No Time To Stamp?

I love my Kaisercraft products!  I have a card to show you today made with a new pad I recently got and I’m running a short sale on all Kaisercraft products I have in stock.  My husband says I have too much *stuff* — I just say I don’t have enough room!!!  LOL!!!  Let me show you my card first, then we’ll move on to the sale and a few other things!

This card with more of an earthy, natural overtone was made with one of Kaiser’s new pads, Secret Bird Society. LOVE the colors in this pad, (sage, brown, peach and blue).  But I also love that you can pull just the more natural looking sheets to get a card very well suited for a guy, as in this card.  Another fun thing about the Kaiser 6×6 pads is that every pad has 10 pages that are either varnished, foiled, flocked, embossed, glittered, die cut, etc.  We all love those *special* sheets!!! My stamped sentiment is from Rose Border by Wordsworth.  You can see all my Wordsworth stamp sets here.  It was stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

My focal image bird was one of the die cut punch outs in Secret Bird Society.  It happened to be a perfect 2″ circle so I just used my 2″ punch and punched a circle of cardstock to back it for more stability as I knew I was going to elevate it with dimensionals.  A brad and string bow finish it off. 

You can see a most definitely more feminine card also made with Secret Bird Society here.  A VERY versatile pad with lots of options.

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I am running a short sale on ALL Kaisercraft products I have in stock. The sale will run through the end of the month, August 31, 2010.  All Kaisercraft products are 10% off during the sale.  And that means the prices of the 2 KITS I have made with Kaiser papers are also at a reduced price. 

The Lilac Avenue Kit will be $2.00 off, selling for $39.25.  A FAB value since it’s original price of $41.25 was 10% off already. 

The Lush Kit will be $1.50 off, selling for $30.50.  A fun kit in contemporary colors!

All KITS can be seen in full detail on this page.

All Pearls and Rhinestones by Kaisercraft are also on sale.  The regular price is $2.00 per pack.  They are on sale now for $1.80 per pack.

Pearls are available in:   Snow, Pearl, Champagne, Blush (light pink), Bliss (light blue), Chocolate, Black, Lush (light green), Lavender, Red.

Rhinestones are available in: Light Pink, Hot Pink, Ice Blue, Dark Blue, Aqua, Lilac, Dark Purple, Light Green,Dark Green, Red.

And here’s all the Kaisercraft paper I have in stock:

Designer Paper by Kaisercraft

LOVE these updated, fun colors!

Secret Bird Society by Kaisercraft - 24 sheets - $8.99  $8.09

See sample here.

Lush 6×6 Paper Pad (24 sheets) - $8.99  $8.09

Click here to see LUSH in KIT form.

Lush Mini Journal Tags Die-Cut Pad (2 x 3.5″ - 24 sheets) - $1.50   $1.35

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Up, Up and Away 6×6 Paper Pad (24 sheets) - $8.99  $8.09

Up,Up&Away Mini Journal Tags Die Cut Pad (2×3.5″ -24 sheets) - $1.50 $1.35

2010 Christmas 6×6 Pad - Be Merry - $8.99  $8.09

This is another of Kaiser’s Christmas papers, a 6 x 6 pad of Belle for $8.99  $8.09

Another Christmas Pad - Dear Santa - $8.99  $ 8.09

Following are 4 sheets of two-sided 12×12 from the Dear Santa Collection:

Train Set - $ .89 per sheet - $ .80

Pony - $ .89 per sheet - $ .80

Doll House - $ .89 per sheet - $ .80

Bicycle - $ .89 per sheet - $ .80

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Lovely shades of purples - LILAC AVENUE - $8.99  $8.09

See the Stamp Simply Lilac Avenue Kit here.

Lilac Avenue Ink Pad Duo - $3.00 - $2.70

6×6 Pad - Devonshire - $8.99  $8.09

6×6 Pad Peachy Keen - $8.99 $8.09

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And I also promised to show you the new colors of Prima Roses in stock.  Please go to this post to see all colors currently in stock.

To place an order, just email me at ssj@up.net, with your state/ZIP or country and I’ll get back to you with an invoice!  Thanks so much!

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My Plain Janes by Verve just arrived!  They will all ship out on Monday.  You may see all these gorgeously scripted verses of Scripture on this post.

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Just a note to those of you who so loyally stick with me here.  I know my blog store is very unconventional to begin with,  currently rather a  mess, way overcrowded, with me directing you to posts to see items, etc.  I promise you better days are coming when things will be organized, easy to access and easier to purchase.  It just all takes time, and no matter how hard any of us tries, there ARE ONLY 24 hours in a day — much as we all wish we could change that — LOL!!!!

I just want to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for your encouragement and support, and in return for that I do promise you easier browsing and shopping at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store some time down the road!

Hope you all have a great summer weekend!  We have some gorgeous weather here to usher us into September!!!  See you all real soon!!!

A Color Challenge - Today’s colors are rich and so pretty together as we transition from summer into autumn.  And autumn comes earlier to some of us than others.  Our colors are Turquoise and Orange, with White OR Ivory as your netural and as always, adding Black for a little POP is totally OK, but not required.  Here’s a photo of an inviting boy’s room to get your colorful and creative juices flowing.

This is one of the bedrooms in HGTV’s Dream Home 2010.  Photo was taken from this site and you may click here to to see more of the rooms nice and close up - FUN!!!

Anyone is welcome and invited to play!  SCS Keyword is ssnotime154 for those who upload at SCS.  There is no time limit. You can play this challenge anytime at all.  The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!!

And be sure to Link to Mr. Linky below.

Check out the fab samples on the blogs of the Stamp Simply Challenge DT:

Charlene Driggs:  Paper and Ink Playground - August Guest Designer 

I couldn’t be more pleased to offer you a line of stamps than I am today.  I have wanted to carry a line of Scripture stamps for some time now and am so pleased to offer you these beautifully scripted verses of Scripture by Verve.  These lovely stamps are from Verve’s Plain Jane Collection.  Plain Janes are single clear stamps that you purchase individually.  They come simply encased in a small clear bag and sell for $3.00 each.  I love the idea of the Plain Janes.  To be able to purchase the one stamp you want is a wonderful idea!  And at $3.00 per stamp they are extremely affordable.  They are quality clear stamps — so easy to use!  My order will be arriving in 1 or 2 days, but I couldn’t wait to share with you today.  Take a look at the card I made last night:

Very feminine, but very easy to make using paper from Secret Bird Society (a new 6×6 pad by Kaiser) and a Plain Jane scripture stamp by Verve, offering words of encouragement and comfort.  This is Proverbs 3:5.  Once again, a simple card made just using a few pretty things.  This is what I’ve used, all available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Secret Bird Society 6×6 pad by Kaiser - all paper shown here.

Proverbs 3:5 Plain Jane Stamp by Verve - shown below.

Prima Trellis Rose in Orange Creme - all Primas shown here.

May Arts 100% Silk Ribbon in Ivory and String Leaves in Olive - all ribbon shown here.

Spellbinders Labels 4 Nestabilities and the Bow Easy - all shown here.

Just a closer look — simple stamping, a few pretty things — just my style!  Easy peasy as they say!

And below are all the Plain Janes I am expecting in 1 or 2 days — can’t wait!!!  I am happy to accept your orders now, as long as you realize I won’t have them to ship to you for a couple days.  Should be before the week is out! 

To order any items, just email me at ssj@up.net with your list, state/zip OR country, and I’ll get back to you with an invoice.

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Plain Janes by Verve - $3.00 each

Aren’t they all lovely!  I am so excited to start using these Plain Janes.  I see many card sets in my future — great little gift items to make and keep on hand when you need just a little something!

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As always, I thank you for stopping in today!  Your visits are what make this so fun!  I’ll be back late Thursday night with our weekly Stamp Simply Challenge, so hope you can join us all then!  Have a wonderful week, everyone!  Our temps and humidity are now bearable!  Enjoy the summer we have left!

Pleated Ribbon - Pleated ribbon seems to be all the rage of late, so today we are going to make creations with pleated ribbon.  You may use purchased pleated ribbon, you may pleat your own by hand or on a sewing machine or with tape.  Whatever you can dream up — let’s just see some fun pleats on our projects today. Oh, and for the purpose of this challenge, we will equate gathers to pleats — either/or is fine!
 
Here’s a link to a mini tutorial done by Michelle Woerner for a simple pleat method.

Anyone is welcome and invited to play!  SCS Keyword is ssnotime153 for those who upload at SCS.  There is no time limit. You can play this challenge anytime at all.  The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!!

And be sure to Link to Mr. Linky below.

Check out the fab samples on the blogs of the Stamp Simply Challenge DT:

Charlene Driggs:  Paper and Ink Playground - August Guest Designer 

Prima Roses, Spellbinders Leaves and lovely little trees in autumn and Christmas themed 6×6 pads by Imaginisce, plus a few other goodies as well.  Let’s start with the card I made using Apple Cider, a 6×6 pad with darling, small-scaled images.  And it was the small scale of the images/patterns in these pads by Imaginisce that drew me to them — take a look:

Are those darling little trees, or what!  I loved them instantly.  They add a lot of interest and fun, but are not so large or overpowering as to take away from my focal image which, in this case, are the die cut leaves I made with my Spellbinders Assorted Leaves dies.  LOVE the veining on these dies!  My Bless You is from a Wordsworth set, Everyday Greetings, cut on a Circle Nestie.  FUN card to make!

Love these colors, too!  Cardstock is SU Old Olive and Bashful Blue, a combo I have always enjoyed!  The top leaf is cut from a sheet in the Apple Cider pad.  My ribbon is the fun NEW 3/4″ Striped Twill, available in a large range of colors.  Rectangle Nesties were used as the base for my leaves.

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Now let me just show you the new things that arrived on Friday.  As I said before, it was a good mail day!!!  Lets’ start with the paper pads:

6×6 Pads by Imaginisce (36 sheets per pad) - $5.99 each

Apple Cider or Cottage Christmas

Love the small scale patterns on both these pads.

DeLovely by Cosmo Cricket (6×6 pad/36 sheets) - $5.99

Beautiful colors - see yesterday’s sample.

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Assorted Leaves by Spellbinders - $19.99

See sample above.

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Scor-Buddy - $19.99

If you are familiar with and like the Scor-Pal, you’ll love the Scor-Buddy, a smaller version with some big improvements. The Scor-Buddy has grooves every 1/4″ across the board, plus 1/8 grooves for the first and last inch of the board. The board measures 9″ x 7.5″ and has a fence on the left side. A Scor-Tool is included.

I have both large and small versions of the Scor-It-All Boards that you can see here.

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Xyron X (1 adhesive cartidge included) - $8.50

Xyron X Refill Adhesive - $5.25

I love my little Xyron X and that’s why I wanted to share it here.  I’ve used one of these for years and years and honestly don’t know how I’d get along without it.  I use it for adhering small things — it is only 1.5″ wide, so can only accept items that size or smaller.  I enjoying using corner flourishes or swirls on my cards and most that I use fit into my Xyron X — it is SO easy to adhere those little die cuts — no fussing with glue pens — just run them through the Xyron X and they instantly become a sticker!!! 

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Now on to the Prima Roses that I mentioned on Saturday — sorry it took me so long to get this posted — life happens, what can I say — LOL!!!  I love, love, love these flowers!!!  I think most of you reading this know me and my style — it’s gotta be easy and quick, without a lot of fuss, but I still like it pretty — BINGO!!!!  Glue on a flower, add a little ribbon — quick, easy and pretty!!!  I have ordered a huge variety of these flowers in many, many colors, but as often happens, much of what was ordered is out of stock — it’ll come, just not sure when.  So for now I’m happy to show you what did arrive:

PRIMA FLOWERS — ALL ARE $3.99 PER PACK

Lilliput Roses in Iris, Tropocale, Yellow, Teaberry

Lilliput Roses in Lime Cooler and Marshmallow

Lilliput Roses - 6 per pack - $3.99

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Trellis Roses in Fontaine, Orange Creme, Purple Mist, Lemon Creme

Trellis Roses in  Coral Rose and Ivory

Trellis Roses - 6 per pack - $3.99

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Fairytale Roses in Coral, French White, Buttercup

Fairytale Roses in Orchid, Poppyfield, Baby Pink

Fairytale Roses (12 per pack) - $3.99

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To order any of these or other items from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, just emil me at ssj@up.net with your list, state/zip OR country and I’ll then invoice you!

Thanks so much for stopping in to day — as always, I appreciate your visits.  Our temps and humidity have come down, so this promises to be a better week!!!  Wishing you all a good start to your week as well!  See you soon!

A Blog Candy winner, a feminine graduation gift card holder and lots of NEW Prima Flowers.

Let’s start with the Blog Candy winner from our Autumn Splendor Blog Hop this past week.  The Blog that random.org selected from which to choose the winner was Holly’s Blog.  SO, let’s go on over to Holly’s place, Toy’s Haven,  to see who won the Stamp Simply Kaisercraft LUSH KIT pictured above. All KITS available may be seen here.  Many thanks to all who played and checked out all of our projects.  Knowing you come to look and see is what makes it fun for us — thank you SO much!

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Now on to my card.  Although we’ve done a few autumn projects already, we are feeling the full heat and humidity of summer here this week, so I wanted some truly summer colors today!  I needed to make a graduation gift card holder (or check holder in this case), so take a peek:

The party is tonight so I finished just in the knick of time!  This is a standard gift card holder to insert our check, done in her school colors, purple and gold (yellow, really).  Loving this bright and sunny yellow from a new 6×6 pad I just got in, DeLovely by Cosmo Cricket.  It just made me happy to make this card this evening.

And here’s a look at a few of my new Prima flowers!  Oh, I was one happy camper when my order arrived last evening.  I have many packs to show you, but as we are out the door to this party in just a few minutes, I’ll post later tonight when I get home to show you all the flowers I have in stock.  They are SO pretty!

My little bow is 1/4″ Yellow Silk — a double bow made on the Bow Easy.  I just applied a dab of clear drying glue under the petals of those 2 flowers and poked the center knot of my bow under there with my piercing tool and held it a minute.  It just kind of fanned up the bow loops to make this spray type of ribbon adornment.

The sentiment is from Victorian Nested Frames by JustRite (loving these beautiful font sentiments), cut on my Fancy Tags die by Spellbinders, and fancied up with my purple Kaiser Rhinestones.  I used my favorite ink for crisp, clear sentiments - VersaFine Onyx Black.

Scor-tape held my pocket portion in place and a Velcro Dot was used as the card closure.  Velcro dots remain my preferred closure on these type of cards — they are very inexpensive and they ALWAYS work. 

All items used on this project are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

I’ll be back later tonight to show you my new Primas as well as a few other things I received yesterday for the store.    Thank you SO much for stopping in!  See you real soon!

Ribbon Scraps - Waste not, want not!  I think we all save even the tiniest of our ribbon scraps, right?  I know I do.  Today’s challenge is to use ribbon scraps on our card or project.  You may use as many as you want, just make sure it’s a scrap, a small piece.  You can do whatever you want with them, but let’s just make use of some of these little bits of prettiness!!!  This will be fun!!! 

Anyone is welcome and invited to play!  SCS Keyword is ssnotime152 for those who upload at SCS.  There is no time limit. You can play this challenge anytime at all.  The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!!

And be sure to Link to Mr. Linky below.

Check out the fab samples on the blogs of the Stamp Simply Challenge DT:

Charlene Driggs:  Paper and Ink Playground - August Guest Designer 

Welcome to our August Blog Hop!  The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store Design Team and I have all come up with projects for you showcasing the Splendors of Autumn — it’s been very hot and humid here and I do look forward to those cooler, crisper, fresher days of Autumn!

Read to the bottom to find out about the Blog Candy offered.

For my card today showcasing some the of many Splendors of Autumn, I chose to use the rich and lush colors in Kaiser’s 6×6 pad, LUSH.  LOVE this pad.  Here’s my card:

We have to attend a funeral today so I made this card to bring.  Just LOVE these gorgeous autumn colors in the LUSH pad and I know many of you will recognize this JustRite set as being my long time go-to set for sympathy cards.  The set is called Thinking of You and it fits the Large Oval Stamper.

My sentiment is cut with my Petite Oval Nestabilities and layered on a Labels 10 Nesties by Spellbinders, decorated with light green Kaiser Pearls.  My 1″ Stitched Satin ribbon is simply pleated by hand and the pleats are held into place with Scor-Tape.  VersaFine Onyx Black ink was used.

Just a little peek at the inside.  Quick and easy but dresses it up just enough without a lot of fuss.

All items used to make this card are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store and they are all linked above.  The LUSH pad can be purchased in KIT form, including all of the pretties on today’s card.  Any item can be purchased individually as well.

Stamp Simply Kaisercraft LUSH Kit - $32.00

Click here to read list of complete contents and see other KITS available

Kaisercraft has a FAB offering of pads in gorgeous autumn colors.  I have in stock LUSH (used today), UP, UP and AWAY, DEVONSHIRE and PEACHY KEEN!  They can all be seen on this page.

BLOG CANDY:  The Lush Kit shown above is today’s offering of Blog Candy.  To be eligibe to win, just comment on the blogs in today’s hop.  The more blogs you comment on, the better your chances.  But only ONE comment per blog, please.  On Friday evening at 10 p.m. EST, 8/13, random.org will select first the blog from which to choose the winner, then the winner from that blog.  The winner will be announced sometime on Saturday.

NOW, check out all the FAB projects on the blogs of these Stamp Simply Designers and don’t forget to leave your comments:

Sharon Johnson, Stamp Simply Ribbon Store (you are here)

Michelle Woerner

Holly McMillen

Linda Duke

Sherry Cheever

Barb Schram

Deb Saaranen

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Thanks so much for joining us today and good luck with the Blog Candy!!!  I’ll be back on Thursday evening, if not before, with our weekly Stamp Simply Challenge.  Hope you can join us then!

Halloween in Wonderland, this year’s Halloween offering by Graphic 45 is available in a fun 8×8 pad!  I chose it for my Halloween paper this year as I loved the colors it offered — rich hues of purples, blues, greens and rusty oranges.  Another thing I really liked about this pad is that though many of the sheets offer Halloween images along the theme of Alice in Wonderland,  there are just about as many sheets (or sides) that are suitable for autumn themed projects in general.  I used Halloween in Wonderland today to make this autumn themed card:

I loved these prints for a fall card - a tiny heart print and pumpkin print. They are accented with SU’s Apricot Appeal (memory lapse, is that name correct?) and May Arts 100% Silk Ribbon in Violet, along with some buttons from my stash (1/4″ Ivory Silk is on the buttons).  My bow was made with the Bow Easy.  The sentiment is from the Lincoln Collection by Wordsworth, cut on my Labels 4 Nestie and accented with Kaiser Rhinestones. VersaFine Onyx Black Ink was used.

As I was making this card today, I thought it would be fun to pull together some ribbons to coordinate with these papers and to create a Halloween ribbon package for those of you who are nuts about Halloween!  Here’s the KIT I made up today:

Stamp Simply Halloween in Wonderland Kit - $37.00

Paper Pad only - $9.99

Ribbon/Rhinestone Package only - $28.00 

The complete Halloween In Wonderland Kit includes:

1 8×8 Pad by Graphic 45 - Halloween In Wonderland

2 Packages Kaisercraft Self Adhesive Rhinestones - Black and Purple

6 yards 1.25″ Silk Ribbon - 2 yds each Rust, Moss, Violet

15 yards 1/2″ Wrinkled Ribbon - 5 yds each Olive, Orange, Black

4 yards 2″ Webbing - 2 yds each Olive, Black

2 yards 2″ Orange Sheer with Black Flocked Spiders and Webs

2 yards 1.5″ Black Sheer with Checked Satin Edging in Orange/Black

This pad has many great designs not only for Halloween but for the entire autumn season, and this ribbon selection will coordinate well with many of the Halloween and autumn papers you may already have!

To see all the KITS I have available, click here.

To order, email me at ssj@up.net with your state/zip OR country.

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I’m so glad you stopped in again today.  I truly do appreciate all your visits!  Hope you have a great weekend with some wonderful summer weather!  See you soon — remember our Stamp Simply Ribbon Store Blog Hop on Tuesday!  The DT girls have some great things planned!

One Layer Cards - Today’s challenge is brought to us by Barbara Anders and here is what Barbara says:  I’m challenging everyone to make a one layer card. That means only the card base–not the base + one other layer–no layers allowed, LOL! Embellish however you want–ribbon, buttons, bling, scoring–anything goes, but no layers.  Sounds fun, Barbara — can’t wait to try this and anxious to see what everyone does!

Anyone is welcome and invited to play!  SCS Keyword is ssnotime151 for those who upload at SCS.  There is no time limit. You can play this challenge anytime at all.  The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!!

And be sure to Link to Mr. Linky below.

And another new months begins! Where does the time go!  I can’t believe that Clare’s time with us is up already.  I have absoltuely loved each and every one of Clare’s gorgeous creations!!!  Clare, I can’t thank you enough for joining us in July — and the good thing is, we DO know we can always find you at Clare’s Creations - so we’ll be around!!!  Keep stunning us with your work!!!

And I’m so excited to reveal our August Guest Designer to you — Charlene Driggs.  I’ve loved Charlene’s work for ages and I know many of you know her both from Blogland and from over at SCS.  I was so pleased to have Charlene agree to join us this month!  Be sure to check out her creation for today’s challenge linked below.  Thanks, Charlene!

Check out the fab samples on the blogs of the Stamp Simply Challenge DT:

Charlene Driggs:  Paper and Ink Playground - August Guest Designer