Good Monday morning! We’re getting pretty close to Valentine’s Day and I know you’re all madly making marvelous missives of love! And caring. And like-a-lotting!!
And all those cards need…..stickum stuffs! So….let me help you out with that! Yep – you got it – my Sticky Sweet Ordering Special is….baaaaccckkk!
Good morning and happy Sunday! Did you guys eat any ice cream yesterday? As expected, I did not. 🙁 So – I hope YOU did and maybe had an extra scoop for me!
If you were able to join me last night for my Facebook live – I appreciate you spending part of your weekend with me! If not, but you’d like to see how to make this bright and cheerful card, here’s the link to it on YouTube!
Good morning and …Happy Friday! Are you ready for the weekend!? I hope so – and I hope that you’ve got something fun planned. The man’s canned pumpkin stash is depleting rapidly so…probably time for a trip to Wally for us. Yes – we DO lead an exciting and charmed life! 😂
If you were able to join me yesterday for my YouTube live – I appreciate that – and hope you enjoyed the sneak peek! If you weren’t able to watch – here’s the replay!
Good morning, y’all! It’s Thursday – which means it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! We’ve got a sketch challenge to work with and I’m excited to see what everyone brings to the table – I just know you’re going to see a ton of awesome-ness on the hop today!
I had a fun set waiting for me to ink it up and I decided this was the day! I created a card using the fun little Best Delivery stamp set that would be a great birthday card for anyone – or…change up the inside sentiment to make a Valentine’s card! Simply Marbleous DSP seemed like the perfect backdrop. Take a look-see:
Happy Happy Hawwwmp Day!! We’re on the downhill slide to your weekend again! Are you snapping up those new Stampin’ Blends?!? I sure hope so – cuz they’re pretty darned cool!
I made a fun and pretty card for you today – really channeling my collage-maker-soul! I pulled out the Crane of Fortune bundle – with it’s elegant florals and…well….CRANE! And the gorgeous, coordinating Symbols of Fortune Specialty DSP. Then I added a pretty sentiment from the Happy & Heartfelt stamp set – cuz it had the one I needed! Take a look-see:
Good morning – it’s a fun day at Stampin’ Up! We’ve got a BRAND NEW collection of products – called All Together! It’s a limited time offer (mostly!) and also (mostly!) while supplies last! I’ll ‘splain the “mostly” in a minute!
I played with part of the collection for today’s card – the Here Together stamp set and All Together DSP. I added a few pretty Tulips Dies flowers, too. Cuz…they pretty! Take a look-see:
AND – a few of the NEW Neutrals Stampin’ Blends!! Yes – you heard me right. NATURAL TONE Stampin’ Blends! WHOO-HOOO!!
The layout for this card is from the FUSION challenge – and there are some elements from the photo side, too!
I started with a heart-strewn piece of the black-and-white All Together DSP…
…and randomly colored the hearts using 4 of the TEN new Blends!
Then I matted the panel on Old Olive to create the card front.
I matted a strip of another design from the DSP on Old Olive. Before adhering it to the card front, I cut about a 1″ piece from a Square Vellum Doily. I used Liquid Glue to adhere the little piece of doily to the card front – in position to be tucked under the left end of the matted DSP strip. Then I adhered the DSP strip with more Liquid Glue.
See it in there? 🙂
I cut two thin stem die cuts and two leaves (a large and a small) from Old Olive cardstock, using the dies in the Tulips Die set. And – I made two tulips (yes, I purposely broke the “use odd numbers” rule!) from Very Vanilla cardstock. The two tulips I made are the two in the photo below.
Before I assembled the two flowers, I colored all the petals with my So Saffron Stampin’ Blends Combo.
I did a video the other day on how to put the flowers together – so if you need a refresher – click here! I used Glue Dots and a Stampin’ Dimensional when I put these together.
I added some shading to the leaves with my Light Old Olive Stampin Blend. I adhered the two stems and the large leaf (on the left) to the card front with Liquid Glue – then added the flowers – also with Liquid Glue.
I stamped a sentiment from the new Here Together stamp set in Old Olive on a piece of Very Vanilla.
I love these sentiments, don’t you?! Now – NOTE: The Here Together stamp set – and it’s bundled Here For You Die set…
…in addition to the All Together DSP – are only available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST – or thru midnight Mountain Time on 2 May! That’s right – these are not going to be available in the next catalog. So – you’re going to want to pick these up right now! As always – you can get the stamp set and dies as a bundle – saving 10% while you’re at it!
I cut the sentiment with a label die from the Stitched So Sweetly die set and popped it over the stems of the flowers with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I used a couple of Dimensionals to add the small leaf under (and over!) the sentiment.
Using my Light So Saffron Blend, I colored a length of Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon, then I tied a bow and added it with a Glue Dot.
I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies and the card front was done.
On the inside, I added a few hearts from the Here Together stamp set in Tuxedo Black on a Very Vanilla panel. I colored the three hearts using three of the four Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends that I’d used on the front.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to an Old Olive mat and into my Basic Black card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done.
My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got more of the Here Together hearts on the front…
…and more of the All Together DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Okay – I might be a little obsessed with the Tulips Dies – but…how fun is to be able to add some sweet blooms to…ANY card!?? And the new All Together DSP is a very cool “blank slate” – primed to add to your projects, whether you add color or not! I am also a big fan of sentiment dies and die sets that help me cut out cool images! The Here Together stamp set and bundled Here For You die set work together to do just that!
I hope you like!
Ready to get YOURS? Here’s a link to the collection in my Online Store!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts are listed below!
And…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!
TTFN
M
Good morning good morning and welcome to the last week in January! Last DAY, even! Yep – tomorrow is February (and the arrival of the All Together Collection – which includes 10 new Stampin’ Blends on top of a cool- and LIMITED TIME! – stamp set, dies and DSP!! Whoo-hooo!!). I hope you’re ready to getcha some – the deets are down below! AND – you’ll still be earning Sale-A-Bration Rewards! That’s a win-win for sure!
My card today features two of my favorite things. First – it’s a side-fold card. I LOVE these, especially when I’m working with a square card layout! And the second is the Artfully Composed suite of products – the DSP (plus the amazing Vellum Layering Designs!) and the Artfully Layered bundle! Take look-see:
The layout is from the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week.
And… the Festive Friday Inspo list was a factor in the elements I included! I see green, grasses, brown (the Linen Thread!) and masculine!
I started out by scoring a 4 1/4” x 11” piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock at 5 1/2” and 6 3/4” on the long side. I folded the 5 1/2” score line as a “valley” – so….you know, ”regular”! – and at the 6 3/4” score in the opposite direction. Topographically speaking, that would be a “mountain” fold! 😂
Using Liquid Glue between the 5 1/2” and 6 3/4” score lines, I adhered the front of the card base to the back – just in that 1 1/4” area. This made the “book” or “side” fold.
I used the hatch-lines die in the Tropical Layers die set and ran the 4″ x 4″ square of Basic White thru the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine with that die in the top right corner – and again with the die in the bottom right corner. Just to add a little fun!
I cut a piece of Artfully Composed DSP using the largest (about 3″ across) Layering Circle die. I aligned the edge of the circle with the very bottom left corner of the Basic White panel and adhered it with Liquid Glue. Then I trimmed the excess with a Paper Trimmer.
I matted a strip of Artfully Composed DSP on a Pear Pizzazz mat and then to the “side-fold” panel with Liquid Glue.
I did the same again with a slightly bigger strip of the same design – adhering it to the card front with Liquid Glue.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a 4 1/8″ x 4 1/8″ piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock and to adhere it to the front of the card base.
With the dies in the Tropical Layers set, I cut a leaf and a grasses die cut from the Vellum Layering Designs paper – the one with the white scripty embossing on it – which I adhered with a little bit of Liquid Glue.
I cut a leaf from Pear Pizzazz and added it with Liquid Glue.
On a piece of Basic White, I stamped the leaf from Artfully Layered in stamped-off-once Pear Pizzazz. Then I cut it out with the leaf die.
I determined how I wanted the leaf to set on the card and then stamped the Artfully Layered sentiment in the correct orientation in Evening Evergreen ink.
I popped the leaf over the Pear Pizzazz leaf with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I tied a small bow using two lengths of Linen Thread and adhered it with a Glue Dot.
I colored some vanilla Classic Matte Dots with my Dark Evening Evergreen Stampin’ Blend and added them here and there and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped the leaves image from Artfully Composed twice in Pear Pizzazz on a Basic White panel.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Pear Pizzazz mat and into the card base and the card was done.
My Basic White Medium Envelope got more of the Artfully Layered leaves in Pear Pizzazz on the front…
…and a little more Artfully Composed DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! I love this bundle and suite SO SO much! The Artfully Composed DSP is just so pretty – you could do many different combinations with all the designs for this card, don’t you think? And the Artfully Layered bundle – with the cool Tropical Layers dies – is full of great images and sentiments. I am also really loving the Vellum Layering Designs paper – you get the three designs in white and in black – and they’ll really add some interest to your projects!
I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts are listed below!
And…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!
TTFN
M
Well – good morning, y’all! We woke up today to a VERY VERY cold morning.
I mean – not -30 cold. But…in the low 20’s. With a wind chill in the single digits. Which, when your address is NOT why-not-Minot-freezin’s-the-reason…is way way too cold!
All of which is to say…I intend to stay INside today! The fur-monsters will be out and happy as furry-clams, but…me? Nope nope nope. Note: furry-clams….NOT good. Do NOT eat furry clams.
There will be no clams – furry or otherwise! – in my craft room tonight, when I’ll be going live at 7pm Eastern over on my Stamps-N-Lingers FB page! I’ve got a fun card that might…help you use some dies you might have questions about! 😉 Here’s a sneaky peek!
Good morning and happy happy Friday! Whatcha got planned for the weekend? We’re planning a trip to the Costco/Sam’s – they’re right across the street from each other so it always seems silly to go to one and not the other! I’m out of lettuce AND cauliflower rice so…that’s a borderline emergency here.
Who’m I kidding?!? It’s a STRAIGHT UP Emergency! 😳😳😳😳 So…go we will!
So – I’ve got a fun fold for you today and if you were able to join me yesterday for my YouTube live, I appreciate you spending part of your week with me! If not, but you’d like to see the replay – here ’tis!
I first saw this fold on the Splitcoast Stampers site – there was a good video by Robyn Rasset, which I watched to get the gist of the fold. Then…I took off and used my fave new paper (no – I am sure you could NOT guess which one!) – the Daffodil Afternoon DSP (which has the not-insignificant advantage of being FREE during Sale-A-Bration!!) and the Ladybug Builder Punch. To make a bumble bee! 🥰 Then I added a Happy& Heartfelt sentiment on the inside. Take a look-see:
Happy happy Hawwwmp DAY!! 🙂
My card today features a FREE bundle. Yes. A bundle. More than one product. Together. For free! 😉
It’s called the Friendly Hello bundle – it’s a Jan – Feb 2022 Sale-A-Bration goody that you can pick up for FREE with a qualifying $100 purchase! That bundle gave me the stamp set AND Designer Series Paper for my card and then I borrowed a fun die from the Hippo & Friends die set. Take a look-see:
Inky Bee Stampers
KarensCardCorner
Stamp with Amy K
Stamp With Nel
Stampin With Shirley G
Tarabeth Stamps
TL's Bright Spot