Forever Forest Z Fold Card

December 29, 2023December 28, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

Today’s card features the Forever Forest Bundle and Winter Meadows Designer Series Paper from the 2023 Holiday Mini Catalog. This is my last post featuring products from this catalog, which will be retired as of January 3, 2024. The Forever Forest Bundle will be retiring, however, the Winter Meadows DSP will be carrying over either into an upcoming catalog or as an online exclusive. Sometimes I have an idea and a vision of what my completed card will look like, but it doesn’t always turn out this way. I’m glad that it was not the case for this card – I think it came out even better than how I pictured it! I apologize for the quality of the photos. I had a hard time with the lighting as I’m still working through adjusting to new lights in my renovated space, which is where I take my pictures.

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – Cut a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score at 5 1/2″, fold and crease sharply with a bone folder
Z Fold – Cut a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock at 4″ x 10 1/4″. Score at 2 1/2″ and 5 1/2″ , fold at score lines and crease sharply.
Cut a piece of Lost Lagoon background paper from the Winter Meadows DSP at 3 3/4″ x 5″ and adhere to the 5 1/4″ section of the Smoky Slate fold. Cut a piece of the Lost Lagoon tree paper at 2 1/4″ x 3 3/4″ and adhere to the bottom flap of the Smoky Slate fold.
Stamp the five-tree image in Lost Lagoon ink on piece of Basic White cardstock measuring 2 1/2″ x 3 3/4″. Run through die cutting machine with coordinating die. Add shimmer with Wink of Stella. Adhere to top of the bottom fold so that the tree tops extend past the fold.
Stamp greeting on scrap piece of Basic White cardstock. I used the Merry Christmas greeting from the Brightest Glow stamp set, which is available in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. This is a great go-to stamp set for Christmas & Seasonal Greetings. Run through die cutting machine with die from Something Fancy Dies. Adhere to bottom flap over the tree trunks.

Use the three largest single tree dies. Cut one of the largest, two of the second largest and one of of the third largest. Use a small blending brush and lightly brush Smoky Slate ink around the edges of all of the trees. Continue to build up the ink until you get the ink dark enough that you can see that it has accented the trees. Brush with Wink Stella.
Cut a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock at 3 1/4″ x 4″ and run through die cutting machine with the mountain die. Position the die on the cardstock so that the largest peaks are cut out.
Adhere trees to the Lost Lagoon background DSP piece. Adhere mountain die cut at the bottom of the inner Z fold, so that the mountain tops overlap the bottoms of the trees.
Run the small moon die through the die cutting machine with a scrap piece of Silver Foil paper and adhere on tree piece. Adhere a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels for some additional bling.
Adhere the Z fold piece to the Lost Lagoon card base.

For the inside greeting, cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Stamp with a greeting from the Brightest Glow stamp set with Lost Lagoon ink. Stamp large tree image with Lost Lagoon ink in bottom corner. Adhere to the inside of the card.

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Product List

Forever Forest Bundle [162058] $56.50	Forever Forest Cling Stamp Set [162054] $26.00	Brightest Glow Cling Stamp Set (English) [159542] $25.00
Forever Forest Dies [162057] $37.00	Something Fancy Dies [160424] $28.00	Winter Meadow 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162133] $12.50
Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [163096] $10.00	Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679] $10.00	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202] $10.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161678] $9.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $9.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.00	Small Blending Brushes [160518] $12.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00
Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50

Joy of Christmas-Two Versions

December 25, 2023December 25, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and all the joys of the season! Today I have two different versions of a card design made with products from the Joy of Christmas Suite.

I used both packs of Designer Series Paper, Joyful Specialty DSP and Joy of Christmas DSP, and dies from the Christmas Classics Bundle. I used Gold Holly Leaves, which are retired, on the green card. I thought it would be nice to accent some of the berries on the die cuts and adhered them with tiny drops of liquid glue. I punched small circles with scraps of Real Red and Cherry Cobbler cardstock with an old SU 1/4″ circle punch that I will never part with! I also used the black & white 1/4″ gingham ribbon on the one card. Here are the cutting measurements for each card.

Card base – Thick Basic White cardstock – 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
Joy of Christmas DSP – 4 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ (cover the entire card front)
Shaded Spruce cardstock for die cut – 4 1/2″ x 4
Basic White -greeting die cut – 1 1/2″ x 4 1/2; inside greeting – 4″ x 5 1/4″
Real Red cardstock for berries – small scrap

Card base – Shaded Spruce cardstock – 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
Joyful DSP Green & Gold Plaid – 4″ x 5 1/4″
Joyful Gold & White DSP for die cut – 4 1/2″ x 4″
Basic White – greeting die cut – 1 1/2″ x 4 1/2; inside greeting – 4″ x 5 1/4″
Cherry Cobbler cardstock for leaf die cuts and berries – 3 1/2″ square

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Product List

Joy Of Christmas Suite Collection (English) [161983] $141.00	Christmas Classics Bundle (English) [161977] $52.00	Christmas Classics Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161970] $21.00
Christmas Classics Dies [161976] $37.00	Joy Of Noel Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161959] $24.00	Joyful 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [161980] $12.00
Joy Of Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161958] $12.50	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $9.00
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146981] $10.00	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119685] $10.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $10.00
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $9.00	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $9.00	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $9.00
Black & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Gingham Ribbon [156485] $7.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00
Paper Snips [103579] $11.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

Celebrate the Miracle

December 18, 2023December 17, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

I’m back again after another long break. Wishing my Jewish friends and customers a very belated Happy Chanukah! I’ve been busy making cards for the last two months but haven’t had time to do any blogging. I recently finished a major renovation project in my living room and dining room which affected my annual holiday card workshops due to the chaos going on around me. I usually begin my workshops in early November but had to push them back a few weeks. My last workshop was yesterday and now I can finally start getting back into more normal routines. I will be blogging my holiday cards for the next two weeks.

Here are photos of my living room and dining room. My home is over 100 years old and the downstairs floors, steps going upstairs and upstairs hallway were covered with old white carpet that was here when I bought the home 18 years ago. I had the carpet removed and wood floors were refinished to their original state. Paint job, all new furniture in both rooms and new light fixtures. I can’t believe it is my house! I’m looking forward to the fun part, shopping around for accessories, after the new year!

I held one Chanukah card workshop using the beautiful new and very long-awaited Stampin’ Up! stamp set, Celebrate the Miracle, and even managed to get my cards mailed out on time. I did three different cards. No instructions for how I made the card, however I have listed the cutting measurements for each. Supplies used are at the end of this post.

Cutting measurements

Night of Navy cardstock – cut one piece at 5 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ and score at 2 1/4″; cut one piece at 4 1/4″ x 6″ and score at 3″.
Very Vanilla cardstock- cut one piece at 3″ x 4″ and one piece at 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″
Shining Brightly DSP- cut two pieces at 2″ x 5 1/4″

Cutting measurements

Night of Navy cardstock – cut one piece at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ and score at 4 1/4″; cut one piece at 3 3/4″ x 4 1/4″; cut one piece at 2 5/8″ x 3 3/8″
Very Vanilla cardstock – cut one piece at 4″ x 5 1/4″; cut one piece at 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″
Shining Brightly DSP – Cut one piece at 4″ x 5 1/4″; cut one piece at 3 1/2″ x 4″

Cutting Measurements

Cut one piece of Pebbled Path cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″and score at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″
Cut one piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 4″ and 4 pieces at 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″
Cut four pieces of Boho Blue cardstock at 1 5/8″
Cut one piece of Pebbled Path Tartan Foil Specialty DSP at 4″ x 4″ and one piece at 1″ x 4″

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Product List

Celebrate The Miracle Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165131] $24.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $10.00	Pebbled Path 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161722] $10.00
Boho Blue 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161724] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $10.50
Shining Brightly 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162378] $10.00	Tartan Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162332] $10.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $9.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $9.00	Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [161650] $9.00	Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad [161648] $9.00
Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $18.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins [161627] $7.50
Night Of Navy & Gold 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Glittered Ribbon [162011] $9.00	Pebbled Path 3/8" (1 Cm) Textured Ribbon [161632] $8.00	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $30.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00	Paper Snips [103579] $11.00
Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971] $27.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $31.00

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December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

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Stampin’ Up! Seasonal Sale Starts Tomorrow!

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

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Pick of the Patch Card

October 31, 2023October 31, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello and Happy Halloween!

Today’s card features the cute Pick of the Patch bundle. Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays since I was a small child. Alas, this year, this is the only card I got to make! After many months, my dining room and living room renovation is mostly finished as of yesterday, with the delivery of new furniture and electricians hanging brand new light fixtures, I’m now in the final inning! I still have to purchase a rug and window coverings and some new accessories, so I will hold off posting pictures of my new space for now. No more contractors and days and days having to leave the house for hours at a time, which greatly cut into my business. I held my first in-person classes last week since July and it was great to get back to stamping with my wonderful customers! This is one of the cards we made.

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – cut a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score at 5 1/2″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
Cut a piece of DSP at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to card front. Since I knew I wouldn’t have time to make many Halloween cards this year, I used paper from the retired Gingham Cottage pack. Them Bones DSP from this year’s holiday mini catalog is what I would have used!
Cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock at 3 3/4″ x 5″ and run through Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the third largest Deckled Rectangle die. Cut a length of Black & White 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon and tie into a bow around the cardstock. Adhere at an angle to card front.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 2 5/8″ x 4 1/4 to use for the focal piece. Cut a strip of Basic White cardstock to use to stamp and punch out some of the images. Stamp the large, medium and small pumpkins with Pumpkin Pie ink. Stamp the pumpkin face onto the medium pumpkin. Punch out the large and medium pumpkin and fussy cut the small pumpkin.
Stamp three stems with Early Espresso ink and one leaf with Old Olive ink. Adhere to pumpkins with mini glue dots.

Stamp greeting with Early Espresso ink in the upper right corner of the Basic White focal piece. Stamp the elongated pumpkin below it with Cajun Craze ink and stamp the stem onto the piece with Early Espresso ink.
On the left side of the focal piece, stamp the branch with Pecan Pie ink. Stamp the dot image with Old Olive ink onto the branch limbs. Stamp the bird with Memento Black Ink at the top of the branch.
Adhere the focal piece over the Basic Black piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Add a few Copper Clay dots from the 2023-2025 In Color Dots for a bit of bling.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and stamp a pumpkin in one of the lower corners. Adhere to inside of card.

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Product List

Pick Of The Patch Bundle (English) [162201] $38.50	Pick Of The Patch Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162196] $21.00	Pick Of The Patch Builder Punch [162200] $22.00
Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $30.00	Them Bones 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162215] $12.50	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [105117] $10.00
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $9.00
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $9.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $9.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $9.00
Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [161665] $9.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.50	Black & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Gingham Ribbon [156485] $7.00
2023–2025 In Color™ Dots [161620] $8.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00
Paper Snips [103579] $11.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

Textured Floral Explosion Card

October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

Today’s card features the Textured Floral Bundle. I’ve been wanting to make an explosion card for quite some time and decided to give it a go with this project. I used the Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper which was in the January-April Mini Catalog and is now retired. I try not to use many retired products in my projects, however I thought it would make a pretty background for the flowers as well as the explosion piece inside the card.

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – cut a piece of Fresh Freesia cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score at 5 1/2″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
Cut a piece of the Fancy Flora DSP at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to card front.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 3 1/2″ x 5″ and run through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the 2nd largest Countryside Corners die. Use the stamp with splotches to stamp around the edges with Fresh Freesia ink. Stamp off each time before stamping onto the cardstock.
Stamp flowers and leaves on piece of Basic White cardstock with Fresh Freesia, Balmy Blue, Pool Party and Lemon Lime Twist inks. Stamp stamens with Orchid Oasis ink. Run through Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with coordinating Textured Florals Dies. Cut a scrap piece of Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and run through machine with the leaf die. Adhere all die cut pieces to the Countryside Corners piece.

To make the inside explosion piece, either cut a 6″x6″ piece from a 12″x12″ piece of DSP or use a piece from a 6″x6″ pack of DSP. Score at 3″ horizontally and vertically. Score diagonally from the upper right corner to the lower left corner. Fold along score lines, creasing with a bone folder. Fold the diagonal creases out (mountain) and then fold the entire piece into a square, as shown in the photos.

Adhere the explosion piece to the inside of the card. The square should have the folds at the top and the open edges at the bottom. Add adhesive to the top and bottom square. Center the top of the folded piece up against the inside of the card score line. The left and right corners of the square should be touching the edges of the card base. Close the card to adhere the piece to the inside panels.

Cut two Basic White squares at 2 3/4″ square. Stamp greeting on one of the squares and stamp small flower image on the other square. Adhere to the DSP.
Adhere Countryside Corners collage piece to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Add a few gems from the Tinsel Gems Three Pack for a bit of bling.

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Product List

Textured Floral Bundle [161232] $52.00	Textured Floral Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161229] $24.00	Textured Floral Dies [161231] $34.00
Countryside Corners Dies [161471] $28.00	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613] $10.00	Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144245] $10.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $9.00	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [147145] $9.00
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $9.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $9.00	Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad [159214] $9.00
Tinsel Gems Three Pack [161624] $7.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00
Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.75