You Are My Anchor - April 2018 Paper Pumpkin Alternates

Are you familiar with Paper Pumpkin? It's a monthly box subscription for cardmakers! Every month a new kit is shipped to you, and every kit includes a stamp set, ink and the full supplies to create a unique design. This month's kit is called You're My Anchor and I LOVE IT!!! This kit makes the most adorable love notes and also includes a cute gift box to house those love notes.  I made up a few note sets as directed and had a bunch of leftover supplies to create a few full-sized card alternates. The only supplies I added were cardstock and ink.  

If you are new to these kits I have a special for you, 50% off your first two months. Use code SAVEFIFTY0418 until May 10th. 

I want to share this super fun idea. See that larger Pool Party colored anchor underneath the Island Indigo anchor? Take the negative shape from the anchor die cut sheet and create a little mini stencil mask.  I sponged in Pool Party to create this subtle anchor shadow. I love it. The 3x3 cards go a LONG way when you start to cut them apart for accents.

You are my Anchor stamp set

You Are My Anchor paper supplies

Thanks for visiting! 

R.A.K.S Plant Kindness - TGIF Theme Challenge

Hello! Welcome to another TGIF Challenge. This week we are creating from a theme: Plant Kindness. Who doesn't love a card or kind thought out of the blue? A random act of kindness is so rewarding. I'm planning to pop a few cards in the mail for some besties, just because. 

I created my card today using products from the Share What You love Promotion. This card will be headed to someone pretty incredible. 

Are you ready to play along? Head over to the TGIFC Blog and show us your kindness cards and share some love. #tgifc156

Share What You Love promotion - Stampin' Up! Charlet Mallett

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Gotta Have It All Bundle

[149526]

$127.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Sunshine & Rainbows - Stampin' Up! Artisan Blog Hop

Hello and welcome back to another Stampin' Up! Artisan Design team blog hop. This edition we are featuring the playful Sunshine & Rainbows stamp set and coordinating dies. I'm excited to share two bright and beautiful cards with you today.  

First off, the products used on my cards are currently available in the Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog and annual catalog. I created these cards before Stampin' Up! announced their retired products list. So, these cards DO feature a few items that will be going away May 31st (specifically colors: Sweet Sugarplum & Peekaboo Peach). If you love these products as much as I do grab these items now, while supplies last.

Now onto the cards. I really like the idea of something special at the end of a rainbow ... how about a bouquet of flowers? Or perhaps a cloud of iridescent sequins? Options are endless and oh so pretty. Both of these cards take a fun approach to treasure at the end of a rainbow.  

The flowers are the end of this rainbow were created using the Blossom Builder Punch.  Each flower has been punched in the same color as the corresponding rainbow stripe. I added a little pearl accents to the center of each of these flowers and stained these pearls with a similar matching Stampin' Blend marker.  This is a fun little detail and adds a special touch. 

Here is a fun approach for a shaker card. Make that shaker work for you inside and out! This shaker window full of sequins can be seen from the front of the card and then once opened, seen from the inside as well. The natural motion of opening the card also allows the sequins to fall, creating a nice WOW once the card is opened.
 

Creating a matching window for the inside of the shaker is easy to do by flipping your paper over once die cut to match up with the front. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed these projects. I am super excited to see what the other Artisan designers have in store. I am ready to be inspired! Next up is the super talented Connie Collins. 

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Cathy Caines
Charlet Mallett (YOU ARE HERE)
Connie Collins
Elizabeth Price
Emma Goddard
Jenni Pauli
Jennifer Frost
Jessica Winter
Kayla MacAulay
Kim McGillis
Lauren Alaird
Linda van Wely-Zwolle
Rhoda MacPherson
Sarah Lancaster
Susan Wong
Sylwia Schreck 

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Sunshine & Rainbows Photopolymer Bundle

[145983]

$45.75

Tutti-Frutti 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[145606]

$10.00

Blossom Builder Punch

[141469]

$18.00

Twine Baker's Whisper White

[124262]

$3.00

Iridescent Sequin Assortment

[144212]

$5.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[126983]

$6.50

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

[141398]

$6.50

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

[126957]

$6.50

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[122925]

$8.00

Peekaboo Peach 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141417]

$8.00

So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[105118]

$8.00

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131201]

$8.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[122924]

$8.00

Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141418]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

$110.00

Window Sheets Base Material

[114323]

$5.00

Pearl Basic Jewels

[144219]

$5.00

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$9.00

Rich Razzleberry Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144584]

$4.50

Pumpkin Pie Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144578]

$4.50

Old Olive Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144574]

$4.50

Daffodil Delight Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144586]

$4.50

Pool Party Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144595]

$4.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]

$8.00

Organize your Stampin' Up! PAPER by COLOR!

Every year about this time I start the process of reorganizing my work space.  Out with the old and in with the new, right? While I don't purge as much as I should I am good about keeping current products organized and ready to go.

I thought I'd show you the simply way I store my papers. I have decided after years and years of keeping them in Stampin' Up! color families that I prefer to store my colors in spectrum order.  I like the way this looks and I find it is more intuitive to the way I use my paper.  If I'm looking for a pink, all of my pinks are together. I use the job ticket method (I copied this from Jennifer McQuire), for all of my current colors.  I file away my retired colors alphabetically in labeled file folders. This way I still have them easily on hand for projects. And, you never know when a retired color might come back! I'm happy to pull a few old favorites back into rotation, hello Mint Macaron.

So here is my tip. Keep it EASY and don't reinvent the wheel! I use the Stampin' Up! catalog color pages to create my labels.  Basically print and cut. 

Three things I like about this method: 
1. The color names are already typed out and spelled correctly. TIME SAVER!
2. There is a visual color key that closely matches the cardstock. 
3. Once cut out, the labels are sized perfectly to adhere to Avery job tickets or in a standard file folder tab. 

So... there are a couple ways you can do this (I know this is hard to do right now as everyone doesn't have access). Stay with me...

1. Cut up your new catalog - GASP! I would never do this. J/K - I have been known to do this but usually at the end of a catalog year, not the beginning.

2. Make a color copy of your hard copy catalog color pages or print them from the online catalog PDF. This is my preferred method. The online copy is available to customers starting June 1. 

3. Download and print these handy graphics (provided to us from Stampin' up!). I really appreciate SU making this graphic available to us. I've set these graphics up on an 8.5 x 11 sheet for easy printing. Grab it here.

SPEAKING OF NEW: ICYMI - here are the new colors that Stampin' UP! will be adding to their color collections. I seriously cannot wait to get my hands on these colors. Soft Sea Foam is screaming my name.