In Color Revival

Hi friends! For today's card, I decided to use this year's In Colors. These colors are always so great, but they won't be around forever! Each year, Stampin' Up! develops six In Colors that they only keep for one year. This year's colors are Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, and Crushed Curry. I always LOVE the In Colors, but as we've been trudging through these dull winter months, I've failed to pull them out, as this year's In Colors are fairly bright.

Using the Clean & Simple Stamping Fall-To Layout #76, I paired Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie to make this fun "anytime" card :)



The squares are embossed using the Big Shot and the Texturz Plates, and the sentiment is from a FREE Sale-a-Bration stamp set (for every $50 you purchase, you'll receive a FREE stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration catalog!). Hope you all have a very happy Friday!

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Stamp Sets: Whimsical Words (FREE Sale-a-Bration Set; 118386-Wood; 119119-Clear –pictured below)
Paper: Melon Mambo (115320), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Crushed Curry (115319)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry (115658)
Punches: 1-1/4” Square Punch (104400)
Cool Tools: Big Shot (113439), Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds I (114512)
The Little Something Extra: Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), 1/2” Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon Rich Razzleberry (115613)

Happy {Heart} Day!

This past weekend, I flew to Kansas City to visit my mom and scrapbook for the weekend! Whoo Hoo! As I was preparing my things for the flight, I rediscovered my sticky cuts letters and just felt an overwhelming need to pull them out and use them again! I have the Fine Cosmo glitter, which includes a Rose Red colored glitter. I pulled out Pretty in Pink to coordinate and went to town...so Happy {Heart} Day!!

I love the new Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, featured in the new Occasions Mini Catalog. It's sparkly! One side of each sheet has a glittery pattern. Of course I would love it! I highly recommend it :-)

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Stamp Sets: Happy Everything (115235—pictured below)
Paper: Rose Red (102544), Pretty in Pink (100459), Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper (117153)
Ink: Rose Red (101778)
Punches: Heart to Heart (113694), Scallop Edge (112091)
The Little Something Extra: Sticky Cuts Letters (111109), Fine Cosmo Stampin’ Glitter (108796), Mini Library Clips (109857), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon (109067), Linen Thread (104199)

Fall To Layout 75

For this quick and easy card, I used a sketch posted last Friday on the Clean & Simple Stamping Blog:



I tried a new color combo, Garden Green, Certainly Celery, and Soft Suede. It's probably not the best, but it's still fun to try new combos :-)



I love using the Big Shot and the Top Note die. It's so quick and easy to make a nice shape to use as an alternative to the basic rectangle. I also love the Clean & Simple blog and their quick and easy card sketches. 10 minute cards are the best! You should check out their blog and try some of the sketches!

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Stamp Sets: Heard from the Heart (111644—pictured below), Circle Circus (115778—pictured below)
Paper: Garden Green (102584), Certainly Celery (105125)
Ink: Garden Green (102272), Soft Suede (115657)
Cool Tools: Big Shot (113439), Top Note Die (113463)
The Little Something Extra: 1/2” Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon Soft Suede (115612)

Clear Mount Stamps!

I can't believe I've waited this long to share this amazing new technology with you! Starting with the new Occasions Mini catalog, Stampin' Up! will be offering their stamp sets in both the traditional wood-mount format as well as the NEW clear-mount format!

I'm sure most of you have heard of the clear acrylic stamps and clear blocks offered by some other rubber stamp companies. Stampin' Up! has been working toward a quality product that can compare to these clear stamps. A solution has finally been reached--clear mount stamps!

Clear mount stamps are basically Stampin' Up!'s traditional red rubber die cut stamps, but re-positionable and mounted on clear blocks. This way, the quality of the stamp is not compromised, but the stamper is given the ability to better see exactly where she is stamping. Additionally, the stamps are stored in a DVD-sized case, thus reducing the amount of storage space required!

I was so excited to place my order and kept telling Ben that I couldn't wait for my clear blocks to come in the mail along with my new stamp sets! He just made fun of me for being excited to play with my new blocks :-)

After I got my new Occasions Mini clear-mount stamp sets, I was immediately impressed by how easy it was to prepare the stamps for use. I was so impressed, in fact, that I made a quick tutorial to show you how easy it is!

1. Peel the white backing from the sticker


2. Punch out the stamp


3. Peel the backing from the stamp


4. Line the stamp up with the sticker (super easy because the stamp and the sticker are the same shape! You go Stampin' Up!!)


5. After you've lined up and stuck down the stamp...


6. Peel the stamp back up...and magically, the sticker is attached perfectly! (You know how I love perfection!)


7. Your stamp is ready to mount on a clear block


8. Just press the block down on the stamp for a couple seconds, and your stamp is ready to go!



Yes! It's that simple! I love Clear Mount Stamps! Now for a fun little card made with a new Clear Mount stamp set from the Occasions Mini, Well Scripted:



It was so easy to stamp the "happy birthday" sentiment exactly in the center of my piece of card stock because I could see exactly where I was stamping! Yay! I'm just so excited! Can't you tell!?

Please let me know if you have any questions about the Clear Mount Stamps--I'd be happy to answer any of your questions. And don't worry, I'm sure I'll be sharing many more Clear Mount tips in the coming weeks. Clearly, I love them (no pun intended :-)

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Stamp Sets: Baroque Motifs (113490—pictured below), Well Scripted (117072-Wood; 118601-Clear —pictured below)
Paper: Pale Plum (101658), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Very Vanilla (101650)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry (115658)
Punches: Scallop Edge (112091)
The Little Something Extra: Silver Brads (104336)

Mojo Monday 122

I decided at the last minute to take advantage of the Mojo Monday sketch from last Monday:



Since I don't have any oval cutting tools, I decided to use an image instead. Making this card pulled me further out of my comfort zone than I've been for quite a while! I used Sage Shadow, a color I have literally NEVER used before. All the Sage Shadow paper that I have is in full sheets--untouched. It was actually fun to get to use a brand new color :-)



My mom had recently emailed me with this fun "faux DSP" technique that she had seen on Gretchen Barron's blog. Although this technique produces a look that I almost never use, I thought it worked well for the way I wanted this card to look. Click here to see the tutorial for this technique.



I stepped outside my comfort zone today, why don't you pull out a color that you have never used (or hardly ever use) and make something fun. Post a comment and let me know how it goes!

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Stamp Sets: Wings of Friendship (Level 2 Hostess 114308—pictured below), Thank You Kindly (111700—pictured below—also a Sale-a-Bration 2009 set)
Paper: Basic Gray (108692), Basic Black (102851), Sage Shadow (101563), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Basic Gray (109120), Sage Shadow (102532)
Cool Tools: Big Shot (113439), Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds I (114512), Stamp-a-Ma-Jig (101049)
The Little Something Extra: Basic Gray Corduroy Buttons (114345)

Helping Stampin' Up Help Haiti

Stampin' Up! has decided to join forces with the American Red Cross to help fund relief work in Haiti. Click here to find out how you can help Stampin' Up! help Haiti.

Additionally, the Stampin' Up! home office has assembled 5,000 Hygene Kits to send to Haiti. Click here to visit So Shelli (the blog of Shelli Gardener, the Co-Founder and CEO of Stampin' Up!) and read her blog post about the relief efforts.