New Things At Stampin’ Up! Tomorrow!

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Several new things are coming tomorrow, July 3rd at Stampin’ Up! I don’t have links today, you will have to check back tomorrow on my blog post when everything is LIVE!

New Online Exclusives!! Including Christmas and Halloween, believe it or not! This banner does not show everything at all. Your best bet will be to look in the Online Store tomorrow under Online Exclusives.

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BONUS DAYS! Spend $50 and get a $5 coupon in your email right after you order (check your spam folder if you don’t get it or call Stampin’ Up!). Use the coupon or coupons you earn in August! Just save those emails or record the coupon code. Probably a good idea to do both!

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GLASS MAT AVAILABLE!! ( It was previously available in a limited way during Sale-A-Bration, but now available for everyone!)

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Playing In the Rain 4th of July Card

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Playing In the Rain 4th of July Card

It’s almost time for the 4th of July so here is a Playing In the Rain 4th of July Card to celebrate! The little guys in the Playing In the Rain Stamp Set are having fun watching the fireworks, not playing in the rain this day! It’s always fun to make up a little scene with stamp sets and dies that work that way!

Although I can’t believe it is July already (unless I walk out my back door into the heat!), I do enjoy the 4th of July, especially seeing the fireworks! I thought it would be fun to make a card with the characters in this stamp set. The gray rabbit on the left is the “correct” one. The brown rabbit on the right is stamped in reverse! I stamped him on my Silicone Craft Sheet. Then I laid down my Basic White piece of paper over the top of the stamped image, rubbed the back of the cardstock, and lifted it up. Then I had a bunny facing the other way! The image was almost as good quality as stamping it directly on paper. The gray fox in the center is stamped normally on Basic White like the gray rabbit.

I colored in the animals with my favorite, the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, then cut them out with the Playing In the Rain Dies. The one I stamped in reverse I just cut out by hand. I also cut away the umbrella and puddle because, as I said, it’s not a rainy day this time! The die set has other fun dies like the bridge, the tree stump, and the grass. I cut those out and played with the placement until I had everything just right. The two bunnies are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Although I don’t have any official “fireworks” stamps, I made some with dies in the Merriest Trees Dies. I used some red glimmer paper I had in my stash from a previous catalog, some white glimmer paper, and gold foil. A couple of them I doubled up. You may have other stamps or dies that you could use to make fireworks if you look! Also, the card base is Real Red with a Pool Party layer for the background. Just a fun card to make to celebrate the 4th of July coming up on Thursday!

Happy July!

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(July 3rd Bonus Days begin! Spend $50, get a $5 coupon code to use on any order in August!)

Stampin’ Up! Bundle Sale! LAST DAY!

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I don’t know about you, but I can’t believe it is the last day of June! Where did the month go? At least it’s almost the 4th of July, which I love because we get to see fireworks! But if you want to save on purchasing some new Bundles at Stampin’ Up!, today, June 30th, is the last day of the Stampin’ Up! Bundle Sale. Don’t miss out!

DETAILS: LAST DAY! Sunday, June 30th!

  • Get an additional 10% discount on stamp and die bundles only (that’s a total of 20% discount on stamp and die bundles!). ***This excludes suite collections, stamp and punch bundles, bundles not yet released to customers, and any other bundles.
  • Save 10% on Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (white and Boho Blue). 
  • The 10% discount applies automatically to stamp and die bundles in all orders including Starter Kit orders.
  • See and shop all qualifying bundles in the online store.

*Please note Close to My Heart products are not included in this promotion.

In case you need any suggestions, here are some of my favorite Bundles PLUS the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machines that are 10% off:

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Simply Zinnia Diecut Thank You Card

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Simply Zinnia Diecut Thank You Card

Sometimes when stamping and die-cutting pieces to make a card, I might die-cut extras because I’m not exactly sure what I will use or because I don’t use all that I thought I needed. These extra pieces continue to end up in a little pile on my table until I maybe sort them out or at least move them to another container. They might even need to be dusted by then! Yesterday some of these ready-to-go pieces were turned into this Simply Zinnia Diecut Thank You Card. It’s almost like having your own package of miscellaneous ephemera to choose from!

This card base is Melon Mambo cardstock and layered with an embossed piece of Basic White using the Layered Florals 3D Embossing Folder. I had a smaller Deckled Circle diecut in Melon Mambo in my little pile, but I needed a larger one so this one on the card is new. The zinnias were already stamped from the Simply Zinnia Stamp Set and colored in with Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. During the Bundle Sale for a couple more days, you can get the Simply Zinnia Bundle at a discount until Sunday, June 30th. I just added some of the extra leaf die-cuts that were in my pile of extras around the sides of my zinnias for some greenery even though they aren’t zinnia leaves! The dark green leaves on the right are from the Citrus Blooms Dies, the long light green leaves on each side are from the Painted Lavender Dies, and the other may be from a retired set.

The greeting is new and stamped in Melon Mambo ink from the Simply Said Stamp Set. It is die cut with an angled die in the Something Fancy Dies. The zinnias and the greeting are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. I didn’t add any embellishments but some sparkly gems like the Iridescent Foil Gems would be very pretty on this card.

Remember, the Stampin’ Up! Bundle Sale comes to an end on Sunday, June 30th! If you want to save a little money on Bundles consisting of stamp set and dies, this is the time to order. Or if you don’t have a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine or would like one of the Mini ones (White or Boho Blue) you can save 10% on one of the machines.

Next time you are stamping or diecutting, make a few extra pieces to have on hand in case you need a little extra something making a card or project or if you just want to have fun designing a card with the scraps and “homemade ephemera” you have on hand!

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Just a Few More Days For the Bundle Sale!

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We all love a deal, especially at Stampin’ Up! But this deal is about to end! There are two great parts to this Bundle Sale – choose some Bundles you like and save money AND/OR choose a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine! Take advantage of the sale and add some new bundles to your collection or maybe get the cute Boho Blue Mini diecutting and embossing machine!

Bundles are normally 10% off the cost of buying the stamp set and dies separately. During June, you can save 20% on stamp and die bundles. Remember we have brand new bundles in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog that you might not own yet or have thought about.

DETAILS: LAST DAY! Sunday, June 30th!

  • Get an additional 10% discount on stamp and die bundles only (that’s a total of 20% discount on stamp and die bundles!). ***This excludes suite collections, stamp and punch bundles, bundles not yet released to customers, and any other bundles.
  • Save 10% on Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (white and Boho Blue). 
  • The 10% discount applies automatically to stamp and die bundles in all orders including Starter Kit orders.
  • See and shop all qualifying bundles in the online store.

*Please note Close to My Heart products are not included in this promotion.

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Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

Boho Blue Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Boho Blue Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

Remember, the sale ends June 30th! That’s Sunday! So don’t delay!!

Have fun choosing some new Bundles for your collection!

Wintery Tree Tops Sneak Peek!

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Wintery Tree Tops Creativity Now Trio

Saturday was a fun day of stamping with Stampin’ Up!….virtually! It was a special event for Demonstrators called Creativity Now and we got sneak peeks of new products coming in the next Holiday Mini Catalog (the September-December Mini). We got to stamp along with other Demonstrators showcasing their projects during this event and saw extra samples they made plus some other bonus ideas. The Bundle they used is called Winterly Tree Tops, a stamp set and dies. This Bundle is part of a Suite called the Nests of Winter Suite Collection. The Suite has the Bundle, an embossing folder, colored linen thread, designer paper, and gems! I’m not sure if I would have chosen this Bundle in the catalog, but I enjoyed using it to make the cards in the photo above and look forward to much more stamping with it.

I made the three cards during the virtual event, but I did not have the Scalloped Gift Card Boxes that one Demonstrator used for her project nor did I have the Metallics Enamel Effects which she smeared on top of the gift card box for a copper background underneath the foliage she added on the top. It was very pretty and not difficult to make. I think I’ll be putting those on my next order!

We also got to hear Stampin’ Up! concept artists and other employees talk about how they develop these new products for us! It’s a much more involved process than you might assume. I always enjoy any behind-the-scenes information!

Even though this Suite will be in the Holiday Mini, you can use this Bundle and Suite year-round. Obviously, the birds can be any colors you like, and the greetings in the stamp set are perfect for using a lot! If some of the designer papers look too holiday-ish, you can turn them over to the other side for a generic pattern that you can use any time.

I didn’t have the Flat-Backed Adhesive Pearls that they used so I just added some Iridescent Foil Gems on two of my cards. We colored some of the birds with Stampin’ Blends and some with Watercolor Pencils! I hadn’t used my Watercolor Pencils in quite a while so that was fun to be reminded to use those. They were some of my favorite tools way back when I started as a Demonstrator with Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens were quite the thing! They are still great to use!

On the Sending Thanks card, we learned a way to use the center piece cut out from that leafy frame die to use as a stencil, instead of throwing it in the trash, to make the frame with ink! It was fun to learn some new ideas!

I hope these cards give you a little peek into what is coming sooner than we think in the Holiday Mini Catalog! The Holiday Mini and all the crafting that goes on from fall through Christmas is like the Olympics for stampers, right?! Get ready!

Fully Flowering Ephemera Card

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Fully Flowering Ephemera Card

Something new in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog are these Ephemera Packs! I decided to use a couple of the precut pieces to make this Fully Flowering Ephemera Card. It only takes a few minutes, and you can still add your personalization to the card. There are four different package choices to make cardmaking or scrapbooking quick and easy! Check them out on page 19 in the Annual Catalog or online.

If you want to make cardmaking very easy you can purchase a set of five cards and five envelopes. There are two different styles and will go with any of the ephemera packs. With these cards, you don’t even have to choose which colors of cardstock to use. They are ready to go and the envelopes are decorated and match the cards.

For my card today, I chose these flower images from the Fully Flowering Ephemera Pack. The front image of two pink flowers, leaves, and green strawberries is one image and the extra pink flower at the top is another one. These floral elements in this pack are laser-cut to look like die-cut pieces. Just punch them out and adhere to your card or project. You get 8 sheets, 2 each of 4 different designs. Each sheet is 5″ x 7″. There are over a dozen colors that coordinate with this Fully Flowering Pack. A few of the images are not colored in so you can use those as they are or color them in yourself.

I chose a Pretty In Pink Cardstock card base with a layer of Basic White cut a little smaller than usual at 3 3/4″ x 5″. I thought the background needed “something” so I chose to “splatter” some Pretty In Pink ink on the Basic White. My splattering skills needed a little practice but really, you can’t go wrong with splattering! I just added some Pretty In Pink reinker into the lid of the ink pad and picked it up with some water using the Water Painter. Then I tapped the Water Painter against my Take Your Pick Tool to make the ink splatter.

The large image of the two pink flowers is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the extra pink flower is just adhered flat on the card with Stampin’ Seal. The greeting is in the Saying Something Ephemera Pack. I also added a few Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels, which are retired, but I am going to use mine anyway. They are good for adding a little sparkle without showing off too much with color. If you want to use something in the Annual Catalog I would suggest the Iridescent Foil Gems or the Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Both of these ephemera packs that I used on this card are back ordered but will be in stock again soon! the Saying Something Pack is due the week of July 1 and the Fully Flowering Pack is due the week of July 8. You can always check sooner because some things come in a little ahead of the date.

Don’t think these Ephemera Packs are limited to cardmaking! They can be used for scrapbook pages, too, or even other projects such as home decor, maybe in a framed piece. The sky is the limit!

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Playing In The Rain Rainy Day Card

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Playing In the Rain Rainy Day Card

Yesterday afternoon we finally got the tropical rain in Houston that they had been predicting since Monday from the storm in the Gulf of Mexico heading into Mexico. ‘Tis the season of unpredictable tropical weather of all kinds. That’s how this Playing in the Rain Rainy Day Card came about!

I started getting out some stamp sets and cardstock to make the card idea in my head when I saw the Playing In The Rain Stamp Set on the shelf. It was carried over into the new Annual Catalog! If I had remembered I had the matching dies, I might have made this card a little differently, but I like it as is. Since it was pouring down rain at the moment this seemed like the perfect stamp set to use.

I chose Smoky Slate for the card base to go along with gray clouds on a rainy day. For a layer, I chose Azure Afternoon because I have barely used that color and because it seemed like the right blue for this card. I just stamped a little rainy day scene on the card with Memento Ink on Basic White and colored in with Stampin’ Blends Markers. I made a mask of the bunny dancing in the rain puddle to cover him so I could then stamp the raindrops closer to him. If I had thought about it ahead of time, I would have stamped the whole background scene and then stamped the bunny separately and diecut him so I could pop him up on the card against the background. But either way is okay!

For coloring the clouds, I lightly colored them with Light Smoky Slate, leaving a little bit of white space on most, then added little bits of Dark Smoky Slate around some of the edges of the clouds. I thought that made it look a little stormy but not really bad. For the background, I just kind of scribbled with Pool Party and then went over some areas with Balmy Blue to give the sky some color. On the ground around the flowers, I colored in with Light Soft Sea Foam. The flowers are colored with Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, and a few with purple. The leaves are Granny Apple Green. The colors don’t matter. You can choose whichever ones you like.

The greeting is in the Playing In The Rain Stamp Set and is stamped with Azure Afternoon ink on Basic White. I needed to cut it out with a small die so it would fit fine on the card front. I found this one in the Unbounded Love Dies and it was the perfect size for my greeting. I popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. All in all, this turned out to be a fun card to make on a rainy afternoon!

Here is another card I made back in January 2023 using the Playing in the Rain Stamp Set and the Rain Or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper (retired). It’s a fun stamp set to use for sure!

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Monochromatic Layering Beauty Unbounded Love Card

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Monochromatic Layering Beauty Unbounded Love Card

This monochromatic card idea popped into my head and amazingly, I stuck with the idea! I am calling it the Monochromatic Layering Beauty Unbounded Love Card which covers the stamp set and the designer paper! I like the way it turned out and it was easy to make.

I like this Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper a lot! The watercolored florals, foliage, and backgrounds are so soft and pretty. I especially like this foliage pattern in Summer Splash, one of the new In Colors. I thought a monochromatic card using the large floral spray in the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set would make a pretty card.

The card base is Summer Splash cardstock with a layer of the Unbounded Beauty DSP. For the focal point of the card, the stamping, I cut a Deckled Rectangle of Basic White using the third from the largest die. I stamped the flowers in Summer Splash ink. It was easy to place them on the small paper because the stamp was photopolymer so I could see through it! I also stamped a “hello” in the upper left corner (because there was space there!) from the Simply Said Stamp Set.

Before adhering the papers together, I added a strip of the Summer Splash 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon across the bottom portion of the stamped piece and added a separately tied bow with Mini Glue Dots. This ribbon is really pretty! Then I adhered the stamped piece to a larger layer of of Summer Splash diecut with the second largest die in the Decked Rectangles Dies. I decided to pop up this whole piece and really like how that looks. I also added some 2024-2026 In Color Resin Dots in Summer Splash to the card front. I love that they are fairly flat so they won’t be a problem to mail.

You could make this same card but not make it monochromatic. Stamp the flower with Memento ink and color in with Stampin’ Blends markers or use some other coloring technique.

This Unbounded Love Bundle is on the Bundle Sale until June 30th at Stampin’ Up! so be sure to check that out plus all the other Bundles where you can save an additional 10%.

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Frames & Flowers Floral Diecut Card

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Frames & Flowers Floral Diecut Card

This Frames & Flowers Floral Diecut Card was so fun and easy to make! All you need is the Frames & Flowers Specialty Designer Series Paper with its sheets of designer paper but also sheets of diecuts of flowers and foliage.

I started with the frame that has a diamond shape cut out from the center. I chose Soft Sea Foam green to be the card base so the soft green would be in the background in the center. Then I could add the diecut flower bouquet in the center. As it turned out, the frame piece was narrower and I thought a Pumpkin Pie layer underneath it to bring out the orange flowers would be pretty. But then I wouldn’t have the Soft Sea Foam center!

I ended up cutting the center out of the Pumpkin Pie cardstock that was cut like a normal card layer at 51/4″ x 4″ leaving just a 1/4″ border around the edge. That would look like a layer underneath the pretty diecut but not cover the center Soft Sea Foam green area. You can see the photo below how I did it.

Frames & Flowers Diecut Floral Card Assembly

The floral frame is adhered flat to the card base over the Pumpkin Pie border. The bouquet of flowers is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals, both the regular size and a few Minis. I even cut a couple of the Minis in half to fit under the ends of the leaves.

For the greeting, I chose one in the Saying Something Ephemera Pack. The color matched the card! I flagged each end of the greeting in the tiny space and put a Stampin’ Dimensional under each end so it would fit over the popped up flower bouquet. For a little embellishment I used a few of the Adhesive-Backed Sequin Trio white sequins.

If you want to make some quick and easy cards that are fun to make, you might check out the Frames & Flowers Specialty Paper and some of the Ephemera Packs! It’s fun to play with the variety of pieces that you can build a card with.

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Don’t Forget the Bundle & Machine Sale Going On!

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We all love a deal, especially at Stampin’ Up! There are two great parts to this Bundle Sale going on the whole month of June. Take advantage of the sale and add some new bundles to your collection or maybe a new diecutting and embossing machine!

Bundles are normally 10% off the cost of buying the stamp set and dies separately. During June, you can save 20% on stamp and die bundles. Remember we have brand new bundles in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog that you might not own yet or have thought about.

DETAILS:

  • Get an additional 10% discount on stamp and die bundles only (that’s a total of 20% discount on stamp and die bundles!). ***This excludes suite collections, stamp and punch bundles, bundles not yet released to customers, and any other bundles.
  • Save 10% on Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (white and Boho Blue). 
  • The 10% discount applies automatically to stamp and die bundles in all orders including Starter Kit orders.
  • See and shop all qualifying bundles in the online store.

*Please note Close to My Heart products are not included in this promotion.

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Boho Blue Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Boho Blue Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

Have fun choosing some new Bundles for your collection!

Last Minute Father’s Day Card Ideas 2024

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Happy Father's Day clothesline

Today is the big day for Dads! Have you made your card for your father, husband, uncle, grandfather, step-father, and/or son? Whoever you want to celebrate today? Here are some past ideas you can try (not to mention the stock photo at the top here that you could turn into a creative card!). Just click on the title below the card to go to the blog post for details.

Dad Card For Father's Day

A Dad Card For Father’s Day

Father's Day Card Oval Window Lovely As a Tree

Father’s Day Card Oval Window Using Lovely As a Tree

Tailored Tag Punch Father's Day Wood Tile Card

Tailored Tag Punch Father’s Day Wood Tile Card

In Good Taste Masculine Father's Day Card

In Good Taste Masculine Father’s Day Card

Zoo Crew Father's Day Card

Zoo Crew Father’s Day Card

Happy Father’s Day To All the Dads!

A Colorful Card For Father’s Day

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Colorful Card For Father's Day

Tomorrow is Father’s Day and if you are still looking for a card idea, I have one more for you! This Colorful Card For Father’s Day is made with the Friends For Life Dies. I watched a video probably on Instagram of someone just watercoloring stripes of different colors across the card front and then just writing the greeting on the card front on the colored stripes or in between the stripes. Such an easy idea and so creative! I remembered that we have this one die in the Friends For Life Dies that kind of looks like a painted stripe!

To make this card after I had the idea, I chose some colors of cardstock in the Neutrals Family. It would have been fine, but I wanted something a little more colorful yet still be a masculine card. I decided on Mossy Meadow, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie and then for a pop of color, Crazy Cajun and Crushed Curry. I die cut a strip in each of those colors.

A regular size card seemed too large, so I decided on a 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ square card. The Pecan Pie card base is 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ folded in half. The card layer is the new color Basic Beige. Then I just adhered each colored stripe on the Basic Beige. Because that heart outline die existed in the set, I decided a heart on a Father’s Day card would be fine. I cut it out of Cherry Cobbler because I didn’t want a bright Real Red. I remembered to use an Adhesive Sheet on the back of the cardstock before I cut out the heart so I wouldn’t have to try to add glue to the back of this very thin heart.

For a greeting, I liked the “Love You” in the Friends For Life Stamp Set. It was risky, but I stamped it on the Crushed Curry stripe in Memento Ink even though I had already glued down that piece. Luckily, I didn’t mess it up! I adhered the heart and couldn’t resist added a few little diecut hearts that also had the Adhesive Sheet on the back of them so they were like stickers also.

To keep it easy, I just used a Moonlight Mist Stampin’ Write Marker, the brush tip, to write “Dad” in the space at the bottom. If you had a small alphabet set or small alphabet dies, you could easily do something with those on your card, especially if you made a regular size card with more space.

Lots of possible ways to make a card similar to this just by changing the colors, running the stripes vertically, writing a different greeting, adding more embellishments. Of course you can put on any kind of greeting to make a card for another occasion.

Remember, the Bundle Sale is going on this month at Stampin’ Up! so if you would like the Friends For Life Stamp Set and the Friends For Life Dies, this month is a good time to buy the Friends For Life Bundle and save an extra 10%! Check out all the other Bundles HERE, too!

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Bright & Beautiful Father’s Day Card

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Bright & Beautiful Father's Day Card

Father’s Day is Sunday, June 16th! Do you have a card ready? This Bright & Beautiful Father’s Day Card is an easy one for you. But that’s not a Father’s Day card, you might say, because it doesn’t say “Happy Father’s Day” on the front. If you don’t have that exact greeting, there are many others you can use for the important father in your life! Just look through your stash! Even just a “Celebrate” or “Love” will do just fine. I pulled out this Circle Sayings Stamp Set, forgetting that it retired recently, but that’s okay because it illustrates how you can use another kind of greeting for a Father’s Day card.

I looked through some of my designer papers, and decided this Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper would make a good card for a father. There were several different papers I considered using but I settled on this one with little blue stars and a solid blue background.

The card base is Blueberry Bushel cardstock, one of the several blues that goes with these papers. I cut the solid blue designer paper at 5 1/4″ x 4″ for a layer, and then I just added two rectangles of the stars paper to two corners. Those two rectangles are cut at 2″ x 2 5/8″. Yes, that took some math! Half the width of 4″ and half the length of 5 1/4″.

If you made a card design like this, you could stamp a greeting and cut out with a rectangle shape or with a die. I used several circle punches but you could use circle dies. Whatever works for the greeting you want to use and the size. For my greeting, I have a background circle of Blueberry Bushel and then the center circle is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. I had also added some Blueberry Bushel Stampin’ Write Marker around the edge just to give it a tiny bit of color to help it stand out.

I thought I was finished, but I decided to add a bow. I took the Lemon Lolly Baker’s Twine in the Baker’s Twine Three Color Pack and colored it with the Dark Blueberry Bushel Stampin’ Blend marker and adhered it with a Mini Glue Dot.

If you like this card, you could use it for another occasion besides Father’s Day! It’s a good design, easy to make, and you can add any greeting and use any designer paper to make it! Be sure to check out the Father’s Day card I made the other day HERE or put Father’s Day in the Search Box over on the right and see what comes up from previous years!

Full Of Life Father’s Day Card

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Full Of Life Father's Day Card

Did you realize Father’s Day is sneaking up on us? Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 16th! It’s time to make a card for the dad in your life! This Full Of Life Father’s Day Card is very quick and easy to make! I didn’t have any good ideas for a card, but thought I would start by looking through my designer paper. I pulled out a couple of possibilities, but when I came to the Full of Life 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper I wondered if I could use something in there! Maybe for the more artistic type of dad. But actually, I think this paper could be used for any dad!

First I pulled out the pattern with the larger squares of colors. But then I came upon this paper with greens and blues. When I figured out I could write “Happy Father’s Day” in the color swatches and it would still fit on a card base, I decided to use this paper. The size of the paper is just slightly different than the exact size we would normally cut a piece of designer paper to be the card’s front layer, but I was trying to cut in between the swatches without cutting any of them off. It worked out great.

The card base is Shady Spruce. I used a Shady Spruce Stampin’ Write Marker to print the words “Happy Father’s Day” on the card. I used the brush end, which was the perfect size. I had thought I would use the bullet end but it wasn’t strong enough to show up on the swatches. I don’t have the newest alphabet but if you had something the right size, you could die cut the letters to spell the greeting and adhere them onto the swatches. But the marker worked perfectly and I didn’t mess up the printing!

Not one to leave well enough alone, even on a Father’s Day card, I couldn’t resist using a few of the gems in the Tinsel Gems 3-Pack. I used the Misty Moonlight and Lost Lagoon gems.

On the inside of the card, I added a Basic White layer decorated with two strips of scraps that matched the paper. Normally I would only add one strip to the bottom of the Basic White, but in this case, I added a top strip also. There is still room to stamp or write a personal message.

If you don’t have this paper, you could make your own by coloring some light color swatches with any of your markers or do a little watercoloring with your ink reinkers!

Have fun making a Father’s Day card for someone special!