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Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Another Great Year!

Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Another Great Year!

Hey there. I have another card to share with you today that I created a few weeks ago but just haven't had time to show you yet. I "think" today's card doesn't have a single retiring product on it, but let's check to make sure, shall we?

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I embossed the greeting from Another Great Year (carrying over to the NEW 2014-2015 Catalog!) with White Stampin' Emboss Powder before applying the color to the Watercolor Paper.

Whoops! I DID use Midnight Muse ink and cardstock, which is retiring! =(  This color can be substituted with Night of Navy and would still blend well on the Watercolor Paper with the Pool Party and Baked brown Sugar. All colors were applied to wet Watercolor Paper with an AquaPainter dipped directly into ink refills.

As a final touch I splashed a few drops of water onto the paper and then allowed the water to just settle into the color.

Sponging around the edges of the inside and the outside pulls the color from the Midnight Muse layer into the creation.

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That's all for now. Below is the listing of the products used for you to refer to as you are shopping in my Online Store HERE.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Another Great Year!

Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Another Great Year!

Hey there. I have another card to share with you today that I created a few weeks ago but just haven't had time to show you yet. I "think" today's card doesn't have a single retiring product on it, but let's check to make sure, shall we?

Stampin_up_another_great_year_watercolor_1

I embossed the greeting from Another Great Year (carrying over to the NEW 2014-2015 Catalog!) with White Stampin' Emboss Powder before applying the color to the Watercolor Paper.

Whoops! I DID use Midnight Muse ink and cardstock, which is retiring! =(  This color can be substituted with Night of Navy and would still blend well on the Watercolor Paper with the Pool Party and Baked brown Sugar. All colors were applied to wet Watercolor Paper with an AquaPainter dipped directly into ink refills.

As a final touch I splashed a few drops of water onto the paper and then allowed the water to just settle into the color.

Sponging around the edges of the inside and the outside pulls the color from the Midnight Muse layer into the creation.

Stampin_up_another_great_year_watercolor_2

That's all for now. Below is the listing of the products used for you to refer to as you are shopping in my Online Store HERE.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Geometrical Hooray for Today!

Stampin’ Up! Geometrical Hooray for Today!

Hey there! Hope you enjoyed the hop yesterday! If you haven't taken the May Edition of the Stampers Dozen Blog Hop: I Do!, click HERE to start at my blog, then hop all the way through 11 more blogs to see the imaginative wedding-themed creations we have for you!

Today I decided to share a quick and simple card using the Geometrical stamp set from the Occasions Catalog. This super-duper catalog expires in just a few short weeks, but thankfully this stamp set is carrying over, so you will still be able to order it at least until the end of May 2015!

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Supplies used on this card you will NOT be able to order after June 1st:

Midnight Muse 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock (sold out)

Midnight Muse inkpad (still available but the ink refill is sold out)

Summer Starfruit Stampin' Write Marker (from the 2012-2014 In Color Marker set which is NOT sold out yet)

Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper

Simply Stars Stamp Set (sold out)

In Color Dahlias

Stripe Textured Impressions Folder

Bring on the Cake Stamp Set (sold out)

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I apologize that so many of the products used on this card are now sold out. I decided to share it with you anyway because the layout is so simple and adaptable to future stamps, inks, designer papers, and embossing folders.

That's all for now. Below is the short  list of  products still availalble in my Online Store. Go get them today while you can! Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Geometrical Hooray for Today!

Stampin’ Up! Geometrical Hooray for Today!

Hey there! Hope you enjoyed the hop yesterday! If you haven't taken the May Edition of the Stampers Dozen Blog Hop: I Do!, click HERE to start at my blog, then hop all the way through 11 more blogs to see the imaginative wedding-themed creations we have for you!

Today I decided to share a quick and simple card using the Geometrical stamp set from the Occasions Catalog. This super-duper catalog expires in just a few short weeks, but thankfully this stamp set is carrying over, so you will still be able to order it at least until the end of May 2015!

Stampin_up_geometrical_1 - Copy

Supplies used on this card you will NOT be able to order after June 1st:

Midnight Muse 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock (sold out)

Midnight Muse inkpad (still available but the ink refill is sold out)

Summer Starfruit Stampin' Write Marker (from the 2012-2014 In Color Marker set which is NOT sold out yet)

Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper

Simply Stars Stamp Set (sold out)

In Color Dahlias

Stripe Textured Impressions Folder

Bring on the Cake Stamp Set (sold out)

Stampin_up_geometrical_2 - Copy

I apologize that so many of the products used on this card are now sold out. I decided to share it with you anyway because the layout is so simple and adaptable to future stamps, inks, designer papers, and embossing folders.

That's all for now. Below is the short  list of  products still availalble in my Online Store. Go get them today while you can! Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Stamper’s Dozen Blog Hop May Edition: I Do!

Stampin’ Up! Stamper’s Dozen Blog Hop May Edition: I Do!

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 Hey there! It's Stampers Dozen Blog Hop time again! yay! This month our theme is "I Do!" and oh my goodness do we ever have some gorgeous projects for you! If you are already on the hop, you've just come from Laura Milligan's blog "I'd Rather "Bee" Stampin'!" I love her creations every month, don't you?

For my project today I actually CASED a project from page 14 of the New Annual Catalog. I can't show you the actual catalog picture until after the new catty goes live on June 2nd, but I can show you my version of their wedding favor:

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This is SO CUTE and SO EASY! I used a combo of New Catalog Sneak Peek and current-but-carrying-over products to make these.

New Catalog Sneak Peek products used:

Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack #133701 $6.95

Blackberry Bliss 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock: #133675 $6.95 (one of the 5 new In-Colors for 2014-16!)

Blackberry Bliss Classic Inkpad #133642 $5.95

Blackberry Bliss 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon: #133668 $8.95 (10 yds)

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack #133787 $16.95 (flower punch from the pack)

Current Catalog Products(these products will also be in the New Catalog):

Label Love stamp set #130619 wood-mount $24.95 or #130622 clear-mount  $17.95

Artisan Label punch #130920 $15.95

Cellophane Bags 1" x 8" #124134 $2.50 (50 per pkg)

Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon #114319 $5.95

Pearls Basic Jewels #119247 $4.95

Stampin' Dimensionals #104430 $3.95

I found the easiest way to fill the skinny little cello bags was to use a funnel inserted into the top of the bag. As the rice funneled in I squeezed the sides of the bag so the rice would fill evenly:

Blog hop 2

I used Long Grain Brown Rice for one bag  and Black Rice for the other. The Black Rice is actually kind of a purple-y color which matched the Blackberry Bliss cardstock, ink , and ribbon perfectly!

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These little bags can hold lots of fun things: M & M's, jelly beans, licorice sticks, pixie stix; anything that will slide into the 1" x 8" bag will work. One end of the bag has a little adhesive strip cover you remove, then fold down the flap to secure your goodies inside!

I had cut the points of the pennants with my Paper Snips. I cut up from the center of the end about 3/4", then cut into the top of the first cut from each corner. This is the easiest way to get perfectly even points almost every time!

I punched the hole for the ribbon with the circle punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (which is retiring), but there is a NEW hand-held 1/4" Circle Punch coming in the New Catalog that will work even better. We've had this size of a circle hand-held punch before, but this one has an even LONGER reach than before! yay!

While several of today's products are not available to order until June 2nd, you can still shop HERE for current, retiring, Clearance, and Weekly Deals products!

Before I go, I just wanted to share a picture of our Stampers Dozen Blog Hop group. 10 of the 13 of us were on the Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip last week, so we scheduled a time to meet, swap, and take a group picture:

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Front row l to r: Lee Conrey, Jodi Reinert, Judy Garza, Patty Chenail, and me!

Back row l to r: Stella MacKay, Laura Milligan, Janet Wakeland, France Martin, and BJ Peters.

The crazy "photobomber" in the back is Pam Morgan, a VP on the Stampin' Up! Corporate Team! Pam is a fun and beautiful person, inside and out!

That's all for now. Next you will want to hop over to Judy Garza's blog, Stampingwithjudyg to see what she has created for us!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All images ©Stampin' Up!™1990-2014

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Stampin’ Up! Stamper’s Dozen Blog Hop May Edition: I Do!

Stampin’ Up! Stamper’s Dozen Blog Hop May Edition: I Do!

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 Hey there! It's Stampers Dozen Blog Hop time again! yay! This month our theme is "I Do!" and oh my goodness do we ever have some gorgeous projects for you! If you are already on the hop, you've just come from Laura Milligan's blog "I'd Rather "Bee" Stampin'!" I love her creations every month, don't you?

For my project today I actually CASED a project from page 14 of the New Annual Catalog. I can't show you the actual catalog picture until after the new catty goes live on June 2nd, but I can show you my version of their wedding favor:

Stampin_up_label_love_1

This is SO CUTE and SO EASY! I used a combo of New Catalog Sneak Peek and current-but-carrying-over products to make these.

New Catalog Sneak Peek products used:

Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack #133701 $6.95

Blackberry Bliss 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock: #133675 $6.95 (one of the 5 new In-Colors for 2014-16!)

Blackberry Bliss Classic Inkpad #133642 $5.95

Blackberry Bliss 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon: #133668 $8.95 (10 yds)

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack #133787 $16.95 (flower punch from the pack)

Current Catalog Products(these products will also be in the New Catalog):

Label Love stamp set #130619 wood-mount $24.95 or #130622 clear-mount  $17.95

Artisan Label punch #130920 $15.95

Cellophane Bags 1" x 8" #124134 $2.50 (50 per pkg)

Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon #114319 $5.95

Pearls Basic Jewels #119247 $4.95

Stampin' Dimensionals #104430 $3.95

I found the easiest way to fill the skinny little cello bags was to use a funnel inserted into the top of the bag. As the rice funneled in I squeezed the sides of the bag so the rice would fill evenly:

Blog hop 2

I used Long Grain Brown Rice for one bag  and Black Rice for the other. The Black Rice is actually kind of a purple-y color which matched the Blackberry Bliss cardstock, ink , and ribbon perfectly!

Stampin_up_label_love_3

These little bags can hold lots of fun things: M & M's, jelly beans, licorice sticks, pixie stix; anything that will slide into the 1" x 8" bag will work. One end of the bag has a little adhesive strip cover you remove, then fold down the flap to secure your goodies inside!

I had cut the points of the pennants with my Paper Snips. I cut up from the center of the end about 3/4", then cut into the top of the first cut from each corner. This is the easiest way to get perfectly even points almost every time!

I punched the hole for the ribbon with the circle punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (which is retiring), but there is a NEW hand-held 1/4" Circle Punch coming in the New Catalog that will work even better. We've had this size of a circle hand-held punch before, but this one has an even LONGER reach than before! yay!

While several of today's products are not available to order until June 2nd, you can still shop HERE for current, retiring, Clearance, and Weekly Deals products!

Before I go, I just wanted to share a picture of our Stampers Dozen Blog Hop group. 10 of the 13 of us were on the Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip last week, so we scheduled a time to meet, swap, and take a group picture:

Stampers_dozen_blog_hop_cruise_pic

Front row l to r: Lee Conrey, Jodi Reinert, Judy Garza, Patty Chenail, and me!

Back row l to r: Stella MacKay, Laura Milligan, Janet Wakeland, France Martin, and BJ Peters.

The crazy "photobomber" in the back is Pam Morgan, a VP on the Stampin' Up! Corporate Team! Pam is a fun and beautiful person, inside and out!

That's all for now. Next you will want to hop over to Judy Garza's blog, Stampingwithjudyg to see what she has created for us!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All images ©Stampin' Up!™1990-2014

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                                                                               Next small

Stampin’ Up! New Weekly Deals Just Posted!

Stampin’ Up! New Weekly Deals Just Posted!

Hey there! I just have a few minutes before I am out the door for an appointment this morning, but I wanted to share with you the latest Weekly Deals from Stampin' Up!

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I'm still not completely back to normal from the cruise. Liam was here for a few hours yesterday morning so of course I dropped everything to play with him, took a long nap in the afternoon, and then still went to bed at the normal time and slept all night! Classes to prep for this week,  LIam is here again tomorrow, and the Stampers Dozen Bog Hop is this Thursday, so hope to be back on here tomorrow with more swaps to share! I have a bunch from the cruise, some with retiring stuff, so need to get those on here for you quick!

Shop my online store here for the Weekly Deals, Clearance Rack, current catalogs, and Retiring Lists: www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! New Weekly Deals Just Posted!

Stampin’ Up! New Weekly Deals Just Posted!

Hey there! I just have a few minutes before I am out the door for an appointment this morning, but I wanted to share with you the latest Weekly Deals from Stampin' Up!

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I'm still not completely back to normal from the cruise. Liam was here for a few hours yesterday morning so of course I dropped everything to play with him, took a long nap in the afternoon, and then still went to bed at the normal time and slept all night! Classes to prep for this week,  LIam is here again tomorrow, and the Stampers Dozen Bog Hop is this Thursday, so hope to be back on here tomorrow with more swaps to share! I have a bunch from the cruise, some with retiring stuff, so need to get those on here for you quick!

Shop my online store here for the Weekly Deals, Clearance Rack, current catalogs, and Retiring Lists: www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Sunday Swap Day!

Stampin’ Up! Sunday Swap Day!

Hey there. We will be leaving the hotel here in Ft Lauderdale, FL to get on the cruise ship in just about an hour, but I wanted to share with you my Sunday swaps:

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Becky Nichols created this birdhouse card using the retiring Stripes Textured Impressions Folder and the retiring Small Heart Punch. She used the not-retiring Bird Builder Punch for the birdie and the leaves. Expert sponging gives just the right touches of dimension.

Opening the card shows more dimenson. This is a surprising & fun card!

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Karen Kurz used the Envelope Punch Board  and Kaliedoscope Designer Paper to create this fun camera card:

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An all-occasion card, Karen left the inside blank to write your own sentiment, but added the adorable little camera cut with one of the On Film Framelits Dies:

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Finally, Sherri Beyrer went over-the-top with her shaped piano card!

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Sherri used the Word Window Punch for the keys and the Bird Builder Punch for the rose.

Inside Sherri used the new Scalloped Tag Topper Punch to create the music stand. I love it !

That's all for now! It's time to check out of the hotel and head for the boat. I won't have any internet until I get home, which will be late on Mother's Day, so don't look to see anything here until Monday, May 12th. I will be back then with LOTS of sweet cruise pics and cruise swap pics too!

Until then, have a Stampingrox! day!

If you need to order anything while I am gone, you can go to my Online Store HERE.

All images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Sunday Swap Day!

Stampin’ Up! Sunday Swap Day!

Hey there. We will be leaving the hotel here in Ft Lauderdale, FL to get on the cruise ship in just about an hour, but I wanted to share with you my Sunday swaps:

Stampin_up_stripes_birdhouse_1

Becky Nichols created this birdhouse card using the retiring Stripes Textured Impressions Folder and the retiring Small Heart Punch. She used the not-retiring Bird Builder Punch for the birdie and the leaves. Expert sponging gives just the right touches of dimension.

Opening the card shows more dimenson. This is a surprising & fun card!

Stampin_up_stripes_birdhouse_2

Karen Kurz used the Envelope Punch Board  and Kaliedoscope Designer Paper to create this fun camera card:

Stampin_up_camera_1

An all-occasion card, Karen left the inside blank to write your own sentiment, but added the adorable little camera cut with one of the On Film Framelits Dies:

Stampin_up_camera_2

Finally, Sherri Beyrer went over-the-top with her shaped piano card!

Stampin_up_word_window_piano_1

Sherri used the Word Window Punch for the keys and the Bird Builder Punch for the rose.

Inside Sherri used the new Scalloped Tag Topper Punch to create the music stand. I love it !

That's all for now! It's time to check out of the hotel and head for the boat. I won't have any internet until I get home, which will be late on Mother's Day, so don't look to see anything here until Monday, May 12th. I will be back then with LOTS of sweet cruise pics and cruise swap pics too!

Until then, have a Stampingrox! day!

If you need to order anything while I am gone, you can go to my Online Store HERE.

All images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

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