Bundled Baby Gift Tag

I made this adorable gift tag for a baby shower this weekend.  Even though I used the Bundled Baby set (which I think is retired) any cute Stampin' Up! baby image would work for a quick and simple tag. Or, change the image all together for a Birthday, Thank you etc.   The second tag is behind this and it coordinates and is where I signed my name.  I love the new Metallic Foil Doilies from Stampin' Up! as well as the Washi Label punch and the DSP: Cherry on Top.
The polka dots on the top of the tag are just a new pencil used to stamp the eraser in the Smoky Slate ink pad and stamp on the tag to create a pattern.  I wanted polka dots to match the baby's blanket and that was the quickest solution I could dream up. :-)

Four of 4 Sprinkles of Life ideas

Here's the last card of the 4 ideas I made up to share with the set: "Sprinkles of Life".  Remember that this is the set where Stampin' Up! donates $3 for each stamp set sold to the Ronald McDonald House Charities.  Check out this previous post for images of the stamp set and the coordinating punch.  The embossing folder used on the white background can be found in the Holiday Catalog, page 24, Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.
Holiday Catalogs should be arriving in your mail box any day now. If you haven't received a copy and would like one please just let me know.

3 of 4 designs for: SPRINKLES OF LIFE

In the last 2 posts I have been sharing designs using the Ronald McDonald House Charities set for 2015-16.  

Here is one more card idea which has the Silver Glimmer paper as the silver lining in every cloud....this gorgeous, extra shimmery paper is perfect for this phrase.  

*There is just one trick you need to know to get this look....use the coordinating punch (Tree Builder) and insert the Silver Glimmer paper in the punch with the back (white side) facing "UP" in the punch and the glimmer side facing the bottom of the punch.

Check out the previous post from 2 days ago to see the full stamp set images and the coordinating punch.

Card 2 (of 4) from SPRINKLES OF LIFE set

As explained in my previous post, the SPRINKLES OF LIFE set is the Ronald McDonald House Charities set for this catalog year of 2015-16.  Each stamp set we sell gets $3 donated to this charity from Stampin' Up!.  With fall right around the corner I thought it would be fun to design a card using the bare tree and a fun pile of leaves.  This set has so many fun options from trees, cupcakes, ice cream cones, flowers etc.  It is very versatile.  Don't you just love the fall colors?

2015-16 Ronald McDonald House Charities Set by Stampin' Up! Card 1 of 4

One of the many fabulous things Stampin’ Up!® does each year is  help families through RMHC. Each year they have a special stamp set that is used for this charitable donation.  This year the set is called: "Sprinkles of Life".  When you purchase this (photopolymer) set, Stampin' Up! will donate $3 TO RMHC. Please consider helping this great cause.  Details for this set and stamped samples can be found on page 189 of the 2015-16 Stampin' Up! catalog.

Here is one of my designs using this set for the first time today.  I love ice cream so this set was so fun to play with.

Images copyright Stampin' Up! 2015        
    #139971  Sprinkles of Life - 22 photopolymer stamps $21.00
Suggested acrylic blocks:  A, C. G

Images copyright Stampin' Up! 2015    

#138295 Tree Builder Punch $18.00

I've been busy in my stamp room.  

More fun samples of this set coming soon!

Thankful Forest Friends: Bear

This bear is so adorable and makes for a quick and easy card with the Holiday Mini catalog set: Thankful Forest Friends.  The wood grain paper is Designer Series Paper: Into the Woods (also in Holiday Mini).  If  you look closely the white paper is embossed with the wood grain embossing folder so there are lots of textures and layers to this fun card!  Tag is made with the new Ornate Tag Topper punch from page 165 of the current big catalog.  Bear is stamped with the new Archival Basic Black Stampin' Pad...Hip Hip Horray! for having a true BLACK ink pad again.  (pg. 19 of Holiday Mini Catalog #140931 $7.00) Ordering for Holiday Mini: Sept. 1-January 4, 2016.

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Bold Butterfly Thinlits

This is a fun new card uses my favorite In Color: Watermelon  Wonder

The embossing folder used for the background is called "Fluttering" and it is a new folder in our 2015-16 catalog and these new folders are larger in size.  They are 6x6" and just fit into the Big Shot machine.  Having this larger space allows for choosing your placement or for larger pieces of course. The "Bold Butterfly" Thinlits match up perfectly with the "Watercolor Wings" stamp set which makes a beautiful butterfly cut out.

Paper Pumpkin Kits 50% off your first 2 months!

Thanks right, 1/2 price Paper Pumpkin kits for new subscribers.  Sign up by September 10 to get your first 2 months of kits for only $9.95.  At convention we had a chance to see a sneak peek of the August and September kits and they are adorable.  August has a chalkboard theme but it is not just for teachers.  It has adorable images on black papers with pink cardstock accents.  September has a fall theme and I want the kit just for the adorable straws that look like birch trees.  These straws make a gift bag that looks like a broom.  Now, convention always tires me out so I can't remember all the details but remember that they were ADORABLE!  For that price you can't go wrong trying Paper Pumpkin for 2 months.  The kits also make great gifts.

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You've Got This

These adorable cards were a convention roomie gift from Tina B. I just loved how the new In  Colors 2015-17 were used to create this gift set of 4 cards.  You can find this set on page 113 of the 2015-16 Catalog.

Summer Wedding Card

I just love the new Brick Wall embossing folder that is in the new 2015-16 Stampin' Up! Catalog.  The new folders are 6x6" in size so you have a larger folder to place your cardstock in and place it either direction.  I find they run through the Big Shot very easily. 
I used this embossing folder to make this wedding card.  I also used retiring embellishments.  Remember to check out the Clearance Rack in my online store.  Great buys on ribbons in the clearance rack as well as other retiring products.  Once opened, this card has a slot for a gift card.