sentiment is from the Crazy About You stamp set!!! 

Such a sweet little stamp set which you can get for FREE from our 

Sale-a-Bration Catalog!!! Right now if you wish to order you can go HERE and use the Hostess Code CJC2DM2H when you order! You can get your 

Hey Chick stamp set and lots of other items for FREE with every $50 you spend!!! Best sale of the year!!!!!

Now go hop around!!! Enjoy these amazing ideas!!!

Happy Stamping'!!!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES

I'm baaackkk!!! Was having a bit of difficulty with my blog for a couple of weeks! It seems to be back to normal now.  A little finagling here & there seemed to work!!! Glad to be back with my 

Coloring Down the Lines 

peeps!!!!

Welcome from Helen's blog! Or wherever you are from!  And happy hopping over to Miss Lizzy's blog next!!! We are a full hop today, so keep going until you are back here! Pretty colors this week!!

Here's my card:

Here is the inspiration photo:

Here are the Stampin' Up! colors:

So this week's card is just a very simple little diddy I  needed for a friend.  Nothing too fancy, but I got to use some of my new goodies from not only the Occasions Catalog, but also the Sale-a-Bration catalog!!! These are great this year!!!

This flowers are from the SAB catalog-Flowering Fields stamp set! Such a sweet set! I can't wait to try it with some other colors!  

The sentiment is from Suite Sayings. It can be found in the OC!!! I sure hope this one carries over to the new Annual Catalog! Lots of good sayings here, & not the same ole same ole! A bit different. I know I'll be using this baby a lot!!!

I just simply cut the middle out with the Floral Frames Framelits.  I wanted another color in there to make the flowers "pop", but I ran out! lol Believe it or not there are all 5 colors used this week! The Blackberry Bliss & the          Rich Razzleberry are very similar when using fine lines.  

If you look very closely, you will see a very subtle bling!  The OC has a great new tool-it's called the Wink of Stella pen. It comes in gold & clear. The clear is used here. It's so easy to use! It's far more subtle than the Dazzling Details, but it's pretty. The light catches it just so!

So go hopping & enjoy! It's great to be back again! I missed you all!!!! Until next time...

Happy Stampin'!!!

ICS BLOG HOP-LET'S SALE-BRATE!

Here we are in 2016 in our first ICS SALE-A-BRATION post!!!  Welcome to another month of the 

Inspire, Create, Share Blog Hop!!! 

I know you'll find some amazing ideas to use your 

FREE 

items from 

Sale-A-Bration 2016!!!

Here's what I came up with:

I used one of the great 3-step stamp sets that Stampin' Up! comes up with! This one is exclusive to the SAB catalog. It's called What I Love!  

I designed this as a little set of 4 note cards that I needed as a gift for someone. They will get the 4 cards & 4 matching envelopes in a clear envelope!  They are not too busy as she is not that type! Prefers the Clean and Simple cards I make. But these have enough going on that there some "pop" to them! 

I used the 2014-2016 In-Colors. I have a lot of the materials that go with those colors & want to be sure to use them before we get our new In-Colors in May!!! I like the way these go together-and they make me think of spring!!! Can't get here fast enough!!!

The fancy little corners were made with the Curvy Corner Trio Punch!  That's a nifty little tool for when you need just that special something on the edges!  Easy to use too!!! 

So how go hop over to Terri's blog & keep going!!! You can either click on her name or on the picture below! Be sure to leave a comment when you visit! We love to hear from you!!!!

Until next month!!!!

Happy Stamping'!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES

Hello, welcome to our tiny 

Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop 

this week! Lots of vacations & such! Things should get back to normal soon!  This is the last blog hop of the year! Wow! Where did it go!

Anyway, the hop this week: before me, Robbie's blog!  After me, 

Sandy's blog! And that's it! The Mighty Three! lol Pretty colors too!

So here's the card:

Here is the inspiration photo:

Here are the Stampin' Up! colors:

So I really wanted to introduce you to our new Occasions Catalog! Kicks in very soon!!! And so does our annual 

Sale-a-Bration Catalog!!!!! This is just a teaser! Hint, all the details on this card can be found in one of these new catalogs!!!

I'm actually not going to give too much information here this week! I want you to want to see it all! I have catalogs if you need! Just let me know! While I'll totally miss the great Holiday Catalog, I really love the bright, springy colors of the new Occasions Catty! It's a good one! And lots of great things in the SAB Catty! Nice big, bold sentiments! Hint Hint! lol

So with this post comes my wishes to you all for a very Happy,  Healthy, Prosperous New Year. May you be blessed with love & friendship during 2016!

Happy Stampin'!!!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES WITH MOJO!!!

Welcome to this week's 

Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop!! 

I am combining challenges this week & using a Mojo Monday sketch!!!!

You probably traveled here from Helen's blog! Be sure to continue on the way to Liz's blog!!! Then just keep going!!!

So here's my card:

Here's the inspiration photo:

Here are the MDS colors:

Here is the Mojo Monday sketch:

Fairly simple card this week! Wanted to try out my Big Day stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration Catalog! I think it'll be so much fun with my Chalk Inks & Chalkboard Paper, but the colors don't work for this challenge. So I figured i'd make it the "star" of the show (see what I did there??!!! lol)

Other materials used: Star Embossing Folder, Stars Framelits, Gold Glitz Dazzling Details, Banner Framelits, 1/4" Cotton Ribbon, Washi Tape

Hope ya liked!!! Keep hopping & enjoy what everyone else has for you!!!

Happy Stampin'!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES

Helloooo there! We are Coloring Down the Lines again!!! Must be Wednesday! And this week we are going for a softer look! Dare I say "warm"?!  These colors make me think of summer!  Seems like that's never gonna happen as I once again look out my window to snow falling! Ugh!

Anyway, at least you can join us on our little blog hop! You probably traveled here from Helen's beautiful blog! Love that she's back online!!!! I missed her!  If you're starting here, then be sure to continue on to Liz's awesome blog!! Then keep going right around until you get back here!! Fun time for all!

I also decided to double up on challenges this week! The design of the card is courtesy of Sketch Frenzy Friday! I love their sketches over there!

So here we go!!!

Here's my card this week:

Here's the (yummy!) inspiration photo:

Here are the colors in Stampin' Up! MDS:

Here's the Sketch Frenzy Friday Sketch:

This was a fun, simple little card.  Most of the products used are from the 

Sale-a-Bration Catalog!  Namely, the Best Year Ever-stamp set, DSP, and Accessories Pack! I love my goodies from the SAB Catalog! I want to be sure to use it as much as possible before the catalog disappears!

A little Crisp Cantaloupe Bakers Twine, Sahara Sand Lace Trim, and some Pearl Basic Jewels colored with the Calypso Coral Blendabilities & you have a cute little card!!! It "made my day"!!!

Happy Stampin'!

SHE PLUNGES! SHE SCORES!!!!

So this week over at The Paper Plunge we are featuring scoring on our cards! Now we score just about every card we make-or we should anyway-when we fold them! But this challenge is using scoring as a design feature. Sounds easy. And it is easy to do, but not so easy to design!!! This one took some thinking!!!

So here's what I came up with:

The scoring is on the diagonal.  I used some Washi Tape to draw attention to it.  It's tough to see in the picture. I tried so many shots to get it to show up nicely.

I used the So You stamp set. It's designed to go with the So You Project Kit! That's really cool! It's like this little scrapbook! Love it! The little button you can get for FREE during our Sale-A-Bration sale!!!

The weather we are having here guided the design!! It's so snowy, cold & nasty, that I really needed a little sunshine in my life!! It's a bright cheery card to cheer up my vitamin D!!!!  But look what happened when I went to photograph it, I realized it could go either way! lol  Didn't plan that!!!!

So pop over to The Paper Plunge & see what's happenin' over there! I know there are some cool designs!!!!

Happy Stampin'!

ICS BLOG HOP LET'S SALE-A-BRATE

Hello there! It's Inspire, Create Share Blog Hop time!!!! Happy February!  This month we are focusing on Sale-a-Bration items!!! And I must say, this is THE BEST SAB catalog yet!!!! There are so many awesome item that I had a hard time trying to decide which to use! But I'm happy with my choice!!!

So here's what I came up with:

This awesome stamp set is called A Happy Thing! And is it ever!!!  The card is made with Coastal Cabana CS. The Best Year Ever DSP is the perfect coordinating paper for it! Such a pretty combination!!  Then I added some buttons & ribbon from the Best Year Ever Accessory Pack! Yup! Coordinating products! Amazing!

So I used my Blendabilities to color the lemon & the leaves.  I'm still working at perfecting that technique! I just don't have that eye for the shading. I'm learning tho, and I think this came out pretty good.

I love that Spiral Border Punch. I works nicely when you need just that extra something!!!! So much fun!

So this is just some of the fun from the Sale-a-Bration catalog! And the best thing is all these items were FREE!!!! Yup! You can have them too!!! FREE!!! Contact me now to book your SAB workshop or class!!! We can get you some real goodies!!! Contact me today for your FREE catalog or check it out HERE 24/7!!!

Hope you enjoyed! Now hop over to Nichole's blog & see what she did with her SAB goodies!!! I can't wait!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES

This week's Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop offers some rich, beautiful colors!!! Love them!!!

So hello to my visitors from Carol's blog! Glad you are here! After you hang here for a bit, head on over to Liz's blog & see what she has in store for you! Then be sure to keep going all the way back here!!! I get to be the cheese in the middle this week! Lots of fun stuff to see!!!

Here's the card:

Here is the inspiration photo:

And finally, here are the colors in MDS:

So I know it's another card with Lotus Blossom, but it's my current favorite stamp set! It's such a beautiful image! Simple yet not if ya know what I mean! I want to get as much use of it as I can since it's from the 

Sale-a-Bration Catalog! Once the catty is done in March, the stamp set is gone, gone, gone!!!! I just love it so!!

The striping is the amazing Irresistibly You Specialty DSP!  So you gotta have this stuff!!! It's got the design (in this case the stripes) embossed in clear!  All you need to do us use a Stampin' Sponge or Sponge Dauber to rub the ink over it! So cool!!! You can make your own colored DSP!! Awesome!

Other materials used are Beautiful Bouquet (Occasions Catalog) for the leaves, Simply Wonderful (SAB) for the sentiment, Apothecary Accents for the sentiment cut-out, and the Pearl Basic Jewels colored with the 

Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities!!!

Hope you enjoyed! So now start hopping around & check out what all my talented hop partners have for you!!! See you soon!!

Happy Stampin'!!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES

It's Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop day!!! Got some pretty colors for ya this week!!!

So Helen's having computer problems so this week you may be traveling here from Carol's blog! Hello there!!!!!  We have a good size hop this week, so be sure to pop over to Laura's blog after mine (nice to have her back!!!)-then keep going & enjoy!!! Lots of great stuff!

So here's my card:

Here's the inspiration:

Here are the Stampin' Up! colors in MDS (thanx again Robbie!):

Wow these are some pretty colors this week! I just keep playing with all my new toys from the Occasions Catalog & the Sale-a-Bration catalog!!! 

The flower is from my current favorite stamp set Lotus Blossoms! You can actually get that stamp set for FREE! Just ask me how!  They call it a double-step stamp set, but it's really a triple-step stamp set! So easy to use with all the improvements Stampin' Up! has made to the double-step stamping!  If you haven't done it in awhile, give it a try now!!!

The sentiment is from Crazy About You. It's from the Occasions Catalog.  If you look closely, you can see the "bling" on the flower piece. It's 

Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder on a stamp from Build a Bouquet. There are a couple of great background stamps in that set!!! You can find it in the Occasions Catalog!

The Smoky Slate is embossed using the new 

Spring Flowers Textured Embossing Folder. Very pretty look!!!

Throw in a couple of the Oval Framelits & the Small Oval Punch & you  have a pretty card!!! I will use these colors again!!!

So keep hopping & enjoy! I'll see you on this hop next week, but be sure to check back later this week for more fun with The Paper Plunge & some vellum!!!!!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES!

This week's Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop is filled with excitement!!! Not only do we have some awesomeness for you, but it's also the kick-off of our Occasions Catalog & Sale-a-Bration!!!! Today's card uses tons of new stuff!!! So cool!!!!

Hello visitors from Helen's blog! Glad you are here!!! Be sure to keep hopping to Liz's blog & see what she has waiting for you! Then keep going all the way back to here!!!

Here's my card this week:

Here's the inspiration (thanks Liz!):

And here are the MDS colors (thanx Robbie!!):

Now we have a rather "large" card here, but I really wanted to feature some of the great new products.  This is designed as a wedding card. Kind of tough to put into an envelope, but still a nice card!

So the flower is cut with the brandy new Bouquet Bigz die!! There is even a stamp set to go with it! Didn't use this time tho! But stay tuned! lol

The sentiment is from the Simply Wonderful stamp set from the 

 Sale-a-Bration Catalog! The DSP is so amazing! Also from the SAB catty. It's called Irresistably Yours!!!! Both can be yours-FREE!!!! Just ask me how!!!

The nifty little embellishment is from the Occasion Catalog & is called Something Borrowed.  

So I hope you've enjoyed your little sneak peek at some of the goodies! It can all be yours NOW!!! The catalog is online NOW!!! 

Click HERE for the Occasions Catalog! 

Click HERE for the Sale-a-Bration Catalog!!!  Want your own? Just ask! I have plenty for you!!!

Such an exciting week at Stamping' Up!!!!!

Happy Stamping'!!!