Lots of Labels for As You See It Challenges

I lost lots of tools this year when the retirement list came out and one of the ones I felt most keenly was the Labels Collection Framelits. I'm slowly restocking my tool inventory with new products so one of my first purchases was the Lots of Labels Framelits. This is the first opportunities I've had to use them. I made a card for a former colleague who is retiring from teaching this year and it happens to be my design team sample for As You See It Challenges #093, a sketch challenge:

I don't know if it applies to all teachers, but I know when I retired there was an enormous sense of relief and freedom. It was like there was a whole new life to explore and experience! I'll let you in on a little secret. From my experience, very few teachers work less than a 50 - 60 hour week. Most work every night and at least four or five hours every weekend, so being retired meant that I could do things I never had time in the past to do. I could read novels to my heart's content! I could look after my health better. I could go to a hockey game or a community event! I'm not saying that I never did those things during my teaching career, but they were few and far between and usually accompanied by a sense of guilt, because I should be marking or lesson planning. When I chose my sentiment for this card, I deliberately chose "Life is Good" from Project Life Remember This Stamp set!

• The key feature of this card is the Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper (DSP). It gives an elegant vintage feel to the project. And it uses one of my favourite neutral combinations: Very Vanilla, Basic Black and Sahara Sand. All the different patterned paper you see in this card is from this collection.
• I stamped the sentiments over a piece of the Timeless Elegance DSP that I die cut using the Lots of Labels Framelits. I used some Blushing Bride ink and a bit of a Stamping Sponge to add a little light background colour to the rose. The Congratulations sentiment is from And Many More stamp set.
• The black ribbon in the middle of the strip of DSP is Basic Black Stitched Satin Ribbon. I'm so glad we have some classy Basic Black ribbon again.

Until next Tuesday, if you join Stampin' Up! by purchasing the Starter Kit for only $125, you will get your choice of two free stamp sets!  Since we have stamp sets valued at around $60 plus, that is potentially an extra $120 more worth of free product. This is on top of the extra $30 in product you get for free with the Starter Kit normally. And your Starter Kit is completely customizable. You can pick $155 worth of any current merchandise you want, shipping and tax free!

Is there a catch? No! If you want to keep your demonstrator status, enabling you to 20% discounts, you must maintain your minimum $400 in sales every 3 months! If you decide you don't want to do that, you simply let your demo status slide and after 4 months (1 in pending status.) you lose your discount. It's as easy as that. You don't have to carry an inventory and you get lots of help and training.

Let me know if this is for you! I'd love to help you build a business your way!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

Product List

Project Life Remember This Photopolymer Stamp Set [135786]	And Many More Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134276]	And Many More Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134273]	Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper [138444]	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043]
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198]	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]
Basic Black 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon [138430]	Stamping Sponges [101610]	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281]	Big Shot [113439]	Banner Punch [133519]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]

June's Paper Pumpkin and Movie Date!

I finally got some time to play with my June Paper Pumpkin kit! All the kits we get now are so cute and we get so much in each one, that it's an amazing deal for $24.95 (which includes shipping). This kit allows you to make 8 very unique cards in 2 designs, 4 of each. These cards have many distinctive features that you don't see every day, including the shape of the banner cards.

Before I give you a closer look, here's a video from Paper Pumpkin on how to put it together, so grab your popcorn and check it out:

           

So I pretty much followed the directions with these first two cards, but I'm planning on coming up with some more variations soon and I'll post those when I do.  In the meantime, you can see what others have been doing with this kit on Pinterest!

A Paper Pumpkin subscription makes a terrific gift for a crafty friend who doesn't have a lot of time or space to craft, but would love to do it if she or he could. They are also great for you to work on with your kiddos! What a great activity to help keep them busy over the summer!

You can prepay subscriptions for yourself or someone else, or go straight to My Paper Pumpkin and sign up.  You can easily cancel or pause your subscription at any time.

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Thanks for stopping by! See you tomorrow with another design for As You See It Challenges!

Yummy Creamsicle for The Paper Players

What was your favourite summer treat as a child? We had Dairy Queen soft serve, hard ice cream, fudgesicles, popsicles and creamsicles that I can remember! My very favourite was always Dairy Queen. Because I had very cold-sensitive teeth, Dairy Queen was nice because it was easier to eat, but when that wasn't available, creamsicles were my next favourite. I've always loved citrus flavours. When I saw that The Paper Players had a Clean and Simple Summer Treats as a theme, this is the first thing that came to mind, although it did require some head work to figure out how to make one.

When I finally had a Creamsicle I was proud of, I was aghast to find that it barely fit on a standard sized card! I wasn't going to start again, so I simply made a non-standard-sized card base of Daffodil Delight to mount it on. This one measures 7" x 4 1/4". I'll have to use my Envelope Punch Board to make an envelope that will fit.

• To make the creamsicle, I cut a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock to 2 3/4" x 4 1/2". I then rounded off one end of it by passing that end through the middle of a Circle Framelit so it would only cut the end. 

                                              

• I used the Corner Rounder Punch to round off the other two corners. I took it to my Simply Scored Scoring Tool and, aligning it with the short rounded edge at the top, I scored at 3/4", 1 1/8", 1 5/8" and 2 1/4". The score lines started at 3/4" from the highest point of the top down to 4" for the two outside lines and from 1/2" to 4" for the two inside lines.  I turned it 90 degrees counter clockwise and scored between each set of lines along the 4" mark. The top lines were scored with the creamsicle in my hand using the stylus to just join each pair of lines with a curve. You can see the score lines in the picture to help you.
• I sponged between the lines and on all the edges with Tangerine Tango ink, and using a ruler, I used a Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Marker to outline the scores as well.
• The bite is made with a 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch. I backed it with a slightly narrower piece of Whisper White, but I punched the bite before I added the white and then punched the white, slightly offset to show the yummy white ice cream inside. I also let about 1/4" of the white show at the bottom. To do this, I cut the Whisper White piece in half horizontally and separated the pieces a bit.
• Dazzling Diamonds Glitter was added using a 2 Way Glue Pen to simulate the frost on the outside!
• The sentiment is from the Best Thoughts Stamp Set. The DSP in the background is from the Brights Designer Series Paper Stack.

Here's a piece of good news! If you join my team in June you will get your choice of two free stamp sets in your Starter Kit! That's on top of the already great deal you get when you join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator! Normally, you get $155 worth of any current product you want for only $125, but with this promotion, you can add on up to $120 depending which stamp sets you chose. (A few stamp sets in the Annual Catalogue are worth $60 or more!) 

"Why would I want to join Stampin' Up!?" you ask.

And my reply is, "Why would you NOT want to join Stampin' Up!?"

If you had planned to spend over $100 on all the new and awesome products in the new Annual Catalogue, then you should sign up. You have nothing to lose and lots to gain. You can get your products at a minimum 20% discount! You can join a network of wonderful people who love to do what you love to do! You can have early access to new products! You can earn stamp sets and MONEY! If you don't want to sell and you don't make your minimum for the quarter, you simply drop. You can sign up again at any time with the same up line, and if you are a dropped demonstrator, we welcome you back! In fact this is a pretty great deal to get back in! But don't wait too long! There's only a few days left in June!

If you want to give this a try, go to the top menu and click on Join My Team and follow the prompts, or do the same here:

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Or you can contact me with your phone number, and I'll help you through the process. Will you be the next member of my Papercraft Cat team and earn two free stamp sets?? I hope so!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

Product List

Best Thoughts Wood-Mount Stamp Set [139234]	Best Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set [138700]	Brights Designer Series Paper Stack [138434]	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119683]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105117]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad [126946]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [131259]
Stamping Sponges [101610]	Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter [133751]	2-Way Glue Pen [100425]	Simply Scored [122334]	1-1/4" Circle Scallop Punch [127811]
Punch Corner Project Life [135346]	Circles Collection Framelits Die [130911]	Big Shot [113439]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]