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Paper Crafting Blog Hop – For the Guys!

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So happy you are hopping through our August Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring special cards for the guys in our lives! Below my card is a list of links to all of the participating bloggers. Here’s a little preview of my card:

My card features the Take to the Sky Suite (#163832) which includes the Adventurous Sky Bundle (#163447) and the Take to the Sky DSP (#163436). This DSP and others are 15% off through the end of August while supplies last.

My card base is Copper Clay, with a layer of Basic White and then a layer of Take to the Sky DSP. Next, I cut 6 “postage stamps” in Basic White using the Perennial Postage Dies (#162607) and then 6 contiguous pieces of Take to the Sky DSP, each about 1-1/8″ square. I lined up the postage stamps touching, with one detached to be used for this special airmail card I stamped the sentiment in Copper Clay and then embossed it with another die from the Adventurous Sky Dies (#163446).

Thanks for hopping with us this month. Go to –> Maureen’s blog to see what she has created.

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

1. Annette McMillan – Australia
2. Julia Quinn – Australia
3. Terri Stewart – USA
4. Sue Boerner – USA <– You are here!
5. Maureen Rauchfuss – USA
6. Tracy Held – Australia
7. Shirley Merker – USA

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project for the men in your life. Enjoy hopping through the blogs, looking at all of our projects! Please leave comments to let us know you stopped by!

My Events calendar has been updated with my online Mystery Stamping and in-person Stamping Buffets. Mystery Stamping is on Monday twice a month. All supplies used to make my card above can be ordered through my online store. Please use the host code found on the right-hand side of my blog when ordering, if your order is under $150. If it is over $150, don’t use the code so you can redeem all the host rewards.

If you do not already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would be happy to be yours. Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Click the Contact Me button above.

Monday Mystery Stamping – 8/19/24

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Vertical/Portrait card
Clue #1… gather your supplies, All measurements in inches.

Cardstock Base: (colored or white)
Base:  5-1/2 x 10-1/2 score at 3-1/2 & 7
Five pieces: 1 x 6, score all five pieces at 1-1/2, 3, 4-1/2 (Depending on the word you want to spell out inside, adjust this height. A 4-letter word can be used on 1-1/4″ strips. A 3-letter word fits on 1-5/8″ strips)

Cardstock layers behind DSP (can be Basic White or a color depending on DSP)
1 @ 3-1/4″ x 5-1/4″
2 @ 1-7/8″ x 5-1/4″

Another complimentary cardstock for the letters.

Front of card DSP (First group of pieces uses 3 patterns.  Or just use one full sheet)
1 @ 2-1/4 tall x 3 wide (top)
1 @ 2-3/4 tall x 3 wide (bottom) 
1 @ 1/2 tall x 3 wide strip (middle)

OR

1 @ 5 tall x 3 wide

Complimentary DSP: 
2 @ 1-3/4 wide x 5-1/8 tall

Die cut(s) and sentiment for the front of the card.

I hope you like this Inside Stairstep card! Please join us if you like to make a card without knowing what it is until you are done!!

Close To My Heart Scrapbooking products available to everyone August 20th!!

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Currently, CTMH™ products have only been available to former Makers, VIP customers, and customers who had an online account with Close To My Heart. Now that our Close To My Heart friends have joined the Stampin’ Up! community, these limitations will be lifted so more crafters have the opportunity to enjoy Close To My Heart products.

Starting August 20, all demonstrators and customers who are based in the United States, Canada (excluding Quebec), and the South Pacific will be able to purchase products from Close To My Heart! Once available, these can be found in the CTMH™ Products category in our online store.

CTMH products are limited to markets in which Close To My Heart was already doing business (the United States, Canada, and the South Pacific). Stay tuned, there will be some scrapbook product releases coming soon with items available to ALL customers. Yay! All CTMH items are available while supplies last.

Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle-Ephemera!

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Welcome to our August Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle instead of hop!! We are featuring ephemera. What is ephemera, you ask? One definition is: Collectibles, keepsakes, relics, remembrances, reminders, souvenirs, and tokens. I use a lot of these in scrapbooking. Stampin’ Up! is offering us preprinted pieces to put together on our cards and scrapbook pages. You can also cut several different die cuts from all of the amazing choices and create your own ephemera look!

 Here is a sneak peek of my card.

I began with a Garden Green base, scored at 4-1/4. I wanted a background that wasn’t too distracting, so I picked a Garden Green pattern from the Regals 6″ x 6″ DSP (#163774), cut it into 1-1/4″ and 1″ strips. I selected several pieces of ephemera from the Fully Flowering Mix & Match Epemera Pack (#163762) and the Labels & Layers Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (#163764). Then I literally played around with them. After arranging the pieces, I added a sentiment from the Saying Something Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (#163761). When you are in a hurry, this is a great option to have on your crafting table!!

Here is another card using more ephemera pieces. My guideline for designing with ephemera, stop when you like the look and feel of the card. It is ok to put pieces on one way, remove all of them and start again.

All participants in this month’s waddle:

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1. Sue Boerner
2. Sheryl Diemer
3. Lori Helvick
4. Kim Baker
Blog Hop Link List

Please join us on the 10th of September for another great Stamping Stray Ducklings’ Blog Waddle!

I hope you found some inspiration for your Stampin’ card and scrapbooking projects ephemera! All the supplies used on this card can be ordered through my online store. Please use the Host Code found to the right of this post when ordering from me, if your order is under $150. If it is over $150, don’t use the code so you can redeem all the host rewards.

You are always welcome to join me on Monday nights at 7:30 p.m. Central Time for Mystery Stamping! Let me know you are interested and I will send the Clues and Zoom invite to you!

If you do not already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would love to be yours and help you to unleash your creativity. Please join me in person for Stampin Buffets, filled with seasonal cards from the Annual and Mini catalogs! There is a limit of 4 people and I will happily wear a mask.

Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Click the Contact Me button above.