DIY cards

It’s Day 25 of my 40 Card in 40 Days! Today’s card is from my group’s Stamp Camp in early March.  It was designed by Laura Colburn.  Laura used the Linked Together Bundle on her card.  This bundle comes with the Linked Together Stamp Set, the Linked Together Dies and the Linked Together Decorative Masks.  So many great products in one bundle!  Laura didn’t use the masks on her card but I know she had them available at Stamp Camp for people to use on the sentiment label if the wanted.

The background of the card is made using the Leaf Collection background stamp.  Perfect for when you want a leafy background and don’t want to stamp a bunch of individual leaves.  The trellis die and the greenery die are from the Linked Together Die set.  Such a fun and easy card set off perfectly with the Tiny Bee Trinket.   Using the bee as the dot on the “j” really shows you how tiny they are.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Happy April!  It’s Day 24 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge and this card is not an April Fool’s joke.  Today’s card is a lovely and simple card made with the Birthday Celebration Bundle and the Wildflower Birthday Specialty Designer Series Paper.  Both items are part of the Wildflower Birthday Suite of products by Stampin’ Up!  Fellow demonstrator Michelle Theriault created it.

This suite of products is definitely geared towards birthdays but as you can see, this card could be for any type of celebration.  The designer paper has gold foil on some of the patterns.  It also includes two sheets of die cut images to really make your cardmaking easy.

Michelle stamped a small floral image on the front of the card for a background then added a strip of designer paper across the front.  She die-cut another piece of the designer paper and then added her sentiment with a few die-cut flowers.  So cute.  So easy!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

I’ve chosen this beautiful card created by Debbie Dutchess for Card 23 in my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge.  I love how Debbie combined so many beautiful products in her project.  The focal point of her card is the gorgeous Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper.  I am happy to say that this paper will be in Stampin’ Up!’s 2025-2026 Annual Catalog!  Woo Hoo!

The background is embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder.  This is a nice, fairly subtle design and I recently noticed that I don’t have it!  No worries, it’s now in my cart to go on my next order.

The butterflies and the sentiment are from the Sketched Butterflies Bundle.  I love the fancy font on the sentiment.  Debbie used a portion of the Labeled With Love Punch or dies to stamp the sentiment on. 

This is one of those cards that I will have to recreate at some point.   How about you?  Have a great day.  Take care and Happy Stamping!

It’s Day 20 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge and that means we’re halfway through.  Today’s adorable card is another swap I received at Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage gathering earlier this month.  Tami Licari designed this adorable card with the Meant to Bee Bundle.  Those bees are so dang cute!  The focal point of this card is the bright and happy Cute as Can Bee Designer Series Paper.  It has such fun designs and colors.  PINK!  😊

Check out the Meant to Bee Dies.  Look at all those hexagons you can die cut!  You can die cut both a solid hexagon and an outline.  I’m ready to buy this bundle just for the hexagon dies!  Ha!  The little bee is too cute.  He was fussy cut from one of the sheets of designer paper.

If you are a scrapbooker and love this bundle, you’ll be excited to know that Stampin’ Up! offers a Meant to Bee Scrapbooking Workshop Kit.  A Scrapbooking Workshop Kit includes the supplies you need to make 3 – two-page spreads with room for your photos and journaling.  Check out the details about this scrapbooking kit in the link above.  Of course, you could always use the kit supplies to make cards or other projects.  😊

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Christmas is only 9 months away so it’s not too early to start getting ideas.  It’s Day 19 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge and I’m sharing a Christmas card with you created by my friend Sallie Burns.  Sallie created this card a few years ago, but it’s still one of her favorite creations.  You can’t go wrong by using designer paper, an embossing folder, a die set and of course a fun little bow.  Does anyone remember any of the products that Sallie used on her card?  They’re all retired now but you can redesign this card with products you have on hand in your stash.

Your best friend when using intricate dies like these will be Adhesive Sheets!  That way you won’t be getting liquid glue everywhere!  And yes, I am speaking from experience.  Ha!  I can get the glue on the back of the intricate without too much trouble, but then I pick the die up and try to place it on my card and I have glue everywhere!

Check out your crafting stash and see what you can create with your favorite designer paper, embossing folder and die set!  I’d love to see your creations!  Also, if you have a favorite card you’d like me to share during my challenge please share it with me.  There are still a lot of days to go in the challenge!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Check out this beautiful card I have for you on Day 18 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days!  I received it as a swap at OnStage in Raleigh, NC from Lori Longwell.  She put a lot of work into this wedding card but it’s absolutely gorgeous!  It makes me wish I had a wedding coming up so I could make it.  😊

Lori used the Classic Wedding Bundle which is one of the newer Online Exclusives in Stampin’ Up!’s store.  The Classic Wedding Dies come with flowers, hearts and even a banner that you can use to decorate the back of the car.  So fun!  The Classic Wedding stamp set has four different sayings which can work on the back of the car or on the inside of the card. 

If you have any weddings coming up on your calendar, I’d definitely recommend this bundle.  There may be lots of little pieces, but the final product turns out SO cute!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Sending hugs on Day 17 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days Challenge.  I’m a hugger so I had to purchase the Hugs For Love Bundle which includes the Hugs for Love stamp set and the To The Point Label Punch.  This bundle is perfect for Valentines Day, but it’s also perfect for other occasions or if you just want to send someone a virtual hug.

I made this card for my January Card Buffet.  Simple, yet cute.  The designer paper is from the Timeless Plaid package of designer series paper.  If you don’t have any of this paper, you should consider ordering some.  It can be used for so many different occasions, especially masculine cards.  I just ordered a few packages.  I want to use them for decorations for my dad’s 90^th birthday party in June.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

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!