Blessed By Cards w/Renae Novak Creating Beautiful Cards w/ Love

Happy Spring Flowers of Friendship!

4 Comments / Thank You / May 6, 2021

Spring if finally here and it has been very rainy in St. Louis. You know what they say, April showers bring May flowers.

For me becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator was a great decision because I have made so many new friends. If not for my love of stamping and crafting I may never have met these wonderful ladies.

I am very blessed indeed. And because our world has become so virtual, I know have stamping friends across the United States and beyond! Today’s card celebrates spring flowers and friendship. Enjoy! Feel free to leave me a comment.

Supplies

Basic White Cardstock – 5½ x 8½” (card base), 3½ x5, 1½ x 2¾”
Pear Pizzazz Cardstock- 4 x 5¼, 1½ x 2¾”
Color and Contour Bundle
Flowers of Friendship Bundle
Painted Texture Embossing Folder
Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine
Memento Black Ink
Highland Heather Stampin’ Blend Marker Combo
Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blend Marker Combo
Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend Marker Combo
Old Olive Stampin’ Blend Marker Combo
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Stampin’ Seal or Liquid Glue

Directions

Score Basic White cardstock in landscape position (aka longest side) at 4¼. Fold & burnish.
Stamp the three flower image in Memento Black on 3 ½ x 5” white cardstock.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to crop it out using the Scalloped Contour dies.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to dry emboss the Pear Pizzazz panel with the Painted Texture folder and attach to card front.
Color the flowers with the Stampin’ Blend markers and attach to card front.
Use the Scalloped Contour dies to crop the Pear Pizzazz and the Basic White cardstock.
Stamp the greeting in Memento Black onto the white cardstock and cut it down to fit on the Pear Pizzazz rectangle.
Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach the greeting to the card front.

This cute flower set is quickly becoming a favorite and I can see using the Scalloped Contour Dies on many different projects. I hope this card brought a little springy sunshine to wherever you might be today.

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Flowers of Friendship Bundle
#155590 $35

Painted Texture Embossing Folder
#154317 $9

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Happy Mother’s Day w/Welcoming Window!

2 Comments / Mother's Day-Father's Day / May 5, 2021

I know there is a lot of excitement with the new catalog release, but don’t forget about all the amazing bundles in the January-June 2021 catalog. CLICK HERE to download the list of products retiring at the end of June. Plan to add them to your next order before they are gone, gone, gone!

With Mother’s Day is just around the corner I thought I would share with you a fun card design that is just perfect for the occasion. Today’s card features the Welcoming Window Bundle. There are so many wonderful possibilities with this stamp set, I am thrilled that it carried over to the Annual Catalog-AC

Supplies

Misty Moonlight-5 ½ x 8 ½” (card base)
Basic White Cardstock-3¾ x 5”(front panel), 5×5”, 4x 5¼” (inside)
Misty Moonlight Ink
Shaded Spruce Ink
Polished Pink Ink
Cinnamon Cider Ink
Gray Granite Ink
Welcoming Window Bundle
Very Versailles Stamp Set
Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive or Liquid Glue

Directions

Score Misty Moonlight cardstock in landscape position (aka-longest side) at 4 ¼”. Fold & burnish.
Attached white panel to card front.
Stamp accessories on the 5 x 5 white cardstock as shown.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the dies from the bundle to cut out accessories.
Stamp vines from Very Versailles in Shaded Spruce Ink on the bottom right corner.
Arrange accessories on card front as desired or as shown in image.
Stamp greeting in Misty Moonlight ink
Attach 4 x 5¼” panel of white cardstock to the inside and add potted plant or accessory of choice.

Happy Mother’s Day to all mom’s and all those beautiful women who are not mom’s but still chose love. Feel free to leave me a comment, I always enjoy hearing from all of you.

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The 2021-2022 Catalog has Arrived!

Flowers-Birds-Butterflies-Nature, Sales and Announcements / May 4, 2021

Yippee! Skipee! The new catalog is here. I hope you are as excited as I am. Download the PDF by clicking on the photo of the catalog below.

Have you ever thought of becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator?
There has never been a better time to join than right now! This month only you can get an extra $30 in product added to your starter kit. Join for only $99 and get $155 in product. See the end of this post for details!

If you are planning to place an order, first, of all thank you so much and second, if your order is less than $150, please use the current host code AUNW3AKX . Earn extra rewards when you use the host code and place a $75 order CLICK HERE for more details.

Today’s card features two of the new bundles, Flowers and Friendship #155590 on page 78 and Color and Contour #158356 on page 98! Check them out because I am sure you are going to want to add these to your craft room.

Supplies

Misty Moonlight – 5½ x 8½” (card base),
Basic White Cardstock-3 x 4” (scalloped contour dies), 1-3/8 x 2-1/8 (greeting), 4 x 5¼” (inside)
Sand and Sea Designer Series Paper: 1¾ x 5½”
Color and Contour Bundle #153856 $50.25
Flowers of Friendship Bundle #155590 $35
Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine
Misty Moonlight Ink
Memento Black Ink
Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blend Marker
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Stampin’ Seal or Liquid Glue
Silver Metallic Pearls

Directions

Score Misty Moonlight cardstock in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼. Fold & burnish.
Stamp the small flower in Memento Black on 1¾ x 5½” of Sand and Sea Designer Series paper as shown in image. Attach strip to the left side of the card front.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine to crop a scalloped rectangle from Basic White Cardstock. Randomly stamp the larger flower in Misty Moonlight ink on the rectangle and attach to the card front.
Color the flower centers with the Misty Moonlight Light Stampin’ Blend Marker.
Stamp greeting in Misty Moonlight ink and layer to the Misty Moonlight panel. Add a sliver metallic pearl.
Attach greeting to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Stamp a large flower in Misty Moonlight ink on the 4 x 5 ¼” Basic White panel. Color center with the Light Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blend Marker and attach inside the card.

Join today for only $99

Today through May 31^st is a fabulous time to become a new team member because Stampin’ Up! is giving all new demonstrators MORE FREE products, yup, an additional $30 in products will be added to your starter kit, which you customize to fit your needs. So instead of getting $125 in product, you will get $155! Now that is a deal. Plus, all starter kits include business supplies and free shipping.

If you have questions, just email me I am happy to share this opportunity with you. And of course I would love to welcome you to my team. So whether you want to grow a stamping business or just get your products at a discount, now is a great time to join! Just CLICK HERE and I will see you on the other side!

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Make it Monday #6 Color & Contour!

Make it Monday Videos / May 3, 2021

Happy Spring! The weather here in St. Louis was absolutely gorgeous this weekend. And now it is time for another Make it Monday. Today’s card features a brand new bundle, Color and Contour, which will be available for purchase tomorrow Tuesday May 4th. Until then, enjoy today’s Make it Monday tutorial. Just click on the image below!
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/3xqx0msV-Do

Supplies

Basic White Cardstock- 5½ x 8½” (card base) Score in landscape position at 4 1/4”
Basic White Cardstock- 2 ½ x 8 ½ (flowers)
Basic Black Cardstock-Cut two 2×2” squares
Color and Contour Bundle
Stamparatus
Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine
Costal Cabana and Bermuda Bay Ink
Fresh Freesia and Gorgeous Grape Ink
Pale Papaya and Memento Black Ink
Stampin’ Seal or Liquid Glue

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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I Am The True Vine-Sunday Wisdom

2 Comments / Sunday Wisdom / May 2, 2021

I don’t know about you, but I do not have much of a green thumb. I love crafting and making cards is therapy for me, but a master gardener I am not. I like flowers and gardening and although I am not great at it, I do know that in order for anything to bear fruit, the branches must be pruned.

This is also true with our spiritual lives. We must be pruned to bear great fruit. Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ~John 15:5

Pruning can be difficult and we don’t always understand suffering, but the one who created us does and works all things for our good. All we need to do is trust. We can receive strength and life from Jesus because He blesses our efforts and makes us fruitful, but we need to stay connected to Him. We cannot do it alone.

So let us attach ourselves firmly to Jesus through prayer, prune anything that separates us from God and let go of whatever is blocking us from connecting to Jesus, the true vine. Then we will receive life more abundantly.

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Something Old and Something New!

2 Comments / Paper Crafting Ideas, Thinking of You / May 1, 2021 / AC 2021-2022, Double Oval Punch, Flowers of Friendship Bundle, Framed For You, Hand-Penned DSP

Today my card features an “old” retiring set and the “new” Designer Series Paper pack, Hand-Penned, plus a “new” punch bundle, Flowers of Friendship. The 2021-2022 AC (annual catalog) will go live on May 4.

Wow, it is hard to believe we are already heading toward 2022! There have been so many changes in our world, some good, some not so good, but at least we can still create beautiful hand-stamped cards that will bring sunshine to others.

Supplies

Pale Papaya Cardstock (new In-Color)- 5½ x 8½” (card base)
Misty Moonlight Cardstock-2½ x 5½, 1½ x 2½
Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper (new)- 2¼ x 5½
Basic White Cardstock- 1½ x 2¼ ” (greeting), 4 x 5¼ (inside-optional)
Framed For You Stamp Set (retiring
Flowers of Friendship (new punch bundle)
Double Oval Punch
Misty Moonlight Ink
Blushing Bride Stampin’ Blends
Pastel Pearls
Stampin’ Dimensionals

Directions

Score Pale Papaya cardstock in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼. Fold & burnish.
Attach the strip of designer series paper to strip of Misty Moonlight cardstock. Attach to card front leaving a small border along left side.
Use the Double Oval Scallop punch to crop a scallop circle in Misty Moonlight cardstock.
Stamp greeting from Framed For You in Misty Moonlight ink on white cardstock & crop a smooth oval. Layer the ovals together.
Attach the layered ovals with greeting to card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Randomly add three pastel pearls to card front.
Optional: 4 x 5¼” white cardstock to decorate inside as desired.

All the supplies used in today’s cards are listed below, except those new products that will not be available until May 4! Our Host Code is: AUNW3AKX

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Connect, Craft and Collect Promotion

Thinking of You / April 30, 2021

Count down, only a few days away. I could be counting the days until my son graduates from college, but no instead, I am counting down the days until the launch of the new catalog. I am sure my son is counting down the days until graduation. LOL

New Catalog Debut: Tuesday May 4^th

I will have a pdf version of the new catalog posted on the home page of my blog on Tuesday. If you need a hard copy, please contact me. Also beginning May 4, Stampin’ Up! will offer two amazing specials as part of the CONNECT, CRAFT & COLLECT PROMOTION. If you are like me and love connecting with others, crafting to create beautiful things and of’ course collecting crafting supplies-you will have to check this out!

Everyone can be a winner with Stampin Up! May 4-June 14, we will all have an opportunity to get an additional $25 of free product for orders over $250. Yahoo! So get out that wish list, start planning to host your own party, catalog show or virtual stamp camp and let’s earn you some free products! I would love to help you connect, create and collect. Contact me anytime for more information.

And if that is not awesome enough, beginning May 4 thru June 14, you can join my team and save even more! During this special promotional time the $99 starter kit will include an additional $30 in products! That’s $155 in products of your choice! How cool is that? Click here for more info!

As a member of my team you will become invited to an exclusive Facebook page where you can get and share ideas. Of course there it the 20% DISCOUNT on all your purchases! There is NO OBLIGATION to sell to others, just fun and crafting!

Grow a business or be a hobbyist, the choice is yours! Contact me today, I would be happy to talk and share what I love with you!

If you already know you love it all, what are you waiting for? Oh yes, of course, May 4^th…….To get the additional $30 in free product you have to wait until May 4^th and then CLICK HERE TO JOIN! I love sharing the Stampin’ Up! experience and all are welcome so contact me anytime!

AND NOW to interrupt this amazing special with today’s card featuring items in the Sand & Sea collection with the Sailing Home stamp set!

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Last Minute Snail Mail Fun!

Happy Birthday / April 29, 2021

Sadly the Snail Mail set will be retiring at the end of June. You still have time to add this sweet collection to your stamping supplies! This is such a fun set and you have to admit those little snails are too cute!!! Our host code is: WP3RWEW3

There is still time to earn the April Virtual Stamp Camp free, just place a $25 order and use the host code above before midnight on April 30th. Stamp camp project instructions will be emailed directly to the address provided on your online order. Happy Stamping and Happy Shopping!!!!

Supplies

Just Jade Cardstock- 5½ x 8½”
Real Red Cardstock-4 x 5¼
Snail Mail Designer Paper- 3½ x 4½, plus snails and presents cut from paper
Basic White Cardstock-2 x 2 ½” (greeting), 4 x 5¼ (inside)
Best Year Yet Stamp Set
Sweet Ice Cream Stamp Set
Real Red and Memento Black Ink

Directions

Score Just Jade Cardstock in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼. Fold and burnish to create card base.
Attach Real Red panel to card front
Attach the 3½ x 4 ½” piece of designer paper to the red panel.
Use paper snips to cut three big snails, two small snails and 5 presents from the designer series paper.
Attach the snails to the outside and one to the inside as shown.
Stamp the greeting from Best Year in Memento Black ink on some basic white cardstock and cut out with the Postage Stamp Punch.
Add three red rhinestones as shown.
Attach white panel to the inside and stamp Happy Birthday in Real Red ink.
Add a big snail and a present to the lower left corner.

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Sneak Peek-Beauty of Friendship!

Just Because Cards / April 28, 2021 / friendship, sneak peak, spring, summer

As promised in my post yesterday, here is another sneak peek at one of the new bundles that will be featured in the new catalog and available for purchase on May 4th. This is the Beauty of Friendship Bundle. The trees are spectacular. I featured a spring/summer time tree, but you could easily turn this into a fall or winter scene.

The new catalog will also feature 5 new In-Colors. I am using two of them today and they both coordinate well with Cinnamon Cider, which is a current In-Color. Yay! The new colors that I used are Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. The cardstock is also Evening Evergreen.

Supplies

Evening Evergreen Card Base- 5½ x 8½”
Cinnamon Cider Cardstock-4 x 5¼
Basic White Cardstock- 3¾ x 5, 4 x 5¼ (inside)
Beauty of Friendship Bundle-new
High Tide Stamp Set
Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Misty Moonlight, and Cinnamon Cider Ink

Directions

Score Evening Evergreen cardstock along 8½ “side at 4 ¼” to create card base
Attach Cinnamon Cider panel to card front
Stamp the tree in Cinnamon Cider ink, the leaves in Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent in on the white cardstock.
Stamp the greeting in Evening Evergreen and the birds from High Tide in Misty Moonlight ink.
Under the tree and along the bottom of the cards stamp the grass image in Soft Succulent ink.
Attach the white panel to the card front
Add a white layer on the inside of the card and decorate as desired.

HOST CODE: WP3RWEW3E

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Sneak Peek-Hand -Penned 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper!

Happy Birthday, Paper Crafting Ideas / April 27, 2021

We are in the last week of the 2020-2021 annual catalog and here is a sneak peek at some of the gorgeous paper coming in the NEW 2021-2022 Annual catalog.

Items in the new catalog will be available for purchase beginning May 4th. There is still time to get some of those retiring products, but don’t delay, time is running out!

Supplies

Misty Moonlight Cardstock- 5 ½ x 8 ½” (card base), 2½ x ½
Hand-Penned 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper -4 x 5 ¼
Basic White Cardstock- 1½ x 2½ (greeting), 4 x 5¼ (inside)
Butterfly Brilliance Bundle
Fancy Phrases Stamp Set
Onate Layers Dies
Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine
Misty Moonlight Ink

Directions

Score white cardstock along 8½ “side at 4 ¼” for card base
Attach Hand-Penned Designer Series paper panel to card front.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine and the Ornate Layers Dies to cut the fancy rectangle in Misty Moonlight and attach to the center front of card.
Stamp greeting in Misty Moonlight ink on white cardstock and cut out with the Label Me Fancy punch. Attach greeting to the center of the Misty Moonlight ornate layer.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Stamp back tomorrow for another sneak peek from the upcoming catalog. Our Host Code is: WP3RWEW3

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Happy Spring Flowers of Friendship!

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Happy Mother’s Day w/Welcoming Window!

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The 2021-2022 Catalog has Arrived!

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Make it Monday #6 Color & Contour!

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I Am The True Vine-Sunday Wisdom

Something Old and Something New!

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Connect, Craft and Collect Promotion

New Catalog Debut: Tuesday May 4^th

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Last Minute Snail Mail Fun!

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Sneak Peek-Beauty of Friendship!

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Sneak Peek-Hand -Penned 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper!

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New Catalog Debut: Tuesday May 4th

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