From the monthly archives: February 2013
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Where do I start? So so many things I love about this card!!! Silver Glimmer Paper makes me swoon! So beautiful, glittery, simple, mess-less (am I making up words again?)…and you can get it free with a party or $150 order during Sale-A-Bration! Speaking of Stampin’ Up!’s best sale of the year, Sale-A-Bration 2013, do you see that fabulous stamp? It’s from my favorite SAB stamp set, Vintage Verses!!! (The “Thanks” in the set is to die for as well!) I also love the new Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder that is in the Spring Catalog. Here I’ve embossed it onto Pool Party Core’dinations Card Stock and then sanded with the Stampin’ Sanding Block to reveal the lighter color on the inside of the paper. Oh, did I mention the ribbon? Or that doily? Read on…
The ribbon is ANOTHER free option during SAB with any $50 order! The Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button Pack is so so awesome, it contains 3 spools of gorgeous 1/4″ ribbon in 3 colors: Island Indigo, Pool Party, and Tangerine Tango, as well as buttons in Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party, and Tangerine Tango! Seriously, ALL of that!!! Wowza! I am seriously hoping this pretty ribbon is offered in more fabulous colors in our next Annual Catalog!
The Paper Doily is from the Spring Catalog! These things are a steal at $2.95 for 24 of them! That’s right, I said 24!!! For this card, I folded it in half (not perfectly) so it would add more dimension to the card, but if you’re going for more bang for your buck, simply cut these pretties in half and have twice as many! YAY!
I used the Bitty Butterfly punch (again Spring Catalog) and punched a few out of the Silver Glimmer Paper to add some sparkle and shine to the card. Did I tell you yet how excited I am about this punch? I probably did – but I’ll tell you again! It coordinates with one of my all time favorite stamp sets, Papillon Potpourri!!! Are you kidding me? A punch for the large butterfly and the small one now too?!? Oh, double yay! This punch also matches the FREE SAB stamp set Bloomin’ Marvelous!!! (It’s pretty too! I bet you’re surprised that I think that!) I finished off the card with a couple of adhesive rhinestones to accent the beauty of the stamp – and let’s not kid ourselves, add a little more sparkle and shine, because who doesn’t love that? 🙂
Now, let’s talk about the color combo! Put any lighter color with Basic Gray and BAM, you’ve got yourself a beautiful monochromatic card! Other favorites besides Pool Party – Summer Starfruit or Pretty in Pink or Pink Pirouette or Certainly Celery…and oh, Calypso Coral would look pretty! See it works with brighter colors too, just a little less contrast! Give it a try!
This fabulous card was a complete CASE of my friend Desiree Spenst, who I believe CASEd it from someone else. That’s how we roll in the stamp world! Share and stamp, stamp and share!
If you haven’t already, place your Sale-A-Bration order today to start playing with many of these fun goodies! As always, if you have questions, don’t hesitate – that’s what I’m here for!!!
CHECK OUT the Simplified Sale-A-Bration Brochure HERE! It is a viewer friendly format of everything you can earn free with each increment of $50 you spend (before tax & shipping).
Supplies
STAMPS:
Vintage Verses (Wood-Mount 129633, Clear-Mount 129636) *FREE during Sale-A-Bration with any $50 order!!!
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Basic Gray Card Stock (121044)
12″ x 12″ Pool Party Core’dinations Card Stock (129321)
12″ x 12″ Silver Glimmer Paper (124005)
INK:
Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Pad (126981)
ACCESSORIES:
Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button Pack (130812) *FREE during Sale-A-Bration with any $50 order!!!
Basic Rhinestone Jewels (119246)
Paper Doilies (129399)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Tabletop Paper Cutter (106959)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stampin’ Sanding Block (129367)
Bitty Butterfly Punch (129406)
2-1/2″ Circle Punch (120906)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Labels Collection Framelits Dies (125598)
Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (129378)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
Hello! I hope today’s card reminds you that spring is just around the corner. I’ve layered tons of images onto the First Edition Designer Series Paper by stamping in different colors. It may be hard to see in the photo, but in real life, it looks really, really cool. One other thing I LOVE about this card is the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri – they were probably the simplest thing I did on this page because of their matching punches!!! I was beyond excited when I saw that the smaller butterfly had a matching punch in the new Spring Catalog! (FYI: The Bitty Butterfly Punch also matches the butterfly in the FREE Sale-A-Bration offering, Bloomin’ Marvelous.) YAY!!! Anyway, I love the vintage style and don’t typically gravitate to making cards of that style myself so I signed up for a Vintage Swap at Leadership Conference for a bit of a challenge! 🙂 I love the final result and it makes me want to try vintage more often!
You may be thinking that this card looks familiar! That’s because I showed you a few of the pieces of how I made it in two of my recent videos HERE and HERE! If you haven’t watched those yet, I hope you do! A few other details – the Label Framelit layered behind the Oval Punch is turned 90 degrees from how you typically see it. It is also pierced with its matching template from the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack and then flipped over to the other side so you see the rough sides of the holes instead of the clean ones. Again, a little vintage touch! I also really like to do that to masculine cards to give them more of a rough feel.
You may have been thinking, wait, I thought that paper-piercing pack was in the Holiday Catalog? You’d be right! It did debut there but it is in the Spring Catalog on page 36 with the other selection of items that were in the Holiday Catalog and are still available for order. The stamp sets are listed on the side (please let me know if you don’t have a Holiday Catalog if you’d like to see the images) and then the rest of the goodies are pictured on that page. One item that is still available but missed making it onto the page is the Champagne Glimmer Paper! I LOVE all of the Glimmer Papers so I was pretty excited about this! If you want to order it, just punch in item 127885!
Ok, finally, I’ll give you a rundown of what those “tons of images” that are stamped on the First Edition DSP so you can recreate this card! 🙂 It doesn’t really matter the order you do these things in – although I normally go from your lightest ink to darkest so you can best see what and where you’re stamping. I stamped the large floral image from Elements of Style several times in Crumb Cake ink over the entire piece to cover it. The Swallowtail butterfly is stamped in Baja Breeze ink. Then I stamped the paint splatter image (LOVE IT! This is a must-have stamp for me!) several times in Soft Suede ink. Finally I stamped my Music Notes wheel in Early Espresso ink towards the bottom. I unmount my wheels (see a video of that HERE) and I didn’t want to have a harsh edge so I used a torn post it note to mask off the left side of the wheel so it would look gradual with the torn edge instead of harsh with a straight edge. If I had it to do over again, I would either stamp my Music Notes wheel all the way to the bottom or move my ribbon up a bit. In the video showing you how to gather your ribbon like I did on this swap, you see why this happened to me as my ribbon hung down much farther than where I originally applied my sticky strip. (I knew this would happen but didn’t compensate for it as much as I should’ve to show the music notes a bit more.) I layered this piece onto my distressed Espresso piece (see that video HERE), and then applied the ribbon treatment on top of that so I could tape the ends onto the back. The butterflies were added with glue dots and the sentiment and Espresso pierced framelit were layered together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and then added onto the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals!
I hope you enjoyed this project! It’s one of my favorites that I’ve made in a long, long time! If you don’t want to miss out on a single post, please subscribe to my blog! 🙂
Supplies
STAMPS:
Papillon Potpourri (Wood-Mount 123757, Clear-Mount 123759)
From My Heart (Wood-Mount 126555, Clear-Mount 126557)
Swallowtail (Wood-Mount 129213, Clear-Mount 129216) – Spring Catalog pg. 18
French Foliage (Wood-Mount 120845, Clear-Mount 121166)
Elements of Style (Wood-Mount 118611, Clear-Mount 120045)
Music Notes Wheel (120327)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Naturals Ivory Card Stock (101849)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Baja Breeze Card Stock (111352)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Early Espresso Card Stock (119686)
First Edition Specialty Designer Paper (121878)
INK:
Baja Breeze Classic Stampin’ Pad (126960)
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (126975)
Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad (126974)
Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad (126978)
ACCESSORIES:
5/8″ Victoria Crochet Trim (118481)
Baja Breeze 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon (122331)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
Anywhere Glue Sticks (104045)
Sticky Strip (104294)
TOOLS:
Tabletop Paper Cutter (106959)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stampin’ Distress Tool (127562) – Spring Catalog pg. 14
Paper Piercing Tool (126189)
Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199)
Festive Paper-Piercing Pack (127857) – Spring Catalog pg. 36
Extra-Large Oval Punch (119859)
Elegant Butterfly Punch (127526)
Bitty Butterfly Punch (129406)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Labels Collection Framelits Dies (125598)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
I LOVE the In Colors released last June. They are so so pretty together, whether you use all of them or just two as I have here. The bright, fun colors in the Patio Party Designer Series Paper gave me a fun jumping off point for this color combo of Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, and Whisper White. I paired this with one of my favorite stamp sets, Mixed Bunch and its matching Blossom Punch! It is such a fun set because you can use it with the punch, stamp it directly to paper without punching (like I’ve done in the background here), or use the punch alone too!!! I usually use the stamp set with the punch, so it’s a totally different look when you use them separate from each other! Love that! I’m sure I CASEd this card from someone, somewhere but I have no idea who! Nine times out of ten that’s what happens with me!!! 🙂
Tip of the Day: Any time you’re stumped about a color combination, find one of your Designer Series Papers and use the colors in the paper! You don’t even have to use the paper, so check out even the DSPs you don’t own in our catalogs! 
Supplies
STAMPS:
Mixed Bunch (Wood-Mount 125535, Clear-Mount 125537)
Friendly Phrases (Wood-Mount 126149, Clear-Mount 126151)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Midnight Muse Card Stock (126843)
Patio Party Designer Series Paper (126916)
INK:
Midnight Muse Classic Stampin’ Pad (126860)
Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Pad (126858)
ACCESSORIES:
3/8″ Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon (126844)
Basic Rhinestone Jewels (119246)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Tabletop Paper Cutter (106959)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Paper Snips (103579)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)
Blossom Punch (125603)
1″ Circle Punch (119868)
1-1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch (127811)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
TONIGHT is the biggest night in football and I hope you’ll join me to in celebration of Super Bowl XLVII!!!
Simply place an order by phone or email DURING the game tonight, Sunday, February 3, 2013 and receive a discount! You’ll get between 1-10% off depending on the score. Please call me at 816.341.0208 or email me at Sarah@SarahLovesToStamp.com to place your order!!!
Your discount will be equal to the last digit of the winning team’s score! If the Ravens win 33 to 28, you will get 3% off your order. If the 49ers win 20 to 12, you will get 10% off your order. *NOTE: I didn’t really think that 0% was a very fun discount for anyone, so that’s why if the second digit is a 0, you’ll get 10% off instead!!! 🙂
Please make sure to provide me with your credit card info (name, billing address and phone, card number, card type, & expiration date) as I will process all orders on Sunday night after the game.
*Remember: For every $50 increment you spend (before tax, shipping, and the discount), you will get to choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration item, as well as a spot on my Sarah Loves to Stamp 50/50 Board.
CLICK HERE to view your choices for your FREE Sale-A-Bration item.
***Please remember that if you place your order online, you are not eligible for the savings as I am not able to apply a discount after you complete your order. You must phone in or email the order to receive the discount!!!
Hi there stampers! Today’s video is on a really cool new tool that came out in Stampin’ Up!’s Spring Catalog: the Stampin’ Distress Tool! I LOVE it! It is an inexpensive, easy, and fun way to add some texture and dimension to your projects. This tool is especially GREAT for masculine or vintage card styles. I hope you enjoy the video!
Please let me know if I can help you order this or any other of our Stampin’ Up! products or CLICK HERE to order online in my Stampin’ Up! Store.
