Author: mmmstampintime

I think the blog title says it all – today is my birthday. It is my 60 – 1 birthday, so I have twelve months to prepare for the BOG 6 0.

At my hairdresser’s appointment yesterday, I looked at the final result and realised that I am now VERY gray.

My daughters are joining Rob and I for a birthday lunch at Medley Cafe, a local restaurant for my birthday celebration.

So from today, and until Christmas day, I will not have any posts to share.

On Christmas Day, I will start my 12 DAYS FROM CHRISTMAS posts that lead into the 2021 JANUARY – JUNE MINI CATALOGUE & SALE-A-BRATION BROCHURE live launch to customers.

I hope that you join me then for all the catalogue, free product and joining benefits.

In the meantime, I wish you and your family a peaceful Christmas with all the joy and blessings of the season.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

The 2021 JANUARY – JUNE MINI CATALOGUE and SALE-A-BRATION BROCHURE go live to customers from January 5th and there lots of gorgeous goodies in both!

Today I made a gift box and coordinating greeting card using the LOVE YOU ALWAYS SUITE, focusing on the ALWAYS IN MY HEART BUNDLE.

The gift box was so quick and easy to assemble because one of the new products is a pack of 10 LOVE YOU ALWAYS TREAT BOXES. The boxes measure 4-1/6″x 2-11/16″x 1-1/2″. I used a strip of Rococo Rose paper from the LOVE YOU ALWAYS SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER to wrap around the box and cut two further pieces to adhere to each end of the box.

There is a great banner die in the FLORAL HEART DIES set. And, of course, there are curved sentiments to for the die to cut out perfectly. The heart was cut using the a stunning and intricate floral heart – this heart is the remaining insert. I embossed it with the ORNATE FLORAL EMBOSSING FOLDER.

The BLUSHING BRIDE 3/8″ METALLIC RIBBON coordinated with Rococo Rose perfectly.

The PEARL BASIC JEWELS were coloured using the dark Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blend.

The coordinating card uses the outer floral heart die from the gift box. I cut a second one using the same DSP as I used to wrap around the box. The heart insert is popped up with a double layer of dimensionals. THe outer DSP floral heart is cut in half and used on the card insert and envelope front.

The card front uses another piece of DSP from the LOVE YOU ALWAYS SPECIALTY DSP, a silver foiled Sahara Sand leaf design.

I am very pleased with the way this project pair turned out.

What do you think?

Because most of these products are new, I won’t be able to share images of them. I’ll come back in January and add them then.

The LOVE YOU ALWAYS SUITE had two stamp set and coordinating dies bundles, foil sheets, specialty DSP, a black and white DSP, treat boxes, ribbon, heart charms and matte black dots. This suite is $281.25 (before postage). If you order this, during January to February, you will earn 2-3 FREE products from the Sale-a-bration brochure.

If you live in Australia and do not have a copy of the new MINI CATALOGUE and SALE-A-BRATION BROCHURE, contact me to find out how to receive your copies.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

As Christmas and the New Year draw closer, so to does the end of the August – December 2020 Mini Catalogue.

Now is the time that I want to start sharing projects using products from the JANUARY – JUNE 2021 MINI CATALOGUE & SALE-A-BRATION BROCHURE.

For this first post, I was inspired by a Facebook Live from Sara Douglass (CEO of Stampin’ Up!) a few days ago. Sara shared a Christmas gift box using a folded corner technique – instead of a cut corner technique, which I have never used before. There is a link below for you to see what she shared.

https://www.facebook.com/asarathing/videos/418598245935550

Sara used 12″x 12″ DSP and scored each side evenly to create the gift boxes.

During her presentation, she mentioned that these boxes were all square and that she hadn’t worked on rectangular boxes yet. So, I thought that I would try to work this out. And, here is the result.

I made these rectangular gift boxes using a sheet of 12″x 12″ DSP, for the lid, and a sheet of coordinating POPPY PARADE 12″x 12″ cardstock, for the base.

I cut 2″ off one side of the paper/card, resulting in 12″x 10″ paper/card.

Then, I scored each side at 2″ – this will give a box that measures 10″x 8″x 2″.

What I liked about Sara’s gift box was that the corners were folded in and adhered – rather than being cut, tapered and adhered.

This first gift box was made using one of the 2021 SALE-A-BRATION rewards – the BERRY DELIGHTFUL DESIGNER SERIES PAPER comes in a bundle with the BERRY BLESSINGS STAMP SET. To get this bundle, for FREE, you need to spend $180 (before postage).

This bundle coordinates with the SWEET STRAWBERRY BUNDLE from the JANUARY -JUNE MINI CATALOGUE. It is made up of the SWEET STRAWBERRY STAMP SET and STRAWBERRY BUILDER PUNCH, that I have also used for this gift box. This bundle is $55.75 AUD.

I made a second gift box using products from the HYDRANGEA HILL SUITE COLLECTION (pp 18-20 Mini Catalogue).

The papers in the HYDRANGEA HILL DSP are so beautiful. The box base uses a sheet of GORGEOUS GRAPE 12″x 12″ card stock. The new GORGEOUS GRAPE SHEET RIBBON is perfect.

For the card, Iused some of the 2″ strip of DSP that I cut off (same measurements as the first box). The SEASIDE SPRAY card base worked to ‘tone down’ the bright panel layer.

The hydrangia was stamped and die cut before the flower overlay was stamped and cut also. I used the Gorgeous Grape to stamp the flower head but stamped off twice to create a lighter shade. I love the way the petals are able to pop up and create the fullness of a hydrangea.

The new label die in this set is going to be very useful across other stamp set sentiments.

The final touch, of course, the new PASTEL PEARLS. There are four colours – GORGEOUS GRAPE, HIGHLAND HEATHER, ROCOCO ROSE and SEASIDE SPRAY.

AND … I used my brand new MINI STAMPIN’ CUT & EMBOSS MACHINE.

I enjoyed making these gift boxes using all new products and can’t wait to fill them with goodies to give to someone special.

Which one do you prefer?

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

I will add in the products I used for these boxes when the catalogue goes live on January 5th. If you live in Australia and would like a copy of the new JANUARY – JUNE MINI CATALOGUE & SALE-A-BRATION BROCHURE contact me to discover how you can.