LAST DAY FOR HOLIDAY CATALOG!
The Spring Catalog begins tomorrow, January 3, 2014—Woohoo!
Take some time right now to check your Holiday Catalog wishlist list twice to make sure you've ordered everything you want! There are many items that will be gone for good!
Order at my Online Store before 11:50 pm (MT) tonight!
- Holiday Catalog PDF
- Holiday Catalog Carryover List—See which items will still be available thru May.
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Hi Stamping Friends!
Happy New Year! Hope you all had a fun and safe celebration and are ready for an amazing new year!
Bye Bye "Best" Club—This month is the final one for my special Best of 25 Years Club, featuring stamp sets with the most popular images from the past quarter century. We started the club a month late in 2013, so we saved the Best of Love stamp set for our last set this January. I'm featuring one of our cards below!
I've had so much fun with this anniversary collection! I loved having everyone try to guess the set each month, and it was fun to be surprised! It was also a little challenging to come up with card designs quickly, since I was getting the set at the same time as my club members. I'll miss it!
Thank You! I'd like to give a shout-out to everyone who participated in the Best of 25 Years Club: Angie, Becky, Beth, Cindi, Jessica, Joani, Karen, Laura, Lesley, Nancy, Pat, and Peggy, Thanks for trying something new with me! Hope you've all had just as much fun as I have!
The Best of 25 Years collector stamps sets are still available thru March 31, 2014.
* * * Win A FREE Best of Love Club Kit * * *
Simply leave a comment on this post before the end of the day on January 5, 2014, and I'll select someone at random to win a Best of Love card kit. The kit includes supplies for making 3 Best of Love cards (stamp set not included). If you're reading this in your email, click here to go to my original post to leave a comment. US residents only.
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I adore the Black and Vanilla patterns of the Modern Medley Designer Series Papers and thought it would make the perfect background to highlight the "love you much" sentiment from Best of Love.
Background Panels—I started with a Very Vanilla card base, then cut another piece of Very Vanilla at 4" x 5-1/4" to make a foundation for the paper strips. Each DSP strip measures 4" x 1-1/4". The Real Red panel is 4" x 1" and is texture embossed with the hearts Adorning Accents Folder.
Heart Sentiment—I stamped the Best of Love sentiment in Black StazOn onto Very Vanilla and die-cut it with the Hearts A Flutter Framelits. It's accented with a 1/8" Real Red Tafetta Ribbon bow, adhered with a Glue Dot, as well as a Real Red heart punched with the Owl Punch and a Rhinestone Jewel.
I love how quick and easy this design is to create! For my second version, I flipped some of the papers to use different patterns, and I embossed the red with Perfect Polka Dots.
You can't see it well, but I also used Dimensionals to pop up the entire background layer on the card base. Just a subtle detail, but I like the variation.
Complete Supplies List:
- Stamps—Best of Love
- Ink—StazOn Black
- Paper—Modern Medley DSP; Real Red and Very Vanilla card stock
- Accessories—1/8" Real Red Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestone Jewels
- Tools—Hearts A Flutter Framelits, Adorning Accents Texture Impressions Folders (card #1), Perfect Polka Dots Texture Impressions Folder, Big Shot, Owl Punch, Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, SNAIL
Find all the supplies to create these projects & more at my Online Store!
Contest! Don't forget to leave a comment on this post before January 5 for a chance to win a Best of Love card kit, including supplies to make today's featured card!
Want A Copy of The Spring Catalog? If you'd like a copy of the new Spring Catalog, please contact me with your address and I'd be happy to mail one out to you.
Angie
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Too Cool Events!
- Clearance Rack Blitz—More items added Dec. 27th!
- Wow Techniques Class—January 17 <<<rescheduled
- January Spring Spectacular Registration—Ends Jan. 18
- Demo Shoebox Swap—January 20 <<<rescheduled
- Sale-A-Bration Kick-Off Pre-Party—Jan. 25, RSVP by Jan. 22.
- "Last Thursdays" Class—January 30
Don't Miss These!
- Spring Catalog Starts—January 3, 2014
- Sale-A-Bration Promotion Begins—Janaury 28, 2014
- New Arrivals—See the latest product releases!
- Whole Lot of Love—Valentine's products available through Jan. 27.
- Weekly Deals—New specials start every Tuesday!
wonderful cards! I enjoy visiting your blog.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Posted by: stamping sue | January 02, 2014 at 07:50 AM
I love how simple this card is but also sends the message. Happy New Year to you.
Posted by: Roe | January 02, 2014 at 09:16 AM
You sure have a talent for taking so many elements and bringing them together to make an awesome card! I do not have that talent. I would love to have a card made by you, so please enter me into your contest. Thank you!
Posted by: bette s | January 02, 2014 at 09:47 AM
This is my favorite color combo and you've made a very striking card with it. I love your ideas and read every post. Thanks so much for sharing.
Posted by: Susan G | January 02, 2014 at 09:55 AM
Thanks so much for all you've done this year. Being new at this I've loved all the information. Happy New Year! Nancy
Posted by: Nancy Rowe | January 02, 2014 at 10:44 AM
Love all the beautiful coordinating patterns in this kit!
Posted by: Julie Leonhardt | January 02, 2014 at 01:07 PM
Love your cards, Angie! Great colors!
Posted by: Rita Berning | January 02, 2014 at 04:51 PM
I loved being in your Best of Club,it was so exciting to get the kits in the mail and see your amazing designs,i only wish it would not end!
Posted by: lesley cuccaro | January 02, 2014 at 07:53 PM
Love this color combination. The Red and Black is a favorite of mine. You do beautiful work. This helps me to get motivated for making Valentine cards. Thanks for sharing!!!!
Posted by: Marge Waskiewicz | January 03, 2014 at 08:45 AM
I'm very excited to start doing stamping for Valentine's Day - it's one of my favorites. Your works is so inspirational to me. Thanks for your great blog.
Posted by: Laurie Kearnes | January 05, 2014 at 05:12 PM