Good morning and Happy Sunday! The calendar shows T – 2 days to lift off to Dublin! My is-it-done calendar shows….T-35 days! That – in case you were wondering – is a disconnect. Not ever with the newest, fuzziest math – the kind that asks a kid to do 10 steps to get the answer to “15 divided by 3” – can make that work out, y’all!! But – regardless – it’s coming!
My card today is a CASE of a sample in the new catalog – it’s actually the card that made me take a second look at the Marvelous Nature stamp set. I combined it with new colors, a little Exposed Brick embossing and some Earthen Elegance DSP. Take a look-see:
Good morning, y’all! It’s Thursday – which means it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop. We’ve got a great 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 KNOW I keep going back to the Cheerful Daisies Bundle and the Fresh as a Daisy DSP – I just can’t help it – it’s too pretty not to play with! I paired it with a super sentiment-only set that you can get right now – called Very Best Occasions. Take a look-see!
Good morning, y’all – welcome to another edition of the Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Team blog hop! Each month we make projects centered around a theme – and this month our theme is “Love”! We can interpret that any way we want – so…be sure to check and see everyone’s projects – we’ve got a bunch of talented ladies hopping with us this month!
We’ve got a gorgeous image-only stamp set called the Decorative Borders set. Just a photopolymer set – no dies, no punch – that stamps lovely floral border and corner images. I very simply paired it with a sentiment from the Something Fancy Set, embossed it all with the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder and called it a day! Take a look-see:
Good morning, y’all! It’s Thursday – which means it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! We’ve got a great color 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 pulled out the new Love For You bundle from the Jan – Apr 2023 Mini Catalog and…used it to create my own DSP (thanks to a careful look-see in the new catalog at some of the samples!!). I made a sweet card good for a Valentine – or a Galentine – or a Palentine…well, you get the picture. Take a look-see:
Happy Happy Hawwwmp Day, y’all! Hope the week is proceeding apace for you and that it’s going well so far!
I wanted to update you on my Stamp Case/Die Set/Punch/Embossing Folder label availability! I just added the labels for the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog to my Shop – you can get them – and the labels for the Jul – Dec 2022 Mini/ SAB right here! Hope they help you get/stay organized!
My card today uses a stamp set from the annual catalog, called Graceful Tiles, and it’s a new-to-me set! I paired it with the Lovely Linen DSP and…the Stylish Shapes Dies. Take a look-see:
Welcome back to the work week! Hope your weekend was good – and productive. We got a lot of plantlings planted – got a few more to go, but…we made a dent, for sure! I’ll post pics when we get it more done and looking all pretty and stuff! 🙂
When you spend much of the day (or two days!) in the garden – it’s good to have a simple card in your brain bucket! And – I did, cuz I’d been seeing this one since I saw the sketch challenge. I love the More Love stamp set – it’s got one. Big. Sentiment. And that is all! I added it to a pretty piece of New Horizons DSP and…done! Take a look-see:
Happy Sunday, y’all! Hope your weekend is going well. And that you have power! If you’re in the Northeast…I am thinking that’s maybe a crap shoot! So my fingers are crossed that everyone has power and is warm! 🙂
So – if you were able to join me yesterday for my Facebook live, I appreciate you spending part of your weekend with me! If not, but you’d like to see the replay – here ’tis!
A couple weeks ago, I made a card with the Flowering Tulips stamp set – and showed you how you can combine the multi-step images to make pretty tulips. I didn’t use the Tulips dies for that one – but promised that I would soon – AND would show you how to combine the various dies to make 3D flowers. So…that’s what I did today! I placed my bouquet atop some pretty Artfully Composed DSP. Take a look-see:
I played along with two challenges on this one. The first one, from Color Throwdown, inspired my color palette!
I started by adhering a piece of Evening Evergreen paper from one my fave new DSP packs – the Artfully Composed DSP – on a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock. I used Glue Dots – placed so to be hidden by the rest of the decorations – to adhere a rectangle of Vellum cardstock in the middle of the card front.
Then – it was time to build a bouquet! 🙂
There are three flower types that you can make with the Tulips Dies. This is how the dies work together. SU has graciously given us enough to be able to cut multiples FAST!
This combination of dies cut shapes that can be assembled into the tulips!
I cut five total flowers – two in Fresh Freesia, two in Blushing Bride and one in Basic White.
For the two Blushing Bride flowers – I used a Light Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blend to color the smallest “petal”. I use a Light Fresh Freesia Blend on the small Fresh Freesia petals.
It’s easiest to see how to assemble the flowers by taking a gander at the video – you can fast forward to about the 5 minute mark. Note: you CAN use Liquid Glue to assemble them – but using Glue Dots adds a smidge more dimension – and so that’s what I used. I also added an actual Stampin’ Dimensional to a few of them, too! All see-able on the video! 🙂
I stamped a large and a small leaf from the Flowering Tulips set in Pear Pizzazz on Pear Pizzazz cardstock and cut them with their matching Tulips Dies. And I used the thin stem die to cut five Pear Pizzazz stems.
I laid everything out to get my bouquet “just right” and then began to adhere everything to the card front with Liquid Glue. No need to use any Dimensionals here! 🙂 A couple of the stems needed to be trimmed to size!
I tied a little bow from some Petal Pink ribbon (1/8″ Cotton Ribbon) and adhered it with a Glue Dot.
On a piece of Basic White cardstock, I stamped a Flowering Tulips sentiment in Fresh Freesia. Then I cut it with the smallest Scalloped Contours rectangle die.
I used double-stacked Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the sentiment over the bow, added some Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped one of the Flowering Tulips flowers in Blushing Bride (the first image is in full-strength and the second is in stamped-off-once ink), with Pear Pizzazz stems and leaves. Then I added a few more Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels!
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Blushing Bride mat and into my Thick Basic White card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Basic White Medium Envelope got more Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz Flowering Tulips on the front…
…and a little more Artfully Composed DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Oh – my – goodness!! I love these 3D Tulip Dies flowers, don’t you? And with the coordinating Flowering Tulips stamped images to decorate the other parts of your card and #nonekkidenvelopes….the sky is the limit! Can’t you just see a gorgeous bouquet with Tulips AND Daffodils!?!? Stampin’ Up! gives us the tools to DO that! 🙂
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!
Happy happy Hawwwmp Day, y’all! Hope the week is going well for you! Are you enjoying being able to order the Butterfly Bouquet goodies early? It would seem that you are, for sure! If you haven’t yet – be sure to get yours on the way – either thru my Online Store or…by picking up my Special Bundle!
I used a few of the elements in the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle plus a bit of Natural Touch Specialty Paper on today’s card – along with some sentiments, image and DSP from the Hydrangea Hill suite! Take a look-see:
Good morning, y’all! Are you hunkering down under the weight of snow and ice and bitter cold?? If so, I hope you’ve got power and water and heat. And chocolate – chocolate is a pretty awesome winter-storm-survival food.
Yesterday, while a few of us were chatting and crafting on my Monday Zoom the Craftroom, I put together a pretty non-Mary kind of card. In that…it’s not got a ton of layers. And not a bow in sight! But…I like how it turned out – and I think it would be a great card for a man! It used a sentiment from my handy Many Messages bundle and a few Lots of Heart bundle hearts. Take a look-see:
The layout and elements were inspired by the FUSION challenge this week. The sketch side and, to some extent, the photo side! 🙂
I started with some light wood paper from the In Good Taste DSP and matted it on Mossy Meadow for the card front.
I took a second piece of the In Good Taste and made a banner with it using my Banner Triple Punch.
Using two of the heart dies in the Many Hearts die set (bundled with Lots of Heart), I cut a Mossy Meadow and a Gray Granite heart. This pattern is one of the new 2021-2022 Neutrals 6″ x 6″ DSP pack – and you can get it for FREE when you join Stampin’ Up! before the end of Sale-A-Bration on 28 Feb. And it’ll bring 160 of its friends (translation: you’ll get 200 SHEETS of new-design DSP!!).
I adhered the two hearts to the card front with Liquid Glue.
For the sentiment, I used the Many Messages stamp to stamp all those wonderful sentiments in Bumble Bee on Basic White and then cut them with the single big die in the bundled Messages Die. Full disclosure: I had this sentiment – and a bunch of others! – in my little tackle box from stamping and cutting them for a previous card!
I popped my sentiment onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals, added a Bumble Bee 2020-2022 In Color Enamel Dot, and the card front was done.
Yep – done. Set. The. Card. Front. Down!
On the inside, I inked the plaid heart from Lots of Heart in Mossy Meadow and stamped it in the corner of a Basic White panel. I added a sentiment from Lots of Heart in Bumble Bee. And another Bumble Bee enamel dot, too!
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Mossy Meadow mat and into my Bumble Bee card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the plaid Lots of Heart heart on the front in Mossy Meadow…
…and more of the In Good Taste DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Simple. Hardly any layers (easy to mail – you’re welcome!). Not my normal card style by any stretch. But…I really like how it turned out! The two sets – Lots of Heartand Many Messages go together perfectly, don’t you think??
And don’t forget – there’s only 12 days left in Sale-A-Bration! Which means…in THIRTEEN days….no more free 200 sheets of new DSP (that’s a $59 value – on top of the awesome Starter Kit goodness!) for joining the team! Be sure to pull the trigger and get in on the great deal before it’s gone. I’d love to have you on my team! 🙂
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts are listed below!
Good morning! It’s Sunday so..that heralds the half-way point of your weekend. And – not for nuthin’ – it’s Super Bowl Sunday! If you’re one of the lucky spectators – I heard there are going to be 25,000 human people. And…30,000 cardboard “people”. For which human people were given the chance to pay – yes PAY!! – $100 for the “honor” of having your face – or your kid’s face – or…your dog’s face – “attend” the Super Bowl.
Seriously?!? 😳😳😳 That just does not pass my sniff-test.
Caveat – if YOU were one who paid $100 to “be” there then I think that’s awesome – no offense meant – and I hope “you” enjoy the experience. 😉
So – I’ve got a fun-fold for you today (for FREE! 😉 ) – that’s just in time for Valentine’s or Galentine’s Day and I showed you how to make it last night on my Facebook live video. If you were able to spend some of your weekend with me, I appreciate it! If not, here’s the replay on YouTube!
I love a good fun fold and I especially love it if it’s EASY – which this one totally is! I used the pretty Love You Always Specialty DSP and the gorgeous Love You Always stamp set with the bundled Floral Heart Dies to make it gorgeous. Take a look-see:
I started by cutting two pieces of Rococo Rose cardstock to create the two “cards” that make-up the whole fun fold card. Card 1 is the “base” and then card 2 is the smaller cardbase that is adhered to the large back panel of card 1.
I matted a large piece of Love You Always Specialty DSP – in Rococo Rose – on Sahara Sand and adhered it to the back panel of card 1. I cut and matted a smaller piece for the left small panel of the first card.
For the smaller card – I matted another piece of the Love You Always Specialty DSP on Sahara Sand and adhered it to the front of the card.
From a piece of Sahara Sand Love You Always Foil, I cut the large heart die from the Floral Heart Dies. I adhered it to the front of the small card with Liquid Glue.
Then I used the small flower die in the Floral Heart Dies(it cuts three detailed flowers at a time!) to cut some flowers in Blushing Bride and Rococo Rose. These are adhered to the foil heart image with Liquid Glue.
I stamped the sentiment from Always in My Heart in Rococo Rose on a piece of Basic White and cut it with the same large die in the Always Die set. Then I popped the heart onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I tied two lengths of white twine from the Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack into a bow and adhered it with a Glue Dot. Then I added a few Opal Rounds and that was it for the card front.
I stamped a second sentiment from Always in My Heartin Rococo Rose onto a Basic White panel. Then I stamped two flowers from the set in Rococo Rose and filled them using the fill image – in stamped off once Blushing Bride.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Sahara Sand mat and into the smaller card base. Then I used Liquid Glue to adhere that card into the larger card #1 – making sure it was centered on the large back panel. And the card was done!
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the Always in My Heart flowers on the front…
…and more of the Love You Always Specialty DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! This super-easy fun fold is great for showcasing our gorgeous papers like the Love You Always Specialty DSP – and the perfectly sized front of the smaller card is just right for the big, bold Floral Heart Die cut! The bundled Always in My Heart stamp set covers the gamut from love to friendship – Valentine’s to Anniversary! 🙂
I hope you like!
TTFN
M
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Rococo Rose Cardstock: 4 1/4″ x 8″ (card base 1, scored and folded at 5 1/2″); 3 3/4″ x 8″ (card base 2, scored and folded at 4″); Floral Heart Dies die cut floral heart on front
Sahara Sand Cardstock: 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ (mat for large back panel of card 1); 2 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ (mat for small side panel of card 1); 3 5/8″ x 3 7/8″ (mats for card front and inner liner of card 2)
Blushing Bride Cardstock: Floral Heart Dies die cut flowers on front
Basic White Cardstock: Floral Heart Dies die cut heart on front (sentiment); 3 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ (inner liner on card 2)
Love You Always Foil: Floral Heart Dies die cut floral heart on front
Love You Always Specialty DSP: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (large back panel of card 1); 2 1/4″ x 4″ (small side panel of card 1); 3 1/2″ x 3 43/4″ (card front of card 2)
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