Sunday afternoon creating.  A smaller group than normal but just as much laughing and chatting.

Weekly Sales Event

 Be sure to hop onto the Stampin' Up website to view the weekly deals that are going on through the month of September.  We are now on week #2.  I see this as a welcoming in of the fall and letting go of the summer.  Just a reminder that once they are gone, they are gone!

September Only Specials

 The dies to these popular stamp sets are only available in September and ONLY while supplies last.  They are also now available as Bundle offerings at a 10% discount.  

Easy Garden Birdhouses Flap Card

Basic Ingredients:

Stamp Set:

Garden Birdhouse #155090

Cardstock:

Starry Sky #159263. 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 - 2@ 3 7/8 x 2 3/8

Thick Basic White #159229. 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 - 2@ 3 3/4 x 2 1/4

DSP:

In Color Assortment  #159253  4 1/2 x 1 3/4

Ink:

Starry Sky  #159212

Blends:

Old Olive. #154892

Pumpkin Pie. #154897

Calypso Coral. #154881

Real Red. #154899

Granny Apple Green. # 154885

Balmy Blue. #154830

Multi Purpose Liquid Glue. # 110755

Instructions:

~glue the DSP strip 1 1/2 inches from the left side of the Thick Basic White

~glue onto the Starry Sky base

~stamp the birdhouse on the left side of the Thick Basic White and color

~add the flowers to the bottom - color

~stamp the branch - add the bird - stamp the "hello" in Starry Sky onto the Thick Basic White

~glue the Thick Basic White onto the Starry Sky cardstock

~glue these two onto the DSP strip about 1 1/4 down from the top

~open the card up and match up the inside piece with the stamped branch image

~put glue on the back of the of the Starry Sky cardstock and carefully bring it closed and line up directly under the top layer.

~stamp words and a small leaf and flower on the inside

 

It's all about the Kits!

These are only two of the kits that Stampin' Up currently offers.  Too often we get caught up in the catalogs both the Annual and the Mini, and these all inclusive kits get overlooked.  Kits are perfect for taking along on vacations where you can create without having to preplan anything  Yes, everything you need is in one box ready to go.  The difference between kits and Paper Pumpkin is PP is a monthly offering where you can sign up for 3 months, 6 months or a year subscription  Kits are shown in the catalog and are frequently updated on social media sites.

  

 

Over the River and Through the Woods

Basic Ingredients:

 

Stamp Set (s):

Christmas Barn Bundle. #159749

Snowman Magic Bundle. #159818

Cardstock:

Thick Basic White #159229.  8 1/2x5 1/2 score at 4 1/4

Basic White. #159276  5 x 3/3/4

Shimmery White. #101910. 3 3/8 x 4 5/8

DSP:

Painted Christmas. #156292

Ink:

Pear Pizzazz. #147104

Soft Suede. #147115

Memento Black. #132708

 

Dies:

Stitched Rectangle  #151820

Blends:

Smokey Slate. #154904

Crumb Cake. #154882

Real Red. #154899

Granny Apple Green. #154885

Balmy Blue. #154830

Adhesive Strips. #141825

Dimensionals. #104430

Multi Purpose Liquid Glue. #110755

Instructions:

~cut Thick Basic White 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 score @ 4 1/4

~using the largest and the 3rd largest rectangle cut out the frame from the DSP

~use the snowflake die from the SnowMan bundle and but the snowflake border

~stamp trees from the Christmas Barn stamp set in Pear Pizzazz and cut 6 

~stamp in memento the horse and sleigh and color with the blends

~stamp and cut fence in Soft Suede

~glue trees onto the Thick Basic White

~add the fence and horse and sleigh

~using adhesive strips place on the DSP and center on the Thick Basic White card base

~glue the snowflake border on the DSP

~stamp the saying on a 1/2 x 4 inch strip of Shimmery White

~using Stampin' dimensionals to raise the saying

~stamp a tree on the inside to complete the card

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Mountain Air Card using Blender Pens on Vellum for Sunrises and Sunsets

Basic Ingredients:

Stamp Sets: 

     Mountain Air   #151610

     Majestic Mountain Dies #151608

     Natures Harvest #156495

Cardstock: 

     Basic Gray #121044 --8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 /14

     Basic White #159276--5 1/4 x4 (2) and 5 x3 3/4 (1)

     Pacific Point #111350--1 1/4 x 3 1/4

     Basic Black #121045-- 1/4 x 3 1/4

     In Good Taste #152494--5 3/4 x 3/4

Ink:

     Craft Stampin' white pad-- #147277

      White Refill--#101780

      Memento Tuxedo Black #132708

Vellum #101856--4 x 3 1/4

Evergreen Forest 3D #153576

Heat Tool #129053

Stampin Emboss Powders (white) #155554

Blends:

     Night of Navy #154891

     Daffodil Delight #154883

     Real Red #154899

     Shaded Spruce #154903

Water Painters #151258--91% Rubbing Alcohol

Linen Thread #104199

Stampin' Dimensionals #104430

Multipurpose Glue #110755

Basic Instructions:

~ adhere one 5 1/4 Basic White onto card base and the other inside the card

~emboss the 5 x 3 3/4 Basic White with the Everygreen Forest 3D folder/adhere to the Basic White layer

~using the blender pens randomly put color onto the vellum that mimics a sunrise or sunset

      ~ fill the water painter with 91% alcohol and move the color around blending into each other

       ~cut the vellum into 3 sections -- I did 1 1/2, and 2- 1 inch, adhere to emboss layer

~cut one black tree and adhere on the left side

~stamp the mountains and heat emboss using white emboss powder/cut using mountain die

~adhere the strip from In Good Taste DSP onto the vellum

~pop up the cut mountains with dimensionals

~stamp and heat emboss words with white emboss powder

~make a bow and adhere behind the words

~stamp one or two trees on the inside in black Memento Tuxedo Black