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AMAZING YEAR meets the Scrap File

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I took my paper snips to Amazing Year to create the focal point for this card. I colored the bouquet with my Stampin’ Blends and rummaged through the bits and pieces on my craft desk to pull a card together:

Maui Stamper Stampin' Up! Amazing Year Timeworn Type Awash in Beauty DSP
  • Stamps: Amazing Year
  • Color Palette: Basic White, Memento Black, Pale Papaya, Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo
  • Accessories: Big Boss, Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder, Deckled Rectangle dies, Stampin’ Blends, Awash with Beauty DSP, Perfectly Penciled DSP, White Frayed Ribbon, White Bakers Twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Snips

I had such fun preparing the Deckled Rectangle for this bouquet. A little watercolor wash, a few flicks from my Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Write marker (flick the brush against the cap – try it!) and that white panel is elevated to something special.

Maui Stamper Stampin' Up! Amazing Year Timeworn Type Awash in Beauty DSP Perfectly Penciled DSP

The two different pieces of DSP were scraps just begging to be used. In the photo, that green panel looks like it’s been embossed, but it’s just the design of the DSP popping off the page. It worked really well with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder.

Maui Stamper Stampin' Up! Amazing Year Timeworn Type Awash in Beauty DSP Perfectly Penciled DSP

A little bakers twine, pulled apart and tied into a soft bow, accents the bouquet. I trimmed the “Enjoy Your Day” tag off the stem and attached it separately because 1) the connection was too thin and it would be wonky and 2) I wanted it tucked almost underneath the bouquet. It’s a great sentiment because it covers a lot of occasions.

Try this yourself! Pull together some scraps of DSP and color an image you love, then play mix and match. It’s gratifying to use up those bits and pieces! Shop for supplies HERE.

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Maui Stamper 2023 DIY Easel Calendar template $5

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Deals this week – do you love In Colors?

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Deals this week include both sets of the In Color Markers!

Maui Stamper Stampin' Up! Weekly Deals January 20-26, 2015Love these deals.  Twine!  Markers!  Clothespins!  (Or clothes pegs, depending on where you live).

Shop HERE and they’ll be at your doorstep in a heartbeat.  Your order of $50 earns a free Sale-a-bration choice!

Re-use, reduce, recycle

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We make a real effort to recycle in the Maui Stamper household.  I spotted a great way to re-purpose a couple of Stampin’ Supplies, and the best part was that this little trick solved an annoying problem for me.

I’m not a fan of the way our Linen Thread and Baker’s Twine are packaged.  You know, the ones wrapped around the card and stapled into a cello bag.  This nifty solution appeared on a number of blogs:


Yep – those are little embellishment containers.  I can’t bear to throw them away because they just seem so useful!  They’re just right for dispensing twine and thread.  Do you see the eyelet on the side?  The Crop-a-dile punched a hold in the side of the container with no problem, and I set the eyelet there just because.  I confess to still having a couple of containers full of eyelets even though we don’t offer them in our catalog any more.  (Boo.)

Here’s the container for the Linen Thread:

Linen thread container

I had to dress it up a little bit, and the little tags with the name of the thread are for those late-night stampin’ sessions when things get a little giddy.

Inside the linen thread container

Aha!  Double recycling!  I used an empty ribbon spool (this one is from the new In Color ruffled ribbon) to hold my thread so it wouldn’t snarl.  I cut the cardboard ring from the ribbon spool down to fit inside the container – unfortunately, there isn’t a circle punch that fits right, so I used the 1 3/4″ circle and then trimmed it down.  I put some pretty DSP on top with a little Tombo to dress it up, and when I punched the circle out of the middle of the DSP I saved it and stuck my needle through it.  I always keep a fat needle with my Linen Thread and my Baker’s twine, and having it inside the container means I’m less likely to stick myself with the needle while rummaging in my drawer.

The little puka on the side for the thread

I’ll bet you have a couple of these little embellishment containers sitting around.  If you don’t, you have two choices:  hurry up and use a whole mess of buttons or brads or spinner arrows or whatever so you empty out a container, or order a set of 6 of them for $3.95 (#103649).  You can still recycle the ribbon spool 🙂