40 Cards in 40 Days

It’s Day 16 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge and I need to wish my son Kyle a Happy Birthday!  That is why I chose this fun birthday card made with the Cake Celebrations Bundle.  This bundle is perfect for many occasions including birthdays and weddings.  The cake can be decorated with flowers, candles and the fun die-cut banners that you see on my card.  The cake can have stamped layers or die-cut layers and you can make the cake as tall as you’d like.

The bright layers on my cake were die-cut from the Full of Life Designer Series Paper.  This package of paper has so many fun and bright designs! 

I hope you love this fun cake as much as I do!  Happy Birthday Kyle! 

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

For Day 15 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge I am sharing the Memorable Blooms Bundle with you.  This bundle not only has lovely floral images to stamp but one of the dies is an octagon that you can die cut a few different ways.  You can die cut the octagon from a piece of paper with a decorative border like was done on this card.  You can die cut a floral image inside of the octagon or you can combine the two dies.  So fun!  Check out the Memorable Blooms Dies and you can get a better visual of what I’m talking about.

Fellow demonstrator Laura N. die cut the octagon with the decorative border and then layered it over her stamped and colored image.  So pretty.  She fussy-cut the stamped sentiment before adhering it to her card.  I wouldn’t have thought to combine Very Vanilla and Basic White on the same card, but it works.  I may have to try it sometime.

Have a great day.  Take care and Happy Stamping!

It’s Day 14 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days.  Since Easter is in one month I want to share a beautiful Easter card with you.  I received this card from fellow demonstrator Vicki Vescio while I was in Raleigh, NC at Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage event.  I was excited to receive this card because I had just purchased the Faith Collection bundle as well as the Everyday Arches Dies so I could make an Easter card using them both.  Ha!  Now I don’t have to think about it too much, maybe just tweak Vicki’s design a little to make it my own.

The Everyday Arches Dies are part of a bundle with the Everyday Arches Stamp Set but they also coordinate with the Arched Wishes stamp set which is all about birthdays!  These arches are so versatile.  I’ve seen them used in a lot of different ways on projects and I can’t wait to try them for myself. 

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Day 13 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge and I want to share with you another adorable dinosaur card made with the Darling Dinosaurs stamp set.  I can’t get enough of this stamp set.  TSC!  Too Stinkin’ Cute!  This is another swap card I received and it was created by Wendy Loundermon.  Thank you to Wendy for making me smile.   

This card is simple, yet fun.  A single dinosaur and a sentiment.  Add a little designer paper, ribbon and a few embellishments.  Done!  Wendy used the Timeless Plaid designer series paper on her card and paired it with the Basic Beige Bordered Ribbon.  There is Basic Beige in many of the patterns of the paper so the ribbon coordinates perfectly!  I like how Wendy used a little bit of Pretty Peacock when she colored the dinosaur and then layered the dino on a piece of Pretty Peacock to make it pop.  So fun!  Now I want to get out my Darling Dinosaurs stamp set and make some cards!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

My card for Day 12 of the 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge is all about Spring! Don’t you think Spring when you see this lovely card?  I received this card in a swap and unfortunately, I don’t know who to give credit too.  This card is made using the Floral Delight Suite and I think the creator used every part of the suite!  The stamp set, the dies, the ribbon, the designer paper, the vellum paper and the adorable little bee accents!  Wow! 

I love how the pieces of designer paper (and vellum) are just accents on the card instead of an entire background.  Such an interesting design.  I may have to try something like this sometime on my own card.  What do you think of this design?  Would you try it sometime?

What a bright, fun card for Day 11 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge!  It makes me smile with all of the bright colors.  This card was designed my fellow demonstrator Michelle Suit for a swap I participated in.    I love receiving swaps from people because I get so many great ideas, but on the other hand,  it makes me want whatever bundle/suite they’ve used on their card.  Ha!

Michelle used products from the Friends of the Ocean Suite.  This suite comes with a stamp set, die set, designer paper, embossing folder and embellishments.  Don’t you just love the designer paper?  That is the first thing that caught my eye when I saw this suite in Stampin’ Up!’s January – April 2025 Mini Catalog.  So many bright colors!  Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Lime Twist, Summer Splash and Berry Burst.

The crab and the lobster in the stamp set are pretty darn cute.  You use 2-step stamping to complete them.  Ink up the solid stamp, stamp off on scrap paper and then stamp on your cardstock.  Finish up by inking up the outline image and stamp it over the lighter solid image.   Or you can do it the other way around.  Sometimes it’s easier to stamp the outline first. 

I hope you enjoyed this bright, fun card!  Have a great day.  Take care and Happy Stamping!

It’s Day 10 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge and I have another card from Stamp Camp to share with you.  Janet Muse created this card using the Botanical Textures Suite.  Just looking at this card makes me want to order this suite of products right now!  Simple, yet elegant.

This suite of products contains a stamp set, a die set, two different packages of designer paper, an embossing folder, an embossing folder, ribbon and embellishments that coordinate with both sets of paper.  My favorite part of the suite is the Woven Textures Designer Series Paper.  The designs look like photographs!

The dies in the Textured Notes Dies are all rectangles and each has their own design around the edge.  In the card photo you can see that the stamped image rectangle and the sentiment rectangle as well as the embossed rectangle all have a border on them.  Yep, I feel a purchase coming on.  Ha!

This amazing suite of products is one of the newest Online Exclusives.  If you haven’t checked it out yet, you really should.  You’re not going to have to ask me to give it a second look! 

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

I want to share this beautiful card with you for Day 9 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge.  This card was designed by fellow demonstrator June Olsen using the Linked Together Bundle.  The bundle comes with a stamp set, dies and decorative masks.  I have to admit that I have not used decorative masks yet, but they are on my wish list, and I do know that you can use them with ink, or embossing paste.  June used only the stamp set and dies on her card. 

The trellis, flowers and leaves are all die cut.  One of the nice things about the die set is that you can die cut multiple flowers with one die.  The 6 petal flower die cuts out two flowers and the 5 petal die cuts out four flowers.  That definitely simplifies cardmaking when you’re making multiples!

Have a great day.  Take care and Happy Stamping!

For Day 7 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge I have a lovely birthday card to share with you.  This card was designed by fellow demonstrator Tena Lynch for our group’s recent Stamp Camp.  Tena used most of the items found in the Wildflower Birthday Suite.  Thissuite of products is perfect for birthdays and other celebrations.

The Wildflower Birthday Specialty Designer Series Paper has gold foil accents on many of the sheets which really make the images pop.  It also has two full sheets of die cuts that make it easy-peasy to make cards. The colors in this designer paper are Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Old Olive, Soft Seafoam, Pool Party.  Such soft and springy colors.

Tena embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder so it would pop along with the gold foil accents on the designer paper.  Cute card!

It’s time to think of Spring with Day 6 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge.  The Storybook Garden Patch Bundle is all about Spring and that is what was used on this card.  A fellow demonstrator made this card, but unfortunately, I don’t know who to give the credit to.

If you’re a gardener, this is the bundle for you.  It’s all about planting and gardening.  Aren’t the die-cut images fun?  I love the carrots!    Did you notice that the watering can and the pots are made with two different dies?  One to cut out the image and one to so a little shading for dimension. 

The checked background is from the Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper.  It’s got some great designs which is probably why you’ve seen them on more than one card I’ve shared with you so far.

The Garden Patch Bundle is part of the Storybook Moments Suite.  This suite contains both the Storybook Garden Patch Bundle and the Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper.  It also contains a second bundle, a second pack of designer series paper, a roll of ribbon and some pearl embellishments. 

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Day 5!  40 Cards in 40 Days is coming right along. Today’s card was created with the Beautiful Butterflies Bundle by me!  This bundle is gorgeous!  It’s one of those bundles that comes with a Hybrid Embossing Folder which means the dies coordinate with the embossing folder! I have a card that I will share with you in the future and show you how a Hybrid Embossing Folder works. 

This card is easy.  The background is made using the Plaster Painting 3D Embossing Folder.  This is one of the new larger embossing folders that is 6” x 8 ½”.  These large folders are nice because it makes it easier to have your paper sit in them in either direction.

The designer paper I used on this card was from Sale-a-bration, but we made the same card using the Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper at Stamp Camp last week.  When I adhered the butterflies to the designer paper, I only put glue on the center of the wings.  That way I could pull the wings up a little and give them a little dimension.  Doesn’t this card shout “Spring”?

Have a great day.  Take care and Happy Stamping!

It’s Day 4 of 40 Cards in 40 Days and I have another birthday card to share.  This card is perfect for the littles in your life.  It’s made with the Darling Dinos Bundle.  Cute dinos and cute sentiments.  What more do you need?

Last week my group of Sassy Stampers and Friends held our Spring Stamp Camp.  This card was one of the cards that was made.  It was created by my friend and fellow demonstrator Karen Patz.  The little dinos are easy to color and coordinate so well with the Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper.  This designer paper has sure been popular this week on the cards I’ve shared with you during my challenge.  It’s been used on three of the four cards!  I didn’t even plan that.  Ha!

If you look closely, you can see that the clouds and the shrubbery are cut out using the same die!  How convenient is that?  I can’t wait to play with this bundle again.  I made my grandson a cute card for Valentines Day using it and am anxious to use the bundle again.  Hmmm…Do dinosaurs celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?  I might have to create a St. Paddy’s Day card using them.  I’ll keep you posted!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!