If you’d like to give Paper Pumpkin a try, now’s the time! Sign up between now and September 10th and you’ll receive 50% off the fall themed Paper Pumpkin! Use the code HALFOFF0917 and you’ll receive your Paper Pumpkin kit, mid September.
If you decide to continue after the September kit, do nothing and you’ll continue to receive Paper Pumpkin each month. If you don’t wish to continue your subscription, just go onto the Paper Pumpkin site and cancel. If you’re ready to sign up, click here! Don’t forget to use the code HALFOFF0917
More Information About Paper Pumpkin
Every kit comes with an exclusive stamp set to use over and over!
You’ll receive at least one Classic Stampin’ Spot with every kit. The colors don’t repeat in a 12-month period, so it’s easy to build a collection of colorful ink.
Every new subscriber receives a clear block (size D) with their first kit to help them get started and to use throughout their subscription.
In addition to a stamp set and ink spot(s), the kits include supplies to make projects like cards, home décor, gift packaging, and more. For example, the card kits (6+ per year) always include 8 cards—at least!
It’s flexible! You can suspend (for a month) or cancel at anytime.
Since all the prep work is done, the projects take a shorter time to complete, making it the perfect on-the-go craft. Headed out of town? Grab a kit to create during some downtime. It’s all contained in one little box, so it’s easy to take anywhere!
It’s a surprise in your mailbox every month. Because who doesn’t love happy mail?
Every month, Stampin’ Up! will post a video to quickly demonstrate how to assemble each kit!
Every subscriber has exclusive access to a selection of past kits. So, when a kit runs out, you can buy more—either as a full kit or a refill (without stamp set and ink).
If you have more questions, don’t hesitate to contact me. If you’re excited about a fall themed kit at 50% off, click here and don’t forget to use the code HALFOFF0917
Last week during the First Fridays Blog Hop, I shared a box that would fit 4-5 cards & envelopes. Today I have another box and the directions so that you can recreate it yourself!
Today’s card uses the new bundle in the Annual Catalog called Grown with Love. It includes not only a flower pot but a watering can and wagon. How cute is that?
I stamped the flower pot in Crumb Cake and then used the Frameliits to cut it out. The flowers and leaves were stamped in Garden Green directly onto the Whisper White base but then stamped again in Berry Burst and Daffodil Delight so I could cut the flowers out with the Framelits. These Framelits actually only cut out the three larger flowers but I cut the smaller ones too with these larger dies and then trimmed them a bit. I attached the flowers with glue dots. The flower pot is adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I took three strands of Linen Thread, tied them into a bow and attached it to the flower pot with a glue dot.
Measurements
Whisper White card stock: 11″ x 4-1/4″ Scored @ 5-1/2″ and 5″ x 3-3/4″
Daffodil Delight card stock: 5-1/4″ x 4″
Berry Burst card stock: 4″ x 3-1/4″
I love hearing from you! If you have any thoughts or questions about today’s card, please leave a comment!
Stamping Supplies – Below you’ll find all of the products I used to create today’s card. If you are interested in purchasing both the stamp set AND Framelits, be sure to select either the clear or wood bundle for a savings of 10%. Clicking any of the pictures below will take you directly to my Stampin’ Up! online store.
Stampin’ Up! has made one of its Christmas bundles, Carols of Christmas, available before its release in the Holiday Catalog on September 1st. The stamp set and matching framelits can be purchased separately or save 10% when you buy the bundle!
Click on the video below to learn all about this brand new bundle. If you’re viewing this in an email, click here.
Save 10% when you buy the stamp set and thinlits together or purchase them separately.
I’m starting a new series called Tool Time Tuesday! The Stampin’ Up! catalog is filled with so many wonderful products that I thought I’d highlight a different one each Tuesday. If there’s a product that you’ve had questions about, please email me and I’ll highlight it in an upcoming post of Tool Time Tuesday!
If you follow me, you know I love my Big Shot and use it for almost every project I make. Another tool that I use daily is the Paper Piercing Tool!
When I first became a demonstrator this tool was primarily meant to be used to poke holes in paper to create patterns and you were able to purchase plastic templates to do just that. We know longer carry those templates but I would be lost without my paper-piercing tool! I use it to pick up rhinestones, pearls, enamel shapes and glitter enamel dots and then place them on my card stock. Trying to pick them off the paper they come on with your finger can be very frustrating. Slipping the sharp pointed end under the jewel and bringing it to your paper couldn’t be easier with this tool.
I also use it to remove glue dots from the roll they come on. Again, so easy to slip the tool under the glue dot and onto your paper! Sometimes when using your finger to release it, by the time you bring it to your paper it’s gone! Has that ever happened to you? You can’t figure out where it went until you find it stuck to your elbow, arm . . . . . of course I know this from personal experience!
Another product it works wonders with is Tear and Tape. I can’t even imagine trying to release that paper from the glue strip with my nails. It’s something that can definitely be done but it is oh so easy with this wonderful tool. It kind of reminds me of trying to get one of those plastic bags in the produce department open. It can be so darn time consuming! I wish there was a tool to open those! Ha, ha!
The paper piercer also helps with releasing all of the paper from your Big Shot dies. Thankfully there are now tools such as the Die Brush & the Precision Base Plate that help to release much of the paper out of the dies but there are always a few that need a little encouragement to come out and the paper-piercing tool is perfect for the job!
A companion piece to the paper-piercer is the Stampin’ Pierce Mat. I find that I don’t really use the mat & piercer together very often these days. The mat is terrific though to use as a surface to stamp on when using photopolymer stamps. Sometimes it can be difficult to get nice coverage with photopolymer, but the mat helps to get better ink coverage on your card stock.
As you can see, the Paper-Piercing tool is a must have in your craft room! I hope you’ll join me next Tuesday for another Tool Time Tuesday!
If you’d like to purchase any of the items I referred to into today’s post, simply click on the product below and you’ll head over to my Stampin’ Up! online store!
Last week I shared several projects using the Stampin’ Up! paper, Naturally Eclectic and today I’m sharing one more using this beautiful paper!
I made this cute bag using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits and Emerald Envy card stock. This die makes it extremely easy to make a bag in just a few minutes! After running it through the Big Shot, I placed it inside the Pinewood Planks embossing folder and ran it through the Big shot once more. Then, it’s easy to add adhesive in a few spots and your treat bag is finished.
I stayed with the theme of using a banner, again made with the Banner Triple punch. The butterfly was cut out with the Move Me Thinlits in Basic Black. Using glue dots, I attached the butterfly to the banner and then clipped it to the treat bag with our new Gold Library Clips. “Friend” comes from the stamp set Hello Friend. It was stamped with Emerald Envy, punched out with the Classic Label punch and then slipped under the clip.
Tip: When putting the treat bag together, I recommend using either Fast Fuse or Tear and Tape. They will give you a much stronger hold.
Stamping Supplies : I’ve included a list of all the products I used. To purchase any of these products, just click on any picture and you’ll head over to my Stampin’ Up! online store.
This week my husband and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary. For the first time in a long time, we went out of town to celebrate. When I taught elementary school for years, school started at the end of July, so going away in early August was never an option. But this year nothing was stopping us and we headed to Las Vegas. We had a great time!
My husband doesn’t care for Las Vegas but I convinced him we’d have a good time at the Wynn and we did! My daughter, Jenny, and I have gone there before and loved it and I knew Mark would too. The hotel is so nice and so big that you could just stay there without venturing out onto the Las Vegas strip. We relaxed by the pool, had a few drinks, went to a show and ate (we especially enjoyed our Eggs Benedict)!
I like to play on the slot machines but Mark doesn’t so he worked out while I walked the casino from machine to machine. That’s still a workout, right? That’s what my Fitbit said! 🙂
Getting back to real life is always difficult especially figuring out what to have for dinner the day you get back. But that makes these trips even more special.
Where have you gone recently (or would like to go) to relax, unwind, or celebrate a special event?
Today I have another card using the beautiful Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper. If you visited my blog yesterday, the card design will look very familiar. This time I used two different designs (also in the Naturally Eclectic Paper) and did a little something different with the sentiment.
Card Info
The Banner Triple punch was used to create the banners.
The sentiment was stamped in Soft Sky ink with the Eastern Beauty stamp set. It was cut out with the Layering Circles Framelits.
The base of the card is Lemon Lime Twist and the layer on top is Soft Sky cardstock.
The pretty little accents are Glitter Enamel Dots
Stamping Supplies – Ready to place an order? Just click on any of the products below!
Welcome to the First Fridays Blog Hop! We hop on the first Friday of the month and our theme this month is Designer Series Paper! There are so many beautiful packages of paper in the new catalog and we are each choosing one to showcase today! The paper I chose is Naturally Eclectic where you can find some of my favorite papers in the catalog.
The colors that coordinate with this package of paper are: Berry Burst, Emerald Envy, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Night of Navy, Peekaboo Peach, Soft Sky and Whisper White. On my card, I used Soft Sky and Night of Navy.
I used the Banner Triple punch for the two banners and the new Starburst punch for my sentiment. The sentiment comes from the stamp set, Eastern Beauty and the cute heart accent comes from the Regals Enamel Shapes. The texture on the Soft Sky card stock was achieved by running the paper through the Softly Falling embossing folder.
This is card that can be made really quickly which is nice when you’re short on time! Need a quick gift? Make 4-6 cards and place them, with envelopes, inside a box, that you made yourself, using the same beautiful paper!
I used Berry Burst cardstock for the base of my box. I could have used DSP but the box is much sturdier with cardstock. I wrapped it up with Whisper White Baker’s Twine. The sentiment comes from the stamp set, You’re So Sweet. I didn’t want to use the entire stamp that has this sentiment, so I went over “Just For You” with a Berry Burst Stampin’ Write marker.
All of the supplies I used to create my projects can be found down at the bottom of the post.
Are you ready for some more ideas using Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper? The next stop on the hop is Michelle Veller!
Here’s the list of everyone in the hop! I hope you’ll make it around to everyone!
Stamping Supplies – Below you’ll find a list of all the supplies you’ll need to create today’s projects! Click on any product and you’ll head over to my Stampin’ Up! online store.
I don’t have a project today but instead wanted to tell you my story and why I love Stampin’ Up! products.
When I was a kid, I dreaded Art class. Dreaded it. I remember being in class and while everyone was busy painting or drawing, and ENJOYING IT, I was sick to my stomach because I felt that anything I created was awful. What a horrible thing for a child to feel. I’m surprised that not one of my teachers picked up on it and tried to encourage me. Or perhaps they did but I was too stubborn to take their words to heart.
You see, I felt and believed for a long time, that I was not creative. It wasn’t until I started using Stampin’ Up! products that I began to feel inside that I was creative and that I actually could create something beautiful.
My philosophy is that stamping should be fun, never stressful. One of the first products that made me do the happy dance were punches. I didn’t have to even stamp straight! What I stamped could be as crooked as can be but after punching it out, it didn’t matter! The same thing can be said for the Big Shot dies, especially when I use the Magnetic Platform. I truly love my Big Shot. I can create an embossed background that makes a card pop or a 3D project that’s as cute as can be.
I stink at matching colors together. Stampin’ Up! takes all the guesswork out of that for me. On all the packages of Designer Series paper, the colors that match are listed. Cardstock that matches all of their paper! I can grab and accent or ribbon in the same color and I’m good to go!
Thanks to the internet, a world of ideas are just a click away. I gather inspiration from stampers every single day. It’s a wonderful community of people!
I hope that in some small way, I can inspire you. If you don’t think you have a creative bone in your body, stamps, ink, paper, punches and a Big Shot will change your life! Now that’s a bit dramatic, but oh so true!
Happy Crafting!
P.S. The First Fridays Blog Hop is this Friday! I hope you’ll join us!
In what feels like another lifetime, I taught elementary school. For 22 years I shopped all the back to school sales to buy folders, pencil boxes, extra pencils and all kinds of prizes for “my kids.” For the past week I’ve seen Facebook posts from my teacher friends as they’ve been preparing for the first day of school which happens to be today! This is the 6th year that I haven’t been a part of that world. I miss it but I’m also very happy with my life right now! If any of my teacher friends are reading this, I hope you have a wonderful, fun first day!
Instead of preparing for a classroom full of second graders last week, I was able to spend time in my craft room and play with all of my crafting supplies! I created a card using a watercolor wash and I made a video, YES, I finally made a video, showing this technique! It had been so long since I’d last made a video that it took me some time to remember how to edit it! I had several people ask me to create a video showing this technique and I’m so sorry that it took so long!
The amazing thing about creating a watercolor wash is that you’ll never create the exact same background. Each piece is one of a kind! Using Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point and Bermuda Bay I created the background you see below. I love these colors together! I decided not to use this piece as a focal point but instead used it in a way that the colors would peek through. I was very happy with the results!
As you’ll see in the video below, creating a wash is easy and fun! On a piece of Whisper White, I cut out three butterflies using the Move Me Thinlits. I added a sentiment using Tempting Turquoise ink and the stamp set from the Oh Happy Day Card Kit. I then attached the background to the Whisper White using Fast Fuse. I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back and attached it to my base of Tempting Turquoise cardstock. To finish the card, I added a sprinkling of rhinestones.
I hope the video below is helpful and that you’ll give this technique a try! If you’re reading this in an email, please click here for the video!
Stamping Supplies– Below you’ll find all the supplies I used to create my card. To purchase any of these items, simply click on any of the pictures and you’ll be taken to my Stampin’ Up! online store.
Have you had your eye on a Big Shot but felt that it was more money that you wanted to spend? Or that you could pick it up with a coupon somewhere else? With the many promotions from Stampin’ Up! currently going on, there’s never been a more perfect time to have a Big Shot in your craft room!
There are three different ways to own the best crafting tool, EVER! Don’t delay because these offers are only available until Tuesday, July 31, 2017!
#1 Purchase the Big Shot and receive:
2 Bonus Days Coupons – Earn $10 that you can use in August on any order
FREE Embossing Folder of your choice valued up to $10 – this offer is only available through me
ME as your coach – If you have any questions at all about how to use the Big Shot , contact me and I’ll help you out!
Getting Started with Your Big Shot PDF – this offer is only available through me
FOUR Bradley Points – read all about Bradley Points here
#2 Purchase the Big Shot and add $40 more to your order (such as the Layering Circle Framelits and a package of Rhinestones) to receive:
3 Bonus Days Coupons – Earn $15 that you can use in August on any order
$15 in FREE product from Stampin’ Up! (Host Rewards)
FREE Embossing Folder of your choice valued up to $10 – this offer is only available through me
ME as your coach – If you have any questions at all about how to use the Big Shot , contact me and I’ll help you out!
Getting Started with Your Big Shot PDF – this offer is only available through me
SIX Bradley Points – read all about Bradley Points here
#3 Purchase the Starter Kit for $99 and Join My Team
Choose $125 worth of product for $99 (It can be a Big Shot or any other products you’d like)
Receive the FREE Essentials Pack with a value of $72
Receive a FREE Embossing Folder of your choice valued up to $10 – this offer is only available through me
Receive FREE Shipping on the Starter Kit
ME as your coach – If you have any questions at all about how to use the Big Shot , contact me and I’ll help you out!
Getting Started with Your Big Shot PDF – this offer is only available through me
Are you ready to take the plunge and purchase a Big Shot, a machine that will change the way you craft?
Option #1
Click here to purchase the Big Shot (make sure that you see my name in the upper right hand corner).
Use the HOST CODE NWPUZN62 and you’ll receive a gift from me (2 sheets of Stampin’ Dimensionals and 2 sheets of Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals)
Option #2
Click here to purchase the Big Shot and at least $40 more in Stampin’ Up! product (make sure my name is in the upper right hand corner).
Don’t use the Host Code because you’ll receive Host Rewards – at least $15 in free product. You’ll still receive the Host Code gift from me!
If you still have questions, email me and I’d be happy to help you out! tracy@stampingwithtracy.com
More Details About the Starter Kit
You’ll receive the FREE Essentials Pack
There’s absolutely no obligation when purchasing the kit
You’ll save at least 20% on your future purchases
You’ll be able to preorder from the Holiday Catalog beginning on August 1st.
If you want to continue to enjoy the perks of becoming a demonstrator (discount on crafting supplies, quarterly Stampin’ Up! publication and more), you will need to have a minimum of $300 in personal purchases and/or customer orders by December 31st. If you don’t, no one will hassle you and you’ll simply be dropped.
I love my Big Shot and can’t imagine crafting without it! If you’d like more information about this great tool, enjoy the video below from Stampin’ Up! If you’re reading this in an email, please click here! If you have any questions, please let me know!
These offers are only available until July 31, 2017 and only open to U.S. Residents
