I was really amazed to see some of the pretty items in Stampin' Up's new catalog! Here are a few of my favorites:
Let's do a tour of the new catalog together, OK? Grab your catalog, or download one from my online store here: http://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/catalogs/2021-2022-Annual-Catalog/AC_21-22_en_US.pdf
Get a cup of coffee, tea, or whatever; make sure to have some paper and a pen so you can write down what items you want to order, and let's go through it page by page! This is the fun part; and afterwards pick out what you have to order right now, and order them in my online store (this is the hardest part, narrowing it down to what you want right now!) https://marynoble.stampinup.net/
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Page 4: Take
note of the ICONS at the bottom of the page and their meanings!
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Page 10&11:
The “tree topper” stamp can also be used as a shrub.
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Page 12: The
seahorse and fish dies do NOT completely cut out the image. However, you can “free them” as a separate
fully cut piece with a few snips from your scissors.
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Page 16: Take
note of “reversible” stamps – they are intended to be stamped using both sides
of the stamp.
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Page 17: The
sunflower detail die cut was used as an accent piece behind the greeting.
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Page 18:
Genius!! The size of any chosen month’s “calendar of days” is the exact
width of our ink pads! So, no masking
required to stamp one month of days!
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Page 25: Note
that the “Painted Labels” die-cut from DSP is the focal point of the card—not
used only as a label!
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Page 25: You
can use the piercing end of your Take Your Pick Tool to pierce the stitches on
the stitching border stamp—makes them look real!
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Page 26:
Showcases a nice technique—Faux Torn Edge
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Page 26: Like
the card technique at the top of the page which is 4 separate pieces of
cardstock glued down and then run through embossing folder.
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Page 28: Run
the Ombre Gift Bags through your die-cutting machine inside an embossing folder
for texture!
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Page 28:
Bottom right – use a light-colored DSP as a label on which to stamp.
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Page 29: Note
that some of the dies cut out some of the shapes in the DSP.
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Page 30: Top
– the long label extends beyond the end of the die-cut label…thinking “outside
of the box”!
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Page 34: A
piece of vellum makes a nice subtle layer on a card!
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Page 34:
Small stamps (the chef hats) stamped repeatedly can make a nice border.
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Page 34: The
cutting board die also adds woodgrain texture to the die-cut piece! Nice!
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Page 35: Take
note of the top tip.
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Page 39: Note
that ANY stamp, stamped all over a piece of cardstock, can make a nice
background layer.
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Page 40&41:
For the heart card on pg. 41, the sentiment didn’t fit inside the
punched heart shape. But, by “thinking
outside of the box”, the full sentiment can still be used!
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Page 41: Love
the “over-ripe” bananas compared to the “just right” bananas! LOL
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Page 43: Note
that on the black & white card, a small snippet of the wide mesh metallic
ribbon was used to accent!
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Page 43: On
the 3x3 card, they used the FULL SIZE “Stitched Greenery” texture die (pg. 167)
on a SMALL PIECE of cardstock. Just
because the die can work on a full card size piece, don’t forget that it can be
used equally as well on small accent pieces!
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Page 44: The
separate “accent heads” of the cats are interchangeable on each cat image;
i.e., you can have either a cheetah/leopard or a tiger!
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Page 44: The
long foliage piece/stamp can be used either “hanging down” or “growing up from
the ground”.
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Page 44: Some
of the dies cut out some of the big cats in the DSP.
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Page 44: Note
the ribbon on the treat box – it is white ribbon colored with Cajun Craze
Stampin’ Blends marker.
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Page 44: Thinking
outside the box – a green tiger?! An
albino tiger!!
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Page 44: Like both sample cards that use strips of
DSP as a background technique. Note that
they used an odd # of strips.
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Page 47: All
of the dies have stitching texture on them!
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Page 47: Note
the steps taken to make the Old Olive cap to look “worn” – especially at the
front of the brim!
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Page 48: The
slim tag has nice layers and makes good use of the bricks stamp.
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Page 48: Make
your own striped DSP with Stampin’ Blends or Stampin’ Write Markers!
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Page 48: For
triple-time “layered stamping”, use a piece of DSP as your middle layer!
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Page 50:
Frenchie’s million $ stamp set was designed from a photo she took while
camping!
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Page 51: Good
use of the layering dies and use of the nautical rope die for textured stripes
background!
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Page 52: The
die-cut leaves can be used as the top of the tree or as a pile of leaves
beneath the tree.
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Page 52:
Think outside the box – white trees!
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Page 54: Good
use of scraps!
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Page 58: Good
use of the SU! mask as a “mermaid scales” background!
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Page 58: Note
on the pirate tag – the small tag tied onto the larger tag!
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Page 59: On
the left: cute layered onesies on hangers!!
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Page 59: On
the right: they used one stamp of a
onesie, but it looks like 3 different outfits by using different colors of ink
and different added accents!
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Page 61: They
used the layering circles dies to cut out DSP jar toppers!
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Page 61:
Technique – add shading to the peach stamps using sponge daubers direct
to the stamp after inking up the stamp in the lighter color.
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Page 62: You
can get an ombre effect on ribbon using the Stampin’ Blends markers.
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Page 63: The
“Biggest Wish” stamps may be used alone or in pairs.
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Page 64: Use
Stampin’ Blends or Stampin’ Write markers to make striped dsp.
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Page 67: Cut
a sentiment apart into separate words or phrases.
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Page 68: Top
right boxes: embossed with gold and
silver embossing powder to create a fancy border along bottom of gold metallic
box lid.
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Page 68:
Bottom center card: white
embossing powder on top of Very Vanilla card – I wouldn’t have thought of doing
that!
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Page 68:
Bottom right card: use only a
portion of the large lace stamp to create a nice accent in the corners.
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Page 69: Top
– a good tip to share for ANY of our tag punches!
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Page 70: Top
left box – make your own tassel using any of our Baker’s twine.
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Page 70: Top
left box – always a good design technique:
to pick one “object” in a group-image stamp, cut it out and pop it up on
the original stamped image using dimensionals.
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Page 70: Middle card – flowers are stamped on
light-colored DSP…forget about doing that!
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Page 71: Top
– just one of several samples throughout the catalog showing 3 versions, from
simple to “stepped up”!
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Page 71:
Stepped up card shows great use of “tone-on-tone” die-cuts PLUS texture
to create visual interest.
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Page 72: Top
left card – how did they do the shadows behind the stamped, cut floral images??
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Page 72:
Middle right card with Bumblebee trinkets – LOL!! Bumblebee “pilot sky-writers”!!
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Page 72: Nice
use of shimmer vellum – build the peony using it for a soft, elegant flower.
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Page 74:
Another nice sample of using plain vellum for a subtle layer behind a
focal point.
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Page 75: The
3x3 card – I like the heart punched out of the “Expressions in Ink” foiled DSP.
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Page 77: Top
left small card – oh my!! Someone LOVES
to fussy cut! Check out the word
“beautiful”!!!
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Page 78: Top
left card – cut out the middle flower petal and pop it up with
dimensionals! Nice touch!
Page 78: Top right card – love the
two-tone coloring on all of the flowers.
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Page 79: The
crinkled seam binding ribbon is perfect for coloring with Stampin’ Blends. Note on the stepped up card that they only
colored one edge of the ribbon for a two-tone effect!
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Page 79:
Stepped up card – they used blends or blending brushes on scallop
die-cut for a nice light-colored label background.
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Page 80: LOVE
all of these samples!!
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Page 80:
Bottom left card: back hanging foliage is stamped on background; all
other plants are die-cut. (That same
technique was used on bottom right card.) The plant hanger was altered by
snipping off parts of it (as shown top right on pg. 81). They also die-cut a label out of DSP and
stamped direct to DSP there.
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Page 80: Top
right card – technique: emboss a full
background piece and then cut it into strips and stagger them for visual
interest.
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Page 80&81:
Some of the dies cut out some of the images.
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Page 80:
Bottom right card – stamp direct onto DSP background; love the “wire”
basket into which one of the die-cut pots fits!
Page 82: Tip – note the comment in
middle of page about “mirror image stamping” using the silicone craft mat.
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Page 82:
Bottom left card – stamp a scene; cut it into 3 panels and adhere them
“haphazardly” onto card front.
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Page 82: 3x3
card – get any size “postage stamp rectangle” punched shape you want! Attach a post-it note “handle” to a punched
rectangle; put it back into the punch and re-punch to desired size(s).
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Page 85: 3x3
card: They die-cut a card-front Basic Borders dies shape, and then cut it down
into smaller pieces for a layered, stitched background.
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Page 85:
Paper airplane – don’t forget the emboss resist technique! Great technique to show off the new blending
brushes!
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Page 85: Cute
two-layers tag! Repeat stamping of a
sentiment always makes a nice background.
Have images extend BEYOND the sides of the tag for visual interest!
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Page 85:
Bottom right card – HA! A giraffe
who’s feeling a little “green around the gills”!!
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Page 86: Top
left card – another good use of scraps for a “strip background”
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Page 86: Top
right card – use the “negative” portion of a DSP die-cut label to make a frame
around a stamped image.
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Page 87: Top
left card – make a textured background piece using your Stampin’ Trimmer or
Simply Scoring Tool to make “scored lines” in a repeating pattern.
Page 87: Cut a window in the ombre gift
bag – place die inside bag, blade up – secure it in place with post-it
note. Stamp and/or heat-emboss on the
ombre gift bags.
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Page 88: Top
left card: love the tone-on-tone Evening
Evergreen sprigs peeking out from behind the center panel.
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Page 94: Top
left card – two tone leaves! Ink up
stamp in lightest color ink then use sponge dauber to add darker ink direct to
stamp.
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Page 95: Top
left ombre bag – another nice sample of stamping/heat-embossing direct to the
bag. Cute two-layer tag in 2 different
size layers!
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Page 95: Top
center card – love that the focal point piece is SMALLER than the die-cut image
and cut apart sentiment.
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Page 98: Top
middle card – another die-cut label that has been colored using blending
brushes. They “colored” the flowers
using only the splatter stamp!
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Page 100:
Bottom middle card – layer two white circles, with top one popped up,
for a nice focal point!
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Page 101:
REMEMBER! “Etched in Nature” is
currently not orderable due to quality issues!!
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Page 106: Top
left card – like the “cross-hatch” texture die used sporadically on background
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Page 106: Top
right card – stamping direct to DSP again!
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Page 107: Not
sure which image is correct for the stamps’ directional orientation – note that
the tall, angle-roof birdhouse is facing left in the stamp images but is facing
right on top right card. Same situation
with the other tall birdhouse – could have both been stamped using mirror-image
technique, but seems unlikely?
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Page 114: Top
right card: wow! Lots of detail work in that flower, it
seems! Technique – stamp an image all
over the card background. Then die-cut a
large stitched-rectangle out of it and pop it up using dimensionals for visual
interest.
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Page 116:
Bloom HYBRID embossing folder is designed for you to cut the flowers and
emboss in one pass through the die-cutting machine. Other embossing folders should NOT be used in
this way unless labelled HYBRID. (Top
middle sample on pg. 156 shows the negative frame from die-cutting the 3
flowers from embossed background.)
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Page 118: See
tip to get multiple colors on the Spiral Dye stamp.
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Page 119: Set
includes 2 Angel Policy stamps you may use if you wish to sell your cards.
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Page 120: oh
my! What a lot of work!
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Page 144:
Hinge-step stamping is shown using Stamparatus.
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Page 152: Ink
added on top of embossed background (Thanks & Hello folder) with blending
brushes is a nice effect!
Tour created by
Shannon West, Stampin’ Up demonstrator 5/2021
https://marynoble.stampinup.net/
