Best of Love – Carol Payne Stamps

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Stampin’ Up! Sunday Swap Day, Valentines, One More Time!

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Carol Payne

Hey there! Earlier this week I received my monthly packet of swaps. It took me about a day and a half to find the time to open it, but when I did I was not disappointed! Today I'm going to share the valentines that were in the packet. Next Sunday I will share some of the other fantastic swaps that were in there, but for today here goes:

First, a really sweet and simple one from Barb Dykhouse. Barb tore a piece of paper, then laid it on the Whisper White layer and sponged ever-so-gently with Smoky Slate ink. She stamped the tree branch from Take Care next, then stamped and punched out the little hearts from the Language of Love set with the Small Heart punch. She then added the "heartstrings" with a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. LOVE it!

This was another swap I received at Leadership by Michelle Suit. Michelle used the Love You to the Moon stamp set, pairing it with Fresh Prints Designer Paper and the On Film Framelits. The tiny hearts were punched with the Owl Builder Punch! Cute!

Karen Kurz created this one with the Perfect Pennants stamp set, Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Folder, and Envelope Punch Board. She punched the seemingly dozens of hearts with the Small Heart punch from Silver Glimmer, Champagne Glimmer, and Red Glimmer Paper. The Soft Sky heart in the background was punched with the Full Heart Punch.

I swapped with Linda Wright at Leadership for this one! Real Red cardstock, Fresh Prints DSP, Coastal Cabana 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim, Petite Petals stamps and punch and Labels Collection Framelits combine to create a quick and perky valentine!

Katy Simecka used the Flowerful Heart wood-only stamp (still available unti February 14th!) with Retro Fresh Designer Paper, Coastal Cabana Ruffle Stretch Trim, and a banner from the Perfect Pennants set for her valentine offering.

Tamie Ackerson used the free SAB set, Banner Blast with the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder and a Delightful Dozen greeting. She added a Red Glimmer Small Heart for her finishing touch!

Last but definitely not least, Ruth Bingle used Whisper White Cardstock Vellum over the "love" stamp from Best of Love (still available until March 31st) to give a frosted, elegant look! I also love the crisp textured look of the wavy Fresh Prints paper under the Whisper White Small Heart-punched layer. Ruth added a litle bit of Real Red 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon tied in a bow. Simply perfect!!!!!

That's all for now. It's not too late to order Valentine stamps! To shop and place your order (and choose a free Sale-a-bration item when your merchandise total reaches $50!) click HERE to go to my Online Store.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Best of Love “Read My Lips”!

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! Can I just say, while I am always a little sad when Sale-a-bration is over for the year, if SAB this year went on much longer I'd be worn down to a nub? Seems like everyone decided to cram their final SAB workshop into this week! (pay no attention to the whining, I'm actually having a blast!)

One of my workshop hostesses last night, Rhonda, is a Mary Kay Consultant, so I customized a Fancy Favor Box for her using the "read my lips" stamp from the February 25th Anniversary stamp set, Best of Love!

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I quite delighted with it, so much so that I need to make another one for myself!

Supplies used: Pink Pirouette & Basic Black cardstock, Fancy Favor Box BigzXL Die with the Big Shot, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Folder, Paper Daisies, Vintage Faceted Buttons, 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Black & Melon Mambo ink, Hearts A Flutter Framelits, Stamping Sponges, and Crystal Effects!

An aerial view:

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Here's a close-up of the lips with Crystal Effects on them to make them raised and shiny:

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That's all for now! I have 22 swap fronts waiting for me to finish them before I head to Nashville, IL tonight for my final SAB workshop, then tomorrow morning it's off to St. Louis Stampin' Up! Regional!

Until tomorrow (if I survive), have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Best of Love “Read My Lips”!

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Carol Payne

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I quite delighted with it, so much so that I need to make another one for myself!

An aerial view:

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Here's a close-up of the lips with Crystal Effects on them to make them raised and shiny:

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Until tomorrow (if I survive), have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Best of Love “Olive You”!

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Carol Payne

Happy Saturday to you! Sorry for the delay to day in getting my post up, I just let myself me a little lazy this morning!

Some of you are probably wondering about how my eye surgery went. It went well. No pain, just a little "poke" feeling. A little headache for awhile, but not migraine level. Eye a little "smeary", with some particles floating around, but most of it is gone already this morning. It took longer for the prep than the surgery itself!

They are pretty sure it was completely successful. My left eye pressure was 17 before the procedure, 14 fifteen minutes after. Just have some anti-inflammatory drops to put in it 3 times a day.

Having the right eye done next Friday. Checking on the status of the "Vitreal Membrane Detachment" (which was the eye event that started all of this in the first place) on March 18th. Hopefully if I don't get a tear in my retina by then I will be out of the woods.

We just never know what life is going to throw at us, do we? I'm taking the VMD as a blessing in disguise as they wouldn't have caught the "Narrow Angle Glaucoma" this early without it!

As promised, here's the final sample for the "Best of Love" class:

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Who doesn't want a giant olive for their birthday??!!!

I used one of the Ovals Framelits Dies to make the olive card shape, then punched the pimento opening with the Extra Large Oval Punch. The greeting is from Henry Says, since it was still out on my stamping desk. It was the right size to fit in the Ticket Duo Punch!

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I cut a smaller Real Red Oval Framelit for the pimento layer on the inside (the Oval Framelits contain 7 sizes of ovals). I stamped the "olive you!" in Jet Black StazOn twice, on Whisper White and on Real Red, then cut out the Real Red one to pape-piece over the white layer. Why did I make my olive red on the inside, and not Lucky Limeade like the card base? I really have no idea, except it just seemed to me to make a nicer contrast with all the green!

That's it for today! I'm still working on taxes (they have taken a back seat this week with all of this eye stuff going on). I was much more inclined to partake of "stamping therapy" than taxes!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products can be ordered from my Online Store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Products used:

Ovals Collection Framelits Dies

#129381

Price: $26.95

Easily
cut stamped images from the Oh, Hello Stamp Set. Largest scallop oval:
4-1/4" x 5-1/8". 6 dies. Cuts single sheets of paper with your Big Shot,
Standard Cutting Pads, and Multipurpose Platform.

Extra-Large Oval Punch

#119859

Price: $16.95

Punches
are a quick and easy way to add interest, dimension, and color to your
cards, tags, and scrapbook pages. You can glue punched shapes directly
onto your projects or layer a sheet of card stock that has been punched
over a coordinating card stock for a reverse effect.

■ New, sleeker body style
■ Larger surface area offers precise cutting and leverage
■ Locks to store

Ticket Duo Punch	#126883
Price: $15.95
Get your tickets! Coordinating shapes for layering and more.

Best Of Love Stamp Set

#132987

Price: $14.95 Clear-Mount Only

Happy
25th anniversary to us! Every month during 2013, we’re smashing up some
of our all-time-favorites with a new, never-before-seen stamp to create
a monthly “Best of” stamp set. And what else would you expect from a
February set than images that will help you make that perfect Valentine?
Share the love with the Best of Love set!

Note: Clear-Mount Blocks B, C, and D needed for this set.

Heart Block D
Read my Lips Block B
Olive You Block B
Love You Much Block B
Love You Block C
Love Block D

Henry Says Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#128093

Price: $21.95

This
elephant never forgets birthdays or Christmas! Stamps include banners
or ornaments to hang from his trunk, and hats to suit any occasion.

Set Quantity: 13

Stampin’ Up! Best of Love “Olive You”!

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Carol Payne

Happy Saturday to you! Sorry for the delay to day in getting my post up, I just let myself me a little lazy this morning!

They are pretty sure it was completely successful. My left eye pressure was 17 before the procedure, 14 fifteen minutes after. Just have some anti-inflammatory drops to put in it 3 times a day.

We just never know what life is going to throw at us, do we? I'm taking the VMD as a blessing in disguise as they wouldn't have caught the "Narrow Angle Glaucoma" this early without it!

As promised, here's the final sample for the "Best of Love" class:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Who doesn't want a giant olive for their birthday??!!!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

That's it for today! I'm still working on taxes (they have taken a back seat this week with all of this eye stuff going on). I was much more inclined to partake of "stamping therapy" than taxes!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products can be ordered from my Online Store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Products used:

Ovals Collection Framelits Dies

#129381

Price: $26.95

Extra-Large Oval Punch

#119859

Price: $16.95

■ New, sleeker body style
■ Larger surface area offers precise cutting and leverage
■ Locks to store

Ticket Duo Punch	#126883
Price: $15.95
Get your tickets! Coordinating shapes for layering and more.

Best Of Love Stamp Set

#132987

Price: $14.95 Clear-Mount Only

Note: Clear-Mount Blocks B, C, and D needed for this set.

Heart Block D
Read my Lips Block B
Olive You Block B
Love You Much Block B
Love You Block C
Love Block D

Henry Says Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#128093

Price: $21.95

This
elephant never forgets birthdays or Christmas! Stamps include banners
or ornaments to hang from his trunk, and hats to suit any occasion.

Set Quantity: 13

Stampin’ Up! Best of Love Collector’s Stamp Set Sample #3!

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! Even though I'm not able to have my "Best of Love" class this weekend due to the eye surgery I will be having on Friday, I still wanted to share the projects I have completed for the class when I do get a chance to reschedule it!

In today's sample I paired "Fabulous You" with the "love you much" stamp from "Best of Love":

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"Sycamore Street Designer Paper is combined with 2011-2013 In Color Patterns Stack Paper in Calypso Coral, Pool Party & Whisper White cardstock. I white embossed the shoe and the "love you much" phrase for an extra lacy look. I love how the "Vine Street" folder coordinates with the Sycamore Street Designer Paper!

Here's the inside:

I really love how well this phroase from "Fabulous You" follows through with the theme of the card!

That 's all for today! I'm off to see Liam today, then this afternoon I get to go with Alisa to her follow-up

sonogram appointment!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All supplies can be found in my Online Store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Stampin’ Up! Best of Love Collector’s Stamp Set Sample #3!

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Carol Payne

In today's sample I paired "Fabulous You" with the "love you much" stamp from "Best of Love":

Here's the inside:

I really love how well this phroase from "Fabulous You" follows through with the theme of the card!

That 's all for today! I'm off to see Liam today, then this afternoon I get to go with Alisa to her follow-up

sonogram appointment!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All supplies can be found in my Online Store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Stampin’Up! “Best of Love” Collector’s Stamp Set Sample #2!

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Carol Payne

Even though I am cancelling/postponing my "Best of Love" stamp class for now, I still want to show you another project I created for it, a lip-balm holder:

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I thought this phrase from "Best of Love", which is the brand-new phrase in the set, would be perfect to go with a lip-balm gift! What do you think?

I paired Raspberry Ripple cardstock with this design from the "Print Poetry" Paper Stack, adding Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon and a Summer Starfruit Dahlia!

It was easy to ink up the "Read my lips" stamp. I first inked it with the Primrose Petals inkpad, then came back in and darkened the lips portion of the stamp with a Raspberry Ripple Stampin' Write Marker!

Well, I need to hurry. I have an appointment this morning with an eye specialist to see what needs to be done for my "narrow angle" problem.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’Up! “Best of Love” Collector’s Stamp Set Sample #2!

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Carol Payne

Even though I am cancelling/postponing my "Best of Love" stamp class for now, I still want to show you another project I created for it, a lip-balm holder:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

I thought this phrase from "Best of Love", which is the brand-new phrase in the set, would be perfect to go with a lip-balm gift! What do you think?

I paired Raspberry Ripple cardstock with this design from the "Print Poetry" Paper Stack, adding Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon and a Summer Starfruit Dahlia!

Well, I need to hurry. I have an appointment this morning with an eye specialist to see what needs to be done for my "narrow angle" problem.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Best of Love 25th Anniversary Collection!

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Carol Payne

Just a pause today to show you one of the projects we will be making at my "Best of Love" Stamp Class this weekend!
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Starting with Stampin' Up! Notecards with Envelopes, a section of the bottom front and back was cut off with the Large Scallop Edgelit. The "Gentler Times" heart was stamped with Jet Black StazOn, then cut out with Paper Snips. This was layered onto a Pool Party heart cut with a Heart Framelit, then layered on a Basic Black heart of the same size, but cut in half and matted onto the back of the Pool Party heart with SNAIL.

Pool Party ribbon from the "Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button Pack add a classy touch that is just the right scale for the notecard base. The "love" from "Best of Love" was stamped in Pool Party, and the finishing touches to the heart focal point are a piece of a "Tea Lace" Doily and a Silver Glimmer Paper -punched heart.

Inside the card we are using words from "Love & Laughter"!

Guess I'd better close for now. In case you didn't see it on Facebook, I experienced a "vitreous membrane detachment " in my left eye yesterday morning. Nothing made it happen, it's just something that can happen, especially in women of a "certain age" (cough) It's NOT a retina detachment, but it could still happen, so I have to monitor myself for the next four weeks. Also found out today that I have "narrow angle glaucoma", but am being referred to a specialist for laser surgery to help eye drainage. I can see ok, but do have some freaky large "floaters" showing up in my line of vision frequently. NOT FUN!

So I'm just going to wish you a Stampingrox! day and see you tomorrow!