DistINKtive – A New Kind Of Stamps From Stampin’ Up!

12 June 2018 ~ Anna Krol ~ Leave a comment

Anna’ Stampin’ Cave – A new kind of stamp

Stampin’ Up! knows there is always room for innovation, which is why we’ve trademarked a new style of the red rubber stamp. Named DistINKtive, these stamps start with a photograph, which an amazing Stampin’ Up! manufacturing team in Kanab, Utah then turns into a photorealistic red rubber stamp!

You probably remember the first of the distINKtive stamp set that was introduced during Sale-a-bration called Heartfelt Blooms.

Well, with this new catalogue Stampin’ Up! decided to bring some more of these incredible distINKtive stamp sets.

Distinktive stamps create different opacities in a single stamped image for a realistic depth and intensity.

With distinktive stamps, you can add monochromatic dimension and artistic flair to your stamping.

This innovative stamp style allows you to create images with depth by simply inking and stamping once. How cool is that!

All The Good Things Wood-Mount Stamp Set [146555] £25.00	All The Good Things Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146558] £18.00	Bokeh Dots Wood-Mount Stamp Set [148110] £19.00	Bokeh Dots Clear-Mount Stamp Set [148113] £14.00	Healing Hugs Wood-Mount Stamp Set [146527] £27.00
Healing Hugs Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146530] £20.00	Seize The Day Wood-Mount Stamp Set [146810] £21.00	Seize The Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146813] £19.00	Stylish Christmas Wood-Mount Stamp Set [146770] £27.00	Stylish Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146773] £20.00

Stampin’ Up! has a very informative video about how these amazing stamps work here.

UPDATE

There was a number of products that due to unexpected shipping delays weren’t available when the catalogue went live. But last night Stampin’ Up! announced that some of them are available now:

So I’m happy to announce that the following products are now in stock and available for purchase.

As for Stampin’ Blends, only current colours are back in stock. Thank you for your patience. I will let you know as soon as I have more information about the availability of the new Stampin’ Blends colours.

Host Code for the month of June is XEYXTEPE. Orders of £50+ (excl. p&p) will receive a Surprise Thank You Gift from me. You won’t be disappointed!

Thank You Gifts will be shipped in the first 2 weeks of the following month they were earned (mid-July).

HOW TO USE HOSTESS CODE

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Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

Amazing You Clean & Simple Card Using SAB Freebies

Anna' Stampin' Cave - Amazing You Card using Stampin' Up! Amazing You Stamp Set & Celebrate You Thinlits Dies - Bermuda Bay - Pool Party - Gold

30 March 201830 March 2018 ~ Anna Krol ~ 6 Comments

Anna’ Stampin’ Cave – Amazing You Clean & Simple Card Using SAB Freebies

Are you pink or blue person? Why my question you may be wondering?

Couple of days ago I shared with you lovely, CAS card using Amazing You Stamp Set and Celebrate You Thinlits Dies with flower in pink – you can check it here.

Today, however, I have a very similar card using the same products and layout, but in blue instead of pink.

Here’s my card –

Amazing You card dimensions:

Bermuda Bay cardstock: 11-6/8″ x 4-1/8″ scored in half at 5-7/8″ (29.7 x 10.5 cm scored in half at 14.8 cm)
Whisper White cardstock: 3-5/8″ x 5-3/8″ (9.3 cm x 13.6 cm)
Whisper White cardstock (for inside): 3″ x 4-5/8″ (7.6 cm x 11.7 cm)
a piece of watercolour paper for stamping the flower
a strip of Gold Foil cardstock for die cutting
Gold 1/8″ Ribbon: 8″ approximately

In today’s card I still encorporated gold elements, but I swapped Berry Burst and Powder Pink inks for Bermuda Bay and Pool Party. I love this dreamy teal-y flower!

I love the script on this ‘amazing’ die cut. It’s bit tricky to adhere but totally worth the hustle. ‘You’ is stamped in soft, Pool Party ink. For the greenery this time I used only one shade of green: Pear Pizzazz.

To finish off the inside of the card I stamped the flower in Pool Party ink, in bottom right corner.

So? Are you pink or blue person? I would love to know.

Also don’t forget that there’re still couple of day when you can earn free Sale-a-bration products with each qualifying order. And you don’t only have a brochures to choose from – there are also regular products from current catalogues which you can choose!! Download PDF here.

Please note: The item numbers from the flyer (EN l FR l DE) must be used in order for the products to be redeemed as Sale-A-Bration items. The items have different numbers in the catalogue that do not mark the item as part of Sale-A-Bration.

I add this card to:

If you wish to purchase any of products I have used, simply click the images below to go directly to my online store and don’t forget to enter the hostess code CWKGWDD7 to receive a gift from me.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day

Hostess Code for a month of March: CWKGWDD7 – Use this code in the month of March and receive a gift from me. Spend £25 or more and use the code, and you will receive a Sweet Soiree Suite embellishments sample: one Silver Mini Gable Box + samples of ribbon and ‘shreddies’ (pink, silver or white) + a handmade gift from me.
Special Notes:

1) Make sure you select Anna Krol as your demonstrator;
2) If you select “No Contact” box I do not have access to your name and can’t send you a gift;
3) If your order is £150 or more do not use the code and grab your own Stampin’ Rewards + gift from me

Amazing You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147215] £0.00	Amazing You Wood-Mount Stamp Set [147212] £0.00	Celebrate You Thinlit Dies [146840] £0.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] £7.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25
Watercolor Paper [122959] £4.50	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] £3.75	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad [131171] £6.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad [126982] £6.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad [131180] £6.00
Versamark Pad [102283] £7.75	Embossing Buddy [103083] £5.50	Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109129] £4.50	Aqua Painters [103954] £15.50	Gold 1/8″ Ribbon [134583] £4.50
Stamp-A-Ma-Jig [101049] £11.00	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] £9.00	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026] £9.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] £3.75	Stampin’ Trimmer [129722] £27.00
Big Shot [143263] £99.00

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Summary of the project which gives all the views of the card in one photo. I’d love if you pinned and called by on Pinterest xx

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Spring Summer Catalogue Paper & Ribbon Shares. Shares are open to Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands & United Kingdom. 102 sheets of DSP & 2 yards of each type of ribbon from Spring/Summer Catalogue. Click here for more details —>

The New Stampin’ Up! Spring/Summer 2017 Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration are LIVE and it’s AMAZING! For every 60 €/£45, you spend either from Spring Summer Catalogue or Annual Catalogue, you will get to choose one FREE level 1 product from SAB brochure! If you spend 120 €/£90, you get one FREE level 2 product, OR, you can choose two level 1 items. If you spend 180 €/£135, you have the option to choose three level 1 items or one level 1 item and one level 2 item. Click here for more details —>

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Petal Palette Split Background 1 For 2

20 February 201820 February 2018 ~ Anna Krol ~ 6 Comments

Anna’ Stampin’ Cave – Petal Palette Split Background 1 For 2 for Kylie Bertucci’s International Project Highlights

Thanks for coming to my blog today! We are being highlighted internationally by Kylie Bertucci and you are able to VOTE for my project. The top ten winners will get to be part of an international blog hop so please vote for my project. My project is under number 7! You can do it here or use a button at the end of my post.

Our theme for this highlight is, again, ‘Favourite Sale-a-bration Or Occasions Catalogue Products’ – because they are so amazing!! Last time I’ve used my ever favourite medium: Brusho Crystal Colour – you can check that post HERE.

This time, however, I decided to use a stamp set I seem to be using a lot lately, called Petal Palette. And this is also my second project in ‘Bedazzled‘ series, as I have a thing (or two lol) for a glitter lately too haha

Dimensions for both cards:

card base: 11-6/8″ x 4-1/8″ scored in half at 5-7/8″ (29.7 x 10.5 cm scored in half at 14.8 cm) – Whisper White Thick & Very Vanilla cardstock
Shimmery White cardstock: 4-1/4″ x 5-3/4″ (10.8 cm x 14.6 cm)
Soft Sky cardstock: 3-2/8″ x 4-1/8″ (8.26 cm x 10.5 cm)
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper: narrow, long strip – 4-1/2″ x 1/2″ (11.4 cm x 1.3 cm) approx

First I created the background. I didn’t have a plan for my cards yet, I just played – but this is how many of projects start.

I stamped the cluster of roses from Petal Palettes Stamp Set all over the piece of Shimmery White cardstock using Basic Black Archival ink pad. Next, I watercoloured them. I’ve used my ink pads as palettes: Powder Pink with Blushing Bride for roses and Pear Pizzazz with Old Olive for leaves.

When my piece dried, I decided I want to add some colour to the background. I’ve used a sponge dauber to add Versamark ink to my flowers and let it dry. Next, I sponged Soft Sky ink over my piece. Versamark helped my roses not to be stained with blue ink, but it also allowed the blueish hue to make it’s ‘mark’ (hope you know what I mean).

Once happy with the background, I flicked some water droplets on and picked them up with a paper towel. I truly love subtle texture that those droplets create.

Now the ‘bedazzled’ part: I flicked some more water on my background, sprinkled with clear embossing powder and heat set it. Next, I re-heat it once again, added Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter and heat set it again so the glitter stays put. And I cut my piece diagonally to create two cards.

Because of the bold design, I decided to keep the rest of my cards clean & simple.

For first card, I decided to mount my diagonal piece at the very bottom of the card. But first, I stamped the sentiment, with help of Stamp-a-ma-jig, in Basic Black Archival ink.

I stamped it diagonally, just above where the diagonal piece will go and I added a strip of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper just below my sentiment. Next, using Foam Adhesive Strips I adhered my background to the card base

For the second card’s card base I’ve used Very Vanilla thick cardstock and I tweaked the layout slightly.

This time background landed on top of my card and I also cut off the end of my diagonal panel.

I backed it with a piece of Soft Sky cardstock and adhered it to the card base flat with snail adhesive.

I stamped the sentiment at the bottom Right corner of the card base, in Basic Black Archival ink.

I really had fun creating these cards and I hope you like them too. And can you spot soft, blueish shiny speckles of Dazzling Diamond Stampin’ Glitter on my backgrounds? Just yummy!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today! Make sure you head over to Kylie’s blog to check all lovely projects and vote for your favourites. Hope my project will be among them. My project is under number 7!

If you wish to purchase any of products I have used, simply click the images below to go directly to my online store and don’t forget to enter the hostess code RRMR76JH to receive a gift from me.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day

Hostess Code for February: RRMR76JH – Use this code in the month of February and receive a gift from me. Spend £50 or more and use the code, and you will receive a Whisper White 1/4″ (6.4mm) Organza Ribbon + a handmade gift from me

Special Notes: 1) Make sure you select Anna Krol as your demonstrator;
2) If you select “No Contact” box I do not have access to your name and can’t send you a gift;
3) If your order is £150 or more do not use the code and grab your own Stampin’ Rewards + gift from m

Petal Palette Wood-Mount Stamp Set [145785] £42.00	Petal Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145788] £32.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50	Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock [144238] £6.50	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] £7.25
Card Stock A4 Soft Sky [131292] £7.25	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper [135315] £4.50	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] £6.50	Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad [131181] £6.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad [131172] £6.00
Powder Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad [144084] £6.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad [126953] £6.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad [131180] £6.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] £4.50	Stamping Sponges [141337] £3.25
Versamark Pad [102283] £7.75	Embossing Buddy [103083] £5.50	Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109130] £4.50	Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter [133751] £4.50	Aqua Painters [103954] £15.50
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] £6.25	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] £7.25	Stamp-A-Ma-Jig [101049] £11.00	Heat Tool – Uk Plug [129054] £27.00	Stampin’ Trimmer [129722] £27.00

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Summary of the project which gives all the views of the card in one photo. I’d love if you pinned and called by on Pinterest xx

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Hooray! New Sale-a-bration Release Is Now Available!!

16 February 2018 ~ Anna Krol ~ Leave a comment

Hooray! New Sale-a-bration Release Is Now Available!!

Starting today, 16th February, Stampin’ Up! is adding three more FREE product options to the Sale-A-Bration offering.

Eclectic Expressions Stamp Set – images ©Stampin’ Up!

Eclectic Expressions Stamp Set (Clear-Mount and Wood-Mount) is available for FREE with a 60 €/£45 order .

If you like experimenting with abstract patterns, then this set is the one for you! Repeat, layer, overlap images.

Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper – images ©Stampin’ Up!

Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper is available for FREE with a 60 €/£45 order .

Give spring an elegant spin with foil-designed, spring-inspired paper. Beautiful patterns comes in three colors: Gold foil, Rose Gold foil & Silver foil.

Blossoming Basket Stamp Set & Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder Bundle

Blossoming Basket Bundle (Clear-Mount and Wood-Mount) is available for FREE with a 120 €/£90 order.

It includes beautiful Blossoming Basket Stamp Set with images you can colour using your favourite technique, and a 3D effect Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Watch Stampin’ Up! video below on different waysto use this bundle:

Enjoy Sale-a-bration in THREE WAYS:

SHOP!

If you spend 60 €/£45, you get one free level 1 product.
If you spend 120 €/£90, you get one free level 2 product, OR, you can choose two level 1 items.
If you spend 180 €/£135, you have the option to choose three level 1 items or one level 1 item and one level 2 item.

HOST & EARN!

As you will know, there are ‘benefits’ when you place an order over £150. For this time only, if you place one single order of 275 € | £200 or more, during Sale-A-Bration, you will earn 27 € | £20 more in Stampin’ Rewards!* These rewards can even be applied towards a Starter Kit, allowing you to join and become a demonstrator.

*Additional Stampin’ Rewards can also be earned by an individual purchase or order of 275 € | £200 or more.

JOIN!

Sale-A-Bration it’s the best time of year to join Stampin’ Up!

Have a big wish list and want it ALL? I’m not surprised! But if you want the most product for your money, I highly recommend purchasing the £99 Starter Kit. It’s the ULTIMATE BUNDLE

For a limited time (Sale-A-Bration 3 January – 31 March):

1.Purchasing the £99 Starter Kit during Sale-A-Bration gets you £130 in your choice of Stampin’ Up! Products. In addition, you can select TWO FREE STAMP SETS* of your choice extra. Plus Business Pack on top of that! (*excludes bundles and Sale-A-Bration sets.)

2. The Starter Kit ships FREE

3. You’ll become part of the Stampin’ Up! family and enjoy demonstrator discounts (20% or more) and benefits through at least July 31, 2016.

4. Do it for YOU! There’s no risk and no obligation to purchase anything further. £270 in quarterly sales is required to renew after 30 June. However, there’s no penalty to drop. You don’t lose anything!

5. Access exclusive virtual resources at Stampin’ University and become a member of my team when you purchase the kit and join through me.

Want to join only for a discount? – that’s brilliant! I welcome hobby stampers from across the UK, The Netherlands. Germany, France & Austria. That’s how I started! So what are you waiting for? CLICK HERE to join my team.

If you have got any questions, please do not hesitate and drop me a message. I am here to help.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a blessed day

Special Notes:1) Make sure you select Anna Krol as your demonstrator;
2) If you select “No Contact” box I do not have access to your name and can’t send you a gift;
3) If your order is £150 or more do not use the code and grab your own Stampin’ Rewards + gift from me

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Colour With Me – Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

15 February 20182 April 2019 ~ Anna Krol ~ 34 Comments

Anna’ Stampin’ Cave – Petal Palette Bedazzled with gold

Hello everyone! Welcome to the monthly Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop. This month’s theme is Colouring. You are currently visiting Anna Krol from the United Kingdom.

Colouring and painting must be my favourite hobby. And it does not really matter what medium I use. For today’s hop, I’ve created two beautiful cards in different colour combinations, using amazing Petal Palette Stamp Set and Watercolour Pencils.

To showcase beautiful roses from Petal Palette Stamp Set, I decided to try a double layer stamping technique.

Dimensions for both cards:

card base: 11-6/8″ x 4-1/8″ scored in half at 5-7/8″ (29.7 x 10.5 cm scored in half at 14.8 cm) – Basic Black & Smoky Slate cardstock
Whisper White cardstock panels: 3-3/4″ x 5″ and 2-1/2″ x 3-3/4″ (9.5 cm x 12.7 cm and 6.3 cm x 9.5 cm)
Basic Black & Smoky Slate panels: 2-3/4″ x 4″ (7 cm x 10.1 cm)
Daffodil Delight & Melon Mambo panels: 2-5/8″ x 3-7/8″ (6.7 cm x 9.8 cm)
both sentiment strips (Basic Black & Smoky Slate) measure 2″ x 1″ (5 cm x 2.5 cm) with Melon Mambo & Daffodil Delight strips are just a smidge smaller

For one of my cards, I’ve used a classic colour combination: Basic Black & Melon Mambo with a hint of Old Olive on the leaves.

I’ve layered together two panels of Whisper White cardstock (smaller & larger) securing them together with a dab of snail adhesive in the middle so they won’t move.

I stamped roses from Petal Palette Stamp Set in two corners of my panel making sure they overlap both layers. Because I planned to use Watercolour Pencils, I stamped them using Basic Black Archival ink.

Next, I took apart those layers and decided to colour only the images on a small panel, and leave the rest just black and white.

To colour my roses, I’ve used Watercolour Pencils in Melon Mambo and Old Olive. Blender Pens helped me to blend those colours nicely.

Blender Pens are colourless, but the solution they hold, helps moving colour around, even on regular cardstock.

To add more colour to the image, you can either colour over the image or use Blender Pen to pick up the colour straight for the pencil.

For my second card, I decided to use a rather ethereal colour combination of shades of grey with a pop of yellow.

Same technique but completely different look.

For the roses, I’ve used Daffodil Delight watercolour pencil. I’ve added more colour to the edges of each petal and then using Blender Pen blended the colour towards the centre.

Leaves are coloured with Basic Grey watercolour pencil

And now comes the magic…

I really loved how these cards coming up together, but they seemed too plain to me. So I did a small experiment hoping it will work (and it did!Yay!).

Before assembling my cards, and all the layers together I took those small panels (one at a time of course), flicked water droplets all over them and immediately sprinkled with gold embossing powder.

Did you know that water can hold embossing powder if you act fast enough? Just apply heat from the back.

I heat set it with a heat tool. Once it cools down, I prepped the cardstock with Embossing Buddy, re-applied the heat to those droplets of gold embossing and quickly sprinkled with Gold Stampin’ Glitter. Dabbed off any excess back to the container and heat set it again to set the glitter in place.

I admit it is a VERY MESSY TECHNIQUE!! But it was so worth to have a glitter all over the house haha. Do I have to say it wasn’t last time I used this technique?! Can’t say more now lol

Hope you’ve enjoyed visiting my blog today. I’m wondering which card do you like the most? Classic black & pink or maybe the one in greys and pop of yellow? Please let me know in comments below.

I would love to encourage you to hop along with us and see the rest of beautiful projects designed by amazing artists. Please be sure to continue to hop using the list below. You don’t want to miss any!

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day

Special Notes:1) Make sure you select Anna Krol as your demonstrator;
2) If you select “No Contact” box I do not have access to your name and can’t send you a gift;
3) If your order is £150 or more do not use the code and grab your own Stampin’ Rewards + gift from me

Product List

Petal Palette Wood-Mount Stamp Set [145785] £42.00	Petal Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145788] £32.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £7.25	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] £7.25	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] £7.25
Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] £7.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] £6.50	Watercolor Pencils [141709] £14.50	Blender Pens [102845] £10.75
Embossing Buddy [103083] £5.50	Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109129] £4.50	Gold Stampin’ Glitter [133457] £3.75	Aqua Painters [103954] £15.50	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] £6.25
Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] £3.75	Heat Tool – Uk Plug [129054] £27.00	Stampin’ Trimmer [129722] £27.00