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Create With Friends Card

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Create With Friends Card

This Create With Friends Card came about because as I looked through the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog, I saw that the Create With Friends is a stamp set on the retirement list and I have only used it once or twice! What a shame! It is really a fun stamp set but it kind of got lost in the shuffle I guess! It’s like when you buy new clothes but don’t wear them for a while and then decide to get rid of them and the tags are still on the clothes!

In this stamp set, you will find words in a larger size cursive font that you can use alone or pair with extra words in a small print font. It is a stamp set designed by one of the Million Sales Achiever Demonstrators.

I actually came up with the idea for this card myself! What better word for us stampers to have than “Create”! I’m not exactly sure who you would send this card to except another stamping friend, but it was fun to make anyway!

The card base is Real Red cardstock with a layer of Basic White cardstock. I simply stamped the word “Create” on a diagonal, staggering the word placement. You need to stamp off the edge of the cardstock on each side when you do this so have scrap paper underneath your card! I just used Memento Black Ink but you could also make each word a different color or at least just use a few colors.

The greeting is stamped in black ink on Real Red cardstock and die cut with this die in the Painted Label Dies. Before I adhered the die-cut, popped up on several Stampin’ Dimensionals®, I wrapped a piece of Real Red 3/8″ Faux Linen Ribbon around the stamped layer. After adhering the greeting over the ribbon, I also tied some red ribbon in a knot on each side.

I could have left well enough alone, but why not add a few Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels? The red color is actually Cherry Cobbler, but no one will complain it’s not Real Red! I just scattered them among the stamped words.

Remember to check out the Last-Chance List and Sale until the end of the current Annual Catalog, while supplies last!

Hand-Penned Easter Card

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Hand-Penned Easter Card

The other day after I made the Easter basket I posted yesterday, I was cleaning up my mess and as I saw the Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper up against the Mint Macaron Cardstock, I loved it and had to make a card with that combination. Since I had made the Easter basket out of Cinnamon Cider and since this paper has some Cinnamon Cider in it, I added a narrow layer underneath the designer paper.

This is a really easy card to make yet looks perfect for a spring or Easter card. The card base is Mint Macaron with a layer of Cinnamon Cider (retiring soon!) and then the Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper. Before adhering the designer paper to the Cinnamon Cider layer, add the ribbon first, if you are using ribbon. I used the wide, velvet Mint Macaron Soft Velvet Ribbon. This ribbon is beautiful but I hadn’t even used it yet and now it is retiring! Since that ribbon is wide, I didn’t try to add a bow, plus the background paper is pretty busy so I wanted to just keep it simple.

The greeting is in the CelebratingYou Stamp Set. I stamped it on Basic White with Mint Macaron Ink and then die cut that piece with one of the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and layered it on a larger die in the same set. These Stitched So Sweetly Dies are retiring soon, which I hate as I have used these dies a lot!! Not that I can’t continue to use them, but of course, once we get new things, we like to use the new things!

For the inside of the card, I added a layer of Basic White. To decorate it a bit, I cut out two flowers from the designer paper and adhered them inside the card. It’s always fun if you take the time to decorate the inside a little to match the outside of the card. You can take a strip of any designer paper you used on the card and adhere it to the bottom of the inside of the card or along the side or do a little stamping.

Hand-Penned Easter Card Inside

I know it’s hard to believe I didn’t add any jewels or gems on this card! I was just keeping it simple, but you could certainly add some sparkle!

And here is the Easter basket that started it all! See this post for all the details.

Woven-Look Easter Basket in Cinnamon Cider

Now you are all set with this Woven-Look Easter Basket and the Hand-Penned Easter Card!

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Here Are the New Stampin’ Up! In Colors 2022-2024!

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SU New In Colors 2022-2024 Collage

Introducing the new Stampin’ Up! In Colors 2022-2024! Thanks to another Demonstrator for creating this graphic to show off all the new colors and even a bit of Stampin’ Up! artwork to show how they all work together! These new In Colors will be available in the next Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog beginning May 3, 2022.

Stampin’ Up! provided a little quiz each day in our Demonstrator Facebook Group to give us clues as to each new In Color. Then at the end of the day, they would reveal the name and show the color. I was amazed at how easily some of the Demos guessed the names!

It will be fun to see how these colors compare to past colors we have had or even our current ones. I will be eager to see the colors in person and see if I like them. Of course, you almost have to work with them a while to see what you think! There will be new Stampin’ Blends for each color (of course ink pads and reinkers) plus, of course, things like embellishments, ribbon, and designer paper. Fun!

Here is an example of the kind of clues they provided: “I’m a delicious treat on the tip of your tongue. Creamy yet dairy-free is the life for me. Strawberries, watermelon, raspberries, oh my! Just blend a little fruit juice, water, and sugar for a frozen surprise. What’s my name?”

Remember the Last-Chance Sale began yesterday afternoon with retiring products! Not everything is discounted of course but I hope you find some bargains you would like! The Last Chance product list is impossible to read unless you zoom in online or print it and wear your very best reading glasses. But it really is best to just look online in the Store and see what is still available, what is “Low Inventory”, etc. That will be up-to-date. Remember, the Spring Mini Catalog is not retiring yet. That January-June catalog will be live through June 30. Some products will carry over into the new catalog, which you will see when you get the catalog! As much as I love new things, I’m always happy to see products I already have carry over to the new catalog!

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Friends of the Forest Easter Diorama Card

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Friends of the Forest Easter Diorama Card

I’ve wanted to make this Friends of the Forest Easter Diorama Card ever since I got this stamp set in the Spring Mini Catalog! I could just imagine making a diorama card with some kind of little scene using the stamps in the Friends of the Forest Stamp Set!

This diorama card is actually a regular card size so you can fit it in an envelope. It folds flat! You could even make a middle layer inside a diorama card and make it as fancy and involved as you like, but this style is easy and just fine! All you need are two pieces of cardstock and an opening cut in the front so you can see the scene or decoration inside.

Start with two pieces of cardstock, each 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. Score at 1/2″ and 1″ from each end on each cardstock piece. Fold and crease the score lines and play with them a little to see how it is going to go together. For this card, I used Soft Sea Foam Cardstock for the front and Basic White for the back.

Here is the diagram I used on a previous card. Since we no longer have the oval dies, I changed this card to cutting the opening with a circle die in the Layering Circles Dies, the largest one. You could use a rectangle or whatever you have that would make a hole large enough for whatever you want to do. The lines show the score lines.

Diorama Easter card diagram

To make the card, I stamped a tree and a bunny on Basic White and cut them out for the front of the card. On the inside, I stamped the tree, fox, flowers and mushrooms directly onto the Basic White and colored them in. But I also stamped two bunnies and a tree stump separately and cut them out by hand to add to the inside scene. Some things are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and some are glued flat on the card.

On the inside, after I had the scene made I decided to color in some grass. I used the Light Sea Foam Stampin’ Blend Marker. For the sky, I used the Light Pool Party Stampin’ Blend. Just scribble lightly, you don’t even have to cover all the white space. I punched out a cloud with the Cloud Punch. It was too big, so I just cut off the side that was too long and popped it up on Dimensionals.

I colored all my pieces with Stampin’ Blends. I didn’t keep track of the colors. It doesn’t matter because you can do your own thing! I did discover after I finished, that the Stampin’ Blends bled through the back of the Basic White background, which I hadn’t thought about so I cut another piece of Basic White to cover that up on the back.

I adhered one cut-out tree and one bunny on the front of the card. The greeting is stamped with the Celebrating You Stamp Set and die cut with a small rectangle in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. For a little embellishment, I added a cute little Brushed Brass Butterfly on the greeting and a few little Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Here is a view of the card from the top. Just glue the ends together to connect the front and back and make sure everything creases well.

Friends of the Forest Easter Diorama Card Top

For another idea, here is a card I made two years ago in a similar design.

If you just try this card design, once you cut and score the paper and crease the lines, you will see how the card goes together. It’s really very easy but will make a great impression on whoever you decide to send it to!

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Stampin’ Up! Last Chance Product List & Sale Is Here!

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Last Chance Products Banner 2022

It’s here! The Stampin’ Up! list of retiring products and the Last Chance Sale!

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SEE THE RETIRING PRODUCTS LIST! (put on your glasses or zoom in!)

Exercise patience! The website is pretty crowded as I write this and a little difficult to get on and navigate around!

  • All products are available while supplies last, and there are no purchase limits.
  • Discounted items can be added to a Starter Kit and redeemed as a 50% off item or with Stampin’ Rewards.
  • Only orders opened and closed during the promotion period apply.
  • Stamp Sets are not guaranteed during this promotion and are while supplies last.

SALE ENDS MAY 2, 2022

Coming This Afternoon! Last Chance List!

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Coming today at 1:00 PM MT (Mountain Time)!

The list of Stampin’ Up! retiring products will be released along with a special promotion! All the details will be revealed this afternoon!

This Last-Chance Products Sale will be from March 23 – May 2, while supplies last!

Check back later today, after 1:00 PM MT, 2:00 PM CT, 3:00 PM ET, Noon PT! I’ll need a little bit of time to get the information posted!

(Considering the retiring In Colors 2020-2022 should be at the top of your list….everything with those colors….ribbon, gems, reinkers, paper, etc…..if you need or want any of those items!)

Peruse your Annual Catalog and try to guess what will be retired! Make your list! Exercise patience the rest of the day trying to get on the website. Chances are it will be very busy!

Happy Shopping!

Flowering Fields Fresh Freesia Easter Card

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Flowering Fields Fresh Freesia Easter Card

If you like purple or know someone who does, I think you will love this Flowering Fields Fresh Freesia Easter Card! Of course, the Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper (the tulip paper, I like to call it!) is so pretty to use on cards! I chose this purple-ish floral tulip pattern to use on this card and I like how it turned out!

The card base is Fresh Freesia, one of the coordinating colors with the Flowering Fields Paper and one of the 2021-2023 In Colors. These colors will be sticking around for another year but the 2020-2022 In Colors will be retiring.

A fancier way to do this card front is to cut the designer paper into strips rather than have a solid piece. These pieces are 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ and fit perfectly on the Rich Razzleberry layer that is 5″ x 3 3/4″. You can just eyeball the spacing, making sure it is as even as possible. Lay it out before you glue to make sure everything fits properly! I wanted the Fresh Freesia color to show so I made the margin wider than we usually do.

Before adhering the Rich Razzleberry layer with the strips of designer paper, I wrapped around a piece of Fresh Freesia 3/8″ Open Weave Ribbon. I wanted some ribbon on the card but not something that was going to overwhelm the tulips so this ribbon was perfect. It’s there but you can see through it and it adds a little bit to the card design.

For the greeting, I happened to have the die cut already in my package of Rich Razzleberry cardstock so I wondered it that would be good to use. The “Happy Easter” greeting is in the Celebrating You Stamp Set. This is a great stamp set to have with some basic greetings you will be glad that you have! I stamped it in Rich Razzleberry ink on Fresh Freesia cardstock. I thought Basic White might be too stark against the card since it didn’t have any other white on the card.

The die set I used is the Meadows Dies for the little label with the fancy ends. As I said, I already had one cut in my cardstock so I used that for the layer. After stamping the Easter greeting I cut it with the same die. Then I very carefully trimmed off the curvy ends, leaving the stitching. It just barely fits on the Rich Razzleberry layer even though it overlaps the fancy ends a tiny bit. Then I tied a knot on each end with the Fresh Freesia ribbon, which kind of obscures the die cut, but I still like it. The greeting is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Here is my first Easter card of the season, a Z-Fold card, but it uses another paper in the Flowering Fields package with similar tulips as on this card except in orange colors.

Because you don’t have to figure out the measurements for a card like this, just copy mine, this card will be easy for you to make! It really didn’t take much time. Easter is less than a month away now, so make some of those pretty Easter cards to send like this Flowering Fields Fresh Freesia Easter card.

St. Patrick’s Day Glittery Shamrocks Card

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St. Patrick's Day Glittery Shamrocks Card

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I had several other ideas for St. Patrick’s Day cards but ended up with this St. Patrick’s Day Glittery Shamrocks Card. I think it is so fun to make a shamrock with hearts! I knew I had several kinds of glimmery paper so I thought I would use that somehow!

This is just a simple card, just some die-cutting involved. If you don’t have any heart dies you can use a heart punch or just cut them out by hand. I used the Sweet Hearts Dies in the Spring Mini Catalog to die cut all the glittery hearts. I used the Rainbow Glimmer Paper. I had just enough greenish edge scraps to die cut all my hearts! This paper is so fun!

The card base is Granny Apple Green, which is one of the coordinating colors with the Rainbow Glimmer Paper. The layer is Basic White. Before I glued on the shamrocks, I randomly stamped the dots in the Color & Contour Stamp Set with Granny Apple Green ink. The stems of the shamrocks are just cut out by hand, tiny little strips of green.

I looked through a lot of stamp sets and decided on the word “Celebrate” in the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set. I didn’t want to stamp the whole thing so I just used the Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Write Marker in the Brights family to color only the word I wanted and then stamped. I just stamped it on a Basic White scrap, trimmed it down and adhered it to another scrap of the greenish Rainbow Glimmer Paper.

For even more glitter and glimmer, I decided to add some kind of rhinestones or jewels. I decided to try the Evening Evergreen green jewels in the 2021-23 In Color Jewels. They don’t show up in the photo but in the right light, they are green rhinestones!

Don’t forget to wear green today and have fun celebrating St. Patrick’s Day!

Celebrate Sunflowers Thank You Card

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Celebrate Sunflowers Thanks You Card

The Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set and Sunflower Dies are available this month, until March 31, as a Bundle with an extra discount during the Savings Are in Bloom promotion! You can also get the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine at a 20% savings, but you can buy select Bundles even if you don’t get the machine.

This card came about because I wanted to make a card with the sunflowers set and dies. As I was looking through my designer paper the other day I came across this blue print designer paper in the Heart & Home Designer Series Paper. I thought maybe it would look good with the yellow sunflower. However, when I went to make the card, I thought maybe the print was not a good background for the sunflower. I simply turned the paper over to the wood design and that was fine. However, you never know when you are designing a card! As I went to put adhesive on the blue print side, I decided I really wanted to use it, so I did! Is it too much or just something different?! I don’t know! But I think I like it for now!

The card base is Misty Moonlight, a color I wanted to use before it retires soon. Yellow and blue always look good together. The sunflower is stamped in Memento Ink and then colored with Stampin’ Blends. I started with Light and Dark Daffodil Delight markers and added a bit of Mango Melody. The center is Light and Dark Soft Suede with some black dots that darken it up. The leaves were colored with Granny Apple Green, Light and Dark, but also added some Light Old Olive for a little darker green.

The sunflower is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the two leaves are adhered flat on the card, stuck under the sunflower a bit. The greeting in the Celebrating Sunflowers Stamp Set is stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on Basic White and die cut with a Stitched Rectangle Die. I was going to use the next larger rectangle for a Misty Moonlight layer but I wanted something narrower so I just cut a rectangle myself from the cardstock.

Be sure to check out the Bundles that are available this month during this promotion!

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Abstract Beauty Card For a Friend

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Abstract Beauty Card For a Friend

If you missed the Abstract Beauty Collection in the Spring Mini Catalog on pages 48-49 I think you should go back and look those pages over! There are some interesting and different products! Even without the stamp set and dies, all the rest of the products can be very fun to play with and you can still make cards as I did with this Abstract Beauty Card For a Friend.

The reason I made this card was that I LOVED this particular paper in the Abstract Beauty 4″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. I loved the dark blue background with the bright pink flowers and gold foil accents. Actually, this card didn’t photograph very well because of the glare from the foil so the card is really prettier and brighter in person. Did you notice the paper size is 4″ x 6″? It’s a different size to use for scrapbooking, cardmaking, and any other projects. I kept the card design simple so I didn’t have to cut much off this pretty paper!

Abstract Beauty Paper3
Abstract Beauty Paper1

The card base is Just Jade, one of the “old” In Colors that will be retiring soon. It’s a pretty green, so I wish we weren’t losing it. To help set off the designer paper a little bit, I added a layer of Basic White underneath it, just a tiny margin, so the Jade card base would show, too.

The greeting is from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set, Special Moments. I stamped it in Just Jade Ink and die cut the Basic White and the Just Jade layer with the rectangles in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Before I adhered the greeting, I wrapped around some ribbon, just adhering the ends to the back of the designer paper. I used the Just Jade and Gold 3/8″ Braided Ribbon. Then I just tied on an extra piece of ribbon to the left of the greeting in a knot.

In the Abstract Beauty Suite is a package called the Abstract Beauty Ephemera Pack. This is a fun package of assorted preprinted and precut elements that you can just add to your project as embellishments. On my card, just adding a flower and leaf to the corner of the greeting seemed like just enough with the bright, busy paper in the background.

Abstract Beauty Ephemera Pack

There are also Adhesive-Backed Hexagons to stick on where you need a little something. There are also Abstract Beauty Cards and Envelopes that have some watercolor design on them which allows for more stamping or embellishing! Use the Ephemera Pack if you like for embellishing the cards. Just have fun!

Abstract Beauty Cards
Abstract Beauty Envelopes

This is a simple card with a basic design, but the Abstract Beauty Designer Paper makes it so beautiful! I have to laugh at the sentiment, “Thanks for Brightening up my day!” I think the pretty paper will brighten up the recipient’s day!

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The Next Paper Pumpkin! April 2022

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As soon as the current Paper Pumpkin Kit goes out after the 10th of any month, the next Paper Pumpkin Kit is revealed! This Paper Pumpkin Kit for April 2022 looks perfect for spring!

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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Flowing Flowers Trio Birthday Card

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Flowing Flowers Trio Birthday Card

Sometimes you don’t know exactly where you are going with a card idea, or what you thought of doesn’t work out very well, yet in the end, something works out and you come up with a card you are happy with like this Flowing Flowers Trio Birthday Card!

The card base, which is difficult to see in the photo is Petal Pink with a layer of Melon Mambo, and then Basic White for the card front and flowers. The Flowing Flowers Stamp set is a beautiful one! This is a Distinktive** stamp set; it has a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step, creating photo-realistic images. **Patent pending. In other words, the stamp does all the work and will stamp surprisingly beautiful! If you look at it after inking it, it will look like you missed some areas. You can stamp on scrap paper just to make sure and then reink it for your card or project. Some areas will be darker, some lighter, and some blank. It’s a surprise when you stamp it and see how pretty the image is!

For this card, I stamped several Flowing Flowers but ended up using just three of them. One is Highland Heather, one is Melon Mambo, and one is Mango Melody. I stamped them and then cut them out with Paper Snips. If I had known for sure how the card would come together, I could have stamped the two flowers on the ends straight onto the card front and then added the separate middle flower. But I didn’t know that at first! The flowers may look complicated to cut out but you don’t need to cut right on the lines and in some spaces, there aren’t any lines so just cut it out free and easy! I usually like to leave a tiny margin of white around the stamped image anyway so you don’t have to be precise.

The middle flower is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the other two adhered right on to the cardstock. There are no leaf stamps in the stamp set, so I just used the Sprig Punch to quickly punch out a bunch of leafy sprigs. I used three different green cardstock – Granny Apple Green, Pear Pizzazz, and Soft Sea Foam. I just tried to scatter them around tucking them underneath the flower edges.

There wasn’t much room for a greeting, but I stamped the “Happy Birthday” on Basic White and die cut it with one of the Tailor Made Tags. It seemed to fit best tucked in the upper right corner, just barely tucked under the Melon Mambo flower. It also has a piece of the Petal Pink 1/8″ Cotton Ribbon Combo Pack.

For some sparkle and glimmer, I colored over all three flowers with Clear Wink of Stella and also added a few Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels.

Check out the Flowing Flowers Stamp Set. There are no dies, so you can just buy the stamp set and not worry about spending extra money on the dies! With that Distinktive style, you will stamp beautiful flowers on your cards and projects. Here is another card I made recently with the other major flower stamp in the set.

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Friends of the Forest Bunnies Hello Card

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Friends of the Forest Bunnies Hello Card

I’ve been wanting to play with this new stamp set in the Spring Mini for a while now and finally, I got my chance to make this Friends of the Forest Bunnies Hello Card! I didn’t “plan” it very well, actually, in making it. I stamped the tree knowing I would cut it out, but I stamped the bunnies directly on the card front hoping it would all work out in the end! That’s the fun of it sometimes!

The card base is Pool Party, one of my favorite colors. I thought a square card would suit the little scene I planned to make so the card base is 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″. The Basic White cardstock layer is 4″ x 4″. All this card takes is some stamping and some coloring and it’s not that complicated even though it may look tedious! It’s all in what you enjoy!

The stamps are in the Friends of the Forest Stamp Set in the January-June 2022 Spring Mini Catalog on page 19. It’s not a stamp set with a lot of fanfare except for the Deer Punch coordinating with the deer stamp. No dies, no matching designer paper, but maybe that’s why the set appealed to me besides the cute forest animals! Just simple stamping.

I stamped the tree with Memento Ink on Basic White and colored it in with Stampin’ Blends. The trunk and branches are colored with Light and Dark Soft Suede and the leaves with Light and Dark Granny Apple Green plus a bit of Light Mossy Meadow. You might think “Oh, I can’t color all those leaves!” but I just dabbed each one with some green, scattered around so there would be the different shades of green in the leaves. Don’t worry about perfection or staying in the lines. Just hit each one with a bit of green! I cut out the tree with Paper Snips, again not being perfect with the leaves, just wiggling my scissors around the edge going in and out the tiniest bit.

The bunnies would be fun to cut out but I just took a chance and stamped them on the card where I thought I wanted them to be. Two are colored with a Light and Dark Gray Granite and the other one with one of the new Natural Tones Blends, #500 plus a little shading with Light Soft Suede. The insides of the ears are pink. The tree stump is Dark Soft Suede. I also stamped the grass, flowers, and mushroom stamp several times and colored those in. But I needed more grass so I just drew in little sprigs of grass with two shades of the Granny Apple Green and then the Dark Mossy Meadow Blend. They are just little lines and squiggles, no big deal.

I couldn’t leave the background just white, so I just squiggled in sky with the Light Pool Party Stampin’ Blend. It’s fine if some white shows because that’s how skies look. Just squiggle in the color with the side of the marker here and there and don’t worry about it. You can fill in more if you want and it will dry lighter.

Since I didn’t have much space, I stamped the “hello” greeting directly on the front of the card. This word is in the Hello Ladybug Stamp Set. Had I messed it up, I would have stamped it on a small die-cut or rectangle and placed that over the boo-boo! There is always a way to fix your stamping! As I was getting ready to photograph my card, I noticed two little die-cut clouds from the Brilliant Rainbow Dies so I adhered those in the sky.

My Friends of the Forest Bunnies Hello Card is just a fun little springtime card that I could also use for Easter. Go take a look at this stamp set if you’ve missed it in the Spring Mini and see if you “need it” in your “collection”!

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Get the March Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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Paper Pumpkin March 2022 Square Ad

Time is getting short! The deadline for signing up for Paper Pumpkin is Thursday, March 10th! It’s easy to sign up and there is no risk or obligation. Try it out and see how you like it! Or if you get busy, just skip a month. And if you have a subscription and HAVE skipped a month, be sure you reactivate your subscription if you want to get this Beyond the Horizon Paper Pumpkin Kit! If you bought a prepaid subscription, or do buy one, be sure to set up your account by March 10th.

“From the hands and hearts of our in-house artisans to you—our fellow crafters and creators—comes this month’s breathtaking kit. The Beyond the Horizon Paper Pumpkin Kit includes watercolor prints and designs inspired by the beautiful nature around us to create nine cards and coordinating envelopes. And paper pieces that perfectly coordinate with the New Horizons Suite Collection in the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog.

Don’t forget the FREE stamp set inside (yes—that’s two stamp sets in one kit!) as our way of saying THANK YOU to all of our wonderful Paper Pumpkin subscribers.

With all these marvelous materials and more, we can’t wait to see how you take this kit far beyond the horizon!”

ABOUT THIS MONTH’S KIT

Name: Beyond the Horizon

Details:

  • This month’s kit contains enough elements to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—and 9 coordinating envelopes. This all-inclusive kit includes printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more!
  • The Beyond the Horizon Paper Pumpkin Kit includes a Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Spot!
  • This kit’s stamp set is perfect for any occasion. With sentiments that say “thanks”, “hello”, “thinking of you,” and so many more, you’ll be able to use this stamp set year round.
  • And if you thought one stamp set was great just wait—this month’s kit comes with a BONUS stamp set for FREE! That’s two stamp sets in one kit! It’s our way of saying THANK YOU to you our Paper Pumpkin subscribers.
  • That’s not all! This kit perfectly coordinates with the New Horizons Suite Collection in our January–June 2022 Mini Catalog which means even more exclusive elegant watercolor designs curated by our in-house artists just for you!
  • Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
  • Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
  • Coordinating colors: Bumblebee, Calypso Coral, Evening Evergreen, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pale Papaya

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New Horizons Slimline Thinking of You Card

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This designer paper is a star on its own and I have to say this card, New Horizons Slimline Thinking of You Card, was probably the simplest, yet beautiful card I have ever made! This particular sheet of paper may be the prettiest in the package although you could argue that for almost any sheet. This card came about because looking at this particular 6″ x 6″ paper I hated to cut it smaller to make a regular card so I got the idea to make a slimline card, with no margins, so I could just cut the square paper in half and keep the pretty design of the paper intact.

I used the Basic White Thick Cardstock to make the base for this card since it is a little heavier. The designer paper is the New Horizons 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper in the New Horizons Suite Collection in the Spring Mini Catalog on pages 42-43. You might even overlook this Suite if the paper patterns don’t appeal to you at first glance but they are WOW papers! The card base is cut at 6″ x 6″ and scored at 3″ to make the slimline card. Rather than have a little white margin around the designer paper, I didn’t want to waste even a fraction of an inch of the designer paper so I cut it at 3″ x 6″ to adhere directly on the full card front. It’s best to use the Multipurpose Liquid Glue to give yourself some “wiggle room” before it dries to get the designer paper perfectly aligned on the card base.

I chose the “Thinking of You” greeting in the On the Horizon Stamp Set. I almost stamped it directly on the designer paper on the card in a lighter space but I decided it might not show up as well so I stamped it on a strip of Basic White in Evening Evergreen ink. It was then die cut with the small, narrow Stitched Rectangle die. The photo you see at the top of this blog post is the plain, unembellished card. I felt that it didn’t really need anything else. It took just a couple minutes to make, I loved it and felt it was a beautiful card yet so simple and quick to make.

But then I thought, this card could be “stepped up” a little bit if people wanted to do that. It’s hard to resist not adding some embellishments to any card we make because we have so many supplies and ideas! I just added a few things to my original card, barely perceptible actually in all the design of the paper. But they are there to enjoy and I think it works.

New Horizons Slimline Thinking of You Card Embellished

Here is my stepped-up card with a few embellishments. You can see the very small bow on the greeting tied with some Linen Thread (or maybe it is some thicker twine). It is adhered with a Mini Glue Dot.

Next, I added the amazing Pebbles Enamel Shapes. These are to die for! If you look closely you can see a light gray one just at the bottom edge of the light green, a darker gray just above the flowers, and a Cinnamon Cider colored one above the flowers a little to the right.

I also thought a couple of Brushed Brass Butterflies should be flying around the flowers. These are great embellishments because they are lightweight and flat, perfect for mailing! You can see a larger one above the flowers on the left and a smaller one about in the middle.

Even though the original card is perfectly fine as is, if you want to add embellishments you can without taking away from the beautiful New Horizons Designer Series Paper. The pebbles and butterflies are very subtle embellishments if you want to use those. As I write this, this designer paper is “Low Inventory” so if you want some, I would hurry and order it! If you already own it, I would hurry and get it out and make some cards like this New Horizons Slimline Thinking of You Card.

New Horizons Slimline Thinking of You Card Closeup

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