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Today’s card features the new Ferns & Flora Bundle and the gorgeous new Moonlit Flora 12 x 12” Designer Series Paper. I saw a card like...
Today’s card features the new Waterside Retreat Designer Series Paper. I wanted to make a simple get well card that would work for either a man or a woman. I also wanted to show that you can mix products from other suites, like the arch dies and a sentiment from a stamp set or use up some retired items you have like these embellishments. Here is what I came up with…
The card base is Gray Granite cardstock cut
to 5 ½ x 8 ½” and scored at 4 ¼”. I
added a layer of Cajun Craze cardstock that measures 4 x 5 ¼ and a layer of the
Waterside Retreat DSP that measures 3 7/8 x 5 1/8”. I stamped my sentiment “Get well soon” from
the Friendly Foliage Stamp Set onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock using Cajun
Craze Ink and then die cut it using the smallest of the Everyday Arches
Dies. I cut a second arch (the second
smallest) out of a scrap of Gray Granite cardstock and adhered my sentiment to
that. Then I popped that up on the card
using Dimensionals. I used three embellishments that are from my stash and now retired (remember use what you have). Like I said, simple,
easy and fast to create.
I hope you enjoy this card I certainly
enjoyed making it. As always you can
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Product ListToday’s card features the new Relaxing Waterside Bundle and Waterside Retreat Designer Series Paper. I was a little unsure if I wanted this bundle but a customer ordered it and then when it came in I was intrigued so I ordered it for myself and I am sure glad I did. I have been having a ton of fun playing around with it. One sheet of the DSP has cut aparts and I thought I would start there, here is what I came up with…
The card base is Night of Navy cardstock
cut to 5 ½ x 8 ½” and scored at 4 ¼”. I
trimmed the cut apart down to 4 x 5 ¼” and added it to the card base. Then I put my chair together (it took me a
bit to figure it out but I love how it turned out; I will put a photo below
with labels for the pieces to make it easier to understand how it goes together). I cut die #2 out of Night of Navy and then
using Hydrangea Hue cardstock I cut a second one (this is so you can get that
little board for the front, it makes sense to cut both colors and then just
change out the colors so you end up with two chairs). I cut the back of the chair die #4 and the
arms of the chair die #5 out of Hydrangea Hue cardstock. The little tab at the bottom of the back just
slides down in the chair and the single board that is a different color just
pops out from between the legs. The arms
just get placed on top of the chair arms and butted up against the back of the
chair.
I also die cut the cattails, I cut both
die #10 and #11 out of scraps of Mossy Meadow cardstock and again out of Pecan Pie
scraps. I cut the top of the Pecan Pie cattails
off and glued them onto the Mossy Meadow ones.
With that all done I simply added my chair and cattails to the card
front. I love that the beautiful paper
works so well for this card.
Finally, I stamped the sentiment “Relax”
and the seagull from the set onto the front using Tuxedo Black Memento
Ink. For the inside I simply cut a piece
of Basic White cardstock to 4 x 5 ¼” and stamped the larger cattail in Crumb
Cake Ink and the smaller one right over top of it in Old Olive Ink. This was a really quick and simple card to
create. I hope you enjoy this card I
certainly enjoyed making it. As always you
can find the supplies to create this card and more on my website at https://www.stampinup.com?demoid=2206796 or by clicking the
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Today’s card features the breathtakingly beautiful Scenic Coast 6 x 6” Specialty Designer Series Paper. I so wish I could capture the beauty of this paper in a photo but try as I may I just can’t do it justice. I pair this paper with the Sunset Coast Bundle and did a little CASE of a card I saw on Pinterest from Karen Ksenzakovic. I loved her choice of paper so I used the same and just added my own touches. Here is what I came up with…
The card base is Melon Mambo cardstock cut
to 4 ¼ x 11” and scored at 5 ½”. I cut a
piece of the Scenic Coast DSP to 4 ¼ x 5 ½” and then cut that into 11 strips
that were ½ x 4 ¼” (Note: be sure to keep them in order so the scene is right). I started on the left side of my card and
added the first strip with Dimensionals, then the next was adhered directly to
the card base. I did this back and forth
across the front of the card until I ended with strip number 11 being popped up
with Dimensionals.
Next, I stamped my sentiment “You Brighten
my day” from the Sunset Coast Bundle onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock
using Azure Afternoon Ink. I used my
Stylish Shapes Dies to die cut a stitched circle and added that to the bottom
left of my card. To finish off the front
of the card I die cut three of the seagulls from the dies in the bundle out of
Basic Black cardstock and added them to the card. For the inside of the card, I simply cut a
piece of Basic White cardstock to 4 x 5 ¼” and added a strip of the DSP that
measured ½ x 5 ¼”.
I hope you enjoy this card I certainly
enjoyed making it. As always you can
find the supplies to create this card and more on my website at https://www.stampinup.com?demoid=2206796 or by clicking the
shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed
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Product ListToday’s card features one of the new In Colors for 2026 – 2028, Crisp Cantaloupe. Does it look familiar? If you have been around Stampin’ Up! for years like me then you will recognize it as a color that we use to have and that has been re-introduced. Yes, sometimes colors come back and it is often a great surprise. I actually still had my Crisp Cantaloupe ink pad, re-inker and even a few sheets of the paper. I decided to showcase it along with a Specialty Designer Series Paper that is also in the In Colors called Bloom Boutique and make a simple card. Here is what I came up with…
The card base is Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock
cut to 5 ½ x 8 ½” and scored at 4 ¼”. I added
a layer of the Bloom Boutique 12 x 12” Specialty Designer Series Paper that
measured 4 x 5 ¼”. To the center of that
I added two pieces of foliage, one die cut from Gold Foil (to accentuate the
gold in the DSP) and one die cut from another new In Color called Peaceful
Pine. This die is from the Nature’s
Symphony Dies (I have been using these dies a lot lately because they are
pretty versatile).
I cut the layer for my sentiment out of
Basic White cardstock using the second smallest of this shape from the Nested
Essentials Dies. I stamped it with my
sentiment from the Happy Thoughts Stamp Set which is from a retired set (I used
Crisp Cantaloupe Ink but Peaceful Pine would look nice as well). Remember I always say use the sentiment that
you like and works for the card you want to send. We all have sets we love and for many of us we
have some that we like to use all the time.
The same can be said for the die I used, it could be a circle, a square,
anything you have that works with the sentiment you chose. Don’t be afraid to make changes and make it
yours. I added that sentiment using
Dimensionals.
To finish off the card I added three of
the 2025 – 2025 Flat Pearls to the front.
I also cut a piece of Basic White cardstock to 4 x 5 ¼” and added a
little strip of the same DSP I used on the front, ½ x 4” to the bottom of it to
tie everything together.
I hope you enjoy this card I certainly
enjoyed making it. As always you can
find the supplies to create this card and more on my website at https://www.stampinup.com?demoid=2206796 or by clicking the
shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed
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Product ListToday’s card features the pretty new Bloom Boutique Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Banner Sayings Bundle. I love fun fold cards and specialty DSP is always fun to use on one. Today’s fold is all about the diamond. I saw one of these cards on Pinterest and I knew I had to figure out how to make it. Here is what I came up with…
The card base is Golden Glow cardstock cut
to 5 ½ x 8 ½” and scored at 2 1/8” and 4 ¼”.
Fold the card as you normally would
and then fold the 2 1/8” piece back onto the card front. This is the base for the fun fold and you can
use this fold with lots of other shapes as well. I then added may first layers which were cut
from Basic White cardstock that measured 1 7/8 x 5 ¼” (cut 2) these are for the
two 2 1/8” sections. Then cut one at 4 x
5 ¼” for the inside of the card. Next,
add the DSP to these layers, those are cut at 1 5/8 x 5” (cut 2) these are again
for the 2 1/8” sections. Cut one 2 x 5”
for the inside right of the card.
Now we are going to move onto the
diamonds. Cut Basic White cardstock to 2
1/8” x 2 1/8” (cut 2) and one at 2 ½ x 2 ½”.
Cut Gold Foil to 1 7/8 x 1 7/8” (cut 2) and emboss with any embossing
folder you have and love (mine is a retired one) or you could choose to use DSP here as well, either is a great choice, then add these to the 2 1/8”
white layers. Cut a piece of the DSP to 2
3/8 x 2 3/8” and add that to the white diamond that is 2 ½”.
Start by adhering the top and bottom
diamonds first. You want the top point
of the diamonds to be directly on the top and bottom and centered right on the fold. Make sure you only put adhesive on the left
side so you card can open. Once that is
done, center the large diamond over the other two diamonds. Stamp the sentiment “Consider Yourself Hugged”
from the Banner Sayings Bundle using VersaMark Ink and add gold Metallic
Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set. Use
the coordinating punch from the bundle to punch out your sentiment. Add sentiment to the center of the large diamond
with Dimensionals and you are done.
Here is what it looks like all opened up:
I hope you enjoy this card I certainly
enjoyed making it. As always you can
find the supplies to create this card and more on my website at https://www.stampinup.com?demoid=2206796 or by clicking the
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