from my ink pad to yours: All My Love Suite

Dies with Patterned Paper continued...

I didn't get a blog entry posted yesterday but I DID get a Facebook Live done showing how I assemble these designer series paper (DSP) and die cut cards. Today I'm showing you some of the cards I shared on the video. I won't go into the details because I've blogged about the "how to" here and there are even more hints on the Facebook Live. I will provide product lists for each card individually at the end of this blog post.

The first two cards feature patterned paper from the Painted Seasons Bundle which becomes available as a Free Sale-A-Bration item with a $100 merchandise order (US) tomorrow, February 15, 2019. Obviously this offering will be while supplies last and it will end when Sale-A-Bration ends on March 31st.

I used the border die from the Flourish Thinlets and a greeting from Life is Grand, a set from this year's Occasions catalog. Both are done in Early Espresso.

This border die is from the Petals and More thinlets. My greeting is from the Occasions' stamp set Strong and Beautiful and it fits into the little tag die from the Wood Crate Framelits. The ribbon is Pool Party 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon. They don't show well in the first photo but I also used the Granny Apple Green Glitter Enamel Dots.

The Happy Birthday thinlet is cut from How Sweet It Is DSP . The Glitter Enamel Dots also work perfectly with the How Sweet It Is suite of products. Please note that the enamel dots are also the free gift you receive from me with a $50 purchase with my hostess code this month.

Don't you just love the gears from Geared Up Garage Grapefruit Grove foil? This also features Classic Garage DSP.

Does this look familiar? This is another version of the All My Love/Be Mine card that started it all. This time it is backed with vellum which allows embellishments such as Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots to be placed within the frame you use.

As you can see this type of card can be done with a variety of papers and dies. Check out your stash and see what you can use to try this.

I really appreciate that you have taken time out of your day to visit my blog. Let me know what you think and come back again soon!

Stampin' Up! catalogs can be viewed with the Current Stampin' Up! catalogs link at the top of my blog. If you don't have regular Stampin' Up Demonstrator and would like hard copies of any of our current catalogs please feel free to email me at [email protected]

Chris

***If you need a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I would love to help you with your stamping journey and have you shop with me! You can click on "Shop with Chris Smith" at the top of my blog.

If you place a minimum $50 (US) order using the February host code, 2MRXBEJM, I will send you the Glitter Enamel Dots . February orders also earn a free Sale-A-Bration item . US customers only. Customers placing an order smaller than $50 will still receive my February thank you.

If you place a $150 or greater order please don't use the hostess code. You will still receive the gifts but you will also get your own hostess benefits.

Product List

Geared Up Garage Cling Bundle

[150610]

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

[144085]

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

[101406]

Classic Garage 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[148482]

Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets

[149712]

Tranquil Tide 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144246]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Big Shot

[143263]

Product List

Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies

[148527]

All My Love 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[148576]

In Color 2018–2020 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[146963]

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Big Shot

[143263]

Posted at 06:45 PM in All My Love Suite, Big Shot, Geared Up Garage, Life is Grand, Strong & Beautiful | Permalink | Comments (3)

Soft & Lovely with embossing

This cute little number is one we did for a during an team event last month. It is another monochromatic card, this time featuring the Forever Lovely Bundle along with some Powder Pink products and the embossing mats from the Annual Catalog.

Measurements:

Whisper White Thick Card Base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4", scored and folded

Whisper White Pieces:

4" x 2 3/4" Piece to cut and emboss the edge

scraps to cut the flower and a few accent pieces

Powder Pink polka dot/stripe paper from 2017-2019 In Color 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper(DSP):

4 x 1/4" Piece - either side will work for this.

Powder Pink 3/8" Mini Ruffled Ribbon

4" piece

Directions

You will use the edge framelit to cut the edge of a with your regular cutting sandwich and the embossing sandwich as shown in the embossing mat package to emboss the corresponding detail.
Stamp the larger rose with Petal Pink ink on the Whisper White scrap and cut with dies along with a couple of other small white dies. There are several smaller embellishments that will work with this card.
Emboss your greeting in the lower right corner of the Petal Pink piece using Versamark or Whisper White Craft ink, White Stampin' Emboss Powder and the heat tool.
Trim your Whisper White embossed piece if needed so that it will cover less than 1/2 of the Powder Pink layer and will leave 3/4" - 1" between the white layer and the embossing.
Adhere the DSP layer over the Powder Pink layer, matching the upper and lower left corners.
Adhere the DSP layer over this, once again matching the same corners.
Attach the ruffled ribbon at the edge of the DSP.
Attach the small embellishments to the back of the rose as desired.
Use a Stampin' Dimensional to attach the rose over the lower part of the ruffled ribbon as shown.
Share the card with someone you love!

Here is another version using Flirty Flamingo and the All My Love Designer Series Paper, along with the Heart Epoxy Droplets:

I sincerely thank you for stopping by my little place in the stamping world. Let me know what you think and come back again soon!

Stampin' Up! catalogs can be viewed with the Current Stampin' Up! catalogs link at the top of my blog. If you don't have regular Stampin' Up Demonstrator and would like hard copies of any of our current catalogs please feel free to email me at [email protected]

Chris

***If you need a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I would love to help you with your stamping journey and have you shop with me! You can click on "Shop with Chris Smith" at the top of my blog.

If you place a minimum $50 (US) order using the January host code, 3Q934R4K, I will send you the Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots. You will also earn a free Sale-A-Bration item if ordered on or after January 3. US customers only. Customers placing an order smaller than $50 will still receive my January thank you.

If you place a $150 or greater order please don't use the hostess code. You will still receive the gifts but you will also get your own hostess benefits.

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Posted at 11:11 PM in All My Love Suite, Forever Lovely | Permalink | Comments (0)

All My Love Trio

One more long holiday weekend and then it is only a few more days until the start of Sale-A-Bration and the release of Stampin' Up!'s 2019 Occasions catalog.

Today I have a few cards showcasing the All My Love Suite from that catalog:

This first card features the Meant to Be Bundle, using the same continuous hearts die that I showed you a few days ago. This time I kept the cut-out AND the background all white and just added some of the fun designer series paper (DSP) with the diagonal white dots on Lovely Lipstick.
The main pointer on this card is to make sure you keep all the non-heart pieces that are die cut. You will want to make sure you have these on your card because if they are white it makes the Lovely Lipstick DSP pop.
And, how about that stitching on the edges of the Lovely Lipstick ribbon?
This next photo is a close up of how this die and DSP look: Can you see the little white pieces that you want to keep as part of your card? If they aren't in the die cut as you pull it off the die check to see if they are still in the die. I cut another set to get some that I was missing and it turned out they were in the die all along...

This next card uses an idea that I got from Kelly at SandCastle Stamper.

I used a dinner plate to trace a curve on some Thick Whisper White cardstock and cut just inside the line so that the line would be discarded from the piece that I would use.
I used this to cut a second piece out of the same Lovely Lipstick DSP that I used in the previous card.
I layered these over the heart pattterned DSP so that they kind of angled so that the red curve was wider on the right than the left.
I used the Stitched Rectangle framelits (p 28 in your Occasions Catalog) to die cut the piece.
I colored the Heart Epoxy Droplets with Dark Real Red and Lovely Lipstick Blends.

This last card features the Forever Lovely Bundle which is also part of the All My Love Suite.
I don't think the photo does justice to this card. I die cut an extra gold foil layer that sits between the flowers and the stripe and it adds just the perfect touch of elegance to the card. The shine definitely doesn't show in this picture.
There is also just a touch of scalloped gold foil behind the greeting, die cut with the Layering Circles framelits.
I originally did this for a color challenge calling for Very Vanilla, Shaded Spruce and Merry Merlot. I think it is the first time I used Merry Merlot but it hasn't been the last. I showed it about a month ago when I used it for my husbands Maroon and Gold (Crushed Curry) birthday card.

I sincerely thank you for stopping by my little place in the stamping world. Let me know what you think and come back again soon!

Chris

***If you need a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I would love to have you shop with me! You can click on "Shop with Chris Smith" at the top of my blog.

If you place a minimum $50 (US) order using the December hostess code, 2APHPF9M, I will send your choice of any annual catalog item up to $10 in value. US customers only. Customers placing an order smaller than $50 will still receive my special Christmas thank you surprise.

If you place a $150 or greater order please don't use the hostess code. You will still receive the gifts but you will also get your own hostess benefits.

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Posted at 12:06 AM in All My Love Suite, Forever Lovely , Meant to Be | Permalink | Comments (0)

Meant to Be Bordered with Hearts

I have a quick little post as we head into the Christmas weekend. It's officially Christmas weekend now since we've had our annual Christmas visit to Happy Hour at the Amsterdam in downtown St. Paul. We started the first year we lived here, taking a break from preparations for our son and daughters coming home. This year we took a walk over there for frites and Kippenbout before we finished packing for our trip down to our oldest daughter's place in Missouri.

I don't usually eat ketchup but I throw that rule out when Curry Ketchup is involved.

Ahh, but you came here for stamping right?

I think you've seen most of my Christmas Cards so I'm going to introduce you to some of the features of the All My Love Suite:

This is just one of the dies in the Be Mine Stitched Framelit Dies set but you get about 20 little hearts from it.
You can even use them for other projects and use just the frame as I did in this card which features 2 of the patterns in the All My Love Designer Series Paper: tiny hearts above the heart frames and soft lovely flowers below the frames. Just imagine all the possibilities you can do with this die and there are 15 others in the set.
And then there is the 1/8" Calypso Coral ribbon, which is part of a set of two. It is delicate and full of body all at the same time. I tied a double strand around the card and then tied the tag on with another bow, giving a pretty, loopy effect.
The Detailed Trio punch was perfect for rounding the corners of my tag.

I sincerely thank you for stopping by my little place in the stamping world. Let me know what you think and come back again soon!

Chris

***If you need a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I would love to have you shop with me! You can click on "Shop with Chris Smith" at the top of my blog.

If you place a minimum $50 (US) order using the December hostess code, 2APHPF9M, I will send your choice of any annual catalog item up to $10 in value. US customers only. Customers placing an order smaller than $50 will still receive my special Christmas thank you surprise.

If you place a $150 or greater order please don't use the hostess code. You will still receive the gifts but you will also get your own hostess benefits.

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