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Beautiful Bouquet May Day Card

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Beautiful Bouquet May Day Card

Happy May Day! It’s May 1st and here is a Beautiful Bouquet May Day Card to celebrate! Back in the “olden days” May Day was celebrated by gathering a bouquet of flowers and making a little basket with which to hang them on a neighbor’s or friend’s door. There used to also be a Maypole, a tall wooden pole decorated with flowers with long ribbons attached at the top that people would hold onto and dance around the maypole. Sounds like a lovely tradition somehow!

In honor of May Day, I made this card with the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set and the Bouquet Bunch Framelits Dies. It was very easy. I just stamped several flowers of each kind in different colors and then die cut them with Beautiful Bunch dies. Some are adhered flat on the card front and some are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The flower stems are one die cut out of Granny Apple Green Cardstock. I added a bow made with the Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Double-Stitched Ribbon. I didn’t add a greeting yet because I could use this card for many occasions and will add a greeting later.

The card base is Daffodil Delight Cardstock. The flowers are stamped in Melon Mambo, Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, and Gorgeous Grape. I just chose four colors from the Brights Family for the flowers. Quick and easy!

If you love flowers and like making floral cards, you might be interested in the brand new Everything Is Rosy Product Medley. This product is available TODAY, May 1 through May 31, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! It may seem a bit pricey, but this product is designed for the crafter who wants “all the stuff” right away, in one package, ready to go, so they have everything they need to start creating as soon as they open the box. The products include stamps, dies, papers, ribbons, die cuts, Rose Gold foil, even Rose Gold Shimmer Paint. Below you will see a list of the products included:

• Everything Is Rosy Photopolymer Stamp Set—
18 stamps; suggested blocks: a, b, c
• Everything Is Rosy Dies—10 dies;
largest die 2-7/8″ x 1″ (7.3 x 2.5 cm)
• 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 CM) Designer Series Paper Stack—
48 sheets; 8 each of 6 double-sided designs
• 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 CM) rose gold foil paper—8 sheets
• Printed die cuts—2 sheets
• Rose gold die cuts—4 sheets; 2 each of 2 designs
• Rose gold adhesive backed mirror embellishments—
60 embellishments; 1/4″ (6.4 mm)
• Melon Mambo 1/4″ (6.4 mm) Ruched Ribbon—
10 yards (9.1 m)
• Night of Navy/Rose Gold 3/8″ (1 cm) Metallic –Edge Ribbon—
10 yards (9.1 m)
• Rose Gold Shimmer Paint—1/2 oz. (15 ml)

Watch the video below to see for yourself how you can use the collection.

If you are interested in this Everything Is Rosy Medley Collection it might be wise to order it as soon as you can as it is available only while supplies last during the month of May. You can add it to anything else on an order.

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I’m a big advocate for “taking care of yourself” on birthdays and special days, so I give you permission to order this kit for yourself (or for someone else as a gift!) for Mother’s Day! Why not treat yourself?! And no one else has to know!

Celebrate May Day by making a pretty card with flowers and send it to someone AND/OR order the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley!

Animal Expedition All-Occasion Card

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Animal Expedition All-Occasion Card

You might not believe this all-occasion card is made with paper called Animal Expedition! This designer series paper is on the Last-Chance List so be sure to pick some up if you like it.

The focus of the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper is of course animals, very cute, whimsical animals. You might think this paper would only be for children or babies, but it’s for everyone for lots of happy cards and occasions! I didn’t think I had a need for it at first, but then I saw lots of cute samples and of course, had to have it! If you want it all, get the Animal Outing Bundle with the coordinating stamp set and dies. Remember, the Bundle saves you 10%. Although the stamp set is carrying over to the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog in June along with the Animal Friends Dies, you won’t be able to buy them in a Bundle saving 10%. So get them now!

As I looked through the papers before making this card, I almost picked the hippo paper but then this generic paper with just leaves and little birds looked so pretty I had to work with it first! You could use this paper for any pretty card or project, it doesn’t have to have anything to do with animals!

My card base is Call Me Clover Cardstock with a layer of Pool Party and then the designer paper. To match the little birds, I chose the Berry Burst 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon to embellish the card. For the greeting, I chose a sentiment in the Colorful Seasons Stamp Set. This stamp set will also be in the new catalog! I cut it out with a die in the Stitched Labels Framelits Dies. I wanted to set this piece off a little bit, but there is no layer to match…..so I made my own! I simply put a layer of Berry Burst underneath the fancy die cut and trimmed around the edge. I did this not even wearing my glasses and it turned out fine! I think it adds a good contrast!

Always look through your designer papers, even after you’ve had them a long time and see what is in there that you may have forgotten! Sometimes you will find a generic pattern in a pack that doesn’t have anything to do with the theme of the other papers. Or you will have forgotten what all the paper designs are and you might find something that is perfect for your project!

Click here to see another card I made with the cute Animal Expedition Paper.

Shop the Stampin’ Up! Last-Chance List for the Animal Expedition Paper if you want to stock up before it retires.

Make an Easy Celebration Card

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Make an Easy Celebration Card

Make an easy celebration card for someone very quickly with this basic card design! It’s always simple to make a card with a card base, a layer and a greeting and from there you can embellish a little bit or a lot depending on your style and the occasion for the card!

This card starts with a Lemon Lime Twist card base. What will we do without Lemon Lime Twist when this In Color retires?! If you want any of the 2017-2019 In Colors – ink, refills, cardstock, papers, embellishments – be sure you get them before they retire on June 3, 2019.

I chose the Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper for this card. I like this balloon pattern because it can be for any happy occasion! This card could be for a birthday, graduation, or simply any congratulatory note. This package of paper has a party design on one side and gold foil designs on the other so you can be as festive as you like!

To set off the designer paper from the Lemon Lime Twist card base, I added a layer of Lovely Lipstick, one of the current In Colors that are sticking around another year. And since I had this narrow Lovely Lipstick 1/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon I added that for some embellishment.

The greeting is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set. It is stamped in Lovely Lipstick and die cut with an oval die, layered on a scalloped oval die, both from the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies.

Here are three cards I made with the Broadway Bound Paper that might give you some other ideas!

Whether you use this paper or some other designer paper, you can use this card layout and design for either a simple card or as a base for something fancier.

Be sure to check out the Last-Chance List of retiring products to see what is available and what you can’t live without! If you have any questions about things that might be in the new catalog, feel free to ask! I don’t have the new hard copy yet but I can look online!

Also, don’t forget the Clearance Rack if you didn’t get to shop the other day!

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New Product Coming Soon: Everything Is Rosy Medley

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Everything is Rosy Ad

A new product coming soon! The Everything is Rosy Medley of products! You don’t have to wait until June for something new, this new collection of products will be available starting May 1st, while supplies last, through the month of May. In one fell swoop, you get this entire set of products that coordinate and you will be all set to start creating with everything you need!

Click the image below for list of contents.

Everything is Rosy List of Products
© Stampin’ Up! 2019

This Everything is Rosy Product Medley is designed for the crafter who wants it all, in one package, everything you need to make some beautiful cards and projects from stamps, paper, dies, and gorgeous embellishments, but don’t delay if you would love to own this product, order right away to avoid disappointment, beginning May 1st!

Happiness Blooms Easy Card

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Happiness Blooms Easy Card

How about this Happiness Blooms Easy Card for something quick and easy to make? You can adapt it to any occasion with the paper and the greeting. You can even embellish it a little more if you like, but for today I was looking for simple!

The card base is Call Me Clover Cardstock, not a color I use very often, but it goes with this paper. My real idea was to use this Happiness Blooms Designer Paper and when I looked at the patterns, this one with the flowers looked so pretty for a spring day. So once you have the card base and layer, all you really need is a greeting!

For the greeting, I chose something a little bit large, not too large, and this one from the Forever Lovely Stamp Set seemed just right. I just stamped it in Calypso Coral Ink and then took it over to my Big Shot to find a die with which to cut it out. Since my dies are spread all over the place in hopes of some organization on magnetic cards, the one that jumped out at me was this rectangle with the diagonal corners from the Frosted Floral Dies (no longer available! I guess they were from the Holiday Catalog! Sorry!). Of course, you could use almost any die or simply cut the stamped greeting into a rectangle. Then just cut a larger one, like I did, for a layer. Since my greeting had those diagonal corners, I simply snipped off the corners of the rectangle layer and it was perfect.

For an easy finishing touch, I added just a bit of the Calypso Coral 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon to the backside of the greeting and popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I love the Happiness Blooms Designer Paper, even the bold patterns which I might not always care for. This card is certainly a quick and easy one you can make with any designer paper or even a stamped layer of cardstock! Sometimes simple is best!

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Join Paper Pumpkin & Get the May Kit by Shelli

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Be sure to join Paper Pumpkin right now so that you get the May Kit, designed by Shelli Gardner, co-founder of Stampin’ Up! Shelli has always been loved by Demonstrators and I expect this kit to be very popular. It may even sell out so if you are interested I would subscribe now and not wait until the last minute. Subscribe by May 10th for sure!

Just the box alone is almost worth a subscription! It certainly will put you in the mood to take some time to sit down and make the project inside. This “Hugs From Shelli” kit will come in the beautiful vintage-look box and will contain supplies to make 12 cards, 3 each of 4 unique designs. The card Shelli shows in her video I can tell you “looks like Shelli” so I am really looking forward to this kit in the mail!

I’m sure now you can’t wait to get this May Paper Pumpkin Kit so let me tell you how to get one!

  • You can go to my Paper Pumpkin Page to subscribe by the month. Just put in your information and credit card (you won’t be charged until the kit ships in May after the 10th). You can cancel any time and not get any more kits or you can skip a month now and then if you need to for some reason. Your kit will automatically ship each month unless you change your status by the 10th of any month.
  • Buy a PREPAID PAPER PUMPKIN KIT on your regular Stampin’ Up! order! Lots of information there, too, about Paper Pumpkin!
    This is good if you want Paper Pumpkin to count toward a Stampin’ Rewards amount. You can choose a 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month subscription. Just use your code you will get in an email to go make yourself an account and activate it before May 10th so you get the May kit! It’s easy!

Even if you already have a month-to-month subscription, you can do the prepaid and the month-to-month will resume after your prepaid kits have been used. I’m doing that right now! No problem!

Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit 2019 Flyer

Either way, I feel sure this is going to be a really good kit and it is a perfect time to try Paper Pumpkin if you haven’t already! Like Shelli says, it is so much fun to receive the Paper Pumpkin Kit in your mailbox and then open it like a gift to yourself and see a project inside all ready to go! No muss, no fuss! No preparation, just make it!

JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN TODAY!

Click the button above to subscribe! This is my personalized link that goes to my Paper Pumpkin page so you don’t have to hunt for my name as your Demonstrator or anything!

Unless you don’t care for Shelli’s style on the sample card, I would say this is the month to try a Paper Pumpkin Kit because I think it will be good! Just sign up by May 10th and preferably, right away!

Add a prepaid subscription to your Stampin’ Up! order if you prefer. For example, if you have a $100 order of Stampin’ Up! products, add a 3-month Prepaid subscription for $57 and then you will have a large enough order ($150+) to earn 10% in Hostess Rewards so you can choose around $15 in free merchandise!

Please share with your friends or on Facebook if you know someone who might be interested and wants some crafting fun in their life!

Whatever you decide to do, don’t miss the

May Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Amazing Life All-Occasion Happy Life Card

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Amazing Life All-Occasion Happy Life Card

Sad to say, this Amazing Life All-Occasion Happy Life Card is the first time I have used the Amazing Life Stamp Set and now it is on the Last-Chance list! How does that happen? This is a perfectly wonderful stamp set with lots of great greetings, a cute cake, some flowers, and little embellishments.

To make this card, since I hadn’t used this stamp set before, I chose a color for the card that I haven’t used very much, Pineapple Punch. I also chose a paper from the Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper for the layer on the card. It’s not my favorite paper in the bunch, but it works fine on this card. Actually, it is a good lesson on how to use bold patterns that maybe you don’t care for. If you use extra layers which partially cover up the bold pattern, then obviously it is not as noticeable.

I love this large greeting in the stamp set, and it was so much fun to color in. With the designer paper and the colorful greeting, this is such a “happy” card to send to someone! Whose day wouldn’t be brightened by receiving this card?! I stamped the greeting in Memento Ink and used the Stamparatus® for a couple of reasons. Since it was a new stamp, it was possible it might not stamp clearly the first time. With the Stamparatus I could stamp it over and over again (without moving the paper or the stamp) to make sure I got a good image. And I was right to use the Stampartus…..it took several times to make sure everything was stamped fully! I never could have done that without the Stamparatus.

After stamping the greeting on Whisper White, I die cut that piece with the 4th from the largest of the Rectangle Stitched Dies. Then I cut a layer of Pineapple Punch with the next largest die. I love that they both have that stitched edge! You can purchase the Amazing Life Stamp Set and the Rectangle Dies in a Bundle and save 10% if you order before the new catalog.

The flowers are stamped from the set and just cut out with Paper Snips. Even though I was stamping them on scrap paper, I used the Stamparatus and just moved the plate down one lower hinge at a time to get them all stamped on the paper. I didn’t have to do that but it was easy. Two of the flowers are popped up with the Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

That’s it! A pretty easy card to make and I always love the opportunity to color with the Stampin’ Blends Markers. If you like this stamp set, stamps are guaranteed to be available until May 24th since Stampin’ Up! manufactures stamps themselves. Although the Rectangle dies carry over to the new catalog, if you want the stamp set and dies, be sure to order the Bundle and save a little bit of money. Make someone’s day by mailing them a bright and happy card like this Amazing Life All-Occasion Happy Life Card.

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Lovely As A Tree Watercolor Card on Earth Day 2019

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Lovely As A Tree Watercolor Card

On Earth Day 2019 here is a Lovely As a Tree Watercolor card to celebrate. Earth Day is to celebrate our planet and appreciate nature, and I think one stamp set that can do that is Lovely As a Tree.

Lovely As a Tree has been around longer than I have been a Demonstrator! I see the copyright on the stamp set is 2001. I can’t think of another stamp set that is more classic and just as “current” now as it was 18 years ago. I wonder how many millions of cards and projects have been made with this stamp set!

However, Lovely As a Tree is on the Last-Chance List this year! Say it ain’t so, Stampin’ Up! I know we have other “tree” stamp sets available now, but I doubt anything will fill the shoes of Lovely As a Tree! It was good for masculine cards, Father’s Day cards, all-occasion cards and oh, the gorgeous Christmas cards!!

I’ll always remember with fondness one of the first stamped Christmas cards I learned to make with Lovely as a Tree, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, and the Two-Way Glue Pen we used to sell! This is a card I made again years later! You can’t always do that with other stamp sets that become outdated, but this set stands the test of time!

Lovely As a Tree Christmas Card

All good things must come to an end, I suppose so this is how I made today’s card. I used the good Shimmery White Cardstock since I thought I would try watercoloring the sky and a background suggesting hills or mountains. Shimmery White will hold up to watercoloring better than Whisper White Cardstock (and not quite as good as real Watercolor Paper).

Lovely As a Tree Watercolor Background

I was going to use Stampin’ Blends markers, but I decided to watercolor the background with my Aqua Painter and ink refills. I simply chose a couple of greens and Crumb Cake for the ground and a couple of blues plus a yellow, pink and coral for the sky. Just lay down the colors! Nothing is professional painting about this! Just pick up some ink with the Aqua Painter or a watercolor brush and paint it on the paper!

When this background dried, I stamped the evergreen trees in the foreground with Mossy Meadow green. I would ink up a stamp and stamp it, then stamp again without reinking. That gives some lighter images. Next, I chose a sentiment to stamp in Memento Ink, but I used my Stamparatus to make sure I got a good image! Good thing I did because I had to over-stamp it a couple of times! That’s why the Stamparatus is so good to have!

Lovely As A Tree Watercolor Card

I had a card base of Mossy Meadow Cardstock and I added a layer of Blushing Bride Cardstock which brought out the pink in the sky. I tried various colors, but I liked the pink the best.

Next, I added a layer of Shimmery White for inside the card since the card base is so dark. I stamped some other trees from the Lovely As a Tree Stamp Set on the inside. There is still room for a greeting or a note.

Lovely As A Tree Watercolor Card

If you don’t already own Lovely As a Tree, you are probably a newer stamper, but don’t let this one get away! If you have to buy it online in the future, I would bet the price might be quite high. Go check it out in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store in the Last-Chance List (sob!).

Lovely As A Tree Stamp Set

If you don’t already own Lovely As a Tree, you are probably a newer stamper, but don’t let this one get away! If you have to buy it online in the future, I would bet the price might be quite high. Go check it out in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store in the Last-Chance List (sob!).

This Lovely As a Tree Watercolor Card for Earth Day is, of course, not just for Earth Day, not by a long shot, but for many, many occasions you will have to send a card!

Fable Friends Bunny and His Basket

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Fable Friends Bunny and His Basket

There’s still a little bit of time for Easter bunnies, so here is the cute Fable Friends Easter Bunny and his basket! I wanted to make a gray bunny for a change and I found a way to make some small Easter eggs with a punch!

The other day I discovered that I could use the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch. I just punched out the bulb and trimmed off the little thing on the end. Voila! You have an Easter egg! I just grabbed some scrap cardstock and designer paper to punch out some eggs, even one stamped heart! Instead of laying in the scrap heap, it is now an Easter egg!

The card base is Pear Pizzazz to coordinate with the Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper layer. I liked the look of the leaves as if the bunny is out in the forest with his Easter basket!

The bunny is stamped in Memento Ink and colored in with Stampin’ Blends markers. Love those! I originally thought I would cut out the bunny, but then I thought he might not show up very well so I left him on the Whisper White paper and added the basket. The basket is just a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock embossed with the Basket Weave Embossing Folder. The grass is first stamped with a tiny little grass stamp in the Sheltering Tree Stamp Set. I have actually used this grass stamp a lot! Then I filled in with a Stamping Blends marker. I used Mossy Meadow ink with the stamp and Pear Pizzazz marker. I also sponged a little Balmy Blue ink in the background for some sky. The plain white looked too stark.

The greeting is in the Fable Friends Stamp Set, along with other greetings you can use for other occasions. I used the Tailored Tag Punch to finish off the ends of the greeting. I’m not sure that was the best choice but it’s okay. I used some Gold Faceted Gems for an embellishment. I’m so glad this stamp set is carrying over! It will be great for baby cards also!

Be sure to check the Last-Chance products in the Online Store! That’s the best way to see everything and to see what is still in stock. Click on THIS POST to find the links to the lists and for more information.

If you own the Fable Friends Stamp Set, make a fun bunny card today and give it to someone on Easter!

Chocolate Bunny Easter Joke

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Chocolate Bunny Easter Joke

The other day I saw a card online that reminded me of this Chocolate Bunny Easter Joke! I knew I had the Chocolate Bunny Stamp from several(?) years ago and I was able to find it in my huge stash of old retired stamps! Even though it is retired, I couldn’t resist using it for a little Easter funny!

I suppose everyone jokes about which part of a chocolate bunny they bite off first—the rear or the ears! I think I eat the ears first! The important thing is that you HAVE a chocolate bunny to eat at Easter time! I suppose there are less solid chocolate bunnies nowadays than the “empty” ones. Either one is delicious as long as it is chocolate!

You might have noticed that the stamp has the bunny facing one direction, but my Easter card has one bunny facing the opposite direction. So how was this done? It is called “mirror image stamping”. There is a way to do this now with our Stamparatus and I was all ready to use my Stamparatus until I realized…..I had a wood-block stamp! So I went back to the “old-fashioned” technique of doing this.

To do this mirror image stamping, simply ink up the stamp well and stamp the image on a window sheet. Then use the window sheet like a stamp and place it on the paper. I was able to press and rub the image without smearing any ink underneath. The image will be slightly lighter than using the real stamp. On this particular mirror image, I was able to carefully, but not too perfectly, go over some of the lines with the Stampin’ Write Early Espresso Marker, the same color as the ink, just to make it a little darker.

The card is made with a card base of Early Espresso Cardstock with a layer of Pool Party. In order to make it stand out a bit more, I opted to add a layer of Whisper White Cardstock. The bunnies were stamped on Whisper White and cut out.

I had the Make a Difference Stamp Set out to use the letters to spell out the words I used, but I decided instead to just print out the words with the marker. The word bubble stamps are from an old Project Life stamp set. Once I noticed the spray of flowers stamp in the Make a Difference Stamp Set, I used that to stamp, with Versamark Ink, on the Pool Party background.

I have to say, even though I have been purchasing the clear-mount and photopolymer stamps since they came out, with rare exception, having that wood block stamp in my hand as I stamped the chocolate bunnies sure felt good! There is something very satisfying about holding that wood block, even though the other stamps have all their advantages.

I hope you got a laugh out of my Chocolate Bunny Easter card and this old joke that has been around for quite awhile!

Don’t Miss the Paper Pumpkin Kit For May!

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Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit 2019 Flyer

Don’t miss the Paper Pumpkin Kit for May! And the way to make sure that you get this special kit is to subscribe or reactivate your subscription! This kit has been designed by Shelli Gardner, the co-founder of Stampin’ Up! Shelli has always been loved by Demonstrators and I expect this kit to be very popular. It may even sell out so if you are interested I would subscribe now and not wait until the last minute. Subscribe by May 10th for sure!

Just the box alone is almost worth a subscription! It certainly will put you in the mood to take some time to sit down and make the project inside. This “Hugs From Shelli” kit will come in the beautiful vintage-look box and will contain supplies to make 12 cards, 3 each of 4 unique designs. The card in the photo above I can tell you “looks like Shelli” so I am really looking forward to this kit in the mail!

Watch the video below to learn more about it.

I’m sure now you can’t wait to get this May Paper Pumpkin Kit so let me tell you how to get one!

Subscribe by the month HERE!

A Paper Pumpkin kit will automatically be sent to you each month (you will get emails telling you when you have been billed and when your kit has shipped). You can always skip a month if you need to. Every kit is guaranteed by Stampin’ Up! so no risk, no obligation!

OR

Buy a PREPAID PAPER PUMPKIN KIT on your regular Stampin’ Up! order! Lots of information there, too, about Paper Pumpkin!

This is good if you want Paper Pumpkin to count toward a Stampin’ Rewards amount. You can choose a 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month subscription. Just use your code you will get in an email to go make yourself an account and activate it before May 10th so you get the May kit! It’s easy!

Even if you already have a month-to-month subscription, you can do the prepaid and the month-to-month will resume after your prepaid kits have been used. I’m doing that right now! No problem!

Either way, I feel sure this is going to be a really good kit and it is a perfect time to try Paper Pumpkin if you haven’t already! Like Shelli says, it is so much fun to receive the Paper Pumpkin Kit in your mailbox and then open it like a gift to yourself and see a project inside all ready to go! No muss, no fuss! No preparation, just make it!

JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN TODAY!

Click the button above to subscribe! This is my personalized link that goes to my Paper Pumpkin page so you don’t have to hunt for my name as your Demonstrator or anything!

Unless you don’t care for Shelli’s style on the sample card, I would say this is the month to try a Paper Pumpkin Kit because I think it will be good! Just sign up by May 10th and preferably, right away!

Add a prepaid subscription to your Stampin’ Up! order if you prefer. For example, if you have a $100 order of Stampin’ Up! products, add a 3-month Prepaid subscription for $57 and then you will have a large enough order ($150+) to earn 10% in Hostess Rewards so you can choose around $15 in free merchandise!

Please share with your friends or on Facebook if you know someone who might be interested and wants some crafting fun in their life!

Whatever you decide to do, don’t miss the

May Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Stampin’ Up! Last-Chance Products 2019

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Stampin' Up! Last-Chance Products 2019 Banner
Image (c) Stampin’ Up! 2019

It’s Here! The Stampin’ Up! List of Retiring Products!

(Check Edit at the bottom about Cling Stamps!)

2018-19 Annual Catalog

Download the PDF HERE.

2019 Occasions Catalog

Download the PDF HERE.

SHOP Last-Chance Products Here!

The Fine Print:

Promotion Dates: April 15–June 3, 2019

  • All retiring items are only available while supplies last and will be discontinued after June 3.
  • Due to the high demand for retiring stamp sets, these items will have guaranteed availability until May 24; all other products are not guaranteed and are available while supplies last only.
  • Retiring items are eligible for Stampin’ Rewards with qualifying orders.
  • Retiring host sets may be purchased using Stampin’ Rewards from a qualifying party only. If a customer buys a product at retail price and then it is later discounted, Stampin’ Up! will not refund the difference.

There! That’s enough to get you started I think! You will need your reading glasses or magnifying glass to read the lists! Maybe someone with technical skills will make them better.

Let me know if you have any questions! I haven’t even looked at the list yet! Just wanted to get it up!

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Edited to Add: If it looks like almost all stamp sets are retiring, remember the transition to Cling Stamps! All wood-mount (except Background stamps) and Clear-mount stamps will be replaced with the new Cling Stamps (with the really sticky label!). Here’s a note from Stampin’ Up! plus a list of the Carryover Stamps:

Effective immediately, stamp sets offered in clear-mount or wood-mount in the 2018–2019 annual catalog that are carrying over into the 2019–2020 annual catalog will be offered in clear-mount and/or wood-mount until existing inventory has been depleted or until June 4, 2019 (whichever comes first). If our inventory is depleted, you will be notified of the automatic switch to cling when placing an order for that stamp set. This means that you may end up purchasing select cling stamp sets (in carryover artwork) before they can be ordered from the catalog! All carryover rubber stamp sets will be available in cling medium only (with the exception of background stamps in North America) beginning June 4, 2019.

Carryover Stamps Transitioning to Cling PDF

De-Stress on Tax Day With the Stampin’ Up! Retirement List!

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Retirement 2019

Today is Tax Day so I hope you got yours done and sent off to the IRS so this afternoon you can de-stress and relax with the Stampin’ Up! Retirement List later this afternoon at 1:00 PM (MT) when it comes out! You can mark off in the catalog what is going away and decide which Stampin’ Up! products you can’t live without.

Over the weekend the Stampin’ Up! event called OnStage was held in Auckland, New Zealand with local events of one day held in scattered cities around the world. Demonstrators received the next new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog, so you can look online and probably find a picture of the cover! They were also allowed to show photos of some of the new stamp sets, paper, and In Colors coming and the prizes and gifts they received. Any Stampin’ Up! event is a fun thing to attend, I can tell you for sure!

Just be thinking ahead if there are things you fear could sell out when the Retirement List comes out today so you are ready to POUNCE! Who knows, of course, but sometimes the In Color refills and cardstock that are going out are the first things to go. Any accessories with those colors are also susceptible! There are new In Colors coming!

The Retiring List is supposed to be released at 1 PM (Mountain Time) (2:00 pm Central) today so give me some time to check it out and get it posted and then come back to my blog and/or Facebook to find out all about it! Get your work done early so you can de-stress with the Retirement List!

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!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP!

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.