In case you want to use this layout and create your own cards at home, here are the measurements:

• Cardbase 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4
• Scalloped Rectangle 3 x 4
• Label 2 1/2 x 3 3/4
• Scraps to punch your apple, Christmas tree, sprigs and tags for your greetings.

Here is a quick video with a few tips and tricks for putting these cards together in just minutes!

If you love these cards and want a kit of your own it isn’t too late!  I will have them available while supplies last.  Yes, you can order multiple kits!

Cost is $6 for your first kit which includes postage.  Additional kits are $5 each.

Payment may be made by cash, check, PayPal or Venmo.

Please note that these kits WILL NOT have ANY stamped images or greetings in ANY of my Card Kits To Go. Selling a kit with stamped images breaks Stampin’ Up!’s copy write rules.

Your own adhesive is a MUST unless I think you need something specific in which case I will include it.

If you have any questions or would like to order any of the products shown please let me know.  I am happy to help you!

stay Safe & Crafty!

crazy busy here at the Stamp Pad and at my house in general.  To thank all of you for your patience of the last two weeks I am going to run a special for Card Kits To Go this week!

Buy 2 Kits and get 1 kit for FREE!  Yes!  Get all the goodies to make 6 cards for just $10.  I am ALSO letting you tell me if you want just masculine cards, just feminine cards or a mix of both!  For example you can do 2 feminine cards, and 4 masculine or 6 feminine or 6 masculine or three of each!  You just have to have a total of 6 cards.

I know a couple of you are asking, if I buy 4 kits do I get 2 FREE.  Well, of course you do!

I will have them available while supplies last.  Yes, you can order multiple kits!

The ONLY catch this week is that the DSP, cardbases and embellishments will be a surprise!  I still have some AMAZING paper from the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog and the 2020 Mini Catalog and my goal is to have you all help me use EVERY piece of it!

The cards will ALL have the same layout as the ones pictured here and featured in the video, but MAY NOT include the exact cardstock, DSP or embellishments.  If you have a color you hate please let me know.  I can accommodate special requests this week!

Check out my video for more about about all of this along with how I put the cards together!

Cost is $5 if you live in the Raleigh area and want to pick up your kit from my pick up box.

If I mail your kit there is an additional cost for postage.

Payment may be made by cash, check, PayPal or Venmo.

Please note that these kits WILL NOT have ANY stamped images or greetings in ANY of my Card Kits To Go. Selling a kit with stamped images breaks Stampin’ Up!’s copy write rules.

Your own adhesive is a MUST unless I think you need something specific in which case I will include it.

If you have any questions or would like to order any of the products shown please let me know.  I am happy to help you!

Stay safe and crafty!

If you have stopped by Libby Foreman’s blog you have already seen a great project using some of her favorite retiring products.

I am sharing the Mini Easel Samplers that my Terrific Techies made in May.  I LOVE ALL the DSP in the current Annual and Mini Catalogs!  I will miss them SO much!  I think these may be my favorite of the projects my Techies have made this year.

I am sorry to cut this post short, but it is Sunday evening and I still have company.  Not a bad thing. =-)  If you have questions please post in the comments or contact me.  I would LOVE to help you make your own Mini Easels.

Don’t forget to check out what Sue Stapp is sharing!  I know she has something amazing planned!

Thank you again for stopping in!

Stay Safe and Crafty!

May Blog Hoppers
Amy Kinler
Toni Campana
Tina Lesson
Ariel Matera –
Tracy Marie Lewis
Jo Anne Hewins –
Jenn Hutt –
Laurie Meier –
Libby Foreman
Tracie Evans Langley
Sue Stapp
Sue Root
Martinette Horner
Nedine Dupree

Erin T Cook 

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I originally made one of these origami shirts at my first or second NC Demos Quarterly meeting 14 or 15 years ago.  I went back to look up the instructions and nearly had a heart attack.  It looked SO complicated!  I forget how much easier it is to share and learn something new via video!  So, I did watch a video to remind me that these little shirts aren’t that difficult to make.  It just takes a little practice!  I definitely think the Simply Scored and Bone Folder make origami projects MUCH easier. No worries if you don’t have them, but you might want to put them on your wish list for the future!

So, a quick note about the measurements.  My DSP for the shirt is 4 x 6, but you can use ANY size rectangle.  I would suggest starting with a piece at least this large for your first try, but after you get the hang of it it might be fun to make some tiny little shirts!

My card measurements for this card are:

• Pear Pizzazz cardbase 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4
• Crumb Cake 3 3/4 x 5
• DSP 4 1/4 x 1 1/2
• Scraps of Mint Macaroon and Flirty Flamingo

Please let me know if you have questions.  Or if you make your own shirts I would love to see them!  Feel free to post them to the Stamp Pad Facebook page!

Now for all the details on folding your origami shirt!

If you love these cards and want a kit of your own it isn’t too late!  I will have them available while supplies last.  Yes, you can order multiple kits!

Cost is $5 if you live in the Raleigh area and want to pick up your kit from my pick up box.

If I mail your kit there is an additional cost for postage.

Payment may be made by cash, check, PayPal or Venmo.

Please note that these kits WILL NOT have ANY stamped images or greetings in ANY of my Card Kits To Go. Selling a kit with stamped images breaks Stampin’ Up!’s copy write rules.

Your own adhesive is a MUST unless I think you need something specific in which case I will include it.

If you have any questions or would like to order any of the products shown please let me know.  I am happy to help you!

Stay safe and crafty!

PS I am still working on the product list for this post, but just couldn’t wait a minute longer to share this card with you!  Look  for the list in a bit!

So, for this week’s first card, I am sharing featuring the Best Dressed DSP as I think it is prefect for making little origami dresses!  Yes, I would totally wear this dress with a jazzy pair of Lovely Lipstick pumps!

Here are the measurements for this card so you can recreate it at home:

• Lovely Lipstick cardbase 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4
• Striped Piece of DSP 2 x 5 1/2, don’t you think it looks like wallpaper!
• Floral DSP for the Dress 5 x 5
• Silver Foil 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
• Basic Gray 4 x 3 1/4
• Scraps of Lovely Lipstick, Pear Pizzazz and Petal Pink cardstock and Perennial Essence Vellum.

I am not even going to attempt to tell you how to make this dress here.  I know I usually, say, “Oh, this card is SO easy!”  Well,, I will admit that folding this dress does take a bit of practice.  Be patient.  Try making it with a piece of copy paper first.  I am also going to send you an extra piece of DSP to practice with before you try using the Best Dressed DSP. It is SO much easier to explain on video!

So, here is this week’s video.  Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to order any of the lovely products featured this week.  I would love to help you!

If you love these cards and want a kit of your own it isn’t too late!  I will have them available while supplies last.  Yes, you can order multiple kits!

Cost is $5 if you live in the Raleigh area and want to pick up your kit from my pick up box.

If I mail your kit there is an additional cost for postage.

Payment may be made by cash, check, PayPal or Venmo.

Please note that these kits WILL NOT have ANY stamped images or greetings in ANY of my Card Kits To Go. Selling a kit with stamped images breaks Stampin’ Up!’s copy write rules.

Your own adhesive is a MUST unless I think you need something specific in which case I will include it.

If you have any questions or would like to order any of the products shown please let me know.  I am happy to help you!

Stay safe and crafty!

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Anyway, I hope you are happy, safe and well.  Here are the measurements for this weeks cards starting at the cardbase and working up just in case I have inspired you to case my card or you get the kit and want to make more of any of them using your own supplies.

• Cardbase 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4
• Layer One 4 x 4
• Layer Two 4 x 3 for the Flourish card and 3 x 5 to cut the Stitched Nested Label on the Honey Bee card.

Here is this week’s video with some tips and tricks.

If you love these cards and want a kit of your own it isn’t too late!  I will have them available while supplies last.  Yes, you can order multiple kits!

Cost is $5 if you live in the Raleigh area and want to pick up your kit from my pick up box.

If I mail your kit there is an additional cost for postage.

Payment may be made by cash, check, PayPal or Venmo.

Please note that these kits WILL NOT have ANY stamped images or greetings in ANY of my Card Kits To Go. Selling a kit with stamped images breaks Stampin’ Up!’s copy write rules.

Your own adhesive is a MUST unless I think you need something specific in which case I will include it.

If you have any questions or would like to order any of the products shown please let me know.  I am happy to help you!

Stay safe and crafty!

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Welcome to our NC Demos April Blog  Hop!  If you have already been hoping along with us, maybe you saw Nedine DuPree’s fantastic post, you know that since Spring is in full swing, our April theme is “It’s a Spring Thing!”

Our projects could be about ANYTHING to do with Spring! Flowers, birds, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Graduations, Wedding or Baby Showers. Any of the things that make us think of Spring events, holidays or just the lovely weather!

I decided I would share the Spring Sampler I made with a few of my customers in early March (and hope to make with more of them when the quarantine is lifted.  Look for a Get a Sample Day on my calendar hopefully starting in mid May.

I used the template that Sara Douglas shared with us at OnStage in Germany in November.  I love samplers and her template reminds me of the starburst quilts.  I started by printing the template on a 12×12 piece of Whisper White cardstock. I then cut all my squares.  Those measurements and quantities are:

• One 3 x 3
• Four 2 x 2
• Four 1 1/2 x 1 1/2
• Four 1 1/4 x 1 1/4
• Sixteen 1 x 1

For this particular sampler all of the base layers are attached together with Dimensionals and the measurements are:

• Flirty Flamingo 12 x 12
• Old Olive 11 1/4 x 11 1/4
• Whisper White 11 x 11I trimmed the Whisper White piece down after I printed it.  I Old Olive and the Direct to Paper Technique to create my distressed look.

I built my squares starting with the tulips in the middle and working out from there. I stamped and punched my tulips and leaves  then attached them with varies sizes of Dimensionals  to a 3×3 piece of Vellum that I embossed with the Basket Weave 3D Embossing Folder.  I then attached the Vellum to a 3×3 piece of Old Olive cardstock using Tear & Tape.  I colored the Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon with the Dark Flirty Flamingo Blends and attached it with Tear & Tape.

After finishing my tulips, I moved on to creating the backgroud paper for my umbrella & rain boot squares.  I did this by inking up a Clear D Block,  then laying the block onto Whisper White cardstock.  You need to leave it for about a few seconds so that the ink soaks into the paper.  Then I stamped my rain boots  and flowers in Memento ink using the Stamparatus and colored them with Blends.  I also stamped the umbrellas with Memento ink onto pieces of DSP from Bird Ballad and punched it out with the Umbrella Builder Punch.  I used mini Dimensionals to attach the umbrellas.

I then moved on to stamp, punch and assemble the Flirty Flamingo flowers using the Perennial Essence Bundle.  This has been one of my favorite suites this year!  I love the little fuzzy Daffodil Delight Floral Centers. They are SO sweet and I am more than a little obsessed with the Vellum.  I love using the Old Olive sheets with the Leaf and Sprig Punches like I have done on this sampler.  If you don’t have the Vellum or Floral Centers, DON”T WAIT!  Once they are out of stock they will be gone forever!  I did attach the layers of my flowers together with Multipurpose Glue then added them to the Pear Pizzazz 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 squares using a Dimensional.  My Vellum leaves are attached with SNAIL.

The little white Vellum flowers using the Small Bloom Punch were a last minute addition.  This punch was from Sale-A-Bration, but will be available again starting in June with the launch of the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog!  Yay! I attached the flowers using the Mini Black Dimensionals before adding the Gorgeous Grape rhinestones from the Noble Peacock Suite.  I think he Dimensionals give the flowers a little extra pop!

Finally, I decided which DSP  and cardstock I would be use and cut all of the 1 x 1 squares.  I used a dauber and Whisper White Craft Ink to add a little extra depth and texture to the Flirty Flamingo squares after embossing them.

I assembled all of my sampler squares directly onto my template.  This makes it SO quick and easy with everything even and straight!  I used a variety of ways to attach the squares, Multipurpose Glue, Mini & regular Dimensionals to give the piece more depth and interest.  The final touch was to attach the little Vellum sprigs with Glue Dots.

If you would like to easily create your own starbust sampler using the printed template of your own please let me know. They are $3 each (plus shipping) and can be printed on ANY of the Stampin’ Up! 12×12 cardstock, colors.  If you live in the Raleigh, NC area you can also pick them up for the Stamp Pad.

If you haven’t already done so come hop on along with me and check out what Jo Anne Hewins has created this month.  She is such an inspiration to me!

Thank you for letting me share my Spring Thing with you!  I hope I have inspired your own projects.  If you need help, have questions or want to order any of the fun products I used please let me know.  I would love to assist you!

Stay Safe & Crafty!

Amy Kinler
Nedine DuPree
Tracie Evans Langley
Jo Anne Hewins
Tina Lesson
Toni Campana
Sue Stapp
Ariel Matera
Laurie Meier
Sue Root

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Come see what will carry over and what we will have to say goodbye to forever! Remember that these last-chance products will be available until June 2nd or while supplies last. Click here or on the image above to see the whole list.

And remember—retiring items sell fast. so if you see accessory, DSP, die, punch or anything else you MUST add to your supplies don’t wait!

Use Hostess Code: TGEJH4FX and get a sursie from me! Terrific Techies use Hostess Code: AAJ6S6TT to have this order count towards May and Hen Party use Hostess Code: KCWPX3VB to have this count toward your May order!

Have questions or need more info? Contact me today!

Stay Safe & Crafty!

This week’s cards were inspired by a card I had seen by a fellow demo on Facebook using the Daisy Delight stamp set and Daisy Punch.  I couldn’t use the stamp set, but I am still pretty pleased with my Rococo Rose and So Saffron daisies and think that the Pressed Petals DSP looks great with them!

My second card this week shows off that awesome pineapple from the In the Tropics Dies.  My friends know I LOVE pineapples.  In case you didn’t know pineapples were a sign of hospitality here in the South and paired with the little aloha I think this card is a fun and bright way of sending a little hello.  There is one little secret with this card.

In case you are would like to recreate either of these cards here are the measurements for the layers starting with the cardbase and working up.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

• Cardbase 4 1/4 x 11 and scored at 5 1/2
• First Layer 4 x 5 1/4
• Second Layer 4 x 2
• Ribbon for both projects is 4 inches long

Here is a quick video tutorial with a few tips and tricks to help you put this week’s card together.  Please let me know what you think or if you have any questions.  I always love reading everyone’s comments!

If you love these cards and want a kit of your own it isn’t too late!  I will have them available while supplies last.  Yes, you can order multiple kits!

Cost is $5 if you live in the Raleigh area and want to pick up your kit from my pick up box.

If I mail your kit there is an additional cost for postage.

Payment may be made by cash, check, PayPal or Venmo.

Please note that these kits WILL NOT have ANY stamped images or greetings in ANY of my Card Kits To Go. Selling a kit with stamped images breaks Stampin’ Up!’s copy write rules.

Your own adhesive is a MUST unless I think you need something specific in which case I will include it.

If you have any questions or would like to order any of the products shown please let me know.  I am happy to help you!

Stay safe and crafty!

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Happy Monday and welcome to week two of my Card Kits To Go!  I had SO much fun designing this week’s cards!  These cards were inspired by my fabulous team, the Stamp Pad Society.  They are so much fun and really keep me on my toes!  I used the measurements from our team challenge given during a recent Zoom meeting to create the poppy card and then loved it so much I decided to use the hummingbirds from Wood Mosaic Specialty Designer Series Paper to create the second one.

The team could use any color combination, technique, punches, dies, etc.. as they liked.  They just had to use one piece of cardstock, DSP or other specialty paper with the following measurements.

• 4 1/4 x 11
• 3 3/4 x 5
• 3 x 4
• 2 x 2 1/2
• And a piece of ribbon or trim between 5 to 11 inches in length.

Disclaimer, I cheated a bit on the hummingbird card.  I didn’t use the 2 x  2 1/2 inch piece of cardstock (the circle for the hummingbirds is about 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 and my ribbon is only 3 1/2 inches.

I used the Faux Suede Technique to create the texture for the Basic Black layer on the poppy card and for the Soft Suede layer on the hummingbird card.  This is an old, but favorite technique that I love.  If you have never done it before check out this week’s video for a quick tutorial.

If you love these cards and want a kit of your own it isn’t too late!  I will have them available while supplies last.  Yes, you can order multiple kits!

Cost is $5 if you live in the Raleigh area and want to pick up your kit from my pick up box.

If I mail your kit there is an additional cost for postage.

Payment may be made by cash, check, PayPal or Venmo.

Please note that these kits WILL NOT have ANY stamped images or greetings in ANY of my Card Kits To Go. Selling a kit with stamped images breaks Stampin’ Up!’s copy write rules.

Your own adhesive is a MUST unless I think you need something specific in which case I will include it.

If you have any questions or would like to order any of the products shown please let me know.  I am happy to help you!

Stay safe and crafty!

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