Stampin' Up! Video - Stylish Stems Framelits Dies

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Stampin' Up! Video - Window Box Thinlits Dies

The Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalogue goes live today and runs to May 31, 2017.  There are a lot of bundles that include a stamp set and a set of cutting dies.  This video features the Window Box Thinlits Dies and it's coordinating stamp set Window Shopping.





Over the coming weeks I will be sharing more of the Stampin' Up! videos featuring products from the 2017 Occasions Catalogue as well as from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

Happy New Year!

Stampin' Up! Video - Inside the Lines Specialty Designer Series Paper

Merry Christmas

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of December 19

This week's challenge was to make a treat box or table favour with a Christmas theme.  I had already made some favours for my Christmas table so I used those for my entry to the challenge.

I used the Stampin' Up! 3" x 3" x 3" white gift boxes with acetate sleeves (page 7 in the Holiday Catalogue) as my base.  I was so happy to learn that these boxes are being carried over.  There are 8 boxes in the package for $10.50 CDN.  A bonus is that they are food safe.

I saw THIS box on Pinterest and decided to copy it.  I didn't want to fussy cut all of the little gingerbread me like the originator did so I pulled out my retired Scentsational Season stamp set and coordinating dies for my boxes.

My photo shows the box from he front as well as from the back.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Scentsational Season (retired), Lots of Joy (reired)
Ink - Early Espresso, Read Red
Card Stock - Real Red, Silver Foil, Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper
Other - 3" x 3" x 3" White Gift Boxes, Layering Circles Dies, Holiday Home Collecion Dies (retired), Candy Can Lane Washi Tape, 5/8" Circle Punch, Rhinestones, Stampin' Diminsionals, Snowflake Embellishments (retired), Enamel Shapes (Regals Collection)

Joyful Nativity

When the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue (2016-2017) was released there were a few Christmas themed sets included.  One of them was Joyful Nativity and it was a set I thought about getting but kept putting that purchase aside.  A few months back I was fortunate to be selected to receive a stamp set for free (the names of the Inky Diva Challenges participants are put together each month and one name is drawn to receive a stamp set valued at $22.95).  I used the opportunity to select the Joyful Nativity set.  I don't make very many more traditional Christmas cards but I do like the idea of having a set in my collection for those times.

I saw a card posted by Amanda Bates on her blog - The Craft Spa - and knew it was going to be perfect for the recipient I had in mind.  You can see Amanda's card HERE.

I chose not to put a greeting on the front of the card and although it doesn't show very well, after stamping the "Bethlehem scene" with Smoky Slate ink I coloured over it with my clear Wink of Stella pen.  A very subtle but pretty bit of glimmer.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Joyful Nativity
Ink - Night of Navy, Smoky Slate
Card Stock - Whisper White, Night of Navy
Other - Rhinestone, Wink of Stella

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of November 21, 2016

This week Crystal's challenge was to make a card or project featuring tasty treats! It could be any theme, but there had to be 'food' or something food oriented featured on the card/project! 

I decided to use the project Judy and I will be making later this week.  It is a "Matchbook" style treat holder.  Two Ghiradelli chocolate squares fit inside.  We will get four treat holders from one 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of card stock.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes, Scentsational Season (retired)
Ink - Real Red, Soft Suede
Card Stock - Real Red, Whisper White, Candy Cane Lane DSP, Silver Foil, Red Glimmer
Other - Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine, 2" Circle Punch, Layering Circles dies, Stampin' Dimensionals, Owl Builder Punch, Mini Glue Dots, Classic Label Punch, Holiday Collection dies (retired)

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of November 14

This week Crystal asked us to make a windowed card.   Her sample had a shape cut out of the card front and then she had stamped a coordinating image on the inside.  I interpreted the challenge a little differently and quite literally made a window card.

If I find my window sheets I may redo the card to fit more with the challenge.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Santa's Sleigh, Peaceful Pines
Ink - Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip
Card Stock - Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Gold Glimmer, Vellum
Other - Layering Circles Dies, Santa's Sleigh Dies, Swirly Scribble Dies, Hearth & Home Dies, Pretty Pines Dies, Brick Wall Embossing Folder, Rhinestones, Linen Thread, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Jingle Bells

Rudolph

When I first saw the 2016 Stampin' Up! Occasions catalogue I really liked the Santa's Sleigh stamp set and coordinating framelits but resisted ordering them for a short while.  After seeing samples online I finally ordered them and am so happy that I did.  

This is one of the cards I have CASEd.  You can see the original HERE.  I had seen it on Pinterest but I don't know who the originator is - there is no watermark on the photo and it does not link to a website.

I used some retired DSP for my background but the rest is all current Stampin' Up! product.  The Shimmery White card stock was embossed using the Seaside embossing folder and then layered to create the "snowbanksÈ

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Santa's Sleigh

Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip

Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake, Shimmery White, Gold Glimmer, Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper (retired)

Other - Santa's Sleigh Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Rhinestones, Pearls, Red Sharpie Marker

Remember Them

Inky Divas Weekly Challenge - Week of November 7

This week the challenge was to use Whisper White, Real Red and Crumb Cake when making our project - we could add a bit of silver, black or gold if needed.  My card includes the three colours well as a bit of Silver Foil Card Stock.  I cheated a bit and used Chocolate Chip ink to stamp the reindeer image onto the Crumb Cake card stock - the Crumb Cake ink just didn't show as well as I wanted to outline the shape.

I lightly sponged the embossed trees with crumb cake ink.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Santa's Sleigh, Christmas Pines
Ink - Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Real Red
Card Stock - Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White, Silver Foil
Other - Santa's Sleigh dies, Pretty Pines dies, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Rhinestones, Woodlands Embossing Folder, Silver Cord

Happy Christmas

This is another card Judy and I plan to make.  Judy had seen it online and we decided it would be fun to make (in spite of the fussy cutting) - you can see it HERE.  We didn't have the stamp set for the greeting on the original so we created something using our digital scrapbooking program.  The houses were cut from the Candy Cane Lane designer series paper as was the little tree.

Stampin' Supplies
Card Stock - Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White, Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper
Other - Stampin' Dimensionals

Candy Cane Lane

The next time Judy and I get together we are going to be making this card - again CASEd from one we had seen online.  I used the retired Scentsational Season stamp set along with the coordinating retired Holiday Collection Framelits.  The greeting was created using a digital scrapbooking program.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Scentsational Season (retired)
Ink - Early Espresso
Card Stock - Early Espresso, Whisper White, Candy Cane Lane DSP, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Red Glimmer Paper
Other - Holiday Collection Framelits (retired), nonSU Scallop Circle Die, Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine, Owl Builder Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Scentsational Season

Last week Judy and I made this sweet card.  It is CASEd from one we had seen online but neither of us have the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set and coordinating Cookie Cutter Builder Punch used in the original but we both have the long retired Scentsational Season stamp set and matching Holiday Collection Framelits dies.  We both agreed that we actually prefer the gingerbread man image from the retired set better.

I had a chance to play with my MISTI tool in preparation for making the card.  You can see more about the MISTI by clicking HERE.  I die cut multiples of the gingerbread man from Whisper White card stock, positioned the stamp in the MISTI and then staryed stamping on the die cut shapes.  It went much quicker than stamping the images onto the card stock and then die cutting them one at a time.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Scentsations Season (retired), Lots of Joy
Ink - Soft Suede, Real Red
Card Stock - Read Red, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper
Other - Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine, Red Glimmer Paper, Owl Builder Punch, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Holiday Collection Framelits (retired)

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of October 17

This week Crystal challenged us to "lighten up".  We had to create a card or project that allowed us to place a tea light (battery operated), so that the project/card would glow!  We had to use only current Stampin' Up! products to complete the challenge.

I had seen a card on Pinterest that I was planning to make but for this challenge I changed up the DSP the stamp set and framelits/punches to fit with the requirement to use current products.  You can see the original HERE.

The card is an easel type card - slightly modified from other versions of the easel card that I have done before.

This is what my card looks like with the tea light lit

To the left is the view with no tealight and to the right you get the side view.







Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Peaceful Pines
Ink - Versamark, Black Stampin' Write Marker
Cardstock - Kraft, Very Vanilla, This Christmas Designer Series Paper, Cardstock Vellum, Gold Glimmer Paper
Other - Perfect Pines Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, Gold Embossing Powder, Mini Glue Dots, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, Rhinestones, Battery Operated Tea Light

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of October 10

This week's challenge was a sketch.  We were asked to follow the sketch although we could change the shapes of the various elements.

I had a number of bits and pieces on my table so decided to use them for my card.  I had stamped and coloured the cute little mouse a month or so ago; the strip of DSP was leftover from a Christmas card I had made; the layer behind the DSP was embossed with the Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder (it doesn't show very well in this photo) and the banner had been stamped and die cut to use with the mouse.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Merry Mice, Number of Years

Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron

Card Stock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Warmth & Cheere DSP, Watercolour Paper

Other - Large Numbers Framelits, Lots of Labels Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder.

Masculine Birthday Cards

I had forgotten that I didn't post these two masculine birthday cards that I had made in August.

For this card I used a piece of the Irresistibly Floral Speciality Designer Series Paper.  I received a sample of each design in the new catalogue product share I purchased from Sandi MacIver.  The pattern on the paper is white on white and shows beautifully when the paper is inked.  I inked up a sponge brayer with Night of Navy ink and rolled it over the piece, reinking from time to time until I was happy with the colour.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Gorgeous Grunge, Stylised Birthday
Ink - Night of Navy, Cajun Craze
Card Stock - Night of Navy, Whisper White, Irresistibly Floral Speciality DSP
Other - 1 1/4" Burlap Ribbon (retired), Linen Thread, Regals Enamel Shapes, Stampin' Dimensionals, Circles Framelits

This card uses the Kinda Eclectic stamp set along with the 2016 Sale-a-Bration set Hello.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Kinda Eclectic, Hello (retired)
Ink - Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Cucumber Crush, Basic Black
Card Stock - Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Cucumber Crush, Whisper White
Other - White Perfect Accents, 3/4" Circle Punch