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Sunday Fun Day: Sweet as a Peach Mini Scrapbook

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday! This week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog is mini scrapbooks. I'll be honest, I was a scrapbooker before I became a stamper, but it has been a long time since I've worked on any scrapbooking projects. I had a lot of fun with this project today and hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it.  Now I just have to print some photos to add to it!  

 

 

  The products I used with today's card are seen above. All three products are on the Last Chance list so if you want them, make sure to place your order ASAP!  Click on photo above to hop over to my Stampin' Up! store to place an order.  If ordering online, please be sure to use Host Code SGCN9HKF.  

 

 

  Here are photos of the pages that I created using the stamp set, DSP and card stock colors from the color palette of the DSP. The covers are old coasters that I had in my stash from a chain restaurant that measured 4" x 4". I covered the front and back with DSP pieces and then used my snips to round the corners. I then covered the inside pieces with balmy blue card stock. The inside pages are six sheets of 7-1/2" x 3-3/4" pieces of basic white card stock folded in half. I glued each half back to back with the folds at the top. It is much easier to embellish all your pages first, then attach the first and last pages to the covers (ask me how I know, ha ha).  Once I had the covers attached I added an additional piece of card stock for the binding.  Anyway, I had fun with this and hope you give it a try!

 

 

    Here's one more look at my mini scrapbook.  For even more scrapbook ideas and inspiration, don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created.

 

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Daffodil Daydream Easter card

 

  Hello and Happy Easter! Sorry for the delay, but it has been a tough week with my Mom in the hospital.  This week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog is Easter cards and I CASE'd my card from last week (see that post here), changing up the main stamp set. I wanted to remind you that the 2021-2022 Annual catalog is ending in a few weeks, so be sure to check out the Last Chance Products promotion! Many of the retiring products are on sale, grab them while you still can!

 

 

  The products I used with today's card are seen above. The Wild Roses stamp set and Stitched So Sweetly dies set are both retiring.  Grab them before they're gone...  click on photo above to hop over to my Stampin' Up! store to place an order.  If ordering online, please be sure to use Host Code S43YYXBG.  

 

 

 

  Daffodils are my favorite spring flower so I had to buy this set when I first saw the Spring catalog. I am so glad it is carrying over into the 2022-2023 Annual catalog! I had fun coloring the flower image with my Daffodil Delight and Old Olive Stampin' Blends.

 

 

  Here is another view of the main focal panel and sentiment, which I cut using the Double Oval punch.

 

 

  

  Here's one more look at my Easter card.  For even more Easter card ideas and projects, don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog.

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Shaped Cards

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday! For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing shaped cards. I must admit, this was a struggle for me, but once I embraced it I had a lot of fun creating this Panda card!

 

 

  My inspiration came from Jennifer McGuire, whose cards I found on Pinterest (see that here). I knew I could create something similar with my Stampin' Up! products so challenged myself to come up with a card template for the panda's body and pulled in some punches to help me with the rest. Can you guess which ones I used?

 

 

  Did you guess correctly? I used the Double Oval and Strawberry Builder punches - read on to see how I used them.  Please click on either photo above to hop over to my Stampin' Up! store to place an order.  If ordering online, please be sure to use Host Code S43YYXBG.  

 

  To create my template, I took a piece of scrap paper, cut and folded it like a card with a top fold, then free-hand drew a panda.  I cut it out (first folding it in half to have symmetry), leaving the top of the ears connected at the fold. Once my template was done, I traced it with a pencil onto the back of piece of thick white card stock for my base card.  I cut it out using my paper snips and then embellished it.

 

  For the arms, ears and nose, I used the Strawberry builder punch with basic black card stock (see the pieces above). The nose was cut from the leaf piece (shown with the white gel pen markings). For the eyes, I used the oval from the Double Oval punch. I completed the look with the largest pearls from the Pearls basic jewels.  The scalloped oval punch pieces left over were glued to the legs as shown above, and once dry I cut around the edges on the back side of the card front with my paper snips (no waste!).

 

 

  The large flower (melon mambo card stock), middle flower layer (flirty flamingo card stock) and leaf (granny apple green card stock) were cut using a retired Bigz die (Island Floral). If you have the In The Tropics die set from the Annual Catalog, that would certainly work.  The smallest flower (mango melody card stock) was cut using the the Strawberry Builder punch.  I added an opal gem to the center for a little pizzazz.  I put the flower piece together, then mounted it on the panda's belly with stampin' dimensionals. The arms were also attached with stampin' dimensionals.

 

 

  Here you can see my rough-drawn template and completed card.  I love how this turned out and used the template to make a brown bear birthday card for my brother-in-law. I totally forgot to take a photo of it before popping it in the envelope. Instead of having the bear hold a flower, I used the Double Oval punch to stamp out a Happy Birthday sentiment to link the arms together.

 

  

  Here's one more look at my card. For even more shaped card ideas and projects, don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to see what Karla and Rachel created.

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Artfully Composed Tropical CAS birthday card set

Edited  - kind reader Juleen pointed out that I had the dimensions for the DSP wrong in my original post. Please find the correct dimensions below.

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday! For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing projects featuring the specialty papers from the Spring catalog.  I pulled out my favorite Artfully Composed DSP to make my card set today.

 

 

  I decided to once again pair it with the Timeless Tropical stamp set. I shared a card set featuring these last month (see that blog post here) and really liked how they worked together. Please click on the photo above to hop over to my Stampin' Up! store to place an order.  If ordering online, please be sure to use Host Code S43YYXBG.  A complete product list and dimensions are shared at the end of this post.

  Here are close-ups of each of the three cards. It is so easy to mix and match the patterns from the DSP packs that Stampin' Up! curates. I love how the colors are listed on the back of the package making it super easy to form your color palette. This is such a clean and simple layout - two strips of coordinating DSP and a sentiment cut out using the Tailored Tag punch (retiring on May 2nd and on sale) and layered on a mat cut using my Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine (on sale through the end of this month!) and the Tasteful Labels dies (also retiring soon and on sale). 

 

  Here is how I stamped the inside of each of the cards. The sentiment, inked with evening evergreen ink, is great for a birthday card but also versatile enough that it would be perfect for a retirement card.  I also inked the palm trees with the evening evergreen ink pad (palm fronds) and colored the tree trunks with a soft suede stampin' write marker. 

 

  

  Here's one more look at my card set. For even more specialty paper card ideas and projects, don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to see what Karla and Rachel created.

 

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February 2022 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop: Anything Goes birthday card set

  Check out this fun set of birthday cards I made featuring the Artfully Composed DSP and Timeless Tropical stamp set for the February 2022 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop!   

 

 

  This month we are sharing "anything goes" projects, which basically means no themes or product focuses, so I decided to make a set of quick and easy birthday cards since I tend to need these cards the most.  The base card colors were pulled right from the DSP: calypso coral, evening evergreen and just jade. All three cards feature a stamped panel cut out from one of the dies from the Tasteful Labels die collection and I stamped the birthday greeting with evening evergreen ink.  Easy-peasey!  For more information about each card, please read below for additional details.

 

 

  Here is the first card - I pulled the calypso coral  from the flowers in the pattern for my base card and stamped the small flower image from the set on calypso coral card stock using the same ink. I then fussy cut it and added a medium pearl jewel to the center.  The inside of the card just has a basic white card stock panel that I stamped with the same flower.

 

 

  For this card I used just jade card stock for the base and stamped the pineapple image onto basic white card stock. I inked the bottom of the pineapple with a bumblebee marker and then added some shading using a cinnamon cider marker. Lastly, I inked the leaves with a just jade marker. I love that all three colors are in the same 2020-2022 In Colors marker pack. If you love these colors, make sure you order a set before they retire in a few months!

 

 

  Here is the last card - this one features an evening evergreen base card (although it looks almost black in the photo). I inked the palm tree bases with a cinnamon cider marker that I stamped off before adding to the panel. Next, I inked the palm leaves with just jade ink and stamped onto a piece of scrap basic white card stock. I fussy cut that out with my paper snips then added it to the stamped panel as the palm leaves were too large for the die-cut.

  I love how quickly these cards came together and now I have 3 more birthday cards on hand to mail to friends and family.  For even more stamping inspiration and ideas using Stampin' Up! products, please be sure to check out the other blogs on the blog hop using the links below.

Thanks for visiting and happy stamping!! 

 

 

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Robot Sweet Talk note card and gift set

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday! For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are celebrating all things hearts, just in time since Valentine's Day is right around the corner. I decided to make a cute valentine note card and matching little gift box using the Nuts & Bolts stamp set and Sweet Talk DSP from the Spring catalog.

 

 

  Please see above for the products I used for my card and gift set. Click on any photo above to hop over to my Stampin' Up! store to place an order.

 

 

  Today's entire project was inspired by a recent trip to the Dollar store... I saw this cute little paper box and small bag of chocolates. On a side note, when did the prices go up? These were still a bargain, though - for just $2.50 I had the beginning of a super cute Valentine's Day gift.  I decided to cover the box with the Sweet Talk DSP.

 

 

  I used the box lid on the reverse of the DSP design that I wanted to use as a template, and then simply cut it out with my paper snips. The lid was sunken in a little, so I added some mini dimensionals to prop up the DSP.

 

 

 

    The diameter around the box is exactly 12", so for the bottom I could use a single strip of DSP. However, for the lid I wanted some contrast using real red card stock, so cut two pieces at 6-1/2" inches and overlapped the first piece like so. Here's a tip - if you want to make your card stock wrap around a curved edge easier, use your bone folder to break the fibers much like you would with curling ribbon. 

 

 

     And here is the finished box, so cute right?!? Check out that robot image that I stamped on a piece of white card stock that I cut out using the Layering Circles dies. I added a few hearts as well and then colored everything using highland heather, real red and smoky slate stampin' blends markers.  The mini bag of chocolates fit perfectly inside the box.

 

 

  Here is the matching note card and envelope. I added a mat of real red card stock and just a small strip of the DSP. I love this robot image and the sentiment is great.  I added a few hearts and colored all with my stampin' blends.

 

 

  For the inside of the card I used the third robot image from the set. So cute and the sentiment goes with it perfectly (check out that "flower")!

 

 

    For the outside of the envelope, I stamped the same robot that I used for the gift box. To prevent the stampin' blends from bleeding through to the back of the envelope, I slid a piece of scrap paper in before I started coloring.

 

 

  Here is one more view of my sweet set.  For even more heart-inspired projects, don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog.

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Sailing Home card set

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday! For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing projects created using the Sailing Home stamp set.  I decided to make a card set once again using the Harvest Meadow DSP and featuring a color combo of Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight and Basic White.

 

  When I looked at this stamp set I knew I wanted to use Misty Moonlight since it reminds me of the blue ocean.  I remembered that Misty Moonlight is included in the Harvest Meadow DSP and that I had used the crumb cake pattern last week for the monochromatic card. I thought it would work great with this stamp set. In addition, I also used the Stitched So Sweetly dies, Checks and Dots embossing folders and twine from the Flowers for Every Occasion ribbon pack.   To purchase the items used with today's project - please hop over to my Stampin' Up! store or click on any of the images above.

 

 

 

  This first card is a thank you card and features the large sail boat image which fit perfectly in the largest label die from the Stitched So Sweetly set.  I wanted to add some fun texture so used the checkered embossing folder from the Checks and Dots set.  I added a simple strip of crumb cake card stock stamped with the Thanks sentiment and notched the ends with my paper snips.  I left the inside of the card blank.

 

 

 

  My second card features the lighthouse image that I stamped on crumb cake card stock. I added a simple bow tied from the bakers twin included in the Flowers for Every Occasion pack.  I tried stamping the Congrats directly on the DSP, but it didn't show up well enough so I stamped it again on a strip of basic white card stock, notched the end and added it to the DSP.  A simple card, but I really like how it turned out!

  For even more ideas and inspiration using the Sailing Home stamp set, don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog.

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Happy Halloween!

 

  Hello and Happy Halloween!  For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing Halloween projects.  I decided to make a little favor treat bag to take to our neighbors across the street. My dog Bruno will be terrified of the constantly ringing doorbell tonight, so sadly I will not be handing out candy.

 

  I once again used this fun Clever Cats stamp set along with a middle sized rectangle die from the Stitched So Sweetly dies set.  To purchase the items used with today's project - please hop over to my Stampin' Up! store. 

 

 

  I pulled out my Tuxedo Black Memento pad, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape and Pumpkin Pie ink pads and stamped the smaller images from the stamp set onto white tissue paper to make it more festive. Did you know that you can stamp on tissue paper to personalize it for any occasion? I haven't done this in a while and forgot how messy it can be - be sure to let it dry completely so you don't smudge! 

 

 

 

  Here is a close-up of the stamped panel that I attached to the front of the gift bag with stampin' dimensionals. I think this kitty cat is the cutest!  Remember how I warned you about smudging above? Well, I had some of the gorgeous grape ink on my fingers after inking the tissue paper and smudged my stamped panel when attaching it to the bag. You can see it a little by the cat's tail - I just stamped the sentiment again on a piece of Highland Heather card stock and snipped it to make a banner and hide it. Bet you wouldn't have known if I had not told you, right? Don't ever fret over a smudge, use it as an opportunity to add another layer.  

 

 

   Here is one last look at my little favor bag. I think it turned out super-cute!  Don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog for even more great Halloween ideas and inspiration!!  

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Christmas card set featuring a fun card sketch

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday!  For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing cards made using a fun card sketch, courtesy of Karla.

 

 

  This is the layout that we are using for this week's projects. I stuck pretty close to it with my two cards today that feature a few products from the Holiday catalog.

 

 

  I chose to use the Holly Jolly Wishes stamp set along with the Gingerbread & Peppermint 6" x 6" DSP from the Holiday catalog along with the largest rectangle die from the Stitched So Sweetly dies set.  To purchase the items used with today's project - please hop over to my Stampin' Up! store.

 

 

 

  This first card feaures the tiny peppermint DSP for the corners and I cut out the cookie cutter Christmas tree from one of the sheets. I started with a 3" x 3" piece of the DSP that I cut in half diagonally.  The sentiment was inked with cinnamon cider, old olive and real red stampin' write markers. To top off the tree, I added a basic rhinestone for a little bling.  For the inside of the card, I just added a simple strip of the DSP that features larger peppermint candies.

 

 

 

   For my second card I used this fun swirly patterned DSP and cut out a snowflake, which I adorned with a basic rhinestone right in the center.  The sentiment was inked with old olive ink and I added a strip of the same DSP to the inside of the card.

 

 

 

   So which one do you like better? My daughter Amanda prefers the Christmas Tree card, but I think I like the snowflake one just a little bit better.  I plan to make more of these quick & easy cards to send out to my friends and family this year.  I hope I have inspired you to get started on  your Christmas cards also! Don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog for even more great card ideas featuring this great card layout for additional ideas and inspiration!!  

 

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October 2021 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop: Chalkboard Technique

 

  Hi there and welcome to the October 2021 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop!  This month we are sharing cards featuring the Chalkboard technique and I thought it would be fun to use the Clever Cats stamp set that I just got in my last order to make a fun Halloween card.

 

 

  I think this Clever Cats stamp set from the Holiday catalog is so fun for Halloween, lots of non-spooky images and sentiments to use for kids of all ages.  The color scheme I am using includes Basic Black along with several of the Brights: Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green and Mango Melody. I used only Whisper White craft ink for the "chalk" and for the inside of the card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The Black & White 1/4" Gingham ribbon sure is fun! You can color it with stampin' blends, but I left it as is for this card.  The added texture on the Gorgeous Grape card stock is from the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. Be sure to click on any of the images above to visit my Stampin' Up! store to purchase.

 

 

  Here is a view from above of the card - you can really see the texture and the fun chalkboard effect. To make it look even more like a chalkboard, I took a Q-tip and lightly brushed the Whisper White craft ink in different areas on the basic black card stock.  Here's a tip - I was off just a smidge when I added the peeking cat to the top of the jack-o-lantern image. I was able to use a Blender Pen and fill in the blank space easily!

 

 

  Here is a sideview of the stamped panel where you can really see the smudged chalk look that I was going for - what do you think? Does it look realistic?  I just love this little gingham ribbon bow!

 

 

  For the inside of the card, I kept it super simple and added a few of the fun images from the set using Tuxedo Black ink. Since this is a photopolymer stamp set, that is my go-to ink for black images. Isn't that cat in the corner so funny?!

 

 

  Here is one last view of my Halloween card featuring the chalkboard technique. I hope I have inspired you to make some cards using this technique. For even more card inspiration and ideas, be sure to check out the other designer's blog posts using the links below.

 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!! 

 

 

 

Stamper's Dozen October 2021 Blog Hop

1. Kelly Acheson - A Stamp Above
2. Donna Burk Schneidtmiller – Donna Stamps
3. Jodi Petersen – Jodi’s Card Designs
4. Rose Grunewald – Country Cards by Rose
5. Patty Chenail – Stamp-Patty’s - Stamping in My Flops
6. Carol Payne – Carol Payne Stamps
7. Joanne Cantrell – Keep It Simple, Stampers
8. Rachel Yurkanin – Rachel’s Stamping Place
9. Debbie Naylor – Unfrogettable Stamping!
10. Bonnie O'Neill – Bonnie Stamped

 

 

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