New Catalog Is Live

The new Stampin' Up! catalog is now live.  Didn't receive one in the mail?  Now you can check it out online and order immediately.  :)  Happy Shopping!

Occasions Catalog and Retiring Stamps

The Stampin' Up! Occassions catalog is getting ready to disappear at the end of this week.  You'll want to be sure to jump on it and grab any of the supplies from this release before they are gone.

While you are there, be sure to check out all the retiring products.  Some items are being sold at up to 50% off.  Again, jump on them quickly before the supplies are sold out.

Clicky now to go shopping before these items are gone forever.

First Friday Glitter Queens Blog Hop ~ Easter

Today I have the opportunity to be in a very special blog hop with my uber-talented and famous upline, Dawn Griffith of Dawn's Stampin' Thoughts, and several members of her Glitter Queens team. 

It's called the First Fridays blog hop and will take place the first Friday of each month.  Our theme this month is Easter, so I wanted to make an extra special card.  The video below will show you how you can create one of the double gate fancy fold cards for yourself.

Direct link to video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=_uVjm3CDd1Q

As promised, the score lines are:
1", 1 1/2", 2 1/2", 3", 4", 4 1/2", 5 1/2", 6", 7", 7 1/2", 8 1/2", 9"

Want even more inspiration?  Be sure to follow along the blog hop.  You should have come from Tracy Bradley's blog.

Next up is Michelle Veller

Dawn Griffith  

Dee Slater  

Susie Barber  

Kathie Steffke 

Carla Perea  

Tracy Bradley       

Heather North  You Are Here

Michelle Veller   Go HERE next

Stampin' Up Supplies:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, That's the Tag 

Ink: Mint Macaroon, Sweet Sugarplum

Paper: Blooms & Bliss DSP, Mint Macaroon, Sweet Sugarplum, Whisper White
Accessories: Bone Folder, Simply Scored board, Timeless Tags Thinlits

That's the Tag Bundle

Sale~A~Bration Time

In all of the excitement of the new ink release and the birthday bash at StampNation, along with real-life mom stuff, I haven't had time to post about the biggest event in the Stampin' Up world!  Sale-a-bration.  Every year during SAB, as I like to call it, Stampin' Up offers free gifts for every $50 you spend.  The best part is YOU get to pick what you want for your freebie!

Clicky to check out the Sale-A-Bration PDF

Not only that, Stampin' Up also release their new Occasions Catalog.  It's always one of my favorites every year, and this year is no exception.  

Clicky to shop there now.
Clicky to view the catalog PDF

Here are my top 5+ favorites:

That intricate hot air balloon die is so pretty!

Lift me up bundle

It's been awhile since I pulled out my embossing folders, but I think it's time to start using them again.  Just look at all the dimension with this hexagon folder.

Hexagon Dynamic Texture Folder

I've been searching for clear beach/lighthouse/ocean stamps, and I love what SU came out with.  The style I am looking for can be hard to find.

High Tide

I'm in love with love and hearts, so this bundle is also in my shopping cart. How can I resist those tiny little envelopes, the striped heart die and beautiful script on these stamps?

Sealed with love bundle

Wooden hearts to go along with this bundle.  I somehow missed them the first time I looked through the catalog, but one of our StampNation members used one of these precious wooden hearts, colored with red ink, on her tag.  So stinkin' cute!

Sending Love Embellishments

These lace doilies are so trendy with their medallion look.  Bonus: they are vanilla on one side and white on the other!

Lace Doilies

Year End Closeouts

Stampin' Up is having an end of year clearance sale to get ready for new goodies coming to the site in 2017.  Now is the perfect time to pick up something you've had your eye and perhaps get it at discount.  (up to 60% off!!!!!!!!!)  Items are while supplies last, so order early for best selection.

Happy Shopping!

New Stampin' Up Catalog Is Live

The moment you have been waiting for has finally arrived!  It's time to order from the new Stampin' Up 2016-2017 catalog.  What are your top 3 new items on your wish list?

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Stampin' Up Retirement List

Just popping in here real quick to let you know that the Stampin' Up! retirement list is live.  Order early for best selection.  Once these products are gone, they are likely gone forever.



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PDF version

Sale A Bration Reminder

Just a quick reminder for all you Stampin' Up fans.  Sale-A-Bration ends tomorrow, March 31st.  Place your order ASAP if there is anything you still want to get from the SAB catalog.  Here is a sampling of the items you can choose for free.  One for every $50 you spend.  

Flowering Fields

Party Pants

What I Love

Perfectly Artistic DSP

Pedal Pushers

Design Team Call ~ Saying Goodbye ~Stampin Celebration ~ Video

For the past 2 years I have been a part of the Stampin' Celebration challenge. It has been a great team to work with and the challenges always motivate me and stretch my imagination.  Now it is time to pass on the torch to a new design team member and give her (or him) a chance to shine in the spotlight.  If you have been thinking about joining a design team this is a fabulous opportunity to work with a great leader and team.  Be sure to go to the Stampin' Celebration blog for all the details.

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 This will be my last official challenge on the Stampin' Celebration Design Team.  I'm sad to say goodbye, but excited to see what is around the corner for me & my blog.   Thank you Stampin' Celebration for allowing me to be a part of incredible team and a HUGE thank you to Wendi Lau for taking up the reigns as our fearless leader.  I look forward to participating in your challenges as a guest in the future and I can hardly wait to see who will be the next new design team member!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=550LHsAqEOc

Stamps: First Sight (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Spun Sugar (Distress) Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up!) Onyx Black (Versafine)
Paper: Whisper White, Perfectly Artistic DSP ~ Sale-A-Bration item (SU)
Accessories: Ink Blending Tool (Ranger) Blueprints 20 (My Favorite Things) Clear Embossing Powder (SU)

First Sight

Perfectly Artistic DSP (SAB)

For more information on Stamp of Approval visit cpstampofapproval.com

Here for You ~ Stampin' Celebration ~ SC120

We're back.   Stampin' Celebration is back from our Christmas break with a beautiful new inspiration challenge.  The butterfly among the sparkles was my inspiration.

These elegant images would be lovely on a bridal card, but I am in need of more sympathy and encouragement cards.   I hope you will go check out the challenge and see the updates that our Designer Coordinator, Wendi Lau, has been working on and give the design team some love for their beautiful samples.


***Don't forget about Stampin' Up!'s Sale-A-Bration (SAB) going on right now.  For every $50 you spend HERE you can choose 1 item from the SAB catalog for FREE!!!!

Stamps: You've Got This (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Versamark; Silvery Shimmer Delicata
Paper: Whisper White, Vellum Cardstock
Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Butterfly Thinlits Die, Silver Embossing Powder, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder (SU) Tombow Power Tabs (these are awesome and totally clear!) Blueprints 20 Dies (My Favorite Things)

You've Got This

Butterfly Thinlits

Cardinal Christmas ~ SC116

Today a new challenge is going up at the Stampin' Celebration Inspiration challenge.  Check out the photo and see how I was inspired.

My card was colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.  Did you know you can color with them without adding water?  They blend really way. I colored the background by doing a water wash with my paint brush and picking up ink for the yellow and watercolor paint for the blue.

My plan was to stamp a bird in canary yellow to match the colors in the photo, but I what came out of my pen was a cardinal.  There is a good explanation.  I grew up in the small town of Corning, CA.  Our small claim to fame is Jeff Stover who played for the San Francisco 49ers.  Football was big in our little town and it still is.  Our high school mascot was the Cardinal.  Every time I see one of those beautiful red birds I feel a bit of nostalgia and pride for my hometown.  Allow me a moment here to share a photo and story for last week's football game.

Corning High Alumni and 2-time Super Bowl Champion with the San Francisco 49ers, Jeff Stover was at Cardinal Stadium to give Corning Union High School a Golden Football presented by the National Football League commemorating its 50th NFL season.

Be sure to hop on over to the Stampin' Celebration blog to see what the rest of the design team has created and to leave them some love.   You have 12 days to play along and link up your projects.


Stamps: Beauty of the Season, Reason for the Season (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Black Licorice Hybrid (My Favorite Things) 60, 22, 50, 52, 10 (Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers) Vintage Photo (Distress Marker)
Paper: Bristol Watercolor (Strathmore)  Whisper White Thick, Polka Dot Parade DSP (SU)
Accessories: White Baker's Twine (SU) Yellow Stickles

Strathmore Bristol Pad 9x12

Ranger Stickles, Yellow

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 060, Brown

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 022, Carmine Red

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 050, Yellow

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 052, Bright Yellow

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 010, Black

Ranger Distress Marker, Vintage Photo

Loew-Cornell Simply Art Watercolor Paint Cakes 36/Pkg

Merry Inspiration Monday ~ SC115

It's time for another Stampin' Celebration Sketch challenge.  As soon as I saw this sketch I thought of Christmas trees.

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I stamped my trees in two different colors and layered them on a circle of vellum to help them stand out from the patterned paper in the background.  The vellum is hard to see in the picture, but that is ok.  Next I stamped the sentiment on vellum and colored the back side with my makers.  I adhered it to my trees with glue dots and hid those behind Candy Dots.

Be sure and check out what the rest of the design team did with this sketch.  Clicky to go there now and then link up your creation so I can see how you are inspired!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used
Stamps: Festival of Trees, White Christmas
Ink: Cucumber Crush, Cherry Cobbler, Black Staz-On
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Whisper White  (+ misc. Christmas paper)

Accessories: Tree Punch, Circles Framelits, Regals Candy Dots

Festival of Trees Bundle

Regals Candy Dots

White Christmas

A Happy Hello ~ Stampin' Celebration 114

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Check out this collage.  Isn't it a fabulous color combination for fall?  Adding bright blues to the traditional oranges and browns really brightens everything up.

I was inspired by the colors, flowers and dots that jumped out at me from the pictures.  I also gave a nod to the gifts by packaging up my sentiment in a fun square.

Join us over at Stampin' Celebration and see what the rest of the design team has come up with.  They will knock your socks off!  Then be sure to show us how you were inspired.  The challenge runs for 2 weeks, so you have plenty of time to play along. 

Stamps: Tin of Cards

Ink: Pacific Point

Paper: 2015-1017 In Color DSP Stack, Pacific Point, Whisper White Thick

Accessories: Candy Dots: Brights, Square Framelits

Candy Dots: Brights

Tin of Cards

2015-2017 In Color DSP Stack