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Spread Kindness With Paper Pumpkin!

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This June Paper Pumpkin Kit from Stampin’ Up! makes it easy to spread a little sunshine this summer! If you would like a project that is beach-themed with a fresh, new look, then this kit is for you. The kit makes 16 fun-sized, beach-themed small cards plus comes with envelopes, of course, and an exclusive carrying case so you will have your cards on hand if you would like to pass them out wherever you go.

The idea is much like “random acts of kindness” except with little cards. Maybe your server at the restaurant was particularly nice, maybe a salesperson was especially helpful, maybe a co-worker could use a little happy card, maybe a neighbor would enjoy a plate of cookies and a little card. Just reach in your carrying case and hand out a little card!

Coordinating colors for this project are Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, and Old Olive. I guarantee you that if you do not want to use these cards as designed, other stampers online will be making alternative projects out of the kit! So you will find other ways to use the materials if you would prefer to use them another way.

These cards are too small to be mailable as is. However, you can always put them into a normal size envelope and send the card that way if you want to mail them.

To get this new June Paper Pumpkin Kit, you MUST be subscribed by Monday, June 10th! That is tomorrow! Click the link below to join Paper Pumpkin. (This is my personal link. If you have a Demonstrator you want to sign up under, them go to www.paperpumpkin.com and choose their name.)

CLICK HERE TO JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN!

You are free to cancel at any time or just skip a month and then continue. No risk, no obligation. Paper Pumpkin is worth trying even just for one month! But you will probably find that you enjoy getting your kit in your mailbox each month! It’s a gift you give yourself…..or someone else!

Supplies may be limited toward the end of the subscription period.

Go ahead and treat yourself to a Paper Pumpkin subscription to start the summer off right!

Floral Essence Note Cards

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Floral Essence Note Cards

One thing you might overlook in the Stampin’ Up! catalog is the Note Cards & Envelopes on page 168 so I thought I would showcase them by making these Floral Essence Note Cards. These note cards are handy to have on hand for just doing some quick stamping and writing a short note to someone. They are a mailable size so that is not a problem!

I wanted to try out the flowers from the Floral Essence Stamp Set. I stamped the larger flower in Flirty Flamingo Ink first down in the lower right-hand corner on the bottom card and then the smaller flower in the upper left. I wanted to keep these note cards very simple. I took a chance stamping the leaves in Granny Apple Green, not sure how they would look or fit on a small card. I almost left the leaves just with the outline stamped, but then I used my Blender Pen and the lid of the ink pad to very lightly color in the leaves. The flower center is stamped with Crushed Curry. Not leaving well enough alone, I used the tip of the Blender Pen to just dot some green around the flower centers. The greeting comes in the stamp set.

For the second card, I ended up stamping the flower three times across the front of the notecard. Everything was the same as the other card except I wanted to use just a strip of designer paper on the card. The one from the Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper that looked the best was this strip of green, kind of looking like a vine, that I cut rather narrow and just glued to the bottom of the notecard. I thought I would leave the card plain and not put a greeting. This way the notecard can be used any way you like!

The Note Cards & Envelopes are rather inexpensive and come in Whisper White and Very Vanilla for you to choose which color you prefer or use the most. You could cut and make a small card around the same size out of cardstock, but these come with the envelope that is just the right size. These are very handy to have around!

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Easy Floral Thank You Card

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Easy Floral Essence Thank You Card

This Easy Floral Thank You Card is made, I think, with one of the most beautiful papers Stampin’ Up! has ever had. The Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper has such pretty prints on every sheet. These papers were designed from handpainted impressionistic images. There will be thousands and thousands of beautiful cards and projects made with this paper!

To make this card I simply choose one of the papers and then chose Petal Pink for the card base. I considered using a purple color as another layer, but for today I liked just the pink card base.

The ribbon around the designer paper is the beautiful Petal Pink 5/8″ Organdy Striped Ribbon. This ribbon is currently on backorder but you can put it on your order anyway and they will mail it separately when it comes in. Or wait and put it on your order as soon as you see it is available. It really is so pretty you will want it in your stash! And with paper this pretty, the sheer ribbon just adds to the design, doesn’t cover up anything.

For the greeting, I got lucky and this Petal Pink circle, die cut from the Stitched Labels Dies, was already cut out and in the bag with the full sheets of cardstock so I thought I would try and use it. It was a good size for this card because I didn’t want much of the paper covered up. Then I stamped a greeting from the Free As a Bird Stamp Set. I needed one that would fit on a fairly small piece. This small circle was die cut with the second smallest circle in the Layering Circles Dies.

And since I usually can’t leave well enough alone, I added some Rhinestone Jewels to the greeting. I wanted them to be pink, though, and I knew I could color the plain rhinestones with Stampin’ Blends markers. The same pink really didn’t show up so I tried Flirty Flamingo. On the rhinestones, it give a pinkish color to them so it was perfect.

As a note, due to the new Big Shot and die situation changing, we don’t use the terms “framelits” and “thinlits” any more, which is fine with me! It is much easier to say “dies”. And since the Big Shot has retired, while we wait for a new machine, we will just refer to any “die-cutting machine” until we get our new one. Stampin’ Up! is working on it and from past experience, they will wait until they have a really good one before putting it on the market.

If you want to hoard your beautiful Perennial Essence Paper, look at THIS CARD and see how you can use just a strip of it to make a lovely card.

After you order this paper, you will be inspired to make lots of cards like my Easy Floral Thank You Card for many different occasions!

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At the Movies With Stampin’ Up! New Catalog Videos

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Stampin' Up! 2019-20 Catalog Cover
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Yesterday the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog for 2019-2020 went LIVE! It was a pretty exciting day for all, as every new catalog launch is. We love our Stampin’ Up! products! Today is a good day to watch some of the Stampin’ Up! videos and get some perspective on a few new products. I know I happened to watch the Pressed Petals video yesterday and immediately put it on my order! I read that another Demonstrator did the same thing after watching the video! I love to get the backstory on some of these stamp sets, paper, or other products if there is one! I always like behind-the-scenes information!

So grab some popcorn and a coke, a cup of coffee and a donut, a Margarita, or if you live in Houston today, an umbrella and rain boots and watch these videos! (Yes, Hurricane Season started June 1st and today we are getting “tropical moisture” from a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico!) (Not as bad as all the flooding in the midwest, though, at all.)

You have to start with this super cute fun video!

If you enjoyed the Daisy Delight Stamp Set and Daisy Punch in the previous catalog, then you are probably interested in the Daisy Lane Stamp Set and the new Medium Daisy Punch! Watch this video!

You’ve GOT to see this Pressed Petals video and learn about the paper. We will all make beautiful things with this Suite of products!

If you love hot air balloons, then this stamp set and punch are for you!  See how you can stamp and punch with proper placement.

And, like I said, I think the Good Morning Magnolia Bundle is going to be a hit! Watch this video and also learn how you can make a 3D magnolia with the Hot Air Balloon Punch!

I hope you enjoyed the videos! So much fun to have new products!

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First Day of the New Stampin’ Up! Catalog!

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Good Morning Magnolia Hello Card

Today is the first day of the new 2019-2020 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog with new stamps, dies, embellishments and accessories! It’s the day we have been waiting for and the new catalog will be here this afternoon! This morning Stampin’ Up! is working to get the Online Store ready with the new products. It should be ready no later than Noon MT (1:00 PM CT).

I decided to make this card with the Good Morning Magnolia stamp on the front to celebrate the new catalog! I think this suite of products will be a big seller!

The card base is Mossy Meadow with a layer of Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper. I think this package of paper is just gorgeous! I thought I was going to use two patterns on this card but once I laid this pink layer down I loved the way it looked and that was it! I used the really pretty 5/8″ Organdy Striped Ribbon across the card and under the flower. I may have gotten the last roll of it during our preorder! I was moving my products back and forth between my “order” and my “Stampin’ Rewards” and suddenly it wasn’t available! But I still had it listed on one of those places so I guess it was okay and I got it in my order! It is indeed backordered but they should have more available around June 24th.

I stamped the large magnolia flowers on Whisper White with the Memento Ink and colored it in with Stampin’ Blends. It was nearly dinner time and I was afraid it was going to take me a long time to color in this big flower and leaves, but it went very quickly! You don’t need to be real fussy about it or worry if it is absolutely correct. I think mine turned out fine! I started to cut it out with my Paper Snips when I remembered that there were dies! But I couldn’t find my Magnolia Memory dies, except for a few loose ones! So I obviously own them, I just have to find the rest of the package! In the interest of time and disorganization, I just went ahead and cut it out by hand. Easy enough!

I knew the large magnolia wasn’t going to show up extremely well against the patterned paper, but I liked the look anyway. I added a die cut large circle of Vellum Cardstock to put behind the flower. The magnolia is popped up on LOTS of Stampin’ Dimensionals!

The greeting is also in the Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set and I die cut that with the new Stitched Nested Labels Dies. I was going to layer it on Mossy Meadow but there wasn’t much space and really, I just liked the greeting by itself. Funny how you don’t always know what card design you are going to come up with until you do!

Happy New Catalog Day (or afternoon!)! Check out the Online Store although expect there to be crowds of people there! Sometimes the website acts up on days like this! Once the Online Store is back up and running today, you can place an order!

Happy Shopping!

Share What You Love Love What You Do Card

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Share What You Love Love What You Do Card

I thought this Share What You Love Love What You Do card was appropriate for the last day of the current Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog! Today, June 3, until 11:50 PM MT is your last chance to order any retiring Last-Chance Products from Stampin’ Up! It’s also the last day for the spring Occasions Catalog. Can you believe it?! As much as I love the holidays, I always find when I use some new products out of the Occasions Catalog when January comes, it feels SO good to make something new and fresh that is not for the holidays. And now that time has flown by!

This card, made with the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper and stamped with the Love What You Do Stamp Set greeting I think expresses what probably all of us Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators feel. We love sharing stamping with others and we love what we do in teaching people to stamp and helping them with their projects. It’s just a great stamp set and beautiful paper. I’ve loved all the floral patterns in this set of papers, but I’ve also been drawn to just this simple printed pattern so I chose to use it for this card.

The ribbon is the Rich Razzleberry 1/4″ Velvet Ribbon which goes perfectly with this paper. It is discounted on the Last-Chance List! So is the Share What You Love Paper!

The greeting is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and die cut with the Stitched Shapes Dies and layered on a scalloped circle die. I added a few Gold Metallic Pearls on the greeting.

Remember, today is the last day for the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog! Page through it at least one more time and check it all out, especially the Last-Chance products. They are best viewed online to see what is still available!

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All My Love All-Occasion Card

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All My Love All-Occasion Card

Such a decision on what retiring product I wanted to get more use out of and highlight on my blog, but finally I settled on this beautiful designer paper from the Occasions Catalog and made this All My Love All-Occasion Card.

In case you haven’t heard, the current Stampin’ Up! catalog is retiring TOMORROW, as is the Occasions 2019 Catalog, so we only have today and tomorrow to make sure we are not leaving any retiring products that we want on the table to be whisked away with the new catalog! The new Stampin’ Up! Catalog should go live around Noon MT (or 1:00 PM Central Time). You will be able to view the new catalog online at that time as well. Ordering from current products will end at 11:50 PM MT Monday night, June 3rd so that’s your deadline!

Even though this All My Love Designer Series Paper might have seemed to be only for Valentine’s Day, given a few sheets have hearts on them, as you can see from the pattern I selected for this card, it can be used in many ways. I love red, so this Lovely Lipstick Red is right up my alley with the red flowers. The leaves are a Soft Sea Foam green, so I used that color cardstock for my layer and found I liked it so much with this paper that I made another card, too, with that color! The little flowers are Balmy Blue so that was another possible choice.

This is a simple card design, just using a card base of Lovely Lipstick (an In Color for one more year) and the Soft Sea Foam layer, then the designer paper. Here is a tip: If you don’t own a coordinating ribbon color, just use a narrow strip of cardstock to appear to be ribbon as I did on this card. I really wasn’t even thinking about it, it was just a scrap I had trimmed off the paper and I saw it laying there!

The greeting is from the coordinating stamp set, also in the Occasions Catalog, Forever Lovely. I stamped it in Lovely Lipstick ink and die cut with the Stitched Shapes dies, then layered it on a die-cut scalloped oval piece of Lovely Lipstick. I cut out some flowers from the paper to add around the greeting, plus had to add a few Rhinestone Jewels! Just because!

This card turned out very pretty. The flowers almost look like they are gold embossed but it is really a Crumb Cake outline. I also brushed some Clear Wink of Stella over the popped up flowers around the greeting. You might be able to tell in the photo that there is a little glimmer on them. Love that stuff!

Be sure to check the Last-Chance products another time today and tomorrow and get your final order in for this current catalog. It seems like it just came out, time goes by so fast, but it’s so exciting to have a new Stampin’ Up! catalog! Don’t forget to check the Discounted Last-Chance Products, too!

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Stampin’ Up! Last-Chance! Just 3 Days Left!

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DISCOUNTED Last-Chance Products!!

Today is June 1st, which in Houston, Texas, means it’s the first day of hurricane season and we will be hearing how to prepare, what supplies to have on hand, what to do, where to go, etc. etc. Luckily we probably don’t have to worry too much about hurricanes until about August and September.

I predict these next three days will be like a hurricane – for us, the last days to buy retiring Stampin’ Up! products will go by so fast and we’ll be making sure we have the stamp sets we can’t live without and making sure we get our orders in! For Stampin’ Up!, it will probably be like a hurricane with a deluge of orders coming in at the last minute for retiring products and then on June 4th with a deluge of orders coming in for the new catalog!

The other day Stampin’ Up! discounted select products from the Annual Catalog and the Occasions Catalog. Discounts range from 10% off to 30% off. We all like ANY sale, especially on Stampin’ Up! products, so make sure you check it out. Products are only available while supplies last (of course!).

It’s really best just to look in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store under ‘Last-Chance Products” and then under “Discounted”. You can download the lists I posted a few days ago, but they won’t be up-to-date with what’s still available if anything sold out.

Of course, you can also check the Clearance Rack and any other products you want to order, retiring or not.

All orders must be in by Monday, June 3 at 11:50 pm MT!

Have fun shopping!

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Delightful Daisy Twin Birthday Cards

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Delightful Daisy Twin Birthday Cards

If these two cards, my Delightful Daisy Twin Birthday Cards, look a lot alike, it’s because they were meant to since they were going to my twin nieces! I usually make their birthday cards almost the same but slightly different! I got the idea for this card from someone on Instagram, @leannecreates. I don’t know her but we both seem to like each other’s cards on Instagram! She really liked the look of the pink and navy together on her card and I have to agree. I made the second card with a slightly different color.

To make my cards a little bit differently, I embossed both Night of Navy card bases with an embossing folder. The card with the Powder Pink daisy is embossed with the Tufted Dynamic Embossing Folder. The card with the Flirty Flamingo daisy is embossed with the Petal Burst Embossing Folder. The colored layer on each card is plain, then the Whisper White Cardstock is embossed with the Subtle Dynamic Embossing Folder.

The daisies were both stamped with the Daisy Delight Stamp Set and then punched out with the Daisy Punch. I punched two daisies for each card so the flower would look fuller. The leaves are also stamped from that set and cut out. Luckily, the Daisy Punch is carrying over to the new catalog plus there is a new Medium Daisy Punch! I also stamped the flower center and cut out by hand with my Paper Snips. (If you don’t own a pair of these scissors, you should order them as soon as possible as they are so good for cutting out small pieces and lots of other things!)

The birthday sentiment on the pink daisy card is from the Detailed With Love Stamp Set and on the Flirty Flamingo card it is from the another stamp set that I can’t remember! It really doesn’t matter! You can use any birthday greeting or any greeting for another occasion. This style of card can be used for most any occasion. If you left off the sequins, you could even use it for a sympathy card with some subtle colors and the appropriate greeting. I added some sequins for a little pizzazz. You could also use pearls or rhinestones, whatever you like.

Consider making this kind of card for your next occasion. Change the greeting, change the colors, maybe even use a piece of designer series paper as the layer. Use different flowers or some other image. Lots of possibilities with this card design.

REMEMBER: Today is the LAST DAY for the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley! Don’t get confused with retiring products going until June 3rd. This special set of products ends today, May 31.

Everything is Rosy Products
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ALSO: Stampin’ Up! discounted SELECT retiring products yesterday afternoon! Be sure to check out the sale, 10% – 30% off! While supplies last!

DISCOUNTED Select Last-Chance Products!!

DISCOUNTED Select Last-Chance Products!!

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DISCOUNTED Select Last-Chance Products!!
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Surprise! Just last night Stampin’ Up! told us that they were discounting select retiring products on the Last-Chance List in both the Annual Catalog and the Occasions Catalog!

Sale begins at 1:00 PM CT on Thursday, May 30! Discounts up to 30% off!

This sale will run through June 3rd, but products are only available while supplies last. You know what that means! The early bird gets the worm! No telling what may or may not sell out (except, of course, the things you want!) so if you see something you want, get it as soon as you can.

Click here to see the list of items that will be discounted from the 2018-19 Annual Catalog retiring list.

Click here to see the list of items that will be discounted from the 2019 Occasions Catalog retiring list. 

(This is odd…..the prices must not have fit going across the page for the Occasions Catalog so scroll down to page 2 and you will see the chart that should be at the end of the rows!)

Probably easiest to just go look online at the Stampin’ Up! store!

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Animal Expedition Circles Baby Card

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Animal Expedition Circles Baby Card

This Animal Expedition Circles Baby Card shows one of the many ways this cute Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper could be used. You might have overlooked the Animal Expedition Paper as I did because I thought it was for children, babies and maybe animal lovers. But after I saw some cute samples I liked, I had to get the paper and I’m so glad I did!

This paper is retiring in less than a week so if you are interested, be sure to get it! I found that I could make fun cards with it that weren’t only about babies or children. It could be for adults too!

Here are a couple cards I made just for fun!

Animal Expedition Kangaroo Little Hello Card
Animal Expedition Playful Animals Birthday Card

The card I made today I decided to make for a baby. I could have put just about any greeting on the card and it would be fine, except maybe “Sympathy”. I punched out three of the animals from the paper with the 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, then layered each on a Crushed Curry punched 1 3/8″ Scalloped Circle. I should have used circle dies to punch out the card front to look through to the inside of the card, but I had punches ready to go so I could only do a layer for the front of the card.

I initially was going to use the back side (generic) pattern of the paper as a front layer, but then I changed to using the Petal Burst Embossing Folder to look like leaves in the jungle! The card base is Crushed Curry. The greeting is from the Special Celebrations Stamp Set, which is in the new catalog.

And here is a baby card I made using the Animal Expedition Paper and the Large Letters Dies using the Eclipse Technique.

Animal Expedition Baby Card Eclipse Technique

As you can see, this Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper is really fun to make cards and other projects with. I even used a paper with only leaves and tiny birds on it to make an all-occasion card that really has nothing to do with animals. I hate to see this paper go, but the stamp set Animal Outing and the coordinating dies, Animal Friends will be in the new catalog. If you want them in the Bundle, be sure to order now to save 10% because they will not be in a Bundle in the next catalog.

Just a few more days to check out the Last-Chance Products in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store! And for fun bargains, don’t forget the Clearance Rack!

Daisy Delight Thank You Card

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Daisy Delight Thank You Card

Memorial Day seems to signal the beginning of summer, even though the official date isn’t until later this month, but I thought a bright Daisy Delight Thank You Card was in order today!

This is the last week of the current Stampin’ Up! catalog and all the Last-Chance products. Remember, it is not just the Annual Catalog retiring but also the Occasions Catalog. Also, the Everything is Rosy Product Medley ends on May 31 so grab that if you want it!

With the warm weather and sunny days, I thought about the Daisy Delight Stamp Set and the Gingham Gala Designer Paper. The Gingham Gala 6″ x 6″ paper has been very popular and sold out a few times, so I’m really surprised it is still available, as I write this. It is such “happy” paper! I’m glad the Daisy Delight Stamp Set and coordinating Daisy Punch are carrying over to the new catalog along with a new smaller Medium Daisy Punch that will be fun to use! Keep your eye out for that on page 187.

To make this card I just used a card base of Whisper White Cardstock and added a 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ layer of Daffodil Delight Cardstock. The Gingham Gala layer is 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. The two daisies are stamped and then punched out with the Dasy Punch and adhered to the gingham layer. I added a Gold Faceted Gem to the center of the daisy. I’m happy to say these are also carrying over to the new catalog!

I used the “Thank You” that comes in the Daisy Delight Stamp Set and stamped in Daffodil Delight on Whisper White, layered on Daffodil Delight Cardstock. These layers match up with the daisy piece above. Here is another card I made two years ago that is very similar but gives you a slightly different idea.

This Daisy Delight Thank You Card is sure to brighten someone’s day with it’s bright colors and pretty 3D daisy! Make one today!

Easy Share What You Love Card

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Easy Share What You Love Card

One of the Stampin’ Up! products I hate to see retire very soon is the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper that I used in this Easy Share What You Love Card. The paper is so pretty, you get a double amount of sheets than in the usual package of designer paper, the designs are handpainted, and some of the sheets have a translucent pearlized finish. It is paper that can be used for a variety of projects, especially being heavyweight designer paper.

One of my favorite patterns in this Share What You Love package of paper is this floral paper with the white background. It is so bright and fresh. The opposite side of the paper has this ombre striped design, so I chose to use both on this card!

The card base is Rich Razzleberry Cardstock. The floral paper is the full size for the layer and then I adhered the striped pattern over the bottom portion. If you really wanted to save paper, you could cut each piece to the exact size you want and then the ribbon would cover the line where they meet. Or you could add a strip of paper over it.

The ribbon is the Rich Razzleberry 1/4″ Velvet Ribbon. I just cut one strip a little longer than the width of the card and adhered it on the back of the card layer, then tied a separate little piece of the ribbon in a knot around the ribbon across the card. This saves a few inches of ribbon that wouldn’t show on the back and saves some bulk.

The greeting is stamped in Rich Razzleberry Ink and is from the Flourishing Phrases Stamp Set. I’m so glad this stamp set is carrying over to the new catalog along with the Flourish Dies. This stamp set has that pretty stem of flowers plus some great sayings to use and very pretty dies.

The greeting is die cut with the Layering Circles Dies and layered on a scalloped circle in the same die set. I popped it up on two Stampin’ Dimensionals since the ribbon is thick. I was going to just add some pearls or rhinestones to the greeting but then I saw the Frosted Flower Embellishments in my drawer. It looked like one of those flowers would be perfect and I think it is! The color is actually Fresh Fig but I think it is close enough to match. For a finishing touch, I added a tiny Artisan Pearl to the center of the flower. To mail, I will probably place a piece of paper towel or crimped computer paper over the card front in the envelope to protect it from the machines sorting the mail.

This is a very easy card to make, especially when you just use the opposite sides of one sheet of designer paper. Then just add a greeting and maybe a ribbon and you have a perfectly fine card to give someone. It only takes minutes to make.

In fact, using this basic plan, you could make an assortment of cards with one package of designer paper. Either make different greetings or save the greeting for when you need to card. This way you have a stash of cards ready to go for when you want to send a card but don’t have time to pull everything out and make a card.

Here is another card made with a full card front of one design from the Share What You Love DSP, using a greeting and the same Rich Razzleberry Velvet Ribbon.

You can make either one of these cards with any designer series paper, so be sure to check the Last-Chance products in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store to see if there are any papers you want to stock up on before they go away. And after you choose your paper, take a look at the ribbons that would coordinate or that you want to replace or stock up on. Take a few minutes to make some cards like my Easy Share What You Love Card.

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Swirly Bird Stamped Flower Card

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Swirly Bird Stamped Flower Card

Today’s card is just a totally stamped card except for the little embellishments on the greeting, the Swirly Bird Stamped Flower Card. I really had kind of a feeling of going back to the “olden days” when I finished it before we had dies. It’s JUST stamping! Nothing fancy, just playing around with the Swirly Bird Stamp Set.

The card base is Delightful Daffodil with a layer of Melon Mambo. The flowers are stamped on Whisper White Cardstock. I just chose all “Brights” colors for this card! The flowers are stamped in Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, and Daffodil Delight and then overstamped with different colors. The leaves are stamped with Granny Apple Green, sometimes stamped off. The little flowers are stamped in Mango Melody. The little green centers are filled in with the Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Write Marker in the Brights Stampin’ Write Markers.

The greeting is from Itty Bitty Greetings and stamped in Melon Mambo. I punched it out with the Classic Label Punch then layered it on a piece of Melon Mambo that I just cut a little larger than the punch. I couldn’t resist adding two Glitter Enamel Dots in Granny Apple Green.

We are past the deadline now for any stamp sets that sell out. Stampin’ Up! will not make more of the retiring stamps. It’s hard to believe that this month is going by so fast! Soon the new Stampin’ Up! catalog will be out!!

If you are interested in Stampin’ Up! products and do not have a Demonstrator with whom you are working, I’d be happy to help you and send you a complimentary catalog if you want/need one. Just email me with your contact information.

Sometimes it is fun to just do some basic stamping. Just stamping! Try it! Get out one of your stamp sets you haven’t used in awhile and just do some #simplestamping like this Swirly Bird card.

Share What You Love Z-Fold Card For a Friend

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Share What You Love Z-Fold Card For a Friend Front

If you want to change it up a bit, try this Share What You Love Z-Fold Card For a Friend. Z-Fold cards are very easy to make – just fold back half of the front of the card!

I chose the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Paper because it will be retiring soon. I love this paper and I wish it was staying around. It’s nice heavy paper and so pretty in so many ways! I also love the stamp set Love What You Do that coordinates with the paper.

To make this card, make the card base and fold. Then score the front of what will be the card in half, which would be 2 1/8″. Fold that back on the other half of the card front and decorate with designer paper and ribbon. Cut a 1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ piece of designer paper and wrap a piece of ribbon around. I used the Tranquil Tide Velvet Ribbon but I think it is sold out. There is another Tranquil Tide Ruffled Ribbon that is available.

I put a strip of another pattern of the designer paper inside on the Whisper White layer. I could also have put it on the inside of the white layer. There are so many variations of this type of card.

The greeting is from the Love What You Do Stamp Set with some stamped flowers. This is die cut with the Layering Ovals Dies. Then I used one of the scalloped ovals to die cut the Tranquil Tide layer. Be careful to only put adhesive on the portion of the greeting to stick on the front fold of the card. Make sure it’s not going to stick to the inside of your card!

Share What You Love Z-Fold Card For a Friend

This is an easy, fun card to make and a fun way to use some of your pretty designer paper. Here is another z-fold card that you can get an idea from!

Check out the Last-Chance List of retiring Stampin’ Up! products. Time is running out! The Last-Chance List only lasts until June 3rd! Then go make yourself a card like this Share What You Love Z-Fold Card For a Friend.