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! 😊
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!
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.
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.
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”?
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!
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.
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Make-It-Mine Monday post, and I’ve missed it. I love getting inspiration from other people’s projects and Make-It-Mine Monday is the perfect way to showcase that!
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In last week’s newsletter I shared this card that I made at Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage event in March. I had explained how it was a very nice card, but it just wasn’t me. The combination of colors isn’t me and the design itself isn’t really me. The card did inspire me though.
It inspired me so much that I had to make it mine! Nothing against Stampin’ Up! designers, but I do like my card better. Their card was way outside of my comfort zone. The Stampin’ Up! designer used the new Spotlight in Nature (#163579 $23) which will be in the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog and since I had that stamp set I used it on my card too. For my card I decided to stick with a single color and white. To choose a color I started with the designer paper that I used on the layer behind the flowers. I used the new Unbounded Bounty Beauty Designer Series Paper (#163372 $12.50) which you can find on page 55 of the new catalog or in my online store starting on Wednesday. The color I used is the new 2024-2026 In-Color, Summer Splash. So pretty!
The angled pieces that the flowers are on aren’t something that I would usually use on a card but I did find the technique intriguing, so I decided to give it another shot. It’s not hard to line up the two images after stamping them, the hard part is stamping them and making sure that the two pieces will fit on the layer underneath them.
I could have heat embossed the sentiment in white on a piece Summer Splash cardstock but I think my layered sentiment works a little better on this card.
As I mentioned above, I love being inspired by other people’s work. It’s nice to have a starting point and go from there. Give it a try! Take my card and make it your own by changing a little something about the card or a lot. The choice is yours! Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!
We all should really work smarter, not harder in whatever we do. Life is too short to do otherwise. Why “reinvent the wheel” when you can just change things up a little. In today’s blog post I want to show you how I made 5 similar, yet different cards with one design.
This is the card I started with. It’s one we’re making in class this week. (Actually, I got the idea from a friend, but we won’t go into that. 😊) It’s an easy Valentine card made using the Bee My Valentine Bundle and the coordinating Bee Mine Designer Series Paper. Such fun products! These little bees are adorable!
In the second photo, you can see all five of the cards I made. Once I got started, I could barely stop. I wanted to see how many different designs I could come up with. Alas, life got in the way, and I had to move on to other things that needed to get done.
The two cards in the first column look the same, but if you look closely, you can see that the bottom one is a gate fold card that opens in the middle. The two cards in the middle column are similar. They look alike, but the bottom one is a gate fold card.
I have five cards from one main design. I’ve worked smarter, not harder! What a great idea! I need to do this more often! How about you? Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!
My mother-in-law’s birthday is today and I chose the Translucent Florals stamp set and the coordinating Delightful Florals Designer Series Paper to make her card. There is also a set of dies that coordinates with them. These three items are Online Exclusives found only in my online store. My favorite item of these coordinating products is the designer paper so that is what I chose for the focal point of my card. I fussy cut this floral image from the paper. So pretty!
I knew that I was going to mount the fussy-cut image on white so I wasn’t too worried that there may have been a little white around the edges. I did have to get my X-acto knife out to cut out the small area by the stem of the small flower
The Berry Burst card front is stamped with the larger floral image from the stamp set with the same color ink and the strip of Pretty Peacock cardstock is stamped with the foliage image in the Pretty Peacock ink. Stamping cardstock with the same color image gives a nice subtle background design.
One of the dies (the sixth largest) from the Deckled Circles die set was the perfect size for the floral image and the card. After die-cutting it, it seemed a bit boring, so I needed to figure out how to add a little something to it. I tried drawing a dotted circle just inside the die-cut edge, but my drawing skills were a bit lacking. I tried to find something circular that I could draw around but came up empty. Then I had an epiphany. I could simply draw around the inside of the Deckled Circle die! I placed the die on my cardstock and using sticky notes, I was able to keep the die in place. The sticky notes need to be moved as you draw around the circle. You can either draw the circle before you die-cut it or draw it after as long as you keep the sticky notes in place. I will definitely be trying this technique with other dies.
The Berry Burst card front is stamped with the larger floral image from the stamp set with the same color ink and the strip of Pretty Peacock cardstock is stamped with the foliage image in the Pretty Peacock ink. Stamping cardstock with the same color image gives a nice subtle background design.
Sentiments used on both the inside and the outside of the card are from the Sentimental Park stamp set. There is a birthday sentiment in the Translucent Florals stamp set but it was a little too large. Sometimes you need to look through your stash for just the right item.
Happy Birthday to my MIL! I hope you all have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!
Last but not least! Day 40 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days. The Nothing’s Better Than stamp set and the coordinating Love You More Than dies are my choice for this final day. So fun! If you love chocolate, cookies, coffee or cocktails you may need to grab these products before they retire. I’ve only made cards using the cocktails stamps so for it’s last hurrah I decided to go with chocolate. You can’t go wrong with chocolate! To make the chocolates and the “chocolate” pop on my card I die cut the images three times and glued them together. I did this because I knew I’d never get Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back of the word. This was a fun card to make but it makes me sad to know it’s retiring. At least I can keep it in my stash! 😊
The A Fish and a Wish stamp set was one of the first items I purchased from Stampin’ Up!’s 2022-2023 Annual Catalog and is perfect for Day 39 of my 40 Cards in 40 Days. The Fish Builder Punch coordinates perfectly with the stamp set although I didn’t use it on my card. The colors I used on my card are Old Olive and Granite Gray. I used a Blending Brush and Pool Party ink to give a more watery look to the Basic White cardstock that I stamped on. To stamp the fish I first inked it in Granite Gray ink and then lightly added some Old Olive ink to the stamp with a Sponge Dauber. The background on the card was made using the Splatters Embossing Folder from the Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folders pack.
Only three days left of my 40 Cards in 40 Days! For Day 38 I used Stampin’ Up!’s Full of Love stamp set. This stamp set has some sweet images and sentiments. It was snowing when I created this card the other day so I made sure I chose some nice Spring colors and designer paper. The designer paper I used is from the Awash in Beauty Designer Series Paper pack. The colors of Stampin’ Blend Markers that I used were Polished Pink, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green. The Radiating Stitches Dies from the Online Exclusives were the perfect choice to highlight my focal point. Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping! Think Spring!
Fellow Demonstrator Tena Lynch loves her fun folds. She created this Drapery Fun Fold card for last week’s stamp camp using Stampin’ Up!’s Fancy Flora Suite Collection. It’s an easy fun fold and perfect for Day 37 in my 40 Cards in 40 Days. I’ll have to create a tutorial to share with you. The Fancy Flora Designer Paperis amazing. All of the patterns are beautiful and for Stamp Camp, Tena designed this card using most of them. Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!
