Butterfly Bundle

Dates: August 29-September 30, 2013

Offer: Get 15 percent off when you buy this bundled butterfly stamp set and punch!

Bundle Item	Page in Catalog	Description	Retail Price	15% Savings Price	Amount Saved!
135311	90 183	Butterfly Bundle (Clear-Mount) Papillion Potpourri Clear-Mount Stamp Set Bitty Butterfly Punch	$30.90	$26.27	$4.63
135312	90 183	Butterfly Bundle (Wood-Mount)  Papillion Potpourri Wood-Mount Stamp Set Bitty Butterfly Punch	$34.90	$29.67	$5.23

Best of Stamp set Autumn

The Best Of Autumn stamp set is now available.

Best Of Autumn Clear-Mount Stamp Set	134390
Price: $14.95
Celebrate the change of seasons with some of our favorite autumn-themed stamp images from the past 25 years! The five-piece Best of Autumn Stamp Set brings together some beautiful fall images, along with a never-before-seen “Give Thanks” stamp that makes this the perfect set for your autumn projects!

Lovely As A Tree

Well, good Wednesday morning to you my friends!  I hope you have a nice day planned, mine will be spent making cards for a auction for the assisted living facility where my daughter works.  All money made will be given to the Alzheimer's Association.  I have a few made already and I must keep in mind that they will need to be simple so as not to require any extra postage too.  Hmmm, I may have to make this one for them!

This card is one that I made for my husband to send to a former co-worker of his.  Sadly the man's wife passed away last week because of cancer.  Since it was for a man being given by a man, I wanted it to look masculine too.

On this one I used the painter's tape technique, you are asking "what is that"?  Well you take a piece of  blue painter's tape, long enough to go across your card front, then lay it across your ink pad (sticky side down) and lightly press the tape onto the ink pad, then take the inked up tape and lay it on your card stock and lightly press the tape to transfer the ink onto your card stock. Very simple and no two cards will be alike either.  When done, then stamp your image on top of your stripes.  Done!  Simple and quick.

Here is what I used:

Stamp sets: Lovely As A Tree and So Sorry (both sets are a must have)

Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Sky and Pear Pizzazz

Card stock: Whisper White, Soft Sky and Early Espresso

Linen Thread

Blue Painter's tape

Why not give this technique a try, I bet you will like it too!    Mary

LNS Treasure Hunt Fall 2013

Love and Sympathy, Remake

Hi to all of you!  I hope you have been going around to all of the blogs who are participating in the LNS Treasure Hunt Fall 2013.  You know anyone can play and as more demonstrators sign on the prize will increase in size too!  You can see the list of blogs HERE.

Now onto my cards for today.  I did a card like this back in July of 2012, you can see it HERE.  I decided to update it with two of the new colors, Soft Sky and Blushing Bride.  My daughter called me on Friday and requested a sympathy card for herself, one of her friends lost her mother.  So I pulled out this stamp set because I like how simple it is and for its beautiful sentiment for the inside.

I used every stamp that is in this set for this card, it really is a good value and I like how the inks and card stocks all go together so well!  The Designer Series paper is from the new paper stacks that Stampin' Up! updated this year, love the patterns that are in each stack.  I used the Decorative Label and Dotted Scallop Ribbon punches.  Then I added a few pearls to dress it up some, I love how soft and pretty they turned out.

Wednesday I will share a man's sympathy card with you, my husband's former co-worker's wife passed away last week also, so he needs one.

Thanks for stopping in to see me, I appreciate it so much!  Mary

Owl Builder Punch Wedding Card

Well my post is late today, as I was busy making this card for my daughter.  She requested a cowboy wedding card.

Well the first thing that came to my mind was the owl from the Owl Builder punch.  So I was off and running with this idea.  The hats are made with a small oval punch that I believe is retired, that is why I always keep my punches, even if they retire, they come in too handy for punch art.  The top part of the hat is just free-handed.  I had have some retired designer series paper from Christmas last year, so that is what I used for the vest and the blue background is also from a stack of retired paper (it came cut like this) from last year too, thank goodness it is double-sided!  The leaves are from the Bird Builder punch.  Netting is some that I've had laying in the craft closet, always a good place to shop first!  The bow tie is two hearts and small circle from the Owl Builder punch, owl's wings are from the Bird Builder punch, branches are also from the Bird Builder punch too.  I ran the "wedding dress" through the Fancy fan embossing folder and the Crumb Cake card stock is embossed with the Woodgrain folder.  Sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes mounted on the Word Window punch and then onto the Modern Label punch.  Pearls were add and also to the brides white hat.  Card base is Very Vanilla.

Whew, there is my card share for the day, I hope you enjoy it.  My daughter saw it and said how cute it is too, so that is good!  Have a great week-end and don't forget to play along with the LNS Treasure Hunt, the prize keeps growing as some more demonstrations join in and yes, the list is up-to-date too!  Mary

LNS Treasure Hunt

Late Night Stampers Treasure Hunt Fall 2013

Here is how to play:

1).  Visit each of the 50 participating blogs listed (it is always nice to leave a comment or if you like their blog, become a follower too).

2).  It's important to come back to see if any new participants have been added since your last visit.

3).  Look for the LNS Fall Treasure Hunt graphic on each of the blogs (it looks like the one above).

4).  Collect a clue from each of the 50 blogs, must include name of clue and the name of the blog where you found the clue.

5).  Email your list of  the 50 different clues and blogs, to ME

6).  The LNS Fall Treasure Hunt 2013 runs from Tuesday, August 20th, 2013 to October 25th, 2013, closing at 11:59 pm PST.  Winner will be drawn on October 28th, 2013 and announced here on my blog.
7).  There are demonstrators from three countries participating, USA, Canada and UK.  Each country will be offering a prize for the country you reside in.
8).  Yes, the treasure hunt is open to all Stampin' Up! demonstrators too!
9).  The prize for US is up to $150.00!!

LATE NIGHT STAMPERS 2013 FALL TREASURE HUNT PARTICIPATING BLOGS:
*after name denotes Ambassador for their country's Prize

Tammy	Baldwin	www.creativeapplescrampers.blogspot.com	US
Carolyn	Bennett*	www.carolynstamps.com	US
Jody	Brechbill	www.jodybrechbillstampinqueen.com	US
Brenda	Cook	http://www.cardscraps.com	US
Carolee	Crabb	Care2stampwithcarolee.blogspot.com	US
Tina	Davis	http://www.tinadavisstamps.blogspot.com/	US
Beverly	Farmer	www.createwithbev.blogspot.com	US
Sherrill	Graff	http://yourhiredscrapbooksupplies.blogspot.com/	US
Penny	Hanuszak	http://pennytokensstampinspot.blogspot.com	Canada
Lori	Helvick	createwithlori2.blogspot.com/	US
Diane	Ison	http://teachtostamp.blogspot.ca/	Canada
Suzanne	Johnson	www.gottastampwithsuzanne.com	US
Nancy	Legate	www.stampnnuggets.com	US
Carolyn	Lindenmayer	http://carolynscardcreations.blogspot.com.au/	AUS
Rhonda	Macnally	http://rhondalovesstamping.wordpress.com	Canada
Serena	Marsh	www.reenybeanies.blogspot.ca	Canada
Robin	Messenheimer	http://robinscraftroom.com	US
Joni	Metras	www.joniinthespotlightstamping.com	US
Cynthia	Millan	http://www.StampWithCynthia.blogspot.com	Canada
Kimberley	Morris	http://procrastistamper.blogspot.com	US
Ruth	Pearson	http://pearsonifiedcrafting.blogspot.co.uk/	UK
Ginger	Rabesa	http://www.stampingginger.com	US
Brenda	Riehle	www.stampandscrapwithbrenda.blogspot.com	US
Linda	Rodenberg	www.prettyinky.blogspot.com	US
Heather	Sewczak	heatherscutecards.com/blog	US
Cynthia	Simpson	http://cynthiastampinhappening.wordpress.com/	US
Dee	Slater	http://createwithdee.typepad.com	US
Deborah	Smart*	www.stampandcreate.net	Canada
B Jayne	Stenstrom	http://www.jaynestamps.com/	US
Tanya	Stottlemire	www.scramptastic.blogspot.com	US
Charlene	Tackvic	www.AlwaysStamping.com	US
Jackie	Watson	jackielwatson.blogspot.com	US
Lesley	Lendon*	http://lellyjellys.blogspot.com/	UK
Amanda	Frankel	www.OurCraftyPlaydate.com	US
Vanessa	Terrell	www.stampwithvanessa.com	US
Kris	Sobolik	www.maddiebugdesigns.blogspot.com	US
Misty	Snell	http://snellmisty.wordpress.com	US
Rhonda	Price	www.stampbyrhonda.blogspot.com	US
Jaime	Barnett	http://kankiepopscards.blogspot.co.uk	UK
Janet	Yates	www.stampinnerd.blogspot.com	Canada
Avery	Murphy	http://alongcamestamping.blogspot.ca	Canada
Jennifer	King	http://stampingcontact.com	US
Erika	Trowell	www.idigstamps.com	US
Mary K.	Wessling	http://maryscraftroom.blogspot.com	US
Jean	Piersanti	www.Beautyandthestamper.blogspot.com	US
Karina	Chin	www.karinaskreation.com	Canada

Jennifer    Wren               www.txjennywren@blogspot.com                       US
Susan       Timchack        http://susan-stampinsue.blogspot.com                 US
Samantha   Joyce            www.crafty-sammy.blogspot.co.uk                      UK
Cindy Mitchell-Clark     www.cindysstampingcorner.wordpress.com         US
Cindy   Fodor                 www.stampthelove.blogspot.com                          US
Amber  Meulenbelt        www.stampwithamber.com                                  Canada
Anastasia  Radloff         www.stampinblondie.blogspot.com                        US
Amy Hoffman               www.stampandscrapwithamy.blogspot.com            US
Louise  Radies              www.creationsbylouise.blogspot.com                    Canada
Holly   Stene                http://hollyshobbs.blogspot.com                                US
Melissa Banbury         www.porchswingcreations.com                               Canada

Laura          Leuenberger         www.stamplaura.blogspot.com                             US

Denise        Willerton              http://chezmoicreations.blogspot.com                   Canada

Raissa         Spatola                www.raissastamps.com                                         US

Sandy          Risi                      http://thecrewquarters.blogspot.com                       US
Rachel         Bateman              http://rachelscraft.blogspot.com/                              US
Nicole          Mahler                  www.creationsbynikki.blogspot.com                          US
Cathy           Parlitsis                http://www.stampsandscrapbooks.com                      US
Laurie          Reaume                www.stampwithlaur.blogspot.com                            Canada

Jacqueline Dorer-Russell          http://sugarssmilinpapercrafts.blogspot.com               US

Kay  Marini                  www.stampingforsanity.blogspot.com                      US
Cary Payette                http://stampingbandit.blogspot.com                           US
Cindy Techlin              http://www.stampinaninktrail.blogspot.com            US


Ok, now for the clue!!  My clue is Clear Mount Cling Foam.

 











This stuff is GREAT!  I've have used it to make my wheel stamps into cling-mount foam stamps and I've found that I'm using my wheel stamps a whole lot more since I've convert them to cling-mount.  Give it a try and you may just fine that you will use and love your wheel stamps more!

Mary

Loads of Fun

Well here is my card for today.  Now you are all probably scratching your head and wondering why I'm posting this card again.  Well this is just slightly different than the card I posted HERE.  Well this card is for a young boy, 8, who recently had open heart surgery and needed some get well wishes.  It was stated that he liked camping, so I knew this stamp set would fill the bill for a cute card for him!  What do you think?

I think the little guy will like it!  The stamp set is retired.  On this card I used the Woodgrain embossing folder to give it a more outdoors feel.  Also added some Linen Thread, just because.

Thanks for stopping by, see you on Friday!  Mary

Halloween Chiclets Holder

Hi and good Monday morning too all of you.  I hope your week-end went well for you.  Mine was quite, hubby was working, so it was just the dogs and me, just hanging out.  Yes, they like to come to the craft room and help me with my projects too.  I have to be careful because my chair is on rollers and I don't want to roll over any ears, tails or paws!

This cute idea came into my inbox of e-mails one day.  On the inside is a package of Chiclets chewing gum.  I was able to find these at Big Lots! here in Kansas City, a package was $1.00 and each package has 6 boxes in, so these would make cute items to hand out to the little monsters whom will be coming sooner than we think!  HERE is the link to the original project.  After seeing mine, I see I did do mine just a tad different (belly band), but you could do them however it works for you!

Here is what the inside looks like.  I don't have any Halloween Designer Series paper, so I just used the Positively Chevron background stamp.  You could really use any Halloween stamp and make your own paper too or emboss the top with your favorite embossing folder.

Products used:

Stamp sets: Booglie Eyes, Googly Ghouls (both retired) and Positively Chevron
Card stock: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White and More Mustard, retired
Inks: Early Espresso, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Gray and Black StazOn
Punches: Word Window, Decorative Label and Modern Label
Red Tape
Googlies
Blender Pen
Sponge
Dimensionals

Well, this is my share for today, these would make cute gifts at Halloween for teachers to give to their students, if they do that kind of thing now, I don't know?

Have a great day, Mary

Cute Way to Use the New Single Stamp Star

Today I want to share a picture of a cute project that one of the concept  artist at Stampin' Up made using one of the new single stamps that was release yesterday.  HERE is the blog post with her directions.



I love how Stampin' Up! shows us different ways to use their products!

Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set

Another Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set	133454
Price: $13.95
Use this exclusive photopolymer stamp set for any occasion that calls for a thank you. Our photopolymer stamps offer a versatile all-clear stamping option. You’ll find that our photopolymer is top-quality and give a perfectly stamped image every time. The stamps stick amazingly well to our clear blocks and are easy to place just where you want them. And best of all, you get to enjoy tons of images for a great price! Note: We recommend clear block sizes A, B, C, D, and F (not included in the set). Set Quantity: 10 HERE is a link to see all of the other Photopolymer Stamp Sets