Check out the RemARKable Bundles!

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Welcome to the RemARKable Blog tour – this month, it’s all about bundles!

There are heaps of great bundles in the Annual Catalog, and I chose to focus on the Flower Patch stamps and framelits.  I don’t know about you, but when I create a card with a set like this I often have a lot of little pieces left over.  I pulled out those pieces to see what I could do:

Maui Stamper Flower Patch Tags RemARKable BundlesI ALWAYS need tags, and 9 times out of 10, I need a tag AT THE LAST MINUTE.  Can you relate?

As I worked on color combinations for these tags, it occurred to me that the best thing to do would be to make a lot of pieces, mix and match them to form pleasing combinations, and put them together to create a little stash for myself.

Maui Stamper Flower Patch Tags RemARKable Bundles

If I weren’t sharing these with you today, I would have left them without a sentiment.  That way, I could add the exact phrase I needed when I was looking for a last minute tag.

Maui Stamper Flower Patch Tags RemARKable Bundles

  • Stamps:  Flower Patch, And Many More, and Work of Art
  • Color Palette:  Whisper White with Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Real Red and Soft Suede; Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo and Smokey Slate; and Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango and Tip Top Taupe.
  • Accessories:  Flower Fair Framelits; Ornate Tag Topper Punch; Blushing Bride and Pool Party 1/4″ cotton ribbon; 1/8″ striped ribbon (sneak peek from Holiday catalog)

If you’re like me, you have lots of bits and pieces all over your crafting desktop.  Grab a Tag Topper punch and craft up some tags!

Maui Stamper Flower Patch Tags RemARKable Bundles

Next stop on the tour is Heather Mathiason – enjoy her great projects!

 

BundleTourIcon15-08Nancy Amato – http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com/2015/08/remarkable-stampers-blog-tour-bundle-up.html

Melissa Bolinger – http://creativeblessingsbymissy.blogspot.com/2015/08/remarkable-blog-tour-watercolor-wings.html

Tamra Davis –  http://www.thecardladies.com/remarkable-blog-hop-ready-for-fall/

Anne Matasci – http://wp.me/pCcBw-1Vk   YOU ARE HERE!!!

Heather Mathieson – https://inkyladybug.wordpress.com/?p=187

Audra Monk –
http://thecraftyyogi.blogspot.com/2015/08/remarkable-blog-hop-any-choice-bundle.html

Maria Pane -http://stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com/2015/08/remarkable-blog-tour-su-bundles.html

Michele Reynolds – http://inspirationink.typepad.com/inspiration-ink/2015/08/bundle-blog-tour.html

Pam Staples – http://wp.me/p3p2VA-14W

Janet Wakeland – http://wp.me/pHIQD-7m8

Weekly Deals August 11 – 17

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Here are the deals this week:

Maui Stamper Weekly Deals 2015-8-11I don’t want to be the one to break it to you, but that big holiday with all the gift wrap and tags is coming sooner than we think – and that Scalloped Tag Topper punch will be indispensible!  The new 2014-2016 In Color Washi tape is another must have.

Shop HERE.

Stars for a star-swept couple

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My niece was married in May, and I was delighted that she asked for my help with the favors for her wedding.  Their theme was Starry Starry Night, and they carried it out beautifully.  She had wine charms for her favors, and late one night we texted back and forth a dozen times until we came up with a plan:

Maui Stamper Starry Starry Night FavorsI’ve done enough mass production to know that you have to break it up into smaller tasks. I want to enjoy the process, and production isn’t my favorite thing to do.  It’s a gift that I can give, and I want to give it joyfully!

Maui Stamper Starry Starry Night FavorsThe first thing that I did was borrow another set of Star Framelits so that I would have two.  By carefully planning and cutting the card stock into strips, I could cut eight stars at a time…two pieces of card stock at time.  It’s not the recommended procedure, but if your shape is simple enough it works!  Having 2 sets meant I could put 4 framelits through at a time.

Maui Stamper Starry Starry Night FavorsI’ve also learned to work in stacks.  It helps me to keep track of my progress, and also helps avoid the inevitable shortage of one piece or another.

Maui Stamper Starry Starry Night Favors

Tools help too!  The piercing mat was a lifesaver 🙂  The stars are Night of Navy and Soft Suede, and I stamped one side with a star pattern from a retired Project Life set called Point and Click.  The other side had their names and wedding date printed – I confess that was mostly by trial and error using MS Word.  Print first, cut with framelits second!

Maui Stamper Starry Starry Night FavorsIt was a great feeling to get them all finished and ready to send off.  I confess that putting them in a Priority Mail package and sending them off across the ocean made me feel a little nervous, and I was quite happy to get that arrival email!  The Post Office has been good to me, and I am a big fan.

Maui Stamper Starry Starry Night Favors

We used to carry a fabulous product called Champagne Mist Shimmer paint, and I have a stash of it that I keep for very special projects.  Every star was sprayed front and back with Shimmer Spray, and it was a perfect finishing touch.

Finally, my card for the happy couple carried out the theme too:

Maui Stamper Shine Like Stars

The entire event was a glorious celebration of love, commitment and family.  Congratulations and many happy years together, Liz and Mark!

 

Are you an Early Bird?

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It was a bit of a late night but it’s ready for you:

Maui Stamper Early Bird Sale

Loads of stamps, DSP, kits, and treasures!  I even have Mystery Grab Bags!

Doors open a 8:30am.  Christmas Card Pre-Sneak-Peek class starts at 9am.  See ya!

Weekly Deals!

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Here are the Deals for this week – I look forward to these, don’t you?

Maui Stamper Weekly Deals August 4 - 10, 2015

 

 

Shop HERE to take advantage of these great prices, and remember that supplies are limited at this price.  Be sure you check out the Clearance Rack, too!

August Already??

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What’s happened to our summer?? It’s hard to believe we’ve arrived at August FIRST!

Maui Stamper August 2015 DIY Easel Calendar

  • Stamps:  An Open Heart, Gorgeous Grunge
  • Color Palette:  Pool Party, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, So Saffron
  • Accessories:  Aquapainter, sticky-note mask

I’m back to my birds…Stampin’ Up! just can’t make enough bird images in my opinion!  I love the size and detail of this one from An Open Heart.  I didn’t have any particular species in mind when I chose my colors, I was just coloring to make myself happy.  And what could possibly be wrong with that?

Maui Stamper August 2015 DIY Easel Calendar

I’ll enjoy watching this fellow on my kitchen counter this month.

Be sure you stop by to see what Cheryl and Crystal have created this month!

A Manly Convention Swap

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I only signed up for one organized swap this year at Convention.  If you’re only going to do one, you think it through pretty carefully – and when I thought it through, I made the decision to go Manly.  Manly cards are a challenge, especially with a catalog full of flowers and butterflies.  Don’t get me wrong – I love flowers and butterflies – but sometimes a girl needs a Manly card, and I was looking for inspiration.

Maui Stamper Manly Happy Birthday Everyone Masculine Card

  • Stamps:  World Map, Happy Birthday Everyone, Be the Star
  • Color Palette:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Cucumber Crush
  • Accessories:  Star framelits, Black Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals, White Craft Ink, White Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Rhinestone Jewels

I wanted to incorporate one of our 2015-2017 In Colors, and was pleased to find that Cucumber Crush would work.  I’ll be honest:  that’s the In Color I am having the greatest challenge using.  When Christmas comes, it will get better, I’m sure.

Maui Stamper Manly Happy Birthday Everyone Masculine Card

I used the embossing buddy like mad, yet some of the cards still had some tiny white flecks.  I think my embossing powder is suffering from life in the tropics – humidity is not a friend to embossing powder!  If you’re having “stray bit” problems, try a new batch of EP and see if that helps.  You can get some HERE!

 

Weekly Deals!

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Maui Stamper Weekly Deal July 28 - Aug 3, 2015Check out the deals for this week!  At convention last week, we saw a LOT of great uses for the Metallic Foil Doilies – especially for the holidays – take advantage of the savings now.  The Happy Patterns Decorative Masks are super versatile as well.

Supplies are limited at these prices – if you want it, get it HERE!

Big News, Baby!

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They say babies like bright colors – I certainly hope so!

Maui Stamper Big News Barnyard BabiesThis was another card I brought to convention as a general swap.  I confess that I struggled with the colors a bit, and when they were all completed I wished I’d stamped the lamb in Watermelon Wonder – but it is what it is.

  • Stamps:  Big News, Barnyard Babies
  • Color Palette:  Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Watermelon Wonder, Early Espresso
  • Accessories:  Hearts Border punch, Blushing Bride cotton ribbon, Two-way Glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds, the Big Shot and Large Polka Dot TIEF

The embossed background just doesn’t show up in this photo, and I’m sorry.  It makes a difference.But I made a special tool to position those hearts:

Maui Stamper Big News Barnyard BabiesIt’s a strip of card stock – I must throw out a hundred of these a month – with holes punched in it.  And it just so happens that those holes line up perfectly with those hearts:

Maui Stamper Big News Barnyard BabiesI decided where I wanted the hearts on the first card and made a template.  I placed the template across the bottom of the sentiment and made tiny dots with the tip of a sharp pencil.  Remove the template, put a dab of Tombo (the Wonder Adhesive) on each pencil mark, and drop in the punched hearts.  As Mr. Maui Stamper and I like to say when we’re working on a project, it’s CUSTOM.

Maui Stamper Big News Barnyard BabiesSpeaking of Mr. Maui Stamper, I tried to be as clandestine as possible with the Dazzling Diamonds.  He was traveling a bit around the time I made these, so I had a little extra time to try and cover my tracks.  My observation when all was said and done is that there is no hiding Dazzling Diamonds.  You either do it or you don’t.  And for now, I think I won’t.

Maui Stamper Big News Barnyard BabiesI mentioned that I struggled with the colors…This was how I began.  But I didn’t have a Watermelon Wonder ribbon that I could put in the corner, and using markers to get two colors on the Big News stamp wasn’t something I wanted to do 25 times over.  Sometimes these decisions make themselves.

 

 

Inspire.Create.Share.2015 – Day Three

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I fully intended to post this Saturday evening after our closing session and the afternoon Leadership training, but Matt’s surprise arrival meant a change in plans – I’m hoping you’ll understand!

  
The home office staff was AMAZING. They shared lots of new product including tips and tricks so that we would be prepared for YOU. These cards are all made from two coordinating bundles that span all the winter holidays, and I see tons of potential for creative exploration. 

 

There’s a strong trend towards products that have long term use – this wreath kit (and it is beautiful!!) has Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas embellishments that are interchangeable. 

 Our  last session of the day featured new products and some alternative ways to use them beyond the holidays. Shannon West always has very creative ideas!
And this is our new, large pillow box frame lit!  It’s BIG, my friends. We are going to have fun with this!

   
 
Pam Morgan really spoke to my sense of humor looking for ways to use these antlers. 

  
I had certainly planned to attend the Leadership enrichment scheduled for Saturday afternoon but when a chance like this comes up there’s no question about changing plans!  I took Matt to Red Iguana. We missed a bunch of the Maui Stampers there – you know who you are!

  
Then it was out to the great Salt Lake to put our feet into the brine. 

   
We took a little road trip to Antelope Island where we spotted these buffalo, some deer and antelope, lots of birds, and even some stink bugs (hey, we don’t have those on Maui!). 

  We also took a hike, although the trail was poorly marked and we ended up enjoying more of a cross-country ramble. Kinda 4 wheel drive style. 

  
Our final stop on the island was Buffalo Point for the sunset. 

 
Thanks, Matt, for a fabulous surprise!  And to all you crafters out there, stay tuned – I’m currently sitting in San Francisco waiting for a delayed plane, but I’ll be home soon!