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Floral Impressions You’ve Been On My Mind Card

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Floral Impressions You've Been On My Mind Card

On Saturday I spent a lovely afternoon attending a virtual Stampin’ Up! event called Creativity Now! So nice to get to sit at home and watch people stamp from my computer! In person is better, but this is plenty fine! This Floral Impressions You’ve Been On My Mind Card is my own copy of the first card one of the Stampin’ Up! staff made at the event. Part of the purpose of the event was to showcase a new suite called Peaceful Garden coming in the September-December 2025 Mini Catalog (or Holiday Mini as I like to call it and type it!). Demonstrators had a chance to order this whole suite or any part of it, but it didn’t totally appeal to me and before I spent that much money for a suite I wasn’t sure about, I wanted to see my other choices when the new mini catalog comes out. After seeing the samples they made with the Suite I may have to rethink that! That’s how I am….sometimes I don’t care for a new product until someone makes something with it, and then I love it and want it!

Since I don’t have the new products they used to make this card at the Creativity Now event, I just made the exact same design with the Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper and other products I already have. This card has a Basic White base, the usual size 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, scored and folded at 4 1/4″. The strips of designer series paper is a great way to use scraps! You could vary the size, too. Make them longer or wider if you would like more color on the card. These strips are cut at 3/4″ x 3 1/2″. I used two different papers plus the other side of one of the papers. For this card, each strip has a torn edge on the end. The top strip has a torn edge on the left side. The middle strip has a torn edge on the right side, and the bottom strip has a torn edge on the left side. You can see the white core of the paper when you tear it. Online, they used a Blending Brush to lightly add some ink to each torn edge, but I skipped that step on this card.

Tearing paper used to be something we did a lot for a little pizzazz when we made a card way back when. Not that it necessarily ever went away, but I think it has made a resurgence recently! Generally, you want to tear toward yourself. That’s the point to remember.

The designer paper strips are adhered to the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Before adhering them, however, decide on what greeting you are going to use in between the second and third strip so you leave enough space. Just lay them out without adhering the strips, especially the bottom one, so you have room to stamp. My greeting is from the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set. You can use whatever you need to say. I used Garden Green ink.

The directions for the Peaceful Garden card said to cut two pieces of Basic White cardstock at 2″ x 3 1/2″. They diecut two sprigs of leaves to add to the card with the die set in the Peace on Earth Bundle. The stamp set in the Bundle has a lot of nice sayings perfect for cards. I just looked through my die sets and found a leafy sprig in the Citrus Blooms Dies. By the way, these dies are in the Last Chance section at a good discount! The directions said to use a Blending Brush on one of the white cardstock pieces. I used Garden Green ink, very light. Then when you diecut the sprig, it is already colored! The other sprig is just white. Adhere each sprig of foliage wherever the backs are going to touch on the popped up designer paper. For mine, I only put Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the top leaves and stems since the middle would not be touching the card.

To embellish the card, they used Linen Thread to tie a bow and adhered it to the foliage. I happened to grab some Gold Trim I had leftover from something, maybe Paper Pumpkin. I do have Linen Thread and have used it lots of times over years and years so it is a good staple you should have. I used a Mini Glue Dot to adhere the bow, but you could use a drop of the liquid glue. Coming in the Peaceful Garden Suite are some little blue flower gems, so instead, I substituted some Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems to each side of the foliage. I used the Pretty In Pink color since it was a little lighter.

If you wanted to, you could use a colored cardstock for the card base and then a white panel on which to adhere the paper strips. Lots of possibilities with this card design. It certainly is an easy one to make!

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Beautiful Gallery Boats Father’s Day Card

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Beautiful Gallery Boats Father's Day Card

Now that Mother’s Day is over, it seems I am already hearing about Father’s Day! Father’s Day this year is Sunday, June 15th. That’s only a month away. I didn’t intend to make a Father’s Day card, but as I looked through the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, when I came across this scene with the boats on the water, I got the idea to make a Father’s Day card out of it. This Beautiful Gallery Boats Father’s Day Card would be perfect for the man in your life on Father’s Day or any other masculine occasion.

Because of the boat scene on the paper, I thought making a “slimline” card would make the best use of this pattern. I got out a regular envelope that you might use for paying bills or sending a note and measured that to make sure my card would fit. To make the card base, I cut a piece of the Secret Sea cardstock, one of the new In Colors, at 7″ x 6 1/4″. Folded in half, the card base is 3 1/2″ x 6 1/4″. The Cloud Cover cardstock (another new In Color) layer measures 3 1/4″ x 6″.

The designer paper is the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. This paper will remind you of an old-world art gallery with landscape scenes, florals, still life art, and more. You. may be inclined to frame quite a few of the squares of the designer paper and use it for a decorative item in your home! For this card, the designer paper is cut at 6″ x 3″. Obviously, you can’t just cut the paper anywhere. You need to trim the top, bottom, and sides so that the part of the paper you want is the focal point of the card.

The greeting is stamped on a narrow strip of Cloud Cover cardstock in Secret Sea ink. This greeting is in the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set. I think it works well for a Father’s Day card. I added a narrow strip of Crumb Cake cardstock offset underneath the greeting although it doesn’t show up very much.

On the inside of the card, since the card base is such a dark color, I added a layer of Basic White for a stamped or written greeting. It measures 6″ x 3 1/4″. Since I had a little strip of the DSP leftover, I adhered that to the bottom of the white layer inside It was 1/4″ x 6″. It’s fun to add a little something inside the card.

I really encourage you to check out this Beautiful Gallery Designer Paper, even if at first you think it’s not your style. If nothing else, you could frame some of the papers and give them as gifts!

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Beautiful Gallery White Bouquet Card

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Beautiful Gallery White Bouquet Card

This Beautiful Gallery White Bouquet Card is made with one of the new and very interesting designer series papers in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. You can’t even imagine all of the different designs on those papers in the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. A lot, maybe most of these papers would be beautiful framed for home decor (hence the name, “Beautiful Gallery”!) so you can use these for framing, cut the papers down for cards and projects, or even use them for scrapbooking. These papers feature exclusive designs by in-house Stampin’ Up! artists. That makes them even more special.

To make this card, I did have to cut down a 6″ x 6″ beautiful paper! However, I am very happy with the card so it’s fine! Why do we hate to use our designer papers so much! I remember someone years ago saying she bought three packs of every designer paper….one to use, one in case she needed more, and one to keep!

The card base is Mossy Meadow, and I added a layer of Basic Beige. I have barely used that Basic Beige color but it goes well on this card as the flowers are not a pure or solid white. I think having the extra layer of Basic Beige makes the flowers stand out more. For the greeting I used one in the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set and stamped it with Mossy Meadow Ink on a scrap of Basic Beige. It is diecut with one of the Textured Notes Dies. I really like these dies! You will find them in the Online Exclusives.

For some embellishment, I made a little “nest” of Gold Twisted Thread and adhered it to the back of the greeting. The gold thread is one of the Last Chance products but isn’t discounted. Then the greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. I also added a few Iridescent Foil Gems, which have been one of my favorite gems to use since they came out!

Here is the link to page through the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog if you haven’t seen it yet.

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Florals in Bloom Strips Card

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Florals in Bloom Strips Card

This Florals In Bloom Strips Card is perfect for the beginning of May! April showers bring May flowers! And even better, May brings a new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog THIS Tuesday, May 6th! That’s the date the new catalog will go live online or in your hot little hands if you have a hard copy! The catalog is shrinking a bit, I have to say, as more and more products are being shown online only in the Online Exclusives. This isn’t a bad thing because it means Stampin’ Up! can introduce new products for us many times through the year without waiting for the next catalog or mini catalog. However, it does mean we all need to check online to see everything that is being offered. And instead of some products completely dropping off the face of the earth at the end of the Annual Catalog in retirement, they are moved to the Last Chance category (replacing the Clearance Rack) so that they are still available, some at a discount, until they sell out.

This Florals in Bloom Designer Series Paper is coming in the new Annual Catalog May 6th. There is a very similar floral paper coming in the Online Exclusives May 6th also. At least they look very similar to my eyes and I keep getting them mixed up! Yesterday when my new order (preorder) came with the Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper in it, I thought I had mistakenly ordered a duplicate pack of the Florals in Bloom paper! Maybe they won’t look so similar to you, but just be aware there are two floral paper packages!

Since I had been using the Florals in Bloom Designer Paper, I had some scraps, and I decided to try to make a card with them. I trimmed down some pieces to 4″ x 1 1/4″ and played around with the arrangement. The card base is Strawberry Slush cardstock, one of the “old” colors coming back as a new In Color. Check and see if you still have some cardstock, ink, and marker from years ago in your stash. I didn’t measure or do the math to place the strips on the card base, I just eyeballed it and it all fit fine. If you have a different color card base and then a layer of Strawberry Slush, you would need to make your strips a little smaller to fit. Or you can bump the edges together and not have space in between.

The greeting is in the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set (on the Last Chance List)and is stamped in Strawberry Slush ink. I used one of the pieces in the upcoming Foiled Frames & Labels Ephemera Pack. You will find this package in the Online Exclusives coming May 6th and is part of the Floral Impressions Suite Collection. It’s great to have this ephemera package with various shapes and sizes of pieces you can use for labels or make into tags with the nice gold foil edges. To put a Strawberry Slush layer under the Foiled Label, I also punched out the next foil piece which is a little larger and held it in place on the Strawberry Slush cardstock and trimmed around it. I think I could have done it by hand just around the stamped piece as well. I just wanted an extra little border to help it stand out against all the florals in the background. This greeting piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For a little embellishment I added a White 1/4″ Ribbon (165616) tied into a bow. This ribbon is current now. It is narrow and woven so it works with almost anything. I didn’t leave well enough along, though! I added some of the new 2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls in Strawberry Slush to the greeting and scattered around on the designer paper.

If you like florals, you have some pretty papers coming May 6th to choose from….or just get them all!

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Memorable Blooms You Are Awesome Card

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Memorable Blooms You Are Awesome Card

Happy March!! I almost forgot I had ordered this stamp set and dies so it was a nice surprise when I found it on my table buried under some other cards! This Memorable Blooms You Are Awesome Card is what came from finding this very nice bundle!

The card base is Soft Sea Foam cardstock. I thought I would use a light spring color to go with the flowers and since spring seems to be trying to poke its head out in some places. I used one of the foliage stamps in the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set to stamp the card front for a background with Soft Sea Foam ink. I also could have used Versamark ink.

First, I stamped the sprig of flowers in the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set. They are colored in with various Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. The big flowers are colored with the Pretty in Pink Combo. The little flowers are colored with Balmy Blue. The leaves are colored with the Soft Sea Foam Combo, plus a little Light Old Olive. I just tried to play around to make the leaves a little multi-colored. It’s pretty subtle. There is a die to cut out this whole bouquet.

Next, I played around with the Memorable Blooms Dies. There is an octagon shape in there which is actually two pieces. The Basic White center piece is the piece that gets cut out. You can use it by itself, but on this card I wanted another layer under the white piece or around it. When you use this die you get that border design, as you see on the Pretty in PInk piece, but it is still part of the whole piece of cardstock. To get it to be a border around my center white piece, I put each of the sides in the Paper Trimmer and cut off the excess of the “negative” piece. You will have to try it to understand what I am talking about with these dies! I will say I was pleased with how it turned out and although just the white octagon would have been fine, I like the extra border of the pink.

Before I adhered the octagon diecut shapes to the card, I wanted to add some ribbon underneath. I used the new White 1/4″ Ribbon coming March 4th in the Online Exclusives. I just made a little loop on one end and let the tail extend out the opposite side. The two geometric pieces are glued flat on the card and the flower diecut is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I added a few Pretty in Pink Party Dots around the flowers. These are great because they are nearly flat but still look very nice.

The greeting is stamped in Memento ink from the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set. I was having a problem deciding where to place it on the card, and finally decided to cut out around the words to make it a little smaller. Eventually I liked it in the lower left corner and it is also popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

If you want to save 10%, purchase the Memorable Blooms Bundle, in the Spring Mini Catalog on page 50. Or you can purchase just the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set which is pretty enough in itself, but the dies are very nice to have also.

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