Weekly DEALS from Stampin' Up!

Check out the Stampin' Up! WEEKLY DEALS in my Online Store - deals that will change every Tuesday. Come and look at the deals and place your order right away for these great, discounted products.

Here are this week's deals, Tuesday, October 7 through Monday, October 13:

1/8" CIRCLE HANDHELD PUNCH Price: $8.95 $6.71	APOTHECARY ACCENTS FRAMELITS DIE Price: $24.95 $18.71	GEOMETRICAL WOOD STAMP SET Price: $29.95 $22.46	MONSTER MUNCHIES ENSEMBLE - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Price: $12.95 $7.77
MOSAIC PUNCH Price: $15.95 $11.96	NATURAL 5/8" CHEVRON RIBBON Price: $6.95 $5.21	SILVER GLIMMER PAPER Price: $4.95 $3.71	THIS AND THAT EPIC DAY JOURNAL Price: $10.95 $8.21

Here are examples of two of this week's DEALS . . .

This clean and simple card uses the Mosaic Punch in addition to the Curly Label Punch and the 1/2" Circle Punch.  Created by Joy Borwege, it has a classy dramatic feel!  Love it.

I created these simple cards using World Spectacular DSP and the You're Amazing stamp set (birthday card) and Parker's Patterns DSP (father's day) along with 

Naturals Ivory and Very Vanilla and Early Espresso cardstocks.

You can see how the Apothecary Accent diecut really makes a nice accent on both cards!

I had created a bunch of these diecuts for graduation cards, and just stamped in a different sentiment.

So what are you waiting for???  Zoom over to my Online Store right away to snatch up these great Weekly Deals before they're gone!  Thanks for stopping by today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

It's Looking a LOT Like Christmas in MN!

Well, since it is snowing today in Minnesota, will you let me get by with showing you some belated Christmas cards?? You can maybe adapt these ideas to other occasions such as birthdays or thinking of you.  Or just file these ideas away for next year!  We made these cards at our CLOclub class last December.

The folded tree is made from half of a 4" circle.  Super easy and cute!  I just attached it with SNAIL tape runner and it pops up with dimension on its own.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Petite Paris
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Season of Style and Festival of Prints DSP, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Very Vanilla
Extras:  Circles Framelits dies, Northern Flurry TIEF, Cherry Cobbler ribbon, Linen Thread, glimmer brads.
Inspired by:  Dawn Olchefske and Connie Babbert

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

I CASEd this card from my fellow demonstrator, Dawn Musil-Thomas.  The poinsettia is stamped twice on vellum cardstock, then cut twice - once the larger image, once the smaller image.  The background poinsettia and sentiment are stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder.

I used Dazzling Details for the flower centers:

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Joyful Christmas
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Crumb Cake, vellum cardstock
Extras:  white embossing powder, Dazzling Details, glue dots, corner rounder punch
Inspired by:  Dawn Musil-Thomas

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

I love the Starburst Technique, or Sunburst as some call it.  Super simple to do, it gives impressive results! I made quite a few of these with birthday greetings on them, too!

The Starburst is built on a separate piece of cardstock (I used a 3x5 index card, trimmed!) and then attached to the Pool Party layer.

Here's a closeup of the edges, so you can see how I built the layers . . .

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Endless Wishes
Ink:  Smoky Slate
Paper:  Winter Frost DSP, Pool Party, Whisper White
Extras:  Silver 1/8" ribbon, Anywhere glue sticks
Inspired by:  Dawn Olchefske and Kathleen Wingerson

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

So grab a hot cuppa somethin' and enjoy a warm day of stamping . . . even for just a little while!  Maybe even put on a little Christmas music.  I'll be cheering  my husband on as he snowblows the driveway . . . again!  Thanks for stopping by today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Everything is . . . stampin' BUSY!

Hello, everyone!  Wow, I've had a busy week!  Getting back into the real world after 2 weeks at a northern MN lake can really take a toll on a person.  Besides working my full time job as a college receptionist and visit coordinator, I finished up wedding invitations for a client and have been working like a crazy woman in preparation for the Mayer Rising Community Festival Craft Fair tomorrow, Saturday.  I think I will breath easier by Sunday.  

Anyway, I wanted you to know that I have NOT fallen off the planet . . . and I even have a card to share with you! It's made by one of my fellow DOstamperSTARS and features one of my brand new stamp sets (to me, anyway!) called Everything Eleanor.

Isn't it pretty?  I need to make some time to pull out my Everything Eleanor set and play with it!  Maybe after this weekend's craft fair . . .

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Everything Eleanor, Petite Pairs
Ink:  Always Artichoke, Marina Mist
Paper:  Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Regals DSP Stack
Extras:  Scallop Trim Border punch
Inspired by: my fellow DOstamper STAR - if you know which one, please leave me a comment!

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

I hope you have a great weekend - and if you're in my corner of MN, please stop by the Fair to say 'hi'!

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Grab these HOT Greeting Stamp Sets at 25% off!

Grab some greetings while they're HOT!  25% off hot, that is.  Starting today, you can get these 3 great greeting stamp sets for 25% off the retail price.  Such a bargain!  

Sassy Salutations (below)

Sweet Essentials (below)

Petite Pairs (below)

Aren't they AWESOME?  I love these sets and use them a LOT!

And remember . . . today you can order:

• Spring Catalog products (ends May 31 midnight)
• Retiring products (ends June 3 midnight)
• NEW Catalog products
• AND the 25% off greeting stamp sets

So why wait?  Include it ALL on your online order today ... OR ... if you're local, get in on my order going in Saturday afternoon, June 1st and pay only 10% shipping when you pick up from my house.  Contact me today!

Thanks for stopping by CLOcards today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Valentine Hearts & Kisses

I love the stamp set called 'Valentine Defined' but it was around for such a short time!  So many cute images, so little time ... sigh.  This little tree is all leafed out in hearts - so much love!  You could use this card sketch with just about any Valentine image.  And I just grabbed other supplies I had on hand to finish it off.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Petite Pairs, Valentine Defined (retired)
Ink:  Early Espresso, Ruby Red
Paper:  Ruby Red DSP and cardstock, paper tape (Creative Memories), Whisper White, Basic Black
Extras:  buttons (various), stitches rub-ons
Inspired by:  a Mojo Monday sketch

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

See what you can make today with the stuff you have around you!
Thanks for stopping by!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

How About Some More JOY-folding??

I'm so glad our January days have been sunny for the most part lately - that makes the cold MN weather just a little easier on the system!  I hope you enjoyed the joy-fold card I shared on Monday.  Here's another one I made for my son's wedding rehearsal dinner last August.  I liked them so much I made a few for myself - and for our CLOclub class!

You can see in these additional pics how the two cards fold into each other - a JOY fold!

I CASEd my card from Cristena Bagne's blog, and these are her measurements, which I followed to a T:

• (1) 5-1/2 x 7 folded at 4-1/4" to create the A2 size (this is the card base, Whisper White)

• (1) 5-1/4 x 4 DSP (Island Indigo circles)

• (2) 3-1/2 x 3-1/2  (Island Indigo)

• (2) 3-1/4 x 3-1/4  (Whisper White)

• (1) 7-1/2 x 3-3/4 folded in half  (smaller joy-folding card base, Whisper White)

• (1) 5-1/4 x 2-1/2 DSP (floral print)

• (1) 5 x 2-1/4 Whisper White

The leaves were made from embossed flower punchies, cut into two's and attached to the underside of the Tangerine flowers.  The ribbon bow only ties through the flower center - the two flat ribbons wrap separately around the square white layer.  They just look like they are all one piece!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Mixed Bunch, Petite Pairs
Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso
Paper:  Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Summer Smooches DSP
Extras:  Blossom punch, 1" Circle punch, 1/8" hole punch, Perfect Polka Dots TIEF, 1/8" Calypso Coral organdy ribbon (retired SAB)
Inspired by:  Cristena Bagne

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

Thanks SO much for spending a little time with me today and sharing in my JOY!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Christmas Banners

I think I'm on a 'banner' roll!  Banners are so cute and easy - and a great way to use up scraps!  And you could either go with the little pearl berries - or color them instead and use a little Crystal Effects to give them shine.

 

The banners were cut 1/5" wide and 5", 4", and 3" long.  These could be lenthened to suit your taste. The ends were cut using a 1.5" square punch.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps: Easy Events, Petite Pairs

Ink: Early Espresso ink pad, Soft Suede and Cajun Craze markers

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze cardstock, Comfort Cafe DSP

Extras: 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 2.5" scallop circle punch, 1.5" square punch, bone folder (to curl up the banners), pearls

Inspired by:  Connie Babbert

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.


So . . . are you ready for the holidays to come yet?  They're just around the corner! As for me, I'm going to try to fully enjoy FALL while it is still here! 

Thanks for stopping by today!
~Hugs~   Cheryl O.   :)

Baby Banners

Hello there!  I got a question this week from Sandra.  She is involved making cards for Operation Write Home (OWH) and the guidelines prohibit much in the way of bling on cards!  You can find out more about this great ministry project HERE.  I learned a LOT - including NO GLITTER!

I told Sandra I'd try to post some ideas from time to time that would meet the guidelines and still turn out to be fun and cute cards.  I thought of this card right away, inspired by Connie Babbert.  The baby theme could easily be switched to a birthday or thinking of you theme.  Other than the dimensionals used, this card consists of all flat layers! And you could even omit the dimensional adhesive and just mount the focal point flat to the card.

 

 

These banners were cut to be 1.5" wide and 5", 4", and 3" long.  When I make this card again, however, I will make the banners 5", 4.5" and 4" long.  3" turned out to be a little short I think.  The ends were cut with a square punch turned upside down!

Thanks so much for asking for ideas, Sandra!  I hope to add more in the future, and will tag them "OWH" so you find them on a search of my blog.  And remember - any card can be 'flattened' down by mounting layers flat without dimensionals, replacing brads and buttons with small punched shapes, and replacing ribbon/knots/bows with paper strips and little punches or diecuts.  Embossing folders are a great way to add the WOW factor, too.

 

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Easy Events, Petite Pairs

Ink:  Early Espresso

Paper:  Whisper White, Primrose Petals cardstock, Sale-a-bration DSP (retired)

Extras:  2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 2.5" scallop circle punch, 1.5" square punch, bone folder (to curl up the banners), Cra-Z-Art colored pencils.

Inspired by:  Connie Babbert

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

 

Until next time, keep your comments and questions coming!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.   :)

Triple Time Stamping

Triple Time Stamping has become super popular again - a simple technique with a whole lot of WOW!  Basically, what you do is temporarily attach the vanilla layers to each other, stamp the pile randomly, then separate the ivory layers and mat each with a colored cardstock, and reattach - giving a little lift by using dimensionals between a couple of the layers as shown. 

The top two layers are attached flat to each other, then mounted to the bottom layers with dimensional adhesive to give it a little 'lift'!



This is a REAL vintage glass button, found at a garage sale on a card of buttons - originally priced at 10 cents!

And a little something for the inside . . . !

Dimensions:

Very Vanilla

• 2" x 3-1/4"
• 3" x 4-1/4"
• 4" x 5-1/4"

Cherry Cobbler

• 2-1/4" x 3-1/2"
• 3-1/4" x 4-1/2"
• 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" (fold for card base)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Creative Elements, Petite Pairs
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Pretty in Pink
Paper:  Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler cardstock
Extras:  Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, vintage glass button, Dimensionals.

Inspired by:  Dawn Olchefske

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

You can do this technique with ANY stamps, ANY colors, and ANY shape! Try it - you'll like it!
Thanks for stopping by.

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.   :)