Hey there! I'm so glad that the pandemic restrictions are starting to relax, especially since that means we can now have Vacation Bible School! yay! I am the Crafts Director for almost 100 kids and I love to use my Stampin' Up! supplies for at least one of the daily projects. Last year our theme was going to be "Mystery Island" so I ordered the Timeless Tropical stamp set and the In The Tropics dies. Last year's VBS was cancelled, but  they decided to do "Mystery Island" this year so I was ready!

We have found that the kids do better when they can wear their projects home, so we try to put everything on a string necklace, if possible. Today's project is a tropical-themed memory verse medallion:

I cut the pineapple from Pear Pizzazz and Crushed Curry card stock, then added a little sponging with Early Espresso ink. I used Garden Green and Early Espresso Stampin' Write Markers to ink palm trees before stamping on Crumb Cake. Everything, including the Memory Verse flower, were cut with In the Tropics dies.

I printed the Memory Verse with my computer, cut with the die, then stamped over it with the tropical flower using Flirty Flamingo ink. I adhered everything to a Coastal Cabana base layer that I embossed with the Bark 3D folder to resemble water waves.

I used my retired Crop-a-dile to punch the hold for the string, then added Flirty Flamingo reinforcements I cut with my new Tailor Made Tags dies.

Supplies to order:

Timeless Tropical Cling Stamp Set (English) [151497] $23.00	In The Tropics Dies [151495] $35.00	Bark 3 D Embossing Folder [155431] $10.00
Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $22.00	Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131297] $8.75	Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416] $8.75
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $7.50	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131199] $8.75	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131201] $8.75
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $8.75	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $30.00	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $30.00
Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $120.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $12.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $7.50

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Hey there! Today I want to share with you a little coaster calendar I've created with the Berry Delightful Designer Series Paper. I'm planning to put magnets on the back so they can be added to a refrigerator door. I covered some heavy card board coasters a friend gave me a stack of several years ago and I am thrilled with how they turned out!

I get the self-sticking calendar pads from https://www.vippies.com I'm not sure if they are still selling 2021 calendars, but with it only being half-way through January I would think so.

I used a retired circle die to cut the 4" across Garden Green circles to cover the coaster. I embossed the circle with one of the Meadow Moments Mini Embossing Folders, then adhered to the coaster with liquid glue.

I punched the bloom and the leaf directly from the Berry Delightful Designer Series Paper with the Strawberry Builder Punch. I added an Elegant Faceted Gem to the center of the bloom for a little sparkle.

These calendars came together very quickly. See my supply list and dimensions I have posted lower in this post.

Note: The Berry Delightful Designer Series Paper is only available as part of the Berry Blessings Bundle found in the 2021 Sale-a-bration brochure. You cannot buy this paper, but you can choose it as your free gift when you order at least $100 of Stampin' Up! products.

Dimensions:

Garden Green for circle: 4 1/4" x 4 1/4"

Flirty Flamingo calendar mat: 2 3/8" x 3 1/8"

Berry Delightful strip for left side: 1 1/2" x 4"

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Meadow Moments Embossing Folders	Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Strawberry Builder Punch	Elegant Faceted Gems	Berry Blessings Bundle (English)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

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The Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine is now available to order! yay!

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Hey there! The Year-End Closeout and Clearance Rack Refresh, coupled with my Free Shipping offer, has been going so well I've decided to extend the free shipping through Saturday to give you all a few more days to send me your order!

Today I want to share with you a few projects I've created and shared in the past few months with the Gnome For The Holidays stamp set, starting with this Merry Christmas banner I shared HERE.

Earlier I used this same little guy as the focal point of the Christmas card I shared HERE.

I paired this guy with Plaid Tidings 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper, which is also on the Retiring/Year-End Closeout List. I used the Tailored Tag Punch, which is from the Annual Catalog, to punch him out and to create the mat layers.

Finally, I created a more traditional Gnome For The Holidays Christmas card with another print from Plaid Tidings 6" x 6" Designer paper and a print from In Good Taste Designer found in the Annual Catalog. I cut out the focal image with a Celebration Labels Die, which is also on the Retiring/Year-End Closeout List and are discounted 50%! Get all of the details for this card HERE.

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Free Shipping Extended Through December 12th!

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Hey there! Over the long Thanksgiving weekend I helped my daughter create 9 banners for her co-worker gifts. We used the trendy Gnome for the Holidays!

It's hard to see how cute this banner really is. My little point-and-shoot isn't up to this task!

I used Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White for my color scheme, which was the perfect background for the snowflakes, letters, and gnomes! I spelled out "M E R R Y"  using a retired set of Stampin' Up! dies I will never get rid of, then used the Playful Alphabet to add "CHRISTMAS". In between each of the "M E R R Y" letters I added a banner with just snowflakes and the small Playful Alphabet letters to spell "CHRISTMAS".  All of the banners are stapled over the twine so they can be slid back and forth to get the spacing correct depending on where you hang it.

 I added adhesive with Adhesive Sheets before cutting out the snowflakes. This made assembly MUCH EASIER than trying to use liquid glue!

The gnomes (we made one banner with the Way To Goat stamp set but I forgot to take a picture before she took it away) were stamped with Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Stampin' Blends. I colored around each gnome with a Light Seaside Spray Stampin' Blend so I could easily cut around them.

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Gnome For The Holidays Cling Stamp Set (English)	Playful Alphabet Dies	Winter Snow Embossing Folder
So Many Snowflakes Dies	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Paper Snips	Adhesive Sheets	Foam Adhesive Strips
Rhinestone Basic Jewels	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack	Bronze & Ivory Stampin' Blends Combo Pack	Seaside Spray Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

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Hey there! I've been playing with calendar ideas for an outdoor craft fair I "hope" to be able to do in early December, and my first design is with my tried-and-true favorite fold, the easel!

It's one of the most simple designs I think I've ever done; no stamping, just die-cutting and dry embossing with the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. While I was at it I added a Post-it-Note pad to make this even more useful as a nifty desk calendar!

I embossed the white layers with the lovely Winter Snow embossing folder and added the heart cut from the center of the little house with a mini stampin' dimensional.

I love this little house and trees, all cut with Home Together Dies from Garden Green and Real Red card stock!

The side trees are also cut with a Home Together Die.

Dimensions:

Misty Moonlight easel card base:  4 1/4" x 11", scored and folded at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2" easel upright: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"   

Misty Moonlight calendar mat:  2 3/8" x 3 1/8"  Post-it-note mat: 3 1/8" x 3 1/8"

Whisper White layer: 4" x 5 1/4" - need two

Real Red for house/heart: 1 1/2" x 2"  

Garden Green for trees: scraps

Supplies to order: 

Home Together Dies	Winter Snow Embossing Folder	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Stampin' Seal	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
Whisper White Medium Envelopes

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Order at least $50, receive All the Trimmings Embellishments, PLUS the Card-of-the-Month!

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Hey there! Today I want to share with you a project I created with another oldie-but-goodie: the envelope gift card holder!

Super-easy and economical to make, I made these for my swap this month! The base of the holder is a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope, folded in half, the flap cut in half on the fold line, and one flap adhered down while the other flap remains to insert the gift card!

I embellished it with Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper (on sale 15% off this month!) and images from both Wrapped in Christmas and Warm Hugs.

The Warm Wraps Dies contains everything you need to cut out the sentiments and the tree, heart, and candy canes! I cut the greeting layers on the front with Stitched Rectangle Dies and tied it closed with a length of Gold Metallic-Edge Ribbon.

Here's the basic dimensions to cover the folds of the holder:

Front, and inside Garden Green layers: 2 3/4" x 4 3/8" - need two

Toile Tidings layer: 2 5/8" x 4 1/8" - need two

Garden Green for flap: 2 7/8" x 2 1/4"   for layer below the flap: 2 7/8" x 3 5/8"

Toile Tidings layer below the flap: 2 5/8" x 3 3/8"

Garden Green front focal image mat: 2" x 3 1/2"

Very Vanilla for front focal image: 2" x 3"

Everything else is scraps of Very Vanilla & Garden Green

Supplies to order:

Wrapped In Christmas Cling Stamp Set (English)	Warm Hugs Bundle (English)	Warm Hugs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
Warm Wraps Dies	Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad	Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad	Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (X2)	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon

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Order at least $50, receive All the Trimmings Embellishments, PLUS the Card-of-the-Month!

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Hey there! Today I'm sharing the banner I created for Ivory's birthday party decorations. I failed to take a picture of it hanging at the party, but I have some good close-ups of some of the pennants, so you will just have to use your imagination for the rest!

I used the same color combo of Purple Posy, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, and Whisper White that I used for her birthday card I shared with you yesterday. Each pennant is 6 1/8" wide at the top  I made my own pattern and then traced it cross-wise onto the Gorgeous Grape card stock. After cutting along the lines with my paper trimmer, I found I could get two pennants from an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of card stock. I used my stapler to adhere the fold over the Baker's Twine I used to pull the pennant together and for hanging.

I stamped Whisper White with the Buffalo Check background and Highland Heather ink, then cut with one of the Celebration Labels Dies from the Holiday Catalog. I used the Playful Alphabet for her name and both Daisy Punches for the flowers.  I wanted to distract from the staples along the top of each pennant, so I cut Whisper White strips with one of the Ornate Borders dies and added with liquid glue!

Each daisy has a Buffalo Check heart punched from the leftovers of the Celebration Labels using the Dog Builder Punch!

I do wish I had taken a picture of it all hanging together, but it's hard to photograph something that long very well! I hope you have enjoyed the close-ups of the pennants! lol!

Supplies to order:

Buffalo Check Cling-Mount Stamp Set	Celebration Labels Dies	Daisy Punch
Medium Daisy Punch	Dog Builder Punch	Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Playful Alphabet Dies	Ornate Borders Dies	Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Purple Posy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad
Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

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Hey there! While poking around in my stash, I found a few mini composition books and was inspired to embellish them with the Pleased as Punch Designer Series Paper.  After I covered the book with the soft Blushing Bride gingham print from the Pleased as Punch pack, I decided to create a card to match!

Pleased as Punch Designer Paper:

The images on the Pleased As Punch Designer are sized perfectly to be punched with the Tulip Builder Punch,(the punched I used on today's projects) Umbrella Builder Punch, Heart Punch Pack, and the Sale-a-bration Small Bloom Punch!

I used Basic Black card stock for my card base to make a card that looked like the notebook. I added a Pearlized Doily behind the punched and popped-up tulips, as well as a bow tied from Gorgeous Grape 1/4" Mini Striped Ribbon!

Inside I used a sentiment from Thanks For The Laughs, found on page 11 of the Spring Mini!

Download my free tutorial for today's projects:

Download Pleased As Punch Card and Mini Composition Book

Supplies:

Itty Bitty Greetings Cling-Mount Stamp Set	Pleased As Punch Designer Series Paper	Tulip Builder Punch
Gorgeous Grape 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Mini Striped Ribbon	Classic Label Punch	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Pearlized Doilies	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Whisper White Medium Envelopes

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Order at least $50, receive Noble Peacock Rhinestones in addition to my ordering gift and SAB freebie!

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Hey there! Today's project is the one I offered at my church Girls' Craft Day. Ages ranged from 2nd grade to high school, so I needed an easy, fun, and practical project. This Tulip Builder Basket by  Twila Davis was perfect!

Aren't these little tulip baskets just the cutest?! I'm posting my version of Twila's project with her permission and providing  a link to her blog post.

The girls had two greeting choices: "HAPPY SPRING", selectively inked from the Timeless Tulips phrase "HAPPY EASTER, HAPPY SPRING, happy, happy everything", and "happy mother's day" from Itty Bitty Greetings. Most of the girls chose "happy mother's day" and were glad to have their mom's gift ready ahead of time, as long as they could restrain themselves from eating the chocolate before Mother's Day! lol! One girl decided to eat the chocolate and replace it with Reeses! lol!

Of course, the basket included designer paper-wrapped chocolate!

Here's the link to Twila's blog post and video to make it!

Supplies to order:

Timeless Tulips Bundle (English)	Timeless Tulips Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)	Tulip Builder Punch
Classic Label Punch	Itty Bitty Greetings Cling-Mount Stamp Set	Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad	Brights Stampin' Write Markers	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon	Tear & Tape Adhesive
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals	Simply Scored	Paper Snips
Best Dressed 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Hey there! Happy Valentine's Day!  Today's project is a shiny Valentine wreath from the dollar store I embellished with pictures of my favorite people!! I printed the pictures at home, so they aren't great quality, but after punching with the Heart Punches from the Spring Mini catalog and mounting on Heart Doilies, also from the Spring Mini, I LOVE it! Here's my entire Payne Clan!

The prep and assembly was  simple! After printing the pics on copy paper, I punched them with the smooth Heart Punch, layered onto a white heart punched with the scalloped Heart Punch, then on a Heart Doily. I started to adhere to the wreath with dimensionals, but discovered they fall off after the wreath is hung up, so I used hot glue instead.

Left to right: my oldest daughter, Jessica, and her husband, Johnny, me and my hubby, Mark, my youngest daughter, Alisa, and her husband, Cody.

Descending from Jessica's left: Jessica's children, Maddie Kate, Ava, Cohen, and Jaxon

Below Jaxon: my middle daughter, Kimberly and her husband, Tony, then their children: Liam, Darcy, and . . .

The newest member of the Payne Clan, Fiona Everly!

Below Alisa & Cody, their children Oakley, Lando, Ivory, and Cyndal. We'll add another baby girl to this family in May!

Last but definitely not least: top right, my middle son Logan and his new bride, Faith, in the middle my youngest son, Benjamin, and bottom left, my oldest son, Troy, and his wife of almost a year, Grace!

Today's supplies:

Heart Punch Pack	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Heart Doilies
Snail Adhesive

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February Online Ordering Gift of any amount:

Order at least $50, receive Petal Pink Rhinestone Gems in addition to the ordering gift!

Join my team of Yes Mam! Stampers, get extra goodies in your kit! Build your Starter Kit with $125 worth of Stampin' Up! products for $99 plus sales tax (free shipping!) Stampin' Up! adds the 6" paper trimmer, 6"x6" sampler pack of designer papers, then YOU CHOOSE any stamp set of any value from any catalog for free! (Host and Sale-a-bration sets are excluded) Find the "join" link in my online store!

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