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Multipurpose Sheets are a Great Addition to our Samping Supplies

Welcome to the new Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets located in the 2017-2018 Stampin’ Up! Creativity Your Way Annual Catalog (page 203, item #144106). These wonderful sheet easily adhere shapes you cut with your Big Shot and dies.

You get 12 sheets sized 6” x 12” in the package. This is a great addition to the Stampin’ Up! line of adhesives. It has great adhesive power and is very versatile in how it can be used. Have you ever tried to stick thin words or letters on your projects or cards and ended up with a mess of oozing glue? If you apply the adhesive sheet to the paper before you die cut them, there is no problem getting them to stick.

Here’s how it works: Apply the adhesive sheet to the backside of DSP or to cardstock that you want to use as a die cut by peeling off one side of the adhesive sheet. Run the DSP or cardstock thru the Big Shot using your preferred die, then peel off the backside of the adhesive sheet and adhere to your project or card. Just make sure you have the words or letters placed such that the letters will not be cut backwards.
In this sample, I cut a 4” x 4” multipurpose adhesive sheet and then applied the adhesive sheet to a piece of 4” x 4” Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock. I used the Happy Birthday Thinlit Die (#143700) to make the diecut. Peeled off the backing and pressed it onto the scallop circle, easy peasy!

So easy, give them a try.  You can order yours at my Stampersjoy site by just clicking on Shop Now.

 

Animals can be a challenge!

I received a challenge today to talk to you about animals.  I am a strong supporter of treating animals with love and care.  It breaks my heart when I see or hear about an animal being abused.  The Advocates Saving Adoptable Pets is a passion of mine.  My stamping friends and I have done fund raisers to help them meet medical bills for these poor homeless animals.  I challenge you to check with your local groups and see how you can use your talents with stamping to help.  We were able to raise four thousand dollars in one day with an all day stamping event.  Tickets were sold and everyone had a wonderful time.  We also had a silent auction of items people in the community gave us, sold ready made cards, as well as a huge bake sale.

Stampin'Up has really introduced some cute animal sets in the new catalog, and you will see more in the upcoming Holiday Mini.  I recently took part in a swap and the "This Little Piggy" had some adorable made using this set.

  This card was made by Beth Schreiber.  That little piggy makes everyone smile.

  This card was made by the talented Kim Innis

 This is another card made by a talented Stampin'Up Demonstrator but I can not find her name.  This is a spinner card and the piggy moves through the air.  I hate it that I do not have the name of the creator.

This is one of the great things about being a Independent Stampin'Up Demonstrator.  We are like a big family and demonstrators from around the world share their work.

Please check in your community and see how you can help save the lives of adoptable pets.  Yes, at the ASAP, we have gotten little pop belly pigs as well as horses and other creatures.  We have been able to turn our animal shelter in to a "No Kill" shelter saving hundreds of lives of these little babies.  See how you can use your stamping to help in your community.  Share with us you success stories.

Happy Stamping, Joyce

Wonderful Planner to make a for gifts.

Love Today Planner Kit by Stampin’ Up!

Have you seen the Love Today all-inclusive planner kit?

This planner will keep you on schedule and give you a creative outlet too! This all-inclusive kit has everything you need to create a customizable yearly planner. No dates are printed, so you can start when you want. The kit contains the following items – printed Night of Navy/gold foil two-ring binder (7 ¾” x 8 ¾” x 2”) with gold metal corner accents; 12 divider pages; calendar pages; 4 photo protector pages (hold six photos each and 5” x 7” in size); page lifter (3” x 8 ¼”) 3 printed and 3 gold foil accent sticker sheets; and 3 adorable packs of little sticky notes.

You can personalize each page of the planner to make it work for you and it’s a perfect blend of memory keeping and a day planner. And, the best part? You don’t have to wait until January of next year to start using it. You can use the planner kit immediately upon receiving as you can tailor to the month you want to start. This planner kit is a great way to keep track of your own personal schedule or perhaps it could become a family planner to keep track of everyone’s busy schedule. The planner kit is a great tool for keeping a personal daily journal as well. Or, wouldn’t it make a lovely gift to a future bride to help in planning her big day? It will become a wonderful memory keeper of that special time in her life.

There is a refill available that includes everything you need to restock your binder – 12 divider pages; calendar pages; 4 photo protector pages (5” x 7”); page lifter (3” x 8 ¼”) ; printed and gold foil accent stickers; and sticky notes.

The planner coordinates beautifully with Calypso Coral, Emerald Envy, Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, and Real Red. Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to use Stampin’ Up! products on a daily basis while helping to organize your busy life.

                                                                                                         

Let me name the ways I love you.

I love being an Independent Stampin'Up business owner.  Let me name the ways I love you, Stampin'Up.

1.  I get to see all the new catalogs a month in advance.

2. I can order the new catalog items a month in advance to the public.

3. I get all of my supplies at a discount.

4. Stampin'Up offers fantastic trips that you can earn if you really want to travel

5. I can earn free products.

6. I meet and make friends with wonderful people.  Some of my oldest friends, I met through Stampin'Up.

7. I can run my business to suite my own needs.  They do not tell me that I have to do this or that.

8. There is many ways to earn extra money.

9. I receive a great quarterly magazine full of ideas and business tips.

10. I can set my own work schedule.

I am sure I could keep going on the different ways and reasons why I love Stampin'UP.

Yea, the adhesive sheets are back!

                                                                                         

Welcome to the new Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets located in the 2017-2018 Stampin’ Up! Creativity Your Way Annual Catalog (page 203, item #144106). These wonderful sheet easily adhere shapes you cut with your Big Shot and dies. You get 12 sheets sized 6” x 12” in the package. This is a great addition to the Stampin’ Up! line of adhesives. It has great adhesive power and is very versatile in how it can be used. Have you ever tried to stick thin words or letters on your projects or cards and ended up with a mess of oozing glue? If you apply the adhesive sheet to the paper before you die cut them, there is no problem getting them to stick.

Here’s how it works: Apply the adhesive sheet to the backside of DSP or to cardstock that you want to use as a die cut by peeling off one side of the adhesive sheet. Run the DSP or cardstock thru the Big Shot using your preferred die, then peel off the backside of the adhesive sheet and adhere to your project or card. Just make sure you have the words or letters placed such that the letters will not be cut backwards.

In this sample, I cut a 4” x 4” multipurpose adhesive sheet and then applied the adhesive sheet to a piece of 4” x 4” Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock. I used the Happy Birthday Thinlit Die (#143700) to make the diecut. Peeled off the backing and pressed it onto the scallop circle, easy, easy!

                                                                                                              

Using negatives for stencils with embossing paste

                                                            

I made this card today using the negative of a tree branch from making a card with the Beautiful Seasons stamp set.  It was my first attempt at coloring my embossing paste.  Then I took a scrap of Peak-A-Boo Peach and cut the flowers out with the two flower dies in the bundle.  The leaves are punched out using Lemon Lime Twist cardstock.  It was a fun card to make and most of the materials came out of my scrap bin.  The card itself is Soft Skies and I used copper embossing powder for the greetings.  I do wish I had used the new glimmer dots in the gold for the centers instead of the rhinestones.

Before you throw those negative cuts away from your dies, look at them and study them to see if you can find a way to us them.  Many can be used as stencils.

I do want to share a tip with you.  When you are using a stencil, it is best to secure the stencil down using post-it note take or Washi tape that removes without showing.  If you stencil is not secure, the paste can blend up under the stencil.  I also like to hold the side I am working with down with my hand that I am not using to apply the paste.

I love the new Embossing Paste that Stampin'Up has.  Having an art background, I have used embossing paste for years.  That paste would take an hour or more to dry.  This new paste dries quickly so you can complete your project in a short amount of time.  Check out the supplies in the new catalog.

To Case or Not to Case

Today's challenge is "Casing".  I know the word "case" has several meanings, but to a stamper and card maker, it means to copy.  In this case, to copy is a compliment, not a bad thing.

When you love someone's card and decide to copy or case it, they know that their idea was great.

 

I encourage new stampers to case other's cards.  No two cards are ever going to be the same, so do not worry about it.  Although, when you case a card, do not pass it off as your own.  Give the designer the credit for their wonderful work.

 

Also, when I hit a blank wall on ideas, I often find a card that I love and case it.  It is rare that it turns out exactly like the one I intended to case.  Soon I find myself making this change and that.  Next thing, you realize that you now have all kind of ideas in your head to stamp.

 

Now, if you are a new stamper or an old, wrinkled one like me, do not hesitate to case a card that you love.  It will help you come up with other ideas on what to stamp next.

Ribbons, pearls, and rhinestones.

PEARLS, RIBBONS, AND RHINESTONES!

What lady doesn’t like a little accessorizing?  Pearls, ribbons, and rhinestone add a little zing to not only your outfit, but they are a necessity in the card making and crafting world.

As a card maker, I could not do without many colors of ribbons to dress up my card.  Color can be added to your pearls and rhinestones with a Sharpie marker.  These items can change your card from a plain, simple card to a “WOW” card.

Not only do they dress up your card, but they are great for covering little “bobos”.  In many cases, a rhinestone, pearl, or ribbon can cover up those last-minute mistakes.  When you accidently get a smudge of ink on your finished work, look at it carefully and see if you can cover that up with a little “Zing”.  In most cases, you can cover up that mistake using one of these fantastic products.

Check out the Stampin’Up Creativity Your Way Idea Book and Catalog.  You can go to www.stampersjoy.stampinup.net and view the wonderful line of accessories to step up your craft projects.  Better yet, contact me about receiving your own copy. This card was nice without the Lemon-Lime ribbon, but once the ribbon was added, the card really took another appearance.

MIA !

I am so sorry that I have been missing in action when it comes to posting and sharing ideas with you.  I hate when this happens.  Due to a terrible storm a few weeks ago, my workshop was flooded and when you stepped down on the carpet, you were sinking in water.  No, I am not that near to the river and I live on a pretty nice size hill.  My house is the first in the sub-division.  You guessed it, I got all of the water running off the hill. 

There was almost four inches of rain in an hour and a half.  Cars could not even get up the hill because the water was coming down so hard and would flood them out.  Even though I have a drainage system to prevent it, it could not handle the down flow.

Good news, my workshop is now clean and I got rid of a lot of things that were soaked and ruined.  Those that were not soaked, if I had not used it in a year, it is going into a "Gotta Go!" sale, dirt cheap.  What does not get sold will go a resale shop for the proceeds to go to Advocates Saving Adoptable Pets.

The bad news is, my event schedule had to take a drastic cut.

So, please forgive me for not posting.

Happy Stamping and stay dry if you are caught in these rain storms going across the states.

Now Is the Time!

 

Bonus Days- Start July 1st

 

For every $50 you spend July 1–31, you'll get a $5 Bonus Days Coupon to use in August.  (Double that up with this week's hostess code and that means more free goodies for you- woo hoo!)

 

Plus, there's no limit on how many you can earn so it's the perfect time to get those new catalog items you've been eyeing!!

 

$72 Gift when you join Stampin' Up! 

 

Join my team in July and receive a FREE Essentials Gift Pack that includes:

• Carols of Christmas Stamp Set
• Paper Snips
• Snail Adhesive
• Grid Paper
• D Blocks (two of them)
• Bone Folder!

 The Carols of Christmas Stamp Set will be featured in the Holiday Catalog and by joining in July ... you get it FREE!  

 

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