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A Card Fit For the River Oaks Garden Club Azalea Trail 2019 in Houston

This Card Fit For the River Oaks Garden Club Azalea Trail 2019 in Houston was inspired by our annual visit to the Azalea Trail of homes and gardens this weekend! My husband and I have gone to this every single year except one in all the years we have lived here in Houston. There are a number of private homes that show off their gardens and sometimes even part of the inside of their house and every one has beautiful flower arrangements inside and out. No photos are allowed inside the homes, unfortunately, but I take lots of them outdoors! Yes, we do have flowers and azaleas blooming in Houston, Texas! No snow!

I thought this Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper represented some of the beautiful flowers we saw on the Azalea Trail, not to mention some of our own azalea bushes at our house that are bursting into bloom!

You can get this Petal Promenade Paper FREE during this last month of Sale-A-Bration! Stampin’ Up! added some Annual Catalog products to the Sale-A-Bration choices! Just spend $50 or more and choose a free product from the Sale-A-Bration choices in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store.

This card was very quick and easy to make! The card base is made from Blushing Bride Cardstock. The greeting is from the Forever Lovely Stamp Set and is stamped with Blushing Bride Ink on Whisper White Cardstock. Make sure your ink pad is well inked when using light colored inks like this one. Also, do a couple of practice stamps with the ink on scrap paper, especially with the photopolymer stamps. It usually makes them stamp the image better. And using the Stamparatus® is good, too, because you can stamp the image again over and over if necessary since the paper and stamp do not move in between! Purchasing the Stamparatus plus “something else” will get you a FREE Sale-A-Bration item, too, once you reach $50!

After stamping, the greeting is die-cut with one of the large ovals in the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies and then layered on a die-cut scalloped oval in the same set. I just adhered it flat on the card with Snail Adhesive, but you could also use to pop it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I couldn’t leave well enough alone, I had to add some Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins to the greeting and around on the card! They are so fun, especially with the adhesive already on them, and I find that the Take Your Pick tool is helpful to use in moving the sequins over to the card.

Here are just a few photos from the Azalea Trail the other day!

I hope you enjoyed these pictures of just one stop on the Houston Azalea Trail put on by the River Oaks Garden Club! The homes, especially this one, are just amazing. This one was worth the price of the whole ticket itself! You just cannot imagine the size of the lot and the home. I think we should move right in because they had doormats with an “F” printed on them! Just for us! Besides the main house, there is a guest cottage, a playhouse, a treehouse, an inground trampoline, a putting green, outdoor courtyards, and verandas – just spectacular! The previous owner of the house had probably every celebrity and famous person come to a party or “houseguest” in her home, back in the day! It was really interesting to tour this home and garden on the Azalea Trail.

Be sure to check out all the Sale-A-Bration choices before it ends March 31st!

Don’t Miss It! Celebrate Paper Pumpkin’s 6th Birthday!

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Paper Pumpkin is turning SIX this month! Celebrate with the March 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit, so be sure you are subscribed! If you previously were a subscriber, you might want to sign up again! And if you sometimes skip a month, make sure you reactivate your account! Don’t forget! You have just ONE WEEK!

SIGN UP FOR PAPER PUMPKIN NOW!

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Why should you want to celebrate with Paper Pumpkin in March??

(If you want to be surprised, don’t read any further!!)

Stampin’ Up! says they are pulling out all the stops for this kit! You’ll get an adorable kit, a special box, and most importantly, you’ll get TWO stamp sets instead of one. All for only $19.95 which includes shipping! TWO STAMP SETS!!

* Don’t look if you want to be surprised!!

Here’s a little bit about the March kit! Because it’s our birthday, we decided to create a kit that is perfect for making birthday cards!

The March kit features eight full-sized, mailable cards.
Coordinating colors are Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, and Poppy Parade.
This kit has an element that is sure to “pop”! ??????
The FREE stamp set is even bigger and better than your typical Paper Pumpkin stamp set and can be used on a variety of crafting projects.

You KNOW you want to get this Paper Pumpkin Birthday Kit in your mailbox next month!!

JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN TODAY!

You KNOW you want to have some crafting fun!

If you already have your own Demonstrator and want to sign up under her, just go to www.paperpumpkin.com and find her name. Otherwise, I am HAPPY to have you!

No risk, no obligation! Try out Paper Pumpkin for this great kit! Stampin’ Up! guarantees every kit.

Sign up today so you don’t forget, but the deadline for sure is March 10, 2019.

Botanical Butterfly Note Cards

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I had so much fun making these Botanical Butterfly Note Cards that I almost couldn’t stop in order to do this blog post! Best of all, this Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper is available FREE during Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration with a $50 purchase. Honestly, I often go to look up this designer paper in the Occasions Catalog because it seems too “nice” to be given away free in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.

The Stampin’ Up! Note Cards are probably some of the best products and maybe often overlooked products in the Annual Catalog. You will find them on page 193 and come in both Whisper White and Very Vanilla. In one package there are 20 note cards and envelopes. The note cards are made out of thick cardstock and measure 5″ x 3 1/2″. They are very nice quality, so nice in fact that I used them to make the response cards for my daughter’s wedding invitations. The envelopes are a mailable size, which is great!

I took three note cards out of the package and folded them on the scored line to form the note cards. They come already scored. Then I used the Botanical Butterfly Paper to either punch out or cut by hand different butterflies with which to decorate the note cards.

The first card has three butterflies punched out of the designer paper with the Butterfly Duet Punch. You can punch out certain butterflies on different sheets of the paper but almost always you need to cut into the paper in order to position the punch properly to reach the butterfly. This punch is currently on backorder.

The second note card has a piece of designer paper (one of the really beautiful sheets, I think!) at the bottom with a bit of Lemon Lime Twist 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon tied around and a bow added separately. The large and small butterflies are punched out with the Butterfly Duet Punch.

The third card uses a piece of the backside of the butterfly paper, so you can see many of the butterfly designs have a black and white design on the other side of the paper. The large butterfly on this card is cut out with my Paper Snips (it is larger than the Butterfly punch), and the opposite side of the paper is this black and white check.

The greeting on all the cards is from the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set. I love the font and the size of the greeting, as well as its usefulness when making cards!

The next time you pick up your Stampin’ Up! Catalog, please check out the Note Cards & Envelopes on page 193 and order some to have on hand. Sometimes you may want to just make a quick and simple card or write a short note to someone and these are perfect! And they might help you reach your $50 purchase in order to be able to choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration item, perhaps the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper with which you could make Botanical Butterfly Note Cards.

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Paper Pumpkin February 2019 Grown With Kindness Cards

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Many people got quite excited about the February 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit because, for one thing, Stampin’ Up! gave us some hints and a preview, and for another, succulents seem to be a trendy thing nowadays. These are the Paper Pumpkin Grown With Kindness Cards that I made pretty much like the directions with the kit. I even stamped the envelope with an extra stamp in the set of a cup holding a succulent.

The Stampin’ Up! Paper Pumpkin design team actually went out and purchased succulents, then brought them back to the office and photographed them. This is how the photographic images on the front of the cards came about. I think it makes the cards even more interesting to know how they were created! But I always like “behind the scenes” stories!

Images © Stampin’ Up! 2019

The kit made nine cards and they were easy to assemble. I left a couple of cards without sentiments so I could add my own when I need them. Since I was on a roll, I just made all the cards as designed. Sometimes I save a few for alternative ideas I might find other people posting on the internet. But I liked these cards just fine, especially those photographic images, so I just made them as is. The choice is completely up to you when you are making your kit!

Here’s the Stampin’ Up! video of how this kit goes together.

Of course, we are past this kit now, but the March 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit is coming up! You can get it if you subscribe to Paper Pumpkin by March 10. That will come up fast so go ahead and subscribe now so you won’t forget! There’s no risk because you can always cancel or skip a month. This kit is going to be about celebrating Paper Pumpkin’s 6th birthday so you know it is going to be special! You will get an EXTRA stamp set in the kit! I can’t wait!

Don’t miss out on another fun kit! AND, as soon as you are a subscriber, you may purchase any past kits or refills (without the stamp set and ink spot) that happen to be available.

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Botanical Butterfly Thank You Card

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This card was made and sent to me by one of my dearest friends (and the person who got me into this Stampin’ Up! world many years ago!) as a thank you card for the birthday gifts I sent her. The card is made with the beautiful Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper. It is available only during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 purchase. Honestly, I am surprised this paper is still available (knock on wood) with many products being so popular and selling out or being backordered.

The interesting thing about this Botanical Butterfly paper is that one side is a colored print, mostly butterflies, but a couple sheets are just a monochromatic floral design. All the other sides are black and white designs of one kind or another. And it is FREE! Some of the butterflies can be punched out with the Butterfly Duet Punch although unfortunately, this punch is backordered right now. Perhaps it will be back in stock in early April.

On this card, made by my friend Jan, she used one of the black and white paper designs of flowers and butterflies and colored in just the butterfly with Stampin’ Blends markers. There is some Wink of Stella glimmer added to the butterfly too, which you “might” be able to notice in the photo of the card now that you know it is there! I just love using the Wink of Stella just for a little jazzing up!

Jan also said in her note that she was having a lot of fun with the new Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies. On this card, you can see she used two rectangles, one black, and one Calypso Coral to frame the colored butterfly! Then she added a greeting with the Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set (retired) and Bitty Banners Framelits Dies (retired).

It’s so fun to receive a real card in the mail, especially from a friend I don’t get to see very often. We should all be reminded to send more cards as we make them! #makeacardsendacard And this friend always makes beautiful cards that usually have that simple, elegant look to them!

If you don’t want to miss out on getting this Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper FREE during Sale-A-Bration, be sure to put in your Stampin’ Up! order of $50 or more soon! Remember, a couple of new items were added to Sale-A-Bration from which to choose. If you spend $100 or more, you can choose one of the higher value items instead of two $50 items. Your choice! They’re all good! Then get busy and send a beautiful card like this Botanical Butterfly Thank You Card to a special friend of yours!

Celebrate Paper Pumpkin’s 6th Birthday With the March 2019 Kit!

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Image © Stampin’ Up! 2019

Paper Pumpkin is turning SIX and we want you to celebrate with the March 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit, so be sure you are subscribed! If you previously were a subscriber, you might want to sign up again! And if you sometimes skip a month, make sure you reactivate your account! Don’t forget!

SIGN UP FOR PAPER PUMPKIN NOW!

(This is my personalized link to make it easy for you!)

Why should you want to celebrate with Paper Pumpkin in March??

(If you want to be surprised, don’t read any further!!)

Stampin’ Up! is pulling out all the stops for this kit! You’ll get an adorable kit, a special box, and most importantly, you’ll get TWO stamp sets instead of one. All for only $19.95 which includes shipping! TWO STAMP SETS!!

* Don’t look if you want to be surprised!!

Here’s a little bit about the March kit! Because it’s our birthday, we decided to create a kit that is perfect for making birthday cards!

The March kit features eight full-sized, mailable cards.
Coordinating colors are Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, and Poppy Parade.
This kit has an element that is sure to “pop”! ??????
The FREE stamp set is even bigger and better than your typical Paper Pumpkin stamp set and can be used on a variety of crafting projects.

You KNOW you want to get this Paper Pumpkin Birthday Kit in your mailbox next month!!

JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN TODAY!

You KNOW you want to have some crafting fun!

If you already have your own Demonstrator and want to sign up under her, just go to www.paperpumpkin.com and find her name. Otherwise, I am HAPPY to have you!

No risk, no obligation! Try out Paper Pumpkin for this great kit! Stampin’ Up! guarantees every kit.

Sign up today so you don’t forget, but the deadline for sure is March 10, 2019.

Easy Floral Card For a Friend

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This Easy Floral Card For a Friend came about because I found the paper pieces already cut to the right sizes in my cardstock and designer paper packages! I didn’t even have to think about it! Sometimes scraps and pieces you didn’t use for another project all come in handy at another time.

The Rich Razzleberry card base was already cut to 4 1/4″ x 11″ so I just scored it at 5 1/2″ and it then became a card base with the fold at the top. There’s no reason not to make cards that open at the top sometimes instead of always at the side!

The Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper is one of the prettiest we have ever had, I believe! I love that paper with its shimmer and pretty patterns. I found this designer paper already cut to almost the correct size for the card. Then I took another scrap of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from the stamp set Detailed With Love in Petal Pink Ink.

I also love the Whisper White 5/8″ Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon and added it to this card with a bow. Even though the ribbon is “busy” with the polka dots and the paper is a floral print, since you can see through the ribbon it doesn’t interfere too much, I don’t think. It adds a pretty embellishment to the flowers on the paper.

For the greeting, I grabbed the leftover adhesive hearts from the January 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit and stuck on a couple of those. That little sheet of heart embellishments is one of my favorite things I have gotten in a Paper Pumpkin Kit! So cute!! I also used them on my card yesterday with some other extra pieces from the kit.

Inside the card, I added a layer of Whisper White since the Rich Razzleberry is too dark to write on. I also stamped one of the images that looks like a narrow scallop border in the Detailed With Love Stamp Set at the bottom of the Whisper White in Petal Pink Ink just to have a little something on that piece.

Sometimes take a look at your scraps and see what kind of card or project you can come up with. The result may surprise you! I made this very simple Easy Floral Card For a Friend just by finding some pieces in my scraps that were already cut and ready to go!

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A Kangaroo Card With Paper Pumpkin Extra Pieces

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This is what you can do when you have extra pieces leftover from a Paper Pumpkin Kit! Just make a card like this one I came up with, A Kangaroo Card With Paper Pumpkin Extra Pieces! It was a really easy card to make and one that I’m really happy with in the end.

I absolutely had no idea of what card I was going to make, but I just chose some designer paper. It turned out to be this Floral Romance Specialty Designer Paper that has the printed vellum sheets, although I used this regular paper in the package. When I saw all the leaves, I thought I would put a flower on it somewhere. But it also reminded me of the Animal Expedition Suite and that reminded me that the January 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit coordinated with that suite. I pulled out the extra pieces I had left over after making all my pillow boxes for Valentine’s Day.

I just die cut a large circle on which to place my leftover kangaroo and a larger scallop circle out of the Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet (sadly, no longer available!). I thought the Whisper White would be too stark so I used a Sponge Dauber to just apply a tiny bit of Balmy Blue ink for the sky and colored in a little ground with my Crumb Cake Light Stampin’ Blends Marker.

The greeting is stamped from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set in Pear Pizzazz Ink to match the card base. I just stuck one end under the foil a little bit. Then I remembered there were the little adhesive hearts left over in the Paper Pumpkin Kit and those were just what I needed to complete the card! Sometimes it’s the little things!

Here’s my Animal Expedition Kangaroo Little Hello Card that actually is kind of similar to my card today. I made that one out of the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper. What a great suite and fun to use with as inspiration with the Paper Pumpkin Kit in January!

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How to Make a Daisy Card For a Friend

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We had a pretty nice almost-spring type day here in Houston so I thought this Daisy Card For a Friend could exemplify that and give everyone hope that spring will arrive! Here is how to make this easy card.

I loved the fresh look of this pattern in the Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper and I also thought the Daisy Punch would go well with it! The card base is Night of Navy, but I wanted to add a layer of Whisper White in between the Night of Navy and the designer paper. I seldom think of doing this, but if you wanted to save some paper, use the area under a layer that will be hidden anyway to cut out a piece of paper that you need! Here is a photo of how I punched out the two daisies from the Whisper White layer and I’m positive no one will get this card and say, “Why was she so chintzy punching out daisy shapes underneath this?!” They won’t be able to tell and won’t even know your papercrafting secret.

I like to layer two daisy punches for more fullness. I think it looks more realistic. I also like to turn up the leaves at the ends a little bit. For the flower center, I used the 1/2″ Circle Punch and even stuck it in an embossing folder to give it some texture! Just for fun!

I thought I would like a ribbon on the card, and even though it is not the same green, I thought the 1/8″ Shaded Spruce Ribbon from the Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack. Close enough! It’s fine.

I thought most greetings would be too big on the card with the daisy, so I stamped a greeting from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set and tied it on to the ribbon with a bit of Linen Thread for a different look. I hadn’t done that in a long time! I think Linen Thread is one of those staples everyone should have on hand just for things like this. I have used it many times. You can cheat and add a bit of adhesive or Stampin’ Dimensional underneath the little greeting tag to hold it in place. Or you can leave it loose and hanging.

Easy and fresh card to make for a friend, for a birthday, for a just thinking of you card, whatever you like! The Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper is perfect for those bright and happy cards you want to make while we wait for spring to arrive! Did you see my card I made yesterday HERE?

Dust off your Daisy Punch that you may have forgotten about and make a Daisy Card For a Friend!

Happiness Blooms Birthday Card

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After all the reds and pinks of Valentine’s Day, it seemed like a good idea to switch to some bold colors like this Happiness Blooms Birthday Card. This designer paper wasn’t something I was attracted to at first, but I think it’s a nice change of pace for some bright, colorful projects and cards!

This birthday card starts with the green Call Me Clover, one of the 2018-2020 In Colors, for the card base. Next is a layer of Night of Navy Cardstock, another one of the coordinating colors with the designer paper. I chose the bold paper pattern with the Call Me Clover, Night of Navy, Pineapple Punch and Whisper White colors as the decorative layer. I made it 3″ wide so I could have side margins of other colors. The designer paper is Happiness Blooms. This paper has the bold, bright floral designs on one side of the paper and more general designs on the other side. You are sure to find something that is just right for your cards.

To jazz up the layers, I added a strip of Pineapple Punch Cardstock along each side of the designer paper. To make it more interesting, I die cut the Pineapple Punch with a die from the Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies. It makes a little bit of a stylized scalloped edge.

The greeting is stamped in Night of Navy ink on Whisper White and punched with the Pretty Label Punch. In order to make it stand out a little bit more, I wanted a Night of Navy layer underneath, but of course the punch would be the same size. The solution is to punch two labels and then layer those, one a little bit above and one a little bit below the greeting. It works out perfectly on the sides. Just play with it until you get the layers just right.

The greeting is from the stamp set Hello Cupcake, available FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 purchase. This is a great stamp set! Who doesn’t like a cupcake stamp? You can do so many things with this set, plus the greetings are very nice to use.

Here is another birthday card I made with the Hello Cupcake Stamp Set and using my Stamparatus® to stamp the greeting perfectly lined up.

Do your Stampin’ Up! order as you normally would, perhaps thinking in terms of $50 increments so you can take advantage of Sale-A-Bration. There is no limit to the number of Sale-A-Bration items you can choose. You can order from the Annual Catalog, the Occasions Catalog, and even the Clearance Rack! The Clearance Rack is always worth checking. Remember, an order of $150 earns Hostess Stampin’ Rewards. And during Sale-A-Bration, an order of $250 earns you an EXTRA $25 in product.

The Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper contains bright and bold papers for some bright and happy cards and projects. This paper is sure to put a smile on someone’s face who receives it and can be used for many occasions. Order this paper and make a card like my Happiness Blooms Birthday Card and brighten someone’s day!

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Sale-A-Bration 2019 2nd Release: 3 New Items To Choose From!

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Beginning today, there are 3 more items to choose from during Sale-A-Bration 2019, the 2nd Release. This is about the halfway point of the great promotion called Sale-A-Bration by Stampin’ Up! With every $50 you spend, you can choose a free Sale-A-Bration product. With a $100 purchase you have a couple of choices for one more valuable item instead of two $50 items.

The new items are a stamp set called All Adorned, a great stamp set to use with the Stamparatus, a new embossing folder called Country Floral, and with a $100 purchase, there is a beautiful choice, the Painted Seasons Bundle. This Bundle comes with the Painted Seasons Stamp Set and the Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper. This is really a beautiful set! And in March you can purchase the coordinating dies separately.

Watch the Stampin’ Up! video to see this Bundle!

Here is a Stampin’ Up! video about the All Adorned Stamp Set and how fun it is to use it with the Stamparatus!

Keep these new releases in mind when you choose your Sale-A-Bration free items with your $50 or $100 or more Stampin’ Up! orders! They are available starting TODAY! If there is something you really want, don’t delay. Sometimes there are backorders!

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A Valentine Card Just For You

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You still have a little bit more time to make some Valentines, maybe like this Valentine Card Just For You. It’s really funny how cards come together sometimes. You may have an idea of exactly what you want to make and you make it You may be copying an idea you saw and you make that. Or you make something and it’s not quite right but with a little tweaking, you get it right to your satisfaction. And sometimes maybe you don’t have an exact design in mind but you start with some paper, add some embellishments and a greeting and it turns out great.

This card started out with just wanting to use the heart patterned paper in the All My Love Designer Series Paper. The card base is Lovely Lipstick Cardstock with a Whisper White layer and then the heart paper. On my table, in a pile of extra die cut pieces that I didn’t end up using, I found this large heart cut out with the Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies out of the Lovely Lipstick Foil. I cut it out to use on another card but couldn’t make it work. So I tried it on this card and I like it!

For the greeting, I used the stamp in the Meant To Be set. I die cut that with a square in the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. It is layered on a larger square in the same set cut out of the Lovely Lipstick Foil. (That foil is just so gorgeous you would be amazed to see it in person!) Then this square greeting is layered over the large heart. I think it works! What do you think?

For one more touch, I found the little swirly die cut piece out of Lovely Lipstick Cardstock with the die in the Be Mine Dies. It seemed to fit perfectly under the greeting.

Make a Valentine for someone. It might be too late to mail, unless the person would rather get a card late than no card! Or make one for your family or a neighbor or friend Just have fun for Valentine’s Day making cards!

So Hoppy Together Frog Valentine Card

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I have to admit, this So Hoppy Together Stamp Set has been a lot cuter than I would have thought when I first saw it in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! Frogs, okay. But once I started stamping with it myself and seeing lots of fun samples online, I quickly came to love it! You can even use it to make a valentine like this So Hoppy Together Frog Valentine Card.

My first idea was for the frog to be holding a very big heart, but then I saw that his hands (feet?) were pretty far apart and the tip of the heart was going to come down over his face! So I found this small heart that seemed like the right size for one hand! I always enjoy coloring these frogs with the Stampin’ Blends markers! If you don’t have any yet, you might want to order a few and try them out. I find it so relaxing to color with these markers!

And then I felt like some watercoloring was in order! Since I had used Shimmery White Cardstock, I was able to do a little watercoloring on the paper. Regular Whisper White might not hold up as well to the water. We do sell Watercolor Paper, which is the best, but Shimmery White works well, too. I used my Aqua Painter to pick up just a little bit of ink from the lids of ink pads and just swiped across the card front. Then I stamped the greeting over the watercoloring (when it was dry). The greeting is from the Meant To Be Stamp Set.

I couldn’t resist adding a few little Gold Foil hearts die cut from the hearts die in the Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies. I love that die with the group of hearts! You can use all the little hearts of various sizes that come out of the die cut…..OR you can use the piece with the hearts out of it. Either way is great.

Remember, Sale-A-Bration is going on at Stampin’ Up! Just spend $50 on any products and choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration item! Spend $100 and choose two or choose one $100 level product. The more you spend, the more you get free, in $50 increments! You might want to choose this cute froggy stamp set, So Hoppy Together!

Here is another of my frog cards! You just can’t help but love the stamp sets that Stampin’ Up! designs! So if you already have the So Hoppy Together Stamp Set, make a valentine with it like my So Hoppy Together Frog Valentine Card. And after Valentine’s Day, use the frogs for other fun cards! Just have fun with your stamping!

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Valentine Candy Clear Tiny Treat Box

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If you already have the Clear Tiny Treat Boxes then you are always ready to make a treat of some kind to give someone, like this Valentine Candy Clear Tiny Treat Box. These are so easy to assemble and then decorate to hold a small gift or a candy treat!

With Valentine’s Day just a few days away, you might still need some ideas for treats for classes, office co-workers, friends, or neighbors. You could use these Tiny Treat Boxes for party favors for any occasion. Even if all you did was fill the box with candy or whatever treat and tied a ribbon around, you would have something cute to give!

One easy way to decorate a Clear Tiny Treat Box is to wrap around a piece of designer paper. In this case, I used a piece of the All My Love Designer Series Paper, the pattern with all the hearts. One thing that’s really nice is that you can see the pattern on the other side of the paper, flowers, from the inside of the box. I had various hearts that were already die cut so I chose a few and layered them on the front of the box. These came from the Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies, which you can use way beyond Valentine’s Day. Depending on the dies, sometimes it is useful to just die cut extras, maybe in various colors, so you have a little stash of pieces to use on cards and projects.

Have you seen these gigantic M&M’s?? They are way bigger than the regular ones! Really fun to put in a treat box like this one! (And certainly fun to eat!)

For another idea, I had also made this treat box using the So Hoppy Together frog! In this project, I didn’t wrap paper around so the green candies could be seen easily to match the frog! I always have a package or two of these Clear Tiny Treat Boxes on hand because they are so useful and easy to come up with creative ideas!

Have fun making your preparations for Valentine’s Day, if that is a big holiday for you and your family! Valentine’s Day just holds so many memories for most of us since we have been making valentines since we were children! Take some time to relax and make some valentines to give away!

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All My Love Hearts Valentine Card

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This All My Love Hearts Valentine Card came about mostly from scraps on my kitchen table! At first, I couldn’t come up with any decent design so I just walked away for a while. Then I looked online for some inspiration and found a card with the print heart that I used on this card, which I already had cut out in the pile on my table. Suddenly it all came together, but really it’s just a simple card.

The card base is Lovely Lipstick Cardstock. The print heart is from the All My Love Designer Serie Paper, die cut with the narrower heart from the Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies. When you use this die to cut out a heart, it cuts out the inside heart and then you can poke out the narrow border heart from the die. I almost forget it is in there! In this case, I just used the opposite side of the paper for the heart outline.

The gold grouping of little hearts is another die in the same Be Mine Stitched Dies. It was just on my table but didn’t quite fit across the card……so I cut it in half and the heart covers it so it doesn’t have to stretch all the way across.! You can do that with a lot of things!

Next, the card needed a greeting somewhere, somehow. I decided to just stamp right on the card with this greeting which fit perfectly. I wanted to put Happy Valentine’s Day but that didn’t fit right so I stamped that on the inside of the card! I used the Stamparatus to stamp the greeting on the front of the card so I wouldn’t mess it up since I already had the heart and gold foil adhered to the layer.

Since the inside of the card would be the Lovely Lipstick Cardstock, I added a layer of Whisper White so I could stamp a greeting, which, as I said, turned out to be “Happy Valentine’s Day. Since there were some little heart stamps in the set, I stamped a few in the corner. Then I took a wild and crazy chance and stamped two on the front of the card. I think that finished it off nicely and I didn’t need to add anything else. Know when to stop! Sometimes I don’t!

Are you going to be busy making Valentines this weekend? It is time to make them and send them! You can either make one design and make several of the same card in assembly-line fashion or have fun making all different designs. Just don’t make them too complicated or you won’t get as many finished! Do you have any doctor or hair appointments this week? Make some Valentine treats to take to the office staff! They really appreciate that.

You could also stand at your Big Shot and die cut a bunch of pieces at one time out of different papers and cardstock, then go back to your craft table and see what you can come up with! Either way, have fun making some Valentines like this All My Love Hearts Valentine Card.

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