BUTTERFLY NOTE

Butterfly Note is the final  Stamp Camp card for 2022.  Debbi and I call this the everything card!  This elegant card is perfect for sympathy, birthday, get well, thinking of you, wedding, anniversary and anything else you can think of although I’m sure a child would not enjoy it.  The DSP does all the work for this card!  Blackberry Beauty DSP has been on sale at Stampin’ Up for 1-2 months, but it is now gone!  The card is simply 1” strips of DSP layered on Brass metallic cs and arranged in a stairstep pattern.  A simple sentiment is also layered in brass and a Blackberry Bliss Brilliant Wings Dies butterfly is embellished with 4 Champagne rhinestones and adhered to the card front with glue dots.  There are 6 butterflies to choose from in this set so you can choose the one you like best.

The Very Vanilla message layer features a second butterfly.  The butterfly of your choice can be die cut in Blackberry Bliss or Rich Razzleberry as we see in the embossed top layer of the card front.  Both colors are rich and complement each other. 

I can’t stress how simple this card is.  1”X4” strips of DSP layered on 1 1/8” X 4 1/8” strips of a coordinating color.  And butterflies go with any DSP.  The Brilliant Wings Dies are a great set that will never go out of style – #155523 – $44.00 for 17 dies!

And so we end 2022 Stamp Camps!  I hope you can make our December gathering on Thursday, Friday and Saturday – December 1, 2, 3 – from 10am to 4pm.  If you have a conflict, please let me know and we can schedule an alternate time.  If you need Cards to Go, we can do that.  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know when you are coming, what cards you wish – as soon as possible.  With Thanksgiving in the middle of this coming week, we lose several days of cutting time.

The first 2023 Stamp Camp will be February 2, 3 and 4 and I have some fun ideas planned.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate or we will be doing Cards to Go for everyone.

Warm Winter Blessings and Happy Thanksgiving, Rosemary – H(630.759.3089 – C(630.965.1965 – paperrose01@aol.com

COFFEE? CHOCOLATE? COCKTAILS?

Do you have a favorite?  Cocktails?  Chocolate?  Coffee?  I happen to be a chocolate and coffee person but not so much for cocktails.  Now my brother-in-law loves his cocktails, so his birthday card was the cocktail version.  My sister doesn’t do coffee or cocktails – but she adores her chocolate, so the chocolate version is for her!

Coffee, Coffee Coffee!  How many of you start your day (or end it) with a steaming cup of coffee.  The Nothing’s Better Than Bundle features the favorites of coffee, cookies, chocolate and cocktails.  we see the coffee version here.  The Petal Pink DSP is from the retired Magnolia Lane.  The left Petal Pink strip is embossed with the Wrapped in Texture 3-D  embossing folder.  The coffee cups can be stamped in any dark color but I think Early Espresso or Memento Tuxedo Black inks look best.  Although there is a stamp to both fill the coffee cup and color the saucer, I find it more fun to use Stampin’ Blends to color different shades of coffee, and different colors for each saucer. 

The cocktail glasses are so cute.  The stamp that fills the glasses has ice cubes!!!!!  Cocktails can be so many colors.  The lemons, of course, have been colored yellow with Stampin’ Blends.  The small cocktail umbrella can be colored any way you like.  Some are even pre-colored for you.  I loved coloring the umbrellas with 3 different hues.  The 3-layer sentiment allows for the featured image to be die cut in Tahitian Tide and adhered flat to the sentiment.  Like the coffee sample above, all other images are adhered with dimensionals.

Now for my favorite – CHOCOLATE!!!!!  The chocolates are colored with Stampin’ Blends although there will be some uncolored ones available for you to color as you wish.  Different shades of Stampin’ Blends brown are used to give each trio a different look.  The fifth cluster is cut to fit on the sentiment layer.  In my archives, I pulled my ancient metal dots and adhered them to the sentiment layers – BUT I just noticed I missed the Cocktail card!  The dots can be colored if you wish but I like the grays and neutrals.

The message layer for each card features a 4 X 1/2” strip of Magnolia Lane DSP and an image that matches your theme – a coffee cup, chocolate cluster, or cocktail.  This is a fun card and nice to have in your library for that special person.  Although the stamps and dies are no longer available as a bundle, they are available singly.  The stamp set – Nothing’s Better Than is #158295 – $22.00.  The Love You More Dies are $30 – #152698.

Stay tuned for THE FINAL 2022 CARD.

Warm Blessings, Rosemary – C(630.965.1965 – H(630.965.1965 – paperrose01@aol.com

FAVORITES

Do you have a favorite?  Cocktails?  Chocolate?  Coffee?  I happen to be a chocolate and coffee person but not so much for cocktails.  Now my brother-in-law loves his cocktails, so his birthday card was the cocktail version.  My sister doesn’t do coffee or cocktails – but she adores her chocolate, so the chocolate version is for her!

Coffee, Coffee Coffee!  How many of you start your day (or end it) with a steaming cup of coffee.  The Nothing’s Better Than Bundle features the favorites of coffee, cookies, chocolate and cocktails.  we see the coffee version here.  The Petal Pink DSP is from the retired Magnolia Lane.  The left Petal Pink strip is embossed with the Wrapped in Texture 3-D  embossing folder.  The coffee cups can be stamped in any dark color but I think Early Espresso or Memento Tuxedo Black inks look best.  Although there is a stamp to both fill the coffee cup and color the saucer, I find it more fun to use Stampin’ Blends to color different shades of coffee, and different colors for each saucer. 

The cocktail glasses are so cute.  The stamp that fills the glasses has ice cubes!!!!!  Cocktails can be so many colors.  The lemons, of course, have been colored yellow with Stampin’ Blends.  The small cocktail umbrella can be colored any way you like.  Some are even pre-colored for you.  I loved coloring the umbrellas with 3 different hues.  The 3-layer sentiment allows for the featured image to be die cut in Tahitian Tide and adhered flat to the sentiment.  Like the coffee sample above, all other images are adhered with dimensionals.

Now for my favorite – CHOCOLATE!!!!!  The chocolates are colored with Stampin’ Blends although there will be some uncolored ones available for you to color as you wish.  Different shades of Stampin’ Blends brown are used to give each trio a different look.  The fifth cluster is cut to fit on the sentiment layer.  In my archives, I pulled my ancient metal dots and adhered them to the sentiment layers – BUT I just noticed I missed the Cocktail card!  The dots can be colored if you wish but I like the grays and neutrals.

The message layer for each card features a 4 X 1/2” strip of Magnolia Lane DSP and an image that matches your theme – a coffee cup, chocolate cluster, or cocktail.  This is a fun card and nice to have in your library for that special person.  Although the stamps and dies are no longer available as a bundle, they are available singly.  The stamp set – Nothing’s Better Than is #158295 – $22.00.  The Love You More Dies are $30 – #152698.

Stay tuned for THE FINAL 2022 CARD.

Warm Blessings, Rosemary – C(630.965.1965 – H(630.965.1965 – paperrose01@aol.com

2023

As this year ends, its time to think about 2023.  Our handmade calendars make wonderful holiday gifts and are perfect as as hostess thank you.  And a calendar only costs $3.00-$3.50.  What a bargain plus, it is handmade and comes from the heart. .We have card stock cut for the following samples.  However, you are welcome to choose other DSP and card stock combinations.

This sample features retired mosaic DSP along with Soft Suede and Mint Macaroon.  The numbers 2023 have been brushed with Wink of Stella and they provide a bit of glimmer. 

Basic white cs layers and envelopes are provided.  Stamped and hand written messages on the white cs are adhered to the back of the calendar.  And they fit perfectly in our A2 envelopes. 

Our second sample  features Blackberry Beauty DSP with Cinnamon Cider and Blackberry Bliss card stock.  These easel calendars hold up extremely well. I have several that are 5-years old.  I adhere new calendars every year over the old ones, and change the last digit of the year or use some other image as decoration.

Our gold and black bumble bee calendar is a take-off of the calendars we donated to 2 girl scout troops.  The girls are making the calendars as gifts for their parents.  The frame for the calendar is actually gold glimmer paper.  The numbers are cut from the Scan’n’Cut and show up well.

Our final sample is a cyan triad of Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Pool Party DSP.  Wink of Stella was brushed around the edges of the Basic Black calendar frame.  The sparkly numbers provide the perfect added touch for this 2023 tribute.

Other cs and DSP choices will be available for your choosing.  We have a gorgeous black/white/gray pattern that would be a perfect masculine calendar. 

Our next card is for the person who cherishes their coffee, chocolates or cocktails. 

Please please let us know what your selections will be for December Stamp Camp.  With Thanksgiving upon us, Debbi and I are working diligently at cutting card stock and DSP.

Warm Blessings, Rosemary – H(630.759.3089) – C(630.965.1965) – paperrose01@aol.com

CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS

Christmas Blessings is our final Stamp Camp Christmas card for 2022.  Once again, we see the Aspen Trees Dies but this time, in white.  A snowy Night of Navy background comes about with white embossed snowflakes and stars – a good time to practice your wet embossing skills.  3 red cardinals are perched jauntily on tree limbs.  A simple sentiment is layered on Night of Navy cardstock and festooned with a real red cotton bow.  This is a cheery classic Christmas card.

Our message layer is ready for you to stamp the holiday greeting of your choice.  Make sure to check out the Christmas messages as several new sets recently appeared.  3 red birds provide a festive touch. 

Our final 2022 Stamp Camp will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 1, 2, and 3 from 10am – 4pm.  Our first 2023 Stamp Camp will be February 2, 3 and 4.  The new Occasions Catalog and Spring Sale-A-Brations mini catalog will be coming out in December and will be available for ordering effective January 5, 2023. 

Stay tuned for some calendar samples available at the December Stamp Camp.  These make great holiday gifts.

Warm Blessings, Rosemary – H(630.759.3089 – C(630.965.1965) – paperrose01@aol.com