Stampin-Style

PPA128 - Sale-a-brate!

Stampin' Up! Outlined Occasions &
Stripes Textured Impressions

It's Thursday and that means it's time for the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge - use any red.  And it's February and it that means its Sale-a-bration.  And it's Stampin-Style and that means a Customer Appreciation Program.  Put them all together and it's one heck of a CELEBRATION!

One of my customers really cashed in this past week.  Her husband gave her $400 in the form of a birthday present.  Some hubby, huh?!  So she purchased $400 in Stampin' Up! stuff and received

• Eight Sale-a-bration items
• $65 Hostess dollars
• A free Sale-a-bration tote
• A free Hostess Bundle of all the items on pages 6 & 7 of the Sale-a-bration brochure
• $50 in free Stampin' Up! merchandise from me*

Amazing, huh?  So I created this card to send to her with her reward check and a copy of her order.  Thanks Michelle! 

Contact me if you'd like to learn how to get the same great deal!


Stampin' Stuff:

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Stamp Sets -

• Outlined Occasions Wood Mount (126014 - Sale-a-bration Mini) <-Featured item

Ink -

• Basic Black Classic Ink (101179)
• Real Red Classic Ink (103133)

Paper -

• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• Basic Black Card Stock (102851)
• Real Read Card Stock (102482)
• Red Glimmer Paper (121790)

Tools -

• Crimper (101618) <-Featured item
• Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049) <-Featured item
• Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch (122464) <-Featured item
• Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (123128)

Putting It Together Tips:

• I wanted this card to have some pop so of course as my neutral color for the POP in this color challenge I chose Basic Black.  Darn, I should have used pearls too!  ;-)
• Do you see the sentiment ”IT'S YOUR DAY" in the lower right?  I would have never have been able to position that if I didn't have my Stamp-a-ma-jig!  I love this tool.  It makes it a breeze to position just about anything.  In fact, I used it for Celebrate too!  Stay tuned and I'll SHOW you how!
• I love the Crimper to add subtle texture.  The Real Red Card Stock matting the sentiment is crimped vertically.  It's hard to see in the pic but it's there.  SNAIL is perfect to hold it in place.
• I wanted to give a sense of celebration with confetti so I used all the different pieces of the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch to create that festive atmosphere.

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The Starter Kit has been reduced For Sale-a-bration,
and for every month you make a purchase for the fIrst year
you get a pack of Designer Series Paper FREE!

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PPA 55 - A Colorful Farewell

Stampin' Up! Punched Posies and Decorative Label Punch

Something new is in the air.  And with it we must bid farewell to our “heart” felt color challenges.  The countdown has begun to an exciting new Pals' look and challenge and I've joined their design team.  During the coming months you'll see some exciting challenges sure to peak your interest and keep you coming back for more.  BUT, this week our challenge is a colorful one of Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, and Daffodil Delight.  Of course you can use a neutral in there to balance it out and get some contrast.  As I was on my morning walk the other day I noticed a telephone wire lined with birds.  Everyone of them was exactly the same and facing the same way.  It reminded me of a Stampin' Up! set.  (Only I would look at a bunch of birds and think SU!)  Here's my interpretation...

 

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• Punched Posies Clear Mount (120030 - Summer Mini Level 2 Hostess Set)
• Smarty Pants (115070) 

Ink - 

• Tempting Turquoise Classic (100814)
• Melon Mambo (115656)
• StazOn® Jet Black Ink Pad (101406)

Paper - 

• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• Daffodil Delight Card Stock (119683)
• Melon Mambo Card Stock (115320)
• Daffodil Delight Card Stock (119683)

Accessories -

• Black Brads (119736 - Neutrals Assortment)
• Basic Rhinestones (119246)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430) 

Tools - 

• Butterfly Punch (119848)
• Decorative Label Punch (120907 - Holiday Mini)

Putting It Together Tips:

• It's almost impossible to light rhinestones in a picture so they look like rhinestones and not silver brads.  Suffice it to say that the Melon mambo butterfly has rhinestones - not brads - all over her body!
• I wanted the Tempting Turquoise bodies  to match the rhinestone body without using brads, so I opted to use the dot stamp that comes with the Hostess set. I repeated the theme with the black brads in the lower right corner.
• Stamping the butterflies in the same color ink as the paper gives they some texture without looking to cluttered with color.

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Celebrate Good Times & Friends

Stampin' Up! Perfect Punches & Celebrations DSP

It's Sunday night and I'm already going through Convention withdrawal!  So many incredible ideas, so many incredible friends - old and new, so many incredible changes to my blog you'll see over the coming weeks.  I will truly do what the theme for the Convention was - Share What You Love!

On Friday night the Pals that attended the Convention gathered for dinner and did a project swap.  The pictures below were taken of my swap.  My goal: one stamp set, one Designer Series Paper, and a simple design that was easy to recreate.  The one caveat is that I used a ton of punches and Big Shot dies.  But I tell my card club that it is always wise to invest in tools, those items that can be used over and over and are truly an investment in your hobby or business.  And technically you could always cut these out by hand with a pair of Paper Snips (another good investment) until you had the full battery of punches and dies!

I also created a little  Pizza Box perfect to gift these little babies in.  Please see the bottom of this post.  I plan on making a video with directions on how to create these boxes for any size project.

Enjoy!  

 

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• Perfect Punches Clear Mount (120516) 

Ink - 

• Pacific Point Classic Ink(111837)
• Old Olive Classic Ink (102277)
• Real Red Classic Ink (103133)
• StazOn Jet Black ink (101406)

Paper - 

• Whisper White Scrapbook Card Stock (119952)
• Basic Black Card Stock (121045)
• Old Olive Card Stock (100702)
• Real Red Card Stock (102482)
• Bashful Blue Card Stock (105120)
• Pacific Point Card Stock (111350)
• Celebrations Designer Series Paper (117164)

Accessories -

• Old Olive 5/8” Grosgrain Ribbon (109054)
• Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (109052)
• Basic Black 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (109027)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
• 2-Way Glue Pen (100425)

Tools - 

• Big Shot (113439)
• Congratulations - Modern Label Punch (119849) & Movers & Shapers Punch Windows (115953) 
• Happy Birthday - Extra Large Oval (119859) & Lots of Tags (114508) 
• Thanks - Scallop Oval Punch (119856) & Movers & Shapers Punch Windows (115953) 
• Love - Round Tab Punch (119864), Small Heart (117193), & Scallop Trim Border Punch (118402)
• My Friend - Curly Label Punch (119851) & Movers & Shapers Holiday Windows (116821)
• Joy - Scallop Circle Punch (119854) & Extra Large Scallop Circle Punch (118874)
• Pizza Box - Clearits Scallop Rectangle (118872)

Putting It Together Tips:

• I used 12" x 12" Whisper White Card Stock.  I scored at 3" and 9" first.  Then I cut at the 6" position.  Stack the two resulting pieces and cut across the score lines and 3", 6", and 9".  The results is eight 3"x3" folded gift cards.
• I work on all my cards flat and then fold them after the card faces are complete.  But because these cards are all matted on 2 7/8" x 2 7/8" pieces of card stock, it really doesn't matter.  The DSP is cut 2 3/4" x 2 3/4".
• The Scallop Border trim was created by starting with a 3/4" strip of card stock passed through the punch.
•  The pizza box window was cut Clearits Scallop Rectangle die after the scoring was done by positioning the clear die in position face down on the paper and securing it with a piece of painter's tape.  This ensures the die stays in position.  I then flipped the card stock over so that the die was face up and passed it through the Big Shot as usual using the Multi-purpose Platform and cutting plates.