Quick and Easy Cards Featuring Country Bouquet Punch and Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper

Hello my crafty friends!! This past weekend was my first workshop of 2023 and, of course, the theme was Valentine’s Day so everyone is prepared for February 14. We had a blast getting together again after a very, very long break. The new January-April Mini Catalog has a beautiful group of product, Country Floral Lane Suite Collection, for your special someone -- you really must check it out. For today’s card, I chose the Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper and coordinating County Bouquet Punch. Here’s a collage of cards I created; same simple design concept only changing up the sentiment and the color scheme.

The card base is a basic style (full sheet of 8 ½" x 11” cardstock, cut in half at 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"), then fold and burnish the edge for a crisp, side fold A2 card. The first layer measures 4” x 5 1/4", then stagger coordinating pieces measuring 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" and 3” x 4”. Arrange the punched elements around a 1/2" strip for the sentiment. Yours is beautiful too, I am sure.

RANDOM THOUGHTS:  Love the coordination of this suite of products!

I (HEART):  The cute shape of these hearts. What is your favorite? 😊 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! I hope my project has inspired your creativity. I would love to see what you have created. Feel free to leave a positive comment below with a trail to find you so I can find your creations out on the "www" - I look forward to it.

Stamp On!!

Sandy

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SUPPLIES/CARD DETAILS

All the supplies used to create this card can be ordered through my online store. Here is a list of the main products.

Stamps:

Country Bouquet Stamp Set • Item# 160377 | Coordinating Country Bouquet Punch • Bundle Pricing Item# 160383

Love for You Stamp Set • Item# 160398 | Coordinating Love for You Dies • Bundle Pricing Item# 160406 (sentiment is from this stamp set)

Ink:

In Color Classic Stampin’ Pad Sweet Sorbet • Item# 159216

Paper:

In Color 8 1/2" x 11” Cardstock Sweet Sorbet • Item# 159268

Subtles 8 1/2" x 11” Cardstock Balmy Blue • Item# 146982

Subtles 8 1/2" x 11” Cardstock Blushing Bride • Item# 131198

Country Floral Lane 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (30.5 x 30.5 cm) • Item# 160375

Country Gingham 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper (15.2 x 15.2 cm) • Item# 160388

Tools/Accessories:

Country Bouquet Punch • Item# 160382 | Coordinating Country Bouquet Stamp Set • Bundle Pricing Item# 160383

Love for You Dies • Item# 160403 | Coordinating Love for You Dies • Bundle Pricing Item# 160406 (no dies were used in the making of these cards)

If your order is over $100, you might want to consider becoming a demonstrator and taking advantage of all the opportunities provided by Stampin’ Up! Click here or private message me in your favorite method of communication so I can relay all the details for you to make an informed decision!

Placing an Order? Awesome! Thank you so much. If your product purchase is less than $150, I would appreciate it if you would use this month’s host code (found on the side bar of my blog or on my Facebook page). This code will help me with supply costs for our workshops and classes. Don’t use the host code if your order is $150 or more so that you may enjoy the Stampin’ Rewards perks!

ACTIVE CATALOGS

2022-23 ANNUAL CATALOG

(May 3, 2022 - May 1, 2023)

If you do not already have a demonstrator, it would be my pleasure to be your enabler (er, I mean demonstrator) and send you a copy of your very own! Message me to make arrangements for your own copy. (Click the link on the sidebar for access to the virtual copy.)

2023 JANUARY-APRIL CATALOG – Sale-A-Bration ends February 28

(January 5, 2023 - May 1, 2023)

If you have placed an order from me over the past year, you should have received your own copy of the latest mini catalog in the mail. If you did not receive one, please message me to make arrangements for your own copy. (Click the link on the sidebar for a virtual copy).

Quick and Easy Card featuring Love For You Stamp Set for Valentine’s Day

Hello my crafty friends!! I could not resist this beautiful sentiment stamp set, Love For You, in the new mini catalog. The coordinating dies provide an assist for a wide variety of phrases.

The card base is Basic White Cardstock (full sheet of 8 ½" x 11”, cut in half at 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"), then fold and burnish the edge for a crisp, side fold A2 card. The background layer is Granny Apple Green, cut 4” x 5 1/4". The top panel is 3 3/4" square, then the four (4) square pieces, cut 1 3/4" square, are evenly spaced in a window-pane format. The squares are cut from the coordinating (and beautiful) Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper. The sentiment is stamped in Granny Apple Green ink, die cut and arranged across the panel.

RANDOM THOUGHTS:  This may look somewhat complicated, but trust me it is really quite simple.

I (HEART):  The super, super cute die cut heart in Granny Apple Green. What is your favorite? 😊 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! I hope my project has inspired your creativity. I would love to see what you have created. Feel free to leave a positive comment below with a trail to find you so I can find your creations out on the "www" - I look forward to it.

Stamp On!!

Sandy
✂️✂️✂️ #ilovepapercrafts ✂️✂️✂️
sandee904@yahoo.com
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SUPPLIES/CARD DETAILS
All the supplies used to create this card can be ordered through my online store. Here is a list of the main products.

Stamps:
Love For You Stamp Set • Item# 160398 | Coordinating Love For You Dies • Bundle Pricing Item# 160406

Ink:
Brights Classic Stampin’ Pad Granny Apple Green • Item# 147095

Paper:
Brights Cardstock Granny Apple Green • Item# 146990
Country Floral Lane 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (30.5 x 30.5 cm) • Item# 160375

Tools/Accessories:
Love For You Dies • Item# 160403

If your order is over $100, you might want to consider becoming a demonstrator and taking advantage of all the opportunities provided by Stampin’ Up! Click here or private message me in your favorite method of communication so I can relay all the details for you to make an informed decision!

Placing an Order? Awesome! Thank you so much. If your product purchase is less than $150, I would appreciate it if you would use this month’s host code (found on the side bar of my blog or on my Facebook page). This code will help me with supply costs for our workshops and classes. Don’t use the host code if your order is $150 or more so that you may enjoy the Stampin’ Rewards perks!

ACTIVE CATALOGS
2022-23 ANNUAL CATALOG
(May 3, 2022 - May 1, 2023)
If you do not already have a demonstrator, it would be my pleasure to be your enabler (er, I mean demonstrator) and send you a copy of your very own! Message me to make arrangements for your own copy. (Click the link on the sidebar for access to the virtual copy.)

2023 JANUARY-APRIL CATALOG – NEW
(January 5, 2023 - May 1, 2023)
If you have placed an order from me over the past year, you should have received your own copy of the latest mini catalog in the mail. If you did not receive one, please message me to make arrangements for your own copy. (Click the link on the sidebar for a virtual copy).

Time to Start Thinking About Those Holiday Cards

The holidays are right around the corner, but I am not nearly ready to get started. I will tell you who is ready – my friend and neighbor – and our guest stamper today. I won’t reveal her name, but she will know that this post is all about her!

This Saturday was our regular stamp club, and we made birthday cards, thank you cards, and cards welcoming fall, but my friend wanted to dive right into holiday card making. She has been regularly searching and posting her finds on Pinterest and this Saturday was her opportunity to get down to business--some card making business.

Her first card is this adorable snowman card crafted from three circle punches on the right edge and topped with a whimsical hat. Check out that scarf too!

Now, her second card is a real work of art! The card uses designer series paper with holiday designs on both sides and the inside of the card opens with a reverse-fold insert and a window to the stamped holiday sentiment. Isn’t this cool!

I hope these cards helped put you on track to designing your holiday cards.  Thanks for visiting.

Stamp on!  Sandy

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Luck of the Irish to Ya

Just a short note to wish everyone a happy St. Patrick’s Day! Since it is less than a week away, I was thinking that we should include a quick and easy card to celebrate the day.

I LUV the new Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  It makes a great background on this card.

The tag from Chalk Talk Framelits die cuts makes it easy to draw your focus to the shamrock made from 4 small hearts (small heart punch) out of 2012-14 In Color Gumball Green.

If you are celebrating the Feast of Saint Patrick next Monday, enjoy and be safe.

Stamp on!  Sandy O'

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Friendship? Yes, please. From My Heart Stamp Set

Charles Dickens.  Stampin' Up! has collected several beautiful sayings in a stamp set called From My Heart (Annual Catalog, p. 99). This month, instead of the normal Valentine's colors of pink and red, we will step outside of the box and use orange and blue (Tangerine Tango and Tempting Turquoise). The card will be featuring Mr. Dickens' quote complemented by the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set (p. 109). The splatters of blue give the card an eclectic feel, or shabby chic as they say.

I bought the White Tea Lace Paper Doilies (item #129399) several months ago, but hadn't quite found the right card for it. I think the paper doilies can really make a shabby chic card! I wasn't happy with plain white so I sponged with Tempting Turquoise ink and I think it truly makes the card pop now.

If you need dimensions or detailed instructions, please send me an email and I'll email a pdf to you.

Don't forget that Sale-A-Bration runs through March 31. This is a great time to hold a party or make an individual purchase since for every $50 you spend, you can select a FREE item from the brochure that is not yet available in current catalogs or online. If your party sales reach $300 or more, in addition to the $50 in hostess dollars, you will receive an additional $30 in hostess dollars. That is $80 in FREE product! Click the link to the right to view the brochure.

If you join my Stampin' Up! team for $99 during Sale-A-Bration (thru March 31, 2014), YOU will select $150 worth of product for your starter kit, and can start earning your product, learning some great craft ideas, and meeting some great people that turn into great FRIENDS!

Stamp on!

Sandy

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Happy New Year and Welcome Back...Hearts A Flutter Stamp Set and Coordinating Framelits Die Cut Collection

Hello, Stampers!  Finally getting things back to “normal” since the holidays. I can’t believe how busy things got there – complicated by the short time between Thanksgiving and the holidays. I just noticed that I never got around to posting a photo of my holiday cards and tags.

 This weekend was the first stamp club of the new year. Great to see everyone! Since there won’t be time to hold another workshop before Valentine’s day, that’s where we got started! Of course, there were loads of hearts stamped, punched, die cut and snipped, but I found fun in making the “love” die cut from Stampin’ Up’s Expressions thinlits die cut collection the focus of the card.

The large heart (from Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set and Framelits Die Cut collection) is cut from Pirouette Pink and stamped with In Color Strawberry Slush. I “found” the arrow just lying there in the “scrap” pile from punching multiple flags (extended flag right behind the large heart) one after another on a strip of Basic Gray. I LUV when that happens! From the right of the flag, it looks like hearts are shooting out in rapid succession, right? Second sample uses Marina Mist and Basic Gray for those non-traditional valentine’s day greetings.

As you know my sister, Cindy, is also a Stampin’ Up demonstrator. Since we don’t live close to each other, this year we are swapping our club cards for fun. I can’t wait to send her the January workshop card, and can’t wait to receive hers from this upcoming weekend.

I am thinking about participating in this week’s clean and simple challenge from The Paper Players (PPA179). It is a one-layer valentine card. If I have time yet today, I will finish it and get it posted right away.

I added a link to the recently released 2014 Occasions Catalog.  Take a moment to look through it.  Chock full of awesome new product, projects, and ideas.

Finally, I wanted to point out that Sale-A-Bration begins next week, January 28. This year Stampin’ Up! created six bundles of product (discounted and total right at or above $50); perfect to earn a Sale-A-Bration freebie. Please contact me ASAP to set your workshop date to get in on the great products available during this awesome sale. I need your help to meet my goal of reaching out to 100 new Stampin’ Up! “lovers”. Thank you all for your support and being my cheerleaders.

Stamp On!

Sandy