Botanical Blooms Bundle | The Maui Stamper

Welcome to the 2016 RemARKable Blog Tour, where we showcase the versatility and creative options of Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Botanical Blooms photopolymer, Happy Birthday Everyone (Host)
Color Palette: Mint Macaron, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Botanical Builder framelits, Pearl jewels, Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine

I had a serious problem getting that edge going the right direction across the bottom of the card. It should be simple, but I’m famous for making simple things complicated. To avoid the problem in the future, I marked my framelit:

Just to be perfectly clear, the arrows should point towards the bottom edge of the card!

It’s addicting one you begin to play with all of the floral pieces – I ended up with a lot of extras, and I tucked them into one of our clear envelopes to store with the framelits.

I also used the same concept to update the cover on the Kraft Grid Journal, currently available on the Clearance Rack at $1.98 for a package of 2. They’re perfect for tucking into a bag or desk drawer, or to keep in the car for those random (BRILLIANT) ideas that always pop into my head when I’m driving.

I used Versamark for the cover of the Kraft Journal, and added stamped details in Crumb Cake. A couple of stamps and a little sponging created texture on the blooms, and a little more Baker’s Twine finished off the look.

The Botanical Blooms bundle includes stamps, framelits and Designer Series paper with a great tropical flair – I know it will be a big hit here in Hawaii! It’s also a natural during Sale-a-bration, as it’s perfectly priced to qualify for a free SAB stamp set or paper pack.

Click below to see what Heather Mathieson has created this month – or scroll to the bottom of the page to take your own customized trip through the tour. Enjoy!

A new journal helps me believe that anything is possible in a new year:

It’s a leap year – 366 days in which to celebrate and be grateful. This journal is to remind me to be grateful, as well as to help me be motivated to set and keep goals and memories. I used a retired This ‘n That journal and covered the front with Perfectly Artistic Sale-a-bration Designer Series paper (DSP). The letters are some self-adhesive chipboard I had stashed in the craft room, and the numbers are stamped and die cut with the Number of Years bundle from the Occasions catalog.

It’s simple to fit the paper over the spiral binding. Mark the spacing for the holes, use a punch (this is 3/8″ from my Crop-a-dile) to punch the holes, then use your snips to make a little slit between the edge and the hole. Once it’s adhered to the cover (I used Tombo, the Wonder Adhesive) you won’t see the slits.

I also made a new cover for my To Do list journal. I’ve always been a list-maker, and for the past few years I’ve used the Circa system from Levenger to organize my lists. I like that I can add pages, move pages around, and punch and add my own pages to the journals. And I especially like crossing things off my list!

I chose not to stamp these images, but to focus on the colors and textures that I could get using card stock cut with Thinlits. I began with a few pieces and just kept cutting and adding until there were too many, and then I took a few away. It’s a fun type of trial and error, but the real fun comes when you try to adhere them down just exactly where you put them in the first place. It helps to take a photo.

I use a lot of digital lists, calendars and reminders, but there’s still something very satisfying about paper and pen. How about you? Tell me about your lists. And then maybe you’ll make a new journal too.