More SPRINKLED WITH LIFE!

Today I'm sharing a few more cards made with the NEW stamp set, SPRINKLED WITH LIFE, which benefits the Ronald McDonald House Charities!

Cupcake anyone?!

Yes, the tree images, the cloud, the tree builder punch too, they can all be used to make un-tree-like images, like this adorable cupcake complete with sprinkles on the card above!  As with yesterday's cards, this card & the ones below once again feature the following new in colours:  watermelon wonder, tip top taupe & mint macaron!

How about a birthday (cup)cake?!

This card also uses the flower & candle images from the Sprinkled with Life stamp set...and yet another greeting...we all have birthday's so this greeting will get used a lot!

Or, how about a basket of flowers to say 'thanks'...

Same stamp set, same punch...totally different effect!

I can't get over how much you can do with this stampset & punch...check back tomorrow for MORE ideas!!

To place an order online please click here or you can contact me directly.  Please use the following hostess code if you are placing your order before 7pm Thursday June 4, 2015:  G3E6VRGV

New Annual Catalog Goes LIVE today!!! ...and it's Sprinkled with Life!

The NEW Annual Catalog from Stampin' Up goes LIVE today!! 

 

(Link to 2015-2016 Annual Catalog!!)

 

Here's a link to my post on the NEW IN COLOURS for 2015-17!!

 

One of my favourite new stamp sets from the new catty is this year's Ronald McDonald House set, SPRINKLED WITH LIFE!  It is SO versatile as you will see from my posts today & over the next few days **AND**  a portion of the proceeds on every purchase of this stamp set goes directly to this wonderful charity!!

 

Not only is it a great stamp set, but SU has also released a NEW coordinating TREE BUILDER PUNCH that works with many of the images in the stamp set!!

 

Here are a few samples (each was made with the same base, one of SU's whisper white notecards...don't you just love the notecards?!:)

 

Every cloud does have a silver lining, don't you think?!  For this card, I stamped the cloud image with versamark & then embossed in silver...then I punched it out with the new tree builder punch.  The raindrop were punched out in a rainbow of colours from SU cardstock also using the the new tree builder punch!:)

 Here I stamped the tree images from Sprinkled with Life numerous times to create a huge tree with deep routes to give you an idea of how you can use the stampset to create more than just one version of a tree...I didn't use the coordinating punch on this card althought is would work with the tree trunks & leaves.  I also stamped the falling leaves and flowers & stems using the same stamp set.  All colours on this card are new in colours, namely, I featured:  Mint Macaron for the leaves, Tip Top Taupe for the tree trunks and the 'spread the love' tag and Watermelon Wonder for the flowers:)

 

On this card I featured the same NEW in colours but I used the tree trunk stamp differently...this time it's a branch and I punched it out using the builder punch!  Then the nest is a cluster of the leaves stamp which was partially punches.  The little bird image is also in the stamp set & the punch coordinates too.  There's no end to what you can do with this stampset & punch!

 

 

To order SPRINKLED WITH LIFE, the coordinating TREE BUILDER PUNCH, the NEW IN COLOURS or anything else from the new catalog, please contact me OR click here to place an order online.  If you place an order online, please consider using my current hostess code:  G3E6VRGV  ...which is open until 7pm Thursday June 4, 2015.  Thanks!!



Retiring Products - Occasions Catalog also Ends June 2nd - Painted Petals

Just a reminder that the Occasions Catalog also ends on June 2nd & many of the items will not be carried over to the new Annual Catalog, including the beautiful Painted Petals designer series paper and coordinating stamp set.  This was, by far, some of the prettiest paper that SU has ever designed.  I used some for these projects over the weekend as I was preparing some door prizes.

The treat bag in the foreground uses the treat bag thinlet dies which will be carrying over to the new Annual Catalog (and there may just be a new coordinating stampset to go along with them there...hint, hint!;)  The treat bag in the background is one of the treat bags currently sold in the Annual Catalog which ends on June 2nd...so these will be retiring.

Be sure to place an order online at this link if you want any of the retiring products from the current annual catalog or the occasions catalog as both end June 2nd.  Here is a link for your convenience.

Retiring Products Reminder - Current Catalog ends June 2nd - Flashback

The current catalog ends on June 2nd (which mean a new catalog also begins that day:)  It is always sad to see favourite products go or retire.  As I was preparing for my new catalog workshop over the weekend and putting together some door prizes, I couldn't resist using some of my favourites that will be retiring.  Today I thought I'd feature the Flashback designer series paper for you.  I made this cute little treat bag using the treatbag thinlets (not retiring...yeah!) to package one of my doorprizes.  I just love the bold pattern of this paper & especially the colour palette.

If there are any retiring products you want, be sure to place your order online by June 2nd.  See this link for a list of all retiring products and a link to my Stampin Up website where you can place your order:)

The New Annual Catalog is Coming! ...goes live June 2nd!!!

I received my copy of the 2015-16 Annual Catalog which goes live June 2nd this week...and I received the supply of catalogs I've ordered.  I haven't quite delivered to all my club girls yet (given recent events), but this is in process.  If you live in Saskatoon and want a copy of the catalog & have not received one yet, please contact me & we'll arrange for you to get one.

Also, as you can see above, I have added tabs to my copy of the annual catalog.  If you'd like to receive the word document I created to make the tabs, please leave your email address in a comment below or email me and I will be happy to send it to you.  For some reason Blogger will not let me include a link to the document in this post.

The 2015-17 *new* in colours are above.  I made a bookmark featuring each of them and slipped it into the catalogs for each of my club ladies this weekend.  The new in colours are:  watermelon wonder, cucumber crush, delightful Dijon, mint macaroon & tip top taupe...and I already have a favourite!:)

And what, may you ask, is my favourite? ...why it's the very colour of the Laduree tea salon and more in Paris

MINT MACARON!!!  (pronounced:  maca-roon...ask any Frenchman!:)

I've started a board on pinterest for 'mint macaron'...loving all the colour combinations I'm coming up with for it!!

And, speaking of colour combinations, how about this one:  mint macaron, tip-top tauge & watermelon wonder?....

Love, love love, the new lace trim that comes in ALL of the new in colours!

What's your favourite of the new colours?

Explaining a Long Absense..

(The beautiful art above was created by my talented upline, Shawna McKenzie)

Without going into a lot of details, earlier this month my Mom passed away very suddenly.  It has been a difficult time in many ways, but God is always good and we are doing ok.

Today I'm sharing the card my SU upline & friend sent me.  Shawna is an amazing artist & the card is stunningly beautiful!  I love the way she used many elements from the On Film Framelists to the way she coloured the floral image, and especially, the use of the Dictionary background stamp (which is retiring).

A special thank you to all of those blog readers who have sent messages, cards and flowers, and especially to those who have prayed!!

Birthday gift for a Friend at Work

It's a work chum's bday on Tuesday & she's always commenting on the things I've made in my office so I had to make her a little something;)

 

This is how I wrapped it...I used SU's treatback die to create the little bag & even to embellish the tags:)

...and this little notepad with a cover made from a window sheet is her little gift...I used the 'hello you' thinlets to cut the word 'hello' from silver glimmer paper...

And finally, this is the birthday card I made to go along with the gift...my friend loves pool party in all it's shades which include coastal cabana and lost lagoon:)

 

Circle Journal on a Snow Day

Yes, the 26th of April and we've had over 10 inches of snow in the past 24 hours!?!  Church was even cancelled this morning!  I don't recall that ever happening before?!!  But it did give me some time to work on my circle journal....

My circle journal is a place where I plan to journal about verses and thoughts that God gives me as He inspires me to do so.  When I work on my journal I'm not working with any one company's craft supplies (usually most posts are mainly SU)...instead I'm working with whatever captures my heart in my stash in the moment...

It's a work in progress, but here's a glimpse so far...the cover:

 

I used the back-to-back binding method for this journal and left off a spine because of how I want to display it (see below).  I still plan to paint the spine in gold or silver to finish it off, but this is where I'm at on this snowy day...

...and below is how I plan to display it...

The pages & tags will be filled in as I said when God inspires me with a verse or word:)

That's the Ticket - One of my Favourites is Retiring!!

There are a few things on SU's retiring stamps list that surprised me because they are all time favourites of mine like:
- dictionary & postcard background stamps!
- chalk talk & the coordinating framelits!
- postage due stamp set
- apothecary accents framelits
AND
- that's the ticket stampset & coordinating die!!!

I can't imagine getting rid of any of the items above, they are staples in my stash:)  There may be other retiring items that I will eventually sell off, but not these:)

Today my card features the that's the ticket stamp set and coordinating punch (I also used some color shine goodies & mint color shine from HS:)  It was a dear friend's birthday earlier this month & this was the card I had made for her:)

Retiring Stamps & Accessories Announced Today - many with great discounts even!!

Here's a link to a pdf of the list:
http://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/lastChance/2015_NA_RetiredList/CA_retiredList_ENG.pdf

And here's a link to my SU online ordering website, to see or order online:
http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/sherribstampin/promotions

Tag Talk & Many More

Today I'm sharing a card I made using Heidi Swapp's color shine line for a very special birthday celebration this weekend:)  The stampsets I pulled out for this card fro SU were:  Tag Talk (and the coordinating punch) and 'And Many More".  Inks used were pool party, stazon black and blushing bride.

Instagram Album using So You Project Kit

This weekend I finished an album of my 2014 Instagram favourite pictures using the So You Project Kit from SU.  The kit can be found on page 42 of the Occasions Catalog.  You'll notice that my album looks completely different than the one SU has featured.  That's one of the things I like about it, the versatility.  I had so many instagrams from 2014 that I wanted to put in the album that I didn't create many pages that were just decorative...almost all of them are 4x4 photos:)

Above is just a sample of what is inside.  you can stamp right on pictures, but what I prefer to do & what I did here was to stamp on window sheets and then insert them on top of the picture.  4x4 blank window sheets are included in the kit.  I stamped using several favourite stamp sets I have, but what's important to remember is to use stazon ink when stamping on window sheets (or pictures)...it's solvent based so won't smudge off once dry:)

How about you?  What have you done with your instagram pictures?  I know so many people who never get their pictures off their phone/camera these days, so I'm issuing a challenge, print your pictures!  ...and then put them in an album or memory file or some kind of project & show me:)  My favourite way to do that is with Project Life these days & this project kit was like a mini version of that sized perfect for 4x4 pictures only, but there are lots of options with Project Life for all sizes of pictures!  My favourite two are the Let's Get Away card collection (see Occasions Catalog) and the Love Story card collection (see Annual Catalog).  Pocket memory keeping is definitely the may much of my scrapbooking has gone in the last year or two & it seems to be a staying trend in the industry too!:)

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Weekend Class/Workshop - Project #3 - Painted Petals Card

You've seen a different version of this card on my blog previously, but I changed it up for this class when the butterfly framelits used in the previous 2 projects went on backorder so I could add a project with a different stampset...this time, Painted Petals.  We also used the Hello You thinklets to cut the word 'you' out of a piece of coastal cabana...we then masked the word 'you' off of the stamp 'You are amazingly amazing' to create a neat effect. The flower images were stamped in the following in colours which will be retiring at the end of May (which makes me sad...they are some of my favourite):  Coastal cabana, strawberry slush & crisp canteloup...the edges of the vanilla stamped piece are sitting on strips of washi tape placed 1/8" from either side of the card base.

Butterfly Basics Class/Workshop - Project 2 - Butterfly Basics Card

This is the 2nd project from the class/workshop I hosted on Saturday.  Again it features the Butterfly basics stamp set & coordinating dies.  The card base is Crisp Canteloup, the printed flag banner is from the Typeset dsp pack, the pink flag is Strawberry slush.  The larger butterfly was cutout of gold foil with a butterfly framelit and the smaller one was stamped in Coastal Cabana and then cut out with the coordinating die & then a cut out of vellum with the same die was used to overlay.  The project was finished with a piece of Crisp Canteloup thick Bakers Twine.

Butterfly Basics Class/Workshop - Project 1 - Berry Basket

Yesterday I hosted a class/workshop and this was the first of our 3 projects.  We made this basket using the Berry Basket die from the Occasions catalog and then decorated it with a paper doily and butterflies from the Butterfly Basics Bundle.  The basket is lined with the free DSP you can earn during sale-a-bration (Best Day Ever). 

Ingredients:
Very vanilla card stock
Crushed curry card stock
Coastal cabana cardstock
Whisper white card stock
Calypso coral ink pad
White bakers twine
Paper doily
Best Day Ever dsp

Bow Paper Clip and/or Bookmark

What can you do with a stack of jumbo paper clips, some scraps of dsp & some glue dots?  Well, if you have a bow builder punch, you can make these adorable bow paper clips and/or bookmarks!  This is an itty bitty bonus project I've created from my stamp & create class tomorrow...just couldn't resist!:)

Ingredients:
Stacked with love dsp
Bow builder punch
Gold foil paper
Glue dots
Jumbo paper clips (office supply store)

Note Card, Butterfly Basics - Card 3

One final note card from my playing around with the  butterfly basics stamp set & collaging & my new favourite thing...the Hello You thinklets (which I cut the hello in gold foil out of:)  I got some inspiration for this one on pinterest.  First I created a heart mask & then I stamped a collage of stamps from Butterfly Basics.

The last 3 days I posted 3 different note cards with the exact same supplies:  Butterfly Basics stamp set, SU notecard set (in white)...the only thing I've varied are ink colours...yet each card is miles from the other...that's just one of the things that I luv about creating!!:)

Note card, Butterfly Basics - Card 2

This card was completely inspired by Shelli Gardner & a card & video she made...I went way over board on this one with embossing & sponging and all the little details that I possibly could:)

Again, it's just a note card from the set you can get form SU, but it looks completely different from yesterday's card...so versatile...same stamp set (butterfly basics) as yesterday too...and more collaging:)

Note card, Butterfly Basics Series - Card 1

This past weekend as I was coming up with projects for my butterfly basics class next Saturday, I got to playing with SU notecards...don't you love them...for just $7.50 you get 20 cards & envelopes...cut, scored, ready to go.

My favourite thing about the Butterfly Basics stamp set in the Occasions catalog is how well it works with collaging!  I think a lot of stampers are liking this set too...though it is the coordinating butterflies dies that have gone on backorder...one week before my class...here's hoping they are in stock again by next Saturday!

Hello Life - Birthday Card

Last week was my daughter's birthday, so I thought I'd share with you the card I made using the Hello Life stamp set.  The greeting you see above was embossed in silver on a flag I made from rich razzleberry card stock.  The base of the card is wisteria wonder & the dsp is from the typeset collection.

The butterfie both were created with the Butterfly framelits in the Occasions Catalog...the larger one was cut out of silver glimmer paper & the smaller out of Irresistably Yours dsp  which was then sponged with pool party.  The Irresistably Yours dsp can be earned for FREE during sale-a-bration!:)

February Club Project - Basket of Cards with Painted Petals

For my February stamp club I figured out how to make a strawberry basket that would fit regular size/A2 cards and showed the ladies.  This month's project included making the basket & a set of 6 cards with coordinating envelopes.

For the basket, I used a 12 x 12 sheet of pistachio pudding (or very vanilla) card stock.  The baskets were adorned with goodies from the Artisan Embellishment kit...love that pink rose!  They were also trimmed with the Sahara Sand lace from the Occasions Catalog.

 We made 2 each of 3 different cards to combine for a set of six.  We used the Pained Petals stamp set for all card and also afterward to decorate the envelopes.  Cardstock & ink colours were:  pistachio pudding, blackberry bliss, blushing bride and pool party.  We also used staz on black to stamp the greetings.

Below are all 3 cards:

It was a fun evening & we all felt like artists by the end of it!!:)

Paper Pumpkin Special & A Look Back at January 2015's Kit

For the first time ever, SU is lowering the price of our 3 month prepaid subscription. During Sale-A-Bration (now until March 31) not only can you save money on Paper Pumpkin but you will also instantly qualify for a FREE product!

Good things come in 3's:

1. Save $6.00 on your subscription (regular price is $24.95 per month, when you buy a 3 month prepaid subscription during SAB you'll get it for just $68.85 rather than the regular price of $74.85)
2. The price point instantly qualifies for a FREE Sale-A-Bration product.
3. Skip to the fun for three months with all the stamps, ink, and paper ready to go for amazing papercrafting projects. 

Item	Paper Pumpkin Prepaid Subscription	Price (Shipping Included)
	1 month
137859	3 months	$74.85 $68.85

Don't know what Paper Pumpkin is? It's SU's monthly subscription program. You can click here to sign up or learn more details. When you subscribe before the 10th of a given month, you will receive that month's kits shipped to your door within days which will contain all you need to make exciting projects including stamps, ink, paper & embellishments. Past kits have included sets of cards, tags, home décor items, journal, gift packaging, gifts and more! it's like a creative escape that comes to your door and sweeps you away!! January's kit included everything you'd need to make at least 24 Valentine treats and cards.

Here's a close up of just one of the treats the kit was designed to make:

Love those little gold bullclips that came with the kit!  Confession, I've been hoarding them!

And here are some alternate projects that can be made with the kit:

Plus throughout February here are a few other variations I've made with the kit...sorry for the darkness of the photo's...made them in evenings and gave way in the next day so only got a picture at night...

 

And I still have lots of goodies left over in the kit to continue to make projects...been thinking of of the non-valentine possibilities!:)

Contact me if you want to order your prepaid subscription and earn a free SAB item or you can order it directly on my SU website at this link.  Just use the item number above!:)

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