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  • Build Your Own Stamped Palm Trees and New Weekly Deals

    Build Your Own Stamped Palm Trees and New Weekly Deals

    My family and I are off on an adventure this week as we take our kiddos to Legoland California!  My son is a HUGE lego fan… seriously, he only just turned 5 and we have a ridiculous amount of legos already. Smile  So while we are exploring here in sunny California, I thought I’d share a card idea for bringing the sunny beach to you!

    See?  It’s a build your own palm tree! Smile 

    Tips for making this card:

    • To make your palm tree, grab your Too Kind stamp set and instead of making flowers, turn one of the little stamps upside down and stamp in brown to make the tree!imagesffds
    • Make yourself some whispy clouds by punching out the top to the cupcake builder punch (make it really easy on yourself and do it out of a post-it note, making sure to punch some of the adhesive part).  Use that as a mask as you sponge Soft Sky ink over whisper white cardstock.  Move the cloud around to make as many or as few as you want!
    • To get your beach, just grab scraps of Crumb Cake cardstock and tear the tops off.  Layer on the front of your card for a one of a kind beach!
    • Add your favorite sentiment and embellishments and there you go. Smile 

    And in case you didn’t see these yesterday, new Weekly Deals are up too! 

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    Shop the weekly deals here

    And with that, we are off to see and explore amazing creations with Legos!  If my son in the Legoland Hotel lobby is any indication, this should make for an awesome adventure for my kiddos. Smile 

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  • Thank You Thursday is all about Big Shot Accessories!

    I got so totally distracted yesterday working on adorable items for a craft bazaar I’m doing in a couple weeks that I forgot to get a post ready for today.  (I swear, I am going to get the envelope punch board gift card holder video and sample up this week… I promise!!)

    But thankfully, it is Thursday which means Stampin’ Up!’s Thank You Thursday One-Day Sale!  So, there are some AMAZINGLY AWESOME items on sale this week…. check it out!

    Hearts a Flutter Framelit
    –     this matches the 25% off stamp set!!
    Item # 130159
    Regular Price: $24.95 / Discount Price: $18.71    		Honeycomb Textured Embossing Folder Item # 129378
    Regular Price: $7.95 / Discounted Price: $5.96
    Envelope Liners Framelits Dies
    Item # 132172
    Regular Price: $26.95 / Discounted Price: $20.21    		Alphabet Press Textured Embossing Folder
    Item # 130916
    Regular Price: $7.95 / Discounted Price: $5.96
    Window Frames Framelit
    Item # 129021
    Regular Price: $26.95 / Discounted Price: $20.21    		Chalk Talk Framelit
    Item # 129983
    Regular Price: $24.95 / Discount Price: $18.71

    Yes!  I will put together a group order for tonight if you only want one or two of the items above.  And even if you are long distance, these are so light weight you may still come out ahead.  So, if you want in, please email me at jennifer@nwstamper.com! Smile

    More ways to save and win!

    Don’t forget, you can stack these deals with the other offers going on right now:

    • 25% off 25 Stamp Sets! –
      This includes the coordinating Hearts a Flutter stamp set that matches the framelits above!
      See the images and sale prices of the stamps that are on sale or you can view them in the online store.
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    • Weekly Deal Tuesdays –
      On top of the stamp sale, they just posted 6 new items for the weekly deal!  You have until Monday to save 25% or more off of these items.  See this week’s weekly deals here.
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    • Anniversary Week Giveaway! –
      I’m helping with the party atmosphere by offering a little extra bonus as well!
      Order any of the discounted stamps online using the hostess code – R2XQXU3G or email me your order to be entered to win $25 in hostess benefits!

     

      Ok, got all that?  Alright, well I’m off to finish video and photo editing so I can have more cute projects up for you very soon!

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    • Very Vintage Butterfly Thank You (Convention CASE)

      Every year that I go to convention, I get caught up in swapping.  The idea of taking a bunch of card fronts with you to convention and then trading them with everyone else so that you can get new ideas to take home and share… or copy… or hang on your wall and drool over!

      Well, I’ve learned from the one year that I showed up with NO SWAPS, and proceeded to spend my first night there trying to make as many swaps as I could from the crafting supplies I happened to bring with me; that I LOVE swapping.  I love seeing an amazing card from across the room and running up and saying,”swapping?”  Its like the thrill of finding an amazing deal at the department store.

      But the problem is, I come home with 50-100 card fronts and proceed to take pictures of them and then they sit in a box forgotten until I’m cleaning my room and find them again.

      Which is very sad….

      So, I decided this year, that I would not only share them on my blog, but I’d also use them for inspiration in my classes as well.  (Which really is one of the main points for swapping anyway!)  So, for class this month, I CASE’d (copy and share everything) two fabulous swap cards and I just had to share this one with you!

      Card case’d from a design by Julie Leblanc

      There are a few reasons why I love this card…

      1.  The color combination (why do I always forget about Perfect Plum?)

      2.  The touch of sparkle with the Silver Glimmer Paper

      3.  The fact that this card uses NO WHITE PAPER at all!

      I know it is silly, but that last point was kind of profound to me.  I’m so used to stamping on Whisper White paper with a colored ink that I didn’t think of stamping on Crumb Cake paper.

      And then there is the really cute butterflies.  I had to change this up from the original because I didn’t have the Papillion Potpourri that she used,  Instead I used the Best of Butterflies stamp set and the Elegant Butterfly punch to make them.  They are stamped with Basic Black ink and then sponged on top with the Perfect Plum ink. Neat effect, huh?

       

      And in class, I had someone emboss a little bit higher up the page than they meant and so they left their first attempt behind and made a second card.  So, I finished out the card with her “boo-boo” and the rest of the supplies only this time I used the Lacy & Lovely stamp set for my sentiment and drew around it with a marker.  I think it turned out just fine! Smile

      So I hope you liked this card as much as I did and I will have another fun card that we case’d tomorrow using the lovely Flower Shop stamp set and punch!  See you tomorrow!

       

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    • Quick Thank You Cards with Chalk Talk

      I’ve been learning something about myself this week – when I’m in the middle of a big task, I have a hard time focusing on other things.  So, in this case, when I completely pull apart my craft room,

      Messy Craft Room

      I was having a heck of a time bringing myself to do any new crafting or even work on blog posts.  Instead I have been focused on organizing my stamps, converting my woodmount stamps to the new woodmount cases, and figuring out what items I can bring myself to part with for my craft garage sale August 17th & 18th (the pile is growing for sure!)

      But my room is just about ready to go – and I promise I’ll share pictures of the reorganized space this weekend – so I wanted to stop back over here on the blog to say hello and share a set of cards that my mom, Kathy Thisted, made for me that I thought were so cute!

      I loved these little mini thank you cards and thought they were a fun way to use the new Chalk Talk stamp set.  Since the stamp set coordinates with the Chalk Talk framelits (and gets you a discount when you buy both in a bundle), many of the samples I’ve seen used the framelits with the stamps.  So I loved seeing some quick ideas using the stamps without the dies.

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      Card Supplies Used
      Stamps- Chalk Talk
      Paper- 2013-2015 In Colors, Basic Black
      Ink- Whisper White craft ink
      Accessories- White gel pen, Natural Trim ribbon, White 1/4” grosgrain (retired), striped grosgrain ribbon (retired), White embossing powder, heat gun

      Blog Hop Tomorrow!
      Join me tomorrow as it is the monthly blog hop as well the kick off of a new blog that I am an inaugural design team member for!  Should be lots of fun. Smile   See you tomorrow!

       

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