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Thursday, November 18, 2021

Third Thursdays Blog Hop - Stamper's Choice!

Welcome once again to our Third Thursdays Blog Hop! This month our theme for the hop is Stamper's Choice! It's only me today, and I'm sharing a Mystery Stamping card I made the other day.
{you'll find Product Purchase Links for current items I've used, below the Blog Roll}

Please excuse the pile of stuff on my desk in the background - I got Covid and was trying to spend limited time touching stuff during my quarantine. This card was created during an activity for a recent event I attended, where I was emailed a list of some supplies to have on hand, then the host described how to stamp and assemble the pieces, and everyone's turned out differently!

Stampin' Supplies: Tidings & Trimmings BUNDLE (Tidings & Trimmings stamp set + Christmas Trimmings Dies, Basic White Cardstock, Soft Succulent Cardstock & Ink Pad, Crumb Cake Cardstock, Cherry Cobbler Ink Pad, VersaMark Ink Pad (or Crumb Cake Ink Pad for tone-on-tone stamping on card base), Tidings & Trimmings 6x6 DSP, Simply Elegant Trim Pack (gold trim), Champagne Rhinestones (or Holiday Rhinestones), Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Paper Trimmer, Grid Paper, Bone Folder, Stampin' Scrub & Stampin' Mist (to clean red rubber stamps). And don't forget to grab some Basic White Medium Envelopes for mailing your cards!

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NOVEMBER 2021 Third Thursdays Blog Roll:
Kimberley Morris YOU ARE HERE - IT'S JUST ME TODAY!

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

Tidings & Trimmings Bundle (English) [155716]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778]	Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953]	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083]	Tidings Of Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155718]
Simply Elegant Trim [155766]	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]
Bone Folder [102300]	Paper Snips [103579]	Stampin' Scrub [126200]	Stampin' Mist [153648]
Grid Paper [130148]	Paper Trimmer [152392]	Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236]

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2021 July-Dec Mini Catalog

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Friday, November 5, 2021

Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop - Snowflakes

Welcome to the NOVEMBER 2021 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 Snowflakes! I'm featuring the Penguin Place Stamp Set along with the Linen Specialty Paper. {you'll find all Product Purchase Links below the Blog Roll near the bottom of the post}

My card is pretty simple, my pain went away for like a day or two, so I thought it was gone...but I was wrong. It came back again, even worse. I've been trying anything I can to get it under control, so I wasn't able to stamp much. Right now it's a little more bearable, and I wanted to stamp something new, so this is what came together with the supplies close to my desk. It's another one of those Simple 3x4 DSP (Designer Series Paper) Layered Cards like I made on World Card Making Day, except I substituted a design of my own on the Linen Specialty Paper instead of using DSP. If you click on the link below, it will take you to a YouTube video detailing how those cards are assembled.

There are a couple of differences I want to point out on today's card. First, the Linen Specialty Paper that I used has an adhesive backing to it. When you peel that backing off and adhere that paper to your cardstock layer, the overhanging edges will have exposed adhesive on the back. You may choose to support those with a little scrap piece of cardstock underneath, or you could do as I did and just tap some powder on that sticky exposed part so it won't stick down to the card base. (I used our retired Embossing Buddy to do that)

The other difference I wanted to point out is the stamped line that looks like a hill. I used the Stamparatus to line this up super easily. I laid my card base down on the Stamparatus (you'll want to use the foam layer underneath your project since it is a photopolymer stamp), then laid my top layer on that without adhering it. Hold them in place with your magnet and stamp the hill where you want it. Then open the Stamparatus, remove the top layer - being careful not to move the card base at all - then reink your "hill" image and stamp again on just the card base. Once you are done, you will just line up the top layer over the hill that is stamped on the card base, and adhere that layer with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The final details that I think are worth pointing out, include the shaded background created with the Blending Brushes, and some subtle ink differences. I used only the Misty Moonlight Ink Pad for this project, including that shaded background. I also stamped one of the trees at full ink strength, and then stamped the one next to it without inking it back up, so it would be a little lighter and give the impression of depth in the scene. I only inked up the part of the greeting from the Penguin Place Stamp Set that I wanted to use, and then added some stamped off snowflakes to that little tag.

Stampin' Supplies: Penguin Place Stamp Set, Crumb Cake Cardstock, Misty Moonlight Cardstock & Ink, Linen Specialty Paper, Simply Elegant Trim (silver), Holiday Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Blender Brushes, Stamparatus, Simply Shammy (to clean photopolymer stamps), Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Grid Paper, Paper Trimmer. Don't forget Medium Basic White Envelopes if you want to mail your card! {see Product Purchase Links near the bottom of the post}

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Click the Next arrow below to see Marieke's SNOWFLAKE creations!
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Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop NOVEMBER 2021 Blog Roll
1. Amanda Farlinger
2. Tricia Butts
3. Kimberley Anne Morris YOU ARE HERE
4. Marieke Bart

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

Penguin Place Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156410]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953]	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118]	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081]
Linen 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [155681]	Simply Elegant Trim [155766]	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels [150457]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]
Blending Brushes [153611]	Stamparatus [146276]	Simply Shammy [147042]	Bone Folder [102300]
Paper Snips [103579]	Grid Paper [130148]	Paper Trimmer [152392]	Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236]

View or Download PDF of CURRENT Product Catalogs:

Stampin' Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalog

2021 July-Dec Mini Catalog
NOVEMBER Monthly Perks HOST Code: YJ7C4YHV
(if your order total in My Online Store equals or exceeds $150, please do NOT use my Monthly Perks Host Code...you will have earned Stampin' Rewards of your own!)

Monday, November 1, 2021

We Create Blog Hop - Gratitude & Thanks

Welcome to the NOVEMBER 2021 "Gratitude & Thanks" Blog Hop!!! We generally hop on the first day of every month, and this month the focus of our projects will be anything associated with Gratitude & Thanks.
{scroll to the bottom of this post for ALL product purchase links}

I was going to share a little treat container idea that I wasn't able to share for Halloween due to feeling awful, but I think I'm going to save that to post when I can get a quick video done for you. So, today's project is going to be what's called a Slimline Card.

This type of card is longer and narrower than the cards I usually make, and it's designed to fit in those good old #10 Envelopes that your mom or grandma probably have lying around their house from back in the day when people actually wrote and sent letters! Lol. I know I have a huge box full of those puppies that I bought years and years ago from a warehouse store. Stampin' Up! does not carry #10 Envelopes, so...seriously...ask your family if they have some to give you, and you might be helping them to declutter! The inside of my #10 Envelopes have a "security" lining printed inside, which I think is ugly, so I added some color to a piece of scrap copy paper and created my own liner.

I'm generally fairly conservative about decorating envelopes, especially if I'm going to mail them, because the envelope tends to get dirty, and even torn. But the #10 Envelopes are basically the only reason Slimline Cards came to be a "thing" so I'm going to decorate that darn thing! TIP: If you do decide to mail a decorated envelope, find a white/clear candle, and rub it over the entire surface of the decorated area, and the address, BEFORE you place a stamp on it. This will help at least seal it so the ink is not as likely to smear. You could always buy a spray fixative, but this will save you some bucks if you have candles lying around.

Stampin' Supplies: , Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Grid Paper.

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Click the image below to see what Tricia decided to make this month...

We Create Blog Hop November 2021 Blog Roll
Kimberley Morris YOU ARE HERE!
Tricia Butts
Cheryl Curtis
Tanya Harvey

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links: Coming Soon

View or Download PDF of CURRENT Product Catalogs:

Stampin' Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalog

2021 July-Dec Mini Catalog

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