Sneak Peek Animal Outing

I want to introduce you to one of the goodies from my goodie bag I received at Onstage 2018 in Atlanta -- Animal Outing. This stamp set is from the Animal Expedition Suite that will become available when the 2018-19 Annual Catalog goes live on June 1.

The recipients of my card recently became parents of their first child, a baby boy! I am so happy for the lucky parents. I decided to make a 3x3 card to accompany my gift. It is a relatively simple watercolor card. I used the smooth coloring Watercolor Pencils (Early Espresso, Old Olive, Pacific Point) and a Blender Pen. I used my favorite Dapper Denim card stock and ink. I will really miss this in-color when it retires on May 31.

Now for some business.

The Paper Pumpkin deadline is May 10. Hope you decide to subscribe to this awesome kit program. If you don't subscribe already, there is special pricing for signing up for Paper Pumpkin between now and May 10. Creativity Starts with Paper Pumpkin -- get 50% off for two straight months.  You have to sign up by May 10. Use the code SAVEFIFTY0418. I would love to see what you have done with your kits.

Last call for retiring products from the Annual Catalog and Occasions Catalog.  Available through May 31 or while supplies last. Normally all stamp sets are available until very close to May 31, but all ribbon and accessories are first come, first serve and will not be replenished once the supplies are depleted. If you need a retiring list, message me.

As always, it would be my pleasure to be your demonstrator if you do not already have one. Message me if you have any questions or need any assistance.

April's hostess code is NE24A473. The order will close on Monday, April 30th. Please use this code unless your order already qualifies for Stampin' Rewards.


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Coffee Break Designer Series Paper Follow Up

Just a quick follow up to my post on Wednesday. In yesterday's blog hop, I shared my Coffee Cafe' Card version 2.0 where I mixed up the Coffee Break Designer Series Paper (DSP) to make a new card out of leftover packets from a previous card. I hope you enjoyed the blog hop. What a fabulous group of demonstrators I have found that love to share everything Stampin' Up!

As promised, today I am sharing my template and instructions for cutting the DSP to make this card.

The Crumb Cake card stock base is a standard A2, 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored at 4 1/4" (envelope size - 4-3/8” x 5-3/4”). The next layer is Soft Sky card stock, 4" x 5 1/4". This will be the base for layering our cut pieces and the new background for our cute, cute coffee cup embellishment.

Instructions for cutting DSP:

The original size of the DSP from the previous pack was 3 7/8" x 5". The first step is to cut 1/8" off both the short and long sides (Cuts #1, #2 grayed out with a Tranquil Tide Stampin' Write Marker, of course!). The new measurement of the DSP is 3 3/4" x 4 7/8". (Pardon my rudimentary drawings, but cute balloons, right?)

Next cut a 1" strip from the long side (Cut #3). You can chose either long side. I picked the left side to take advantage of the numbers along the edge for this picture.  Place both pieces together and cut at 3" (Cut #4) so that there is the nice, big piece of your "favorite" side of the DSP for the bottom left of your card front.

That is really all there is to it. However, if you are starting from all scraps, the sizes are (top left, clockwise, from the photo of the card, not the template.):

1. 1" x1 7/8'
2. 2 5/8" x 1 7/8"
3. 1" x 3"
4. 2 5/8" x 3"

Shameless plugs:

Last Chance for Retiring Products:
Select products from the 2018 occasions catalog and 2017-2018 annual catalog are retiring—and this is your last chance to get them before they are gone. IMPORTANT NOTE: A lot of the bundle products will carry over to the new 2018-2019 annual catalog, however they will no longer have the bundle pricing (10% discount). You can find more details in my online store. Use the shop now button, and be sure to use the April Hostess Code NE24A473. Do not use the hostess code if your order will exceed $150 so you will earn the Stampin' Rewards!

Paper Pumpkin:
If you don't subscribe already, here's a great incentive. Special pricing for signing up for Paper Pumpkin between now and May 10. Creativity Starts with Paper Pumpkin -- get 50% off for two straight months.  You have to sign up by May 10. Use the code SAVEFIFTY0418 Let me know if you have any questions. 

Join My Stampin' Up! Team
I would love it if you would consider joining my team as a demonstrator for Stampin' Up! There are so many advantages, but the best is joining all of us in November for Stampin' Up! 30-year anniversary celebration in Orlando.  Message me for details.


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Coffee Break Designer Series Paper

Welcome to the April Blog Hop. Once again I am participating in a hop with fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia! You might be starting the blog hop right now, or you maybe coming from Darla Roberts' blog. Welcome one and all. The theme for our blog this month is to create a card or project using Coffee Break Designer Series Paper. Several months ago, I featured this card using the Coffee Cafe' Bundle and Coffee Break Designer Series Paper at a workshop. Actually it is a pretty simple card. The stamp sets and die cuts really do take all the work out of card making. Add a bow with the beautiful ribbon and done!

For some reason I never got around to breaking down my extra card packets and putting away all the supplies. This blog hop card is going to show you how simple it is to take those already cut card packets and pieces to make a new card!

Full directions will be in a follow-up blog post tomorrow in order to keep this blog hop short, but by simply taking off 1/8" along both the short and long sides of the Coffee Break DSP piece and making 2 cuts to divide the DSP piece into 4 different shapes, this card has a totally new look!

Leave a comment below with a trail to find you. I would be interested in seeing your creations. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! Make sure you keep hopping along to see all the other great cards and projects. Click on the "Next" button below to visit Melanie Coverston's blog.

This is a full list of our bloggers this month:

Sandra Roberts

Shirley Merker

Rhonda Waechter

Darla Roberts

Sandy Ward  [YOU ARE HERE]

Melanie Coverston

Anastasia Radloff

Elizabeth Green

Tracey Gouraud

Emilie Poncelet

Sue Kremer

Ginger Rabesa

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Sandy

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OnStage 2018 Atlanta Recap

It was so exciting to go to OnStage 2018 in Atlanta this weekend. Stampin' Up! held convention in multiple locations on Saturday. Good times were had by all. I cannot wait to share everything with you.

Everyone puts their best efforts into creating awesome swaps. I will post some of them on my Facebook page this week.  Here is my swap using Beautiful Bouquet.

Now for some business.

The Paper Pumpkin deadline was yesterday. Hope you have decided to subscribe to this awesome kit program. If you don't subscribe already, there is special pricing for signing up for Paper Pumpkin between now and May 10. Creativity Starts with Paper Pumpkin -- get 50% off for two straight months.  You have to sign up by May 10. Use the code SAVEFIFTY0418. I would love to see what you have done with your kits.

Last call for retiring products from the Annual Catalog and Occasions Catalog.  Available through May 31 or while supplies last. Normally all stamp sets are available until very close to May 31, but all ribbon and accessories are first come, first serve and will not be replenished once the supplies are depleted.

As always, it would be my pleasure to be your demonstrator if you do not already have one. Message me if you have any questions or need any assistance.

This month's hostess code is NE24A473. Please use this code unless your order already qualifies for Stampin' Rewards.

Stamp On!!

Sandy
#StampinUp30

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Creativity Starts with Paper Pumpkin

Hello my crafty friends -- have you heard of Paper Pumpkin? I am sure you have, but for those that have not, it is a Stampin' Up! monthly project kit. It is by subscription only. The best part is that it is a total surprise kit!! The kits include complete instructions, however, if you are like me you don't usually like to follow instructions -- you want to see what else you can do with the selection of goodies. Kind of like those television shows where the chefs are given a group of ingredients to come up with something more fantastic than the other chef contestants.

This is the card I made from last month's kit. March was the 5 year anniversary of Paper Pumpkin. It is a beautiful kit with a flower theme, rose and sentiment stamps with plenty of embellishments and ribbon, and these very cute long, skinny envelopes. I took the envelope, opened it up to cut it down to 5 1/2 × 4 for this cute card front on a crumb cake base. Add the pretty ribbon and embellishments. The lovely Rich Razzleberry scallop piece on the right is the envelope flap! What a cute card. Love it!!

I would love to see what you have done with your kits. If you don't subscribe already, here's a great incentive. Special pricing for signing up for Paper Pumpkin between now and May 10. Creativity Starts with Paper Pumpkin -- get 50% off for two straight months.  You have to sign up by May 10. Use the code SAVEFIFTY0418. Let me know if you have any questions. 

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Sandy
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