Circle Thinlet Card Dies – Carol Payne Stamps

Stampin’Up! Witches’ Brew Halloween Hello!

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Carol Payne

Hey there! Hope you had a good weekend! My church had their 85th Annual Homecoming Service yesterday with special music, a special speaker, and "dinner on the grounds"! The rest of our day was spent relaxing with our family here at our house!

I have another swap card for you today, this one by Pat Ertman. Pat combined the Halloween Hello stamp set with Witches' Brew Designer Paper and the Circle Thinlet Card Die:

I love all the fun halloween-ey patterns in the Witches Brew paper, don't you? The pattern on the left looks a little bit like googly eyes, and the pattern on the right is just perfect vintage halloween to me! Pat stamped her Halloween Hello images in Jet Black StazOn, then colored the candy corn with Stampin' Write Markers and the White Chalk Marker!

When the card is opened and "flipped", it reveals the little witchy from this same set. Pat stamped her on Summer Starfruit with Jet Black StazOn, then punched her with the 1" Circle punch to create a really easy full-moon effect!

That's all for now! I need to hit the hay because Liam is spending the night with me again for the second Sunday night in a row and he will be up bright and early! I usually go to his house in the morning, but there's some crazy railroad crossing construction going on between his house and mine last Monday and tomorrow, so we decided it would be best if he just spent the night with me on Sunday nights until it is over. I love my job! What other job lets me take care of my grandbabies AND stamp too??!

Halloween will soon be here! Will you be ready? Tomorrow I will have some fun candy projects for Halloween to show you!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

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Stampin’Up! Sunday Swap Day Cuddles & Kisses!

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Carol Payne

Hey there! I had a fun day today! The girls had a wedding to shoot, which is not uncommon for Saturdays, especially in the fall, but the neat thing today was that I got to baby-sit both Liam AND Oakley! A 13-month old and a 2-month old! Wow, things were really hopping around here for awhile! Liam is fascinated by Oakley. He is very careful around him and mostly just likes to watch him wiggling and kicking in the swing. Needless to say, I had no time for blogging while they were here!

One of my monthly swaps arrived today, and it was fabulous! The theme this month was cards that move, with a focus on the Thinlet Card Dies. In honor of Liam & Oakley today, I'm going to share the two baby cards from the swap!

First up, Audra Moncur used Embellished Events with Cuddles & Kisses and the Circle Thinlet Card Die:

She used Coastal Cabana & Whisper White cardstock, 2013-2015 In-Color Designer Paper, the Perfect Polka Dot Textured Impressions Folder, Daffodil Delight ink and Basic Black ink.

Inside she repeated the ducky from the front on the extra fold. I will have to show you how to do this, won't I? The verse is from Cuddles and Kisses in Basic Black.

I LOVE these flip cards, don't you? Back in the day when I first started as a Stampin' Up! demo, I learned how to make a flip card, but is was all squares and the folds had to be scored with the paper trimmer, then the flip part had to be individually cut with the trimmer too. It could be done, but now the Thinlet Card Dies and the Big Shot make it SO EASY!!!!

Next, Lorraine Duran partnered Soft Sky, So Saffron, and Whisper White with the Baby Prints and Cuddles & Kisses stamp sets for a softer look. Surprisingly, the Designer Series Paper is from the Winter Frost Designer Paper Stack! She used the same Perfect Polka Dots folder on the front flap, along with a So Saffron ink-dyed 3/8" White Taffeta Ribbon. A neat benefit of the Thinlet Card Dies; they come with more than just the basic die to cut and score the card! The Circle Thinlet Card Die has a total of 10 dies in the set! The So Saffron scallop circle on this card was cut with one of these dies and is created to fit perfectly! No joke!

Open the card "flips" to show the "it's a boy" from Baby Prints, and the extra added flap again provides more room for the Cuddles & Kisses sentiment. Lorraine also sponged a bit of So Saffron ink around the scallop circle on this side to keep the color continuity going.

That's all for today! To order your Thinlet Card Dies or any of the other supplies used to make these cards, just click on the Shop Now! button in the upper right side of my blog to shop and place yoru order at my open-24-7 Online Store.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!