Stampin’ Up! Five Cards with FREE DSP

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Hi there! It’s Wednesday – ‘over the hump day’, ‘middle of the week’ day. I’ve been playing with Flower & Field DSP, mixing and coordinating and having lots of fun. My intent was to make five cards & a box. Well, the five cards are ready but they may not fit in the box due to embellishments 🥴 We’ll see…

Card 1 –

  • Band Together stamp set
  • Flower & Field DSP – FREE w/ $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration
  • Tasteful Labels Dies Misty Moonlight card stock/ ink
  • Just Jade ink/ Blends
  • 20-22 In Color Enamel Dots
  • Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon
  • Basic White card stock
5 Cards & a Box – #1

Card 2

  • Heal You Heart stamp set – FREE w/ $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration
  • Flower & Field DSP – FREE w/ $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration
  • Stitched So Sweetly Dies
  • Stitched Rectangles Dies
  • Pretty Perennials stamp set
  • 20-22 In Color Enamel Dots
  • 20-22 In Color Ribbon, Bumblebee
  • Basic White Thick card base
  • Regular Basic White card stock
  • Just Jade card stock/ ink
  • Memento Black ink
5 Cards & a Box – #2

Card 3

  • Many Messages/ Messages Dies
  • Pretty Perennials stamp set
  • Flower & Field DSP – FREE w/ $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration
  • Blushing Bride card base & heart
  • Parisian Flourish Embossing Folder
  • Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies
  • Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack, white
  • 20-22 In Color Enamel Dots
  • clothespin – from a Paper Pumpkin some time ago
5 Cards & a Box – #3

Card 4

  • Tasteful Touches stamp set/ Tasteful Labels Dies
  • Flower & Field DSP – FREE w/ $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration
  • Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed Sequins
  • Butterfly Bouquet Collection – NEW product – available Mar 2!!
  • Pool Party Sheer Ribbon
  • Pool Party card stock
  • Basic White card stock
  • Basic White card stock
  • Granny Apple Green ink
  • Basic Black Marker
  • Memento Black ink
5 Cards & a Box – #4

Card 5 – this design is from Patsy Waggoner

  • A Touch of Ink stamp set – FREE w/$50 purchase during Sale-a-bration
  • Flower & Fields DSP – FREE w/$50 purchase during Sale-a-bration
  • Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon
  • Elegant Faceted Gems
  • Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder
  • Double Oval Punch
  • Misty Moonlight card stock/ ink
  • Seaside Spray card stock/ ink
  • Basic Black card stock
  • Basic White card stock
  • Shaded Spruce ink
  • Just Jade ink
5 Cards & a Box – #5

Whew – that’s a lot of cards… not made all in one day, mind you – and each is so different from the other. I’m really not good at making all the same. I really like how they all turned out. AND… they DO fit in the box 😁

Card Gift Box & 5 cards

Isn’t this a sweet box? I used, guess what – Flower & Field DSP!!! I also used Stitched with Whimsy Dies, Whisper White Faux Linen Ribbon from the Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack, Granny Apple Green card stock, Basic Black card stock, Basic White card stock and Forever Greenery DSP on the inside panel. I used the Detailed Trio Punch to create the curved corners and a 2 1/4″ circle punch for the inside area. I also used a Black Velcro Dot to keep it closed. The base of the box is the heavier white paper board that comes with each pack of DSP. I wanted something sturdy and this is it! Gail Ellis is the designer of the box – you can find this on her YouTube channel. The box would be a full post in itself 🙂 Finished dimensions for the box are: 5″ in height, 6 1/4′ in width and about 1 1/8″ in depth. Here are two other photos of the box: side view and opened

Card Gift Box & 5 Cards

Won’t this make a lovely gift for someone? I confess, I am pleased with it. I do hope you make something like this – and please share your photos with me. I would enjoy seeing them.

Products for todays card are from the new Jan-Jun 2021 Mini Catalog, the Sale-a-bration 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 – 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!

Now is the perfect time to become a team member of Stampin’ Up! – with your choice of items in your $99 Starter Kit (valued at $125!) you will receive five packs of new 6×6 DSP paper packs – only during Sale-a-bration though!!! Act quickly… JOIN MY Team here. Being a part of the Stampin’ community brings all kinds of fringe benefits ~ early access to new catalogs, guaranteed 20% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products, free tutorials, access to web sites that will encourage and strengthen your abilities. Join now… Again – you may do that here.

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

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

Products FREE when you HOST a party or place an order of $300 or more

Thanks for stopping by.

May you have a beautiful day.

Make someone happy sending a handmade card filled with love.

Stampin” Up! 3 D Project

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It’s been a while since I posted anything but cards, but today is the day! This is a very fun, easy 3-Sided Box made with the Flower & Field DSP that is FREE during Sale-a-bration with a $50 purchase. Just reminding you Sale-a-bration ends Feb 28… just sayin’… Ok, the box… the neat part, once you have made one and realize how easy it is, you can change up the dimesnions to suit your need.

3- Sided Box – #1

Is this cute or what?! Part of what makes it so appealing is the paper; the other is the shape – it’s different. The finished size is 4 1/2″ in length, 2″ in height and 3″ for the base. I began with Misty Moonlight card stock cut 9 3/4 x 8 1/2. Score on the short side at 2 & 6 1/2. Score on the long side @ 2 1/2, 5 1/2 & 8. Keep in mind, this last score line is the top or the front of the box. I sometimes find it helpful to put a sticky note on that space so I don’t forget what is what.

Burnish all sides. Trim as shown in photo. Find the center point of your ‘wings’ and score from both corners to create the triangle. This panel is 3: in width, so the center of the wings is 1 1/2″. Burnish those side score lines. Add Tear n Tape to designated place – again – see photo. (This photo is upside down… with the top/ front at the bottom of the photo!🥴) I rounded the corners of my front panel, but the next time I will use a die to make a fun front 🙂 Cuts for DSP panels are this: 4 5/16 x 2 5/16 (2) & 4 5/16 x 1 5/8. When cutting my Designer paper, I wanted the pattern to match, especially in the front to the next panel. Look at the photo and see how it does that. Remember to round the front corners of your front DSP panel. Adhere the Flower & Field DSP with liquid glue. Remove Tear n Tape, fold in the sides and adhere.

3-Sided Box – #2

3-Sided Box – #3

Because this is a giftie, I die cut a small tag using a die from the Hydrangea Dies and stamped the ‘for you’ using the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set and Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I added the white twine from the Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack to attach it to the ribbon. I used the Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon to tie around the box to keep it closed. And you could add a glue dot on the bottom of the box to keep the ribbon from getting lost from the box. :O)

3-Sided Box – #4

Isn’t this sweet? I love it and cannot wait to make a few more – maybe different sizes :O)

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 – 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!

Now is the perfect time to become a team member of Stampin’ Up! – with your choice of items in your $99 Starter Kit (valued at $125!) you will receive five packs of new 6×6 DSP paper packs – only during Sale-a-bration though!!! Act quickly… JOIN MY Team here. Being a part of the Stampin’ community brings all kinds of fringe benefits ~ early access to new catalogs, guaranteed 20% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products, free tutorials, access to web sites that will encourage and strengthen your abilities. Join now… Again – you may do that here.

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

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

And… if you HOST a party or place an order totaling $300 or more

Thanks for stopping by.

May you have a beautiful day.

Make someone happy sending them a handmade project made with love.

Stampin’ Up! Sent with Love, Pretty Perennials

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Today is President’s Day! What does that mean to you? What I think of is Abraham Lincoln… and hubby just finished reading a book titled Abe that was really good. He was an amazing man and an incredible president. If you like history – this is an excellent read. I have my hands wrapped around the book Eleanor right now and keep learning how incredible she was as a First Lady of our country. These thingsd have nothing to do with today’s card, so maybe I should just get on with it…

Sent with Love, Pretty Perennials – #1

Can you see in the photo the embossing on the card front? I’ve used two folders, one for the DSP and another for the Basic White card stock. They come together and are called Meadow Moments Embossing Folder. Here’s better photo to share the delicasy of these two.

Sent with Love, Pretty Perennials – #2

I think you can see the embossing better, right? So delicate and beautiful. And here’s how I put this card together…

  • Emboss the Butterfly Bijou 6×6 DSP with the leaf portion of the Meadow Moments Embossing Folder set.
  • Emboss the Basic White panel with the floral, butterfly and leaf portion of the Meadow Moments Embossing Folder set.
  • Adhere the DSP strip to the Basic White panel with liquid glue.
  • Add the Just Jade 20-22 In Color Ribbon by wrapping to the back and hold in place with Stampin Seal
  • Die cut the flower from Hydrangea Hill DSP and the petals for the flower in Basic White card stock. Adhere the flower together with liquid glue and a mini dimensional. Add an Opal Rounds to the center. (Truth be told… this flower was sitting on my desk from a previous project and I liked the color contrasts of the green and pink.😊)
  • Adhere the flower to the card front with a dimensional.
  • Also sitting on my desk was this butterfly die cut with the Butterfly Dies (new product! this will be available in the 2021 Annual Catalog.) I adhered this butterfly with dimensionals as well.
  • Stamp the sentiment with Memento Black ink on Basic White card stock and die cut with the Potted Succulents Dies. The sentiment comes from Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set. I attached the sentiment to the card front with dimensionals and trimmed the end.
  • Adhere this panel to another layer of Basic White card stock for strength then to the Thick Basic White card base with dimensionals ~ and your card front is done!
Sent with Love, Pretty Perennials – #3

For the inside… I wanted to carry both the green and pink to the inside so adhered a strip of the same Butterfly Bijou 6×6 DSP (new product available soon to customers!) to the right side of the Basic White panel. I die cut another flower with the Perennial Petals Dies, this time from the Paper Blooms DSP (FREE during Sale-a-bration with a $50 order). I also die cut petals from Basic White card stock and a scrap I had on my desk of…. for the center of the flower. All were adhered together with liquid glue and another Opal Rounds was added as well. This was adhered to the inside of the card with liquid glue. This Basic White card stock panel was adhered to a Mint Macaron piece then to the inside of the card – all with liquid glue. and the inside was complete!

Sent with Love, Pretty Perennials – #4

For the envelope… I adhered a panel of the Butterfly Bijou 6×6 DSP to the envelope flap and trimmed it to fit. For the front of the envelope, I stamped the flower background from the Pretty Perennials stamp set, in Roccco Rose ink stamped off once, then the detail flower stamp in full strength Rococo Rose ink – and the card was finis!

This card is so versatile – it could easily be a sympathy card or birthday or simply thinking of you, depending on if you stamped something special inside. I like that it is cheery and bright too.

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 – 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!

Now is the perfect time to become a team member of Stampin’ Up! – with your choice of items in your $99 Starter Kit (valued at $125!) you will receive five packs of new 6×6 DSP paper packs – only during Sale-a-bration though!!! Act quickly… JOIN MY Team here. Being a part of the Stampin’ community brings all kinds of fringe benefits ~ early access to new catalogs, guaranteed 20% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products, free tutorials, access to web sites that will encourage and strengthen your abilities. Join now… Again – you may do that here.

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

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

And if you HOST a party or place an order of $300 or more during Sale-a-bration

Thanks for stopping by.

May you have a beautiful day.

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

Stampin’ Up! Hydrangea Love

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Today is Valentine’s Day and I’m hoping you are doing something special for those you love. Gratitude is such a beautiful thing and we just don’t do it quite enough; at least I’m not sure I do. Being appreciative and saying so are not the same thing. Let those folks around you know you are thankful for them. ❤️ OK – enough lecture…. sorry, got off on a tangent. Before we get to the card of the day I want to share how this one came about. My craft room is on the second story of our home, away from the center of activity. That can be a good thing sometimes and well, isolating as well. My hubby said he missed being with me ~ I grabbed craft supplies and headed downstairs to make a card. Of course I had to make several more trips to get ‘just one or two more items’, but we were in the same room and hubby said more than once – “I like having you here.” Now who doesn’t respond positively to a statement like that! I made a total mess of the table and he would come over and admire now and then. I was loving the card… and it finally came to me, this was going to be his Valentine card. I finished it but didn’t show him the final result ~ and put away my supplies. He said something like – “I didn’t get to see the finished card. ” Of course I simply said “Oh I took it upstairs already, I’ll show you later.” Later didn’t happen – intentionally – and he forgot – and I gave the card to him this morning. I hope you like it.

Hydrangea Love – #1

I started by creating the hydrangeas using the Hydrangea Haven bundle – which includes the Hydrangea Dies: Highland Heather ink for the purple one and Garden Green for the other. For each of them I stamped the background ‘splotch’ first, stamping off at least once. You can see the purple hydrangea on the larger part of the card is darker than the one in front. I then stamped the flower design over that using the same inks and not stamping off, so it would show. This is a delicate stamp and does not give harsh lines. Then I die cut each one, and punched the petals forward suing my stylus. This gave each flower head dimension. This is clearly a fun fold and so for the front panel, I stamped the leaves on Basic White card stock (3 7/8 x 2 1/4), first with the outline stamp, followed by the fill-in stamp. I used Shaded Spruce ink for the outline stamp and Garden Green ink stamped off for the filler stamp. For the stem and leavers on the right flower, I used Shaded Spruce for the outline and Soft Sea Foam for the filler stamp. I set this panel aside while I worked on the larger panel on the card front.

My card base is Shaded Spruce card stock, 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2. I layered on that a panel of Soft Sea Foam card stock 4 x 10 1/4, scored at 5 1/4 and 7 3/4. On the larger panel is Berry Delightful DSP 3 7/8 x 5 1/8. I then added the Basic White stamped panel with liquid glue, then the two hydrangeas with dimensionals. On the green hydrangea, I added three Basic Pearls. Do be careful when adding the hydrangea heads, where you place the dimensionals. 🙂

Hydrangea Love – #2

Using a scrap piece of the Berry Delightful DSP, I die cut just the stem & leaves, then the delicate overlay as well. I removed the extra paper from the leaves except on the smallest leaf – I left hose pieces intact. I adhered the two together with liquid glue then to the card front with dimensionals cut down to fit. The purple flower head had been prepared just as the one above and at the same time. I added it with liquid glue and lots of Basic Pearls. It also stamped an additional small layer of flower head added with dimensionals and that covered the top of the stem. 🙂 I stamped the sentiment from Hydrangea Haven on a scrap of Basic White card stock with Garden Green ink and die cut it with this stitched die from the Hydrangea Dies. It was adhered with dimensionals as well and this portion of the card was complete. (Just FYI – the Berry Delightful DSP is part of a set – bundled with the Berry Beautiful stamp set, available as a free item with a $100 purchase during Sale-a-bration.)

Hydrangea Love – #3

For the inside… upper panel: adhere Beary Delightful DSP 4 x 5 1/4 with liquid glue.

For the lower panel… on a piece of Basic White card stock (4 x 5 1/4) use the Blending Brushes to add Highland Heather ink to the center of the card, making it darker in the center and lighter as moving out. On another piece of Basic White card stock, stamp the hydrangea head with the background stamp and Shaded Spruce ink, lightly stamped off. Then stamp the flower design in full strength Shaded Spruce ink. Stamp the leaf background stamp in stamped off Garden Green ink and the detail stamp in Shaded Spruce. On another piece of Basic White card stock, stamp the background of the small double leaves in Soft Sea Foam ink, then the detail in Garden Green ink. The hydrangea is a single die, so die cut the entire hydrangea and the double leaves at the same time. Adhere each with liquid glue.

Stamp the tag with the sentiment and die cut. Tie a length of Linen Thread through and make a bow. add to the card front with dimensionals on the back of the tag. Adhere the Basic White panel to the cards inside with liquid glue and finis!

For the envelope I simply used another of the same Beary Beautiful DSP to the flap with liquid glue and trimmed to fit.

Hydrangea Love – #4

Hubby loves the card… and did remember my working on it and not seeing the finished product 😊 I hope you like this as much as I do. You could make this card without the inside panel, by simple making the Shaded Spruce piece 4 1/4 x 51/2 – a flat piece and add the Soft Sea Foam. Once I got started though, I k new I wanted this card 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 – 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-brations items FREE with $50 purchase – Level 1

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

And if you HOST a party or purchase $300 in product during Sale-a-bration

Now is the perfect time to become a team member of Stampin’ Up! – with your choice of items in your $99 Starter Kit (valued at $125!) you will receive five packs of new 6×6 DSP paper packs – only during Sale-a-bration though!!! Act quickly… join my Team here. Being a part of the Stampin’ community brings all kinds of fringe benefits ~ early access to new catalogs, guaranteed 20% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products, free tutorials, access to web sites that will encourage and strengthen your abilities. Join now… Again – you may do that here.

Thanks for stopping by.

May you have a beautiful day.

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

Stampin’ Up! Butterfly Brilliance Love

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OOOh – Stampin’ Up! has a preorder available to demonstrators of a stamp collection called Butterfly Brilliance Collection – and of course it features butterflies… yeah, who would guess that! :O) My set arrived and I dug right in… here’s what I created.

Butterfly Brilliance Love – #1

Two of the butterflies on this card were die cut from one of the papers, as I mentioned earlier could be done. The third butterfly is much more detailed and is cut from Vellum – so delicate and lovely. And please notice the little splotches of holes in the background DSP – that is another of the dies in the set.

One of the neat things about this collection is the Designer Series Papers – and one of them fits the die perfectly! Another cool thing is the outline of the butterflies is all one die but cuts several individual butterflies – similar to the Many Messages dies. Here’s the stamp set and the dies also.

Isn’t this bundle fabulous? If you join my team NOW – you can get this as part of your starter kit :O) Just sayin’… you may do that here. Back to putting this card together…

  • Bermuda Bay card stock is the card base
  • Die cut at least three ‘splotches’ using a die from the Brilliant Wings dies from the Butterfly Bijou 6×6 DSP. Add this layer of DSP to cover entire front of card, adhering with liquid glue
  • Layer another panel of the Butterfly Bijou 6×6 to a slightly larger panel of Bermuda Bay card stock – adhering with liquid glue. put on dimensionals and add to card front.
  • Die cut butterflies from the Butterfly Bijou 6×6 DSP that matches the line-up of the dies. This will give you six cut butterflies!
  • Put dimensionals on one of the butterflies and adhere to front. Add other butterfly with liquid glue.
  • Die cut the detail butterfly out of Vellum and adhere either with liquid glue or a glue dot. HINT: If using liquid glue, cover the entire center body with the glue, smoothing it. With the entire center body covered, the glue does not seem to show.
  • Stamp the sentiment with VersaMark ink on a strip of Bermuda Bay, cover with White Embossing powder and heat to set. Attach with liquid glue and a dimensional at the far right end (for balance)
  • Add three Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed Sequins and the card front is done!

For the inside…

Butterfly Brilliance Love – #2
  • Stamp the butterfly in Smoky Slate ink on a panel of Basic White card stock.
  • Adhere to the inside panel and the card is complete…
Butterfly Brilliance Love – #3

For the envelope…

  • Cover the envelope flap with Butterfly Bijou 6×6 DSP using liquid glue, trim to fit
  • Stamp the design from Posted For You stamp set in Smoky Slate ink and color with Blends: Magenta Madness, So Saffron & Just Jade. HINT: when coloring on an envelope with Blends, be certain there is a large scrap in the envelope so it does not bleed through. VOILA! Card cuts are listed at the bottom of this post.

Products for todays card are from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog and also a promotional release to demonstrators 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 – 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

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

And receive FREE when you HOST a $300 order during Sale-a-bration

Also available when you HOST a $300 order…

Now is the perfect time to become a team member of Stampin’ Up! – with your choice of items in your $99 Starter Kit (valued at $125!) you will receive five packs of new 6×6 DSP paper packs – only during Sale-a-bration though!!! Act quickly… join my Team here. Being a part of the Stampin’ community brings all kinds of fringe benefits ~ early access to new catalogs, guaranteed 20% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products, free tutorials, access to web sites that will encourage and strengthen your abilities. Join now… Again – you may do that here.

Thanks for stopping by.

May you have a beautiful day.

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

Card Cuts for today’s project:

  • Bermuda Bay 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2 + 1/2 x 3 for sentiment + 3 1/2 x 5
  • Butterfly Bijou 6×6 DSP 4 1/4 x 5 1/2; 3 3/8 x 4 7/8; 2 1/4 x 6 (envelope flap)
  • Butterfly Bijou 6×6 DSP for die cut butterflies

Stampin’ Up! Darling Donkeys

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Hello. It’s snow again today and it’s coming down in big flakes and sticking! We may get as much as 4-5″ and interestingly, the northern part of the state is to get LESS! Imagine… todays card… features the Darling Donkeys stamp set and Well Suited DSP. I totally cased a layout and some ideas from another demonstrator but changed up several other parts of the card.

Darling Donkeys – #1

I am smitten with these donkeys ~ maybe because they are somewhat sassy-looking and fun-loving. The stamp set is FREE during Sale-a-bration when you purchase $50 worth of product ~ and Sale-a-bration ends Feb 28. Let’s talk through how I created this card.

  • The plaid pattern of this Well-Suited DSP is layered on a a panel of Basic White with liquid glue, then onto the Pacific Point card base with liquid glue as well.
  • The dotted pattern of this DSP was given additional color with a Poppy Parade Blends by adding dots of color where the white dots were. It was then layered on a panel of Basic White, after punching one end with the Tag Topper Punch. It was adhered to the card front with liquid glue.
  • The Poppy Parade piece of the Well Suited DSP was adhered to a panel of Basic White then adhered to the card front… dimensionals on the right side of the strip only.
  • Die cut a circle with the largest of the Stitched Shapes Dies – out of Basic White card stock. Stamp the donkey in Saddle Brown Memento ink then the sentiment in Night of Navy ink and the fun little sparklers in Poppy Parade ink. (It might look better if the donkey were stamped in Memento Black ink!) I added the Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed Sequins to the center of each sparkler cluster. This was attached to the card front with dimensionals only on the left side of the circle – to balance the heights of the card stocks.
  • Finally I stamped another donky on a scrap of Basic White – again in the Saddle Brown (this topo would look better in Memento Black ink!). I colored this donkey with Smoky Slate Belnds and added some Poppy Parade Blends to the feet and hair. This donkey was added with dimensionals – and the card front was complete.
Darling Donkeys – #2
  • On the inside I used Light Smoky Slate to color a space, then stamped the sentiment from Darling Donkeys stamp set in Night of Navy ink.
  • I stamped the donkey in Memento Black ink and colored the rose with Poppy Parade Blends and Granny Apple Green Blends.
  • This was adhered to the inside of the card with liquid glue and the card was done!
Darling Donkeys – #3

For the envelope, I took the plaid of the Well Suited DSP and adhered it to the envelope flap, trimmed to fit. I stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy ink and the set was done and ready for a receiver :O)

Darling Donkeys – #4

I think this card will put a smile on someone’s face when they receive it. How could they not? The faces are just too cute! Card cuts are listed at the bottom of this post.

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 – 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

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

And if you HOST a party or have products totaling $300 during Sale-a-bration…

Now is the perfect time to become a team member of Stampin’ Up! – with your choice of items in your $99 Starter Kit (valued at $125!) you will receive five packs of new 6×6 DSP paper packs – only during Sale-a-bration though!!! Act quickly… join my Team here. Being a part of the Stampin’ community brings all kinds of fringe benefits ~ early access to new catalogs, guaranteed 20% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products, free tutorials, access to web sites that will encourage and strengthen your abilities. Join now… Again – you may do that here.

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…

  • Pacific Point 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2
  • Basic White 4 x 5 1/4 (2) + 2 1/8 x 4 3/8, 1 3/8 x 4 3/8 + about 3″ square for circle die cut & scrap for donkey
  • Well Suited DSP: Plaid – 3 7/8 x 5, dots 2 x 4 1/4, Poppy panel 1 1/4 x 4 1/4

Stampin’ Up! You Are Amazing…

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Todays card is a fun birthday card made with the You Are Amazing stamp set, but highlighting the Ice Cream Corner DSP. You see, I have a twin brother – ta da – and our birthday is soon – and I wanted a special card for him. He does amazing craftsmanship: woodworking, refinishing, hand carving fish and ducks. And the theme this month for the blog hop is ‘birthday’ so it fits! You are going to see some wonderful cards on the hop today, so let’s get started.

You Are Amazing – #1

My background paper is the Ice Cream Corner DSP and I ran it through the Cut & Emboss machine with the Stitched with Whimsy Dies., then layered it on a panel of Old Olive card stock at an angle, adhering with liquid glue.

You Are Amazing – #2 & #3

In the photos above you can easily see the Stitched with Whimsy Dies markings. It doesn’t cut the paper, but embosses it – such a fun treatment!

Next I stamped the sentiment ‘happy birthday’ from the stamp set You Are Amazing in Bermuda Bay ink on Soft Sea Foam card stock then cut it apart. Each letter of the word ‘happy’ was adhered to a different color of card stock with liquid glue: h on Bermuda Bay, A on Soft Sea Foam, large p on Pear Pizzazz, small p on Old Olive and the y on Pool Party. I then die cut the banner from Sahara Sand card stock using the Floral Heart Dies. This is such a cool banner! It’s too bad it’s so covered.

The word ‘birthday’ was still lying on my desk, so I adhered it to a strip of Basic White card stock with liquid glue and trimmed the ends. I also had a thin strip of the Ice Cream Corner DSP that I used for the background on the card and just turned it over for the extra fun dots and great coordination, and adhered it to the back of the Basic White to set it off.

I adhered the Sahara Sand banner to the card front with liquid glue, folding in the ends then began placing the individual ‘happy’ letters , some going over others and some under ~ all adhered with liquid glue. The ‘birthday’ strip was added with dimensionals on the bottom half and a bit of liquid glue to attach to the banner. You can clearly see, the small p was the last letter to be attached. The completed front panels were adhered to a Bermuda Bay card base and the card front was complete.

You Are Amazing – #4

For the inside… I did a wash with just a bit of water using the widest brush of the Water Painters and Bermuda Bay ink on Basic White card stock and set it aside to dry. Once dry I stamped the sentiment from the You Are Amazing stamp set in Bermuda Bay ink, then added another narrow strip of the Ice Cream Corner DSP to carry the theme from the card front. I adhered this to a panel of Old Olive card stock with liquid glue, then into the Bermuda Bay card ~ and the card was done!

For he envelope …I stamped just the balloon portion from the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set in Old Olive ink to the front. i used the Pool Party Blends to color it lightly, then covered the balloon using the Fine Tip Glue Pen. You must allow this to fully dry without touching it! Once dry, this gave the balloon a nice glossy appearance 🙂

You
Are Amazing with Hey Birthday Chick balloon – #5

For the envelope flap I adhered a panel of the Ice Cream Corner DSP with liquid glue and trimmed to fit.

You Are Amazing stamp set – #6

I hope my brother likes this card as I had extra fun creating it for him. 🤗 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

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

And if you HOST a group of orders totaling at least $300 during Sale-a-bration

Now is the perfect time to become a team member of Stampin’ Up! – with your choice of items in your $99 Starter Kit (valued at $125!) you will receive five packs of new 6×6 DSP paper packs – only during Sale-a-bration though!!! Act quickly… join my Team here. Being a part of the Stampin’ community brings all kinds of fringe benefits ~ early access to new catalogs, guaranteed 20% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products, free tutorials, access to web sites that will encourage and strengthen your abilities. Join now… Again – you may do that here.

Card cuts for todays project:

Bermuda Bay card base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4

Old Olive card stock 4 x 5 1/4 (2)

Ice Cream Corner DSP 4 x 5 1/4 + 2 1/4 x 6 + strips

Basic White 4 x 5 1/4 + scrap for banner

Sahara Sand – 1 1/2 x 6 for banner

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Stampin’ Up! Celebrate Sunflowers

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Ah, Super Bowl day… do you have a favorite team to win today? I’ll be honest, I don’t, but I will watch and cheer one of them. This has not been a formidable football season. Whatever you decide to do today, be safe.

Todays card was inspired by a magazine I received from a women’s organization to which I belong. The cover artist was Elizabeth Barlow and the painting is beautiful. This doesn’t show off the painting nearly as well but it is a depiction of it using Sunflower Dies.

Jan/ Feb P.E.O. Record – Celebrate Sunflowers – #1

To create the sunflower itself, I used Mango Melody card stock and the sunflower die from Sunflowers Dies. I die cut two of them, punching out all the little pieces from one of them. I did some highlighting and darkening on both pieces using various Stampin Blends. But first… on the sunflower that has the pieces remaining in it, I very carefully turned it over and taped all the backside, holding the pieces in place. I turned it over and began the shading: using first the light and dark Mango Melody Blends, then both the light and dark Pumpkin Pie Blends, shading out into the petals. Around the very center of the flower, I used just a bit of light Cajun Craze Blends. I did the same on the sunflower with all the petals as well. With the very center, I took the Cajun Craze marker and made tiny dots, then did the same with Garden Green marker. They have a finer tip and I could make very tiny dots. I layered the open sunflower on the other with mini dimensionals and set it aside.

Celebrate Sunflowers – #2

The card base is Pacific Point card stock. I took another panel of Pacific Point and ran it through the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder, then adhered it with liquid glue to the card base. I put dimensionals on the back of the double sunflower and adhered it to the card front. I then took Garden Green cardstock and the Pierced Blooms Dies and die cut two stems. I adhered them side by side to create a larger stem for the sunflower.

I used the sentiment from the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set, stamped it in Memento ink on Basic White card stock, then die cut it with a die from Pierced Blooms Dies. This is an awesome banner die – I really like the shape and the size! I put dimensionals on the back of the sentiment banner and adhered it to the card front. I then tied a double bow with the Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon and attached it with a glue dot.

Celebrate Sunflowers – #3

I really like the way this turned out. If I make another, which I might, I would probably use a patterned background that is mostly blue. I think the contrast would be better and would show off the sunflower more. But for this card, I wanted it to be similar to the magazine cover, so stuck with the solid.

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

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

Celebrate Sunflowers – #4

Now is the perfect time to become a team member of Stampin’ Up! – with your choice of items in your $99 Starter Kit (valued at $125!) you will receive five packs of new 6×6 DSP paper packs – only during Sale-a-bration though!!! Act quickly… join my Team here. Being a part of the Stampin’ community brings all kinds of fringe benefits ~ early access to new catalogs, guaranteed 20% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products, free tutorials, access to web sites that will encourage and strengthen your abilities. Join now… Again – you may do that here.

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:

  • Pacific Point card base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
  • Mango Melody card stock 3 1/2 x 7 1/2
  • Garden Green 1 x 10
  • Basic White 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 (front banner)

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!

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

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

Host a group of orders from your buddies and if it is over $300 – receive this Host Set!

Now is the perfect time to become a team member of Stampin’ Up! – with your $99 Starter Kit (valued at $125!) you will receive five packs of new 6×6 DSP paper packs – only during Sale-a-bration though!!! Act quickly… join my Team here. Being a part of the Stampin’ community brings all kinds of fringe benefits ~ early access to new catalogs, guaranteed 2-% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products, free tutorials, access to web sites that will encourage and strengthen your abilities. Now is the perfect time… Again – you may do that here.

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

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

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.

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 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