Good morning, y’all! Hope your weekend is going well! We’re just crossing off all the last minute things – oh, and treating Wayne’s poison ivy on his arms and back of his neck. He had to spend WAAY too many hours yesterday trying to get into an urgent care to get some meds. Poor guy! 🫤
Today’s card uses a super cute new bundle from the May-Aug 2026 Catalog – it’s called Safari Smiles and…it’s NOT just for kids! At least – I don’t think it is! I paired it with the Fern & Flora 3D Embossing Folder and some . Take a look-see:
The layout for this one was inspired by the sketch at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week!
I started by swiping the DE-bossing side of the Fern & Flora 3D Embossing Folder with the Peaceful Pine ink pad. Note: this is the side that has the SU logo printed on it! Then I set a Smoky Slate panel into the folder, carefully closed it and ran it thru the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine.
Using a Paper Trimmer – I cut the panel down to the 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ that I wanted. From the middle of the panel, I used the largest Stylish Shapes square die to cut out a…well…square! 🤷♀️
I used Liquid Glue to adhere a 3/4″ x 5 1/8″ strip of Moonlit Flora DSP on the left side of the embossed panel. Then I matted the panel on Secret Sea for the card front.
I wrapped some Golden Glow 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon around the card front, securing it in the back with Mini Glue Dots. Then I matted the cut-out square on a 3″ x 3″ piece of Secret Sea cardstock and adhered it over the hole in the card front with Black Stampin’ Dimensionals.
On a piece of Basic White cardstock, I stamped the two Safari Smiles elephants in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored them with a Light Gray Granite Stampin’ Blend. Using the Light Peaceful Pine Stampin’ Blend, I traced around the two images and then cut them out with their coordinating dies! That’s a tip I saw on a FB reel that ….has since disappeared – but it’s a great way to eliminate those pesky white borders – which sometimes you just don’t want to have!
I used the dies in the set to cut out some Peaceful Pine grasses and some Golden Glow twigs and two Vellum Specialty Paper clouds!
Using Liquid Glue, I adhered the large elephant to the die cut square. I used some Glue Dots – hidden – to adhere the Vellum clouds – sliding them behind the elephant.
Then I added the baby with Black Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I adhered grasses and twigs with Liquid Glue and Black Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Then I tied a little bow from Linen Thread and adhered it with a Glue Dot.
I stamped a Safari Smiles sentiment in Golden Glow ink on a 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ piece of Basic White cardstock. Then I snipped a banner end with my new Detail Scissors (coming on 2 Jul in the new Online Exclusives) and adhered it over the bow with Black Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I added some Golden Glow 2026-2028 In Color Dots and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped the Safari Smiles baby elephant in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink in the corner of a Basic White panel, I colored him with the Light Gray Granite Stampin’ Blend. I added the bird on his rump in Tuxedo Black – coloring it with the Golden Glow and Crisp Cantaloupe Shimmer Brushes.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to the inside of my Golden Glow card base, popped the card front on with Black Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the baby and his bird on the front…
…and some more of the Moonlit Flora DSP on the envelope flap!
Et Voila! Okay – how way-too-cute is this Safari Smiles bundle? I love love love these little heffalumps! No – I’m sorry – there are no woozles in this set. But there IS a sweet lion and his lady! And it’s like it was just MADE to work with the Fern & Flora 3D Embossing Folder AND the amazingly wunnermus Moonlit Flora DSP!!
I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below! And this is the card I made on yesterday’s Saturday Nite Live Video. If you’d like to see it – for the first time or again – here ’tis!
I’ve also created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of the products used to create this project. You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:
Missed any tutorials? You can check out my past projects right here!
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M
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Hey y’all – just a note! I’ll be away from my video-making apparatus for a couple of weeks! I HAVE pre-recorded some videos for you – they’re scheduled to post (aka “go live”) at the same time as my usual schedule. I’ll post reminders on my FB page so hopefully you won’t miss a thing! Just remember – I won’t actually be….you know…THERE! 😉
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Get the Stampin’ Up! Products Used in this Project:
Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Golden Glow Cardstock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″); Safari Smiles die cut “twigs” (x3)
Secret Sea Cardstock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for card front); 3″ x 3″ (mat for square cut out)
Smoky Slate Cardstock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (embossed card front)
Peaceful Pine Cardstock: Safari Smiles die cut “grasses” (x3)
Vellum Specialty Paper: Safari Smiles die cut “grasses” (x3)
Basic White Cardstock: stamped and die cut Safari Smiles elephants; 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ (sentiment); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (inner liner)
Moonlit Flora DSP: 3/4″ x 5 1/8″ (strip on card front); 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)
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The kids – post-groomer!
Finn with his uber-white bib and silky coat…
…and Addy with…her summer do! Not QUITE what I was expecting but…at least it’s even all around and no more tangles!
They’re all bootiful and ready to go to Camp!!
TTFN
M
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