Still Stamping With Sue

Halloween Card using the Everything Essential Bundle

 

Autumn is officially here, so that means Halloween is quickly approaching. Since Halloween is all about fun, I'm sharing two Halloween fun-fold cards. I'm using the Everything Essential Bundle on page 61 of the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog. The Bundle includes the Everything Essential Stamp Set and the Essential Tag Punch. When you buy the Bundle, you save 10%.

 

The Plaid Tidings 6x6 Designer Series Paper has some perfect colors for Halloween cards.

 

Directions:

Card Base:  5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Crushed Curry Cardstock, score at 2" and 3 1/8" on both ends.

 

 

First Layer:  (two) 1 1/2" x 5 1/4" Basic Black Cardstock, placed inside the Cobwebs Embossing Folder and put through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. (one) 2" x 5 1/4" Plaid Tidings 6x6 Designer Series Paper (DSP).

Second Layer:  Scrap of Basic Black Cardstock. Place Stitched Nested Labels Die on cardstock and put through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine.

Third Layer:  1 7/8" x 2 1/4" Pumpkin Pie Cardstock. Attach to the Second Layer with Dimensionals.

Fourth Layer:  Scrap of Whisper White Cardstock. Stamp Halloween image from the Everything Essential Stamp Set in Memento Black Ink. Use the Essential Tag Punch to punch it out. Color with Stampin' Blends. Attach to the Third Layer. 

 

The final touch is to make a knot in the Bumble Bee Ribbon and attach it with a Glue Dot.

 

 

What is fun about this card is you can fold it in the opposite direction and have a different look.

 

This definitely is a stand-up card. You have the entire back of the card to write a fun Halloween message. 

 

Supplies Used:

153382 Everything is Essential Stamp Set $21

153607 Essential Tag Punch $18

155211 Everything Essential Bundle (stamp set & punch) $35-  save 10%

153527 Plaid Tidings 6x6 DSP $11.50

121045 Basic Black Cardstock $8.75

105117 Pumpkin Pie Cardstock $8.75

100730 Whisper White Cardstock $9.75

153077 Bumble Bee Cardstock $8.75

132708 Black Memento Ink Pad $6

149653 Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $120

153578 Cobwebs Embossing Folder $9

149638 Stitched Nested Labels Dies $35

153622 Bumble Bee Ribbon $6

154883 Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends $9

154897 Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends $9

103683 Glue Dots $5.25

152813 Stampin' Seal Adhesive $8

 

 

Stock up on stamp sets at a stellar price! For one day only (September 23, 2020), you can purchase select cling and photopolymer stamp sets at a 15% discount. This short, stamp-tacular sale only happens once a year—you won’t want to miss out on these super savings! See the flyer here. Download 24 Hour Stamp Sale

 

 

Would you like to get a permanent discount on your Stampin' Up! purchases? Then get the Starter Kit. There is a great special the month of September. In addition to the regular starter kit ($99, new recruits choose $125-worth of products), new recruits will also receive enough cardstock pieces to make 16 cards, a pack of Rhinestone Basic Jewels, the So Much Love stamp set and the Queen Anne’s Lace stamp set.

Are you ready to Get & Go? You can sign-up here. I would love to have you on my team!

 

Last weekend was my retired stamp sale. It was a fun time meeting new people and seeing some of my customers, my team members and other Stampin' Up! demonstrators. Can you believe I have some empty shelves in my craft cupboards now? That hasn't happened for years! This week I have two Stamp Clubs and my team meeting; all via Zoom. Have a wonderful rest of your week!!! I appreciate you stopping by my blog!

 

 

Retired Stampin' Up! Products Sale

I have been busy getting ready for this sale! It is neat, organized and everything is on tables. Stop by for some bargains!!!

 

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

 

 

My Journey with Scrapbooking

Scrapbooking. . . Yes, I know some of you are rolling your eyes. Yes, I know some of you have never scrapbooked anything in your entire life and never will. Yes, I know you only like making cards and other papercrafting projects. So indulge me today to tell you a bit about why I scrapbook and the different ways I have scrapbooked.

 

I grew up in a family with seven children. Taking photographs was not something that happened often because it was expensive. Most of our photographs were of all the children together. When I was eight, my dad unexpectedly died. We had to go on public assistance for a few years. Photographs were even more scarce. Eventually, my oldest sister saved her money, bought a camera and she began taking photographs of our family.

 

When I had children, I vowed that I would take photographs of their entire lives, which I did. They both have baby books with some photos, but most of the photographs and negatives went into a plastic bin. 

And, there they stayed until I became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator in 1997. 

 

 

I began traditional scrapbooking using 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock and stamped images.

 

From 2009-2015, Stampin' Up! offered My Digital Studio designing software. That is when I started digital scrapbooking.

And, I realized that I needed to change to 12" x 12" scrapbook layouts. Why? I can get more photographs on each page. I have the pages printed and put them in page protectors and then in three-ring binder scrapbooks.

 

The thought of scanning over 30 years of photographs became daunting, so I started using 12" x 12" pocket-style page protectors in my albums. This was a quick way to catch up with all those envelopes of photographs.  I'm not going to lie. It is overwhelming to try to keep up with current scrapbooking while doing catch-up scrapbooking. But, I was determined and eventually finished thanks to many weekend retreats!

 

When Stampin' Up! stopped offering My Digital Studio, I began using My Memories Suite software (they were the developers of My Digital Studio). I have been using this software since 2015.

 

 

I started making 12" x 12" hard-bound scrapbooks through My Memories Suite for our vacations. They become coffee table books until we take our next vacation. Then they go on my shelves of scrapbooks.

 

Last weekend, one of my team members, Sandy McManus, asked me if I had started using the Project Life app. She has been asking me this for at least a year. I have been happy using My Memories Suite for five years, why would I start using something else? As I sat in the recliner watching TV with Dan, I downloaded the free Project Life app and started looking at it. It came with free layouts, so I created this page in minutes. And, I was on my phone, not on my laptop in my studio!

Here is the first 12" x 12" layout I made using Project Life's digital pocket-style scrapbooking. Ready for this? I finished 24 layouts when I had a few minutes throughout the next couple of days. I was shocked how simple it was. I even ordered these pages to be printed from my phone! The printed pages arrived and I'm SO pleased with how they turned out. 

 

My thanks to Sandy for bugging asking me once again about the Project Life app. Like with anything in life, timing is everything! So my scrapbooking journey is changing once again. What is fun for me is to look at my scrapbooks and see memories preserved  in all the different ways I have been scrapbooking since 1997. 

 

If you are still reading this long blog post, thank you! If I inspire you to begin scrapbooking, I would love to hear your story about it! I must dash, as I have lunch with a friend in an hour (as I'm still in my PJ's). Thanks for stopping by!