June DSP Stash Buster

 

Throughout June 2023 at Stampin'Up! we have a massive 15% discount on many of the DSP in Annual Catalogue. If you have a long wish list and decide to place an order approaching £99, consider making it up to £99 and get an additional discount – the joining offer is pretty phenomenal at the moment – pay £99 and get £154 of product of your choice– but only until  30^th June.

 

“It’s a fabulous time to join Stampin’ Up! New team members will get even more FREE products in their customisable Starter Kit. Between 1–30 June, those who sign up can get 175 € | £130 207 € | £154 worth of products for only 129 € | £99 + free business supplies + free shipping + all the fun being a part of Stampin’ Up! “ This is open to you if you live in UK,The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Belgium and Ireland  too. You can check this out and join in my SU Shop www.lesleykilby.StampinUp.net

 

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In my craft room, I am having a big destash by using up some of the papers I’ve been so frugal with. Then I can legitimately buy lots more in the DSP event – right?

Don’t shout at me but we will soon be hearing “Christmas in July” etc.  I’m not quite ready for that but I am ready to make little gifts, thank you presents, teacher appreciation gifts and just small Happy Mail and RAK for my friends and neighbours.

I found several small notepads in my stash that I’ve had since I used to run a local craft fayre and so I’ve cased my own makes using SU papers.

In the video, I explain how to calculate dimensions to make a cover for any size paper pad. 

Here are the three I showed in the video but please check the size of your pads before you start and leave a little extra room in the spine for the extra thickness of card in the pockets.

1. small jotter with black card and  Zoo Crew DSP

• cut card 7 1/2" x 5 3/4" or 5 1/2 US ( 14.5 x 19 cms)
• score long side at 3 1/2, 4 (9,10 cms)
• turn score short side 4 1/8 (10.5cms)

2. A6 tablet covered with Starry Sky card and Fancy Flora DSP

• cut card 9 x 8 1/4 (US 8 1/2) (22.7cms x A4 width )
• score long side 4 3/8, 4 5/8 ( 11, 11.7cms)
• turn and score short side 6 1/8" ( 15.5cms)

3. Shopping list pads covered in Garden Green card and Fresh as a Daisy DSP

•  cut card 6 1/4 x A4 or US letter (15.5 cms x A4)
• score short side at 3, 3 1.4 (7.5, 8cms)
• turn and score short side at 81/2" (21.5cms)

See the video on YT to show you how I made them . Please like and subscribe to me on socials.

If you would like to purchase any products from SU and don't already have a demo, I would love you to place an order with me. If you are interested in becoming a demo yourself, even for a trial time, you can contact me via messenger or email -lkilby3591@gmail.com. 

I would love to know if you try this simple method of making a covered notepad and how successful you are/ have been at busting your stash of DSP.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to use that DSP!

See you soon,

Lesley xx

Dancing hippo

 Good afternoon, 

We are enjoying absolutely beautiful weather here in the UK and we have a Bank Holiday weekend too! Let’s hope it stays this way as we are actually away with our caravan on a rally in Lincolnshire. 

Here is a card I hadn’t intended to post until we got back home but it will be too late to enter it for the Global Design Project. It’s a fun double slider card with a twist; both sides pull out as usual and as if by magic the dancing hippo floats gracefully across the stage. ❤️

All images are copyright Stampin’Up!

For this project I used the fab Zoo Crew Suite by StampinUp! #161319. The tiger ballerina image was die cut from the DSP and the others fussy cut. All the curtains s, tie-backs and ballon’s are from the suite too. I used the stylish shapes dies  to cut the banner and 1 u/8” ouch to make the pull out handles. 

I love the Lost Lagoon cardstock. So pretty when teamed with the pastel pink , crumb cake and black. Lost lagoon ink for stamping coordinates perfectly 🩵

Hope you all have a creative weekend 

See you back here soon,

Lesley x

This little Piggy.....

 Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by. My card today is the cutest mix of old and new; an old, retired Stampin'Up! stamp that is no longer in the present catalogue so only available second-hand, and a brand new 6 x6 DSP called Bright and Beautiful which is in the new Annual catalogue (#161449).

I made the card for our niece who is crazy about all things Piggy. In a recent tidying of the craft room (sharp intake of breath, here) I rediscovered a handful of centre stepper card bases that I had made ages ago - result - just right for a piggy. That would have been a bit bland for this character so I added a topper element. I've hand-drawn a template from my own bases. If you're in the US, your card will be shorter at 11" so please use the extra sizes on the far right and the full length of your card. 

 I love the new DSP - it's just right for any kind of celebration and they suit this card so well. The 6x6 packs have 48 sheets so plenty of fun ahead. you might see lots more cards using these papers with the new in-colours - lemon lime twist / pretty peacock / azure afternoon / blueberry bushel / berry burst / bubble bath. 

If you need lots of co-ordinating cardstock, SU do a mixed pack of 20 A4 sheets so you can try them all out with minimal outlay - such a great idea! (see product list below)

Thanks so much for joining me again today. 

Lesley x

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Contact me via messenger or email: lkilby3591@gmail.com

SU Products used:

Bright & Beautiful 6 x 6 DSP #161449

Thick Basic white  card #159392

Paper trimmer #152392    Id be lost without this !!!! 

Paper snips scissors  #103579

Multi purpose liquid glue #154974

New incolour mixed pack  cardstock#161709

Moody Mauve ink pad #161649

Simply Shammy stamp cleaner #147042

Musical Theatre

 Woohoo!

At last the new StampinUp! Annual Catalogue is live and I can take orders for the wonderful new products and fresh colours.

Here is a theatre card I made with new Zoo Crew Suite. As soon as I saw the pictures of the suite online, I knew I wanted to try this style of card and it was so right. When I make a purchase, I want to know I can really get full use out of every bit - with this suite

*the DSP has cute animals on one side - these are themed - music, hobbies, dancing, party, outdoors, wheels. 

*Each of the papers has a different back-side which is black and white so no scrap gets wasted. Double winner there! 

*The animals themselves are mainly line-drawings with a pop of colour so you can leave them or colour in. The coloured parts go with old and new colours **** - petal pink / pumpkin pie /lemon-lime twist - returning new colour / pool party / crumb cake / basic black 

*they are cute but not tooo cute so they work for young people and young at heart too!

*the animals can be easily fussy cut or even better - there are outline dies to cut out many of them ***

*the stamp set includes 6 animals, 3 sentiments and cute music notes and party stars. I made my own background with the music notes ** They are sized to fit the dies*, great sentimentsin nice font*. I love that I can make these animals in any colour in case i run out of the ones that match the papers.

*the dies include  trees, cloud, flowers, balloons, flag label, plus the curtains and tie-backs to make the stage setting too.

*ooh, nearly forgot!- The suite comes with 2 colours of narrow ribbon (petal pink and lemon/lime) so I don't have to buy any extras for the time being - there is always so much new stuff that I have to be a bit mindful of the budget and not overspend!!!!! We all have a budget! 

So when I buy something new, I like to have 3 stars or uses for products or suites - I got to at least eight without even scratching myhead - so I got it!!!

Can you tell, I love it! Maybe.

I haven't made a video to show the construction of the card but if you search Theatre card there are lots on YouTube.

Thanks so much for joining me again today. 

Lesley x

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Here are the SU products I used to make this but you could use any colour card.

Zoo Crew Suite #161319    

(which includes the Zany Zoo bundled stamps and dies with 10% savings #161315) 

Zoo Crew DSP #161304,    

Ribbon duo combo pack #161318

Lost Lagoon cardstock #133686

Lemon Lolly cardstock # 161729

Lost Lagoon ink pad #161678

The sentiment label is one of the dies from Stylish Shapes #159183

Enjoy the rhythm fancy fold card

This card has a great profile and stands well to display both the lovely stamped images and the fancy folds. This stamp set makes brilliant cards for teenagers but is also suitable for the musical people in our lives of all ages. 

I've teamed it with a musical embossing folder and added a ribbon of paper from the new Fresh as a Daisy papers. Ive also brushed a little of the new colour ink -Pecan Pie - to highlight the musical embossing and  pull colours together. Early Espresso stamping makes the images pop. The new items are available from 2nd May but the others are all online now.

Thanks so much for joining me again today. 

Lesley x

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My thanks for the basic card design today go to Sue Campfield but I have tweaked it just a litle and added my own twist to it. 

Enjoy the Rhythm Stamp set ~160361

Merry Melody 3D Embossing folder #156392

Crumb cake cardstock #121685

Very Vanilla basic cardstock #106550

Pecan Pie ink pad ~161665 (from 2nd May)

Early Espresso ink pad #147114

Stylish shapes dies #159183

Something fancy dies #160424

Adhesive backed solid gems #161300

Paper trimmer #152392    

Stampin@ cut & Emboss machine #149653

Paper snips scissors  #103579

Multi purpose liquid glue #154974

Simply Shammy stamp cleaner #147042

 

 

Cascading Pop-up card

 Good Morning everyone,

It's a wonderful sunny start to the day here in beautiful Hampshire. I hope you are also enjoying better weather.

The

unusual pop-up card I'm sharing today showcases the new "Fresh as a Daisy" suite from StampinUp! In the video I include a quick look at the vibrant DSP which is available to order from 2nd May in the new 2023-4 Annual Catalogue and on my shop on the same date. For orders between £30 and £98, please quote the Host code MK2K3NVF to get a little Freebie from me in the post! If you are considering ordering £99 or more, please contact me to discuss the options available to you, including discount on your order.

Here are the cutting sizes for the card in the video:

	A4 inches	US inches	A4 metric cm
Base – thick card score	4 1/8 x A4 5 ¾ from each end	4 ¼ x 11 5 3/8 from each end	10.5 x 29.5  14.5 from each end
Mechanism - Score long side   Short side	7 ½ x 6   2 ¾, 3 ½, 4 ¼, 7   3/8”to fold, cut ¾” as video	7 ½ x 6   2 ¾, 3 ½, 4 ¼, 7   3/8”to fold, cut ¾” as video	19 x 16   7,9,11,18   1cm to fold, Cut at 2 cm as video
Belly band	1” x A4 cut to length	1” x 11” cut to length	2.5 x A4 cut to length
Front Mat DSP	3 7/8 x 5 ½ 3 5/8 x 5 1/4	4 x 5 ½ 3 3/4 x 5 1/8	10 x 14 9.5 x 13.5
Inside DSP cut 2	3 7/8 x 5 1/2	4 x 5 1/8	10 x 14

Thanks so much for joining me. 

Lesley x

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SU Products - all available in my store https://lesleykilby.stampinup.net/  

My thanks to Katja Hamann of KreativePause-EL for the inspiration.

SU Products used:

Fresh as a Daisy Suite #161301

Bright & Beautiful 6 x 6 DSP #161449

 Basic white  card #159228

Thick Basic white  card #159392

Paper trimmer #152392    Id be lost without this !!!! 

Stampin@ cut & Emboss machine #149653

Paper snips scissors  #103579

Multi purpose liquid glue #154974

Thick Basic white  card  #159230

Moody Mauve ink pad #161+49

Bubble bath ink pad #161664

Lemon Lolly ink pad ~161666

 Sponge daubers ~133773

Simply Shammy stamp cleaner #147042

Use your scraps

 Lately I've been trying to use up scraps of Stampin'Up! DSP from older suites as the annual catalogue will be out soon.  

I really love this paper from the Hues of Happiness Suite, the dies are lovely too with some that cut out the pretty blooms and there are useful stamps in the set. 

Here is what I made with some scraps

Card base -  5 1/2 x 8 1/4 heavy weight basic white, scored at 4 1/8. (US  5 1/2 x 8 1/2, score at 4 1/4) (edited as I trimmed base to 5 1/2) 

Ordinary basic white - 2 x 5 1/2, score every 1/2" on long side - do not fold

scraps 1/2" wide DSP, co-ordinating cardstock

Flowers and leaves cut from DSP

Gems

Here is how I made it:

 Comparing the embossed card front and plain one I made first; I like both, just different.

Thanks so much for joining me. 

Lesley x

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SU Products used:

Thick Basic white  card  #159230

Basic white  card #159228

Hues of Happiness DSP ~158822 (this is likely to be discontinued so maybe available at a special price soon)

In colour glossy dots#158827

On line 3D basic embossing folder  set #161598

Paper trimmer #152392    Id be lost without this !!!! 

Dimensional foam pads #104430

Paper snips scissors  #103579

Multi purpose liquid glue #154974