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Stampin’ Up! Cookie Stamps!

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Stampin' Up! Cookie Stamps

Just in time for holiday baking, Stampin' Up! has introduced a new product called Cookie Stamps!  You get three cookie stamps with a wooden handle to decorate your cookies. This works best with a shortbread recipe so the stamped image will not become distorted while baking. Demonstrators were treated to these stamped cookies at our Stampin' Up! Convention this summer!

Check them out here or click on the image above.

And after you bake the cookies, use Stampin' Up! products for decorative packaging!  Make a cute tag with a pretty Stampin' Up! ribbon….or use our new Kraft Gift Boxes.  You can make great gifts any time of year!!

To order these brand new Cookie Stamps, just email me or go to my Online Store.  Be sure to check the Clearance Rack while you are there for some great bargains!

 
 

 

Stampin’ Up! Top Ten Tools 2011

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Those of us who are familiar with Stampin' Up! know there are many things to love about the company and its products. But if you want proof……here it is!  Creating Keepsakes magazine has named Stampin' Up!'s wood- and clear-mount rubber stamps as one of its Top Ten Tools for 2011!

To quote Stampin' Up!: "While Stampin' Up! has long been recognized in the stamping and crafting industry for producing high-quality rubber stamps and exclusive images in a variety of artistic styles, being recognized by Creating Keepsakes is just another validation that when your customers choose Stampin' Up! products, they are choosing the best!"

Would you like to be associated with a company that produces such high-quality products and is so highly regarded in the papercrafting industry? Stampin' Up! is always looking for new demonstrators!  With the holidays approaching, selling Stampin' Up! beats working tons of hours in a store in the mall.

For more information on becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, just click HERE to watch a short video and find out more about the Stampin' Up! business opportunity. Then email me at Karen@KarenStamps.com to get all your questions answered.

Simply Scored Paper Flowers

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Paper flowers have been "in style" for awhile now, but now with the new Stampin' Up! Simply Scored scoring tool this accordion-folded style is so easy to make!  It's another one of those "bet you can't make just one" things!  Here are some of my most recent paper flowers, often called lollies!

Spice Cake Accordion Flower Antique Brad close up

Made with Spice Cake Designer Series Paper #124003 with an Antique Brad #117273 in the center.

Accordion Flower close up

This one is tied with Baker's Twine Early Espresso/White #123124.

Accordion Flower adhering dowel

This one I adhered a wooden skewer to the back of the flower.  I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue #110755 to attach the stick, then put Stampin' Dimensionals #104430 (two stacked together) on each side of the stick to attach the large circle punch to hide the stick.

Spice Cake Accordion Flower Back

Spice Cake Accordion Paper Flowers

It's fun making paper flowers…or should I say lollies?!

If you need a Simply Scored Scoring Tool, doen't hesitate, order one today!  You'll be glad you did!  Don't forget some designer series paper!

Go shopping HERE now!




New Clear Block Cleaning Cloth

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I finally tried out my new Stampin' Up! Clear Block Cleaning Cloth as long as I was cleaning everything else in my new kitchen!

First of all, I have to say I love the color of the cloth!  Not that that has anything to do with anything, but I like it!  We should all have a jacket or something made out of that fabric!  :)

It is a microfiber cloth, 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" inches, designed to clean off fingerprints, ink and dust from the Clear Blocks. When you feel the cloth itself is dirty, just handwash and dry flat.

I don't even know what some of that dirt was on my clear blocks, but it is gone now, thanks to my new cleaning cloth!

Be sure to put one on your next order! It's a great addition to your stamping tools and accessories.

How to Mix Glitter

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Flower Glitter Holder

Here's a tip I learned from a Stampin' Up! video:  Using one of the flowers from the Flower Folds Die #115970, bend up the petals to make a little cup.  I was mixing some Fine Supernova Glitter with the Champagne Glass Glitter, dipping and stirring with my Bone Folder #102300. When you are ready to dump your glitter on your project, you can lower one of the petals for a little spout!  I happened to have this flower already cut and laying out, but I would suggest using card stock rather than designer paper.  Just a unique way to use our Stampin' Up! products!

 

Occasions Mini Catalog coming to an end April 30th!

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Stampin’ Up! Ornament Punch is Available!

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The Extra-Large Ornament Punch #119847 is available for order again! The problems with this punch  have now been resolved and it is ready to go!  You can see a Christmas card I made with the Ornament Punch HERE.  But there are lots of other creative ideas you can do with this punch!  Can you imagine a vase or a fish with this punch??!  You will want to add this punch to your collection!  It has been very popular!

Ornament Punch - by Stampin' Up!Ordering some of the punches you have been dying to have and maybe a pack of paper or a stamp set will get you to $50 for your Sale-a-Bration reward!  Be sure to check it out!  Just click the Online Ordering button in the corner to go to my store and place your order any time you want to!

Watercolor Wonder Crayons

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I've owned the Stampin' Up! Watercolor Wonder Crayons since they first came out.  At that time, they sold all the colors in one long tin, which I liked because I could just open the lid and have access to all the colors at one time.  Later Stampin' Up! changed to smaller tins within the color families.  Now with the new colors, we've needed new Watercolor Wonder Crayons to fill in the gaps, but there was a delay in getting them.  Finally now I have my new colors in Watercolor Wonder Crayons (WWC)!  They came with the four tins so I had to make a decision….keep them in my one big tin or be up-to-date (and more portable) in the smaller tins.  Well, I opted to try the new smaller tins!  I found a file a demonstrator on my favorite online group for demonstrators, SUDSOL, had prepared to insert into the lid of the tins to identify the colors.  I scribbled a little bit of color beside each color name and stuck the chart inside the lid of each tin.  Now my WWC are ready to go!  I love coloring with them!

Watercolor Wonder Crayons

If you would like to purchase a color family of the Watercolor Wonder Crayons, or if you own them, but need the new Color Kit, click HERE to go to my online store.  There are so many different techniques you can do with them.

If you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like to have a business-minded group where you can go for ideas and answers to your questions about stamping and running your stamping business, click the SUDSOL button over on the right side of my blog!

Watercolor Wonder Crayons Available Again!!

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Watercolor Wonder Crayons

The fabulous Watercolor Wonder Crayons are now available for purchase!! They were delayed due to the supplier relocating, but finally Stampin' Up! has them in inventory and can take your orders!  Some of the crayons may have sleeves with the old artwork on them but this will not affect the quality or usefulness of the crayons.

Use the following item numbers to purchase your Watercolor Wonder Crayons:

  • 120949 New Color Kit
  • 119802 Subtles
  • 119803 Regals
  • 119804 Brights
  • 119805 Neutrals

I love using my Watercolor Wonder Crayons, especially with my Aqua Painter!  I know you will enjoy them too!

A Handy Dandy Paper Cutter Trick

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Yesterday as I was making more wedding things, I needed to cut a kajillion small pieces of cardstock and the measurement was 1 5/8".  That takes a tiny bit more effort to find that measurement so I got the idea to line up a ruler on my Paper Cutter #104152.  This fabulous ruler is a Stampin' Up! ruler we were able to buy at Convention!  I used some tape to hold it down.  To be able to just slide the paper in and not have to look for the measurement each time made the task a little faster and easier!

Stampin' Up! Paper Cutter

Do you need something to cut your paper?  Check out the paper cutters and scissors on page 199 of the Stampin' Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog or my Online Store HERE.

 

Using a Crop-A-Dile

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Would you rather punch these tags 100 times with a small hand punch or would you rather punch these tags 25 times (four at a time) with ease with a Stampin' Up! Crop-A-Dile (#108362)?  Maybe you aren't going to have 100 tags to punch at a time very often, but every now and then something might come up where you do have a quantity or even just a thicker paper to punch through.  The Crop-A-Dile has two sizes of holes and does it so smoothly and easily!  It's not just for setting eyelets!  It's a great tool to have on hand! Just made my task easier!

Crop-A-Dile and Tags

Stamp set:  Felicidades Siempre (Spanish Catalog) #115722

Paper:  Concord Crush, Whisper White card stock

Ink:  Concord Crush Classic Ink Pad

Invitations (Almost) Complete!

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I know I have been MIA for a few days, but I have been a busy bee working on these wedding invitations.  Even though it was a lot of work, I enjoyed just taking the time instead of worrying about how many I had to do.  My printing came out fine in the end.

Wedding Invitations 

And here's a handy use for the Aqua Painter #103954!  I love this tool anyway for coloring in stamped images with either ink from the pad, ink from the refill bottle, pastels, etc.  It's almost like a watercolor brush with the water right in the barrel.  Stampin' Up! has a quality Aqua Painter…..I just leave the water in mine and it doesn't leak or anything.  But when faced with licking stacks of envelopes, I happened to think of my Aqua Painter!  Just swish the brush along the gummed seal of the envelope (not getting it too wet, of course!) and seal!  I couldn't help but think of the old Seinfeld episode where George's fiance dies from licking poisoned envelopes for her wedding invitations!

Stampin' Up! Aqua Painter
 

If you need an Aqua Painter for coloring or sealing envelopes, just check out my Online Store!

 

Stamping Tip: Sponge and Marker

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You know when we want to add a little something to a card element, we often dab a sponge into an ink pad and then gently rub the sponge on the edge of the card stock, just to add a little color and interest.  When I wanted to use Baja Breeze as the sponged color, but my old ink pad was still somewhere in the other room, I decided to see if I could use a marker instead.  It worked!  I used my new Baja Breeze marker (in the new Stampin' Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog)  to apply a little color to the Stampin' Up! Sponge #101610….I cut mine in quarters.  Then I rubbed the sponge on the edge of the card stock to add a little color.  Maybe others have done this a million times, but I have only used ink before right from the ink pad.  Some other day I will dig out my old In Color ink pads that are now coming back to be some of our "new" Core Colors!  But for this moment, the marker worked fine!

Use a marker to sponge!