The Stampin’ Up! August-December 2020 Mini Catalog went live yesterday with so many gorgeous products! I’m super excited about this catalog and want to show you some of my favorite things — so far. I say so far because they are the products I’ve used and liked. But as I get more of the products and use them, I find that I fall in love with them too!! So, let’s get started!
The Poinsettia Place Suite
This is a big and beautiful suite including several stamp sets, paper, ribbon, embellishments…everything you need to create beautiful holiday cards!
The Autumn Greetings Bundle and The Envelope Dies
This is my favorite of the fall bundles. I love the dies – you are only seeing the tip of the iceberg here – and the sentiments are in a modern fun font!
Also, the new Envelope Dies are absolutely essential! Look at the envelope liner and the scalloped edges of both the envelope and the liner! Love!
The Gift Wrapped Bundle
This is such a fun bundle!! The Gift Bow Builder Punch is beyond fun, and the stamps give a great variety of possibilities!
The Plaid Tidings Suite
To me, this is the most all-around useful and classic suite in the catalog. The Plaid Tidings Paper is beyond amazing! I bought three packs just for myself 🙂Â
The dies are also classic, look at that great scrolly label. It comes in 5 nested sizes, and every size is so useful. I love the coordinating stamp set. Do you see the stamps on the left and right of the label on my card? Aren’t they nice? (The sentiment is from the Autumn Greetings stamp set).
The Dove of Hope Bundle
This bundle, as with all of them, does SO much! Here just the dies are shown, and they are a-ma-zing! Have you ever seen such a beautifully die-cut dove and wings? For this card the dove was cut from Gold Foil. The pearls on the dove’s “necklace” are Beaded Pearls from the Poinsettia Place Suite. I’ll be doing a lot more with this bundle!
Which of these do you like? I’d love to know! Please leave me a comment and let me know your favorite!
Oh boy ~ today we have a brand new catalog and a brand new updated online store! Woo-hoo! What do you need to know?
FIRST: the new online store is better and easier to navigate, and you are going to love it! You will need to sign in with your log in and password as it will be your first time signing into the new system. The information remembered previously by your computer probably won’t work in the new store. So have your password ready! If you can’t remember your password, it will send a reminder email, but this will come from a brand new system and your computer may not remember it. If that happens, look in your junk mail or trash. If you have any trouble, just email me at peggy@prettypapercards.com and I’ll help you!
SECOND:New August-December 2020 Mini Catalog is available today! So so so many amazing and beautiful products! Click the catalog below to see EVERYTHING!! WOO-HOO!
THIRD: Use your Bonus Coupons NOW (August 4-August 31)!
Your Bonus Days Coupons were emailed to you by Stampin’ Up! You are the only one who holds the codes (oooh secret!). What that means is that you are responsible to assemble your codes and use them during August, even today!! And, that’s the easy part ~ using your coupon codes to buy beautiful holiday products!!
So enjoy, have fun, order with your coupons and get some discounts! If you need anything, email me at peggy@prettypapercards.com. I’m available to help you!
The Prized Peony Bundle and the Forever Fern Bundle are two of the prettiest sets in the new Annual Catalog. And when you put them together, wow!
This is a long card and it gives lots of room for all the leaves and blooms. Under the leaves a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was spritzed with water and then stamped with the Forever Fern stamps in several green colors. The top and bottom of this piece were each trimmed with Whisper White card stock die cut with a scalloped edge die from the Peony Dies.
The peonies were stamped on Whisper White card stock with Calypso Coral Ink and colored with Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends and the Color Lifter. Then lots of leaves were cut with the Forever Flourishing Dies and Soft Sea Foam, Old Olive, and Vellum card stock, and adhered under the edges of the peonies.
The sentiment is from the Lovely You stamp set, and was stamped on Shaded Spruce card stock in VersaMark ink. It was then heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool and the edges were punched out with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch.
This long card fits in a standard business envelope. I adhered some designer series paper to the envelope flap to fancy it up!
Last weekend my downline, Robin, and I held a fun Zoom event where we made four cards using the Arrange a Wreath Bundle. We each designed two of the cards, and this is one of my designs.Â
Do you see the sparkly long piece on the left? That is some Rainbow Glimmer Paper ~ woo hoo! Each 12″ x 12″ piece of this GORGEOUS paper is multicolored, moving and blending all the way through a beautiful array of colors. Here you see a bit of the greens, and the blues and purples. It also has pink, orange and yellow! It’s SO pretty!
On top of the Whisper White card base, there are layers of Pool Party card stock (dry embossed with the Subtle Embossing Folder), and some Purple Posy card stock. The wreath is stamped in Highland Heather ink on Whisper White card stock and then fussy cut around the outside of the wreath. The Rainbow Glimmer piece (backed by another piece of Purple Posy) is adhered on the left side of the card over a portion of the wreath.
The sentiment is stamped in Pretty Peacock ink on a piece of Whisper White card stock and cut with one of the darling Hippo & Friends Dies. It’s then adhered with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals so it looks like it’s hovering over the center of the wreath.
PLEASE JOIN ME & ELIE TODAY AT 4:00 PACIFIC FOR OUR FRIDAY FACEBOOK LIVE!
We are going to have some fun showing you another sneak peek from the Mini Catalog that goes live next Tuesday, August 4th! You’ll want to join us!
We all need kindness today, don’t we? We need to give kindness and we need to receive kindness. That’s why I really like this sentiment from the Dressed to Impress stamp set.
This card combines the kindness sentiment with the fun and summery Basket of Blooms stamp set. These pots remind me of some pots I have in my garden…pots that need a bit of love 🙂 The stamps in this set are sweet, and I think my favorite stamp is the twine bow that you can add to the pots. Such a nice touch!
This is a great stamp set for a flower lover! I see the flowers and plants growing in the pot, they are clipped and brought into the house in the darling basket, and then arranged in the vase for all to see!
Stampin’ Blends were used to color in the flowers, leaves and pots. That way we can choose the color of the flowers, right? And the sentiment is stamped, cut and backed using the Hippo & Friends Dies.
August 3 – Last Day to Preorder My Product Shares
New Paper Share $50 (2-day Priority Shipping included)
This year the fall and holiday Designer Series Papers and specialty papers are so beautiful! My Paper Share includes all the NEW papers in the Mini Catalog!
The following papers are included: Heartwarming Hugs, Poinsettia Place, Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper, Trimming the Town, Red & Green Foil Sheets, Festive Felt Sheets, Wonder of the Season Specialty Paper, Tis the Season 6″ x 6″ Paper, Snowflake Splendor, Balmy Blue Glimmer, Gilded Autumn Specialty Paper, Brushed Metallic, Magic in the Night, Black Glitter Paper, Plaid Tidings 6″ x 6″ Paper, Red Velvet Paper.
That’s 134 TOTAL 6″ x 6″ sheets of fabulous papers! Wow!! One Paper Share is $50 and that includes 2-day Priority Shipping within the U.S. (I can’t ship to Canada).Â
New Ribbon Share $20 (2-day Priority Shipping included)
The ribbons in this Mini Catalog are sparkly and gorgeous! You will seriously love them!
The following ribbons are included: Mossy Meadow 3/8″ Diagonal Stripe Ribbon, Real Red Braided Linen Trim, Real Red Sheer Ribbon, All the Trimmings Ribbon Combo Pack, Wonder of the Season Ribbon Combo Pack, Snowflake Splendor 1/4″ Ribbon, Basket Weave & Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack, 1-1/2″ Metallic Mesh Ribbon, Embroidered Natural Ribbon.
That’s 21 yards of 12 different gorgeous ribbons! One Ribbon Share is $20 and that includes 2-day Priority Shipping within the U.S. (I can’t ship to Canada).
**New Paper & Ribbon Share $65 (2-day Priority Shipping included)
Includes EVERYTHING LISTED ABOVE at a discount!
When you reserve a product share with me, I will order the new papers and ribbons from the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog, cut them up, package them, and ship them to you so that you have a sampling of all of the new papers and/or ribbons listed above. This is usually about 1/4th the cost of purchasing all of the new full packages yourself. This way you can see, feel, touch and use the beautiful papers and ribbons and reorder your favorites in my online store!!
How Do You Reserve Your Product Shares?
Reserve your Product Shares by emailing me at peggy@prettypapercards.com. Please put SHARES in the subject line. In the email let me know if you want the RIBBON SHARE or the PAPER SHARE or BOTH, and include your first and last name and your shipping address.
I will reserve your share and email you a PayPal Invoice* on or after July 31, 2020. You may also pay by Venmo.
Today’s card is a fancy fold square card with a circle opening on the front, revealing the sentiment behind. It’s such a fun fold, I just had to show it to you! The video below will show you exactly how to make it 🙂
The card base is Whisper White card stock cut at 8-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ square. Score the square at 4-1/4″ on two adjoining sides, creating four (4) scored squares. Placing the full sheet in front of you, you will cut out the top left square, using either a Paper Trimmer or Paper Snips. In the one remaining square on the lower left side, cut a 2-1/2″ circle using the Layer Circle Dies.
You could decorate the card in any way you like. To decorate it like this sample, close the card and stamp the sentiment in the center of the circle using Magenta Madness ink. Open the card and stamp the ornament just slightly above the sentiment. Color the ornament using Stampin’ Blends or Watercolor Pencils. Stamp a few of the smaller doves on the edges.
Use the Wreath Builder Dies to cut a wreath out of Rainbow Glimmer Paper. Adhere to the outer circle using Multipurpose Glue.Â
Open the card further and stamp and decorate as you want to. Here I stamped a sentiment “Peace-Joy-Love” on a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock. I used one of the Hippo & Friends Dies. Stamp the large sentiment in Magenta Madness ink on the circle you cut from the front of the card. Add some of the olive sprigs if desired.
Stamp the large dove on a piece of Whisper White card stock using Magenta Madness ink. Color the dove with Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, and Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends. Adhere to the front of the wreath with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I hope you like this card because I sure did. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!
DON’T FORGET! This Friday, July 31st, is the last day to earn Bonus Coupons!
