What’s your must have time saving craft tool?

For me one of mine is the Stamperatus! It’s the BEST project saver - no more accidentally rocked the stamp lines on my projects, no more opps my fingers slipped and my stamp block landed in middle of my work and ruined my project! 

I also love this use shown here by a Stampin’ Up! Artisan team member to ensure you get the bold crisp stamp set for your project. Just makes the end results pop that much more! 

But the awesomeness doesn’t stop there - I also love how it speeds up layered stamping projects or when creating custom orders for customers using the same design over! Saving my precious commodity of time and therefore money when doing multiple projects! 

Plus you can adjust the plates to create a cascade or grid pattern along a card without having to adjust the stamp or paper alignment itself - just move the plastic plate to the next slot over. 

IMO it is a must have when designing cards and scrapbook projects! 

 

What’s your must have project saving and time saving crafting tool? 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret

Live, Laugh, Love

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Lots of Pun coming in December!

 

December's Lots of Pun Kit from Paper Pumpkin looks like it is going to be loads of fun! 

 

The kit contains enough elements to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—and 9 coordinating envelopes. This all-inclusive kit includes printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more!

 

The Lots of Pun Stamp Set is a builder stamp set! This means the included images can be mixed and matched to build a variety of unique characters with different looks and features.

• Card size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (10.8 x 14 cm)
• Envelope size: 4-1/2" x 5-3/4" (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
• Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Pool Party, Poppy Parade
• Includes a Classic Stampin’ Spot

 Order yours here before December 10th to play along!

If you order your Paper Pumpkin through my link you can either bring it with you and join us in person or via Facebook 'room' on my page for the Paper Pumpkin Club class where we create projects with it together! 

 

Happy Stampin'

 

Margaret

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Be Totallyawake4-life

 

 

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Sending Hearts!

 January Paper Pumpkin is on the way - I am so excited to get playing with this one!

 

Plus you get lots of support from the design team and myself on out of the box alternatives like these by adding on some materials from stash to augment the kits!

There are also refill kits and this kit's Little Love boxes add ons with this months kit while supplies last! Order either the refill or add on set here:

 

 

Happy Stampin'

 

Margaret

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Be Totallyawake4-life

 

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Vicki Boutin Wildflower & Honey Mingle series

I am back guest designing for the Scrapbook Nerds with another installment of quick and classy cards using the Vicki Boutin Wildflower and Honey Mingle Paper to create - 4 five minute cards that pack a punch of colour!

 I just LOVE the Wild Flower & Honey series from Vicki Boutin ... when I saw this paper I just had to have it! Perfect for cardmaking and pocket journal scrapbooking accents!

 

 I found it paired wonderfully with this cheery stamp set from Concord & 9th.

 

Card One - the paper did most of the work here for me! I added a little bit of stencil work to the background using a retired chicken wire stencil from my stash. I colored the pearls black with my Stampin' Blend marker.

 Card Two had some more fun with stencils - I just love the 'splatter' look! And no card is complete without a little 'bling' so this one I added a pop of Cobalt Blue glitter paper!

Card Three was another quick and easy one where the butterfly paper does all the work - just needed a pop of glimmer with the paper and some pearls and a sentiment from the cardstock stickers!

 Card Four - just needed a little punch of glimmer and a sentiment and it was done!

Check out how quickly these came together in my process video 

 

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life

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Scrapbook Nerds April Card Sketch

Margaret here guest designer with Scrapbook Nerds - sharing a quick 5 minute process video featuring this month's sketch challenge from over on the Scrapbook Nerd - Friends Group on Facebook. 

I used some of the Vicki Boutin's Colour Kaleidoscope Ephemera and the "Sending Smiles" sentiment from Hello Sunshine stamp set by Concord & 9th! 

Quick process video on how easy this card came together. 

 Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life

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Ornate Garden Scrapbook layout

Having fun with some scrapbook challenges over on Facebook with at Scrapbook Nerd -

 if you have not already please come join us Scrapbook Nerds - Friends Group for some crafty inspiration and fun!

My first page I had created as part of the March Layout tag ... if you have not played Layout tag you MUST come join us - it is so much fun!  The premise is that you form a group of people who want to participate in the game. The organizer sends the first person in the group a private message to tag them with a layout as inspiration to create their own with. They have 3 days to complete their project take a photo of it and return the photo to the organizer privately. She passes or 'tags' the next person with that photo as inspiration and it moves on each person getting tagged privately with the last persons inspiration. When everyone has been 'tagged' and had a turn to play with the person before thems photo inspiration than the organizer 'reveals' the tag layout progression ... it is AWESOME to watch how the layouts progress through each persons interpretation and inspiration of the layout they were given! 

I used the Ornate Garden Suite from Stampin' Up ... the DSP is just gorgeous with the copper embossing threaded through the designs on several of the papers and well look at the imagery in the stamp set and the intricate dies! I had a blast coloring with the Stampin' Blends!

 

 I paired it with the Beauty Abounds and the Prose Alphabet dies .

 

I did sneak some retired fun in there too ... the Grapefruit Grover Foil paper from last years Sale-abration from my stash goes perfectly with this suite - I really wish they would bring that one back! It looks amazing with the Ornate Embossing Folder! 

Happy Scrappin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life

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March Paper Pumpkin - Outside the Box Scrapbook edition

I am SO loving this Paper Pumpkin! The embellishments and stamp sets are just adorable!

Plus for their 7th Birthday we also got an additional stamp set in this months kit! 

I was so excited to share my sneak peek when it arrived I did not even bother to edit my video and just uploaded it to Youtube! 

 

 I was eager to whip up my 3 trio design cards in the kit! I mean see how I was not kidding on how adorable are the embellishments here?

Today I have been working o on my Paper Pumpkin Alternatives today for Paper Pumpkin customers virtual class support over on my Totallyawake4-stampin' - double layout! If you are looking to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin please make sure to choose me as your demonstrator so I can support you with lots of 'outside the box' options!

I focused on one traditional with mat for a 5X7 layout - I cut up the card bases and envelopes and on this particular layout I used envelope pieces to create the banners along the top here as well as the stamps from the stamp set to create imagery along the white background and than card kit embellishments to add dimension. 

And than did one pocket with 4 mats for 4x6 photos! I had used the 3x3 cut outs from the card bases for the focal imagery along the 3 4x4 squares in the middle and stamped and fussy cut using the coordinating Under the Umbrella imagery on this layout It’s such an adorable little set 💕💕💕

 

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life

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Ornate Garden Suite JUGS challenge

Using my Sunday Social Distancing to have fun doing some card challenges - the Just Us Girls trend stretch #527 is “black background”!

I am playing with my sneak peek Orante Style stamp set and Ornate Layers dies from the Ornate Garden suite by Stampin’ Up! This amazing suite will be available to customers April 1st!

 

I have created a nice clean simple any occasion card with a tiny pop of color on my daisies 💕 I used the Ornate Layers die for the black background. Stamped with versamark. colored the leaves in solid with a versamark pen and than embossed it with white emboss powder. I coloured the stems and the middle of the flowers with Old Olive and Daffodil  Stampin' Blends.

 Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life

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Flowering Foils - Let me count the ways!

Here's some ideas on how to alter your Flowering Foils DSP - free during Saleabration with a $60 purchase!

1) Sponge dauber or stampin sponges

2) Stampin Blends (can fussy cut out)

3) Stampin Write markers

4) Sponge Brayer

5) Run through embossing folder

6) stampin spritzer w/re-inker

7) Wink of Stella (with re-inker)

8) Stamp directly with solid stamp

9) Pigment Sprinkles (with aqua painter)

10) Add lines with marker/pen

Shop for your's online here

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life

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It’s Official

Squee .... I am so exited. It is officially being announced today! 

I get to try my hat at being a part of the Scrapbook Nerds creative  team! 

Thank you so much for the opportunity and I am looking forward to playing with my creative team goodies and the upcoming design challenges ... make sure to head on over to their Facebook group so you can play along with the challenges too  💕

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life

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