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I just love the Many Messages Bundle.  It includes a large stamp with lots and lots of sentiments and a large die that will cut them all out for you at one time (see below).  It is nice to have sentiments already stamped and die cut, ready to put on a card so I like to stamp and die cut 4 or 5 of these to have on hand.

For this card, I used a color combination that I would not normally use, pulling in the colors from the Plaid Tidings designer series paper pattern.  Cajun Craze and Rich Razzleberry are the colored card stock pieces and I used the Painted Texture embossing folder on the Cajun Craze piece.  

Supplies:

Many Messages

Memento Black ink

Whisper White, Cajun Craze, Rich Razzleberry card stock

Messages die

Painted Textures folder

Plaid Tidings dsp

MANY MESSAGES BUNDLE
The Many Messages Bundle includes the Many Messages Stamp Set and the Messages Die. This bundle is also available in French.

MANY MESSAGES CLING STAMP
Make card-making easy and quick for your future self by creating several stamped messages with just one stamp. This stamp makes it easy to craft quick cards with no fuss. Prepare your stamped sentiments for a variety of occasions ahead of time with the Many Messages Stamp.
* 1 cling stamp
* Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): f

MESSAGES DIE
Make card-making easy and quick for your future self by creating several die cut messages with just one die. This die makes it easy to craft quick cards with no fuss. Prepare your die-cut sentiments for a variety of occasions ahead of time with the Messages Die.
* 1 die
* Largest die: 5-1/2" x 4" (14 x 10.2 cm)
* Use with a Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine

Our craft bundles make coordination easy. Stamp & tool bundles help you quickly cut out stamped images for a single project or create multiples of the same project with ease.

Glory, Wonder and Miracles

I put together some simple Christmas cards using the For Unto Us stamp set and Plaid Tidings designer series paper.

The stamp set is one of my favorites in the holiday catalog, I love all the sentiments in it and the designer series paper is so versatile that it can be used for just about anything.

Supplies:

For Unto Us

Shaded Spruce ink

Whisper White, Shaded Spruce, Crumb Cake card stock

Plaid Tidings dsp

For Unto Us Stamp Set

Share the wonder of the season by creating handmade Christmas cards using the For Unto Us Stamp Set. Use these sentiments alone or combine them with images from your favorite stamp sets to create custom cards. Or add them to scrapbook pages or other paper crafts.

* 9 cling stamps
* Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): b, c, h

Cling stamps from Stampin’ Up!
* Are premium rubber stamps.
* Have deeply etched images for excellent detail.
* Are precut so you don’t have to trim them.
* Cling to clear blocks without slipping.
* Are repositionable—temporarily mount on clear blocks to stamp, then remove to store.
* Save space—one set of blocks (sold separately) works for all your cling and photopolymer stamps.
* Have images on the spine of the case for easy storage and quick reference.

A Day Without

The fun thing about the Nothing's Better Than stamp set is that there are several options to take when you make a card with it. For example, yesterday the card was about coffee, today chocolate, tomorrow's will be cocktails, etc.  

The designer series paper that I paired it with today is the Plaid Tidings collection and I used a pattern that has Cinnamon Cider on it and tied that into the card stock and ink colors. The stamp set has a two step stamping option for many of the images so that you can color in the chocolates or whatever image you stamp without using markers.

Supplies:

Nothing's Better Than

Early Espresso, Cinnamon Cider ink

Cinnamon Cider, Whisper White card stock

Plaid Tidings dsp

Classic Label punch

The Nothing's Better Than Bundle includes the Nothing's Better Than Stamp Set and the Love You More Than Dies.

NOTHING'S BETTER THAN PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET
Cookies, coffee, cocktails, and chocolate! Get it all in a single stamp set.
*26 photopolymer stamps
*Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): a, b, d, g

LOVE YOU MORE THAN DIES
Pair the Love You More Than Dies with the Nothing's Better Than Stamp Set to create cards, accents, and more.
*9 dies
*Largest die: 2" x 2-1/2" (5.1 x 6.4 cm)

Our craft bundles make coordination easy. Stamp & tool bundles help you quickly cut out stamped images for a single project or create multiples of the same project with ease.

Witty Plaid

The cards I have to share with you today use a retired stamp set called Witty-Cisms that was available last spring.  I used several different sentiments and colored all the images in with Stampin' Blends markers.

The layouts are very simple and I used the Stitched Shapes framelits for the sentiment layers as well as a Stitched Rectangle framelit for the green background on the card on the left.  The designer series paper comes from the Plaid Tidings collection.

Supplies:

Witty-cisms

Memento Black ink

Stampin' Blends

Seaside Spray, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Shaded Spruce, card stock

Plaid Tidings dsp

Stitched Shapes framelits

Stitched Rectangles Framelits

Tin Tile folder

Have you ever seen a more versa-tile embossing folder? The Tin Tile 3D Embossing Folder will give your papercraft projects a tac-tile elegance. All puns aside, it creates gorgeous embossed tiles that are especially striking when paired with any color of our Foil Sheets to create lovely metallic finishes.
* 1 folder
* 6" x 6-1/4" (15.2 x 15.9 cm)
* Use with a die-cutting and embossing machine
It’s easy to make a great impression! Just place flat cardstock in this embossing folder, run it through a die-cutting and embossing machine, and out comes cardstock with a bold textured design. 3D embossing folders take embossing to the next level, with deeper, more detailed impressions than standard embossing folders—great for card fronts and accents.

PLAID TIDINGS 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER

Use these classic all-season plaids from the Plaid Tidings 6" x 6" (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper for your holidays paper crafts or your all year long handmade projects. This high-quality printed paper is an excellent scrapbook paper, card making paper, and more. Ask your demonstrator about coordinating products!

* 48 sheets of patterned paper: 4 each of 12 double-sided designs
* 6" x 6" (15.2 x 15.2 cm)
* Acid free
* Lignin free

Product colors: Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Bumblebee, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Cinnamon Cider, Crumb Cake, Mango Melody, Melon Mambo, Misty Moonlight, Pretty Peacock, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Seaside Spray, Shaded Spruce, Whisper White

Plaid Sympathy

I had a few leftover pieces of some Plaid tidings designer series paper from a previous project and decided to use them on a sympathy card along with a die cut stitched leaf.

The sentiment is from the Peaceful Moments stamp set and is on a piece die cut from the Stitched Shapes framelits.

Supplies:

Peaceful Moments

Early Espresso ink

Early Espresso, Whisper White, Basic Black card stock

Stitched Shapes framelits

Stitched leaves dies

Plaid tidings dsp

Game On

Don't forget to take advantage of the discount on selected collections of designer series paper this month!

I put together a few cards using the Game On stamp set recently, one of our stamp club projects this month was also created using this set as you can see in yesterday's post.  For these cards, I used a couple different collections of designer series paper - Plaid Tidings and Gilded Autumn.

The card on the right has the playing cards stamped on some retired Classic Garage designer series paper and I just used a paper snips to cut out both the sentiments and the playing cards.

Supplies:

Game on

Gray Granite, Memento Black ink

Seaside Spray, Whisper White, Gray Granite card stock

Plaid Tidings dsp

Gilded Autumn specialty paper

retired embossing folder

October Stamp Club Projects

This month we are focusing on a lot of different designer series paper collections on our projects.  The layout uses the Snowflake Splendor designer series paper and the cards use In Good Taste and Plaid Tidings.

I used several different patterns of the paper for the layout and added some coordinating colors of card stock for the photo mats.

The first card uses the Plaid Tidings designer series paper along with the Game on stamp set and Stitched Shapes framelits.

Finally, the last card uses some different patterns of In Good Taste paper and the Ridiculously Awesome stamp set. The die cuts on this card are from the Tasteful Labels collection.

For the Win

I recently realized I needed some birthday cards for kids and didn't have many on hand.  So I took out the For the Win stamp set and decided to pair it with the Plaid Tidings designer series paper.  

I tore some strips of scrap paper to use as a mask and then sponged Balmy Blue ink on the Whisper White card stock, then keeping the mask on the card stock I stamped the ball images with Soft Suede ink.  The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set and is punched out with the Classic Label punch.

Supplies:

For the Win, Itty Bitty Birthdays

Soft Suede ink

Whisper White card stock

Plaid Tidings dsp

Classic label punch

My Sunshine

I just love this stamp set which is called Ridiculously Awesome.  In the next few days (or week if I can't find time to post them right away), I have more cards to share with you using the same set but different sentiments.

I paired the set with some Plaid Tidings designer series paper, the Tasteful Labels dies (again, I am sure you can tell I love the versatility of these dies!) and a piece from a past Paper Pumpkin kit.

Supplies:

Ridiculously Awesome

Real Red ink

Early Espresso, Very Vanilla card stock

Tasteful Labels dies

1/4" Daffodil Delight ribbon

Paper Pumpkin kit

Plaid Tidings dsp

Ridiculously Awesome Stamp Set

Create bold statements with the Ridiculously Awesome Stamp Set. The large sentiments are sized for greeting cards to encourage loved ones. This stamp set is also available in French. This stamp set was inspired by Million Sales Achiever Ronda Wade.

* 8 cling stamps
* Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): a, c, d, e

Cling Stamps from Stampin’ Up!
* Are premium rubber stamps.
* Have deeply etched images for excellent detail.
* Are precut so you don’t have to trim them.
* Cling to clear blocks without slipping.
* Are repositionable—temporarily mount on clear blocks to stamp, then remove to store.
* Save space—one set of blocks (sold separately) works for all your cling and photopolymer stamps.
* Have images on the spine of the case for easy storage and quick reference.

Posted for You

Today I am sharing a couple different cards created with the Posted for You stamp set and Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch.  The first one also uses some Plaid Tidings designer series paper and a piece of Rococo Rose card stock embossed with the Parisian Flourish Folder.

For the second card, I chose some In Good Taste designer series paper for the background and added three pieces of die cut Misty Moonlight card stock that were created with the Tasteful Labels dies.  The images are colored in with Stampin' Write markers.

Supplies:

Posted for You

Memento Black, Misty Moonlight ink

Whisper White, Rococo Rose, Misty Moonlight card stock

In Good Taste, Plaid Tidings dsp

White baker's twine

Parisian Flourish folder

Tasteful Labels dies

Rectangular Postage Stamp punch

Stampin' Write markers

Posted for You Stamp Set

Create postcards and greeting cards with the delicate line-art and postage stamp-sized images from the Posted for You Stamp Set.

* 7 cling stamps
* Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): b, c, d

Cling Stamps from Stampin’ Up!
* Are premium rubber stamps.
* Have deeply etched images for excellent detail.
* Are precut so you don’t have to trim them.
* Cling to clear blocks without slipping.
* Are repositionable—temporarily mount on clear blocks to stamp, then remove to store.
* Save space—one set of blocks (sold separately) works for all your cling and photopolymer stamps.
* Have images on the spine of the case for easy storage and quick reference.

Press On

I have a few sneak peek samples for you today using products from the Holiday catalog which will come out in August.  Today's cards are make with the Press On stamp set and Plaid Tidings designer series paper.

I chose Mint Macaron for my card base and Cinnamon Cider for the large layer which I also embossed with the Old World Paper 3D embossing folder.

The cups were cut out with a paper snips as was the designer series paper that I added to the center of each.

Supplies:

Press On

Cinnamon Cider, Memento Black ink

Stampin' Write markers

Mint Macaron, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Cinnamon Cider, Tip Top Taupe card stock

Old World Paper folder

Classic label punch

Plaid Tidings dsp

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Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder	153200
Price: $10.00
Create the look of a crinkled, well-loved world map or a preserved piece of parchment with the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder. Life’s a beautiful journey; take it all in and capture those memories. * 1 folder * 6" x 6-1/4" (15.2 x 15.9 cm) * Use with a die-cutting and embossing machine It’s easy to make a great impression! Just place flat cardstock in this embossing folder, run it through a die-cutting and embossing machine, and out comes cardstock with a bold textured design. 3D embossing folders take embossing to the next level, with deeper, more detailed impressions than standard embossing folders—great for card fronts and accents.