Tea for Two – Carol Payne Stamps

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Stampin’Up! Retiring List Samples!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good morning! There has been so much going on this month, it's hard to believe May is already half over!

Of course, May in the Stampin' Up! world means Retiring Lists; we have to say goodbye to old favorites in order to make room in the new catalog for more possibilities.

Today I have some Fiji swaps that use retiring products. Can you guess what is retiring from each one?

What's retiring:

"You're in MY thoughts YOU'RE in my heart"-Word Play stamp set

Patio Party Designer Paper

What's NOT:

Midnight Muse cardstock

Basic Jewel Rhinestones

Simply Scored & Borders Scoring Plate

Elegant Butterfly Punch

What's retiring:

French Foliage stamp set

What's NOT:

Perfectly Penned stamp set "Get Well"

Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder

Extra Large Oval Punch

Daffodil Delight 1/2" Seam Binding

What's retiring:

Tea for Two Designer Paper

Collage Curios stamps

Vanilla Flower Trim (you've gotta get some of this if you haven't already! Almost 100 flowers for $6.95! whatta deal!)

What's NOT:

Honeycomb Textured Impressions Folder

Victoria Crochet Trim

Tea Lace Doily

What's retiring:

Elegant Bouquet Textured Impressions Folder

You Are Loved stamps (roses)

What's NOT:

Pool Party, Basic Gray, and Whisper White cardstock

Tasteful Trim BigzXL Die

Blooming With Kindness stamps (Thank you)

Basic Jewel Rhinestones

On a side note: I took these pictures in the Cleveland airport while Troy & I were waiting for our final flight home from Fiji.

That's all for now! If you haven't already, check out the Retiring Stamps and Retiring Accessories Lists to see if there is something going away that you have to have. The links are listed at the top of this blog.

Then you can CLICK HERE to go to my Online Store to order. Be sure to check out the Clearance Rack to find some great deals on retired products from the past!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

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

Stampin’ Up! Almost Home From Fiji! Did you know I now work at the airport?

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Carol Payne

We've been virtually LIVING in airports for the past two days! Eating, sleeping, waiting, over and over. I am starting to feel WAY too at home here! I'm posting this morning from the waiting area at the D2 Terminal at the Cleveland, OH airport, but I want to share a story from yesterday at LAX.

No, I don't really work at the LAX airport, I'm just using the electrical outlet at this kiosk after the employee went home. It was located immediately next to our waiting area, so it was easy to just power up while doing a little sorting of my Fiji pics. What's really funny is that people started stopping as they were getting off flights and were asking me for information! REALLY? I'm wearing capris and a hoodie! Do I REALLY look like I work here? SERIOUSLY?????

I just kept on saying, "No, I'm sorry, I don't work here", to everyone who stopped by until suddenly this little woman from Peru came up and starting asking me in Spanish-Portugese-whatever-they speak in Peru about her flight. Well, I COULDN'T make her understand that I didn't work there, so when she waved her ticket at me, off we went to check the flight board. Turned out her terminal was right beside where we were so I directed her there. We were both SO HAPPY, she started saying "gracias" and patting my arm, so I started to give her a quick hug and she kissed my cheek! WOW! She really made my day! I don't remember her name, but I won't forget her anytime soon! Small miracles while you wait at the airport, huh?

It's almost time to board our FINAL flight to St. Louis, so I will close with this gorgeous card I received in the "Swap with Me!" sponsored by Stampin' Up! while in Fiji:

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

This swap was created by Vicky Kahlandt, a lovely new demo friend from Utah with a lovely English Accent! Vicky combined Stippled Blossoms with Oh Hello and Tea for Two Designer Paper from the Occasions Catalog. She cut the ovals with the Ovals Collection Framelits, easy peasy! Both stamp sets will be in the new 2013-2014 Annual Catalog beginning May 31, but the Tea for Two Designer Paper will NOT, so better grab some before it's gone!

You can go HERE to order TODAY!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Almost Home From Fiji! Did you know I now work at the airport?

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Carol Payne

It's almost time to board our FINAL flight to St. Louis, so I will close with this gorgeous card I received in the "Swap with Me!" sponsored by Stampin' Up! while in Fiji:

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

You can go HERE to order TODAY!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Tea Shoppe Tea for Two!

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good Morning! I'm off to have a "Liam Day" today, but before I go I want to show you one of the three Technique cards we will be making Saturday at my Punch/Technique Class!

I combined last year's Occasions Catalog favorite, Tea Shoppe stamp set with this year's Tea for Two Designer Paper, then added Delicate Details Lace Tape Masking, a technique Shelli Gardner demonstrated for us at Leadership:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

You can see a hint of the lace tape masking on the card front, but it's much more evident on the inside, where I also used words from Blooming with Kindness, one of my favorite birthday phrases!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Here's a quick overview of this technique:

Attach the lace tape to the cardstock "lightly", do not press it into the project so it will be easier to remove later. Sponge desired color over and around tape, filling in all the openings in the design of the tape. Crumb Cake was sponged on the Crumb Cake cardstock for this project.

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Finally, gently remove the tape to expose the lovely sponged design! This tape comes in two different designs in the package, so you have more variety. The tape is a type of tacky adhesive-backed plastic, so you can't really color ON it, but you can sponge over it, remove the tape, then re-use the tape on anther project (just be sure you wipe off any excess ink that may remain on the tape).

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

There are TWO more Technique projects coming up the next two days, so check back tomorrow and Friday!

Until then, have a Stampingrox! day!

To order supplies for this card and technique, go to my website's Online Ordering Store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Stampin’ Up! Tea Shoppe Tea for Two!

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Carol Payne

Good Morning! I'm off to have a "Liam Day" today, but before I go I want to show you one of the three Technique cards we will be making Saturday at my Punch/Technique Class!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Here's a quick overview of this technique:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

There are TWO more Technique projects coming up the next two days, so check back tomorrow and Friday!

Until then, have a Stampingrox! day!

To order supplies for this card and technique, go to my website's Online Ordering Store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Stampin’ Up! Secret Garden!

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Carol Payne

I know this post is later than normal, but I'm here!

This card is one from my Punch/Technique Class this month. I call it "Embedded Embossing with Framelits"!

©Stampin'Up! ™1990-2013

I stamped the Secret Garden flowers with Pretty in Pink ink on Pink Pirouette and the leaf stem with Soft Suede on Very Vanilla, then cut them out with the Secret Garden Framelits. After SNAILing them to my card front I ran it all through the Big Shot with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Folder.

©Stampin'Up! ™1990-2013

The inside is stamped with a phrase from Feel Goods in the Occasions Catalog, and EVERYTHING, inside and out is sponged with Soft Suede ink!

It just wouldn't be Vintage without dirtying it up with sponging, would it?

Here's a close up of the embedded flowers with Basic Jewel Pearls accents:

©Stampin'Up! ™1990-2013

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the 5/8" Very Vanilla Flower Trim!

We counted a new package of them the other night. At $6.95, they are really a GREAT DEAL because the two yards contained 100 flowers! WOW!

©Stampin'Up! ™1990-2013

Notice the ribbon trim along the front? It's actually one of the Flower Trim, but I cut between the spiraled "petals" and found this really delicate scalloped ribbon! After SNAILing it to the card front, I added the strips of pearls from the Basic Jewels Pearls pack.

Oh, BTW, the Designer Paper at the bottom of the card is Tea for Two!

That's all for today! Today I plan to play with some new ideas! I actually woke up the other night dreaming about a technqiue variation I'm dying to try! Don't worry! If it works out I'll for sure show it to you!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Products used:

Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

#127819

Price: $7.95

Elegant
embossing for holiday cards. Ideal for embossing our new Core'dinations
Card Stock. Folder: 4-1/2" x 6-3/8". Use with Big Shot machine,
Multipurpose Platform, and Standard Cutting Pads. (This item is a
favorite from the 2012 holiday catalog.)

Secret Garden Bundle Clear

#131099

Price: $36.95

Coordinating Secret Garden Stamp Set + Secret Garden Framelits = two products at a 15% savings!

Feel Goods Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#129684

Price: $18.95 Also available in Wood-Mount

Bring a little sunshine to those you love with these "feel good" sayings.

Set Quantity: 5

5/8" Flower Trim

#126869

Price: $6.95

Say yes to girly—it’s so you. Vintage dimensional flowers on strips of tulle. Approx. 5/8" wide. 2 yds. Vanilla.

Basic Pearls Jewel Accents

#119247

Price: $4.95

Jewels
are just as magical in papercrafting as in fashion. Add a pearl here, a
rhinestone there, and your projects take a subtle step up. With our
pearl basic jewels, it’s easy to add a touch of class to your projects
in an instant.

• Small, self-adhesive pearls
• 150 pearls per package; 50 each of 3 sizes (2 mm, 3 mm, and 5 mm)
• Each package also includes three 2-5/8" strips of connected pearls perfect for borders

Tea For Two Designer Series Paper	#129311
Price: $10.95
Spread out your favorite blanket, invite the girls, and have a tea party! 12 sheets: 2 ea. of 6 double-sided designs. 12" x 12". Acid- and lignin-free. Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, and Very Vanil

Stampin’ Up! Secret Garden!

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Carol Payne

I know this post is later than normal, but I'm here!

This card is one from my Punch/Technique Class this month. I call it "Embedded Embossing with Framelits"!

©Stampin'Up! ™1990-2013

The inside is stamped with a phrase from Feel Goods in the Occasions Catalog, and EVERYTHING, inside and out is sponged with Soft Suede ink!

It just wouldn't be Vintage without dirtying it up with sponging, would it?

Here's a close up of the embedded flowers with Basic Jewel Pearls accents:

©Stampin'Up! ™1990-2013

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the 5/8" Very Vanilla Flower Trim!

We counted a new package of them the other night. At $6.95, they are really a GREAT DEAL because the two yards contained 100 flowers! WOW!

©Stampin'Up! ™1990-2013

Oh, BTW, the Designer Paper at the bottom of the card is Tea for Two!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Products used:

Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

#127819

Price: $7.95

Secret Garden Bundle Clear

#131099

Price: $36.95

Coordinating Secret Garden Stamp Set + Secret Garden Framelits = two products at a 15% savings!

Feel Goods Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#129684

Price: $18.95 Also available in Wood-Mount

Bring a little sunshine to those you love with these "feel good" sayings.

Set Quantity: 5

5/8" Flower Trim

#126869

Price: $6.95

Say yes to girly—it’s so you. Vintage dimensional flowers on strips of tulle. Approx. 5/8" wide. 2 yds. Vanilla.

Basic Pearls Jewel Accents

#119247

Price: $4.95

• Small, self-adhesive pearls
• 150 pearls per package; 50 each of 3 sizes (2 mm, 3 mm, and 5 mm)
• Each package also includes three 2-5/8" strips of connected pearls perfect for borders

Tea For Two Designer Series Paper	#129311
Price: $10.95
Spread out your favorite blanket, invite the girls, and have a tea party! 12 sheets: 2 ea. of 6 double-sided designs. 12" x 12". Acid- and lignin-free. Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, and Very Vanil

Stampin’ Up!

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Carol Payne

Besides going to the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference in Orlando, FL this month, I also had the chance to go see "Wicked" at the Fox Theater in St. Louis! My ticket was my Christmas present from my daughter, Kimberly! It was so much fun!

I've been hearing about the Fox for years, ever since my kids were in grade school and occasionally one of them would get to go as part of a school trip, but I'd never been so the whole experience was one of great anticipation, followed by no disappointment!

As probably many of you know, "Wicked" is a fun musical based on the well-known story of the "Wizard of Oz", but what I didn't know was that it tells a possible sequence of events leading up to and after the visit to Oz by Dorothy. Why DID the Wicked Witch of the West become so WICKED?

The Fox is a gorgeous place to visit just in itself, I highly recommend going if you get the chance!

Of course, the best reason I enjoyed it so much is because I got to go with my three beautiful daughters!

From left to right: Alisa, Kimberly, and Jessica. Who could ask for better?! I truly am honored to be their mother and am proud to say they are my best girlfriends!

Yes, it WAS COLD!!!!!!!

Here's one of my swaps I took to Leadership for an organized swap I participated in. I used the "Tea for Two" Designer Paper and the "Hearts a Flutter" Framelits:

A close-up of the inside:

I did the "Paper Quilting" technique for the heart and cut out some of the new Crepe Filter Paper with the Delicate Doilies Sizzlet. I love the Filter Paper, but don't think I will be using the Sizzlets with it again. Although most of the little "chad" pieces came out easily, it was not fun removing the remaining ones without tearing because of how delicate the paper is.

I used the Sale-a-bration set, "Bloomin' Marvelous" for the greeting and the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" is from "From My Heart".

Well, I've got to get going. "Best of Birthdays" Class is this afternoon and my "Yes, Ma'am!" Downline Meeting is tonight!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up!

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Carol Payne

The Fox is a gorgeous place to visit just in itself, I highly recommend going if you get the chance!

Of course, the best reason I enjoyed it so much is because I got to go with my three beautiful daughters!

From left to right: Alisa, Kimberly, and Jessica. Who could ask for better?! I truly am honored to be their mother and am proud to say they are my best girlfriends!

Yes, it WAS COLD!!!!!!!

Here's one of my swaps I took to Leadership for an organized swap I participated in. I used the "Tea for Two" Designer Paper and the "Hearts a Flutter" Framelits:

A close-up of the inside:

I used the Sale-a-bration set, "Bloomin' Marvelous" for the greeting and the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" is from "From My Heart".

Well, I've got to get going. "Best of Birthdays" Class is this afternoon and my "Yes, Ma'am!" Downline Meeting is tonight!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’Up! Tea For Two!

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Carol Payne

Attention! We are interrupting our regularly scheduled program of Christmas cards to show you this:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012

Stinkin', awesome, cute, yes? I was trying to start on January classes and workshops, trying to get a bit ahead of the game, and was just not feeling any inspiration, so I decided to so some internet browsing. When I checked out Pinterest and found this darling little teapot, my imagination just took off! I owe a BIG thank you to Ellen Kemper, the original creator of this teapot, and for her brief but adequate illustration of how it is achieved! This card will be one of our punch projects for January, so I won't give you the directions for the teapot until after my classes are over, but I can tell you that most of the teapot is made with the Blossom Petals Builder Punch, unbelievable!

Unfortunately, Ellen is no longer a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and has not been creating with punches for some time now, but I hope she takes up her passion sometime again in the future! She is a great punch artist!

I will show you the inside of the card before I give you some details:

The designer paper used on the card front and for the teapot is called "Tea for Two" and will be available on January 3rd in the new Occasions Catalog! The embossing folder used on the Pool Party layer is called Vine Street and will be free with a $50 order beginning on January 22nd, the first day of Sale-a-bration!

See that strip of that's sort of burlap-y looking? That's Natural 7/16" Trim Ribbon, also from the Occasions Catalog! I did a lot of sponging on this card with Crumb Cake ink, but I didn't have to sponge the ribbon, it comes that way-looking all grungy and vintage!

The "love" word is from Lovely Little Labels in the Annual Catalog, punched out with one of the Little Labels Pack punches.

Seems like I can't make a punch project without using the Owl Builder punch, and this one is no exception! Can you tell which parts of the teapot are punched with the Owl?

The inside flower and words are from You Are Loved, which is one of my favorite sets because of the great words in it! I colored the flower and stems with Calypso Coral and Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write markers, stamped off once on my grid sheet, huffed on the ink to re-moisten, then stamped on the lower corner of the layer to achieve the soft, gentle look.

That's all for today! I'm still working with new Occasions and SAB goodies I received in my pre-order last week! That's just ONE of the perks of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!