Category: 2013-2014 Catalog

Pals Paper Arts 168

A very good Saturday morning to you! The weather here is still gorgeous, nice and cool at night and not too hot during the day. Hopefully it holds out. It would be so nice if it could be like this year round. I’m off to Manhattan this morning to see my friend Kim. We’ll get some breakfast and then wander around for a while. I’m thinking I would like some Mediterranean food for lunch. I’ll see if I can find anything interesting to take a picture of and post it tomorrow. 🙂

For today’s post I have my Pals Paper Arts card for this week’s sketch challenge…

The base of today’s card is Smoky Slate Card Stock. I used a piece of the Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Stack for the background. The greeting is from the More Messages Stamp Set and is stamped in Island Indigo. I used the Christmas Collectibles Stamp Set to stamp an ornament in Island Indigo and punch it out with the Holiday Ornament Punch. The second ornament is from the Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set and is stamped in Pool Party and cut out with the Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies. A stamp from the A Round Array Stamp Set is stamped in Smoky Slate and punched out with the 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch. A few Basic Jewels Rhinestones around the greeting and on the ornaments finishes off the card. I love the simplicity and the colors are fast becoming a holiday favorite of mine. Thanks very much for paying me a visit today to see my Pals Paper Arts card for this week’s sketch challenge. I hope that you have a fun little outing planned today too and that you enjoy your Saturday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Smoky Slate and Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Winter Frost Stack

Ink: Island Indigo and Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: More Merry Messages, Ornament Keepsakes, A Round Array and Christmas Collectibles Clear Mount

Framelits: Holiday Ornaments

Punches: Christmas Ornament and 7/8″ Scallop Circle

Embellishments: Basic Jewels Rhinestones

Tools: Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

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Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Designer Series Paper – buy three and get one FREE until July 31st!

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

August 17, 2013
Freshly Made Sketches #99 and Create with Connie and Mary 264

Hmm… I wonder what day it is today? Could it be… FRIDAY?!?! Yes kids, it’s Friday, my favorite day of the week. Weather here, gorgeous. Weekend plans, Manhattan on Saturday and craftiness on Sunday! What are you people up to?

Today’s post is something I haven’t done before and that’s combine two challenges. I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and the colors from Create with Connie and Mary. So here’s this week’s inspiration…

For the base of my card I stamped the Travel Journal Builder Wheel in Smoky Slate on Smoky Slate Card Stock. The panel in the middle is a piece of Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper backed with some Blushing Bride. All of the elements on the card are from the Circle Card and Label Card Thinlits Dies cut from Blushing Bride. The circles are cut out with the Circles Collection Framelits Dies from Smoky Slate. For a little sparkle I used the Small Heart Punch to punch out some Silver Glimmer Paper and adhered it with a Stampin’ Dimensional on the i heart u. I’m really having a lot of fun playing with the new Thinlits Dies and I love that the elements work so well even when you don’t use the actual card base. Thanks so much for stopping by today to see my combined Freshly Made Sketches and Create with Connie and Mary Challenge card. As always, I appreciate your visit and hope that you have an awesome Friday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up products used:

Card Stock: Smoky Slate and Blushing Bride

Designer Series Paper: Venetian Romance

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

Ink: Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp: Travel Journal Builder Wheel

Thinlits: Circle Card and Label Card

Framelits: Circles Collection

Punch: Small Heart

Tools: Big Shot, 2-Way Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

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Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Designer Series Paper – buy three and get one FREE until July 31st!

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

August 16, 2013
Mojo 306

Hello peeps! It was an absolutely gorgeous day here on Long Island yesterday. Temps in the 70’s and plenty of sunshine. Days like that make it hard to stay in work all day, but I managed to! What’s going on by you? Only one more day until my favorite day and then off to the weekend! Not sure what I’m going to be doing but I’m thinking I might like a little trip into Manhattan to see my friend Kim. 🙂

Now on to today’s post which is for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch. The lovely Julee Tilman has given us this…

The base of my card is Whisper White Card Stock. The background consists of a piece of Soft Sky on top and some Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper on the lower half. In the center is a Tea Lace Paper Doily with some Tangerine Tango, cut out with the Circles Framelits Dies, that I embossed with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The stamped image is from the Tags 4 You Stamp Set and is stamped in Early Espresso and punched out with the Bracket Label Punch. Behind it is a piece of Whisper White that is stamped with the image from the Truly Grateful Stamp Set in Crushed Curry and backed with a piece of Early Espresso. A flagged piece of Crushed Curry with some Naturals 7/16″ Trim Ribbon goes across the center. I threaded a Naturals Designer Button with Linen Thread and adhered it with a Mini Glue Dot in the center to finish off the card. I’m really liking the fall colors and the Sweater Weather DSP is pretty neat too! Thanks for taking some time out of your day to stop by and see my Mojo Monday Sketch Card for this week’s challenge! I hope you have an enjoyable Thursday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Soft Sky, Early Espresso and Crushed Curry

Designer Series Paper: Sweater Weather

Ink: Early Espresso and Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Tags 4 You and Truly Grateful Clear Mount

Framelits: Circles Collection

Embossing Folder: Woodgrain

Punch: Bracket Label

Embellishments: Naturals 7/16″ Ribbon, Naturals Designer Buttons, Linen Thread and Tea Lace Paper Doily

Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

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Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Designer Series Paper – buy three and get one FREE until July 31st!

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

August 15, 2013
Paper Craft Crew 54

Ahh Wednesday! I like to think of Wednesday as the crest of the hill, now we are just sliding into Friday! Well, we didn’t get the torrential rain out here on Long Island like they said we would. It did rain here and there during the day and after 11:00 last night but not for very long. We are now going to start a stretch of lovely weather again! Yeah! Work was definitely much better today, it was actually pleasant! How are things going by you? Hope all is well!

Today’s post is for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge. This week we have a nice sketch for you…

I deviated slightly from the sketch but kept the layout the same. The base of the card is Pool Party Card Stock. I took a piece of Crumb Cake and cut the middle out with the Oval Collection Framelits Dies and put a piece of Window Sheet over it. Some Epic Day This & That Designer Series Paper is adhered to the card base and the Crumb Cake piece is adhered over it with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I cut the YOU out with the Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies from Calypso Coral and they too are adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the One in a Million Stamp Set and is markered in Calypso Coral. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to put them next to each other. A thin sliver of the Epic Day This & That DSP is under that. I really like the way the YOU floats over the DSP and the colors are nice and soft. Thanks for checking out my Design Team card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge. Don’t forget to visit the blog to see what my teammates have come up with and enter your card so we can see your creative take! I hope that you enjoy your Wednesday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral and Very Vanilla

Specialty: Window Sheet

Ink: Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: One in a Million Clear Mount

Framelits: Ovals Collection

Bigz Die: Typeset Alphabet

Tools: Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper Snips, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

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Designer Series Paper – buy three and get one FREE until July 31st!

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

August 14, 2013
SUO Challenges 77

Rain, rain go away come again another day. Hello there! It’s going to rain here and it is supposed to be heavy at times so that should make for a fun day! I have been spoiled by all the beautiful weather we have been having lately. So let’s see, work was insane yesterday, not the best way to start off the week. I’m hoping that I got all of the craziness out of the way and the rest of the week will be smooth sailing. Now that is wishful thinking! LOL!

For today’s post I have my project for SUO Challenges and this time it’s birthday’s…

It was my boss’ birthday last week and this is the card and coordinating gift bag that I made. The base of the card is Rich Razzleberry Card Stock. For the background I embossed a piece of Smoky Slate with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and backed it with a piece of Bermuda Bay. All of the stamped elements are from the Cycle Celebration Stamp Set. I stamped the candles in Versa-Mark and heat embossed them with Smoky Slate Stampin’ Emboss Powder and some Crystal Effects are added to the flame for a little shine. The greeting is stamped in Bermuda Bay and again in Rich Razzleberry. The Bermuda Bay one is punched out with the Decorative Label Punch and the Rich Razzleberry one with the Large Oval Punch. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere all of the elements to the card. The gift bag is just a white one that I picked up from the craft store. I used some Smoky Slate Textured Card Stock and cut it out with the Gift Bow Bigz L Die. The sentiment is stamped in Bermuda Bay on Very Vanilla and is backed with a piece of Rich Razzleberry. I flagged the ends of both pieces and adhered it all to the bag with some Sticky Strip. I love the color combination and the Smoky Slate Embossing Powder gives the candles a waxy look! My boss loved the card and and bag and I hope you do too. Thank you very much for stopping by to take a look at my SUO Challenges card for the birthday’s challenge. Stop by the blog and see what the my teammates have come up with and enter a project of yours in the gallery! I hope that you have a super day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate and Very Vanilla

Specialty Card Stock: Smoky Slate Textured

Ink: Bermuda Bay and Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stamp Set: Cycle Celebration Clear Mount

Bigz Die: Gift Bow L

Embossing Folder: Large Oval and Decorative Label

Embossing Powder: Smoky Slate Stampin’ Emboss

Embellishment: Crystal Effects

Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Heat Tool, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

Paper Pumpkin! Get your first two months for only $10! Click HERE to sign up!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Designer Series Paper – buy three and get one FREE until July 31st!

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

August 13, 2013
Paper Players 158

Yet again that weekend just flew by! Good morning, how are you all doing on this Monday? I had a very nice weekend that was the perfect blend of friends, fun and projects! It always goes too fast doesn’t it? There is always just a little more that I want to get to and before you know it it’s Sunday night at 12:00! I keep telling myself that I’m going to get to bed early, I really should just give up! LOL! It’s never gonna happen! I did go to my friends house yesterday and went in the pool, it’s saltwater which I find much nicer than chlorine. Your skin is nice and soft and you don’t smell all chemical like when you get out! Here is a little picture of the waterfall…

It’s very pretty isn’t it and very relaxing too! Moving right along to today’s post which is for this week’s Paper Players. This week we have a color challenge from the superb Sandy. It’s her debut on the design team and I think she did a nice job with these…

Apparently I am determined to show you that you can make a holiday card out of almost any colors! And we know I love a collage card! The base of today’s card is Whisper White Card Stock and I used a piece of Subtles Designer Series Paper for the background. I rounded the bottom corners on both with the 1″ Circle Punch. The stamps are from quite a few different sets, we have A Banner Christmas, Tape It, Six Sided Sampler and Christmas Collectibles. They are stamped in Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe and Pear Pizzaz. The ornament is punched out with the Christmas Ornament Punch, the HO3 (which I think is great!) is punched out with the 1 1/4″ Circle Punch and the hexagons are punched out with, what else, the Hexagon punch. I had some leftover chevrons from my card the other day that I cut out with the Circle Thinlits Dies so they found a little home in the lower left corner. I also thought a hook on the ornament would be neat so I fashioned one out of a paperclip! A fun and definitely different Christmas card! I thank you very much for coming by to see my Paper Players card for this week’s color challenge from Sandy. Show Sandy some love and enter your card in the gallery! I hope that you have an excellent day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White and Crisp Cantaloupe

Designer Series Paper: Subtles Pack

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe and Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: A Banner Christmas, Tape It, Six Sided Sampler and Christmas Collectibles Clear Mount

Thinlits: Circle Card

Punches: 1″ Circle, 1 1/4″ Circle, Christmas Ornament and Hexagon

Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

Paper Pumpkin! Get your first two months for only $10! Click HERE to sign up!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Designer Series Paper – buy three and get one FREE until July 31st!

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

August 12, 2013
Pals Paper Arts 167

I wish it were Sunday, that’s my funday, I don’t have to runday. Oh, hello! Do you know what the name of that song is? LOL! Just trying to mix it up! Did you have a nice Saturday? I did! I had some lunch with Heather, spoke with my buddy Brian and then some dinner with Maureen and Taylor. We went to IHOP, I haven’t been there in ages and I do love some breakfast for dinner. Today I’m going to my friend Carol’s house to see some peeps and go in the pool. I hope you have some fun planned for your Sunday!

Today I have my card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts. I also want to thank Cindy for choosing my card as her pick for last week’s color challenge! This week we have another color challenge…

Now, I know that the last thing you think of when you see these colors is a holiday card, but you don’t have my odd little brain now do you?! The base for my card is Pistachio Pudding Card Stock that I cut out with the Label Card Thinlits Die (have you noticed that I really love these?!). I stamped the World Map Background Stamp in Costal Cabana and used the Labels Collection Framelits to “notch” out the left side so it would fit when I adhered it to the right panel. The left side has two thin strips of Silver Glimmer Paper. I stamped the snowflake from the Festive Flurry Stamp Set in Costal Cabana and cut it out with the coordinating Festive Flurry Framelits Dies. A sprinkling of Basic Jewels Rhinestones and one in the center of the snowflake take care of that side. The greeting is from the Christmas Messages Stamp Set and is stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe, the outside is cut out with the label from the Label Card Thinlits and the inside with the same from Crisp Cantaloupe. The inside greeting is punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch. A very non-traditional holiday card but one that work well for someone that is far from home. We all know how I like a non-traditional holiday card! Thank you very much for stopping by to see my Pals Paper Arts card for this week’s color challenge. Oh, for fun leave me a comment with the name of the song! LOL! Have a great day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Pistachio Pudding, Very Vanilla and Crisp Cantaloupe

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

Ink: Costal Cabana and Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Christmas Messages, Festive Flurry and World Map Background Clear Mount

Thinlits: Label Card

Framelits: Labels Collection and Festive Flurry

Punch: Scallop Oval

Embellishments: Basic Jewels Rhinestones

Tools: Big Shot, 2-Way Glue, Stampin’Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

Paper Pumpkin! Get your first two months for only $10! Click HERE to sign up!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Designer Series Paper – buy three and get one FREE until July 31st!

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

August 11, 2013
Freshly Made Sketches 93 & Create with Connie and Mary 263

A late Saturday good morning to you! I slept in a little to catch up on some of the sleep that I didn’t get all week. I feel a lot better now! What’s in store for your weekend? It’s nice out here today so I will definitely have to get out for a bit. There will of course be some crafting, what is the weekend without some crafting?! I may also have a little surprise for you tomorrow, we’ll see how much I can get done today!

As is the case sometimes I have a double post for you today. I have both my Freshly Made Sketches and Create with Connie and Mary cards. Both were fun sketches this week and I did two holiday cards. One Halloween and one Christmas.

First up is Freshly Made Sketches and this week our host is Jen M….

The base of my card is Pumpkin Pie Card Stock. I used some of the Witches’ Brew Designer Series Paper for the background and backed it with a piece of Basic Black. A square of Summer Starfruit, backed with some more Basic Black, is a nice place for the candies from the Halloween Hello Stamp Set to hang out. The greeting, from the same set, is punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch and lightly sponged with Pumpkin Pie and it sits next to a Brights Designer Button. The cool candy corn strip is also from the Halloween Hello Stamp Set and is colored in with Pumpkin Pie and Summer Starfruit Stampin’ Write Markers. I really love it when you can make a border out of a stamp. I also really like the colors in the Witches’ Brew DSP!

Next up I have my Create with Connie and Mary card for this week’s sketch challenge…

Fun and simple! The base of my card is Pool Party Card Stock. I stamped the snowflakes from the Festive Flurry Stamp Set in Pool Party on Whisper White and stamped them again so I could cut them into the rectangles on the sketch. Each one is backed with a piece of Pool Party and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set and is also stamped in Pool Party. I really love the simplicity and the little extra something that popped up image gives it. Thanks you very much for stopping by to see both my Freshly Made Sketches and Create with Connie and Mary card for their challenges this week. I hope you have a great Saturday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Freshly Made Sketches:

Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Summer Starfruit and Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Witches’ Brew

Ink: Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black Classic Stampin’ ink

Markers: Pumpkin Pie and Summer Starfruit Stampin’ Write

Stamp Set: Halloween Hello Clear Mount

Punch: 1″ Circle Punch

Embellishments: Brights Designer Buttons

Tools: Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Create with Connie and Mary:

Card Stock: Pool Party and Whisper White

Ink: Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Festive Flurry and Greetings of the Season Clear Mount

Tools: 1″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

Paper Pumpkin! Get your first two months for only $10! Click HERE to sign up!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Designer Series Paper – buy three and get one FREE until July 31st!

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

August 10, 2013
Fab Friday 24

Ahh… Friday… finally! This week has been crazy busy so I’m so glad to get to the weekend! I plan on spending some quality time with my crafty goodness this weekend. It’s my therapy! Between work and lots to do after work I think I have gotten about 5 hours of sleep every night this week. I need a nap! LOL! How has everything been by you? I have nothing planned for the weekend so it should be a nice relaxing one. I’m having dinner with a friend this evening so that will be fun and a good way to start it off.

On a side note, I’m so glad that you enjoyed the Blog Tour and my “different” Back to School card! 🙂

Today’s post is for Fab Friday. This time around we have a fun soothing color combo for you…

Nice soft colors and a neutral! I’m having so much fun playing with the new Thinlits and all of the elements that come with them. There are so many ways to customize them it’s almost unlimited what you can do. My card today starts off with a piece of Crumb Cake Card Stock that I cut out with the Circle Card Thinlits Die. I then used my Circles Collection Framelits to cut out the middle of the circle on the card and the piece of Pistachio Pudding that frames it on either side. All of the elements are from either the Circle Card or the Label Card Thinlits. I love the intricate detailed cuts that you get and who doesn’t like some arrows and chevrons! I suspended the xoxo on a piece of Calypso Coral Bakers Twine in the middle of the circle. The background for the inside is a piece of Very Vanilla that I stamped with the Off the Grid Stamp in Crisp Cantaloupe. It’s neat the way you can line up the stamp to make it cover a larger area (thanks Stamp-a-ma-jig). I really like the suspended element and the flip fold is fun! The Thinlits make it so easy to make an interactive card. Thank you very much for coming by to see my Fab Friday Design Team card for the color challenge. Click on over to the blog and see what my talented mates have come up with and enter your creation in the gallery. We love to see what you have done! I hope that you have a “fab”ulous Friday!!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, So Saffron and Very Vanilla

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp: Off the Grid Wood Mount

Thinlits: Circle Card and Label Card

Framelits: Circles Collection

Embellishment: Calypso Coral Bakers Twine

Tools: Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sticky Strip, Multi-Purpose Glue and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

Paper Pumpkin! Get your first two months for only $10! Click HERE to sign up!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Designer Series Paper – buy three and get one FREE until July 31st!

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

August 9, 2013
Catherine & Cathy Create Back to School Blog Hop

Happy Thursday peeps! How is it going so far this week? Mine is not too bad, lots going on but that’s the norm no?!?! First I have another birthday wish to send out to my friend Danielle, Happy Birthday Danielle! I know you are on vacation but I miss you and will glad when you are back!!

Today is the Catherine & Cathy Create Blog Hop for August. This month features Back to School projects. I’m hoping that you have arrived from Tiz Barnes blog, didn’t she have some amazing goodies to share?! I was a little stumped as to what to make. I just did a card a little while ago that used the only set that I have that is school related. I was on the phone with my friend Brian, you know him as Stamp with Brian, and he said look at it from a different perspective. So I thought about it for a while and then I remembered that Staples commercial from a few years ago, the one where they are playing “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” and the parents are gleefully dancing through the aisles as they fill up the shopping card to with school supplies. I laughed and thought maybe I should make a different kind of Back to School card so here it is!

The base of my card is So Saffron Card Stock. The background is a piece of Whisper White that I stamped with the Dictionary Background Stamp in Pistachio Pudding and mounted it on a piece of Baked Brown Sugar. In the center is another piece of Baked Brown Sugar that I cut out with the Deco Labels Framelits Collection Dies. On it are two champagne glasses that are from the Embellished Events Stamp Set and are stamped in So Saffron and cut out with my Paper Snips. I used some Basic Jewels Rhinestones for the bubbles and a little bling. The greeting at the top is from the Sketched Birthday Stamp Set and is cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies. For the back to school I used the Designer Typeset Photopolymer Stamp Set and flagged the ends. So there you have it! My Back to School card for all of the parents that get some time in their day back. All of the moms that can now maybe craft a little more with the kids at school. LOL! Thanks for hopping by to see my project for the Catherine & Cathy Create Blog Tour. I hope that you got a little smile out of the card. Now you are off to see Christine Wells, she has some cool projects for you so off you go! 🙂

Of course with every hop Catherine and Cathy Create are offering a PRIZE!

Up for grabs is the Label Love stamp set in the new Stampin’ Up catalog!

In order to win you must do the following:

1. You must be a follower of Catherine and Cathy Create. Please follow via email, Google or BlogLovin’!
2. Leave a comment on each of our designers page by August 11th at 11:59 EST. For every comment you make you will get one entry.
The winner will be announcement on August 14th along with our Tag Challenge.If you missed any or want to start at the top, hit next – if you missed some, see the list of hoppers below.

Here’s the order of the hop:

Catherine & Cathy Create

Catherine Stockley

Tiz Barnes

Justin Krieger – you are here!

Christine Wells

Anna Keyes

Megin Gallagher

Rhea Skomoroski
Cathy Caines

Make sure you check out our three monthly challenges as well, link up by August 31st!:

Monthly Challenge

Cards Challenge

Tags Challenge: To be released on August 14th

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: So Saffron, Baked Brown Sugar and Whisper White

Ink: Pistachio Pudding, So Saffron and Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Sketched Birthday, Embellished Events and Dictionary Background Clear Mount and Designer Typeset Photopolymer

Framelits: Deco Labels and Bitty Banners

Embellishments: Basic Jewels Rhinestones

Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

Paper Pumpkin! Get your first two months for only $10! Click HERE to sign up!

Make your own stamp! New Undefined stamp carving kit. Available now! Click here for the PDF.

Designer Series Paper – buy three and get one FREE until July 31st!

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

August 8, 2013