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Blast From The Past Thanks to April’s Best of Butterflies
I love the idea of the “Best of” stamps… Stampin’ Up!’s way of celebrating their 25th anniversary by bringing back some of their best selling images from the past 25 years. Now, that said, I wasn’t too in love with the first couple sets – they just weren’t my style. But now that they have announced April’s set, I love it!
Best of Butterflies!
This was a card I made back in July of 2011 and I still really like it:
I had borrowed the stamp set from my mom to create the butterfly center piece and loved the unique shape of the butterfly. But the stamp set (Strength and Hope) never carried over from the spring catalog and so I missed my chance to get it.
So, if you were like me and missed it when it was around the first time, you can get it and other butterfly images in this set. Here are all the different styles:
Best of Butterflies Stamp Set
Aren’t they pretty?!
I keep looking at the different butterflies and having more and more ideas for how I would use the different images… so guess I’ll be getting this set!
How about you? How are you liking the “Best of” stamp sets?

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Strength and Hope Hello Butterfly Card
Stamps: Best of Butteflies
Paper: Pumpkin Pie cs, Chocolate Chip cs, Whisper White cs
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Early Espresso bakers twine, stampin’ dimensionals
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April 2, 2013
Strength and Hope Pink Ribbon card
I’m back from my trip to California and I’m happy to share that my nephew’s surgery went well and while he has a lot of recovery ahead of him, he is doing great! It really is amazing to me how advanced medicine has become these days and how much people go through on the road to a cure. For example, my nephew was born with a heart condition that would have probably been fatal 20+ years ago but now you would never know he has now had heart surgery twice in his 3 years of life! Its a lot of work for doctors, nurses, patients, and families; but all that work can lead to miraculous results.
So, with all this in mind, I thought I’d share with you a card that I received at convention that I thought was beautiful.
It uses the Strength and Hope stamp set from the Summer Mini – the one Stampin’ Up! is donating $2 for each set sold to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. I love the use of the ribbon over the stamped image and then the mixed of the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder with the Tulip Frame embossing folder. Sadly, this card did not have the creators name on the back, so if you know who created it…let me know and I’ll give them credit!
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August 27, 2011
Got Paper?
Well, happy August everyone! Can you believe it?! But with a new month, comes a new promotion – and who doesn’t love a fun deal?
Pretty, Pretty Paper Promotion!
For the entire month of August, you can stock up on your favorite designer series papers and when you buy 3 packages, you get your 4th free! And really, who doesn’t like free? Check out this flyer to see all of your options and the details.
Still trying to pick which papers you like best?
Don’t forget, I still have a few spaces left in my designer paper share, which gives you a 6×6 sampler of ALL the patterns in the catalog including the awesome specialty papers. (wanna see the full list with pictures? check it out here)
That means, you have plenty of paper to make a card like this:
And still have extra of the same pattern left off to make more fun cards, 3D projects, scrapbook pages, or whatever you can come up with!
I’ll be sharing with you some of my favorite projects with the new paper this month and would love to hear which patterns you love the most! So come back and leave me a comment and let me know which patterns are inspiring you!
Until next time…
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August 1, 2011
More Strength and Hope Card Ideas
In a continuation of yesterday’s post, here are the other two cards we made using the new Strength and Hope stamp set (missed the first two cards, you can check them out here). The second card uses the “joy fold” technique to create a unique flap style card. They are actually really easy to make and can be a fun way to do something a little different with your cardmaking.
To make the joy fold card, you need to cut two pieces of your base cardstock: 1 piece that is 4-1/4” x 8-1/4” and 1 piece that is 3” x 8”. Score the larger piece at 5-1/2” and score the smaller piece at 4”. Decorate the 4-1/4 x 5-1/2” piece with patterned paper if desired (I use the pink designer paper) then adhere the 3” x 8” piece of cardstock in the center of the 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” space so that the score line of the smaller cardstock is on the right side of the card. Decorate the remaining flaps and areas of cardstock as desired. You will end up folding the small flap from the card base inside of the 3” x 8” piece you adhered to the center of the card. Then close the center piece over the little flap. I promise, it is way easier than it sounds! 🙂
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Since I have extra card kits and want to continue to support the cause, I’m offering free card kits when you purchase this stamp set. Yesterday and today I posted the four cards we made and while supplies last, anyone who orders this stamp set from me can pick 2 of the 4 cards we made and I’ll send you the kits so you can make them at home with your new stamp set. Everything will be precut and ready for you to stamp and assemble! Just send me a note to jennifer@nwstamper.com when you place your order with which cards you want and I’ll get them on the way to you!
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July 10, 2011
Strength and Hope Class Samples & Card Kits
In the latest mini catalog, Stampin’ Up! released a stamp set called Strength and Hope to support breast cancer research. They are donating $2 from each purchase of the stamp set or digital kit to the cause, which being someone who has had family members battle breast cancer, I think is awesome. So, I put together a class using this stamp set to show my support. Here are two of the cards we made:
Get Free Card Kits!
Since I have extra card kits and want to continue to support the cause, I’m offering free card kits when you purchase this stamp set. Tomorrow I will be posting the other two cards we made and while supplies last, anyone who orders this stamp set from me can pick 2 of the 4 cards we made and I’ll send you the kits so you can make them at home with your new stamp set. Everything will be precut and ready for you to stamp and assemble!
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July 9, 2011