more color mondays – calypso coral, boho blue and daffodil delight easy scrapbooking page

more color mondays – calypso coral, boho blue and daffodil delight easy scrapbooking page

I have always been drawn to our floral sets and this new Online Exclusives suite is no exception but what makes this even more exciting is that the Designer Series paper is fabulous and it comes with a coordinating set of Memories and More card pack that coordinates with the entire suite. Talk about super easy coordinating and card making and scrapbooking possibilities!
These Memories and More cards includes 50 double-sided printed cards for quick card fronts and pocket scrapbooks plus 4 sheets of stickers to embellish your projects.

* 50 total cards
* 3″ x 4″ (7.6 x 10.2 cm): 36 cards
* 4″ x 6″ (10.2 x 15.2 cm): 14 cards
* 4 sticker sheets: 2 each of 2 designs
* Acid free
* Lignin free

Product colors: Basic Black, Boho Blue, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Shy Shamrock

Preserve memories and make even more with the Mixed Media Florals Memories & More Card Pack. With gorgeous garden floral designs in a mixed-media style, you’ll find it hard to run out of ways to use these creative cards and stickers!

Measurements:
BASE: Calypso Coral CS: 8 1/2″ x 11″
Basic White CS: (2) 4″ x 5 1/4″ for flower stamps
and dies
Memories and More cards (2) 3″ x 4″ and (1)
4″ x 6″

I sorted through all the gorgeous offerings in the Mixed Media Florals Memories and More cards and chose three coordinating cards for my scrapbook page welcoming our newest family member our new niece!
I placed the three cards on an 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of Calypso Coral card stock and started arranging the pictures and cards I wanted to put into this page. I liked the framing details in the 4″ x 6″ card and grabbed a Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write marker and a ruler and added a hand drawn border to mimic the one in the card. I added an offset Basic Black Marker border around the Calypso Coral border. When I liked the layout I cut the photos down to size and started adhering the largest 4″ x 6″ Memories and More card to the top left-hand corner.
I wanted to add a couple of stamped and colored images to the middle of the page so I stamped the Tulip and Daisy stamps on the Basic WHite layers and colored with assorted Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers then die cut the images.
I tucked the stamped and die cut images under the central photo of the new baby and added journaling in a Boho Blue marker.
Easy scrapbooking pages are not the only uses for these great little cards but fast and easy card making also!
Here are some examples from the catalog and one card I made using the various coordinating Memories and More cards!
Grab a pack of these gorgeous cards and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp and one card at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

thoughtful journey and unbounded beauty memories and more cards

thoughtful journey and unbounded beauty memories and more cards

With this new catalog, Stampin’ Up has separated their products into three categories – step-by-step, quick and easy options and creativity your way! The step by step options feature quick paper crafting with full instructions in our kits collection choices and a subscription service called Paper Pumpkin delivering a full crafting experience in a box delivered to your door once a month!
The Quick and Easy options include our new Mix and Match products for easy craft coordination without a lot of time and space necessary! One of the quick and easy options is the Memories and More series which we are continuing with two gorgeous options: Thoughtful Journey and Unbounded Beauty.

These card packs come with two different sizes of double sided cards:
Thoughtful Journey Memories and More Card Pack (#163318) 28 Double-sided cards in 3″ x 4″ and 4″ x 6″ sizes. $11.50
and
Unbounded Beauty Memories and More card Pack (#163388) 28 Double-sided cards in 3″ x 4″ and 4″ x 6″ sizes. $11.50
These double sided cards fit perfectly onto the Basic White Assorted Memories and More Cards and Envelopes (#159234) $11.50
Add cards from Memories & More Card Packs to these card bases to simplify your cardmaking.
Use small card bases with 3″ x 4″ (7.6 x 10.2 cm) Memories & More cards. Use large card bases with 4″ x 6″ (10.2 x 15.2 cm) Memories & More cards. 20 total Memories & More card bases and 20 total envelopes: 10 small and 10 large.

Below is a photo of the Basic White Memories and More Cards and Envelopes.

Here are the Thoughtful Journey Memories and More Card Pack.
Here are the Unbounded Beauty Memories and More Card Pack.
The cards are super easy to put together.
Putting the small cards together with the small bases make beautiful quick and easy cards.
Placing one of the large memories and more cards on a card base is as easy as can be! I added just one die cut to the card to finish it off.
Another memories and more card using a large memory card and a large base card. Adding the larger die cut and popped up the sentiment piece over the die. Adding pearls to the sentiment piece finishes off this easy card.
Using two small memories cards creates another totally different look.
Another card using one large and one small pre-printed memories cards to finish this card.
The Unbounded Beauty is the second set available. These cards were created with this set. The next photo used the small cards on the small bases.
The last two cards used the large printed memories and more cards on the large bases.
First one used just one card , the second used a small card and one large card.
These are great cards, easy and quick and beautiful!

Try some cards with these Memories and More card packs. Go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time.

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Open House today 1-3 pm  -join us for some papercrafting fun!

Open House today 1-3 pm -join us for some papercrafting fun!

Super excited to be able to share the new Annual Catalog with everyone today. Honestly this is one of the best catalogs I can remember – it is a little smaller but looks more like a crafting magazine with all the tips and tricks you could hope for!

From 1-3 pm today at my home, I will be hosting a New Annual Catalog Open house – the last one we had so much fun I had to kick some of you out at the end LOL!!

Just putting the finishing touches on everything and I have the cookies in the oven! See you this afternoon – get ready for so many new samples and products! Prize drawings and a few make-n-take projects as well! Come visit with other crafters and have some fun!

Message me if you need directions or any other information!

There will be an entire section of retired products for sale.
Below are just a sampling of the items that will be for sale
All Die Bundles will be $25
and $35 and $40 for the hybrid and double bundles (prices as marked)
All Single Punch Bundles $20
Stamp sets $10 and $15 (priced as marked)
Punches $10
Embossing Folders $5 or priced as marked
I’ll have my famous chocolate chip cookies and other treats and we will have several FREE make-n-take projects to do!

There will be loads of samples of some of the new Designer Series Paper and sign-ups for upcoming classes and paper shares!

Join me from 1-3pm and see a bunch of new products and fun ideas!

Hope to see you soon!

Natalie

Here are some of the before pictures of today’s set up!
The Upcoming Kit Together on May 20th from 1-3pm sign ups and samples of the two projects available to do – I still have a few spots open!
New catalogs!!
The new catalog has a new Mix and Match section for the easiest card making yet for those that are time challenged!
New Paper Pumpkin and Kits Collection samples and displays!
New stamp sets and bundles, samples and displays of new DSP!
So much fun – hope to see you at the next one!
Congratulations to Gail and Betsy – door prize winners!
upcoming october memories and more card class

upcoming october memories and more card class

Last week during the weekly deals these memories and more cards and envelopes and the memories and more card pack were on sale- hopefully you are checking out the September Weekly deals to save additional money on selected products! In October I will be having a beginner card class with the Texture Chic Memories and More cards and envelope pack (#159202) featuring 20 pre-printed cards and 20 coordinating pre-printed envelopes and the Texture Chic Memories and More pack that contains pre-printed double sided cards in 3″ x 4″ sizes and 4″ x 6″ sizes as well as coordinating sticker sheets! Folks this is the easiest way to create homemade cards! Even not on sale this week they are a bargain!
Below are samples of some of the cards we will be making in my on line class in person and virtually – let me know if you want a spot!
The first three pictures are overview shots of the supplies you get in the paper packs!
Each group of two pictures below is a photo of the same card the first one only using the supplies contained in the card kits and the second photo steps the card up a notch with some Chic Dies (#158815) that coordinate with the card and some Iridescent Pearls (#158987)

This green Love card features a 4″ x 6″ card adhered to the Memories and More Card with Envelope and adds a sticker embellishment to the bottom in the first picture and in the second photo I kicked it up a notch with Leaf and Flower Chic Dies to give the card a little depth and dimension!

This card set features 2 – 3″ x 4″ cards these are the same card one side is the back and the other card is the front – they coordinate so easily! I adhered them in opposite directions and added a gold leaf sticker in the first basic photo. The second card adds Iridescent Pearls and a couple of dies!
The next card set featured one 4″x 6″ card and a coordinating 3″ x 4″ card on top. I added a sticker in the bottom center to the basic card and Pearls and two seashell dies to the stepped up card in photo two!
In the next two photos I again took two identical 3″ x 4″ cards and one coordinating 4″ x 6″ card. For the 3″ x 4″ cards I used one back and one front side I cut one card in 1 3/4″ diagonal strips and adhered them atop the 4″ x 6″ card for the basic card and added a sticker. For the stepped up card in the second photo I added a leaf die.
For the next card set I used two different 3″ x 4″ cards and offset them in different directions on the base card I added 3 sticker on the right side card on the basic example and added pearls and a seashell die to the stepped up version!
This card set I added two 3″ x 4″ cards angled vertically on the card base and added a flower sticker diagonally to the top card on the basic version and added pearls and two flower dies to coordinate on the stepped up card!
On my last sample duo I used two different colored 3″ x 4″ cards offset on a diagonal in a horizontal position – I love this sentiment “Thankful for this wonderfully ordinary day!”
How delightful our lives would be if we all stopped to be thankful for the extraordinary in the ordinary!
The basic version got a sticker and the stepped up version two flower dies and pearls! It is so easy to make these cards and to step them up!
Create some art of your own today and seek out the extraordinary in your ordinary lives!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie

want to create a beautiful fast and easy card?

want to create a beautiful fast and easy card?

SIMPLE!! That is what you get with the pre-printed Hand-Penned Memories and more Cards and Envelopes Pack (#155501)! Not only are they a gorgeous starting point but they are at an affordable price point as well – you get 20 cards and 20 coordinating envelopes for only $10.00 – that is only $.50 per card/envelope combo. Add a little bit of DSP and a sentiment and an embellishment and voila gorgeous card in no time flat!
The 20 cards are made with sturdy cardstock scored oversized cards of 6 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ with beautifully printed coordinating envelopes.
I used a 3″ x 4″ piece of the Hand-penned Designer Series Paper (#155499) which means one sheet of 12 x 12 piece will yield 16 pieces of 3″ x 4″ pieces! I die cut the outline die of the flower grouping from the Penned Flowers dies (#155557) and the larger single flower and placed them on the outside edges of the DSP.
I tied a knotted ribbon in Open Weave Soft Succulent ribbon (#155780) around the middle of the card.
I cut the smallest rectangular die from the Scalloped Contours Die set (#155560) and used the Biggest Wish stamp set for the sentiment (#155052) in Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708).
I added the genial gems to the sentiment focal piece to finish the card off with a little sparkle!

Hope this inspired you to go out and create art one stamp at a time using the easy and fast Memories and More cards and Envelopes!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie