Monthly Archives: September 2017

Seasonal Lantern bundle and other swaps

Yesterday I shared with you my card for a swap. Today I’m sharing some of the cards that I got back for your inspiration. First up is Barbi Crider’s card showcasing the Seasonal Lantern bundle. Look at all the detail in this bundle

Next is Dawn Stock’s card using the Painted Harvest stamp set which is proving to be a very popular set.

Now we move into a couple of Halloween projects, the first is by Susan Nygaard using Spooky Cat, the Spooky Cat DSP and the new cat punch.

Terri Meehan also used the cat punch and the Spooky Cat DSP – it has a space on the moon for stamping, how awesome is that?

I hope you enjoyed the inspiration that I got in my swap bag!

Click on the buttons below to join my team, shop or learn how to earn free stamp sets and bundles. This month’s host code is NYY2SFWT. It’s also above the Shop Now tab in the menu on the left. Just copy and paste it or type it into the box at the bottom of your order where it says HOST CODE and then click apply.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Wise Men from Afar

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Here’s a quick and simple Christmas card that I made for a swap. Hence I know it’s quick because I made 20 of them. Actually I made closer to 30 but I was having issues with my stamp set, Wise Men From Afar. It would not stamp consistently – I scrubbed any residue off the stamp, used versamark first, held the stamp down for longer and sometimes, I even used a blender pen if the issue was minor enough to fix that way. My replacement set should be here tomorrow!

For the sand I used so saffron some full strength, some stamped off once and then fresh fig for the wise men. It seems a very regal colour. The star is embossed in gold. I decided to have a wide so saffron border and a skinny fresh fig one. I prefer not to have the borders all the same width, it’s a bit too matchy matchy. Im looking forward to my set arriving soon – because it’s unavailable (and my current set is too frustrating to use), of course I have a bunch of ideas for it!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

Click on the buttons below to join my team, shop or learn how to earn free stamp sets and bundles. This month’s host code is NYY2SFWT. It’s also above the Shop Now tab in the menu on the left. Just copy and paste it or type it into the box at the bottom of your order where it says HOST CODE and then click apply.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Year of Cheer Suite

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As I mentioned on Monday, I’ve been suffering from insomnia lately (and the second card I designed in my head during one of my sleepless times has sadly disappeared from my memory!) and I was trying not to nap during the day in an attempt to sleep through the night. Yesterday my brother pointed out that since I’m off work, it doesn’t really matter when I sleep, so I should just sleep when I’m tired. Brilliant. But the dearth of sleep has made me very sluggish and, as you’ll have noticed, rather behind. So I thought I’d share the video of one of my favorite suites. This one is Holly introducing the Year of Cheer suite – it’s absolutely beautiful. I love the wonderful metallic paper, the embellishments and the washi tape.

And don’t forget the Paper Pumpkin offer good until next Sunday:

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Only new month-to-month subscribers qualify for the 50% discount.
To participate in this promotion, subscribers must join by Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 11:50 PM (MT).
The 50% discount only applies to the new subscriber’s first kit. After that, the price for each month’s kit will return to the regular price of $19.95 USD/$26.95 CAD.
New subscribers must visit paperpumpkin.com to join – here’s the link.
Enter the promo code HALFOFF0917 at paperpumpkin.com to subscribe.

Click on the buttons below to join my team, shop or learn how to earn free stamp sets and bundles. This month’s host code is NYY2SFWT. It’s also above the Shop Now tab in the menu on the left. Just copy and paste it or type it into the box at the bottom of your order where it says HOST CODE and then click apply.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Winter Wonder TIEF

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I’ve been suffering with insomnia over the past few days but decided rather than thinking about all the things on my to do list, I’d design a card in my head. And this is more or less it. I hadn’t visualised the ribbon and the sentiment is a different shape, but the idea is there! My starting point was the Winter Wonder TIEF. I have to say that designing this was a very relaxing way of passing the time at 4am!

You can’t see it in the photo, but this is the shimmery white paper, so there’s a delicate sparkle to all of the white paper – including the tag since I needed it to match. I started with the dry embossing and then added a strip of the brand new real red 1/8 inch solid ribbon. I missed it on my preorder, somehow I just didn’t notice it in the catalog. It’s lovely ribbon with a good temperament. Next the sentiment from Star of Light stamped in real red and cut out with the layering ovals framelits dies. I added a scalloped mat in real red too. I popped these up and added a little bow so that the card looks just like a little gift. Which it really is.

This will be one of the cards that we make at my next Christmas card class on Monday September 18th. There are still some spaces if you are interested.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

Click on the buttons below to join my team, shop or learn how to earn free stamp sets and bundles. This month’s host code is NYY2SFWT. It’s also above the Shop Now tab in the menu on the left. Just copy and paste it or type it into the box at the bottom of your order where it says HOST CODE and then click apply.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Merry Patterns Host Promotion

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Wow! There’s an exciting new promotion that runs until the end of October and it’s all about free! Throughout September and October any order that is $300 or more will receive the Merry Patterns absolutely free on top of all the other Stampin’ Rewards. That’s a single customer order, or get together with a friend to reach the total (you’ll have to share the stamp set!) or host a workshop and earn it totally free. Do you want to earn it? I think you do. Here’s a video where Brandi from head office introduces it

And here’s a close up of the set – you can see that there are outlines images and filled in ones so you can have fun customising the look. And it’s a photopolymer set so it’s easy to see what you’re doing.

I don’t have my set yet – it’s only available to demonstrators for the same two months, but here are some samples from head office to show you how it all comes together.