Have you thought of using your Stampin’ Up! Embossing Folders in a different way? Just ink them up and insert card stock to “stamp” with your folder! Try these techniques after watching this video!
Don’t forget the Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals! Last day to order is Monday, April 13.
Choose some framelits dies and embellishments from the Weekly Deals and choose some embossing folders with which you can try the inking techniques.
The Butterflies Thinlits Dies in the Occasions Catalog may soon be available again at Stampin’ Up! Due to the port situation on the west coast, lots of products have been backordered, due to no fault of Stampin’ Up! Now they are able to announce they “expect” to receive these in-demand dies, that are sitting on a ship, by later next week hopefully.
Here is part of the announcement from Stampin’ Up!:
We realize you and your customers may be disappointed you were not able to purchase the Thinlits in time to receive Sale-A-Bration rewards–especially in the discounted bundles. Therefore, from the day Butterflies Thinlits are again available through April 30, we are bringing you two special offers:
My butterfly card in the photo is made with a card base of Coastal Cabana card stock and the Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper. The butterfly is die cut from another piece of the DSP with the Butterflies Thinlits with a few Pearls for an embellishment. The greeting is from the stamp set And Many More. I bought the wood-mount stamp set since the stamps are small and I like to just be able to stamp without putting on a clear block. This would make a pretty Mother’s Day card, birthday, thank you, thinking of you, even sympathy.
So if you missed out on getting the Butterflies Thinlits Dies or would like the coordinating stamp set Butterfly Basics in the bundle, keep your fingers crossed that they will arrive at the Stampin’ Up! Distribution Center very soon! And you’ll get to take advantage of the discount or the already discounted Bundle plus a free Sale-A-Bration item.
I’ve been thinking about making a flowery spring card. When I found this Whisper White card base with the Daffodil Delight layer already adhered and mixed in with the card stock, it became the start of the card I was going to make. Since the Brights Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack was already out on the table, I just used that for another layer and thought the spring flowers and leaves from the Flower Patch Photopolymer Stamp Set would make the perfect spring card. After you stamp some flowers, you can use the Big Shot and the Flower Fair Framelits Dies to cut the pieces out. The Flower Fair Framelits Dies are on sale until Monday on the Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals!
Don’t forget today is the LAST DAY for FREE SHIPPING!! Don’t miss out on the fun of not paying for shipping! Woohoo!! What a treat!
And if you want to try Paper Pumpkin, the papercrafting kit that comes to you in the mail once a month, subscribe today (April 10th)! If you subscribe by today, you will receive your first kit in a few days when they ship about mid-April. Subscribe after April 10th and you’ll receive the May kit first. Only $19.95/month and that price includes shipping!
Or add a Prepaid Subscription to your Stampin’ Up! order (free shipping not offered on Paper Pumpkin kits). Just choose the length of time you want. Receive an email with instructions on how to activate your account. Give one as a gift!
Oh my stars! I’ve always said we all need stars in our stamping collections! They can be stamps or punches or framelits, but we all need stars available to us. Stars can be used for so many occasions, so if you have stars, you can make a card. This week the Stars Framelits Dies are on sale on the Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals AND you can order them (and more!) with Stampin’ Up! free shipping, but only today and tomorrow. FREE SHIPPING ends Friday, April 10. Don’t miss it!
I made this star card by folding a piece of Basic Black card stock in half and placing the fold at the top and just below the top edge of the star framelit so that it would not be cut. That leaves the fold to form the card. On the inside I also added a tiny strip of paper as a hinge for the top of the card. Then I die cut assorted stars in Daffodil Delight card stock and Brights Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack so I could play around with various combinations to make the card. If you place one star framelit inside another, you can cut out the center as you can see I did on one star. Pop some of the stars up on Stampin’ Dimensionals if you like.
Here is the inside of the card. Now I can stamp a greeting inside for whatever occasion I need.
Be sure you take advantage of the great Weekly Deals this week and especially the FREE SHIPPING! Remember, everyone needs stars!
If you like framelits for the Big Shot, this is a great week for you for the Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals! These deals are good through next Monday, April 13 (but free shipping ends this Friday so don’t miss it!). Click on the photo above to be taken to the page in my store or the link to see the details of each product up close. I’ve loved my Burlap ribbon and all my Seam Binding Ribbon so if you are a ribbon-holic you might want to stock up on those while they are on sale!
Check out everything because this week is also FREE SHIPPING!!!
Today is Opening Day for Astros baseball in Houston, so why not celebrate with a card?! As I looked through some ideas I found this Starburst Sayings Stamp Set and I thought “Oh Happy Day” certainly expresses the feelings of baseball fans everywhere when baseball starts back up in the spring. I used Night of Navy card stock for the card base and added a fun layer of orange from the Sweet Taffy Designer Series Paper. The middle strip of Night of Navy is embossed with the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder and the Big Shot.
The center medallion is stamped with Night of Navy ink and then die cut with a Circle Framelit. That way it would fit on a Starburst Framelit that is the right size for this card. The starburst is cut from a Gold Foil sheet. To make the wording pop on the medallion, I stamped again in Pumpkin Pie ink and just cut out the word Happy to adhere over the blue popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To give the card a baseball feel, I punched two Whisper White circles with the 1″ Circle Punch. Then I just drew on the baseball markings with Stampin’ Write Markers in Real Red and Smokey Slate.
And you can order any of these stamping supplies with FREE SHIPPING THIS WEEK!
(Don’t forget the Weekly Deals, too! Order today and order from the new ones tomorrow! Be sure to get the Magnetic Platform on sale if you don’t own one!)
If you own the Berry Basket Die, you are all set for making cute little Easter baskets! My other berry baskets have been made with card stock or designer paper, but this one is made with Coaster Board and is much sturdier. The Vanilla Coaster Board is described as thinner than chipboard and sturdier than card stock.
I decided to stamp mine with the Wildflower Meadow Stamp Set. This is one large background stamp, which I would recommend you purchase in the wood-mount. Those large stamps are just easier to manipulate on the wood block than sticking on the very large clear block. I colored the flowers and leaves with various Stampin’ Write Markers and then pressed the Coaster Board pieces, after they were die cut, onto the Wildflower Meadow stamp. I had to cover the portion of the Coaster Board basket that I didn’t want stamped. And think about which way your pattern is going. I stamped different portions of the large stamp on each side of the basket.
Once it was all stamped, I realized that if I attached the usual basket edges around the top, they would cover up some of my stamping! So I adhered the basket edges to the INSIDE of the basket to hold it together and adhered the Venetian Crochet Trim around the outside top edge of the basket. I tied a separate bow and adhered it with a Glue Dot to the front. I love the way it turned out, if I do say so myself!
This berry basket won’t even be just for Easter! It’s pretty for any time, especially spring!
If you are interested in the Berry Basket Die, you can also purchase the Magnetic Platform for the Big Shot to use with framelits and thinlits on Monday, taking advantage of FREE SHIPPING and the Weekly Deal discount ending on Monday! Hey, with free shipping all next week (Mon, April 6 – Friday, April 10) you can order the Weekly Deals you want on Monday and then order again if there is something you want that comes out on Tuesday!
What a surprise today to find out Stampin’ Up! will offer FREE SHIPPING next week, Monday April 6 – Friday, April 10! That’s it, only those days!!! Be sure you take advantage of that because free shipping does not happen very often!
If you have any free time over the holiday weekend, start making out your list! Let me know if you have any questions! (I probably would wait until Monday when the free shipping takes effect to actually put in your order because sometimes it won’t accept the offer if you have input your order ahead of time and have it sitting there waiting.)
With each Paper Pumpkin Kit, the papercrafting kit that comes to you in the mail once a month, you can choose the make the project, whatever it might be, exactly as described or you can change up the design and perhaps add some extra materials of your own. This kit for March, Sew You, comes with little prepunched cards all ready for some embroidery! If you’ve never picked up a needle and thread (or it has been awhile!), the instructions with the kit tell you how to do it. It’s very simple. You can even change up the stitching if you like, as I did on the middle Thank You card. On the bottom card, I cut one of the black and white card bases in half and used that as a layer on top of my own Coastal Cabana card stock to which I added some Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon. The little acrylic stickers come with the kit. They are a fun little accent to add to the card!
Once you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can purchase any past kits that are available or any refills for the kits. Maybe you want to make more or maybe you missed a kit that you would like to have. The refill kits come with just the supplies, not the stamp set, so you might have to supplement with your own stamps and greetings but that shouldn’t be so difficult.
If you haven’t made your kit yet, here is a GREAT way to thread the needle without fighting with the multiple strands in the thread. Just take a piece of paper, folded in half that will fit through the eye of the needle. Lay the end of your thread inside the folded paper and insert through the needle. Your thread goes through easily and perfectly! I love it! There are all kinds of threading gadgets, but this tiny piece of paper worked great!
To purchase any Stampin’ Up! products, just visit my Stampin’ Up! Online Store HERE. If you are interested in Paper Pumpkin, just click on Kits. Or if you would like to subscribe just month to month, sign up for Paper Pumpkin HERE.
After being on vacation when my March Paper Pumpkin Kit arrived and then preparing for a tax audit, I am finally getting some time to play with my Paper Pumpkin Kit! This is a very versatile kit. Make the cards exactly as designed or double your options by cutting the card bases in half and using them as layers on your own Stampin’ Up! card stock! Add some embellishments, like ribbon, to tie around the card. Make invitations, birthday cards, thank you cards, any occasion cards. Probably many other ideas.
But I have to say, this kit was weird! After making a card, it unmade itself and put everything back in the box!!! How could that happen???!!! Watch the video to see for yourself!!
Ok, my pathetic attempt at an April Fool’s joke!
What tricks are you playing today?