Love and Laughter

Recently our Card club was gifted TONS of card stock, stamp sets, ribbon and embellishments.  Thank you Kathy!  One of the cards I created from the stash used some ribbon printed with the LOVE Verses from 1 Corinthians 13.  The card is triple mounted and embellished with a couple of punched flowers and some glitter glue.  So Simple, So Elegant!

Googly

I made this Card for a recent swap. 

I love the Cottage Window for it's versatility

and the Googly's are just so darn cute and fun to use. 

 

 

This card has a Very Vanilla Base and I

embossed Pumpkin Pie with the NEW Wood Grain embossing folder. 

The cottage window is stamped with Basic Black, as are the bats. 

I bent up the bat wings to give the illusion they were in flight. 

Frankie is stamped with Lucky Limeaid to coordinate with the ribbon,  BOOO is stamped with Pumpkin Pie and mounted on a black scallop. 

 

You'll be seeing a lot of these stamp sets on my cards in the coming weeks!

 

 

 

Papaya Sympathy

I've been practicing with the PAPAYA COLLAGE stamp set recently.  I struggled a bit with the stams to find a look that was pleasing to me but once I found my groove I was hooked. 

 

This 3 layer card is stamped on Very Vanilla and Basic BLack.  It is stamped with Basic Black, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake .  I cut out the butterflies and mounted them with a dimensional, folding up the wings just a bit to give them some definition.  I added a couple of pearls to their bodies and added a Crumb cake ribbonto complete the look.   VIOLA!  What a Beautiful card. 

 

I'll post some of my other attempts at using this stamp set in the next few days.  Stay Tuned!

 

Button Buddies

I had received a cute button buddies card front in a swap I recently participated in and used that as the basis for an upcoming stamp class.

Each card base is 3.5 x 3.5 inches
the "middle" card stock layer is 3 x 3 and the stamped layer is very vanilla cut 2.5 x 2.5
I inked most of the edges of the very vanilla with a coordinating color to create depth and interest. Each sentiment is stamped using the Teeny Tiny Wishes set (expensive but very versatile and a must have for serious stampers!) the modern label punch and the word window punch.

 

This little piggy is ready to party!  His hat was created using Pennant Parade.  Card stock is Melon Mambo and Lucky Limeade.  I made the button nose using Sweet button embosslits die.  Cute Huh?

 

What a cute way to say...slow down!  Colors are Marina Mist and Garden Green.  This one uses a real button from the Regals collection.

Get well wishes uses some non-Stampin' Up stickers, Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry (retired) papers. 

 

I love this corduroy button as an embellishment!  I added a punched pat that I had "glitterized" to another card I made!  Very cute!

Here are the remaining cards...

and as a set

Happy Stampin"

Diana



 



Changes

Overview of the catalog changes:"In a nutshell, starting June 1, 2012, Stampin' Up! will release one annual catalog, comparable to (but smaller than) the current Idea Book & Catalog, and two seasonal catalogs, comparable to (but larger than) the current mini catalogs."

The current Idea Book and Catalog 2011-2012 will expire at the end of May instead of the end of June as originally planned.  

• The Occasions, Summer, and Holiday Mini Catalogs will be replaced by two seasonal catalogs called the Holiday Catalog and the Spring Catalog.
  • The first Holiday Catalog will run from August 1, 2012 through the beginning of January, 2013
  • The first Spring Catalog will run from the beginning of January, 2013 through May 31, 2013.
• The seasonal catalogs will be larger in both size (8 1/2" x 11") and page count (about 40 pages) than the current mini catalogs.

Items that will be discontinued as of June 1st, 2012:
Décor Elements and Simply Adorned
Decor Elements and Simply Adorned is being announced now as they are complete product lines not individual product that is being discontinued. This way if you love the line, you can still pick up items before they are no longer carried by Stampin' Up!.

There may be other retirements/items discontinued (which is normal at the end of a catalog time frame), and these will be announced later in the year.  

Re-purposed Candy Jar

I took an old jar I had in the basement and added a band and a label set for a cute NEW candy Jar.

I envision all kinds of uses for "Gifts in a Jar" using the Label framelits by Stampin up!  Baby, Housewarming, recipes, college kids, and of course...candy!

The band is 2 inches wide by the circumference of the container plus 1 inch. 

Sale-a-bration!

Can you hear the drums beating in anticipation of Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!'s biggest promotion of the year? From Jan. 24 through March 31, 2012, customers will earn a free Sale-A-Bration gift for EVERY $50 they spend on Stampin' Up! products (including the clearance rack). Spend $150 or more and you will receive both Sale-A-Bration gifts AND earn Hostess Benefits too!