HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW CATALOGS?

If you haven't yet seen the current Idea Book and Catalog that came out July 1st, or the Holiday Mini that will be available from now until January 3rd, just click on the images on the left side of this blog to see them online. Did you know that you can order directly and save a little?  If you do, you will have an opportunity at the website to name me as your Demonstrator.

There are some new things in the Holiday Mini that are exciting. The Simply Scoring Tool is getting lots of great accolades already.

How about 1"x 8" cellophane bags for Halloween treats?

A Holiday Stocking BigZ die for your Big Shot and a Stocking Builder Punch, Glimmer Paper, Quilted Satin Ribbon, Mini Jingle Bells and so much more. Of course, there are new stamp sets, Designer Paper, Fabric and other accessories, new Digital Downloads.... You just have to take a look! 

AUTUMN DAYS THINKING OF YOU

Autumn Days is a wonderful stamp set as you can see from previous posts. It easily spans the Autumn and the Christmas seasons.  For this one, I colored the pheasant stamp with markers and stamped it on Whisper White, then cut it out and adhered it to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up.
The stamp set includes a pine cone "bouquet" as well as the autumn themed stamps so it is especially useful for the winter holidays. You can purchase it either with wood mounts or clear mount.  It is a Must Have in my stamp inventory for this time of the year.

The sentiment is from the Sincere Salutations set - another Go-To set that I use all the time.

The ribbon used here is retired, but there are so many excellent choices in the new catalog, you will find just the right one to enhance your card.

Dreams du Jour Easel Calendars

These calendar easel cards were made in January before I broke my arm - fortunatly. Easel cards are fun to make, they mail in the standard card envelope and, as a calendar, make a year long reminder of your friendship with the person who is lucky enough to receive the card from you.  Dreams du Jour is a delightful set and, if you know me, butterflies and ribbon are my favorite embellishments. The stamp set is in the current catalog, the designer papers shown here are retired bits from my stash that I'm trying to reduce. 

REPORTING IN - AGAIN!

Oh Goodness.  You can see that May came and went and no contributions here from me. Healing and a return to some sense of normality has taken much longer than I anticipated. So, here's another try. I have been doing some stamping and card making in the past month - mostly using retired products. I'm trying to be responsible and reduce my stash before buying much new. Not an easy challenge!  So, for the time being, I'll be posting some projects that I've enjoyed making from retired products and hope they may give you some ideas for design or technique - or that you just enjoy looking at them. Of course, I'd love to have your comments on any of them.

REPORTING IN

Hi Stampers,

Some of you have sent emails asking why I haven't posted for such a long time.  Here's a quick update: 
At Christmas time this year I was using products from my stash rather than current Stampin'Up! products, so didn't post. 
Then, I went on vacation and while on vacation, fell and broke my right arm.  It has been immobilized since that time and will be for another six weeks.  That has meant no stamping, or even writing, or typing with my right hand.
It is healing, though, so I expect to be back at the stamp table in early May.  Wow!  Do I have a lot of projects in mind that I want to do. 
Thanks for your well wishes and check back here in a couple of months.

Happy Stampin'!
Betty Vene

AUTUMN DAYS WREATHS

Now you see another another delightful way to use the foliage in the Autumn Days stamp set.  Stamping the wreath is quick and easy. Just punch a 1 3/8" circle for a mask to create the center of the wreath, adhere it to the center of Whisper White card stock with Dotto or another temporary adhesive and stamp your images. Remove the mask and there is room for a sentiment using Teeny Timy Wishes.  I've used this card this Autumn for Get Well, for Birthday, for a Thank You, and, of course, it is perfect for a Thanksgiving card. 

AUTUMN DAYS VASES

 

Autumn Days is a great stamp set.  It is so versatile that it will carry you through Autumn and Christmas with ease.  I'll be posting a number of cards using it.

This set of cards uses oval and circle punches for the vase and, except for sentiments, all the stamps are in the Autumn Days stamp set. 

Card stock and ink:  Whisper White, Naturals White, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Versamark
Punches:  1 3/8 " circle, large oval, Word Window, Phto Corner

In case your are wondering about the multicolored circle in the bottom card - that was an afterthought.  Tomorrow, I will show you Autumn wreath cards made with this set. The circle was the mask for the center of the wreath and when I finished using it, it was just too interesting to toss out. But, then, I don't toss out very much!