Tag: Stamp

Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle-Christmas

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Welcome to our October Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hop!! We are featuring Christmas cards this month!

 Here is a sneak peek of my card.

The card base is night of Navy, 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″. Next is a layer of Winter Meadow DSP (#162133). The trees are die cut using the Decorative Trees Dies (#164084) using Basic White, Misty Moonlight, and Night of Navy. Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels (#158987) and a little wink of stella (#141897) add some sparkle to the trees, to complete my card. It looks better in person!

All participants in this month’s waddle:

1. Kim Baker
2. Sheryl Diemer
3. Lori Helvick
4. Sue Boerner

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

I hope you found some inspiration for your next Stampin’ Up! Christmas card! 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 2 Monday nights a month 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! I have room for 4 people!

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

World Card Making Day this Saturday!!

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It’s time to celebrate one of our favorite days of the year—World Card Making Day! The last day and time to register is October 4, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. (MT). Can’t be online on Saturday, that’s OK! Sign up and then on October 8th, the recorded content will be available! Watch and create at your convenience!

This year World Card Making Day lands on October 5. On that day there will be a live virtual event open to anyone and everyone who enjoys creativity or wants to celebrate with us! We’ll create five simple cards together and show you some additional fun projects. Crafters of all skill levels are invited and welcome to join. And the event and registration are FREE! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with others who love to craft and to experience everything that Stampin’ Up! has to offer. Mark your calendars now and join us on October 5!

Important Dates
World Card Making Day registration opensSeptember 3, 2024
Last chance to register for World Card Making DayOctober 4, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. (MT)
World Card Making DayOctober 5, 2024, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (MT)
World Card Making Day recorded content availableOctober 8, 2024

Stamping Buffets

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What is a Stamping Buffet? It is an event in my basement Stamp Room (in Central, IL) for stampers to create as many cards as they would like to create in 3 hours. I post a “menu” of 12 cards, 6 new cards each session. You select the box associated with a card and take it to the work table. The supplies for each card are set inside the flap of the envelope. There are additional pieces of cardstock or DSP to die cut, stamp, color etc. in order to complete the card. All cardstock, DSP, ink, stamp sets, dies, ribbon and embellishments to make the card are provided, you bring your favorite adhesive, glue, glue dots, dimensionals, scissors, paper trimmer and anything else you like to use when making cards.

Each card + envelope is $4.00.The only limit is how many you can make in 3 hours.

There are 1 or 2 sessions each month. The cards offered for a session are the same. There are occasionally “leftovers” available, card kits that were not made during a session.

Seating is available for 4 people per session.  Please R.S.V.P. by Friday, before the week of buffets.

Any questions, please contact me!

Monday Mystery Stamping – 9/30/24

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Vertical/Portrait card OR Horizontal/Landscape (makes 2 cards)
Clue #1… gather your supplies, All measurements in inches.
Cardstock Base: (colored or white)
– 2 @ 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, score long side at 4-1/4
Optional cardstock layer:
– 2 @ 5-1/4 x 4
DSP:
– 2 @ 5 1/4 x 4 if NOT using the optional cardstock layer, cut in half both directions 2-5/8 by 2
-1 @ 5 x 3 3/4 if using the optional cardstock layer, cut in half both directions 2-1/2 x 1-7/8

Cutting the DSP:
if using directional paper, be sure to cut carefully. Line up the 2 pieces of DSP small rectangles, cut one pair from top left corner to bottom right. Line up the next 2 pieces and cut top right corner to bottom left corner. See the picture

If making the horizontal card, cut the small rectangles the same way, but with the rectangles wider than they are taller. I don’t want my airplanes to fly upside down! See below.

Then lay out the cut rectangles in a pinwheel design and adhere to either the card base or the card layer.

Decorate the card with a die cut or stamped image that coordinates with your DSP! Add a white panel inside for your message, if needed.

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

World Card Making Day!!

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It’s time to celebrate one of our favorite days of the year—World Card Making Day!

This year World Card Making Day lands on October 5. On that day we’ll host a live virtual event open to anyone and everyone who enjoys creativity or wants to celebrate with us! We’ll create five simple cards together and show you some additional fun projects. Crafters of all skill levels are invited and welcome to join. And the event and registration are FREE! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with others who love to craft and to experience everything that Stampin’ Up! has to offer. Mark your calendars now and join us on October 5!

Important Dates
World Card Making Day registration opensSeptember 3, 2024
Last chance to register for World Card Making DayOctober 4, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. (MT)
World Card Making DayOctober 5, 2024, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (MT)
World Card Making Day recorded content availableOctober 8, 2024

Paper Crafting Blog Hop – New Sept-Dec Mini-Catalog!

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So happy you are hopping through our September Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring cards using products from the new Sept-Dec Mini-Catalog! 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 Regal Flora stamps (#164157), a part of the Regal Flora Bundle (#164034) which also includes the Regal Flora Dies (#164033). You can buy the entire Regal Winter Suite using just one number, #164040. I also used the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder (#162189) and Regal Winter DSP (#164156).

My card base is Basic White, with a layer of Basic White, embossed with the Distressed Embossing Folder. Next, I cut a strip of the Regal Winter DSP and layered a small piece of Early Espresso under the bottom edge with the end cut at an angle. The tag was cut from Basic White using the Greetings of the Season Dies (#164112). The flowers and leaves in the Regal Flora were stamped or colored with Stampin’ Write Markers in Lemon Lolly, Wild Wheat, Pebbled Path, and Old Olive. Other pieces were from Gold Foil die cut with a die from the Cheerful Daisies Dies (#161296). The tag was tied with Gold Trim (#161633) and Baker’s Twine (#16 . Gold Textured Adhesive-Backed Dots (#164027) completed my card.

Thanks for hopping with us this month. Next go to –> Annette’s blog to see what she has created.

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

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

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project using products from the new Sept-Dec Mini-catalog. 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.