Category Archives: Cards

You’re My Type Note Card

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You're My Type Note Card

It's time to send out my mid-month stamping newsletter again….are you on my mailing list?  I'll be typing it on my computer, not this old-fashioned typewriter, but oh, this stamp sure brings back the memories! When I was growing up, to get an opportunity to type on my dad's old typewriter was a thrill!  Maybe the next best thing was to watch my mother or father type on it.

This is the new stamp set "You're My Type" in the Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog on page 27.  It's available, of course, in clear-mount or wood.  There's lots of creative potential with this set so be sure to put it on your list!  The designer paper, "First Edition Specialty Paper" #121878 goes perfectly with it…but so do lots of things!

Be sure to sign up in the upper left column for my free mailing list!  You'll get lots of new stamping projects every month plus keep up with the latest stamping news.

Houston Texans Playoff Game #2

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Houston Texans Playoff Game

It worked last week so I am hoping it will work again this week!  The Houston Texans have their second playoff game today against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore, so maybe this card will bring them good luck again! This is the first time the Houston Texans have advanced to the playoffs so this is a big deal, to say the least, in Houston!

This card was made digitally in My Digital Studio, the digital papercrafting software from Stampin' Up!  Easy to learn and fun to work in…..everyone should have it!  And more downloads come out every Tuesday!

This has been a big sports weekend for Houston with the Olympic Marathon Trials on Saturday, choosing three men and three women from a field of hundreds to go to the Olympics in London this summer. Today is the "regular" Chevron Houston Marathon….if any marathon can be "regular"……always an important and fun event in Houston whether you are running or watching from the sidelines or TV…..and then the big Texans game at noon!

I heard the commentator mention yesterday one of the women runners kept a scrapbook for her baby daughter so someday when she is older she will know what her mother accomplished!  Would you think marathons and scrapbooking would go together?!

Houston Olympic Trials Marathon

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Houston Olympic Trials Marathon Card

Images Copyright Stampin' Up! 2012

Not that this card has anything to do with running, but it is made for the runners who will be participating in the Olympic Trials Marathon today in downtown Houston.  This is a big weekend for Houston, Texas!  On Sunday is the annual Chevron Houston Marathon, always a big event for the city…..but Houston is also hosting the Olympic Trials Marathon on Saturday, Jan. 14th which will have top runners competing for spots on the Olympic team this summer. This race will determine the three men and three women who will represent the United States in the marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

This card was made in My Digital Studio, the Stampin' Up! software that provides all types of digital papercrafting fun! To order My Digital Studio, just click HERE. 

P.S. I Love You Valentine Card

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PS I Love You Valentine

This valentine uses two new stamp sets by Stampin' Up!….P.S. I Love You and Take It to Heart.  Funny how a card design can evolve while you are working on it! The idea I had in my head was several of the hearts along the bottom and then the "P.S. I Love You". But then I thought the middle was going to need something, maybe the heart embossing and maybe a stamped heart, etc. etc.  So if the design you start with doesn't quite work, just keep playing with it.  I guarantee you will come up with something you are happy with!

Be sure to check out the new Occasions Mini Catalog to choose your stamps and accessories for making those valentines!  You can shop online for Occasions Mini Catalog items right HERE.  Be sure to check the Clearance Rack also when you are making an online order.

Take It to Heart Valentine Card

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Take It to Heart Valentine

Take It to Heart is a beautiful stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog.  Even though there are heart stamps in it and heart shapes, this set will be perfect for many occasions, not just Valentine’s Day.  Add the Hearts Collection Framelits  to cut out the hearts and you have a wonderful combination for your projects!

Take It to Heart - Clear-Mount Stamp                         Hearts Collection Framelits Dies

The ribbon along the sides of the Real Red center panel is the gorgeous 3/8″ Pleated Satin Ribbon in Blushing Bride.  It comes in other colors too to match all your projects!

The sentiment on the side is from the ever-useful stamp set Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched out with the Decorative Label Punch.

If you need any new stamping supplies, please visit my Online Store HERE.

 

Have a New Year’s Drink on Me!

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Happy New Year 2012-001

I'm not sure what this drink is, but I created it in the Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio program and it has a big old green olive in it so it has got to be good!!!

As usual, I started with a design already in the My Digital Studio software and then changed out the colors and papers.  I took off the flower and added a punch art glass filled with "Pretty in Pink" bubbly!  I didn't know what I was doing, I just played around, so there you go….anyone can do it!

Join me in a toast to a safe and Happy New Year

and to lots of fun stamping in 2012!

Oh No! No More Stampin’ Up! Stocking Punch!

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Stocking Card and Stocking Punch Reindeer

Stampin' Up! has announced the Stocking Builder Punch #124095 will not carry over from the Holiday Mini Catalog. Stampin' Up! demonstrators and stampers alike have thought up so many creative ideas for using the Stocking Punch, so it really took us by surprise that this punch would not be continued!  In fact, once the supply of punches is gone, that will be it.  So if you have been thinking about getting this punch, or hoping it would be in the next catalog, you better place your order soon! Here is the link to my store.  And don't forget to check the Clearance Rack Blitz!

Three Stocking Card



Stocking Builder Punch #124095    Holiday Mini Catalog page 34

Get it while you can!!

Christmas Cards, Christmas Cards!

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Christmas cards 2011

If you're still needing Christmas card ideas, here are mine!  It's an assortment of recently made ones and ones I've made for my blog hoping to get ahead of the game and other ones I've made along the way.  It's really more fun this way I think that to have just one design to send! Many of these have been inspired by ones I've seen online by other demonstrators and some I might have made up myself!  In spite of being way behind on Christmas preparations, I decided I was going to relax and enjoy making and sending my Christmas cards!

I hope you have time to make a few for some special people!  They have to be "worthy", you know, to receive one of your special handmade cards!

 

Tangerine Tango Snow Swirled Christmas Card

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Tangerine Tango Snow Swirled Christmas Card

Why would I make a Christmas card using Stampin' Up! Tangerine Tango card stock?? It's because Tangerine Tango is quite an important and newsworthy color! Pantone has chosen Tangerine Tango as its top color for 2012 for fashion, beauty and home!  And Stampin' Up! already has it! Pantone Color Institute creates color standards that we all use everyday.

So I wondered, in light of this news, if I could create a Christmas card using the unlikely color of Tangerine Tango.  This is what I came up with using the beautiful Snow Swirled tree and the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder for the Big Shot.

Maybe we'll be seeing a lot of Tangerine Tango in the New Year!

Did you know you can sort by color when you go to my Stampin' Up! Online Store?  In the left column at my store, just click "Shop By Color", then choose the color group and then the specific color if you want.

Don't forget to check the Clearance Rack Blitz going on now until Jan. 5!!

Pines & Poinsettias Z-Fold Christmas Card

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Pines & Poinsettias z-fold Christmas Card

I'm hoping to enjoy stamping some Christmas cards today, so I started with this Z-Fold card using the Pines & Poinsettias stamp set and the beautiful Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty Designer Series Paper. Today is even Christmas Card Day! The day celebrates Sir Henry Cole, who marketed the first commercial Christmas Card in 1843. So jump on board and let's make some Christmas cards today!

Here is the inside.  You can see that the top cover of the card folds back, creating the "z".

Pines & Poinsettias z-fold Christmas Card Open

I got the idea from a card I saw on our demonstrator website and I changed mine a little bit with the design.

Having the Simply Scored Tool made the scoring real easy on this card.

  • Cut a piece of card stock 4 1/4" x 11".
  • Score at 5 1/2" and at 8 1/4".
  • Fold on score lines to make the "Z".
  • Decorate as you like!  Very fun!

If you need any stamping supplies to make some Christmas cards, just visit my Stampin' Up! Online Store.

                           

Punch Art Snowman Christmas Card

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Punch Art Snowman Christmas Card

This punch art snowman Christmas card is inspired from one in an old papercrafting magazine. No directions were given but I thought it would be easy to duplicate with our Stampin' Up! punches.  

Punches: Extra-Large Oval Punch #119859:  Snowman face and hat (cut in half); 1 3/4" Circle Punch #119850:  Snowman body; Small Oval Punch #120908:  Snowman hands

  • The card base is Wisteria Wonder, the card layer is Marina Mist card stock. The hat and bow are Baja Breeze. 
  • The little snowflake on top of his hat is from the Northern Frost die #120901 with a little rhinestone added to the center.  The band on the hat is pretty much hand cut with lines drawn with the Wisteria Wonder Stampin' Write Marker. 
  • The carrot nose is cut from a scrap.  
  • You won't be able to guess how I made the bowtie I bet!  It's the bottom half of the Butterfly Punch #119848 turned upside down!
  • The greeting is from Season of Joy #110384. 
  • The snowflakes (from Serene Snowflakes #115438) in the background are stamped in White Craft Ink and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder.  
  • The little whimsical lines are just drawn freehand on some of the pieces with a black Sharpie pen.     

All so easy, and what a happy little card!

If you need any of these stamping supplies, I would be pleased if you would order them from my Stampin' Up! Online Store

Holiday Shopping Begins with the Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza!

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Online Extrav Ad 2011

Holiday Shopping begins today!  The Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza has begun!  Be sure to check all the discounts available to you!  We have Stampin' Up! products 20% – 60% off Nov. 21 – 30 only!

24 Hour Only Sale!!!

For 24 hours only, all day today until 11:59 PM (MT) tonight ONLY!!

These two items discounted 20% TODAY ONLY!!

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 Simply Scored - by Stampin' Up!

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Simply Scored

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125152

Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps

$16.95

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Click HERE to see the PDF with ALL the sale products listed!  Or click HERE to go directly to my Online Store.

  • Discounted products are available on all order types.  If you prefer to contact me to place your order that is fine!  Orders do not have to be Online only (except for digital downloads).
  • There is no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion.
  • For product bundles, you must use the bundle item numbers provided. Bundle discounts will not be applied if individual item numbers are used.
  • Additional products from current catalogs may be purchased on the same order.

Be sure to check out these great deals!  Start your holiday shopping….for yourself…and others!!….TODAY!

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Raining Flowers Sympathy Card

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Raining Flowers Sympathy Card

Raining Flowers is one of the several free stamp sets we received in our bags at the Stampin' Up! Convention this past summer. While doing some other stamping project, I learned how to make a smaller panel embossed with the Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die #121809 and decided to use it on this card.  I like the white on white look of layers, or in this case, Very Vanilla layered on top of Very Vanilla.  The frame is popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals and sponged just the tiniest bit with some Pear Pizzazz ink. I just stamped some Raining Flowers in the middle, cut out and popped up the Rose Red flower and the So Saffron flower.  The flowers are actually stamped and then punched with a smaller punch that doesn't really match the shape of the stamp, but it looks fine.  It was fun to experiment with something new!

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Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza begins tomorrow, Monday Nov. 21!

Don't miss the first 24 hours!

Two items on sale November 21, 12:01 AM – 11:59 PM (MT) Only!

Consider the time zones, so for us here in Central Time, the sale will begin at 1:01 AM CT.

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Other items available entire length of sale:

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Spice Cake Fall Birthday Card

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Spice Cake Fall Birthday Card

 

Most of us just can't get enough of this Spice Cake Designer Series Paper! It is so versatile it can be used on any number of types of cards. This one is a birthday card for a friend with a fall birthday.  This is another idea I got from our Stampin' Up! demonstrator website, Stampin' Connection, where other demonstrators post samples, ask questions, and post helpful tips and information.  The card I got the idea from was made by Sherianne.  I loved how it incorporated the Spice Cake fabric, the Spice Cake paper, and the very large Spice Cake Designer Buttons! I used the stamp set Gently Falling to stamp the leaves and then adhered a stamped greeting over the background using Bring On the Cake. The Scallop Square is easy….a die cut for the Big Shot, and then I poked the little holes with my Paper Piercing Tool.

If you need any of these wonderful stamping supplies, you can order them online HERE.

Card for a Male Birthday

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Lots of birthdays in our family recently and mostly male!  I think I mailed my other son's card before photographing it, but my other little boy's birthday is today!  Okay, he's not so little any more, but you know how it is…when you are a mother, our children really never grow up in our hearts!  

I wasn't feeling so creative when I made this card, and of course was in a hurry to get it in the mail at the last minute.

Postage Stamp Punch Male Birthday Card

It often seems to be a challenge to come up with a "male" card, but look how easy this one is!  I just used the Postage Stamp Punch #122344 and scraps of Halloween paper, Frightful Sight #122351 on a card base of Cajun Craze. So don't put your Halloween paper away just because it is close to Thanksgiving!  Turn it over, look at the parts without a Halloween image, just see what you can use!  The squares are each popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals.

Here is the inside:

Male Birthday Card Inside

This stamp is from the stamp set "Bring On the Cake", available in wood- or clear-mount.

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