Apr 24 2015

Sad To See Them Go…

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Friday all!!!! While I am excited about it being the weekend, I’m still sad about some of the items on the Retired List. When it comes to the Stamps, I’m usually okay because if it is my favorite I probably have over used it and it’s time for something new. This is especially true with greetings. My Favorites that are retiring are:

LABEL LOVE……I had a hard time with this one but I need something new and fresh! It is on sale so get it before it is gone and then check out these samples on how to use it!!! NOTE: The Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper will no longer be available on June 2nd as well!

Daydream Medallions……..I had lots of fun with this stamp set when I created the One Sheet Wonder cards which were just stunning! You can check those out here and other ways to use it here!!

Embellished Events…….This was my go-to beginner stamp set. It had the perfect greetings and images all in one stamp set. You could get this set, some markers, and Note Card and Envelopes and start making cards!!!

Million & One……I need a new stamp that says Fabulous! I love that word! Check out these samples using this set. If you want it in Wood, it is 20% off!

Now for the hard part…..I was the most sad about the Accessories that are retiring!

LABELS COLLECTION FRAMELITS…….I feel like I just professed my love for these on here and now they are going??? This can’t be true! These are my favorite image and I use this set all of the time! 🙁 You can even get them on sale at 50% off! WOOT WOOT! Then check out these posts for different wants to use them!

Artisan Label Punch (50% off) and Modern Label Punch……..Of course since the Label Love is retiring the coordinating punch is going as well. As for the Modern Label Punch, I am super sad because I always layer it with the Word Window Punch like this.

There are lots of Embossing Folders that I’m sad to see go but excited about the new ones that are going to come out! Stampin’ Up always impresses me with new designs!!!!

COME ON JUNE 2nd!!!! 🙂

Of course, it isn’t a Friday, without the Weekly Deals!

You can place your order online by clicking here! Enter in the Hostess Code: UHYX74D3 when checking out and you will earn something special from ME as well as Laura’s Loyal Stampers Points! Woot Woot!

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Apr 23 2015

Circle of Butterflies!!!

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

You all know how I love flowers so why I didn’t purchase the All Abloom Designer Series Paper Stack much sooner, I don’t know! A few weeks ago this fabulous paper stack was on the Weekly Deals and I was tempted even though I have tons of Designer Series Paper. It is so true though….you can never have enough! I’m super excited about this paper and fell in love right away! Over the next week or so you will see lots of samples that I have created with this amazing paper!!!! The best part is you can create 4 or more of these cards with just one package of this paper! The stack includes 4 each of 12 designs and each card I created using only one piece! So let’s get started….

For the cards above, I started with a Whisper White card base measuring 4-1/4″ x 11″. The All Abloom Paper piece measures 4″ x 5-1/4″ and I used the 2″ Circle punch to cut out the circle. My original was with the circle on the side but one of my class attendees wanted her circle in the middle so I tried that out too! I’m not sure which one I love more!!! Before adhering the Designer Series Paper, place it on the card front and stamp your greeting. This was help with the placement of the image but not bump into the stamp as it might once adhered since I used Stampin’ Dimensionals! I used the greeting from the Petite Pairs Stamp Set. I love the coordinating greetings. You can use both of them or just one of them or stamp the second one on the inside! Once the greeting is stamped, you can attached the Designer Series Paper with dimensionals. I put one on each corner and then a few around the circle to keep that area popped up as well! Then I finished it off with a few butterflies die cut and embossing using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die and the Big Shot! Also, I added a little bow using the Blushing Bride Baker’s Twine and adhered it with a Mini Glue Dot! Simple, fabulous, and this card could be used for lots of different occasions!

Be sure to check back for more samples using the All Abloom Designer Series Paper Stack or you can subscribe in the upper right corner of the page and you won’t miss any posts!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Apr 22 2015

Cute Cozy Coupe!!!

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Punch art is so much fun and when you can create something so adorable like this little cozy coupe it is even more fun!!!! I made this card for a good friend of mine and it is so fitting!!!!

I used a Note Card & Envelope for this card and stamped the greeting from the Simply Wonderful Stamp Set which was a Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set! For the tires, I used the Owl Builder Punch for the white circle and punched a hole in the middle with the 1/8″ Hand-Held Punch. Then I layered a Real Red Circle behind the Whisper White. I did this to allow the red to peak through that little 1/8″ circle hole. You could always add a dot with your Real Red Marker as well. I layered that piece onto a 3/4″ Circle Punch in Basic Black!

I wish I had better directions for the top of the cozy coupe but it was done with a Circle Punch base and lots of luck! I honestly don’t know if I could do this card again and have it look identical! 🙂 Hand-made after all! I punched the circle and then punched with the circle punch again farther in to take off most of it and create the inside. Then I did some trimming with my scissors on the top and bottom of this banana looking piece. I popped all of the top on with Stampin’ Dimensionals….in fact the red base is popped up with 2 dimensionals layered on top of each other. I really wanted it to stand up so my steering wheel would look more 3D. I’m sure in the mail is was squished flat but either way! 🙂 For the little label I started with a piece of Real Red punched with the Petite Curly Label Punch and then trimmed it up! I wrote Lil’ Tikes on it.

I thought it came out cute and looked pretty much like a Cozy Coupe! What do you think? What have you made with Punch Art? Here, here and here are a couple other items I have created!!!

Happy Punchin’

~Laura

Apr 21 2015

Technique Tuesday – Flip Flap Fun!!!

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!! I have a fabulous technique to share with you today! This is one that I have shared before but it is always fun to take an old technique and do it all over again!! You can check out the other sample here!

This is the fun Flip Flap Fold (at least that is what I like to call it)! 🙂 I love the fun fold and look to this card and it is so fun to open a card a little differently! The other bonus is that it still fits in a regular Medium Envelope!

You can see the directions for this card here so I will get down to the details of this card! I started with a base of Bermuda Bay and layered with Tangelo Twist! The balloons and confetti are from the Birthday Bash Designer Series Paper from the Occasions Mini Catalog. I love those gold foil balloons in the paper! It adds such a flare!

For your decoration part, I used the 1-3/4″ Circle Punch to punch out the Whisper White scrap that I stamped the candles from the Balloon Bash Stamp Set! I used my markers to get the different colors! I layered that onto a piece of 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle in Tangelo Twist.. Be sure to only put adhesive on the bottom half of your layered decoration so you don’t have any sticky showing. I added some Whisper White Cotton Ribbon to the edge! Love it!!!

There is still plenty of room on the inside for you to write on! I always think this style of card is fun for kids but I know I would enjoy this card as well! Although I think I’ll always be a kid at heart! 🙂

Let me know if you try out this card and how you decide to decorate it! Leave me a comment down below!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Apr 21 2015

What is Retiring???

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Stampin’ Up announced the Retiring List today and as always I scan through it so fast hoping all of my favorites are not going. I have already been preparing myself for the 2013-2015 In-Colors because I knew they were retiring….oh Coastal Cabana how I will miss you. Although I think I have already moved on to your brighter cousin – Bermuda Bay! 🙂

Without further ado……..

Retiring List in Excel – US – you can sort in this one

Retiring List in PDF – US

My Digital Studio Retiring List – US

My Digital Studio is going away completely! Now is the time to get those items professionally printed and download all the downloads you need for future projects!!!

The Accessories are all “While Supplies Last” so be sure to get those before they are gone. Some items are up to 50% off! WOOT WOOT! Everything will officially retiring at the end of the day on June 1st!!!

Happy Stampin’ and try not to cry! I’m off to check out the complete list and do the same! I’ll report back!

~Laura

Apr 20 2015

Spring Wreath!!!

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Spring is here and that means I needed a new wreath for my front door!!! You can see some of my past wreaths here and here! I am loving butterflies and they are the epitome of Spring to me! I am still using the 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon as a base around my foam wreath. I used the Butterfly Thinlets from the Occasions Mini Catalog to create all of the butterflies in Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, and Tempting Turquoise! I hot glued the butterflies to the burlap and added a little bit of Dazzling Details to a few of them! I love it! It is so fresh and bright!!!!

What is on your wreath? Do you like decorating a wreath for every season?

Happy Decoratin’

~Laura

Apr 19 2015

Happy 11th Anniversary to ME!!!!!

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

April is a super fabulous month because there are lots of fabulous occasions this month and it’s SPRING!!!! Today marks my Stampin’ Up! Anniversary!!!! Eleven years ago today, I joined Stampin’ Up because I fell in love with the amazing products specifically Alphabet Stamp Sets for scrapbooking and that all of the items match! The inks, cardstock, ribbon, and embellishments are all the same color so you can actually use the scraps again with another project and everything matches! Now 11 years later, that is all still super important but I love the creative outlet, the people I have met, the opportunities I have had, places I have been to and soooooo much more!!!! I love it so much and I am so excited to have gone to that Stampin’ Up workshop back in college just so I could procrastinate on homework! 🙂

In honor of my Anniversary, I created this fabulous Video sharing my Top 11 Favorite Stampin’ Up items right now!!! This was a little difficult since there are so many fabulous products but here you go!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Apr 17 2015

Different Types of Stamps???

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Friday everyone!!!! The weekend is here…..and it looks like it will be spent indoors. Boo for rain and storms here in the midwest! I shall embrace it and enjoy getting things done inside and relaxing….after all that’s what weekends are for, right?

I get asked a lot about the difference between Clear Mount Stamps, Wood Mount Stamps, and Photopolymer Stamps so I have created a little video for you here!!! This shows how you will see it in the catalogs and some Pros and Cons to the different styles!

Of course it wouldn’t be a Friday without the Weekly Deals!!!

Love love love the Labels Collection Framelits! They are my favorite and I use them the most often for sure! Add those to your cart and then check out these posts for inspiration on how to use them!! Also, you know me and flowers!!! That Pansy Punch is super fabulous and you can check out all the fun I have had with that in these posts! Mother’s Day is just a few weeks away and the Mother’s Love Stamp Set from the Occasions Mini Catalog is super fabulous for a card for Mom!

Stampin’ Up has stated that the Butterfly Framelits have arrived today!!!! All of the issues on the West Coast have caused this delay and the wait is over!!! I will be placing an order once they are available!!!!

Have a Wonderful Weekend and Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Apr 16 2015

#HappyBirthday!!!

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

You all know how I love Birthday cards and make lots of them because I send out so many each month (gotta love a big family)!!! This card is perfect because it is gender neutral. I started off with a Crushed Curry card base and added some Bermuda Bay measuring 4″ x 5-1/4″. Then with a piece of Whisper White (3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″) and stamped the 3 Balloons from the Balloon Bash Stamp Set in the Occasions Mini Catalog! I used Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, and Tangelo Twist for those balloons. For the Bermuda Bay balloon, I stamped it again on a piece of scrap white and cut it out and popped it onto my card with a Stampin’ Dimensional! I love that extra little POP! Next I added a little strip of Birthday Bash Designer Series Paper along the bottom! You will adhere this first and then ink up the #HappyBirthday in Night of Navy and stamped that below the Designer Series Paper. Then you will ink up the entire image again and stamp it on a piece of scrap white and cut it out (minus the #HappyBirthday). There was no way I could cut out that bottom portion and make it look clean so that is why I stamped that directly onto my card!!! I added the HB to my card front with some Stampin’ Dimensionals and then you are ready to add this to the front of your card! You are all done. You could do this in so many different colors and styles. Do you have a scrap piece of Designer Series Paper laying around??? Of course you do! Grab that piece and the coordinating colors for your balloons and greeting! Super fabulous!!!

If you would like to see more samples using the Balloon Bash Stamp Set and Birthday Bash Designer Series Paper, check out this post and this post! Don’t have this stamp set or paper yet? Order yours right now and you will earn Laura’s Loyal Stampers Points!!! Woot Woot!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Apr 15 2015

Monogram Note Cards!!!

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

These little note cards are so fabulous and simple to create, you could whip up tons of them in no time flat! I’m sure your Accountant would enjoy a little set of these! Happy Tax Day!!!! They would also make a perfect Mother’s Day gift which is just a few weeks away!!! The would be a fabulous gift for a Bridal or Baby Shower Gift too!! I packaged the cards up in a Gusseted Cellophane Bag with some Whisper White Organza Ribbon!

The Note Cards above are just a piece of cardstock measuring 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ and I layered a piece of Whisper White measuring 4″ x 5-1/4″ on top. I used the Sophisticated Serifs Stamp Set for the flowers and letter! I love this stamp set because the font is simple yet elegant and it offers each letter in both a big and small font! LOVE IT!! The little flowers for the corners are super fabulous as well!!! I pulled out all of my scraps that I had that were big enough for this size and quickly made up lots of these little cards! I haven’t stamped the letter on there just yet because I’m waiting to see who I will give it to! Perfect little gift to have on hand!

This little card is precious! I used the Note Card & Envelopes to create these. I took my Designer Series Paper Scraps and cut a piece 2″ x 5″. This card uses the Brights Background Designer Series Paper! For the Monogram, I used my Scallop Circle Punches and Circle Punch to layer the letter so perfectly! Super cute and another great way to use up some scraps.

This one is super fabulous because it uses the Sheltering Tree Stamp Set for the dotted background! I love using a random stamp set for a card like this – getting more out of a stamp set is fabulous!!!! You can see more samples using this stamp set here, here and here! You can see the 2 sizes of the alphabet font from the Sophisticated Serifs Stamp Set. LOVE IT!!! I also stamped a little corner of the envelope! Do you all like to coordinate your envelopes with your cards?? Let me know in the comments below!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura