2014 Occasions Catalog – Page 12

January 10, 2014January 6, 2016

Wooden Watercolor

Hello everyone! My presentation was so much fun! I loved doing it! I was actually a little sad when it was over. Thanks to all of you that were able to come and see me! I hope to be able to do one again in the future! Here is peek of me during the presentation.

Some updates for you from Leadership! Stampin’ Up! is coming out with new markers called Blendabilities! They are comparable to Copics and will be available in 12 sets of main colors and one set of flesh tones. The main colors will have three shades of each color and will be $11.95. The flesh tone set will have five markers and will be $22.95. There will also be a color lifter that will be $4.95. I played with them and they are great! Here is the little fox that I colored. You can see the subtle color change towards the top, I used all three colors of Pumpkin Pie that I used! There will also be a Memento Tuxedo Black Stamp Pad available for purchase to used with the markers.

Now on to my card for today. It starts off with a base of Very Vanilla. The main background is a piece of Soft Suede that is embossed with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. On top of that is a piece of Daffodil Delight which is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I cut it to 3 1/4″ by 5 1/4″ and stamped the greeting from the Happy Watercolor Stamp Set in Tangerine Tango. My tag is a piece of Very Vanilla and I used the Angled Tag Topper Punch to create the top. The images and greeting are also from the Happy Watercolor Stamp Set and are stamped in Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede and Tangerine Tango. A piece of Gold Bakers Twine finishes off the tag and some Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere it to the card. I like the woodgrain peeking out from behind the panel on top, and we all know I love a tag! I would make a card with a tag every day if I could! Thanks so much for checking in today. I’ll have still more updates for you tomorrow. Until then, have a fun Friday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede and Daffodil Delight

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango and Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Happy Watercolor Clear Mount

Embossing Folder: Woodgrain

Punch: Angled Tag Topper

Embellishments: Gold Bakers Twine

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

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January 9, 2014January 6, 2016

Lots of <3

Hello kiddies! How are things by you? Things are good here in Houston. My flight was all good yesterday and I arrived safely. I met up with Mary Fish and Brian King and had some lunch. After that we attended a seminar with the very talented Lisa Pretto. Lots of info about using Facebook in your business. The Pals were also nice enough to adopt me once again and I attended their dinner. They really are the sweetest bunch of people you could ever want to meet. I have a few pics for you this morning. First up is Brian and I at lunch, he is such a funny guy!

Here is me with my buddy, the very talented Ann Schach.

Love seeing all my Stampin’ Up! peeps! So much fun!

Today I have a card that is filled with Love for you! The base of my card is Calypso Coral Card Stock and my background is a piece of Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum. Next up is a piece of Etcetera Designer Series Paper that is backed with a piece of card stock to keep it sturdy. Around the bottom is some Gold Bakers Twine and the panel is adhered to the base with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The large heart in the upper left is a piece of Champagne Glimmer Paper cut out with the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies. All of the stamped images are from the Language of Love Stamp Set and are stamped in Calypso Coral. The banner is cut out with the Banner Framelits Dies, the large stamped heart is punched out with the Full Heart Punch and the small hearts along the right side are punched out with the Small Heart Punch and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The small heart in the middle is a piece of Calypso Coral cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies and embossed with the Adorning Accents Embossing Folder. My greeting is from the Best of Love Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and cut out with one of the dies from the Circle Card Thinlits. A fun collage style card that is bursting with love! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Take a minute to wish me luck on my presentation coming up later and I’ll have some more updates for you tomorrow. Enjoy your Thursday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Calypso Coral and Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Etcetera

Specialty Paper: Champagne Glimmer and Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum

Ink: Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gold Stampin’ Emboss

Stamp Sets: Language of Love and Best of Love Clear Mount

Framelits: Hearts Collection, Hearts a Flutter and Banners

Thinlits: Circle Card

Punches: Full Heart and Small Heart

Embossing Folder: Adorning Accents

Embellishments: Gold Bakers Twine

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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

January 8, 2014January 6, 2016

Paper Craft Crew 75

Today’s the day, kids! My post is extra early this morning because I am off to the airport. If all goes well, I’ll be in Houston before the afternoon. My awesome friend Andrew has volunteered to take me to the airport at the ungodly hour of 4:45 AM. I will certainly owe big time for this one! I’m looking forward to seeing my buddy Brian and hopefully getting to see some of you as well! Don’t fret, even though I’ll be away, I’ll still have a post going up every morning. In addition, there will be some pictures from Leadership.

It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s time for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. We have a nice simple sketch for you this week…

My card starts off with a base of Blushing Bride Card Stock. On top of that is a piece of High Tide Designer Series Paper for the background. My stamped images are from the Happy Watercolor Stamp Set. The poppy is stamped in Smoky Slate and the watercolor blotch is stamped in Blushing Bride. My greeting comes from the Regarding Dahlias Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I used the Banners Framelits Dies to cut it out and backed it with a piece of Blushing Bride that I trimmed myself. Behind it I tucked a piece of Silver Glimmer Paper cut out with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies. And three Basic Jewel Rhinestones finish off the card. I like the color combination, it’s nice and soft. And the Glimmer Paper and rhinestones add just the right amount of sparkle. I hope you enjoyed my Design Team card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. Don’t forget to stop over at the blog to see what the other designers came up with and enter your card in the gallery so we can see what you did with the sketch! Have a happy Wednesday! Next time you read my post, it’ll be coming from Houston, Texas! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Blushing Bride and Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: High Tide

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

Ink: Blushing Bride and Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Silver Stampin’ Emboss

Stamp Sets: Happy Watercolor and Regarding Dahlias Clear Mount

Framelits: Labels Collection

Embellishments: Basic Jewel Rhinestones

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

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Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The latest one is Eye-Catching Ikat. 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.

January 7, 2014January 6, 2016

Mojo 327

Don’t panic… you’re in the right place! LOL! I decided it was time to change up the blog. I had the last one for quite some time and I thought it could use a refresh. I went with a cleaner and simpler design this time around. It was all done in MDS and I figured it would be easy for me to change the colors of the feathers if I get bored again. You’ll have to let me know what you think; as always, your input is valued. Yesterday was my last day of work for a week and it was actually a pretty good day! The weather here started out at 56 degrees yesterday morning and this morning is a balmy 7. So looking forward to my flight to Houston tomorrow. In other news, airlines cancelled a bunch of flights again today. Keep your fingers crossed that mine goes off without a hitch! By the way, I didn’t forget about my little scavenger hunt contest from last week where I asked you to tell me what “Vintage” Designer Series Paper I used. Thanks for playing along and my randomly selected winner is Tricia! Please click the “Contact Me” button at the top of the blog and send me your information so I can send you your surprise!

My inspiration for today’s card comes from this week’s Mojo Monday sketch challenge. Julee Tilman has given us a simple sketch this week…

For my card base I used Smoky Slate Card Stock. The strip of Designer Series Paper down the left side is from the Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper Pack. The main panel is a piece of Whisper White backed with a piece of Basic Black and peeking out from underneath is a piece of Bermuda Bay that I cut out with the Deco Labels Collection Framelits Dies. My stamped images are from the Geometrical Stamp Set. The triangles are stamped in Strawberry Slush, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray and the greeting is stamped in Bermuda Bay. I used the Triangle Punch for the four triangles and the Chevron Border Punch was used to punch out the black chevrons. All of them are adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really do like the colors in the Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper, they’re a bunch of colors that I normally wouldn’t think to put together, I love when they do that! Thank you very much for stopping by to see my card for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch challenge. Don’t forget to let me know what you think about the new blog design and enjoy your Tuesday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Whisper White and Bermuda Bay

Designer Series Paper: Kaleidoscope

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Geometrical Clear Mount

Framelits: Deco Labels Collection

Punches: Triangle and Chevron Border

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

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

January 6, 2014January 6, 2016

Paper Players 177

Well, despite the fact that it was a rainy day here my friend Heather and I ventured into Manhattan. She said that she wanted to get a coat and I haven’t been shopping in forever so I suggested that we go to Macy’s in Herald Square. If you can’t find it there chances are that you don’t need it! LOL! It is after all the world’s biggest department store. We had a nice day shopping and there were really good sales too! I got a coat, some sweaters, a sweat jacket and pants. Heather got two coats, she couldn’t decide between them! I took a few pictures, the first one is inside on the first floor. It’s where most of the holiday decoration are around Christmas.

The next one is a view down 34th Street towards Madison Square Garden.

And the last one is a selfie of us under the awing outside on 34th Street.

After we finished with our shopping we headed uptown and met my friend Kim and had some pizza before we started back home. A very nice day indeed!

After a little break the Paper Players are back! This week the challenge is to use the Chalkboard technique…

I don’t usually veer away from standard card sizes but I did today. My card starts off with a base of Soft Sky Card Stock that I cut to 7″ x 6 1/2″ and folded. I stamped the Hardwood Background Stamp in Soft Suede on Soft Suede and used my Paper Trimmer to separate the planks, they form the frame around my chalkboard. The image is from the Perfect Couple Stamp Set and the greeting is from the Yippee-Skippee Stamp Set, they are both heat embossed in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and I used my sponge and some Craft Ink whiten up the black. Not too involved but really fun none the less! I love the Hardwood Stamp cut apart and used as a frame. I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Paper Players challenge. Thank you for visiting, have a great Monday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Soft Sky, Soft Suede and Basic Black

Ink: Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: White Craft and Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: White Stampin’ Emboss

Stamp Sets: Yippee-Skippee, Perfect Couple and Hardwood Clear Mount

Tools: Heat Tool, Multi-Purpose Glue and SNAIL

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January 5, 2014January 6, 2016

Retro Hexagon Moon

It was another chilly day here but the sun was out so that made it a little better. I had a nice day with Andrew, we ran errands and had some lunch. He had dinner with the people from his a cappella group for one of the members birthdays tonight. I watched some TV and relaxed for a bit. Sometimes it’s really nice to just be, don’t you think? I’m off to Manhattan for a bit this morning, it’s supposed to rain again but be in the 40’s so hopefully that will get rid of some of the snow!

Today my card starts off with a base of Baked Brown Sugar. I used the Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die to cut out a piece of Coastal Cabana, Tangerine Tango and Very Vanilla. I adhered the Coastal Cabana piece to the card base and randomly filled in the empty spots with the other two colors. Next up I flagged a piece of Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper and adhered that to the background. My greeting is from the Love You to the Moon Stamp Set, is stamped in Coastal Cabana and cut out with the Chalk Talk Framelits Dies. A piece of Tangerine Tango, also cut out with the same dies, is behind that. Under that is a piece of Very Vanilla and I punched both ends with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch, they’re adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really like the way the Hexagon Hive looks when it’s randomly filled in and how cool is it that the double punch of the Scallop Tag Topper fits behind the Chalk Talk Framelit? I hope you enjoyed my bright, bold card for today. Thanks, as always, for stopping by and have a great Sunday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Tangerine Tango and Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Retro Fresh

Ink: Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Love You to the Moon

Framelits: Chalk Talk

Thinlits: Hexagon Hive

Punch: Scallop Tag Topper

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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January 4, 2014January 6, 2016

Catherine & Cathy Create 19

Happy Saturday! Yesterday it was a battle between my dislike of snow and the fact that I got the day off because of it! Yes, I hate snow and cold and all of the other winter stuff but a three day week with a surprise Friday off, that pretty awesome! There wasn’t much else to do besides craft so that exactly what I did! I also spoke to my cousin in England for an hour, that was nice, I miss her! Oh, and I watched Oblivion with Tom Cruise, pretty good. I wanted to share this picture that was taken from my window to show you how lovely a morning it was! There are many more houses in the distance but the snow caused white-out conditions!

Enough about the weather! I’m over on the Catherine & Cathy Create blog for this month’s card challenge. All we ask is for a little doodle on your project! I wanted to keep my card simple so this is what I came up with. The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Marina Mist (very neglected color) with the Alphabet Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for my background and then took my Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Marker and “doodled”! As you can see I’m not a very good doodler! The fun circles are from the Spiral Spins Stamp Set and are stamped in Calypso Coral and Marina Mist and punched out with the 1 3/8″ and 1/2″ Circle Punches. For the greeting I used the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set, stamped it in Calypso Coral and punched it out with the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch. All of the pieces are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I had to have the Spiral Spins Set because it reminds me of Spirograph and I thought the color combo was different! I appreciate you dropping by to see my card for the Catherine & Cathy Create cards challenge. Click on over to the blog and see what the rest of the Design Team have done and do a little doodle on a card and enter it in the gallery! Have a fun and frost free Saturday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla and Marina Mist

Ink: Calypso Coral and Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Ink

Marker: Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write

Stamp Sets: Spiral Spins and Perfect Pennants Clear Mount

Embossing Folder: Alphabet Press

Punches: 1/2″, 1 3/8″ and 1 3/4″ Circle

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

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Need some cards quicky? Stampin’ Up! has a brand new kit that allows you to create 20 cards, all you need is some adhesive and you’re all set. Click here for the Everyday Occasion Card Kit!

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

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The latest one is Eye-Catching Ikat. 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.

January 2, 2014January 6, 2016

Mojo 326 & Sneak Peek

Well, that was pretty good day for the 1st of a New Year. I got some projects done in the morning and had some wings for dinner with Andrew. I’m trying to get all of my stuff done before Wednesday so I have some posts ready to make my trip to Leadership a little less hectic. Less than a week to go, people! This weekend will be crunch time for sure and panic will probably set in around Monday. LOL!

My card for today is for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch challenge provided by the lovely Julee Tilman…

The card starts off with a base of Gumball Green Card Stock and the background is a piece of Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper*. The strip of Tangerine Tango is embossed with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. For extra stability, I backed the DSP with a piece of Card Stock and adhered the Gold Sequin Trim around the back with Sticky Strip. The panel is a piece of Gumball Green and I adhered the hexagons that were cut out with the Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die* to it. My greeting is from the Lots of Thanks Stamp Set and is stamped in Gumball Green. Two “Vintage” 3/16″ Metallic Brads are adhered to the left of the greeting. A nice, bright, cheerful card to ward off the snowstorm we’re supposed to get later! I hope you enjoyed my card for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I told you that you would be seeing a lot of those Tangerine Tango hexagons! LOL! Thanks so much for your visit today and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Gumball Green, Tangerine Tango and Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Watercolor Wonder*

Ink: Gumball Green Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Lots of Thanks Clear Mount

Thinlit: Hexagon Hive*

Embossing Folder: Honeycomb

Embellishments: Gold Sequin Trim*, 3/16″ Metallic Brads (Vintage)

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

*2014 Occasions Catalog (January 3, 2014)

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

December 31, 2013January 6, 2016

SUO Challenges 87 & Sneak Peek

Well, here we are, the last day of 2013! Can you believe that it’s over? I think that the year just flew by. It seems like just yesterday I was at Convention. And now in a little over a week, I’ll be leaving for Leadership. Amazing just how fast things move. Hopefully it’s warmer in Texas than it is here because it was freezing today and it’s supposed to be 12 degrees on Friday! Brrrr!

For my last post of the year I have my card for the SUO Challenge. This time we ask you to create a card using January colors…

When I think of January, I think of cold, so I used blues and some snowflakes for my card. The base of my card is Island Indigo. For the background I used a piece of the Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper. Another piece of Designer Series Paper backed with a piece of Island Indigo is on top of that. A banner of the Silver Foil Sheet goes across that and my flag is cut out from a piece of Bermuda Bay with the Banners Framelits Dies* and embossed with the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Two more pieces of the Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper are cut out with the Festive Flurry Framelits and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. My greeting is from the Bring on the Cake Stamp Set, is stamped in Island Indigo and cut out with the Word Bubble Framelits*. How’s that for a festive, chilly birthday card?! If you’ll notice, I didn’t tell you what the name of the Designer Series Paper that is backed with Island Indigo is called. Let’s play a fun little game! Let’s see how many of you can tell me what it’s called. From all of you that answer correctly, I will select one random person and send them a little surprise. No cheating and reading the other comments. LOL! I hope you enjoyed my SUO Challenges card this time around. Head on over to the blog to see what the other designers have come up and don’t forget to enter your card in the gallery so we can see your take on the challenge! Have a great day, and we’ll see you back here next year! Woo hoo!!

Oh, and don’t forget that if you want any of the Winter Frost Designer Series Paper or Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Stack you only have three days left to order it before it’s gone! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay and Whisper White

Specialty Card Stock: Silver Foil Sheet

Designer Series Paper: Winter Frost Specialty and ???

Ink: Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Bring on the Cake Clear Mount

Framelits: Festive Flurry, Banners* and Word Bubble*

Embossing Folder: Northern Flurry

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

*2014 Occasions Catalog (January 3, 2014)

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

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The latest one is Eye-Catching Ikat. 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.

December 30, 2013January 6, 2016

Crisp Starfruit Stars & Little Sneak Peek

How was your Sunday? Mine was pretty good for the last one of the year. I went into Manhattan in the morning and when I was finished with my appointment it was raining. That sort of dashed my hopes of taking a walk. When I got back on the Island I went to see my friends Kim and Kevin, Izzy and Savannah. We had some wine and Kim made ravioli parm for dinner. It was a much needed visit and Kim is just awesome! I also got to see Andrew for a minute. He has been very sick with the flu but is doing much better! I did manage to take one picture when I got to Penn Station. It’s not very exciting but it is the home of the new LIRR station, the former Post Office. You can see how rainy and gloomy it was too.

There is no Paper Players card for today. Instead I have another fairly simple card, sort of a collage with unusual fun colors. The base of the card is Summer Starfruit Card Stock. My background is a piece of Whisper White. I stamped the large stars from the Simply Stars Stamp Set and the small ones from the Banner Blast Stamp Set** both in Smoky Slate randomly on a diagonal. The greeting is from the Bring on the Cake Stamp Set and is stamped in Early Espresso on a piece of paper from the Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper Pack. Another piece is adhered to one of the tags from the Stamp a Tag Kit and a piece of Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi Tape* is adhered around the end. Some Whisper White Bakers Twine is looped through the hole for the tie. I stamped another greeting from the Delightful Dozen Stamp Set in Early Espresso and punched it out with the “Vintage” Large Star Punch. Three more stars are punched out with the Merry Minis Punch Pack from Silver Foil Sheet and all of them are adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really love all of the colors, I think they go quite nicely together and the Washi Tape and Silver Foil Sheet give just the right amount of sparkle. Thanks very much for coming by to see my card for today. I always appreciate your visits and love your comments! Have a good last Monday of the year! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Summer Starfruit and Whisper White

Specialty Card Stock: Silver Foil Sheet

Designer Series Paper: Birthday Basics

Ink: Early Espresso and Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Delightful Dozen, Bring on the Cake, Simply Stars and Banner Blast** Clear Mount

Kit: Stamp a Tag

Punches: Merry Minis Punch Pack and Large Star (Vintage)

Embellishments: Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi Tape* and Whisper White Bakers Twine

Tools: Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2014 Occasions Catalog (January 3, 2014)

**2014 Sale-A-Bration Catalog (January 28 to March 31, 2014)

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

Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The latest one is Eye-Catching Ikat. 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.