40 Cards in 40 Days

40 Cards in 40 Days – Card 10: Botanical Textures Suite

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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!

40 Cards in 40 Days – Day 9: Linked Together

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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!

40 Cards in 40 Days – Day 8: Tiled Techniques

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I have another birthday card for Day 8 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge.  This fun birthday card was also designed for our Sassy Stampers & Friends Stamp Camp earlier this month.  Keri Young is the designer of this card.  Keri used the Tiled Techniques Stamp Set on this card along with the Wanted to Say Dies.  I love how combing these two products makes such a lovely card. 

When I first looked at the card, I was amazed at how perfectly the stamp lined up on the card if you had to stamp it in each corner, but the stamp used on the front is the largest stamp in the stamp set and only had to be stamped twice.  Once at the top and once at the bottom.  This makes the perfect frame for the “happy birthday”. 

The Wanted to Say Dies should be a staple in every craft room.  I haven’t used mine in a while, but I need to get them out.  They make it so easy to add a sentiment to the card and they really give your project a wow factor.  The die set has four different layered sentiments as well as some smaller dies you can add to your project.

Thank you Keri for such a fun and easy card!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

40 Cards in 40 Days – Day 7: Birthday Celebration

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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!

40 Cards in 40 Days Day 6: Storybook Garden Patch

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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!

40 Cards in 40 Days Day 5: Beautiful Butterflies

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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!

Day 4: Darling Dinos Card

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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!

Day 3: One More Year

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40 Cards in 40 Days – Day 3!  Today’s card was created by fellow demonstrator Diana Eichfield.  I participated in a swap around Christmas and this was Diana’s card.  She used the fun One More Year stamp set which can be found in Stampin’ Up!’s January – April 2025 Mini Catalog and of course the online store.  This stamp set has some fun images as well as fun and snarky birthday sentiments.  I don’t own it yet, but it’s on my list for my next order.

Diana colored the cut little pug dog with Stampin’ Blends Markers.  It’s hard to tell, but Diana used the Stampin’ Blends to color the Black and Vanilla checked gingham ribbon.  That’s the great thing about the Stampin’ Blends Markers.  You can color almost anything with them as they are alcohol based. Diana finished off her card with a circle of the Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper and a background made with the Plaster Painting 3D Embossing Folder.  Too Cute!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Day 2: Use That Designer Paper!

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It’s Day 2 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days.  In my newsletter this past Tuesday I was talking about this challenge and I invited my readers to send me photos of their creations so I could share them with you.  Cindy Berger from Erie, CO sent me 5 different photos!  Thank you Cindy! 

Cindy has been creating cards using all of the designer papers she has been collecting (Isn’t that what you do with designer papers?  😊).  This group of cards is a fun and easy way to use patterned paper on a card.  She chose two coordinating designs for each card and added a sentiment.  I like the way Cindy used a strip of cardstock to separate the two patterned papers. 

Recently Cindy made over 200 cards for charities so easy was definitely the way to go.  Designer Paper was the focus of her cards and then she added a stamped sentiment.  Easy Peasy.  Thank you Cindy for sharing your design!  It makes me want to get started using my rather large stash of designer papers!

I’d like to invite you to share your favorite creation with me too.  Email me a photo and I will share it as part of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!