New Year! New Digital Downloads!

Happy New Year!  Wishing you a fantastic and fabulous 2014!  Thank you all for your continued business and friendship!  I'm truly grateful for each of you and can't wait for this New Year and all the creativity it will bring!  There are a few new Digital Downloads this week that I wanted to share with you, along with several updates as well.  Tomorrow is the last day to order from the Holiday Catalog!  Get your favorites now, while they are still available!  The Clearance Rack Blitz is going strong.  It's always popular and this latest batch of products is no exception.  CLICK HERE to shop the 80% Off Deals!

 Year of Infancy Stamp Brush Set

Baking Up Love Stamp Brush Set 

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Final Day to Shop the Holiday Catalog is TOMORROW

Happy Crafting!
Kari Linder

In Color with the Cutest Baby Ever Card

The Label Love Punch Bundle is one of the new Stampin' Up! Bundle & Save products!  I immediately fell in love the the Artisan Label Punch and wondered if the Cutest Baby Ever sentiment fit with the 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch.  It absolutely does fit and works perfectly with this layout!  My card is a modified version from a sketch I saw in a the October 2012 issue Paper Crafts magazine!

Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• I used the same Polka Dot Label Love stamp for all 6 of these elements.  Only one has the sentiment, Cutest Baby Ever!  I covered each one with the 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch and In Color Boutique Elements.
• All 5 of the New In Colors work so well together!  Each is a subtle shade so I did a 'stamp off' with the Strawberry Slush pink so it was so much brighter than the other colors!  It was just enough to make it a lighter shade of pink!

Stamps:  Label Love Clear-Mount (130622)
Ink & Card Stock: 2013-2015 In Color Assortment Pack (131204)
Paper:  Epic Day This and That DSP (130814), Whisper White (100730)
Embellishments:  In Color Boutique Details (130938), Rhinestone Jewels (119246)
Tools:  Artisan Label Punch (130920), 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch (129404)
Finished Size:  4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

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Hope you have a great Monday!  

Come back tomorrow for our July Pals Blog Hop with over 25 stampers in the lineup!  I'll have another card for you with the New Stampin' Up! In Colors!

Hugs!

~Kari Linder

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Going Two by Two with the newest Digital Downloads for April 23rd

It's a great Tuesday in the Digital Crafting World!  The newest Stampin' Up! Digital Downloads are now available in my online store!  There is also a FREE Digital Kit Stampin' Up! is giving away since they hit 20k fans on the My Digital Studio Facebook page!  Click on the link directly below the picture to be taken to my store where you can add them to your shopping cart!

CLICK HERE to download this FREE Digital Kit

Playful Polka Dots Digital Kit for FREE!  Item number to add to cart:  126027

Product Tip:

Colors:  Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red

 Delight in The Day DSP for $4.95.  Item number for ordering: 134539

Product Tip:  

Colors:  Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Sahara Sand, Summer Starfruit

 See Ya Next Year Photobook for $17.95.  Item number for ordering:  134509

Product tip:

Includes 26-page designer photobook template!

Colors:  Crushed Curry, Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Gumball Green, Marina Mist, Sahara Sand, Midnight Muse, Pool Party, Whisper White 

Two by Two Stamp Brush for $1.95.  Item number for ordering: 134537

Product Tip: 

This is also an image sold as a single stamp in Wood-Mount for $8.95.  Item number for ordering is:  126788

This is a great stamp for birth announcements and baby shower invites!  Plus it's offered in Digital and Wood-Mount!  Yes!!!

CLICK HERE to start shopping for Stampin' Up! products in my online store {24-7}

Tomorrow the Retired Stamp set and Accessory lists will be posted!  Check back tomorrow for the complete list!  The first day to order from the new catalog is May 31st!  It's a day early this year!  Yipee!!!

Have a terrific Tuesday!

~Kari Linder

Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge #21

Good Morning! Welcome to another edition of the Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! I hope you have a chance to join us this week and play along with our challenge! This week was another inspiring collection of fun party themed photos! I think my favorite is the banner along the fence! Too cute! Here's what I came up with this week, a simple 'Welcome, baby' card!

The 'baby' stamp is from a Stampin' Up! set that is now Retired

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Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908)

Card Stock: Whisper White (100730)

Punches: Photo Corners (119878)

Finished Size: 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"

Hope you have a wonderful day!

~Kari

CQC #46 Hello Baby Card with Fox and Friends

Happy Tuesday to you! Thanks for joining me today! I just love the color combination this week at the Colour Q! It features several of my favorite Stampin' Up! colors: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla! Isn't that little dress in the photo just adorable!?! With these colors, I inspired to make a little baby card! Here's what I came up with!



Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• My card layout is based upon this weeks Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge! This was such a great layout since it features three panels and circles - which worked perfectly for my baby card and the different animals!
• The stamped images are from the Fox & Friends Stamp Set on page 96 of the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog. This set features 7 adorable animals, and I chose to use the monkey (Cherry Cobbler), lion (Daffodil Delight), and turtle (Wild Wasabi).
• The scallop circles layered behind the stamped images isn't one of our Scallop Circle punches, it's actually from the Scallop Circles #2 die (113469) - the smaller of the two Scallop Circles. I chose to use the die-cut Scallop Circle since it was just the perfect size to layer with the 1-3/4" Circle Punch (119850), since I just wanted the scallops to show behind the circle. Plus it fit perfectly with this card size - 3-1/4" x 6-1/2", scored at the top! Here's some additional pictures:

Hello Baby

Little Monkey and Lion


Little Turtle and Monkey

'Tent' card, scored at the top

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Stamps: Fox & Friends (118565), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)
Ink: Wild Wasabi (109014), Daffodil Delight (119667), Cherry Cobbler (119669)
Card Stock: Wild Wasabi (108641), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Very Vanilla (101650), Baja Breeze (111352), Daffodil Delight (119683)

Paper: Elegant Soiree DSP (117163)

Embellishments: Subtles Buttons (119745), Regals Buttons (119744), Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (119254), Linen Thread (104199)

Punches: 1-3/4" Circle (119850)
Tools: Block 'B' (117147), Big Shot (113439), Lots of Tags (114508), Scallop Circles #2 (113469)

Stampin' Essentials: Small Open-End White Envelopes (107286)

Finished Size: 3-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Thanks for stopping by!

I'll be back tomorrow as a Guest Designer for the Stampin' Royalty!

~Kari Linder

Hello Baby but Goodbye Trio Flower Punch!

Click here for the most up to date LAST CHANCE ACCESSORIES LIST!

My sweet friends Shannon & Mary both have baby showers this afternoon! But before my friend Meghann comes to pick me up, I wanted to share with you the card I made for Mary using the Stampin' Up! Butterfly Punch and the Trio Flower Punch, which is on the LAST CHANCE ACCESSORIES LIST! I honestly use the Trio Flower Punch ALL the time and I'm a little bummed it's going away! But, the good news is that I have it and will keep it for along time to come! If there are Last Chance Colors, Punches, Papers that you really want - I strongly suggest purchasing them On-Line NOW since products on that list are selling out very quickly! Throughout the remainder of June, I will keep you posted on the most up to date LAST CHANCE LIST, check back often to my Stampin' Essentials blog for the latest information!

Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• My card base is Close to Cocoa card stock! A color on the LAST CHANCE LIST! Stampin' Up! is SOLD OUT of the Close to Cocoa card stock - in both 8-1/2 x 11 and the 12x12! You can still purchase the Close to Cocoa Classic Ink pad, Stampin' Around Cartridge, and Stampin' Write Marker!
• The 'hello baby' sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink on Whisper White card stock and punched out with the Curly Label Punch!
• Blush Blossom is such a sweet shade of peachy-pink, which was perfect for this baby card! My friend Mary is having a girl!!! Blush Blossom is on the LAST CHANCE LIST and selling our very quickly! You can still purchase the Blush Blossom card stock in 8-1/2 x 11 and 12 x 12, Classic and Craft Ink pads, and Marker!

To place a Stampin' Up! order On-Line 24/7, CLICK HERE!

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908)
Card Stock: Close to Cocoa (SOLD OUT), Bashful Blue (105120), Soft Subtles Textured (108695), Whisper White (100730), Chocolate Chip (102128)

Paper: Bashful Blue DSP (112151)

Punches: Trio Flower (109183), Butterfly (116629), Scallop Trim Border (Available July 1st), Curly Label (112208)

Embellishments: Silver Brads (104336)

Finished Size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

NEW CATALOG HINT!! There are several AMAZING new stamp sets in the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog that coordinate with the Butterfly Punch (116629) that I used on today's card! Order it today and be ready for the July 1st release of these new stamp sets!!! Email me to pre-order your IBC for $9.95(within USA only).

Click here to see my FREE CARD OFFER for my customers that pre-order the catalog!

Welcome, Little One card for Melissa

My friend and Stampin' Up! downline, Melissa just had a baby girl this last Friday! I'm so happy for her, Congrats Melissa!!!! I made this card to send to her based upon the sketch challenge with a twist at the CC EE Stampers blog! We were to create a baby card with a button(s) using their great card sketch challenge as well! I also entered this card at the Stampin' for the Weekend blog, which had a challenge to make a card that would make someone smile! Here's what I came up with!


Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• I used the Kiss Technique on the Elephant with Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip ink! For a Tutorial on how to create this look with two stamps, please CLICK HERE!
• My button on my card is from the Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons package! You get 24 pieaces in a package, 8 each of three different buttons & brads for $9.95.
• The Animal Stories stamp set (116716) is quickly becoming one of my favorite sets for creating baby cards! It contains 4 super sweet images for $15.95.

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Stamps: Animal Stories (116716), Nursery Necessities (113506)

Ink: Pretty in Pink (1010301), Chocolate Chip (100908), Taken with Teal (103257), So Saffron (105213)

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip (102128), So Saffron (105119), Pretty in Pink (100459), Taken with Teal (101584)

Embellishments: Certainly Celery Ribbon (Retired), Rich Regals Brads (106953), Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons (114339), Linen Thread (104199)

Paper: Sweet Pea DSP Stack (Retired)

Punches: Modern Label (116630), Word Window (105090)

Tools: Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Glass Mat (112531)

Finished Size: 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"

It's A Boy! Card for Colour Q Challenge #34

Hello Tuesday! Love Tuesdays because it's a new Colour Q Challenge! This week is a sweet combination of Certainly Celery, Ballet Blue (Retiring), Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, and Whisper White! Perfect for a baby card, which I also made for the challenge at CC EE Stampers.

Here's what I came up with based upon the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge! My card size is 4-1/4" square, which can still fit into a standard A2 envelope! Using my Big Shot, I die-cut the larger Scallop Circle from the Scallop Circles #2 die. The Paper Piercing Tool was used to punch holes in each scallop!

Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• My sailboat was made using the 1-3/4" Circle Punch as the boat. The sails were first punched out with the 1-3/8" Square Punch and the 1-1/4" Square Punch, then cut into triangles!
• Using the Polka Dot square stamp in the For All You Do stamp set, I stamped the polka dots in Chocolate Chip ink on the Chocolate Chip card stock for the boat!
• The 'It's a Boy!' sentiment is from the Nursery Necessities stamp set and is stamped in Whisper White Craft ink!
• Ballet Blue is retiring! It's part of the COLOR RENOVATION! Click here for more information! Some of our favorite colors have been selling out quickly!

To Shop for Stampin' Up! products On-Line 24/7, CLICK HERE!

Stamps: Nursery Necessities (113506), For All You Do (115360)
Ink: Whisper White Craft ink (101731), Chocolate Chip (100908)

Card Stock: Ballet Blue (100613), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Chocolate Chip (102128), Whisper White (100730), Kraft (102125)

Paper: Certainly Celery DSP (112154), Pumpkin Pie DSP (112159)

Embellishments: Playground Buttons (116313), Sherbet Buttons (116312), Linen Thread (104199)

Punches: 1-3/4" Circle (112004), 1-1/4" Square (104400), 1-3/8" Square (103375)

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Scallop Circles #2 (113469), Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Glass Mat (112531), Paper-Piercing Tool (116631), Mat Pack (105826), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (117335)

Finished Size: 4-1/4" square

The new 2010-2011 Idea Book Catalog will be released on July 1st! Email me if you'd like to pre-order your copy (USA only). They're $9.95 and will be 16 pages longer than the current catalog! Yipee!!

~Kari

Stampin' Celebration Challenge #2

The second challenge at Stampin' Celebration has arrived! Everyone did an amazing job last week so if you were unable to join us, I hope you do this week! We have a fun, out of this world inspiration photo for you, perfect for a boy's birthday party celebration! The Stampin' Up! Lots of Bots stamp set (115293) would be perfect for this challenge! I went with the color scheme from the photo with stars and polka dots (since I didn't have the Lots of Bots stamp set)!!!! Here's what I came up with!!!

The water bottle topper holds a Crystal Light pack and fits perfectly around the top of water bottles! I used the 1-1/4" Circle Punch and Scallop Circle Punch for the top!!!

My Happy Birthday card is based upon the card layout at Clean & Simple Stamping! With a polka dot background, lots of layers and stars, this card was super easy to put together!

I love gum!!! I quickly made this pack of gum a star by wrapping a piece of card stock around it and adding a few Only Orange stars and a silver brad! I'm SO thankful the Bold Brights aren't retired yet because they were the perfect set of colors for this challenge! I used Green Galore, Brilliant Blue, Only Orange and YoYo Yellow! All colors that will be retiring from the Stampin' Up! product line!! You may want to stock up on these beauties now!!! Click here for more details.

Gift Boxes are just so fun! This one is made with Tempting Turquoise card stock and Only Orange 'filler'. If you'd like instructions on how I made this, please click here to see a previous post from my blog! It's super ease but you'll definitely need a scoring blade and sticky strip --- the Essentials of course!! The 'a star is born' sentiment is from the Picture This Hostess Level 1 Stamp set from the Occasions Mini Catalog!

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Stamps: For All You Do (115360), Well Scripted (from the Occasions Mini Catalog), Picture This (from the Occasions Mini Catalog)
Ink: Tempting Turquoise (100814), Only Orange (102696), Green Galore (102122), Brilliant Blue (100691), YoYo Yellow (102717)
Card Stock: Tempting Turquoise (102067), Brilliant Blue (100721), Green Galore (101768), Only Orange (102837), YoYo Yellow (102824), Whisper White (100730)
Embellishments: Silver Brads (104336)

Punches: Large Star (110710), Star (109045), Word Window (105090), Modern Label (116630), Scallop Circle (109043), 1-3/8" Circle (104401), 1-1/4" Circle (104403)

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (117335)

Hope you join in on the stamping fun and party with us at Stampin' Celebration!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kari

http://karilinder.stampinup.net

Baby Shower Card For My Sweet Friend Amy V.

My sweet friend Amy is having her baby shower this Saturday so I made this card for her! They don't know what they're having yet (girl or boy) so I created this card with pink, green, brown, and yellow so it would be a 'neutral' card! Although it definitely looks more girly to me since I think they're having a girl! hahaha! My card layout is based upon Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge! I made mine a square card since I needed more room to add an envelope which was the challenge at Everything But the Kitchen Sink! I really like how it turned out with the butterflies fluttering out of the envelope!

My envelope was die cut using the Stampin' Up! Scallop Envelope die! I cut it out of Chocolate Chip DSP and since it's double-sided paper, you can see both patterns since the envelope is left open! The 'for your shower' sentiment is stamped from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set!

The letters the spelt out 'baby' were cut out using my Big Shot and the Billboard alphabet die! The Beautiful Wings Embosslits die is still available for purchase from the Occasions Mini Catalog! This die will also be featured in the new Idea Book & Catalog which comes out July 1st!

To shop for Stampin' Up! products On-Line 24/7, CLICK HERE!!!

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908)

Card Stock: Pretty in Pink (100459), So Saffron (105118), Certainly Celery (105125), Chocolate Chip (102128), Whisper White (100730)

Paper: Sweet Pea DSP Stack (Retired), Certainly Celery DSP (112154), Chocolate Chip DSP (112164)

Embellishments: Pretty in Pink Corduroy Buttons (117681), Linen Thread (104199), Certainly Celery Ribbon (Retired), Filigree Brads (112577), Soft Subtles Brads (106954), Flower Assortment Brads (112583)

Punches: Boho Blossoms (110711)

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Beautiful Wings (118138), Scallop Envelope (113462), Billboard (114510), Finial Press (115963)
Finished Size: 5-1/4" Square

Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

~Kari

KISS Technique and Mojo Monday Card Sketch

It's Monday and another wonderful sketch from the Mojo blog! For my card I made a baby card using the KISS technique for the elephant! I have more pictures and details below!

Stampin' Essentials Tips:

I was inspired by the patterns on the elephant in the Tall Tales DSP so I wanted to combine Chocolate Chip and Old Olive on the one image! The Kiss Technique is basically inking one stamp off of another! Here's how I did it:

1) I started by inking the elephant from the Animal Stories stamp set in Old Olive ink and set aside for a moment while I got the next stamp ready.

2) Then I stamped the Polka Dot patterned stamp from the For All You Do stamp set in Chocolate Chip ink

3) Then I stamped the Elephant on the Polka dot stamp (press firmly, straight down)

The end result is an Old Olive Elephant with Chocolate Chip Polka Dots! Then I stamped the Welcome, little one sentiment from the Nursery Necessities stamp set in Chocolate Chip ink below the Elephant!

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Stamps: For All You Do (115360), Animal Stories (116716), Nursery Necessities (113506)
Ink: Old Olive (102277), Chocolate Chip (100908)
Card Stock: Old Olive (100702), Chocolate Chip (102128), So Saffron (105118), Whisper White (100730)
Paper: Tall Tales: (115678), Old Olive DSP (112160)
Embellishments: Button Latte (114333), Linen Thread (104199), Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (109051)

Punches: 1-1/4" Square Punch (104400)

Tools: Paper Snips (103579)

Finished Size: 5-1/4" Square

Stampin' UPdate: the retiring colors are selling out fast! I'd suggest placing your order On-Line soon to avoid back orders! Some colors have sold out already and SU is unable to replenish their inventory since the colors are selling at a much higher rate than they anticipated!!!