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August 3, 2014

Quick and Easy Thank You card with Kinda Eclectic

I hope you don’t mind one more card using Kinda Eclectic but I think this one is pretty different from a lot of the other cards I showed you. I’m sharing it as part of the Stylin’ Stampin’ Squad’s Quick & Easy Cards post for today. So check out my contribution:

See, quick… easy… and just a little bling to keep it sparkly fun! It was another display board card and I was sad to see it didn’t make it up on the boards this year… but I noticed another card that had a similar design so I can understand why they had to pick one. So this is mine and if you order from me in the next month or two, don’t be surprised if one of these guys makes it to your mail box as a thank you for your order!

Tips for making this card:

The green polka dots are the polka dot image from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set, stamped twice on the card front. If you have the clear-mount version of the stamp set, you can “best guess” line up the images (which is what I did for this card… total eyeballing and luck!) or get precise by grabbing your Stamp-a-ma-jig (see it here).
Use In Color Sequins to add a little sparkle to your dots (and help cover up any that didn’t stamp perfectly!). I used a glue dot to hold them down which gives you a little dimension as well!
Wrap some linen thread around the inside edge of your card (right next to the red cardstock) to add some subtle texture and keep everything from blending together.

As you can tell, this card comes together quick with very few layers (yeah, like 1 – ha ha) and just a few of those embellishments you get because they are so cute but you always forget to use! Pull them out and enjoy them. Smile

LAST DAY for the Buy 3 Get 1 Free Paper promotion

So, since I’m the one who is totally prone to remember a sale is ending the day after the sale is finished, I thought I would try to help you not be me and let you know that TODAY is the LAST DAY for this promotion. You can check out Tuesday’s post where I shared my 3 favorite designer paper packs and card samples for each one. So, check them out and you can pick them up before 11:59pm MST tonight using the following link:

Join me tomorrow when I promise to share a project that is NOT Kinda Eclectic or Amazing Birthday… you know, because I gotta keep mixing it up for you, right? Winking smile But I will tell you that they will help give you an idea for a new promotion starting tomorrow!! (Lets just say if you’ve been wanting a BigShot, you are going to be getting a sweet package in the month of August!)

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Card Supplies Used:

Kinda Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$19.95

2013-2015 In Color Sequin Assortment

$4.95

Linen Thread

$4.50

Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Pistachio Pudding Classic Stampin’ Pad

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Pad

Amazing Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set

July 31, 2014

Birthday Banner Card with Amazing Birthday

Alright, lets continue on the Convention Display Board sample roll…. you see, I have 24 projects that I want to share and so this is going to take us a while. But that just means you know there will be fun projects on the horizon, right?! Well, today I’m back with another of the Amazing Birthday stamp set cards. For this one I stuck to the Birthday theme and instead played with the idea of lots of banners.

See what I mean? All Banners… All the Time… whabam!

I was having fun with the 2013-2015 In Colors (you know all those Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, etc ones) and trying to keep it really simple. The only complicated thing – aside from having to use the Big Shot – is tying the knots onto the Gold Baker’s twine to highlight the sentiment in the center.

Tips for making this card:

The stamps in the Amazing Birthday stamp set are perfect matches for 1-1/4” Circle punch AND the Banner Framelits! So, stamp to your hearts content knowing you don’t actually have to fussy cut everything by hand.
After cutting your stamped banner pieces, layer them on your card overlapping each other and starting at different heights. The uneven-ness of the card will make it more visually interesting and will hide any imperfections you may have gotten when stamping or cutting out your banners.
Wrap your Gold Baker’s Twine around your card in straight lines first. THEN take a second (and third) piece of twine and tie them each in a knot. Trim the ends and adhere over your long pieces of twine using glue dots.
Or you can tie your knot around one of the pieces of twine so that you don’t distort the straight line of the base baker’s twine, but also have something for your knot to hold onto.
I love the fact that the gold foil part of the twine is just wrapped around the more natural colored fiber. That makes it easy when you are trimming your ends to UNWRAP some of the gold foil so you can leave it longer than the natural cotton twine. This gives you some extra “tinsel” hanging out of your knot.

This is a great card to do in a class or when you just want something that is fun but doesn’t require a lot of brain power or measuring to pull together. Any time you can layer die cut pieces, the easier it is in my book!

Hope you enjoyed this card. I’ll be back tomorrow with another quick and easy card, only this time using the Kinda Eclectic stamp set. See you back here tomorrow!

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Card Supplies Used:

$20.95

2013-2015 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers

$14.95

Big Shot

$99.95

Banners Framelits Die

$26.95

Subtles Candy Dots

Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin’ Pad

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Gold Baker’s Twine

$3.50

Pictogram Punches Wood-Mount Stamp Set

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July 30, 2014

New Weekly Deals are Here

It’s Tuesday which means it is time for new weekly deals! Some fun stuff this week from punches and BigShot dies (you know my weakness for tools!) to bright fun colors with those Brights Designer buttons.

Shop the Weekly Deals here

While you are there, don’t forget to check out the other great deals going on right now. Such as

The Designer Paper Sale:

Pick any of your favorite designer papers and when you buy 3 your will get 1 free! My current favorites are:

Sweet Taffy	Maritime	Back to Black

And you can also check out the latest from the Clearance Rack

Give Paper Pumpkin a try for 50% off your first TWO months!

I can’t believe I haven’t posted July’s Paper Pumpkin kit yet. It is a super fun box, card, and tag set… that you get to make 6 of! I’ll be holding a Paper Pumpkin get together on August 7th where you will get to try it out and make your own. But in the meantime, use the code HALFOFF2 when you sign up for a new subscription with Paper Pumpkin at get your August and September kits for only $10+tax. And YES, that INCLUDES shipping. Smile These kits have gotten to be even more fun in the last few months and I can’t wait to get my August kit after seeing it at convention!

Christmas in July

If can’t wait for the holiday catalog to get here, Stampin’ Up has released one Sneak Peek set and one Photopolymer stamp set to get you started early. Click any of the pictures to check it out!

Beauty of the Season (wood mount | clear mount)

Christmas Bliss (photopolymer)

Whew! So lots of fun stuff to check out and save on. I’ll be back tomorrow with more projects to share. Until then, have a great day!

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July 29, 2014

Using Project Life Cards…for CARDS! Red & Gray Love Card

Happy Monday! Today I thought I would share a super fast and simple card that I created using the Everyday Adventure Accessory pack from Project Life by Stampin’ Up! As we were working on our projects for the convention display boards, we were sent a set of Project Life cards and accessories and invited to create some projects using the supplies in a “non-traditional” way.

I saw the heart die-cut card from the accessory pack and thought it would be a fun core element to a card. So I grabbed my Pictogram Punches stamp set and was excited to discover that the I <3 You stamp was an exact fit!

Tips for making this card:

Cut a some glimmer paper 1/8” larger than your base paper (so in this case, the grey striped card was 3”x4”, so I cut my Real Red glimmer paper to 3-1/8” x 4-1/8”). This gives you a very fine border around your main image and just a hit of sparkle to light it up. It is a great way to add the sparkle without overwhelming the card with lots of bling!
Take a strip of scrap paper and turn it into a fun stripe for the background of your card. In this case, I took a wide piece of Smoky Slate cardstock and glued it diagonally across the card front. Then I flipped over my card and trimmed along the edges of the card base to cut off the extra paper that was hanging over the edge of the card.
Love those matching punches & stamp sets!! The new Itty Bitty Accent Punch pack is a set of 3 punches for only $16.95 for all of them. The heart and star are new sizes and all perfectly match with the Pictogram Punches stamp set. The shapes are used in the sentiments for the set and so you can easily add a pop of color or glimmer to your project and no fussy cutting required!

I have 1 spot left in my Project Life Night class tonight!
If you’d like to come play more with Project Life with me, I’m running a class tonight and have 1 kit left so RSVP now and it is yours! We’ll be making 2-3 cards, a 2 page scrapbook page, AND a giftable or two! If you can’t make it in person but would like your kit to-go, I can do that too. I’ll include a PDF of pictures of the projects and instructions along with a full set of Project Life cards for you to keep. Smile
In person – 7/28 at Panera in Redmond from 7-9pm
To – go – just email me at jennifer@nwstamper.com and I’ll get everything set up for you.

Card Supplies Used:

$21.95

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

$16.95

Everyday Adventure Project Life Accessory Pack

$9.95

Red Glimmer Paper

$4.95

Smoky Slate 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Stampin’ Dimensionals

$3.95

Amazing Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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July 28, 2014

Stampin’ Up 2014 Holiday Catalog Sneak Peeks!

So, I’ve been hearing that a lot of folks are eager for sneak peeks from the holiday catalog and while I don’t have copies of the new catalog yet – I can get those on August 1st – I do have my photos from convention that I can share! So, I thought I would put them all in one place for you to have a chance to scroll and see lots of what is coming out soon at the end of August! So get ready for a lot of scrolling!

Some quick side notes:

We are not allowed to show pictures of the inside of the catalog, just the cover. So we are limited to the samples and displays from convention until I place my preorder and start creating and sharing more of what I have here at home.
Want a copy of the Holiday catalog? If you have a demonstrator, make sure they know you are waiting for yours – we get to order and start mailing ours in August! If you don’t have a demonstrator, let me know you want one! I’ll be automatically mailing out copies to all of you who have ordered from me in the last 6 months – so, don’t worry, you’ll get yours early! Then after August Stamp Club, I’ll start mailing out extra copies to folks who request them.
Want to get your hands on Holiday items early? Did you know that if you join my Fun n’ Crafty group of demonstrators, you could see the entire catalog online AND get your favorites first in August!? No selling required! Email me (jennifer@nwstamper.com) to chat about how you can get $125 in Holiday catalog items for only $99 with free shipping. THEN get 30% off your first order of $150 or more! You’ll also get in on the perks of being in my group such as joining our Holiday catalog card swap, participate and get inspired on our Facebook group, chat with us on our monthly team call, and more! I’d love to have you be a part of our stamping family.

Ok, so… now on to the good stuff! The pictures! I swear I had a few more but I’m still trying to figure out where they went… so hopefully you can enjoy these in the meantime!

Halloween Stuff

New stamp set and matching punch… also notice the rope/twine and that is a new sheer Cherry Cobbler ribbon

New halloween and thanksgiving paper

Simply Created Halloween wreath kit

The Halloween wreath includes instructions and supplies for a cool beaded spider

Thanksgiving Stuff

New feather framelits and those are gold metal buttons on the top left!

30 days of Gratitude banner Simply Created project kit

The 30 Days of Gratitude banner pieces fit great in Project Life pockets!

Or make a gratitude flip book

Stamp a Thanksgiving wreath in a picture frame and add my FAVORITE new wooden elements!

Christmas Stuff

I thought this wreath stamp set and framelits was interesting… then I tried it out. Now I LOVE it!

Patty Bennett and I with our stamped wreaths

Terrible picture but you can kind of see the stars confetti border punch and a new stamp too

Another use for the mustache framelit.

New tree stamp set and matching punch!

New snowflake flip card die

Gift card holder framelit die and tags

Fun nordic like button and a peak at the new designer paper stack in the upper corner

New paper (there is a stamp set and framelit that makes those houses!) and a new star stamp set that matches the stars framelit

Project Life

A new project life kit is coming too! #PLxSU

And of course it has it’s own accessory pack

More Tools and other cool Stuff

New Gift Box punch board

This is the smallest size box it makes

New printed kraft paper that is thicker and meant for using with the punch boards so it won’t rip.

New embossing folder with a stamp set that is a similar style

New mini stapler (LOVE THIS!!!) First thing I bought.
Note – this is a DIFFERENT size mini staple than the Tim Holtz mini stapler (this is slightly bigger)

Another new stamp set that we got free at convention

New stamp set called Seasonally Scattered! This is one we created a bunch of projects for the display boards (3 of the cards above were mine!) So you’ll be seeing a lot more samples with this from me very soon.

So, like I said, lots of cool and fun things coming. And there are still a TON more that I didn’t get a chance to photograph. So, stay tuned to check them all out and all the super cute projects you know everyone is going to be making with them.

And just a reminder to what I said above in case you can already tell your wishlist is growing:

Want a copy of the Holiday catalog? If you have a
demonstrator, make sure they know you are waiting for yours – we get to
order and start mailing ours in August! If you don’t have a demonstrator,
let me know you want one! I’ll be automatically mailing out copies to all
of you who have ordered from me in the last 6 months – so, don’t worry,
you’ll get yours early! Then after August Stamp Club, I’ll start mailing
out extra copies to folks who request them.
Want to get your hands on Holiday items early? Did
you know that if you join my Fun n’ Crafty group of demonstrators, you could see
the entire catalog online AND get your favorites first in August!? No
selling required! Email me (jennifer@nwstamper.com) to chat about
how you can get $125 in Holiday catalog items for only $99 with free
shipping. THEN get 30% off your first order of $150 or more! You’ll
also get in on the perks of being in my group such as joining our Holiday
catalog card swap, participate and get inspired on our Facebook group, chat with
us on our monthly team call, and more! I’d love to have you be a part of
our stamping family.

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July 26, 2014

Friday Favorite–Amazing Birthday the Display Board Swap Card

Today over on the Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration blog, the girls are sharing some of their favorites items. I thought I would do a spin on that and share one of my favorite Convention Display Board cards and the stamp set that I loved working with – Amazing Birthday. Like I’ve said before, I really like that this set is not just about Birthday but can be used for thanks, guys, or anything in between. But in this case, I stuck to birthday and my favorite shape of the season – STARS!! No joke, I am so digging the stars thing right now and when I finished this card, it was the first one from the set of display board projects that I really got excited about. So much so that I used it for our group swap where we picked on of our cards from the board to create and trade.

(SPOILER ALERT! If you love stars, get excited because in the upcoming Holiday Catalog, there is a stars embossing folder & a stars confetti border punch!!! Um, yes please!!)

Tips for creating this card:

Pick a neutral color and then two contrasting colors (I picked Crumb Cake, Pacific Point, and Hello Honey) and then repeat them all over your card. Don’t be afraid to use a non-traditional color for your shape like blue for stars.
Offset your die cut images for a more interesting look. You’ll notice that I had the Hello Honey banner aligned with the edge of the Crumb Cake whereas the Pacific Point is aligned to the edge of the card base.
Sponge the edge of bigger cardstock elements (like the the bigger star) to help them have more dimension even if you don’t pop them up on a dimensional. Often just using the same color as the cardstock is enough.
When die cutting a shape with the matching framelit, like I did here with the banners, USE the Magnetic Platform! Yes, you can use a post-it note… or the hope really hard methods but you will have a better time getting an even edge around your images when you use the magnetic platform because it is strong enough to keep the framelit where you set it!

Card Supplies Used

$20.95

Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

Stars Framelits Die

$26.95

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

$16.95

Banners Framelits Die

$26.95

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

$39.95

Kinda Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Oh, I forgot to mention, the sentiment is actually hand cut out… and yes, that Happy doesn’t have the dark line to the left of the “H”… that is intentional. When I was doing this for a swap, I cut long strips for Whisper White cardstock (around 1.25” wide) and stamped my sentiment on the strip and then trimmed down with my snips to the narrower width. But this is a fun color combination, so grab some cardstock and give it a try with your projects. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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July 25, 2014

Convention 2014 Swap Card with Kinda Eclectic

I told you yesterday how much fun I’ve been having with the Kinda Eclectic stamp set. Well, the best part was that I hit upon an idea I loved for my swap cards to take with me to convention this year that were actually easy to mass produce! It was a miracle!!

For the most part, everything is stamped straight on top of each other, with the exception of the little butterfly which conveniently fits in the Bitty Butterfly punch. So, up that guy went onto a dimensional! Gotta have dimension, right?

Now while I was working on my 80+ swap cards, I discovered that there was a trick to stamping that big sun image. I was going along great and then I started getting that “halo” problem. You know, when you get a line from the edge of the rubber onto your image – exactly NOT where you want it! But I figured out how to fix that and did a quick little video on it. (I think I’m going to start doing more of these “Quick Tip” videos… so fun!)

note – if you are reading this blog post in email, you won’t see the video above, so be sure to click HERE to view the post and video.

Tips for making this card

Don’t be afraid to layer stamped image on top of each other. If you start with the lightest color and go to dark, most of the time the dark ink will hide where it is overlapping (or at least enough that you don’t notice).
Add a punched or cut out item to your stack of stamped images to give it that extra wow touch.
When making lots of the same design, use a Designer Paper Stack like the Moonlight designer paper I used here, because you can mix and match your designs and know they will still all contain the same set of colors. So while each card may have a slightly different pattern on top, the overall look of the card will be the same.
Use Baker’s Twine as an easy and inexpensive way to break up a busy pattern of paper. You get 25 yards for only $2.95 and so you can wrap to your hearts content and have lots left over for other projects.
If you like the 2014-2016 In Colors (which is what I used for this card) get the In Color ink & bundle pack! It is basically getting all the ink pads and then getting your cardstock for free!

Card supplies used:

$19.95

Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack

2014-2016 In Color 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock And Classic Ink Pads Kit

$29.95

Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine

$2.95

Small Butterfly Punch

$15.95

Kinda Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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July 24, 2014

Clean & Simple and BRIGHT Kinda Eclectic Card for the Stampin’ Up Display Boards

Today is one of those quick and simple days… you know, when you need a card or want to get some crafting in but either don’t have the time or the mojo to come up with something elaborate or clever. I thought I’d share one of the cards I created for the 2014 Stampin’ Up Convention display boards that fits the bill nicely!

All you need is a circle punch and some extra paper and you pretty much have a card! The best part is this design works with pretty much any paper you have, though I really liked the bright colors and bold patterns from the Sweet Taffy designer paper to contrast with the white cardstock base.

Tips for making this card

Cut a smaller piece of Whisper White cardstock to adhere your punched pieces so you can trim off the parts that hang over and have dimension and a clean border with that piece popped up off the card base.
Sponge the edges of your punched circles (I used a 1” circle punch and Basic Black ink) to help them be more defined and stand out from your base cardstock.
Glue your circles in a line and have full circles hanging off the ends to help you get the size and spacing right. THEN, turn over your cardstock and trim off the extra parts of the circles.
Heat emboss your sentiment for an extra bit of shine and pizzazz.

Mix and match different colors and papers for a different look each time!

Card Supplies Used

$19.95

Sweet Taffy Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Embossing Buddy

Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder