Stampin-Style

Stamp Review Crew - Wildlife Wonder

Stampin’ Up! 

It's the fifth Monday of the month and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew’s Bonus Blog Hop.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring Wildlife Wonder. You have likely come from Terri Tank’s’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.

Stampin’ Up! has so few masculine stamp sets so featuring this stamp set the month before Father’s Day is perfect timing.  And the images can be colored for realism or to represent a pen and ink sketch.  I did a little bit of both. The wolf is in Crumb Cake. The owl is in Soft Suede. (so sorry to see this color retire, but Pecan Pie works)  Both the trees and sentiment are stamped in Mossy Meadow, but the trees are stamped off twice before stamping the image on the cardstock.

      

Next stop on the Hop is Holly Krautkremer’s blog 

where she'll wow you with her beautiful design skills.

Inspiration Is Everywhere

Stampin’ Up! Timeless Tiles and Framed Florets

Rick and I spent a week in NYC last month.  Before Covid we would make the trip every year to attend the Broadway Backwards.  It’s a Broadway Cares, Equity Fights AIDS Benefit.  Since we’re flying from the left coast to the east coast, we always make the trip count.  We saw five musicals.  While we sat in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre waiting for the overture to Sweeney Todd, I noticed the wall decor.  The accents were this wonderful mix of textured tiles framed with Baroque flourishes.  As I studied these artful masterpieces I thought “This would make a great card!”  (Yes, even on Broadway I’m thinking Stampin’ Up!)

The card was created using the Timeless Tiles background stamped in Old Olive on Balmy Blue cardstock and matted on Old Olive cardstock - an uncommon color mix, but it works! 

Stamp Review Crew - Taco Fiesta

Stampin’ Up! 2023-24 Annual Catalog

It's the second Monday of the month and that means it's Bonus Hop 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 Taco Fiesta. 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.

Okay, I know it’s a month until Cinco de Mayo.  But this set is perfect for the holiday.  But the challenge is using all the small stamps. It’s great for backgrounds and accents.  And as always the images are crisp and clear. I used some retired Designer Series Paper that was available through Sale-a-bration last fall.  It has a satin cloth on one side but the reverse side has a stone finish.  You could get the same effect from blending brushes.  And yes, the piñata does swing!  (I have a sudden desire for chips and guacamole!)

      

Next stop on the Hop is Heidi Baks’s Blog 

where she'll wow you with her beautiful design skills.

Everything’s Coming Up…Easter!

Stampin’ Up! Thanks A Bunch

This was a really fun card to make!  I wanted to create an “unexpected” Easter card for my March Card Class.  I kept looking at the Thanks A Bunch stamp set from the January-February Sale-a-bration Catalog.  Carrots don’t really say Easter to me.  but bunnies do!  So started by making a pocket card.  I dug up a stamp from years ago and colored each of the rabbits using Stampin’ Write markers.  I used the 2-step carrot stamps in Pumpkin Pie and Poppy Parade…the rest is history!

Just remember you’re no bunny till some bunny loves you!

Happy Easter!

Stamp Review Crew - Something Fancy

Stampin’ Up! Fresh Freesia and Blushing Bride

It's the first Monday of the month and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew’s Blog Hop.  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 Something Fancy Cling stamp set. You have likely come from Jay Soriano’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.

What better stamp set than Something Fancy to use for a wedding card?  And what better color than Blushing Bride (a retiring color the end of April)?  The Something Fancy Bundle shoul definitely be in your stash.  This set has a great collection of stamps and a greater collection of dyes to frame those stamps with. Sentiments ranging from Thank You all the way through to With Sympathy are part of this stamp set and multiple dyes of the same shape are in the dies, the set to not only cut out a shape, but mat it in the same shape. Perfect!  Add a few design cut outs and a tag hole and you’re good as gold.  (Which is what I used for the backing cord a metallic dots accents!)  The ribbon is 1/4” white satin colored with a Fresh Freesia. Blends Marker (a 2021-23 In Color that will be moving to the Subtles Color Collection in the 2023-24 Annual Catalog).  The paper is from the last Sale-a-bration in January and February.  It’s perfect for spring - AND weddings.

      

Next stop on the Hop is Holly Krautkremer’s blog 

where she'll wow you with her beautiful design skills.

Stamp Review Crew - Potted Geranium

Stampin’ Up! Potted Geraniums Bundle

It's the first Monday of March and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew’s Blog Hop.  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 Potted Geraniums. 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.

In Palm Springs, geraniums are around most of the year.  The climate can be unfriendly to plants but if you water them enough, any plant can thrive.  My fondest memories of geraniums are from flower markets and nurseries where you see them in mass.  

I used my Stamparatus to create my geraniums.  Once it was lined up, it was a breeze to create lots of them.  If one geranium is good, ten are 10 times as good.  That’s the image I was going for here.  I hope I was successful.  What do you think?

 

      

Next stop on the Hop is Debra Burgin’s blog 

where she'll wow you with her beautiful design skills.

Online Exclusives Launch Today

I have to tell you I’m really excited about the new “online only” catalog that Stampin’ Up! launched today.  Online Exclusives products are not available in any catalog.  There are a few bundles, a new stitched die set, a few Stampin’ Up! logo products, and many more cool things.  But what I’m most excited about is a new Colorful Kaleidoscope card kit that is gender neutral.  With it you can create cards appropriate for EVERYONE on your mailing list!  And not a flower in sight!  Check it out along with all the other exclusively online products.

 

Clearance Rack Refresh

What a great time to shop items that were retired from previous catalogs or special promotions.  On February 21 the Clearance Rack will have a new selection of previously retired products that you may have missed at up to 60% savings. Items like Specialty Papers, embellishments, and die sets  So do it quick as this sale is only while quantities last. 

Stamp Review Crew - Take 2 Sale-a-bration

Stampin’ UP! Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper

and Fragrant Flowers Bundle

It's the third Monday of February 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 our second addition of the  Sale-a-bration catalog. You have likely come from Heidi Baks 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.

Sale-a-bration happens twice a year.  We are in the final days of our first of 2023.  The last day to take advantage of the amazing sale is February 28th.

Although I’ve chosen several of the items from the Sale-a-bration Mini, I keep coming back to the Favored Flowers 12”x12” Designer Series Paper.  It is one of the richest Designer Series Papers Stampin’ Up! has had in a long time.  It coordinates with the Fragrant Flowers stamp and die sets.  And an extra bonus is one of the designs of the Designer Series Paper coordinates with two of the dies so you don’t have to fussy cut them out! (See the flower attached to the sentiment tag below)  I’ll feature a few of my must have items from the Sale-a-bration catalog below.  Only a few days left, so don’t let these pass you by.

 

   

Next stop on the Hop is Betty Traciak where she'll

wow you with her beautiful design skills.

Happy Belated Valentines Day!

This was waiting for my Card Club members when they arrived for class last Saturday.  The project is created with a single sheet of 6”x6” Designer Series Paper. It involves no cutting.  Just score and fold.  We’ll be making one for our March class with a St Patrick’s Day theme.  And maybe for April - Easter?

The projects fold flat so you can make many in advance and store them away.  Great for last minute “thinking of you” gifts!  And Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series Paper is perfect as it lines the inside of the bag with a contrasting pattern.

Click the banner above to take you to the Paper Pumpkin site.

Even More To Sale-a-brate in February

 

 

Time to get that special craft BFF something they can really use.  It’s guaranteed to fit.  It’s fat, gluten, and dairy free.  And they will LOVE ❤️ it.  And best of all, it’s ALL on sale now through Valentines Day.  And if you need something you’ll love, get one for yourself. Nothing wrong with being your own BFF!  Just act surprised when it arrives!  

Click on the ad above to go right to the SALE

Traditional Valentine

I thought I’d post a traditional Valentine’s Day card.  Remember when the only cards you saw had a red heart with a white lace doily behind them!?  We’ve come a long way creatively since then. But it never hurts to revisit a tried and true style.  This set consists of both the embossing folder and the dies.  And best of all it’s in Clearance for more than 40% off.  At $17.40 you can’t get a set of dies for that!  While supplies last!  Click below to snatch one up.  

Oh, and Happy Valentine’s Day!

 

Stamp Review Crew - Sale-a-bration Take One!

Stampin’ UP! Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper and Fragrant Flowers Bundle

It's the third Monday of the month and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew’s Bonus Hop.  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  January - February Sale-a-bration catalog. You have likely come from Nikki Spencer’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.

Isn’t this free Designer Series Paper gorgeous?  The rich colors of Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Evening Evergreen, Fresh Freesia, and Petal Pink work together beautifully to create a classy pattern that’s perfect for a Valentine.  But you could use this same design for a birthday, get well or anniversary.  And all from the same paper pack.  It’s yours free with any $50 purchase.  For more free items check out the Sale-a-bration catalog at the top right of my blog!

For this card the Designer Series Paper was cut on an angle and attached to Calypso Coral cardstock.  I colored and shaded the image using Stampin’ Blends to match the Designer Series Paper and used  Vellum Cardstock to mute the design of the paper.  This a great technique to use when the Designer Series Paper  is too busy for your background. The sentiment is from the Country Bouquet stamp set.

Join my team and get everything used to create this card - including the Mini Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine in either Boho Blue (one of the new In Colors for 2023-25) or the standard white - for only $129!  That’s $175 worth of Stampin’ Up! products PLUS the Mini Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine.  Or select $99 and get $175 worth of supplies. That’s $50 more than you’ll get after Sale-a-bration.  Ask me for the details and LET’S START STAMPIN’!

      

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

wow you with her beautiful design skills.