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Sunday Fun Day: Beary Cute Christmas gift tags

  Hello and Happy Sunday! This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing Christmas gift tag ideas. I decided to make little 3"x 3" note cards that could hang on a gift bag or bottle of wine (see those ideas shown at the bottom of this post).  I just love this Beary Christmas suite in the Holiday catalog and am so sad it is retiring at the end of the month!  Do you remember the Coca-Cola polar bear commercials from a few years back? That is what these bears remind me of when I look at them... so cute! Read on for more details about my project today...

 

  Today's gift tags feature the Beary Christmas DSP along with the coordinating Beary Cute stamp set and matching Bear punch. These products are on the Last Chance list and will be gone soon, so if you have your eye on them place an order soon!  Placing an online order is best so you can see what is available and you don't have to wait on me. Please be sure to use the Host code URCUVRTP* with your online order through the end of December (unless your order is $150+ which earns Stampin' Rewards). To check out the products available, please hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store.

 

 

  These two gift tags feature a Real Red card stock base (6" x 3" scored at 3") with a 2-3/4" square mat cut from Very Vanilla card stock and a 2-1/2" square panel cut from Balmy Blue card stock.  I pulled the colors from the DSP, which always makes it easy!  These particular images were on the bottom of a sheet of the DSP and were cut off... I fussy cut them and added them to the card fronts and you can't even tell they aren't a whole image. So when you have DSP with great images like these, don't hesitate to use the partial images too!  I added a sentiment strip to each (Merry Christmas is from the Beary Cute set) inked with Real Red and stamped on Very Vanilla card stock. The snowflakes on the left tag are also in this stamp set and inked with Balmy Blue ink.

 

 

    For these two cards, I used Mossy Meadow card stock for my base cards. The inside of all four is a piece of Very Vanilla card stock cut the same size as the mat on the front (2-3/4" square). I don't know if you can see it, but these bears were soooo easy to cut out because the Bear punch matches perfectly with the images!! How awesome is that?!

 

 

  And here are some examples of how you can use these little gift tags - the top is simply tied onto a gift bag and the second shows where you can tie these onto the neck of a bottle of wine. For even more gift tag ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Thanks for visiting and have an awesome week!!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Monochromatic sympathy card

  Hello and Happy Sunday! This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing cards with a monochromatic color theme. I decided to go with an array of browns to make a sympathy card that was more masculine. Sadly, I needed one to send tomorrow to a friend and former downline who lost her father-in-law this week. It's always sad to lose loved ones around a holiday and I hope that Thanksgiving won't be too painful for them next year.

 

 

  Today's card features the the Hope You Know and Oceanfront stamp sets. I kept this card very minimalist to give it an artsy feel, but also because it is to express sorrow for the death of a man. I usually use flower images with sympathy cards, but thought this was more appropriate. To purchase these sets or anything else, be sure to hop over to my Stampin' Up! store. And while you're there, be sure to check out the Last Chance sale, but don't wait too long because these are only being sold while available. Placing an online order is best so you can see what is available and you don't have to wait on me. Please be sure to use the Host code URCUVRTP* with your online order (unless your order is $150+ which earns Stampin' Rewards). To check out the products available, please hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store.

 

 

  The colors used with today's card include Copper Clay (an In Color this year), Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Pecan Pie. The stamped panel as well as the base card mat are Very Vanilla card stock which works well with these shades of brown. I really love the Oceanfront stamp set - it makes me feel like an artist when I put the images together!  I wanted just a simple sentiment on the front of the card, and used one from the Hope You Know set inked with Early Espresso on a strip of Very Vanilla card stock that I added to the top of the stamped panel. 

 

 

    For the inside of the card, I used two of the coordinating sentiments from the Hope You Know set inked with the Early Espresso stamp pad. I also included the sea grass image in the lower left corner that I inked with Copper Clay stamp pad.

 

  And here is one last view of this card. For even more monochromatic card ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Thanks for visiting and have a Happy Thanksgiving this week!!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Fall thank you card

  Hello and Happy Sunday! This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing thank you cards. With Thanksgiving in the U.S. coming up this week, it is a great time to reflect and be thankful. I am so thankful for the many friends and customers I have met over the last 18 years that I have been a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and I hope to meet many more in the future!  Two wonderful demonstrators that I have been stamping with for over a decade are Karla Anders and Rachel Yurkanin, with whom I co-host the Sisters in Stamping blog. I haven't seen Karla in person in quite a few years, but managed to meet up with Rachel and her husband for dinner earlier this month when we went to visit my son in Rhode Island. Stamping friends are lasting friends, am I right?!

  Today's card features quite a few products from the Holiday mini catalog, and many will be discounted beginning on 11/21 as part of the Last Chance promotion. I am always sorry to see favorites retire, but it allows for the new next year! To see what is going away and what may be deeply discounted, be sure to scroll to the end of this post to download the Excel spreadsheet and/or PDF list.  The So Sincere stamp set used for the thank you sentiment is a carryover item. However, both the Abundant Beauty decorative masks and the Copper & Naturals ribbon combo are retiring. Items are going to be on an as-available basis, so once they're gone, they're gone for good. Be sure to order early to have the best chance of getting your must-have's!  Placing an online order is best so you can see what is available and you don't have to wait on me. Please be sure to use the Host code URCUVRTP* with your online order (unless your order is $150+ which earns Stampin' Rewards). To check out the products available, please hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store.

 

  For today's card I sponged different colors of ink onto Crumb Cake card stock using the leaves decorative masks from the Abundant Beauty pack. I started with my lightest color Crushed Curry, then moved progressively darker - Pumpkin Pie, Copper Clay, Old Olive, Garden Green and finally Early Espresso. Because our inks are water-based, they wash off easily from the mask. The Blending Brushes and Sponge Daubers made  it really easy to color in the cut-outs on the mask.

 

 

    And here you can see the sentiment, stamped with Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla card stock, and then cut out using Lasting Label punch. I sponged two leaves from the mask onto my sentiment panel and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink.  This piece was popped up with dimensionals and layered over a strip of the Copper ribbon (so pretty!). 

 

  And here is one last view of this card. For even more thank you card ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Thanks for visiting and have a Happy Thanksgiving this week!!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Using up scraps to make a colorful birthday card

  Hello and Happy Sunday Monday! If you're wondering where I've been, we recently moved to Staunton in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and it has been quite an ordeal packing up a house that we have lived in for 22 years and then unpacking enough to find stamping supplies to make a project. I promise to be posting more regularly now and hope you enjoy this week's Sisters in Stamping blog project. We are sharing card ideas to use up scraps. You know, those pieces of left over card stock and DSP that seem to grow on your crafting table every time you make a project. 

 

 

  This card is a clean and simple one featuring a birthday sentiment from the Biggest Wish stamp set. To place an online order or check out the products available from the 2023-2024 Annual catalog, please click on any image to hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store (don't forget to use URCUVRTP* with your online order at checkout through November 30th).  

 

 

  Here is how I created my colorful strip - I had a scrap piece of basic black card stock that was 5-1/2" x 2". I trimmed it down to 5-1/4" and then just found a bunch of strips of different sizes in bright colors and glued them onto the strip (see above). I did lay them out first without gluing o see how much space I needed to leave between the strips. It isn't perfectly spaced, but that is okay! I also used Tombow multipurpose liquid glue to give me a tiny bit of wiggle room as I adhered down each strip and worked my way from the outside into the middle. Once dry, I flipped it over and cut off the ends using my paper snips. So simple and what a fun way to use up scraps of card stock. I did trim off a 1/4" strip from the finished piece to put on the inside of my card before assembling my card. 

 

 

    How fun is this? You could make a ton of these so easily and have them on hand for any occasion. The Biggest Wish stamp set is photopolymer, so lining up the sentiment was super easy!

 

 

   Remember that strip I cut off? How cute is it on the inside of the card?!

 

  And here is one last view of this card. For even more ideas and inspiration to use up your scraps, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Thanks for visiting and happy stamping!!

 

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Sunday Fun Day Color Challenge Wild & Sweet birthday card

 Hello and Happy Sunday! This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing cards featuring a great color combination that Karla chose.  I decided to watercolor a masculine birthday card with this color palette. 

  Karla chose the color combination of Copper Clay, Old Olive and Pretty Peacock for our cards this week. I must admit this was a tough one for me! I thought it looked like a masculine combination, so I made a masculine birthday card using the Wild & Sweet stamp set. 

 

 

  The Wild & Sweet stamp set is great for watercoloring! And the new Water Painters make it so easy - I just pulled the ink off the lid of the stamp pad to watercolor. Easy-peasey!!  To place an online order or check out the products available from the 2023-2024 Annual catalog, please click on any image to hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store (don't forget to use FNHQZT2T* with your online order at checkout through October 30th).  

 

 

 Here is the card - I used Very Vanilla card stock for the focal panel and stamped the image using StazOn jet black ink. This is the ink of choice when watercoloring. I pulled ink from the lid of the stamp pads to color the image. The panda's arms and legs were a little light (the "fur" is in the stamp) so I did cheat a little and use some basic gray ink to darken them.

 

 

    How stinking cute is this panda lounging in the tree? I think the copper clay ink on the bark of the tree worked out well and the leaves look great being colored with old olive ink. I pulled in the pretty peacock using it for the base card and ink on the sentiment. 

  And here is one last view of this card. For even more color challenge card ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Happy stamping!!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Hello Fall birthday card

  Hello and Happy Sunday! This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing fall cards.  Can you believe we are already in October?!  The leaves are starting to turn here in Central Virginia and the temperatures are finally beginning to feel like fall.  I challenged myself to try using a stamp set that is not ordinarily used for fall and think I pulled it off thanks to the color palette.  

 

  The Hello Ladybug stamp set is currently in low inventory status, so if you want to purchase it please place your order online. In addition to this set I used the Go To Greetings stamp set for the birthday sentiment. I also added a bit of bling in the center of the flower with a rhinestone gem colored with the Dark Calypso Coral stampin' blends marker. I love being able to do that!  To place an online order or check out the products available from the 2023-2024 Annual catalog, please click on any image to hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store (don't forget to use FNHQZT2T* with your online order at checkout through October 30th).  

 

 

  My card today uses a color palette of Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Pecan Pie and Very Vanilla. These are all great for fall but also all yummy foods! Anyone else hungry now?

 

 

  I stamped the flower twice to make it fuller and added a colored rhinestone gem in the center for some added bling. I fussy cut it with paper snips and popped it up on the sentiment strip.  To create the background design, the leaves were stamped with Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry inks and then I added some random little dots using Pecan Pie ink.  

 

 

  For the inside of the card I simply stamped two of the leaves in the corners using Crushed Curry ink, leaving lots of room to write.

 

  And here is one last view of this card. For even more Fall card ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Happy stamping!!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Fun Fold surprise card set

  Hello and Happy Sunday! This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing cards featuring fun folds.  These cards are so fun to receive and some techniques are more difficult than others. I found this card idea by Karen Titus on Pinterest (see that pin here for great directions).  She didn't give the fold a name so I am just calling it a fun fold surprise card.  I made a set of two using this fun new DSP from the Holiday catalog and wanted to show how  versatile it is by making both a Christmas card AND a birthday card just by switching up the stamp sets used. Read on to find out more about each card...

 

  How fun is this Merry Bold & Bright DSP? I love the colors and patterns, and wanted to show you how versatile this new Christmas DSP is from the new Holiday catalog. I used it and the versatile Very Best Occasions stamp set (a carryover from last year's holiday catalog) for both cards. In addition, I used the new Beary Cute stamp set and Taco Fiesta sets along with a color palette taken from the DSP.  More about each card in the details below.  To place an online order or check out the products available from the 2023-2024 Annual catalog, please click on any image to hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store (don't forget to use 2SXNFJ2R* with your online order at checkout through September 30th).  

 

 

  Here is my Christmas card - I went with the tiny Christmas lights design because I love the giant polka dots on the reverse. The sentiment and gift image from the Beary Cute stamp set are on the card front and the sentiment in the center of the fun fold is from the Very Best Occasions set. I inked it with basic black ink, then colored in the holly leaves with granny apple green stampin' write marker, the berries with a poppy parade stampin' write marker and the pine needles with a shaded spruce stampin' write marker. The card base is cut from granny apple green card stock and I matted the fun fold with poppy parade card stock. 

 

  For the inside of the card, I added a thin strip of the mini lights DSP and added the snowflakes and sentiment from the Beary Cute stamp set.

 

 

  And here is my birthday card. I had to use the Taco Fiesta stamp set because I made this card for one of my very best friends who has a birthday coming up in 2 weeks. I don't think she follows my blog, otherwise I have blown the surprise. Whitney and I love going to get tacos and this set is too cute!  Ironically, she is allergic to guacamole, but the colors of the avocado and guacamole were too perfect not to use on the card front! She'll understand, I'm sure. Both images are colored with stampin' blends (light and dark granny apple green, light pecan pie, light basic black and dark smoky slate).

 

 

   For the inside of the card I again added a thin strip of the DSP along the side. However, when I glued it down I had some black ink on my finger and had an ugly smudge at the top. I "fixed" it by stamping the tortilla chips over top and she'll never know! I hope she loves this card as much as I loved making it for her!!

 

  And here is one last view of these cards. For even more fun fold card ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Happy stamping!!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Color and Contour birthday card featuring the Fractured technique

 

  Hello and Happy Monday! Sorry for the delay, but I forgot to publish my post yesterday (oops!). This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing cards featuring the Fractured technique.  I made this card a short while after creating my project for the Stampers Dozen Blog Hop (see that here) and still had the stamp set and ink on my desk so decided to make my own "DSP" to create this fun card.  I stamped the images all over a piece of 6" x 6" very vanilla card stock and cut it down to size for this card. I will probably use the remaining pieces on another project soon.

 

 

  Once again I used the Color & Contour stamp set and a great fall color palette. To place an online order or check out the products available from the 2023-2024 Annual catalog, please click on any image to hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store (don't forget to use 2SXNFJ2R* with your online order at checkout through September 30th).  

 

 

  At first glance you would think this technique is super difficult, but it really is super easy! Check out the tutorial that Karen Titus shared here on her blog post.  I actually added an additional layer of color so my mat is 5-1/4" x 4" and the strips are added on top of the stamped "DSP" background paper that I cut to 5" x 3-3/4".  My very vanilla square piece is 1-3/4" square. 

 

 

  Here is a close-up look at the flower. The image is 2-step - the solid base was stamped first with Crushed Curry ink on a scrap piece of Very Vanilla card stock. Then I over-stamped it with the detail image using Cajun Craze ink. The leaves were stamped with Old Olive and you'll never guess what I used to add the color to the inside of the leaves. We are in the process of moving to a new house, so many of my stamping supplies are packed up already. I actually used a Q-tip and water to color on the leaves (it worked for these small images, not sure it is very effective for larger and/or more detailed ones).  But hey, it worked! 

 

 

   For the inside of the card I left it simple and used another small strip of my "DSP" and a piece of a remaining Cajun Craze strip to embellish.

 

 

  And here is one last view of this card. For even more Fractured technique card ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Happy stamping!!

 

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September 2023 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop: Jump into Fall

 

 

  Hello and thank you for stopping by during this month's Stampers Dozen blog hop! We were tasked with creating projects with a Fall theme. When I think of Fall I think of all the beautiful pots of Mums sitting on people's porches. I decided to try and recreate that look in some cards.

 

 

 

 

  I have a Color Combo and Inspiration board on Pinterest and it is always my go-to when searching for color combinations. For these Fall cards I decided to go with a palette of Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry and Old Olive that I found on the Birds Nest Designs blog.  Aren't these colors great together?!

 

 

  For both cards today I used the Color & Contour stamp set. I also used the Natural Wavy trim on one card and the basic Rhinestone jewels on the other. To place an online order or check out the products available from the 2023-2024 Annual catalog, please click on any image to hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store (don't forget to use 2SXNFJ2R* with your online order at checkout through September 30th).  

 

 

  Here is my first card - I started with a piece of Very Vanilla card stock that I had in my scrap pile that already had this circle die cut (whenever I die cut shaped pieces I try to do it in a way I can use the piece later on another project).  I decided to create a fun background with the various images from the stamp set and then added a textured piece of Crumb Cake behind to add a cut flower and leaves.  To get that textured look, I started with a piece of card stock larger than the hole (it tends to shrink) and lightly misted it with water.  Next, I carefully crumpled it up over and over until the fibers in the card stock started to break and I was able to pull it apart into two pieces. The card stock from the inner core of the paper ends up with a soft suede look.  This is such a great technique, you should give it a try!  I wanted a card that I could send to someone who accomplished something like a promotion, goal, etc. and the sentiment is perfect.

 

  Here is a close-up look at the flower. The image is 2-step - the solid base was stamped first with Crushed Curry ink on a scrap piece of Very Vanilla card stock. Then I over-stamped it with the detail image using Cajun Craze ink. The leaves were stamped with Old Olive and I used a clear Wink of Stella glitter pen to "color" in the leaves.  I cut them all out and attached to the crumb cake piece. To add even more bling, I added basic rhinestones to the center of the flower which I had colored with a Dark Calypso Coral stampin' blend marker (did you know that you can do that to get colored rhinestones and pearls?!?).

 

 

   For the inside of the card I left it simple and stamped the larger flower image with Cajun Craze ink in the lower left corner, leaving plenty of room to write a note.

 

 

  For my second card I once again used the Color and Contour stamp set but created a tone-on-tone background using Old Olive ink on Old Olive card stock with the flower image.  I added texture to this card with the wavy natural trim, which I LOVE!

 

  The sentiment is inked with Night of Navy ink and then I matted the piece with Night of Navy card stock and embellished with a few basic rhinestones

 

   (one was to cover an ink smudge, but you'd never know if I didn't tell you!). 

 

 

  Here is another view of both cards. Which card do you like better? I think this color combination works for both! For more dynamic duo color card inspiration, be sure to follow along on the blog hop using the links below. 

 

Thanks for visiting and happy stamping!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  Here is another view of both cards. Which card do you like better? I think this color combination works for both! For more dynamic duo color card inspiration, be sure to follow along on the blog hop using the links below. 

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Colored vellum Quiet Meadows thinking of you card

 

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday evening!  It has been a crazy last couple of weeks so I apologize for being MIA for a while. This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing cards featuring Vellum.  Since I haven't stamped in a while, my creative juices were not flowing easily. I decided to keep things simple and go back to one of the first techniques I learned using vellum - stamping line art images with Stazon ink and coloring on the reverse side to create a look like stained glass. In the past I used stampin' write markers but thought I would change things up and use my Stampin' Blends today.

 

 

 

 For today's card I used the Quiet Meadow stamp set along with the Country Corners dies set to cut out the small frame and colored with various Stampin' Blends (read on to find out which colors). To place an online order or check out the products available from the 2023-2024 Annual catalog, please click on any image to hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store (don't forget to use Host Code 2SXNFJ2R* with your online order at checkout through September 30th). 

 

 Here is another view of my card. The cut flower is very vibrant in real life and the ones colored on the vellum are really soft. In order to make them stand out more I did attach the vellum to a piece of basic white card stock. I sandwiched it between the granny apple green card stock mat with the window cut-out and the base card made from Sweet Sorbet card stock.

 

  Here is a close-up of the flower image.  I used the light Pumpkin Pie and dark Daffodil Delight stampin' blends to color the center and the light & dark Sweet Sorbet stampin' blends to color the petals. Once colored, I cut it out and added it to a strip of Daffodil Delight card stock that I stamped the sentiment on with Stazon ink. 

 

  And here is one last view of this card. For even more vellum card ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Happy stamping!!

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

 

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