Lighthouse cards

A while ago I posted pictures of the lighthouse album I made for my sister's wedding....recently I finished the rest of her wedding gift, which was sets of lighthouse cards.  Here are some pictures of them:

For the blue cards, I used a retired Stampin' Up set, Coast to Coast (2002).  Since I knew I wanted to make up some lighthouse cards for my sister, I did some online searching to see what I could find for lighthouse stamps....so I was pretty excited to find out that Stampin' Up had a retired stamp set with 4 different lighthouses.  Once I bought the set, I was able to finalize the cards and used some retired Stampin' Up embossing folders on the blue and stamped the lighthouses on designer series paper (Stampin' Up By The Shore) that looked like waves.

 

The white and off-white cards were embossed with a non-Stampin' Up embossing folder, and the photos were printed on acetate paper, which made them transluscent. I then put silver glimmer paper behind them to make them sparkle.

My sister was getting some cast iron cookware, and when I saw this mini-cast iron pan, I just had to get it for her too!  

And I also found this sparkly starfish pin to give to her:

Just wanted to remind you about the clearance rack that Stampin' Up has updated - you can see the items still available in my online store!  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/

 

Stampin' Up special offers - week 2 - 25% off!

 

Stampin' UP! Special Offers - Week 2!

Don't miss it.. one week only 25% OFF!

September 8 - 14, 2016 - get details for these products in my online store:

 https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/default.aspx

        

  

Save 25% on select Stampin' Up products this month! Week One

 

https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/default.aspx 

 Save 25% on select annual catalog products through September 21 !

 Another exciting thing happening right now is the discounted annual catalog products in Stampin’ Up!’s Special Offers. I know I’ll be ordering a few of the discounted products—they’re such a great deal! 

 Every Thursday until September 21, Stampin’ Up! will have new amazing deals for you. This flyer shows you which products are currently discounted through Wednesday. Below is Week One's special offers - If you see something you want, make sure you order it today since these are limited-time savings!

 Look it over and see what items you can save on and order them in my online store...

     

     

Item #	Product Name	Retail Price	Discounted Price
141678	Metallic Enamel Shapes	$7.00	$5.25
141679	Subtles Enamel Shapes	$9.00	$6.75
141680	Brights Enamel Shapes	$9.00	$6.75
141681	Regals Enamel Shapes	$9.00	$6.75
141469	Blossom Builder Punch	$18.00	$13.50
141471	Festive Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	$8.50	$6.38
141432	Tip Top Taupe 5/8" Mini Striped Ribbon	$8.00	$6.00

 

 https://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryid=10300

Holidays are coming - new Stampin' Up catalog!

I just had to share some pictures of my favorite items in the new Stampin' Up holiday catalog that came out September 1st!

There is so much more in this catalog that I just have to get - which items will be first on your wish list so you can budget for them, and which ones do you have to get now?!  Check out my recent posts that feature the new holiday catalog products, and then buy your must-have in my online store, OK?

Since it is a long holiday weekend, it gives you more time to do this, right?!

I would be glad to share project ideas with you for any products you are going to get; just send me an email!

September blog hop with Stampin' Up's new holiday catalog

Welcome to this month’s blog hop with Di's Country Inkers!  Our theme for this blog hop is Stampin’ Up’s new holiday catalog, which just came out today – have you seen it?  Check it out in my online store.

The blog that was before mine was Barb – wasn’t her project great?!  Here is my card using products from the holiday catalog and to celebrate National Sewing Month.   

I really like the sewing/needlepoint products (I have been sewing for years) so versatile and fun!  So of course, I had to use the Festive Stitching Thinlits and Warmth & Cheer designer series paper stack which has needlepoint paper in it.   

Since the needlepoint paper was in 5 different colors/designs, I narrowed it down to 3 and used these 3 on my card.  And likewise with the Festive Stitching thinlits, it was a challenge to only pick 3 to use – I used 3 different colors of baker’s twine as well.   

If you remember and/or liked the sewing lace up cards from your childhood (or maybe grandchild, friend, etc.), you can make your own with this thinlits set.  I swear lacing up the designs is as relaxing as coloring books lol.

These are the other products I used on my card:  Pretty thinlits, gold sequin trim, gold foil, and Santa’s Sleigh stamp set; the baker’s twine was from the Baker’s twine trio pack and Candy Cane Lane baker’s twine.

When you adhere the sewing piece to your card, I found that using the dimensionals work best, due to the slight bumpiness on the reverse side where the twine is bulkier and messy.

 I plan on giving this special card to my mother for Christmas – since she is the one who taught me to sew at age 10, I know she will appreciate it!  

You can purchase all of the Stampin’ Up products I used in my online store.

If you ever get stuck for a design with your Stampin’ Up projects, just flip through the catalog(s) for awesome great ideas!

 

The next blog you will hop to is Ellie’s, who is another fellow Arizonian. 
Enjoy her fun project, the rest of the bloggers' designs as well, and thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy the new holiday Stampin’ Up catalog too! 

(how many days until Christmas?!)

Here is the blog hop lineup:

Di                     http://www.stampingwithdi.com

Barb                http://www.beelinestamping.com

Mary               http://www.doggandponyshow.blogspot.com

Ellie                 http://www.elstamper.blogspot.com

Melissa            http://www.stampinupwithmelissa.blogspot.com