Rick's 2021-2023 In Color Club

 Do you love everything new fresh and trendy? Do you have to have the latest crafty thing on the market? Sadly, reality kicks in and you know it’s not in your budget. Well, I have a solution for you! I have a way for you to get all the new 2021-2023 In Colors and on a budget. You may be wondering what in the world is the solution to my problem Rick! Well, it’s my new 2021-2023 In Color Club! 

Eight Techniques to use with Your White Craft Ink

 Hello and welcome to my blog; last night during my weekly Facebook Live I shared eight different ways to use your White Craft Ink on your cards or papercrafting projects.  I know you are like me and probably never touch it, because you forget about it. Hopefully todays post and video tutorial will change that.  

Just Wanted To Say - Simply Succulents Stampin' Up!

 Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a super cute and fun card to share with you using the Faux Distress Oxide Technique.  I did a very traditional Distress Oxide technique on my card today; Ink Blending!  Here's a look at my card.  

Dragonfly Garden Calendar Card Video Tutorial

 Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share the card that I made yesterday during my YouTube Live.  I had designed this card back in December but had not gotten around to sharing it yet.  So, I thought yesterday was a great day to do that.  I shared how to make a stand up easel calendar card if you are wondering.  You will find all the sizes and dimensions below.  Here's a look at my card.  

Congratulations - Celebrate Sunflowers Watercolor Pencil Card

 Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card that I made using the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set and a little watercoloring.  Here's a look at my card.

Dragonfly Garden Super Easy Fun Fold Card Video Tutorial

I know that you are ready for a fun fold card that you can make quick & easy!  Just like everything that I love to create this card is quick easy and looks more complicated than it really is.  Sometimes it’s just a little fun to fold a card differently than the standard A2 size card.  

May 2021 Paper Pumpkin Batter Up! Subscribe today

 Hello and welcome to my blog; I am here today to share with you some of the details about the May 2021 Paper Pumpkin Kit entitled Batter Up!.  So step on up to the plate, take a swing, and knock it out of the park with the May 2021 Paper Pumpkin Kit.  To get this kit you have from April 11th till May 10th to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin.  

Blue Willow Inspired Birthday Shaker Card - Jar of Flowers Bundle Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a birthday shaker card for you today inspired by our blue willow dishes using the Jar of Flowers Bundle from Stampin' Up!.   It's funny where we find inspiration for our projects sometimes.  Here's a look at my card. 

Berry Blessings Gift Bag

 Hello and welcome to my blog; after some technical difficulty and having to reshoot the project that was supposed to go up yesterday for Day 7 of Treat Week 2021.  I am happy to be able to share this project with you today.  I CASEd today's project by the fabulous Sam Hammond from the UK.  I loved Sam's project so much that I had to make my own version.  Here's a look at the project. 

Pick Your Kit Class

 

I have a super fun class planned for you to attend in February! I love our All-Inclusive Kits and have designed this class around them. And the best part is you can pick the kit you want to work with. 

Hey There Friend - Darling Donkeys Stamp Set Sale-A-Bration 2021

 Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to showcase a card that I made as part of a Demonstrator Training event by Ronda Wade back in December.  I CASEd the card from the one that she designed for one of the Make & Takes for the event.  But it's just so darn cute that I couldn't help but copy it and share it on my blog with you today.  Here's a look at the card. 

Christmas Means More Super Easy Shaker Card

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a super fun shaker card for you.   I learned how to do this during OnStage at Home earlier in November.  This is also day 10 in my Fifteen Days of Christmas.  

I am sharing a new project crafty handmade Christmas project with you each day until December 8th.  

Forever Fern Christmas Card

 Hello and welcome to my blog; today is two folds.  Today's post is for this week's Challenge at The Spot and day 8 of my 15 Days of Christmas.  This week's challenge at the Spot is a CASE the designer  challenge.  This week we are casing design team member Andrea Tracy-Tucker.  

We each visited her blog and picked a project she designed and took inspiration from that project.  As I mentioned before this is also part of my 15 days of Christmas.  Each day I am sharing a new project and a new ordering special each day.  

Peaceful Nativity Stampin' Up! - Day 5 of My 15 Days of Christmas

 Hello and welcome to my blog; today is day Five of my Fifteen Days of Christmas!  If you are just joining me on my blog each day for 15 days I am sharing a new project, Live Video, and Ordering Special to share the joy of sharing a #craftyhandmadeholiday with others.  

My card today features the Peaceful Nativity Bundle from Stampin' Up!'s August-December Mini Catalog.  

A Little Christmas Wish - Gnome for the Holidays - Rick's 15 Days of Christmas Day 2

 Hello and welcome to my blog today I am sharing another card for my 15 Days of Christmas!  And I picked one of my favorite stamp sets today to play with and create a fun little Holiday card for you!  

Gnome for the Holidays Stamp Set was one of the sets I had to have when I first saw it in the August-December Mini Catalog.  I just had to have it.  I knew that i would create a lot of cute fun little projects.  I have not used it alot so I had to pull it out to share Day 2's project with you!  

Joy to the World - Peace & Joy Stamp Set

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share a super cute and easy Christmas Card with you today using the Peace & Joy Bundle from the August-December Stampin' Up! Mini Catalog.  

October 2020 Monthly Stampin' Up! Workshop

 Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the replay of my Monthly Stampin' Up! Online Workshop.  I held this workshop on the  Friday October 9th, and I hold them each month in my Online Workshop group the second Friday of each month.  You are welcome to join me each month for my Online Stampin' Up! Workshops.  The next one will be November 13, 2020 at 1 pm CST in my Online Workshop Group.  

For this month's workshop I showcased the Designer Series Papers that are on sale this month during the Designer Series Paper Sale.  You can download the Sales flyer for the Designer Series Paper Sale going on now by clicking here.  

Gather Together Clean & Simple Fall Card

 Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you my card for this week's creative challenge over at the Spot.  This week we have a fun clean & simple Fall challenge for you to play along with.  I created a card using the Gather Together Bundle that is a returning favorite from last years Holiday Catalog, and is currently in the August-December Mini Catalog.  Here's a look at the card that I created.  

Here's the challenge image that inspired my card today.  You can click on the image below to go to the Spot and check out what the other design team members created and play along with us this week.  

I started out my card with a Thick Whisper White Card base cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored it in half at 5 1/2" to make a top folding card.  After deciding on which stamp set and colors I was going to use I started in creating my project.  I cut a piece of Early Espresso Cardstock and stamped the large leaf image from the Gather Together Stamp Set in Versamark Ink around the card in one layer.  To this I added some Perfect Pearls (something that must crafters have in their stash) in Gold.  

I brushed the excess away and stamped the large leaf again around the card filling up any areas that was open.  I then applied Perfect Pearls again but in the color Perfect Pearls.  If you are unfamiliar with Perfect Pearls it's a pearlized powder that can be added to a sticky ink or adding to projects to give a shine.  You could also heat emboss the leaves in the background with just Versamark and metallic Embossing Powders.  

Next I did a little die cutting with the leaf dies from the set.  I love this set of dies because you get four different types of leaves.  The small ones not only cut out the leaves but they emboss the vines on the inside as well.  I cut the three small leaves from scraps of Pumpkin Pie, Merry Merlot, and Mossy Meadow cardstocks.  I then die cut the large leaf from Whisper White Cardstock and stamped my sentiment in Merry Merlot Ink.  I placed this on my card with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I placed the small leaves behind the larger ones with Stampin' Seal.  

 

To finish off my card I added a few of the Gold Glitter Enamel Dots around the leaves.  This was to add more gold to the card and to draw your attention to the sentiment.  Thanks for dropping by today I hope that you have a wonderful day.  If you need any of the supplies you have seen today you can pick them up in my online store by clicking on the items in the shopping list below.  

 

Happy Stampin' 

Rick Adkins 

Out with the Old and In with the New!

New Year New Customer Rewards Program.  It's a new Stampin' Up! Year and it's time to update a few things and I have started with my Customer Loyalty Program.  You can read all about the new program by clicking here.  You will also find the new Crafty Rewards Tracker Sheet there as well.  All past rewards points have now expired for previous years with this new program.  

If you place any size order with me during the month of October you will receive the October Creative Stampers Tutorial Bundle from me as a little thank you.  This month's tutorial bundle is a Mega Tutorial Bundle featuring projects for both Fall & Halloween.  There are 20 tutorials featured this month.    The Creative Stampers Tutorial Bundle can either be earned for FREE with any size order or Can be purchased for $22 from me.  As a bonus for ordering during the month of October you will also get the Coming Home Tutorial Bundle as well.  

The month of October Stampin' Up! has a Designer Series Paper Sale going on on 15 select Designer Series Papers.  Each pack of paper is 15% off so it's a perfect time to stock up.  You can find out all the details and my ordering special for this sale by clicking here.  This wonderful sale ends on October 31, 2020 so don't miss out!  

Ordering Special: 

I have a must have Ordering Special for you this week.  You can order my Adhesive Bundle this week to stay stocked up on your favorite adhesives.  There's nothing worse then running out of your favorite adhesives in the middle of a project.   My Adhesive Bundle contains all the adhesives you will need in the month.  With the Holidays coming up we use more of our favorite adhesives than normal so this is a great way for you to stock up.  And it even comes tied with a bow and cute little tag which makes it perfect for gifts as well.  

Included in the Bundle is a Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Seal Refill, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, and a Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Order my Adhesive Bundle for only $41.00 which includes all shipping and taxes 

Click here to order yours today! 

Stampin' Up! Shopping List: 

Gather Together Bundle - 153036

Price: $38.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock - 140272

Price: $8.25

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 119686

Price: $8.75

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 105117

Price: $8.75

Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 146979

Price: $8.75

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 133676

Price: $8.75

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad - 147112

Price: $7.50

Versamark Pad - 102283

Price: $9.50

Gold Glitter Enamel Dots - 152155

Price: $8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine - 149653

Price: $120.00

Stampin' Seal - 152813

Price: $8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals - 104430

Price: $4.00

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Studio Tour 2020

Hello and welcome to my blog today I am going to share my Studio with you.  I just recently (yesterday) finished cleaning and organizing everything in the studio and wanted to take a little bit and give you a few tips and tricks to organizing your crafty space as well as a few organizing tips also.  

As you come up the stairs to my studio and turn to the right there's my desk area and my card display wall.  The cards on this wall are cards that I made and have blogged about since the new catalog went live in June.  I like to have pretty things in my space and my cards add color and art to the wall without having to spend any money.  I made the card display with Bead Board and attached a Mini Clothespin every so far with Hot glue and my glue gun.  

Next to my desk I have a small folding table that I set up to house my lamps and file system.  This also has my mailing scale on it as well as a few little storage containers to house office supplies.  You know pens pencils sticky notes etc.  This is also used to hold my cards that I am working on editing the photos for my blog and to get stuff into the mail.  Underneath I have a file storage bin that contains paperwork and business papers.  

As we turn around from the desk area you can see the full craft studio.  In the center of my room I have my set of large flat files that holds all my art papers, watercolor papers, and decorative art papers as well as drawing paper and printmaking papers.  So, they are heavy as heck and to hard to move so I came up with a solution.  I put a large piece of MDF on top of them and made it into a table or center island.  I placed a large floral arrangement in the center that I put together to add a little color and showcase my favorite flowers.  Don't worry they are fake so I can't kill them.  My center island serves two purposes one side has my cutting area on it where my Carl cutter can stay out all the time now and the rest I can use to sort and pack my class kits.  Each bin has a different project in it and I will place all the cut items in that bin for each project.  Currently the bins have the projects for my Fall Online Retreat ready to start cutting and prepping the projects this week to go out in the mail.  

Underneath each side of the island I have room to store extra supplies that are to bucky to store anywhere else.  

When you turn to the left you have my card storage and Mailing station.  The three cabinets you see above I found on the side of the road and store all my extra supplies, kits, ink pads, and mailing supplies.  The four storage containers below house all my completed cards.  Each drawer has a different themed or category of card on the inside.  So all the cards for that category goes in the assigned drawer.  I keep my cards in plastic show boxes for the last few years but had outgrew that system and this was the perfect budget friendly solution that I cam up with over the summer.  

Here is a better few of the cabinets that I found on the side of the road a couple years ago.  I still need to get a countertop for them but the makeshift MDF one works great for now.  

Next to the cabinets and mailing station is one of my Paper storage areas.  I was gifted this wire system from a friend who no longer needed it.  It houses all my bulk Stampin' Up! Cardstocks in Color family and the far left one holds retired DSP that Charles has access to for his new online Junk Journaling classes.  Above that I have storage to hold all those little items that we all need storage for.  Most of it is my adhesive storage and sponges, and other miscellaneous stuff.  Below the Cardstock in the bins are extra storage and overflow cardstock.  

This area is my Photo area.  This houses all the supplies and my Light box.  I have all my photo props and backdrops stored here.  As well as my card magazines, retired catalogs, other notebooks and magazines that I get inspiration from.  

Next to the bakers rack is my new Die Cutting and Heat Embossing Stations.  I have my Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine sitting out on the top of the counter and my dies, below that are my Big Shots, and Embossing Folders.  Next to that I have my die brush container, and a few little odds and ends.  The underneath containers holds prizes, printmaking supplies, my classroom easels, and items to make different 3D projects and Retreat gifts.  

This is my main work area and filming area.  If you watch one of my videos this is where it's filmed it.  I got the Photo lights last year for Christmas and they have made a huge difference.  I have everything that I reach for all the time in this area.  All my ink pads, stamps, holiday and seasonal items, and my punches.  

This is the backside of the island where I have everything set up to cut and prep my Fall Retreat.  

This is Carl's new home.  I am so excited he gets to sit out all the time now.  The boxes you see on the other corner are all things that are getting donated.  

Here in the filming area is my book case that used to hold all my stamps but now it holds plastic containers that hold all my most used tools and supplies that I reach for all the time.  There's also some empty drawers so I have places to put things as I get them.

Here is my Stampin' Up! Storage for all my Ink Pads, Stampin' Write Markers, Stampin' Blends, Ink Refills, and Ribbon.  All my Annual Catalog Stamps are in this bookcase.  I put them behind me so I can just turn around and grab whatever stamp set I need for the project I am working on.  They are all in Alphabetical order.  

My filming desk is long and narrow.  That way I can't fill it up will all the stuff I use all the time and have to clean it off at the end of the day.  I found that with my big desk I would just keep filling it up and not put things away.  With the narrow desk  I have no choice but to put things away when I am done.  In the small bookcase on the end I have all my Holiday and Seasonal Stamp Sets, and Ribbons,   I will change these out when the January-June Mini comes out.  On top of the book case is clear DVD storage unit that I got on Amazon that hold the Stampin' Up! clear DVD cases.  Inside each DVD case is my embellishments.  Each case is labeled and I can easily grab what I need and put it back away.  

Video Tutorial: 

Here you can walk through the studio with me and I will tell you everything I can about how I redid my Studio and what I used to store things in and I talk a lot more about creating each Zone.  Thanks for dropping by today.  I did add links to the items that you can get off Amazon that I used today.  I also have listed the Storage by Stampin' Up! items also.  

 

Happy Stampin' 

Rick Adkins 

Out with the Old and In with the New!

New Year New Customer Rewards Program.  It's a new Stampin' Up! Year and it's time to update a few things and I have started with my Customer Loyalty Program.  You can read all about the new program by clicking here.  You will also find the new Crafty Rewards Tracker Sheet there as well.  All past rewards points have now expired for previous years with this new program.  

If you place any size order with me during the month of October you will receive the October Creative Stampers Tutorial Bundle from me as a little thank you.  This month's tutorial bundle is a Mega Tutorial Bundle featuring projects for both Fall & Halloween.  There are 20 tutorials featured this month.    The Creative Stampers Tutorial Bundle can either be earned for FREE with any size order or Can be purchased for $22 from me.  As a bonus for ordering during the month of October you will also get the Coming Home Tutorial Bundle as well.  

The month of October Stampin' Up! has a Designer Series Paper Sale going on on 15 select Designer Series Papers.  Each pack of paper is 15% off so it's a perfect time to stock up.  You can find out all the details and my ordering special for this sale by clicking here.  This wonderful sale ends on October 31, 2020 so don't miss out!  

Amazon Items: 

Large Plastic Storage Bins - https://amzn.to/3dnHkFU

iDesign Plastic Storage Bin with Handles for Kitchen, Fridge, Freezer, Pantry, and Cabinet Organization, BPA-Free, Medium - https://amzn.to/2FmIchp

6 Pack - SimpleHouseware Foldable Cube Storage - https://amzn.to/2IpSCOx

mDesign Stackable Plastic Storage Organizer Bin with Built-in Handles - for Craft, Sewing, Art, School Supplies in Home, Classroom, Playroom or Studio - 16" Long, 2 Pack – Clear - https://amzn.to/36VDN0f

mDesign Wide Stackable Plastic Kitchen Pantry Cabinet, Refrigerator or Freezer Food Storage Bin with Handles - Organizer for Fruit, Yogurt, Snacks, Pasta - BPA Free, 14.5" Long, 2 Pack – Clear - https://amzn.to/3iRoW9p

mDesign Plastic Storage Organizer Container Bins Holders with Handles - for Kitchen, Pantry, Cabinet, Fridge/Freezer - Large for Organizing Snacks, Produce, Vegetables, Pasta Food – Clear - https://amzn.to/3lzEfFx

mDesign Plastic Food Packet Kitchen Storage Organizer Bin Caddy - Holds Spice Pouches, Dressing Mixes, Hot Chocolate, Tea, Sugar Packets in Pantry, Cabinets or Countertop - 2 Pack – Clear - https://amzn.to/30YLHSz

STORi Stackable Clear Plastic DVD Holder - Holds 14 Standard DVD Cases - https://amzn.to/3jMIz3E

HOMZ 3 Drawer Medium Storage Cart, Set of 1, White - https://amzn.to/36YeuKW

Sterilite 17918004 3 Drawer Unit, White Frame with Clear Drawers, 4-Pack - https://amzn.to/3lPLkSD

SimpleHouseware Heavy Duty 3-Tier Metal Utility Rolling Cart, White - https://amzn.to/30YMWBd

Supply List: 

Ink Pad & Marker Storage - 149168

Price: $14.00

Open Storage - 149171

Price: $10.00

Stampin' Blends Storage - 149169

Price: $14.00

Topper Storage - 149170

Price: $5.00

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