Framelits project to make

A fun project to make with FRAMELITS (see Topic of the Week on left side of my blog for more info, What are FRAMELITS??) Here's To You Treat Tube Stamps Friendly Phrases Set Fruit & Flowers Set Paper Calypso Coral Card Stock: 2" x 6-1/8" Early Espresso Card Stock: 6" x 6" Whisper White Card Stock: 3-1/2" x 3"; 4" x 4" Wisteria Wonder Card Stock: 6" x 6-1/8" Berry Blossoms Designer Series Paper: 3-1/2" x 6-1/8" Ink Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad Lucky Limeade Classic Stampin' Pad Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad Accessories & Tools Wisteria Wonder 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon: 12" Linen Thread: 6" 2011-2013 In Color Designer Printed Brads Pearl Basic Jewels Stampin' Dimensionals Crop-A-Dile Paper-Piercing Tool Lace Ribbon Punch 1/16" Circle Punch Simply Scored Big Shot Island Floral Bigz Die Labels Collection Framelits Dies   Instructions Punch two strips of Calypso Coral Card Stock using Lace Ribbon Punch. Score Wisteria Wonder Card Stock, punched Calypso Coral Card Stock, and Designer Series Paper every 1" (along the 6-1/8" wide side) and assemble tube using Sticky Strip. Adhere punched Calypso Coral Card Stock to back of Designer Series Paper and adhere to tube. Cut two flowers from Early Espresso Card Stock using Big Shot and Island Floral Bigz Die. Score each petal. Pierce hole in center of each flower using Paper-Piercing Tool. Attach Calypso Coral brads to center of each flower. Punch holes in two petals on one flower and two sides on tube using Crop-A-Dile. Thread Wisteria Wonder ribbon through holes and tie in knot. Adhere remaining petals to tube. Fill tube with treats. Adhere second flower to open end of tube. Stamp flowers and leaves in Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, and Wisteria Wonder ink on Whisper White Card Stock (4" x 4"). Cut out. Stamp sentiment in Early Espresso ink on separate piece of Whisper White Card Stock (3-1/2" x 3"). Cut out using Big Shot and Labels Collection Framelits Dies. Adhere flowers and leaves to label using Stampin' Dimensionals. Punch hole in label using 1/16" Circle Punch. Thread Linen Thread through hole and tie to ribbon. When you become a Stampin Up demonstrator, one of the benefits is a monthly newsletter with project ideas, called Stamping Success.  This project was taken from one of these newsletters.

Weekly card sketch design #51

Weekly card sketch design challenge is today!

The SQSC51 Challenge is migrating to the Paper Craft Crew Challenge… and today’s card is for PCCC#2.  Above is the card sketch. 

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/08/08/paper-craft-crew-challenge-2-card-sketc/

Here is my card using My Digital Studio.  In the Comfort Cafe digital download, there are extra embellishments that you don't get with the designer paper - see the flowers and ribbon I used?  Those are some of the "extras."

There is a new My Digital Studio available now, and you can either buy MDS2 or purchase the upgrades to it - it has many new fun things you can play with so I will have to upgrade!  Remember you can try MDS out for free for a month to see how you like it....And just for this month, many of the digital downloads are discounted! 

More info about these great deals on the side of my blog!!

Here are the other cards submitted by the design team:

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/08/08/paper-craft-crew-challenge-2-card-sketc/

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/08/08/paper-craft-crew-challenge-2-card-sketc/

Grab your stamping supplies and play along with us this week - keep these guidelines in mind for the weekly card sketch design challenges:

You may flip or rotate the sketch, change or replace the shapes, but please make sure the general layout is recognizable.

Share a direct link to your creation, not just your blog, using the InLinkz feature at the end of this post. If InLinkz is down, please add a link with your comment.

The Paper Craft Crew Design Team are Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators so please use a minimum of 2 Stampin’ Up! products on your card but don’t let that stop you from participating!

• When uploading to online galleries, please use keyword SQSC 51 or PCCC 2, and include your name.

If you’d like to be considered as one of the spotlight cards, please be sure to link your project by Tuesday 8 a.m. EST and link your post to the Paper Crew site.

Each time you participate "adds up" and may earn you an invitation to be a guest designer for a future challenge! You can sign up for email updates so you will receive future info on new challenges, blog candy, and current card sketch designs as the new Challenge Blog develops, and more. There will be a "Grand Kick-Off" for the new blog the end of October!!

Hope you can join in the fun this week!

http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2012/08/08/paper-craft-crew-challenge-2-card-sketc/

Raining flowers card for class

This Stampin' Up set is called Raining Flowers - there are 13 stamps in it.  I am using it for one of the card projects in my monthly class next week.  What a great set this is - it came out last year and in researching other projects made with these stamps I realized how versatile it is!

This is the card we will be making - the blossom it popped up with layers of dimensionals and it is a very stunning card with the Floral District designer paper. 

There is a picture of this beautiful blossom on my Stampin' Up blog http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/

(or you can click on the link to my online store on the side of this blog).

One of the girls here fell in love with this blossom when she saw it and requested that I teach how to make it in class - so here it is!  I had lots of fun making it and it is much more beautiful and stunning in real life!!

Here are the other cards and project we will be making -

you can still join us since there is room!

I am still learning how to use my new camera settings and finding the right spot and lighting for the best photos - I hate that learning curve....ugh.  We are using almost all current Stampin' Up products from both the current and new holiday catalog in this class.  More pictures and info later when I take more photos and get some I like enough to share OK?

Don't forget to check out the August promotions that Stampin' Up has:

Join for $99 and in addition to $125 you receive a Howl-o-ween Printer’s Tray project kit absolutely FREE—a $60 value!  You can join online and get started this week!

Free trial of My Digital Studio!

Get 31% off 31 digital content options and most of the print products for all 31 days in August!

And remember the holiday Stampin' Up catalog is now available!! 

   

Hello Card (3" x 3") Make this cute card tutorial

Make this sweet 3" x 3" Hello Card with the new paper-piercing pack template and FRAMELITS dies

Pictures of Framelits used - Window frames collection and Apothecary Accents: See what you're cutting with FRAMELITS dies!  The innovative, thin, wafer-like design of these dies lets you see where you’re placing the design before you cut!  You can layer dies inside each other to cut frames for stamp images and/or cut single labels for accents or layering, also cut windows in card fronts or create frames. Many framelits have matching stamp sets, so you can easily cut out the stamped image perfectly!! Use with single sheets of card stock or Designer Series Paper. Use with the Big Shot, Standard Cutting Pads, and the Multipurpose Platform. To make this card you will need: Stamps:  Friendship Preserves Stamp Set Paper:     Baja Breeze Card Stock                 Sahara Sand Card Stock                 Summer Starfruit Card Stock                 Whisper White Card Stock Ink:         Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad                 Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker Accessories & Tools:  Brushed Bronze Designer Buttons Stampin' Dimensionals Big Shot Large Scallop Edgelits Die Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies Stampin' Pierce Mat Paper-Piercing Tool Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

Instructions:

1. Cut the bottom edge of the Sahara Sand card front using the Big Shot and the Large Scallop Edgelits Die. Pierce along the scallop edge using the Stampin' Pierce Mat, Paper-Piercing Tool, and the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack.
2. Adhere a 2" x 3" piece of Whisper White Card Stock to the inside of the card to create a Whisper White border.
3. Cut a frame from Baja Breeze Card Stock using the Big Shot and the Apothecary Accents Framelits Die. Pierce the edges of the frame using the Stampin' Pierce Mat and the Paper-Piercing Tool. Adhere the frame to the card.
4. Cut a frame from Summer Starfruit Card Stock using the Big Shot and the Apothecary Accents Framelits Die. Pierce the edges of the frame using the Stampin' Pierce Mat, the Paper-Piercing Tool, and the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack. Adhere the frame to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.
5. Stamp the "Hello" image in Soft Suede ink on a 4" x 4" piece of Whisper White Card Stock. Cut out the "Hello" image using the Big Shot and Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies. Adhere the image to the Summer Starfruit frame. Adhere a Brushed Bronze Designer Button to the "Hello" image.
6. Stamp the "Hello" image in Old Olive ink on a 4" x 4" piece of Whisper White Card Stock and cut it into a banner shape. Adhere the banner to the card.

This card was shown in the Stampin Success monthly newsletter that demonstrators receive, along with discounts! 

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Weekly card sketch design challenge #50

Time for the weekly card sketch design challenge  #50.

http://gettincrafty.typepad.com/stampin_queens_sketch_cha/2012/07/sqsc-50.html

Here are some of the cards done by the design team.

There are more cards on the site, as well as a new webpage design and info.

You can check it out here and upload your card using this week's card sketch!

http://gettincrafty.typepad.com/stampin_queens_sketch_cha/2012/07/sqsc-50.html

Holiday catalog now available - Aug. specials - digital downloads

August Stampin Up Specials!

What's on sale?
ALL cards, photobooks, individual pages, and tags. That's right: print any photobook, board book, swatchbook, individual pages, greeting card, postcard, trifold card, or tag-all for 31% off.

Some of the best digital content. 30 downloads and 1 content disc. Yup, that equals 31.  Try out My Digital Studio for free and take advantage of these prices!

Click HERE to see what you can do with MDS.

If you join for only $99, you not only get $125 worth of products (that you get to keep no matter what), you will get this printer tray and kit!!

August 1-31, 2012 -  Howl-o-ween Printer's Tray project kit absolutely FREE-a $60 value! This exclusive kit contains the perfect elements of a spooktacular Halloween decoration!*

*Project kit does not include ink.

Good things come in threes, right?!  The final third exciting thing happening with Stampin' Up is the holiday mini-catalog is now available - FUN!  You might need a really long wish list after you see what's in this!!

Check it out in my online store   http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/