Category Archives: Retiring

May 4 2018

Global Stamping Friends – Sketch Challenge!

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May the 4th be with you!  Just throwing that out there for some of my friends.  You know who you are!!! 😉

Hi BFF’s!  Doesn’t it feel like this year is just flying by?  It’s almost summertime!  I know in some areas it’s still snowing.  If that is you, I am very sorry.  What a winter it has been for some places around the world, but I can’t complain much here in San Diego, California.

Welcome to another blog hop with the Global Stamping Friends where demonstrators from all around the world are showcasing awesome Stampin’ Up! products!  This month we are working with a sketch.  I love sketch challenges.

Here is the sketch we are working with and here is what I came up with using some new, some retiring and some current products.  I really stuck to the sketch with the circle and stripes and accents.  I added some dimension with the Sparkle embossing folder.

I fell in love with this designer series paper called Painted With Love that is only available while supplies last.  The gold accents really caught my eye.  So I decided to stamp the circle and the sentiment using Versamark and heat embossing in Gold.  This circle came from a brand new not-yet-released stamp set called Swirly Frames.  It coordinates with the Circle and Square Framelits.  It will be available in the new catalog on June 1st so you’re getting a sneak peek. 🙂

I used a current bundle that will be carrying over into the new catalog.  It’s called Colorful Seasons.  The sentiment and the flowers are from this bundle.  The colors I used were Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride and Rich Razzleberry.

I added a thin strip of the designer series paper inside the card also to finish it off. 🙂

I hope you liked my card. Next up is Tricia.  I know you will enjoy what she has come up with.

Thanks for stopping by.  Below is a list of everything I used today on this card except for the Swirly Frames.  If you’d like to shop with me, click HERE and use the Hostess Code BNQEJNBK when you check out and I will send you a surprise in the mail.

Your BFF,
Jenn

Bloghop 21 Rollcall

  1. Jenn Curtis Charles
  2. Tricia Butts
  3. Anastasia Radloff
  4. Anita Wifladt
  5. Anja Reuss
  6. Jan Musselman
    7.Lisa Ann Bernard
    8 Angélique Stempelkeuken
  1. Sharon Dalton
    10.Vicky Wright
    11.Marieke Bart
    12.Mary Ann Kay Rossiter
    13.Sarah Mcdermott
    14.Kimberley Anne Morris

May Upcoming Classes (RSVP on FB at BFF Stampers):
**Please note that Stamp Camp has been permanently moved to the 2nd Saturday of the month**

May 5th – 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. – My House
Come make a Mother’s Day card or 2 or 3!  There will be 4 different designs to choose from with envelopes included.
Cost: $4 each or 3 for $10.
RSVP: May 4th with how many cards you’d like to make.

May 11 – 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. – My House
Make up day for the Perennial Birthday Kit or come and make your Paper Pumpkins that are piling up!
Cost: FREE, bring your kits
RSVP: Just so I know you are coming.

May 12 – 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. – Sew Easy Studio
Come join me at STAMP CAMP to make 10 cards.  2 each of 5 designs.  We will be using some product from the new catalog.
Cost: $20 or FREE with a qualifying order.
RSVP: May 11th

May 16 – 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Sew Easy Studio
Come join me every 3rd Wednesday of the month to learn a new Fancy Fold Card or a treat box. This month we will be learning a fancy fold using the Delightful Daisy stamp set and Punch bundle.  A printed tutorial is provided so that you can go home and make more. This month we will be making an extra card learning the Eclipse Technique using the Big Shot.
Cost: $5 each card
RSVP: May 15th

May 20 – 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. – My House
Share What You Love Suite Product Based Class.  This is a beautiful suite that’s being released early just for us from the 2018-19 new Annual Catalog!  Come make 8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs, using these new products. We will be packaging up 4 of the cards to give away as a gift and keeping the other 4 for ourselves 🙂
Cost: Take a look at the bundles HERE.
Cost includes shipping + tax and card kit. (FREE items in all the bundles!)
Just Getting Started Bundle: $79
A Little More, Please Bundle: $115
Gotta Have It All Bundle: $149
RSVP: May 12th with payment to Paypal
This class is also offered as an online class also.  I will send you your card kit with a tutorial.

May 24th – 1 p.m. – Ramona Library
I will be teaching a simple papercrafting class at the Ramona Library.  We will be making 4 cards, 2 each of 2 designs.  The cards will be fairly simple for newer stampers and feature easy to duplicate techniques.
Cost: FREE
RSVP: May 23rd

May 27th – 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. – My House

This class will be featuring the new 2018-2020 In-Colors.  We will be making 5 cards using each of the new In-Colors and you will go home with all 5 stamp pads and a pack of in-color cardstock.
Cost: $55
RSVP: May 18th with payment to Paypal

If you have any questions, just ask!  Whenever you bring a new friend to Stamp Camp, you and your friend will get to choose 5 FREE cards from my homemade card bucket!

Have a wishlist a mile long?  Join Stampin’ Up! and you can get 20% off all your purchases!  Ask me about the kit or check it out HERE on my website.

Apr 14 2018

April 2018 Stamp ‘N Hop – Retiring Annual Catty Favorites

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I can’t believe another annual catalog is almost up (May 31st) and a brand new one is coming out with a ton of new stuff!  I went last weekend to OnStage and got the new Catalog and let me tell you, you are going to love it!  But today, we are here to talk about what we will miss the most!

Thank you for joining me today.  You are visiting Jenn Charles @ BFF Stampers.  I have so many favorites that are retiring so it was too hard to pick just one.  So I’ve made a few cards with colors and stamp sets that I believe are must have’s in your craft room.

Rose Wonder is a beautiful stamp set with some wonderful greetings that I use so much. I will really miss this set. It coordinates with a matching thinlit set that is retiring also.  For this card, I’ve heat embossed the rose stamp with white embossing powder and then used Brusho and my Aqua Painter to make the vibrant colors.  I’ve used Peekaboo Peach (retiring) on one and Real Red and Wild Wasabi (retiring) on the other.  Below is a close-up of the red one.  I stamped it onto Shimmery White cardstock.  It’s so fancy.  It’s my first time using this cardstock and I love the all over glimmer.

Can you see the sparkle on the leaves?  I love the way the Brusho looks on these leaves also.

My next stamp set is called Butterfly Basics along with the Butterflies Thinlit Dies. All the butterfly sets that we’ve had coordinate so beautifully!  I’m really sad to see all these butterflies retiring.  I use them often.

I’ve paired it here with Peekaboo Peach again and Pear Pizzazz.  If you haven’t been able to tell yet, Peekaboo Peach is my favorite In-Color that is retiring.  But a little secret, they are bringing back one of my old In-Color favorites, Coastal Cabana and making it a core color!  So it makes it a little easier to let it go.

The color on this last one is a little harder to let go.  It’s soft sky.  I’ve just recently started using this color a lot more and now it’s retiring.  I’ve paired it here with Crumb Cake and the stamp set So Many Shells.  I just got this set a few months ago from a friend.  This is actually the first time I’ve used it.  I’ll be keeping it for awhile because it’s a perfect set to lift a friend up.

A list of everything I’ve used on these cards is below.

So now that I’ve told you a little about the color re-vamp, here’s an image to show you all the retiring colors.  There are quite a few core colors retiring along with the 2016-2018 In-Colors and Stampin’ Up! has changed around the colors in the core groups.  I think you will really like the change.  One more thing they’ve done is change the stamp pad itself.  It’s a lot easier to open, a new pad that doesn’t foam up and they are stackable!  I know you will love them as much as I do.

Here are the retiring colors.  Keep an eye out on Monday for an email all about the color re-vamp and the new colors.  Sign up for my newsletter if you aren’t already receiving my emails.

Are any of these your favorites?  Protect your investment you’ve already made by stocking up before they sell out.  Don’t forget the cardstock, ink refill and coordinating accessories.

Here are the retiring lists of Everything retiring!

AC Retired List-US

OCC Retired List-US

Use the hostess code below to SHOP through the 15th to get a surprise from me in the mail.  If your order is over $150, do not use this hostess code!  You will qualify for your own rewards!

Thank you for checking out this month’s Stamp ‘N Hop.  Next up in the hop is Idonna Miller.

Happy Hopping,

Jenn

Here’s the list of everyone participating this month, click on the names below if you want to hop around.

Kayla Adams

Amy Grendel

Tracie Evans Langley

Cheryl Taylor

Linda Hadford

Susan Simpson

Laurie Meier

Christina Walker

Britney Vander Laan

Lisa Kmiec

Melissa Kerman

Kirsten Aitchison

Tracey Gouraud

Rachel Traudt

Ilka Teschke

Danielle Kassing

Mo Rootes

Kim Smith

Courtenay Heuston

Jenn Charles

Idonna Miller

Terry Montgomery

Joanne Hodge

Sandra Roberts

Laura Mackie

Mikaela Titheridge

Karen Pearmain

Tracy Lewis

Mar 24 2018

Retiring IN-Colors and Easter Treats

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Another annual catalog is almost here so what exactly does that mean for us? Every year Stampin’ Up! comes out with another 5 brand new In-Colors so unfortunately these 5 will be expiring. Did you have a favorite from the 2016-2018 In-Colors? Mine changed throughout the last two years but I’m ending with Peekaboo Peach. It goes with everything!

The reason I’m already talking about the new catalog is because when the new comes in, the old goes out and that means getting them while supplies last! That means cardstock, ink pads, ink refills, and ribbons or embellishments are all gonna be going, going, gone very soon and I don’t want any of you missing out!

I made these adorable favors that I CASEd from Pootles. Here is a link to her video.

The measurements are:
Cardstock or Designer Series Paper: 11″ x 3 1/2″

Score on the LONG side at 1/2″, 1 1/4″, 9 3/4″, 10 1/2″

Score on the SHORT side at 3/4″, 1 1/2″, 2 1/4″, 3″

These are super easy to make multiples of and they are perfect for filling up with chocolate Easter eggs and putting into Easter baskets.

I used the Sale-a-Bration stamp set, Heartfelt Blooms to stamp all over the cardstock and also for the sentiment. The Sale-a-Bration freebies end on March 31st.  Stock up on your favorite in-colors and then get a FREE Sale-A-Bration item.  Stampin’ Up! has added even more items for FREE below.

Click on the links below to check out all the other SAB items available.

SAB 1st Release

SAB 2nd Release

The month of March is my birthday month and I am giving a gift to you!  Use the hostess code below to ensure you receive your gift!

I’m also having a Birthday Party Stamp-A-Stack on March 30th.  Cost is $9 for 9 cards or FREE with a $15 order.  RSVP soon because space is limited to 16 people and it’s already more than half-way full. I am also offering this as a TO-GO kit class. You will provide the stamps and ink…I will do all the cutting, punching and big shot work for you!  (Additional shipping cost of $4 or free with $15 order.)

We will be having treats and cake and there will be lots of fun give-aways!  I hope you can join me!

Host a party and you can earn your own rewards!  If you book a party for April before the end of March, I will give you a FREE ribbon of your choice!

Here’s another version of the Treat Box I did for Easter:

Your BFF,

Jenn

 

May 5 2017

Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop 9

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Welcome to another month of the Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop!  This blog hop is titled Sorry You’re Leaving.  We are picking our favorite items that are retiring from the last catalog to make room for brand new items in the new catalog coming out June 1st.  Thank you for joining us.  Make sure you hop around to all the blogs to see projects made with these “have to have” items before they sell out!

First on my list of favorite retiring items is Gorgeous Grunge.  I have used this stamp set in so many projects.  It is a great background stamp to break up white space.  It always adds just what I need to a project.  Here I have it paired with another of my favorite retiring items Petite Petals.  Petite Petals is one of my favorites because it has a punch!  It’s quick and easy and makes such a great addition to any card.  And the punch is on sale!

    

I used Gorgeous Grunge to make the strip of pattern paper on the card and the splash behind it.  I’ve also used the Crumb Cake Note Cards and Envelopes. They are a great neutral to pair up with almost any other color. I use them a lot to make card sets as gifts for teachers and gift card holders.  The crumb cake note cards are retiring but we will still be carrying White Note Cards and Vanilla Note Cards.

Next on my list is the Made with Love stamp set, Something for Baby stamp set and coordinating framelits.  I’ve used these on so many children’s cards, baby cards, baby shower cards, invitations and gifts.  This is definitely a keeper!

    

I made this cute card set with thank you cards because what new mother doesn’t need thank you cards?!

 

  

Did you notice that I also used Gorgeous Grunge on these cards.  I LOVE Gorgeous Grunge!  Anyway, the last project I made uses two retiring items.  The Decorative label punch and the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set.

The watercolor swish in the Perpetual Birthday Calendar set is a go-to for so many things!  I’ve used it here as the sky.  It’s subtle but  beautiful!  Can you see where I’ve used the Decorative Label Punch?  At the bottom to make the “legs” of my folding screen.  The trees are from the Sheltering Tree and it’s NOT retiring yet!

Thank you for hopping along with me today.  Thankfully I’m not crying too hard over here because I already own all of these favorites.  The retiring list is while supplies last so don’t miss out!  I am offering a free gift to anyone who orders using the hostess code: 4Z3AYGQ during the month of May.  Next up is Ilse from the Netherlands with her wonderful projects! Click NEXT to get to her or scroll further for a full lineup of everyone participating.

Your BFF,

Jenn

1. Sarah McDermott www.papercraftartistry.blogspot.co.uk
2. Courtenay Heuston www.bagsthatone.blogspot.com.au
3. Georgia Missy Gaydos www.livinlovinstampinwithgg.blogspot.com
4. Kimberley Anne Morris www.procrastistamper.blogspot.com
5. Angélique Stempelkeuken http://stempelkeuken.blogspot.com
6. Lisa Ann Bernard www.queenbcreations.net
7. Rachel Macleod http://onthewingsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk
8. Anita Wifladt www.letsgetstampin.wordpress.com
9. Erica Jones www.fortheheartofstamping.blogspot.com
10. Jenn Curtis Charles www.bffstampers.com <——-YOU ARE HERE
11. Ilse van Vliet www.ilsevvliet.nl
12. Carole Anne Currie Patterson www.Fabric-Paper-Scissors.com
13. Marieke Bart www.mintymik.blogspot.com
14. Petra Wenninger www.frauwolkenblau.de

 

Upcoming Events (RSVP on FB; BFF Stampers):

May 6 – Stamp Camp

May 16 – Open Crop

May 26 – Teacher Appreciation Gift Day

June 4 – Catalog Launch BINGO!!! (Info Coming SOON)

 

Introducing our New Eastern Palace coming out in the new catalog but available as bundles to you now!  Click on the bundle links below to check out the two exclusive bundles.