Punch Box Tin Promotion

Stampin' UP! has announced several exciting promotions recently. For the first time, select retiring accessories are being offered at a 25% discount while supplies last! The list of retired accessories included in this promotion can be found here. The list of all retiring accessories include the following. Items highlighted in red have sold out and are no longer available:

109200 Accents & Elements Build A Flower
110718 Accents & Elements Lucky Star
110719 Accents & Elements Messenger
103158 Acrylic Graph & Grid
108638 Card Stock 12 X 12 In Color
108642 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Blue Bayou
108643 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Groovy Guava
108637 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 In Color
108640 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 River Rock
108639 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Soft Sky
108641 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Wild Wasabi
108644 Card Stock 8-1/2 X 11 Purely Pomegranate
103975 Card Stock Brushed Copper - Not Available
108694 Card Stock Textured 12 X 12 In Color
107312 Cards & Envelopes Gift Whisper White
107292 Cards & Envelopes Greeting Whisper White
109116 Notes & Envelopes Long Notes
109118 Notes & Envelopes Love Notes
109117 Notes & Envelopes Pocket Notes*
110729 Notes & Envelopes Scallop Notes
109119 Notes & Envelopes Gift Notes
109018 Classic Stampin' Ink Blue Bayou - Not Available
109019 Classic Stampin' Ink Groovy Guava
109017 Classic Stampin' Ink Purely Pomegranate
109016 Classic Stampin' Ink River Rock - Not Available
109015 Classic Stampin' Ink Soft Sky
109020 Classic Stampin' Ink Wild Wasabi - Not Available
109013 Classic Stampin' Pad Blue Bayou
109012 Classic Stampin' Pad Groovy Guava
109011 Classic Stampin' Pad Purely Pomegranate
109010 Classic Stampin' Pad River Rock
109009 Classic Stampin' Pad Soft Sky
109014 Classic Stampin' Pad Wild Wasabi
110751 Designer Series Paper Azure*
110696 Designer Series Paper Bali Breeze
110749 Designer Series Paper Berry Bliss
109154 Designer Series Paper Cutie Pie
110699 Designer Series Paper East Coast Prep*
109160 Designer Series Paper Fall Flowers
109159 Designer Series Paper Flowers For You*
110697 Designer Series Paper Ginger Blossom
110479 Designer Series Paper Jersey Shore*
109151 Designer Series Paper Le Jardin
110748 Designer Series Paper Notebook*
110750 Designer Series Paper Olive Press
109153 Designer Series Paper Porcelain Prints*
109175 Designer Series Paper Prints Almost Amethyst*
109177 Designer Series Paper Prints Always Artichoke
109173 Designer Series Paper Prints Blue Bayou
109174 Designer Series Paper Prints Brilliant Blue
109178 Designer Series Paper Prints Certainly Celery
109169 Designer Series Paper Prints Close to Cocoa* - Not Available
109168 Designer Series Paper Prints Groovy Guava*
109171 Designer Series Paper Prints Lovely Lilac
109172 Designer Series Paper Prints More Mustard
109176 Designer Series Paper Prints Old Olive
109170 Designer Series Paper Prints Pumpkin Pie
109164 Designer Series Paper Prints River Rock*
109167 Designer Series Paper Prints Rose Red
109166 Designer Series Paper Prints So Saffron
109165 Designer Series Paper Prints Soft Sky
109163 Designer Series Paper Prints Tempting Turquoise
110698 Designer Series Paper Spring Break
110273 Designer Series Paper Spring Fling*
10271 Designer Series Paper Spring Silhouettes
110272 Designer Series Paper Western Sky
107299 Envelope Confetti Cream Medium
105320 Eyelets Basic
100375 Eyelets Bold Brights
100381 Eyelets Earth Elements
107233 Eyelets Fresh Favorites I
107234 Eyelets Fresh Favorites II
105316 Eyelets Rich Regals
100378 Eyelets Soft Subtles - Not Available
105515 Hodgepodge Hardware Pewter - Not Available
15531 Hodgepodge Hardware Antique Brass - Not Available
105532 Hodgepodge Hardware Aged Copper - Not Available
101120 Metallic Art Pencils
107307 On Board Accents
109181 On Board Blossoms & Basic
109179 On Board Ginormous Pieces
107306 On Board Simon Lower
102678 Mulberry Paper White - Not Available
19227 Punch Box Three For You
102686 Punch Handheld Rectangle
100271 Pure Color Pencils
109060 Ribbon Double-Stitched Blue Bayou - Not Available
19063 Ribbon Double-Stitched Groovy Guava - Not Available
109061 Ribbon Double-Stitched Purely Pomegranate - Not Available
109062 Ribbon Double-Stitched River Rock*
109059 Ribbon Double-Stitched Soft Sky
109058 Ribbon Double-Stitched Wild Wasabi - Not Available
109189 Ribbon Originals Beachfront*
109187 Ribbon Originals District*
109188 Ribbon Originals Fairy Tale
109185 Ribbon Originals Jersey*
109184 Ribbon Originals Sherbert
109186 Ribbon Originals Theater
110716 Ribbon Striped Grosgrain Wild Wasabi*
110281 Rub-Ons Cherished Memories*
110284 Rub-Ons Eastern Elegance*
110285 Rub-Ons Urban West*
110557 Simply Scrappin' Boho Blend
109610 Simply Scrappin' Confetti
110572 Simply Scrappin' Crew Kids Boy
110567 Simply Scrappin' Crew Kids Girl
109597 Simply Scrappin' Home Again
110562 Simply Scrappin' Rose Cottage
109648 Simply Scrappin' Special Delivery Boy
109627 Simply Scrappin' Special Delivery Girl - Not Available
10587 Simply Scrappin' Summer Days
110577 Simply Scrappin' Tie The Knot
111184 Simply Sent Friendly Notes
109228 Simply Sent Simple Delights - Not Available
19229 Simply Sent Three Thoughts - Not Available
106662 Stampin'Around Wheel Daisy Field
107561 Stampin'Around Wheel Garden Annuals
109681 Stampin'Around Wheel Good Dog
109678 Stampin'Around Wheel Kisses
107482 Stampin'Around Wheel Lily Pad
109680 Stampin'Around Wheel Meow
109677 Stampin'Around Wheel Mistletoe
106610 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Basics Outline
107467 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Birthday
109571 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Dilly Dally Baby
109570 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Dilly Dally Friends
109569 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Dilly Dally Party
108423 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Leaves A La Carte - Not Available
107468 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Nature Hike
108980 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Petals
107464 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Rough Texture
111261 Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel Spunky Spots
109554 Stampin' Color Index Labels
109553 Stampin' Color Index Labels (French)
106694 Stampin' Kids Markers
101399 Stipple Brushes - Not Available
12673 Zig Painty

You will notice that some of these are already no longer available, so now is the time to stock up on what is left.

The second promotion is an offer to purchase the empty Punch Box Tin. This tin is the perfect size for storing your cards. I have a couple of boxes from previous Punch Box kits and mine are filled with cards. They fit two stacks of cards or a stack of cards and a stack of envelopes perfectly. Of course, there are many other uses for them. I'm thinking that they would be perfect for organizing all my kids' art supplies - one for markers, one for stamps, one for pencil crayons, and so on. The clear tops make it easy to see the contents (and it's oh so fun to add rub-ons to them!). Here are the details of what I did to mine to quickly dress it up:

Touch of Nature Card

Here's a quick sneek peek at one of the three quick and easy projects I have planned for Tuesday's Retirement Party. If you live in the area and would still like to register, you still have time! Email me by Sunday, July 20th to reserve your spot. There is no cost for this event.

Chocolate, Anyone?

I found these boxes of chocolates on sale the other day. My first thought was, "what can I create with these", followed quickly by, "Mmmmm, chocolate!". I had to cover them quickly before they disappeared. Again, I embossed the chipboard after covering it with craft ink.

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Berry Bliss

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink (craft); Versamark

Stamps: Fresh Cuts, Priceless

Embossed Chipboard Frames

Six months after the fact, I finally started scrapbooking our Disney Cruise! I was playing with some squares of Bali Breeze Paper and felt inspired to add some pictures from our stop at the Butterfly Farm on Grand Cayman Island. The title was created by printing my text in Microsoft word and using a Hobby Blade to cut it out. I also embossed a chipboard frame and added rubons to buttons.

Papers: Bali Breeze Patterned Paper, Whisper White Textured Cardstock, Taken with Teal

Inks: Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, & Whisper White Craft Pads and Versamark

Stamps: Priceless

I love using chipboard. My favorite technique is to ink it with craft ink. Classic ink can work in a pinch, but it tends to soak into the chipboard, requiring more ink and leaving the color less vibrant. For an extra special touch, try embossing your colored chipboard with white ink. Here's how:

Cover your entire piece of chipboard with craft ink. I like to use ink spots for this. When using craft ink, make sure to heat set the color before going on to the next step.

Stamp over your colored chipboard with a stamp inked with versamark. Sprinkle embossing powder over top and set with your heat tool. You can also stamp in another color of craft ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Also try making your own embellishments by stampin with craft ink and then embossing your image with clear embossing powder before you cut it out. You can also emboss buttons or use rubons on them, as I did here, to create your own unique embellishments.

Box in a Bag: Is it a Box or is it a Bag?

Ahh, Summer Holidays. While most people stop updating their blogs over Summer, I hope to finally catch up on some stamping and posting now that my pile of marking isn't nagging at my conscience! I discovered the pattern for this fabulous little box in a bag on Paula Goff's blog, Inking Addict and I had to make one myself. I used Ginger Blossom Designer Series Paper, Blue Bayou Cardstock and ribbon, Soft Sky Paper and Ink, and elements from the Pretties Kit, as well as some hodgpodge hardware and jumbo brads. The stamp is from the "A Beautiful Thing" set.

Mini Album in a Box

Last month one of my club ladies was looking at a box of 3x3 cards that I made almost a year ago using instructions I found online. She asked me if we could make the same thing at club this month. Several people in my other club group requested a mini album for our final meeting. I decided to combine the two, tweak the measurements a bit in order to get two boxes out of one sheet of cardstock, and the Mini Album in a Box was born.

Mini Album Box

Supplies:

1 - 7.75" x 5.5" piece of solid cardstock

1 - 3" x 3.5" piece of patterned paper for the lid

1 - Scallop circle (embellished)

1 - brad

Score your solid cardstock along the short side at 3 3/8" and 4 3/8". Rotate your cardstock and score the long side at 1" and 4.5"

Cut along the short score lines to where the lines intersect. Do the same to the other side. This will create flaps for your box. Glue everything together to create the box.

Score the patterned paper along the long side at .5" and 1.5". This will be the lid to your box. Fold along the score lines and glue the smallest section to the outside of the your box to create the lid. Round the corners of the front of the lid.

Pierce the centre of your scallop and use the brad to adhere it to the box. You will need to pierce the box in the centre, just below the flap (make sure not to pierce through the lid). The lid will tuck in behind the scallop, holding everything in place.

Mini Album

I created my album by accordion folding a 3x12 strip of cardstock (scored at 3", 6", & 9"). I added another panel to mine by adding an additional 3x6 (scored at 3") piece. This way my club ladies had the choice of making either three 3x3 cards or the mini album.

Ribbon Holder

It's my last day of work today and I woke up early. Thankfully I'll have the summer to sleep! I thought I'd share a couple of pictures of June's club projects. My wonderful upline, Crystal, showed me this adorable ribbon holder. It's a 2-4-6-8 box with a lid. To create the box, score a half sheet of cardstock along the short side at 2, 4, 6, and 8. Rotate it and score at 2 along the long side. Cut along the short score lines to where they intersect in order to create flaps for your box (cut off the smallest flap). I used my cropadile to set the jumbo eyelets, but it will require cutting down the middle two bottom flaps in order to reach. The lid is made from a 4x4 piece of Berry Bliss paper. Score all four sides at slightly under 1"