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Monochromatic Fable Friends Bunny Easter Card

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Monochromatic Fable Friends Bunny Easter Card

Even though this Botanical Butterfly Designer Paper is no longer available since Sale-A-Bration ended, but I’ve had this Monochromatic Fable Friends Bunny Easter Card in my mind for a awhile and I imagine a lot of you have this paper from your Sale-A-Bration order.

Easter is only a week away, so if you are pressed for time to make some cards and get them sent out, you might want to make something easy like this card.

The card base is Highland Heather Cardstock, one of the new colors from the current catalog. This is one of the coordinating colors of the Botanical Butterflies paper and we have a whole sheet of this floral Highland Heather all in one color. It was a paper that I could use with the bunny from the Fable Friends Stamp Set. I just trimmed about a 1 1/4″ strip of the floral paper and a layer of Whisper White and adhered the paper to the Whisper White. I tied a ribbon and bow around the strip with the Whisper White 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon. The bunny is stamped in Highland Heather Ink on the Whisper White as is the greeting in the same stamp set of Fable Friends.

Not one to leave things alone, I risked messing up the whole card by coloring in the bunny’s jacket with a Blender Pen and a tiny bit of Highland Heather Ink. I just touched the Blender Pen to the ink pad, wiped it a little bit on my Grid Paper to make it lighter and then colored in the jacket. I even added a bit of the color to the inside of his ears. I think it helps set off the bunny a little bit.

If you really like to color, I would highly recommend coloring in the bunny with whatever method you like…..but if you want to make a super easy, quick card try this monochromatic method. It also works well on the smaller Notecards & Envelopes.

For a quick card, try making something that you can just stamp in one ink color with maybe a coordinating piece of designer paper or ribbon like this Monochromatic Fable Friends Bunny Easter Card.

PS: Remember! The Stampin’ Up! Retiring List comes out tomorrow afternoon, April 15, at 1:00 PM (MT). Also, the Stampin’ Up! OnStage events were held over the weekend so if you look around online, you will find photos of the new catalog cover and some of the new stamp sets, new In Colors, and more!

Easter Candy Chick Treat Holder

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Easter Candy Chick Treat Holder

If you need a cute and easy little Easter treat, try this Easter Candy Chick Treat Holder. You just need one strip of paper and a 3D piece of Easter candy that you can display inside. You can change the measurements to fit any size of candy. If you have a larger chocolate bunny you could make this a little wider and taller. You just can’t use the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch on paper cut wider than 2″. There are several variations can do with this project.

My sample starts with a strip of cardstock measuring 8 1/2″ x 2″. I used Flirty Flamingo just for something different. Stick each end into the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. If your paper is wider, then just leave the top as is, or round the corners, or simply punch a hole for the ribbon. Whatever you would like to do!

Using each scalloped end of the cardstock, put that end on the 3 3/4″ mark on the Stampin’ Trimmer and score. Turn it to the other end, line up the end of the scallop and score at 3 3/4″. Crease both score lines. Then using an Oval die or Oval Punch or another shape, cut out a hole so that you can see the candy later. If you want, put a hole on each side if you want a total see-through. I decided to add a piece of Whisper White 3″ x 1 7/8″, sponged with Pool Party ink and stamped some grass at the bottom. The grass was really a waste since you can’t see it anyway! But I kind of like the light blue background.

Adhere the candy chick, bunny, lamb, whatever you have to the bottom, in between the two score lines. I used just a short line of Snail Adhesive or you could use Mini Glue Dots. Just make sure any glue is not touching the candy!

The little greeting is stamped in Flirty Flamingo Ink from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set (a must have!). I punched it out with the Classic Label Punch and just trimmed off the banner ends since it was a little too long. Then I added a few little sequins but I’m not sure they look quite right. But I am going to leave them! I tied it closed with the Silver 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon.

I think this Easter Candy Chick Treat Holder is pretty cute, especially the chocolate chick! And it’s very easy, especially if you just copy mine and don’t have to think about how to make it! Have fun stamping!

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Don’t forget to order extra cutting blades for your Stampin’ Trimmer while they are available! There are two in a package and until April 15 you can order 3 packages. April 15 and after you can order 6 packages.

Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders

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Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders

If you are looking for some easy little Easter candy treats, these Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders might be just what you are looking for! The basic holder is so simple to make and then you can add whatever you want for the front design.

You can modify the measurements any way you like to suit what you are putting inside. Besides a piece of candy, you could put a tea bag or a small cookie or maybe even a gift card. As I said, just change up the dimensions.

My sample starts with a piece of paper 9 3/4″ x 3 1/2″. Mine uses the Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper. I used the same piece of paper, just opposite sides for the front of the candy holder. When you use designer paper you get to see the opposite side of the paper on the inside. However, you could also use cardstock for the holder and use designer paper for a layer on the front or embellishment. Score the paper at 3 1/4″ from each end. This divides the paper into thirds. The end section on the right-hand side will have a diagonal cut. This piece will fold over and be adhered at the bottom to form a pocket. This is where you can put a piece of candy or tea bag or something. I used Tear & Tape Adhesive.

Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders Inside

On my candy holders, I stamped images from the Fable Friends Stamp Set. These were each colored with Stampin’ Blends markers (although I almost used Watercolor Pencils for a change!) and then die cut and layered on cardstock.

In order to have the ribbon going around to tie the candy holders closed, I popped up the images on the front of the holder with Stampin’ Dimensionals at the top and bottom. That way I could run ribbon underneath, in between the Dimensionals, and around the back. I put a little bit of Snail Adhesive on the back underneath the ribbon to hold it in place. The ribbon is the Whisper White 3/8″ Classic Weave Ribbon. (One advantage of white ribbon is that you can dye it another color with reinkers or maybe markers to match something!)

If you want to see the same kind of candy holder made for Christmas one year, click HERE.

You can make these candy holders for any occasion, of course, and make them as simple or fancy as you like. These work particularly well for the square Ghirardelli chocolate candy. I had these Ghirardelli chocolate eggs, which do fit, but they are not flat like the squares. Use whatever you like or modify the measurements on the candy holder to fit your kind of candy or treat. Go have fun making a few of these easy Easter folded candy holders.

New Major Stampin’ Up! Products Coming!

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Breaking News

Big News From Stampin’ Up!

Yesterday we were surprised to hear some big news from Stampin’ Up! about new products that will be coming in the future. If you are on my Mailing List, you got this information yesterday afternoon in my newsletter.

Stampin’ Trimmer Being Replaced

  • Stampin' Trimmer
    Stampin’ Trimmer
  • Cutting Blades
    Cutting Blades

Stampin’ Up! is retiring the Stampin’ Trimmer and all its accessories on June 3rd while they search for a suitable replacement, due to supplier issues. This will leave a gap in time until a new paper cutter is released, which will not particularly affect those of us who already own the trimmer or another paper trimmer. If you are new to stamping or have always wanted this trimmer, NOW is the time to purchase this one. However, if you want to see what new product comes out, then wait and see.

How this affects my customers is that replacement Cutting Blades could be an issue. Stampin’ Up! has increased their inventory and will continue ordering until September. When the retirement list comes out April 15, the Cutting Blades limit will be increased from 3 to 6. Even with increased inventory, these could go on backorder. So….if you need Cutting Blades to last until we get a new trimmer (if you decide to purchase a new one at that time), or RIGHT NOW, then I would order Cutting Blades ASAP and maybe as available throughout the retirement period. In other words, get what you need while you can! (At this moment it looks like the Cutting Mats and Scoring Blades are not available.)

Big Shot Being Replaced

Big Shot Machine

The Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine will be retired as Stampin’ Up! wants to work directly with a manufacturer to better meet our needs and designs after extensive research and evaluation including Demonstrator feedback. This should lead to a better product in the future, but in the meantime, we can still use the Big Shots that we own and even the new dies coming in the new catalog will still work in the Big Shot and any die-cutting machine you may own or purchase. It’s possible, due to machine differences, that maybe something like a shim may be needed with dies. Also, the “fancy” language of Framelits, Thinlits, Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, etc. will be simplified to just “dies” and “embossing folders”.

How this affects my customers is that you can continue to use your Big Shot as long as you like, until a new die-cutting machine comes out and you have the opportunity to choose to purchase or not. There will be new dies in the new catalog, made in a slightly better design. Perhaps we will need to add a shim or finagle something but we will figure it out together! The new die design seems like it will cut closer which will be great! New dies will be the new design. Old dies will continue to be sold until the inventory is depleted, then the new design will take over. There could be backorder situations during this transition.

If there are dies that you want now or in the near future, just like with the Trimmer and Blades, I would order what you want as soon as you can to avoid disappointment. No way to tell what could be sold out. (But of course, there are always new things coming that sometimes make us forget the old things!)

If you have always wanted a Big Shot, buy one now so you have it and you can reassess machines when a new one comes out. I love mine and would hate to do without it, but if you already have one, in a way, nothing changes!

There are no time frames given for these new products so there likely will be a long gap in between the retirement and new products announced. Just my guess.

The Retiring List comes out April 15. Anything you REALLY, REALLY want from the outgoing catalog or Occasions Catalog, I would not wait until April 15 when the rush starts. I’m sure we will hear more information as time goes on. Just keep in mind, Stampin’ Up! is always trying to make our stamping and papercrafting experiences and products as positive and high quality as possible so sometimes we have to go through these bumps in the road! But once the new pavement is down, we are usually very happy with the new products they have released! Keep your fingers crossed and enjoy what we do have!

Let me know if you have any questions/comments about these announcements of new Stampin’ Up! products either in an email or leaving a comment on this post!

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Sign Up For Paper Pumpkin With New Distinktive® Stamps

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Paper Pumpkin Distinktive Banner April 2019 Kit

Last Two Days! Sign up now!

The April Paper Pumpkin Kit is going to have something different….brand new Stampin’ Up! Distinktive® stamp images.

This is it! The deadline is tomorrow, April 10th, to get signed up for Paper Pumpkin, the papercrafting kit that Stampin’ Up! sends right to your mailbox each month with a fun project inside, all materials, stamps, and ink included! What could be more fun to look forward to!

What are Distinktive stamp images? Stampin’ Up! says…….

  1. Distinktive stamps give you photo-realistic images with just one stamp. They have a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step.
  2. These stamps are available only from Stampin’ Up! and are made using a patent-pending process.
  3. Distinktive stamps are available in red rubber and photopolymer; Paper Pumpkin’s April kit includes photopolymer stamps.
  4. Shop Distinktive stamps in the online store by searching “Distinktive,” or look for the Distinktive icon in Stampin’ Up! catalogs.

Join Paper Pumpkin today and your April Paper Pumpkin Kit will be in the mail in just another week. Get the first set of Distinktive stamps to appear in Paper Pumpkin. You must subscribe (or reactivate) your subscription by April 10th to receive this kit. Do it now so you don’t miss out!

JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN TODAY!

The link above is my personalized link for my Paper Pumpkin page to make it easy for you to sign up. If you have a Demonstrator you want to use, then go to Paperpumpkin.com and search for their name.

Delightfully Detailed Paper Birthday Card

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Delightfully Detailed Paper Birthday Card

Maybe you already had some of this Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper or maybe you got some free during Sale-A-Bration, but it’s time to use it on a card something like my Delightfully Detailed Paper Birthday Card.

This paper is beautiful but has to be handled with a little bit of care. Be sure to keep the tissue paper in between the sheets in the package and it’s not a good idea to cut it with the Stampin’ Trimmer. Using a scissors and cutting out a larger piece than you need, then trimming that down, is a lot easier.

Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Paper Placement

It seems I rarely use Very Vanilla in my cards, so I flipped the Delightfully Detailed Specialty Paper over to use the Very Vanilla side. One side is white and one side is vanilla so take your pick!

I wanted a monochromatic kind of look, so I used a Very Vanilla card base and layered the laser paper on top. As I said, I cut out a larger piece than I needed with scissors, then sponged very lightly some Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back side of the paper so it would adhere to the card base. I managed to do this without a gluey mess! Then I just trimmed off the excess with my scissors around the border of the card. Of course, you could also make a smaller layer with the laser paper like we normally do on a card.

For a greeting, I die cut this label piece from the Stitched Labels Framelits Dies and stamped a greeting from the Detailed With Love Stamp Set to make it a birthday card. You could use any greeting. This would make a lovely engagement, wedding, or anniversary card as well. The ink is Calypso Coral and the ribbon tied on the ends is the Calypso Coral 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon.

This is a pretty easy card to make except for the little bit of fussing with the laser-cut paper, handling it carefully so it doesn’t get tangled with itself or tear. You will also find the Beautifully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper in the Occasions Catalog which is white on one side and Petal Pink on the other.

Here are some other cards I made with the laser-cut paper and a colored card base. This paper comes with 8 sheets, 4 each of 2 designs. The other sheet has sections that you can cut apart to use on cards or other projects rather than the one big floral sheet. You can color the designs as well with markers or sponging color on or using the Sponge Brayer.

This Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper provides a different kind of paper that gives a different look to our cardmaking and other projects. It’s always fun to change things up a bit! If you already own this paper, try this Delightfully Detailed Paper Birthday Card or make up your own design!

Easter Wood Crate Candy Holder With Chick

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Easter Wood Crate Candy Holder With Chick

This Easter Wood Crate Candy Holder With Chick would be fun to make as a treat holder just using some dies and glue! Something a little bit different than a bunny! Make the paper crate, add some Easter grass or paper shred and put in some Easter candy! You have a little treat for someone or put it at each place setting on your Easter table for dinner.

To make the crate I used the Wood Crate Framelits Dies and the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack. Just cut two pieces with the wood crate die. The die scores the paper as it cuts so all you have to do is crease and fold and assemble with some Multipurpose Glue. If you don’t own the Wood Crate Dies just make some other little basket or box by scoring and folding.

The chick is copied from one I made many years ago on THIS little Easter basket. Back then we had a Scalloped Circle Punch, but you can use the scalloped Circle Dies. For the wings, I just cut a scalloped circle into portions. I sponged all the pieces. For the little feathers on top of his head and for his feet, I just found some shapes on some dies that would work or maybe you could use the Blossom Builder Punch. Whatever you have with something resembling the shapes you need! The little beak is just cut by hand. The eyes are punched with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch and just colored with a black marker. The chick is adhered to the wood crate with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals.

You can use whatever color card stock you like or other designer paper. Make the chick with whatever shapes you can punch or die cut. You can also add an Easter greeting on the front. It’s just a cute little treat idea for holding some Easter candy treats or for a little home decoration. Have fun making your own Easter treats to give to some family members, friends or neighbors!

Fable Friends Bunny Garden Impressions Easter Card

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Fable Friends Bunny Garden Impressions Easter Card

Once you start using the Fable Friends Stamp Set you can hardly stop using this cute bunny for Easter cards! You can make this Fable Friends Bunny Garden Impressions Easter Card or you can change the greeting and have it be a baby card, birthday card, or other occasions. And what a relaxing way to spend some time coloring in this cute bunny!

I decided to show a little love to my package of the Garden Impressions 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I placed a strip of 2″ x 5 1/4″ blue floral pattern on the layer of So Saffron Cardstock. This is all layered on a Whisper White card base. The bunny is colored in to match the flowers on the Garden Impressions paper and I just LOVE how the bunny looks – a little like Peter Rabbit I think! While I first thought the blue color was Night of Navy, some of it is, but some is Pacific Point. I chose to use Pacific Point as the scalloped oval color and the color of the bunny’s jacket. The Night of Navy was too dark but the Pacific Point was perfect!

After coloring in the Fable Friends bunny with Stampin’ Blends markers, I die cut the bunny with the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. He is then layered on a scalloped oval in the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies. You can glue the bunny down flat on the card or pop him up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.® I chose the Easter greeting in the Fable Friends Stamp Set but you could make the same card with another greeting. You could add some ribbon as well, but I was keeping it simple.

Go check out the Fable Friends Stamp Set for making Easter cards and treats! You will find it in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store from the Occasions Catalog!

Make an Easy Paper Easter Basket

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Three Easy Paper Easter Baskets

Here is an easy paper Easter Basket anyone can make, so easy in fact that you can make THREE little Easter baskets for treats! At least here are three different ideas for you to show you what you can make!

Just start with a 6″ x 6″ square piece of paper (I used a sheet of Gingham Gala 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper) and score like a tic tac toe. Score at 2″ and 4″, then turn and score at 2″ and 4″. Cut up on the two vertical score lines up to the horizontal score line. Do the same on the opposite side. See the diagram below. Cut a handle of about 8 1/2″ x 1/2″.

Easy Paper Easter Basket Scored Diagram

Crease and fold all score lines. If you like, use the Detailed Trio Punch to round all four corners. Or you can leave them as is. Form the paper into a basket and use brads or glue to hold the sides and handle together. The handle goes in between the two side flaps and the center flap. That hides it a little bit on the inside.

Easy Paper Easter Basket Assembled

Decorate however you like. I made a bunny face with a Circle Die and two Oval Dies (or you could use punches) and then used the tip end of Stampin’ Blends markers to draw on the pieces to make a face. Just adhere to the side of the basket with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Easy Paper Easter Basket With Bunny

If you would like to use cardstock for the basket and decorate with some designer paper, this is how you would do it! I used Melon Mambo Cardstock and Garden Impressions 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. Everything else is the same as the gingham bunny basket.

Easy Paper Easter Basket with DSP
Easy Paper Easter Basket with Daisy

For this basket, I used the Daisy Punch to punch two layers and adhered the flower to the side of the basket. I added a Gold Faceted Gem to the center.

Easy Paper Easter Basket Stamped

For my last basket, I simply stamped on the cardstock to decorate it! It uses Pool Party Cardstock and the flower is from the Painted Glass Stamp Set. To finish it off, I tied a bow with the Petal Pink/Whisper White Variegated Ribbon.

Now just fill the basket(s) with some Easter grass or paper shred and fill with some delicious Easter candy! These would make cute treats for someone or a cute table favor for Easter dinner.

Have fun making your Easy Paper Easter Baskets!

Storage by Stampin’ Up! Design Your Space Your Way!

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Stampin' Up! Storage Ad Square

It’s not an April Fool’s joke! You can buy storage solutions for your crafting space from Stampin’ Up! beginning TODAY! Use the pieces to design your own space according to your own needs. Buy it all or buy it piece by piece according to your budget and what you need!

Click the photo below! Or see it all in the Online Store!

Stampin' Up! Storage Configuration Chart
CLICK THE PHOTO TO READ THE FLYER!

Today is the day! These are white plastic modular units for storing ink pads, markers, Stampin’ Blends, and open storage cubes. The open storage cubes can be used for various storage needs, whatever you want to put inside them! We don’t have the storage yet so in the next few days, you will see ways to use all these pieces. Note that the old ink pads DO NOT fit in the ink pad holders. They are designed for the new style of ink pads. Perhaps the old ones and others, like Stazon and Memento, will fit in the empty cubes. We will have to see!

Shop for Stampin’ Up! Storage HERE in the Online Store!

Also available beginning today, April 1st…..this very pretty Floral Grid Paper with the new Stampin’ Up! artwork in the corners! It’s lovely and I use Grid Paper all the time. I will say this paper does not have measurements printed on it although you can pencil the inches in. It’s very “happy” paper to stamp on! Just having the grid lines to keep everything straight or center or use it as scrap paper to easily do some trial stamping or make sure your stamp is inked up or check a color of ink or marker is very handy. I couldn’t stamp without grid paper! Available while supplies last!

Floral Grid Paper
Stampin’ Up! Floral Grid Paper #150819

So refreshing to start a new month with new Stampin’ Up! products! Now run and check out these Storage by Stampin’ Up! products and start planning your craft space!

A Favorite Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set

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So Hoppy Together Frog Tag Card

Sale-A-Bration is coming to an end tonight, as hard as it is to believe, so I thought I would make one last card with a favorite Sale-A-Bration stamp set, So Hoppy Together! Funny thing is, I didn’t want this set in the beginning, but as I saw some cute samples other people made, I had to have it. I have to say I have enjoyed using this stamp set for many whimsical cards with these cute frogs!

The frogs are easy to stamp in Memento Ink and then color in with Stampin’ Blends markers. You could also use Stazon Ink and color with watercoloring techniques with ink refills or the Stampin’ Write Markers. I just have fun when I am coloring these frogs. Each one has a different look! And the sayings are good too! I used a paper from the Botanical Butterfly DSP for the layer on the card. The opposite sides of the paper have other designs!

So today we wrap up Sale-A-Bration, Stampin’ Up!’s biggest promotion of the year! Who doesn’t like getting free stuff?! I hope you placed an order and got your free item(s) and maybe more! It’s always fun to get something extra!

If you haven’t ordered yet, Sunday, March 31 at 11:50 pm MT is the absolute deadline. You can order any of the catalog items or items in the Occasions Catalog. It’s all in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store! And when you have your order entered, it will prompt you to add your Sale-A-Bration items at the bottom, one for every $50 you spend….or two for every $100..or one higher value item for $100….lots of combinations!

Be sure to place your order TODAY! Sunday, March 31! If the frogs in So Hoppy Together aren’t your favorite, pick something else like the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper or the Hello Cupcake Stamp Set or the Pizza Boxes or the beautiful Petal Promenade DSP or the TWO rolls of the Rich Razzleberry Velvet Ribbon!

Enjoy your last day of Sale-A-Bration!

I told you to remind me it was the last day of Sale-A-Bration!

Last Two Days of Sale-A-Bration! Get Your Freebies!

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More Free Sale-A-Bration Items

Hard to believe, but this is the last weekend for Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration! Seems like the holidays just ended, the new Occasions Catalog came out and Sale-A-Bration started! Whether you have already placed your order or not, the deadline is tomorrow night for sure! We all like free stuff and what is better than Stampin’ Up! free stuff during Sale-A-Bration!

Here are some of my favorite projects I made with SAB products!

Tiny Treat Box With So Hoppy Together Frog

Tiny Treat Box So Hoppy Together Frog

Love What You Do Frog Card

Love What You Do Frog Card

Butterfly Gala Card

Free Butterfly Paper During Sale-A-Bration

Butterfly Gala Note Cards

Botanical Butterfly Note Cards

Hello Cupcake Birthday Card

Hello Cupcake Birthday Card

Butterfly Gala Gift Bag

Easy Botanical Butterfly Mini Gift Bag

Azaleas and Petal Promenade Designer Paper

Quick and Easy Petal Promenade Floral Card

Country Floral Embossing Folder

Country Floral Embossed Card For You

Colored Country Floral Embossed Card

Country Floral Embossed and Colored Floral Birthday Card

Those are just a few projects I’ve made during these Sale-A-Bration months! I thought this year had really good products to choose from. Obviously, they were great because several sold out! But we knew it was “while supplies last”. And this year, the supplies did not last!

Be sure to check your Wish List and basic supplies. Maybe you just want to stock up on ink refills, adhesives, new ink pads, cardstock, ribbons, whatever! You can get to $50 easily….and more, for sure! Or splurge on something like the Stamparatus!

You can also order a 3-month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription to get SAB credit, even if you already are on a month-to-month subscription. It will work out!

Go ahead and shop and then choose your free Sale-A-Bration items with every $50 you spend!

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Watercolored Easter Egg Notecard

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Watercolored Easter Egg Notecard

The other day I saw on Facebook a Stampin’ Up! post of a stamping technique that a French Demonstrator, on the Artisan Design Team, had used on a card using the acrylic blocks. I had already been reminded of an Easter card I made of an oval shape and decorated like an Easter egg, so I used her technique to make a Watercolored Easter Egg Notecard.

You can use the largest oval framelit in the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies to make this card although it is a little small. If you want a larger card you will need some kind of template. I just used a notecard in the Note Card & Envelopes since the egg will be small anyway. Fold the note card and position the largest oval die over the note card (closed) but having it off the card a bit over the fold. In other words, you do not want to cut a portion of the fold. If you do, you will have two ovals cut out of the Note Card but they won’t be connected by the fold. Just slide the oval off to the left a little bit so you will still have a fold.

You can see how I made an Easter egg-shaped card HERE a few years ago. The die will cut through the two layers of the card and still have a fold as long as you move the die to the left of the fold.

This is how I colored my egg card. I used a larger acrylic block that the egg could fit on. Then I chose several colors of ink pads and picked up ink from each color with my Aqua Painter one at a time and colored it onto the acrylic block. Instead of picking up the block and stamping it on the card, I placed the front of the egg card down onto the acrylic block loaded with stripes of colors of watery ink. Just press and then lift up carefully.

Depending on how much ink and how much water from your Aqua Painter (or brush) that you use and how you lay down the colors, you will get a different look on your card each time you make one. It’s really fun to do a technique where each time the final look will be a surprise! You could also color directly on the card, but Whisper White cardstock doesn’t hold up really well to very much water. I would recommend using Shimmery White Cardstock.

To decorate my Easter card, I used the Easter greeting from the Fable Friends Stamp Set. It is stamped in Highland Heather ink and layered on Highland Heather Cardstock, both die cut from the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies. For a little bling, I added some self-adhesive Basic Sequins.

As I was getting an envelope for the note card, I decided to color the envelope flap to match. It doesn’t match exactly because I didn’t use an acrylic block, I just colored directly onto the envelope flap. This does make the flap a little “warpy” and the glue on the flap inside gets a little damp so make sure the flap is open. And finally I stamped the bunny from the Fable Friends Stamp Set in Highland Heather on the front of the envelope.

This is a pretty small little Easter egg card but very cute and fun! You can try this technique or you can make one like the one I linked to from three years ago. Of course you can use this ink-on-the-acrylic-block technique to make lots of different kinds of cards, even just stamping the block onto cardstock and leaving a rectangular stamped shape as the Artisan team member did. Get out some ink and an acrylic block and experiment for yourself in making whatever cards you like or one for Easter like my Watercolored Easter Egg Notecard.

SALE-A-BRATION ENDS SUNDAY, MARCH 31! DON’T MISS IT!

The New Stampin’ Up! Solution For Storage and Organization!

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Stampin' Up! Storage Banner w Info
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If you have been wishing Stampin’ Up! would come out with some stamping storage and organization solutions, your wish is about to come true! Stampin’ Up! just announced these new storage products will be available April 1st! Get ready to get your supplies all organized!

This new product line, Storage by Stampin’ Up!, provides you with modular storage solutions that let you organize—and customize—your space your way! This is different from many solutions out in the market. You can move pieces around, stack different ways, make it work for you and your space. Watch the video below to get an idea of how this new storage line will work!

Stampin' Up! Storage Configuration Chart
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This will give you some idea about the new storage solutions PLUS the Floral Grid Paper will be available! Very pretty grid paper to work on!

Stampin’ Up! says the old ink pads will not fit in this ink pad storage. So if you want, stock up on some new ink pads, introduced in the current catalog last June, you might want to do that during Sale-A-Bration, which ends Sunday, March 31, so you can take advantage of that!

ALL THESE NEW PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE APRIL 1st!