10 Favorite Carry Overs

My 10 Favorite Carry Overs in the 2018 Stampin' Up! Catalog

 

I have a love hate relationship with the new Stampin' Up! catalog. I love getting so many new goodies to craft with but I always hate saying good-bye to things that are on the retirement list. I was really excited to see a few of my favorites from the 2017 annual catalog and Occasions catalogs made the cut and are in the new 2018 catalog.

 Yesterday, I promised to post my favorite carry-overs. Here are the top 10.

1. Hold on to Hope

I love the framelits that coordinate with this set. There are so many variations of the cross that you can create and so many different occasions that the sentiments can be used for.

2. Petal Palette 

I think I used this stamp set more than any other set from the 2018 Spring Occasions catalog. I love the whole suite. I'm  glad the emboss folders that coordinate with it carried over but I am really going to miss the wonderful black and white Designers Series Paper(DSP) that coordinated with this set.

3.Apron of Love

I love the party favors you can make with this set. I 've made several different ones and plan to do a blog post and a how to tutorial.

4. Coffee Cafe

I used this so much this winter. I was so glad it made the cut. I just wish the Merry Cafe set would have carried over from the Christmas catalog. I would love to see a new to coordinating holidays set in the 2018 Fall Occasions catalog when it debuts in September.

. I have plans for lots of cool summer drink cards featuring this set.

5. My Favorite Flowers: 

Painted Harvest

Your Inspiring

I Love Sunflowers and Daffodils they are my favorite flowers. I would rather get a bouquet of either of them instead of roses. So I was so excited to see both of these set made the new catalog.

 Painted Harvest carried over from the 2017 Fall Occasions catalog. I love the sentiment in the set. 

Your Inspiring carried over from the Spring 2018 Occasions catalog.

 The painted harvest has a coordinating leaf punch that can be used on any card that needs a little greenery. Painted Harvest had a beautiful Designer Series Paper(DSP) that coordinated with it and since our DSP's are rarely ever carried over , I stocked up. I probably have a lifetime supply.

6.Best Birds

This set was on my wish list but I had not bought it when the retirement list came out. I breathed a sigh of relief that it was carrying over because I really like it but my shopping list is always huge so it takes a while to get it all. Now I have more time.

7.Crafting Forever

8. My two favorite colors Calypso Coral and Pool Party

This is a great crafting themed set. I use it to make gift card holders for crafting store gift cards The sentiments are always make me smile. I love the one that says"Crafting Forever. Housework Whenever" and I love the idea of doing something creative everyday. The sample below has 2 of my favorite colors. The ribbon is Calypso Coral and the pot is Pool Party. When Stampin' Up! announced there would be a color revamp., I didn't even want to look at the list because I was afraid they would retire these colors. I am jumping with joy because not only did they keep them but they brought back the former In-Color Coastal Cabana. It was a favorite because it coordinates so beautiful with the pool party. 

9.Beautiful Day

My favorite sentiment for birthdays is in this set. "Happy Birthday May Your Day Be As Beautiful As You"

10. All my favorite critters:

Pretty Kitty

Bella and Friends

This Little Piggy

I love all these sets and have so many ideas for future blog posts. I would have been heartbroken if they had been on the retirement list.

Lots of old favorites carried over and lots of exciting new favorites have already arrive in my craft room. My shopping list is HUGE, as usual, because there are some many more wonderful things than just my top 10 favorites.

 Did you get your copy of the new 2018 Catalog yet? If you regularly attend my classes or shop with me. You should have receive one in the mail.

What's your favorite new stamp set.?

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Do Something Creative Every Day!

10 NewThings I love in the new Stampin' Up! Catalog

It's Release Day!

The new catalog is finally here and I can share all the details. 

See What's Inside!

There are so many wonderful stamp sets, tools, new colors etc.  that it was really hard to decide what to order during the demonstrator pre-order. I've been having fun trying out all my new goodies and I am looking forward to trying many more. It's really hard to narrow it down to 10 things. But I did.

  My 10 favorite new items:

1.Wonderful Moments Stamp Set

 I am so excited about this stamp set. My oldest daughter is engaged and I can definitely see myself using this for her wedding card or bridal shower invitations. And then when a grandbaby is finally on the way, I think the expectant mommy stamp will be perfect for a pregnancy journal.

2.Botanical Bliss Bundle

I love all the delicate details that can be created with the Botanical Tags Thinlits dies and the coordinating stamp set has a beautiful script for the sentiments.

3.The Animal Expedition Suite

This suite is so fun. It has so many adorable images. But the thing I love the most is the Leaf Ribbon. It is on the card in the front right corner. I am looking forward to creating fun animal themed cards and party favors with it. I saw the most adorable, impossible card with a pop-up giraffe. I will definitely be trying to create one with the Animal Outing stamp set.

4.Copper Tea Tins 

 The Copper Tea Tin is part of the Tea Room Suite of products. I love the suite but the Copper Tea Tin is to die for. I love it. The photos do not do it justice. It is so pretty and shiny. It's decorated in the photos. 

5.Pop On By Bundle
Pop Up House Framelits and Pop on By Stamp Set 

I see so many possibilities for this set. House Warming Party Invitations, Congratulations on your new home cards, we have a new address card.. This set would be perfect for crafty real estate agents.  could make cards to give every client as a welcome to your new home gift.

6.Picked For You Stamp Set

Thi set will be perfect for making Teacher Appreciation Day party favors and cards. I plan to make embellishments for my fall themed scrapbook pages. I have lots of photos of apple picking,apple tasting and pie making. 

7.Tufted Emboss Folder

I love the rich regal look this folder creates.

8.Speciality Papers: Delicate Details and Grace Glass Vellum

Two amazing new speciality papers. 

9.Stamparatus and Simple Shamy

I love my Stamparatus. I got it during the early release and I have been trying out all kinds of techniques. I will be making some videos with all kinds of quick tips on how to use it and posting them on my YouTube Channel 

The Simply Shammy is an incredible new cleaning tool. I have been using it for several weeks now and I love it for cleaning, stamps, blocks and inky fingers. It makes clean-ups easy, peasy!

10. New Colors

So many pretty new colors

I like them all but I ADORE the new Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, and  Granny Apple Green. Granny Apple Green is so bright and vibrant. I think I'll finally forgive Stampin' Up! for retiring my previous favorite Gumball Green.

It was really, really hard to limit my self to 10 items for this list. I easily could have done a top 15 or 20 favorites. Tomorrow I'll share my top 10 carryovers from the Occasions Spring Catalog and the 2017 Annual Catalog.

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Stampin' Up! New Catalog, New Colors and more!

It's Here

Finally, The waiting is over. The new 2018/2019 annual catalog is here and it's bursting with new colors, new style ink pads, new stamps, new bundles and so much more.  If you attend my classes or regularly order from me you will receive a copy of the new catalog in the mail. If you can't wait to see what is inside you can Click Here to see it.

 Introducing the new 2018-2020 In-color collection

Last month we said goodbye to 13 colors from our core color collection and the 2016-2018 In Color Collection.  I have a few favorites that I will miss BUT WOW the new colors are fabulous!! I can't decide which is my new favorite color Granny Apple Green Highland Heather or Gorgeous Grape.

There are still four color collections, each with ten colors. There is also a new color group called Basics.

In order to keep our color collections to exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors, we moved Basic Black, Very Vanilla, and Whisper White out of the Neutrals collection. We’ve also moved a few colors into the Neutrals collection, making it more exciting and colorful!

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Stampin' Up! Statement of My Heart

Stampin' Up! Statement of My Heart for FMS 335

As soon as I saw this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches  I knew I was going to turn it on its side and use the new Statement of the Heart Stamp. 

It took me a lot longer to choose the colors and papers I wanted to use because there are so many new colors and choices. I love the new Share What You Love Speciality Designer Series Paper(DSP)

It's is absolutely beautiful. I love the shimmer from the pearlized flowers. 

There are 6 different papers. Each piece is doubled sided so you get 12 different designs. This is a BIG pack of paper with 4 sheets of each doubled sided design for 24 total sheets.  There are so many possibilities for this paper. It was so hard to decide which one to use. I tried my  3 favorites first.

They are so beautiful but I felt the shimmer of the paper and the copper embossed powder that I was using were to much so I decided to use a beautiful floral withour shimmer.

And for my card base I choose the new 2018-2020 In-Color Grapefruit Grove

I heat embossed the sentiment with the Copper Stampin Emboss Powder.

I love our Statement of the Heart. Because it really sums up how I feel. I love what I do and I share what I love and I hope to make a difference.

If you would like to see other cards made from this sketch there are over 75 cards that were entered at Freshly Made Sketches

 If you would like to make this card there is a products list below. All of the products will be available individually when the new annual catalog is released on June 1,2018.  You can get them right now as part of the early release bundles. The exclusive Statement of My Heart Single Stamp, is available only during early release.

If you would like to see the Limited Time Bundle Click Here to download a flyer

The 2018-2020 In Color Inks are also available during this early release and if you buy the set now you get 10% off. WOW! New colors and 10% off

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Stampin' Up Product Used to create this card:

Gotta Have It All Bundle [149526] $127.50 Stamp is FREE with this bundle	Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146972] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00
Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper [146926] $27.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $30.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $35.00
Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $5.00	Embossing Buddy [103083] $6.00	Heat Tool [129053] $30.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00