This wonderful Beauty of the Earth 12 X 12" Designer Series Paper #155841 is on special this month! It adds so much color and interest to this card.
It's paired with the very interesting Stitched Leaves Dies #153567. The leaf is die cut from Merry Merlot card stock and mounted onto Layering Circles Dies #151770. Stock up on beautiful papers while they are on special this month!
One of my favorite easy fancy folds is this TAB CARD! It's fast and impressive! Cut your standard portrait card. Then cut 1 inch off the front right side. Use this 1 inch strip to create the TAB. Score the strip at about 1 inch from the end to attach behind the card.
This TAB will swing to the right so you can access the card. I bet you can think of lots of way to embellish the TAB!!
This stamp set is the lovely Beauty of Friendship #154983 that I will use often during the holiday season! The colors are Soft Suede, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen.
TODAY is the final day to order from the Jan-June Catalog!
Make your own doilies with ANY paper or card stock using the Encircled with Beauty Dies #155546.
This snappy black & white paper is the hostess-only Pattern Party Designer Series Paper #155426. It's a JUMBO pack of 48 sheets of 12X12" papers, available as a hostess choice with an order of $150 or more. See page 171.
My next post will be a short video packed with ideas! Stop back soon!
Pansies are sweet! I love the Pansy Petals Suite #155810 because there are LOTS of pieces to spark creativity!!
I pulled colors from the Pansy Petals 12X12" Designer Series Paper #155807 to created the flower. A little sponging adds depth.
The base card is So Saffron color.
What a SWEET little card created by my friend and team member, Michelle Miller! She used the Encircled in Friendship Bundle #155541.
The black card stock POPS this intricate die cut!! The cute striped paper is a BIG Package of Pattern Party 12 X 12" Designer Series Paper, hostess-only product. Any order of $150 or more qualifies for HOSTESS REWARDS and this paper pack can be selected. See page 171.
Very nice sentiment! This card is 4-1/4" square.
NEW Annual Catalog
Check out the stitched details in this great Hats Off Bundle #158361. What a great guy card!
Round & Square Brads #155570 add some hardware for a masculine touch!
Father's Day is coming! Are you ready to make guy cards??
NEW Annual Catalog
Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent are NEW In Colors PERFECT for masculine cards!! These colors will be available May 4, 2021 when the new Annual Catalog begins. Check out these great guy cards created with the Handsomely Suited Bundle #156240!!
Father's Day is coming soon. This stamp set also includes a birthday sentiment.
The Essential Tag Punch #153607 creates a perfectly proportioned short sleeve for these casual shirts.
Cut the shirt body 4-1/4" X 3-1/2". GET THIS HANDSOMELY SUITED BUNDLE BY MAY 3, 2021 TO RECEIVE THE 10% BUNDLED PRICE. These products will appear in the next Annual Catalog, but without the bundle discount!!
Don't miss this savings!! This Art Gallery Bundle #156227 will NOT be offered as a BUNDLE in the new Annual Catalog beginning May 4th. Purchase NOW to save 10%. IT's LOVELY!!!
Don't you love this sentiment? This is the beachy Sand & Sea Suite #155980. The Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper #154288 is LOVELY!! Grab it before it retires!
To create this Fancy Fold: cut base 10-3/4 x 4-1/4", then score at 3" and 7". SIMPLE! I like how it shows off three designer papers!
I have collected SO MANY wonderful friends on my STAMPING Journey! I hope you have, also!
Barb Faulkner, friend and Team Member, created this YUMMY easel birthday card using the Sweet Ice Cream Bundle with PUNCH #156244.
See the GOLD stripe? It's created using a strip of adhesive and the Gilded Leafing Embellishment #154560. Cool! Colors are Blackberry Bliss, and Bermuda Bay pulled from the Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper #154567.
Cut the base card 4-1/4 X 11" and score at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2". The easel needs a dimensionalized piece for support and here the Happy Birthday is popped up. Easy and impressive! Thanks for sharing, Barb!!
Guest Stamper today is my demonstrator friend, Pennie McCallum! She created this lovely Birthday card using the SOON TO BE RETIRED Pretty Perenial Bundle #156234 and Love You Always Specialty Designer Series Paper #154280.
This Love You ALways Foil #154286 overlay is so striking! Such a pretty blossom!
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Dragonfly Garden Bundle w/ Punch #156224
Dandy Garden Memories & More Cards & Env. #154301
Dandy Garden 6 X 6" Designer Series Paper #154297
This yummy ice cream Birthday card was created by my friend and Team member, Karen Kapfer, using the Sweet Ice Cream Bundle with PUNCH #156244. It's delish!!
Here is a tip: use the coordinating punch to punch the ice cream and cone from the Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper #154567! It's fast!!
Thanks for sharing, Karen! This card is good enough to eat!
My ALL-TIME favorite way to package handmade cards as a gift, is this quick and easy TWO-POCKET CARD FOLDER! Here is my pattern that uses one full sheet of card stock. The Folder holds four standard cards or four note cards.
Download Two-Pocket Folder for cards
Embellish the front of the Folder as much or as little as you like. The main thing, REPEAT the colors and images used on the cards inside for a professional look.
Here are the four standard cards and envelopes in this Folder. The same crisp, snappy True Love Designer Paper #154281 was used on this entire project. I used the Medium Daisy Punch #149517 and used the small daisy-like print on each card. The accent is Silver Foil Paper #132178 and the little heart from the Dog Builder Punch #148543. The cards are fast and simple. Pick your favorite designer series paper and try this!
SHARING WHAT I LOVE!
Directions to create this Modified Double "Z" Fold Card: base card is 11 x 4-1/4", scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2". The small strip is 11 x 1", scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2". Next is a view of the side to show you the two "Z's."
This view shows the card closed flat for mailing. The Butterfly Brilliance Collection # 159408 is so springy and HAPPY!! The base butterfly is created with foil from the Love You Always Foil #154286 for SHINE! THINK SPRING!! See MORE ideas with this collection in my video below:
Design once, then repeat! This True Love Designer Series Paper #154281 is all black and white. It creates SNAPPY cards!
This is a simple layout. The designer papers create the interest.
I only changed the top layer of designer paper.
Make sure to decorate your enevelope for a finished look. It's easy.
Apply adhesive around the edge of the envelope flap. Lay a straight edge of designer paper on the flat and butted up to the flap crease. Then...
Flip envelope to the backside. Cut off excess designer paper. NO PATTERN NEEDED!
This pretty Butterfly Brillance Collection #159408 is an EARLY RELEASE from the upcoming May 2021 Annual Stampin' Up! Catalog! Get ready for SPRING and SUMMER!! NOTE: the two Designer Series Papers are "ONLY AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST."
THINK SPRING!! Stamp up some garden images while you wait for the snow to melt! My Meadow Stamp Set #151650 has the outdoor and garden images to create endless scenes.
The adorable floral envelope flap was created with the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper #155223, a FREE SALE-A-Bration item with $50 purchase (in US) till Feb. 28, 2021. DIG INTO SPRING!
during SALE-A-Bration,
ends 2/28/2021
TIES FOR GUYS! Here a quick card for the men in your life! We must not forget them when creating!! This is the masculine Handsomely Suited Bundle w/ dies #156240 and the Well Suited Designer Series Paper #154562 with perfect guy prints!
The sentiment is mounted on the Classic Label Punch #141491 and Tailored Tag Punch #145667. He will love knowing he is the "BEST!"
SALE-A-Bration ENDS 2/28/21!
Nothing is more FUN than a mess of paper FLOWER PARTS!! Pretty Perennials Bundle #156234 has 21 stamp images and 23 dies! WOW! LOTS of flower parts to spark your creativity! The flower is stamped in Terracotta Tile ink.
What is better than a BIG "HAPPY" sentiment...nothing!!
The white backgound layer is embossed with Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder #154317! I added a splatter of Terracotta Tile Stampin' Write marker.
Only 2 weeks of SALE-A-Bration remain - don't miss FREE Products!!
The Sand & Sea Suite #155980 works so well as a VELLUM CARD!! These pastels are difficult for me to photograph - it's much prettier in person.
Here are 2 VIDEOS with details to create a LOVELY VELLUM CARD and ENVELOPE!
TRY IT!!
SALE-A-Bration Promo!!
SALE-A-Bration is the BEST time of year because you get FREE products with EACH and EVERY $50 you purchse of ANY products, including Clearance!! This quick card uses TWO free S-A-B items: Flower & Field Designer Series Paper and Heal Your Heart Stamp Set of 6 sentiments. The circles are BOTH punched using the 2-1/4" Circle Punch #143720, then offset.
This is such a sweet & simple card you can make a BUNCH at ONCE!!! I LOVE these darling papers!
PROMO ENDS 2/28/2021
This is an over looked GEM in the Spring Mini Catalog! It's Circle Celebration Stamp Set #154440.
I love Gorgeous Grape and Bermuda Bay colors together - it's TRENDY!! The background is the NEW Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder #154317 for lots of texture!!
Have some FUN with circle!!
during Sale-A-Bration Promo,
ends Feb. 28, 2021
I LOVE a simply card with a touch of elegance! Art Gallery Bundle #156227 creates this lovely flower in Petal Pink & Blushing Bride colors. Golden Garden Designer Specialty Acetate #154557 makes a classy layer. I USED THE BACK SIDE FOR THE SILVER LOOK!!
SECRET: using the Flowers for Every Season Memories & More Cards & Envelopes #153101 makes this card FASTER!! (See page 154 in the Annual Catalog) The cards have the white dotted frame pre-printed, and coordinating envelopes. This color is Cinnamon Cider.
Sale-A-Bration Promo is half over already!! It ends Feb. 28 th this year! Be sure to stock up and earn FREE ITEMS with each $50 purchased! I appreciate each and every order.
It's Sale-A-Bration Promo!!
Spreading the LOVE from the Love You Always Suite #155977 on pages 10-13 of the Jan. - June Spring Catalog!
during Sale-A-Bration!!
Today, I am featuring ideas using the FREE Sale-A-Bration products you may select with your qualifying purchase of $50 or $100 thru Feb. 28, 2021:
Darling Donkeys Stamp Set FREE w/ $50 purchase of ANY products.
Flower & Field 12 x 12" Designer Series Paper FREE w/ $50 purchase of ANY products.
Paper Blooms 12 x 12" Designer Series Paper FREE w/ $50 purchase of ANY products.
Approaching Perfection Stamp Set FREE w/ $50 purchase of ANY products.
Paper Blooms 12 x 12" Designer Series Paper FREE w/ $50 purchase of ANY products.
Sample created by my friend and team member, Karen Kapfer.
Berry Blessings Stamp Set AND Berry Delightful 12 x 12" Designer Series Paper FREE w/ $100 purchase of ANY products.
This is just a sampling, there are MORE FREE items to choose! No Limit!
during Sale-A-Bration Promo!!
ENDS Feb. 28, 2021
Here is a FUN, unique stamp set, Hearts & Kisses #154345! It also comes as a PUNCH bundle #156201, saving 10%! I paired it with the Flowers for Every Season 6X6" Designer Series Paper #152486.
This sentiment is for a GIRL-to-GIRL Valentine card! The other sentiments in this set can be used all year around!
So then I tried the same fast layout with a bright stripe from the same paper packet! This is totally different look!
The Heart Charms #154282 are sooo easy to use by simply tying them into a twine knot or bow! These cards were fast and fun!
Which is your favorite?? Poppy Parade with the stripe? Magenta Madness with the floral??
during Sale-A-Bration Promo!
Elegantly striking! This Black silhouetted heart really makes a BIG statement of LOVE!! This is the exquisite Love You Always Suite #155977.
This lovely heart die is sooo detailed and bold in black!! The background is the Sale-A-Bration FREE item, Oh So Ombre Designer Series Paper in Rococo Rose! Be sure to use adhesive sheets on these thin dies so your glue never shows.
The inside features a KISS image from the Hearts & Kisses Stamp Set #154345. LOVE the row of tiny hearts die!
during Sale-A-Bration Promo!!
Everybody loves ice cream!! The Sweet Ice Cream Bundle with PUNCH #156244 will melt your heart! FUN cards for all ages!!
These scoops of ice cream and cone were punched from the Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper #154567. SO fast! So easy!!
The 18 photopolymer images even contain a "drip" & "sprinkles!" Such FUN!!
SALE-A-BRATION: for EACH $50 you purchase, select a FREE Sale-A-Bration item AND earn a Rewards Star from me towards a free stamp set of your choice!! WIN! WIN!! DOUBLE DIP!!
Casual time using the new Well Suite Collection #155983! I LOVE the versatility of these products. I used the Essential Tag Punch #153607 to create the perfectly portioned sleeves!!
The PERFECT short sleeve for this casual golf shirt!!
Check out the details: stitched pocket, placket and buttons, and textured collar! The collar was embossed using the Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folders from the Holiday Catalog.
This collection has the BEST masuline paper - Well Suited Designer Series Paper #154562.
Dragonfly Garden Bundle with PUNCH #156224
Dandy Garden 6x6" Designer Series Paper #154297
** Your FREE Pattern:
The Sand and Sea Suite #155980 creates AMAZING card designs! WOW, love these beachy images!! Colors: Blushing Bride, Sahara Sand, Whisper White.
This collection has LOVELY Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper #154288! The Opal Rounds Embellishments #154289 look like water droplets! I'll be showing you lots of card ideas with this coastal collection!! AVAILABLE Jan. 5, 2021.
Jan. - June Spring Mini Catalog SNEAK PEEKS start today!! The Mini Catalog starts Jan. 5, 2021. GET READY!!
Well Suited Suite Collection #155983 is an AWESOME group of products for masculine cards!! From suits to golf shirts it makes GREAT GUY CARDS!!
The suspenders, tie options, collars, pockets and button dies are all perfect to mix it up for your men!!
This golf shirt features one of the masculine Well Suited Designer Series Papers #154562. I used the Essential Tag Punch #153607 to easily create the sleeves on this golf shirt.
"Suit Up" for creative fun for the classic gentleman or casual guy!! AVAILABLE JAN. 5, 2021!!
A FAVORITE stamp set of mine!
Make great envelope flaps!
Need a masculine card? Nature's Beauty Stamp Set #150528 is your answer with quiet nature and realistic wildlife!
Pair this stamp set with the coordinating Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper #150432 which is a perfect match!
This is such a simple, striking card so why not make extras??
Red Velvet Paper #153490 makes this gorgeous Poinsettia so rich and elegant! This festive Poinsettia Place #155109 card was created by my demonstrator friend, Peggy Taylor!
The Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper #153487 adds another traditional image to this lovely classic card!
Thank you for sharing this pretty card with me, Peggy!
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Do you save extra project pieces?? I do. This was a "challenge day" to use up some left overs on my stamping desk!!
I ALWAYS have Note Cards & Envelopes #131527 on hand. They are mailable and measure 5" x 3-1/2". They were perfect for these small images from Little Treats Bundle #153376 that were extras and too cute to throw away!!!
This turned out so cute using scraps from Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper #153492! Be sure to add Note Cards & Envelopes to your next order. They are GREAT for Paper Pumpkin Kit left overs, too!! Available in White or Vanilla.
It's so touchable, Red Velvet Paper #153490!! Here it is embossed with the Tin Tile 3D Embossing Folder #151801 for even MORE interest!
The sentiment is Wrapped in Christmas #153481 and heat embossed in WHITE. Colors: Real Red, Shaded Spruce and Whisper White.
Red Velvet Paper is GREAT for Valentines, too! Stock now!!
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Michelle Miller, friend and team member, sent me this sweet CURVY Christmas card idea!! So cute!! Michelle used the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper #153492 and the Pine Tree Punch #149521, a perfect pair!
The Curvy Dies #154319 create a snowy winter hill! The base card is Mossy Meadow card stock. Peek inside...
This envelope was created using the Stampin' Up! Trimmer #152392. Here is the A2 Envelope pattern:
See my Envelope VIDEO HERE.
AFTER I made the 8 October Paper Pumpkin cards from the kit, I had LEFT OVER die cuts to make these additional SIX cards!! So my kit made a total of 14 cards from a $22 kit!! Read MORE...
And of course, these 9 photopolymer stamp images and an Ink Spot (little pad) are mine to make even MORE!!
BIG VALUE in Paper Pumpkin Monthly Craft Kits!! Try it!!
Designer Series Papers are 15% OFF in October!! Perfect time to stock up & create specialty envelopes for your handmade cards!!
A huge HAPPY STAMPIVERSARY to my friend, Peggy Taylor, for 25 years as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!! Peggy (on left) and I roomed together at 12 or more Stampin' Up! events through the years! Thanks for all the GREAT memories Peggy!! Remember when I fell my on face and we spent the evening in the emergency room instead enjoying the theater??
Here is the card I made for Peggy. I love to specialize the card for the specific event!
Happy Dies #152708 and Playful Alphabet Dies #152706!