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New Colors, New In Color Cards

Wondering what colors to use with the new In Colors ~ SHY SHAMROCK, PRETTY IN PINK, PEACH PIE, SUMMER SPLASH & PETUNIA POP????  Download the NEW COLOR CARDS below ~ you'll LOVE the suggested combinations!  (And, I have 2 spots left in my IN COLOR CLUB ~ JOIN THE CLUB and have all these pretty colors to play with for at least 24 months!)

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Perfect Placement of Cling Stamp Stickers

Attach the stickers to your CLING Mount stamps in THREE easy steps!

1. Remove sticker from sheet and apply to acrylic block.

2. Remove backing from sticker and coordinating stamp.  The Take Your Pick tool works great for this.

3. Line up the acrylic block (with sticker side down) over the back of the stamp.  It should line up perfectly.  Press to adhere.

That’s it!  Perfect Placement!

Note:  If you have any of the old CLEAR Mount stamp sets, just stick one (or more, depending on the size of the stamp) of the Cling Adhesive strips (152452) over the sticker to convert them to Cling stamps.

Loveliest Tree Bundle

I am sure that many of you remember (or have tucked away in a cupboard) the stamp set, LOVELY AS A TREE (127793).  The stamp set was retired a number of years ago (anyone have the date?).  On page 71 in the new annual catalog you will find the LOVELIEST TREE stamp set (163714) featuring a single large tree and four sentiments.  The bundle (163716) includes a set of seven dies including the one for the tree itself.  This set is wonderful for all occasion cards and in this case a lovely sympathy card.

Supplies:

• Stamp Sets:  Loveliest Tree (163714)
• Cardstock:  Old Olive (100702); Pecan Pie (161717); Basic White (159276)
• Stamp Pads: Old Olive (147090)
• Misc:  Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper (163303); Pecan Pie ½” Bordered Ribbon; Adhesive-Backed sparkle Gems (161288); Tear & Tape Adhesive154031)

Measurements:

• Old Olive Cardstock 11” x 4 ¼;
• Pecan Pie Cardstock 3 5/8” x 3 5/8”
• Basic White 3 ½” x 3 ½”; 4” x 4”
• Thoughtful Journey 4” x 4”; 4” x 1”

Instructions:

• Score the Old Olive card base at 5 ½” and 6 ½” on the 11” side.
• Stamp the tree in Old Olive ink on the Basic White 3 ½” x 3 ½”.
• Also stamp the sentiment on the Basic White.
• Adhere the Basic White tree to the Pecan Pie and then to the Thoughtful Journey DSP. 
• Adhere the Thoughtful Journey DSP 4” x 1” to the front in the left 1 ¼” section.  Tie the ribbon around this section.
• Once the ribbon is in place, use Tear & Tape to adhere the 1 ¼” section to the inside of the card
• Adhere the focal piece to the front right section of the card.
• Stamp the leaves in Old Olive on the Basic White 4” x 4” piece.
• Adhere the Basic White 4” x 4” to the inside of the card.

Add the Adhesive-Backed Sparkle gems to the front (I used the gold ones).

GET READY NOW!

And, if you gave me an order this week (stamp clubs on Tuesday and Wednesday) I am saving it until Tuesday, May 21!

Replacement Tips for your Blender Pens!

A big thanks to Susan Tran who brought this to the attention of the Gourmet Stamp Club yesterday morning!  She also provided a short demonstration of the easy peasy way to change out an old and well used tip of our blends!  We do love our blends and we do know that the larger tip of the blends is often over used, right?

The kit includes tweezers used to pull the well used tip out of the blend case.

 

The new tip pushes in easily and needs time to soak up the liquid.

Susan ordered from Amazon and gave us a screen shot of her order.

Latte Love One Sheet Wonder

If you enjoy coffee, then the Latte Love Bundle is for you. Fifteen photopolymer stamps of cups, spoons, and beautiful artwork that your barista would design on your coffee. Along with that 20 dies to build your own cup of coffee pot. This set can be found in our Online Exclusives. Stamps: Latte Love Bundle: (163461) Ink: Memento Black (132708), (Pecan Pie (161665), Petal Pink (147108), Calypso Coral (147101), Lemon Lolly (161666), Lost Lagoon (161678). Paper with measurements: Basic White Thick (159229) 8 ½ X 5 1/2, Basic White (159276) 4 X 5 1/4, Pecan Pie 8 ½ X 5 ½ sc 4 1/4, 8 ½ X 5 1/2 sc 4 1/4, 3 ¾ X 5,  Petal Pink (146985) 4 ¼ X 11 sc 5 ½, 4 X 5 ¼, 3 ¾ X 5, 4 X 5, 3 ¾ X 4 1/2, scraps, A Little Latte Designer Series Paper (1643453) cut according to template. Accessories: Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (150673), Paper Trimmer (152392), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Multipurpose Glue (110755), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Bakers Twine Essentials Pack (155475). Instructions: 1. Cut the 12 X 12 Designer Series Paper according to template. 2. Adhere pieces according to the pictures or do your own designing. This will create a group of 11 pictures.

 

Tuesday Project Sheet

You can find this New embossing folder on page 129 AC.

Download Sentimental Park Monochromatic Card

Embossed Layers Technique

Today I have a technique that is about as simple as a technique could be. But using this technique gives a very nice card something a bit extra to make it special.  A Nicely Layered Card Here is a card that I think you would agree is a nice card. It has three layers, a nicely layered sentiment, some ribbon and colors that are all nicely coordinated with the colors in the Designer Series Paper.   That Nice Card with a Little Extra But here’s a little trick that takes this card above the ordinary niceness of a nicely layered card. An embossing folder. Usually when I think of embossing, I think of taking a layer and embossing it to be a part of a card. But with this technique, I adhere all my layers together and emboss them – together! This gives this perfectly nice card some texture that raises it above the ordinary. The only “layer” that is not embossed in this card is the card base. So it’s the entire card front that has that texture that just makes me want to rub my fingers on it.

Mother's Day

Handmade cards are a wonderful way to add a personal touch to your greetings and special occasions, like Mother's Day.  Whether your Mom is still with you or if she has made her home in heaven we all celebrate this special day with wonderful memories of our times together.  Actually, I am the oldest of four and I have always secretly smiled to myself that I got to spend more time with Mom than Judy, Sarah or Brad!  Isn't that silly ~ but true!  Have a wonderful day and continue to spread joy with those handmade cards.  Hugs, se