Another Thank You for {12 Weeks of Christmas} & a Mojo Challenge (Did Someone Say 'Online Extravaganza?')

I run through Thank You notes pretty quickly at my house.  I created this one for a past Mojo Monday Challenge (MOJO370).  I'm loving the luscious Lost Lagoon in this year's In Color rollout.  

I also love the fun (and *EASY!*) sparkle that Silver Glimmer Paper brings.  You can punch it, use it as a stand-alone layer, dye it different colors, and run it through your Big Shot (I give it an extra go to be sure it's cut, as it's thicker than normal card stock). Future {12 Weeks of Christmas} posts will highlight this fun Stampin' Supply.

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps: Another Thank You Photopolymer

Papers: Very Vanilla card stock and Silver Glimmer Paper

Inks:  Lost Lagoon Classic Ink

Artist's Flair:  Boho Blossoms Punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Lost Lagoon Stitched Satin Ribbon


Stay tuned as next week brings the annual Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza! There are going to be great deals on all sorts of Stampin' Up! products, so please click back here for more information!

{Video Tutorial} Stampin' Up! Gift Card Enclosure Two Ways

Today's projects are made with Stampin' Up!'s new Gift Enclosures.  These Kraft card stock enclosures come 10 to a package and are already cut and scored to make gift-giving super-easy.  Watch the {video tutorial} below about a couple of quick, easy and fun ways to dress up these enclosures.

And now for the video...

Studio Suggestions:

• Tea Lace Paper Doilies (129399) quickly and easily decorate the enclosure's flaps.

• Gift enclosures can be folded shut by taking one flap and then folding each adjacent flap down and tucking the last flap into the first.  Quick and easy.  Ribbon is optional, as the enclosure stays closed on its own.

• Gift enclosures can be presented in an envelope, but beware of extra postage (check at the post office window to see if it's too thick for regular First Class Postage).

• The inside of the enclosure provides space to decorate and/or to write a message.  Pre-cut slits exist for standard gift cards or handmade coupons (car wash, a night of babysitting, dinner, etc).

• Using the largest non-scallop circle in the Circles Collection Framelits dies (130911), a circle can be cut (and then halved) for a quick cover of the flaps.  Simple trimming finishes out the detail.

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps:  Another Thank You (P136835)

Papers:  Moonlight DSP Stack (133701), Whisper White (100730) and Hello Honey (133678) card stocks

Inks:  Lost Lagoon Classic (133644)

Accessories:  Gift Card Enclosure Pack (136662), Tiny Triangles TIEF (133740), Circles Collection Framelits (130911), Big Shot (113439), Paper Snips (103579), Tag Topper Scalloped Punch (133324), Whisper White 1/4-inch Cotton Ribbon (134567), Linen Thread (104199)

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps: Label Something (W130595, C130598)

Papers:  All Abloom DSP Stack (133703), Tea Lace Paper Doilies (129399), Blushing Bride (131198) and Whisper White (100730) Card Stocks

Inks:  Strawberry Slush Classic (131178)

Accessories:  Gift Card Enclosure Pack (136662), Circles Collection Framelits (130911), Big Shot (113439), Paper Snips (103579), 1-1/4 Inch Scallop Circle Punch (127811), Whisper White 1/4-inch Cotton Ribbon (134567), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246)

School's in and I'm back!

Hello, patient Visitors!  After a three-week roadtrip to Yellowstone, Colorado and Wyoming and a camping trip to the Pacific Coast, the dust is settling and I'm back in the Studio.  One of the things I'm doing today (my birthday, by the by) is making a list of items to order.  There are a slew of new delicious things to consider!

Here's just a smidge of what's been going on at Stampin' Up! lately:

A new photopolymer set!  Another Thank You (#133454), $13.95

I make more Thank You notes than any other type of card, so I'm thrilled at this new addition  I love the fonts and the little heart and gem images, too.

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Hooray for Thinlits!  Flip cards (which I've made painstakingly by hand) are now a snap with the Big Shot...  

Circle Card Thinlits die (133480), $32.95

 Label Card Thinlits die (133479), $32.95

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September's "Best of" Series stamp set is Best of Autumn (134390), $14.95

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Create 66 different sizes in envelopes for your projects (as well as simple inserts)!

Envelope Punch Board, (133774), $19.95

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Another fantastic Bundle offering is here!  Purchase the Papillon Potpourri set and the Bitty Butterfly Punch together to save 15% (use this item number: C135311, W135312 for the savings), $30.90C, $34.90W

There are more lovely things to share, so stay tuned!  Hope your summer was restful and fun and that you're ready to attack the fall with fresh vigor!