All That's New - A RemArkably Created Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the RemARKably Creative Blog Hop! I am so glad you could join us! This month, our theme is All That's New! We are featuring all new product found in our UH-MAZING new annual catalog and as you hop along with us, you will see some beautiful samples from our very talented demonstrators. Now, you maybe just getting started here on my blog, Katrina's Kreative Heart with me, Katrina Wolfe, or you have come here from the blog before me, either way, if at anytime you get lost or are unsure of where to head to next, just use the links below this post where I have everyone participating in the hop listed. Again, you are here on my blog, Katrina's Kreative Heart with Katrina Wolfe and I hope you enjoy your stop here.

Today, I want to share a fun I card I created with the brand new stamp set, Detailed with Love. This is an awesome bundle found in the Stampin' Up! 2018-2019 Annual Catalog. (Do you have a catalog? If the answer is no and you aren't currently working with a demonstrator already, click here to request a catalog and I will get one out to you - this is a MUST have!) I love this entire suite of product, however, for today's card, I only used the stamp and punch from the bundle and of course I used some of our brand new, gorgeous 2018-2020 In Colors!

To create this card, I started with a standard top folding card base of Basic Gray, measuring 4.5" x 11" scored and folded at 5.5". I then cut a Whisper White square 4" x 4"  and a scrap piece of Whisper White. Before stamping my image, I created a template for my Stamparatus using my grid paper and a 6" x 6" piece of Window Sheet, by drawing out two 4" squares onto the grid paper, one straight and one on the diagonal intersecting one another (I also added 3" squares and 2" squares for future use) - See Video - I then placed the template in the Stamparatus and lined up my 4" piece of Whisper White with the template and began stamping my wreath shape. I added all of the Lovely Lipstick "florals" then adjusted my stamp and then stamped all of the Pineapple Punch "floral", turning my paper, alternating the blue and red template lines as I turned. I then punched the detailed corner punch on all 4 corners and then rounded them all. I attached this to the card base with Snail adhesive. Then, using the Stamparatus, I stamped the oval image from the set onto the scrap piece of Whisper White with Basic Gray ink and ran it through the Big Shot with an oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. I added this to the card front in the center of the "wreath" using Stampin' Dimensionals. For added zip and glitz, I added Basic Rhinestones to the center of each of the Pineapple Punch "florals" and for a final touch, I wrapped the Lovely Lipstick 1/8" Grosgrain Ribbon around the bottom of the card front and tied it into a knot. I think this color really POPS against the Basic Gray. And that completes today's card.

Thanks so much for taking part in our Blog Hop today, there are so many awesome ideas and lots of inspiration that you won't want to miss; so be sure to use the links below to continue through the hop. Remember, you are currently here on my blog, Katrina's Kreative Heart with Katrina Wolfe.

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Meanwhile, Happy Stamping,

Product List

Detailed With Love Clear-Mount Bundle

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$36.00

Detailed With Love Wood-Mount Bundle

[148327]

$43.00

Detailed With Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146606]

$20.00

Detailed With Love Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[146603]

$28.00

Detailed Trio Punch

[146320]

$20.00

Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[121044]

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad

[147140]

$7.50

Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad

[147141]

$7.50

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]

$7.50

Lovely Lipstick 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146952]

$6.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$5.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

Stamparatus

[146276]

$49.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Window Sheets

[142314]

$5.00

Broadway Bound and Paper Pumpkin!

Hello and Happy Thursday! Wow, what a week! Is it just me? Thank goodness the weekend is coming..I really need a nap!
 Anyway, I wanted to share some pretty cool news with you. Stampin' Up! and Paper Pumpkin have come together to offer a bit of coordination from the catalog and the June kit! I know, right? Talk about opening up a whole new level of possibilities! Think about it, you receive this AWESOME, all inclusive kit in your mailbox that you can create UH-MAZING cards from, but then you open up the pages of this super UH-MAZING catalog and find all sorts of awesomeness that coordinates with your kit allowing you to take these projects to an entirely new level of amazing!

I love all the bright colors and the glitz...pretty appropriate for Broadway I guess but talk about making an impressive statement! Have you ever tried Paper Pumpkin? If you are thinking, "yeah, I tried it a few years back, and eh, it was ok I guess".....OH EM GEE! You need to give it a second chance! Over the past 12-16 months, Paper Pumpkin has done a complete over haul and I am here to tell you, they did an amazing job of not only freshening it up, but they also kicked up the awesomeness factor by about 100% and that's not an exaggeration! Each kit is chock full of material to create no less than 8 projects weather it is cards or 3D or a combination of each. Everything coordinates beautifully and every thing you need to complete your projects is included in the box. All you need is a pair of paper snips and glue (they provide Glue Dots and Dimensionals!)

There are several ways to enjoy Paper Pumpkin. First, there is a pre-paid subscription and those come in 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 12 month and all you need to do is click your choice below this blog post! Then there is the recurring monthly subscription for $19.95 per month + tax (shipping is included). This ensures you never miss a month of your mailbox happiness! And again, it's very easy to sign up, just click here to get started.
One of the benefits to Paper Pumpkin is that it's a great way to begin collecting some awesome, top quality, exclusive photopolymer stamp sets that you can use over and over again. You cannot get these stamps anywhere else. You will also begin an amazing collection of beautiful Stampin' Up! ink colors. You see, Paper Pumpkin won't repeat an ink color for 12 months at least! So that means at least 12 different colors a year (actually more -  they often include 2 ink colors!) Another benefit, your kits are self contained, chock full of coordinating product, that means no running all over the craft store or WalMart or any other store for that matter, looking for just the right color to match and it's delivered to your front door....HELLLLLOOOO, that alone makes it AWESOME! Benefit #4. All the boring prep work is done for you! There's no measuring cardstock to cut the right size blah blah blah! It's all done. Open the box and begin creating! Benefit #5. It's flexible. Suspend your subscription any time you need to, it's no big deal. (But you won't ever want to) Benefit #6. Get access to my Paper Pumpkin Facebook group. This is a secret group for just my subscribers!
If you have any questions regarding Paper Pumpkin, please reach out to me and I will get you an answer. I would love to have you join the Paper Pumpkin adventure with me.
Happy Stamping,

Product List

1-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

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$20.00

3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

[137859]

$59.00

6-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

[137860]

$114.00

z 12-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

[137861]

$215.00

Broadway Bound Speciality Designer Series Paper

[146277]

$14.00

Broadway Bound 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock Pack

[146278]

$8.50

Broadway Birthday Photopolymer Bundle

[148321]

$41.25

Broadway Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147067]

$17.00

Broadway Lights Framelits Dies

[146317]

$29.00

Varied Vases - CASE*ING The Catalog

Good Afternoon and Happy Wednesday! I know, I'm a day late here, but again, life gets in the way. Yes, I am still dealing with the stolen Instagram account issue. I've now reported the issue through Facebook to see if they can help because my Facebook business page is linked to the stolen account so I am receiving the thief's messages and comments! I really don't need to see or know who thinks the thief is "hot"! Oh yeah, fun times.
Anyhoo, today, I want to share a fun project I made using the awesome Varied Vases stamp set. I actually CASE'd this card straight from the catalog. This set is so versatile and creates some of the most simple yet beautiful cards. It's definitely one you MUST place on your shopping list! It was designed by one of our very own million dollar achievers, Mary Fish. She sure knows what we like!

And of course, I reached for my UH_MAZING new 2018-2019 Annual Catalog for my inspiration and this is what I made. For this card, I started with a card base of Powder Pink, 4" x 8" scored and folded at the 4" mark to create a 4" x 4" top folding card. I then cut down a piece of Grapefruit Grove 3" x 3" and adhered to the front of the card at an angle. I cut a piece of Whisper White 3" x 3" and stamped the large "splay" of flowers with Powder Pink, the flower cluster in Daffodil Delight and the small individual flower outline in Grapefruit Grove ink and then filled in with the solid coordinating stamp with Grapefruit Grove stamped off once. I did this in a random pattern and attached this to the card front straight. I then added a piece of the  Daffodil Delight 1/4" double stitched ribbon with a couple of Glue Dots. I then cut a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock 3/4" x 3 1/2" and stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso ink and added that to the front of the card over the ribbon with a couple of Stampin' Dimensionals. I then made a double bow with the Whisper White Bakers Twine and added it to the front end of the sentiment with a Glue Dot.

To clean my stamps between colors, I used the brand new Simply Shammy! This ranks up there as one of those MUST have tools! I L. O. V. E. the Simply Shammy and you will too! I linked to it down below. But this Shammy is unlike any of the others I have used. It is much thicker than the others and stays wet longer and for cleaning stamps, it's a dream and you only need WATER! Seriously, who knew just plain water and this awesome Shammy could get your stamps so clean..no more muddy stamps! Seriously, this thing makes me do the happy dance. As a matter of fact, I am ordering a couple more to use at my classes! Yes, I like it that much!

I really have enjoyed working with this stamp set and I hope you enjoyed today's card. I would love to hear your thoughts, so please feel free to leave a comment. If you would like to receive weekly information and tutorials, please sign up for my email list. And remember, when you need an idea, just reach for you catalog, there are so many amazing projects featured throughout the pages. If you don't have a catalog and you don't have a demonstrator, feel free to reach out to me and I will get one out to you ASAP. Request a catalog here

Happy Stamping,

Product List

Varied Vases Photopolymer Stamp Set

[146644]

$26.00

Varied Vases Photopolymer Bundle

[148381]

$39.50

Powder Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144244]

$8.50

Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146972]

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[120953]

$8.50

Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad

[147142]

$7.50

Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[147147]

$7.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$7.50

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$7.50

Daffodil Delight 1/4" Double-Stitched Ribbon

[144116]

$7.00

Twine Baker's Whisper White

[124262]

$3.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Simply Shammy

[147042]

$8.00

Out with the Old and In with the New

Hello and Happy Thursday! Well have you missed me? I'm going to start calling myself the Drama Mamma...OH EM GEEEE! I'm not even sure where to begin. Let's just say, it's been one thing after another and leave it at that....It all started with a failed trip to Mobile, Alabama (hmmm, we're gonna try that one again in a few weeks - fingers crossed it works this time) then, I got hacked and my Instagram account was STOLEN! For real...STOLEN! I was able to track down my account using a personal # but unfortunately, Instagram wouldn't help me recover my account. Finally, early this week, the hacker removed my photos, changed the account name again and kept my email address, kept all of my followers and passed themselves off as an Instagram Marketer! I again notified Instagram...I still haven't heard anything back from them and warned as many of my friends and followers as I could that this person was fraudulent and to block them which many of them did do and many "reported" them as well and as of this morning, it appears either the account was removed or I was blocked from seeing them? But I must say, that is the most awful feeling! You truly feel violated and when my photos were still there and I could see my little dog and my husband with someone else's name attached...it was down right creepy and that just made me so sad...so that consumed a large amount of my time and didn't leave anytime for my blog...so for that I am so sorry. But on a side note as a PSA...please do yourself a HUGE favor..turn on 2 factor Authentication for all of your social media accounts! It's amazing what unscrupulous people will do! I have now changed ALL of my passwords and turned on the 2 factor authentication (all that is, is when you attempt to log in, Instagram or Facebook will text you a code in addition to putting in your password, you will enter the code they text you also. That confirms it is really you and not someone that just hacked your account password..you need both to get in.

Ok, now, the good stuff! Today is the last day to order off the retirement list! After today, it all goes away FOREVER...but, tomorrow after 12 PM MT the new 2018-2019 Annual Catalog goes live! Talk about happy dance! I just LOVE this new catalog! Just wait until you see it if you haven't seen it already! And to celebrate, tomorrow night, I will be Live on my Facebook page at 7 PM EDT, doing a walk through of the catalog, a little stamping and announcing an UH-MAZING give away you won't want to miss...so be sure to join me to learn how you can win this brand new stamp set! So, grab your favorite beverage and come party with me!

Happy Stamping,
Katrina

Itty Bitty Thank You Cards Using the Itty Bitty Greetings

Hello and Happy Thursday! Well, the whirl wind trip to Alabama never actually occurred. I did however, spend several hours sitting at the Syracuse Hancock Airport. But with severe weather in the Chicago area, our plane was so delayed that we were never going to make our connecting flight and they weren't able to get us onto another flight until Wednesday which meant we were going to miss our facility site visit which was our entire reason for going, so, we canceled our plans and came home after sitting at the airport for 4 hours.
No problem. I just used the time to catch up on a few things around the house and had some time with hubby as he happened to have the past couple of days off. Now he's back to work and I have a few more days to myself and decided to catch up on my March and April thank you cards for customer orders and thought I would share them with you since they are using some brand new product coming June 1st.

For my March/April order appreciation cards that go out with the free gift earned for placing orders, I chose to use the new Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set and the beautiful Lovely Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder along with the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. To create this adorable card, I started with a 6" x 3" piece of Mint Macaron cardstock, a returning favorite color, scored and folded at 3" to create a 3" x 3" card. I ran one end of the card base through the Big Shot with the Lovely Floral Dynamic Embossing Folder. . I then cut a piece of Whisper White .25" x 2.5" and stamped the Many Thanks sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and bannered one end. I also cut a piece of DSP .5" x 2.75" and bannered one end of that also. I adhered the DSP flat to the card base and using Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, I popped up the sentiment. These little cards fit perfectly in the Whisper White 3" x 3" envelopes. I am so happy Stampin' Up! brought these back last year because I LOVE them.
Well, that's all I have for today. I hope you enjoyed today's sneak peek into the up coming 2018-2019 Annual catalog. If you need a catalog, please let me know, I would love to get one out to you. In the meantime, Happy Stamping,