By the Bay Fun Fold Card

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Today’s card is another one I made with the By the Bay Suite. It features the W Fun Fold, which looks difficult, but is really easy to make.

Here is how I made the card.

  • Card base – cut a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score at 5 1/2″, fold and crease with a bone folder
  • Stamp the sea shell and sand image from the Seaside Bay stamp set with Balmy Blue ink around all four sides of the card front so that it looks like a frame.
  • Cut a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock at 3 1/8″ x 4 7/8″. Cut a piece of By the Bay Specialty Designer Series Paper at 3″ x 4 3/4″. I chose one of the papers with a scene. Adhere to Crumb Cake piece and adhere to card front.
  • Stamp large bird image with Soft Suede ink on a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock. Stamp the sea shell and sand image with Sahara Sand ink on the scrap piece. Run through die cutting machine with the coordinating dies from the Seaside Bay Dies.
  • Cut a small piece of Pearlescent Specialty Paper and run through die cutting machine with the double small shell die and one large shell die. Cut a small piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock and run through die cutting machine with one large and one small grass dies.
  • Arrange die cut pieces on the DSP and adhere.
  • Run the large shell through die cutting machine with a piece of Basic White cardstock. Cut shell in half. Stamp greeting from Paradise Palms stamp set with Balmy Blue ink on the shell and adhere to DSP. Embellish card front with several Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls.

Here is how to make the inside of the card.

  • Stamp the sea shell and sand image with Balmy Blue ink all around the sides of the Balmy Blue cardstock
  • Cut two pieces of DSP at 3″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere.
  • Cut four pieces of Balmy Blue cardstock at 2 1/4″ each and four pieces of Basic White cardstock at 2″ each. Stamp the large crab image with Balmy Blue ink on the first piece. Stamp the small bird images three times with Night of Navy ink on the second piece. Stamp the oyster shell with Crumb Cake ink on the third piece. Stamp the sand image with Sahara Sand ink around the images on all three pieces. Leave the fourth piece blank to write your note or stamp the greeting of your choice. Adhere white squares to Balmy Blue squares.
  • Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 1″ x 11″ and score at 2 3/4″, 5 1/2″ and 8 1/4″. Crease all folds very sharply with a bone folder.
  • Run a thin line of liquid glue at the top of the 11″ strip. Open card and center the strip in the middle. Line up the top of the strip with the top of the card and adhere. Run a thin line of liquid glue at the bottom of the strip. Line up the strip with the bottom of the card and adhere.
  • Adhere the four squares to the strip, running a thin line of liquid glue in the middle of each square. Don’t apply glue to the entire square otherwise the fold won’t work properly.

Last July I posted a W Fun Fold with the Hues of Happiness Suite. Here is the card. To view the blog post, click here.

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Colorful Kaleidoscope Added to Kits Collection

This stunning kit has just been added to the Kits Collection.  It includes supplies to create 9 cards, 3 each of 3 different designs, stamp set, acrylic block, dimentionals, Gray Granite Stampin’ Spot, laser cuts, die cuts, gold and pearlescent embellishments.  The colors are Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Gray Granite, Night of Navy and Petal Pink. You can purchase the kit on my online store by clicking here. Item #161804 and cost is $23.00.

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Seaside Bay Diorama Card

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Today’s card is a Seaside Bay Diorama Card, which uses products from the beautiful By the Bay Suite. As soon as I saw this in the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog I knew it would be the first thing I purchased in my pre-order! The Designer Series Paper is absolutely stunning! When I saw the DSP with the fish design I thought it would work great with the Layering Diorama Dies.

Here is how I made the card.

  • Card base – Cut a piece of Coastal Cabana at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
  • Cut a piece of the fish paper from the By the Bay Designer Series Paper at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Adhere to card base.
  • Cut a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and run through die cutting machine with the fourth largest die from the Layering Diorama Dies.
  • Cut a coordinating piece of paper from the By the Bay Designer Series Paper at 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and run through die cutting machine with the third largest die from the Layering Diorama Dies.
  • Place the Coastal Cabana die cut piece over the fish DSP and then place the die cut DSP over it. Turn the pieces in different directions until you get a design you like. I wanted to show off as much of the fish as possible and liked how it looked with the Coastal Cabana piece turned the way I decided on. Adhere Coastal Cabana piece to the fish DSP. Adhere the die cut DSP piece to front of card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I used a lot of them in order to create a 3D look.
  • Cut a piece of a Gold Foil Sheet at 2 1/2″ x 3″ and run through die cutting machine with the shell die from the Seaside Bay Dies. Fold along score lines and adhere to card.
  • Cut a piece of Petal Pink cardstock at 2″ square. Stamp greeting from the Paradise Palms stamp set with Soft Suede ink and run through die cutting machine with the shell die from the Chic Dies. Adhere to card, tucking the bottom into the bottom of the Coastal Cabana die cut piece.
  • Cut a piece of Pool Party Sheer Ribbon at 5″, fold in half and adhere in between the gold and Petal Pink shells. Trim ends.
  • Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Stamp the large clam image with Coastal Cabana ink in right bottom corner. Adhere to inside of card. Adhere a large Flat Adhesive Pearl to the clam.

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Online Exclusive Products are now available for purchase.  New products will be added to the Online Store three times a year – March, July and November.  These products will be available online only and will not appear in any catalog.  There will be no end date to the sales period.  Some products will be re-ordered when inventory is low and others will only be available while supplies last.  Stampin’ Up! has brought back two circle punches – yay! The flyer below shows a number of new products. To see all of the new Online Exclusive Products, including the Kits Collection and SU branded merchandise Click here to visit the page in my online store.

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Dainty Delight Card

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Today’s card features the Dainty Delight bundle and the pretty Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper that you can earn for free with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration. I love it when the DSP does most of the work for you! There are two sheets of floral wreaths that can be cut down to card size, which is what I used as the focal point.

Here is how I made the card.

  • Card base – cut a piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
  • Cut a piece of the Dainty Flowers DSP with the Fresh Freesia and white polka dot print at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to card front.
  • Cut a floral wreath at 3 3/4″ x 4 3/4″ from the sheet of wreaths and adhere to card front.
  • Cut a piece of Old Olive cardstock at 4 1/2″ x 5 1/4″. Cut a piece of adhesive sheet to the same size and adhere the sheet to the cardstock. Run the piece through a die cutting machine two times with the long leaf sprig die from the Dainty Delight Dies. Pull adhesive backing off the die cuts and adhere the sprigs to both side of the wreath.
  • Die cut two daisies from a scrap piece of Crushed Curry cardstock. Die cut two flower centers with a scrap piece of Soft Suede cardstock. Adhere flower centers to daisies with a small dot of liquid glue. Adhere daisies to right side of wreath.
  • For the center greeting piece, cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ and run through die cutting machine with the smallest of the rectangle-shaped dies from the Something Fancy Dies. Stamp greeting with Rich Razzleberry ink. The greetings that are in the stamp set didn’t fit the label so I used the birthday greeting from the Season of Chic stamp set, which was a perfect fit! Adhere to center of wreath with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • Embellish with a large Brushed Brass Butterfly.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

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Wishing you a very Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you get to celebrate in a fun way! Here are the cards we made in my in-person classes last month. I ran three classes at my home. The fourth class was held for residents at St. Peter’s Apartments in Columbia, PA and was promoted by the local public library. All of the cards feature the Country Lane Floral Suite in the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog. I’ve been so busy that I had to hastily photograph them. Please excuse the not-so-great quality of the photos. I cased two of the cards from catalog. No instructions today – just photos!

Lovely ladies at St. Peter’s Apartments

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Black and Pink Country Bouquet Card

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Today’s card uses the Country Bouquet Bundle, however, I created this card with a totally different look by using my favorite Valentine’s Day colors-black, pink, and a touch of red-rather than using the Country Floral Lane Designer Series Papers. I had fun making this card and was happy that it came out looking like what I had visualized!

Here is how I made the card.

  • Card base – cut a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
  • Cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and run through a die cutting machine with the Split Card Textures Die. Cut a piece of Polished Pink Designer Series Paper at 2 7/8″ x 5 1/4″. I used a sheet from the 2021-2023 In Color 6″ x 6″ DSP that I had from the 2021-2022 annual catalog, which is now retired so you can use the DSP from the 2022-2023 annual catalog. Adhere to back of black die cut piece with liquid glue.
  • Stamp the greeting from the Country Bouquet stamp set towards the bottom of the black die cut piece with Versamark ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder. The white embossing powder is no longer sold separately. It is now included in the Basics Stampin’ Emboss Powder set, which also includes black and clear powders.
  • Stamp nine hearts from the Country Bouquet stamp set with Flirty Flamingo, Polished Pink, Blushing Bride, and Sweet Sorbet or Real Red inks on piece of Basic White cardstock and punch out with the coordinating Country Bouquet Punch. Stamp both the large and small hearts, which will be used on the inside of the card.
    • Arrange the hearts along the split line on the black die cut piece, overlapping them in different directions. When you like how it looks, adhere with liquid glue. Adhere piece to the card front
    • Stamp greeting with Polished Pink ink on inside of card. Randomly adhere a few of the smaller hearts that were punched out along with the large hearts.

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    The kit contains everything you need to make nine cards, 3 each of 3 different designs and nine coordinating envelopes; photopolymer stamp set; Mango Melody Stampin’ Spot; peek-through window scene on each card front; precut critters, labels, raindrop embellishments and more. Coordinating colors are: Balmy Blue, Cajun Craze, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Mango Melody, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce.

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    Abigail Rose Suite Cards

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    Today I have two cards for you, both using the lovey Abigail Rose Suite in the annual catalog. Sadly, I’ve had to make four sympathy cards between Christmas and New Year’s Day. For some reason, I never seem to get around to using this suite so I decided to finally break it open. While I was at it, I needed to make a birthday card for a friend so made two cards with the suite as well.

    Here is how I made this sympathy card.

    • Card base – Cut a piece of Petal Pink cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
    • Cut a piece of the Petal Pink stripe paper from the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper at 4″ x5 1/4″ and adhere to card front.
    • Cut a piece of DSP with the script on the Early Espresso background at 2 7/8″ x 4 3/8″. Lightly color in the flowers with the light and dark Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends. Color the stems with the light Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blend. Adhere to a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock cut at at 3″ x 4 1/2″.
    • Cut a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock at 1 3/4″ x 3″. Stamp sympathy greeting from the Something Fancy stamp set from the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog with Early Espresso ink. Run through die cutting machine with a label from the Something Fancy Dies.
    • Cut a piece of Natural 1/2″ Woven Ribbon at 12″. Wrap around tulip piece and tie in a knot on the left side. The ribbon is from the now-retired July-December 2022 Holiday Catalog. If you don’t have this ribbon you can substitute it with something else in your stash. Adhere greeting over the ribbon. Adhere the tulip piece to front of card.

    Here is how I made this birthday card.

    • Cut a piece of Early Espresso cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score at 5 1/2″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
    • Cut a piece of Abigail Rose DSP at 3 3/4″ x 5 and run through die cutting machine with the next to largest Deckled Rectangle Die. Adhere at a slight angle to card front.
    • Cut a piece of the DSP that looks like a notebook page at 3 1/4″ x 4 3/4″ and run through die cutting machine with the third largest Deckled Rectangle Die. Adhere at an opposite angle to the first piece of DSP.
    • Cut a 3 1/2″ square of Very Vanilla cardstock. Stamp floral image from the Cottage Rose stamp set with Memento Black ink. Color the large flower with light and dark So Saffron Stampin’ Blends. Color the center of the flower with dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend. Add Wink of Stella to the center. Color the leaves with light and dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. Color the tiny flowers with light Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blend.
    • Run piece through die cutting machine with coordinating Cottage Flowers Dies. Adhere to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
    • Stamp birthday greeting with Early Espresso ink on scrap piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. Run through die cutting machine with die from the Something Fancy Dies. Adhere to card front.
    • Add some bling with a few Champagne Rhinestones.

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    Make cloudy days a little brighter with the Sunshine & Smiles Paper Pumpkin Kit! This kit includes nine sweet and sunny cards—three each of three designs. If someone you know is weathering a storm, this kit is just what you’ll need to create cards that are sure to brighten their day! AND for the first time ever, we’ve got a coordinating die add-on! (Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine sold separately).

    The kit contains everything you need to make nine cards, 3 each of 3 different designs and nine coordinating envelopes; photopolymer stamp set; Mango Melody Stampin’ Spot; peek-through window scene on each card front; precut critters, labels, raindrop embellishments and more. Coordinating colors are: Balmy Blue, Cajun Craze, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Mango Melody, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce.

    Purchase the Sunshine & Smiles Dies as an add-on. Cost is $6.00 and includes one frog-shaped die and one flower bouquet die. You can order this from my online store using Item #162486.

    Place an online order between $50 and $149 and use this host code for January. You will receive a free gift from me the following month.  If your order is $150 or more DO NOT use the host code. You will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards.

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    Country Bouquet Card

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    Today’s card features products from the Country Floral Lane Suite in the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog. It is a quick and easy card to put together. This is such a sweet collection of products and I’m having fun working with it. I like the funky heart shape and think it is whimsical! I especially love the Country Gingham 6″x6″ Designer Series Paper! I’m always happy to see gingham designs because I think they work well with just about everything as a background.

    Here is how I made the card.

    • Card base – cut a piece of Petal Pink cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
    • Cut a piece of the heart paper from the Country Floral DSP at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to card front.
    • Cut a piece of Sweet Sorbet cardstock and a piece of Petal Pink DSP from the Country Gingham DSP at 3″ x 4 1/2″ each. Adhere to card front.
    • Run a piece of Basic White cardstock through a die cutting machine with the medium size die with the curved top from the Designer Tags Dies.
    • Stamp the large heart on the tag with Sweet Sorbet ink. Stamp the small open hearts with Petal Pink ink. Stamp greeting with Mint Macaron ink. Adhere to card front
    • Cut an 8″ length of red ribbon from the Real Red & Burlap Combo Pack and tie into a bow. Adhere to top of tag with a glue dot and trim the tails on the bow.
    • Embellish with a few Petal Pink Adhesive-Backed Sequins.

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    Saying Thanks is the newest addition to the Kits Collection.  The kit includes everything you need to create 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs; coordinating envelopes; printed die cut words; pre-cut pieces; adhesives; white bakers twine; iridescent diamond sequins.  The coordinating colors are Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade, Tahitian Tide- such bright and fun colors!.  Cost of the kit is $13.00 and the Item number is 162361.  You can order this kit directly from my online store.

    Join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration beginning now through February 28th.  Choose from three different joining options, as outlined on page 18 in the brochure.

    Option 1 – The exclusive Boho Blue Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine ($63 value) plus your choice of $175 of products for only $129.
    Option 2 – The original white Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine ($63 value) for only $129.
    Option 3 – Your choice of $175 of products for only $99.

    The kit ships for free. As a demonstrator you will enjoy a 20% discount on all future orders.  I’d love to have you join my team. Become a happy discount shopper or build a business – the choice is yours! Click here to learn more about the benefits of joining Stampin’ Up! 

    Place an online order between $50 and $149 and use this host code for January. You will receive a free gift from me the following month.  If your order is $150 or more DO NOT use the host code. You will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards.

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