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Check out Project #2 by our Guest Creator!

January 27, 2022

Today we'll Check out Project #2 by our Guest Creator! If you missed the first project Tuesday you can check it out here  Permalink: https://www.sandilovesstamping.com/2022/01/check-out-this-weeks-guest-creator.html

Valerie Eilman is one of the two Dream Team creators who will be sharing projects every other month through June. Here's Valerie's second project using similar supplies from Expressions in Ink DSP & Ephemera & Brilliant wings dies she used for the memory page on Tuesday....

Card - 1

and closer...

Card - cu

Now look closely -- there's a little surprise, keep your eyes on the top butterfly as we open the card...

Card - openingYes, the butterfly is attached to the inside of the card & springs through a die cut hole in the card front.

Here's the card inside...

Card - insideIsn't that fun! Imagine the recipient opening the card and it's as lovely on the inside as it is on the card front!

Now Valerie did something that may make some of you squirm--she cut the dies apart (this kaleidoscope of butterflies is a single die ---as is the stamp so you can stamp and cut them all out at one time.) However, Valerie liked to use the stamps and dies separately so she has cut them apart so each is usable alone..if you don't want to cut the stamps apart you can simply stamp and lay the matching die directly over the stamped image and it will work just fine. (I told you some of you would squirm a bit!)

Many thanks to Valerie for sharing her designs.

Below are the step by step directions followed by the supply list so you can re-create this beautiful page for yourself.

*Jan-Feb is Sale-a-bration--for each $50 in product that you purchase you can select a free product from the Sale-a-bration brochure!

*if you use this month's host code (VXJM3R2D) you can earn $5 in Stampin'Up! product (I choose) for every $50 in product that you order (excludes shipping & tax).

Directions:

1. Cut Mint Macaron cardstock 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, score long side at 4 1/4 (card base).

2. Cut gold striped designer paper (Expressions in Ink)

3. Cut apart Brilliant Wings dies (or you can omit this & use the large die to cut out the butterflies & not cut opening in card front).

    *Using the second largest butterfly die, cut opening in card front --upper left (see photo).
    *With same die & 2 smaller ones, cut butterflies from designer series paper AND from Vellum cardstock
    *Adhere the designer paper butterflies to the vellum butterflies with dimensionals in center
    *Adhere sequins (Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack) to butterfly heads.
    *Adhere large butterfly THROUGH opening in card front to inside of card using 2 glue dots in center--make sure card opens/closes well. Note: if you didn't cut hole in card front, adhere the butterfly in same location just on card front.
    *Adhere 2 smaller butterflies to card front with glue dots.
    *Adhere 3 more sequins around butterflies on card front--see photo

4. Stamp Happy Birthday inside card in black ink (e.g. Memento #132708) under butterfly; adhere 3 more sequins (see photo).

Your card is ready for sending!

Supplies: Click on any product below & you'll be in my store--order your supplies today!

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Check out this week's Guest Creator!

January 25, 2022

Check out this week's Guest Creator! We held a Dream Team Challenge to select 2 Dream Team members who would each create 2 projects we would be share on my blog on alternating months' from Jan-June.

This month's Dream Team member is Valerie Eilman...she's been a Stampin'Up! demo in past years and has joined our stampers more recently

Val EilmanValerie enjoys memory keeping and her daughter is a dancer so her first project to share with us is not a surprise...it's a beautiful memory page of her dancing daughter.

12 x 12 - 2Yes, both page and daughter are stunning...best of all we're giving you the directions below to re-create this page for your own memory keeping page. The foundation is Expressions in Ink Designer Series Paper and ephemera set along with coordinating cardstocks.

Here's a bit closer look at the details...with layers of leaves and a kaleidoscope of butterflies...

12 X 12 cu -1

Here's another detailed view in the upper left corner...

12 x 12 cu-2

Below are the step by step directions followed by the supply list so you can re-create this beautiful page for yourself.

Stop back by on Thursday to see Valerie's second project--this one is a card.

Remember:

*Jan-Feb is Sale-a-bration--for each $50 in product that you purchase you can select a free product from the Sale-a-bration brochure!

*if you use this month's host code (VXJM3R2D) you can earn $5 in Stampin'Up! product (I choose) for every $50 in product that you order (excludes shipping & tax).

Directions:

1. Cut 12 x 12 Basic white cardstock to 10 X 10.

2. Cut 8X8 square from the center of the evergreen/gold piece (Expressions in Ink DSP)--the frame; adhere the white square to the center of frame with glue.

3. Using Brilliant Wings dies cut approximately:

    *Largest butterfly: 2 from leftover DSP

    *Medium butterfly: 2 dsp, 2 Polished Pink cardstock, 2 Poppy Parade cs

    *Small butterfly: 3 dsp, 2 Polished pink, 1 Pale Papaya

 4. Die cut multiple leaf sprays (Artistic Dies) from leftover dsp and Evening Evergreen cardstock.

    *Form wreath around edge of white square
    *Adhere butterflies concentrating in all corners except lower left
    *Cut gold pieces from ephemera and adhere these and sequins throughout leaves    

5. Cut 2 photo mats 3 1/4 X 4 1/4 from coordinating designer series paper--add photos; insert in lower right corner--see photo.

6. Stamp You're Amazing in Evening Evergreen ink in upper left--add 3 sequins around verse; stamp Hello in Evening Evergreen on Pale Papaya cardstock and hand cut rectangle around it--nest in lower left--secure with glue.

Your memory page is ready to frame!

Supply List: Click on any product and you'll be in my store--order your supplies today.

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Another Quick & Easy Card Created with Catching Butterflies Sale-a-bration Stamp Set

January 20, 2022

Today we're creations Another Quick & Easy Card Created with Catching Butterflies Sale-a-bration Stamp Set. If you missed our card on Tuesday you can check it out here https://www.sandilovesstamping.com/2022/01/design-a-quick-card-with-catching-butterflies-sale-a-bration-stamp-set.html

Today's card features a whole bunch of butterflies (it's called a  kaleidoscope--fun, right?) and a sprinkle of the new brass butterflies with adhesive backs.

Now look closely at the top layer of designer series paper...that's the new Sale-a-bration free designer paper called Simply Marbelous! And how marvelous it is! It contains the same design in pinks, yellows, greens, blues, violets and grays. There are enough papers to create more than 48 cards. This is another Free selection you can make with a $50 product purchase during January and February.

Melon

 The pink shades in the designer paper are enough to give the skintones a lift and that reduces the number of Blends needed for the coloring. 

This card can easily be switched to a birthday card, thinking of you, or get well--just switch out the greeting and you have another stash card...you should always have a stash in you hip pocket for those times when you need a card and not much time to make one.

I'll give you the step by step directions for this card followed by the supply list so you can order your supplies today. 

Remember:

*Jan-Feb is Sale-a-bration--for each $50 in product that you purchase you can select a free product from the Sale-a-bration brochure!

*if you use this month's host code (VXJM3R2D) you can earn $5 in Stampin'Up! product (I choose) for every $50 in product that you order (excludes shipping & tax).

Directions:

1. Cut Melon Mambo cardstock 4 1/4 X 11, score the long side at 5 1/2 (card base).

2, Cut Basic White cardstock 3 3/4 X 5 3/8

3. Cut pink Marbelous designer paper 5 1/2 X 3 5/8

    *Stamp girl and butterfly kaleidoscope in Memento black ink

    *Color with Blends as follows:

        Dress Light Melon Mambo

        Hair: Light Crumb Cake

        Butterflies: Dark Melon Mambo and Dark Flirty Flamingo

    *Adhere the stamped layer to the white layer with liquid glue--center it horizontally and vertically - note: white piece is not as long as the stamped piece. Adhere this unit to the card front with liquid glue centering horizontally.

5. Add Wink of Stella to the butterfly net and to the buttterflies

6. Adhere 1 large and 2 small brass butterflies--see photo for placement.

7. Stamp verse in black ink on white cardstock; die cut with scalloped circle. Adhere to card front with dimensionals.

8. Adhere 2 small rhinestones --one on either side of the word 'every.'

Your card is ready for sending!

Supplies: click on any product image below and you'll be in my store. Order your supplies now.

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Design a Quick Card with Catching Butterflies Sale-a-bration Stamp Set

January 18, 2022

Today we're going to Design a Quick Card with Catching Butterflies Sale-a-bration Stamp Set. This cute set is just going to bring a smile to the face of any recipient! The best part of this set is that it is free with a purchase of $50...yes, that's what Sale-a-bration is all about--for each $50 in product that you purchase you can select your choice of free products. Here's the Catching Butterflies set...

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So keeping this relatively simple...here's our card for today..

Fresia

This is one of those designs that can be adapted to just about any designer series paper, adjusting the cardstock  color and Blends to coordinate with the paper will result in  a card that you can create to use up some of your smaller pieces of designer paper.

Also, just about any verse can be substituted for the one used in the sample--thus this becomes one of those stock card designs that can be created and stashed until you need one, pop on the appropriate greeting and off you go to the mailbox.

I used the fresia design from the new Heart & Home Designer Series paper in the new Jan-Jun mini catalog..if you didn't get your copy (and don't already have  demonstrator) contact me and we'll get one on your hands.

I'll give you the step by step directions for this card followed by the supply list so you can order your supplies today. 

Remember:

*Jan-Feb is Sale-a-bration--for each $50 in product that you purchase you can select a free product from the Sale-a-bration brochure!

*if you use this month's host code (VXJM3R2D) you can earn $5 in Stampin'Up! product (I choose) for every $50 in product that you order (excludes shipping & tax).

Directions:

1. Cut Fresh Fresia cardstock 4 1/4 X 11, score long side at 5 1/2 (card base).

2. Cut Fresh Fresia cardstock 4 1/8 X 5 3/8, put through Tasteful Textiles embossing folder (#152718) and adhere to card front with liquid glue.

3. Cut 2 pieces of designer paper (Heart & Home) 1 1/2 X 4 1/2; adhere to card leaving approximately 1/8" between the 2 pieces and leaving equal borders around the outside edges

4. Cut scalloped rectangle (Stitched So Sweetly) from Basic White cardstock

    *Stamp girl with butterfly net and the single butterfly in Memento black ink

    *Using Blend color as follows:

        *Dress - Light Fresh Fresia

        *Butterfly: Dark Fresh Fresia

        *Hair: Light Crumb Cake

        *Skin: Ivory Blend (154922)

        *Add Wink of Stella to the butterfly net

   *Adhere this unit to the card front using dimensionals

5. Cut Fresh Fresia 1/2 X 2 1/2, stamp verse in black ink; adhere to card front with dimensionals (see placement in photo).

Your card is ready for sending!

Supplies: Click on any product image below and you'll be in my store---order your supplies  now!

 

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Another Quick & Easy card using Sale-a-bration set Island Vibes

January 13, 2022

Today we're creating Another Quick  Easy card using Sale-a-bration set Island Vibes.  If you missed our super card on Tuesday you can check it out here: https://www.sandilovesstamping.com/2022/01/create-quick-cards-with-sale-a-bration-island-vibes.html.

Here's today's card

Leaves

Again, I nabbed one of the notecards and envelopes in Basic White for my base--that eliminates creating the base from scratch and the notecards come with matching envelopes (they come in white an vanilla--it's always a good idea to keep a pack of both on hand in your stamping staples.

This time I ran the notecard front through the Tasteful Textures embossing folder--just adding this bit of pizzazz to the card front enhances the eye appeal dramatically.

The tropical leaves are all one single stamp! That's right--a single stamp and a Shaded Spruce ink pad gives you all that luscious greenery. Then use one of the perfect greetings in a pop of color like Poppy Parade and your basic card is done. Of course adding 3 Champagne Rhinestones strategically placed in a rough triangle and the card ratchets up to pretty wonderful instead of just adequate.

I'll give you the step by step directions for today's card followed by the supply list so you can order your supplies today. 

Remember:

*Jan-Feb is Sale-a-bration--for each $50 in product that you purchase you can select a free product from the Sale-a-bration brochure!

*if you use this month's host code (VXJM3R2D) you can earn $5 in Stampin'Up! product (I choose) for every $50 in product that you order (excludes shipping & tax).

Directions:

1. Place the notecard front in the Tasteful Textures embossing folder, run through die cut machine.

2. Cut Shaded Spruce cardstock 3 5/8 X 2 1/8; adhere to notecard front with liquid glue.

3. Cut Basic White cardstock 3 1/2 X 2

    *Stamp tropical leaves (Island Vibes # 158096 Sale-a-bration) in Shaded Spruce in lower left corner

    *Stamp verse (Special Moments #158081 Sale-a-bration) in Poppy Parade ink in upper right corner (see photo for placement).

    *Adhere this layer to the Spruce layer with liquid glue.

4. Adhere 1 large and 2 small Champagne rhinestones in a rough triangle (see photo for placement).

Your card is ready for sending!

Supplies: Click on any product image below and you'll be in my store--order your supplies to day!

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Create Quick cards with Sale-a-bration Island Vibes

January 11, 2022

 

 

Today we're going to learn how to Create Quick cards with Sale-a-bration Island Vibes stamp set! This is one of the free stamp sets you can earn when you purchase product for $50 during Jan-Feb Sale-a-bration event....here's a look at the set..

158096 island vibes

We'll also be using a sentiment from the Special Moment stamp set which is another Sale-a-bration Freebie!

Here's the quick card for today

Plantand a bit closer ....

Plant cu

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I often find myself in need of a card but little time--so one of my solutions is to grab one of the notecards and envelopes (they come in Basic White and Very Vanilla). They come precut, scored and ready to go--this eliminates the need for preparing your base.

Today's card is simply adding 2 quick layers to the base white notecard and adding a single stamp, greeting and embellishments...in less that 5 minutes your card is ready to go.

The plant stamp that I used looks better in 2 colors--so I nabbed my Stampin'Write markers and applied the ink directly to the rubber stamp--that way we can get 2 great colors with just one stamp.

You'll find that the Spccial Moments stamp set has all those verses that you use consistently--this time I needed a thank you card and this greeting was fresh and perfect for my purpose.

I then just added 3 of our new Adhesive backed hexagons to coordinate with the green plant and they simply added the bit of extra that pushes a card into extra special instead of just pretty.

I'll give you the step by step directions for today's card followed by the supply list so you can order your supplies today. 

Remember:

*Jan-Feb is Sale-a-bration--for each $50 in product that you purchase you can select a free product from the Sale-a-bration brochure!

*if you use this month's host code (VXJM3R2D) you can earn $5 in Stampin'Up! product (I choose) for every $50 in product that you order (excludes shipping & tax).

Directions:

1. Cut Shaded Spruce 3 X 4 1/2; adhere to notecard front with liquid glue.

2. Cut Basic White 2 7/8 X 4 3/8

    *Stamp Thanks for Brightening up my day! (Special Moments # 158081 Sale-a-bration) in black in (e.g. Memento)

    *On the plant stamp (Island Vibes # 198096 Sale-a-bration) using the side of the brush end of the Stampin'Write markers color the stamp itself with Just Jade and Cinnamon Cider--stamp above greeting.

    *Adhere this layer to Spruce layer with liquid glue.

3. Adhere 1 large, 1 medium, and 1 small Adhesive backed Hexagons (#158148) around plant--see photo for placement.

Your card is ready for sending!

Supplies: Click on any product image below and you'll be in my store--order your supplies today!

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Creating a Quick Birthday Card with the new Flowing Flowers Stampin'Up! Stamp Set

January 06, 2022

Today we're Creating a Quick Birthday Card with the New Flowing Flowers Stampin'Up! Stamp Set. Tuesday we created a pretty quick Thank you card using this set...if you missed it check it out here... https://www.sandilovesstamping.com/2022/01/creating-a-card-with-the-new-flowing-flowers-stampinup-stamp-set.html

This beautiful stamp set requires little imagination when it comes to designing a card...it's so lovely and has such coordinating images that the card nearly designs itself....check this out

Hbd

and a little closer look...

Hbd cu

Again today we're using the Stampin'Write markers to color directly on the rubber stamp. This allows us to use multiple colors on the same stamp.  This card uses 2 floral images and the greeting. The smaller stamp includes the 3 florals plus some accent dots---so just marrying the larger flower with the smaller one give you all the design you need.

We used the Adhesive backed Hexagons for our embellishments in this card--what a fun addition to add touches of interest around the stamped images.

If you are like me and always rushed for time...having a stamp set that allows quick but gorgeous cards is a definite "must have" in your stamping arsenal...order yours today!

Check back next week to see some samples using our new Sale-a-bration free products!

I'll give you the step by step directions for today's card followed by the supply list so you can order your supplies today. 

Remember:

*Jan-Feb is Sale-a-bration--for each $50 in product that you purchase you can select a free product from the Sale-a-bration brochure!

*if you use this month's host code (VXJM3R2D) you can earn $5 in Stampin'Up! product (I choose) for every $50 in product that you order (excludes shipping & tax).

Directions:

1. Cut Evening Evergreen cardstock 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, score the long side at 4 1/4 (card base).

2. Cut Shimmery cardstock 4 7/8 X 3 1/2; using Flower Flowers stamp set (#157880)

    *Using the side of the brush end of the Stampin'Write markers apply Polished Pink to the flower and Evening Evergreen to the dots and leaves of the medium floral image--stamp this in the middle toward the left side.

    *Using the same technique stamp the small triple flowe stamp on the left side twice (see photo for placement).

    *Apply Wink of Stella to the flowers

    *Stamp Happy Birthday in black in (e.g. Memento)) at the bottom

    *Adhere 1 large, 1 medium and 1 small pink hexagon (#158148)- see photo for placement.

3. Cut two strips of gold foil 1/2" X 4 5/8"--adhere these with glue dots under the long side of the stamped layer leaving 1/8" at each end of the shimmery layer. Adhere this unit to the card front with liquid glue.

Your card is ready for sending!

Supplies: Click on any product image below and you'll be in my store--order your supplies today!

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Creating a Card with the new Flowing Flowers Stampin'Up! Stamp Set!

January 04, 2022

Today we're Creating a Card with the new Flowing Flowers Stampin'Up! Stamp Set! By now you've seen tons of great new stamp sets and I decided to select one stamp set that would be great to create fabulous cards with minimal effort. Flowing Flowers fit that criteria perfectly.

Not only are the flowers beautiful but the set also contains those easy to use verses we use very day along with a couple of other specialty verses like "sending a card instead of a text."

Here's the first quick card:

Thank you

Here's a little closer look at those new Polished Dots  embellishments...

Thank you cu

We're using the Stampin'Write markers to color directly on the rubber stamp--this allows us to use 2 colors on the single stamp--it's quick and easy to do this.

Check out the gold frame that focuses the eye on the Thank You--I'll show you below how to create that with 2 dies and one roll through the die cut machine...it's really easy and you can do multiples quite easily with this technique.

I'll give you the step by step directions followed by the supply list so you can order your supplies today. 

Remember:

*Jan-Feb is Sale-a-bration--for each $50 in product that you purchase you can select a free product from the Sale-a-bration brochure!

*if you use this month's host code (VXJM3R2D) you can earn $5 in Stampin'Up! product (I choose) for every $50 in product that you order (excludes shipping & tax).

Directions:

1. Cut Evening Evergreen cardstock 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, score long side at 4 1/4 (card base).

2. Cut Soft Succulent 5 X 3 3/4; adhere to card front with liquid glue.

3. Cut Shimmery White 4 7/8 X 3 5/8

    *Stamp 'Thank you" in Memento ink (Flowing Flowers # 157880) in center of card front

    *Using flat side of Stampin'Write markers to color flower on the rubber stamp itself with Polished Pink and the leaves & dots with Evening Evergreen...stamp 3 times as shown in photo. Add the leaves in the upper left corner.

4. Tape 2 of the label dies (Happy Hippo & Friends dies) together and die cut the "frame"

Hippo diesNote: you can salvage the middle waste for future use--if you want to avoid scratching the surface of this piece use a layer of tissue paper between the die and the gold foil when running through the die cut machine.

    *Add mini dimensionals to the back of the frame and adhere with the Thank you in the center.

5. Add one large and 2 small pink Polished Dots (#158134) as shown in photo.

Your card is ready for sending!

Supplies: Click on any product image below and you'll be in my store--order your supplies today:

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