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Stampin' Up! All in the Family New Baby Card Idea by Stampin' Smiles

Do you have any new baby stamp sets?  No matter how young or old you are, there is always someone you know who is having a baby.  Having a stamp set on hand to be ready to make a birthday card is something all card makers should have on hand.

All in the Family Stampin' Up! stamp set is great for baby cards and so much more!  Isn't it great to have a versatile stamp set?  The images are pictured further down in the post.

My new baby card is fast, yet fabulous.  What new mom wouldn't say "awww" when she got this card?

The embossed polka dot bottom of the card added texture and dressed the simple card up a bit.  I just cannot get enough of my Sizzix Big Shot!  Adding texture or a die-cut is so fast and easy.  In this busy world, fast & fabulous is a must!

Speaking of fast, having a nice assortment of punches on hand is also a great time saver.  My baby card uses four different punches.  That is not at all unusual.  On this card, I especially liked how using the Scallop Trim Border Punch coordinated with the Scallop Circle Punch and gave a decorative edge to an otherwise blunt layer.

As in any trade, having the proper tools are important to a job well done.  That our "work" is fun is completely beside the point. 

Oh, in a post a week or so ago I wondered what I was going to do without my Blush Blossom for flesh tones.  No worries!  Stampin' Up! will continue to carry the Blush Blossom Stampin' Write Marker.  Yeah! 

My card stock sizes and colors are

Barely Banana (retiring):  5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scrap piece for punching 1-3/8" circle

Sage Shadow (retiring):  2-1/2" x 4-1/4" and scrap piece for punch scallop circle

Whisper White:  1/2" x 4-1/4" for punching scallop border and scrap piece for stamping and punching 1-1/4" circle

The stamping supplies you will need to duplicate my card:

 

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Stampin' Smiles Aged Brayer Backgroud Video Tutorial with Stampin' Up! Vintage Vogue Stamp Set

Do you ever flex your creative muscle and just play around to see if you can discover a new technique?  Wanting a card using the brayer, and not wanting to do the same ol' same ol' stuff I have been doing for years, I tried something different.  Watch my video tutorial to see my incredibly easy and fun technique.

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Stampin' Up! Flower Fancy Sympathy Card Idea by Stampin' Smiles

Only two more days to order Flower Fancy stamp set at a 20% discount! 

Flower Fancy is one of the four stamp sets on sale during the Two-Step into Spring promotion.  Hurry to take advantage of the savings and order online now on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net because the sale ends on April 30, 2010! 

The Mellow Moss and Lavender Lace are a pretty combination.  Both of these colors are retiring in June 2010.  What a soft combination perfect for a sympathy card. 

Texture is one of my favorite ways to dress up a simple card.  The background texture was made with my Sizzix Big Shot and Stampin' Up! Perfect Details Texturz Plates.  Adding a textured background with the Big Shot is quick and easy with stunning results.  It just doesn't get any better than that!

My card stock colors and dimensions are

Lavender Lace:  4-1/4" x 11"

Mellow Moss: 2-1/4" x 4-1/4"

Whisper White:  3" circle - I made mine with the Circle Scissor Plus.  Watch a Circle Scissor Plus video tutorial.

The stamping supplies you will need to duplicate my card:

 

Like the Flower Fancy stamp set?  Place your online order now on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!  

New to online ordering?  Follow the link for step-by-step directions and screen shots on how to place an online order for Stampin' Up! products with Stampin' Smiles. 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Stampin' Up! Awash with Flowers Sympathy Card Idea by Stampin' Smiles

Did you notice the Sending Love Notes Kisses in the Occasions Mini Catalog?  They would be very easy to overlook.  They are the pretty decorative Whisper White rectangle used on my Awash with Flowers sympathy card.  Isn't is the shape pretty?

 

You get 20 of the pretty Kisses Sending Love Notes for only $3.95.  But, they are only available until April 30, 2010!  Want a perfectly sized envelope for your Kisses Love Note?  You will be styling with the Small Square Glassine Envelopes.  There are also 20 in a package.  Again, the glassine envelopes are also only available during the Occasions Mini Catalog sales period which ends Friday, April, 30, 2010.

Now that we have talked all about the pretty Whisper White rectangle, let's move on the flower.  My flower and stem is from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog sneak peek stamp set Awash with Flowers, images of set pictured below).

Have I mentioned a couple of items are only available until April 30?  Well, the sneak peek purchase of this pretty set, Awash with Flowers, ends April 30 too.  It will be available starting in July, but who wants to wait until then?  Awash with Flowers is available in wood or clear mount. 

Do you like the colors of this sympathy card?  Can you guess?  The Apricot Appeal card stock, stamp pad and grosgrain ribbon I used is retiring.  All the retiring colors are guaranteed only until May 30, 2010.  Starting June 1, 2010, they will be available while supplies last only.

Need another reason to order in April?  Stampin' Smiles is having a Retiring Colors Stock Up Sale in April.  Order any retiring stamp pad, markers, solid packs of card stock, ribbon or ink refills in any of the retiring colors and receive a 5% discount!   

The stamping supplies you will need to duplicate my card:

 

Take advantage of the Stampin' Smiles April Favorite Retiring Colors Stock Up Sale by placing your online order now on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!

New to online ordering?  Follow the link for step-by-step directions and screen shots on how to place an online order for Stampin' Up! products with Stampin' Smiles. 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Stampin' Up! Awash with Flowers May CD Calendar Idea by Stampin' Smiles

The 2010-2011 Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog sneak peek stamp set Awash with Flowers (images pictured below) is a very fun, versatile two-step flower stamp set.  Loaded with flowers and possibilities! 

But, Awash with flowers is only available during April 2010 or wait, wait, wait until July 1 when the new Idea Book & Catalog is released.  Who wants to wait until then?  Flowers are blooming all over.  Let your paper projects bloom with the Awash with Flowers stamp set by ordering online now on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!

 

My bright and cheery May CD calendar was hand-stamped with the Awash with Flowers stamp set.  It was two-stepping fun and fast.  I used the same color ink, Pink Passion, for the outline and fill flower images. 

But, it looks like I used two different colors.  I stamped the outline image first, then inked my fill image, stamped once on scrap paper, and then filled in my outline flower.  This technique is called stamping off.  You "stamp off" a bit of the color before using the inked stamp on your project.  Don't you love the two-tone effect from one color?

Stamping off is guaranteed to give you two colors that coordinate.  And, it it eliminates accidentally stamping in the wrong color ink pad (our stamping hand sometimes go like wildfire!).

The splattered speckles of green were made with my Color Spritzer Tool.  My calendar needed that little something extra I talk quite often about, and the Glorious Green splatter just the look I wanted.

The Color Spritzer Tool is very cool!  Use it with any Stampin' Write Marker to add a touch of splattered color to your paper projects.  It will make you feel like a kid again!

My card stock and dimensions are

Pink Passion:  4-5/8" x 5-1/2" and 2-1/2" x 2-3/4"

Whisper White:  4-3/8" x 5-1/4" and 2" x 2-1/2"

The stamping supplies you will need to duplicate my Awash with Flowers CD calendar:

Order Awash with Flowers in wood mount or clear mount online now by following the link to my online ordering website www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net now!

New to online ordering?  Follow the link for step-by-step directions and screen shots on how to place an online order for Stampin' Up! products with Stampin' Smiles.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Stampin' Up! Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper "Mom & Me" Personal Journals: Decorated Pages

Last week I promised to take pictures of some of the pages the high school students have decorated in their Mom & Me Journals.

Pictured here is a quick reminder of what the journals look like.  Follow the link to learn more about and order a Mom & Me Personal Journal  http://www.stampinsmiles.com/2010/04/stampin-up-cottage-wall-designer-series-paper-to-make-mom-me-books-great-gift-for-mothers-day-or-any.html.

I selected some stamp sets, ink pads, punches and Sizzix dies that coordinate with the pretty Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper.  The complete list of stamping supplies are listed at the bottom of this post.  Have a look at what these talented high school students designed.

 

 

Thinking about making the Mom & Me Journals but would like to be able to print your own pages?  But, do not have the time or desire to mess with the format for all the pages?  And, to come up with the ten questions for the teen and mother and the personal profiles?  Now you can purchase just my Word files and save yourself tons of work and time! 

With the pages in Word, you can do any editing you would like as well!  For one teen in the group, I had to change it from Mom to Grandma.  Once the work of the setting up each of the pages to print front and back with the questions in the proper order for both sides printing, it was an easy change!

Print the pages on the card stock color of your choice!  Decorate with the stamping products of your choice!

Save yourself hours and hours of formatting!  Purchase my journal pages in Word sent via email for only $9.95!  Use the Buy Now button to order the Mom & Me Personal Journal Pages now! 

                                      

The Word files will be emailed upon notification of payment.

Here are the stamping products used to create and decorate the Mom & Me Personal Journals:

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Stampin' Up! Fifth Avenue Floral 12" x 12" Scrapbook Pages by Stampin' Smiles

Did you know Fifth Avenue Floral is on sale in April?  I liked this set immediately and was especially tickled when I received from a friend as a birthday gift.   You could say I was tickled pink.

 

Speaking of pink, how do you like my shades of pink and black?  I started with the 12" x 12" Pink Passion card stock.  My first attempt at my scrapbook pages was stamping the roses in Basic Black on White Naturals card stock and watercoloring them in Pink Passion.  Then I thought it would look so bold and vibrant if I stamped the rose in Basic Black on the Pink Passion card stock.  Loved it!  I also knew because I wanted to cut the flowers out too; it probably saved my scrapbookers from turning into a lynch mob!  Always a great bonus. :)

I needed another color to display my pretty, Pink Passion flowers against.  Pink and black is such a pretty combination.  From there I came up with the idea to do gradient colors of black.  So, the black scheme is Basic Black, Basic Gray and Going Gray.

While on the thoughts of gradient colors of black, why not the pinks too?  My pinks are Pink Passion, Pixie Pink and Pretty in Pink.   It is so much fun to see how one stamp set and one color can lead to such a colorful and pretty project.  I have the greatest job!

How about those great letters for my title snuggled in with all those flowers?  I used my beloved Big Shot (huge time saver!) and my new Stampin' Up! Billboard Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die.  Both upper and lower case alphabets on one die for only $21.95!  Time and money savings all in one!  

While I had my Sizzix Big Shot out, my photo mat on the first page needed something to showcase it.  Out came the lovely Bigz Top Note die.  A lovely die for lovely flowers.  Just part of it sticking out to give the photo mat that little something extra.

My card stock color and sizes are

Pink Passion:  (2) 12" x 12" and 8-1/2" x 11" to stamp and cut out six flowers

Pixie Pink:  (4) 4-1/4" x 6-1/4" for photo mats; scrap to stamp and cut four flowers

Pretty in Pink:  scrap to stamp and cut four flowers

Basic Black: (2) 1" x 12", (3) 2" x 12" for die-cut letters and 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" for Sizzix Top Note Bigz die-cut

Basic Gray:  (2) 2" x 12"

Going Gray:  (2) 4" x 12"

The stamping supplies you will need to duplicate my projects:

Order Fifth Avenue Floral now and save 20% off the regular price!  Place your online order by following the link to my online ordering website www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net. 

New to online ordering?  Follow the link for step-by-step directions and screen shots on how to place an online order for Stampin' Up! products with Stampin' Smiles.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Stampin' Smiles,

www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net to order Stampin' Up! products 24/7!

 

Stampin' Up! 48 Exclusive Colors + Neutrals Card Stock Sampler Book by Stampin' Smiles

Price Reduced!

   

Do you find yourself wondering what colors will look like together?  Are you tired of jumping up and down to get sheet after sheet of card stock to try different color combinations?  No need with the Card Stock Sampler!

The Card Stock Sampler has three sections with all 48 exclusive Stampin' Up! colors and the neutrals.  You can try different color combinations all day long!  The 1-1/4" spiral coil makes flipping through the colors a breeze with the 360 degree rotation it provides.

The card stock colors are in the same order as you will find them displayed in the Stampin’ Up! 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog.  This feature allows you to quickly find your choice of colors.  The color name and family is printed on each piece!  No guessing games of the color you are looking at.

The Color Coach is a great tool, but the Card Stock Sampler is its best friend!  Just flip to the color combinations suggested by the Color Coach.   You will also discover great new color combinations flipping through your Card Stock Sampler Book. 

You can own a Card Stock Sampler Book for not $29.95 but only $19.95 (save $10!) plus $4.95 for Priority Mail shipping!

Card Stock Sampler Books are ready to ship!  Click on the Buy Now button to purchase one today!

 

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