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Stamp Review Crew - Beauty of Friendship

Stampin’ UP! Beauty of Friendship and Banner Year

It's the first Monday of September and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the  stamp set Beauty of Friendship Bundle. You have likely come from Cindy Elam’s Blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

This stamp set/bundle is a beauty.  And if you like 2-step stamping sets, then this one’s for you!  The set is in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. But since the 2021 July-December (Holiday) Catalog is out, I thought I’d keep it in the Holiday mood.  So I’m including the Banner Year stamp set that  includes all the little accents and greetings to make it a ‘beauty’ of the Holidays.  Enjoy!

My first card uses the accents from the Banner Year set to create the “homemade” DSP and sentiment.  But the stark trees in the background scream (no pun intended) Halloween.  The only other thing it needed was a frightful color palette of Highland Heather, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie.

My second card celebrates Fall and Thanksgiving with its theme and colors.  Add the ‘Happy Fall y’all’ sentiment and a piece of Beauty of the Earth DSP and this really flexible set becomes a perfect fall set.

My final card creates what, to me, is the perfect image of a Silent Night.  The Evening Evergreen tree adorned with Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels and white embossed winter trees complete the landscape.

   

Next stop on the Hop is Mickey Roberts’ Blog where she'll

wow you with her beautiful design skills.

Stamp Review Crew - Sale-a-bration Round 1

Stampin’ UP! Beautifully Penned and Delicate Dahlias

It's the fifth Monday of August and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew Bonus Round.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring products from the current Sale-a-bration Catalog. You have likely come from Holly Krautkremer’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

For my projects today I decided to exclusively use items available in the Sale-a-bration catalog.  I was originally tempted to use the coordinating stamp set Hand-Penned Petals.  But decided to use two items from the Sale-a-bration catalog.  Along with the help of some Blending Brushes, I’m happy to say I was successful!  Enjoy!

 

Next stop on the Hop is Charlet Malett’s blog where she'll

wow you with her beautiful design skills.

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Stampin’ UP! Gingerbread & Peppermint Suite

What are your two favorite holiday treats? For us, it would have to be gingerbread and peppermints. So, why not combine the two and create a gorgeous suite just for you? Well, we did just that! The Gingerbread & Peppermint Suite is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth, so sit back, grab a cookie or two and enjoy.

God’s Preparation For Fall

Stampin’ UP! Celebrate Sunflowers and Beauty Of The Earth DSP

As summer struggles to keep hold of the months, God has another idea.  He celebrates the approaching fall with beautiful sunflowers with gigantic blooms and abundance of food for the birds.  I love their thick stems and heavy heads. And Celebrate Sunflowers is the perfect collection of blooms and leaves to create a gorgeous project.  I’ve been challenged with how to color this beautiful flower. But I’m very pleased with the result of this project.  Enjoy!

See what’s there today!

 

 

Stampin’ UP! Painted Christmas Suite

Making Christmas time special is what we do. Join Jen as she walks you through our new Painted Christmas Suite. Full of seasonal sentiments, beautiful hand-painted pieces, and artistic detail this suite has so much to offer this time of year. Cozy up and enjoy the Painted Christmas Suite.

Stamp Review Crew - Butterfly Brilliance

Stampin’ UP! Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and Expressions In Ink DSP
It's the third Monday of August and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the  stamp set Butterfly Brilliance. You have likely come from Cindy Elam’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

The detail on the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set is breathtaking.  The above graphic doesn't do it justice.  And this set, like so many others, has a coordinating die set.  You can cut out all the butterfly images at once with a single die, or cut each out with its own individual die.  And the outline dies are a super easy way to add drama to any card.

This card is pretty easy to create.  The background is created using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and Smoky Slate cardstock. A Basic Gray ink pad was pulled across the side of the folder that has the Stampin’ UP! logo on it and then the cardstock was layer on the non-inked side and embossed.  The butterfly was stamped on Basic White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  The wings were colored using Daffodil Delight Blends and the wing tips were colored using Pumpkin Pie ink and  Blending Brushes.

This card was created by heat embossing the butterfly using Gold Embossing Powder on Evening Evergreen cardstock. The butterfly was cut out using the die.  The butterfly outline was die cut from Gold Metallic Specialty Paper and glued over the embossed image using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  The butterfly was mounted on Evening Evergreen cardstock using Dimensionals and matted on Gold Foil.  The background is Expressions In Ink DSP mounted on Gold Foil.

 

 
Next stop on the Hop is Bronwyn Eastley’s blog where she'll

wow you with her beautiful design skills.

 

 

Stampin’ UP! Sweet Stockings Suite

Cute little animals in stockings? Say less! This has to be the most adorable suite we have right now, and with Christmas Colors and a pack of felt sheets what's not to love. Sit back and relax as Tiffany takes you through our entire suite of products!

 

A Purr-fect Birthday

Stampin’ UP! Clever Cats, Peaceful Moments and Pampered Pets

Dogs really have it made!  Most commercials feature dogs.  Tons of specialty dog foods.  The Farmer’s Dog?  What about the Farmer’s Cat!  They’re the ones that get rid of the mice in the barn!  Lots of gift items featuring dogs - like Christmas tree ornaments.  There’s not even many cat stamps.  Stampin’ UP! does have a cat punch and a stamp set called Pampered Pets that has cats and dogs (of course)! So when the new July-December Mini Catalog came out I was thrilled to see a very cute stamp set called Clever Cats.  But only Halloween sentiments with it. After all cats are traditionally the animal of choice for Halloween.  So I had to be a “clever cat” and find a way to use it for a birthday card for a cat loving friend.  

I masked out the “Halloween” in the “Have a purr-fect Halloween” and replaced it with the Birthday in Peaceful Moments - one of my favorite sentiment stamp sets.  I cut the colored the cat using Crumb Cake, fussy-cut the cat out and sponged some Soft Suede around the edges.  I colored the eyes with Granny Apple Green and paper-pieced the box.  The background paper is some retired DSP.  And Voilá - a cat birthday card.  The inside even has a cat sitting on a sentiment from Pampered Pets.  What fun this was to create. It started my Monday out and when I was one creating the card, I went on to create the cards for my first MASKED card class this Saturday. Pictures of those will post in the coming weeks.  

Stampin’ UP! Harvest Meadow Suite Collection

Are you in need of a suite that can be used for a lot of different occasions? We have exactly that! The Harvest Meadow Suite is great for card making, scrapbooking, and other crafty projects you have been wanting to work on. With so much to offer, you will want to be sure and watch the entire video!

 

Stamp Review Crew - Quiet Meadow

Stampin’ UP! Ornate Frames and Basic Borders Dies

It's the first Monday of August and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the  stamp set Quiet Meadow. You have likely come from Bronwyn Easley’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

For this hop I tried to create three separate cards that were somewhat different from each other.  I created a Clean and Simple card using a black and white color scheme, a more ornate card using  color sparingly, and a card to create a collage effect.

I love how this card turned out.  It’s so elegant and yet so simple.  It’s pop relies on a simple stamped image on Basic White card stock and then cropped using an edge die.  It’s matted on a piece of Specialty Designer Series Paper highlighting copper and silver foil.

This card steps up the Clean & Simple look by using a simple background design, ornate frames for the images, a die cut silhouette cut from the coordinating Meadows Dies set and a shaded sentiment element stamped in Pumpkin Pie.  The flowers were shaded using a damp Water Painter immediately after stamping to move some of the stamped ink around a bit.  Check out THIS VIDEO for an entire project using this technique.

The final card starts with a Crumb Cake base.  It’s shaded using Soft Suede and Shading Brushes.  The text and watermarks were stamped using Soft Suede and stamped off once.  The fern leaf was stenciled using Old Olive ink and the negative image from a die cut of fern in the coordinating die set for Quiet Meadow called Meadow Dies (what a surprise!)  The image is stamped using Soft Suede and colored using the Light Old Olive and Light Calypso Coral Stampin’ UP! Blends.  This card took a bit more time but I think the results were worth it!

 

Next stop on the Hop is Betty Taciak’s blog where she'll

wow you with her beautiful design skills.

 

 

Aloha!

Stampin’ UP! Timeless Tropical and Shading Brushes

A good friend had a house in Palm Springs and a cabin in the mountains of Idyllwild.  A few years ago he took a trip to Hawaii and bought a condo on the ocean for retirement.  This past month he decided to cell everything on the mainland and move to Oahu.  His last day on the mainland was Friday and we'll him dearly.  So I decided to put my Timeless Tropical stamp set and coordinating die set to good use and create a farewell card.  Aloha!

This card was my first attempt to REALLY use the Blending Brushes.  They are SO FUN to use. I started with a card front of So Saffron.  I started at the top and added, Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Flirty Flamingo, and Calypso Coral.  I used a piece of copy paper to block the bottom of the card and added Night of Navy.  The plumeria blossom is stamped on So Saffron using Rich Razzleberry and blended with an AquaPainter.

Stamp Review Crew - Whale Done

Stampin’ UP! Whale Done Bundle and Expressions In Ink Suite

It's the third Monday of July and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the  stamp set/bundle Whale Done. You have likely come from Heidi Banks’ blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

This stamp set originally comes from the 2020-21 Annual Catalog.    But because of its popularity, appears again in the 2021-22 Annual Catalog.  The Stamp Review Crew not only uses new stamp sets, but stamp sets from all Stampin’ UP!’s current catalogs.  However the coordinating DSP Whale Of A Time retired on May 3rd, 2021.  (Keep your eye on the Clearance Rack for retired Designer Series Papers as well as coordinating dies,  ribbons, and punches at deeply discounted prices.  It never hurts to save a buck!)  So I decided to use my absolute favorite DSP, Expressions In Ink, as a perfect substitute.  It’s matted in Gold Foil.  The mat for the turtle is from the coordinating stamp set Artistically Inked.  It was created using Mint Macaron for a lightly blended background, Just Jade as the stamped image with Evening Evergreen sponge daubed along the edge of the stamp before it was stamped on the shaded background.  The image was lightly blended using Water Painters and edged using retired gold ink.  The seaweed and sentiment were stamped using Evening Evergreen.  The sentiment was die cut using Stitched Rectangles.  The turtle was stamped in Soft Suede with the head and legs lightly blended using a Water Painter and the shell was colored with a damp Water Painter and Old Olive.

Next stop on the Hop is Bronwyn Eastley’s blog where she'll

wow you with her beautiful design skills.

 

 

Christmas Is Almost Here!

  

We’ll at least the August-December Mini Catalog is.  And along with it for the first time ever is a 2nd Sale-a-bration Catalog.  Yup, two Sale-a-brations in a single year!  Groundbreaking!  And you can pre-order yours today.  Click the catalog icons in the upper right corner of this page for the details.  Or click the catalog icons above.  Both catalogs are jam packed with exclusive Stampin’ UP! artwork and products.  Product availability begins August 3rd.  I’m anxiously awaiting my demonstrator pre-order today.  

That’s the great thing about being part of the Stampin’ UP! family.  You can order early and have a jump start on your Holiday card making.  The Starter Kit includes $125 worth of Stampin’ UP! Products for only $99 and shipping is free.  Think of it as a 20% discount for three months with no future obligation or responsibility to sell.  It’s a gret opportunity to test drive the Stampin’ Up! family.

But wait - there’s more!

Join Stampin’ UP! between Aug 3rd and September 30th and receive one of the select bundles of your choice from the August-December Mini Catalog free.  

Join my team and I’ll be there whenever you need me for product questions, Stampin’ UP! policy, project ideas, or to help you with your first workshop should you decide to make a little extra money to support your “addiction!”  But I’m a very hands off demonstrator.  I’ll never contact you to push you into anything.  But I’ll be there if you need me.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Stamp Review Crew - Nothing’s Better Than

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It's the fifth Monday of August and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew Bonus Round.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the  stamp set Nothing’s Better Than. You have likely come from Stesha Bloodhart’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

Who doesn’t like chocolate?  When I was growing up in Michigan there was a chocolate shoppe called Sanders.  I think they’re still around although not in Southern California.  My grandmother would take me to their shoppe and we’d sit at the counter - you know, the style of counter with the round swivel seats and chrome everywhere - and I’d devour one of their hot fudge sundaes.  I can almost taste them.  In fact Costco carries their dark chocolate sea salt caramels in plastic jug - heaven in 1” by 1” squares!  Where was I?  Oh yeah, who doesn’t like chocolate.  Well that’s the image that popped into my head when I saw this hop’s stamp set.  But because my neighbor Andee’s birthday was Tuesday I opted to create a more “adult” card as a birthday card.

This card was so much fun to create.  I even lined the envelope and added Happy Birthday inside.  I started creating the drinks as strawberry daiquiris but then decided to add a margarita and pink lemonade.  The “Cocktails” and “Happy Birthday” were created using the Rainbow Glimmer Paper and the DSP is Berry Delightful from this year’s Sale-a-bration catalog.  

 

 

Next stop on the Hop is Cindy Elam’s blog where she'll

wow you with her beautiful design skills.

Stamp Review Crew - Hand-Penned Petals

Stampin’ UP! Hand Penned DSP and Penned Flowers Dies

It's the fifth Monday of August and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew Bonus Round.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the  stamp set Hand-Penned Petals. You have likely come from Cindy Elam’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

I love pen & ink style stamps.  To me they’re twice as versatile as regular line stamps because they already have that artsy look to them before you do anything!  My three cards today reflect the diversity - and challenge - that is Hand -Penned Petals.

I’ll start by using my first ever creation with this set when it was first available to demonstrators as a pre-order.  One of the great benefits of being a demonstrator is getting to see all the new catalog items and purchase them first!  I wanted to use a new stamp set with the new In Colors for 2021-23.  This set has the solid stamps for coloring in the flowers and leaves with an ink pad - so easy.  Here’s the card using all 5 of the In Colors and two of the dies.

My second card is a bit more involved using the flower stem as a focal point, cut out with the dies and matted on a piece of Hand Penned Designer Series Paper.  The frame was created from the retired die set Celebration Labels.

The last card is a style that is a trusted go-to design for me.  I love black and white or black and metallic techniques.  This card is a very basic design using gold foil sheets, gold embossing powder, and Stitched Rectangles dies.  The sentiment is from Very Versailles.

 

Next stop on the Hop is Lou Kitzelman’s blog where she'll wow you with her beautiful design skills.