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Give the Perfect Mother’s Day Gift! The Paper Pumpkin Kit “Hugs From Shelli” Kit!

Give the Perfect Mother’s Day Gift! The Paper Pumpkin Kit “Hugs From Shelli” Kit! Give it to yourself for Mother’s Day just in case that breakfast in bed or cards and flowers don’t quite materialize (or even if they do!) And while you are at it, give one to your mother, daughter, sister, niece, friend, neighbor, whoever! You deserve something extra special that you will enjoy and will be relaxing and pretty!

I mean, C’mon! Who does not want this Paper Pumpkin box to show up in their mail?! Not that the box itself REALLY matters because it is the papercrafting kit inside that is the important thing BUT if “it’s all in the presentation” then you’ve got to love this box!

This is the May Paper Pumpkin Kit and will be in your mailbox in about a week or so IF you are already a subscriber or if you sign up to be one TODAY! Today, May 10th is the last day to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and get this May kit.

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What is the big deal about this May Paper Pumpkin Kit? Shelli Gardner, along with her sister, was the founder of Stampin’ Up! Shelli Gardner worked closely with designers and concept artists to create a Paper Pumpkin kit that is uniquely hers. It includes an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, paper, and crafting materials to create 12 cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs), 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes, and a Classic Stampin’ Spot (small little ink pad!). (These, by the way, are great to save and use with the Stamparatus and they can be reinked.)

Coordinating colors are Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla. One of those is a new In Color so you get an early view!

If anyone could help design beautiful cards, don’t you think it would be Shelli Gardner?! I can’t wait to get this kit!

Read Here in the Online Store about your Paper Pumpkin choices…..subscribe monthly or put a Prepaid subscription on your Stampin’ Up! order. Even if you have a monthly subscription right now, you can always purchase a Prepaid subscription to boost your Stampin’ Up! order, perhaps, to reach Stampin’ Rewards ($150+). The monthly subscription will stop, the prepaid months will kick in, and then go back to your monthly subscription and you don’t have to do anything except put in that Prepaid code you will get by email when your order goes in.

No risk, no obligation to stay on for any certain length of time. Skip a month if you are too busy or traveling or whatever. Cancel if it is not for you. I personally love getting the kit in the mail, like a gift just for me! You can make the project in the kit or make part of it as designed and use the materials to make your own creations. The kit is yours and you can make whatever you want! The beauty of the kit is you don’t have to design or gather supplies…it’s all ready to go when you open the box! Plus you can always view a video online from Stampin’ Up! And after a little while, you can check out alternative ideas for the kit online that other stampers have made.

Just click the button below to sign up with me as your Demonstrator!

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Get the Hugs From Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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We’re getting close to the deadline (May 10) for getting the Hugs From Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit so sign up for Paper Pumpkin and don’t miss out!

What is Paper Pumpkin? It’s a special box that comes to you in the mail with a complete stamping and papercrafting project inside. Everything you need is inside – an exclusive stamp set, a little ink pad, adhesives, and all the materials you need for the project. Often times the project is cards but in the past projects have also included party favors, specialty cards, mini albums, calendars, treat bags, holiday favors, and more.

Why is this kit called the Shelli Kit? Shelli Gardner, the co-founder of Stampin’ Up!, helped design the kit, and that’s a good thing! From the sneak peek they have given us, the card is exactly Shelli’s style so I’m sure the kit is going to be one of the really wonderful ones. And if you don’t care for the projects in any of the kits, you can use the materials to make different projects. Shortly after the kits go out, stampers often post online alternative ideas for using the materials in the kit.

All this for only $19.95 which includes shipping! You can keep and use the stamp set in future stamping and sometimes there are extra pieces in the kit you can use on other projects.

No risk, no obligation! Try Paper Pumpkin one month or several, and if you feel it is not for you, just cancel your subscription. If you are too busy one month, just go into your account and “skip” that month. If you are truly unhappy, contact Stampin’ Up! as they guarantee each kit and they will try to make it right for you.

Now the Paper Pumpkin price will go up June 1st so go ahead and get the May kit for $19.95 (which includes shipping). The price increase will be $2.05 per month so not bad considering all the goodies you get in each kit! Just the exclusive stamp set alone is worth almost the price of the kit itself.

You can also choose Prepaid Kits in the Online Store, especially if you are already ordering other Stampin’ Up! products. They can help you reach Stampin’ Rewards and if you get a long-term subscription you can save money that way. Check it out HERE.

Watch the video below by Shelli and get more information and a sneak peek of the May Kit!

Mother’s Day is coming and you deserve to order Paper Pumpkin as your special treat! Or maybe you need a special gift for YOUR mother, daughter, aunt, grandmother, cousin! It makes the perfect gift for someone who wants to do a little crafting or an experienced crafter who just wants to sit down and make something without designing the project themselves and gathering supplies!

The deadline is Friday, May 10th but it is better to not wait until the last minute!

All kits are guaranteed by Stampin’ Up! No risk, no obligation. You can cancel or skip a month any time. You should go ahead and try Paper Pumpkin!

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(This is my personalized link to make it easy for you, but if you have a Demonstrator you are working with, go to www.paperpumpkin.com and choose their name.)

Petal Palette Graduation Congratulations Card

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This Petal Palette Graduation Congratulations Card is perfect for this time of year when graduations are just beginning! But this card wouldn’t have to be for a graduation. It could be for any congratulatory occasion….or change the greeting to birthday, anniversary even sympathy.

The Petal Palette Stamp Set has been one of my favorites but it is going away with the new catalog. You can get the Petal Palette Stamp Set on the Stampin’ Up! Last-Chance List in the Online Store. There are also coordinating dies, the Petals & More Thinlits Dies, that you might be interested in.

The card actually has a card base of Shimmery White Cardstock and a layer of Shimmery White Cardstock as well. It is laying on a sheet of Granny Apple Green Cardstock and looks like that is the card base, but it is not. However, it does look pretty so you could use a green card base to match the ink in your leaves.

The flowers are stamped in Memento Ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends in Calypso Coral, but you could use other coloring mediums as well. Then they are die cut with one of the Petals & More Dies.

The leaves are stamped with Granny Apple Green Ink, but I stamped off on my Grid Paper first and then stamped on the card because I wanted them to be light. The greeting also comes from the stamp set and is die cut with one of the dies.

Petal Palette Graduation Congratulations Card Closeup

Even though I began by thinking about a card for graduation, I’m sure you can see how this could be a generic card for many occasions. Check out this card, rather similar, but with the flowers just stamped on the card. Try your hand at a card similar to this Petal Palette Graduation Congratulations Card but remember to check the Last-Chance List and the Clearance Rack!

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Star Wars Day Cards to Make!

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Today is May 4th, otherwise known as Star Wars Day..…..“May the Fourth Be With You!” Get it? If you want to make some card for your Star Wars friends, here are several have made in the past. Mostly I have used various punches but you can be creative and use whatever you have!

The above card is a punch art R2D2 card, a little bit involved with all the small pieces! You can see it in my blog post HERE.

This might have been my first Star Wars card I made with Darth Vader and Yoda! I know I found some kind of “Yoda Language Generator” site where you could type in your message and they would translate it into how Yoda would say it! Here is the blog post about this card.

This card was fun with the BB8 character! You can read about the making of this card HERE.

I like this Yoda card, maybe because of the colors! You can read about this card on this blog post HERE.

Happy Star Wars Day!

(Boy these holidays really sneak up on you!)

It’s May! Sign Up to Get the Paper Pumpkin Shelli Kit!

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Paper Pumpkin Kit May 2019 Shelli Kit Banner

It’s May so it is time to sign up for Paper Pumpkin and get the Paper Pumpkin Shelli Kit! You don’t want to miss out! The deadline is May 10th.

All this for only $19.95 which includes shipping! You can keep and use the stamp set in future stamping and sometimes there are extra pieces in the kit you can use on other projects.

Why is this kit called the Shelli Kit? Shelli Gardner, the founder of Stampin’ Up!, helped design the kit, and that’s a good thing! From the sneak peek they have given us, the card is exactly Shelli’s style so I’m sure the kit is going to be one of the really wonderful ones. And if you don’t care for the projects in any of the kits, you can use the materials to make different projects. Shortly after the kits go out, stampers often post online alternative ideas for using the materials in the kit.

Watch the video below by Shelli and get more information and a sneak peek!

The deadline for signing up for Paper Pumpkin or for changing anything in your account is the 10th of any month. Don’t delay! Join today so you won’t miss out on this extra-special Paper Pumpkin Kit.

Click HERE to join Paper Pumpkin at my personalized link or click the button below! Do it by May 10th if not sooner!

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Beautiful Bouquet May Day Card

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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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EVERYTHING IS ROSY PRODUCT MEDLEY

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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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 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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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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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!

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!

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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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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 Re ctangle 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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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!

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).

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!

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.

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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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!

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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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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!

Stamping With Karen

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