the matching tag from WCMD.  As you may or may not know, pink is my favorite color.  I love to wear it and even have it as part of the color scheme in my dressing room.  So, when I saw this card in the 2022 July to December Mini Catalog I had to case it! 

You will find the supply lists and directions for both projects below. 

Supplies:

• Trees for Sale stamp set
• Stylish Shapes Dies
• Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder
• Banners Pick A Punch
• Stamparatus
• Ink: Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo and White Craft Ink

Measurements:

• Melon Mambo 8 1/2 x 11, scored at 4 1/4
• Melon Mambo 4 x 5 1/4
• Basic White 3 x 3
• Granny Apple Green 3/4 x 3
• Shaded Spruce 1 x 3
• Soft Sea Foam Seam Binding Ribbon 5 inches

1. Use the Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder and emboss the 4 x 5 1/4 Melon Mambo cardstock.  Then use the Direct to Paper Technique to apply White Craft Ink over the embossed cardstock.  Set aside to dry.
2. Use the Stamparatus and the Template Technique to stamp the Christmas tree onto the Basic White circle in Granny Apple Green ink.
3. Stamp the Christmas balls by hand in Melon Mambo onto the Christmas tree.
4. Use the Stamparatus to stamp the “so very merry” greeting in Melon Mambo ink onto the Granny Apple Green cardstock.
5. Fray the ends of the Soft Sea Foam Seam Binding Ribbon on both ends. Leave a little unfrayed so you have enough to attach the ribbon to the banner.  Set aside.
6. Use the Banners Pick a Punch on the Granny Apple Green & Shaded Spruce cardstock to create the banner tag.
7. Attach the Seam Binding Ribbon to the back of the Granny Apple Green banner using Dimensionals. Then attach the Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce pieces together using Dimensionals.
8. Adhere the Melon Mambo embossed layer to the Melon Mambo cardbase using Multipurpose Glue.
9. Add the circle with the Christmas tree to the Melon Mambo layer using Dimensionals.
10. Finish the card by attaching the banner with Dimensionals.

Christmas Greetings Tag

Supplies:

• Trees for Sale stamp set
• Stylish Shapes Dies
• Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder
• Banners Pick A Punch
• Stamparatus
• Ink: Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo and White Craft Ink

Measurements:

• Melon Mambo 3 1/2 x 4 3/4
• Melon Mambo 3 1/4 x 4 1/2
• Basic White 3 x 3
• Parakeet Party 3/4 x 3 1/2
• Soft Sea Foam Seam Binding Ribbon 10 inches
• 3 Opal Rounds

1. Use the Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder and emboss the 3 1/4 x 4 1/2
2. Melon Mambo cardstock. Then use the Direct to Paper Technique to apply White Craft Ink over the embossed cardstock.  Set aside to dry.
3. Use the Stamparatus and the Template Technique to stamp the Christmas tree onto the Basic White circle in Granny Apple Green ink.
4. Stamp the Christmas balls by hand in Melon Mambo onto the Christmas tree.
5. Use the Stamparatus to stamp “Christmas Greetings” in Melon Mambo ink onto the Parakeet Party cardstock.
6. Use the Banners Pick a Punch on the Parakeet Party cardstock to create the banner tag.
7. Once the White Craft Ink is dry, line up the two pieces of Melon Mambo cardstock and punch the hole for the ribbon. Then adhere the two layers using Dimensionals.
8. Add the Soft Sea Foam Seam Binding Ribbon to the tag.
9. Add the circle with the Christmas tree to the Melon Mambo layer using Dimensionals.
10. Attach the banner with Dimensionals.
11. Complete the tag by adding 3 Opal Rounds.

Please feel free to contact me if you have questions, need help ordering any of the products shown or need help with another project.  I am here to help! 

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• Soft Succulent 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4.  Side panel 3 x 5 1/2
• Real Red Glimmer Paper 3 inches wide then cut into strips of varying sizes
• White Glimmer Paper 2 1/2 inches then cut into varying size rectangles that I then cut randomly diagonally.
• Real Red Ribbon from the Real Red and Garden Green Combo Pack 14 inches

I used a combination of Dimensionals and Multipurpose Glue to attach all the cardstock and Glimmer Paper.  I used Tear & Tape to attach the Real Red Ribbon between the two circles.  I finished off the card with a little Wink of Stella on and around the tree.  The whole card from start to finish took about 20 minutes and I am so pleased with how it turned out.

I love that this month’s theme and my lack of planning really challenged my creativity and made me use what I had.  I think this is such a good lesson at this time of year.  Thank you for letting me share my scrappy little card and I hope you will try out this idea of yourself.  There are SO many clever ideas out there on Pinterest and my fellow demos blogs.

I am all done, but I hope you will hop along with me to see the awesome project Tina Lesson has to share this month.  I know we will be inspired!

Please let me know if you have questions, would like to order any of the products I have used or need help with a project of your own.  I would love to help you!

Happy Stamping!

PS Since the last Sunday of the month in December is on Christmas evening we will not have a blog hop.  So, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a happy and safe holiday season!  See you next year!

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We had such a wonderful day stamping and socializing with our team, the Stamp Pad Society, our friends and customers that I wanted to take the time to share with you.  So, over the next few weeks I will be sharing some of the fun pictures from our event taken by our own Megan “Paparazzi” Mears the day of the event.

I will also share the cards and tags that were part of the kits that day.  I am starting with Christmas as I know that is what many of you are planning and creating right now.  We will start with Peace at Christmas.  This was a card I created in conjunction with my friend and team member, Linda Clough.  This card gave us both fits as we worked toward the perfect blend of stamping and getting the greeting piece just right.  In the end it was a fan favorite of those attending our World Card Making Day event.  I hope you enjoy it, too!

Peace at Christmas Card

Supplies:

• Leaves of Holly & Christmas Season stamp sets
• Fern Embossing Folder
• Ink: Crumb Cake, Evening Evergreen, Merry Merlot, Real Red, Soft Succulent, and Soft Suede

Measurements:

• Evening Evergreen 8 ½ x 5 ½ and score at 4 ¼
• Evening Evergreen 1 1/4 x 1 1/4
• Real Red 4 x 5 1/2
• Basic White 3 3/4 x 5
• Basic White 1 x 1
• Mini Ruffled Ribbon 6 inches

1. Randomly stamp the inside of the leaves using smaller leaf from Leaves of Holly in Soft Succulent onto the piece of Basic White cardstock. Stamp the outside of the leaves in Evening Evergreen.
2. Randomly stamp the insides of the smaller pinecones from Christmas Season in Crumb Cake. Stamp the outside of the pinecones in Soft Suede.
3. Randomly stamp the inside of the berries from Leaves of Holly in Real Red. Stamp the outside/highlight of the berries in Merry Merlot.
4. Emboss the stamped piece of Basic White cardstock using the Fern 3D Embossing Folder.
5. Stamp the Peace from Leaves of Holly in Real Red onto the 1 x 1 piece of Basic White cardstock.
6. Make a loop out of the Red Ruffled Ribbon and attach the back of the 1 x 1 Basic White square. Attach this piece to the 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 piece of Evening Evergreen using Dimensionals.
7. Attach the Real Red layer to the Evening Evergreen cardbase using Multipurpose Glue.
8. Adhere the stamped piece of Basic White to the Real Red piece with Multipurpose Glue.
9. Finally, add the little tag to the card using Dimensionals.

Thank you for letting me share some of my amazing memories from this year’s World Card Making Day.  Look for more fun photos along with card samples and instructions coming soon!

Happy Stamping!

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Tracie

It’s that time to say goodbye to Summer and welcome Fall! So, in honor of the upcoming season, it’s cool crisp weather and the lovely colors of the Fall foliage this month’s theme is Time to Leaf Summer Behind.

So what does that mean? You guessed it! Our projects should feature the colors of Fall and leaves!  We could create ANY kind of project and use any technique or design we liked!

So, for my project I decided to do a case of one of my own cards from years ago that used the Triple Time Stamping Technique.  If you are one of those people who has trouble with layering on your cards this is a great technique for you.  It is super simple, but looks like you worked a lot harder that you did.  Really, the hardest part of this technique is deciding which colors to use! That is my kind of card!  Here is the card I created for my Terrific Techies many years ago using the Gently Falling stamp set.

Here are the measurements and directions for the Triple Time Stamping Technique.

• Three pieces of Whisper White or Very Vanilla cardstock 2 x 3 ¼, 3 x 4 ¼ & 4 x 5 ¼
• Three pieces of any Solid Color cardstock 2 ¼ x 3 ½ (mat), 4 ½ x 31/4 (mat), 8 ½ x 5 ½ (card base)

Choose a stamp set that is non-directional.  Floral sets works great!

1. Lightly attach all three layers of your choice of neutral cardstock using SNAIL Adhesive.
2. Ink and stamp images over all three layers of neutral cardstock.
3. Detach the three layers and adhere to their corresponding mats.
4. Accessorize as desired and assemble all your layers.

When I created my updated card I used the new Soft Seedlings stamp set that can be found in the July to December Mini Catalog.  I wanted to give the leaves a little texture and depth, so I inked them first using Crushed Curry then added Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow to the stamp using a dauber.  Remember to clean your stamp each time you are going to re-ink it.  You don’t want Blackberry Bliss or Mossy Meadow ink on your Crushed Curry ink pad!  After I finished stamping I decided to emboss all three layers of cardstock with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder.  I love that extra bit of texture it added, but keeps the card crisp and fresh.  Just like a Fall day!

I did add a little twine and the Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots as a finishing touch.  But the nice thing about this technique is that you can keep it simple and don’t have to add anything at all.

Thank you so much for letting me share my leafy project with you.  I hope I have inspired you to try out this fun technique.  If you have any questions, need help placing an order or need help with another project please contact me.  I would love to help you!

Now I am off to check out Tina Lesson

for this month.  I know it will be great!

Happy Stamping!

September 2022 Blog Hoppers
Tina Lesson
Jo Anne Hewins
Laurie Meier
Toni Campana
Tracie Evans Langley

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Since Stampin’ Up! has SO many fantastic stamp sets, punches and more that feature bugs from cute little ladybugs to elegant dragonflies and more! So, this month’s theme is Cute as a Bug!  Our projects could be ANYTHING as long as there was something buggy/buggish about it!

Well, I just couldn’t decide on on set or bug, so I sharing a sampler I created as at the request of one of my customers.  She wanted something she could put out during the summer besides her 4th of July one.  I think this one definitly fits the bill.  I was a slow process as it uses products from three different SU catalogs, the 2022 January to June Mini, the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog AND you get a sneak peek at an amazing new bundle from the 2022 July to December Min.  I don’t think I have ever used products from this many cattys on a single project.

The basic measurements for this particular sampler are:

• Sweet Sorbet 12 x 12
• Parakeet Party 10 3/4 x 10 3/4
• 5 Basic Black squares for layering 3 1/4 x 3 1/4
• 3 pieces of Basic White 3 x 3
• 1 piece each of Tahitian Tide, Sweet Sorbet and Lovely Layers Vellum
• 2 Basic Black pieces for layering 3 1/4 x 6 3/4
• 1 piece each of Basic White, Daffodil Delight and Heart & Home DSP  3 x 6 1/2

You will also need the following for die cutting and punching

• 2022-2024 In Color Glimmer Paper
• Perfectly Penciled DSP
• Basic Black
• Shimmery White
• Sweet Sorbet
• Tahitian Tide

The first butterfly square uses an emboss resist technique and the Amazing Silhouettes stamp set along with white Embossing PowderBlending Brushes, Daffodil Delight, Sweet Sorbet & Tahitian Tide ink.  I finished it off with the little hello tag and a few inches of White Glittered Organdy Ribbon.  This technique is SO easy.  Simply stamp your images in VersaMark, apply White Embossing Powder and heat emboss.  Use Blending Brushes, starting with your lightest to darkest color to apply the ink.  Don’t forget to gently wipe away excess ink from the embossed images with a facial tissue.

The second bumblebee square is super quick and easy!  I stamped the flowers from Daisy Garden in Parakeet Party then used a Blending Brush to add the Tahitian Tide.  I then created the bumblebee by punching out a piece of Perfectly Penciled DSP using the Ladybug Builder Punch and the wings out of Vellum cardstock.  I then used the dark Daffodil Delight Blends to color in the yellow stripes and a Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker to color in the head and antennas.  The little flower are made from Sweet Sorbet Glimmer Paper and punched using the Bough Punch.  The square is assemble using Dimensionals.

The large dragonflies square goes together quickly as well.  I stamped the flowers from Dragonfly Garden onto the piece of Heart & Home DSP in Parakeet Party and then used Blending Brushes and Starry Sky and Tahitian Tide ink to add more color.  The dragonflies were stamped in Memento Black Ink and Tahitian Tide onto Shimmery White cardstock, then punched out with the Dragonfly Punch. I did add a little Wink of Stella to the wings and attached the dragonflies with Mini Dimensionals.  I finished it off some Red Rhinestones Basic Jewels.

The fourth square was inspired by a card made by a fellow NC Demo for the Annual Catty Swap by Mail that I hosted in May.  I love the layering created with the Dots & Spots Die.  This was a really basic piece to make.  I just stamped and punched!

The next square features the Splendid Thoughts Bundle that will be available next week in the July to December Mini.  I also used the Fern 3D Embossing Folder.  I did stamp and then color the little bee, but the rest of this square was die cut and then assembled with Mini Dimensionals and Glue Dots.  I think this is such a unique piece and am excited to create more projects with this very versatile bundle!

The second of my butterfly squares was created using the Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks, Shimmery White Embossing Paste and Tahitian Tide and Sweet Sorbet Reinkers.

The final little dragonflies square was the most simple of all!  I just layered Lovely Layers Vellum onto the 3 x 3 Sweet Sorbet Square and punched the little dragonflies out of the Glimmer Paper. I attached the dragonflies with Mini Dimensionals and added a few of the Classic Matte Dots.

Thank you for letting me bug you for a few minutes this evening.  I hope I have inspired you to create your own Cute as a Bug projects.  Please contact me if you have questions or would like to order any of the products I have used.  I wold love to help you!

Now, let’s buzz on over to see what Tonya Bowers has created!  This is her first blog hop with us!  I know she did something great!

Thank you again for joining us!  I hope you will hop along with us again next month

Happy Stamping!