procrastistamper: August 2022

Friday, August 5, 2022

Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop - Back to School

Welcome to the AUGUST 2022 Edition of the Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop! You'll see projects in our hop from Stampin' Up! demonstrators around the world--I'm in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Note: I can only sell to customers in the US, so prices are in USD)

We generally hop the first Friday of each month, and our theme for today is Back to School! For my project I am featuring the Bottled Happiness BUNDLE, along with a little personalization using the Alphabest Stamp Set. {you'll find all Product Purchase Links below the Blog Roll near the bottom of the post}

I kind of made this card up as I went along, so if I did it over again, I'd probably extend the Smokey Slate Cardstock across the whole front of the card. But since I had already adhered the sentiment on the front of the little flap at the left, and even adhered another piece to the back to give it a little more weight, I didn't want to take it apart. I adhered it with Multipurpose Liquid Glue, though, so I could have carefully warmed it up with my Heat Tool and gently pulled it away - just remember that trick if you make a boo boo. This trick works with our Stampin' Seal adhesive, too. Oh, and don't strain your eyes trying to read the labels on those two tall, skinny bottles I punched out with the Vintage Bottle Punch. I just scribbled some lines on those labels using my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.

Don't go getting the wrong idea about the inside of this card...I'm not suggesting teachers go to work drunk. It's just that my kids are wayyyyy out of school, so this is where my mind went with this month's theme! The Alphabest Stamp Set comes in a BUNDLE with a cute little tag sort of punch that each of the letters or symbols will fit into, but I only used the stamp set for this project. I put the solid "tag" image and the "outline" tag image on a block next to each other, and stamped them using the Soft Seafoam Ink Pad, onto the Soft Seafoam Cardstock of the card base, to look like a brick wall.

I did a little creative layering using Stampin' Dimensionals with the bottles, so the side of the chonky bottle to the left would hold down the flap, and the bottom corner of the skinny bottle all the way to the right would hold down the greeting. That way, the card stays closed until you're ready to spring the surprise! I think you might be able to see best on this last picture, where I dipped one of my Blender Pens in some ink I got from the lid of my Basic Gray Ink Pad, and dragged it along the top of the Smokey Slate Cardstock, so it would give it a bit of a shadow for some depth. And, you can see how I used the "Rock-n-Roll" technique to ink up the chonky bottle...I first inked up the image on my Balmy Blue Ink Pad, then stamped OFF once, then sort of rolled the outside edges of the bottle image onto the ink pad, and finally I stamped that on my Basic White Cardstock. That left the center part of the image lighter than the outline, and helped the greeting to stand out more.

Stampin' Supplies: Bottled Happiness BUNDLE (Bottled Happiness Stamp Set + Bottle Punch), Alphabest Stamp Set, Soft Seafoam Cardstock & Ink Pad, Smokey Slate Cardstock, Basic White Cardstock, Basic Gray Ink Pad, Blender Pens, Balmy Blue Ink Pad, Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. Adhesive-Backed Sequins & Gems, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Grid Paper, Paper Trimmer. And don't forget Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes, if you want to mail your card! {see Product Purchase Links under the Blog Roll}

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Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop AUGUST 2022 Blog Roll
1. Kimberley Morris YOU ARE HERE!
2. June Olsen
3. Tricia Butts
4. Marieke Bart
5. Jan Musselman

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

Bottled Happiness Bundle (English)	Alphabest Photopolymer Stamp Set	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad
Blender Pens	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker	Adhesive Backed Sequins & Gems	Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals	Simply Shammy	Bone Folder	Paper Snips
Grid Paper	Paper Trimmer	Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes

Coming SOON: AUGUST's PAPER PUMPKIN kit!!!

SIGN UP no later than 11:50pm MT on AUGUST 10th to get the "Sweet Sunflowers" Paper Pumpkin Kit! Kit includes all the supplies you'll need to make 9 cards (which foldover to 4-1/4"x5-1/2") with coordinating envelopes (4-1/2"x5-3/4"), 3 each of 3 designs. You'll get printed card bases and die-cut paper pieces with watercolor designs and images, and also more than enough adhesive to complete the projects. The kit will also include an all-occasion stamp set with words of gratitude, friendship, and greetings, as well as beautiful wildflower designed images.August's kit will include TWO mini ink pads (we usually only get 1), in Crushed Curry and Soft Suede.

PLUS, this month you get a FREE GIFT of Gold Foil Honeycomb Sheets to bling up your kit cards, or to use on other projects! Coordinating colors for this kit include: Blackberry Bliss, Evening Evergreen, Melon Mambo, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, and of course, Crushed Curry, and Soft Suede.

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Monday, August 1, 2022

We Create Blog Hop: Sale-a-Bration Coordination

Welcome to the AUGUST 2022 "Sale-a-Bration Coordination" Blog Hop!!! We generally hop on the first day of every month, and this month the focus will be projects that reflect or reference the coordination with Stampin' Up!'s 2022 July-Aug Sale-a-Bration products!. I'm featuring the Ringed with Nature BUNDLE, which coordinates with the Sale-a-Bration Rings of Love Designer Series Paper. You can get this paper FREE with an order of $50USD or more. Note: this paper is currently unavailable to choose, but is estimated to be back in stock on August 8th...so mark your calendar! UPDATE: This paper has been restocked early!!!
{scroll to the bottom of this post for ALL product purchase links}

This will probably be a longer post than usual, because I want to share a few things with you that made my supplies easier to use. First, I want to mention that wood is the traditional gift theme for the 5th wedding anniversary in the United States. And, while you can cut the tree rings with the dies in different colors of cardstock, I chose instead to make all the rings using Crumb Cake Cardstock, and then I used a Blending Brush with my Soft Suede Ink Pad to give the outer ring the bark color.

I love this patterned sheet from the Sale-a-Bration Rings of Love Designer Series Paper. There are so many great patterns in this package, but Orchid Oasis is my current favorite color, so that's probably why I love this one the most. I stamped three hearts from the Ringed with Nature Stamp Set using my Orchid Oasis Ink Pad, to bring in the anniversary theme a little more. And I'm not sure you can see it in this picture, but I tried to capture the glimmer from the Clear Wink of Stella I brushed over the hearts. I added three of the translucent/white embellishments from the Adhesive-Backed Seasonal Sequins near the greeting to add to the sparkly effect. I used my VersaMark Ink Pad to stamp the greeting, then used the white powder from the Basics Embossing Powder set, and melted that with the Heat Tool.

On the inside of the Orchid Oasis Cardstock card base, I stamped this sweet greeting using the Orchid Oasis Ink Pad. I thought it was a nice touch...although it's more of a signature line than a greeting.

The picture above shows how I like to mark my dies when I get them. I take an ultra fine Sharpie marker and draw around each die, so I will know where to put them back, and I can also see at a glance if I am missing any. If you use magnetic sheets, you could try using a white marker or pen to make these outlines. If you recycle your magnetic sheets for die sets, you'll want to look for some kind of marker or pen that can be wiped off with alcohol or something. I just like to keep mine in the original packaging, so the Sharpie marker works for me. Note: if you trace over places where there is adhesive on the die card, be sure you allow more time for that to dry before you start moving your dies off the card, so you don't smear the outline there.

I also wanted to show you how the Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder & Dies work. In the picture above, you can see I have the embossing folder open, and there is one big die with 5 ring outlines on it. You can run the embossing folder through your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine with this big die in it so that it will cut out the rings at the same time it embosses them. I discovered you can also run the inner ring dies through the embossing folder at the same time, however, it was really hard for me to see where the dies fit. I was thinking it would just be faster to cut the inner rings after embossing, and then I decided to mark where they went. I used a silver paint pen and colored in the space where the inner dies fit. You can see the paint pen rings in the pic above, and you can also see one of the inner ring dies in place.

I still had ONE more problem, though. The inner ring dies kept slipping out of place as I was moving the embossing folder over to the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. So, I took some of my Multipurpose Liquid Glue and dabbed a very light line around the flat side of each of the inner ring dies, and made sure to let the glue dry completely. Now when I put the dies in place inside the embossing folder, they stay put! It sure makes everything go much faster.

Stampin' Supplies: Ringed with Nature BUNDLE (includes Ringed with Nature stamp set + Tree Rings HYBRID Embossing Folder & Dies, Sale-a-Bration Rings of Love Designer Series Paper, Crumb Cake Cardstock, Orchid Oasis Cardstock & Ink Pad, VersaMark Ink Pad (to use with Basics White Embossing Powder, and Heat Tool), Soft Suede Ink Pad (with Blender Brushes for tree bark), Adhesive-Backed Seasonal Sequins, Clear Wink of Stella, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Bone Folder, Simply Shammy (to clean photopolymer stamps), Paper Snips, Grid Paper, Paper Trimmer, and Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine (to use the embossing folder & dies). And don't forget Basic White Medium Envelopes, if you want to mail your card! {see Product Purchase Links under the Blog Roll}

We Create Blog Hop June 2022 Blog Roll
Kimberley Morris YOU ARE HERE!
Tricia Butts
Cheryl Curtis
Libby Fens

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

Ringed With Nature Bundle (English)	Rings Of Love 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad
Orchid Oasis 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad	Versamark Pad	Basics Embossing Powders
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)	Blending Brushes	Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush
Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Stampin' Dimensionals	Bone Folder	Simply Shammy
Paper Snips	Grid Paper	Paper Trimmer	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

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2022 July-August SALE-A-BRATION Brochure

2022 July-December (HOLIDAY) Mini Catalog

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