RUN, don’t walk to check them out and don’t hesitate to order if you see things you want! Products only available while supplies last. Lots of ribbon! Designer Papers! The Black Spider Web Doilies from last year! Punches! Lots of things!
I’ve been playing with the pile of extra stamped or cut out pieces on my table and this Swirly Bird Pumpkins Halloween Card is one card I’ve come up with! Sometimes when I am die-cutting pieces with my Big Shot, I cut extra pieces while I am at it and/or sometimes I just change my mind about what I am doing and don’t use the pieces I cut out. Instead of throwing them all out, save the decent ones (in a pile on your table!) and if they don’t collect too much dust, get them out one day and see what you can make with them!
On this card, I had extra Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies pieces plus used the Swirly Bird Stamp Set to stamp the solid pumpkin image in Peekaboo Peach, one of the new In Colors and the little vines on the pumpkins. The pumpkin stems are pieces cut from leaves made with the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies. The colorful moon is a Swirly Scribbles die cut sponged with some Pumpkin Pie ink. The tiny little bats are die cuts from the Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies. I was trying out those new dies and since I had black cardstock I just cut a bunch of bats! They are perfect on this card!
For the background sky of the card, I used my Aqua Painter and various ink colors to make a colorful, spooky night sky! You could also sponge colors on with Stamping Sponges or Sponge Daubers.
While I don’t necessarily think this is my best card ever, it was fun playing with the pieces and coming up with a Halloween card! Even though the sky isn’t the best I’ve ever done, it’s okay because it is for Halloween and why couldn’t a fall sky look like this?! Not everything has to be a masterpiece! (I should use that for a quote!)
Look at your scraps (I know you have them!!) and see what you can make! We need to use up those scraps every now and then. They don’t do anyone any good just being in a pile or bag or box. Use them! Create something! Mail the card!
Need more cardstock to make more scraps??! Order some today from
New offers Sept. 8 and Sept. 15 also. Don’t know what they are yet, though! You will love the Enamel Shapes! Think about the Metallic Enamel Shapes, the star shapes, for the tops of Christmas trees!
Go check out the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog now! Let me know what you think! If you do not have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator you are working with currently, contact me and I would be happy to mail you a catalog!
It’s so fun to play with the Sweet Home Stamp Set and the Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies to make all kinds of little houses for holiday home decor, party favors, treat holders or gift box like my Home Sweet Home Halloween House. You can make these as simple or as involved as you like. Cut two pieces with the dies to make a house, then stamp or add additional die cuts, like for windows perhaps, and then glue it all together! The Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog gives you photos of three types of houses – Halloween, Christmas, and a regular house. There are plenty of stamps and dies to embellish your houses for whatever occasion you like!
For my Halloween house, I stamped the lines to look like the wood siding and die cut all the rest of the pieces. I put a gray ghost up in the top window! For the windows I just cut the black frames and cut pieces of Daffodil Delight yellow for the “light” behind them, sponged with a little Pumpkin Pie to look spooky for Halloween. I also sponged the house with Crumb Cake ink to look spooky. The roof shingles are all die cut, plus I sponged those with Craft White ink. The little doorknob is one of the new self-adhesive Brights Enamel Shapes.
The new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog goes LIVE in just a few days, on September 1st! You will be overwhelmed with fantastic choices for all the holidays coming up! If you are interested in Stampin’ Up! products and would like a catalog, just email me with your contact information and I would be happy to send you a complimentary catalog.
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And don’t forget to order your Thoughtful Branches Bundle by August 31! This stamp set and dies has been extremely popular and you can make beautiful cards for all seasons with this set! You can even make a pumpkin out of the flower/tree top in orange!
I needed a baby card so I turned to the Something For Baby Stamp Set in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. If you look on page 59 you will see the sample that I copied. I loved the little stamp that looks like the stacking colored rings that I’m sure we all had for our babies to play with! However, I did use a greeting from a retired stamp set, Big News. I also used a piece of retired designer paper on the front of the card,
To make the ring stack, just color each ring with a different colored Stampin’ Write Marker. I used several Brights colors plus Crumb Cake. Just color with the markers but then breathe (huff) on the stamp before stamping to remoisten the ink. Then cut out with the Big Shot and the Baby’s First Framelits Dies. I popped it up on a Stampin’ Dimensional or two.
The little hearts are stamped from the Big News stamp set. I couldn’t resist using some of the Brights Enamel Shapes.
Don’t forget to use your Stampin’ Up! catalog for ideas and inspiration for your cards and projects! There are more ideas than you can possibly use! Even if you tried to follow each one, you would change it up some of the time and make something different. It’s an easy way to find ideas.
There are several things going on in August at Stampin’ Up! so here are reminders! There is only one week left in August! Can you believe it?! My husband and I have noticed how much earlier it is getting dark out in the evening, but it doesn’t feel like fall is on the way at all here in Houston! It’s still August and hot as can be! But only for one more week!
If you ordered in July and earned any Bonus coupons, be sure you use them on an order in August. The coupons expire August 31.
This beautiful stamp set and thinlits dies are only available in August or while supplies last! I have seen cards made for all seasons with this Bundle. Be sure to get it while you can, the Thoughtful Branches Photopolymer Bundle.
Paper Pumpkin is the crafting kit that comes in your mailbox once a month. If you are a new subscriber, you can buy one kit, get one free! Sign up HERE by September 10th to purchase the September kit and get the October kit for FREE! Or sign up between September 11 and October 10th to purchase the October kit and get the November kit FREE!
Wouldn’t you LOVE to have this cute box waiting for you in your mailbox once a month?!
Do you like to stamp? Do you like to sew? Now you can do both! In the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog, coming September 1st, you can purchase the Festive Season Stamp Set and Festive Stitching Thinlits Dies in a Bundle! Save 10% and be almost ready to go! Add the Baker’s Twine Trio Pack with Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, and gold twine for stitching!
The thinlits actually poke holes in your stamped image and you are ready to stitch! Now if you do not want to stitch, you could draw on fake stitches with a fine marker! Who will know the difference when you send the card?! Or maybe even leave it plain and have it look paper-pierced!
Watch the Stampin’ Up! video below and see how Carrie at the Home Office makes these cards!
Don’t worry! September 1st will be here before we know it! Perhaps you have already received your Holiday Catalog in the mail, if you are lucky! If you are new to me and would like a copy, please email me with your contact information!
What could be more fun that watching videos using some of the new products in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog?! Usually these are saved until after the catalog goes live, but this year Stampin’ Up! has released them early for all of you!
This new Holiday Catalog is so full of new products that 10 videos don’t even cover everything! But you will get a good idea while you wait for your catalog to arrive! One of my customers told me she received her catalog today so they must be on their way!
Once you watch the video above, the next one will appear. But if you want to see the page where all the videos are or choose which ones you want to watch, just click HERE.
The new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog goes live on September 1, 2016. Amazingly, August is half over so September is not far behind! It won’t be long!
If you are new to me and aren’t working with a Demonstrator currently, just email me with your contact information and I would be happy to mail you a catalog when they come out. Email me at Karen@KarenStamps.com. You will love this catalog!! It will be online Sept. 1st as well.
If you can’t wait until September 1st to order, you may want to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator yourself! We Demonstrators have been able to do a pre-order and you could too! It only takes minutes to sign up! Join the Stampin’ Up! family! Let me know if you have any questions I can answer for you!
It was time to play with the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies and make some Swirly Scribbles Flowers on a watercolored background. Once you cut out the flower pieces with the Big Shot, just glue them down with tiny dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue or the Fine Tip Glue Pen. Then add any greeting you like for the occasion and any embellishments. I like to cut out extra scribbles to use another time.
It’s always best to use Watercolor Paper if you are going to do any watercoloring, but perhaps the next best thing is our Shimmery White Cardstock. You can barely see the watercoloring on my card behind the flowers. It is very light and subtle. I used Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, and Soft Sky inks with my Aqua Painter to pick up the color. There’s no skill to it, honestly, it’s just picking up the ink with the Aqua Painter and smearing it on the cardstock in each area! Anyone can do it! The Shimmery White Cardstock is so beautiful with its very subtle shimmer and glimmer! You can perhaps see it in this photograph at the top of the card.
For some accents on the card, I turned to the new Brights Enamel Shapes . These are small and flat, great for mailing, and oh so pretty. They come in each Color Family, too, so you can have any color you need, plus Metallic. I also used the White Perfect Accents. These can even be colored with Sharpies if you like.
For the little bit of stamping on the card, I used the leaves from the Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set and a small “Hello” greeting, making this a card for any friendly occasion, from the Crazy About You Photopolymer Stamp Set. Almost any greeting you could need is in this set and you can make your own combinations since the words are separate from each other.
The Swirly Bird Bundle has been very popular! If you don’t want to have FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) then order yours from Stampin’ Up! today! If you have Bonus Coupons to use, remember to use them during August.
The Thoughtful Branches Bundle is available only during the month of August (while supplies last) so be sure to order yours today! It is quite the versatile stamp set, for all seasons and all kinds of projects! I have seen too many beautiful and creative cards made with this stamp set. The Bundle also comes with the coordinating Beautiful Branches Thinlets Dies. Buy the stamp set and thinlits together in the Bundle and save 10%!
Want to see some lovely ideas using this stamp set and dies? Visit the Stampin’ Up! Pinterest Board HERE.
The Thoughtful Branches Bundle from Stampin’ Up! is available to customers starting today, August 2! Get yours right away because these will only be available during August while supplies last! I’ve seen so many pretty sneak peek samples that I imagine this limited time product will be very popular.
Here is the Thoughtful Branches Bundle! #144328 $52.00 USD
And if you prefer just the stamp set, Thoughtful Branches Photopolymer Stamp Set, here it is! #143539 $27.00 USD
If you ordered in July and received those Bonus Days Coupon Codes, you can use them starting today! Apply them to this Bundle or Stamp Set or any other products you would like! Use your Bonus Coupons before August 31!
Stampin’ Up! Trimmer Blades will be available TOMORROW (Limit of 3) if you need some! They are unavailable today, but will be available tomorrow! Be sure to put them on your order because when these are gone, we will have to wait until the next shipment arrives.
I’m still copying cards, like this Watercolor Words You’re the Best Card from the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog or at least getting some inspiration! The catalog is a great resource when you are looking for any kind of idea. Even if you see an idea for a card, you might be able to use it on a scrapbook page. If you see an idea for a tag, you might be able to use that on a card. You will find ideas for boxes and gift-wrapping and home decor items, and the samples in the catalog are there for you to take inspiration from!
This is another sample I have made from page 135 in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog. It didn’t turn out exactly like the catalog sample, but it doesn’t have to. Change it up according to what products and stamps you have. You could have used different flowers on this card, a different greeting or different paper.
For this card, I used Pool Party cardstock and a piece from the Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper for the banner, which is die cut with the Big Shot and the Banners Framelits Dies. The greeting and flowers are stamped with the Watercolor Words Photopolymer Stamp Set and the flowers and leaves cut out by hand. The greeting is cut out with one of the circles in the Layering Circles Framelits Dies. For a little extra something, I adhered some sequins from the Metallics Sequin Assortment. Who wouldn’t like to receive a card that says, “You’re the Best”!
Flip through the catalog next time you need an idea for a card or other project! If you need a catalog, please send me your contact information and I can mail one to you.
Stampin’ Up! Bonus Days are coming to an end! Did you place your $50 order so you could get $5 back to use in August on another order? Last day July 31!! Redeem your coupons beginning August 2.
Once you start playing with the Sweet Cupcake Stamp Set you will find so many possibilities with this stamp set and even more with the coordinating Cupcake Cutouts Framelits Dies. Buy these two products together in the Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle and save 10%, but most importantly, you will have all these tools to make great cards and other projects!
For this card, like yesterday’s card, I used Watermelon Wonder Cardstock for the card base. Then I die cut five squiggles with the Big Shot from the Cupcake Cutouts dies, also out of Watermelon Wonder, just to add a little texture to the background. I love those squiggles! They are probably the reason I bought the framelits! To adhere them, I just used tiny dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I like to use the Silicone Craft Sheet underneath any narrow pieces like the squiggles so that I don’t get glue on my Grid Paper where I am working on the whole card, and the glue can be wiped off the Silicone Craft Sheet.
I stamped the cupcake the same way I did in yesterday’s post using Pink Pirouette and Watermelon Wonder ink for the frosting and So Saffron and Crumb Cake for the cupcake bottom (or wrapper). I die cut this cupcake and popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For some extra pizzazz on the cupcake, I used a few of the Brights Enamel Shapes. This is a product that you might overlook in the catalog, but once you have them you know that they are SO CUTE! Really a fun embellishment!
If you have them, use the Layering Squares Framelits Dies for the background for the cupcake and the little scalloped edge. The Sweet Cupcake Stamp Set comes with lots of great greetings for both the front of the card and the inside so you will get lots of use from this set!
If you are new to my blog or Stampin’ Up! and would like a copy of the new Stampin’ Up! catalog, please contact me at Karen@KarenStamps.com I would be happy to send you the fantastic new catalog if you are interested in Stampin’ Up! products or would like to get started in the fun hobby (or even BUSINESS!) of stamping, memory-keeping, and papercrafting! Or if you prefer, check out the catalog online HERE.
It was finally time to play around with the Sweet Cupcake stamp set and make this Sweet Cupcake Birthday Card! I think you can even see the glimmer on the frosting from the Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush. (Once you start painting on that glitter, you don’t want to stop!) I didn’t realize that these cupcake stamps are actually 3-step stamping. You can experiment with them with ink choices and whether to stamp them 1-2-3 or 3-2-1. The stamps are numbered inside on the plastic so you can use that for a guide. That may sound crazy but the choice will be yours. You can stamp this cupcake and cut it out with the Cupcake Cutouts Framelits Dies and the Big Shot and pop it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals to give it a 3D look. Get the Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle with both the stamp set and framelits and save 10% plus be all set to make some cute cards and projects!!
To stamp the cupcake frosting, I used Pink PIrouette Ink and Watermelon Wonder. I meant to use the new Watermelon Wonder 5/8″ Mini Striped Ribbon on the card but I completely forgot! Maybe the next one! The cupcake itself (or the cupcake wrapper) is stamped with So Saffron Ink and Crumb Cake. There are lots of combinations or single inks that you can experiment with.
And I love the sayings in this stamp set. I even took a picture of the inside of the card because we seldom show that. Since the Watermelon Wonder card stock base is rather dark for writing a greeting, I added a Whisper White layer and stamped my greeting. Also, if you noticed on the front, since the stamps are photopolymer, you can actually bend them a little as I did for the greeting above the cupcake. I also love all the die cuts you can make with the framelits, like the word “Sweet”. At the bottom I added a piece of doily, it’s not one of the new Delicate White Doilies, but I wanted to use up the ones that I already had. If you don’t own any doilies, they are great to have on hand for just a little bit of texture or embellishment sometimes.
Don’t forget Stampin’ Up! Bonus Days are going on! When you spend $50 or more, or any number of increments of $50, you will receive (by email) a $5 coupon to spend in August! Spend $100 in July, get 2 $5 coupons to spend in August, etc. You must have an email address and keep track of your coupons yourself to take advantage of this offer. Bonus Days end July 31. You can redeem coupons August 2-31.
Can’t you just imagine all the birthday cards you can make with this cute stamp set?! Remember how important it is to send real birthday cards in the mail to our friends, not just take one second to write a greeting on social media! If you want to join the movement started by Shannon West of the Stampin’ Up! Home Office, you might like to invest in this #IMBRINGINGBIRTHDAYSBACK stamp to use maybe on the back of envelopes!
Here is a sneak peek of a new stamp set called Thoughtful Branches that will be available during the month of August only, while supplies last! There is also a coordinating set of thinlits to die cut the images, called Beautiful Branches. And you can buy the stamps and thinlits in a Bundle and save 10%! If you receive coupons from your July orders of $50 or more, you can use those to help purchase the Thoughtful Branches products in August!
This promotion runs August 2-31. Here is the ordering information:
Here is what you get!
Remember, these products are not available YET, but they will be beginning August 2, 2016 from Stampin’ Up! Stay tuned!!
Order $50 or more (kind of like Sale-A-Bration) during July and get a $5 coupon with every $50 multiple of your order to spend during August! Stampin’ Up! Bonus Days are here!
