Archives for March 2013

This and That and Rain or Shine

I know that title doesn’t make much sense. I am covering a lot of stuff today! Several new products (a new product line!) and of course a card for you too. I’ll start with our new product line called This and That. These are wonderful little whatever books called smash books. They harken back to the old time scrapbooks which were as much about mementos as they were photos. These little books are so much more, though. You can use them for all kinds of things other than the scrapbook variety.

Use them to keep track of your redecorating or remodeling project. Make a journal to track baby’s first year, or a year in your life. Get organized for Christmas. Track your weight loss. These books are designed for quickly jotting ideas or storing photos, scraps, notes and mementos. Just tuck it in, tape it on, jot it down and smash it closed. Fast and fabulously fun!

This and That smash book from Stampin Up!

fabric frenzy

All of our fabric is half off, this week only!! Call me, email or order online, but hurry! This sale ends on Sunday, March 31st! They have only set aside a specific amount of fabric for this sale, when it’s gone the sale price goes away.

I am not sure if you have noticed, but Stampin’ Up!  is making a lot of changes lately. We are rolling out new stamps almost monthly and new products as soon as they become available, rather than waiting for the next catalog transition. I like this, and I love that it allows us to introduce trendy items and stamps almost monthly. I’ll keep links to these new items posted in my sidebar, but the trend seems to be that we will offering seasonal sets or bundles almost monthly and new single stamps every two or three months. The current batch of single stamps is about to expire and I am hoping we will see some new ones around the first of April. Here are links to the current singles, in case you want to get them before they go away on March 31st.

Single Stamps Assortment 3

Single Stamps Assortment 4

How about a sneak peek at at new set from the upcoming catalog? Or even better, you can purchase it now if you like. A Round Array is a fun little set with multiple sentiments and a matching 7/8″ scallop punch. Buy them separately or in a bundle at 15% off! They won’t be bundled when the new catalog comes out, so that is a good deal!

A Round Array Spring Surprise bundle

A Round Array

 Rain or Shine

Rain or Shine from Stampin up

Here is the card I promised using that fun umbrella set, Rain or Shine from the Spring Catalog. The umbrellas were stamped, hand cut and popped up over the stamped handles. The paper is also from the Spring catalog, Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP.

Thanks for stopping by!

Belinda

 

Stampin Supplies

Stamps

Rain or Shine

Ink

Melon Mambo ~ Marina Mist ~ Lucky Limeade

Paper

Melon Mambo ~ Whisper White ~ Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP

Fun Stuff

Melon Mambo Scallop Dot ribbon

 

Hearts a Flutter Banner and Beautiful Wings

Hearts a flutter

I think I reached for all of my favorite things when I was creating this card. I just can’t get enough of Hearts a Flutter and this new Honeycomb embossing folder. Primrose Petals and any blue (this one is Pool Party) seems to be my current color addiction. Obviously I could not be any more in LOVE with this More Amore DSP. Sorry, pun intended. It is necessary, sometimes, to keep all those other voices in my head entertained!

This was just basic die cutting and the only thing stamped was the sentiment, but I have a little tip for you. {TIP} To get the hexagon shapes, just run a piece of DSP through the Big Shot in the Honeycomb EF and then snip out the little inserts along the score lines! Fun stuff!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Belinda

 

Stampin Supplies

Stamps

Hearts a Flutter ~ Itty Bitty Banners

Ink

Basic Gray

Paper

Pool Party ~ Very Vanilla ~ Primrose Petals Core’dinations ~ More Amore DSP

Fun Stuff

Big Shot ~ Hearts a Flutter framelits ~ Bitty Banners framelits ~ Beautiful Wings embosslit ~ Honeycomb EF ~ Whisper White bakers twine ~ Pearl Basic Jewels

 

Oh, Whale!

Oh Whale

I shall be so sad when these In Colors retire! I am hoping they get a reprieve in a color update. I think I need to start a campaign to save Pool Party and Calypso Coral at least. Oh, and Lucky Limeade and Island Indigo. Sigh.

Anyway, how cute is this little set? Oh Whale. So perfect for spring and summer cards. We made this card for Stamp Camp last month, the sentiment is from Wishes Your Way, which works for the new little pinwheel die, but I think it works well with this set too. I used a bunch of other cool new tools as well. The anchors are from a matching Clearlit Sizzlet called Happy Whale. The button is from the free Sale-a-bration set of ribbons and buttons. I used the Large Scallop Edgelit to make the waves, and I can’t forget the adorable new Cloudy Day embossing folder. Fun stuff!!

Happy Stampin’

Belinda

 

Stampin Supplies

Stamps

Oh Whale ~ Wishes Your Way

Ink

Calypso Coral ~ Pool Party

Paper

Calypso Coral ~ Pool Party ~ Whisper White ~ Pool Party Core’dinations

Fun Stuff

Big Shot ~ Happy Whale Clearlits die ~ Cloudy Day EF ~ Large Scallop edgelit ~ Pool Party bakers twine ~ Sycamore Street button

 

New Photopolymer Clear Stamps from Stampin’ Up!

Stampin’ Up! Has been searching and waiting for a high quality polymer to be able to bring you clear stamps, and the wait is over! Introducing Photopolymer Clear Stamp sets from Stampin’ Up!

Hurry, all of the products on this page are available for a limited time only and our first set of Clear Stamps is only available while supplies last!

Photopolymer stamps from Stampin' Up!

I am so excited about these stamps! We are offering them on a trial basis, if they sell well, we will continue to offer them. We will start out with images that are only available in the clear and go from there, depending on popularity.

What a perfect set to start with. It will be so easy to stamp inside the banners and bubbles with the clear letters! And yes, mine is already ordered, so I’ll be sharing more about it and some fun samples as soon as Mr. Brown drops it off! Pssst. You can order yours today, too!

 Check out these other fun, new products!

Limited Edition Sent With Love

This months Best of 25 Years Stamp Set

Best of Flowers Anniversary set

Download the Collectors Card

Thanks for stopping by!

Belinda