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Stampin’ Up! True Love & Happy

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It is Super Bowl weekend! Woohoo! And what are YOU doing during Super Bowl? I’ll probably color something while watching the game – it’s the perfect time. Or fussy cut… but that’s not my preference. Speaking of coloring, todays card uses the Stampin Blends and it gives a bolder look than the card of yesterday with the pencils. I used another one of the True Love DSP papers too. Let’s take a look…

True Love Happy #1

This card incorporates the Pretty Perennials stamp set in the sentiments on the card front and the word ‘happy’ just pops! I colored just the smallest of the flowers using both the Light & Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin Blends – just enough to tie in the Daffodil Delight card stock it sits on and the Ruched Ribbon, also in Daffodil Delight.

I stamped the word ‘happy’ in VersaMark ink on a piece of Basic Black card stock after using the embossing buddy to clear it of any static, then sprinkled White embossing powder over the ink and heat set it. Once it cooled a bit I fussy cut the word. I then adhered it to a piece of Basic White card stock and fussy cut around it again, giving it a white border. I stamped the word ‘birthday’ also from the Pretty Perennials stamp set, in Memento Black ink on a Basic White scrap and punched it with the Classic Label Punch. After deciding where I wanted to place the larger word, I ran a strip of Stampin’ Seal across and wove the Ruched Ribbon to just the way I wanted it, and the Stampin Seal held it nicely in place. I put dimensionals on both sentiments, adhering the larger word first, then the ‘birthday just over the ends, also on dimensionals. I added three 2020-2022 Enamel Dots in Bumblebee for the final touch.

The True Love DSP panel was adhered to Daffodil Delight card stock, put on dimensionals then added to the Thick Basic White card base and the card front was complete.

True Love Happy #2

For the inside I added a 3/4″ strip of the same True Love DSP to the bottom of the Basic White panel after coloring with the Daffodil Delight Stampin blends. This panel was adhered to a Daffodil Delight panel with liquid glue then to inside of the card base, also with liquid glue – and the card was done. Easy peasy…

True Love Happy #3

For the envelope I did no coloring, just added a strip of the True Love DSP to the envelope flap and that’s it. A bright, cheery card ready to send to someone special.

Products for todays card are from the new Jan-Jun 2021 Mini Catalog and the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog ~ and those products are available now for purchase. You will find them in the product list below. As a reminder… I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart. If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE WZBPZ7N4- good Feb 4 (today) – Feb 28. When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. Now is also Sale-a-bration – a time from now through the end of February when Stampin’ Up! offers FREE items with $50 and $100 purchases. Those products are shown below today’s product list as well. Happy shopping!

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Thanks for stopping by.

May you have a beautiful day.

Make someone happy sending them a handmade card filled with love.

Card cuts for todays project…

  • Basic White Thick card base 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2
  • Daffodil Delight 4 x 5 1/4 (2)
  • True Love DSP 3 3/4 x 5 + 3/4 x 3 3/4 + 2 1/4 x 6 (envelope flap)
  • Basic White 3 3/4 x 5 + scrap for sentiments
  • Basic Black scraps for sentiment

Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils and True Love DSP

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Hello! I hope today finds you well, in good spirits and ready to create something beautiful ~ oh, and have fun while you’re doing it. 😍 I happen to like coloring and chose to work with my Watercolor Pencils, which I haven’t used in what seems like forever. They give a wonderfully soft look, unlike the Alcohol Blends which are much more bold. Don’t get me wrong, I like the Blends too. They just give a different result. One of the nice parts about coloring, at least for me, is I don’t have to think about it much. I can listen to a podcast, or have the TV on (I don’t do that very often!) – it’s called multi-tasking 😁

Watercolor Pencils & True Love DSP – #1

Isn’t this just soft and lovely? I kept changing the pencils I was using for every flower and the leaves as well. It was so fun to play… The painted flower pot holding my pencils is one I did many, many years ago when I was teaching Tole Painting. 😌 Let’s do a close-up of the flowers on the card.

Watercolor Pencils & True Love DSP – #2, #3

You can see in these photos how the colors vary. The largest flower in the top left, the pencils used were Flirty Flamingo and Melon Mambo – Melon Mambo for the center. The leaves were Granny Apple Green and Garden Green. The smaller flower in the upper left was the same, just more Melon Mambo. The upper right leaf in that same photo is Granny Apple Green and Old Olive. And the orangey flower & leaf… Pumpkin Pie and the leaf is Granny Apple Green. After using the Watercolor Pencils on each flower, I then used the Blender Pen to smooth the pencil lines.

In the photo at right I used Rich Razzleberry for one of the flowers and Flirty Flamingo by itself for the flower closest to it. The darkest flower is mostly Cherry Cobbler and Melon Mambo in places. I always used the darker colors in the middle and left bare areas for contrast. They almost look real, don’t they?

  • I colored a panel of True Love DSP 4 x 6 then trimmed it to 4 x 5 1/4, removing a portion from each end. I used those trimmings on the inside of the card, which you will see in a bit.
  • Next I took a Stitched Rectangle Die to die cut the inside of the panel.
  • I layered the larger panel on Basic. Black, adhering with liquid glue.
  • I wrapped that panel with Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon and tied it in a knot. I took another, smaller length and tied it on as well.
  • Layer this on the card base with liquid glue. (If I were hand delivering this card I would put it on dimensionals.)
  • Now layer the smaller panel on Basic Black with liquid glue, then to the card front with dimesnionals, matching the flowers and leaves. You do have to be careful as it would be easy for this layer to go on upside down…
  • Using the Double Oval punch and Basic Black, punch the larger oval using the scallop.
  • On Basic White card stock, stamp the sentiment from the Posted For You stamp set in Memento Black ink and punch with the smaller of the ovals using the Double Oval Punch.
  • Add three Opal Rounds to the sentiment banner, add dimensionals to the back and add to the center of the3 card.

For the inside…

Watercolor Pencils & True Love DSP – #4

Remember I removed the ends of the 4 x 6 DSP panel after coloring? And… here they are! The Pumpkin Pie flower is to the left and the Flirty Flamingo to the right. Each strip was adhered with liquid glue to a Basic White panel, then to a slightly larger Basic Black piece – also with liquid glue. This went into the card base with liquid glue and finis… the card is complete! Love, love, love. And I hope you like it too.

Because this card will be part of my class on Tue, Feb 9, I will demonstrate the coloring on a strip for the envelope flap. You’ll just have to use your imagination 🙂

Products for todays card are from the new Jan-Jun 2021 Mini Catalog and the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog ~ and those products are available now for purchase. You will find them in the product list below. As a reminder… I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart. If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE WZBPZ7N4- good Feb 4 (today) – Feb 28. When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. Now is also Sale-a-bration – a time from now through the end of February when Stampin’ Up! offers FREE items with $50 and $100 purchases. Those products are shown below today’s product list as well. Happy shopping!

Sale-a-bration items FREE with $50 purchase – Level 1

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Sale-a-bration items FREE with a $300 order – gather together some friends orders to get this total!

And now is a perfect time to JOIN MY TEAM… get $125 worth of product for $99 + five free packs of 6×6 DSP!!! There are other benefits as well. You can do that here.

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May you have a beautiful day.

Make someone happy sending them a handmade card filled with love.

Card cuts for todays project:

  • Basic White Thick card stock 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
  • Basic White 4 x 5 1/4 + scrap for oval
  • Basic Black 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 (2) + 3 11/16 x 2 3/8 + scrap for oval
  • True Love DSP 4 x 6 trimmed to 4 x 5 1/4

Stampin’ Up! Chicks Doing a Barnyard Dance

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Our weather has been so strange lately. Temps have hovered around 30-32 day and night, and therefore the confusing snow/ rain/ sleet. We waken this morning to 26 degrees and a light dusting of snow. It’s February after all ~ and we are not in control!

Todays card features the Hey Birthday Chick bundle, which means coordinating dies, Birthday Chick Dies. I’ve used a number of the dies for this card ~ it’s playful and fun.

Hey Birthday Chick – barnyard dance, #1

Do you see all the fun details on this card – they are die cuts: starting at the top ~ the swag banner, the Happy Birthday word, the fence, the feed sack, the two big chicks and the baby chick. Oh my – how cute is that baby chick! I had fun with this… can you tell? Okay – some detail, how to, all that…

I began with a panel of Fine Art Floral DSP and ran it through the Old World 3D embossing folder. I then adhered it to a piece of Pool Party card stock. I pulled out my In Good Taste DSP and die cut two fences with the Birthday Chick Dies. In Good Taste DSP has some marvelous wood- looking sheets. This was just what I wanted for my fence. 🙂 The feed sack is a die cut only – there is no stamp for it. I die cut it from a Basic White scrap then colored it using the Crumb Cake Stampin Blends. I wrote in the word ‘feed’ with a Soft Suede Stampin Write Marker. The loopy banner and happy birthday were die cut from Rainbow Glimmer Paper.

I stamped the chicks: one in Crumb Cake ink, the other in Memento Black ink, both on Basic White card stock, and began coloring with various Stampin Blends. The chick on the left got So Saffron Blends for the body, Daffodil Delight Blends for the beak and top-knot and a dot of Dark Poppy Parade for the waddle. The chick on the right got more treatment… I started at the top with So Saffron Blends, then Daffodil Delight Blends followed by Pumpkin Pie Blends. I used Dark Pumpkin Pie for the beak and top-knot and a dot of Dark Poppy Parade for the waddle. The baby chick was die cut on a tiny scrap of Basic White card stock and colored with the So Saffron Blends, and bit of pumpkin Pie for the beak. I made certain that little wing was sticking out a bit 🙂

Adhering… the loopy banner and birthday were adhered with dabs of liquid glue. And just so you know, I wanted it off-center! I adhered the fence with liquid glue then the feed sack got a mini dimensional at the top and the bottom liquid glue – so it appears to be leaning against the fence. The dancing chicks were adhered with dimensionals and the baby chick a mini dimensional – and the card front was done. Oops – one more thing… I added the Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed gems then took this panel and attached it to the Coastal Cabana card base with dimensionals.

For the inside….

Hey Birthday Chick 1, inside

I began by using my Blending Brushes to apply first Pool Party ink, then Coastal Cabana ink, then Balmy Blue ink – to make it look like sky – to a panel of Basic White card stock. I then stamped the chicks in Crumb Cake ink and colored using various Stampin Blends: So Saffron for the body, tail & head feathers got Calypso Coral & Real Red, the beak a bit of Light Cajun Craze. The cupcake used Light Pineapple Punch for the icing followed by Wink of Stella (to give it a glaze), Light Balmy Blue for the candle and cupcake wrapper and Dark So Saffron for the flame. The chick just hatching was colored with Light So Saffron on his body, Dark So Saffron for his feet, Light Balmy Blue for the birthday hat. The sentiment was stamped in Coastal Cabana ink and the confetti in Calypso Coral ink.

With the panel completely colored I adhered it to a piece of PoolParty card stock and into the inside of the card – and the card was complete!!!

For the envelope…

Hey Birthday Chick 1

The envelope flap was covered in Fine Art Floral DSP. On the front, the chick was stamped in Crumb Cake ink then colored with minimal Stampin Blends: So Saffron for the body and Cajun Craze for the beak. The balloon was colored in Pool Party Blends then Wink of Stella for sparkle. Whew – lots of coloring, but it went fast and I like the end result- hope you do too.

The Hey Birthday Chick bundle was just released for purchase Feb 2 – and what a fun set. . Products for todays card are from the new Jan-Jun 2021 Mini Catalog and the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog ~ and those products are available now for purchase. You will find them in the product list below. As a reminder… I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart’. If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE WZBPZ7N4- good Jan 21 – Feb 3. When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. Now is also Sale-a-bration – a time from now through the end of February when Stampin’ Up! offers FREE items with $50 and $100 purchases. Those products are shown below today’s product list as well. Happy shopping!

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May you have a beautiful day.

Make someone happy sending them a handmade card filled with love.

Card cuts for todays project:

  • Coastal Cabana card base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
  • Pool Party card stock 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 (2)
  • Basic White card stock 4 x 5 1/4 (2) + another for chickens
  • In Good Taste DSP 2 1/2 square for fence
  • Fine Art Floral 4 x 5 1/4 + 2 1/4 x 6 (envelope flap)

Stampin’ Up! Jan. Paper Pumpkin Fun Fold~Alternative

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Hello again! Snow is still on our ground. The neighbor kids were sliding down the hill behind us and WE had such fun watching. They were up and down dozens of times, and played until nearly dark. Ah youth 🤗

On the home front here, I created another Paper Pumpkin Alternative using the January kit called Sending Hearts. I used minimal additional supplies.

Jan. PP Alternative Fun Fold – #1

For the front of the card I used a Floral Heart Die to cut this lacy heart from Basic White card stock. I used a Basic White strip to fussy cut an arrow. Both were adhered with liquid glue. I then colored the sentiment from the kit with a Petal Pink Stampin Blend and adhered it with dimensionals.

Jan. PP Alternative Fun Fold n- #2

I have no idea what this fold is called, I just knew I wanted to try it! The inside is one of the kits card bases, trimmed 1/8″ on the long side and scored one inch on either side of the center fold. The center fold becomes the mountain and the other two the valley folds. Adhere one side first; close card and adhere other side ~ both done with liquid glue. I stamped the very cute snail in Memento Black ink and colored him with Light Smoky Slate Stampin Blends, then covered that with Wink of Stella. I also stamped the sentiment with the same Memento Black ink.

The center heart is one provided in the kit cut down to 3 x 3 1/4. I stamped the hearts from the stamp in the kit using Petal Pink ink, then covered all the solid hearts in Wink of Stella to give it a bit of glam. I colored one of the resin hearts from the kit using Poppy Parade Stampin Blends, added it to the upper right corner over one of the hearts. I then colored the Whisper White Crinkled Ribbon with Poppy Parade Stampin Blends, tied it in a bow and adhered with a glue dot. I mounted the panel on Poppy Parade 3 x 3 3/8 with liquid glue and it was ready to go into the card. It was mounted using liquid glue in the center of the card. And voila!

Jan PP Alternative Fun Fold #3

On the envelope I stamped the XOXO in Memento black ink and called the card done…. Love it when something comes together ~ and most of it from the monthly kit!!!

A couple of things to remember when using this kind of fold… The center panel must be no taller than the dimension from the fold to the edge of the DSP on the bottom of the card – or it will stick out beyond the top of the card… ask me how I know that!

Products for todays card are from the Paper Pumpkin subscription and the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog ~ and those products are available now for purchase. You will find them in the product list below. I have included Paper Pumpkin subscription options as well – so look closely if you are interested in that. Also, there is a listing for the Refill Kit for Sending Hearts. If you are not a subscriber, you would miss the stamp set and the ink spot – just FYI! As a reminder… I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart’. If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE WZBPZ7N4- good Jan 21 – Feb 3. When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. Now is also Sale-a-bration – a time from now through the end of February when Stampin’ Up! offers FREE items with $50 and $100 purchases. Those products are shown below today’s product list as well. Happy shopping!

Now is the perfect time to Join my team – you can do that here. No need to be afraid ~ get the 20% discount and enjoy the Stampin’ Up! products and family 😁. I’m here to support you in whatever your needs are.

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Stampin’ Up! Jan. Paper Pumpkin Alternatives

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We got snow last night! Woohoo! I happen to like snow, so I enjoy it. This snow is pretty wet though. It’s a snow/ rain/ sleet mix, so kind of a funny snow. Fortunately we don’t have to be out driving around in it!

Today I have been playing with the January Sending Hearts Paper Pumpkin kit and have so far created three alternatives. Here they are…

Card 1 – Jan PP Alternatives
Card 2 – Jan PP Alternative
Card 3 – Jan PP Alternative

The only thing you really need to know is I trimmed the heart piece so it was a 3 1/4″ square. Other than that, I think you can easily figure what I did by just looking at the pictures. Here are the products I used in addition to the items in the kit.

  • Forever Greenery Ribbon Combo pack – gold cord
  • Shimmer Ribbon in Gray Granite
  • Smoky Slate card stock and Stampin Blends
  • Basic Black card stock & Tuxedo Black Memento ink
  • Petal Pink card stock, ink and Stampin Blends
  • Poppy Parade Stampin Blends
  • Wink of Stella
  • Basic Whiter card stock.

Products for todays card are from the Paper Pumpkin subscription and the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog ~ and those products are available now for purchase. You will find them in the product list below. I have included Paper Pumpkin subscription options as well – so look closely if you are interested in that. Also, there is a listing for the Refill Kit for Sending Hearts. If you are not a subscriber, you would miss the stamp set and the ink spot – just FYI! As a reminder… I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart’. If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE WZBPZ7N4- good Jan 21 – Feb 3. When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. Now is also Sale-a-bration – a time from now through the end of February when Stampin’ Up! offers FREE items with $50 and $100 purchases. Those products are shown below today’s product list as well. Happy shopping!

Sale-a-bration items FREE with $50 purchase – Level 1

Sale-a-bration items FREE with $100 purchase – Level 2

Now is also the perfect time to JOIN MY TEAM… you can do that by clicking here

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Make someone happy sending them a handmade card filled with love.

Stampin’ Up! Free DSP Cards

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Today I’m sharing two cards using the Flower & Fields DSP that is FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration. They are super easy and the layout can be used for so many options of type of card: sympathy, birthday, thinking of you, congratulations, get well, a ‘lift me up’ kind of sentiment.

FREE DSP Cards – #1 & #2

Both of these cards use the same measurements, just assorted dies/ stamp sets/ embellishments. So here we go with the details…

  • Card #1
  • Band Together bundle
  • Peony Garden DSP
  • Pastel Pearls
  • Just Jade card stock
  • Basic White card stock
  • Pool Party card stock – sentiment banner
  • Memento Black ink
  • Flower & Fields DSP

For the inside…

Card #1 inside

Card #1 inside info

  • Strawberry Builder Punch – flowers
  • Peony Garden DSP
  • ‘Matte Black Dots
  • Memento Black ink
  • Basic White card stock
Card #1

Products for todays card are from the new Jan-Jun 2021 Mini Catalog and the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog ~ and those products are available now for purchase. You will find them in the product list below. As a reminder… I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart’. If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE WZBPZ7N4- good Jan 21 – Feb 3. When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. Now is also Sale-a-bration – a time from now through the end of February when Stampin’ Up! offers FREE items with $50 and $100 purchases. Those products are shown below today’s product list as well. Happy shopping!

Card stock cuts for both cards:

Card base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4

Basic White 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 + sentiment & scrap

Basic White inside 4 x 5 1/4

Flower & Field DSP (3) 1 3/8 x 3 1/2 + 2 1/4 x 6 for envelope flap

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Make someone happy sending them a handmade card filled with love.

  • Card #2
    • Friend Like You stamp set
    • Tasteful Labels Dies
    • 20-22 In Color Enamel Dots
    • Sheer Ribbon Pool Party
    • Just Jade card stock
    • Basic White card stock
    • Memento Black ink
    • Flower & Fields DSP
Card #2 inside

Card #2 inside info

  • Friends Like You stamp set
  • Memento Black ink
  • Granny Apple Green ink
  • Basic White card stock
Card #2

Stampin’ Up! Angled Pop-Up

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Hello… it’s Saturday… big plans this weekend? I have a couple of folks coming for an ‘in person’ class: masked, physically distanced and other restrictions. As long as I keep these small and folks adhere to the guidelines, I feel it’s worthwhile and working. Other than that, it’s pretty quiet here: snow is due to begin tomorrow night and into Monday. We really haven’t had any to speak of, at least none to stick or stay., so I’m looking forward to it. :O)

What I have in the way of a card today uses the Lots of Heart bundle, which includes the Many Hearts Dies. It is an AMAZING bundle and another first with my playing seriously with it. My directions will be limited… cuz you really need to check a video by demonstrator Dawn Griffith. But I’ll give you card cuts and some tips to help.

Angle Pop-Up w/ Lots of Heart – #1

Isn’t this pretty? Sahara Sand mixes so nicely with Basic White. It mixes with other colors too but this is what I wanted to use. I began with Thick Basic White card stock for the card base (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4). I then cut 2 panels of Sahara Sand card stock (4 x 5 1/4) and ran them through the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder. I also made sure I had a panel of Basic White card stock for the inside of the card (4 x 5 1/4) and some extra Basic White pieces (4 1/4 x 5 1/2) for the die cuts. Preparing everything ahead makes putting the card together pretty easy. Die cut the two hearts for the front of the card from the same panel of 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Basic White card stock. Die cut a heart from Love You Always Specialty DSP in Sahara Sand. Adhere the delicate heart die cut piece from the Basic White to the DSP heart with liquid glue. Adhere this to the scalloped heart with dimensionals and set aside.

Now let’s make a template 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. From the top left corner, measure on the long side 3 1/2″ and mark. From the same top left corner, measure on the short side 2 3/4″ and mark. Now draw a diagonal line connecting the two marks and cut along the line. Label the triangle as shown below. Your template should look like this:

Angle card template
  • Using repositionable seal, cover the small triangle on both sides. REPOSITIONABLE seal is key! (Stampin’ Up! does not currently have this product.)
  • Lay your card base on the table in the closed position with the fold at the top. Place the triangle with the template label facing up and the repositionable seal on the upper left corner and with your bone folder, score along the diagonal line.
  • Remove the triangle and turn the card base over, keeping the fold at the top.
  • Turn the triangle over so the writing is against the card stock and place in the upper right corner. Score as on the other side. Remove triangle. Burnish the fold lines. It should look like this:
Burnished & folded score lines
  • Now it is time to trim the card stock panels for adhering to the card. Let’s begin with the embossed piece for the front….
    • Using the triangle, place it on the embossed panel on the left corner with the long edge of the triangle along the long edge of the panel. Side edge and top edge must be even. Cut along the diagonal line, removing the corner. Discard this corner. Adhere the panel to the card front.
    • The heart is ready for placement on the front left corner… make certain it is not above the fold line of the card stock (this will allow the card to fit in a standard envelope).
      adhere with liquid glue.
    • Make a double bow using the 1/4″ Crinkled Ribbon in Whisper White and adhere with a glue dot. Your card front is complete – hip hip hooray!

For the inside…

Remember you embossed a second panel of Sahara Sand 4 x 5 1/4… place the re-positionable triangle in the lower left corner with the long side of the triangle on the long side of the embossed panel. Cut along the diagonal… RESERVE THE TRIANGLE! Adhere the large panel to the top inside of the card with liquid glue.

Now prepare the lower panel of basic White (4 x 5 1/4)…

  • Lay the re-positionable triangle on the top left corner just as you did the front embossed panel. Cut along the diagonal… RESERVE THE TRIANGLE! Adhere the large panel to the bottom of the card with liquid glue.
  • Take both reserved triangles and lay together, the embossed piece right side up, the Basic White panel against it, matching all the edges. Trim off 1/2″ ON THE SHORT SIDE OF BOTH TRIANGLES…. this can be done by placing the triangles at the bottom of your trimmer with the long side against the edge of the trimmer.
  • Adhere the triangles to the appropriate corners with liquid glue. You are almost done and it’s gorgeous already! See photo above…

Prepare the heart for the inside of the card by using the plaid heart in the Lots of Heart stamp set… stamp on a Basic White panel with Shara Sand ink and die cut with the appropriate heart die in the Many Hearts Dies. I die cut the heart border and adhered it with liquid glue. Die cut a tiny heart using Cherry Cobbler card stock and cover with Wink of Stella. Adhere to the stamped heart with a mini glue dot. Adhere this to the inside of the card, making certain it does not block the closing of the card. MAKE CERTAIN THE WINK OF STELLA IS THOROUGHLY DRY BEFORE CLOSING THE CARD! (ask me how I know that 🥴)

To embellish the bottom of the card…

  • With Sahara Sand card stock, cut the ‘bubble’ for the word love using the Always Dies. Die cut the word itself in Basic White card stock and adhere to the bubble with liquid glue.
  • Die cut the word ‘you” with Sahara Sand card stock using the Well Wishes framelits.
  • Die cut the sweet scrolly hearts with Basic White card stock using the Many Hearts Dies. I only used two of the scrolly hearts but die cut the whole strip so I could use them later.
  • Determine placement for these three pieces: word ‘love’, word ‘you’, and scolly hearts and adhere with liquid glue and your card is complete!!!

Not so hard, was it? You do have to pay attention to the triangle cutting, but really, not a difficult card.

The envelope… Cover the envelope flap with the Love You Always Specialty DSP, trim to fit. For the front of the envelope, it would be nice to add more of the scrolly hearts. I didn’t think of it until just now, so since I have them left over, I probably will.

Lots of Heart bundle – close up of card front heart

This could so easily be a wedding or anniversary card. I would add two hearts to the card front if that were the case. This however is going to … oh I almost said who! Can’t do that – they read the posts… 😊

Products for todays card are from the new Jan-Jun 2021 Mini Catalog and the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog ~ and those products are available now for purchase. You will find them in the product list below. As a reminder… I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart’. If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE WZBPZ7N4- good Jan 21 – Feb 3. When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. Now is also Sale-a-bration – a time from now through the end of February when Stampin’ Up! offers FREE items with $50 and $100 purchases. Those products are shown below today’s product list as well. Happy shopping!

Sale-a-bration items FREE with $50 purchase

Sale-a-bration items FREE with $100 purchase

  • Review of card cuts for todays project
    • TEMPLATE PANEL 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
    • Thick Basic White card base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 score at 4 1/4 with additional scoring required
    • Sahara Sand 4 x 5 1/4 (2), embossed
    • Basic White 4 x 5 1/4
    • Additional pieces of Basic white for die cuts 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 (2)
    • Additional scrap of Sahara Sand for die cut bubble
    • Cherry Cobbler scrap for tiny heart

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Stampin’ Up! Pretty Perennials

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Hello again. It’s 17degrees this morning…. now these kind of temps will kill lots of germs! OK, enuf of that… today’s card… I love the dies in this bundle! The leaves and the decorative dies for the flowers are just so delicate and lovely. Here’s a close-up… are these stunning or what! They do the work for us. 🙂

Pretty Perennials bundle – #1

One of the nice parts about this bundle is all the dies can be run through the Mini Cut & Emboss machine. It’s another bonus. Yesterday was the first I had played with this set and all I did was work the dies. I did almost no stamping at all – so obviously there’s still lots for me to do with this set – yay!

Pretty Perennials bundle – #2

I had at hand the Hydrangea Hill DSP and chose to die cut the flower heads and the leaves from the papers, then the delicate overlay of the flowers is Basic White card stock. And the word ‘happy’ has a really fun script. More detail…

  • Die cut the flower heads and the large leaf image from Hydrangea Hill DSP using the Perennial Petals Dies
  • Die cut the delicate overlay for the flowers in Basic White card stock, also using the Perennial Petals Dies. Adhere these to the appropriate flower with just a dot of liquid glue in the center
  • Cut a strip of Hydrangea Hill DSP 1 1/4 x 4. Adhere the strip with liquid glue to the Basic White panel, about 1/2″ from bottom
  • Using the Stamparatus, stamp the word ‘happy’ in Memento Black ink. This comes from the Pretty Perennials stamp set. Using the Stamparatus allows for perfect placement if you need to re-stamp. I use it a lot!
  • Stamp the rest of the sentiment in Rococco Rose ink. This too, comes from the Pretty Perennials stamp set.
  • Adhere the leaf die with liquid glue, allowing the end of the stem to remain loose.
  • Stamp the sweet open flower in Rococo Rose ink – yep, from the Pretty Perennials stamp set
  • Adhere the two flower heads with liquid glue
  • Add these stunning Pastel Pearls to the centers of each flower. These are larger than our regular pearls and have four shades in the package: Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Rococo Rose and Seaside Spray. They are part of the suite of products from Hydrangea Hill collection – found on pg 19 in the Jan-Jun 2021 Mini catalog.
  • Adhere the completed panel to Rococo Rose card stock with liquid glue. Add dimensionals to the back of the Rococco Rose and adhere to a Thick Basic White card base. Card front is complete!

Unfortunately I did not take photos of the inside of the card – and it is already out the door! But here’s what I did… use your imagination 🙂 silly me.

  • Die cut the group of stems in the Perennial Petals Dies from a piece of the Hydrangea Hill DSP. I used the same DSP for the larger leaf on the front.
  • Using this same set of dies, die cut the group of small flower heads from the same blue Hydrangea Hill DSP as the blue flower on the card front. Adhere both with liquid glue to the lower left corner of a panel of Basic White card stock.
  • Adhere this panel to another of Rococo Rose, then into the inside of the card. and voila!
Pretty Perennials bundle – #3

Products for todays card are from the new Jan-Jun 2021 Mini Catalog and the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog ~ and those products are available now for purchase. You will find them in the product list below. As a reminder… I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart’. If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE WZBPZ7N4- good Jan 21 – Feb 3. When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. Now is also Sale-a-bration – a time from now through the end of February when Stampin’ Up! offers FREE items with $50 and $100 purchases. Those products are shown below today’s product list as well. Happy shopping!

Sale-a-bration items FREE with $50 purchase – Level 1

Sale-a-bration items FREE with $100 purchase – Level 2

Card cuts for todays card:

  • Basic White, thick – 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2
  • Basic White – 4 x 5 1/4 (2)
  • Rococo Rose 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 (2)

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Stampin’ Up! In Bloom

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Hello! How is everyone today? It’s Thursday and going to be very windy and cold. When we walk the dog we will need to be quite bundled – and may even put the doggy coat on our Springer.He isn’t used to it as the winter has been extremely mild, but he seems to like it. We’ll decide when it becomes daylight :O)

Todays card was made with the extra fun NEW Pierced Bloom Dies that is bundled with the In Blooms stamp set. It also allowed me to die cut flowers from the FREE with a $50 purchase Paper Blooms DSP. Of course, that FREE is only during Sale-a-bration which goes through the end of February. Just sayin ‘… The card ~

In Bloom #1

Every single flower and leaf was die cut from the Paper Blooms DSP. Isn’t that cool? The bow is as well. I’ve taken several close-ups so you can see what these dies do – they make these awesome lines, like stitching. I simply kept die cutting flowers and leaves and made a fun pile of them, using what I wanted for this card. I have a few left to play with again. What do I do with the extras? Mostly they go in a small bag and get put in either the stamp set or in with the dies – depends. I like having extras handy. Sometimes they sit in a small container on my desk waiting for inspiration. But the card… all of these were adhered to a Basic White panel . Since there were so many flowers on the panel, I adhered another layer of the Basic White card stock for added strength. I put dimensionals on the back and adhered it to a Night of Navy card base.

Can you see all the texture these dies add, making these almost ‘real’! And the bow – well, love that bow – so delicate. I’ve die cut two and layered them atop one another, just off-center a bit. I’ve also added several Iridescent Pearls. And the label is from this die set as well. It’s wonderful! The sentiment on the label comes from Tasteful Touches stamp set in the Annual Catalog. I’ve die cut two labels – Basic White and Night of Navy card stocks and layered them together with liquid glue. They sit on dimensionals as does the bow. Everything else is adhered with liquid glue.

Let’s take a look at the inside of the card.

In Bloom – card inside

The sentiment comes from the In Bloom stamp set and is stamped in Night of Navy ink on a Basic White panel. The flowers are die cut from the Paper Blooms DSP and adhered with liquid glue. The panel was adhered to the inside of the card with liquid glue.

What do you think – isn’t this a fun card? A friend of ours has a birthday tomorrow and I will hand deliver this since she is local – yep, masked and probably just texting her to say it’s in her mailbox so we don’t come in contact. Her family is health compromised and have to be super careful.

Products for todays card are from the new Jan-Jun 2021 Mini Catalog and the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog ~ and those products are available now for purchase. You will find them in the product list below. As a reminder… I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart’. If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE WZBPZ7N4- good Jan 21 – Feb 3. When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. Now is also Sale-a-bration – a time from now through the end of February when Stampin’ Up! offers FREE items with $50 and $100 purchases. Those products are shown below today’s product list as well. Happy shopping!

Sale-a-bration items FREE with $50 purchase – Level 1

Sale-a-bration items FREE with $100 purchase

And when you HOST an event that has a $300 total or more

During Sale-a-bration is such a perfect time to JOIN MY TEAM… at least a 20% discount on all SU! products, starter kit valued at $125 for only $99, FREE pack of five 6×6 Designer Series Papers, plus the FREE items offered during Sale-a-bration. PLUS – personalized service from me 😊 👍 💕 to talk through any concerns, give instructions on how to use products – the list goes on. Contact me soon!

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Stampin’ Up! Floral Heart Dies, Part II

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The other day I posted a card using the center heart from the Floral Heart Dies. Todays card features the beautiful ‘rim’ that is just stunning.

  • Floral Heart – I
Floral Heart Dies – Card 1 & 2

I began by die cutting this beauty from Blushing Bride card stock. Then on a piece of Basic White scrap about 1 1/2″ wide by about 4″ in length, I used Stampin Blends Just Jade and Flirty Flamingo to color opposing ends of the strip. Use both light & dark to blend together nicely – no sharp lines. From the Flirty Flamingo end, die cut the three flowers in one die from the Floral Heart Dies. On the Just Jade end of the paper, die cut the four leaves in one die, also from the Floral Heart Dies.

Example of coloring with Blends for die cutting

Next, stamp the single flowers in Crumb Cake ink on a strip of Basic White card stock and color using the Flirty Flamingo Blends. Do this twice so you have six flowers available to play. It’s always advisable to have more to use in lieu of stopping and creating more. TIP: If you don’t use them all, save in either the stamp set or with the appropriate dies. I then added Wink of Stella to all the flowers.

Stamp the leaves in Crumb Cake ink on another strip of Basic White. Again, stamp extra leaves – maybe a total of five or six. Color using Stampin’ Blends Soft Sea Foam. Die cut with dies from the Floral Heart Dies.

Place your heart on a silicone sheet so that as you adhere the flowers and leaves, the heart does not adhere to other card stock or anything else. I didn’t use all the flowers and leaves as I didn’t want the heart too ‘heavy’. All of the flowers were adhered with liquid glue, some attached behind the heart. once everything is adhered, I moved my heart off the silicone sheet and splattered Wink of Stella all over.

Splattered with Wink of Stella

I placed my heart (without glueing!) on a panel of Basic White card stock, noting just where I wanted my sentiment. Using the Stamparatus for this step is so helpful… I removed the heart and stamped the sentiment in Crumb Cake ink from the Always In Your Heart stamp set. Run the Basic White panel through the Subtle 3D embossing folder for some added texture. Now adhere the heart with liquid glue. I adhered an additional flower & leaf to the lower left corner, adhering with liquid glue. The last step is adding the Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

The Basic White panel is adhered to Flirty Flamingo card stock with liquid glue. Place dimensionals on the back and adhere to a Crumb Cake card base and your card front is complete. Love, love, love how this turned out!

I have not completed the inside of the card yet – waiting to determine just who the special recipient will be. But… definitely a Flirty Flamingo panel layered with a Basic White panel 🙂

Products for todays card are from the new Jan-Jun 2021 Mini Catalog and the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog ~ and those products are available now for purchase. You will find them in the product list below. As a reminder… I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart’. If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE WZBPZ7N4- good Jan 21 – Feb 3. When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. Now is also Sale-a-bration – a time from now through the end of February when Stampin’ Up! offers FREE items with $50 and $100 purchases. Those products are shown below today’s product list as well. Happy shopping!

Sale-a-bration items Free with $50 purchase

Sale-a-bration items FREE with $100 purchase

Card cuts for todays project:

  • Crumb Cake card base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
  • Flirty flamingo 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 (2 – one for inside)
  • Basic white 4 x 5 1/4 (2 – one for inside), 1 1/2 x about 4 (coloring with Blends), 1 x 5 (4 – for stamping leaves & flowers)
  • Blushing Bride 4 1/4 x 4 1/4

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