Happy Valentine's Day

I love Valentine's Day.  Not just because it's all about love and red and telling people that you love them and sweet things.  I love that it's easy.  I love that my inspiration is always in full force because when you are making something out of love, you don't overthink it.  You just make something, stand back, and do a fist pump!

Each year I hide several little love notes around the house for my husband.  He's not a big romantic but he has a box where he keeps all the cards.  This morning I was late to the "getting up" game and I loved seeing his eyes sparkle a little bit when I clumsily tried to sneak the first card by his coffee.  He will find the others in his car, in his laptop work bag, and then one more when he gets home and goes to pour himself a Valentine's Day beverage.

These are the cute notes with envelopes that he's receiving.  I love our Envelope Punch Board because it allows us to make adorable little envelopes for love notes using only a 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 piece of paper.  A perfect use for our 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper Stacks.  I already shared one of these sets a few days ago but here is the other set using the Sending Love DSP and the Lift Me Up Bundle.

Love notes are perfect for using scraps.  Plus they look like a lot of effort was made when they are actually very quick.

I also made this card for him.  I was referred by Heidi W. to a video from Jill Olsen about a 12 x 12 scrap card.  You can see the cool video HERE.  I have made several of these lately using different kinds of paper.  They all turn out adorable!

The measurements are 12 x 5 1/2.  You score at 4 1/4, 7 1/4, and 10 1/4.  The DSP pieces are 5 3/8 x 1 5/8, 5 3/8 x 2 7/8, and 5 3/8 x 1 3/8.  The rest is just stamping and assembling.  The belly band can be whatever you'd like.  Mine is 1 x 9.

I tried to copy Jill's card almost exactly but then I had to use my Stitched Shapes Framelits and then it just went from there.  The final card has wallet sized photos and love quotes I've been collecting all year.  I am very verbal with my husband - I never want him to doubt how much I love or appreciate him.  So I don't feel like quotes is cheating - more just letting him know that my words or not, he's an amazing husband and father!

Supplies (for the accordion card):

• Cardstock/DSP: Whisper White, Real Red, Sending Love DSP Stack, Red Glimmer Paper
• Ink: Real Red
• Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes
• Accessories: Lace Doilies, Sweetheart Punch, Big Shot, Cutting Mats and Platform, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Tear and Tape, Adhesive, 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!

Please use hostess code 3JS6YYRV when checking out!

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 want to bring the party to your place!

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 

Sunday Mornings with Crazy Hair

Oh how I love Sunday mornings.  There are usually no obligations to get us up early. We can all wake up on our own schedule and have a nice family breakfast and just relax.  This does assume we all get up around the same time and not having one of the kids shoot out of bed at 7am.

This card was from my workshop on Saturday and reminds me of Sunday mornings.  The crazy hair on this bird is how I'd love to wear mine all day every day but I think the other moms during school pickup would have some judgements on that one and Callie might be a wee bit embarrassed! 

If you like this stamp set, you have to earn it during Sale-a-Bration, which lasts through March 31st!

For this card, I just put a 6 x 1 strip of the Urban Underground DSP on the top and bottom of the folded Crumb Cake card.  Then we trimmed off the ends and set them aside.  The middle piece is embossed using the Hexagon Dynamic embossing folder (this thing is AMAZING) and added to the center of the card.  Stamp the saying carefully so you don't get borders, cut the end, and add to the card using adhesive.  The bird is stamped in Archival Black ink and punched using the Stitched Shapes Framelits (swoon - using them on everything!)  Color him with the Delightful Dijon marker.  Add the two little scraps of DSP to the top and add the paper clip.  Then tie the black twine into a bow.  Mount the bird to the card using dimensionals.

Thank you to Kimberly Van Diepen for the idea of using this bird with the Urban Underground DSP and hexagon folder - from there the creativity just took flight.... Get it?

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Urban Underground DSP
• Ink: Memento Black ink
• Stamps: Hey Chick (SAB)
• Accessories: Accessories: Big Shot, Cutting Mats & Platform, Stitched Shapes, Adhesive, Mini Paper Clip Combo Pack, Basic Black Twine, Hexagon Dynamic TIEF, Delightful Dijon  Marker, Adhesive, Dimensionals, 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!

Please use hostess code F4UZMXAN when checking out!

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 want to bring the party to your place!

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 

Keeping Birthdays Quick and Easy

When trying to name a card that is both quick and easy and perfect for the party animal in your life, you have to be very careful how you label the post....  Lesson learned!  Today's card is super fast and will work great for any gender because everyone loves cake, right? 

This is my ice breaker card for my workshop today.  I always try to have a straightforward warm up card to get everyone in the crafting mood.  For this card, you simply stamp the Designer Tee message on the Whisper White and punch it out using your Big Shot and Stitched Shapes Framelits.  I pre-stamped the Tangerine Tango cake so my ink pad wouldn't get the colors mixed.  My crafting friends cut that out and mounted it on the Whisper White.  Then you mount a piece of 3 x 4 Party Animal Designer Series Paper on Crumb Cake.  Add your stamped image in the center using dimensionals.  Add a 6" piece of the Sending Love Whisper White ribbon and adhere on the back of the Crumb Cake.  Then thread a second piece through the first and tie once and trim for the bow.  Add to the Tangerine Tango card using adhesive or dimensionals!

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Party Animal DSP
• Ink: Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango
• Stamps: Designer Tee (SAB)
• Accessories: Big Shot, Cutting Mats & Platform, Stitched Shapes, Adhesive, Sending Love 1/8 Whisper White Ribbon, Scissors, 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!

Please use hostess code F4UZMXAN when checking out!

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 want to bring the party to your place!

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 Paper Pumpkin Subscriber - Thank You Card

Today's post is my thank you note that went out to my January Paper Pumpkin subscribers.  I wanted to use the opportunity to both thank them for supporting the program and my business but also to show how well the products in the kits coordinate with our other product lines.  Because the stamp set was lovey dovey, I paired it up with more Sending Love products.

I always encourage my Paper Pumpkin subscribers to have a package of these Notecards and Envelopes on hand.  Regardless of what is in the Paper Pumpkin kit, you can make cards out of the pieces if you have card bases and envelopes ready.  For $6, you can get 20 Notecards and Envelopes and they are a perfectly mailable size!

For this notecard, I mounted a 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 piece of Real Red on the front of the notecard.  This actually happened because I stamped my copyright stamp on them first and did the wrong side so I had to cover that up.  :)  Oops!  But I liked it better on the red anyhow.

The rest of the card is a 3 x 1 piece of Sending Love DSP with one of our lace doilies cut in half behind it.  I cut apart one of the goody bags and used the 1/2 strip on the DSP to bring the gold in.  The cord is behind the saying which was punched using the Big Shot and the Stitched Shapes Framelits.  I finished it off with a few gold sequins left over from past pumpkin kits.  This layout would work great regardless of the saying but the Adoring Arrows stamp set is perfectly sized for these types of cards.

If you want to get a Thank You card in the mail next month with a new layout idea, sign up today for Paper Pumpkin.  The February kit is a card kit which means even if you don't love the sample they include, it's easier for me to send you multiple ideas on how to use it for some great projects!  If you want the kit, which looks like it might be birthday themed, you have to enroll in the program by tonight!  Otherwise you won't get the February kit!  Sign up HERE!

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Whisper White Notecard and Envelope, Real Red, Sending Love
• Ink: Real Red
• Stamp Set: Adoring Arrows
• Accessories: Big Shot, Cutting Mat and Magnetic Platform, Lace Doilies, Gold Sequins, Gold Cord (from kit), Scissors, 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!

Please use hostess code F4UZMXAN when checking out!

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 want to bring the party to your place!

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 

Adorable Goodie Bags

It's almost the 10th of the month which means if you are going to order Paper Pumpkin, now is the time!  Last month, we received a kit with 24 bags you could make.  While some people aren't 3D folks, I love a cute little package.  You can make a cute little bag and put a 25 cent chocolate in it and you still steal a person's heart!  I could not use these for my daughter's classroom since they cannot do candy this year but I can use them for my customers!

For this project, I wanted to tackle how to shut the bags.  The original sample has an adorable arrow (thus the Adoring Arrows name for the kit) but they keep the bag from closing.  So I found that if you wrapped a 5 x 3/4 piece of cardstock around the top and sealed with Tear and Tape, you get a much better closure.  I added a heart punched out from the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and a little 1" circle in Whisper White as well.  I did change out the ink to Blushing Bride from my stash of inks because I wanted as soft of a look as I could get!  All other pieces, including the stamp set and thread, are from the January Paper Pumpkin kit.

Check out this video for how I put together this bag.  When I say Sticky Strip OVER AND OVER, I mean Tear and Tape.....

For those that sometimes waiver on Paper Pumpkin, I understand your dilemma.  When I look at the kits from the last 14 months, I love something about each one.  I haven't seen a stamp set that I haven't fallen for out of these kits.  The January kit had stamps for thank you, dear friends, adoring you, love, and to/from, plus the hearts.  Don't get locked into the sample from the kit - I'm here to offer you more ideas and the stamp sets can be used with anything you have!!!  The February kit will be cards.  I don't know whether you will like the sample or not but in a kit with card pieces, I promise something you can use!  Plus, you will get a card from me using the stamp set and a new layout for you to try in the mail!  Come back tomorrow to see the thank you note that went out to my January subscribers!

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!

Please use hostess code F4UZMXAN when checking out!

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 want to bring the party to your place!

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 

Sending Love and Valentines

Tis the season for Valentines and Stampin' Up! has a great product line just for that.  Have you seen all the Sending Love products?  My favorite is actually the Mini Paper Clip Combo Pack.  This little babies are so versatile and the three neutral colors will go with any project.

But I'll sell them up a different day since today I'm sharing a project I didn't use them on!

These two love notes were made for my class this weekend.  Anyone that paid in advance for their seat will find these two babies waiting for them to stamp and assemble.  The stamp set I used, along with the little hearts, are from the January 2017 Paper Pumpkin kit, Adoring Arrows.  I love these sentiments and they go perfectly with the notes!

After you run the heart framelit through the Big Shot, you mount a 3 x 3 piece of Sending Love paper on a 6 x 3 Whisper White love note.  Then you mount the big heart with adhesive and the little heart with a dimensional.  The other card has you laying 6 strips (3 x 1/2) of Sending Love DSP on the front of the Whisper White card and then mounting the frame of the heart on the card with dimensionals in the four corners.  Then you mount your white heart on (after it's stamped and dried) with a dimensional in the left corner.  You can make adorable envelopes for these love notes with the other DSP in the pack since a Love Note envelope is made from a 5 1/4 square!  Enjoy!

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!

Please use hostess code F4UZMXAN when checking out!

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 want to bring the party to your place!

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 

My Gorgeous Friend and Inspiration

Today's sample is actually yesterday's sample.  One of my dearest friends had a birthday yesterday.  We have been friends 15 years and have seen ourselves go from recent college graduates to wives to mothers.  We have had job changes, family challenges, and times when we didn't see each other at all because life just took hold of us.  She will always be one of my favorite people in the world and this was the card I created just for her.

Of course, now that her birthday helped me break through my creativity block on this Inside the Lines designer paper offered only during Sale-a-Bration, I can't stop thinking of all the ways it can be used for paper piecing.  This project uses the sheet with all the tiny flowers.  I wanted to teach with it in my class but I didn't want it to be a 30 minute card.  Now my customers and friends can experience watercoloring with this paper without moving into my house for the weekend!

You just stamp the woman's silhouette on the Whisper White and run it through the Big Shot using the Stitched Shapes framelits (seriously, what did I do before I bought these?!?!)  Then you mount that on the Basic Black and put that on a folded Whisper White card.  I stamped the saying on the strip of Whisper White and then tied a piece of the Silver/White Metallic ribbon (also a Sale-a-Bration offering) around the end. 

I colored the flowers and leaves using the Watercolor Pencils and then covered it with a little Clear Wink of Stella for a nice splash of bling.  For the second dress, I colored the background using the Daffodil Delight and then colored over that with the Calypso Coral pencil.

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Whisper White, Basic Black, Inside the Lines DSP
• Ink: Archival Black
• Stamp Set: Beautiful You
• Accessories: Big Shot, Cutting Mats and Platform, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Clear Wink of Stella Pen, Blender Pen, Watercolor Pencils, 3/8 Metallic Ribbon (SAB), Dimensionals, Scissors, and Adhesive

Speaking of Watercolor Pencils, these are back in stock!  The demand for them is high because they are great quality and coordinate with our Stampin' Up! colors.  They will likely go on backorder again so if you are interested in purchasing, please do so soon!

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!

Please use hostess code F4UZMXAN when checking out!

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 want to bring the party to your place!

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 

Falling for Beautiful You

As I continue to share samples of this stamp set, I have to give a shout out to all the amazing women in my life.  I've been lucky to have such a great mother, sister, aunt, and mother in law to teach me love and motherhood skills and about sacrifice.  My grandmas were both extraordinary women who I wish I could know now better as an adult.  My daughter is the best example of a beautiful woman as everyday she becomes more and more comfortable with herself and more and more giving and kind.  To the girlfriends in my Village who hold my heart and my hand, to the teachers in my life that challenged and inspired, to the customers that ignite my creativity, and to the writers that give me hope with their words and their words of encouragement, I thank all of you.  You make the world a brighter and more beautiful place just by being you.

I'll get to the great men in my life when I post my Urban Underground samples.  :)

For today's card, I played a bit with the watercolor paper and aquapainter.  I stamped the happy figure in Archival Black ink.  To color her body, I pushed on the center of the Blushing Bride ink pad until the ink transferred to the lid.  Then I used an aquapainter to pick up the color and colored her dress.  She's mounted on the Falling in Love DSP on a Very Vanilla card.  I also stamped the saying in Archival Black and cut out using the Stitched Shapes framelits.  The card is finished off with a knot of 1/4 Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon. 

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, Watercolor Paper, Falling in Love DSP
• Ink: Archival Black, Blushing Bride
• Stamp Set: Beautiful You
• Accessories: Big Shot, Cutting Mats and Platform, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Aquapainter, 1/4 Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Scissors, 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 

Beautiful You, Beautiful Paper Piecing

Short post today - kiddos are both sick and I have my hands full! 

This sample came from playing with the Beautiful You stamp set that I'm featuring on the blog this week.  I wanted to use the stamp on designer paper to make an outfit and landed here after several versions!  I love these Stitched Shapes Framelits - have I mentioned that before?

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Sweet Sugarplum, Falling in Love DSP
• Ink: Archival Black, Sweet Sugarplum
• Stamp Set: Beautiful You
• Accessories: Big Shot, Cutting Mat and Platform, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Scissors, 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