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Sweet Symmetry Cards

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Sweet Symmetry Cards

One of my favorite designer papers in the current Stampin’ Up! catalog turned out to be the Sweet Symmetry Designer Series Paper. It took me by surprise, actually! I didn’t order it originally, but I suppose I saw someone’s sample card or project that caught my eye, and then I had to have the paper! I found it to be just a fun, happy, pleasing paper to work with!

Before this paper retires in less than two weeks, I thought I would make a couple more cards. It is still available on the Last Chance List as I write this. You will find it on pages 112-113 in the Annual Catalog. There was also the In Symmetry Stamp Set but that appears to be sold out unless you would like the French version!

These two cards I made are easy to make and show off the Sweet Symmetry paper. They are both just a basic design with a greeting and a little bit of embellishment.

I first was inspired to make the Night of Navy card on the right. That dark pattern just caught my eye. I made the card base Night of Navy with a layer of Basic White under the designer paper just to help show it off. The greeting is stamped in Night of Navy ink on Basic White from the Tasteful Touches Stamp Set and die cut with one of the Tasteful Labels dies. I used another Tasteful Label Die for a layer underneath the greeting. The Tasteful Touches Stamp Set is retiring on May 2. The Tasteful Label Dies are also retiring and are also discounted! I used these dies a lot, especially the circles and hate to see this set go. For a little embellishment, before adhering the layers, I wrapped around a piece of the Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon and adhered a separate bow with a Mini Glue Dot. For a final little embellishment, I used two Gilded Gems on each side of the greeting. The Gilded Gems are retiring and are discounted, too!

The “Thinking of You” card is made with the same Night of Navy paper but it’s the other side! For this card, I used Bumblebee cardstock for the card base and the bright, happy floral design for the card front. Before adhering the designer paper, I tied a piece of the Bumblebee 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon around the designer paper and tied on a bow. This pretty ribbon is retiring and is discounted. The greeting is stamped in Just Jade ink from the Blossoms in Bloom Stamp Set (retired). It’s only available in French now. The greeting is layered on dies from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. These dies, sadly, are also retiring but have been some of my favorite ones to use. I couldn’t resist using a few Genial Gems, retiring soon but discounted.

Here is a photo of how I decorated the insides of the cards.

Sweet Symmetry Cards Inside

Here are a whole BUNCH of Sweet Symmetry thank you cards I made in THIS POST!

Remember that tomorrow, Thursday April 21 will be FREE SHIPPING for an order of $75 or more!

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Sweet Sorbet Cup of Tea Card

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Sweet Sorbet Cup of Tea Card

After waiting ALL day Saturday for UPS to deliver my Stampin’ Up! preorder, it finally arrived after 9:00 PM but at least it got here! I present to you my first card out of all the things! I couldn’t wait to see and use the new In Colors so I chose this stamp set and designer paper to make my Sweet Sorbet Cup of Tea Card. There are dies in the Tea Boutique Suite but for this first card, I kept it rather simple.

The card base is the very pretty color I love already, Sweet Sorbet. I also really wanted to use the new Tea Boutique 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, so I simply picked the pretty teacup print on the top of the package! I decided to simply cut a strip about 2″ wide by 5 1/4″ to put on the left side of the card.

The striped teacup is stamped in Sweet Sorbet ink on a scalloped rectangle in Basic White in the Scalloped Contours Dies. After the cup was stamped, I stamped the leafy stems with the new Parakeet Party ink. I dared to stamp the row of little flowers without much thought in Petal Pink ink but didn’t get it lined up right. If I didn’t mention it, you probably wouldn’t notice it or think that it was “wrong”. There are several greetings in the Cup of Tea Stamp Set, some larger and some really small to fit on the little tag stamp and die! I just stamped the greeting next to the cup. Now that I see the sizes of things, I would probably stamp the cup a little lower on the diecut. The diecut piece is layered on the new Starry Sky dark blue In Color. The whole piece is then popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

On the inside of the card, I added a layer of Basic White with a 1″ strip of the “other side” of this same designer paper on the left side of the white layer. That way it is easier to write a message or stamp on the inside of the card.

This Tea Boutique Suite is going to offer lots of great cardmaking opportunities! There is even a matching set of Tea Boutique Cards and Envelopes to which you can add stamping, paper, and/or die cuts.

Who doesn’t enjoy a cup of tea now and then so they will certainly enjoy a Cup of Tea card!

New Catalog Goes Live May 3rd!

Some Last-Minute Easter Ideas For You

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In case you are looking for some last-minute Easter ideas, here are a few I made in the past! Maybe it’s something different than what we’re all seeing right now or maybe you have these older stamp sets and products. Just pull them out and start creating! Or update with your current products! It’s all fun! Just click on the title to go to the blog post.

Springtime Joy Lamb Easter Card

Springtime Joy Lamb Easter Card

Easy Easter Candy Treats

Easy Easter Candy Treats

Garden Lane Easter Bunny Card

Garden Lane Easter Bunny Card

Welcome Easter Yellow Chick Card

Welcome Easter Yellow Chick Card

Chocolate Bunny Easter Joke

Chocolate Bunny Easter Joke

Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders

Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders

Make an Easy Paper Easter Basket

Three Easy Paper Easter Baskets

Easter Basket of Flowers Card on a Basket Weave Background

Easter Basket of Flowers Card

Happy Easter! Lattice Easter Cross Card

Lattice Easter Cross Card

Playful Pals Easter Bunny Pyramid Treat Box

Playful Pals Easter Bunny Pyramid Treat Box

Well, that’s probably more ideas than you need but it was fun for me going down Easter Memory Lane! So many cards and treats over many years and seeing them always brings back wonderful memories because stamping is always so much fun! If you need more or different ideas, just select Easter in the Categories drop-down box under the catalogs.

HAPPY EASTER!

You Want This May 2022 Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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I am so excited about this May Paper Pumpkin Kit for all of you! Even if you have never tried Paper Pumpkin before (or even if you did once before!), I would suggest signing up to get this kit…and then you can keep up your subscription, skip a month or two, or cancel if you must. This kit is one of those extra-special ones that I would highly recommend (and I haven’t seen it!).

“Create magic with the NEW 2022–2024 In Colors with this Paper Pumpkin kit! With vivid pops of green and red and a range of blues, these colors are perfect for fun festivities. Send your best wishes or happy moments with the large bold lettering and gorgeous gold foil details. Plus, you can also send gift cards with the included coordinating gift card holders!”

Yes!! This kit has the new In Colors in it so you can test them out (unless you have already ordered them by the time you get your kit!) How great is that?!! And Sara Douglass, CEO of Stampin’ Up!, was involved in the design of this kit, which in the past has always meant good things! She suggested that she would like something so that she could send a gift card if she wanted so the coordinating gift card holders were included in the kit!

And how about THIS!

“As an added bonus, every May Paper Pumpkin subscriber will get the chance to win a GOLDEN Voucher worth $25 USD | $34 CAD in Stampin’ Up! products! The winners will find their Golden Voucher in their May 2022 Paper Pumpkin box. This is the perfect time to snag coordinating In Color products from the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog that will go live on 3 May 2022 in the online store!”

Now that makes an already exciting Paper Pumpkin Kit extra exciting! (I don’t know what the odds of winning are, though, but some subscribers are going to win!) May as well hope it is YOU!

ABOUT THE KIT

Name: Celebrating In Color

This kit includes:

  • Celebrating In Color Photopolymer Stamp Set
  • Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Spot®
  • Printed card bases
  • Printed In Color envelopes
  • Printed In Color gift card holders
  • Foiled die cuts
  • Printed die cuts
  • Adhesive-backed In Color embellishments
  • Tear & Tape Adhesive
  • dimensionals

Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Orchid Oasis, Parakeet Party, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet, Tahitian Tide

If you are excited about this Paper Pumpkin Kit and want it to show up in your mailbox in May, just click the link below to sign up! This is my personalized link so you won’t have to look for my name as your Demonstrator. All supplies are included in the box so even if you are new or don’t have your own supplies, you will get everything you need in this kit! And experienced crafters love having a project already designed that they can make right away, too! If you want to see and use the new In Colors, this Paper Pumpkin Kit is a great way to get started!

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Encircled In Friendship Easter Card

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Encircled In Friendship Easter Card

This Encircled In Friendship Bundle of stamp set and dies was one of the prettiest sets, I thought, yet I didn’t use it quite enough and now it is retiring in May. The stamp set is already gone, but the Encircled in Beauty Dies are still available as I write this and that’s really the main thing you need to make a card similar to my Encircled in Friendship Easter Card. The flowers in the center were in the stamp set, but you can stamp any flowers, image, or greeting to put in the center of the beautiful die.

The card base is Basic White with a layer of Polished Pink, one of the current In Colors. These colors are sticking around for another year! I decided to emboss the Polished Pink with the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder. This folder is retiring on May 2 and I recommend it as a pretty and useful folder for a background with a little texture you can use frequently. Lucky for you, it is also discounted on the Last Chance Products Sale! So check it out!

The fancy circle die is cut from Basic White with one of the Encircled in Beauty Dies. For the center portion, I stamped the flowers in the Encircled in Friendship Stamp Set (retired) in Polished Pink. You could also stamp them in Memento Ink or Stazon and color them in with Stampin’ Blends markers or any coloring tool. I thought I would like to have a special layer behind this floral circle, so I die cut with a Layering Circles die that was just a little bit smaller than the center of the die and then a larger circle out of Gold Foil. My fancy die was already cut out or I could have used the center of it.

The greeting, in the Celebrating You Stamp Set, was also stamped in Polished Pink ink and die cut with this cute die in the Meadows Dies. I had also die cut a little banner die in the Tasteful Labels Dies (another product I use frequently and will miss when it retires but it is discounted now!) to see which shape greeting I would like best with the fancy die cut above. I thought the Meadows Die would be too much but I liked it!

For a finishing touch, I tied a bow with the White 3/8″ Glittered Organdy Ribbon. When I pulled this ribbon out to try, I wasn’t sure it would work but once I placed the bow under the circle I loved how it looked! Being sheer is didn’t overpower the front of the card but I thought the pink glitter in the ribbon was perfect for an Easter card. This wouldn’t have to be an Easter card. The greeting on the front is generic so could be for almost anything, but on the inside, I stamped “Happy Easter” from the same Celebrating You Stamp Set.

Here’s another card I made with this Bundle. On that card, I used another fancy die as a layer under the stamped flowers, so you can use one or more of the pretty dies!

If you already own the Encircled in Beauty Dies, make some cards with the fancy dies. I would recommend using Adhesive Sheets on the back of your paper before die-cutting to make gluing them down easier. Otherwise, just use teeny tiny dots of Liquid Glue on the back, preferably using your Silicone Craft Sheet to keep the glue off everything else. If you don’t already own these pretty dies, take a look at them in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog on pages 70 and 169. Use this Encircled in Friendship Easter Card for Easter or for other special occasions!

Flowering Fields Z-Fold Tulips Easter Card

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Flowering Fields Z-Fold Tulips Easter Card

As I looked through my package of the Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper looking to see if a certain pattern was in there, I saw this print of tulips and decided I had to make an Easter card with it right away! As I scored the card in half, I decided to make it a Z-fold card and that’s how this Flowering Fields Z-Fold Tulips Easter Card came about! You never know when you start out what you will actually end up with!

This card was so easy really. I often add pieces of designer paper at least on the folded back front portion but this time I just stamped the smallest tulip in the Flowering Tulips Stamp Set. I used the same Pear Pizzazz ink as the Pear Pizzazz cardstock but I stamped off once on scrap paper because I wanted that light, watermark look down that side panel. I didn’t use the second step of stamping another tulip petal on top of the first because not much was going to show anyway and I just wanted that light look. I did stamp a few leaves to fill in some space.

I die cut a scalloped rectangle from the Scalloped Contours dies (retiring soon!) in So Saffron for the background layer to the tulip paper. For the designer paper, I just measured with a ruler inside the scalloped rectangle and cut out that size rectangle of DSP to fit inside the area. Mine was just a “smidge” under 4″ (about a 1/16th inch less) and about 2 5/8″ wide. If you want to tie a ribbon around that piece, do it before you adhere it to the scalloped rectangle of course.

The greeting is stamped on a die-cut piece from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies (also retiring soon!). I just glued it flat on the card as I am likely to mail this card. I couldn’t resist adding two Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the sides of the greeting.

For the inside of the card, to add some interest, I adhered “the other side” of one of the designer papers without a particular pattern except for the shading of colors. This particular piece barely makes a difference in the look from the cardstock, but it’s there and makes a prettier finished look I think.

For the inside, I die-cut a Basic White scalloped rectangle, one size smaller than the card front to adhere inside the card on which to stamp another greeting or write a message and sign the card. You could use one the same size as the front but you would have to line it up perfectly so it wouldn’t stick out from underneath the front card design.

Here is another Z-Fold card I made recently for Easter using the Flowering Tulips Stamp Set instead of the designer paper.

I’ve made lots of Z-Fold cards and I always say they are so easy to make (just fold back the card front!) yet they make such a nice presentation! The recipient will think you are so clever and creative to make such a fancy card! The only difficult part is not to put glue all over the back of the front piece, just on the half that will be adhered to that Z-fold.

Be sure to check the Last-Chance Products list in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store to see what will be retired on May 2 and what is still available. Not everything is discounted, but some things are so grab what you “need”!

Reminder Today is the last day to sign up for Paper Pumpkin to get the April “Change Is Beautiful” Kit!

A Trio of Punch Art Bunnies Easter Card

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Trio of Punch Art Bunnies Easter Card

I saw this idea for the punch art bunnies on our Demonstrator group on Facebook but I think I saw the same idea somewhere else online too recently. I thought it was so clever, I went straight for my punches and started making bunnies which turned into this A Trio of Punch Art Bunnies Easter Card!

This “punch art” as we often call something created using different punches that are different than what the punch is meant to be. I don’t know how people come up with these creative ideas, but they do! And the rest of us can copy!

To make these cute little bunnies, just use the Strawberry Builder Punch and the Ladybug Builder Punch. Punch the strawberry shape to make the bunny head. Punch the Ladybug wings to make the bunny ears! I left them attached but I suppose you could cut them apart if you wanted the ears to have different spacing. That’s all there is to it! Isn’t that a fantastic punching idea?!

Strawberry and Ladybug Punches For Bunny

I colored in the pink on the ears with the Dark Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends. I used the Light Petal Pink color to color some cheeks on the bunnies. The faces are just drawn on with the pointy tip of the Basic Black Marker.

The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock with a Petal Pink layer. I embossed that layer with the Gingham Embossing Folder. The background needed some texture and this folder is good for some generic texture! But it also kind of reminded me of the weaving on an Easter basket so that, of course, went with the bunnies!

The greeting had to be simple and not take up too much space. I wasn’t sure it would fit on this smallest rectangle die in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies, but it did! These dies are retiring on May 2 which I hate! I used these dies a lot. I planned to layer the greeting, “Happy Easter” in the Celebrating You Stamp Set on top of a die-cut Crumb Cake rectangle but it was too big for the card and I like just the Basic White greeting better along with the bunnies.

I adhered the bunnies straight to the card because I wanted to add the tiny little Loose Flower Flourishes on the bunny heads and I didn’t want the flowers to stick up too much if I wanted to mail the card. Luckily these teeny flowers are pretty low so hopefully, they can go through the mail. I always add a piece of paper towel or maybe crimped computer paper to cover embellishments in the envelope to protect them from the post office machines.

Try making some of these bunnies! Bet you can’t make just one! You could use a brown or gray cardstock or maybe even the right pattern of designer paper. Just have fun with it!

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Join Paper Pumpkin By April 10

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Time is running out! The last day to join Paper Pumpkin and receive this April 2022 Kit, Change is Beautiful, is Sunday, April 10th

Growing through life can also mean growing pains. Whether people are climbing their career ladder or moving out for the first time—change can be simultaneously thrilling and scary—but isn’t that what makes life beautiful? Because new beginnings, after all, are simply new adventures. Let your loved ones know you’ll be there to support them through all of life’s chapters! 

The Change is Beautiful kit contains enough supplies to create 9 stunning cards with a unique folding technique to commemorate moments of change. The designs are inspired by the natural cycles of change found in nature. 

ABOUT THE KIT

Name: Change Is Beautiful

This kit includes:

  • Change is Beautiful Photopolymer Stamp Set
  • Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Spot®
  • Printed card bases
  • Printed envelopes
  • Printed, shaped die cuts
  • Iridescent sea glass
  • Dimensionals

Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo

Don’t miss out on this kit! Paper Pumpkin is a gift you send yourself (or a loved one or friend!) once a month. Wouldn’t it be great to find a treat just for you in your mailbox?! No planning, no missing supplies, just open the box and start crafting! Even adhesives are included. Follow the directions or use the contents to put your own spin on the project. Easy for anyone, even beginners, and no big stash of craft supplies required!

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Expressions in Ink Thanks Card

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Expressions in Ink Thanks Card

I have loved this Expressions In Ink Designer Series Paper and thought I would just make a simple card with it to enjoy the paper some more before it retires. Yes, it is on the Last Chance List but is still available as I write this so grab some if you want to stock up or finally get it. I made this basic Expressions In Ink Thanks Card because it is easy and it really shows off the gorgeous paper with gold foil accents.

The card base is Mint Macaron to match the leaves on the designer paper. There are several greens in the whole package of paper, actually quite a long list of coordinating colors that go with the paper. I intended to use the opposite side of the paper for the bottom portion of the card, but the papaya-colored florals on the front were too pretty to cover up even a small area!

I adhered a piece of the 3/8″ Fine Art Ribbon across the front of the card. This is a beautiful soft, natural ribbon with shiny gold threads in it. It is easy to tie and use since it is soft. I tied a separate bow and adhered it to the card using Mini Glue Dots. This ribbon is on sale right now on the Last Chance List so get some before it retires!

The greeting is in the Artistically Inked Stamp Set which may no longer be available. You can use any greeting you would like for the occasion. It is stamped in Pale Papaya Ink and die cut with one of the Tasteful Labels Dies. These dies are another thing on the Last Chance List, retiring soon, while supplies last. I hate to see these go! The greeting is adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

The photo of this card really doesn’t do it justice! If you could see it in person it is so pretty! It’s all about the paper! Here is another card I made with this same paper design but with a lot more embellishment.

Be sure to check the Last Chance Sale and list of retiring products from the current Annual Stampin’ Up! Catalog because, as you can see, some products are selling out already. Not everything is on sale but some things are. You can also check the Clearance Rack any time you are ordering to see if any bargains there are for you!

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Coming Tomorrow! New Kits Collection Kit!

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Kit Collection Kindness

A new kit in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection will be released tomorrow, April 6th, in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store! Stampin’ Up! introduced the Kit Collection last year and will continue this year with more and more new kits! These kits are designed for the new or beginning crafter, but of course, they can appeal to every crafter! For the beginning crafter, the kits are easy to understand and make and all the supplies are included. For experienced crafters, it’s a project already designed and ready to make and can be changed up if desired.

This new kit is called the Kindness Cards Kit. It’s not in the store yet today but will be tomorrow so check back. This heartfelt kit focuses on touching, thoughtful messages of kindness. It includes everything you need to create eight coaster cards—plus a cute travel-sized tin to hold it all. Each card is a story of kindness you can create and share. (Love the tin to hold the cards!!)

Kit Collection Kindness Contents
Kit Collection Kindness Stamp Set

I’ve heard of stampers making a few small cards to carry with them and then when they are shopping or eating out or wherever they are, if they get great service or just want to, they hand out one of the cards to the person. It’s like a “random act of kindness”. Sometimes they even include a piece of candy or a little something. That’s where the tin comes in handy in this kit so that you can carry some cards with you and keep them pristine in your purse!

DETAILS

Kit includes:

  • 8 small coaster cards, 2 each of 4 designs
  • 8 envelopes
  • Carrying tin
  • Finished card size: 3″ x 3″ (7.6 x 7.6 cm)

Coordinating colors: Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Pale Papaya, Pool Party, Soft Sea Foam

Beginning tomorrow, April 6th, you can add this Kit Collection to your order! Who couldn’t use a Kindness Card from you to brighten their day?!

Create With Friends Celebrate Card

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Create With Friends Celebrate Card

Here’s a fun, colorful card that I made just to use the Create With Friends Stamp Set that I’ve had but hadn’t used much. Unfortunately, after making this card, the stamp set is already sold out and retired. But you can still use this card design and just substitute the greeting with something else you have.

After making the multicolor front of the card, I used Basic Black for the card base. Black really makes those colors stand out but you can use whatever goes with the colors that you choose. I made this interesting background using the stamp in the Artistically Inked Stamp Set. This stamp set is the Distinktive design which adds texture right to the stamp. I just chose several colors to use on the front of the card and stamped on a slight diagonal. I used Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, and Real Red. A group of Subtles would be good too!.

The greeting was stamped on Basic White and die cut with one of the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. This set of dies is retiring soon. I also used the same die to cut out a Real Red piece of cardstock and cut that in half horizontally to layer underneath the white greeting. I also punched a hole on each side of the die cut so I could tie on some Real Red Faux Linen Ribbon. Before tying on ribbon I decided to stamp the dots in the Artistically Inked Stamp Set in all the colors I used in the background. Plus I had to add a few little Artistry Blooms Self-Adhesive Sequins. The greeting is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Even though you can no longer purchase the greeting stamp set, you can still get the Artistically Inked Stamp Set and will continue to be able to buy it in the next annual catalog! That is great news to still have that stamp set available to us! So many artistic things you can do with the “Artistically Inked” stamp set!

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Friends of the Forest Bunnies Easter Card

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Friends of the Forest Bunnies Easter Card

This Friends of the Forest Bunnies Easter Card is an easy one to make! But is it an Easter card?? Or is it a baby card?? Well, I made it as an Easter card but the whole time I was making it I thought this sweet bunny reminded me of baby cards! In fact, I was so taken with stamping the cute little bunny that I forgot about a greeting! But I’ll show you the inside and I think we don’t ALWAYS have to put a greeting on the outside.

This bunny is in the Friends of the Forest Stamp Set in the Spring Mini Catalog on page 19. This is not an “Easter” set but of course, the bunny is perfect for Easter. I did one of the things I like to do best … I randomly stamped the bunny on the Basic White layer to make my own designer paper! Or simply a pretty background! I used Crumb Cake ink and I went back and colored in the ears with the Light Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Marker. I had to stop myself before I started doing even more coloring because I didn’t want all the bunnies colored.

The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock, although it looks darker in the photo. Then there is a layer of Petal Pink underneath the Basic White. You could use any pink and you could use a darker brown like Soft Suede. Or change up the color scheme altogether.

I actually copied myself making this card! I remembered a card in THIS POST that I had always liked so I updated it with this bunny!

I wanted a colored bunny to be the focal point so I stamped the bunny on Basic White and die cut with one of the dies in Ornate Frames that fits on the frilly die cut in the same set. This one is on Petal Pink cardstock and was already in my bag of cardstock so I must have diecut it before and didn’t use it! Just seeing it in with the other Petal Pink cardstock gave me the idea. It was the perfect size for the bunny!

The bunny is just colored with a Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend Marker. I wanted to keep him light and didn’t do any blending with another color. I used the narrow tip of the Petal Pink marker to color the insides of the ears, the tail, and the cheeks. I could have stopped there but I added a bit of grass for him to sit in with the Light Mint Macaron marker.

To embellish the card a bit I simply wrapped around a piece of the Petal Pink 5/8″ Organdy Striped Ribbon. This has been one of my favorite ribbons so I am sad it is retiring on May 2, if not before. It is even on sale so check it out (or stock up!). The bunny piece, on the Ornate Frames diecut is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

After I got this far on the card, I realized I didn’t have a greeting and no space for one. I guess I could have fit one on somehow, but sometimes I think a card is fine without a greeting on the front. Or sometimes I make a generic pretty card that I like and don’t want to put the greeting on until I need the card. That way I can add whatever the occasion calls for.

On this card, I got the idea to make the greeting inside a little fancier. I stamped the greeting from the Celebrating You Stamp Set. What a great set of greetings! It is in the Spring Mini Catalog but it is also carried over to the new Annual Catalog! Yea!! On each side of the Petal Pink greeting, I stamped the bunny in Crumb Cake ink to match the outside. I think it’s really cute! It’s common to stamp a little something inside the card or add some of the designer paper, but I like the idea of stamping something on each side of the greeting! I should color the inside of his ears with Petal Pink as I did on the front of the card.

Friends of the Forest Bunnies Easter Card Inside

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Baseball Fans Need the Hey Sports Fan Suite!

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Hey Sports Fan Suite

Here’s something for baseball fans everywhere, the Hey Sports Fan Suite, in the Stampin’ Up! January – June 2022 Spring Mini Catalog. Baseball season is beginning, whether for professional teams or Little League and everything in between! I wish this Suite had been around many years ago when my boys were little and every Saturday (and more) was a baseball game! Maybe you just know someone who is a big baseball fan. How they would enjoy receiving a baseball card or project made just for them with the contents of this Suite!

Part of the Hey Sports Fan Suite is a Bundle – the Your Biggest Fan Stamp Set and the coordinating dies, Sports Events Dies. You save 10% by buying the Your Biggest Fan Bundle rather than the stamp set and dies separately. You receive the same discount purchasing the Suite, as far as the Bundle goes, entering the product number for the Hey Sports Fan Suite (157896) just saves you the time of entering each product in the whole Suite separately (assuming you want everything!).

The Suite comes with the Bundle, the Fan Baker’s Twine, Resin Stars, and the Hey Sports Fan 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. The designer paper will be good for cardmaking but also scrapbooking. Perhaps if your kids played ball a few years back but you never got to those scrapbook pages, get the paper now and you’ll be inspired to make some of those scrapbook pages. Or use the paper as a background to frame some baseball photos or act as a mat. The Resin Stars can be used for other projects, not related to baseball, as can be the twine, so you might want to pick those up even if you are not into baseball. You might even find uses for the stamps and dies not related to baseball. Just the shapes can be used for many other sports or activities. Just think outside the box.

With spring and summer comes baseball. The sound of a baseball game on the radio or TV always takes me back to my childhood, maybe a lazy Sunday afternoon listening to or watching the baseball game. Growing up in St. Louis my family was Cardinal fans. I remember going to my first baseball game with my Girl Scout troop and in junior high, we could earn free baseball tickets if we got good grades! I can see my grandpa listening to the game on his big transistor radio. One time, as his eyesight was failing, he asked a family friend, who was a really big baseball fan, if he would take him to a Cardinal game along with that man’s kids and my brother and me. My grandpa paid for good seats for all of us so he could see better. When my husband and I and our baby got transferred to Houston, one of the first fun things we wanted to do was go to an Astros game at the Astrodome! I remember even dressing up a little bit, to sit in the bleachers, because “it was the Astrodome!” I remember being on a tour of the Astrodome when it was new when my family made a trip to Houston to visit friends who had moved here. It was impressive! And when the Astros played in the World Series several years ago, I got to go to a game with a friend, the only time in my life I’ve had “connections”! It was the thrill of a lifetime to walk into that stadium knowing I was at the World Series!

Be sure to check out the Hey Sports Fan Suite or the individual products in the Spring Mini on pages 68-69.

Prized Peony Monochromatic Easter Card

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If you would like to make a pretty easy Easter card, this Prized Peony Monochromatic Easter Card will do! When you use one color, it takes some design decisions out of the way. I did some embossing on a layer but you could skip that. Just stamp, assemble your card, maybe add a ribbon for embellishment and it’s finished.

The card base is Highland Heather. Based on inspiration from an embossed piece of cardstock in the package, I decided to use the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder to add a little extra to the card. It is a separate layer on the card, not the card base.I like to use these tiny embossed flowers, but sadly, it is retiring! It is on sale, though, so if you want it, grab it.

The flower, from the Prized Peony Stamp Set, is stamped in Highland Heather ink on my favorite paper, Shimmery White. The Prized Peony Stamp Set is a Distinktive Stamp Set, that design by Stampin’ Up! that adds texture and depth right in one stamp. That’s why this peony stamp works well if you want to make a monochromatic card because all the design is already in the stamp. You don’t have to do another thing to it unless you want to. I was daring and stamped the greeting right in the corner of the card rather than on a layer (but I could have covered it if I messed up!). The Easter greeting is from the Celebrating You Stamp Set. The Prized Peony Stamp Set does come with some very useful greetings for other occasions, just not Easter!

For a little something, I finally tried something new. I wanted to have a bow on the flower stem so I colored the ribbon to match the card. I used the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon and then, on scrap paper, ran the side of a Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends Marker over the ribbon. The alcohol markers dry very quickly. I tried both the Light Heather and the Dark Heather markers and decided the Dark was probably a better match to the card. I could have left the ribbon white, but I happened to think about dying the ribbon with the marker. Nothing to it unless you get colored fingers. But do remember to use scrap paper underneath! The ink goes through this thin ribbon so you only have to color one side.

Here are the two products that are retiring in the Last-Chance Sale AND discounted! The Prized Peony Stamp Set is on sale for $19.20 and the Ornate Floral EF is on sale for $5.40!

Easter is coming soon, so if you would like to send out cards, start making some Easter cards so it won’t be a last-minute rush! Make a card something like this Prized Peony Monochromatic Easter Card if you are looking for something quick and easy but still pretty!

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