Stampin' Up! Sweet As A Peach Samples

   In my last post I talked about how I loved the Sweet As A Peach stamps and dies from the 2021-2022 Stampin' Up! catalog, but I didn't include any samples. Oops! So here are some of the things I have made so far. I went into Halloween mode and then Christmas, and now I am beginning to make valentines, so I figure I will get back to the flowery stamp sets in March. The Sweet As A Peach bundle has not only peaches, but flowers and leaves as well, and the Designer Series Paper that goes with it is so beautiful. I love everything about this! I made a bookmark for my husband, Andy, which he promptly lost, lol. I think it is under his end table, and one of these days I will find it. It's kind of girly, but he doesn't pay much attention to that. And, the tag that is posted next may have been what I gave him; my memory is pretty bad these days.

 

   If you are interested in any of the products and would like to know more, see a catalog, or make a purchase, contact me at jmorris1946@gmail.com

 

   I will be posting a lot more in 2022, as I am determined to keep my blog up to date and share the things that I am making. I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year. I think that we can all agree that it would be hard for it to be worse than 2020 and 2021. 

Blessings,

Janis

New Cards Using the Wonderful New Stampin' Up! Products

    I think that Stampin' Up! has outdone anything they have done previously. The Pansy and the Peach collections are amazing, and I can't get enough. And then there is the Meadow set with dies, I have more new stamp and die sets, but I can't get to them because I can't stop using these three. 

   Stamping has been a lifesaver to me these past almost three years, and lately I have been able to find more time for it, finally! Things have somewhat settled down, and I am not quite so busy around here. (Edit: That situation didn't last long. I am run off my feet and have been for several weeks.) I finally found valances for the windows, so everything is done except for the front room and fixing all the things that they did wrong. And that is a long list!

   So here is what I have been doing lately.

   I have a lot more cards to show, but will have to do another post for that. This post has been sitting here waiting for me to finish for weeks, so I'll just quit now, and put some more cards on later.

Blessings,

Janis

MY LATEST CREATIONS SINCE MOVING BACK IN...

    So we have moved back in our house as of the end of June, but is it finished yet? No. No it is not. We have hired a new contractor and I have high hopes that he will finish soon, but he is very busy since he is the only person that has a good reputation that I could find. I had high hopes before, and that didn't work out for me. Oh well, at least we are here and things are beautiful! I love my furniture, and I love not having as much stuff in this house. I will post pictures in a week or two.

   I have been very busy unpacking and doing other stuff that I would rather not have been bothered with, but I have spent some time here and there in my studio. Stampin' Up! has been coming out with the most wonderful stamps and dies, and I could sit here all day long and make the Little Treat Boxes. So cute!

   I have also managed to make some cards, some of which I have been working on for a long time. I stamp some things, diecut some things, and then make decisions about backgrounds, embellishments, etc., and so I am doing what I call hit and run stamping. I run in and make one decision, and then leave. Then I run in again and make another decision. Finally, months later, I finish the card. Hopefully I can get back to some more normal stamping now that the unpacking is finished, although life hasn't let up on me yet. 

   The first cards I did were made by putting together pieces that I already had from the Jar of Flowers Bundle. I just had to emboss the background and put it together. The jar is a punch, and the flowers are the stamps that are bundled with the punch. When you get a bundle, it is 15% off of the price of the stamps and dies bought separately. The sunflower card has a piece of background paper that coordinates with this bundle. The paper in this pack is so beautiful! 

   The next ones are Christmas cards made with another stamp set that has dies that coordinate, Toile Christmas. 

   My latest card was finally put together just about an hour ago. The pieces have been sitting here for a while.

   

   I ran across an old, old stamp from 1996 and decided to see if it still stamped well. It didn't, but I was able to fix things so you couldn't tell. I have always loved this stamp. One of these cards is crooked as heck, I just can't seem to get things straight. 

   I have one more, and it is done with the cutest stamp set. I used some of the stamps on the treat boxes also. This is a bundle also called Have A Hoot. There is a die that cuts out the three windows, so it is useful for everything, all year.

   I am so thankful to God to be back home, even thought it isn't home because everything is different, and that's so weird. We are home, but not at home, but that will change over time. And I am very thankful for Stampin' Up!, the products have been incredible, and I am enjoying stamping so much. I will try to post pictures of the house in a few weeks. I want to get it finished first, but I may post pictures of the kitchen sooner. I love it!

Blessings,

Janis

ACCIDENTAL ART

   I was looking at a paper arts magazine, Somerset Life, which is no longer being published unfortunately, and I saw a tag that gave me an idea. So I die cut a tag, found a piece of paper to cover it with, thought for a minute about how I was going to do the tag, which involved cutting scalloped circles out of patterned paper to make a flower, and then some hearts that I had punched out of some very pretty paper earlier that day caught my eye. I laid three of them on the tag, and voila! Accidental art. It was nothing like what I was planning to do, but I love it! I should have put the words on in a different order, but it's too late now.

   I am knee deep in hearts here, and hope to actually put them together on some cards this week. Stay tuned!

Blessings,
Janis

CATCH UP POST

   I have some photos that I haven't posted, so I'm going to throw them together here and hope that this catches me up with posting my new cards, etc.. I should have titled this "Hodgepodge".

These are all the treat boxes that I made for Halloween. So much fun!

   I took some pictures of Christmas cards, some of which are really old.  

   And finally, the pockets that I made for gift cards, these were fun too.

Blessings,

Janis

MORE STAMPIN' UP! SALE-A-BRATION SAMPLES

   I have made a couple of cards using Sale-A-Bration sets, dies, and punches. I also used some stamps and dies from the new Mini Catalog. I am just loving the products that Stampin' Up! is putting out these days!
   This is my favorite card that I have done lately:

The products used for this card are:

     Stamps: Thoughtful Blooms

     Punches: Small Bloom Punch

     Paper: Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel, Balmy Blue

     Ink: Blueberry Bushel, Balmy Blue

     

The next one is about half and half: half SAB products and half mini catalog products. I really love the decorative strip at the top and bottom, which is a die from the Lily Pad die set. The punch, die, and Thoughtful Blooms stamp set are all free products that you can get during Sale-A-Bration, which runs from January through March.

Products Used:

       Dies: Lily Pad

     Punches: Heart Punch Pack

     Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Granny Apple Green

     Ink: Real Red, Granny Apple Green

     Stamps: Thoughtful Blooms, Heartfelt

   I have two cards for my next post, and then I will be caught up, I hope.

Blessings,

Janis

   

MY FIRST CHALLENGE ENTRY

   I have been wanting to enter challenges for years, but it never happened. When I saw this one from the As You See It Challenge blog, I knew I had to do it. As soon as I saw the requirements to meet the challenge, I knew what I wanted to do, but unfortunately my first idea didn't work out, so I modified it, and I'm not as happy with it as I thought I would be, but oh well, it is what it is.
 
The requirements were:

 
I had already used the Stampin' Up! Subtles embossing folder with silver foil before and loved it, so I knew that was going to be my background. After I finished the card, I realized that I had made something that was impossible to take a picture of. I finally ended up with one halfway decent picture, but it isn't the greatest and doesn't show the sparkle on the snowflakes, which were cut out of white glitter paper.
 
The home for this challenge is: http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/2020/01/challenge-216-recipe-for-sparkle.html

And here is my entry:

 
Blessings,
   Janis

 

MY FIRST STAMPIN' UP! SALE-A-BRATION SAMPLE

   When I received an order with new cardstock, stamp pad, and a stamp and die set, which was free because of SaleA-Bration, I sat down and made this card. I am not really crazy about it, but I guess it's ok, I like the colors anyway. During Sale-A-Bration, January through March, you

can get free stamps, dies, paper, and embellishments with your Stampin' Up! order. I call this one my "Monet card". I used the following products:

Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz, and Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry and Pear Pizzazz
Other Products: Blue gems, Wink of Stella, Balmy Blue and Purple Posy Stampin' Blends
Stamps: Lovely Lily Pad
Dies: Lily Pad

    I will be posting another card made with more SAB products tomorrow, one that I like a lot more than this one.

Blessings,
Janis
 

MY FIRST BRIDGE CARD

   Some time ago I saw a Jennifer McGuire video showing how to make a bridge card. I have thought about it a lot, and today I watched it again and then made one. I had colored and die cut a lot of pieces from a scarecrow set from Paper Sweeties, so I was ready to do the card. There was a learning curve, but it really wasn't as hard or time-consuming as I thought it would be. I'm pretty proud of it.

   I am hopefully going to finish another one before I go to bed. This one will have snowmen on it. Tomorrow I will do a few that are more simple, with just a diecut for a bridge.
   I am very thankful for Jennifer McGuire; I have learned so much from her. Even if I don't think I am interested in the card she is doing on a video, I will watch it for the tips that she throws in, and just to see the way that she does things. I have learned things such as using a clear plastic sheet in the stamp platform to stamp words on to see if they will stamp straight before stamping the actual card. I saw another good tip recently in a video by a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. She cut a piece of SU sponge, clipped a binder clip onto it for a handle, put a puddle of glue on a nonstick craft sheet, and then dabbed the sponge in the glue. Then she dabbed the glue onto the back of an intricate diecut that is normally very difficult to put glue on. It was easy peasy and fast. You can learn so much from watching stamping videos. My tip is to put a paper towel over it to smooth it and mop up any glue that squeezes out from under the diecut.
   Well, on to my next bridge card!

Blessings,
Janis

MY LATEST CARDS

   I haven't posted anything for a while, so I have quite a few cards to show. I am loving the Free Skate set, and was not going to do Christmas cards just yet but couldn't help myself. I tried to stick with Fall cards, but that fell by the wayside.
Here goes:
   I am not happy with this first one, I guess it's ok.

   I'm very happy with this one. I am enjoying the Stampin' Up! set Gather Together. It has a wonderful die set with it.

   I was copying a small rug that I have, but it didn't come out like I wanted it. Too many flowers probably.

   This is Stampin' Up's Birch background, and I love it!

   This is a totally random card. I liked this background paper, and I had a rooster stamp (SU!), so I came up with this.

   Now for Christmas:

This is the Free Skate set, and I think it is beautiful. I did the first two cards today, and the last one I did several weeks ago.

   Oops, forgot some:

   This is one of my all time favorites:

   I am loving the stamps, dies, and other products that I am getting from Stampin' Up! Signing up again, but as a hobbyist, was such a good decision.
   Well, I guess I need to get in the kitchen now and fix some chili.

Blessings,
Janis