justBstamping.blogspot.ca: May 2018

Monday 21 May 2018

BOGO Stampin' Up Sale Prep Continues!

I've spent this morning matching up and pricing my retired Christmas bundles to sell at my Open House June 16.

Here's a preview of just a few of the sets! A more complete listing can be found on my Events page, but I have many, many, many stand alone stamp sets for sale as well (as in, more than 100!).

Don't forget to RSVP in advance to receive an extra door prize ticket--the prize is fabulous!

Jolly Friends Photopolymer Bundle

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Festive Flurry Clear-Mount Bundle

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Celebration Time Clear-Mount Bundle

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Smitten Mittens Photopolymer Bundle

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Carols Of Christmas Clear-Mount Bundle

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Merriest Wishes Clear-Mount Bundle

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Snow Place Photopolymer Bundle

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Special Reason Clear-Mount Bundle

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Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Bundle

[143499]

So In Love Clear-Mount Bundle

[144739]

I'm off for ice cream with the kids--let summer begin!!

Barb

Wednesday 16 May 2018

Buy One Get One Free Sale & New Catalogue Launch Open House!

Hi Everyone! I'm sooooo excited to tell you that I am planning my first ever new catalogue launch on June 16!!! And it gets even better: you can buy one of my retired items and get a credit towards a purchase from the new catalogue!

Okay, confession time....I am a hoarder when it comes to my craft supplies. I have been a Stampin' Up! hobby demonstrator for four years, and was a customer way before that. And I am finally ready to sell a chunk of my collection! That's right, I have an incredible stash of stamp sets, ink pads (almost all with refill bottles), markers, stampin' spots, ribbon, cardstock, DSP--the list goes on and on--and it will all be up for grabs for the first time ever at my Open House.

Here is just a sample....this overflowing basket contains just my retired inks and markers!

How it Works:
For every $1 you spend on retired items, you receive $1 towards any purchase from the new catalogue. For example, you could buy $30 worth of retired ink from my basket above :) and get $30 in ink colours too! Or, buy a retired ink pad, refill, and matching cardstock, and get a brand new stamp set from the catalogue!

Attend the event and be entered into a draw for a FABULOUS door prize, valued at $50.

RSVP for the event in advance by emailing me, or commenting below, and you get an extra door prize ticket, and double chances of being the big winner!

My open house will be very low key....I will have displays of new and carrying over items; free catalogues; free make-and-takes; little nibbles and drinks. You can browse, explore and get your hands on Stampin' Up! products at your own pace, with no obligation to purchase.

I hope to see you on June 16th!

Barb

Tuesday 15 May 2018

Blog Hop Retiring Sprinkles of Life

We have added 2 blog hops for May--yay! We are featuring soon-to-be retired products in each of the hops, and I chose the Sprinkles of Life set with coordinating Tree Builder punch.

I purchased this set when it was first released as part of Stampin' Up!'s Ronald McDonald House campaign. A portion of the sale goes to support this very worthwhile organization, which housed my husband and I when my daughter was born and needed treatment in the NICU an hour away from our home. So I like to support them any way I can!

This set has so many different uses that I decided the best way to showcase some of them would be to make a gift box of four cards. I decorated a Mini Pizza Box with a Soft Sky (retiring) scalloped square and added a stitched square of Flirty Flamingo. I stamped some cupcake icing on Pink Pirouette (retiring) and punched it out with the coordinating Tree Builder (retiring) punch. The sentiments are one of my favourite parts of the Sprinkles of Life (retiring) set--they are so cute and punny!

Here are the first two mini cards to go inside the gift box:

As you can see, the same punch that made my icing also makes the tree top and the basket of flowers--so clever!!

I used Wild Wasabi (retiring) for the tree card, and stamped all of my sentiments on Basic Black cardstock in White Embossing Powder. This way, even though all of the cards are different, they have a common element.

Here are the insides:

The other two cards continue to show the versatility of this set. The Crushed Curry card has watercoloured ice cream scoops, and the Soft Sky (retiring) card turns the tree trunk into a branch for the little bird to sit on.

I forgot to take a picture of the inside of the ice cream card, but the sentiment says "one good thing on top of another," and I layered that on a square of Mint Macaron. Here is the inside of my bird card:

Despite all those uses, there are still MORE pieces to the stamp set that I didn't use, including a cloud, and an ice cream cone (that was too tall for my little cards)! Here are all of the stamps:

Sprinkles Of Life Photopolymer Stamp Set

Sprinkles Of Life Photopolymer Stamp Set

These cards are sized perfectly to fit our 3x3 envelopes, and all four cards and envelopes nestle inside the pizza box. Wouldn't this make a great gift? I think so, so I wrapped the whole thing with some (retired) Flirty Flamingo ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by! To continue the hop:

A La Cards (Leena)

LollyandSand (Sandy)

JustBStamping (Barb--you're here!)

Stampingjen.BlogSpot.com (Jennifer)

Hofkissed (Stephanie)

Retiring items are available while supplies last and typically go very fast, so please contact me right away if you are interested in any stamp sets, ink, embossing folders, or embellishments. Head to my store here to see everything that is retiring.

I am placing an order on April 30 and May 2, so email or message me if you would like to save on shipping!

Barb

Product List

Mini Pizza Boxes

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Sprinkles Of Life Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Tree Builder Punch

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Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Pink Pirouette 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Wild Wasabi 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Watercolor Paper

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Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

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Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad

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Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

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Aqua Painters

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White Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

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Layering Squares Framelits Dies

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Flirty Flamingo 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon

[141426]

Sunday 6 May 2018

Animal Outing No Line Watercolouring

No line watercolouring is quickly becoming one of my favourite techniques--I love the soft look you get. The new Animal Outing set from Stampin' Up! was just begging for this treatment, and I absolutely adore how my cards turned out!

Animal Outing No Line Watercolouring

Aren't those little critters just precious?! I actually hadn't intended to make a set of these, but I loved the rhino and his little birdie friend so much, I had to give the kangaroo and koala bear some ink as well. :)

I started out just playing with the rhino, stamped in Smoky Slate on watercolour paper for fun. I very carefully played with the ink with my aqua painter, trying not to "erase" the definition lines. I added a little bit of Basic Grey ink for shading, and some Flirty Flamingo blush to his cheek and the birdie.

I then added just the softest touch around him, with some Pool Party shading around the top, and some Mint Macaron across his feet to ground him.

Isn't he too cute??

I was working on a scrap of watercolour paper, so I reached for my stitched circle framelits and was very pleased that one of the larger circles fit! Kismet.

I used the very delicate Quilt Top Embossing Folder to give some baby-sweet texture to the white square I mounted on top of a 4" x 8" Mint Macaron card base. Soooo happy this colour has been brought back!

I added some matching Mint twine and tied a tiny bow. I mounted my rhino circle on top with dimensionals, and stamped my sentiment in black on tiny strips of Whisper White, and then layered them on top with dimensionals too.

On the inside I embossed just the edge of a square of whisper white with the same quilt folder, and added "celebrate" from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous set.

Then I tackled the kangaroo! I followed all of the same steps, stamping and colouring with Crumb Cake ink, and adding some Smoky Slate for the koala bear.

The twine comes in a combo pack, so I used the matching crumb cake version here, and mounted everything on a pool party base. Here is a closer look of the focal point.

I could not be happier with how these cards turned out.

Next time I'm going to make some "kid" cards, with the brights collection of colour. I'm sure they are going to be just as much fun in vibrant colours!