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Apple Harvest Fun Fold card with video tutorial

We made this sweet Apple Harvest card at my card clubs in September.  I love the bright colors paired with Black! 

The colors include Parakeet Party, Real Red and Black.  As you can see I gave them a choice of apple images on the front. The left card above has the large apple bunch and the right card below has a pair of apples with blossoms.  And inside the card is a single apple. 

The Apple Harvest stamp set is in the 2022 Holiday catalog.  The new Apple Blossom dies that coordinate with it are available in September with our Perfect Partners promotion.  See them here. 

All were colored with Blends markers - Parakeet Party, Crumb Cake & Sweet Sorbet.  I added a bit of color lifter on the large red apples to achieve a look of shine & reflection. In the video here I share a few other tips on using our Blends markers. 

This card fold is super simple.  Just add an extra score line to your Black card base.  

Measurements:

• Black - 11" X 4 1/4" scored at 2 3/4" & 5 1/2"
• Parakeet Party 5" X 3 3/4", circle is 2 1/2"
• Cottage Gingham DSP 4" X 3"
• White 3/4" X 5" strip & 5 1/4" X 4" inside 

Click on the video below to see how it's done as well as tips on coloring with our Blends markers. 

 

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September Specials

New weekly deals come out on September 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd! 

Order online here

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Get free cards from me with online orders!

Earn free products with my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!

Today; all Annual Catalog stamps are discounted!!! New Weekly Deals plus World Card Making Day & a free event

Wow!  What a great day to place an order with

so many current promotions!  

Today's the Day!  All Annual Catalog stamps are 15% off!!!!  

See it all here: 

Download the stamp sale flyer to see pricing

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Here are the newest weekly deals!  Click here to see them online. 

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Did you know that World Card Making Day is on October 1st this year and Stampin' Up! has a free event for all crafters!? 

Click here to read more about it.  Here are some of the details:

• Join in on 1 October to celebrate World Card Making Day. During this free virtual event we will come together as a crafting community to do what we all love—make cards! 
• World Card Making Day is all about making beautiful, heartfelt cards. During the event, we’ll walk you through several projects, and you’ll create the cards right along with us. You’ll end up with new project ideas and some stunning new cards!
• To make the most of this experience, you can order the Cottage Rose Bundle from the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog, the Cottage Wreaths Bundle from the July–December 2022 Mini Catalog, or the Warm Welcome Bundle, which you can get early from the January–June 2023 Mini Catalog! If you want, you could even order all three bundles! The Warm Welcome Bundle will be available for purchase starting 1 September*.
• When you order one of these three bundles: Cottage Rose Bundle, Cottage Wreaths Bundle or Warm Welcome Bundle you'll get a FREE gift of Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels! (one free Iridescent Pearls gift per person.) 
• Be sure to add these Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels (item 158987) embellishment to your cart when shopping for your bundle. As long as you have one bundle in your cart, the embellishment will be free during the checkout process

**Here's the brand new Warm Welcome bundle available now in September.  It's item #160704 and is $50.25 

Click here to register.

Download the flyer here if you're interested in any of the 3 bundles featured in the event. 

More details:

1. A few days before the event, we will add a shareable link to stampinup.com where you can access the event.  
2. We will provide a list of products you’ll need before the event. We will also provide a Project Measurements PDF before the event. Following the event, we will post an Instructions PDF so that you can recreate the projects we made on World Card Making Day.
3. Purchasing the bundles will add to the fun, but it isn’t necessary to join in. We want everyone to get excited about card making and see how easy, fun, and rewarding it can be. Anyone is welcome to use their own supplies during the event or just watch for the entertainment factor.  
4. This event will be recorded and you’ll be able to access it on the platform after the live event.

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September Specials

New weekly deals come out on September 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd! 

Order online here

Host codes: F2SVBTAV or KSAEED9Y

Get free cards from me with online orders!

Earn free products with my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!

So much new! A New Christmas kit, New Weekly Deals & more

They've released the 2nd set of Weekly Deals today.  Go here to see them online

We have a brand new Kit in our Kit Collection.  It features these cute gift tags and gift card holders.  see it here

Kit Includes:

• Kit includes 9 tags and 9 gift card holders—3 each of 3 designs
• Includes the exclusive Christmas Gifting Stamp Set and a Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Spot
• Sized to fit standard gift cards
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, black foil, Mint Macaron, Real Red, Shaded Spruce

Here's the stamp set in this kit: 

Below is a photo of everything in the kit; supplies, ink, clear block, twine and a stamp set.  Click here to see it in my store.  Remember these are while supplies last.  

We also have new Branded merchandise just released.  You can see all of our Branded Merchandise here; we have some super cute logo items!  

A new plaid mug seen here and a warm & soft logo beanie seen here.  The mug is $11 and the beanie is $20. These are while supplies last...! 

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September Specials

New weekly deals come out on September 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd! 

Order online here

Host codes: F2SVBTAV or E22FXSSB

Get free cards from me with online orders!

Earn free products with my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!

Two NEW promotions start today! Weekly Deals & Perfect Partners new coordinating dies!!

There are TWO NEW promotions starting today!  

First - they're bringing back Weekly Deals. Every week in the month of September we’re offering a selection of discounted products. Discounts and product selection will vary from week to week.

This will happen each Thursday - September 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd. Stop in here to see them; or go to the online store here.  

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2nd: The Perfect Partners promotion starts today!  Six new dies that coordinate with stamp sets in the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog and the July–December 2022 Mini Catalog.

These stamp sets and dies are available separately or as a bundle. By buying the bundle, you and your customers will save 10% off the retail price. Download the Perfect Partners flyer here

Dies coordinate with stamp sets from the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog and the July–December 2022 Mini Catalog. These six new dies sets are only available for a limited time. 

Click here to see them all.  

These coordinating dies will only be available during this promotion and will not be offered in any catalog.

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September Specials

New weekly deals come out on September 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd! 

Host codes: F2SVBTAV or E22FXSSB

Order here

Get free cards from me with online orders!

A SMART way to use your 6 X 6" paper with this neat fun fold card; video too!

On yesterday's FB Live I shared three unique fun fold cards.  See that video here on my YouTube channel.  Be sure to subscribe too! 

This card is probably my favorite fold.  It makes the BEST use of your 6 X 6" designer paper! 

I chose to feature the Butterfly Kisses 6" DSP in the 2022 Annual Catalog by Stampin' Up! It's filled with bright colors & fun prints with printed butterflies you can cut out! 

It coordinates with the Build a Butterfly dies and the Best Butterfly Bundle seen here. 

I chose to use Starry Sky with White & Parakeet Party for my main colors.  The 'pull out' tag for the front is from the Tailor Made Tags dies seen here.  

For all of the cards in the video I featured the Charming Sentiments bundle seen here.  It's filled with great greeting images and lots of coordinating dies that cut them out perfectly! 

**Get this bundle today on the last day of Sale-a-Bration and earn a free $50 item.  

Click on the photo below to watch the video and see how to make ALL of these neat fun fold card ideas. 

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August Specials

Get free items here in August during Sale-a-Bration! 

Host code: E22FXSSB

Get these pretty gems free! *click here to order 

Earn free products with my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!

Blessings of Home & Flowers of Home dies projects

Look at this pretty card I made on last week's Facebook Live. 

Lots of pretty details on this card:

• Blessings of Home stamp set & Flowers of Home dies for the leaves
• I used watercolor pencils & blender pen to color the floral image
• the gold honeycomb sheet is from the Sweet Sunflower Paper Pumpkin kit; it was a free gift add on
• I used the gold honeycomb sheet to add a pretty, blended background using Balmy Blue ink & a Blending Brush

The Flowers of Home dies are in the 2022-23 Annual Catalog but also available free with a $100 Stampin' Up! order during Sale-a-Bration.  See them here. This option ends on Wednesday, August 30th.  See all of the Sale-a-Bration options here. 

The stamp set & dies are available in a bundle too.

I made a second card using mostly the Flowers of Home dies.

I cased the card from Sue Mohr; I thought it was simply elegant way to create a 'wreath' around the oval sentiment.  

The oval dies are from the Fabulous Frames dies seen here.  When you cut out the oval it creates both the frame and the inside; two pieces with one die! 

I textured the White layer with the Quatrefoil embossing folder seen here.  It's so pretty and works perfectly with these flower & leaves die-cuts.  

The colors I used are Balmy Blue, Pear Pizzazz, Polished Pink and Fresh Freesia.  

Tip; when adding these delicate die-cuts use just a tiny but of Multipurpose Liquid glue.  

Remember that these Flowers of Home dies are free with any $100 order through Wednesday, August 31st.  Sale-a-Bration ends that day. 

Click on the photo below to watch the video to see how I made both of these cards & one more too! 

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August Specials

Get free items here in August during Sale-a-Bration! 

Host code: E22FXSSB

Get these pretty gems free! *click here to order 

Earn free products with my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!

Inventory Status Report for August 29th

There are 2 more days left of Sale-a-Bration!! 

Here's an update on Stampin' Up! product with an Inventory Status Report:

Unavailable items - these will return when in stock; most in September

• 2022-24 In Color Matte Decorative Dots
• Balmy Blue & White 3/8" double stitched ribbon (Holiday catalog)
• Festive Pearls (Holiday catalog)
• Brushed Metallic 12 X 12" card stock *on the SAB list
• Distressed Gold 12 X 12" paper
• Lights Aglow 6 X 6" specialty paper (Holiday catalog)
• True Beauty stamp set
• Hello Harvest stamp set (Holiday catalog)
• Blossoming Happiness dies
• Stylish Shapes dies
• Sending dies 

Low Inventory:

• Aspen dies (on the SAB list) 
• Silver foil 12" specialty paper (on the SAB list)
• Tombo liquid glue
• Metallics embossing powder
• Versamark ink pad
• Texture Chic specialty designer paper
• Happy Forest dies
• Palms dies 

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August Specials

Get free items here in August during Sale-a-Bration! 

Host code: E22FXSSB

Get these pretty gems free! *click here to order 

Earn free products with my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!

Free Sale-a-Bration choices with a pre-paid Paper Pumpkin subscription! Ends Wednesday!

Every month I share a bunch of alternative, bonus projects with my Paper Pumpkin subscribers and my Team.  The kits are fine as is but it's fun to create something new from the stamps & elements in the kits!  

Here's one I shared on last week's FB Live.  I love the Sweet Sunflowers kit!  

We always get a sneak peak of each month's kit so we have the opportunity to adjust our subscription. We can pause that month or choose to get  more than one kit! 

The monthly kits are available until the 10th of each month, so the decision to opt in for it or pause has to be made by then.  

The Sweet Sunflowers kit included a bonus of 10 free gold foil honeycomb sheets this time.  I used them as a stencil with Blending Brushes on the front and the inside of the card.  

The card bases are patterned on both the front and the back! So I was able to get both of the cards below from one card.  I cut it in half and die-cut the two layers with the Deckle dies. 

Which one do you prefer?  

I used Crushed Curry ink on the left card below and Balmy Blue on the right card.  I cut one of the fold foil honeycomb sheets into quarters and used two of them on these cards, trimming them apart with a paper snips. I shared how I made these cards and two more in the video below.  Or click here to watch it. 

Below you can see how many free Sale-a-Bration items you can choose with a pre-paid Paper Pumpkin subscription.  It really is the best time to get one! Why not earn free products with your purchase?!

Click here to get your pre-paid subscription. 

I order a 6 month pre-paid subscription twice a year; once in the summer during SAB and once in January or February during SAB.  I love this option to earn free products! 

Did you know that when you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber you can get refills from most of the monthly kits?  The refills are usually around $11 and include everything in the original kit except the ink spot & stamp set.  So once you have the full kit getting a refill means you can make more of the original projects or alternatives easily!  See the optional refills here. 

Unfortunately they do not expect to have refills for this kit; it was extremely popular!  But if they do they'll be on the link above.  

Each month the kits get better & more fun to create with!  They knocked it out of the park with this one! 

 

Here's a peak of last month's alternative projects my subscribers received.

I loved this kit too!  They were wonderful, versatile cards.

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August Specials

Get free items here in August during Sale-a-Bration! 

Host code: E22FXSSB

Get these pretty gems free! *click here to order 

Earn free products with my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!

Water-coloring TWO ways with video tutorial!

In August our Flowerbug's Team had our usual card swap - this time we featured either Sale-a-Bration or Holiday catalog products.  I chose to use both!  

I created this card for a few reasons; I wanted to use the Aspen dies (LOVE THEM) and also wanted to create a water-colored background.   What do you think?  

I chose to use Orchid Oasis as my card base and added Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry and a bit of Tahitian Tide in the water-color wash at the bottom. 

Be sure to watch the video below to see how it's done.  It's super simple and hard to mess up!  Honest!  

Tips for a successful water color wash:

• Wet the water before adding ink.  This is super important!  The ink will spread so much easier and without lines if the paper is wet. 
• I used our Water Painters - but a paintbrush also works. 
• Use a heavy paper such as watercolor paper, Thick White or Vanilla or Shimmer paper. Here I used our Silver & Gold DSP from the Sale-a-Bration catalog.  It worked but thicker paper is easier and has less chance of the paper fibers lifting. 
• Let the paper dry between layers if you want a definite line between colors - like this sunset & water combo.  

Other details:

• I stamped the bird in Orchid Oasis and colored him in with our watercolor pencils and a blender pen.  
• The greeting is from the Perched in a Tree stamp set - it's in a bundle with the Aspen dies I used here. 
• The greeting die-cut is from the All That dies. 

The Aspen dies are available in three ways - in the Bundle at a 10% discount, separately from the Perched in a Tree stamp set or free during August & our Sale-a-Bration promotion. 

*Best buy: purchase the Perched in a Tree bundle in August and choose a $50 Sale-a-Bration choice for free!  See them all here. 

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August Specials

Get free items here in August during Sale-a-Bration! 

Host code: E22FXSSB

Get these pretty gems free! *click here to order 

Earn free products with my loyalty rewards! 

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!