Heartfelt Inkspiration

All-Occasions Stamp-a-Stack registration open!

Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 by Debra Burgin

Gear up for all kinds of events with this all-occasions camp. This is a “stamp-a-stack”: come and make 10 all-occasions cards (several of the same or a variety) for just $22. There will be six different designs to choose from in different styles—you’ll love using products from the current Mini Catalog! The cards are designed to be completed quickly (in about 10 minutes or so) and have lots of interest but not a lot of fuss, in order to keep the cost low. These cards can be mailed with no additional postage. This event is perfect for the new stamper, as you will work at your own pace—invite a friend to join you!

Session 1: Friday, April 8 — 1:00-5:00 p.m. (come any time)
Session 2: Friday, April 8 — 6:30-9:30 p.m. (come any time)
Session 3: Saturday, April 9 — 9:00-noon (come any time)

Place: My DeKalb home (322 Fairmont Dr) Please note there are stairs to the lower level

Note that registration is limited to 10 stampers at each session and will close Wednesday, March 30, or when full.

Need more than ten? Each additional card you make is $2, payable during the camp. I’ll supply envelopes and Stampin’ Dimensionals, but you need to bring your own scissors and adhesive (I suggest bringing several types).

Paid registration of $22 must be received by Wednesday, March 30. I’ll just need your name/contact information and your session choice in addition to your check, mailed to me at 322 Fairmont Dr, DeKalb, IL 60115. You may also register below. Please note that if I do not have your payment, you are not registered.

Posted in All-Occasions Stamp-a-Stack, Event | Tagged Stampin' Up! | Comments Off

Savings Are in Bloom!

Posted on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 by Debra Burgin

Wow! Only in March, the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine is available for purchase at a 20% discount! Plus, 13 select stamp-and-die bundles that are compatible with the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine will also be available for purchase at a 20% discount (machine and select compatible bundles can be bought together or separately).

What’s so great about the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine? This mini (but mighty!) machine is durable, portable, and easy to use. It’s the perfect choice for beginners who want to branch out, paper crafting pros who want to craft on the go, or those who are short on storage space. With this trusty tool, any crafter can make precise cuts and embossed designs for their projects with one pass. Many Stampin’ Up! dies fit in the Mini — products sized to work with the Mini have a special icon next to them in the catalogs.

For this promotion only, Stampin’ Up! has brought back the previously popular Art Gallery, Celebrate Sunflowers, and Garden Wishes bundles. They will only be available in their bundle form during this promotion, so make sure to snag them while you still can!

To download the promotional pdf flyer, click here or the graphic above.

Having this little machine right at your workstation might be just what you want! Curious about the Stampin’ Up! Mini Cut & Emboss Machine? Take a look at this:

Posted in Stampin' Up! Promotion | Tagged Mini Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin' Up! | Comments Off

Stamp Review Crew: Bonus Sale-A-Bration #2

Posted on Monday, February 28, 2022 by Debra Burgin

Hooray, just in the nick of time, it’s one last fling using the January-February 2022 Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration Brochure! (You know today is the last day for SAB and its freebies, right?) This Stamp Review Crew blog hop is an “exceptional” one — usually, we hop on the first and third Mondays of the month — but we just had to squeeze this in! Each of the ten bloggers chose which product(s) they wanted to showcase, so buckle up!

Remember: you can see the list of bloggers by clicking the banner at the top of this post. You may have arrived by way of Kitty Stamp, the blog of Betty Traciak. I hope you can make time to see the other projects on her blog.

Even though my stamping area is undergoing a refresh, I was finally able to get time alone (no painter) to work on my projects using Friendly Hello, the stamp set that’s part of a FREE bundle — and I may have gotten a little carried away! My first card, inspired by Libby Fens, is a note card for a birthday this week. I went sweet and pretty with this, even coloring the ribbon with Fresh Fresia and a Blending Brush.

Friendly Hello | Birthday note card -- please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

My second note card is not sweet, but rather tailored and tidy. This is in the mail to someone who has earned a free stamp set through my Burgin Bucks program. I send out a fair number of these blank cards, so I must Always Be Creating!

Friendly Hello | Thank you note card -- please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Finally, one more birthday card, this one a standard size. Although it took a bit of time to fussy cut those flowers, it seemed like more time was spent debating the placement of the sentiment: tilted or straight? This sweet and tailored card is now in the mail, so the debate is over!

Friendly Hello | Wonderful card -- please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Time to hop along to Kristie Wilson’s blog, My Paper Life, and enjoy her beautiful work. See you next week for another Stamp Review Crew blog hop!

Posted in 2022 Jan-Feb Sale-A-Bration, Birthday, Blog hop, Stamp Review Crew, Tag, Thank You | Tagged Friendly Hello, Stampin' Up! | 7 Comments

Driving By: VW Bug

Posted on Friday, February 25, 2022 by Debra Burgin

At the February stamp camps, several stampers said their first car was a VW bug. So many stories, including my own about two of my sisters who had Bugs, much to my envy! This camp card features a Bug a bit more lively than my sister Nancy’s (beige, really???), but if you couldn’t indulge in a little fantasy with your Stampin’ Blends markers, how sad would that be?

Driving By | My dream car, color and all! Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

We colored the windows with a Light Smoky Slate marker, then lightened it considerably with the Color Lifter (allow to dry between applications).

I love using Decorative Masks with a Blending Brush to create a background, and these dots were perfect for this playful card. Although the presents on the roof of the car (unsecured!!!) could make this appropriate for a variety of gift-giving occasions, we stamped a happy birthday greeting from Mischievous Mice inside.

Don’t miss the Stamp Review Crew blog hop (Monday, February 28) featuring projects using Sale-A-Bration items. You’ll find lots of inspiration from the SAB brochure that retires on Monday — begin here!

Click the images below to add products for this card to your cart in my Stampin’ Up! online store. Disclosure: I get a commission for purchases made through these links, at no additional charge to you. Thank you!

Driving By Cling Stamp Set (English)

[158099]

$0.00

Mischievous Mice Host Cling Stamp Set

[158070]

$12.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$7.50

Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[155518]

$9.00

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

$9.00

Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154888]

$9.00

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154894]

$9.00

Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154878]

$9.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154885]

$9.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$8.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$8.75

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

[150697]

$8.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$12.00

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

[151690]

$32.00

Layering Circles Dies

[151770]

$35.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$11.00

Posted in 2022 Jan-Feb Sale-A-Bration, Birthday, Decorative Masks, Kids, Stampin' Blends | Tagged Driving By, Stampin' Up! | 2 Comments

Blessings of Home: Thank You

Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 by Debra Burgin

I love pink, especially Flirty Flamingo. It’s not a baby pink or strawberry ice cream pink — I think it’s kind of sophisticated. For this, my second card for the Stamp Review Crew Blessings of Home blog hop, I began with the end in mind: a Flirty Flamingo tag.

Blessings of Home | I can't help it: I love a tag on a card! Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

The flowers are Flirty Flamingo, of course, and Pale Papaya and Mango Melody, I think. I didn’t want to make it overly sweet. And then, when I was ready to create the tag, I thought … what if … ? And I pulled out the Layering Designs Vellum, 12″ x 12″ sheets of three designs, each printed in either Basic Black or Basic White.

Here you can see the result that I found quite wonderful! In order to get the best (but also the most invisible) adhesion, I first applied a piece of Adhesive Sheet. Have you ever used this product? It’s basically adhesive between two slick carrier sheets:

Keep in mind that the adhesive is exceptionally sticky and likely to get all over your project and fingers!
Cut three things to the same size: card stock scrap, adhesive sheet, and vellum scrap. The “scraps” will be die cut, so the edges don’t have to be perfect aligned — but re-read point #1!
Peel back just a bit from one end of the carrier sheet and apply the exposed edge face down to the cardstock (you will have a complete carrier sheet on top).
Slowly peel off the rest of the carrier sheet as you press the adhesive, as if applying contact paper.
Now slowly peel back the remaining carrier sheet (on top) and apply the vellum. Use your Bone Folder to make sure there is consistent contact on all surfaces.

Don’t be overwhelmed by those instructions — you will get the hang of it quickly.

Blessings Of Home Cling Stamp Set (English)

[157930]

$25.00

Blessings Of Home Bundle (English)

[157939]

$51.25

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[147113]

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$8.25

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141416]

$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Layering Designs

[157764]

$10.00

Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks

[158142]

$10.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$12.00

Adhesive Sheets

[152334]

$10.00

Tailor Made Tags Dies

[155563]

$22.00

Flowers Of Home Dies

[157938]

$32.00

Posted in 2022 Jan-June Mini, Stampin' Blends, Tag, Thank You | Tagged Blessings of Home, Stampin' Up! | Comments Off

Blessings of Home: a Real Blessing

Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 by Debra Burgin

I hope you enjoyed the Stamp Review Crew Blessings of Home blog hop yesterday — if you missed it, click the link to see the post that will get you started!

It is great fun to experiment and play with the featured stamp set for the hop. I do things with those projects I would never expect stampers to do in one of my camps!

Blessings of Home | Rain Boots dies | I cut several pieces of "lattice" to create the background -- please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Such is the case with the “lattice” background, constructed with five panels cut from one of the Rain Boots dies (you can see the die I used in the product image below) and teeny, tiny dots of glue to hold them in place. I was pleasantly surprised that there was just the right amount of glue — just enough to hold the panels in place without making a mess.

I used Shimmery White cardstock for the floral image and sentiment. I love purple with orange, so I chose shades of those Stampin’ Blends markers for the flowers, as well as So Saffron. I almost always do my leaves with Light Old Olive and Light Granny Apple Green markers.

I wanted the sentiment distinctively shaped, so I used a die from the Ornate Frames set — you may not recognize it because I used it sideways! I had barely enough space for it, but I love the way it looks.

Blessings Of Home Cling Stamp Set (English)

[157930]

$25.00

Blessings Of Home Bundle (English)

[157939]

$51.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]

$7.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$8.25

Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146986]

$8.75

So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105118]

$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101910]

$10.00

Rain Boots Dies

[157690]

$32.00

Flowers Of Home Dies

[157938]

$32.00

Ornate Frames Dies

[150664]

$34.00

Posted in 2022 Jan-June Mini, Friend, Spring, Stampin' Blends | Tagged Blessings of Home, Rain Boots dies, Stampin' Up! | Comments Off

Stamp Review Crew: Blessings of Home

Posted on Monday, February 21, 2022 by Debra Burgin

It’s the third Monday — and if you’re home because it’s a holiday (or if you’re done for the day), grab a cup of coffee or tea and have fun hopping with the Stamp Review Crew through our creations using Blessings of Home. (Click the banner above to see the list of bloggers this time.) Perhaps you’ve just enjoyed the artistry of Cindy Elam at Heart’s Delight Cards. She is a perpetual inspiration to me!

I first used the stamp set and coordinating dies back in November, as part of OnStage@Home, the Stampin’ Up! gathering we enjoy twice a year. (As you can tell from the name, this has been virtual, and I am already excited about getting together in person in November!) Since then, I’ve stamped with this set a bunch (hah!) and was challenged by the SRC hop to do something different.

Yesterday was a real taste of spring here, as a lot of the snow melted, revealing ponds in the fields and my garden beds sodden and forlorn. But we can hope, so after lunch we bought some veg seeds — and I had my hand on some new supports for my vining flowers before reason prevailed (there was no price visible). My first card recalls the latticework that some gardeners use for that very purpose:

Blessings of Home | Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

You can see from this exuberantly floral card that I love to color flowers! My second card uses the other floral image, perfectly sized for a tag. I took a gentler approach to the colors. After stamping the sentiment I trimmed off just the Thank You so this card would be appropriate for a friend who did a Very Good Deed for me. As with my first card, I wanted a unique background; this one I created with the Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks.

In my Heartfelt Inkspiration blog posts this week, I’ll give you more details about each of these cards, including how I created the lattice and tag treatment, as well as the products used. Please come back for another visit!

But now, you’re off to visit Joanne Stubbings of Jo’s Stamping Spot. You must see her stunning use of color!

See you in a week for the next Stamp Review Crew blog hop!

Posted in 2022 Jan-June Mini, Blog hop, Stamp Review Crew | Tagged Blessings of Home, Stampin' Up! | 4 Comments

Butterflies & Flowers: Happy Birthday #1

Posted on Friday, February 18, 2022 by Debra Burgin

I had so much fun at the Marvelous Masks class a few weeks ago. I may have been overly ambitious with the projects, as we could have used an extra hour. But we started with the basics, which included the simply panel on this card using the “tile” mask:

Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks | Celebrating You | Blending Brushes | This simple card uses a simple technique: using Blending Brushes to add color through the mask. Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I love the act of brushing ink through the mask (really, a stencil). I don’t look for perfection with this technique, embracing a vintage or “boho” effect. A variation on this exercise was creating an ombré effect, gradually shading from light at the top to dark at the bottom, which was equally pretty!

Participants chose their own ink color (and refill); all I requested was that they use something suitable for flowers. I kept the neutrals consistent, using Basic Gray and Smoky Slate — even with a variety of colors, everyone’s results were stunning!

I will continue to share the projects from this class over the next several weeks; I hope you’ll follow along!

Celebrating You Cling Stamp Set (English)

[158028]

$24.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$7.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$8.25

Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121044]

$8.75

Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks

[158142]

$10.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$12.00

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

$18.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$35.00

Posted in Birthday, Blending Brushes, Decorative Masks | Tagged Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks, Celebrating You, Stampin' Up! | Comments Off

Flowing Flowers: Hello

Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2022 by Debra Burgin

Taking a break from stamp camp prep, I stamped a bunch of customer thank-you notes last week:

Flowing Flowers | No one says you can't stamp Misty Moonlight flowers, right? Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I love flowers in blue, especially Misty Moonlight. (Fingers crossed that it becomes part of the “permanent” Stampin’ Up! color palette in May!) So, while I had the stamp in my hand and the ink pad open, I stamped the image on a tag I had cut (but rejected) for another project:

Flowing Flowers | Timeless Tropical | Here's why you don't discard something that doesn't quite work on your project! Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

This note card, included with a Burgin Bucks coupon for a stamper who has earned a free stamp set, has more elements than usual (check the products, below). Glimmer White is slightly creamier than Basic White cardstock — it was a happy accident that I grabbed this scrap off the table. I used the beautiful Misty Moonlight/Silver Baker’s Twine on the tag and an Opal Round to add more sparkle.

Flowing Flowers Cling Stamp Set

[157880]

$25.00

Timeless Tropical Cling Stamp Set (English)

[151497]

$23.00

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

$7.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes

[159232]

$7.00

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101910]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153081]

$8.75

Bark 3 D Embossing Folder

[155431]

$10.00

Sweet Hearts Dies

[157623]

$29.00

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack

[153620]

$10.00

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

$18.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

1″ (2.5 Cm) Circle Punch

[119868]

$13.00

Opal Rounds

[154289]

$7.50

Posted in 2022 Jan-June Mini, Hello, Note card | Tagged Flowing Flowers, Stampin' Up! | Comments Off

Eden’s Garden: Patchwork

Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 by Debra Burgin

Stampers who bought the Eden’s Garden Bundle (#157832, $52.00) and Ever Eden Specialty Designer Series Paper received some freebies from me. Along with a spool of Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon from the Annual Catalog, I sent three card kits that would use their supplies. (Although the DSP is no longer available, I’m guessing you might have some on hand for this project!)

Eden's Garden | This "patchwork" card is based on a layout by Libby Fens. Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

There’s a bit of a secret to getting these pieces evenly spaced and straight: a 3¾” x 5½” panel of Soft Succulent. It’s pretty invisible, but it provides a good base for the “patchwork.”