Lift Me Up

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Susan Horr

Lift Me Up is a stamp set that is in the 2017 Occasions Catalog. Thankfully, it is going to be carried over into the 2017 Annual Catalog. I am really happy about this. It has a set of matching Thinlits called Up & Away. If you purchase it prior to May 31st you can save 10% by purchasing them in a Bundle. Although, this deal will end on June 1st, you will still be able to purchase the stamp set and Thinlits separately.

The sentiment on this card is from the Birthday Bright stamp set. Sadly, this set will be retiring and not be in the new Annual Catalog. This set has been so popular with my customers. I think just about everyone of them has purchased it. It has some great big and bold stamps, as well as a few other designs. Everyone really needs to own this set. You will use it for years to come.

Product List

Lift Me Up Wood-Mount Bundle

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$53.00

Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Bundle

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$45.75

Birthday Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142835]

$21.00

Another Window Box Card

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Susan Horr

This is a third item in my series of using the Window Box Thinlit Dies that are in the 2017 Occasions Catalog. On Tuesday I showed you what the actual box that this set of dies makes. Yesterday, I showed you a card I made using these dies. Today I am showing you another card that we made at our monthly stamp club meeting last night.

To make this card, I first cut the design out of a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Then I took a 3.5″ x 3.5 ” piece of Vellum and adhered it over the back side of the cardstock. You can see the pattern of the die through Vellum. I took my markers (Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum and Old Olive) and colored the flowers so it looked like this:

The last thing I did was back the design with another piece of Whisper White card stock. That made the colors really stand out.

The Celebrate sentiment is from the stamp set called Birthday Bright. This set is also in the 2017 Occasions Catalog.

Product List

Birthday Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142835]

$21.00

Window Box Thinlits Dies

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$38.00

Flirty Flamingo 3/8″ (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon

[141426]

$8.00

Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

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$8.00

Stylish Stems

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Susan Horr

My oldest sister has a son who is getting married in May. My sister is what you would call a free spirit. She loves nature, she is an awesome cook, she meditates and takes care of herself. She makes me very proud. Anyway, she and her husband are responsible for the rehearsal dinner. Instead of doing the normal invitation she asked me to make her some random cards to use. The reason I am telling you this is because for the next couple of weeks (at least) you are going to see some of the cards I have been making. They are invitations so you won’t see any birthday or thank you cards (although this could be used as a birthday card too).

I used a set of Framelits called Stylish Stems to make this card. These Framelits do have a matching stamp set but I didn’t use it in this card. I thought the sentiment “celebrate” would be a good one for the invitation. I got that stamp from the stamp set called Birthday Bright. This set actually matches a card kit but I just loved the set I decided I could use it with other projects.

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Product List

Birthday Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142835]

$21.00

Stylish Stems Framelits Dies

[142750]

$31.00

Pool Party 3/8″ (1 Cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon

[141691]

$9.00

A Stamp Off Color Challenge

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Susan Horr

It is time again for another Stamp Off Challenge. This week we are doing a color challenge. Here are the colors we needed to use.

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Here is my card:

Lift Me Up, Up & Away, Stampin Up, susanstamps.wordpress.com

Lift Me Up was another one of those stamp sets that wasn’t originally on my list. Then I started seeing beautiful cards made with this set. My friend, Deborah did a couple of cards using this set and I knew I had to have it after seeing them. Deborah is such an enabler! She is a Canadian Demo who I met at a Stampin’ Up! function. You should check out her blog. She makes awesome cards!

Anyway, Lift Me Up has a matching set of Thinlits called Up & Away. You can save 10% by purchasing them in a bundle. You will definitely want both items. The largest hot air balloon is a die but each of the colors behind the balloon are also dies so it is so easy to use different colors. The stamp set has 16 stamps and the dies have 15. Not only that, the Sale-a-bration catalog has matching designer Series Paper that you can get for FREE with a qualifying order! If you buy the stamp set and dies in wood mount, you are qualified to get the paper! If you buy clear mount you are less than $5 away from qualifying.

The sentiment is from the stamp set called Birthday Bright. I think it has become my favorite birthday sentiment stamp set. It has 21 stamps in the set. Some are large (I love large sentiments) and some are smaller. It is a great set to own.

Now, let’s go see what Buffy and Jackie have created with this color challenge. I am sure you will be as pleasantly surprised as I will be!

Blog Signature-001 Product List

Lift Me Up Wood-Mount Bundle

[144711]

$53.00

Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Bundle

[144712]

$45.75

Birthday Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142835]

$21.00

Stylish Stems

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Susan Horr

Stylish Stems, Birthday Bright, Stampin Up, susanstamps.wordpress.com

Stylish Stems is one of those sets of Framelits that you might overlook when you first see it. I get it. We already all have a lot of dies that cut out beautiful flowers. I thought the same thing at first. Then I watched the video that Stampin’ Up! made about this set (which I have posted below). It is nothing like the other dies. It doesn’t cut out the flowers. It creates a negative image of the flowers and stems. It is very cool. Watch the video and you will see what I mean.

Don’t you just love it?!? It is so different than what we usually have. I love that Stampin’ Up! comes out with these fresh ideas. It also has a matching stamp set called Special Reason and you can save 10% by purchasing both in a bundle. I just cut out the flowers and stems and then adhered the colored card stock behind the images. The stamp set I used is called Birthday Bright (my new favorite birthday sentiment set!).

A Masculine Birthday Card

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Susan Horr

Celebrations Duo, Hexagons Dynamic Embossing Folder, Stampin Up, susanstamps.wordpress.com

The 2017 Occasions Catalog has some really fun and different things in it. First of all there is the Celebrations Duo Embossing Folders. They deboss instead of emboss. It is a little hard to tell by the picture but the outside of the letters press into the cardstock. A normal embossing folder does the opposite. This set has two words. One is the “Happy” I used on this card and the other says Celebrate.

Another fun item in this catalog is the Hexagon Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder. This folder embosses deeper than most folders giving the card a 3D look. It is thicker than regular embossing folders too so you don’t need to use a bottom plate with your Big Shot.

Blog Signature-001 Product List

Birthday Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142835]

$21.00

Celebrations Duo Textured Impressions Embossing Folders

[142760]

$9.00

Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143231]

$9.00

Classic Label Punch

[141491]

$18.00

A Watercolor Stamp Off

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Susan Horr

This week our Stamp Off Challenge is a Watercolor Challenge.

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Now, this can mean a lot of things. You can use your new Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils with a Blender Pen or Aqua Painter so you can just use regular ink. I decided to use my Aqua Painter with regular ink to make my card.

Birthday Bright, Swirly Scribbles, Stampin Up, susanstamps.wordpress.com

To make this card, I cut the die from Swirly Scribbles on Whisper White Card Stock. Then I took a piece of Watercolor Paper and measured with a pencil where the opening will be. Then I squeezed the top of an ink pad and picked up some ink with my Aqua Painter. I used Bermuda Bay, Cucumber Crush, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and Rich Razzleberry. Here is what is looked like that this point.

Then I glued the Swirly Scribble over the ink colors.

Finally I pieced the outer edges from the original piece of Whisper White. It was kind of like a puzzle.

The stamp set I used is a new one from the Occasion Catalog called Birthday Bright. It actually goes with a cute kit called Birthday Bright Project Kit. You can buy the stamp separately and I really like this set.

Now, let’s go see what Buffy and Jackie created. One of the things I love about our Friday Stamp Off Challenges is we don’t share our projects with each other ahead of time so I am going to be as surprised and pleased as you are!

Blog Signature-001 Product List

Birthday Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142835]

$21.00