A Ginger Snap! New Products for Your Wish List!

Aug 16, 2013 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

1.   New Arrival: Stampin' Up! Trimmer Rotary Additions & Video

You may have noticed a new product in the 2013/2014 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog…Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Additions.  If you read the "fine print", it said it would be available in August.  Well August is here and it's now available – woohoo!!

Rotary-Additions-DO

I have mine on order and I can't wait to get it.  In the meantime, I watched the video below created by Stampin' Up! and now I'm ready to put it into action when it arrives.  I highly recommend watching the tips on how to use the new Rotary Additions, plus a quick review on the Stampin' Trimmer itself (which is now my favorite trimmer of all-time – and I'm not just saying that because I'm a demonstrator…I truly love this product!) 

WATCH VIDEO:  Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Additions

 

Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Additions now available:

 

2.  The newest polymer stamps are just what we have been waiting to see.  PERFECT "thank you" sentiments.  Take a look & then click the link below the picture for more information. 

 

Flyer_photopolymer_Aug1513_US.pdf 

 

3.  New Holiday Single Stamps – click the link below

Single Stamps: Assortment 5 — Holiday

NEW SINGLE STAMPS—CHRISTMAS STAR

Simply Stars is one of my favorite new stamp sets. The new Christmas Star single stamp is quickly climbing the ranks. I’m a fan of big images, and this one is definitely big.

I love stars because they are very versatile. It isn’t an overtly feminine or masculine shape and can be used year-round for all kinds of projects.

This framed décor project is a fun collection of different textures and patterns. Because the star stamp is so large, it easily becomes a popped-up 3D star by scoring and folding. I also used the Chevron Border Punch, the Expressions Thinlits Dies, and a canvas banner piece from the Banner Simply Created Kit in the holiday catalog.

The Mini Muslin Bag project was a lot of fun to do, too. To get a perfectly crisp image, I heat embossed the star with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder onto parchment paper, then ironed it onto the muslin bag. It does take the shine off of the embossing powder, but it guarantees a perfect image and perfect placement every time.

This bag would be a perfect holiday gift. I made a bundle of five note card-sized greeting cards and paired them with the new Crumb Cake Note Card envelopes. These cards are very simple—just the Christmas Star stamped in Sahara Sand ink and the Season’s Greetings sentiment from the Joy to The World Stamp Set embossed in gold. I finished it off with a quick Linen Thread bow.

 

 4.  Best of 25 years – cutest Halloween stamps ever!  Click the link beneath the flyer to see a viewable copy.

Best of Halloween

August – Best of Halloween

Woo – that was a lot of exciting information!  But, I wanted to let you know about all the new fun things that Stampin' Up! is providing.  

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Hugs,

Ginger

A Ginger Snap! Beware of Things That Go Bump in the Night!

Aug 15, 2013 | Halloween | 5 comments

The talented Margaret Moody provided the following sketch for the PPA 168 Challenge.a the sketch for the PPA 168 Challenge.PPA168 

For my card, I turned the sketch and took some liberties with the circles.

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  The Witches' Brew Designer Paper provides the backdrop with the bat on newsprint dsp.  I used both Halloween Bash and Halloween Hello to stamp images.  I stamped the Beware from Halloween Bash twice  – once in Pumpkin Pie and once in Black Staz On.  The black image was punched with the Large Oval Punch to isolate the middle and the Pumpkin Pie image was punched with the Scallop Oval Punch.  Stampin' Dimensionals made easy work of popping these up.

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I stamped the Decorative Label image with Black Staz On and punched it out with the Decorative Label Punch.  This provides the  base for the images mentioned previously.

Halloween Hello has the cutest smaller images.  From it, I selected my sentiment – Halloween Hello. I stamped it with Pumkin Pie ink and sprinkled clear embossing powder over it.  The Heat Tool brought it to life.  It looked a little plain so I edged it with Black Staz On ink to give it a spooky look.

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Rhinestones and Pumpkin Pie Candy Dots add the finishing touches.  Notice the rhinestones in the eyes of the largest bat on the dsp.

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES USED:

stamps – Halloween Bash 130577 wood, 130580 clear, Halloween hello 131718 wood, 131721 clear

ink – Pumkin Pie, Black Staz On

paper – Withches ' Brew dsp 132185, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Vey Vanilla

accessories – Brights Candy Dots 130931, Rhinestone Basic Jewels 119246, Large Oval Punch 119855, Scallop Oval Punch 119856, Decorative Label Punch 120907

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Hugs,

Ginger