I shared three of the four Make & Takes from convention on Thursday. Here is the fourth and final one:
It’s a Tag a Bag Gift Bag filled with cards and matching envelopes, which were made with the Hello, Lovely stamp set.
Here are some pictures of the simple cards inside:
This would make a great gift for someone, and it was so easy to make.
Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!
It’s time for another Fab Friday challenge, and this week we have a great sketch for you:
I decided to pull out the Soho Subway dsp, as I just recently got it and hadn’t used it yet. I also used the Yippee-Skippee! set, which we all received at Convention as a door prize.
You can check out what the other designers did with this sketch over at the Fab Friday Challenge site. I hope you’ll be able to play along over the next couple of weeks!
Enjoy your Friday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Yippee-Skippee!
Ink: Summer Starfruit
Paper: Summer Starfruit, Crisp Cantaloupe, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla, Soho Subway dsp
Embellishments: Tea Lace Paper Doilies, 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle punch, Circles framelits, Regals Candy Dots, In Color Boutique Details, Summer Starfruit 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack
One of the things I love about Convention is that we are given some great Make & Take packets. In the past, I have made the projects at Convention and brought them home. But this year, we decided to call them Take & Makes, and we didn’t make them at Convention, but brought the packets home and made them at home. I’ll share three of them with you today.
This first project is a cute little Tag a Bag Gift Bag that was made into a gusseted sack and decorated with the Tag a Bag Accessory Kit and the Tag It stamp set. I love the little clothes pins that come in the accessory kit.
This second project is a fun card decorated with the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set and the Hello, Lovely stamp set. I love the little bit of glimmer paper on it.
This last project that I’m sharing today is one of the Tag a Bag Gift Boxes. It is decorated with the Hello, Lovely stamp set and some handmade feathers. Very fun!
I’ll share the fourth project with you in another post later. It requires a few pictures and I didn’t want to make this post too long.
Enjoy your Thursday! Thanks for stopping by!
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for another challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. It’s my week to host the challenge, and I wanted to design a card with a tag. Just to mix things up a bit, I turned the tag on its side.
It’s really a pretty simple sketch, and I think it has a lot of possibilities. I pulled out my Zoo Babies set and decided to use the cute little rhino.
I hope you’ll get to play along with us this week. Check out what the other designers did with the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.
Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Zoo Babies
Ink: Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo
Paper: Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Gingham Garden dsp
Embellishments: Alphabet Press embossing folder, Daffodil Delight 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon, Chalk Talk framelits, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Pearl Basic Jewels, Brights Designer Buttons,
Stampin’ Up! has a lot of great promotions going on right now.
My Paper Pumpkin Promotion
If you haven’t signed up for My Paper Pumpkin yet, now is THE time to do it. Stampin’ Up! is offering new customers the first two months for only $10 each. After two months, the price will change to the regular price of $19.95 per month. You must use the promo code PUMPKINDEAL to join before August 31 to get this deal. Visit mypaperpumpkin.com to check it out.
Undefined
Stampin’ Up! announced a fun new product line at Convention last week. It is called Undefined and it allows you to create your own custom stamps. You can watch this short video to see how it works:
| Item # | Description | Price |
| 133402 | Undefined Stamp Carving Kit | $19.95 |
| 134808 | Undefined Refill Kit | $9.95 |
| 124236 | Clear-Mount Cling Foam* | $10.95 |
*Add a sheet of Clear-Mount Cling Foam to create your own clear-mount stamps. Mounting your stamps on the cling foam allows you to make stamps any size you want, not just what will fit on the blocks in the kit.
Starter Kit Offer
When you purchase a starter kit through August 31, you get your choice of one of four project kits for free. These kits range in price from $19.95 to $29.90, so that’s a great deal.
| Option | Kit Description | Item | Total Value |
|
1 |
Build a Banner Simply Created Kit AND Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit | 133507 132698 |
$29.90 |
|
2 |
Build a Banner Simply Created Kit AND Christmas Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit | 133507 132697 |
$29.90 |
|
3 |
Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit | 133463 |
$19.95 |
|
4 |
Tag a Bag Bundle AND Tag a Box Bundle | 131371 131372 |
$22.45 |
Whew! That is a lot going on! Please let me know if you have any questions!
I’ll be back tomorrow with a card for Freshly Made Sketches. It’s my turn to host the challenge, so I hope you’ll like the sketch and want to play along.
Enjoy your Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!
I have a hard time throwing scraps of dsp away. Sometimes they come in handy, like with this card:
Enjoy your Monday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Hello, Lovely
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo
Paper: Whisper White, Gingham Garden dsp
Embellishments: Pear Pizzazz 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon, Island Indigo Baker’s Twine, Brights Designer Buttons
The Too Kind stamp set wasn’t even on my wish list until I saw some amazing cards made with it from some of my stamping friends. Aren’t we bloggers such good enablers?
I’ve been using Strawberry Slush and Coastal Cabana so much lately (love those two In Colors) that I’ve been ignoring the other three In Colors. I decided I needed to rectify that situation immediately.
I’m coming back from Convention today and I had a wonderful time. It’s always good to be back home again though. I’ll have more to share about Convention soon, including lots of projects I made for the display boards, which I can now share.
Enjoy your Sunday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Too Kind
Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Baked Brown Sugar
Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Venetian Romance dsp
Embellishments: Soft Suede 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Pearl Basic Jewels, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter
One of the fun parts of Convention is swapping cards with other demonstrators. Now imagine 6,000 excited demonstrators in one large space walking around and swapping cards with other demonstrators they don’t know. It’s a great way to meet people and share great ideas. Here is one of the cards I made for swapping this year.
Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Flower Shop, Happy Day, Polka (wheel)
Ink: Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana
Paper: Strawberry Slush, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, In Color DSP Stack
Embellishments: Pansy punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack
Every year Stampin’ Up! holds a contest for its demonstrators, the Artisan Design Team Contest, in which demonstrators can enter ten different projects and Stampin’ Up! then judges the submitted projects and selects twenty finalists based on creativity, craftsmanship, etc… Out of those twenty finalists, ten are selected to be on the Artisan Design Team for a one year term. Those ten winners will be announced at Awards Night this evening.
I was blessed to have been selected as one of the twenty finalists again this year, and we were able to meet up yesterday and swap cards. This is one talented group of ladies (and incredibly kind and lovely), let me tell you. I think that designing cards for this swap is more stressful than creating the actual entries for the contest. But it’s so worth it because I get beautiful cards in return and I get to meet some incredible stamping ladies. This is the card I made for the swap:
I felt like this card is very true to my style, and I really hope they liked it.
Enjoy your Friday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Birthday Cake, Express Yourself, Positively Chevron
Ink: Strawberry Slush, So Saffron, Coastal Cabana, Smoky Slate, Versamark
Paper: So Saffron, Smoky Slate, Strawberry Slush, Whisper White, In Color DSP Stack
Embellishments: Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Strawberry Slush 3/8″ Ruffle Stretch Trim, Smoky Slate 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon, Dazzling Details
Well, here I am in Salt Lake city, and I can’t wait for Convention to start this evening. One of the things that I love most about Convention is getting to see stamping friends that I don’t get to see very often. I am blessed to belong to a really fun and talented group, and we always plan a card swap for convention. We had our swap last night, and this is what I made for the swap this year.
Enjoy your Thursday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Chalk Talk
Ink: Crushed Curry, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Pool Party
Paper: Pool Party, Gumball Green, Very Vanilla, I am Me dsp
Embellishments: Chalk Talk framelits, Extra-Large Oval punch, Very Vintage Designer Buttons, Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine, Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape
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