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Terrific Tuesdays ~~ Getting Back On Track!!

Hello Fellow Stampers ~~

Whew!!  Have you missed me??  I took a rather unexpected and lengthy break from the Blog over the past month and a half!!  It was needed, but now I think it is time to get back into the groove of things, back to the creative desk, and start sharing some fun with all of you again!!

And lots is going on, that I don't want anyone to miss out on.   So bear with me, as we do some catch up, and I share a sweet and simple little card with you today too!!

 

GUESS WHAT!!!  THE STORK FLEW IN -- AND IT'S AN UNEXPECTED FREE SHIPPING DAY!!!

Whoo  Hoooo Everyone!  The unexpected has happened, and Stampin' Up! has gifted us with a Free Shipping Day!!

All Day on June 21st ONLY!!  Minimum $75 to qualify for Free Shipping.

Got a BIG Wish List for the new Annual Catalog?  It's the perfect time to Save BIG -- and get that order in!!

 

2022 JANUARY - JUNE MINI CATALOG RETIRING!!!

The time has arrived to say good-bye to the January - June 2022 Mini Catalog.  Only about a week and a half left to snag remaining products from this catalog.

Click the button above to download the Excel Spreadsheet Retiring List

**Note: This list has been updated - if an item has a line "striking it out" it is sold out and no longer available.

Click the button above to Shop the Last Chance Products from the Spring Mini Catalog!!

There's a NEW MINI CATALOG In the House!!!

There's a Brand New 2022 July - December Mini Catalog Arriving!  I an tell you, it is GORGEOUS!!

Need a Catalog?  Looking for a SU! Demonstrator?

Click to Order a Catalog and Contact Me!!

And we will have our 2nd Round of Sale-A-Bration in July & August!!  There are some wonderful goodies coming, so stay tuned!!!!

**News about upcoming Product Shares will be released soon as well!

 

IT'S A KIT SALE!!

Get ready—the Kits Collection is having a Buy One/Get One for 50% off promotion!!

This is the perfect time to Stock Up (kits are great for quick, easy cards to beef up your stash, or to share a kit from the Kits Collection with a friend!

As always, the kit selection is based on availability.  Sale ends on June 30th!!

You can see what’s available in the Kits Collection selection here. 
Fill up your Shopping Cart -- and what better day!!  Today All Day Long you get FREE Shipping!!

I'm leaving you today with a sweet little card the group made together at my ASE's Technique class a month ago!!  I adore the Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks and how easy it is to make this pretty little card.

 

This is a cute little square notecard - 4-1/4" x 8-1/2", scored @ 4-1/4" on the 8-1/2" side (a top fold card).

Then some pretty DSP to frame the center panel

And easy peasy!!

You lay down the Butterfly mask -- tack it in place with washi tape.

Then overlay with the flowers mask - and tack in place with washi tape.

Then take your sponge daubers and color.

This combination is Mango Melody around the edges, then Calypso Coral and Melon Mambo combined on the inside.

The pretty butterfly is finished off with gems in all the right places and a inked (with sponge daubers) Whisper White 1/4" Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon Bow.

Now how simple and easy is that for a quick Birthday Card!!

And sweet and pretty too!!  😁😁

Those pretty Decorative Masks are retiring soon!!

Snag a set for yourself in the Online Store today ~  Make it part of a $75 minimum order and receive FREE Shipping!

 

I'll be back soon!!  I promise!  Lots of fun going on ~  New goodies arriving in the Studio; lots to share!!

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

 

 

CASE-Out Thursdays - Guest Stamper, Trish McDaniel

Hello Fellow Stampers ~

Happy Thursday All!!  I'm off to an afternoon of sewing fun!  But before I go . . .  I want to share today's VERY special CASE-Out design!

One of my fabulous customers, Trish McDaniel, is an incredible card creator also!  And she recently "CASE'd" the card on the front of our January - June Spring 2022 Catalog.  It was so fabulous, I asked her if I could feature her on the blog, and she acquiesced.  So here we are!!  😁

 

This gorgeous card is an unusual size in order to accommodate the scene and windmill in an appropriate dimension.

So this card measures 10" x 7" - and you score at 5" on the 10" side.  It is a top fold card - obviously 😉😉

Trish use Daffodil Delight cardstock for her base; and then the gorgeous Flowering Fields DSP for the overlay panel from which she used the Stitched Layering Rectangles to cut the "window" opening.

The "window" cut out panel was popped with some good dimensional tape -- so it is very sturdy!

Then she used Soft Succulent to create the 1" x 7" sentiment strip, which was heat embossed with White Emboss Powder.

As with most CASEing, you take the idea and make it your own ~ so here Trish chose Daffodil Delight as the background to the windmill; then used Misty Moonlight as the detailed overlay and the windmill blades.

The beautiful scene in the cutout is created with both a piece of the designer paper, and stamping and die cutting!!  

I think I love the fenceline the most!!  Incredible job Miss Trish!!!  😍😍

As I remind all of my customers, our catalogs are a wealth of inspiration!!!

Be sure to check out ALL the pages of your catalogs, including the "index" area at the back of the catalog that features our different bundles in one place.  There are even wonderful samples there!  So don't miss them!

Use these samples as inspiration for your own creativity and crafting!!

Thank you Trish for sharing your beautiful card with all of us!!

 

Unfortunately, we know, because we already of the Annual Catalog in our hands, that the beautiful Tulip Fields Bundle will not be carrying forward when the Spring Mini Catalog ends at the end of June! Sooooooooo, be sure to get your Bundle today, before it's too late!!  And then keep it forever!!!  LOL  😁😁

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

 

 

 

Wednesday Spotlight - Dutch Door Birthday Fold Card Tutorial

Hello Fellow Stampers ~

We are slowly but surely getting caught up here this week.  However, if I survive through class on Saturday, it will be a miracle!!!  😂🤣😂

In the meantime, we're having a typical Spring so far in Colorado, one day beautiful and warm, the next cold and windy.  I'm betting on snow next week!!!  hahaha

Before my unexpected and unplanned break from posting here on the website, I put out a poll from my Annual Birthday Stamp-a-Short-Stack and asked which card design you would like to see me do for my next Class With Wendy Video Tutorial.

 

Imagine my surprise when the majority picked the Dutch Fold Card!!

So, here we are!!

This is a fun easy card to create!  The Class With Wendy video tutorial is now available!  I hope you'll get inky and give it a try!!

 

 

I hope you are having a fabulous week!!  We'll be back with more fun soon!!

 

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

Not in the Blog Hop - Card-in-a-Card Birthday Fun Fold

Hello Fellow Stampers ~~

I'm running late on a number of blog posts, including this one; so I hope you won't hold it against me if you get several blog posts in your in-box in a row!!  I'm going to be trying to do some catch up with sharing.  I have so much I wanted to be sharing with you the past couple of days, but have just found it hard to get my arms wrapped around things here at the Studio, and push through the "to do" list.

At any rate, it was Stampin' Pretty Pals Blog Hop time last Wednesday, and for the time-being, we are continuing to "do our own thing" on Blog Hop day!!  So bear with me 😁😁  This month's theme centered around Birthdays!  It is a perfect time of the year to get those birthday cards made and your stash beefed up to last you all year long; so I hope you checked out what the Pals had to offer last week, and got some great ideas.

Today's card design is a "fun fold" - card-in-a-card is what I'm calling this.  It's a modified "flap-fold" card.

I am using several Sale-a-Bration products in today's showcase - Friendly Hello DSP, and the Calming Camelia stamp set.  I also pulled in some other wonderful products from our Annual Catalog to create this design.

The main card base measures 5-1/2" x 9-1/4"; and you score along the 9-1/4" side @ 3-1/2" and 7-3/4".

The smaller card base is 3" x 6", scored @ 3".

Then the "mini" card base is attached to the 1-1/2" inch flap of the main card base after you've added your designer paper layers.

I used a variety of patterns from the Friendly Hello DSP, layered with Fresh Freesia cardstock; and on the front of the "mini" card base, I used Basic Black for a pop to the focal point.

I wrapped the main front flap of the larger card base with Fresh Freesia 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon and tied a bow.

On the front flap of the "mini" card base I showcased die cuts from the Birds & More Dies, and used the Tailor Made Tags Dies to create a cute tag sentiment.

The Mother of Pearl Specialty Paper makes some of those die cuts just shimmer; and it's finished off with the gorgeous Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels.

When you open the flap of the "mini" card you get the full view of the front of the main card base; I used Brushed Brass Butterflies (say that fast 3 times - LOL), to accent the pretty paper.

Then when you open the main flap you get a full view of the "inside" of the "mini" card . . .

Here I used the Birds & More Dies again to cut myself a cute little Mother of Pearl birdie - who is sitting on a leaf image stamped from the Calming Camelia stamp set, in Versamark on Fresh Freesia Shimmer Vellum, and embossed with Silver emboss powder; then I fussy cut and popped with dimensionals before attaching my cute little bird.

When you pull back that final flap you get the full view of the inside of the card.

Here is where I put the gorgeous Camelia in the Calming Camelia stamp set on full display!!

I stamped the image in Soft Sea Foam classic ink; and then used sponge daubers to add color on the flowers with Fresh Freesia and So Saffron classic inks.

I then used the Encircled in Beauty Dies to cut out the image; and finished off with the beautiful sentiment.

 

This easy fold holds a lot of punch and will be a great "gift" for the recipient!

 

We'll be back soon with more fun!  Stay tuned!

 

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

 

A Week of Sale-a-Bration - Friendly Hello Book Binding Birthday Card

Hello Fellow Stampers ~

We're back, bright and early on a Monday morning!!  Unheard of lately!!  LOL

I hope you're up and rarin' to kick of your week!  I'm sure mine will be busy as usual.  But before I dive into my regular work day, I'm excited to share with you another "fun fold" card showcasing the Friendly Hello Bundle as well as the Sale-a-Bration Host Set, Special Moments; and some fun elements from the Flowered Friendship bundle in the Annual Catalog.  You'll see how well everything just fits right together -- one of the elements Stampin' Up! does so incredibly well!!  Coordination!!

 

The "book binding" fun fold design has been all the rage lately (along with the slim-line card).  I've been itching to try it, and finally sat down this weekend to play.  There are two different sizes to try for a "book binding" fold - depending on whether you're using the 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" cut; or you're using the 4-1/4" x 11" cut for your card base.  Today I'm playing with the 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" A2 basic card base (what you can also call the "vertical book binding" card).  I've scored as normal at 4-1/4"; and then a second time at 5".

After you've folded on your score lines, you adhere the card base together between the 4-1/4" and 5" score lines so that when you open the card, it is only opening on that 5" score line (actually, from the front, that score line sits @ 3-1/2").  It's really cool!!

I am showcasing some more of the beautiful papers from the Friendly Hello bundle - a Free item you can choose at the $100 level.  

Then I cut a "doily" from Vellum using the Encircled In Beauty Dies, set it in the center of my front panel, and arranged my flowers around the left side of the curve/circle. 

I used components from three different stamp sets to create this pretty arrangement.

First, I stamped the dual flower image in the Friendly Hello stamp set in Memento Tuxedo black, colored with Pool Party Stampin' Blends; then fussy cut them out (and separated them from each other when I fussy cut).

Then I used the cute flowers from the Flowers of Friendship stamp set, which coordinate with the Flowers & Leaves Punch.  I stamped the two different size flowers and the two different size leaves, colored with Pool Party and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends, then punched them out.  All my flowers have Wink of Stella added for lots of shimmer.

Then, after tying by front panel with a gorgeous Pool Party 3/8" Sheer Ribbon bow, I arranged my flowers and leaves using dimensionals and glue dots.

It's finished off with a fabulous and simply sentiment pulled from the Sale-a-Bration Hostess Set, Special Moments.

And every flower sports a beautiful Iridescent Rhinestone Jewel - the perfect match for this color scheme!!

Here's how the book binding fold looks when it's opened.

 

And the inside of my card emulates the front, with the other fussy cut flower slid in under the edging at the bottom to hide where it separates from the other flower.  I even included some of the Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels on the center of this flower (I don't often include that sort of embellishment on the inside of my cards - but I couldn't resist).

Does it get any prettier than that!!!  LOL

I hope you have enjoyed our pretty card today!  Much more to come!!

 

 

In the meantime, place those orders and grab your fabulous FREE Sale-a-Bration products while you're at it. 

Remember - we have $50 levels, and $100 levels for your Free Product choices.  Take a look at the Sale-a-Bration Brochure to find out what you LOVE!!

These limited time items are only available until the end of February!

 

Click the button above to view, download, save the new Sale-A-Bration Brochure!

 

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .