Weekly Deals 10-7-14

Check out the Weekly Deals! Who doesn't need more Silver Glimmer paper????

	Geometrical Wood Stamp Set Item # 133158 Regular Price: $29.95 Discounted Price: $22.46
	1/8" Circle Handheld Punch Item # 134365 Regular Price: $8.95 US/$11.95 CAN Discounted Price: $6.71 US/$8.96 CAN
	This And That Epic Day Journal Item # 131268 Regular Price: $10.95 Discounted Price: $8.21
	Apothecary Accents Framelits Die Item # 127003 Regular Price: $24.95 Discounted Price: $18.71
	Silver Glimmer Paper Item # 135314 Regular Price: $4.95 Discounted Price: $3.71
	Natural 5/8" Chevron Ribbon Item # 132982 Regular Price: $6.95 Discounted Price: $5.21
	Monster Munchies Ensemble - Digital Download Item # 131314 Regular Price: $12.95 Discounted Price: $7.77

Autumn at Home

We made this card, inspired by one in Stampin' Up!'s monthly magazine for demonstrators, at Club last week. I LOVE this photopolymer Home for the Holidays set! ;It's so versatile, which is important to me, and it's FUN. Click here to see it.

To make it even more fun, you can get it at a discount if you also buy . . . drum roll please . . . the matching framelits!!! See the bundle by clicking here.

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Stamps: Holiday Home   
Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Naturals Cream, Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White    
Ink: Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Blendabilities in Crumb Cake Assortment and Skin Tone Asssortment   
Accessories: Homemade Holiday Framelits, Large Polka Dot, Argyle, and Decorative Dots embossing folders, Baked Brown Sugar Thick Twine

Bits & Pieces Masked Flower Patch

There's quite an autumn feel to the air here, so I better get my last "summery" flower card blogged! This was another leftover from September's Club planning, and it couldn't be simpler. I used an oval framelit to cut a mask for my card front, then sponged Crumb Cake ink through the mask. The flower pieces are from the Flower Patch photopolymer set and the coordinating Flower Fair Framelits. The only stamping I did was the sentiment, from And Many More. Sometimes you just need a simple card, right?

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Stamps: And Many More, Flower Patch
Paper:Naturals White, Whisper White, Old Olive, Crushed Curry
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Old Olive
Accessories: Oval Framelits, Flower Fair Framelits, sponge, dimensionals

What's under your embellishments???

This is a card we aren't making tonight at Club. :-) It was part of the creative process, though! See those cute little flowers? Underneath them is a splotchy inked edge of the stamp. It never ceases to amaze me that I can still "catch an edge" after all these years of stamping. But that's what embellishments are for! 

I used the flower punch from the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack to cut flowers from Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, and Early Espresso. Then I ran them through the Polka Dot embossing folder for a little texture.

There are no mistakes in stamping, just opportunities for embellishment!

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Stamps: Seasonally Scattered    

Paper: Naturals White    

Ink: Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango    

Accessories:  flower punch from Itty Bitty Accents, Polka Dot embossing folder, dimensionals, sponge dauber

Stamp, Stock, and SAVE!

October 1-6! Wow, that's a great sale!

From October 1-6 , you'll be able to purchase select ink, paper, envelopes, and adhesive-

all at a 15% discount! Select stamps are 20%!

Stamps are 20% off!

(Prices listed are clear mount. Stamps are also available in woodmount at 20% off.)

Check out the flyer to see all the details! 

Weekly Deals 9-30-14

Oooh, I've been wanting that heart border punch! Click here to browse or buy the Weekly Deals!

Glimmer Paper and Feathers from the Stampin' Up! blog

Today's post comes from the Stampin' Up! blog, written by Kaitlyn Zumbach of the
2014–2015 Artisan Design Team. Do you ever check there for ideas???
http://stampinup.com

Glimmer Paper in Every Color? Why Not?

We all love how beautiful Glimmer Paper is, but sometimes I think we’re afraid to touch it because it’s so pretty. When I first saw the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, I knew it would be great to color!

I started by spritzing the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper. Just use a Stampin’ Spritzer filled with rubbing alcohol and the Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill of your choice (in this case, Rose Red). Easy! I then cut the spritzed Glimmer Paper using the Big Shot and the large feather from the Feather Framelit Dies to make an embellishment for this fun and pretty card.

Since you can spritz the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, why not use theDecorative Masks to create patterned Glimmer Paper? I mean, come on, these Crushed Curry circles look pretty great! There was one catch—even with rubbing alcohol, they still took a while to dry. I used the Heat Tool to speed up the drying, but color was still coming off. So, I just heat embossed where I colored using Iridescent Ice Stampin’ Emboss Powder, and it worked like a charm!

Spritzing the Glimmer Paper worked beautifully, but then I wondered what would happen if I watercolored it using an Aqua Painter? Magic! That’s what happened! The Aqua Painter allowed for great saturated color, especially with Blackberry Bliss. (I also filled the Aqua Painter with rubbing alcohol instead of water since it dries much more quickly.)

I loved how the watercoloring turned out, so I did it again! This time I stamped the image from the Four Feathers Stamp Set in StazOn ink on Glimmer Paper and colored over it using Lost Lagoon. It was a simple technique, but it created a great effect!
I bet you’re dying to play right now with some Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, so go ahead! Pull out all of your colors and enjoy!
Kaitlyn Zumbach
2014–2015 Artisan Design Team

Fancy Fold with Kinda Eclectic

We made this card (inspired by Kay Kalthoff) at September's Club meeting. It uses the fabulous set Kinda Eclectic, and there's a fun surprise when you open it:

Notice the fun flower at the center of the sunshine? We made it from Simply Pressed Clay and colored it with Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities.

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Stamps: Kinda Eclectic  
Paper: Whisper White, Tangelo Twist  
Ink: Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss, Blendabilities in Pumpkin Pie  
Accessories: Circles framelits (#7 and #8), Simply Pressed Clay, Button and Flower molds, Blackberry Bliss ribbon