Critters’n Ink Designs

Painted Poppies Birthday

Published on February 12, 2020February 10, 2020 by Critters'n Ink, Independent Stampin' Up! DemonstratorLeave a comment

I love this stamp set. This month, I know I’ll be obsessing with this Painted Poppies Stamp Set. It’s available as a suite, as a bundle or all by itself, in the 2020 Mini Occasions Catalogue.

I used Basic Black for the card base – cut 4 1/4 x 11, score at 5 1/2″
Matte layer – Old Olive – 5 1/4 x 4
Front – Whisper White – 3 3/4 x 5

Using Basic Gray, I stamped the verse stamp from the Very Verailles set, centred in the Whisper White

I stamped the design in Memento Tuxedo Black and used the random dot stamp to give a hint of colour with Poppy Parade and Old Olive.

I heat embossed the “Happy Birthday” on black card stock, using the Whisper White Embossing powder and cut it out, using the Classic Punch. Don’t forget to sweep your card stock with the embossing buddy before stamping with the Versamark, to avoid having embossing powder stick where you don’t want it. If necessary, you can use a small paint brush, to remove any unwanted embossing powder, before using the heat tool.

Once assembled, I applied a few of the frosted epoxy droplets, because…. every card needs bling!

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CELEBRATE A LOVELY DAY WITH FEBRUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT!

Published on February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 by Critters'n Ink, Independent Stampin' Up! DemonstratorLeave a comment

February’s Paper Pumpkin kit is coming, and love is in the air! The Lovely Day kit is versatile, elegant, and the perfect way to help your customers celebrate birthdays and other grand occasions.

Today, February 10th is the last day to subscribe to this month’s Paper Pumpkin. I can’t wait to see it –

Kit details: Makes nine cards and envelopes

Card size: 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” (10.8 x 14 cm)

Envelope size: 4-1/2” x 5-3/4” (11.4 x 14.6 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Rich Razzleberry, Rococo Rose, and Old Olive

Coordinating Product

The Lovely Day Paper Pumpkin kit coordinates perfectly with the Happy Birthday to You Stamp Set (item 152308), which is available as part of Stampin’ Up!’s Sale-A-Bration promotion. Customers can get it for FREE by reaching the qualifying purchase amount of $50 usd/$60 cad by March 31, 2020. See details below.

Happy Birthday to You Stamp Set (item 152308)

Includes 5 cling stamps
FREE with qualifying purchase of $60 by March 31, 2020
Suggested clear blocks: b, e, h
Located in the Sale-A-Bration brochure (p. 8)

Sale-a-bration Brochure Download

Retired Products for Sale (sold, but more coming)

Published on February 2, 2020February 10, 2020 by Critters'n Ink, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator1 Comment

I’m trying to make room for my newer Stampin’ Up! products, so I’m reluctantly letting a few retired products go for a fraction of what I paid for them. Currently I have the Ink Pad Carousel, which I’m letting go for $40, as well as some retired ink pads. Here are the colours of ink pads I have available at the moment.

Powder Pink, Berry Burst, Melon Mambo, Sweet Sugar Plum, Wisteria Wonder, Dapper Denim, Peak a Boo Peach, Tangerine Tango, Fresh Fig, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise, Marina Mist, Emerald Envy, Tranquil Tide, Lemon Lime Twist, Wild Wasabi

Painted Poppies Birthday

Published on January 14, 2020February 10, 2020 by Critters'n Ink, Independent Stampin' Up! DemonstratorLeave a comment

I have a feeling that Painted Poppies and So Sentimental are going to be my new favourite stamp sets this season. I cased this design from Kylie Bertucci, a demonstrator in Australia.

My card base is Basic Gray 5 1/2 x 8 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″.
The matte is Highland Heather, cut 5 1/4 x 4″
The front is Whisper White, 3 3/4 x 5″

The sentiment is from “So Sentimental” – (Occasions Mini Catalogue 2020), stamped in Basic Gray, and coloured with Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends.
I cut out the sentiment using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. ” So Sentimental” and “Stitched So sweetly” dies are bundled for a savings of 10%, in the Mini Catalogue, when you purchase both together.

Always in need of bling, I used the Highland heather dark Stampin Blend marker to colour some of the Basic Rhinestones, for the front of the card. I have a video almost ready to post.

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Happy Birthday to You

Published on January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 by Critters'n Ink, Independent Stampin' Up! DemonstratorLeave a comment

This Sale-a-bration Stamp set can be yours, FREE with a $60 purchase. I’m very excited that as of February 4th, there will also be a die set available for this stamp set. Life is Good!!

Card Base – Basic Gray – 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 – score at 4 1/4″
Matte – Flirty Flamingo 4 x 5 1/4″
Card front – Whisper White -3 3/4′ x 5 “
Scrap Whisper White – cake stamp (fussy cut)

I used the 2″ circle punch to punch a circle from the Flirty Flamingo. It’s going to be covered with the Whisper White, so it doesn’t matter where you punch.

I then ran the Flirty Flamingo circle through the Big Shot, in the Scripty embossing folder. Because this is a 3D Embossing folder, you might want to consider purchasing the 3D embossing plate, as it eliminates the need for shims when running through the Big Shot. I can’t do without it.

I stamped the Cake stamp with Basic Gray, onto some Whisper White, coloured it with Light and Dark Flirty Flamingo, and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends, then fussy cut it out.

A little Wink of Stella, on the flowers,and voila!! I also used a bit of Wink with some basic gray ink, to highlight the cake.

I put the cake cut out on Stampin’ Dimensionals, to give the card some “oomph”.

Isn’t it beautiful?

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2020 Catalogue and Sale-a-bration Preview

Published on January 12, 2020 by Critters'n Ink, Independent Stampin' Up! DemonstratorLeave a comment

Catalogue Preview and Sale-a-Bration, 2020

Take a browse through the new Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration brochures, in this video. Thanks for having a look! Please feel free to share, and don’t forget to click on the subscribe button!

Little Ladybug Birthday

Published on December 31, 2019January 1, 2020 by Critters'n Ink, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator1 Comment

This birthday card features the sweet “Little Ladybugs” stamp set, designed when my friend and fellow demonstrator, Doreen, started playing with the Embossing Paste.

This HOSTESS ONLY, stamp set is available only from January 3rd – March 31, during Sale-a-bration 2020 with a $300 party or personal purchase .

You will be able to download the Sale-a-bration brochure after January 3rd, from my website, or contact me for your own hard copy of the Sale-a-bration brochure and the 2020 Mini Catalogue.

For the Card base – I used Early Espresso (8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4″).

My first layer is Flirty Flamingo (4 x 5 1/4″).

You will also need 3 pieces of Whisper White (4 x 5 1/4), for the front, inside and the 3rd as a scrap for your elements.

Please see the video for complete directions.

Ink – Flirty Flamingo, Memento Tuxedo Black, Wink of Stella

Stampin’ Blends – Old olive (light & dark), Mango Melody (light & dark), Poppy Parade (light & dark), Petal Pink (light), Bronze, Basic Black,

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