by Tracy | Oct 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s Tool Time Tuesday and today it’s all about the Embossing Buddy (it’s on page 201 in the Annual Catalog). The Embossing Buddy is a MUST when embossing.
It’s quite simple to use but makes a world of difference to your finished project. By simply rubbing it over the surface of your paper, you’ll prevent small pieces of embossing powder from sticking to your paper. Once you heat emboss the powder, it can’t be removed. Sometimes you can’t even see where extra embossing powder has landed on your paper but once you heat it up with the heat tool, it’s too late.
Here are the steps when embossing:
- Prepare your paper by rubbing the embossing buddy over the surface.
- Stamp your image with Versamark Ink.
- Pour embossing powder over the stamped image and shake off any excess.
- Even though you’ve used the embossing powder, there’s a possibility that stray bits of embossing powder are on your paper, so use a fine brush to brush them away.
- Use the Heat Tool to heat your image and watch the magic happen!
I love to emboss and it never fails to make me say, “Wow!”
If you’re interested in trying out embossing, you’ll need the products below (the embossing powder I reach for most, is white). Click on any of the products and you’ll head to my Stampin’ Up! online store!
Today’s the last day of the World Card Making Sale. Click here for the flyer! Click here to place an order.
The Designer Series Paper sale will continue until the end of the month. Choose from select papers, Buy 3 and get 1 free! Click here for more information.
by Tracy | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Have you heard about the new alcohol markers in 12 exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors, Stampin’ Blends, from Stampin’ Up!? These pens are so new, they aren’t even available yet unless you’re a demonstrator.
If you’d love to purchase the Blends during the pre-release, only for demonstrators, Join My Team as a demonstrator before October 15th. You can add them to the Starter Kit or to any of your future orders with a 20% discount. Click here to join the fun!
Frequently Asked Questions About the Starter Kit
Do I have to sell Stampin’ Up! products? No, not unless you want to. You can join just to get your discount of at least 20% off everything you personally buy. But of course, you do have the option to sell to others. When I joined, it was purely for the discount!
How much is the Starter Kit? The Starter Kit is $99 but when you sign up you can choose anything out of the Annual or Holiday catalog to include in your kit BUT you’ll choose $125 worth of product. PLUS, and this is a biggie, SHIPPING IS FREE on the Starter Kit. You can get that Big Shot you’ve been wanting or anything else you’ve had your eye on or the new Stampin’ Blends. When I joined Stampin’ Up!, everything in my kit was selected by Stampin’ Up!, so I received a few things I didn’t care for. I love that today you can choose exactly what YOU want.
What are the requirements to continue receiving the discount? Every quarter your sales (this can be your own personal orders) need to reach $300. When you first join, you have a complete quarter to meet this minimum so that means that if you join today, your first full quarter won’t begin until January so you’ll have until March to reach that goal. To continue to receive all the demo perks, meet this minimum. If you don’t want to continue after March, simply stop purchasing from yourself or selling to others and you’ll simply be dropped but you’ll still have your Starter Kit and all of the products you purchased using your discount.
What are the perks of being a demonstrator?
- At least a 20% discount on everything you purchase from the catalogs including the Clearance Rack.
- Preorder products before catalogs are released.
- Stampin’ Success, a quarterly magazine, just for demonstrators.
- Access to the Demonstrator Only Stampin’ Up! website filled with training and support.
- Succeed Weekly emails from Stampin’ Up! with training and support.
- Receive Host Rewards just as customers do with an order over $150 but on top of that, you also receive your demonstrator discount!
I don’t live close to you, can you still help me?
I’m a phone call, text or email away! We can even FaceTime.
The Starter Kit really has no obligation. There are four easy steps to joining:
- Click here and you’ll be taken to my Join the Fun page.
- Read and agree to the Independent Demonstrator Agreement
- Purchase the Starter Kit and you’ll be prompted to enter in $125 worth of Stampin’ Up! product with free shipping!
- Wait for your Starter Kit to arrive!
Ready to join? Click here!
Have more questions? Feel free to contact me! Click the EMAIL ME button on the right hand side of my blog. I’m happy to answer any questions you might have.
If you want to take advantage of the pre-release of the Stampin’ Blends, you’ll need to join by the 15th!
I love being a demonstrator and I bet you will too!
by Tracy | Oct 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Welcome to my blog! If you had a chance to visit yesterday, I participated in the Glitter Queens Monthly Blog Hop and one of my projects featured the Everyday Jars Framelits. I used those same Framelits to create today’s project – a little treat holder.
It really couldn’t be easier to make!
- Cut out two jars using the Everyday Jars Framelits and Spooky Night Designer Series Paper.
- Stamp two jar lids in Pumpkin Pie using the Jar of Love stamp set. Glue the lids to the jars.
- Make the inside box using Pumpkin Pie (see the measurements below).
- Add adhesive to the front and back of the box and attach the jars.
- Add candy or trinket to the box.
- Wrap Baker’s Twine around the jar lids to hold the box together.
- Stamp your sentiment in Memento Ink using the Spooky Cat stamp set and cut it out with a 1″ Circle Punch. Add Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back and attach it to a scalloped circle using the Layering Circles Framelits. Add more dimensionals to the back and attach it to your treat holder.
Below are the measurements and score lines. I notched a very small amount from each of the outer flaps on each side. I also cut off about 1/2″. I didn’t measure, just cut it off! This adds less bulk to the box.
This picture shows where you’ll add your adhesive (Fast Fuse or Tear & Tape). I recommend practicing assembling the box before you add the adhesive just to get a feel for how it will come together.
To create one side of the box, bring up the big flap first. Then attach the flap that has adhesive to the big flap. The side without adhesive will be brought up last to form one side of the box. Repeat on the other side.
I hope you’ll give this a try and if you do, leave a comment or email me! I love hearing from you!
You can purchase any of the supplies I used to create today’s project by clicking on any of the products below. I’ll be back on Monday. Have a great weekend!
There are just a few days left of the World Card Making Day Sale. Please note: The Fast Fuse promotion was so popular that in five days, four years worth of Fast Fuse was sold. Stampin’ Up! realized that if the trend continued, they wouldn’t be able to keep up with the demand so it is no longer being offered. When they receive enough stock, they will offer five more days of this same sale. I’m so sorry for this inconvenience. Click here for the updated flyer.
Buy select packages of Designer Series in the Buy 3, Get 1 Free Sale this entire month! Click here for more information!
by Tracy | Oct 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s blog hop time! Thanks for joining the Glitter Queens’ Monthly Blog Hop (formerly known as the First Fridays Blog Hop). We’re so glad you’re here!
This month we’re all focusing on Halloween and we’ll each have two projects so we hope you’ll make it around to all of our blogs!
My first project is a treat bag using the Everyday Jars Framelits and Spooky Night Designer Series Paper (you’ll find the paper in the Holiday Catalog). I’ve put a Gusseted Bag inside and although I have candy in mine, a gift card would also fit!
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by Tracy | Oct 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Aren’t these little bags cute?? I attended an online stamp convention, Creative Convention, this past weekend and learned how to make these adorable little bags. They couldn’t be easier to make!
- Score a piece of 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper at 1-3/4″, 2-3/4″, 4-1/2″ and 5-1/2″ on one side. Turn your paper and score at 1″.
- Remove the small rectangle in the corner. Cut on the score lines up to the 1″ line. Add adhesive to the side tab using Tear and Tape and attach it to the opposite side. Adhere the bottom flaps to create the bottom of the bag.
- Pinch the sides up at the top of the bag. Secure with a Gold Library clip or punch two holes using a 1/8″ hole punch. Thread Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine through the bag and tie it closed.
- Stamp the sentiment using the stamp set Spooky Cat, onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Memento Ink. Punch it out with the Everyday Label Punch.
- Stamp Trick or Treat OR Happy Halloween in Pumpkin Pie ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock. Punch it out with the Classic Label punch or cut it to fit in the center of the shape above. Attach Mini Stampin Dimensionals to the back and attach it to the Everyday Label Punch. Attach Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the main sentiment and attach to the bag.
I’ll be posting another project later tonight for the Glitter Queens’ Monthly Blog Hop. We like to post in the evening so we can make sure there aren’t any broken links so I hope you’ll check out our blogs on Friday morning!
All of the supplies I used to create today’s project are listed below. Clicking on any of the products will bring you to my Stampin’ Up! online store where you can make a purchase or for further information.
by Tracy | Oct 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Are you looking for an easy way to package up treats? If so, Stampin’ Up! Clear Tiny Treat Boxes are what you’re looking for! These acetate 2″ x 2″ x 2″ clear boxes are packaged flat and then with a few folds and several tabs tucked in, your box is ready to go!
The idea for my treat boxes came right from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog. There are so many ideas packed into each Stampin’ Up! catalog! I used the very popular cat punch which is currently on backorder but is expected in stock on October 16th.
We used to have two adorable kitty cats, our Misty was all black and Joey was black & white. I grew up with dogs and really didn’t care for cats. When I was teaching and my husband was away a lot, we knew a dog wouldn’t work for our family so we rescued two kitties, a brother and sister, at the animal shelter. I’d always heard that cats were aloof but these two were anything BUT. They loved snuggling with us and many nights I woke up with Joey right on my pillow with me, well, actually he was hogging the pillow. Those two showered our family with love. We lost Misty when she was 14 years old and Joey when he was 19. If you’re an animal lover like me, I’m sure you’ll agree that our animals are an important part of our family and when we lose them, it’s heartbreaking. Needless to say, when I saw the cat punch, I knew I had to have it!
Back to my treat boxes! I used three products from the Spooky Night Suite: the Cat Punch, Spooky Cat stamp set and the Spooky Night Designer Series Paper. On the Skittles box, I cut the cat out of Basic Black cardstock with the Cat punch. The two cats on the pistachio box were cut right out of one of the sheets in the Spooky Night Designer Series Paper package. How easy is that?
The sentiments are from the Spooky Cat stamp set and I used Memento Ink & a Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Pad. The Classic Label punch was used to cut out Happy Halloween. The cats are attached to the Clear Treat Boxes with Glue Dots and I used Stampin’ Dimensionals for the sentiments.
You can fill these Clear Tiny Treat Boxes with just about anything and they’re pretty just wrapped up with ribbon!
Just an FYI: Tomorrow I’m participating in the Glitter Queens’ Blog Hop (formerly called First Fridays Blog Hop)! I’ll be posting two times tomorrow, in the morning for my regular post and in the evening for my blog hop projects. After the blog hop post, I’ll be back on Saturday.
All of the products I used to create the projects are listed below. If you click on any of them, you’ll head to my Stampin’ Up! online store where you can read more information about a particular product or make a purchase. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me!
For more information about the World Card Making Day Sale (October 1-10) and the Designer Series Paper Sale (October 1-31), click here!
by Tracy | Oct 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is usually the day for Tool Time Tuesday but I’ll be back with a new installment next week.
I can think of several people who would prefer a Starbucks card instead of candy so this is a cute way “to wrap” it up! Several weeks ago I shared the same box below but I filled it with Treat Tubes (you can see it here). As shown in the picture below, you can bag candy up in our food safe Gusseted Cellophane Bags.
Both boxes were made using our Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper (click here to see how you can get a package of this paper FREE). The boxes are easily made with the Popcorn Box Thinlits and a Big Shot. The Thinlits make all of the score lines so once you cut it out, you just need to fold on the score lines, add adhesive (I used Tear and Tape) and easily assemble the box. You’ll cut out two pieces and attach them together as shown in the picture below. Then the two ends will come together and the bottom will fold up.
More Details on the Starbucks Popcorn Box
- The sentiment is from the stamp set, Labels to Love and was punched out with the Everyday Label Punch. It was stamped using Memento Ink.
- The shape behind the sentiment is in Basic Black and cut out with the Starburst Punch.
- The sentiment has Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back. The Starburst shape has Fast Fuse but you could easily add Stampin’ DImensionals instead.
- Two Basic Rhinestones add the finishing touch!
More Details on the Candy Corn Popcorn Box
- The candy corn is in a Gusseted Cellophane Bag and wrapped up with Jute Twine.
- The sentiment is from the stamp set, Seasonal Chums and stamped in Memento Ink. It was punched out with a 1″ Circle Punch.
- The Tangerine Tango shape behind the sentiment is included in the Popcorn Box Thinlits. It’s attached to the box with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Black Rhinestones finish off the box!
Thanks so much for stopping by! If you’d like to purchase any of the products I used to create today’s boxes, click on any of the product pictures below. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email me!
by Tracy | Oct 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s Day 5 of my Treat Packaging Series and today my project uses the super cute Wood Crate Framelits! What a fun way to present a gift and don’t you love the paper I used? It comes from the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack which happens to be included in the Buy 3, Get 1 Free Sale (for more information about the sale, click here),
The crate is very easy to put together and it’s made by cutting out (2) of the largest piece in the Framelits. Each piece has two flaps where Tear and Tape is placed as well as on one of the larger sections (this creates the bottom of the crate). After that, it’s easy to assemble! The black bats were cut out using the Seasonal Tags Framelits Dies which were each attached with a single glue dot.
Instead of placing candy directly in the crate, another option would be to wrap it up in a Gusseted Cellophane Bag and tie it with Linen Thread. The sentiment on my crate is from the stamp set Spooky Cat and cut out with a 1″ Circle Punch. It sits on an Early Espresso circle using the 1-1/4″ Circle Punch.
If you’d like to purchase any of the supplies I used to create today’s projects, they are listed below. Simply click on any of the pictures and you’ll be taken to my Stampin’ Up! online store.
Thank you for stopping by!
Click here for more information about the Buy 3, Get 1 Free Designer Series Paper Sale (October 1-31) and the World Card Making Sale (October 1-10).
by Tracy | Oct 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
I love chocolate and I love macadamia nuts and the two combined are absolutely delicious! I saw this gem of a bag in the grocery store and knew I had to make a gift bag for it. Don’t you think the acorn paper is perfect for a “Happy Fall” gift bag? This paper is one of the sheets in the Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper and it’s currently my favorite package of paper in the two catalogs combined.
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by Tracy | Sep 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
I was so excited when I realized that the Ghirardelli Minis I bought fit inside our 2″ x 8″ Cellophane Bags! A perfect fit for four of them! It’s the little things that make me so happy!
To create today’s project I used the Seasonal Chums Bundle (available in wood and clear mount) as well as the stamp set, Spooky Cat. To save 10%, purchase the stamp set Seasonal Chums and the matching Seasonal Tags Framelits together! The bundle is also available in either wood or clear (see supplies list below).
Let’s Make This!
- Stamp the pumpkin in Memento Ink on Whisper White cardstock, cut him out with the Seasonal Tags Framelits and color him (I used Copic markers, a non-Stampin’ Up! product). What you might not realize is that the pumpkin also has a back side! The Seasonal Tags Framelits Dies cuts the front and back and they are attached at the top. There’s also a little piece near the top that allows you to thread Baker’s Twin through so that you could attach the tag to the package but I just snipped that part off.
- Cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock that measures 2-1/4″ x 4″ . Score it at 2″ and fold. This will be the topper for your bag.
- Stamp the sentiment on the topper using Memento Black ink.
- Place Tear and Tape on the front and back of the cellophane bag so when you place the Whisper White topper on it, it will adhere well. Attach the topper to the bag.
- Glue the pumpkin to the topper using Multipurpose glue. I used this adhesive so I’d have a little big of wiggle room when placing it on the topper.
- Cut two Basic Black bats using the Seasonal Tags Framelits Dies. Attach to the topper using Glue Dots or Multipurpose glue.
This really is a quick and easy project to make. By the way, the cellophane bags are food safe so you can fill them up with any type of unwrapped candy. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Non-Stampin’ Up! supplies: Copic Markers
Designer Series Paper Sale Starts Tomorrow!
New Host Code Effective Today!
by Tracy | Sep 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s Day 2 of my Treat/Gift Packaging series and today we’ll pull out the Envelope Punch Board to create a cute pouch for some delicious chocolate! The pouch will easily hold nine Dove Chocolates and so that it will be a little bit sturdier, I recommend adding a piece of cardstock on the inside.
I can’t tell you how excited I am that this paper, Painted Autumn, is included in the sale that starts on Sunday. Buy 3 packs and Get 1 Free. There are 13 different packages to choose from and you can mix and match!
Dove Chocolate Envelope/Pouch Details
- Start with a piece of paper that measures 6″ x 6″. Place it on the Envelope Punch Board and score and punch at 3″ on all sides. It is so quick and easy to make!!
- Cut a piece of Tangerine Tango for the inside that measures 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″. This is for stability and optional. Use Fast Fuse to adhere it to the inside of the pouch.
- Use glue dots to assemble the pouch and wrap it up with Jute Twine. I think our 5/8″ Burlap Ribbon would also look very nice. When I made this several weeks ago, the Burlap Ribbon was on backorder so I didn’t want to use it if you couldn’t purchase it, but it’s now back in stock (I’ll also include it in the list of supplies).
- The sentiment is from the stamp set, Seasonal Chums and stamped using Memento Ink. I punched it out with the 1″ Circle Punch and layered it with the 1-1/4″ (Soft Sky) & 1-1/2″ (Cajun Craze) Circle Punches. The accents are the new Black Rhinestone Jewels.
A quick and easy way to package a little gift of candy to someone special!
If you’re interested in purchasing the stamp set, Seasonal Chums, I want you to be aware that it can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle with the Seasonal Tags Framelits Dies in either wood or clear mount. For more information on the bundle, click here. It’s an adorable bundle and I used it to make my project for tomorrow!
Thanks so much for stopping by! If you have any questions about today’s project, don’t hesitate to contact me!
by Tracy | Sep 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s that time of year when many of us need ideas to package treats so today begins my Gift Packaging Series. This treat package comes together so quickly!
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