Playful Alphabet Halloween Card
Welcome to Team Stamp It's monthly blog hop! Thanks for taking the time to join us. Today, we share Halloween- and fall-themed, handmade greetings cards and paper crafting projects. I hope you find inspiration as you visit each blog on the hop using the list at the end of this post. Be sure to leave a comment with the hashtag #stampitcontest. You could win a Lots of Happy Card Kit. My card features a host of products and a fun technique, most importantly the rubbing alcohol and Stampin' Blends technique. I love the results this technique produces. See this additional blog post for other examples of this. Rubbing Alcohol and Stampin' Blends...
Textures & Frames Hinge-Step Stamping
Be sure to take advantage of Stampin' Up!'s SaleABration promotion. Receive free, exclusive stamp sets, Designer Series Paper packs, and dies with minimum purchases. The sale ends September 30, 2021. That's about two weeks away. Who doesn't love free? A couple of the offerings coordinate with holiday and winter themes and stamp sets. While you may not be in the mood for holiday crafting now, this promotion offers the perfect opportunity for you to save money on your future crafting. For the last several months, I've been playing with all of the free offerings. I try to make as many cards (as time allows) with the sets, papers, and dies. The...
Counting Sheep Mirror Image
Stampin' Up!'s Stamparatus, a stamp positioning tool, makes stamping easier for a number of reasons. It helps you: get your images and sentiments straight, time after time; re-stamp an image if it's not dark enough; stamp repeat images evenly; and handle the stamping process smoothly, especially if you have arthritic or weak hands. And, it lends itself well to some fun techniques, including the mirror image technique. It's the technique that allows the two sheep to look at each other in the card above. I used that technique on today's card with one of the sheep stamps from Stampin' Up!'s Counting Sheep stamp set. This set and its...
Summer Shadows Dies Fun Fold
Stampin' Up!'s SaleABration sale continues one more month -- through September 30, 2021. Be sure to take advantage of the freebies while you can. Other choices include exclusive stamp sets and fun packages of Designer Series Paper. This card uses two items you can earn free with minimum purchases before tax and shipping: Be Dazzling Specialty Paper (free with $50 purchase) Summer Shadows Dies (free with $100 purchase). Coordinates with Shaded Summer stamp set from the Annual Catalog. Find them on page 75. Here's a post that shows a fun gift ensemble created with these dies. Summer Shadows Dies Fun Fold This card also uses a fun fold -- the...
Summer Shadows Dies Gifts
It's not a secret that Stampin' Up!s rubber stamps, ink, paper, and embellishments create beautiful, handmade greeting cards. But, I also love making gift packaging. I made this gift ensemble for my team member, Gina Caravetta, to recognize her for being able to attend BackStage@Home, Stampin' Up!'s leadership gathering. We attended virtually this last weekend, we received a host of tools to grow our teams and businesses and met other demonstrators from throughout the world. Summer Shadows Dies Gifts For this present, I used Stampin' Up!'s Summer Shadows Dies. Earn these dies free during the SaleABration promotion with an order of $100...
