DogGone Delightful Stampin'

Weekly Deals and Updates

Good Evening Everyone -

 

My apologies for being away for a couple days.  It has been an incredibly stressful several days and I have not had a chance to do any creating or crafting due to a small crisis in my life.  I was driving to Evergreen, Colorado, on Sunday afternoon to a massage therapy appointment, when I noticed a strange noise my car was making.  I noticed I started having trouble "climbing" Genessee Hill on I-70, and started to become increasingly concerned at the noises my 1997 Geo Prizm was making; so I began to pull over, and was all the way over driving on the right-hand shoulder when I realized that the Lookout Mountain exit was just ahead, so I breathed a prayer I'd make it, and got off what is a very very busy highway, on a day that was extremely gray cloudy socked in and very cold wind blowing besides.  I was lucky enough that there was a bus park-n-ride right off the exit I took, so I was able to pull off to a safe place and try to collect my wits.  I called my brother who is a truck driver and was about to hit the road for his weekly run, but kindly called a friend of his and sent him up to help me.  In the meantime, I used the roadside emergency service assistance I have on my car insurance for the very first time.  My brother's friend and the two driver showed up at the same time.  We were able to get the vehicle down to the car service center, and me safely home.  However, the reality at that point was, something had gone terribly wrong and I was carless.

Monday morning, my boyfriend came over and we proceeded back to the car service center, and one listen by the mechanic was all it took for him to tell me that the car had thrown it's bottom rod bearing, and it was done for.  He told us it would be $5000 to fix/drop a new engine in the car, and there was no way he recommended we spend that kind of money on such an old vehicle.  So now I was faced with what to do next.  It's been a tough couple days, dealing with finances, options, decisions, but thanks to the wonderful man in my life, I have a new vehicle sitting in my garage tonight -- a 2009 Kia Spectra!  I've never had such a nice car -- I'm still trying to take it all in.

    

 

        Don't look at my messy garage please -- LOL  :-)

 

       I'll take better pictures in a couple days outside; it's somewhat cold and windy out right now.

 

 

      So needless to say, I haven't had any time to deal with fun stuff.  Other than . . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last night was our "red carpet premier" for all the Stampin' Up! Demonstrators of our new 2014-2015 Annual Catalog coming on June 4th.  It was a really spectacular event; it was wonderful to get together with Stampin' Up! Demontrators from all around the state; and all I can tell you is -- the new catalog is spectacular!!!  I can hardly wait to share it with all of you.  I'll be starting to plan new projects and work toward showcasing the new products soon!  You're going to love it!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                               

In the meantime, we're still closing out 2013-2014, and the retiring products list.  Don't miss out on your favorite things.  Lots of things are still available :-)  This weeks' weekly deals are somemore of our wonderful retiring products, on a great discount -- so snap them up!!

Let me know if you have any questions, or need help with anything.  I'm only an email away :-)

Thanks for being patient with me while we've been trying to get life put back together around here.

The Doggone Delightful Stampin' Team

Black Tie Butterfly

Sometimes you just have to make a card over five or six times to get the result that you want -- LOL :-)  This is one of those cards.  I won't even begin to tell you what it took to get to this point.

I bring you today, my Technique Twist challenge card (TTTC22).  When I saw Technique Twist was doing a "triple stamping" technique challenge, I was immediately inspired.  I enjoy "triple stamping"; and I use Darlene DeVries' technique in my triple stamping -- I prefer it over the standard way of cutting and layering for split background (or triple stamping) cards.

Doggone Delightful Stampin' Design Tips:

• The cardbase for this card begins with a Whisper White cardstock cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4"; however, the base is totally overlaid with the "centerpiece" layers.
• Measure Carefully.  Cut your "mat" pieces at:
  

• 5 1/2" Wide x 4 1/4" High
  
• 4 1/4" Wide x 3" High
• 3" Wide x 1 3/4" High

Your Whisper White piece (in this case) is cut at 5 5/8" wide x 4 1/8" high.  Then Darlene's technique is used by coming in 5/8" and marking; then coming in 5/8" again and marking; and then making your cuts.  Watch her video closely before attempting this method or you will ruin your artistic piece.

• A Little Black Tie Effect.  The swallowtail is stamped with Stazon Jet Black ink; then I used a Gold Metallic marker to work in the accent areas first.  Be sure you do this as the gold acts as a "coverup"; so if you do the Raspberry Ripple first you lose the effect you're looking for.  By doing the Raspberry Ripple after laying down the Gold, you get a better effect and look.  HOWEVER, be cautious in touching your work of art.  The Raspberry Ripple does not dry on the Gold metallic ink.  I took a Heat Embossing tool to help this; and then I very carefully daubed with a kleenex/paper towel after that.  The Raspberry Ripple will continue to move and smear so you have to watch this.  I chose to not fight it toally, and allowed some of it to "distress" outside of the butterflies wings to create a look of "movement" for the butterfly; but because Raspberry Ripple is very dark and can be "harsh" I did this very very carefully as I didn't want it to show too much.  Using long strokes gives a nice effect to the wings as well.

• Add Some Sparkle for the Evening.  (Picture is a little fuzzy, so my apologies).  The sentiment was versamarked and then embossed with a mixture of Gold embossing powder and Iridescent Ice emobssing powder.  Perfect "glitz" for a butterfly's evening out :-)  A few pearl embellishments, and you're off and running.

This card takes some time and some effort.  It isn't necessarily difficult, but technique is important here.  I hope you enjoy this card today, and will give it a try :-)  I love to hear your comments.  As always, if you ever have any questions about my creations, I'm only an email away.  Need a Stampn' Up! Demonstrator?  I'd love to be yours!  Give me a call and let me know how I can help you.

Have a lovely rest of your weekend!

The Doggone Delightful Stampin' Team

Stamps: Swallowtail [Wood Mount: 131943; Clear mount: 129216], Loving Thoughts [Wood mount: 128436; Clear mount: 125845]

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Paper Size: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Ink: Staz-On Jet Black Ink Pad [101406], Raspberry Ripple Stampin' Write Marker, Versamark [102283], Marvy Metallic Gold

Accessories: Gold embossing powder [109129], Iridescent Ice embossing powder [101930], Heat Tool [129053], Pearls embellishments [119247], Stampin' Trimmer [126889], Modern Label Punch (ret.), 1/8" Black Satin ribbon (Offray)

 

A Garden of Laughter

Hello Everyone -

Been a little busy around here the last couple days, so I haven't gotten posted up sooner.  I made this card a couple days ago using some of our items that will be retiring the end of May.  Just a simple but fun card.  Hope you will enjoy :-)

Doggone Delightful Stampin' Design Tips:

• Card base is cut from Whisper White Cardstock 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4".  The right-hand edge was embossed with the Needlepoint Border TIEF.
  
• A Garden of Flowers.  Create a fun "designer paper" stamping flowers from the Secret Garden set and the Simple Stems set using fun summer colors, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals and Gumball Green.  Stamp off to make some flowers "paler" than others.  Frame your fun piece with Gumball Green, embellish with a piece of Primrose Petals satin ribbon, and adhere to the Whisper White card base.
• Sentiment Focal Point.  The Feel Goods sentiment is stamped in Primrose Petals on Whisper White, and cut out with the Ovals framelits; the background frame from Primrose Petals cardstock.  The oval set is "popped up" with dimensionals.  The flower embellishments is from the Secret Garden set, stamped in Primrose Petals ink on Whisper White cardstock, and cut with the handy matching Secret Garden framelits.  A little dazzling details in the center of the flowers gives some sparkle.

This is a simple card to throw together when you need something quick and easy.  Give it a try :-)

Things are selling fast on our annual "retirement" list.  Don't miss out if there is something you've been wanting and it has popped up this year as retiring.  It may already be gone.  Remember, stamp sets this year have been designed "while supplies last."

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

The Doggone Delightful Stampin' Team

     

Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$8.50

 

 

 

 

Secret Garden Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$18.95

 

 

Feel Goods Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$18.95

Feel Goods

$25.95

Simple Stems

$17.95

Simple Stems

$23.95

Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Primrose Petals Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Gumball Green Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Ovals Collection Framelits Dies

$26.95

Secret Garden Framelits Dies

$24.95

Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing Folders

$7.95

Primrose Petals 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon

$8.95

Dazzling Details

$2.50

 

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FINAL DAY!! -- Free Shipping!!

 

This is the Final Day of Stampin' Up!'s Free Shipping Offer!!  You don't want to miss out.  This is a huge savings!  No matter how big or how small your order is, get it in before midnight tonight to take advantage of this.  Tomorrow, it will be gone, and we'll be back to regular shipping policies.

If you need any help with your order, remember, I'm only an email away --- wendysbusystampin@yahoo.com.

Just give me a ping and I'm here to help :-)

The Doggone Delightful Stampin' Team

 

Weekly Deals, Retiring Lists, Free Shipping - Oh My!

Can you believe it is Wednesday already?  The days are just flying by us this week -- and so are the deals!  :-)

I was surprised to see Stampin' Up! put out a Weekly Deal this week with the Retiring Products List(s) having been released on Monday, but they sure did go ahead and do they're regular Weekly Deal yesterday :-)

And each of this week's deals are focused on one of our Retiring Products -- which means this really is a deal!!!  Snap these up before they're gone folks!  Because when these are gone, they're gone!!!  We won't be seeing them again.  Worth noting for your stash -- the 2013-2014 In Color Core'Dinations paper collection (all our Core'Dinations products are retiring, so don't miss out!), the Afternoon Picnic DSP (which is absolutely a beautiful set of DSP), and the Naturals Designer Buttons (I love these buttons and you'll want to have a batch to turn to yourself ;-) ).

 

 

And as it is already Wednesday, we're down to 2 days left of Free Shipping!  This is definitely the week to take advantage of getting those orders in and saving on the shipping costs! 

 

Doublecheck the Retiring Products lists.  They are updated nightly with those items that have already sold out.  So if there is something you want, check to see if it is still available, and get those orders in :-)  Remember:  Retiring items, including STAMP SETS are available only while supplies last.  Don't be disappointed . . . order today!!

Click Here for the Updated Retiring Stamps List

Click Here for the Updated Retiring Accessories List

 

If you do not currently have a demonstrator, I would love to be yours!  If you h ave any questions, don't hesitate to email me.  Until next time . . .

The Doggone Delightful Stampin' Team!