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Bookcase Builder

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I decided to use my Bookcase Builder set for it’s primary suggested use – lots of stuff on bookshelves and then I had a really fun time adding lots of the different items to my shelving.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Bookcase Builder

I first selected my colour scheme – pear pizzazz, tempting turquoise and rich razzleberry – stamped a shelf in each and then started filling them up with stuff. It’s almost a little too realistic – you put up shelves and they are full almost before you know where you are! Since I had so much stuff on the shelves, it was easy to decide on a sentiment – there’s a perfect one in the Bookcase Builder set. I cut a piece of rich razzleberry at 4 inches by 5 1/4 with the piece of whisper white at 1/8 smaller to produced a tiny mat. Then I added this to the tempting turquoise card base. It was a lot of fun to make and it would be easy to make a stack of them, all different.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to enter the raffle for a chance to win your very own Bookcase Builder stamp set for free; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is Y3JVQ4Q7 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get an entry into the raffle). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, including this month’s raffle, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Bookcase Builder for a girl!

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I set out to make a card to welcome the baby boy that one of my coworkers is having in May. I was playing around with the little stamps in the Bookcase Builder set and somehow ended up with another card for a girl! Maybe I’ll take a break from baby cards for a bit – the set certainly isn’t only for baby cards.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Bookcase Builder - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

I stamped some of the little stamps in various subtles colours and cut them out using the smallest square from the Stitched Shapes framelits dies. I then just arranged three of them until I liked the look ending up with blushing bride, so saffron and pear pizzazz which is how the card ended up for a girl again. So I went with it and stamped the sentiment from the same set (I love the typeface)  in blushing bride to match.

I popped up the little squares with stampin’ dimensionals which made it harder to line everything up. I used my grid paper and a couple of rulers to ensure I got the duck in the centre and then added the squares to the left and right. But although I had my rulers, it’s hard to line up because the dimensionals mean that the edges are higher than your rulers!

Don’t forget that I’m offering Bookcase Builder as a raffle prize this month – every order in February using the workshop code below gets entered into the raffle.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to enter the raffle for a chance to win your very own Bookcase Builder stamp set for free; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is Y3JVQ4Q7 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get an entry into the raffle). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For all the details on my Customer Loyalty program, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, including this month’s raffle, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Bookcase Builder

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Here’s a card using the bookcase builder set to make shelving, but just a little shelf. It’s also showcasing the new emerald envy 1/8 inch taffeta ribbon which is so easy going.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Bookcase Builder

I wanted to leave enough space for one of the great sentiments in the set and that meant having less as the focal point. A little shelf with a space on the left for a bow was the perfect answer. The shelf is archival basic black and the books and teddy bear are in emerald envy, dapper denim and delightful dijon. Once I’d stamped those and trimmed down the whisper white, I cut a piece of basic black as the mat. Next was the sentiment which I actually embossed in white but rather than using versamark, I used the craft white ink. Not only does heat embossing dry the rather juicy ink, I get much better coverage with the embossing powder because it’s so juicy. I popped the panel up with dimensionals and then added the emerald envy ribbon bow with a glue dot.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project, having such a large border of emerald envy reminds me again what a great colour it is! I’m already into the “oh my, in colours are retiring in 3.5 months” which has me looking more at all the in colors. So you’re likely to see more of the in colors coming up, especially the ones actually retiring this year – I’m really going to miss mint macaron and delightful dijon. How about you? Which ones are you going to miss?

Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to enter the raffle for a chance to win your very own Bookcase Builder stamp set for free; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is Y3JVQ4Q7 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get an entry into the raffle). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For all the details on my Customer Loyalty program, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Bookcase Builder

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As I mentioned when I introduced my giveaway this month, I’m going to be showcasing the Bookcase Builder set. There are a couple of colleagues at work whose wives are expecting babies in May and for once, I’m trying to be prepared! Neither knows what they are having, so I need two of each type of card.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Bookcase Builder - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

This was a fun card to make – just enjoy making your own DSP. I used only the ABC blocks image and dapper denim and randomly stamped onto a piece of very vanilla ensuring that some were off the edges of the card. Then I trimmed down my “usual” size piece of 5 1/4 by 4 inches by 1/4 inch so that I could add a skinny mat of delightful dijon before adding that to the dapper denim base. It’s not quite a traditional pale blue baby card, but unmistakenly a baby card – especially with the congratulations stamped inside and another teddy bear. The typeface of the sentiments in Bookcase Builder is especially beautiful in my opinion.

To finish off the card, I stamped the delightful dijon teddy bear onto very vanilla, cut it out with my favourite stitched shapes dies and then popped it up with dimensionals.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Bookcase Builder - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to enter the raffle; the current one is Y3JVQ4Q7 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get an entry into the raffle). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For all the details on my Customer Loyalty program, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Bookcase Builder

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We’ve just had five people promoted at work and I therefore need a few more congratulations cards! I pulled out the Bookcase Builder stamp set with the really gorgeous sentiment  – I love the typeface. And then there are all the fun items to put on the shelves.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Bookcase Builder

After a few test runs, I got the shelf and sentiment placement where I wanted them – and stamped in early espresso – and stamped the trophy in delightful dijon and then the wine carafe. And then I realised why the top of the carafe was flat. It isn’t a carafe, it’s a lamp. Oops! I showed my brother and told him that I was puzzled why the top of the carafe was flat and he said he thought it was awesome – it would stop it rolling around the table like ours do since they don’t have flat tops. He laughed and laughed when I showed him that it was actually a lamp. Although he prefers it as a carafe! But I started again and this time got my pear pizzazz lamp the right way up and moved onto the plant. The bottles and teddy bear filled up the lower shelf and then it was a question of matting the piece of whisper white. I continued the early espresso colour with a really slim mat (just 1/8 inch larger) and put that onto a delightful dijon cardbase. One down and a few to go – I’ll check my stash for a supply so that I can get these out in a timely fashion – or maybe I’ll make more like this but using different items on the shelves; I’ve only used about a quarter of the shelf items in bookcase builder so far. Either way, It’s so fun to celebrate promotions with a handmade card.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free handmade cards; the current one is PNF6CKRH (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz