Category Archives: Tools and Accessories

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!

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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!

 

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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!
 


A Tip for Your Stamp Sets

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This is what I try to do every time I mount a new stamp set…at least the wood-mount ones now (I should clarify, now that Stampin' Up! also has the clear-mount).

  • Cut a piece of scrap computer paper to fit inside the bottom of your stamp case.  I usually place the case on the piece of paper and roughly trace around the case and roughly cut out…no exacting measurements or anything!
  • After I have my stamps mounted, I stamp each one on this scrap of paper to put inside the stamp case.  This way I know what stamps belong with the set AND in the rare instance (it has happened once or twice) that there is a little imperfection in the rubber, I will notice it right away and can contact Stampin' Up!
  • If I wanted (or took the time) to be super-organized I would also stamp the set on a full sheet of paper and put it in a notebook to keep track of what stamp sets I own. But I don't do that yet!

Stamp Case Index 

When you do this, you know immediately which stamps belong in that set and if you have them all.  There are many ways people organize their stamps and supplies, but this works for me!

For the clear-mount stamps, I save the rubber in which the die-cut stamps come, and after mounting the label on each stamp, I replace it in that piece of rubber.  That way, again, I can see at a glance if a stamp is missing.

And if you want to know, this is a beautiful new Stampin' Up! Hostess set, Because I Care, in the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog coming out July 1st!

If you were a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, you could have preordered some of the new products and have them in your hands a month early!  You still could!

$99 Mini Starter Kit Promotion

Assembling Your Color Catcher

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I'm getting ready to try out the new Smooch Spritz in the Summer Mini Catalog (page 15).  A great product Stampin' Up! added to go with the Smooch Spritz is the Color Catcher (#121093) to catch the overspray.  This means you don't have to find your own box to spray in or get colored spray all over your table or patio outside!  The Color Catcher comes all folded up and has a few illustrations on how to assemble, but I thought I would take pictures of how I assembled mine.  Not really hard, but at first it might look confusing.

This is what it looks like out of the package:

Color Catcher 

Open it up!
 

Color Catcher 

Open it and spread it out on your table, being careful not to knock over your cup of hot tea!  You can follow the enclosed instructions to see how to lay it out right.
Color Catcher 

Fold up the backside of the Color Catcher.
Color Catcher  

Fold the bottom side flaps up and pull the sides in.
Color Catcher  

The other side.
Color Catcher  

Now you're going to fold the side flap down over the folded up bottom flap.
Color Catcher 

It almost feels like you are doing it wrong, but just fold it and  you will see that those tabs are going to go into the back and one at the bottom.
Color Catcher 

Voila!!  You have a Color Catcher!  And when you are not using it, you can unfold it and store compactly (which is important for most of us stampers, scrapbookers, and crafters!)
Color Catcher  

Now go get your Smooch Spritz, shake it up, and spray away!

Even if you are not a stamper, you can use this for any kind of craft projects where you want a little protection when spraying or maybe some other techniques.  Assembled size 10" x 10" x 10".

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