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Fabulous Friday sneak peek birthday card featuring LOTS of new product!!

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 Happy Friday and thanks for visiting!  This week Rachel is allowing us to share product sneak peeks from the upcoming new catalog for Fabulous Friday over on the Sisters in Stamping blog... just in time to get you excited for what will be unveiled next week!!  I always need birthday cards and just love this new set called Sprinkles of Life - it is actually the Ronald McDonald House set for this catalog year.  For each purchase, Stampin' Up! will donate $3 - it is for a great cause and the set has a coordinating punch which makes it even better!!

  Here is a close-up of the cupcake - the background is our new In Color Watermelon Wonder and the green scallop circle is cut from the new In Color Cucumber Crush.  And guess what?!  The "frosting" was cut using the new Tree Builder punch which coordinates perfectly with this stamp set!!

  This banner was quick and easy to create using the new Banner Triple punch - cut a strip of card stock or DSP to a width of 1", 1-1/2" or 2" and this punch will notch out the end, easy-peasey!  It's great!!

  Here's a close-up of the border trim I created between the textured card stock and DSP - can you guess what I used?  You're correct if you guessed the fringe scissors.  I love the movement and texture it adds to the card!

  For even more gift card ideas and inspiration with our Stampin' Up! products, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog later this afternoon.  

 * Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful rest of your day *

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 Be sure to use Hostess Code BKDCQRG4 with your online orders at checkout through May 30th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week.  Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me.

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- Occasions catalog items (click HERE to shop)

- New Arrivals (click HERE to shop)

- Returning Favorites (click HERE to shop)

Masculine graduation cards featuring the retired Great Grads stamp set

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  Two of my co-workers graduated this year, one with his Master's degree and the other with his Bachelor's degree, and we took them out to lunch to celebrate today.  I needed to create two graduation cards to give them and reached for my retired Great Grads set.  Liberty University's colors are the patriotic red, white and blue so I used those colors on my cards. I wanted them to have two different cards, so that is why they are each a little different featuring various sentiments/images from that stamp set.  Both use the same colors (real red, midnight muse and whisper white) along with some retired textured impressions folders (these two are still my favorite for masculine cards!) and ribbon.  Jim is a great writer and thinker and I thought the script texture on the card above would be perfect for him!

  This card features a clean and simple look, which is more like Dave's personality.  I love this stamp set and how quickly and easily I put these hand-stamped cards together for my friends.  Masculine cards are always hard, but having texture on them always adds interest.  Thanks for letting me share!

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 Be sure to use Hostess Code BKDCQRG4 with your online orders at checkout through May 30th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week.  Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me.

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop)

- Weekly Deals (click HERE to shop)

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

- Occasions catalog items (click HERE to shop)

- New Arrivals (click HERE to shop)

- Returning Favorites (click HERE to shop)

New Weekly Deals for May 26- June 1, 2015

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  Stampin' Up! announced the new Weekly Deals for this week... there's a great assortment of products from the outgoing Occasions catalog at big savings this week!  Be sure to check them all out HERE and while you're shopping don't forget to check out the Retiring Products section!!!

   

* Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful rest of your day *

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 Be sure to use Hostess Code BKDCQRG4 with your online orders at checkout through May 30th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week.  Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me.

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop)

- Weekly Deals (click HERE to shop)

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

- Occasions catalog items (click HERE to shop)

- New Arrivals (click HERE to shop)

- Returning Favorites (click HERE to shop)

Quick & Easy Back to Black birthday card

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Happy Monday and Happy Memorial Day!

  And here is my Quick & Easy card for this week.  I am always needing birthday cards and this one takes advantage of the beauty of the Back to Black DSP!  I am a child of the 80's, so green and pink will always be a color combination that I love - it looks pretty good with this DSP, don't you think?! 

  This card features more retiring products:  Back to Black DSP and Four You stamp set along with the Blushing Bride 1/4" cotton ribbon (thankfully not retiring).  I love Bermuda Bay with black and white and the pink from the ribbon really pops off in this color combination.  This card is so quick and easy!

  Here's one final view of my card... If you want to receive the project sheet for this week's card please make sure you're subscribed to my newsletter before Wednesday morning when it goes out to my subscribers.  You can easily add your email address in the subscriber box in the upper right section of my blog to have your name added to my distribution list.

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Promotions

 Be sure to use Hostess Code BKDCQRG4 with your online orders at checkout through May 30th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week.  Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me.

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop)

- Weekly Deals (click HERE to shop)

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

- Occasions catalog items (click HERE to shop)

- New Arrivals (click HERE to shop)

- Returning Favorites (click HERE to shop)

My Digital Studio is fabulous!

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 Happy Friday and thanks for visiting.  It has been another week and I am still recovering from my surgery and really behind!  I do apologize and thank you for your patience and prayers.  This week I got to choose the theme for our Fabulous Friday projects over on the Sisters in Stamping blog  and in honor of May being National Scrapbooking month I asked everyone to create a scrapbook page - either traditional, with Project Life or My Digital Studio.  I chose to go with My Digital Studio only because it is a retiring product (which  makes me very sad) and I have been working on a book from the Alaska cruise that I went on several years ago and needed to get it done and submitted for printing before the end of this month.  Nothing like a deadline to get my butt in gear!  Here is a two-page spread from our visit to Pike Place Market in Seattle prior to the departure of the cruise ship.

  When I created my book, I designed two layouts that I repeated throughout the entire book and it made it so easy to drop my photos in... and you know I love easy-peasey!!  I took sooo many pictures on that trip, which was the last Stampin' Up! incentive trip that I earned, and it was great to get many of them into my book.  The above is the left page of my two-page spread... I added a text box for my title and several photo boxes along with a text box in the bottom corner for journaling.

  And here is the right page of the two-page spread - room for LOTS of photos!!  If you've never taken a visit to Seattle I highly recommend it - what a beautiful city!  And if you haven't had a chance to work with My Digital Studio I really recommend it, too.  

  For even more scrapbooking ideas and inspiration with our Stampin' Up! products, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog later this afternoon.  And don't miss out on those retiring items.. If you'd like to purchase any please hop over to my Stampin' Up! store and place your online order using Hostess Code BKDCQRG4.  That way you'll have the best chance of getting your items before they are sold out... the exception is our stamp sets which are guaranteed through May 26th.  After that date they will be on an "as available" basis just like the rest of the retiring products.

 * Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful rest of your day *

Promotions

 Be sure to use Hostess Code BKDCQRG4 with your online orders at checkout through May 30th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week.  Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me.

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop)

- Weekly Deals (click HERE to shop)

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- Occasions catalog items (click HERE to shop)

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- Returning Favorites (click HERE to shop)

Fabulous Friday gift card holder featuring the retiring Top Note Bigz die

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 Happy Friday Saturday and thanks for visiting!  I am still recovering from my surgery and not quite back on schedule.  This week Karla chose a great theme for Fabulous Friday over on the Sisters in Stamping blog  - gift card and/or money holders... just in time for graduations and weddings.  I needed a birthday gift card holder so created this one which features many retiring products including the Top Note Bigz die, Itty Bitty Banners stamp set, Blossom punch, Flashback DSP and soft sky seam binding ribbon.  The colors in the card are all pulled from the DSP - crushed curry, real red, pool party and very vanilla.

  I created a simple card to tuck in the pocket of my gift card holder along with the gift card... the sentiment stamped with real red ink is from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set (retiring) and was cut out using the Bitty Banners framelits with the Big Shot (great news - this framelits set is NOT retiring).  The wood mount set is on sale for $11.96 but you can save even more if you purchase either the clear mount or wood mount BUNDLE which includes the framelits!

  Here is one more shot of my card opened up... I created the flower embellishment by layering 3 different punches cut from the Flashback DSP:  Blossom (retiring), Pansy and Petite Petals.  I added a rhinestone in the center of the flower to add a little bling.  The pocket was created simply by cutting out two Top Note diecuts (and you can cut them at the SAME time!) and scoring one, folding the flap back (putting the ribbon on first and then attaching with dimensionals), and then adhering along the outer edges (NOT the fold) to create a pocket.  I did cut a piece of the DSP using the Top Note die and trimmed along the perforated edge to create the layering on the bottom of the pocket.  Easy-peasey!

  For even more gift card ideas and inspiration with our Stampin' Up! products, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog later this afternoon.  And don't miss out on those retiring items.. If you'd like to purchase any please hop over to my Stampin' Up! store and place your online order using Hostess Code BKDCQRG4.  That way you'll have the best chance of getting your items before they are sold out... the exception is our stamp sets which are guaranteed through May 26th.  After that date they will be on an "as available" basis just like the rest of the retiring products.

 * Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful rest of your day *

Products used with today's project include:  

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

 

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 Be sure to use Hostess Code BKDCQRG4 with your online orders at checkout through May 30th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week.  Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me.

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- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

- Occasions catalog items (click HERE to shop)

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- Returning Favorites (click HERE to shop)

New Weekly Deals for May 12-18, 2015

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  Stampin' Up! announced the new Weekly Deals for this week... there's a great assortment of tools and embellishments on sale this week!  Be sure to check them all out HERE and while you're shopping don't forget to check out the Retiring Products section!!!

  

* Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful rest of your day *

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 Be sure to use Hostess Code XAESU6QA with your online orders at checkout through May 15th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week.  Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me.

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop)

- Weekly Deals (click HERE to shop)

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- Occasions catalog items (click HERE to shop)

- New Arrivals (click HERE to shop)

- Returning Favorites (click HERE to shop)

Quick & Easy Gifts of Kindness thank you card

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  Happy Monday Wednesday!  Sorry for the delay, here is my Quick & Easy card for this week.  I needed thank you cards to give to friends and family who were so kind and sent meals and flowers last week after my surgery.  I used the crumb cake note card and envelopes set and they came together so quickly!

  This card features lots of retiring products:  Dictionary, Four You and Gifts of Kindness stamp sets, Naturals Ivory card stock and Argyle textured impressions folder for the Big Shot.  I used a fun color combination of calypso coral and island indigo inks and card stock.

  Here's one final view of my card... If you want to receive the project sheet for this week's card please make sure you're subscribed to my newsletter before tomorrow morning when it goes out to my subscribers (hopefully!).  You can easily add your email address in the subscriber box in the upper right section of my blog to have your name added to my distribution list.

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 Be sure to use Hostess Code XAESU6QA with your online orders at checkout through May 15th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week.  Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me.

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop)

- Weekly Deals (click HERE to shop)

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

- Occasions catalog items (click HERE to shop)

- New Arrivals (click HERE to shop)

- Returning Favorites (click HERE to shop)

Fabulous Friday Monochromatic Mother's Day card

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 Happy Friday and thanks for visiting!  I am slowly recovering from my surgery and thankfully Rachel chose an easy theme for Fabulous Friday this week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog  - monochromatic cards.  And since I needed a Mother's Day card for my Mother-in-law I decided to create this design featuring the Something Lacy and Crazy About You stamp sets from the Occasions catalog and the retiring Mixed Bunch stamp set from the Annual catalog.  The color I chose to feature is crushed curry - this color has really grown on me!

  This is a clean and simple card that I put together quite easily.  The sentiment was cut out using my Big Shot and a framelit from the Project Life Cards & Labels set and the flower was punched out using the coordinating Blossom punch (also retiring).

  Here is one more shot of my card... I embellished the flower simply with a single rhinestone jewel accent.  This is a fun card and easy to reproduce.  By changing the colors and sentiment, you could easily create a great gift set to give to your Mom, too.

  For even more monochromatic card inspiration with our Stampin' Up! products, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog later this afternoon.  And don't miss out on those retiring items.. If you'd like to purchase any please hop over to my Stampin' Up! store and place your online order using Hostess Code XAESU6QA.  That way you'll have the best chance of getting your items before they are sold out... the exception is our stamp sets which are guaranteed through May 26th.  After that date they will be on an "as available" basis just like the rest of the retiring products.

 * Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful rest of your day *

Products used with today's project include:  

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

 

Promotions

 Be sure to use Hostess Code XAESU6QA with your online orders at checkout through May 15th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week.  Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me.

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop)

- Weekly Deals (click HERE to shop)

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

- Occasions catalog items (click HERE to shop)

- New Arrivals (click HERE to shop)

- Returning Favorites (click HERE to shop)

New Weekly Deals for May 5 - 11, 2015

Be sure to use Hostess Code XAESU6QA with your online orders at checkout through May 15th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week as a thank you!!

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  Stampin' Up! announced the new Weekly Deals for this week... there's a great assortment of tools on sale this week!  Be sure to check them all out HERE and while you're shopping don't forget to check out the Retiring Products section!!!

 

* Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful rest of your day *

Promotions

 Be sure to use Hostess Code XAESU6QA with your online orders at checkout through May 15th to receive my Quick & Easy card of the week.  Spend $50+ and choose any single tutorial from these as a gift from me.

- Retiring Products (click HERE to shop)

- Weekly Deals (click HERE to shop)

- Clearance Rack (click HERE to shop)

- Occasions catalog items (click HERE to shop)

- New Arrivals (click HERE to shop)

- Returning Favorites (click HERE to shop)