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Stampin’ Up! Wildflower Meadow Once Again!

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good Morning! How's your weekend going? I "think" I may actually be starting to feel better! It's about time, right? I consulted with my pharmacist tonight at Kroger and he suggested I switch my daily allergy medication to another brand. I had heard, and he confirmed, that our bodies get used to using one kind all the time and it stops working, so every couple of years or so we need to change to another brand! Amazing! I had never heard of that until this year, but I think that may have been the root of my sick-i-ness!!!!!

We had fun at "SWOW" class yesterday with our three projects. I haven't shown you the third one yet, but don't worry, I will!

Today, though, I returned again to a few more of my monthly swaps using Wildflower Meadow again! I just LOVE this stamp set – it has it all – beautiful graphics, it's own built-in polka-dot background, and a matching Textured Impressions Folder! Yikes!

Denise Sullivan created this beauty with a Crisp Cantaloupe card base & ink, with accents of Crumb Cake!

What I really love about this card, besides the "best wishes" banner from Express Yourself and In-Color Crisp Cantaloupe Designer Paper, is her use of the Flower Fusion Sizzlet to create the adorable coordinating blossom embellishment! ALL THREE layers of flower can be cut at the same time with this die! Easy-Peasy!

Katy Simecka created this fun card with the same Wildflower Meadow stamp, Gingham Garden Designer Paper, circle punches, Label Love stamp and Artisan Label punch. It's a little hard to see in the picture, but she finished off each circle with a layer of Multi-purpose Adhesive Sheet and Dazzling Diamonds glitter. It gives this set a whole NEW look, doesn't it?

One of the major things that I LOVE about Stampin' Up! is the way so many different people can start out with the same stamps, but by using additional products and different techniques, can end up with such VERY DIFFERENT BUT GORGEOUS results! It never gets boring, that's for sure!

Well, I need to get off here and get my workshops for next week prepped! I have a lot to do – I have four workshops in five days booked! Yikes!

Until tomorrow, hope your day Stampingrox!

all products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Shop for these products in my Online Store! You can find it my clicking on the Shop Now! button in the upper left sidebar!

Wildflower Meadow

Clear-Mount $13.95 #129168

Wood-Mount $17.95 #129165

Floral Fusion Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Die

#115969

Price: $5.50

Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper

#129310

Price: $10.95

Big Shot Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

#120805

Price: $14.95

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter	#102023
Price: $4.50

Stampin’ Up! Square Lattice-Lattice Butterflies, An All-Occasion Card!

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good Morning! I have another project for you today from my "SWOW" Class this afternoon, a card made with the Lattice Bigz Die, Window Frame Framelits, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder, Papillon Potpourri stamps, Bitty Butterfly Punch, and one of the "Grab Your Greetings 25% Off" sets this month, Sweet Essentials!

I CASED this card from Rachel Tessman, who CASED it from a recent swap she received. CASEing (Copy And Share Everything) is a GOOD thing in the stamping world! Of course, I changed and added a few things of my own, such as the use of the Square Lattice folder, adding the "congratulations" word and banner, and using the Lattice Bigz Die inside the window.

Here's another version, with the Whisper White/Wild Wasabi layers flipped:

This version uses the Little Leaves Sizzlet to cut the leafy branches inside the window, and instead of another layer of Wild Wasabi under the "congratulations" banner I added a tiny bow of Wild Wasabi 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain ribbon! I also added a larger butterfly with the same stamp set and the Elegant Butterfly Punch.

The inside is where the All-Occasion part comes in! We are going to stamp the word "happy" from Memorable Moments on the Whisper White layer inside the card, then we are going to stamp the word "birthday" and "anniversary" on Whisper White scraps and punch out with the Large Oval Punch, then layer onto Wild Wasabi-punched Scallop Ovals. These will have Stampin' Dimensionals attached but the final protective paper cover not removed until it's time for the card to be given, either as a birthday or anniversary card!

And here's a paper-saving butterfly tip! When you have a small amount of paper but need to stamp more butterflies, punch every other butterfly facing the opposite direction as shown below. You can squeeze more butteflies into a small space this way and still have room to punch them out! Easy-Peasy!

To find and purchase the supplies for today's card, go to my Online Store by clicking on the "Shop Now" button at the top left of this blog. If you need help, you can go HERE to view my directions for using the Online Store shopping function. If you need any help, just let me know!

Well that's all for now! Unti tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Some products used:

Lattice Stampin' Up! Bigz Die

#115958

Price: $21.95

Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies

#129021

Price: $26.95

Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die

#119976

Price: $7.95

Papillon Potpourri Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#123759

Price: $14.95 Also available in Wood-Mount #132058 $18.95

Bitty Butterfly Punch

#129406

Price: $15.95

Sweet Essentials Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#126457

Price: $14.95-ON SALE For $11.21!!!!!

Wood-Mount #132085 Price: $19.95 ON SALE For $14.96!!!!!

Stampin’ Up! Square Lattice-Lattice Butterflies, An All-Occasion Card!

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Carol Payne

Well that's all for now! Unti tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Some products used:

Lattice Stampin' Up! Bigz Die

#115958

Price: $21.95

Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies

#129021

Price: $26.95

Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die

#119976

Price: $7.95

Papillon Potpourri Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#123759

Price: $14.95 Also available in Wood-Mount #132058 $18.95

Bitty Butterfly Punch

#129406

Price: $15.95

Sweet Essentials Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#126457

Price: $14.95-ON SALE For $11.21!!!!!

Wood-Mount #132085 Price: $19.95 ON SALE For $14.96!!!!!

Stampin’ Up! Wildflower Meadow!

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! I have one of my "SWOW! Class/Club" projects to share with you today, using the Wildflower Meadow suite of products!

"SWOW" means "Simply WOW"! This is a new Class/Club I am starting this month. It is:

Open to all stampers, new and advanced.
We will make three projects each month for a $15 fee, or the class is free with a $25 order placed at class. Projects will vary from month to month but will be on-trend, fun, sometimes punch, often technique, almost always using the Big Shot- in short, projects that "WOW" me!
Attendees can either choose to become a "Club" member by committing to placing a $25 order each month in exchange to receive the 3 project packet (which includes instructions, of course!), or can just come whenever they choose.
The "Club" members will take turns receiving the Hostess Benefits from the combined total of all orders received for the monthly class. Hostess Benefits start at $25 free with an sales total of $150 and increases incrementally from there (see the top of page 201 for the complete Hostess Benefits Table)
Hostess months are assigned in the order in which attendees sign up to be a Club member. The June Hostess is Darlene Holloway.
Long-distance stampers CAN participate, thanks to the easy addition of the Hostess Code!
Hostess Code for this month's class is:

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To participate via the Hostess Code go to my website using the "Shop Now" Button in the upper left sidebar of this blog. When you get to my website, www.carolpayne.stampinup.net, click on the "Shop Now " under the "Products" tab. You will be taken to the Online Catalog. Make sure the screen looks like this and says "Carol Payne" in the upper right corner:
You will then be able to navigate the Online Catalog by clicking on the categories in the left-hand column, or on one of the product pictures along the bottom:
You MUST click on the picture of each item in order to have the opportunity to put it in your basket. This does not automatically add it, but the screen then looks like this:

Say you want to look at the Wood-mount stamps in the "Bring on the Cake" product suite. Click on the picture with the words "wood-mount" under it and the next screen will look like this:

Say you want to look at the "Blue Ribbon" stamp set more closely. Click on the picture or the words with the Blue Ribbon stamp set and this screen will come up:
To add this stamp set to your shopping bag, click on the blue highlighted words "Add to Bag", making sure the "QTY" number is "1" if that's how many of the item you want. The next screen will look like this:
From here you will need to have already created an account with your credit card info and shipping info included. This order will ship direct to you, not the hostess, so minimum $6.95 shipping will be applied.
Enter the Hostess Code in the highlighted box in the lower left side of the screen.
You then have the option to "update quantity", "check out", or "continue shopping" which is highlighted in the upper right of the screen.
It's as easy as that! Give it a try!
YOU MUST RSVP to me: 618-237-6281 or carol@carolpaynestamps.com to participate with an online order, attend, or join the club!
This month's orders will be taken through June 11th, which is the date of Darlene's in-home workshop to increase her Hostess Benefits with additional orders.

Now, with the housekeeping out of the way, here's the Wildflower Meadow project:

This card was inspired by a "virtual swap" by Patsy Waggoner! I used the Wildflower Meadow stamp set and Textured Impressions Folder, along with Perfect Pairs, one of the stamp sets that is 25% off right now during the "Grab Your Greetings" promotion!

Inside I used one of the phrases from Sassy Salutations, another "Grab Your Greetings" 25%off stamp set!

Colors used are Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, and Melon Mambo!

I custom-colored the Whisper White Organza ribbon Melon Mambo this way:

I pre-cut my ribbon to 20 inches long per card so it could be tied into either a bow or a knot around the top card layer.
Wear rubber gloves for this process – ask me how I know this! Last night my fingertips were bright pink!
I created the Melon Mambo dye by filling a Stampin' Spritzer with 91% Rubbing Alcohol and 8 drops of Melon Mambo ink refill, screwed the cap back on the Spritzer and shook it carefully to mix.
I laid a couple of the ribbons in an old powder pal (any non-porus container will do) and spritzed with the alcohol/ink mixture, moving the ribbon length into the powder pal and spritzing heavily because I wanted my ribbon to be BRIGHT pink!
After the entire length of ribbon has been saturated with color, remove the ribbons and place between two paper towels to remove the excess ink.
When most of the excess ink is removed, lay the ribbons aside for a few minutes so the alcohol moisture can evaporate, leaving you with delicously custom-colored ribbons!
There you are! Custom-dyed ribbon AND an Online Ordering Tutorial all in one day! Whew!

Well, that's all for now! I still have organizing and prep for Friday to get to. Hope to hear from some of you today that are coming, participating online, or joining my fun new club!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Wildflower Meadow!

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! I have one of my "SWOW! Class/Club" projects to share with you today, using the Wildflower Meadow suite of products!

"SWOW" means "Simply WOW"! This is a new Class/Club I am starting this month. It is:

Open to all stampers, new and advanced.
We will make three projects each month for a $15 fee, or the class is free with a $25 order placed at class. Projects will vary from month to month but will be on-trend, fun, sometimes punch, often technique, almost always using the Big Shot- in short, projects that "WOW" me!
Attendees can either choose to become a "Club" member by committing to placing a $25 order each month in exchange to receive the 3 project packet (which includes instructions, of course!), or can just come whenever they choose.
The "Club" members will take turns receiving the Hostess Benefits from the combined total of all orders received for the monthly class. Hostess Benefits start at $25 free with an sales total of $150 and increases incrementally from there (see the top of page 201 for the complete Hostess Benefits Table)
Hostess months are assigned in the order in which attendees sign up to be a Club member. The June Hostess is Darlene Holloway.
Long-distance stampers CAN participate, thanks to the easy addition of the Hostess Code!
Hostess Code for this month's class is:

G4ZPEJRT

To participate via the Hostess Code go to my website using the "Shop Now" Button in the upper left sidebar of this blog. When you get to my website, www.carolpayne.stampinup.net, click on the "Shop Now " under the "Products" tab. You will be taken to the Online Catalog. Make sure the screen looks like this and says "Carol Payne" in the upper right corner:
You will then be able to navigate the Online Catalog by clicking on the categories in the left-hand column, or on one of the product pictures along the bottom:
You MUST click on the picture of each item in order to have the opportunity to put it in your basket. This does not automatically add it, but the screen then looks like this:

Say you want to look at the Wood-mount stamps in the "Bring on the Cake" product suite. Click on the picture with the words "wood-mount" under it and the next screen will look like this:

Say you want to look at the "Blue Ribbon" stamp set more closely. Click on the picture or the words with the Blue Ribbon stamp set and this screen will come up:
To add this stamp set to your shopping bag, click on the blue highlighted words "Add to Bag", making sure the "QTY" number is "1" if that's how many of the item you want. The next screen will look like this:
From here you will need to have already created an account with your credit card info and shipping info included. This order will ship direct to you, not the hostess, so minimum $6.95 shipping will be applied.
Enter the Hostess Code in the highlighted box in the lower left side of the screen.
You then have the option to "update quantity", "check out", or "continue shopping" which is highlighted in the upper right of the screen.
It's as easy as that! Give it a try!
YOU MUST RSVP to me: 618-237-6281 or carol@carolpaynestamps.com to participate with an online order, attend, or join the club!
This month's orders will be taken through June 11th, which is the date of Darlene's in-home workshop to increase her Hostess Benefits with additional orders.

Now, with the housekeeping out of the way, here's the Wildflower Meadow project:

Inside I used one of the phrases from Sassy Salutations, another "Grab Your Greetings" 25%off stamp set!

Colors used are Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, and Melon Mambo!

I custom-colored the Whisper White Organza ribbon Melon Mambo this way:

I pre-cut my ribbon to 20 inches long per card so it could be tied into either a bow or a knot around the top card layer.
Wear rubber gloves for this process – ask me how I know this! Last night my fingertips were bright pink!
I created the Melon Mambo dye by filling a Stampin' Spritzer with 91% Rubbing Alcohol and 8 drops of Melon Mambo ink refill, screwed the cap back on the Spritzer and shook it carefully to mix.
I laid a couple of the ribbons in an old powder pal (any non-porus container will do) and spritzed with the alcohol/ink mixture, moving the ribbon length into the powder pal and spritzing heavily because I wanted my ribbon to be BRIGHT pink!
After the entire length of ribbon has been saturated with color, remove the ribbons and place between two paper towels to remove the excess ink.
When most of the excess ink is removed, lay the ribbons aside for a few minutes so the alcohol moisture can evaporate, leaving you with delicously custom-colored ribbons!
There you are! Custom-dyed ribbon AND an Online Ordering Tutorial all in one day! Whew!

Well, that's all for now! I still have organizing and prep for Friday to get to. Hope to hear from some of you today that are coming, participating online, or joining my fun new club!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Mosaic Maddness!!

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! Trying to get my post up earlier today so the email you get (although it will probably be either the second one or two posts combined in one email, I'm not sure how this will go!) will be on time today!

I'm in the middle of super-organizing my stamping stuff after the big BOGO sale last Saturday. My two new catalog orders I placed over the weekend haven't even shipped yet, (due to the huge backlog of orders placed over the the weekend, I'm sure) but I'm determined to have all of my current stuff organized before these orders arrive!

I have done a teeny-little bit of stamping, but the project is not yet finished. I promise I will share with you as soon as I get it done, it's going to be pretty cute!

So today I'm relying on my monthly swaps again, this time with a few samples from Mosaic Madness!

Ruth Bingle went out-of-the-box by turning the Mosaic-punched pieces into a flower! (think this might make a great poinsettia for Christmas!) There's one of those Very Vintage Buttons again! The "feel better soon" is from the new set, Express Yourself, and she also used the Modern Mosaic Textured Impresssions Folder for the background (brayered with Strawberry Slush ink on the "positive side" (the side with the impressions raised up!) of the folder before placing the Whisper White paper inside!

Susy Miller went with a color pallette of Early Espresso, Naturals Ivory, Soft Suede, and Coastal Cabana for her card using both Mosaic Maddness and Label Love stamp sets! She also used a Neutrals Button and Natural 7/16" Ribbon Trim for the finishing touches! This could easily be a masculine card!

Well, it's back to the organizing grindstone for me today! (I actually enjoy cleaning out and organizing when I have enough time to do it properly!) My cough continues to improve a little each day, very little wheezing now, but the steroids are keeping me awake at night! When I get through all the meds I'll probably want to sleep for about 24 hours straight!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Mosaic Maddness!!

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Carol Payne

I have done a teeny-little bit of stamping, but the project is not yet finished. I promise I will share with you as soon as I get it done, it's going to be pretty cute!

So today I'm relying on my monthly swaps again, this time with a few samples from Mosaic Madness!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’Up! In Colors Are a WOW!

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! I had a fabulous day yesterday! All afternoon I had a houseful of good friends stamping, laughing, sharing, and shopping! It was a great day!

Today they are giving a shower for my daughter, Alisa's soon-coming baby Oakley! My brother and sister-in-law and my sister are coming down for it, so I am really excited! I don't get to see them very often, maybe only a couple of times a year, so it's a red-letter day when we get together!

I'm still fighting this crazy cough I've been having for the past two weeks. I'm thinking I may have to go back to the doctor for some stronger antibiotics. I even ran a fever again last night. That's gone this morning, so I hope it stays away today so I can go to the shower!

I know you are as tired of my sicki-ness as I am, so here's a beautiful illustration of our new In-Colors, followed by a few more virtual swaps:

This was created by Patty Bennet using our My Digital Studio program! Beautiful!

A fun "lollipop" card using all the new In-Colors and Label Love!

Sketched Birthday!

A sparkly Sketched Birthday!

I hope to shake this crazy cough soon and get back to creating for you!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’Up! In Colors Are a WOW!

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! I had a fabulous day yesterday! All afternoon I had a houseful of good friends stamping, laughing, sharing, and shopping! It was a great day!

I know you are as tired of my sicki-ness as I am, so here's a beautiful illustration of our new In-Colors, followed by a few more virtual swaps:

This was created by Patty Bennet using our My Digital Studio program! Beautiful!

A fun "lollipop" card using all the new In-Colors and Label Love!

Sketched Birthday!

A sparkly Sketched Birthday!

I hope to shake this crazy cough soon and get back to creating for you!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! New Catalog Has Begun!

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! Hope you are ready for today! I am REEEEALLLLY excited, because this afternoon is my New Catalog Open House and BOGO sale of my retired products! Just a few more tweaks to a few things and I will be READY!

On another exciting note, Stampin' Up! announced a new promotion for June with 25% off three greeting stamp sets! Cool!

At 25% off, it just makes sense to add one (or two!) of these to your next order! Let me show you what they look like:

Sassy Salutations:

Sweet Essentials:

Petite Pairs:

Before I go and finish up my Open House prep, let me show you this

A fun sample using the new catalog set, Sketched Birthday! Sweet! I have this set from Leadership in Orlando in January! yay! The designer paper is the new Birthday Basics. I love the colors in this pack: Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, and Very Vanilla! Yummy!

Well, that's all for now! Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!


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