Stampin' Up! Best of 25 Years, April: Butterflies

Every month during 2013, Stampin' Up! is combining some of our all-time-favorite stamps with a new, never-before-seen stamp to create a monthly “Best of” stamp set. Best of Butterflies is our April offering, but don’t forget to check out the sets from previous months as well, details found here. They’re available all year - shop the "Best of 25 Years"!

• Coordinates with the Elegant Butterfly punch (127526)
• Clear-Mount Blocks B, C, and D needed for this set
• Flyer: Best of 25 Years, April Butterflies

Get a Free Stamp Set!  
As a special incentive to collect the "Best of" stamps:

• Starting in February we're including a collector's card and 25-year proof of purchase sticker with every "Best of" set.
• Collect six stickers
• Send it in to redeem a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! 
• Free sets must be redeemed no later than April 30, 2014.

View Collector's Card & Details HERE!
Shop the "Best of 25 Years" stamps

two minute tid bit

I always have such a hard  time putting the stickers on my clear mount stamps so a lot of the time, I don't even use the stickers. I know, bad form! So one day, I was sitting at my kitchen table trying to mount a set of stamps that seemed to have a million little stamps in it. I thought to myself, there has got to be an easier way of doing this!  I mentioned to the person sitting with me that it sure would be easier if the background was a different color than the stickers themselves were. And it hit me! Sponge some ink onto the backing so that there was a contrast!  Enjoy the video and if you have any questions, please email me! Please don't hesitate to share this video with your friends!
Until next time,
GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

cased Mans birthday card

Strait  up I'm gonna let you know that I cased this card off the Internet. I travel so many places that I can not even begin to remember where I saw it. I have changed it slightly but non the less, it is a case! If you are the original creator of this card, please let me know so that I can give you due credit!

For now, please enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed making it!

One of the hardest things for me is coming up with Male themed birthday cards *or any male themed card for that matter!*

I think this card fits the bill very well though!    One little trick I did want to share with you though is on the inside of this card. If you noticed the little flags on the outside of the card, you will see that it matches the designer series paper on the left side of the inside of the card. I cut the banner from the center of this strip of paper and normally would just chuck it but I thought the inside needed a little something and the whisper white panel covered the cut out rather nicely! So, no waisted paper! A two for! lol  

Until next time!

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

 

 

 

February Thank you notes

 

Here is a pile of thank you notes all ready to go into the order bags for my February club members.

This is the cutest little stamp set! I love this little elephant stamp!

both stamp set and designer series paper are from the 2013 sale a bration catalog.

 For every $50.00 purchase you make, you can chose one item from the sale a bration catalog. There is NO LIMIT to how may items you can earn!

Don't "forget"! Sale a bration ends March 22nd!  So don't delay, order today! You can go to
www.shellysmarzik.stampinup.net to order!
Until next time,
GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!
Shelly

Chalkboard technique!

This was a fun card to make! I love the colors and normally, I am a brights or subtles kinda girl, but these colors just appealed to me for this card! 

The sets I used are Summer Silhouettes (126447) and Vintage Verses which is a free set with 

$50.00 purchase during Sale a bration! I also used Comfort Cafe designer series paper (126898) Again, not my usual color pallet but LOVE this pack of paper!

I am going to TRY to do a video on this technique and get it posted as soon as possible so be watching for it!  I have such a hard time editing the videos (computer stoopid) so I tend to not make them as often as I really would like to. 

Anyway! Have a great day and until next time,

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Shelly

 Pretty In Pink!
This is one of the cards that my club girls did this month! Sadly, one of the sets I used was in the winter mini and is not available currently. The second set I used was the Everything Eleanor set.(124164)  I also used the Hearts collection framelets (123599) and adorning accents (125595)  to create the scallop edge along the bottom of the card. 

Then I used a white gel pen (105021) to accent the bottom of the card. Big bang for the buck when done on black card stock. 

The card stock used for this card is Pretty in pink, basic black and whisper white. I also used Black staz on ink and pretty in pink ink. 

Have a great day!

until next time,

GO GET YOUR FINGERS INKY!

Shelly

Happy Valentines Day!

 Remember the video I did a week or so ago? Well, this is the project that those cute little rose buds went on. I used the petal cone die  to make this cute little valentine pouch. Instead of folding on the score lines, I left it flat which conveniently made a cute little heart. Put two of them together and you have a pouch! Fill it with your favorite treat and give it to someone you love!

Here is a close up of the rose buds. I used a jewel brad to hold the bottom rose bud together.. hence the shine and shimmer!  I also added a little lace ribbon for the hanger and used the beautiful butterfly embosslit to add a few finishing touches!