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So Simple Back Fold Card

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So Simple Back Fold Card using Full of Life Designer Series Paper and Hey Chuck stamp set

This so simple back fold card makes me smile and it was so easy to make. I used the Full of Life Designer Series Paper and the retired Hey Chuck stamp set to create a graduation card for the son of very special friends. On the inside I will hand write our sentiments. I demonstrated this card tonight on my Facebook Live on my Soggy Stamper Facebook page. The replay of the video is further down in this post. I promised I would post the measurements and scoring dimensions for the card so here goes.

Cutting and Scoring Measurements

  • Hey Chuck stamp set – retired
  • Summer Splash Cardstock (163797)- 7 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 3 1/4″ and 6 1/2″
  • Basic White Cardstock (159276) 5 1/4″ x 3″ for inside, 3″ x 2 1/4″ for label
  • Full of Life 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (163357) 5 1/4″ x 3″, 5 1/4″ x 3/4″
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Alternative Card for So Simple Fold Back Card

So Simple Back Fold card using Meandering Meadow dsp

For this card I used Meandering Meadow Designer Series Paper (162735), Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock (144245) and Basic White Cardstock. I used the Unbounded Love Bundle (163384) for the greeting. The cutting measurements and scoring dimensions are the same. I added three brushed Brass birds (162743) for some bling. To order these supplies click here.

When you have gathered up your supplies to make this so simple fold back card, stamp along with my video.

Beautiful WV Fold Card

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photo of a WV fold greeting card created with product from the Hues of Happiness Suite

I am excited to share with you this beautiful WV fold card! WV you ask? The left side of the card forms a W while the two white panels with the roses on them forms a V. This is a very easy card to create and when you use one of Stampin’ Up!’s beautiful designer series papers such as this Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper (158822), you end up with a gorgeous card!

Supplies Used for Beautiful WV Fold Card

  • Happiness Abounds Bundle
  • Mossy Meadow Cardstock – 11″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 1 3/4″, 3 1/2″, 5 1/4″, 7″; 6″ x 3″ scored at 3″, 3″ x 3″
  • Basic White Cardstock – 3 pieces 2 3/4″ xz 2 3/4″
  • Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper – 4 pieces 5 1/4″ x 1 1/2″,5 1/4″ x 3, scraps of the design with the largest roses

Most of the dies in this Happiness Abounds Bundle will cut out the flowers and leaves in the design with the large individual flowers. I the first card, I cut out pink flowers. In the card below I cut out purple flowers. Same designer series paper but different looking cards.

Beautiful WV Fold card with images cut from the purple flowers in the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper

On the second card I added some bling from the Glossy Dots Assortment which is included in the Hues of Happiness Suite. You can order the supplies needed for this project beginning May 3 when the new 2022-2023 Annual Catalog goes live. I have created a shopping cart for you, just click here. You can easily deselect any product you already have. Watch the video of my FaceBook Live where I demonstrated making this card.

Waves of the Ocean Tower Card

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Tower card created with product from the Waves of the Ocean Collection

I created this Waves of the Ocean Tower Card to feature some of the beautiful products in the Waves of the Ocean Collection (161797). This collection is available now through May 2nd as long as product lasts. It includes a stamp and die bundle, beautiful designer series papers, Blue foil sheets, and some wonderful rhinestone Waves Basic Jewels. The Waves of Inspiration Bundle ()158841) does carry forward into the new 2022-2023 Annual catalog. The rest of the collection will retire May 2 if supplies last that long.

Supplies Used to Make the Waves of the Ocean Tower Card

  • Waves of Inspiration Stamp Set (158833)
  • Night of Navy Cardstock (100867) 8 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
  • Basic White Cardstock (159276) 2 pieces 5 1/4″ x 2″, scrap for greeting
  • Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper (159982) dark blue/blue-green design 4 pieces 5 1/4″ x 3/4″, one piece 4″ x 1 1/4″, 2 pieces 4″ x 3/4″
  • Blue Foils Specialty Paper (159983) – Coastal Cabana color 4 pieces 5 3/8″ x 7/8″, 1 piece 4 1/8″ x 1 3/8″, 2 pieces 4 1/8″ x 7/8″, 2 pieces 5 3/8″ x 2 1/8″ for the center sections, 1 1/4″ x 1 1/4″ for greeting mat
  • Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad (147118)
  • Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad (147110)
  • Pebbles Enamel Shapes (158141)
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Thank you, Debbie Henderson and Mary Deatherage, for sharing this template. Now I’m passing it on to you. After cutting and scoring your card base, watch my video to see how to put it together.

Thanks for visiting my blog. I urge you to order these products soon as they are quite popular and may run out before May.

Featuring Approaching Perfection Week

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First handmade Birthday card for my Featuring Approaching Perfection Week

Welcome to Featuring Approaching Perfection Week! I have decided to feature a different free stamp set each of the last three weeks of Sale-A-Bration and use the fabulous free designer series paper found in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. You are able to get a choice of these stamp sets and designer series papers w ith each $50 you spend in product. Contact me for more information

This week I am using the Approaching Fabulous stamp set of birthday greetings and the Flower & Field Designer Series Papers. The supplies for the card above are listed below.

  • Basic White Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″ and folded for card base
  • Flower & Field Designer Series Paper blue flowers pattern 5 1/2″ x 2″ FREE
  • Reverse side of blue flowered paper 5 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ – FREE
  • Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Ink Pad
  • Curvy Dies
  • Just Jade 2020-2021 In Color Ribbon
  • to order these products click here

A Second Card for Featuring Approaching Perfection Week

Handmade Birthday Card Featuring A[proaching Perfection stamp set

This card uses the Curvy Dies in a different way. It also features one of the other greetings in the Approaching Perfection stamp set and another design in the Flower & Field Designer Series Papers. Remember this dsp and stamp set are free with $50 purchases. The details of this card are below

  • Approaching Perfection SAB Free stamp set
  • Seaside Spray Cardstock 5 1/4″ x 4″
  • Basic White Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ folded in half for card base
  • Flower & Field Designer Series Paper 5 1/4″ x 3″ SAB Free item
  • Memento Ink
  • Curvy Dies
  • order these supplies here

Sale-A-Bration lasts only two months this year as there will be another two months of Sale-A-Bration in July and August. That means you have only three weeks left to get these exclusive products for free. after the end of February, you will have to buy them from individuals. Place your orders now in my online store or contact me.

Hot Dog Floating Gatefold Card

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photo is of a handmade birthday card with various dogs on the front
photo shows handmade birthday card using Hot Dog stamp set with the card opened

I’m excited to share with you this Hot Dog Floating Gatefold Card today! Our granddaughter was just given two long-haired mini dachshunds for her birthday and I knew this would be the perfect card for her. We also share our home with a couple of very spoiled mini dachshunds so when the Hot Dog stamp set became available in the Stampin’ Up! January to June mini catalog, I jumped on buying it.

I used the following materials to make this Hot Dog Floating Gatefold Card

  • Stamp set – Hot Dog
  • Inks – Memento, Real Red, Lt Cinnamon Cider Blend, Lt Basic Black Blend
  • Basic White Cardstock – 8 1/5″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 2 1/8 ” on both ends for card base, scraps of Basic White, and two strips 3″ x 1/4″ scored at 1/4″, 1 7/8″ and 2 3/8″
  • Real Red Cardstock – scrap
  • Playful Pets Designer Series Paper – 5″ x 3 3/4″, 2 pieces 5 1/4″ x 17/8″
  • Accessories – Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Retired Large Letters Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Seal

To Make Card

  • fold card base on score lines. Then adhere dsp to card base.
  • cut H and B from Real Red cardstock and adhere to front of card
  • stamp greeting with Real Red ink on white scrap. Cut out with a Stitched So Sweetly rectangle die. Adhere to inside center of card.
  • stamp the dogs on Basic White cardstock scraps and color with Stampin’ Blends. Fussy-cut them out.
  • Bend score lines on narrow strips of cardstock into a C shape. Adhere the 5/8″ end inside near bottom of right card front near the fold. Glue the dog to the strip being sure it doesn’t show below the closed card. Apply glue just to 1/4″ section and fold the strip back under the dog. Close card and press on the 1/4″ tab. Open card to be sure only the 1/4″ tab is glued down.
  • Repeat this process in the upper left side of the card gluing the 5/8″ section to the inside of the left card front.

To order the supplies used in this card just click here. I appreciate your business.

Beautiful New 2020-2022 In Colors

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photo shows swatches of the new 2020-2022 In Colors

I’m excited to introduce you to the beautiful new 2020-2022 In Colors! Every year Stampin’ Up! introduces a set of five new colors to be used the next two years. This keeps our color palette fresh and current with the design industry without having to change the complete color palette. The new 2020-2022 In Colors are Bumblebee, Cinnamon Cider, Misty Moonlight, Just Jade, and Magenta Madness. As you can see in the card above, the colors complement each other magnificently! Check out swatches of them in the photo above.

Now let me show you how these beautiful colors work in a card.

Handmade card using the beautiful new 2020-2022 In Colors

Supplies for card

Ink :
Black Stampin’ Write Marker (100082)

Cardstock [CS]:
Cinnamon Cider (153078) * 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼” and folded to make card base plus scrap for branch
Just Jade (153079) * 5 ¼” x 4” plus scrap for branch
Misty Moonlight (153081) * scrap
Bumblebee (153077) * scrap
Magenta Madness (153080) scraps for greeting and flowers
Whisper White (100730) 5” x 3 ¾”

Accessories:
Poppy Moments Dies (151594)
Well Written Dies (151816)
Birds & More Dies (152721) *
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Paper Snips (103579)
Paper Trimmer (152392)
*Available to order June 3!

Instructions

  1. Die-cut with appropriate dies two Misty Moonlight birds, one Just Jade branch, one Cinnamon Cider branch, two Magenta Madness flowers, Magenta Madness Happy Birthday and one Bumblee sun using the flower center die from Poppy Memories Dies.
  2. Adhere Just Jade and Whisper Whte layers to card front.
  3. Cut the leaves off the Just Jade branch and glue to the Cinnamon Cider branch. Also glue the flowers on.
  4. Adhere the die-cut pieces to card front.
  5. Add eyes to the Bumblebee sun.

Which of these new In Colors is your favorite? Leave your answer below in a comment. If you live in the United States and don’t have an active demonstrator, Id love to be your demonstrator. Contact me if you would like your own catalog.

Easy Faux Bokeh Technique

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handmade card created with the faux bokeh technique and Timeless Tropical stamp set

This Easy Faux Bokeh Technique is fun to do and makes a wonderful background! The bokeh effect comes from photography where the background is out of focus with pinpoints of light like this. The focus is distinctly on the main image.

sample of the bokeh effect

Easy Faux Bokeh Technique

Supplies:
Cardstock Vellum
At least three colors of Stampin’ Blends – darker colors show up better – I used dark Pumpkin Pie, dark Granny Apple Green, and dark Pineapple Punch
paper towel

Instructions:
1. Make a circle with one of the stampin’ blends and immediately burnish with the paper towel. Don’t even take time to recap the marker. Otherwise, the edge of the circle will dry and you won’t get the blurred effect.
2. Repeat this step several times with the first color randomly on the piece of cardstock vellum.
3. Change colors and repeat as desired.

To Make Sample Card

Supplies:
Stamp Set – Timeless Tropical
Inks – Memento and Pear Pizzazz ink pads
Stampin’ Blends – Dark Pumpkin Pie, Dark Pineapple Punch, Dark Granny Apple Green for bokeh background; Calypso Coral Combo, Dark Granny Apple Green, Dark Pineapple Punch
Cardstock – Whisper White 11 x 4 1/4″ scored and folded at 5 1/2″ for card base, 5″ x 3 3/4″, scraps for flower, leaves and greeting; Granny Apple Green 5 1/4″ x 4″; cardstock vellum 5″ x 3 3/4″
Accessories – In the Tropics Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies (next to the smallest rectangle), SNAIL adhesive, mini glue dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Gold Metallic Edged Ribbon colored with Light Calypso Coral Blend

Instructions:
1. Adhere Pear Pizzazz cardstock to Whisper White card base with the SNAIL
2. Do the technique on the Cardstock Vellum
3. Adhere the vellum to card front with SNAIL adhesive placing the adhesive in areas that will be covered up with the other elements.
4. Color length of gold metallic edge ribbon with the light Calypso Coral blend. Then tie an overhand know and adhere to left side of card with glue dot.
5. On Whisper White scraps stamp the leaves with Pear Pizzazz ink and the hibiscus flower with Memento ink. Color in the flower with the blends. Then cut out with the appropriate dies.
6. Stamp greeting on another scrap of Whisper White with Memento ink. Cut out with next to the smallest Stitched So Sweetly rectangle die.
7. Adhere the leaves to card front with SNAIL and the flower and greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

If you need any of the supplies I used for this card, visit my online store. Use the host code when you order and I’ll send you a small thank you gift.

Flowering Foils Specialty DSP Card

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Handmade Birthday card using Flowering Foils SpecialtyDesigner Series Paper

Here is a Flowering Foils Specialty DSP card. This specialty designer series paper has both rose gold foil and silver foil embossing. It is my favorite of all the Sale-A-Bration free products. I love coloring the paper with Stampin’ Blends with stunning resluts. The paper is only one-sided and a little lighter in weight than Stampin’ Up!’s regular designer series paper but that is fine with me as the Stampin’ Blends soak through more leaving a soft water-colored effect on the reverse side. That is what I used as the background for the beautiful flower I colored and fussy-cut for the card It comes in a package of four different designs, three 12 x 12″ sheets each. Check out the patterns below.

index of Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper

To make this card use the following supplies:

  • Whisper White Cardstock, 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, scored and folded at 4 1/4″ for card base
  • Granny Apple Green Cardstock, 5 1/4″ x 3″
  • Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper – large floral design 5 1/4″ x 2 3/4″, scrap with one complete large flower
  • Combo Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blend Markers
  • Combo Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blend Markers
  • Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin’ Pad
  • Happy Birthday To You Stamp Set – a free Sale-A-Bration item with a $50 purchase
  • SNAIL Adhesive
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

I colored the larger piece of Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper and the scrap with the stampin’ blends and fussy cut the single flower. The Granny Apple Green cardstock was adhered to the card front. Then the larger piece of the dsp was turned over and adhered to the card front. The single flower was popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Finally the Happy Birthday was stamped in the bottom right corner with Granny Apple Green ink.

Here is another Flowering Foils Specialty DSP card I created and you can see two others I shared here.

Birthday card featuring Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper.

If you don’t already have this gorgeous Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper go order it here and then share with me what you create by email. I’ll feature it on a blog post.

Mosaic Mood Peekaboo Slider Card

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Peekaboo slider card created with Mosaic Mood Specialty Designer Series Paper

Here is another Peekaboo slider card. This time I used the stunning Mosaic Mood Specialty Designer Series Paper (149478) we received at OnStage this spring. The designs on this paper lend themselves to cutting out images from them. Unfortunately, there are no dies to match so you have to hand cut the images. Check out this wonderful paper.

Photo shows the patterns in the Mosaic Mood Specialty Designer Series Paper

Here is the inside of this Mosaic Mood Peekaboo Slider Card. The dsp on the inside is the reverse side of the dsp on the front. I cut the roses out of another design of this Mosaic Mood designer series paper.

Photo is of the opened Mosaic Mood Peekaboo Slider Card

Supplies used:

I have one more peekaboo slider card up to my sleeve. I’ll post it later this week. Then I promise I will move on to other things. Thanks for stopping by. I’d love to have you leave a comment so I know you have been here.