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Aug 21, 2019

Terrific Tuesdays - Mid-August Review

Hello Fellow Stampers ~~

It's really not mid-August anymore -- LOL. Time is flying by us . . . and with it all sorts of promotions and events going on. Be sure you've checked each of these off your "to do" list and that you don't miss out on any of the going's on!!!

TIME IS ALMOST UP TO CASH IN THOSE BONUS COUPONS!!

Time is running out to cash in those Bonus Coupons you earned during July!! You should have received your Bonus Coupon codes in an email from Stampin' Up! when you placed your Juy orders; refer to those emails to capture your coupon code(s) and place those codes into your Online Order at check out. Want to know how to Redeem your Bonus Coupon Codes? See more HERE.

NEED A LITTLE "HAND" WITH HALLOWEEN CRAFTING?!

Halloween is nearly here, which means that Paper Pumpkin has been busy, busy, busy. If you LOVE Halloween, and you LOVE Paper Pumpkin -- then I can assure you, this fun-tastic "bone chilling" kit is one you do not want to miss!!! But Hurry!!! Are you New to Paper Pumpkin; have a Current subscription; or Cancelled your subscription recently or in the past?? Then get signed back up, renew, whatever you have to do to keep the haunts from getting you!!! Booo Whoooo -- LOL. Click HERE to get your PP subscription ordered, renewed, or re-activated today! You only have until September 10th to sign up for this spooktacular kit!!

IT'S TIME TO SHARE!!!

The 2019 Holiday Catalog Product Shares are Now Available for Reservation!

The 2019 Holiday Catalog Product Shares are now available for reservation. You can place your Reservation for the Product Share of your choice Today!!! Product Shares will be invoiced thru PayPal the week of August 26th. See ALL the details for the New Holiday Catalog Product Share HERE -- and get me your Reservation Today!!! Several groupings have already filled!!

THE BEST REASON TO JOIN STAMPIN' UP! IS ALMOST OVER - DON'T MISS IT!!

Next to Sale-A-Bration, this has been the BEST deal I've seen in awhile to join the wonderful team of Stampin' Up! CHOOSE up to $155 in products for $99 (that’s $56 in free products, an additional $30 more than normal) and the starter kit ships FREE for another 10% savings. You can include products from any current Stampin’ Up! catalogs plus the holiday catalog (look for the “holiday catalog” category when getting the kit).

There are a lot of Wonderful reasons to join -- but THESE are my Top Ten!!

Be sure to check out all the Details HERE - and don't wait!! Join the Paper Pups and Stampin' Up! today 😉

HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE STARTER KIT & JOINING THE PUPS?

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Until Next Time . . . Puppy Hugs,

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 at 02:30 PM in Paper Pumpkin / Subscriptions / Kits, Shares Program - Ribbon/DSP/Embellishments, Specials & Promotions, Terrific Tuesdays Weekly RoundUp! | Permalink | Comments (0)

Mix-It Up Mondays ~~ Updating the Painted Harvest Colorways!

Hello Fellow Stampers ~

We had a somewhat quiet and restful weekend at home this past weekend. Puttering with some yard work; finally pinning down a storage unit so we can sort and move things from the basement storage room (particularly where the boys are concerned); and overall, just kind of relaxing, taking a nap, reading a book . . . I was going to get a bunch more done in my Studio than I did!! But I've decided that's okay. Sometimes we just need to rest!! LOL

I was looking at a "sampler" I did a couple of years ago when the Painted Harvest stamp set was first released. You can that HERE. I got to thinking that with Painted Harvest still with us; and a HUGE color refresh plus all brand new In Colors available to us, that perhaps it would be a good idea to play a little and present some fresh new colorway ideas for our fabulous sunflowers in this stamp set.

So here goes!!

Now remember ~ Painted Harvest is a 2-Step stamp set.

You will stamp the larger "background" flower image first; and then the slightly smaller "detailed" center flower image second.

One overlays the other. Be sure to pay attention to the little arrows on the acrylic sheet your photopolymer stamps come on (they are right next to the flower images); this tells you which direction your images should be to line them up on top of each other.

That's not to say you can't triple and quadruple stamp and shift the images around to get a beautifully layered look!

So the images above give the colors I used - background color first; detailed center color second.

Let's run through them so you can see clearly what the colors are:

First Row (from left to right): (1) Crushed Curry & Cajun Craze; (2) Pineapple Punch & Crushed Curry; (3) Merry Merlot & Cherry Cobbler; (4) Crushed Curry & Merry Merlot

Second Row (from left to right): (1) Grapefruit Grove & Terracotta Tile; (2) Mango Melody & Pumpkin Pie; (3) Petal Pink & Rococo Rose; (4) Grapefruit Grove & Calypso Coral

Third Row (from left to right): (1) Poppy Parade & Blackberry Bliss; (2) Terracotta Tile & Cajun Craze; (3) Pineapple Punch & Mango Melody; (4) Cherry Cobbler & Blackberry Bliss

All flower centers are either Crushed Curry or Soft Suede.

I find when working color combinations that this image works better if you put the lighter/brighter color down first, and the darker/bold color down second. Your images will pop and look better; otherwise they may come out mottled if you do it the other way and you will not like the result!

That being said -- experiment! We have so many beautiful ink colors - and I love a lot of these combinations I came up with in the sampler above!!

Hugs, . . .

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 at 12:56 PM in Mix-It Up Mondays! | Permalink | Comments (0)

Aug 16, 2019

Fabulous Friday Fun! ~~ Udderly Moovalous!!

Hello Fabulous Fellow Stampers ~

I can't believe it's Friday again already!! Yikes!! Somehow I got through the root canal fun the other day. I'm still healing (things are pretty sore), but I think overall I'm feeling better. Hoping this will be the end of the tooth thing this year!!

And it's a working Friday unfortunately! Sigh. So off to work I go!! But before I do, I just HAVE to leave you with a fabulous and "udderly" wonderful project to end our week together!! And hopefully fill you with some creative fun and ideas to inspire your weekend ahead!!

Squuuueeeeeeaaaaaallllllllll!!!

I'm sure that was the sound you heard way back in May when I first saw this brand new set in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog!

I'm a HUGE lover of anything cows, and so I was literally "over the moon" when I saw the new Over the Moon stamp set.

So how is it that it took me until August to ink it up??

Well, if any of you have been following my life for the past six months ~~ you probably have that one figured out!! LOL

By the Way ~~ it is pure heaven to finally be somewhat settled back into a new work space and be able to create again -- just a side note!!

Today I have a set of 3 cards created with the Over the Moon stamp set - and several others mixed in - for an "udderly moovelous" project that you'll want to make yourself -- I hope!! LOL 😉

Let's take a closer look at each card -- some elements are the same across each project; and others are specific to the theme of the specific card.

All my cards today feature the 2018-2020 In Color collection - I thought the bright "primary" colors of this collection were perfect for my bovine country cards -- LOL

I'm going to start with "Daisy" (that's what I named this cow - LOL), and step through some specifics here that carry forward to each of the next cards as well.

First, these card bases are cut from Thick Whisper White cardstock. And here's the little trick for today's fun card front ~~

Cut your cardstock as you normally would - 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"; then put the card front back in the trimmer and trim at 2-1/8" (half of 4-1/4"). This leaves you a flap for your card front of 2-1/8".

Now I used the sweet little scallop edge in the Budding Blooms Dies set to cut the edge of that flap on the front of each of these cards. How fabulous is that!!

Now I stamped the front flap - and you may be wondering how I got the perfect "cow splotches" for my black and white flaps -- I'll show you!

That's the Love What You Do stamp set -- and in there are two little "splotch" images that are just perfect for cow spots -- LOL. Stamp them in Memento Tuxedo Black in a random pattern on the front flap, and you're all set to go! By the way -- this idea can be found all over Pinterest if you're wondering!

Next - I created a mat and overlay for the "inside" of the card that you see when the card front flap is in "closed" position. The background mat is 2-1/2" x 5-3/8"; and the DSP overlay is 2-3/8" x 5-1/4".

No the secret to this fun card are the Ovals (the largest straight oval in the Layering Ovals set) - and I'll show you why in just a second - because, yes, there are two!

This is the front of the card oval - I stamped "Daisy" in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then used my Stampin' Blends to create some fun color (with a little stampin' write marker where necessary - like the center of the flower).

I used the Medium Daisy Punch to create a 3-layered daisy and popped it with dimensionals on the front. Be careful when you attach your oval - you are ONLY attaching just the far left curve/side to the front flap. The rest hangs out and over the under layer.

The second oval is stamped with a sentiment from the stamp set - and then I used these sweet daisies from the Daisy Lane stamp set - stamped in Pineapple Punch ink.

Then this oval is SNAIL'd to the "back side" (inside of the flap) of the front oval.

And voila!! You have the inside of your card -- how cute is that!!

Just enough space to write a little note to the recipient!

This is "Palmer" -- LOL. "Palmer" is a dreamer - a day dreamer. He doesn't get very much done in a days' time!! LOL

He is also stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink; the little grass spikes are stamped in Call Me Clover ink.

And of course, some fun coloring with Stampin' Blends.

I cut an additional Layering Oval in the largest scallop in the set in Pineapple Punch and framed our sweet daydreamer.

Then I added a little moon and stars (just felt right) with the Twinkle Builder Punch.

Here's the inside of this card - the half moon image is from the Over the Moon stamp set. You'll find most of today's fun sentiments and images from that set.

I think our last card today may be my favorite!

This is "Henrietta" -- 😊

She's a party cow for sure!! And she's here to celebrate a birthday.

Those balloons are from the Ride with Me stamp set -- and were perfect for this card.

I cut out the bunch up to the left using the Truck Ride Dies - and those are popped with dimensionals.

And the inside oval is fabulous I think!!

Can you see all the Wink of Stella on those balloons?

Fabulous!!

All of today's cards were finished off with Wink of Stella in just the right places, and the Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots which are the 2018-2020 In Color matched embellishments.

I hope you udderly adore my moovelous card project today!! LOL

And that you smile the rest of your Friday!

Hugs, . . .

Posted on Aug 16, 2019 at 06:41 AM in Fabulous Fun Fridays, General, Friendship, All Occasion | Permalink | Comments (0)

Aug 14, 2019

It's the Annual Studio Clean Out Sale!!

Whoo Hoooo!!! Finally!! After a gargantuan effort, what remains of my Annual Studio Clean Out Sale is now officially up and online for your shopping pleasure!!!

Stamp sets, Dies, Punches, Papers, Ribbons and so much more! If you are interested in purchasing something, here are the guidelines:

Please email your wants to me at [email protected]
Items are sold on a first come, first served basis.
Please include your full mailing address including zip code, and your Paypal email.
I will accept PayPal or personal checks.
I will mail only to US addresses.
Please be patient. Emails are answered in the order in which I receive them.

Ready to shop? 1-2-3 Go! The Doggone Delightful Stampin' Annual Studio Clean Out Sale is HERE!

Until Next Time . . . Puppy Hugs,

Posted on Aug 14, 2019 at 05:11 PM in Annual Clean Out Sale | Permalink | Comments (0)

"Special Occasions" ~ August 2019 Stampin' Pretty Pals Blog Hop

Good Morning Fellow Stampers ~

Whooo Hooooo!! Time to celebrate the 2nd Wednesday of the month with the Stampin' Pretty Pals!! This month we're celebrating "Special Occasions" with cards or projects that will celebrate any special occasion in style - birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, babies - the list goes on!! You may be starting the hop here or coming you may be coming from Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. When you're done perusing today's project, you’ll find the the full line-up below to help you move or “hop” along your way from Pal-to-Pal.

I love to do something "special" (see what I did there?!? - LOL) when it comes to the Pals Blog Hop each month; and so today I jumped on a new "fun fold" that I saw this Summer online that I just had to give a try. It's called an "Arrow Fold" ~ and it really is simpler than it looks! A wonderful UK crafter showcased this new fold a while back; and while she is not a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, she does have a wonderful cardmaking aesthetic.

Sticking with my "sunflower" theme I've kicked off for August, we're going to use the wonderful "daisy design" paper from the new Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper collection, and "pretend" they are bright sunshiney sunflowers -- LOL; and create a wonderful birthday card today!!

The trick to the "Arrow Fold" is all in the diagonal scoring on the top fold of the regular card base (this is a Whisper White card base cut as we normally would - 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"). My hope (no promises) is to do a "Class With Wendy" tutorial video on this card soon - so stay tuned 😉

When the flap is opened on this fun card, this is what it looks like!

Now you can see the "arrow" formation of the card really well!

Closer up you can see the sweet sentiment I picked from the Special Celebrations stamp set.

The best part of this card is the showcase of a new set in the Annual Catalog - the Daisy Lane stamp set; and the brand new coordinated punch - the Medium Daisy Punch. What I love is being able to use both our regular Daisy Punch and the new punch together like this.

This is where the detail comes into play!

I stamped the larger daisy image from the new stamp set in Crushed Curry on Crushed Curry cardstock - twice.

Then the same with the smaller daisy image - this time in Daffodil Delight ink on Daffodil Delight cardstock - 4x so I could make 2 stacked flowers.
Because when you stack the two together, you get this nice full look to your flower.

The petals on all the flowers were carefully curved with a bone folder, and lightly sponged on the tips with Crumb Cake ink using a sponge dauber.

I stacked the sets together using glue dots; then popped them on the card front with dimensionals. The larger flower as double dimensionals stacked together to give it more lift.

The centers are really fun!! Using an Early Espresso and a Mango Melody stampin' write marker, I colored our new Perennial Essence Floral Centers to give some extra pizzazz and texture to each flower! This is like so perfect!!

Finally, I used our Leaf Punch to punch Old Olive and Vellum leaves, and tucked them in place using glue dots.

The sentiment was stamped in Blueberry Bushel ink (from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set), and cut with a wonderful banner found in the Lakeside Framelits.

And I finished the whole thing off with a cute little Mossy Meadow Linen bow (attached with a glue dot), and those brand new (not yet released), Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels ~ oh my, I can tell already these are going to be a top favorite of mine all this coming season!!

I hope you had fun with me today!! More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 11, 2019 when our Hoppin’ Pals share their “It's the Sentiment that Counts” projects. Don’t miss the fun!

Until Next Time . . . Puppy Hugs,