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A Pillow Gift Sneak Peek for PPA 263

Michelle Gleeson August 16, 2015 January 10, 20163

How adorable is this Pillow Box? So cute and so easy!! This Pillow Box die will be available September 1st with the launch of the Holiday Catalog. This will be a must have for the Holiday Season. Perfect for party favors, small gifts or even to decorate your table when entertaining.

The color combination was inspired by the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge this week.

I used the Bohemian DSP, Flower Shop stamp set and the Bird Builder Punch (for the leaves). The sentiment came from a monthly Paper Pumpkin kit. If you are not yet subscribing you can join now and save. Click here for more information.

Pierce, our younger son came home from Chicago for the weekend. For the first time since Christmas everyone is home. It will only last for a couple of days as Pierce heads back on Monday and Conor will head back to school on Tuesday. I am sure I will go through withdrawal once again. In the meantime, I am going to enjoy every minute I can with them.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

If you are not working with another demonstrator and would like a Holiday Catalog please let me know.

Click on any of the links below to order items used for this project (Pillow Box will not be available for purchase until September 1st):

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Get Well Single Stamp

Michelle Gleeson August 14, 2015 January 10, 20160

We have many stamp sets to say thank you, happy birthday, and thinking of you. But there are not a lot of stamp sets to wish someone a speedy recovery. So when I saw this adorable single stamp in the Annual Catalog I knew it would find its way to my stamp shelf.

The stamp looks like this:

Here is what I did to step it up.

I started with a Crumb Cake Note Card. Then I stamped the image in Versamark Ink onto another piece of Crumb Cake card stock. I added Black Embossing Powder and heat set the image. (Don't forget to use your stamping' buddy on the card stock before you ink it up. This keeps stray flecks of embossing powder from sticking where you don't want it.)

Next I followed the same procedure on a piece of DSP. I used a piece from the retired Adventure Bound DSP paper stack. I thought this was a great use of retired DSP. Then using my Paper Snips I fussy cut the bowl out. The embossing makes it easy peasy to snip out.

I glued the bowl onto the Crumb Cake card stock over the stamped image carefully aligning it with image on the card.

Then I repeated the process one more time on a scrap piece of So Saffron card stock. This time I cut out the "soup" only and glued it onto the DSP bowl. Again I carefully aligned the snipped piece with the other elements of the image.

The result is one unified image.

I hope this cheered up a colleague who is recovering from some surgery.

Thanks for stopping by!

Michelle

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Too Cool for School Pals August Blog Hop

Michelle Gleeson August 12, 2015 January 10, 201617

Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for August. This month we are showing off our favorite crafting tools – those Stampin’ Up! tools that we just can’t live without. We hope you enjoy our projects.

You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from Amy at Amy's Inklings, number eight (8) on the Pals Hop. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all the projects.

I can't help myself but want to create something to celebrate the start of school. I absolutely LOVE the Fall and the start of school. It seems to symbolize a fresh start, a new opportunity.

One of my favorite movies (because I am a die hard romantic) is You've Got Mail. I love the beginning of the movie when Tom Hanks (Joe) says, Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly-sharpened pencils… I know I am weird but I have always loved going school supply shopping as a girl and then as a mom. So this scene always made me smile. A bouquet of newly sharpened pencils would really make my day.

Today a new Stampin' Up! catalog brings on the same excitement. New Designer Series Paper, new tools, new stamp sets.

In a few weeks the Holiday Catalog will launch and you will enjoy each and every page. My favorite tools are coordinating punches or thinlets/framelits to go with a stamp set. Due to my perfectionistic tendencies I am never happy with my own fussy cutting so the punches and dies are my best friend.

My card showcases the Schoolhouse DSP, and a new stamp set available on September 1st called Project Life Seasonal Snapshot 2015. Even if you are not a scrapbooker or Project Lifer this stamp is perfect for many Fall holidays.

The apple was created with the Curvy Keepsake Die and the Vintage Leaves/Leaflets Framelits Bundle in the annual catalog. A touch of Mossy Meadow ribbon is the finishing touch. Pssst, there is another stamp set to coordinate with the Leaflets Framelits Dies in the Holiday Catalog.

The next stop is Candy Ford at Stamp Candy, number ten (10) on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting; I hope to see you on next month’s Pals Hop!

Through the encouragement of another stamper I am submitting this to the Retro Rubber Challenge this week. Check it out here.

Michelle

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One Stamp used Two Ways

Michelle Gleeson August 9, 2015 January 10, 20161

In Stampin' Up!'s Annual Catalog there are many stamp sets that were created for coloring. If you are not familiar with watercoloring or using the blender pens then these stamp sets can be intimidating or even overlooked. Today I want to show you another way to use one of these stamp sets.

I used a retired stamp set called People Like You. The flower in that stamp set is very similar to the flower in the Remarkable You set in the current catalog. This stamp set remains on my wish list.

To create this card I used my Stampin' Write Markers (Watermelon Wonder and Cucumber Crush) to stamp the flower. I stamped the image again with the the sentiment inked in black and then punched it out with the Decorative Label Punch.

Due to the delicate nature of the image I only added a small border layer. This ensured it did not over power the image.

For this card I stamped the image a few times.

Following the steps above I stamped the flower on the Whisper White card stock.
Then I inked the stamp up with Watercolor Wonder and stamped it onto Watercolor Wonder card stock. Then I fussy cut the flowers out and placed them over the stamped image using the Mono glue.
Then I inked the stamp up in Black Memento Ink and stamped it one last time and punched out the sentiment as I did in the first card. The sentiment is added with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Because the flower was now bold and bright I needed to balance it with a larger border. It is such a striking card.

I am pleased with both cards and I never had to watercolor!

I hope I inspired you to take a second look at some of the beautiful stamps like Remarkable You in the catalog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle