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Zany Zoo Foxy Birthday Card

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Zany Zoo Foxy Birthday Card

When I started working on this Zany Zoo Foxy Birthday Card, I had no idea what I was going to make. I only thought I would use the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper because I hadn’t used it too much yet. I looked through the papers, this little fox on a Pool Party scooter caught my eye and as I played around, this card came about!

The little fox on the designer paper was already partially colored and you can leave the characters that way or you can color in some of the uncolored parts. I used Stampin’ Blends on the scooter seat, light, tires, and the fox’s scarf.

For the balloons, I stamped the raccoon holding balloons in the Zany Zoo Stamp Set on Basic White cardstock. I die-cut the raccoon and then cut off the balloons so I could use them with the fox! I colored them in with several Stampin’ Blends colors.

The card base is Pool Party cardstock with a layer of the black and white side of the Zoo Crew Designer Paper. I diecut two circles in the Stylish Shapes Dies, one in Basic White and one for the layer in Pool Party and adhered them together. To break up the background, I added a narrow strip of another black and white pattern, to go underneath the circles.

After adhering the circles to the card front, I cut out the fox on the scooter with my Paper Snips and popped him up over the circles with Stampin’ Dimensionals, plus stuck on the balloons, too.

For the greeting, I stamped the sentiment from the Zany Zoo Stamp Set and die-cut it with the banner die in the Zany Zoo Dies. For the Pool Party layer, I held the greeting banner on the Pool Party cardstock and just cut around it by hand! It turned out fine. It would have been nice to have a layering die for that, though!

For embellishments, I tied a little bow with the Black & White 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon and adhered it with a Glue Dot. For a little sparkle, I used the Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins around the fox and on the birthday banner.

For not knowing WHAT I was going to make this time, I was quite happy with my card when I was finished! So even if you don’t have any creative ideas in the moment, just get out some designer paper you like and see what you end up with!

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Hues of Happiness Floral Birthday Card

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Hues of Happiness Floral Birthday Card

Here is some more designer paper I had to pull out to play with another time before it officially retires and I turn all my attention to the new stuff! This Hues of Happiness Floral Birthday Card uses the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper, which I have loved since the catalog came out last year! Unfortunately, it looks like it is sold out, which is a shame. But I thought about it and wanted to make at least one more card with it, and if I’d had more time in that moment I would have made more cards!

The card base is Flirty Flamingo Cardstock with a narrow layer of Basic White and then a layer of the designer paper, the “other side” of one of the floral sides. I also diecut a Petal Pink piece that has the perforation at the top like a piece of notebook paper to make the base to anchor the flowers.

I used the Blossoming Happiness Dies, on sale for a big discount, to cut out some flowers and leaves from the designer paper. Then I just placed them where I thought they would look good sort of diagonally across the card front. They don’t look diagonal because I added quite a few flowers! The first flower in the bottom right is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and the rest are glued flat on the card. If you arrange the flowers and leaves and then need to take them apart to glue everything down, take a picture with your phone first so you remember where everything goes!

For the greeting, I stamped “happy birthday” on a narrow strip of Basic White to just fit across the flowers. I popped up the greeting with Dimensionals. I could have added a few jewels somewhere on the card, but I had so much going on with the flowers that I didn’t add any other embellishments.

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Abigail Rose Floral Birthday Card

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Abigail Rose Floral Birthday Card

I’m maybe having a difficult time letting go of some of the retiring products, now that it is getting down to the wire! The Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog ends on May 1st, which is right around the corner! I was a late-comer to this Abigail Rose Suite so I’m not quite ready to give it up! I was in the mood for some coloring, so I chose on of the designer paper patterns, colored with Stampin’ Blends, and made this Abigail Rose Floral Birthday Card.

This card starts with an Early Espresso card base with a layer of the pretty Petal Pink striped paper in the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper. This paper is discounted a little bit in the Last Chance Sale so grab it while you can and use it or hoard it, whichever you like!

The colored flowers are from another sheet of the designer paper. I cut out this bunch of flowers, just roughly off the whole sheet of designer paper so it would be easier to color. I used several different Stampin’ Blends. The Petal Pink Combo for the large flowers, Light Pumpkin Pie for the smaller flowers, Light Highland Heather for the tiny flowers, and the Granny Apple Green Combo for the leaves with a bit of Daffodil Delight on some of them.

After coloring all the flowers how I liked, I cut out around the flowers with Paper Snips, not following the lines perfectly, but leaving a tiny white margin around the edge everywhere. Then I adhered it flat to the card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. It could also have been popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is stamped from the Go To Greetings Stamp Set. It was then diecut with one of the banner dies in the Stylish Shapes Dies. Since there was little space, I trimmed off the right end of the banner and adhered it flat against the edge of the striped designer paper, slightly overlapping one of the leaves. For some sparkle, I added several Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels randomly on the card.

Here is a very similar card I made a while back using the striped paper and part of the flower grouping. I used vellum die cuts for some texture behind the main flower image. One of the dies cuts out this flower and its leaves.

This Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper is still available in the Last Chance Sale as are the Cottage Flower Dies. Don’t miss out if you want these products!

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Framed Florets Pale Papaya Birthday Card

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Framed Florets Pale Papaya Birthday Card

This Framed Florets Pale Papaya Birthday Card uses retiring stamps, dies, and colors. Gotta eke out all the uses I can before these lovely things retire and we move on to all the exciting new things! I really wish this stamp set and dies were staying.

The card base is Soft Succulent, one of the outgoing In Colors of 2021-2023. Then I have a layer of Pale Papaya, another outgoing In Color in that group. That layer is cut with the die in the Framed Florets Dies (I think they are sold out.) I also diecut a Basic White oval to put in the center with the greeting stamped in Soft Succulent Ink with the Framed Florets Stamp Set. I love that particular greeting and font.

The flowers are all stamped in Memento Ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends. Then they were die cut as were some foliage to add behind the flowers. I used Soft Succulent cardstock and some Fresh Freesia for the single leaves.

I added some 2021-2023 In Color Opal Rounds for a bit of sparkle. These are retiring along with their In Colors and are discounted a little. So if you like collecting embellishments, get these pretty dots! You could use them with lots of subtle colors.

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Abigail Rose Tulip Birthday Card

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Abigail Rose Tulip Birthday Card

This card came about because I always forget I have this beautiful designer paper, and when I came across it yesterday, I had to use it! It’s always like a new surprise when I find it in my collection of current designer papers!

This is really an easy card to make because you can let the paper do all the work! It’s the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog in the Abigail Rose Suite on pages 56-57. Sometimes we forget about the Annual Catalog when we get so interested in the Mini Catalogs that are out!

I chose this pattern with tulips, but all the papers are pretty in their own ways. The card base is Early Espresso Cardstock with a layer of Petal Pink. Those are coordinating colors for the designer paper.

The greeting is stamped in Early Espresso with a stamp in the Cottage Rose Stamp Set in the Suite Collection. Besides the pretty flowers, this stamp set also has some lovely sentiments to use.

The greeting is cut out with one of the narrow banners in the the Stylish Shapes Dies. Then I also cut a Petal Pink layer from the Stitched Rectangle Dies to be a layer for the birthday greeting. For a finishing touch I added a bow made with the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon.

So as you can see, this is just a card with a layer under the designer paper and a stamped and diecut greeting! Here’s another “basic” card I made with another pattern of the Abigail Rose paper. These ideas are quick and easy cards to keep in mind when you need to make a card without much time!

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Framed Florets Silver Frame Birthday Card

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Framed Florets Silver Frame Birthday Card

The more I work with the new Fitting Florets Collection, the more I love it! You can do so much with the pretty designer paper, the more subtle patterns like this card front, and the florals to use as accents and embellishments.

This card starts with a card base of Balmy Blue to match the pretty designer paper in the Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper. I used the Framed Florets Dies to cut out this beautiful oval frame from the silver foil paper in the Silver Foil Specialty Pack. Then I cut the same oval frame with Basic White cardstock so I could have the center of the oval be white. The center white oval is stamped with a birthday greeting from the Framed Florets Stamp Set in Balmy Blue ink.

You can purchase the Framed Florets Dies and the Framed Florets Stamp Set separately, or you can buy them together in the Framed Florets Bundle and save 10%. Do you notice something in that sentence?? From this Spring Catalog forward, Stampin’ Up! will give the stamps, dies, and bundle all the same name!! Now we won’t have to try to remember the different name of the dies that went with a certain stamp set and was the bundle name the same or different??

Did you know that the flowers you see in the lower right corner of the oval frame can be die-cut from the designer paper?! I fussy cut another extra flower to pop up on top of the diecut, but it is nice that one grouping of flowers at least can be diecut!

The group of flowers on the top left of the silver frame were fussy-cut from the designer paper and even altered a bit to fit in that spot and not interfere with the stamped greeting. Plus one extra flower popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals for some more texture.

For just a little more pizzazz, I added three Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels on the center oval.

You could make this same card with many other greetings in that center oval. I think that is why florals are so popular because they are so useful. You can use them for birthdays, sympathy cards, or just any card that you want to be beautiful for a special person and reason.

While this Framed Florets Bundle will continue to be available in the January – July 2023 Mini Catalog (the Spring Mini), from now until January 4, 2023 (or while supplies last) is the only time you can purchase the Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper and the Gold Adhesive-Backed Swirls. There is also the Christmas greeting stamp set included in the Collection, Framed & Festive, that is also only available now until Jan. 4th. If you need a Christmas greeting stamp set, I recommend this one!

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Abigail Rose Colored Flower Birthday Card

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I’m a later comer to the Abigail Rose Suite and Cottage Rose Bundle but it’s a really pretty, different set to use. There are all kinds of flowers to either stamp or color in on the designer paper, or die cut. So many possibilities! This Abigail Rose Colored Flower Birthday Card came together pretty easily!

The card base is Crumb Cake but I almost used Early Espresso. Either would work. Before adhering the Abigail Rose Designer Paper to the card base, I adhered a piece of the Gold & Vanilla 3/8″ Satin Edged Ribbon around the top and bottom on the side, then tied on a bow with another piece of ribbon. This ribbon is so pretty with the gold and I thought it looked good with the brown print paper.

The flower and leaves are stamped in Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla Cardstock. To easily and not perfectly color in the flower and leaves, I just used Sponge Daubers. I used Petal Pink Ink, a bit of Daffodil Delight for the flower center, some Gorgeous Grape ink for the tiny flowers, and Granny Apple Green for the leaves. Then I used a die to cut it out. Actually, I cut it out first, then colored it. Either way is fine. I popped this flower up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is in the Go-To Greetings Stamp Set. This is a new set I just got recently that has multiple sentiments but in different sizes and styles so you always have something you can use! I stamped it in Early Espresso Ink on Very Vanilla cardstock then die cut with one of the Painted Labels Dies.

For a finishing touch, I added three Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots. I thought they would go with the gold on the ribbon.

You could also stamp this flower and leaves and color in with Stampin’ Blends, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pen and ink, and more. Or even leave it plain for a different, monochromatic look!

Here is another card I made with the Abigail Rose Designer Paper and Cottage Rose Stamps. If you like the look of this Abigail Rose Colored Flower Birthday Card you may want to check out the Suite or Bundle in the Online Store HERE.

Glitter Washi Tape Birthday Card

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Glitter Washi Tape Birthday Card

I saw this idea of using our Glitter Washi Tape this way on the @Stampinupofficial Instagram account the other day and I loved the idea! Because of the colors, I assumed they were suggesting this was a way to make a Halloween card. While that would be very cute, I thought I could make a Glitter Washi Tape Birthday Card with three of the four washi tape colors! And I did! But I’m also dying to make a Halloween card using this technique, too!

The main idea is to use the Black & White Designs Designer Series Paper and add strips of the Glitter Washi Tape in the Holiday Mini Catalog on page 57. You have to look up in the upper left corner of the page to find it! I did make THIS CARD for Halloween using some Glitter Washi Tape but not in this way. I think this is such a clever idea to use this washi tape with this designer series paper!

The colors of the Glitter Washi Tape are Old Olive, Black, Highland Heather, and Pumpkin Pie. I left out the Pumpkin Pie so it wouldn’t look like Halloween. The card base is Highland Heather and I embossed the front with the Hive 3D Embossing Folder. I would normally use a separate layer to emboss, but since this card base was already cut and folded in the cardstock package I just went with it this way. I had to run the folder through my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine sideways which isn’t the best but it worked. Since I had a slightly smaller layer for the card front I thought a little texture around the edges of the card was in order.

The card front is a polka dot pattern in the Black & White Designs Designer Series Paper in the Holiday Catalog. I ran the washi tape diagonally in between the polka dots. There are also striped designs and others so you can choose other ways to apply the washi tape. Just let the strips of washi tape extend over the edges of the cardstock and then fold them all under instead of cutting or tearing them off at the ends. You could do that though. I used Stampin’ Seal+ adhesive to adhere the striped card front to the card base.

Glitter Washi Tape Card Front
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I used the Biggest Wish Stamp Set for the greeting and focal point of the card. I stamped the words separately in Highland Heather ink and cut them very closely to the words with the Paper Trimmer. I also added a narrow layer of Highland Heather behind the stamped words. This stamp set is a fun one to own and perfect for a card like this.

Just in case the Glitter Washi Tape wasn’t enough “bling” on this card, I added a few 2021-2023 In Color Jewels even though they are retired now. (Such a shame!) I thought the Fresh Freesia jewels could be a close enough match to work on the card and applied a few to the greeting.

You might want to add this 4-pack of Glitter Washi Tape to your next order. It’s not just for Halloween and you can use the tape in so many ways in cardmaking and scrapbooking. You could just use little touches of it or actually make stripes or designs with it on cards. Just one of the fun embellishments we have for our papercrafting!

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Hues of Happiness Floral Card

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Hues of Happiness Floral Card

Did you know that a lot of the flowers and even leaves in certain papers in the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper can be diecut right from the designer paper?! It’s a fun new trick Stampin’ Up! has been doing with some of its designer paper patterns. I came up with this Hues of Happiness Floral Card idea just by looking through the designer papers and finding this “other side of the paper” that looked so soft and pretty with mostly light blue and just a touch of green and blue in the corners to use as the background layer.

The card base is Pool Party with a layer, as I said, from “the other side” of one of the gorgeous floral papers. When you have papers like this you hate to NOT use the side with the pretty flowers, but sometimes, it must be done! I cut the paper so that it was mostly the Pool Party shade of blue and then a watercolor area of a darker blue in the upper right corner and a green watercolor area in the lower-left corner. You can see the brushstrokes.

Next, I cut the floral paper into smaller pieces so I could die cut a lot of the flowers and leaves using the Blossoming Happiness Dies. I die cut more than I needed, but I can use the extras on another card. I didn’t realize I could diecut leaves as well! Then I laid them out on the card front, fiddled with them for a while to figure out the design I liked, and fiddled some more. Finally, I was satisfied and started gluing them down. The large center flower is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I placed the leaves around where they looked good.

The greeting is in the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set. I stamped it in Pool Party ink on Basic White and die cut it with one of the banner dies in the Stylish Shapes Dies. This is a new set of dies in the Annual Catalog in the shapes of circles, squares, and labels all with a stitched edge. Very useful! And for a final touch, I added some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels for a little sparkle.

When you have new designer papers, be sure to check if maybe the dies work on the images on the paper! Sometimes they do like on this Hues of Happiness Designer Paper that I could use on this Hues of Happiness Floral Card.

Flowing Flowers Trio Birthday Card

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Flowing Flowers Trio Birthday Card

Sometimes you don’t know exactly where you are going with a card idea, or what you thought of doesn’t work out very well, yet in the end, something works out and you come up with a card you are happy with like this Flowing Flowers Trio Birthday Card!

The card base, which is difficult to see in the photo is Petal Pink with a layer of Melon Mambo, and then Basic White for the card front and flowers. The Flowing Flowers Stamp set is a beautiful one! This is a Distinktive** stamp set; it has a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step, creating photo-realistic images. **Patent pending. In other words, the stamp does all the work and will stamp surprisingly beautiful! If you look at it after inking it, it will look like you missed some areas. You can stamp on scrap paper just to make sure and then reink it for your card or project. Some areas will be darker, some lighter, and some blank. It’s a surprise when you stamp it and see how pretty the image is!

For this card, I stamped several Flowing Flowers but ended up using just three of them. One is Highland Heather, one is Melon Mambo, and one is Mango Melody. I stamped them and then cut them out with Paper Snips. If I had known for sure how the card would come together, I could have stamped the two flowers on the ends straight onto the card front and then added the separate middle flower. But I didn’t know that at first! The flowers may look complicated to cut out but you don’t need to cut right on the lines and in some spaces, there aren’t any lines so just cut it out free and easy! I usually like to leave a tiny margin of white around the stamped image anyway so you don’t have to be precise.

The middle flower is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the other two adhered right on to the cardstock. There are no leaf stamps in the stamp set, so I just used the Sprig Punch to quickly punch out a bunch of leafy sprigs. I used three different green cardstock – Granny Apple Green, Pear Pizzazz, and Soft Sea Foam. I just tried to scatter them around tucking them underneath the flower edges.

There wasn’t much room for a greeting, but I stamped the “Happy Birthday” on Basic White and die cut it with one of the Tailor Made Tags. It seemed to fit best tucked in the upper right corner, just barely tucked under the Melon Mambo flower. It also has a piece of the Petal Pink 1/8″ Cotton Ribbon Combo Pack.

For some sparkle and glimmer, I colored over all three flowers with Clear Wink of Stella and also added a few Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels.

Check out the Flowing Flowers Stamp Set. There are no dies, so you can just buy the stamp set and not worry about spending extra money on the dies! With that Distinktive style, you will stamp beautiful flowers on your cards and projects. Here is another card I made recently with the other major flower stamp in the set.

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Calming Camellia Birthday Card in Fresh Freesia

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Calming Camellia Birthday Card in Fresh Freesia

I so loved making the card the other day with the Calming Camellia stamp that I had to try another one. This Calming Camellia Birthday Card in Fresh Freesia though was really super simple! The stamp does all the work of making a beautiful card!

The card base, as you might have guessed, is Fresh Freesia Cardstock, one of the 2021-23 In Colors. I really like this group of In Colors. I cut the Basic White layer for the card front a little smaller than usual just to let more of the Fresh Freesia color show. It is 5″ x 3 3/4″. I stamped the camellia up a little high in the center of the Basic White with Fresh Freesia ink. The entire image you see on that card is all from the Distinktive stamp, a new type of stamp developed by Stampin’ Up! You don’t have to add anything else to get that full look of all the texture and detail.

The birthday greeting is also in the Calming Camellia Stamp Set so I stamped that near the bottom of the card. I decided not to do a die-cut or punch, but just to stamp right on the card front (unless I messed up!). Then I just tied the Fresh Freesia Open Weave Ribbon around with a bow so it looked like the bow was on the flower stem. That’s all there is to it! I didn’t even add any jewels this time, I just wanted the card to be simple and basic.

Now this stamp set, Calming Camellia, is special because you can’t just purchase it. It’s a Host set to earn with a $300 order during Sale-A-Bration which is quickly coming to an end in less than ten days! It can be all your own order or go in with some friends to reach that amount.

You can earn Sale-A-Bration products by ordering from either of the catalogs plus from the Clearance Rack! Just spend $50 and choose a product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. Spend $100 and you have additional choices! No limit to the products you can earn, so shop in $50 increments!

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Blessings of Home Floral Bouquet Valentine

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Blessing of Home Floral Bouquet Valentine

Although this card has the title of Blessings of Home Floral Bouquet Valentine, it could be a valentine but it could be a wedding card, anniversary card, or engagement card. Change the greeting for a birthday or “thinking of you” card. Flowers can be for almost anything!

I actually wanted to make a card that could be a valentine without hearts like all the other ones I made. I chose this bouquet stamp in the Blessings of Home Stamp Set in the Spring Mini Catalog. I used my Stamparatus to stamp the image on Basic White because I wanted to make sure I got a good impression. As it turned out, it was okay but I re-stamped it which was easy to do with the Stamparatus just to make it a tiny bit darker.

I looked through the Heart & Home Designer Series Paper and decided on this green leafy background which I thought would look good against the bouquet of flowers. The card base turned out to be Melon Mambo cardstock after I colored the flowers. The first layer on the card base is Basic White embossed with the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder. The designer paper is cut smaller so the embossing shows at least a little bit around the margins.

Can you guess what the flowers are colored with? Almost always I use Stampin’ Blends Markers, but I was in the mood for something different and tried the Watercolor Pencils! We have two different packages of Watercolor Pencils. I used some colors from both boxes. When you color with Watercolor Pencils, you likely will want to use a Blender Pen to smooth and blend the colors. You can actually just kind of scribble in some color and then use the Blender Pen, which is moist, to move the color around and smooth it out. You can’t work it too much or you will rub and moisten the Basic White paper too much. Just a light and quick touch are all you need. Watercolor Pencils always take me back to my early days in Stampin’ Up! when we used Watercolor Pencils a lot and I loved using them with the Blender Pen! Now we have more things for coloring and I think they get forgotten, but they are fun and easy to use.

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The whole flower bouquet was die cut with one of the Flowers of Home Dies. You can purchase the stamp set and dies together in the Blessings of Home Bundle and save 10%.

The greeting is stamped in Melon Mambo ink and is from a stamp in the Blessings of Home Stamp Set. It is die cut with one of the Rectangle Stitched Dies. It fits just underneath the floral bouquet, which is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®. For a little sparkle, I adhered three Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Whether you use this card for a Valentine or some other occasion, using the Blessings of Home Stamp Set will guarantee you a pretty card!

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Sunshine & Rainbows Daisy Card

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Sunshine & Rainbows Daisy Card

The other side of this paper is the pattern I used the other day on a card with the bright and cheerful sunshine and rainbows. But when I happened to look at this other side, the sunshine images made me think of daisies! I hadn’t used my Daisy Punch in a long time!

This card has a Basic White card base, not really visible in this photo. I layered the Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Paper on the card base. Remember, you can earn this paper FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase!

The daisy is made with both daisy punches, the Daisy Punch and the smaller Medium Daisy Punch. I punched one large daisy and two of the smaller and layered them in a staggered fashion. The largest daisy is adhered directly to the card, the smaller two are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals®. I used my retired 1/2″ Circle Punch to punch out a piece of the same designer paper for the flower center and also added one of the small Elegant Faceted Gems to the center.

The greeting is from the Encircled in Friendship Stamp Set. I simply stamped it on a scrap strip of Basic White I already had in Bumblebee Ink. Then I punched the banner ends using the point of the Tailored Tag Punch. This greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals also. For a finishing touch, I added two of the Brushed Brass Butterflies. I love these because they are so dainty and delicate and FLAT so no problem mailing them!

That’s the story of this card that I never dreamed I was going to make! You never know what kind of inspiration might strike! Even if you don’t know exactly what to make, just get out your supplies and see what pops up!

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Blessings of Home Floral Birthday Card

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The Blessings of Home Stamp Set in the new January-June 2022 Mini Catalog has this beautiful bouquet stamp in it. You might think it would be too involved to color in this Blessings of Home Floral Birthday Card, but I found that I was done before I knew it.

This time I started with the stamp set, Blessings of Home, with the largest bouquet. I would decide later what color the card base would be, etc. I stamped the bouquet on a piece of Basic White Cardstock and die-cut it with the Flowers of Home Dies. You can purchase both the stamp set and dies in the Blessings of Home Bundle and save 10% over buying them separately.

I stamped the bouquet in Memento Ink so I could color it with my Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. I looked at the colors that coordinate with the Heart & Home 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper but mostly I just wanted a soft look to the flowers. I started with Pale Papaya for the big center flower with a Delightful Daffodil center, with maybe a touch of Mango Melody to darken it. The other flowers are Calypso Coral, Highland Heather, and Pool Party. The leaves are mostly Granny Apple Green. Just use whatever colors you are in the mood for!

I decided on Cinnamon Cider for a card base with a Pale Papaya layer. Then I cut two pieces of the Heart & Home Designer paper to use for angled layers. They are 3″ x 4 3/4″. I actually mixed them up by accident! I intended for the wood pattern one to go behind the flowers since it is plainer, but I think it works okay the way I made it. The busy flower pattern is behind the bouquet but I think it still looks good. You probably can’t go wrong with the pretty designer paper and this floral stamp! The floral bouquet is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

The birthday greeting is in the Blessings of Home Stamp Set. I simply stamped it in Memento Ink on a scrap strip of Basic White and cut it down to the right length. I put a strip of Basic Black behind it to help it stand out. I could have used Cinnamon Cider perhaps or one of the other colors in the flowers instead. Since it goes across the popped up bouquet, I put Mini Dimensionals on each end and a bit of Stampin’ Seal in the center to adhere to the card over the bouquet.

It really didn’t take me long to color the flowers. Besides, coloring is good for our mental health and relaxation so we should take the time and not feel rushed! But if you don’t have time or really don’t like to color, just stamp the bouquet in a color. HERE is a card I made earlier with the smaller bouquet and just stamped it in Cinnamon Cider.

There are many beautiful and fun stamp sets and products in the new January-June 2022 Mini Catalog or Spring Mini, so take your time and make out your shopping list! Don’t delay too long though for things you really want because you know what can happen sometimes! And don’t forget about Sale-A-Bration! With every $50 purchase, you earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration product!

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Sunshine & Rainbows Birthday Wishes Card

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Sunshine & Rainbows Birthday Wishes Card

Here’s a bright and happy card to start the New Year, this Sunshine & Rainbows Birthday Wishes Card. With things still disorganized at my house from moving things around for Christmas, I don’t even know what new products I have or where they are! I found one little pile and this paper was in it!

Beginning Tuesday, January 4 (yes, tomorrow!) the new Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog goes live plus our Sale-A-Bration promotion! Spend $50, get one free Sale-A-Bration product! This is everyone’s favorite promotion because who doesn’t like free product! This paper is used on this card is a Sale-A-Bration product that you can earn for free with a $50 purchase! It’s the Sunshine & Rainbows 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper and it coordinates with the Rainbow of Happiness Bundle in the Spring Mini Catalog. Some images coordinate with the dies and the new punch.

I was surprised to find this polka dot paper in the package, I was thinking it was all going to be rainbows on the “front” side of the paper, but when I saw this colorful polka dot, I had to use it! The bottom striped portion is the opposite side of the polka dots side!

The card base is Magenta Madness. I cut one of the pieces of designer paper a little longer so that they could overlap and not just meet, although that would have worked out okay, I didn’t know which ribbon I was using at first. The striped bottom piece is 5 1/4″ x 1 3/4″ and the polka dot pattern is 5 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ so the two papers can overlap by about 1/4″. The ribbon I used is the White 3/4″ Frayed Ribbon in the Spring Mini.

The greeting is found in the Little Delights Stamp Set, stamped in Magenta Madness ink on Basic White cardstock, and die cut with a die in the Painted Labels Dies. Then the greeting is layered on one of the Stitched So Sweetly Dies in Magenta Madness. It is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals over the wide ribbon. This stamp set is retiring from the Holiday Mini so TODAY is the LAST DAY for the great stamp set! Get it while you can!

To finish off this card, since the die cut behind the greeting was rather large, I felt like I should add something. Of course, that something was some jewels! I used the new Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels and a couple of the Gilded Gems from the Annual Catalog on each side of the Magenta Madness die cut. I’m not sure I love the placement of the gems, I didn’t feel like I was getting it right, but it’s right enough, so I decided to leave well enough alone! Sometimes you have to know when to stop!

*** Remember: Today is the last day for the LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS, the products retiring from the July-December 2021 Holiday Mini Catalog! Take a final look at your list and especially check in the Online Store to see what is still available! Check the Clearance Rack, too, as long as you are looking! There are a few things you could even use for making Valentine projects soon, plus punches, embossing folders, great dies, Gold Mini Pizza Boxes (great for treats, little 3″ x 3″ cards, small gift)

One more day until the new January-June 2022 Spring Mini Catalog AND Sale-A-Bration! Sleep well so you are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tomorrow!! Happy New Year and Shopping!