Sale-a-bration – Critters’n Ink Designs

Pretty Perennial Greetings

Published on February 23, 2021 by Lise Taber - Critters'n Ink, Independent Stampin' Up! DemonstratorLeave a comment

I absolutely love the versatility of this stamp set. I decided that we could use a little spring, as winter storms blow in, this month, so here are my February Team Swaps. If anyone is interested in doing a group swap with me, let me know – I love sending and receiving cards each month.

Tone on Tone projects usually call my name. Even when I’m quilting, I’ll often opt for a tone on tone look. In this card, I used Gorgeous Grape, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and Magenta Madness ink, on the same colour of cardstock to create the base flowers. I used the open petal die to cut out the matching piece for the top of the flower, and the flower die for the larger flower. My card base is Granny Apple Green. I used the Pinewood Planks embossing folder, on a piece of Basic White, as my matte. My greetings are from the Many Messages, stamp set.

Just a reminder that Sale-a-Bration ends this weekend. Choose your free product with every $60 purchase

Sale-A-Bration Third Release Products Now Available!

Published on March 24, 2020 by Lise Taber - Critters'n Ink, Independent Stampin' Up! DemonstratorLeave a comment

Sale-A-Bration Third Release products are now available for you to earn! These additional offerings include select, current Stampin’ Up! products, newly available to earn for Sale-A-Bration. You need to act fast though, because orders must be closed by March 31!

With the new 3rd release of Sale-A-Bration products, this is a great time to take full advantage of this promotion, including the Little Ladybug Stamp Set (item 152384) for hosts with a qualifying order of $375. And, if you’ve been thinking about joining my team now is a great time. Complete your sign-up process by March 31, so you can make the most of Sale-A-Bration; you will get a free Mini Paper Cutter, 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper Sampler, and your choice of a stamp set on top of the regular Starter Kit offering! How cool is that! And, after that – all your purchases are 20-25% off regular. And, (again), as a demonstrator, you get to see what’s happening a full month before everyone else AND (yep again) place a pre-order and get your new stuff ahead of everyone else. Just saying…. lol

If you would like more information, shoot me a quick email at crittersnink@gmail.com. Stay safe in this crazy virus ridden life, right now, and craft on!!

Painted Poppies Birthday

Published on February 12, 2020February 10, 2020 by Lise Taber - 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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Happy Birthday to You

Published on January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 by Lise Taber - 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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Little Ladybug Birthday

Published on December 31, 2019January 1, 2020 by Lise Taber - 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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