Inspiration Ink

Love Life

Here's a pretty encouragement card that uses quite a few retiring products.  Remember that retiring stamp sets are available until May 31.  Retiring accessories, however, are only available while supplies last or until May 31, whichever comes first!  Retiring products are highlighted in red.

Uses Cottage Garden Clear-Mount Set plus Pink Pirouette Card Stock, Certainly Celery Card Stock, Soft Suede Card Stock, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink Classic Stampin' Pad, Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad, Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker, Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker, Certainly Celery 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Pretty in Pink 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads, Clear-Mount Block A, Clear-Mount Block B, Clear-Mount Block C, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Paper Snips, Craft Scissors, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Multipurpose Platform, Standard Texturz Impressions Pad, Standard Texturz Silicone Rubber, and Perfect Details Texturz Plates.

Turtle & Co. Ideas

Don't forget about our Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Set.  It's a really cute set called Turtle & Co.  It's only available until May 31 and then it will be retired.  If you purchase it, Stampin' Up! will donate $3 from the purchase to RMHC.

Here are a few ideas for using this cute set to get you started.  Products in red are retiring.  Remember that retiring stamp sets are available through May 31.  Retiring accessories, however, are only available while supplies last or until May 31, whichever comes first.  Enjoy!

Uses Turtle & Co. Clear-Mount Set plus Peach Parfait Card Stock, Pear Pizzazz Card Stock, Garden Green Card Stock, Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad, 2010-2012 In Color Stampin' Write Markers (Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz), Garden Green Stampin' Write Marker, Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon, Clear-Mount Block C, Clear-Mount Block G, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Paper Snips, Craft Scissors, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Multipurpose Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, and Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Uses Turtle & Co. Clear-Mount Set plus Old Olive Card Stock, Certainly Celery Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad, Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write Marker, Certainly Celery Stampin' Write Marker, Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Brights Designer Buttons, Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads, Clear-Mount Block B, Clear-Mount Block G, SNAIL Adhesive, Sticky Strip, Mini Glue Dots, Paper-Piercing Tool (for prying jewel out of rhinestone brad), Craft Scissors, and Scallop Edge Border Punch.

Uses Turtle & Co. Clear-Mount Set and Petite Pairs Clear-Mount Set plus Real Red Card Stock, Old Olive Card Stock, Certainly Celery Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad, Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad, Real Red Stampin' Write Marker, Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker, Certainly Celery Stampin' Write Marker, Real Red 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Subtles Designer Buttons, Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads, Clear-Mount Block C, Clear-Mount Block G, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Mini Glue Dots, Paper Snips, Craft Scissors, Craft & Rubber Scissors (for cutting off excess prongs on brad), 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Multipurpose Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Circles #2 Originals Die, and Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die.

Uses Turtle & Co. Clear-Mount Set plus Poppy Parade Card Stock, So Saffron Card Stock, Baja Breeze Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad, Baja Breeze Classic Stampin' Pad, 2010-2012 In Color Stampin' Write Markers (Poppy Parade), So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker, Baja Breeze Stampin' Write Marker, and So Saffron 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon.

Weekly Inspiration

I admit it, I'm definitely hooked on Stampin' Up!  I even dream about stamping sometimes!  Today's card is one that I actually dreamed about and then had to figure out how to actually stamp.  It worked out pretty much the way I'd dreamed it.  I think it looks very art deco.  If you know someone who loves the Wizard of Oz, try making it in green so it looks like the Emerald City.  Enjoy!

Supplies

- Elegant Thank You a la carte stamp, page 20, $6.95

- Wisteria Wonder 8-1/2" x 11" Card Stock, page 176, $6.95

- Whisper White 8-1/2" x 11" Card Stock, page 180, $8.50

- Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad, page 176, $5.95

- Brushed Silver 8-1/2" x 11" Card Stock, page 181, $7.95

- Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon, page 195, $5.95

- Basic Rhinestones Jewels, page 198, $4.95

- SNAIL Adhesive, page 206, $6.95

- Stampin' Dimensionals, page 206, $3.95

- Sticky Strip, page 206, $6.95

- Grid Paper, page 207, $9.95

- Paper Snips, page 208, $9.95

- Craft Scissors, page 208, $29.95

- Paper Cutter, page 208, $24.95

- Replacement Cutting & Scoring Blades, page 208, $5.95

- Modern Label Punch, page 209, $16.95

- Extra-Large Oval Punch, page 212, $16.95

- Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (includes Multipurpose Platform and Standard Cutting Pads), page 215, $99.95

- Designer Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folders Set, page 218, $8.95

Directions

1)  Cut a piece of Whisper White Card Stock to 2 x 5 1/8".

2)  Use the Modern Label Punch to punch out 12 pieces from scraps of Wisteria Wonder Card Stock.

3)  Lay the white rectangle down on the Grid Paper so it is centered along the long side with the top edge on the horizontal line in the center of the Grid Paper.

4)  Adhere one of the Modern Label Punch pieces to the white rectangle so it is right in the center horizontally and very close to the top edge.

5)  Adhere 5 of the punched out pieces to the right of the center punch.  Just barely let them overlap on the right edge of the previous punch and move them each down 1/4" from the previous punch.  The lines on the Grid Paper will guide you.

6)  Adhere 5 of the punched out pieces to the left of the center punch.  Just barely let them overlap the previous punch on the left edge and move them each down 1/4".  Again, use the Grid Paper to guide you.

7)  Adhere the final Modern Label punched out piece over the center punched out piece.

8)  Use Paper Snips to trim off the excess punched out pieces hanging off the right, left, and bottom edges of the white rectangle.

9)  Cut a piece of Wisteria Wonder Card Stock to 3 7/8 x 5 1/8".

10)  Adhere the white rectangle with the punched out pieces on it to the top of the Wisteria Wonder rectangle.

11)  Adhere a piece of Whisper White Organza Ribbon to the rectangles to cover the seam.

12)  Cut a piece of Brushed Silver Card Stock to 4 x 5 1/4".

13)  Adhere the Wisteria Wonder rectangle to the Brushed Silver rectangle.

14)  Cut a piece of Wisteria Wonder Card Stock to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" using the Paper Cutter.

15)  Score the card stock along the 8 1/2" side at 4 1/4" using the Scoring Blade on the Paper Cutter.  Fold in half to make card.

16)  Adhere the Brushed Silver rectangle to the front of the card.

17)  Cut a piece of Brushed Silver Card Stock to 2 1/4 x 3".

18)  Insert the Brushed Silver Card Stock into the oval frame Designer Frames Embossing Folder so the oval is centered on the card stock.

19)  Build a a sandwich of Multipurpose Platform with Tab 2 open, one Standard Cutting Pad, embossing folder with card stock inside as outlined in step 18, and the other Standard Cutting Pad.  Run through the Big Shot.

20)  Use the Paper Snips to carefully cut out the embossed oval.

21)  Stamp the Elegant Thank You image in Wisteria Wonder Ink onto a scrap of Whisper White Card Stock.

22)  Use the Extra-Large Oval Punch to punch out the sentiment.

23)  Adhere the sentiment oval to the inside of the embossed oval image.

24)  Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the ovals to the center of the front of the card.

25)  Put two of the smallest Basic Rhinestones Jewels on the flourishes above and below the sentiment.

26)  Put one of the largest Basic Rhinestones Jewels on the top of the center Modern Label punched out piece.

27)  Put medium sized Basic Rhinestones Jewels on top of most of the other Modern Label punched out pieces.

28)  Put the smallest Basic Rhinestones Jewels on the two outer Modern Label punched out pieces.

Tips

The Grid Paper is awesome for projects like this where you want to line things up evenly.  It's also great for protecting your work surface from ink and stray spots of adhesive.

The Elegant Thank You a la carte stamp is retiring on May 31.  If you'd like to own this stamp, please be sure to order it soon!

The Paper Cutter on page 208 is being retired in the current configuration.  This product is being reconfigured in an improved form and will be available again in the new form in the new catalog effective June 1.  If you really prefer the current configuration, please be sure to order the Paper Cutter as soon as you can.  Since the Paper Cutter is retiring and is an accessory, it is only available while supplies last or until May 31, whichever comes first.

The Replacement Cutting & Scoring Blades and Replacement Cutting Blade Refills for the Paper Cutter (on page 208) are retiring.  Since they are accessories, they are only available while supplies last or until May 31, whichever comes first.  If you own the current Paper Cutter and don't plan to replace it any time soon, please be sure to stock up on the replacement cutting and scoring blades before they disappear!

Take It Tuesday

You can stop by anytime between 2 p.m and 7 p.m.  You don't have to tell me in advance that you are coming, just pop by!

You can pay me for an order or upcoming event, register for an upcoming event, or place an order.  Plus, you can browse through samples I have on display and take pictures of the samples so you can use them for inspiration at home.

Retired merchandise is back out for sale so you can shop through it while you are here too.

You can also bring any products you may have that you'd like a little extra instruction on how to use and I'll give you a quick lesson.   So, if you have a punch that is giving you trouble or aren't sure what sandwich to use with a Big Shot Die or want some tips on using Wheels, etc. bring them along and get a one-on-one lesson.

If you have cards to donate for Operation Write Home, bring those too!  Please just remember - absolutely no glitter!

I'll also have a couple of quick and easy card projects ready for you to stamp if you wish.  These projects are different each week.  Cost will be $1 per project made.  You may make one of each of the two cards available if you wish.

Today we'll be making these two cards:

Uses Full of Life Set plus Peach Parfait Card Stock, Pear Pizzazz Card Stock, Concord Crush Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad, 2010-2012 In Color Stampin' Write Markers (Peach Parfait and Concord Crush), Peach Parfait 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon, Clips Assortment, White uni-ball Signo Gel Pen, SNAIL Adhesive, 2-Way Glue Pen, Craft Scissors, and Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack.

Uses Packed for Dad a la carte stamp plus Cherry Cobbler Card Stock, Night of Navy Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad, Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker, Night of Navy Stampin' Write Marker, Sahara Sand Stampin' Write Marker, Basic Gray Stampin' Write Marker, Blue 3/8" Denim Jean Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Craft Scissors, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Multipurpose Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, and Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Products listed in red are retiring soon.

April Club Contest Winners

Each month, I challenge the members of my Stampin' Clubs to create a project for a contest and submit it to me.  I assign a theme for them each month.  Everyone in the Clubs then votes on their favorite 2 entries and the top entries win their creators a $5 coupon to use on their next order.

For April, I challenged them to create projects using ribbon.  Products don't have to be current, but they do have to be Stampin' Up!

All the projects submitted this time were truly amazing and voting was really, really close.  We ended up with a tie for first place with both winning entries receiving 6 votes each.

Here's the awesome card submitted by Missy Gosson where she made the card stock behind the ship image look like scrimshaw:

Uses The Open Sea Set and Word Play Set plus Real Red Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Basic Black Card Stock, Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad, Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad, Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad, Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Sponge Daubers, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Paper Snips, Craft Scissors, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Mutipurpose Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, Designer Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folders Set, Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, and Ovals Originals Die.

Here's Shannon Aydukovic's lovely card with a fun ribbon flower:

Uses Delight in Life Set (retired) and Watercolor Trio Set (retired) plus Island Indigo Card Stock, Basic Black Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad, Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad, Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Basic Pearls Jewels, SNAIL Adhesive, Sticky Strip, Paper Snips, Craft Scissors, and Scallop Edge Border Punch.

Missy and Shannon will each receive a $5 Coupon from me to use on their next order.  Fantastic cards, ladies!  Congrats!

Bargello Enjoyment

This is one of the cards I created while planning for my Club Classes this month where we focused on fun ways to use Designer Series Paper.  This card uses the Bargello Technique.  I love the way it turned out, but decided this technique was a little too complicated to try to teach in a large class setting.  If you'd like to give this fun technique a try, check out the awesome tutorial here.  Enjoy!

Uses Four Frames Set and You're a Gem Clear-Mount Set plus Pink Pirouette Card Stock, Marina Mist Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Soft Suede Card Stock, Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad, Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad, Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper, Early Espresso/White Baker's Twine, Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim, Hat Pins, Twitterpated Designer Buttons, Basic Pearls Jewels, Clear-Mount Block A, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Paper Snips, Craft Scissors, Paper Cutter, Modern Label Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Multipurpose Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, and Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Items highlighted in red are retiring soon.  Retiring stamps are available through May 31. 

The Hat Pins and Twitterpated Designer Buttons are in the Occasions Mini and are only guaranteed to be available through April 30.  After that, they may never be offered again.

Bright Best Wishes

A little get well cheer for a customer.  Enjoy!

Uses Oval All Set and Elizabeth a la carte stamp plus Poppy Parade Card Stock, Daffodil Delight Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Soft Suede Card Stock, Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad, Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad, Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper, Daffodil Delight 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, Basic Pearls Jewels, Large Pearl Basic Jewels, Hat Pins, Distressing Essentials, SNAIL Adhesive, Sticky Strip, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Craft Scissors, Scallop Oval Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Large Oval Punch, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Mulitpurpose Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, and Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Items highlighted in red are retiring soon.  Retiring stamps are available through May 31.  Retiring accessories, however, are only available while supplies last or until May 31, whichever comes first.

The Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper, Hat Pins, and Large Pearl Basic Jewels are in the Occasions Mini and are only guaranteed to be available through April 30.  After that, they may never be offered again.

The Daffodil Delight 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon is available until April 30 as part of the Summer Smooches Sneak Peek.  It will then be available again in the new big catalog effective June 1.

Magnificent Fringe Flower

This is the last of the cards we made during the April Club Classes featuring different ways to use Designer Series Paper.  These fun, fringed flowers are really quite easy to make.  You can find a great video tutorial on how to make them by clicking here.  We just used Paper Snips to cut our fringes.  We also used Craft & Rubber Scissors to cut some of the excess paper off the bottoms of the flowers after creating them to make them a little flatter.  This is still not an easily mailable card though, it will need to be hand-delivered or packed in a box or padded envelope.  Enjoy!

Uses Perfect Words Clear-Mount Hostess Set and Everything Eleanor Clear-Mount Set plus Real Red Card Stock, Tempting Turquoise Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad, Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad, Big Top Birthday Designer Series Paper, White Baker's Twine, Brights Designer Buttons, Clear-Mount Block E, Clear-Mount Block G, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Paper Snips, Craft & Rubber Scissors, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Multipurpose Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, and Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

The Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder is available as a write-in item.  The item number is 124096 and the cost is $7.95.

The Perfect Words Hostess Set will be retiring on May 31.  There is still time to host a show (an In-Home Workshop, Book Show, or private order of at least $150 worth of merchandise) to earn hostess benefits and be eligible to purchase this great verse set.

The Everything Eleanor Set will be available for purchase in the new big catalog effective June 1.

Paper Pieced Baby Duck

This is another one of the cards we made in the April Club Classes featuring Designer Series Papers.  This one uses the easy paper piecing technique where you can add a little extra color and pop to a line art image by stamping the image again onto designer paper and cutting it out and adhering it to the stamped image.  Enjoy!

Uses Easy Events Clear-Mount Set plus Bashful Blue Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Soft Suede Card Stock, Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad, So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker, Bashful Blue Stampin' Write Marker, Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper, Early Espresso/White Baker's Twine, Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim, Twitterpated Designer Buttons, Clear-Mount Block C, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen, Mini Glue Dots, Paper Snips, Craft Scissors, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Standard Cutting Pads, Extended Cutting Pads, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die, and Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die.

The Twitterpated Designer Buttons are only guaranteed available until April 30 since they are in the Occasions Mini.  After that, they may never be offered again.  So, if you'd like to own the adorable Twitterpated Buttons, be sure to order them soon.

Weekly Inspiration

Today's project is another one of the cards we made in my Club Classes this month.  We concentrated on different ways to use Designer Series Paper in the classes.  This card showcases the Twitterpated Designer Paper in a folded paper frame.  The folded paper frames are really easy to make now that we have a Diagonal Plate for the Simply Scored Scoring Tool.  Enjoy!

Supplies

- Pretty Postage, page 66, Clear - $8.95, Wood - $11.95

- Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" x 11" Card Stock, page 176, $6.95

- Riding Hood Red 8-1/2" x 11" Card Stock, page 179, $6.95

- Basic Gray 8-1/2" x 11" Card Stock, page 180, $6.95

- Whisper White 8-1/2" x 11" Card Stock, page 180, $8.50

- Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin' Pad, page 179, $5.95

- Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, page 13 of Occasions Mini, $10.95

- Certainly Celery 5/8" Satin Ribbon, page 195, $8.95

- In Color 2010-2012 Glimmer Brads, page 199, $4.95

- SNAIL Adhesive, page 206, $6.95

- Stampin' Dimensionals, page 206, $3.95

- Sticky Strip, page 206, $6.95

- Paper-Piercing Tool, page 207, $3.50

- Mat Pack, page 207, $9.95

- Craft Scissors, page 208, $29.95

- Paper Cutter, page 208, $24.95

- Replacement Cutting & Scoring Blades, page 208, $5.95

- Simply Scored Scoring Tool, page 16 of Occasions Mini, $29.95

- Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, write-in item, $11.95

- 1-3/8" Square Punch, page 212, $16.95

- Postage Stamp Punch, page 212, $15.95

- 1" Square Punch, write-in item, $15.95

- Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (includes Multipurpose Platform and Standard Cutting Pads), page 215, $99.95

- Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, page 218, $7.95

Directions

1)  Cut a piece of Riding Hood Red Card Stock to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" using the Paper Cutter.

2)  Score the card stock along the 8 1/2" side at 4 1/4" using the Scoring Blade on the Paper Cutter.  Fold in half to make card.

3)  Cut a piece of Basic Gray Card Stock to 4 x 5 1/4".

4)  Cut a piece of Riding Hood Red Card Stock to 3 7/8 x 5 1/8".

5)  Place the rectangle of Riding Hood Red Card Stock into the Stripes Embossing Folder so only about 2" of the card stock along one short edge will be embossed.

6)  Build a a sandwich of Multipurpose Platform with Tab 2 open, one Standard Cutting Pad, embossing folder with card stock inside as outlined in step 5, and the other Standard Cutting Pad.  Run through the Big Shot.

7)  Adhere the embossed red card stock to the gray rectangle.

8)  Adhere a piece of Certainly Celery Satin Ribbon to the rectangles so it covers the top of the embossed area on the red layer.

9)  Cut a piece of the striped pattern paper in the Twitterpated Designer Series Paper to 3 1/4" square.

10)  Place the Diagonal Plate onto the Simply Scored Scoring Tool.  Make sure the arrow on the back of the plate is pointing to the top of the tool's platform.

11)  Place the square of designer paper on the platform so it is flush with the left top corner.

12)  Score diagonally from the center of the paper (the 1-5/8" mark) to the right edge of the paper.

13)  Score diagonally again from the top of the paper to the right edge at the 2" mark.

14)  Rotate the paper a quarter turn and score again diagonally at the 1-5/8" and 2" marks.  Rotate and score until all four corners of the paper have been scored.

15)  With the stripes pattern of the paper facing up, fold all four corners in towards the center along the inner score lines.

16)  Fold all four corners back out along the outer score lines.

17)  Put SNAIL Adhesive on the back of the folded paper frame in the center, flat, square section.  Adhere the folded paper frame to the top of the red layer of card stock just above the ribbon.  Make sure the four points are creating a diamond shape.

18)  Place a Stampin' Dimensional behind each point (on the gray pattern side of the paper).  Remove the protective backing from the Dimensional and adhere each point down.

19)  Use the Paper-Piercing Tool and Mat Pack pieces to poke a hole in the lower right corner of the frame.

20)  Insert a Pear Pizzazz Glimmer Brad and secure on the back side of the layers by folding the prongs flat.

21)  Adhere the layers to the front of the Riding Hood Red card.

22)  Punch a scrap of Basic Gray Card Stock with the 1-3/8" Square Punch.

23)  Punch a scrap of Pear Pizzazz Card Stock with the Postage Stamp Punch.

24)  Stamp the image from the Pretty Postage Set onto a scrap of Whisper White Card Stock using Riding Hood Red Ink.

25)  Punch the image out using the 1" Square Punch.

26)  Layer the punched squares and adhere them together.

27)  Adhere the squares to the center of the folded paper frame using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Tips

I like to adhere ribbon by tucking the ends of the ribbon around to the back side of the card stock and holding them in place with small strips of Sticky Strip.  This uses less ribbon and lays flatter.

I like to keep some scissors just for cutting Sticky Strip.  That way I don't get my good scissors all gummed up and dull.

The Twitterpated Designer Series Paper is only available through the end of April.

To help you remember where to score the lines on your designer paper, you can use the Place Markers that come with the Simply Scored Scoring Tool.  Just pop them into the spaces at the 1 5/8" and 2" marks along the top ruler.

The item number for the Simply Scored Diagonal Plate is 125586.

The Pear Pizzazz Card Stock and In Color 2010-2012 Glimmer Brads will be retiring soon since they are the older In Colors.  Since these are accessories, they will only be available while supplies last or until May 31, 2012 whichever comes first.  If you'd like to order either of these products, please do so soon to make sure you can get them.

Be careful when stamping with red ink to make sure it has plenty of time to dry before you touch the card stock or it might smear.  Red inks seem to take a little longer to dry for some reason.

The item number for the 1" Square Punch is 124094.