Beautiful You - So Much Potential

So this week I'll be featuring samples using the Beautiful You stamp set.  My first reaction to this stamp set was falling in love with the sayings.  We know I'm a quote junky and there are great ones in this set.  I like that this set makes me think of my girlfriends.  It just makes me smile since there is a saying for everything.  I also thought it was a good take on a sympathy card - sometimes you need something that says I'm here without actually saying With Sympathy.

This first card I'm sharing this week was originally a card for one of my swap groups but then I realized I didn't have enough vellum.  As I type this, I realize I still haven't ordered the vellum!  Anyhow, I stamped the woman in Archival Black so I could use my watercolor pencils and aquapainter with her.    Once I was done coloring and blending, she was still a little too bright to go with the Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack (DSP) that I had picked out so I used a black marker to make little doodles around the edges of the watercolor paper and then layered a piece of our vellum on top. 

Next I stamped the umbrella on the DSP piece where it would be hidden under the watercolor paper (always trying to save my DSP) and cut it out.  It's layered on top of the vellum with dimensionals.  Everything else is just layered on the So Saffron card base using adhesive!

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: So Saffron, Watercolor Paper, Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack, Vellum
• Ink: Archival Black
• Stamp Set: Beautiful You
• Accessories: Basic Black Marker, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Scissors, Aquapainter, Watercolor Pencils

IT'S TIME TO SALE-A-BRATE!

It's time to Sale-a-Brate.  From 1/4 through 3/31, you will be able to select an exclusive Sale-a-Bration (SAB) offering for each $50 in merchandise you purchase in a transaction.  Check out the great offerings by clicking the catalog link to the right and stop by my Online Store to earn them today!

If you are interested in hosting, you can earn an additional $25 in free merchandise with a party of $250 or more.  Contact me today if you are interested in hosting!

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

They tell you to sell what you love and I love Paper Pumpkin.  It lets me show people that I am thinking of them while taking much needed time for myself to do something I love.  I'd love to see if it's the crafting solution for you as well! 

Paper Pumpkin is creativity in a box.  It costs $19.95 plus tax and ships to your mailbox once a month.  It contains everything you need for your own creative escape.  Besides the instructions and pieces for the cards or project, it also contains ink and photopolymer stamps and usually the adhesive you need as well.  My subscribers will also get a project sheet with tips and additional ideas and instructions that they can make with the supplies in the kits and sometimes some supplemental supplies.  They also are invited to participate in a free Paper Pumpkin Playdates to make their kits using any of my additional supplies like framelits and punches!  It's a wonderful program and I'd love for you to try it out!  Sign up by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit!

You can sign up here: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380

During Sale-a-Bration, you can also purchase a 3 month pre-paid subscription for only $55 and pick out a Sale-a-Bration offering of your choice!

JOIN MY TEAM

If you are interested in joining out team and participating in monthly meetings with free make-n-take projects and outstanding company, contact me today or go here to sign up!  You can get $125 in free merchandise that you choose yourself for only $99 plus tax.  During Sale-a-Bration, you can pick out any two stamp sets of your choice and add them to your kit for free!  With the 2017 Occasion catalog out now, it's not hard at all to find stamps and accessories that you will want to play with. 

Contact me today for more information or sign up here: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stacymccain/jointhefun

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy 

CASing Erica Cerwin - Flight of Fancy Fold

To close out my week's worth of posts using the Lift Me Up Bundle and Carried Away Designer Series Paper (only available through Sale-a-Bration), I am posting a card designed by Erica Cerwin.  Recently I took a Facebook class from her and this was the final virtual make-n-take she showed us. I was looking for a bright and happy card for a friend that had been helping me out a lot and this card was perfect.

You can see her video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5na0razkJo

I made a few changes by using my Stitched Shapes on the card but the rest of it is pretty true to her sample.  What a fun and great card and a very versatile fancy fold for special occasions.

IT'S TIME TO SALE-A-BRATE!

It's time to Sale-a-Brate.  From 1/4 through 3/31, you will be able to select an exclusive Sale-a-Bration (SAB) offering for each $50 in merchandise you purchase in a transaction.  Check out the great offerings by clicking the catalog link to the right and stop by my Online Store to earn them today!

If you are interested in hosting, you can earn an additional $25 in free merchandise with a party of $250 or more.  Contact me today if you are interested in hosting!

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

They tell you to sell what you love and I love Paper Pumpkin.  It lets me show people that I am thinking of them while taking much needed time for myself to do something I love.  I'd love to see if it's the crafting solution for you as well! 

Paper Pumpkin is creativity in a box.  It costs $19.95 plus tax and ships to your mailbox once a month.  It contains everything you need for your own creative escape.  Besides the instructions and pieces for the cards or project, it also contains ink and photopolymer stamps and usually the adhesive you need as well.  My subscribers will also get a project sheet with tips and additional ideas and instructions that they can make with the supplies in the kits and sometimes some supplemental supplies.  They also are invited to participate in a free Paper Pumpkin Playdates to make their kits using any of my additional supplies like framelits and punches!  It's a wonderful program and I'd love for you to try it out!  Sign up by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit!

You can sign up here: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380

During Sale-a-Bration, you can also purchase a 3 month pre-paid subscription for only $55 and pick out a Sale-a-Bration offering of your choice!

JOIN MY TEAM

If you are interested in joining out team and participating in monthly meetings with free make-n-take projects and outstanding company, contact me today or go here to sign up!  You can get $125 in free merchandise that you choose yourself for only $99 plus tax.  During Sale-a-Bration, you can pick out any two stamp sets of your choice and add them to your kit for free!  With the 2017 Occasion catalog out now, it's not hard at all to find stamps and accessories that you will want to play with. 

Contact me today for more information or sign up here: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stacymccain/jointhefun

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy 

Get Carried Away

Today's card is one I showed during my online workshop last week.  I love how bright pieces of the Carried Away Designer Series Paper are and I really like how the balloon die works with Designer Paper.  Because it's thinner than cardstock, the little pieces practically fly out of it when you finish using it on the Big Shot.

I also like that you can use cardstock you don't like as much with these types of dies and it breaks up the pattern.  I like this DSP but have tried this same card with others I'm not so keen on and loved the results!

Watch the video to see the step by step instructions for this card, including a trick with the glue and the silicon mat on this intricate dies!  I am no longer offering the special described at the end but will continue to promote this bundle for the next two months because it is my favorite!

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Whisper White, Watermelon Wonder, Peekaboo Peach, Carried Away DSP
• Ink: Watermelon Wonder
• Stamp Set: Lift Me Up
• Accessories: Big Shot, Cutting Mats, Multi-purpose Platform, Precision Plate, Up and Away Thinlit Dies, Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue, Silicon Mat, Sponge, Scissors

IT'S TIME TO SALE-A-BRATE!

It's time to Sale-a-Brate.  From 1/4 through 3/31, you will be able to select an exclusive Sale-a-Bration (SAB) offering for each $50 in merchandise you purchase in a transaction.  Check out the great offerings by clicking the catalog link to the right and stop by my Online Store to earn them today!

If you are interested in hosting, you can earn an additional $25 in free merchandise with a party of $250 or more.  Contact me today if you are interested in hosting!

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

They tell you to sell what you love and I love Paper Pumpkin.  It lets me show people that I am thinking of them while taking much needed time for myself to do something I love.  I'd love to see if it's the crafting solution for you as well! 

Paper Pumpkin is creativity in a box.  It costs $19.95 plus tax and ships to your mailbox once a month.  It contains everything you need for your own creative escape.  Besides the instructions and pieces for the cards or project, it also contains ink and photopolymer stamps and usually the adhesive you need as well.  My subscribers will also get a project sheet with tips and additional ideas and instructions that they can make with the supplies in the kits and sometimes some supplemental supplies.  They also are invited to participate in a free Paper Pumpkin Playdates to make their kits using any of my additional supplies like framelits and punches!  It's a wonderful program and I'd love for you to try it out!  Sign up by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit!

You can sign up here: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380

During Sale-a-Bration, you can also purchase a 3 month pre-paid subscription for only $55 and pick out a Sale-a-Bration offering of your choice!

JOIN MY TEAM

If you are interested in joining out team and participating in monthly meetings with free make-n-take projects and outstanding company, contact me today or go here to sign up!  You can get $125 in free merchandise that you choose yourself for only $99 plus tax.  During Sale-a-Bration, you can pick out any two stamp sets of your choice and add them to your kit for free!  With the 2017 Occasion catalog out now, it's not hard at all to find stamps and accessories that you will want to play with. 

Contact me today for more information or sign up here: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stacymccain/jointhefun

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy 

CASing Creative Friends - Heart's Delight Cards

Today's Lift Me Up sample is a direct case from my dear friend at Heart's Delight Cards.  Cindy created this wonderful sample and I loved how quickly it could be assembled.  See her step by step post HERE.

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Carried Away Designer Series Paper
• Ink: Night of Navy
• Stamp Set: Balloon Adventures
• Accessories: Big Shot, Cutting Mats, Precision Plate, Multi-purpose Platform, Up and Away Thinlits, Scissors, Dimensionals, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Adhesive

IT'S TIME TO SALE-A-BRATE!

It's time to Sale-a-Brate.  From 1/4 through 3/31, you will be able to select an exclusive Sale-a-Bration (SAB) offering for each $50 in merchandise you purchase in a transaction.  Check out the great offerings by clicking the catalog link to the right and stop by my Online Store to earn them today!

If you are interested in hosting, you can earn an additional $25 in free merchandise with a party of $250 or more.  Contact me today if you are interested in hosting!

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

They tell you to sell what you love and I love Paper Pumpkin.  It lets me show people that I am thinking of them while taking much needed time for myself to do something I love.  I'd love to see if it's the crafting solution for you as well! 

Paper Pumpkin is creativity in a box.  It costs $19.95 plus tax and ships to your mailbox once a month.  It contains everything you need for your own creative escape.  Besides the instructions and pieces for the cards or project, it also contains ink and photopolymer stamps and usually the adhesive you need as well.  My subscribers will also get a project sheet with tips and additional ideas and instructions that they can make with the supplies in the kits and sometimes some supplemental supplies.  They also are invited to participate in a free Paper Pumpkin Playdates to make their kits using any of my additional supplies like framelits and punches!  It's a wonderful program and I'd love for you to try it out!  Sign up by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit!

You can sign up here: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380

During Sale-a-Bration, you can also purchase a 3 month pre-paid subscription for only $55 and pick out a Sale-a-Bration offering of your choice!

JOIN MY TEAM

If you are interested in joining out team and participating in monthly meetings with free make-n-take projects and outstanding company, contact me today or go here to sign up!  You can get $125 in free merchandise that you choose yourself for only $99 plus tax.  During Sale-a-Bration, you can pick out any two stamp sets of your choice and add them to your kit for free!  With the 2017 Occasion catalog out now, it's not hard at all to find stamps and accessories that you will want to play with. 

Contact me today for more information or sign up here: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stacymccain/jointhefun

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy 

Watercolor Hot Air Balloons

So we all pin more than we create but sometimes you come across a pin on Pinterest that makes you stop what you are doing and try it.  That is what happened when I came across this card by Emma Goddard.  Check out her blog entry HERE.

I had a lot of scraps left around after my online party so I loved that I could use the leftovers to make something new.  So this card is like next day soup.  :)

My version is done just on a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Whisper White.  I used the stencil left over after I cut out my balloon parts using the Up and Away Thinlits.  Using my Watercolor Pencils, I traced each layer and then lightly colored in the center.  Then I used a blender pen to shade them in.  The saying is stamped on a 1" strip of Whisper White and layered on the card using dimensionals after creating a banner end using the Triple Banner Punch.  Such a fun card and can't wait to try it on Watercolor Paper too!

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Whisper White
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Stamp Set: Lift Me Up
• Accessories: Big Shot, Cutting Mats and Platform, Up and Away Thinlit Dies, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pens, Triple Banner Punch, Dimensionals

IT'S TIME TO SALE-A-BRATE!

It's time to Sale-a-Brate.  From 1/4 through 3/31, you will be able to select an exclusive Sale-a-Bration (SAB) offering for each $50 in merchandise you purchase in a transaction.  Check out the great offerings by clicking the catalog link to the right and stop by my Online Store to earn them today!

If you are interested in hosting, you can earn an additional $25 in free merchandise with a party of $250 or more.  Contact me today if you are interested in hosting!

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

They tell you to sell what you love and I love Paper Pumpkin.  It lets me show people that I am thinking of them while taking much needed time for myself to do something I love.  I'd love to see if it's the crafting solution for you as well! 

Paper Pumpkin is creativity in a box.  It costs $19.95 plus tax and ships to your mailbox once a month.  It contains everything you need for your own creative escape.  Besides the instructions and pieces for the cards or project, it also contains ink and photopolymer stamps and usually the adhesive you need as well.  My subscribers will also get a project sheet with tips and additional ideas and instructions that they can make with the supplies in the kits and sometimes some supplemental supplies.  They also are invited to participate in a free Paper Pumpkin Playdates to make their kits using any of my additional supplies like framelits and punches!  It's a wonderful program and I'd love for you to try it out!  Sign up by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit!

You can sign up here: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380

During Sale-a-Bration, you can also purchase a 3 month pre-paid subscription for only $55 and pick out a Sale-a-Bration offering of your choice!

JOIN MY TEAM

If you are interested in joining out team and participating in monthly meetings with free make-n-take projects and outstanding company, contact me today or go here to sign up!  You can get $125 in free merchandise that you choose yourself for only $99 plus tax.  During Sale-a-Bration, you can pick out any two stamp sets of your choice and add them to your kit for free!  With the 2017 Occasion catalog out now, it's not hard at all to find stamps and accessories that you will want to play with. 

Contact me today for more information or sign up here: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stacymccain/jointhefun

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy 

Quick and Easy Hot Air Balloon Card

Good morning everyone!  I'm trying hard to stick to my resolution of sending gratitude out into the world again this year but with every inch of ice or snow we experience, I find myself less and less able to feel thankful for it.  Today my oldest at least got to go to school and I am using the time before my little man wakes up to get some much delayed birthday and get well cards out in the mail!  Even if the mailman can't reach my mailbox!

Today's sample is a quick and easy one.  It only takes a few cuts, one color of ink, and a few minutes to stamp and assemble.  I use this layout often.  I love the Carried Away Designer Series Paper being offered through Sale-a-Bration.  I love that it is designed to coordinate with the Lift Me Up Bundle and that you can earn it for free when you buy that wood mount bundle or when you buy the clearmount with a little something else!  See, even typing about the things I love helps me forget what I hate is happening outside.....

For this layout, you start with a 3 x 4 piece of DSP (Designer Series Paper) and you layer that on the 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 piece of cardstock.  Stamp the saying on Whisper White and mount on another piece of cardstock.  Attach both to the card using adhesive.  Then you are off to the races and after you make your balloon and cut it out using the Up and Away Thinlit Dies, you mount using dimensionals and you are done.  Such a great way to use those little scraps of cardstock that you always have left around your desk (or is that just me????)

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Carried Away Designer Series Paper
• Ink: Night of Navy
• Stamp Set: Lift Me Up
• Accessories: Big Shot, Cutting Mats and Platform, Up and Away Thinlits, Dimensionals, and Adhesive

IT'S TIME TO SALE-A-BRATE!

It's time to Sale-a-Brate.  From 1/4 through 3/31, you will be able to select an exclusive Sale-a-Bration (SAB) offering for each $50 in merchandise you purchase in a transaction.  Check out the great offerings by clicking the catalog link to the right and stop by my Online Store to earn them today!

If you are interested in hosting, you can earn an additional $25 in free merchandise with a party of $250 or more.  Contact me today if you are interested in hosting!

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

They tell you to sell what you love and I love Paper Pumpkin.  It lets me show people that I am thinking of them while taking much needed time for myself to do something I love.  I'd love to see if it's the crafting solution for you as well! 

Paper Pumpkin is creativity in a box.  It costs $19.95 plus tax and ships to your mailbox once a month.  It contains everything you need for your own creative escape.  Besides the instructions and pieces for the cards or project, it also contains ink and photopolymer stamps and usually the adhesive you need as well.  My subscribers will also get a project sheet with tips and additional ideas and instructions that they can make with the supplies in the kits and sometimes some supplemental supplies.  They also are invited to participate in a free Paper Pumpkin Playdates to make their kits using any of my additional supplies like framelits and punches!  It's a wonderful program and I'd love for you to try it out!  Sign up by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit!

You can sign up here: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380

During Sale-a-Bration, you can also purchase a 3 month pre-paid subscription for only $55 and pick out a Sale-a-Bration offering of your choice!

JOIN MY TEAM

If you are interested in joining out team and participating in monthly meetings with free make-n-take projects and outstanding company, contact me today or go here to sign up!  You can get $125 in free merchandise that you choose yourself for only $99 plus tax.  During Sale-a-Bration, you can pick out any two stamp sets of your choice and add them to your kit for free!  With the 2017 Occasion catalog out now, it's not hard at all to find stamps and accessories that you will want to play with. 

Contact me today for more information or sign up here: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stacymccain/jointhefun

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy 

January 2017 Paper Pumpkin Samples - Adoring Arrows

Hello everyone!  Do you ever have those weeks where you know you only need 10 minutes to do something but you can't find 10 uninterrupted minutes to do it?  I have been trying to get my video recorded for my Paper Pumpkin samples since it came last Friday and today I finally found a way to amuse my 2 year old son long enough to get it recorded and I don't think you'll even hear him on it!

This month's Paper Pumpkin kit was called Adoring Arrows.  I love this kit but it works perfectly for those moms and dads out there that like to make Valentine's treats with their kids for school or co-workers that like to make treats for holidays or neighbors that just like to say "hey, thanks".

This stamp set has it all for this season.  I love how well it will coordinate with our Sending Love products in the Occasions mini and I will be posting another round of samples using that product line next week.

For now, let's take a look at what I made and see if it's something you will use like I will!

For the Valentine's Day card, I took an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Blushing Bride and folded it for the card.  I layered the banners on the card using glue dots.  I made the arrow using the pieces in the kit and laid it on the card, using one glue dot to hold the middle in place. Stamp your saying, not as hard as I did (see my added love mark) and then put the heart on the card with a dimensional on each side of the dowel so it is flat. 

The second card is a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Whisper White that I stamped with the Calypso ink.  I mounted the banners and heart on the 3 x 4 piece of Watermelon Wonder and layered it on the card using dimensionals.  Quick and easy.  This would look great with some gold accents like sequins or metallic enamel shapes.

Finally, the gift card holder which was born out of an idea to create a flat treat holder that would mail. 

Check out this video to see how I made this cute gift card holder!

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

They tell you to sell what you love and I love Paper Pumpkin.  It lets me show people that I am thinking of them while taking much needed time for myself to do something I love.  I'd love to see if it's the crafting solution for you as well! 

Paper Pumpkin is creativity in a box.  It costs $19.95 plus tax and ships to your mailbox once a month.  It contains everything you need for your own creative escape.  Besides the instructions and pieces for the cards or project, it also contains ink and photopolymer stamps and usually the adhesive you need as well.  My subscribers will also get a project sheet with tips and additional ideas and instructions that they can make with the supplies in the kits and sometimes some supplemental supplies.  They also are invited to participate in a free Paper Pumpkin Playdates to make their kits using any of my additional supplies like framelits and punches!  It's a wonderful program and I'd love for you to try it out!  Sign up by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit!

You can sign up here: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380

During Sale-a-Bration, you can also purchase a 3 month pre-paid subscription for only $55 and pick out a Sale-a-Bration offering of your choice!

IT'S TIME TO SALE-A-BRATE!

It's time to Sale-a-Brate.  From 1/4 through 3/31, you will be able to select an exclusive Sale-a-Bration (SAB) offering for each $50 in merchandise you purchase in a transaction.  Check out the great offerings by clicking the catalog link to the right and stop by my Online Store to earn them today!

If you are interested in hosting, you can earn an additional $25 in free merchandise with a party of $250 or more.  Contact me today if you are interested in hosting!

JOIN MY TEAM

If you are interested in joining out team and participating in monthly meetings with free make-n-take projects and outstanding company, contact me today or go here to sign up!  You can get $125 in free merchandise that you choose yourself for only $99 plus tax.  During Sale-a-Bration, you can pick out any two stamp sets of your choice and add them to your kit for free!  With the 2017 Occasion catalog out now, it's not hard at all to find stamps and accessories that you will want to play with. 

Contact me today for more information or sign up here: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stacymccain/jointhefun

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy 

Sale-a-Brate the Occasion - Online Kickoff

Join me at https://www.facebook.com/CraftasticDaysWithStacy on Saturday, January 14th from 10am - 11:30am MST to hear about my favorite new products in the Occasions catalog and Sale-a-Bration catalogs and to view videos for these three great projects!  There will be doorprizes and much fun to be had.  I hope to "see" you there!

 ORDER ONLINE

If you submit a $35 order by 5pm MST on Sunday, January 15th, you will be mailed the kits for these three cards.  You have to provide your own stamps and inks and adhesive but everything else will be punched and scored for you.  Make sure you use hostess code EDQW3YRQ in order to qualify!

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy