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Year End Blowout–up to 80% off NEW Clearance Rack and Holiday items!

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Items in the sale are while supplies last and I’m already seeing some items selling out, so make sure you check it out ASAP!
Not only are there past favorites back in the clearance rack including paper, dies, stamps, and accessories; but items in the holiday catalog are on sale too!
Here are just a few of my favorite deals:


One idea using the watercolor wonder notecards, see more here.	One idea using the Fresh Prints paper,see more here.

One idea using the Beautiful Butterflies die, see more here.	One idea using the Winter Frost paper,see project details here.

One idea using the Merry Little Christmas kit, see lots more here.	One idea using the stamp without the matching kit, see project details here.

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or email me at jennifer@nwstamper.com if you are local and I can try to put together a group order

Psst- did you know that you can get these deals in a new demonstrator starter kit? If you purchase your starter kit today, you can add these discounted items and get even more bang for your buck! Plus, you can add Occasions catalog preview items to your kit now too! email me for details

December 5, 2014

A Quick Thank You Card with a Beautiful Butterfly

I’ve been making a concerted effort to actually use up my scraps. You know, instead of having bags and boxes stuffed full of scraps…. because I’m a hoarder, I’ll admit it. I have a good system for managing my scraps but even that can only take so much and so when I have extra punch out or die cuts, I have a new “Use it or Lose it” policy. And thus, this card was born –

Yup! Totally a scrap card!

I started with the extra lattice that I had created when I was trying to figure out the technique for a recent class card. All it takes is the Chevron border punch and some weaving and you are done! (I have a full tutorial here if you want to try it at home.)

So, I stamped the Hardwood image on the back of my card and layered on the white cardstock lattice. Then I needed something to go over my lattice, and that is when my eye caught the butterfly scraps! The butterflies were left over for a different ombre butterfly card I created (see that card here) and I ended up having an extra of each of the colors, so I stacked them up only this time making sure to stagger them a bit so you could easily see each color.

Then I added my sentiment for the fabulous So Very Grateful (I’m shedding a tear that this stamp isn’t carrying over into the new catalog!) and it needed something else to ground it, so I added the scrap strip of Crumb Cake cardstock.

Psst- if you look closely, you can see that I put it on as an afterthought because I had to tuck it into each side of the lattice… see the empty space in the middle.

Quick Reminder: The butterfly I used here is from the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die, which is retiring at the end of the month. I loved it because for my classes, I was cutting up to 6 pieces of cardstock at a time! Which makes cards like this much easier because you can do one run through the Big Shot to cut out all of your butterflies! Gotta love things that make your life easier. See the remaining retiring stamps and accessories online here.

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Stampin’ Up! Supplies Used
Stamps – So Very Grateful, Hardwood
Ink – Soft Suede, Early Espresso
Paper – Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Crisp Canteloupe, Calypso Coral
Accessories – Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die, Chevron Border Punch, Pearls

May 15, 2014

Stacked Die cuts for a Cool Ombre Effect

I was working on cards for an upcoming card class for The Scrapyard Chicks April Workshop and one great technique Kerry mentioned was stacking die cuts to get a cool ombre or rainbow effect on your cards and projects. It looked so simple but just a neat effect that I just had to try it!

I decided to make life easy on myself and I started out with a bigshot die that can handle multiple pieces of cardstock at the same time (got to love those Bigz dies!!) So, I grabbed my Beautiful Butterflies die and got to work creating this card:

I kept the card really simple so that the butterfly and the subtle colors would stand out. It is just a plain white cardbase with a strip of white cardstock that has been embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder.

Then I picked a few colors to make the butterfly. I cut out 3 die cuts of each color– Calypso Coral (darkest), Crisp Cantaloupe (medium), and Blushing Bride (lightest) and then glued them together. And you know when you use the thick dies in the Big Shot you can cut all the sheets of the same color out at the same time, right? So, it only took a few runs through the machine to get my diecuts all done!

Then I cut out 1 die cut of Whisper White to place on the top of the stack.

Glue them together and add a string of rhinestones just a hint of glitz. I kept it to only 3 pieces of paper per color just to keep the die cut from not being too tall off my card, but you could add more sheets and more colors to make them stand out even more!

So, have some fun with your Big Shot, dies, and some cardstock and see what fun creations you can come up with.

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Stampin’ Up supplies uses. Click any photo for more details:

Big Shot Die-Cut Machine

$99.95

Beautiful Butterflies Stampin’ Up! Bigz Die

$21.95

Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die

$7.95

Blushing Bride 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$6.95

Crisp Cantaloupe 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$6.95

Calypso Coral 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock

$6.95

Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents

$4.95

Sweet Essentials Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$14.95

March 12, 2014

Butterfly Framelit Window Frame Card

If you are on my mailing list, you’ve seen this card with my last newsletter but I love it so much that I had to share it on my blog too!

Now, I’ve done the window frame style card before (like this card) but I really wanted to play around with using the new Labels Framelits since they gave me a super easy way to make a big window on the front of my card. So, one night I started playing and this card came out:

I started out by picking two of the patterns from the Sale-a-Bration designer paper Everyday Enchantment. I guess, I thought this evoked a garden window at the time. Then I started stamping some flowers from the Vintage Vogue stamp set and cut them out by hand. Not the fastest process, but actually pretty relaxing.

Then I started layering my elements by popping up the green piece of designer paper and layering flowers above and below the level of that paper. Finally, I finished it off with butterfly from the Beautiful Butterflies dies to make my garden complete!