Hippest Hippos; lots of creative ideas for you!

July 29, 2022

Today I'm sharing some wonderful swap cards I received from other talented Demonstrators – all featuring the Hippest Hippos stamp set & Hippo dies. They're both free with any $50 Stampin' Up! order during July & August.

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But remember these Sale-a-Bration items are only available while supplies last. Already they are out of TWO choices in the Sale-a-Bration catalog. The Rings of Love 12" DSP and the Pool Party & Soft Sea Foam cards & envelopes. So if you have something from the SAB catalog on your wish list; get it soon!

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What an amazing scene Amanda created here! So many details! I especially appreciate that she colored her hippo in Pool Party; who says they have to be gray?

Her background is made with the Rays of Light stamp seen here. The rest is all Sale-a-Bration items. Her colors include Pool Party, White, Crumb Cake & Crushed Curry

She stamped the greeting from Amazing Phrases and fussy cut it, placing it between 'waves'. She added Wink of Stella to her water. The little splashes of water & the life preserver truly make this scene complete!

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One of my favorites was made by Gwen. The way she added ribbon for a 'towel' on the silver/metal tub is genius!!

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Kelly created a cute scene mostly with the Hippo dies. Her colors are Smoky Slate, Real Red & Balmy Blue. The little water splash die-cuts add motion to the scene!

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Mary, one of my Flowerbug team members, made this cute card for her Card Club this month. She used a blending Brush with Flirty Flamingo ink for a soft background. The lights and bow at the top are from the Tree Lot dies in the Sale-a-Bration catalog. See them here.

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This cute card was made by Amy Storrie. I love the sunglasses! The other neat thing she did was to use the Hippo dies along with the Stitched Circle in the Beautiful Shapes dies so they match up perfectly! Her Designer Paper is the Cottage Gingham in the Holiday catalog.

You can see the Hippest Hippos stamp set here and the Hippo dies here. Get them both free with a $100 online order and you'll also receive my free July cards kit! Offer good through Saturday, July 30th.

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Rainbow of Happiness shaker card with video tutorial

January 28, 2022
Did you know you get a free $50 shopping spree when you place online orders with me? It's true!

I love to give these sprees to my online or local shoppers. If you never knew about this and have shopped with me in the past you can redeem your spree too!

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I played with the Rainbow of Happiness bundle on Facebook Live earlier this week. Here's a neat shaker card I made:

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Shaker cards look difficult but they're fun AND easy! Watch the video below to see how it's done.

The Rainbow of Happiness bundle is 10% off in our Spring catalog. See it here. I just noticed it's on low inventory. That means when they run our it will not be available again until the product is restocked. That Global Shipping issue you know!!

It's hard to see in the photo above but the paper inside the shaker is our Rainbow Glimmer specialty paper from the annual catalog. I share a neat trick to get these rainbow die-cuts in place in the video below or click here.

Here's a close up of another:

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Here are some details:
- The large rainbow is made with the Brilliant Rainbow dies – it's part of the Rainbow of Happiness bundle.
- The small clouds are die-cut from our Supple Shimmer paper & the Rainbow dies
- The sequins & beads in the shaker are from the Sparkle & Shine sequins
- I used our Foam Adhesive strips on the back side of the White die-cut piece to raise it and keep the shaker pieces in place.
- The large clouds are punched with our new Cloud Punch. One is punched from the Sunshine & Rainbows free DSP during our Sale-a-Bration promotion. See it here.
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The card above on the left has a cloud bank made with our Border Basic dies and our new Supple Shimmer paper. Stampin' Up! is terrific at coordinating their products so incredibly.

The shaker card is the first project I make in the video below. Click on it to watch!

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Grassy Grove dies make amazing cards quickly! Video too!

January 27, 2022

I was inspired to use the Grassy Grove bundle for a January card club project because of this card made by Deloris; one of my Flowerbug's Team members.

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See what I mean? It's striking & stunning! She used Blackberry Bliss and that background is the amazing New Horizon 6 X 6" DSP seen here. Her greeting is stamped on a stitched rectangle die-cut on Fresh Freesia CS.

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I changed the colors but still kept the large die-cut and the pretty paper the star of the card.

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The die-cut is Black, cut at 5 1/8" X 3 7/8". The New Horizons paper is cut just a hair smaller. We simply added two of the deer in the Grassy Grove dies and a greeting on an Oval punched piece.

Scroll down to see the video I made or click here.

The card bases were either Soft Succulent or Misty Moonlight as that coordinated with most of the designer paper scenes.
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Here is what the inside looks like. We stamped the trees in the Grassy Grove stamp set in Black and added a greeting. This greeting is part of the Special Moments stamp set seen here (free during our Sale-a-Bration promo now)

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Here are three of the cards all together. See how the New Horizons designer paper can change the background scene so easily? Everyone thought these made perfect masculine cards and sympathy cards as well.
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Below is the quick video; click on the photo to watch it.

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Fast but fabulous Flowing Flowers card kit to go with my Easy 8 Card Wonder template

January 26, 2022
I created these pretty cards on last week's FB Live. I used the Flowing Flowers stamp set in a unique set of colors.

This stamp set was one of my top picks in the Spring catalog. Not just because it's flowers, but because of the Distinktive images and pretty greetings. Look!

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Here's a link to the live video where I made a totally different set of cards using the same OSW template. I created it a few years ago and love trying it with different stamp sets. I find it's a fabulous way to get beautiful cards made quickly without a lot of measuring.

**Did you know that my Team members get all of my tutorials free? They receive every single one I make – at least 3-5 a month! We met on Sunday night via Zoom and many of us used the Easy 8 Card Wonder to make our cards. So fun to visit while we stamped!! Ask me about the Starter Kit deal & joining my Flowerbug's Team.

Here is the 8 1/2" X 11" sheet of basic White card stock that I stamped using the images in the Flowing Flowers stamp set.

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I did do a little 'surgery' on one of the stamps (seen the flower in the first photo above). I cut the leaves and the spatter part away from the main flower so I could stamp them in different colors. I know I'll use this stamp so much more this way. I used our Paper Snips to do it. I encourage you to try this on your stamps; it's scary but so worth it!

Here is one of the cards made with my template. *These three pieces were cut on the printed lines on the reverse side. No measuring!!

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You have a few choices if you want to make cards like these:
- Get the template & PDF tutorial here in my Shop. It's called the Easy 8 Card Wonder and includes directions for 4 different sets of cards & color combos. $15 *Click here to see my other OSW's. Plus once you purchase it, you will get an email every time I update the tutorial with new color combos & stamp sets!
- Reserve a pre-cut kit to go by Feb 15th. Contact me here. I'll send you a PayPal invoice for it all. The kits are sent out at the end of February via Priority Mail. It's $46 with shipping.
The Kit to go includes:
- the Flowing Flowers 9 piece stamp set
- a printed template on 8 1/2" X 11" Basic White CS
- pre-cut & punched pieces for all 8 cards
- the free PDF tutorial sent in an email
- You will need your own ink (I used Navy, Daffodil, Bermuda Bay & Coastal Cabana), adhesives & gems.
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You can see the video here where I show how the template is used. I created a different group of cards using this Easy 8 Card Wonder template.

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January Specials:

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Use the host code above & get free Iridescent Rhinestones with

a $50 order in January, 2022!

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