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Stampin’ Up! International Stampin’ Up! Blog Highlight Random Acts of Kindness, Encouragement!

Stampin’ Up! International Stampin’ Up! Blog Highlight Random Acts of Kindness, Encouragement!

Posted on by Carol Payne

Hey there! Today's post is for Kylie Bertucci's International Stampin' Up! Blog Highlight featuring Random Acts of Kindness. What's a Random Act of Kindness (also known as a RAK)? When you do something nice for someone is not expecting; they haven't asked or it's not their birthday, etc. 

My RAK is for a special friend who has been caring for her elderly mother for several years. Her mother has dementia and things are not going well. The stress is increasing for my friend, so I'm dedicating today's project to her. I will also be popping this in the mail right away!

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I've been wanting to try my hand at the Bokeh technique for a long time.

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I used a sentiment from Thoughtful Branches, heat embossed with white powder on vellum. I added circles of White Craft ink using a Sponge Dauber. I scored the ends of the vellum, wrapping behind the layer with SNAIL so no adhesive would show through.

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Bokeh is a photography term. From Photography Life.com:

Bokeh, also known as “Boke” is one of the most popular subjects in photography. The reason why it is so popular, is because Bokeh makes photographs visually appealing, forcing us to focus our attention on a particular area of the image. The word comes from Japanese language, which literally translates as “blur”.

I punched a stencil from scrap cardstock using 1 3/4", 1 1/4", 1", 3/4", and 1/2" circle punches. I laid it over the Night of Navy layer, adding Night of Navy, Wisteria Wonder, and So Saffron with sponge daubers. I laid the same stencil over the sponged circles, off-setting a little and sometimes a lot to sponge Whisper White Craft ink with a swirling motion. I added some Whisper White ink circles by directly patting with the Sponge Dauber to fill in blank areas.

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Inside I used the stencil to sponge Night of Navy and Wisteria Wonder. The sentiment is from Thoughtful Branches. If you haven't ordered this set yet, don't wait much longer; this set won't be available after August 31st!

Order Thoughtful Branches from my store: www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Can I ask a favor? If you like my project, please click the link below to vote for me. If I place in the top 10 I'll get an opportunity to participate in a future international blog hop!

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That's all for now, until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All images ©Stampin' Up!™1990-2016

Stampin’ Up! Oh Snap! for Jessica!

Stampin’ Up! Oh Snap! for Jessica!

Posted on by Carol Payne

Hey there! We had a busy weekend! Saturday I did a Stamp-a-Stack for my friend Cindy Lisk. Afterwards I picked up groceries and then it was home to prep for our Payne Clan gathering on Sunday for my oldest daughter, Jessica's, birthday!

Of course I had to make her a special card. This one has been brewing in my brain for awhile:

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A camera shaker! I used my Envelope Punch board to create the camera shape!

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Inside:

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Coordinated the envelope:

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More pics from our day. First, my three daughters, Kimberly (expecting her second child in February), Jessica (she has 4 children), and Alisa (expecting her second child in January) !

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Jessica & I. I was thrilled to have my first baby girl 36 years ago. She has grown up into a beautiful woman inside and out! I am so blessed by her life.

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A mini family photo shoot for Alisa, Cody, and Oakley:

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Jaxon enjoying the high-flying "baby swing"! And yes, Liam was safely out of the way.

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Jaxon's "nap". Liam didn't want his buddy to miss the fun, so he climbed right in with him!

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Altogether a lovely day!

You can order all your supplies in my Online Store: www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

The program I have been using to generate the supplies listing is not working for me today, so here's a quick listing of suppiles I used to create Jessica's camera card:

Envelope Punch Board #133774 $19.95

Basic Black cardstock #121045 $6.95

Whisper White cardstock #100730 $8.50

Strawberry Slush cardstock #131295 $6.95

Zig Zag Textured Impressions Folder #133738 $7.95

2 1/2" Circle Punch #120906 $16.95

2" Circle Punch #133782 $16.95

1 3/4" Circle Punch #119850 $16.95

Ticket Duo Punch #126883 $15.95

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack #133787 $16.95

Amazing Birthday #134225 $28.95 wood-mount, #134228 $20.95 clear-mount

Hip Notes #133501 $14.95 wood-mount, #133504 $11.95 clear-mount

Project Life Remember This #135786 photopolymer $15.95

2013-2015 In Color Sequin Assortment #133631 $4.95

Shaker Frames #124155 $4.95

Window Sheets #114323 $4.95

Memento Tuxedo Black ink #132708 $5.95

Strawberry Slush ink #131178 $5.95

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Oh Snap! for Jessica!

Stampin’ Up! Oh Snap! for Jessica!

Posted on by Carol Payne

Hey there! We had a busy weekend! Saturday I did a Stamp-a-Stack for my friend Cindy Lisk. Afterwards I picked up groceries and then it was home to prep for our Payne Clan gathering on Sunday for my oldest daughter, Jessica's, birthday!

Of course I had to make her a special card. This one has been brewing in my brain for awhile:

Stampin_up_camera_card_for_jessica_1

A camera shaker! I used my Envelope Punch board to create the camera shape!

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Inside:

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Coordinated the envelope:

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More pics from our day. First, my three daughters, Kimberly (expecting her second child in February), Jessica (she has 4 children), and Alisa (expecting her second child in January) !

September 28 my girls

Jessica & I. I was thrilled to have my first baby girl 36 years ago. She has grown up into a beautiful woman inside and out! I am so blessed by her life.

September 28 my girl 2

A mini family photo shoot for Alisa, Cody, and Oakley:

September 28 swody1

Jaxon enjoying the high-flying "baby swing"! And yes, Liam was safely out of the way.

September 28 jaxon and liam

Jaxon's "nap". Liam didn't want his buddy to miss the fun, so he climbed right in with him!

September 28 jaxon and liam 2

Altogether a lovely day!

You can order all your supplies in my Online Store: www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

The program I have been using to generate the supplies listing is not working for me today, so here's a quick listing of suppiles I used to create Jessica's camera card:

Envelope Punch Board #133774 $19.95

Basic Black cardstock #121045 $6.95

Whisper White cardstock #100730 $8.50

Strawberry Slush cardstock #131295 $6.95

Zig Zag Textured Impressions Folder #133738 $7.95

2 1/2" Circle Punch #120906 $16.95

2" Circle Punch #133782 $16.95

1 3/4" Circle Punch #119850 $16.95

Ticket Duo Punch #126883 $15.95

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack #133787 $16.95

Amazing Birthday #134225 $28.95 wood-mount, #134228 $20.95 clear-mount

Hip Notes #133501 $14.95 wood-mount, #133504 $11.95 clear-mount

Project Life Remember This #135786 photopolymer $15.95

2013-2015 In Color Sequin Assortment #133631 $4.95

Shaker Frames #124155 $4.95

Window Sheets #114323 $4.95

Memento Tuxedo Black ink #132708 $5.95

Strawberry Slush ink #131178 $5.95

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals September 9 – 15th!

Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals September 9 – 15th!

Posted on by Carol Payne

Hey there! LOTS of great deals this week on punches! Ooooo! Did you know there's a 2-inch Circle Punch in the Annual Catalog now? There is! We've needed one to go in between the 2 1/2" and 1 3/4" Circle Punches, and to coordinate with the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch for quite awhile! yay!

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Wouldn't a 2" circle have made a nice addition to the snail shell on this card?

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That's all for now! Liam is here playing with his magnetic Thomas trains, so until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals September 9 – 15th!

Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals September 9 – 15th!

Posted on by Carol Payne

Hey there! LOTS of great deals this week on punches! Ooooo! Did you know there's a 2-inch Circle Punch in the Annual Catalog now? There is! We've needed one to go in between the 2 1/2" and 1 3/4" Circle Punches, and to coordinate with the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch for quite awhile! yay!

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Wouldn't a 2" circle have made a nice addition to the snail shell on this card?

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That's all for now! Liam is here playing with his magnetic Thomas trains, so until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All images ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Fresh Prints Balloons!

Stampin’ Up! Fresh Prints Balloons!

Posted on by Carol Payne

Hey there! Hope your Monday is going well. I got up really early this morning to go to Jessica's house to help the girls (chiefly Ava) get ready for school, then I've been watching Jaxon until Jessica gets home. She went to a photography seminar in Champaign, IL over the weekend.

I spent a few days last week stamping, stamping, stamping, so I  have quite a pile of projects waiting to show you. Today's project incorporates the balloon tutorial that went out with my last newsletter, only this time I used the Extra Large Oval Punch for the body of the balloons:
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I liked using the Extra Large Oval Punch, because I could stamp the greeting from Regarding Dahlias first, and then punch it out. I used one of the patterns from the Fresh Prints Designer Paper Stack and Island Indigo cardstock for the other two balloms, all anchored with Island Indigo Bakers Twine and highlighted with my White Chalk Marker.

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 I've tried to capture for you the custom-made clouds embossing I did on the Soft Sky layer, but it's hard to see:

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Inside I stamped a sentiment from Bring on the Cake:

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Here's how I made the embossed clouds:

I started by cutting 24 clouds with the cloud-shaped word bubble framelit and some medium-weight cardboard I had saved in my stash from discarded packaging. I stacked the clouds three high, adhering them to each other and the 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" cardboard base with SNAIL. I trimmed off the ends of the clouds flush with the edges of the base with scissors.

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Starting with Tab 1 and a cutting plate, I put the cardstock I wanted to emboss face-down on the clouds shapes on the Big Shot platform.

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I added three layers of craft felt over the cardstock/clouds layers before finishing with the top cutting pad. I cranked this through the Big Shot. It was tight, but not too tight to go through. You need the layers of felt so they will squish down over the cloud shapes and emboss the paper. (If you have one of the soft, floppy silicone pads from Stampin' Up!'s retired Letterpress plates that would work too, but I wanted to use something that was readily available and not frustrate you by using something I can't sell to you anymore.)

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After embossing the clouds I sponge them with whatever color I want them to be. On today's card I sponged them with White Craft ink. In the picture below I sponged the white clouds with Soft Sky ink.

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I attached this layer to my card with LOTS of Stampin' Dimensionals. I even put a dimensional in the center of each cloud to keep them from flattening as the card went through the mail.

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Finished card again:

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That's it! To purchase the supplies to create this card, go to my online store HERE.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Here's the supplies I used:

 

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Fresh Prints Balloons!

Stampin’ Up! Fresh Prints Balloons!

Posted on by Carol Payne

Hey there! Hope your Monday is going well. I got up really early this morning to go to Jessica's house to help the girls (chiefly Ava) get ready for school, then I've been watching Jaxon until Jessica gets home. She went to a photography seminar in Champaign, IL over the weekend.

I spent a few days last week stamping, stamping, stamping, so I  have quite a pile of projects waiting to show you. Today's project incorporates the balloon tutorial that went out with my last newsletter, only this time I used the Extra Large Oval Punch for the body of the balloons:
Stampin_up_regarding_dahlias_1

I liked using the Extra Large Oval Punch, because I could stamp the greeting from Regarding Dahlias first, and then punch it out. I used one of the patterns from the Fresh Prints Designer Paper Stack and Island Indigo cardstock for the other two balloms, all anchored with Island Indigo Bakers Twine and highlighted with my White Chalk Marker.

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 I've tried to capture for you the custom-made clouds embossing I did on the Soft Sky layer, but it's hard to see:

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Inside I stamped a sentiment from Bring on the Cake:

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Here's how I made the embossed clouds:

I started by cutting 24 clouds with the cloud-shaped word bubble framelit and some medium-weight cardboard I had saved in my stash from discarded packaging. I stacked the clouds three high, adhering them to each other and the 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" cardboard base with SNAIL. I trimmed off the ends of the clouds flush with the edges of the base with scissors.

Stampin_up_word_bubbles_clouds_1

Starting with Tab 1 and a cutting plate, I put the cardstock I wanted to emboss face-down on the clouds shapes on the Big Shot platform.

Stampin_up_word_bubbles_clouds_3

I added three layers of craft felt over the cardstock/clouds layers before finishing with the top cutting pad. I cranked this through the Big Shot. It was tight, but not too tight to go through. You need the layers of felt so they will squish down over the cloud shapes and emboss the paper. (If you have one of the soft, floppy silicone pads from Stampin' Up!'s retired Letterpress plates that would work too, but I wanted to use something that was readily available and not frustrate you by using something I can't sell to you anymore.)

Stampin_up_word_bubbles_clouds_4

After embossing the clouds I sponge them with whatever color I want them to be. On today's card I sponged them with White Craft ink. In the picture below I sponged the white clouds with Soft Sky ink.

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I attached this layer to my card with LOTS of Stampin' Dimensionals. I even put a dimensional in the center of each cloud to keep them from flattening as the card went through the mail.

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Finished card again:

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That's it! To purchase the supplies to create this card, go to my online store HERE.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Here's the supplies I used:

 

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals for March 18-24!

Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals for March 18-24!

Posted on by Carol Payne

New Weekly Deals are up! Go to www.carolpayne.stampinup.net to order:

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You can order these deals right along with Clearance Rack, Occasions Catalog, Photopolymers, Hip Hip Hooray Card Kit, AND choose a free Sale-a-bration item when your order totals $50 before tax & shipping!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! Day!

 

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals for March 18-24!

Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals for March 18-24!

Posted on by Carol Payne

New Weekly Deals are up! Go to www.carolpayne.stampinup.net to order:

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You can order these deals right along with Clearance Rack, Occasions Catalog, Photopolymers, Hip Hip Hooray Card Kit, AND choose a free Sale-a-bration item when your order totals $50 before tax & shipping!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! Day!

 

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2014

Stampin’ Up! Timeless Talk!

Stampin’ Up! Timeless Talk!

Posted on by Carol Payne

Hey there! We've just had an absolutely wonderful, balmy day! Temps were up in the 50's, which means we were without coats for most of the day! But now the wind is howling around the house at about 40 mph, ushering in a new round of bone-chilling temps, and possibly some snow! Brrrrr! Winter is still here!

I wanted to share with you this card I created earlier this week for Theresa's party. This is the second of the two masculine cards we made, this time using the fun-fold I've been playing with so much and an annual catalog set I hadn't used much yet, Timeless Talk!

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Of course we had to make a custom envelope with the Envelope Punch Board, and even though some of Theresa's guests were not very craft-savvy, everyone had great success!

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We used an Early Espresso card base, Soho Subway Designer Paper, Early Espresso and a Deco Label Framelit, Island Indigo and Circle Collection Framelit Die, and Very Vanilla and a  2 1/2" Circle Punch. We stamped the antique bicycle with Early Espresso ink the "happy birthday" song with Island Indigo on a Very Vanilla scrap, then stamped the star from the Perfect Pennants set with Island Indigo ink in the center of the wheel. After punching with the 2 1/2" Circle Punch and adhering to the Island Indigo circle, we added an Island Indigo Candy Dot from the Regals Candy Dot pack.

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On the back Very Vanilla panel we stamped "Make a Wish" from Perfect Pennants with Early Espresso ink, and added Island Indigo stars from the same set.

That's all for now. Sale-a-bration starts on Tuesday, which means all orders of $50 increments before tax and shipping qualify to choose an item FREE from the Sale-a-bration brochure! Check back here on Tuesday to view the SAB brochure when it goes live or click HERE to go direct to my Online Store where you will be able to place your order and choose your freebies!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

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