Sep 27, 2024 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Once upon a time, I was a stamp collector, postage stamps, that is. So, you can imagine why the Perennial Postage Dies appeal to me. Isn’t it funny that I became a collector of Stamin’ Up! stamps? For today’s card I used a Perennial Postage Die to cut four tree “stamps” from Sentimental Christmas Designer Paper. Then, I arranged them into a “block of four,” and glued them to Basic White Cardstock, 3 1/4″ X 4 3/4″.
Christmas Postage
After attaching the Basic White Cardstock, with Dimensionals, to a Pretty Peacock card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″, I prepared the sentiment. “For someone special” is from the Sentimental Christmas Stamp Set. I stamped it in Pretty Peacock Ink on Basic White Cardstock, used a Perennial Postage Die for cutting, and attached it with Dimensionals to the card front.
As a final touch, I added three Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes. You can see the different sizes and colors in my Product List below.
Sentimental Christmas DSP has a wonderful, vintage look to it, and was chosen by Stampin’ Up! for this year’s Product Giveback, to benefit children’s literacy. With each purchase of the Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! will donate $3 to organizations dedicated to the future of children around the world. We hope you’ll join us in making a difference this holiday season. Order #164209.
My September Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints in October. Please add my 8 digit Host Code to your order.
A holiday Paper Pumpkin sale is HERE! Starting September 11, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. (MT) until October 10, 2024, at 11:50 p.m. (MT), anyone who signs up for a monthly Paper Pumpkin subscription as a new subscriber will receive 40% off their first kit. That’s right, 40% OFF!
This discount will be applied to one kit in the first kit shipment of the Paper Pumpkin subscription, which means new subscribers will get 40% off the October Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit. After that, each month’s kit will return to the regular price of $25.00. IMPORTANT! USE COUPON CODE: HOLIDAY 40
Paper Pumpkin is now giving us sneak peeks of upcoming kits for three months.
OCTOBER: Nests of Christmas
Subscribe September 11–October 10
Spread Christmas cheer with this cozy, all-inclusive crafting kit!
• Makes 10 cards: 5 each of 2 designs with 10 coordinating envelopes
• Tri-fold card bases and precut grosgrain ribbon
• Precut labels with specialty green foil
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Night
of Navy, Real Red, Shaded Spruce (Classic Stampin’ Spot)
Coordinates with the Nests of Winter Suite Collection (item 164072)!
NOVEMBER: Filled with Joy
Subscribe October 11–November 10
Celebrate Christmas with adorable stockings and gift tags!
• Makes 8 projects: 8 stockings with 8 gift tags
• Precut paper pieces
• Safety pins and specialty gold foil
• Coordinating colors: Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Poppy Parade
(Classic Stampin’ Spot), Shaded Spruce, Very Vanilla
Fabric stockings and paper tags come in a unique box!
DECEMBER: Notes from the Heart
Subscribe November 11–December 10
Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs.
• Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs
• Precut vellum pieces and sparkling gems
• Scalloped card bases and coordinating envelopes
• Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo,
Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla
Includes hand-drawn designs and card bases with scalloped edges!
Here is my Online Exclusives Link. Click Now!
Neil and Lily join with me in saying thank you for visiting.
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Sep 25, 2024 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, TGIF |
There is a wonderful Fall scene of a pumpkin patch in the Splendid Autumn Designer Paper, which I chose for today’s card. Using an Encircled In Nature Die, I cut a circle from the DSP, and layered it with cardstock for thickness. Then, I used a second, Encircled In Nature Die to cut a wreath from the backside of the DSP.
Splendid Autumn Pumpkins
The background is Basic White Cardstock, 4″ X 5 1/4″, embossed with the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder. This was glued to a Blackberry Bliss card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″.
The sentiment is from the Encircled In Nature Stamp Set, which can be ordered with the dies, for a 10% savings. I stamped “a huge thank you” in Blackberry Bliss Ink, used a Something Fancy Die for cutting, and attached it with Dimensionals. To complete the card, I added three, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems.
I’ve already created another card, using the same designer paper, that I’ll show you next week.
I was inspired by TGIF.
My September Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints in October. Please add my 8 digit Host Code to your order.
Clearance Rack Refresh started yesterday! Click this picture, then “specials” to start shopping.
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Neil and Lily join with me in saying thank you for visiting.
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Sep 24, 2024 | Fun Folds Blog Hop, Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Welcome to the September 2024 Fun Folds Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. We’re so glad you stopped by, and we hope to inspire you with our creations today! You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from blog to blog.
For this month’s blog hop, I created a Triple Fold-Out card with a favorite, holiday designer paper, Sentimental Christmas.
Triple Fold-Out Card
To create the card base, cut 8 1/2″ X 11″ Lost Lagoon Cardstock in half, giving you two pieces , 4 1/4″ X 11″. Score on the 11″ side: 2 1/2″, 3 3/4″, 6 3/4″, and 8 1/4″. Then, fold on the score lines, mountain/valley, mountain/valley.
Next, cut two squares of Pretty Peacock Cardstock, 4″ X 4″. Decorate the squares with Sentimental Christmas Designer Paper, 3 3/4″ X 3 3/4″. Glue the squares to the folds, as shown, careful not to add glue to the portion that remains “free.” The end panel is 2 1/4″ X 4″. For more detail, I fussy cut the lantern from a second piece of the DSP, and attached it with Dimensionals. Plus, I added a few Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes.
The sentiment is from the Peaceful Season Stamp Set, stamped in pretty Peacock Ink on the DSP, and cut with a Spotlight On Nature Die. After cutting, I attached it with Dimensionals. I chose the round shape, because it fit the curve of the lantern.
This fun fold is great for showing off beautiful designer paper, and it fits in our Medium Envelope. I decorated the envelope flap with another piece of Sentimental Christmas DSP. This was easily done by gluing a 5 3/4″ X 2 1/4″ piece of DSP to the flap, and trimming the excess, using the flap as a template.
SU Demo Fun Fold Blog Hop Lineup
- Lisa Ann Bernard
- Su Mohr ***YOU ARE HERE***
- Debbie Mageed
- Rae Burnet
- Tara Carpenter
- Karen Finkle
- Sue Jackson
- Mary Deatherage
- Beth McCullough
My September Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints in October. Please add my 8 digit Host Code to your order.
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Clearance Rack Refresh starts today! Click this picture, then “specials” to start shopping.
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Neil and Lily join with me in saying thank you for visiting.
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Sep 23, 2024 | Gallery, Global Design Project, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Shepherd’s Care is a favorite stamp set from the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog. For today’s card, I stamped the shepherd and lambs in Early Espresso Ink on Basic White Cardstock, and used a Countryside Corners Die for cutting.
Peace on Earth
For the background, I used Perennial Lavender Designer Paper, 3 7/8″ X 5 1/8″, layered on Basic White Cardstock, 4″ X 5 1/4″. This was glued to a Highland Heather card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. After gluing the shepherd to the card front, I used a Painted Lavender Die to cut Gorgeous Grape Cardstock, and glued it along the edge of the Countryside Corners die-cut.
To complete the card, I fussy cut a butterfly from Perennial Lavender DSP, glued it to the sentiment label (attached with Dimensionals), and added three, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems.
I was inspired by Ann Alexander’s creative design. Look for all of the Global Design Project Designers on Facebook and Instagram. Have fun “CASEing” Ann, then share and tag #GDP464 to play along with this challenge.
My September Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints in October. Please add my 8 digit Host Code to your order.
A holiday Paper Pumpkin sale is HERE! Starting September 11, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. (MT) until October 10, 2024, at 11:50 p.m. (MT), anyone who signs up for a monthly Paper Pumpkin subscription as a new subscriber will receive 40% off their first kit. That’s right, 40% OFF!
This discount will be applied to one kit in the first kit shipment of the Paper Pumpkin subscription, which means new subscribers will get 40% off the October Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit. After that, each month’s kit will return to the regular price of $25.00. IMPORTANT! USE COUPON CODE: HOLIDAY 40
Paper Pumpkin is now giving us sneak peeks of upcoming kits for three months.
OCTOBER: Nests of Christmas
Subscribe September 11–October 10
Spread Christmas cheer with this cozy, all-inclusive crafting kit!
• Makes 10 cards: 5 each of 2 designs with 10 coordinating envelopes
• Tri-fold card bases and precut grosgrain ribbon
• Precut labels with specialty green foil
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Night
of Navy, Real Red, Shaded Spruce (Classic Stampin’ Spot)
Coordinates with the Nests of Winter Suite Collection (item 164072)!
NOVEMBER: Filled with Joy
Subscribe October 11–November 10
Celebrate Christmas with adorable stockings and gift tags!
• Makes 8 projects: 8 stockings with 8 gift tags
• Precut paper pieces
• Safety pins and specialty gold foil
• Coordinating colors: Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Poppy Parade
(Classic Stampin’ Spot), Shaded Spruce, Very Vanilla
Fabric stockings and paper tags come in a unique box!
DECEMBER: Notes from the Heart
Subscribe November 11–December 10
Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs.
• Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs
• Precut vellum pieces and sparkling gems
• Scalloped card bases and coordinating envelopes
• Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo,
Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla
Includes hand-drawn designs and card bases with scalloped edges!
Here is my Online Exclusives Link. Click Now!
Neil and Lily join with me in saying thank you for visiting.
Product List
Sep 22, 2024 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Today’s card was inspired by a sketch, which you can see below. The colors were determined by a selection of Thoughtful Journey Designer Paper, which I cut to 4″ X 5 1/4″. Before gluing it to a Thick Basic White card base (8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″) I created tiny dots along the bottom, using a really cool, Peaceful Evergreens Die.
Peaceful Evergreens
Next, I stamped two trees, from the Peaceful Evergreens Stamp Set, in Misty Moonlight Ink on Basic White Cardstock. Then, I used their Peaceful Evergreens Dies for cutting. The smaller tree was glued, and the larger tree was attached with Dimensionals. Newcomers may not know, but when you order a stamp and die set together in a “bundle,” you save 10%. I have today’s supplies listed in bundles in my Product List below.
“Christmas” was created with two Peaceful Season Dies, cutting the word from Thoughtful Journey DSP, and the backing from Basic White Cardstock. After gluing the two together, I attached it with Dimensionals. To complete the card, I used a Peaceful Evergreens Die to cut the star from White Glimmer Paper. And, to make the trees glisten, which you can only see in person, I brushed them with Wink Of Stella.
I was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches.
My September Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints in October. Please add my 8 digit Host Code to your order.
A holiday Paper Pumpkin sale is HERE! Starting September 11, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. (MT) until October 10, 2024, at 11:50 p.m. (MT), anyone who signs up for a monthly Paper Pumpkin subscription as a new subscriber will receive 40% off their first kit. That’s right, 40% OFF!
This discount will be applied to one kit in the first kit shipment of the Paper Pumpkin subscription, which means new subscribers will get 40% off the October Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit. After that, each month’s kit will return to the regular price of $25.00. IMPORTANT! USE COUPON CODE: HOLIDAY 40
Paper Pumpkin is now giving us sneak peeks of upcoming kits for three months.
OCTOBER: Nests of Christmas
Subscribe September 11–October 10
Spread Christmas cheer with this cozy, all-inclusive crafting kit!
• Makes 10 cards: 5 each of 2 designs with 10 coordinating envelopes
• Tri-fold card bases and precut grosgrain ribbon
• Precut labels with specialty green foil
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Night
of Navy, Real Red, Shaded Spruce (Classic Stampin’ Spot)
Coordinates with the Nests of Winter Suite Collection (item 164072)!
NOVEMBER: Filled with Joy
Subscribe October 11–November 10
Celebrate Christmas with adorable stockings and gift tags!
• Makes 8 projects: 8 stockings with 8 gift tags
• Precut paper pieces
• Safety pins and specialty gold foil
• Coordinating colors: Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Poppy Parade
(Classic Stampin’ Spot), Shaded Spruce, Very Vanilla
Fabric stockings and paper tags come in a unique box!
DECEMBER: Notes from the Heart
Subscribe November 11–December 10
Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs.
• Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs
• Precut vellum pieces and sparkling gems
• Scalloped card bases and coordinating envelopes
• Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo,
Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla
Includes hand-drawn designs and card bases with scalloped edges!
Here is my Online Exclusives Link. Click Now!
Neil and Lily join with me in saying thank you for visiting.
Product List
Sep 20, 2024 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
We all love embossing folders, right? The Forever Plaid Embossing Folder is new, from our September-December 2024 Mini Catalog, which I used to add texture to a pattern of Sentimental Christmas Designer Paper, 4″ X 5 1/4″. One caution about embossing designer paper; it’s thinner than cardstock, so use less pressure when running through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. Ask me how I know. LOL!
Christmas Stocking
Sentimental Christmas DSP has a wonderful, vintage look to it, and was chosen by Stampin’ Up! for this year’s Product Giveback, to benefit children’s literacy. With each purchase of the Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! will donate $3 to organizations dedicated to the future of children around the world. We hope you’ll join us in making a difference this holiday season. Order #164209.
After gluing the embossed designer paper to the Garden Green card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″, I used a Sentimental Wishes Die to cut the stocking from another pattern of the Sentimental Christmas Designer Paper. Next, I stamped the sentiment in Garden Green Ink on the designer paper, and used a Something Fancy Die for cutting. “Have a very merry Christmas” is from the Sentimental Wishes Stamp Set. Then, I glued the stocking and sentiment label together, and attached them with Dimensionals.
To complete the card, I added a bow of Garden Green Linen Thread, and three Adhesive Backed Peppermints. The peppermints are my host code gift this month. See below how to make them yours.
My September Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints in October. Please add my 8 digit Host Code to your order.
A holiday Paper Pumpkin sale is HERE! Starting September 11, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. (MT) until October 10, 2024, at 11:50 p.m. (MT), anyone who signs up for a monthly Paper Pumpkin subscription as a new subscriber will receive 40% off their first kit. That’s right, 40% OFF!
This discount will be applied to one kit in the first kit shipment of the Paper Pumpkin subscription, which means new subscribers will get 40% off the October Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit. After that, each month’s kit will return to the regular price of $25.00. IMPORTANT! USE COUPON CODE: HOLIDAY 40
Paper Pumpkin is now giving us sneak peeks of upcoming kits for three months.
OCTOBER: Nests of Christmas
Subscribe September 11–October 10
Spread Christmas cheer with this cozy, all-inclusive crafting kit!
• Makes 10 cards: 5 each of 2 designs with 10 coordinating envelopes
• Tri-fold card bases and precut grosgrain ribbon
• Precut labels with specialty green foil
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Night
of Navy, Real Red, Shaded Spruce (Classic Stampin’ Spot)
Coordinates with the Nests of Winter Suite Collection (item 164072)!
NOVEMBER: Filled with Joy
Subscribe October 11–November 10
Celebrate Christmas with adorable stockings and gift tags!
• Makes 8 projects: 8 stockings with 8 gift tags
• Precut paper pieces
• Safety pins and specialty gold foil
• Coordinating colors: Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Poppy Parade
(Classic Stampin’ Spot), Shaded Spruce, Very Vanilla
Fabric stockings and paper tags come in a unique box!
DECEMBER: Notes from the Heart
Subscribe November 11–December 10
Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs.
• Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs
• Precut vellum pieces and sparkling gems
• Scalloped card bases and coordinating envelopes
• Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo,
Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla
Includes hand-drawn designs and card bases with scalloped edges!
Here is my Online Exclusives Link. Click Now!
Neil and Lily join with me in saying thank you for visiting.
Product List
