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Shimmery White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Linen Thread

$4.50

Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper

$4.00

$11.00

Blooms & Bliss 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Pad

$6.50

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

$6.50

Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad

Posted in All Occassion, Birthdays, Cards, Congratulations, Designer Series Paper, Pals Blog Hop, Stampin' Up!, Thinking of You | Tagged Cardmaking, Clean and Simple, Easy, inspiration, Occasions, Pals Blog Hop, Papercrafting, Quick, Simple, Stampin' Up! | 12 Comments

Sunshine Wishes & Valentines

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Beyond Beaches & Blessings

Today, I am sharing a Valentine’s card I created for this week’s Global Design Project Challenge GDP072. Below is the picture of the card inspiration by Designer, Krista Frattin, we are using to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit). Additional details on this challenge can be found here.

Before I show you the card I submitted for my #GDP072 entry, I want to share the first version of this card with you, with no added embellishment. I think you’ll find this card quick and easy to create. Take a look.

I created these cards by combining patterned paper from the Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack with the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits, along with Real Red and Basic Black Cardstock and Red Glimmer Paper. Keep in mind, you could also use Real Red for the die cut heart rather than the glimmer paper.

The next version of this card is my Global Design Project entry. To the above version, I added a piece of Real Red ribbon from the Sending Love Combo Ribbon Pack.

To create these cards, cut a 5.5″ x 8.5″ piece of Real Red cardstock, score 8.5″ side at 4.25″ then fold in half. Cut a 3″ x 3″ piece of patterned paper from the DSP pack and a 2″ x 4.25″ piece of patterned paper from the DSP pack. Cut a 2-7/8″ x 2-7/8″ piece of Basic Black cardstock. Using the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits, die cut the Heart (from Red Glimmer Paper or Real Red cardstock) and the word “love” from Basic Black cardstock.

Then, if you wish, add some embellishment, such as a piece of ribbon or rhinestones. Speaking of rhinestones, to the final version of today’s card I added three rhinestones from the Rhinestone Basic Jewels pack. Check out this final version in the picture below.

And finally, one last photo of the two embellished cards side-by-side.

Need more Valentine’s inspiration? Check out these additional blog posts for more ideas, Sending Love is So Sweet, Be My Valentine, and From the Heart.

So, which version of this card would you create? Is there anything you would do differently or change? Leave me a comment below and share your feedback with me.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Lynn

Supplies used to create all three versions (pick and choose the products for the card version you’re interested in CASEing, less any products you may already have on hand):

Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies

$27.00

Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Red Glimmer Paper

Sending Love Ribbon Combo Pack

$7.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Sealed With Love Photopolymer Bundle

Posted in Cards, Designer Series Paper, Global Design Project, Stampin' Up!, Valentines | Tagged Cardmaking, inspiration, Love, Papercrafting, Simple, Stampin' Up!, Valentine's Day | 1 Comment

Sending Love is So Sweet

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Beyond Beaches & Blessings

Let’s take a stroll down Memory Lane today. Remember Valentine’s Day back when you were in Elementary School? We’d decorate Valentine boxes on our own at home and then on that special day we’d bring our decorated box to School so our classmates could deliver their Valentine to each of us. What were your School traditions around Valentine’s Day?

Back in those days, I remember it was always the night before our classroom Valentine’s Party that I’d be making out my Valentine’s, carefully signing my name, inserting candy, then sealing and addressing the envelope. Today, it is still just as much fun to create and send those you care about a special Valentine card. It’s also fun to share a Valentine’s candy gift with others.

I’m sure it’s no surprise, I have another Valentine card idea to share. I created this card using products from the Sending Love Suite of products from the 2017 Occasions Catalog along with the Large Letters Framelits which are fast becoming one of my favorite die sets from our 2016-2017 Annual Catalog. I have a lengthy list of card inspiration to create using the Large Letters Framelits and hope to share more with you as this year progresses. Take a look at today’s Valentine card. This card was simple to create and assemble.

Supplies used to create the front of this card include: Real Red cardstock (cut 5.5″ x 8.5″; folded in half), Whisper White cardstock (cut 5.5″ x 3.25″ and for stitched circle), Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack patterned paper (for letters and scalloped circle), Sealed with Love Bundle, Layering Circle Framelits, and the Stitched Shapes Framelits which are available again for purchase. By the way, I finished off the inside of the card with Whisper White cardstock (cut 4″ x 5.25″) and a cluster of the four hearts adhered in the lower left-hand corner. Looking for some Valentine treat giving ideas, check out these blog posts, Be My Valentine, and From the Heart.

Remember, the 2017 Occasions Catalog and Stampin’ Up!’s annual Sale-A-Bration event are in full swing! If you plan to place your next order through me and need copies of these catalogs, please request them here. Find out what it means to be a Beyond Beaches & Blessings Preferred Customer here, and check out my Starfish Rewards program for my frequent shoppers to see how you can earn a FREE stamp set. For orders under $150 placed through my online shopping site, be sure to use my exclusive Host Code each month to receive a FREE perk as my “thank you” to you for your order.

Leave me some feedback below by sharing your Valentine’s traditions in Elementary School and let me know what you think of today’s card. I look forward to reading your comments. If you have not yet subscribed to my blog, click on the Follow Me Now button to the right and provide your email address.

Blessings,

Lynn

Supplies used in today’s card:

Large Letters Framelits Dies

$99.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$30.00

Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

$4.00

Snail Adhesive

$7.00

Posted in Cards, Designer Series Paper, Gifts and 3D Projects, Personal, Stampin' Up!, Valentines | Tagged Cardmaking, Cards, Gifts, inspiration, Occasions, Papercrafting, Simple, Valentine's Day | 9 Comments

Be My Valentine

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Beyond Beaches & Blessings

I love Valentine’s Day. It’s such a wonderful day to let everyone know you how much you love and care for them. And, as you know, I LOVE to make little gifts to give away to others. So, this post is all about these cute little Tic Tac covers for Valentine’s gifts. But first, I have to share with you the cute Valentine Tic Tac’s I saw while grocery shopping yesterday. Couldn’t help but pick up a few of these to give away. Take a look.

This past Saturday, I received my January Paper Pumpkin kit. The January kit is called “Adorning Arrows” and guess what? You’ll see one of the cute Paper Pumpkin Valentine’s treat bags in the picture below and a package of Tic Tacs fit perfectly in the January Paper Pumpkin treat bags, too.

Here are the cute little Valentine wrappers I created for Tic Tacs. Can you tell what element in the same in all three of the ideas?

Have you figured out what is the same with each of the three treat bags or wrappers? I love the stamp set included in the January Paper Pumpkin kit. I used the “Happy Valentine’s Day” sentiment from this set for each of these. Now, what’s different about the two on the outside? Take another look. Look closely. Did you spot the difference in ribbon color and the patterned paper? Leave me a comment and let me know. January’s Paper Pumpkin project, the treat bags, is featured in the center of the three gift items in the photo.

For the Tic Tac wrappers I cut a piece from Real Red cardstock measuring 5-5/16″ x 2-13/16″ (sorry about the 1/16th of an inch). Score along the 5-5/16″ side at 11/16″, 2-1/2″, 3-3/16″, and 5″. Place Tear and Tape on the 5/16″ strip and adhere to form rectangle. Tie ribbon around Tic Tac container, so when you lift up on bow, it lifts the Tic Tac container from the wrapper. Insert container with bow into wrapper and decorate wrapper.

During Sale-A-Bration (now through March 31), you can get a FREE Sale-A-Bration item with a 3-month pre-paid Paper Pumpkin subscription which costs $55 during Sale-A-Bration. Check out Paper Pumpkin here.

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Thank you for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Lynn

Supplies used in today’s projects:

Real Red 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

$11.00

Sealed With Love Photopolymer Bundle

Sending Love Ribbon Combo Pack

3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

$59.00

Posted in Designer Series Paper, Favors, Gifts and 3D Projects, Paper Pumpkin, Stampin' Up!, Valentines | Tagged 3D, Gifts, inspiration, Occasions, Paper Pumpkin, Papercrafting, Simple, Stampin' Up!, Tic Tac, Treat Bag, Valentine's Day | 5 Comments

From the Heart

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Beyond Beaches & Blessings

Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for January 2017. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our 2017 Blog Hop monthly themes. This month our projects showcase themes that are “from the heart.” This includes any of the following themes… Valentine’s Day, Thinking of You, Get Well and/or Sympathy. We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below. The full line-up will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.

This month I am featuring the new Sealed with Love Photopolymer Bundle from the new 2017 Occasions catalog creating a Valentine’s Day card and matching treat bag. I designed two versions of the Valentine’s Day card; one using the Layering Circles Framelits along with a Stitched Circle, and one using the Layering Squares Framelits along with a Stitched Square. You can easily use the Layering Framelits for both the Real Red and the Whisper White pieces on the card, if you don’t have the Stitched Shapes Framelits set. Each of the cards also feature five of the printed papers from the Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack (LOVE this paper stack for Valentine’s Day cards and treats). The supplies used in these projects are listed at the bottom of my post.

My favorite Valentine’s Day candy – Cinnamon Hearts. So, I filled a 2″ x 8″ Cellophane Bag with Gimbal’s Cinnamon Lovers chewy hearts. This is a great time to be thinking about Valentine cards and small gifts to give to family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, and teachers for Valentine’s Day, and getting them made and ready for giving. Take a look!

What is your favorite Valentine candy? And, which version of this card design do you like best? Let me know by leaving me a comment below. If you don’t already follow my blog, I encourage you to do so by clicking on the Follow Me Now button to subscribe. You’ll then be sent an e-mail to confirm your subscription to my blog, once confirmed you’ll be notified by e-mail each time I publish a new post.

Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop!

Blog Hop Line-up:

Blessings,

Lynn

Supplies used in my From the Heart projects include the following:

Sealed With Love Photopolymer Bundle

Sending Love Ribbon Combo Pack

$7.00

Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$9.00

Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

$6.50

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

Dragonfly Dreams Photopolymer Bundle

Posted in Cards, Designer Series Paper, Favors, Gifts and 3D Projects, Pals Blog Hop, Stampin' Up!, Valentines | Tagged 3D, Cardmaking, Cards, Gifts, inspiration, Occasions, Stampin' Up!, Valentines | 13 Comments

Dragonfly Dreams & More

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Beyond Beaches & Blessings

Welcome! Sale-A-Bration is the best time of the year with the new 2017 Occasions catalog and the special FREE Sale-A-Bration gift with every $50 purchase products!

I just love the new Dragonfly Dreams Bundle consisting of the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies (on page 26 of the new 2017 Occasions catalog). And, as promised, today’s project features supplies used from both notepad projects from my It’s a New Year with New Products post. If you missed the first two notepad projects, visit my post to get all the details.

This project is made using the Bermuda Bay Designer Series Paper, Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies, Large Letters Framelits, Layering Ovals Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies (available again with the release of the new 2017-2018 Annual Catalog), along with Basic Black, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay Cardstock and Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Paper. The notepad (purchased at Target) measures 4″ x 6″ and the gift box for the pen measures 6″ x 5/8″ x 5/8″ and is tied with 1/8″ Silver Ribbon. I die cut the dragonflies from the Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Paper. The shimmer makes the notepad cover pop!

The cardstock for the gift box is cut 3″ x 7-7/8″ and scored along the 3″ side at 5/8″, 1-1/4″ 1-7/8″, and 2-1/2″ (last 1/2″ is the piece that gets adhered to inside of box). The 7-7/8″ side get scored at 5/8″, 6-5/8″ and 7-1/4″. Put strong adhesive (like Fast Fuse or Tear & Tape) across the bottom 6″ long 1/2″ wide snipped strip on top side in image below. Then put strong tape/adhesive on the four tabs on the Left in the template image below; adhesive goes on top of the snipped/trimmed pieces and on the underside of the one left square. No adhesive on the tabs on right side of image as these tabs just fold/tuck in to complete the opening end of the box. Here is a picture of the cutting template to assist you with snipping, adhesive, and folding.

Don’t you just love the look of the personalized monogram? Think of all the possibilities in stationery type gifts you can make using the oval, square, and circle layer dies and other dies from the new Occasions catalog or Annual catalog, along with the Large Letters Framelits. Do you have some fun ideas you’re thinking of using to CASE this project? Leave me some feedback in the comment section below and share your ideas with me.

And, the SUPER COOL pens I’ve been collecting and giving as gifts, here’s the scoop! I have been purchasing my pens from PenGems. You can use this referral link to get 10% off your first purchase. Check them out! My gift box fits the clear pen boxes PenGems packages their pens in perfectly! Enjoy!

Finally, if you are planning to spend more than $100 on your Stampin’ Up! order with the launch of our new Occasions catalog and Sale-A-Bration mini catalog, you should consider purchasing all that product via the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit (a.k.a. The Ultimate Bundle) as you will get up to $125 worth of merchandise (PLUS 2 additional free stamp sets of your choice which could add up to $104 more in product value) for only $99 + tax. The shipping is FREE and the business supplies (optional to use) are FREE, too! Plus you’d get to become a part of my fabulous community of stamping Beachcombers. Contact me with any questions you may have and I’ll fill you in on all the details of this special offer!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Lynn

Supplies used in these projects include:

$46.75

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

Large Letters Framelits Dies

$99.00

Brights Designer Series Paper Stack

$22.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$9.00

Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

Silver 1/8″ (3.2 Mm) Ribbon

Dragonfly Dreams Photopolymer Bundle

Posted in All Occassion, Designer Series Paper, Gifts and 3D Projects, Stampin' Up! | Tagged 3D, Dragonfly, inspiration, notepad, Occasions, Simple, Stampin' Up! | 3 Comments

It’s a New Year with New Products

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Beyond Beaches & Blessings

2017 is here and it’s time to celebrate the excitement surrounding the release of the new products in Stampin’ Up!’s new 2017 Occasions catalog and Sale-A-Bration mini which are NOW available. Who loves FREE? I do, for sure! And, Sale-A-Bration offers many new FREE products you and I can earn with every $50 in product we purchase (before shipping/handling and tax), with a few more to choose from towards the end of February.

In fact, an order of $150 earns Stampin’ Rewards and qualifies for 3 FREE items from the Sale-A-Bration mini catalog. During Sale-A-Bration, an order of $250 or more qualifies for an extra $25 in Stampin’ Rewards plus 5 FREE Sale-A-Bration products. Take a look through the catalog PDFs by clicking on each of the catalog covers below and begin making your Wish List or shop now. And, don’t forget about my Starfish Rewards frequent shopper program. For details, click here.

If your Wish List is lengthy, like mine, you may want to consider purchasing the Ultimate Bundle (for just $99) and joining my stamping Beachcombers team! I’d been a hobby stamper for almost 20 years, when my Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator talked to me about joining her team as a hobbyist and purchasing the Ultimate Bundle for just $99. With my love for SU! products, I couldn’t refuse this offer. Ordering $125 in SU! products of my choosing, then selecting 2 additional stamp sets for FREE! And a discount on my future purchases, too, to support my hobby! I was all in! And, YOU, can be too! Just email me and I’ll be happy to fill you in on all the details and answer any questions you may have.

Now, on to the crafty good stuff! There are so many fun and versatile new products in the Occasions catalog and Sale-A-Bration mini catalog. I want to point out a couple of my favorites to get this party started. Then, over the coming weeks, I’ll focus on some other favorite products and show you samples from those products.

I ran across some 4″ x 6″ notepads at Target and thought these would be fun to decorate and give as gifts along with a special new pen. I also created a matching gift box for the new pen and tied it closed with a piece of 1/8″ Silver Ribbon from the current Annual catalog. For the first notepad and pen set, I used the first of my favorites, the new Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and coordinating Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies including the beautiful sentiment. These are sold in a bundle (Dragonfly Dreams Bundle) for added savings (page 26 of Occasions catalog). Take a look!

Here is another version, using supplies from the Annual catalog along with the new Stitched Shapes Framelits that will be available in the new 2017-2018 Annual Catalog. These framelits were available for a limited time in 2016 and were wildly popular; I LOVE my set of stitched dies! This layout makes a nice personalized monogrammed style notepad.

Below is another picture of each notepad. Are you curious about the new pens I’m gifting? Which notepad design do you like best? Leave me your feedback below. I’d also love for you to subscribe to my blog by clicking on the Follow Me Now button to the right so you don’t miss my post on the pens I purchased and another notepad sample using supplies from each of these two cards. I’ll also include the measurements for the pen box at that time which measures 6″ x 5/8″ x 5/8″. Here is a link to that post, Dragonfly Dreams & More.

StampinUp, CAS, Note Pad with Pen, made with Dragonfly Dreams stamp set, Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, designed by demo Lynn Tague. See more cards and gift ideas at BeyondBeachesandBlessings.com #BeyondBeachesandBlessings

StampinUp, CAS, Note Pad with Pen, made with Bermuda Bay Designer Series Paper DSP, Stitched Framelits, Layering Oval Framelits, Large Letters Framelits, designed by demo Lynn Tague. See more cards and gift ideas at BeyondBeachesandBlessings.com #BeyondBeachesandBlessings

From the new Sale-A-Bration mini, my first favorite is the Tasty Truck stamp set. Check this product out on page 12-13. Combine this stamp set with the new Watercolor Pencils, and let your creativity begin. The Watercolor Pencils can be found on page 24 of the Occasions catalog.

What are your new favorites from the Occasions and Sale-A-Brations catalogs? Leave me your favorites in the comments below. I love reading your feedback and hearing about your favorite SU! products.

Thank you for stopping by today! I’ll look forward to hearing from you.

Blessings,

Lynn

Supplies used in my Dragonfly Dreams projects include:

$46.75

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

Large Letters Framelits Dies

$99.00

Brights Designer Series Paper Stack

$22.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$9.00

Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

Silver 1/8″ (3.2 Mm) Ribbon