control freaks tour - catalog preview

It has been an exciting last couple of months for me as I have been invited to be a part of a couple groups full of talented Stampin' Up! demonstrators. I am so thankful for these opportunities! Yesterday I shared with you the exciting journey I embarked upon with The Creation Station and today I get to share with you that I am now a member of the Control Freak Stampers! EEK! This group is full of some amazing paper artists. What a pleasure and honor it is for me to be a part of the fun! A couple of months ago I participated in my first swap with The Control Freaks (I'll share that card sometime this week!) and today I will be participating in my first "Tour De Freaks". I'm not gonna lie ~ I feel a little intimidated to be a part of this tour because there is SO MUCH TALENT on this hop!! But I am choosing to embrace it and be confident in my own clean and simple style. We all need to see a variety of ways to use Stampin' Up! products, right?

So, without further ado...if you are following the hop you have just come from Cindy's blog!

The theme for this month's tour is "Catalog Preview". As a demonstrator, we are given the opportunity to purchase select products made available to us a little sooner than our customers. I decided to place a small pre-order to get a few goodies early and I will be showcasing some of those today. Each of these cards uses the stamp set called Work of Art, a stamp set I am sure will be getting lots of ink on it! For each of the cards I will also be using some of the new 2014-2016 In-Colors.

Card #1: The card base is Blackberry Bliss. I was instantly drawn to this color for a couple of reasons; 1) purple is my favorite color, 2) Blackberry Bliss is pretty close to being my exact wedding color 10 years ago! I paired Blackberry Bliss with another new in-color, Hello Honey. The combo goes nicely together, especially when tied together using some of the paper from the new Moonlight DSP Stack. I tied a bow on the top of the card using Hello Honey 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon (available in all new in-colors). The background images are stamped in Hello Honey with one using the full color and then stamped again without re-inking. I stamped the two heart images on a separate piece of Whisper White and then hand cut the two hearts using my Paper Snips...then popped them up using Dimensionals. I added three rhinestones in the bottom left to fill in some of the blank white space.

Card #2: The card base for this card is Mossy Meadow, another 2014-2016 In-Color. I thought it would look pretty paired with Blackberry Bliss. I decided to wrap both colors of 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon around the card and tie with a bow at the top. The hearts are both stamped in Blackberry Bliss onto a separate sheet of Whisper White and then cut out with Paper Snips, but one was stamped again before re-inking. The heart on top is popped up with a Dimensional. This is the same technique I used with the chevron image. The bottom chevron image is with full Blackberry Bliss ink, then the second I used the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line them up and stamped again without re-inking the stamp. I did this a third time and still did not re-ink. This is how I got the three different shades of the Blackberry Bliss. 

Are you wondering where I got the green accents? 

 

I used my *NEW* Stampin' Blendabilities (alcohol-based marker) to color some of the pearls. This works perfectly as it won't rub off all over your fingers like a Stampin' Write Marker will. Although this particular marker is from the Old Olive Blendabilities Collection, I think it matches really well to the Mossy Meadow cardstock.

Card #3: I chose to pull out another sheet of the Moonlight DSP Stack, but wanted to use the Lost Lagoon in-color cardstock this time. It is paired with Hello Honey, as well as Basic Gray. I used the coordinating Circle Framelits for the layering of circles and stamped the image from Work of Art using Lost Lagoon and the sentiment is in Basic Gray. Again, I tied a bow with the Hello Honey 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon. I'm going to love this ribbon!

For a fun little accent, I added one of the itty bitty flowers from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. Unfortunately this punch pack is retiring (but still available right now, #118309, $16.95), but I will say there will be a close replacement, so keep your eyes peeled when the new catalog arrives!

I hope you enjoyed my cards today!! I only missed one color from the new 2014-2016 In-Color. It is called Tangelo Twist. I'll plan to share more with that color coming up in the future, so come on back.

Please continue to hop along with the Tour de Freaks. Next time stop is the amazingly talented Connie Babbert at Inkspired Treasures. You're in for a real treat!!



If for some reason a link is broken or you get lost along the way, you can click on any of the links below!

Control Freaks Blog Hop List

1. Heidi Baks at Running with Scissors
2. Mindy Backes at Bada-Bing Crafting!
3. Debbie Henderson at Debbie's Designs
4. Melissa Davies at Rubberfunatics
5. Justin Krieger at JK Cards
6. Wendy Weixler at Wickedly Wonderful Creations
7. Cindy Elam at Heart's Delight Cards
8. Heidi Boos at Stuck on Stampin' (you are here!)
9. Connie Babbert at Inkspired Treasures
10. Judy DiScipio at Judy Stamps
11. Julie Davison at Julie's Stamping Spot

creation station blog hop

About a month or so ago, I was asked to be a part of a new team of {super talented} Stampin' Up! demonstrators! Jen Arkfeld of Stamped Silly asked me to join her and 10 others on a new journey to inspire! I must admit I felt honored to be given this opportunity to "stamp alongside" some creatively blessed people! It is our goal to help you see some of the Stampin' Up! stamp sets and products in a new way. Twice a month (1st and 3rd Sunday) we will be sharing some creative ways using two stamp sets and one product from the current Stampin' Up! catalog. Each of the designers will either choose one stamp set or product to share...or they might choose to showcase all three! This is technically the second hop with The Creation Station, but because I was away on vacation with my family for the first one, this hop will be my first to join everyone!

If you are new to visiting my blog (and coming through on the hop), thank you so much for stopping by! You will soon discover that my stamping style is very clean and simple. One thing I just love about this group of stampers is that we all bring a unique flair and style to the stamping table. As you hop through you will soon notice this!

The stamp sets we were able to choose from were Blast Off (currently on the retiring list and only available in wood mount) or Work of Art, which is a sneak peek stamp set coming soon in the new catalog available June 1st! Seeing as I don't own Blast Off (although it's SUCH a cute set!), the obvious choice for me was to play with the Work of Art stamp set. Our product to play with for this hop was Baker's Twine. We could choose from any of the current catalog twine (which will also be retiring!) or some of the yummy NEW twine that will be available in the 2013-2015 In-Colors! I just love the perks of being a demonstrator to be able to order a few things early!

{Work of Art Stamp Set}

{2013-2015 In Colors Baker's Twine}

I decided I would mesh the stamp set and product together into one card. The polka dot background is created using one of the images from the set and I love the simplicity of the Baker's Twine wrapped around the center of the card. All those colors together are just so divine! I used my Paper Snips to cut out the heart and then added one simple rhinestone. My goal for this card was to ink it up using each of the five in-colors to match the twine.

Stamp Sets	Work of Art
Ink	Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Baked Brown Sugar
Paper	Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Rhinestone Accents, 2013-2015 In-Color Baker's Twine
Tools	Paper Snips

When I saw this twine in my box that arrived on my doorstep last week, I also pictured using it to tie up a cute little box and finishing it with a big bow. I just love this look...especially against the kraft box (which Stampin' Up! sells!). I added a fun tag using the same Work of Art stamp set cut out with the Circle Framelits. It's all dressed up and ready to be given to someone extra special!

Stamp Sets	Work of Art
Ink	Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana
Paper	Strawberry Slush, Whisper White
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, 2013-2015 In-Color Baker's Twine
Tools	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Circle Framelits, Paper Snips

Thank you so much for joining us on the hop! I sincerely hope you feel inspired and excited for what's in store for you in the new catalog. It's just a short 2 weeks away before you can begin ordering! Please continue on the hop and visit the amazingly gifted Jennifer Frost. You will not be disappointed! Just click on the next button to take you there! And if you need to go backwards on the hop, you are able to do that as well...just click on the back button to visit Sara Levin again! Hope to see you all again soon and if you have any questions or just want to say hi, please feel free to leave a comment!

fabulous florets with a sketch and a color challenge

Tonight is my monthly card making night and I decided that I would use only retiring stamp sets to showcase some of the "good ones" that we will be soon saying goodbye to! I chose the stamp sets I had in my stash that aren't currently sold out. Yesterday, I shared the set Lacy & Lovely in a quick and easy card and today I used Fabulous Florets as the second card for card night.

I decided to have a little fun with some blog challenges this week in creating this card...

The papercrafting challenge blog, Can You Case It? is having a challenge to create thank you cards! The card below certainly fits the theme with the "Thank You So Much" from the Lots of Thanks stamp set. 

For color inspiration I used the color combo from The Paper Players (PP195). So soft and pretty!

For a little help with my card layout, I used part of the sketch from Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration, 

As you can see I cut part of the edge off on the right of the card and showing through underneath is some DSP. This just gives a fun twist on the card!

On the inside, I also added a small scallop border using the Scallop Dotted Ribbon Border Punch.

Stamp Sets	Fabulous Florets, Lots of Thanks
Ink	Pear Pizzaz, Calypso Coral
Paper	Whisper White, Pear Pizzaz, Calypso Coral, So Saffron, retired Subtles Paper Stack (So Saffron polka dots)
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Rhinestone Accents, retired Calypso Coral taffeta ribbon (from SAB)
Tools	1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Dotted Ribbon Border Punch, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Circle Framelits

Another card using Fabulous Florets...

quick and easy - lacy & lovely

Today at SSInkspiration we are sharing quick and easy cards! Be sure to head on over to visit to see what the other designers have created, too!

For my upcoming card making night this week I wanted to ink up some retired stamp sets (that aren't sold out yet!) a couple more times before saying goodbye. The stamp set Lacy & Lovely is one of those sets I wanted to play with. While searching for some inspiration, I found this card and then I saw another one similar on Stampin' Connection (a website just for Stampin' Up! demonstrators) by Elisha Smith. And with a little more searching, I found this card, too! So as you can see this layout certainly wasn't my original idea, but it's such a good one I just had to put my own spin on it! The color combination is from Stampin' Up's Inspiring Color Combinations Pinterest board!

The great thing about Lacy & Lovely is that it is so easy to make quick and easy cards with. If you do a Google Image or Pinterest search of this stamp set you will see what I mean! HERE is another super simple card I cased last year using this same set!

If you're interested in this set, it is currently still available in wood mount (clear mount has sold out). Check out my website at heidiboos.stampinup.net (click on SHOP NOW) if you would like to add this set to your collection before it's gone for good!

Item #132025 ~ $24.95

Stamp Sets	Lacy & Lovely
Ink	Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana
Paper	Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Pearl Accents
Tools	1" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch

SSINK - craft room updo

Come on over to SSINKspiration today to take a tour of my craft room re-organization! I'm sharing a whole bunch of pictures over there, so click on the link and come on by for a visit! It's been over a year since my big craft room makeover and I decided I needed a mini "updo" to help keep my creative juices flowing...

P.S. I'm finally back from a 2-week blogging (and crafting) hiatus! One week at Disneyland with my family and last week was dedicated to the teachers at my kids' school for Staff Appreciation. I was in charge of this event this year, so all my attention (and time) went to spoiling the teachers and staff!!

vacation time!

On vacation with the family...be back soon!! 

friday favorites - goodbye to Betsy's Blossoms

It's Friday Favorites today at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and I have a sweet little card to share with you using a soon to be retired FAVORITE stamp set ~ Betsy's Blossoms. This set is still available in wood or clear mount but only while supplies last!! And, don't forget TODAY is the last day for FREE SHIPPING...so be sure to take advantage! Head on over to my online store to place your order (use hostess code: 2WZEMUS6 to earn a small free gift).

Back to the card...

This card came together with the help of Freshly Made Sketches #133 and ColourQ #238. Click on the pictures below to check both challenges out! You can play through Monday, April 28th!

{a little message on the inside}

Stamp Sets	Betsy's Blossoms, Petite Pairs
Ink	Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz
Paper	Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Elegant Eggplant, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Elegant Eggplant Candy Dots
Tools	Paper Snips, Circle Framelits, Paper Piercing Tool

 Be sure to head on over to Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration to check out other design team member's Friday Favorites. See you there!

a collection of favorites

I have decided to apply to be considered as a Display Stamper for this year's annual Stampin' Up! Convention coming up in July. I am so excited to be attending my second Convention this year and the icing on the cake is that I will also be celebrating 5 years with Stampin' Up! Convention is bursting with creative inspiration and I came away last year feeling motivated and inspired ~ the best feeling! The display boards have some amazing works of art and so I thought I could build my stamping confidence by applying to become a Display Stamper myself! It would be such an honor to even be considered!

For those who were interested in applying as a Display Stamper, we were asked to showcase three cards, one scrapbook page, and two 3-D items. I have collected some favorites to share together all in one post. It was actually really hard to narrow it down, but hopefully I am showcasing my clean and simple style. Feel free to click on the link above each card if you would like to see more details.

{I created this card for an Occasions Catalog Card Swap.}

{This is one of four banner cards I created using one layout. Click HERE for more samples!}

{This card was created using a sketch.}

 

{A fun layout I created for the design team I am a part of!}

{Who doesn't love altering the Purse Bigz Die!}

 

{Mini pizza box I created for a monthly blog hop during Sale-A-Bration! I showcased a bundle of products that would sell for $50 to earn a free SAB item! Click HERE for more!}

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by...happy stamping!!

catalog case - for the birds

Today at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration we are showcasing cards that are a catalog CASE. I found this particular card layout in the Occasions Catalog on pg. 15. I needed an easy layout for the fourth card at my card making night and I thought this would be a fun one to use! However, I knew I needed to make it simpler and the DSP needed to stretch a little further, but I loved the idea of the scalloped tag with the new tag topper punch! And the chevron on the top and bottom of the card was just too cute!

 And, here is my take on the card. I used the Watercolor Wonder DSP for the yellow middle piece. The stampers were able to choose between green and blue chevron, so I created a sample of each.

The ribbon I used is retired Daffodil Delight grosgrain ribbon, but I found you a replacement if you were thinking about re-creating the card! It's the Daffodil Delight Seam Binding.

Stamp Sets	For the Birds, Six-Sided Sampler (sentiment)
Ink	Blender Pens, Island Indigo, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray, Calypso Coral
Paper	Whisper White, Watercolor Wonder DSP
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Basic Pearls, White Baker's Twine, 1/2" Daffodil Delight Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools	Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

happy birthday stars

Hopefully you were able to check out the retiring products list for a look at some of the fabulous stamp sets and accessories we will be saying goodbye to! If you haven't yet seen the lists be sure to click on the links below to take a peek! Don't hesitate to order as its only while supplies last! And, of course don't forget there is FREE SHIPPING April 21-25. Be sure to order through my ONLINE STORE and check out the Clearance Rack while you're there!

I will be offering a small gift for anyone who orders using hostess code: 2WZEMUS6

RETIRING STAMP SETS

RETIRING ACCESSORIES

I recently used two stamp sets from the retiring list (although I didn't know they were retiring at the time!) and wanted to share with you the card we created.

{Simply Stars}

{Off the Grid single stamp}

My card was inspired by Amy O'Neill and very closely a complete CASE. In Amy's card she had added some candy dots and a cute clip arrow, but to make it more "card night friendly" I had to take those embellishments away. You should definitely check out her version!

Stamp Sets	Simply Stars, Off the Grid, Cycle Celebration (sentiment)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana
Paper	Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Pumpkin Pie, Coastal Cabana, Polka Dot Parade (Pumpkin Pie) DSP, 2013-2015 In Color Paper Stack (Coastal Cabana Chevron)
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Rhinestones
Tools	Paper Snips, Chevron Punch, Small Star punch (retired), Star punch (retired)