Monday, August 31, 2020

Last Day to Use Bonus Coupons, plus an Elegant Halloween Card using Little Treats Stamp Set

  • Stampin' Up! Little Treats Stamp Set
  • Little Treat Box Dies
  • Autumn Essentials Dies for fun Fall Elements
  • Final Day to Use Your Bonus Days Coupons--31 August 2020
Sometimes you prefer your Halloween cards to be more sophisticated rather than full of scary images.  I wasn't sure what my finished card would look like when I picked on the of darker prints from the Magic In This Night Designer Series Paper.  But I'm happy with how it turned out.  The Designer Series paper has a faint design of spiders, so I decided to pair it with the Cobwebs Embossing Folder.  Then I found some Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon that added a nice sparkle to all of the dark colors.  I also reached for the Autumn Essentials Dies and selected pumpkin images and wheat silhouette images to complete the not-so-spooky Halloween look that I was trying to achieve.   A few Elegant Faceted Gems pick up the colors from the Designer Series Paper perfectly.    

Halloween Card with two pumpkins spiders and spider webs with a glittery black ribbon


The basecard for this card is Blackberry Bliss Cardstock, dry embossed using the Cobwebs 3D Embossing Folder.  Then, Basic Black was used to mat a strip of one of the prints from Magic In This Night Designer Series Paper.            


Halloween Card with two pumpkins, spiders, and spider webs with a glittery black ribbon

I used the Hippo and Friends Dies to create my sentiment labels.  I stamped the Happy Happy Halloween sentiment from the Little Treats Stamp Set in Blackberry Bliss ink onto the smaller piece of Whisper White die cut.  It was matted in a larger Basic Black die cut.  I also die cut a small spider using the Little Treat Box Dies and added it to the corner of the sentiment.  It doesn't show well in the photo above, but the dies also embossed a design onto the body of the spider.  

  




I used the Autumn Essential Dies to create the cut-out pumpkin shapes.  The Autumn Essentials Dies also includes three different wheat elements, which I also used on this card.  

I added bling using the Elegant faceted Gems, and more bling using the Black 3/8" Glittered Organdy Ribbon.  


    






You'll enjoy creating your own unique cards using Halloween images and other Fall elements from embossing folders to Dies from the Stampin' Up! August-December 2020 Mini Catalog (formerly the Holiday catalog).  Order today, and get an early start on your Halloween cards.   Add these stamp sets and products to your Shopping List today.

If you live in the USA and don't have a demonstrator and want a copy of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog or a copy of the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog, contact me.   I would love to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.
      

Recipe

  • Stamps: Little Treats (Sentiment)
  • Ink: Blackberry Bliss
  • Paper: Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, Magic In The Night Designer Series Paper
  • Accessories: Autumn Essentials (pumpkins and wheat), Hippo & Friends Dies (sentiment labels), Little Treat Box Dies (spider), Elegant Faceted Gems, Cobwebs 3D Embossing Folder,  3/8" Glittered Black Organdy Ribbon, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals,  Dimensionals, Seal

To learn more about any of these items, click the item below to visit my online store.




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Final Day to Redeem Your Bonus Days Coupons

August 31 is the final day to redeem your Bonus Days Coupons.  You earned them in July and early August.  Look through your emails for your Stampin' Up! email with your coupon codes earned on orders placed during July  and early August 2020. Then select items you want from my Stampin' Up! Online store.  When you check out, you'll see a box for entering your coupon codes.  You can cut and paste from your email into the coupon box.  You must include the dash in the code for them to work.  Then, enjoy your new items!!  Be sure to redeem your coupons online by 11:50 PM (MT) 31 August 2020. 

 Redeem your Bonus Days Coupons by 31 August 2020


Or



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Visit the new Stampin' Up! Online Store to check out the new August-December Mini Catalog items.  The new Stampin' Up Online store has more ways to search, and larger images making it easier to find and see close ups of new products.  If you haven't visited the store since the launch, you will need to enter your password as the new Online Store also has a new location.  Just once; then you're all set.

Want more motivation for creating cards?  Join my Meetup Site, with over 8,000 photos, plus you'll receive project ideas and notifications of my upcoming classes. 


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Enjoy!



Donna Ross
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator
LOVE WHAT YOU MAKE
Private Classes for 1 or a small group of friends:  http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/
To place an order: Place an on-line order through my Stampin' Up! store - 24/7 Shopping 




Thursday, August 27, 2020

Masculine Birthday Card using Stampin' Up! Beautiful World Stamp Set

  • Stampin' Up! Beautiful World Stamp Set
  • World of Good Suite  for masculine cards
  • Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine release is set for September 1, 2020

Stampin' Up! Beautiful World Stamp Set


You'll love the Stampin' Up! World of Good Suite with the Beautiful World Stamp Set when you need a masculine graduation card,  a Congratulations-on-the-New Job card, or a Birthday Card.  Today I reworked an earlier card I created when the Beautiful World Stamp Set was first released as part of the Stampin' Up! annual catalog.  I needed a Birthday card for my brother, and the only part of the card I needed to change was the sentiment.  So, I used the Beautiful World Stamp Set and the coordinating World Maps Dies along with the new Cinnamon Cider map print from the World of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper to create my card.  I used the World Maps Dies to cut a Brass Foil Sheet overlay for a circle of Cinnamon Cider.  I stamped and die cut other images from this set, and used Blends to color a coordinating ribbon.  You'll want to make several of these cards so you have the on hand for occasions throughout the year.         

Masculine Birthday Card using a globe compass and feather ink pen



The basecard for this card is Basic Black.  Then I selected one of the prints from the World of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper.  The image layer has a mat of Basic Black and the images are mounted on Very Vanilla. 
   


Map-themed Masculine Birthday Card using die cuts and stamped images

I die cut the globe stand out of Early Espresso using the World Map Dies.  I love that the die gives the edges of the die cut an embossed finished  so it isn't just a flat die cut   I also used the dies to cut the Cinnamon Cider circle and then used another die from the set to die cut a sheet of Brass Foil to create the open map overlay.  The dies also cut the feather, which I popped up on Dimensionals. 

I used additional stamps from the Beautiful world Stamp Set for the rest of the images, stamping them in either Misty Moonlight or Cinnamon Cider -- both new In Colors for 2020-2022. 



Masculine Birthday Card and stamp sets and dies used to create the card


I added a ribbon that I created from 3/8" Gold Metallic-Edge Ribbon and Light Cinnamon Cider Stampin' Blends.  I love how fast the ribbon dries when using our alcohol-based Blends to change the ribbon color to match my card.  I love the extra touch the gold edge ribbon added, complimenting the World Map Die Cut. You'll be proud to send someone special cards made using this lovely suite.  Add it to your shopping list today.     

If you live in the USA and don't have a demonstrator and want a copy of the current Stampin' Up! Catalogs, contact me.   I would love to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.      

Recipe

  • Stamps: Beautiful World, Beautiful World Bundle, Peaceful Moments
  • Ink:  Cinnamon Cider, Misty Moonlight Ink, Cinnamon Cider Stampin' Blends
  • Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Early Espresso, Cinnamon Cider, World of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper, Brass Foil Sheets  
  • Accessories: World Map Dies, 2020-2022 In Color Enamel Dots, Gold 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon, Dimensionals  Multipurpose Glue 

To learn more about any of these items, click the item below to visit my online store.



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Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine Coming Sept 1!


Stampin' Up! Standard-Size Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machines can be ordered beginning September 1, 2020.  And if you are a demonstrator who ordered your machine during the August pre-order, you'll be excited to learn that on September 1 the additional Magnetic Cutting Plate will be available for all to order.





The Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine comes with the plates you need to get started.  The machine includes these plates:

  • 1 Base Plate (Plate 1), 
  • 1 Die Plate (Plate 2), 
  • 2 Cutting Plates (Plate 3, 
  • 1 Specialty Plate (Plate 4)

While these are what you need for basic die cutting and embossing, additional optional plates are sold separately.  You can buy replacements for all plates.

To create sandwiches for your machine couldn't be easier.  The Base Plate and Die Plate for the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine include instructions on how to use and sandwich all plates that are included with the machine.  Plates that are sold separately come with their own instructions.  You can also find instructions at stampinup.com/cut&emboss.  

While the standard-size Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine will be available September 1, the Mini Stampin' Cut & emboss availability will come later as it is still in production.  You can see these new machines and plates on pp. 170-172 of the new 2020-2021 annual Stampin' Up! catalog.

 Shop My Stampin' Up! Store, now!


Visit the Stampin' Up! Online Store to check out the August-December Mini Catalog items for all your Fall and Holiday projects.  The new Stampin' Up Online store has more ways to search, and larger images making it easier to find and see close ups of new products.  If you haven't visited the store since the launch, you will need to enter your password as the new Online Store also has a new location.  Just once; then you're all set.

Want more motivation for creating cards?  Join my Meetup Site, with over 8,000 photos, plus you'll receive emails with project ideas and notifications of my upcoming classes. 


Quick Links:  


Enjoy!



Donna Ross
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator
LOVE WHAT YOU MAKE
Private Classes for 1 or a small group of friends:  http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/
To place an order: Place an on-line order through my Stampin' Up! store - 24/7 Shopping