Welcome to the Stampers Dozen Blog Hop!  This month we are  hopping with excitement to share with you some fun fold cards.  The problem with our theme is trying to decide what fold to use, there are so many fun ones!

Snailed It!  This cute little snail was fussy cut from the Snail Mail DSP.  I kind of botched up cutting around his eyes so googly eyes to the rescue.   The googly  eyes  definitely added some personality.  The Blushing Bride speech bubble was cut using the Snail dies and the Real Red heart was cut using the Many Hearts dies.  

Inside you will see this is a tunnel card.  Lots of fun cutouts from the Snail Mail DSP.   The fun sentiment is from the Many Messages stamp set.  Many Messages is 1 big stamp.  There are 19 sentiments on it, 3 stars, and a heart for a total of 23 images and there is a coordinating Messages die that cuts out all of the images at one time!   Of course it is available as a bundle so you can save 10%.  

Here is the back of the card, where you can write a message.  The sentiment here is also from the Many Messages bundle.  This card stands up on its own but also folds flat and fits in an A-2 envelope.  Love a fun fold that can be easily mailed

Now it is time to see what Joanne has created for you!

Stamper's Dozen February 2021 Blog Hop

1. Judy Garza – Creativity Released
2. Sharon Hashimoto Burkert – As the Ink Dries
3. Joanne Cantrell – Keep It Simple, Stampers
4. Rachel Yurkanin – Rachel’s Stamping Place
5. Debbie Naylor – Unfrogettable Stamping!
6. Bonnie O'Neill – Bonnie Stamped
7. Kelly Acheson – A Stamp Above
8. Donna Burk Schneidtmiller – Donna Stamps
9. Patty Chenail – Stamp-Patty’s - Stamping in My Flops

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

Product List

Snail Mail Suite Collection [155986]	Many Messages Bundle [156272]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131198]	Many Hearts Dies [154308]	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323]
Layering Squares Dies [151772]

Welcome to the first Stampers Dozen Blog Hop of 2021!  We are here to Sale-A-Brate!  Sale-A-Bration is such a fun time to be a customer and a demonstrator.  Sale-A-Bration lasts for 2 months (January-February)  and this year there will be ANOTHER Sale-A-Bration July-August!  I love that SU! is changing things.

I am back using the Flower & Field DSP available during Sale-A-Bration.  This pack of paper is lovely and it is one of my favorites.  I love the florals and the coordinating patterns side too.  I used the dragonfly and punch  from the Dragonfly Garden bundle and a sentiment from the Garden Wishes set.  These 2 stamp sets are all part of the Dandy Garden suite and coordinate so beautifully.  You will be seeing lots more of these 2 bundles.

This is a pocket card and if you are interested I have a tutorial HERE.  

If you haven't seen the 2021 Jan-Feb Sale-A-Bration  or the 2021 Jan-Jun catalogs, you can click on the image on the right hand side of the blog.  If you would prefer to see the catalogs in person contact me (see the right hand side of the blog).

Thank you for stopping by!  It is time for you to check out what Carol Payne has created for you!

Stamper's Dozen January 2021 Blog Hop

1. Patty Chenail – Stamp-Patty’s - Stamping in My Flops
2. BJ Peters – Create & Feel Great
3. Judy Garza – Creativity Released
4. Sharon Hashimoto Burkert – As the Ink Dries
5. Carol Payne – Carol Payne Stamps
6. Joanne Cantrell – Keep It Simple, Stampers
7. Rachel Yurkanin – Rachel’s Stamping Place
8. Debbie Naylor – Unfrogettable Stamping!
9. Bonnie O'Neill – Bonnie Stamped

Product List

Dragonfly Garden Bundle (English) [156224]	Garden Wishes Cling Stamp Set [154408]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116]
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045]	Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock [153077]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Flower & Field 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155223]
Stitched Shapes Dies [152323]	Layering Circles Dies [151770]	Black 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon [147897]

Welcome to the Stampers Dozen Blog Hop!  The theme this month is Holiday Happenings.  Here we will be enjoying lots of family time and being cozy at home.  How about you?

I made a little pocket using the Trimming the Town DSP.  This DSP is great to use in this way since it has such fun designs on both sides of the paper.  You just need to make sure that the design is going in the correct direction.  I cut the DSP 4" x 11" and scored it at 1-1/4" & 5-1/2".  This is a little narrower than the usual A-2 card but these measurements uses the DSP a little more efficiently and allows me to get 3 of these pockets from 1 sheet of DSP.  The card is held together by the Real Red Sheer ribbon.  The sides of the pocket are not glued together.

The sentiments are from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set.  The Real Red layer measures 5-1/4" x 3-3/4" and the Whisper White measures 5-1/8" x 3-5/8".  All the corners were rounded using the Detailed Trio punch.  

This card is a great way to use the beautiful Designer Series Paper that Stampin' Up!® offers.  The only leftover you have is a 1" x 12" strip.  

Now it is time for you to check out what the talented Carol Payne has created for you!

Stamper's Dozen December 2020 Blog Hop

1. Patty Chenail – Stamp-Patty’s - Stamping in My Flops
2. BJ Peters – StampinBJ
3. Judy Garza – Creativity Released
4. Sharon Hashimoto Burkert – As the Ink Dries
5. Carol Payne – Carol Payne Stamps
6. Joanne Cantrell – Keep It Simple, Stampers
7. Rachel Yurkanin - Rachel’s Stamping Place -
8. Debbie Naylor – Unfrogettable Stamping
9. Bonnie O'Neill – Bonnie Stamped
10. Kelly Acheson – A Stamp Above

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

Remember to check out the Clearance Rack and the Year-End Close Out 

Product List

Coming Home Bundle [155144]	Poinsettia Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [153475]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114]
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892]	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906]	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482]	Whisper White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock [124302]
Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper [153491]	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323]	Layering Circles Dies [151770]	All The Trimmings Embellishments [153540]
Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Sheer Ribbon [153535]

Welcome to the Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop!  This month's theme is Christmas in July.   Wait, I am not even ready to start thinking about Christmas.  I have a few Christmas stamp sets from prior years but somehow that didn't feel right, then an idea came to me.  

I just received the hostess reward set, Artfully Folded and thought it would be a  great set to use for Christmas.  Origami cranes are a symbol of hope and healing during challenging times.  It is believed that if you fold a 1000 origami cranes your wish will come true.  In fact when we got married (it will be 32 years this September) friends of mine folded 1000 gold cranes for us.  At our reception I had strings of gold cranes hanging from a white paper umbrella.  It was beautiful and full of so many wishes for a happy life.

All the images on the card are embossed in silver embossing powder.  If you look very closely you can see a few flecks of glitter in the swirl image (Star of Light stamp set).  I mixed in some Dazzling Diamonds glitter with the silver embossing powder.  I wanted to add just a little more shine to the star swirl.  Do you see the shimmer in the crane?  I first colored in the crane using Wink of Stella.  It was pretty but very subtle.  I had a Wink of Stella that was pretty much empty and one of my team members reminded me that I could add some alcohol to it and even some ink refill, so I did.  I filled the Wink of Stella pen with alcohol and added a drop of Smoky Slate ink refill.  The result is a silvery Wink of Stella shine.  Love it!

Be sure to check out all the projects on the hop.

Product List

Artfully Folded Photopolymer Stamp Set [146806] $10.00	Star Of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set [142110] $26.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [131159] $3.75	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.75
Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $4.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $5.00	Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter [133751] $5.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Silver Baker’S Twine [145569] $4.00

Welcome to the Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop!  This month we are Sale-A-Brating! As you hop along with us you will see lots of fun ideas on ways to use Sale-A-Bration products.  

I am using the super adorable Party Pandas set!  I think pandas are the perfect animals after all they are black and white and you know how much I love a black and white color scheme.

 This is a tri-fold card.  I started with a 4-1/4" x 11" card base and scored it at 4-1/4"  and 8-1/2".

The DSP is from the Petal Passion DSP pack and you know this is a favorite of mine.   

The sweet little sentiment is from the very useful Teeny Tiny Wishes.   This is a set that I know will have the sentiment I am looking for.   The Red Glimmer Paper heart was cut out using the Mini Treat Bag thinlits.

Are wondering how you can get your own Party Pandas stamp set?  You can get this stamp set FREE!  Yes, free.  You just need to place a $50 order  (before shipping and tax) and you qualify to get this set at no cost.  This is all part of the Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration promotion!  If you do not have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator you currently with, I would love to help you.  

Now it is time for you to hop along and see what the talented Laura Milligan has created.

If you just came from Laura's blog then please check out what the creative BJ Peters has made.

Welcome to the Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop!  The theme for this month is a color challenge!  Ready for the colors?  Fresh Fig, Tranquil Tide, and Very Vanilla.   Yummy colors right?  

I decided to use one of my favorite sets from the Stampin' Up! Annual catalog which was released, way back in June! Doesn't  it seem so much longer ago than that?

Tranquil Tulips is still one of my favorite hostess sets.  I think it looks quite elegant in this color combination.  If you are wondering why it looks a little grainy it is because it is covered in Dazzling Diamonds glitter and Clear embossing powder.  It is very sparkly!

Product List

Tranquil Tulips Photopolymer Stamp Set [143767] $10.00	Diagonal Stripe Clear-Mount Stamp [141917] $15.00	Eastern Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set [143675] $21.00	Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad [144085] $6.50	Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad [144082] $6.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50	Tranquil Tide 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144246] $8.00	Fresh Fig 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144242] $8.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $9.00	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $35.00
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $30.00	Fresh Fig 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon [144132] $7.00	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130] $5.00	Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter [133751] $5.00

I used the Diagonal Stripe background stamp to create my own DSP (designer series paper).  Love the look of the Fresh Fig ink on the Fresh Fig card stock.  

Time to hop along and see what the talented Laura has in store for you!  

If you just came from Laura's blog then hop this way to see what BJ has made! 

Welcome to the Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop!  This month we are giving you a sneak peek into the upcoming Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog.  Every stop along the hop will feature some of the fun and fabulous products that can be found in the "Creativity Delivered" 2017 Holiday Catalog.  The catalog will go live on September 1 and run through January 2, 2018.   This catalog is packed with so much holiday goodness that you will be covered from  Halloween to Valentine's Day!  As a demonstrator I was able to pre-order products from this catalog and all I can say is that it was my largest pre-order to date!  Once you see the catalog I think you will totally understand why.

The biggest problem I had was trying to decide what to share with you for this hop.  I decided to start with Halloween.  I know not everyone enjoys Halloween but the beauty of this bundle, Season to Sparkle is that you can use it for lots of other occasions not just Halloween.  I will be sharing more ideas with you in upcoming posts.

A spooky chandelier!  The Season to Sparkle stamp set has 25 photopolymer stamps.  There are sentiments and lots of different bling to decorate your chandelier.  The chandelier in the stamp set is different than the one in the coordinating thinlits.  In other words the thinlit doesn't cut out the stamped image.  This gives you 2 different chandeliers to play with!  All the other pieces coordinate with the stamped and die cut chandelier.  Lots of possibilities to create lots and lots of fun chandeliers.  

I love this fun fold.  It is fun to receive and open and like a lot of fun folds easy to make.  The hardest part may be choosing which of the fabulous designs in the Spooky Night Designer Series Paper to feature.

Here are the measurements if you want to recreate this card fold.

Basic Black:   Card base  4.25" x 11" scored at 2.75", 5.5"

                         Chandelier panel 3.25" x 9.75" scored at 4.25", 7"

Very Vanilla:  Card base  4" X 5.25"   

                          Chandelier panel 3" x 4",  2.5" x 3"

Spooky Night DSP : Card base  2.5" x 4"

                                      Chandelier panel 2.5" x 3"

Now it is time for you to see what the fabulous Laura Milligan has created for you!

If you just came from Laura's blog, then be sure to see what BJ Peters has dreamt up to share with you!

Thank you for hopping along with the Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop!  Be sure to subscribe to my blog feed so you won't miss out on future hops and postings!

Welcome to the Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop!   This month's theme is masculine cards.   Yikes!   Fortunately, I had an idea which actually passed the masculine card judge aka as my husband. 

I kept the card very simple focusing on a strong color combination and the gorgeous marbled background.  Before you go looking at your catalog to see what pack of Designer Series paper this is from, I will tell you it is a stamp!  This is the new Marbled background stamp.  I know, it is amazing!  This is going to be a fun stamp to play with.   

Since the card is pretty simple I decided that adding a little fun fold would make it a little more interesting.  

I have featured this fold before and have even written a tutorial for it!  You can see other ideas using this fold here,  here, and here.  If you are interested in the tutorial here is the link.  

Product List

Marbled Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144772] $15.00	Bloomin' Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [140643] $17.00	Best Birds Photopolymer Stamp Set [141525] $21.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $6.50
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $7.00	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $8.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00
Pick A Pattern Designer Series Paper [144163] $11.00	Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies [137547] $40.00	Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies [141707] $35.00

 Now it is time to hop on over to see what the talented  Laura Milligan has made for you.

If you have just come from Laura's blog, then head this way to see what the creative BJ Peters has to share with you.

Welcome to the Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop!  This month we are sharing Sneak Peeks of products that are featured in the upcoming 2017-18 Stampin' Up! Annual catalog.   As SU demonstrators we were able to pre-order a selection of products that will be in the new catalog.  The catalog will go live on June 1!  

It was a difficult decision trying to decide what stamp set to share for my project.  I decided on Tranquil Tulips, which is one of the new stamp sets available as part of the hostess reward program.   I couldn't wait to get a hold of this stamp set.  I love the water colorish,  dreamy look  of the flowers.

I used the new In Color 2017-19 In Color, Berry Burst.  Love this happy and bright color.  Here's a rundown of the products Berry Burst products I used. The new 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon available in the new In Colors is a dream to tie.  See the strip of DSP?  That is from the Color Theory DSP stack.  I used one more item in Berry Burst but you will have to to see it.

Now you can see the Berry Burst Glitter Enamel Dots.   The sentiment is from the Eastern Beauty stamp set.  You can see the Eastern Palace bundles that are available now for you to purchase.  These special bundles are only available in May.  

Tranquil Tulips is a 2 step stamp set.  I inked the detailed image in VersaMark ink and then in Berry Burst ink. I  heat embossed the image in a mix of  Clear embossing powder and Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  I thought a little bit of sparkle would be pretty.

I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek of one of the stamp sets you could choose as part of your hostess rewards.  The hostess reward stamps in this catalog are fantastic.  

    Now it is time for you to hop on over to see what Laura has created for you!

If you just came from Laura's blog then hop on to see what BJ has in store for you!

Welcome to the April edition of the Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop!  This month we are all using one or more of the following stamp sets:

Dragonfly Dreams 
Jar of Love 
Banners for You 
Touches of Texture  
Swirly Bird
Beautiful You

I decided to use a set that I have not used much lately, Jar of Love.  I didn't want to use the jar image and instead wanted to create a springtime wreath.   I used one of the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits as the wreath form and built my wreath on it.  

There was definitely a lot of die cutting going on!  Lots and lots of leaves were stamped and cut, this could be why I chose not to cover the entire wreath with flowers and leaves.

Product List

Jar Of Love Photopolymer Bundle [142342] $52.00	Shooting Star Clear-Mount Bundle [142350] $40.50	Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Bundle [142330] $35.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180] $6.50
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957] $6.50	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397] $6.50	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398] $6.50	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982] $6.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00	Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416] $8.00	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131201] $8.00
So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105118] $8.00	2016-2018 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack [141408] $22.00	Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies [141497] $27.00	Subtles Enamel Shapes [141679] $9.00

Next up on the hop is Laura Milligan.  I know she has something beautiful to share with you!

If you just came from Laura's blog then you need to head on over to see what BJ has created for you!

Thank you for joining us on the Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop.  We hop on the 14th of every month at 7 pm (Pacific time).