by Susan Itell | May 3, 2014 | Super Easy, Tips and Tricks!!! |
Next Sunday is Mother's Day! Here is a simple card that has clean and crisp lines…but more importantly – it is a card that could be adapted to many…many themes! I'll do my best to walk you through it step by step…but I encourage you to think if the different Framelits and Stamp you have to CASE away!
This card is a great example of how “this formula” will work in other ways for you…it’s kinda like the post I did on Monday – click here to see it and (I was SUPER DUPER happy that I had several people try the sketch I used) Woot-Woot to you…
It’s like getting your “Training Wheels” off…the more you “practice”…
the more that you will learn a style that YOU are comfortable with!
Let’s get going…
- White Whisper A-2 card and then the Rose Red is 5 ¼” X 4” and then the “top” layer of white is 5” X 3 ¾”
- Adhere the Rose Red to the card base and then take this top layer and using the #4 square framelit….center it and run it through the Big Shot (this is where the magnetic platform is a HUGE help)…love that tool!
- If you are going to “stitch” around like I did – I would do it now….(I didn’t decide to do it until I had the card together and it was a bit shaky with the dimensionals)
- For the “piece of white” that you are going to stamp…I actually cut this to a 2 1/8” square are the smaller square in the framelits was a 2” one and I needed a bit more room!
- The Happy Mother’s Day stamp is from the April Paper Pumpkin Kit…..please click here and you will see a super cute post that I did with this…This can be used for sooooo much more than Mother’s Day and the Photopolymer Stamps that are in there are super for other projects!
SPECIAL OFFER for you!!! – If you would like one of these April Kits…I will send it your way and you will definitely have it in time for next Sunday PLUS I will make you one of these cards!!! Woot-woot!!!!
The kits are $20.00…every month I order more of these to keep on hand as I adore this program and I want to offer it so you too can see the value!
- The Petite Petals Stamp Set and Punch with the floral steal of the show! I learned a lesson…I thought that they were a bundle…well right now they are a bundle in the Occasions Catalog…and they will be carried over but guess what – They will NOT be a bundle then!
TIP ALERT: The moral of the above is…when you see it as a bundle – take advantage of it as you will get an instant 15% off…there is no guarantee that it will always be a bundle!
You know that I love the side views…this will show you how I popped it up…do not skimp on the dimensionals…especially with the "cut out" part…sagging isn't pretty!
- The leaves came from the Bird Builder Punch and to me there are many punches that are "must haves" but when it comes to the specialty punches….I say the 3 that I would not be without are the Bird Builder, the cupcake and the Owl…I use then a bunch for so many things!
- Last…the liner, easy-peasy with the Regals Designer Series Paper Stack! Always a life saver!
Now do you agree with me…isn't the a fun card and when you think about it…an easy card that lends itself to many options!. It has the wow factow but it is still clean and crisp! Love it!
Please email me and let me know if I can send a Paper Pumpkin kit your way along with this beautiful card and envelope! How can you go wrong for just $20.00!
I am so happy that you all are receiving my daily emails! Please continue to tell your family, friends and co workers….as I have some exciting programs to share with you starting this new Stampin' Up year! The new catalog starts June 2nd and that also is a new year for us!!!!
I am coming up on my 2nd anniversary with Stampin' Up….so please continue to pop back as I will be offering blog candy!!! I am determined to make this an exciting year for me with Stampin' Up and I look forward to more fun and inspiration with YOU!
Until tomorrow…
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by Susan Itell | Apr 30, 2014 | Paper Pumpkin, Super Easy |
You all have heard me time and time before how I change my mind about the Paper Pumpkin Program and I sure hope that this post can show you why! As the saying goes…."You've come a long way baby"…and this baby just has it's 1st Birthday!!!
Stampin' Up! is doing "the next step" for us…and that is that you can pre-pay subscriptions for yourself…a gift….and use it when you attend a class…workshop etc…..
Why would you want to do the subscription thing???…..easy-peasy – you can earn hostess rewards on the Prepaid Subscriptions AND you save a "smidge" on the six month and annual subscriptions.
When you purchase an Annual Subscription to Paper Pumpkin for $215.40, you will save $2 per month for the kits AND earn $30 of free product from hosting rewards. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions!
Here’s the scoop on the prepaid subscriptions:
I truly adore these kits and I am so happy that Stampin' Up! listen and changed the quantity and the quality of the program!
The pictures that I have for you are from the April Kit! If you would like one of these kits…please email me and I will be happy to send one your way!….They are $20.00 and I will pick up the shipping!
Click here to see a video!
Here are the stamps that are in this kit! I do not know about you…but these stamps and ink spots in itself are worth the $20.00…keepers – they are super versatile and FUN!!!
I have been purchasing many extras each month as I totally believe in this program…and these are "cash and carry" so I can share this with YOU! I am so pleased with this program and I believe in this program….that I have decided to order more to show with you the versatility of the program!
I used the Heart Framelits to "switch it up a bit" and I like it…the gel pen and the dashes add the fun touch! These kits are so versatile….just wait until you can see how there are ways to "change it up"
Are you "ENJOYING" this?!?!….here is a great way to "change things up" and still use products from the catalog but I also used the Simply Celebrate Stamp Set….( I adore this "enjoy")
I used the Banner Framelits and the dashes made it FUN….well – I think the Stampin' Dimensionals were the things that made it FUN!
Here is another example of how you can "switch up the frame" to make it have another look! I think that those one is super fun and classic! I used the Perfect Couple Stamp Set….LOVE IT!
I hope that you are "getting it" that you can take ONE SIMPLE FRAME AND STAMPS…and then let your imagination go wild and have fun!
I am so proud of Stampin' Up! for doing such a an amazing job with the Paper Pumpkin Program! Please email me and let me know if you would like one of these kits!
These are not only great gifts…they are perfect for kids at college….sisters that live far away….a friend that you miss….something for YOU! – the ideas are endless!
I am and email away of you would like to "chat" about this program and also if you would like me to send you this kits…it's a WOWZERS!!!! I only have a limited and I will mail it to you today!
Mother's Day will be here soon…
Until tomorrow!
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by Susan Itell | Apr 28, 2014 | Make it MINE Monday, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Super Easy |
Here’s to a NEW and FRESH week! Last week was a tough one with the Blog situation and also with being under the weather!
Here’s the scoop on both of these things!
- I will be making a change with my blog moving from Feedburner to Feedblitz – (It all sounds “Dutch” to me) but as I am sure you are aware of…many SUD are doing this! Patsy will get to my blog as soon as she has time….so for now – if you are not getting your daily subscriptions automatically to your computer every morning…you might just need to type in my blog address….and you’ll be good to go! I’m still here…and I’m not going anywhere! I appreciate you patience and understanding through this!
- I am feeling LOTS better – still have a bad cough but I could hardly wait to go to bed last night as I felt like a kid on Christmas Eve….WHY???? Today is the day that Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators get to “preview” the NEW catalog in a movie theatre! Doesn’t that sound like FUN…I am oober excited to make the trek to Alexandria, Virginia with 3 of my downline to see!
Now to the Post for today….you saw that the title was “Making it Mine Monday’s”….well let me explain!
I often get asked where do I come up with my ideas and how have I learned to develop a style with my cards? Well…from LOTS of places…from YOU…from PINTEREST…from the WEB…I take On-Line Classes but I will say that once I started to really reach out of my comfort zone and try to work from sketches…I learned 2 things!
- It saved me a BUNCH of TIME…and TIME is soooo darn tootin’ precious to all of us….why? I was not “surfing around"…pinning here and there….taking bits from this and bits from that etc…
- I am on the Design Team for the PALS challenge every Thursday and one week is a color challenge and the other is a sketch challenge! You have heard me blog before that I prefer the color ones….but I have come to realize that the reason I say that is because I am not "stretching myself out of my comfort zone”
SOOOOOO…..I have decided to dedicate Monday’s to “Making it Mine Monday’s” where I will share with you a sketch and then show an interpretation from it….
I highly recommend YOU to challenge yourself with these Monday sketches I will share with you…look at them….see what stamps you have…and just try it!
Below you will see a past sketch from the PPA and I have BLOCKED OUT the date not to confuse…this is a PERSONAL challenge for YOU….and if you want…please send me a picture of your work…you can do it…I know you can! Take a picture and email me…I love to see your work!
This is a very clean and simple sketch from PAL Nicole Watt – she is OOBER talented and a MDS gu-ru…I am always in awe of her work!
Here is my interpretation of this…and the funny and honest thing is…I NEVER went back to the post that had this challenge (it was in January) – I encourage you to LOOK at the SKETCH….see what "speaks" to YOU…and then GO FOR IT!!!
When I see a sketch…I step back and look at it…I look at the area that I feel I want my "focal stamping and/or sentiment" to go…This space dictates to me what stamp set I am going to use! For this card…I saw that rectangle (#4) to me my "focal" point and when I looked at my stamps – I thought – "I have not used Timeless Talk in a long time" and the shape is perfect and I let my card start from here!
Also, you know I adore paper…if I have an "itching" to use a certain Designer Series Paper, that I will also let that play a huge role as to what stamps/theme I am going to go for…
To me – working from a sketch is the BEST way to help develop YOUR style…we all have our own "feel" – when we go out of the box on our comfort zone…it is when WE get frustrated and doubt ourselves!
O.k. – we have got to get to this cause' I am Cinderella and need to go to bed to go see a movie today!
- This is an A-2 card in Very Vanilla as I am using the BEAUTIFUL Modern Melody Designer Series Paper… the DSP is cut at 3" X 4" and then the Black piece is 2 1/4" X 5 1/2".
- The"stamped piece" is 3" X 2 3/4" and then the Stamp Set is Timeless Talk – very classic!
- Naturally I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig for PERFECT placement of the "bike" and the same for the sentiment! I actually "stamped" this bike twice as I cut out the "simple circles" to add a bit of POP!
- I am on a roll with these Candy Dots and Brad Bases….(thanks to KATE)…I used a glue dot to hold them in place! A simple dash with the basic black marker is all that is needed! I popped it up with Stampin' Dimensionals!
- Envelope time…time to make the mail man smile! I stamped the front of the envelope as well as lining the envelope with the help of the Envelope liner frameit!!!
Well….I know that this has been a L O N G post but…how do you like the card? I hope that you enjoyed and embraced this concept that I am trying to convey to you…
YOU can do it…..I KNOW YOU CAN….I would love to help you discover the "Inner Picasso" that it within you!
Please make sure that you POP back tomorrow…as I will share with you the FUN card I made for my downline for the movie!!!
I am SOOO excited! Stampin' Up! never lets up down…and I am sure that the new catalog will not disappoint you…and if you are a customer of mine, you will automatically receive a NEW catalog from me!
Have a great day…a great week and until tomorrow!
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by Susan Itell | Apr 26, 2014 | Super Easy |
I feel like the little engine that could…I think I can…I think I can….I am not one that gets sick often and this is twice this year and I am not liking it one bit!!! I think I can see the light…I came home from work…slept for 3 hours…did a post…and back to bed – I am sure that today will be a great day!
My middle peep came home and I could not have him come home without a card from Mom on his bed….This is SOOOOO simple but I am tickled with it and I truly hope that you CASE away!!! It seems SOOOOO weird to do a one layer card…true it is a challenge but the was easy-peasy-pudding pie!!!
You are going to love this and I want you to let your imagination go wild….as this was just plain FUN!!! If I can do it…you can do it!
Let's get going as there is not much instruction….but I do have lots of pictures! (and you like them!)
- The card base is a regular A-2 card but in the vertical…I also cut another piece at 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" to make a mask for the card!
- Take the cut piece and place the heart from the Hearts Framelits and I used #2 for this…run it through the big shot…this will be your mask and your friend! (you'll be able to use it over and over again for future cards!!!)
- I placed this over my card front and used washi tape to secure it in place ( this way, I will be able to lift it up easily)
- Using a sponge (I cut them in 1/4's) I used the Rose Red Ink and in a circular motion I added a deeper color to the outer edges and had a lighter touch towards the center! Pull it off and….VOILA! You are an artist!
- The simple sentiment came from A Dozen Thoughts Stamp Set and it was the "perfect" sentiment that I wanted to send to my dear James….I naturally used the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig for perfect placement…and that is exactly what it did! (Love that little piece of plastic!!!)
- Using the corner rounder on the Envelope Punch Board, I corner rounded the upper corners…now wasn't this super easy!
- The line for the envelope is from my "go-to" Regals Designer Series Paper Stack…these gems make it SOOOOO easy to always be on top of the game!
WOWZERS….that is it!!! I was "tickled"….with the end result and I am amazed that I did a single layer card! If I can do it….you can do it!!!
I hope that this brought a smile to your face and to your heart! I thank you for "putting up with me" this week with this crazy typepad craze….please email me and let me know if you are still having issues with receiving my blog posts!
James is an Eagle Scout and my dear John is still very active with Scouting….today our local Council is having a "Clay Shoot" at a local farm! James and his Dad will have a blast together and the Scouts will benefit from the day!
Selfishly, James' girlfriend Lydia and I will have a blast at home making tomorrow's post! She's a totally sweetie and we always love "playing together with paper".…and with me being under the weather….it will be a perfect day!
Thanks for popping by and THANKS for the orders this week with the free shipping – as promised I will let you know tomorrow who the lucky blog candy winner is!
I truly love what I do….and I love helping YOU!!!!
Until tomorrow….(please pop back – as you will smile….Lydia and I are going to have FUN!)
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by Susan Itell | Apr 25, 2014 | Stamp-a-ma-jig, Super Easy, Thank You |
Wow…it's finally Friday! This has seemed to be the L O N G E S T week and now to top it off, I have a cold…actually I feel like a bowling ball (my head) that can't stop coughing! My head feels like it is going to detach!!!
The good news is…I can only get better…the blog thing can only get better…and it can't get any better with having FREE shipping, but remember today is your last day!
Remember that with the products that are being retired…they are on a 1st come basis and there are already some that have been sold out…here is the most up to date list!
By now, you know that I usually make my cards with a specific purpose…and this card today is just that – this is the card that I will be sending to say "thanks" to those of you that ordered from me this week!
Can you say…SIMPLE…can you say…CLEAN….Can you say….LET'S GET TO IT!
- You know me….my "go-to" notecard and envelope size…love-love-love – would not be without!
- To the simple touch a scrap piece of white paper 3 1/2" long and 2 " wide and ran it through the Big Shot with the Scallops Textured Embossing Folder.
TIP ALERT….take this piece and place it where you want it to go and then take a pencil and draw a line across the top….then take away so you know where to stamp the sentiment!
- Pulling out the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and using the Lots of Thanks Stamp Set….this simple sentiment does the trick…erase your pencil line!
- Now you can go back and adhere the embossed piece to the front of the card!
- Again, using scraps – stamp the flower image from the Flower Shop Stamp Set with Daffodil Delight…a quick punch with the Pansy Punch is all that is needed!
TIP ALERT…use the bone folder or a pencil to roll the egdes of the flowers…always loosens up the fibers in the paper and creates great movement!
- I took a simple white button and the treaded a piece of whisper white twine…a simple bow…a useful glue dot….DONE! I did put a stampin dimensional on the back of the flower!
OH NO…I have already taken my pictures and I just noticed…I forgot my "Silly Susan Dots"…
- The envelope was lined with the Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper (snif-snif…I'll miss this) but the dots just make you smile!
I just love the freshness of this card…the white is so crisp and clean and then the yellow and black is so classic and fun! I hope that you CASE this one as it's fast to make and very sweet!
If you do not like to add "bulk" to your card with the button, you could easily use a small circle punch and just use paper!
This just might be a card for Breast Cancer next month and I will change up the sentiment!
Remember that today is the last day for the free shipping offer and the BLOG CANDY from me for every order in a $25.00 increment!
I will announce the winner on Sunday morning (with not feeling great – I will probably go to bed early and I know that many of you on the West Coast will be up much later)…so just to be fair if someone orders late as I will already have my blog post typed up…..thanks for understanding and GOOD LUCK!
One of my "peeps" is coming home for the weekend so I am determined to feel better! I am excited to see him since he was unable to come home for Easter…(I have those cute chocolate bunnies that I made one the table) He will like them…I like to look at them…he likes to eat them!!!
Thanks for popping by today and I hope that leaving a comment works today! By the end of the day yesterday – there were comments that came through! I thank you for your patience during this frustrating time but we're getting there….and together we can accomplish lots!!!
Remember…if you want to purchase any of these items…use the new handy pictures below – they will go right into the cart on my online store…it is so easy and then you can also add additional products that I have not highlighted on today's post!
You all are the best…have a great day…and until tomorrow!
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by Susan Itell | Apr 24, 2014 | Super Easy |
Get back to normal and share with you a super simple yet fun card? I hope that you can see the pictures of the card today! Fingers….toes….crossed – we are in the right direction!
I am going to try to make this quick as there are "windows" of time that typepad is UP and then typepad is DOWN! How about this card…could you tell that I made it!?!?
This is one of those "keepers" that I talk to you about…so darn tootin' easy and with that said…make sure you remember this simple layout to use it for a variety of stamps and papers!
Let's go….(boy….does it feel great to be able to blog to you!!!)
- The base is Very Vanilla and the piece that I stamped is 2 1/2" X 2 3/4"…this is from the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set….and then I matted it with a piece of Bermuda Bay that is 2 5/8" X 2 7/8"
TIP ALERT: This stamp set does come in a bundle… I truly feel that "bundles" are the way to go especially because you will save an instant 15% but also it is a HUGE time saver….(we all need that) I know that I did not use the framelits on this card…but I would always buy a grouping this way!
- Using the fine tip of the black pen…a quick "stitch" did the trick! I stamped the stars using the Black Staz On Ink and then "fussy" cut them out using the BEST scissors in the whole wide world…the paper snips!
- The Modern Melody Designer Series Paper is going to be soooo missed by me…I just think it is super classic…I cut the width (7) of the pattern and then the length is 4 3/8"…..then a quick mat…just a "smidge" bigger!
- A simple adhere….some stampin' dimensionals behind the sentiment and stars and then the added touch of a bright candy dot to make a POP!
I liked "off setting" it a bit…I think it adds interest and does not look so predictable! Play around with your layouts…sometimes making a quick and easy switch like this…just does the trick!
- Pulling out the envelope liner framelits and lining the envelope was the quick touch I needed!
That's it….you really did not need me to do this but I do hope that I inspired you and made you smile! Even though I made this selfishly for me to share with you about "Wishing my Blog" would be back to normal…this is a PERFECT card to send to my dear friends daughter that is graduating from college in a couple of weeks!
She has the best name…Callan…she is a special young lady in many ways! She has the kindest heart…she has the sweetest smile…and she always looking for the brighter side of life..
Callan was just offered a job and a very exciting one so…lesson learned – my "wishing something" is going to turn into a great card that I will send to her letting her know that John and I are "making a wish" for her success with this wonderful opportunity!
Think about how practical this card would be to have on hand…for birthdays…anniversaries…get well – you can really let the words that YOU write personalize it to whatever you need…think out of that box!
Here are the current retired list of products! Stampin' Up! is updating these lists daily and remember…they are while supplies last! You can clearly see the "sold out" items!
Click here for the Stamps
Click here for the Accessories
Remember – tomorrow is the last day of free shipping….a great opportunity to stock up and save on shipping….everyone loves free shipping! Below is a picture of the BLOG CANDY that you will be able to have a chance to win by placing an order with me!
Hit that SHOP NOW button and have a fun time!!! Thanks a bunch for popping by and I am confident that we're going in the right direction!
Exciting times for Stampin' Up! and I am so glad that we are having fun together!
Until tomorrow!
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