Category Archives: 3-D, Gifts & Things

Help a Charity with the Stampin’ Up! Stamp Set “Tag It”

There’s one stamp set in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog that you can feel GOOD about purchasing! Doesn’t matter how many stamp sets you already have or how full your craft room is or how much paper you are hoarding! The purchase of the “Tag It” stamp set from Stampin’ Up! will help the Ronald McDonald House Charities program because for the sale of every Tag It stamp set, Stampin’ Up! will donate $3 to the charity!

Tag It is a great stamp set, one of those versatile ones that you can use for lots of occasions AND the new Chalk Talk Framelits will also work with it. You won’t have to cut out the tags by hand!

For the first time, the Ronald McDonald House set is available in four different languages: English, Spanish, French, and German. If another language appeals to you, now you have a choice!

To purchase this Tag It stamp set and have Stampin’ Up! donate $3 for each one sold, just go to my Stampin’ Up! Online Store here and place it on your next order!

A Father’s Day Paper Napkin Necktie

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I received an email from Chinet, a company who makes paper table goods, that had a cute idea for folding one of their square paper napkins into a necktie shape for Father’s Day. To finish theirs off, they wrote on a paper tag the menu for Father’s Day. I thought it was a cute idea but used some Stampin’ Up! stamps, ink and paper to make a cute tag and attached it with a paper clip (like a tie clip!) The paper napkin necktie is pretty easy to make (only took me three tries!). You might call it simple origami! It would make a cute table decoration for Father’s Day. You can watch the video below.

For my tag, I stamped the images in Early Espresso, one on Crumb Cake and one on Whisper White with the Chalk Talk stamp set. There are matching Chalk Talk framelits, but I don’t have them yet, so I just cut them out by hand. (There’s also a Chalk Talk Bundle to save you 15%!) I also used the Curly Label Punch to add that extra colorful layer. I used the new In Color, Coastal Cabana.

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Quotes and Sayings About Fathers for Father’s Day

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Father’s Day is this weekend and I thought you might enjoy or be inspired by some sayings and quotes I found about fathers. I hope you will take some time to make a card for your father, grandfather, or husband and/or help your children make something special for their dad. Make a scrapbook page or a mini album. Decorate a picture frame. Make a gift bag for Dad. This is why we all have our stamps, ink and paper! Let’s take the time to use them. It’s faster than going to the card shop!

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Any man can be a Father, but it takes someone special to be a dad. — Anne Geddes

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” — Rev. Theodore Hesburgh

The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad! — Author Unknown

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. — Unknown

A father carries pictures where his money used to be. — Author Unknown

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. ~ Mark Twain

A good father is one of the most unsung, upraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society. ~ Billy Graham

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. – Bill Cosby

“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” – William Shakespeare

New My Digitial Studio Downloads

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Yesterday Stampin’ Up! released several new downloads for My Digital Studio. It’s always fun to check on Tuesdays and see what they have come up with! Click HERE to see the PDF with all the details about these new downloads or click on each image to view them in my Online Store.

Hash It Out Greeting Card Digital Kit

Summer Possibilities Digital Download

Label It Stamp Brush Set

Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper

Don’t forget! There is a download and printing sale going on with less than a week remaining! Check it out HERE! Click one of the buttons below to share!

Gift-Wrapping with Stampin’ Up! Washi Tape

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Now that Stampin’ Up! sells washi tape, we will find lots of ways to use it. You can easily decorate a Kraft Gift Box with strips of our new Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape. It’s even repositionable, so I was able to lift one part up and put one strip underneath on the top of the box. You could also wrap the tape around the sides of the box or add matching designer paper.

The birthday tag is made by just snipping off the top corners of a scrap of Whisper White card stock. I added some strips of Gingham Garden Washi Tape to the bottom of the tag. Since you usually just tear washi tape, I let the lengths be longer than the tag by just a bit and then trimmed off the excess with my Paper Snips on each side. Washi tape is translucent so keep that in mind when you are deciding on what colors of paper to use. The surface you stick the tape to will show through somewhat.

To decorate the hole of the tag, I just punched a small scallop with the 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, adhered it to the tag, and then used a regular hole punch to punch the hole for the tag. To tie on the tag, I used the Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon. You could hand write your greeting or your “To” and “From” on the tag or stamp something, or both! I stamped a birthday greeting from Bring on the Cake in Island Indigo, one of the coordinating colors of the Gingham Garden Washi Tape.

If you want to try out some of the new Stamping’ Up! Washi Tape, just go to my Stampin’ Up! Online Store here.

New Stampin’ Up! Catalog Day is Here!

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The NEW STAMPIN’ UP! ANNUAL CATALOG BEGINS TODAY AT NOON MT!!

View the Catalog online (Flash)

View the Catalog PDF

View the Stampin’ Supplies

This is the day we’ve all been looking forward to! Stampin’ Up! will be transitioning the website over to the new catalog until noon MT today You can also order any retiring items, as well as from the Spring Catalog, while supplies last! People are calling it the “trifecta of ordering” because you can order from all three catalogs at once…the old, the new, and the Spring Catalog! Have patience because there will be a LOT of people ordering and sometimes there are glitches when everything is new!

Stampin’ Up! New Catalog goes live at:

11:00 am Pacific Time
Noon Mountain Time (Stampin’ Up! Home Office Time)
1:00 pm Central Time
2:00 pm Eastern TIme

I always like the see the time written in my own time zone so I don’t have to keep figuring it out!

And that’s not all!!!!

Three greeting stamp sets are on sale for 25% off starting today and going through June 30! We always need another greeting set! This is an easy add-on to your order!

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The Bracket Stamp personalized name stamp with 5 lines (item 131138) will not be available in time for the May 31 catalog launch, but we anticipate that it will be available soon. However, the other versions of Bracket Stamp, with 1-4 lines, will be available to order once the catalog is live.

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Remember……Ordering begins today at Noon MT (Stampin’ Up! Time!)

Current Catalog NEW CATALOG Spring Catalog

The Spring Catalog will END tonight at 11:50 pm MT!!!!!!!!!!!

Just go to my Online Store after Noon MT today and you can start placing your order! If you have any questions, please contact me at Karen@KarenStamps.com or call at 713-981-7662.

If you plan to shop for your Stampin’ Up! supplies with me and want a brand new catalog to hold in your hands (even though it is online!) please email me or call with your contact information and phone number.

Make a Gift Bag for Mother’s Day!

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Do you need a pretty gift bag for your Mother's Day gift…or really any occasion? You can use this design and just change out the paper for whatever person or occasion you want a gift bag for. If it's for a man, maybe leave off the paper flower but add a stamped image or greeting instead. You'll think of something!

I just found one of those small brown handled bags that you get now and then at the store. If you save them, you'll always have a stash to go to when you need a nice gift bag. Just choose 3 patterns from a pack of Stampin' Up! designer paper and cut one larger piece for the bottom section, one smaller piece for the top and a piece to go across and cover up that line where the two papers meet and make a cute border. You could leave it as is or you could cut or punch a scalloped edge or whatever to jazz it up.

For my bag, I used three patterns out of the Twitterpated Designer Series Paper. For a pretty accent I added three buttons from the Designer Buttons Subtles Collection. Each is tied with a small piece of White Baker's Twine. For something at the bottom corner of the bag, I chose to make a flower with the Flower Folds Die and the Big Shot using a pattern from the Twitterpated DSP.

Some of these items are on the Stampin' Up! Retired List so better do your shopping soon! Anything on the list can sell out at any time so you don't want to be disappointed. Just click that link to go to my store with the retiring products and shop to your heart's content!

Make an Easy Gift for Mom

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What can be easier to make for a little gift for Mother's Day or for your favorite teacher for Teacher Appreciation than decorating a little votive? Just wrap some Delicate Details Lace Tape #130966 around a clean glass votive holder (it's even repositionable which helps to get the ends lined up where they meet!). It's self-adhesive so easy to apply! I made a quick and easy paper flower out of the Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Series Paper #126922 using the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch #119854 (what did we ever do without this punch??!). Just punch several scallops (I punched four) and either glue together after some crumpling, if you like that look, or use a small brad to insert through the center to hold all the layers together. I used the brad and then glued on a small Vintage Faceted Designer Button #127555. You could easily decorate this votive holder in lots of different ways! Just a simple little gift when you want a little something or an extra little something to go with a bigger gift! Try it!

For any of these supplies to make your last-minute gift-giving easier, just check out my Stampin' Up! Online Store here.

Don't forget….Mother's Day is Sunday, May 12!

New Bloomin’ Bouquet Project Kit from Stampin’ Up!

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It's not quite May, but if April showers bring May flowers, the rain and flooding we had in Houston on Saturday have brought a nice flower surprise from Stampin' Up! a little early this morning! It's a new flower kit! The Bloomin' Bouquet Project Kit #134542 $12.95 will be available starting at 3:00 pm MT this afternoon (that's 4:00 pm Central Time)…while supplies last!

Kit contents:

2 sheets of preprinted and precut flowers on 12" X 12" cardstock; makes 13 flowers using Pool Party, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, and Rich Razzleberry
13 Vintage Faceted Buttons
13 green floral wire stems

Adhesive not included. (Glue gun recommended.)

You actually get a "baker's dozen" of flowers….that means you have one extra to give away! That means the number 13 is a lucky one here! Lucky for the person you share your handmade flower with!

Just add this kit to your order of retired and current items! Just remember, it's not available until later this afternoon! The link is not available yet, but here is the link to my Stampin' Up! Online Store.

Here again is the Stampin' Up! retired stamps list.

Here is the current retired list of Stampin' Up! accessories.

Zoom in to the page so you can read it!

Using Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape

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My camera is broken at the moment so I thought I would just post some ideas I have seen or had for using the great new Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape. You can order this tape as a separate item #131269 from my Stampin' Up! store….but the better idea would be to purchase the entire Epic Day This and That Bundle before the end of April so you can get a 15% discount on the whole package.

Of course the obvious use for Washi Tape is to adhere, decoratively, your photos and memorabilia to your album or journal or whatever. But you can also use the tape itself as a decorative item. Here are a few ideas:

Wrap washi tape around a tea light base (use a battery-operated one).
Decorate plastic cups, straws, plasticware for a party with washi tape.
Wrap washi tape around a gift box or gift bag as decorative borders.
Use washi tape on a card or scrapbook page just placing it as lines of tape on the project, as borders or stripes or small banners.
Wrap washi tape around a glass jar as a decoration or even as a identifier of the contents.
Before making a rosette, place a long strip of washi tape on the strip of paper and you'll have a design on your rosette after you fold it!
Tape pieces of washi tape in long or short strips down or across a notebook cover to add color and design.
Adhere washi tape around a glass votive holder to decorate your candle.
Adhere washi tape on clip clothespins to decorate. Add a magnet to the back.
Decorate a plain file folder with washi tape.

So there you have a FEW ideas to get started!

Get your Stampin' Up! Washi Tape here at my Online Store!

Scallop Envelope Baby Gift Card

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This is the little card I made with the Scallop Envelope Die to go with my baby shower gift in this post. I didn’t photograph the back of it, unfortunately, but the scalloped flap of the envelope in folded in and the bottom up and the side flap in to form the pocket. The other side flap is left open, as you can see.

The little window is punched with the cute Petite Curly Label Punch. The little greeting is stamped with the Ciao, Baby! stamp in the Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog. The pink ribbon is Melon Mambo 3/8″ Striped Organdy Ribbon. The blue is the 1/8″ Taffeta ribbon in Marina Mist.

Shelli Gardner, Founder and CEO of Stampin’ Up!, made this project on a local TV show! You can buy this Scallop Envelope Die at my Stampin’ Up! Online Store! It’s one of those cute and useful ones!

Baby Shower Gifts Handmade!

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A few weeks ago I needed a baby shower gift and kind of reverted back to something that was popular to do when I first started stamping. It was popular way back when (and still a good idea!) to buy a new paint can, decorate it and attach a certain poem someone made up. The idea was the new parents would be busy with the new baby and might not have time to write everything down they wanted to record in the baby book, so perhaps they would jot a quick note and throw it in this can and enter it in the baby book later.

Instead of a paint can, I used a white tin I had in my stash. It's decorated with Twitterpated Designer Series Paper and also a strip of Patio Party Designer Series Paper. It's easy enough to wrap two sheets of paper around the bottom of the tin (start at the back first). I like to use Stampin' Up! Anywhere Glue Sticks for a project like this, but you could also use the Multipurpose Glue or some like Sticky Strip tape. Rather than work around the handle at the top, I chose to just make some flowers with punched and distressed scallop punches and Glimmer Brads.

I also covered a little notebook with some Patio Party Designer Paper and inserted some matching paper into an RSVP pen to decorate it.

And a few baby thank you cards for the new mom to use (using a retired baby stamp set, but one of my favorites!)

And here's everything on the inside of the tin. You can read the poem I attached to the inside of the tin. Just click on the photo to enlarge. I used the Labels Collection Framelits Dies.

I also made a card with a picture of the "real" gift that the expectant mom would receive but I will post that another day!

Don't forget, today is the last day for FREE SHIPPING from Stampin' Up! That doesn't come around everyday, so if you need some stamping supplies, please browse through your catalogs and online and see what you need! We all know we "need" more!!

Order TODAY at my Online Store for FREE SHIPPING! TODAY ONLY!! LAST DAY!

Stampin’ Up! Fabric Frenzy Ends Sunday, March 31 (Easter)!

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The Stampin’ Up! Fabric Frenzy comes to an end tomorrow night, March 31. Since it is Easter, you might forget to place your order for Stampin’ Up! fabric at 50% off! Check it out here at my Online Store!

And just in case you missed it before, enjoy this video with some great ideas for using your Stampin’ Up! fabric in ways you might not have thought of!

Details: Last Day to order: Sunday, March 31, 2013

Jump into Our Spring Fabric Frenzy! Today’s the day! For one week only, all of our beautiful Designer Fabric is 50 percent off!

Page	Item	Description	Discount	Retail Price	Sale Price
170	126892	Essentials Designer Fabric	50%	$ 29.95	$ 14.98
171	126893	Floral District Fabric	50%	$ 9.95	$ 4.98
171	126894	Comfort Café Fabric	50%	$ 9.95	$ 4.98
171	125411	Summer Smooches Fabric	50%	$ 9.95	$ 4.98
171	125412	Twitterpated Fabric	50%	$ 9.95	$ 4.98
171	122337	Timeless Portrait Fabric	50%	$ 9.95	$ 4.98
171	122336	Beau Chateau Fabric	50%	$ 9.95	$ 4.98
171	124066	Spice Cake Fabric	50%	$ 9.95	$ 4.98
171	122335	Flirtatious Fabric	50%	$ 9.95	$ 4.98
6*	129308	Tea for Two Fabric	50%	$ 9.95	$ 4.98
13*	129307	More Amore Fabric	50%	$ 9.95	$ 4.98
*2013 Spring CatalogPlace your order at my Online Store today if you are interested in this fabric offer!

Make an Easter Chick with the Stampin’ Up! Petal Cone Die

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If you want to make an Easter Chick, or an Easter Duck I suppose, it’s easy to make one with the Stampin’ Up! Petal Cone Die. It makes a great treat holder. Just die cut two shapes of the Petal Cone Die with the Big Shot and adhere them together. Cut off all but one of the flaps. Use the same die to cut the orange scalloped tuft for the top of his/her head. The other scalloped pieces of yellow that were cut out with the original cone can be folded in half and made into wings on the side of the body. Make a face and beak using some punches and scraps of card stock and you’ve got a cute little chick!

Punch holes in the sides if you want to add a ribbon hanger. Add some Easter grass and some candy treats! You can use the Petal Cone Die to make all sorts of treat holders for any occasion!

Make a Punch Art Easter Bunny and Basket

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It’s fun to make a punch art Easter Bunny with your Stampin’ Up! punches, and even more fun to put him on a cute basket made with the Fancy Favor Die and the Big Shot! To get the basket look, I also embossed the cut out basket with the Lattice Embossing Folder. The basket is made with Soft Suede card stock and I also sponged some White Craft Ink on to the embossing to make it show up a little more. The Easter eggs were really fun….just punched some Tea for Two Designer Series Paper with the Small Oval Punch.

To make a bunny out of punches, just experiment according to what size you want. This one has a 1 3/4″ circle punch body, 1 1/4″ circle punch head and ears made with the Blossom Petals Punch. I drew in the eyes and mouth and whiskers, punched the heart nose and colored in some cheeks with Watercolor Crayons and an Aqua Painter.

The basket is all ready for some Easter treats! Cut some narrow strips of card stock and crumple or run through your (retired) crimper to make “Easter grass”!

Try your hand at making a punch art bunny!

For any punches, card stock, or any other papercrafting supplies, just check out my Stampin’ Up! Online Store here.

Stamping With Karen

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Category Archives: 3-D, Gifts & Things

Help a Charity with the Stampin’ Up! Stamp Set “Tag It”

A Father’s Day Paper Napkin Necktie

Shop the Stampin’ Up! Online Store Here!

Quotes and Sayings About Fathers for Father’s Day

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New My Digitial Studio Downloads

Gift-Wrapping with Stampin’ Up! Washi Tape

New Stampin’ Up! Catalog Day is Here!

Make a Gift Bag for Mother’s Day!

Make an Easy Gift for Mom

New Bloomin’ Bouquet Project Kit from Stampin’ Up!

Using Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape

Scallop Envelope Baby Gift Card

Baby Shower Gifts Handmade!

Stampin’ Up! Fabric Frenzy Ends Sunday, March 31 (Easter)!

Make an Easter Chick with the Stampin’ Up! Petal Cone Die

Make a Punch Art Easter Bunny and Basket