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Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Sale Coming in June!

Stampin’ Up! has just announced a Designer Series Paper Sale

during the month of June!

You can enjoy a 15% discount on select Designer Series Papers from our new 2023–2024 Annual Catalog and Online Exclusives. Whether you’re a scrapbooker, a card maker, or simply a paper lover, this is a great time to stock up and save on gorgeous paper so you have artistic and versatile paper designs on hand for your next projects! And we all need MORE paper, right?! Especially when it is on sale!!

Click HERE to download or read the Flyer in its entirety.

This is the perfect time to get those NEW papers and maybe order another package of one you’ve almost used up!

SALES PERIOD: JUNE 1-30

There is no limit to how many packages of Designer Series Paper may be purchased during this promotion.
Only select Designer Series Papers are available at a 15% discount during this promotion. Please reference the table above or the flyer above to see the papers included in the sale.
Orders must be placed—and closed—during the promotion period for the 15% discount to apply. Don’t start your order online early!
Designer Series Paper ordered as part of a Starter Kit or with Stampin’ Rewards qualify for the 15% discount.
Designer Series Papers are from the new 2023–2024 Annual Catalog (p. 129–132) and Online Exclusives.

This early announcement gives you time to make out your list, plan your projects, and check your inventory! Then on June 1st, you will be ready to go!

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Baseball Fans Need the Hey Sports Fan Suite!

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Here’s something for baseball fans everywhere, the Hey Sports Fan Suite, in the Stampin’ Up! January – June 2022 Spring Mini Catalog. Baseball season is beginning, whether for professional teams or Little League and everything in between! I wish this Suite had been around many years ago when my boys were little and every Saturday (and more) was a baseball game! Maybe you just know someone who is a big baseball fan. How they would enjoy receiving a baseball card or project made just for them with the contents of this Suite!

Part of the Hey Sports Fan Suite is a Bundle – the Your Biggest Fan Stamp Set and the coordinating dies, Sports Events Dies. You save 10% by buying the Your Biggest Fan Bundle rather than the stamp set and dies separately. You receive the same discount purchasing the Suite, as far as the Bundle goes, entering the product number for the Hey Sports Fan Suite (157896) just saves you the time of entering each product in the whole Suite separately (assuming you want everything!).

The Suite comes with the Bundle, the Fan Baker’s Twine, Resin Stars, and the Hey Sports Fan 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. The designer paper will be good for cardmaking but also scrapbooking. Perhaps if your kids played ball a few years back but you never got to those scrapbook pages, get the paper now and you’ll be inspired to make some of those scrapbook pages. Or use the paper as a background to frame some baseball photos or act as a mat. The Resin Stars can be used for other projects, not related to baseball, as can be the twine, so you might want to pick those up even if you are not into baseball. You might even find uses for the stamps and dies not related to baseball. Just the shapes can be used for many other sports or activities. Just think outside the box.

With spring and summer comes baseball. The sound of a baseball game on the radio or TV always takes me back to my childhood, maybe a lazy Sunday afternoon listening to or watching the baseball game. Growing up in St. Louis my family was Cardinal fans. I remember going to my first baseball game with my Girl Scout troop and in junior high, we could earn free baseball tickets if we got good grades! I can see my grandpa listening to the game on his big transistor radio. One time, as his eyesight was failing, he asked a family friend, who was a really big baseball fan, if he would take him to a Cardinal game along with that man’s kids and my brother and me. My grandpa paid for good seats for all of us so he could see better. When my husband and I and our baby got transferred to Houston, one of the first fun things we wanted to do was go to an Astros game at the Astrodome! I remember even dressing up a little bit, to sit in the bleachers, because “it was the Astrodome!” I remember being on a tour of the Astrodome when it was new when my family made a trip to Houston to visit friends who had moved here. It was impressive! And when the Astros played in the World Series several years ago, I got to go to a game with a friend, the only time in my life I’ve had “connections”! It was the thrill of a lifetime to walk into that stadium knowing I was at the World Series!

Be sure to check out the Hey Sports Fan Suite or the individual products in the Spring Mini on pages 68-69.

Check Out the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Sale!

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Yesterday, July 1st, was the first day of the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Sale! Have you checked out the nine select papers yet that are on sale? This is a great time to choose some papers that you haven’t purchased yet from the new Annual Catalog or ones that you put off but now you can get them at a 15% discount! Maybe you need to “stock up” on the papers you like the best so you don’t run out if you actually use some of the paper! Don’t we all like to hoard our beautiful paper “just in case”?!

Here are the papers that are discounted this month, through August 2.

BEAUTY OF THE EARTH 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$11.50

BLOOM WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$11.50

HAND-PENNED 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$11.50

IN GOOD TASTE DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$21.00

IN THE WILD 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$11.50

PANSY PETALS 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$11.50

SWEET SYMMETRY 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$11.50

TIDINGS OF CHRISTMAS 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$11.50

YOU’RE A PEACH 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$11.50

These papers selling for $11.50 will be priced at $9.78 and the one large package of In Good Taste Designer Series Paper at the regular price of $21.00 will be on sale for $17.85.

There is no limit to how many packages of Designer Series Paper may be purchased during this promotion.

Orders must be placed—and closed—during the promotion period for the 15% discount to apply.
Designer Series Paper ordered as part of a Starter Kit or with Stampin’ Rewards qualify for the 15% discount.
This will be a great time at 15% off to choose some papers that you hadn’t bought yet or hadn’t really noticed before.

Remember, any paper that you choose will be even more gorgeous in person than you think from the photos!

Stampin’ Up!’s COVID-19 Giveback

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Stampin’ Up! is committed to making a difference in our global communities and caring about people first. As part of their Making a Difference program, they are offering a product giveback opportunity to support organizations that are helping COVID-19 frontline responders and communities vulnerable to the pandemic.

These organizations are:

The World Health Organization’s COVID-Solidarity Response Fund
United Way Worldwide’s COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund

You can purchase the Share Sunshine PDF Download and they will donate 100% of the proceeds to COVID-19 efforts. You choose which or both organizations you would like your donation to go to at the time of purchase.

The Share Sunshine PDF Download is a digital stamp set that’s packed with both lighthearted and heartfelt sentiments and imagery relevant to the unique COVID-19 and social distancing situation we’re currently experiencing–including many ideas that came from Demonstrators and customers! You can use the download in your cardmaking and papercrafting projects. Simply print the imagery on cardstock and cut it out using our Paper Trimmer, punches, or dies. Since we are physically distanced from each other, now is a perfect time to share sunshine with our friends and family by sending cards!

Just click HERE for more information and to purchase if you would like to.

(This is not part of the Stampin’ Up! Online Store. It is a separate checkout.)

Just scroll down on that page and click “Add To Cart”. Then on the next page, scroll down and you will see where you can designate where you want your donation to go or have it equally split. Demonstrators receive no commission, all the money goes to the organizations. ENJOY!

Pressed Petals Journal With Poppies

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If you want a gift for someone, you might consider ordering a Pressed Petals Journal and then personalizing it by decorating the front cover, like this Pressed Petals Journal With Poppies.

If this journal looks familiar, it might be because you saw something almost like it in the Occasions Mini Catalog on page 27. I intentionally copied it as closely as I could because I really liked the look of it with the poppies. I even called Stampin’ Up! to see if I could find out what colors were used on the sample, but the lady helping me wasn’t sure and the supply list for the catalog samples listed the wrong thing. As soon as I got off the phone, I figured it out for myself.

I made the poppies with the Poppy Moments Dies. They cut out one solid background flower, then the detailed outline overlay to make it look like a poppy, and then the black flower center. The mystery color I had a difficult time trying to identify was Grapefruit Grove for the overlay, one of the In Colors! The flower color underneath is Calypso Coral (if I remember correctly). Of course, you can use any color combinations you like. The smaller flower is Grapefruit Grove for the base and a bright color for the overlay (maybe Poppy Parade). I’ve already sent this as a gift! All the leaf die-cuts used about three different shades of green.

For the sentiment, I needed something rather small. I decided on the words in the Honey Bee Stamp Set. The phrase is stamped on Whisper White and die cut with one of the Ornate Frames Dies. You’ll still find these dies under Holiday Favorites.

The catalog sample of this journal uses a different ribbon on the coils, but I used the Very Vanilla 3/8″ Scalloped Lace Trim. I used two or three strands of ribbon, held them together, and tied them on to the journal binding. I tied them on like you put ribbon through a hole on a tag, whatever that is called! And of course, for a little bling, I had to add a few Peaceful Poppies Sequins.

One extra-nice thing about these Pressed Petals Journals is that the pages are decorated inside and have some prompts if you would like to use them for writing. This post shows the first journal I decorated and gave to my daughter. I used an idea for a card that I saw in the Annual Catalog to decorate the cover. You can make it as simple or fancy as you like.

Add a couple Pressed Petals Journals to your order and keep them on hand for when you need a little gift for someone.

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Pressed Petals Journal With Floral Banner

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This Pressed Petals Journal With Floral Banner is just one that I have made for Christmas gifts. The Pressed Petals Journal is almost nice enough with its “debossed” cover without any other embellishment on it, but I think if you are giving it as a gift, or even just using it for yourself, it’s nice to decorate it a little bit.

This one is very simple. I just cut a piece of the Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper and flagged the end to look like a banner. Then I layered this on a piece of Daffodil Delight Cardstock.

I think if you are going to put a sentiment on the front of a journal, it should be something meaningful to the recipient or just something appropriate for the cover of a journal in which the person “might” be writing their personal thoughts or diary. I used the Petal Labels Dies for the layer behind the sentiment. The words are from the Varied Vases Stamp Set. I stamped a little greenery on the die-cut sentiment piece with some leaves in the Path of Petals Stamp Set. I might add it is best to do this before layering!! I just put down a piece of scrap paper over the layer so no ink would get on that piece. Then I added a bow tied with a double piece of green twine in the Magnolia Lane Combo Pack.

Here is a link to the first decorated Pressed Petals Journal I made. You can see in the post that the pages have several different designs and journaling prompts if you want to use them, or of course, you can just use it as any old notebook for keeping track of whatever you like!

I hope you will check out these Pressed Petals Journals in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog on page 170 in the Memories & More section. Order several and you can decorate and give to your friends for gifts!

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Get a Free Sale-A-Bration Product With a $50 Purchase!

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Today is the day we’ve been waiting for! Sale-A-Bration begins and with every $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase, you can choose a Sale-A-Bration product in the brochure! And to help you, the Occasions Mini Catalog is LIVE today with all new spring and summer products!

One of the products that I think will be the most popular is the Painted Poppies Stamp Set. I made this easy card with just some basic stamping and coloring by stamping the group of poppies twice and then quickly coloring in the flowers and grass with the Stampin’ Blends markers. I didn’t color “carefully”, I just dabbed some Light Poppy Parade marker on all the flowers and then went back and dabbed on a little bit of Dark Poppy Parade. I used Granny Apple Green Blends on the stems and drew in some grass.

The greeting on this card is from the Sending Thoughts Stamp Set, FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration! You will find it under the Sale-A-Bration category in the Online Store and in the SAB brochure. I simply stamped it in Memento Black Ink right on the card front to keep things simple! Sometimes we forget “simple”! The card base is Poppy Parade with a bit of Granny Apple Green Cardstock showing under the stamped image.

Occasions Mini Catalog (Jan. – June 2020) PDF

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Sale-A-Bration Brochure 2020 PDF

See the Sale-A-Bration product choices in the Online Store!

Pressed Petals Journal For the New Year 2020

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I made this Pressed Petals Journal for a gift for someone, but haven’t mailed it yet! However, it made me think, with the 2020 New Year approaching, if you were looking for just a little journal to begin the New Year, this could be perfect for you!

The Pressed Petals Journal is pretty nice just the way it comes from Stampin’ Up!. The cover is already embossed (or “debossed”) with kind of a floral design and comes spiral bound. The pages inside have some designs already printed and prompts (just several used over and over again). But then you can decorate it however you like! I tried to leave at least some of the cover showing a bit since I like that design.

I changed my mind a few times but ultimately settled on just using the Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper because it would match the inside of the journal. I just chose one of the printed panels in the paper selection that would be small, especially after I cut it down close to the flowers. I layered it on the coordinating color of Rococo Rose Cardstock. I thought it needed a little brightening up so I added a layer of Whisper White.

The greeting is from the wonderful stamp set Beautiful You. I have always loved this saying and thought it would be a good thought to go on a journal for 2020! It is stamped in Rococo Rose Ink and die cut with a die from the Ornate Frames Dies, then layered the greeting on the frilly Ornate Frame die in Rococo Rose Cardstock. (I told you those dies weren’t just for Halloween!) And I also added a couple of little pearls that may be retired. Inside I even added a few embellishments, like a punched daisy, sequins, and other Flower Faceted Gems.

You’ll find this Pressed Petals Journal in the Memories & More section of the catalog or Online Store. One special thing about the pages in the journal is that they can be torn out and used on card fronts or memory-keeping pages, whatever you like!

Here’s another journal that I decorated last fall.

At the beginning of each new year, we often feel we want to start something new or resolve to have better habits of all kinds. If you feel like to want to do some journaling in the new year, get this Pressed Petals Journal because it’s not intimidating with expectations at all. It’s small, so you barely have to write anything at all, but if you jot down some memories or thoughts, you might be very happy you did in future years to look back on!

Have a Safe & Happy New Year’s Eve!

Everything Is Rosy Medley on Clearance!

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The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley is now available for 15% off through the Clearance Rack. Everything Is Rosy was the first Stampin’ Up! product medley and sold May 1–31, 2019. After the sales period ended, they found enough remaining inventory to bring this limited-time product offering back—but this is the last opportunity you will have to purchase it.

The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley includes these exclusive products:

Everything Is Rosy Photopolymer Stamp Set—18 stamps; suggested blocks: a, b, c,
Everything Is Rosy Dies—10 dies; largest die 2-7/8″ x 1″ (7.3 x 2.5 cm)
6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper Stack—48 sheets; 8 each of 6 double-sided designs
6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) rose gold foil paper—8 sheets
Printed die cuts—2 sheets
Rose gold die cuts—4 sheets; 2 each of 2 designs
Rose gold adhesive backed mirror embellishments—60 embellishments; 1/4″ (6.4 mm)
Melon Mambo 1/4″ (6.4 mm) Ruched Ribbon—10 yards (9.1 m)
Night of Navy/Rose Gold 3/8″ (1 cm) Metallic –Edge Ribbon—10 yards (9.1 m)
Rose Gold Shimmer Paint—1/2 oz. (15 ml)

This Medley is available beginning October 8, 2019. It is priced at 15% off the original price. Available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

150059 Everything Is Rosy Medley Orig. $80.00 USD. Sale $68.00

If you missed out on this Product Medley the first time, you might want to pick it up at a discount! I know the Rose Gold Shimmer Paint was a hit, but the whole group of products is beautiful!

The advantage of a Product Medley is you get a whole BUNCH of coordinating products, from stamps to dies to papers to embellishments and more. No picking and choosing what you really need and what you might be able to do without. It’s just all there for you and ready to begin creating!

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Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Sale Starts Tomorrow!

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Stampin' Up! Designer Paper Sale 2019 Flyer Info

We all love gorgeous Designer Series Paper, so by popular demand, Stampin’ Up! is bringing back the Designer Series Paper Sale!

From September 4–30, you can buy three packages of select Designer Series Paper, and get the 4th package FREE! Take advantage of this excellent opportunity to stock up on some of the prettiest designer papers we have ever had! IMHO! (In my humble opinion!)

Only these select papers are on the sale! Put in the three packages of designer paper you want, then add the 4th package you want FREE.

Only Designer Series Papers listed in the table above qualify for this promotion. You may mix and match papers from any of the listed papers.
There is no limit to how many times you can buy three packages of Designer Series Paper, and get one free (the 4th) during this sale.
In the online store, if a customer orders four packages of the same qualifying Designer Series Paper, they will need to enter three together and then order the fourth free item separately.
Designer Series Paper ordered as part of a Starter Kit does not qualify for this sale.
Designer Series Paper ordered with Stampin’ Rewards does not qualify for this sale.

Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper
$11.50

See A Silhouette Designer Series Paper
$11.50

Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper
$11.50

Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper
$11.50

Garden Lane Designer Series Paper
$11.50

Follow Your Art Designer Series Paper
$11.50

Woven Threads Designer Series Paper
$11.50

Dinoroar Designer Series Paper
$11.50

Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper
$11.50

Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper
$14.50

Not to mention, the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog also starts tomorrow so you can order everything together! Remember, only those papers listed are in the sale!

How to order: Put three papers (all the same or different) in your order, then choose the 4th package from the selection for your FREE one. You can even make the most expensive one the free one! My favorites are Magnolia Lane and Bird Ballad! Be sure to get those…or MORE of those!

Happy Paper Shopping!

New Items Added to the Stampin’ Up! Clearance Rack Today!

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It’s like an early Christmas present for stampers who like bargains! Stampin’ Up! has added products to the Clearance Rack today!

Click on any photo to go to the Clearance Rack! Remember, the early Christmas bird gets the worm! Don’t delay! Any of these items can go fast. This is what is available as I write this blog post!

HAVE FUN!

SHOP! SHOP! SHOP! AT STAMPIN’ UP! TODAY!

Clearance Rack!

Year-End Closeout Sale!

Stamparatus! (You need one!)

Don’t Forget the Stampin’ Up! Designer Paper Sale Ending July 31!

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Don’t forget that the Stampin’ Up! Designer Paper Sale is ending July 31, and by golly, that is in just a couple of days! How can that be?? Here’s one more reminder about it so you don’t miss out! This sale is Buy 3 Get 1 FREE, so basically you are getting 4 packages of paper. Order 3 and then the 4th package will be free. You can get multiples of the same paper or all different. It’s not every designer paper, but rather select papers. However, you are sure to find some that you should have in your stash for the new catalog!

I personally have several favorites! The Petal Promenade is the photographic image kind of paper. Stampin’ Up! went outside, picked some pretty flowers, made some bouquets and took pictures! Then graphic designers turned the photos into designer series paper. It is really beautiful! And I loved finding out how it was made!

The Garden Impressions 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper is actually a paper stack. Pretty designs in easy to cut up sizes to make cards or other sizes. If you hate to cut up your 12″ x 12″ designer paper, I think these smaller versions make it easier to handle!

My newest favorite is the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper!

Even if you don’t have young kids around, you might have them somewhere in your life! And even if you do or you don’t, these animal designs are so darn cute, you will find plenty of uses for this paper! They can be for adults as well and might be especially good sometimes for a “masculine” card. I would think teenagers and young adults would think the paper was cute without being too “cutesy” and “childish”. You have to see this paper in person. I didn’t even order it right away, but when I did, I loved it in person!

I think you can use the paper on its own, even without the stamps and dies. I’m not sure I can hold out without the stamp set, but I do have the paper and have plenty of plans for it! You can use punches and your other dies to separate out some of the animals without having the exact dies. But in case you want it all, you can get the Animal Outing Bundle and save 10%!

July 31 is Tuesday which is the last day of this sale! Be sure to get your free package of designer paper after you order 3. Don’t forget! It’s the Stampin’ Up! Buy 3 Get 1 Free Designer Series Paper Sale with select papers.

Stampin’ Up! Savings in July and in August

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During July and August, you just may be able to save a little bit of money while enjoying stamping! Here are a couple specials you may have heard of and one more new thing just out today.

Yesterday I went into a craft store and was quite surprised to see pumpkins and fall things out on the shelves! I shouldn’t have been surprised, especially in a craft store, because crafters have to get started early for craft shows and things coming up in the fall. Today at the grocery store I noticed it is “Back to School” time already with lunch bags and school supplies on display! So even though I think summer just got rolling, it probably is only about a month until some schools start back again! Something that usually goes along with the start of school nowadays is Sales Tax Holidays, usually for school clothing, shoes, and school supplies.

Today Stampin’ Up! posted information about the Sales Tax Holidays in some states, mostly in August. Amazingly, some of our Stampin’ Up! products do count as school supplies so you might be able to save a few pennies anyway if your state has a tax holiday. You’ll have to click on the photo and probably zoom in to read this. It’s very small print. Your state will have more information when the time comes.Click to read!

Don’t miss out on this great chance to try Paper Pumpkin! Sign up by August 10th and get the August Paper Pumpkin Kit in the mail mid-August for 50% off! Save $9.97! I have no clues on what the kit will look like or be BUT I would guess that with a promo title of “Blooming Summer Savings” and pictures of flowers on the banner, the kit is probably NOT going to be snowmen or a pizza party and it’s not going to be fruit and baskets because we just had that in July! I could be wrong, though! Ha! Now if you were a past subscriber but are interested in coming back, I have it on pretty good authority that you would count as a new subscriber if you use a different email address.

It’s not every designer paper, but a good selection anyway! After you choose 3 papers, you get the 4th package FREE! I already have several of these, but tonight (another!) of my orders arrived with the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper. OH my gosh! This paper is so darn cute!! I don’t even have the stamp set and framelits, but I thought it might be fun to have this paper! I think I was right! Stock up on designer paper during July! You’ll save $11.00!

So there you go! Chances to save some money at Stampin’ Up! Don’t miss out!

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Didn’t Get The June Newsletter? Here’s What You Missed!

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If you didn’t get my June newsletter, here’s what you missed! On the first Tuesday of every month, I send out a newsletter to my mailing list subscribers with the latest Stampin’ Up! news and updates, and a variety of papercrafting and stamping projects – cards, techniques, scrapbook page idea, other projects! You can see in the collage above there was a mention of the brand new Stampin’ Up! Catalog and some of the new products featured in four project tutorials. These tutorials include a supply list and instructions so you can create the same or similar project on your own! I had also included some special news about the June Paper Pumpkin Kit, and an article about how my new ink pads fit in my Color Caddy! I also had a beautiful scrapbook page featured. These projects are exclusive to my newsletter because my subscribers are special! That’s why you only see a partial image of the projects in the photo!

At holiday time, I send my subscribers an extra newsletter each week with an exclusive holiday project, the 12 Weeks of Christmas! It is very well received and I love sending it out!

On other Tuesdays, I send out a shorter newsletter with one or two projects (sometimes I can’t resist more than one or two!) and any other Stampin’ Up! news or special offers. So if you are one of my mailing list subscribers you are always well-informed on all things Stampin’ Up! and get ideas for great projects to try!

When you sign up for my mailing list in order to receive my newsletters, you even get a FREE GIFT…..a guide to a dozen ideas for gift wrapping! We all need to give presents and if you can make your own packaging, it saves money and a trip to the store!

Please join us on the Stamping With Karen Mailing List so you can take advantage of the news and ideas I send out every week! Sign up in the box below! You will receive a link to your FREE GIFT right away!

Waterfront Stamp Set Mountain and Island Scenery Cards

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Sometimes you have to just “stop the world”, as I like to say, and stamp for fun, which is what I did when I made all these Waterfront Stamp Set Mountain and Island Scenery Cards. I may have overdone mine a little bit, but it was just fun to play. Actually, playing is the best thing to do with this stamp set, Waterfront. Stamp a little or stamp a lot. Stamp a couple more mountains, then maybe stamp a few more. Stamp more mountains off in the distance by stamping off. Stamp a mountain or two closer in the foreground. Add a stream. Add an ocean. Is there grass, or maybe sand and dirt. How about a little cabin? A few trees? Palm trees? Lots of trees? Just do whatever you want to do!

All but one of these cards are 4 1/4″ square cards made with Thick Whisper White Cardstock because I was planning to stamp directly on the card, not have a layer. This Waterfront Stamp Set has different watercolor-y looking shaped stamps that you can use to make shapes that look like mountains or sky or water or grass and more. You can try different colors of ink depending on the look you want for your mountains. For the mountains I used various combinations of Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, and Smoky Slate. For the water I used Pool Party and Dapper Denim. The sun was So Saffron and one was Crushed Curry. The green grass and trees were Lemon Lime Twist, Garden Green and Pear Pizzazz. The sky was stamped with Soft Sky, sometimes using an upside down mountain shape, sometimes the straighter grass shape and sometimes I experimented with other colors to make a sunset sky.

On one card, I decided to make mountains in the background and then an island in the ocean. I put a little cabin on the island with some palm trees. Just play with this stamp set and see what your imagination comes up with!

This Waterfront Stamp Set from the Occasions Catalog has carried over into the new upcoming Stampin’ Up! Catalog! It was one of the most popular stamp sets in the Occasions Catalog this spring! I have seen numerous beautiful cards made with this stamp set. This stamp set would be great to use for summer vacation scrapbook pages!

Try the Waterfront Stamp Set and see what you come up with! You will look like an artist on your first use of the stamp set! It gives somewhat of a watercolored look without watercoloring! You can order this stamp set now or from the new catalog! Then you can make some mountain and island scenic cards and much more!