Happiest Season

August 7, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy Friday! It’s a busy one for us today with student and parent orientation. But I’m popping on to give you all the deets on yesterday’s card I shared over on the studio socials.

We’re getting some sneak peeks at new holiday products that will release in September. And this card gives you the first sneak of some new Christmas goodies.

We get started with a base of Cherry Cobbler cardstock. A sheet of the new 6×6 Creative Celebrations paper serves as our backdrop. The focal point panel is a sheet of the Shimmering Stripes specialty paper cut with the new Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies adhered to our card front with dimensionals. All of our focal elements are from the new Season of Celebration ephemera pack and adhered to our scalloped panels with varying layers of dimensionals for extra depth of scene. We finish things off with a few silver sequins from the new adhesive sparkle sequins.

I really love the way the new ephemera packs are already adhesive — just peal and stick! This gives you lots of options for adhering them to your projects.

I hope to bring you a few more cards to finish out the week. Hope you’ll drop back by!

Products used in today’s card:
Cherry Cobbler CS
Creative Celebrations (coming in Sept), Shimmering Stripes DSP
Season of Celebration ephemera (coming in Sept)
Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies (coming in Sept)
Adhesive sparkle sequins (coming in Sept)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Fancy Heartfelt Thanks

August 5, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Hey, friends, guess what day it is?! We’re halfway through this week already. Whew. Just like that. And we’re also halfway through a week of designs using new products fresh to the crafty stash!

As promised, today we’re getting a sneak peek at a new set of dies that will release with the September holiday catalog — Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies. These scalloped rectangles are the perfect dress-me-up addition to your designs. And we’re pairing it up today with another peek into the new All Wrapped Up paper pack that will also release in the new holiday catalog. I tossed in a few of my current faves, like the Sincerely Noted ephemera, and a couple of my super loved retired goodies, like the butterflies.

We get started with a base of Peaceful Pine cardstock. The foiled backdrop from the All Wrapped Up paper pack coordinates perfectly. The focal panel backdrop is a scalloped rectangle cut from a sheet of the Velvet Meadow paper using the new Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies and adhered over some gold striped sheer ribbon using dimensionals. The sentiment is from the Sincerely Noted ephemera pack — a current go-to of mine for something quick and mess-free — and is mounted on the scalloped panel with dimensionals. We finish things off with a beautiful gold butterfly and a few gold glitter dots from the 2025 Advent calendar.

I’m still in the clean and simple frame of mind, and there are lots of things in the crafty stash that make it a snap to put together a clean and simple card. Tomorrow we’ll preview some Christmas product for grins. I hope you’ll stop by!

Products used in today’s card:
Peaceful Pine CS
Velvet Meadow, All Wrapped Up (coming in Sept) DSP
Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies (coming in Sept)
Sincerely Noted ephemera
Gilded wings butterflies
Gold striped sheer ribbon
Gold glitter pieces (retired)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Clean and Simple · Coming Soon

Wishing the Very Best

August 4, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy Tuesday, everybody! It’s the last week of summer break for us, so we’re getting in all the last minute trips for clothes and shoes and supplies before it’s off to high school next week. Is it time for school to start in your area?

I’m having fun finding ways to use some of the new goodies that have arrived over the last couple of weeks. And today we have another little sneak peek of a product that will launch with the September holiday catalog — the Softly Woven embossing folder. It’s the perfect complement to the Everyday Essentials patterned paper.

We get started with a base of Misty Moonlight cardstock. The focal panel base is a quarter sheet of Misty Moonlight that’s machine embossed with the Softly Woven embossing folder and then a strip of the Everyday Essentials paper is adhered on the left side. The sentiment from the Sincerely Noted ephemera pack is mounted over a Bubble Bath linen bow using dimensionals. And then we finish things off with a few adhesive blooms. So simple, but isn’t it lovely?!

Tomorrow we’re going to play with some new dies. I hope you’ll drop back and check it out.

Products used in today’s card:
Misty Moonlight CS
Everyday Essentials DSP
Softly Woven EF (coming in Sept)
Sincerely Noted ephemera
Bubble Bath linen ribbon
Adhesive blooms
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Clean and Simple · Coming Soon

Wrapped in Hellos

August 3, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Howdy, friends! Glad you stopped by. I took a little break last week for some professional work training and had oodles of catching up to do once I got back to the office at the end of the week. So there wasn’t any crafty time for me. Womp-womp! But I’m looking forward to diving in to brand new goodies that arrived while I was gone. And I’m also looking forward to snagging a few more goodies that go live for demos this week. There’s so much good stuff coming your way!

How would you like a little sneak peek at some goodies that will launch in the new September holiday catalog? I’ll drop a few little golden nuggets here and there over the course of this month. Today I’m previewing a gorgeous new pack of paper called All Wrapped Up, which includes a full set of foiled designs. Several of the new packs offer foiled papers, and quite a few of those are the thick, sturdy cardstock that would be perfect for gift boxes!

Today’s card starts with a base of Peaceful Pine cardstock. Our focal panel begins with a sheet of the new All Wrapped Up paper and is matted with a panel of Pool Party cardstock. The sentiment is from the Sincerely Noted ephemera pack and coordinates perfectly with this paper. I added some sheer silver-edged ribbon behind the sentiment and a few shimmering dots around the edges for the perfect pops of sparkly goodness.

I’m still in the clean and simple mindset and I loved how these products coordinated so perfectly. I’m looking forward to sitting down with my new foiling system and trying my hand at some of those new goodies this week too! I hope you’ll drop in and see what I pull out next!

Products used in today’s card:
Peaceful Pine, Pool Party CS
All Wrapped UP DSP (coming Sept 2026)
Sincerely Noted ephemera
Silver-edged trim (retired)
Shimmering dots
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Clean and Simple

A Friend Like You

July 25, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

TGIF and happy weekend, everybody! I actually had this card all ready to go last night but ran out of juice to do the photo editing and write-up. So it goes sometimes. We’re midway into a busy Saturday as we shuttle the kiddo around for bowling league and school supplies and the like. What are you up to this weekend?

This week, we’re keeping clean & simple at the forefront as I continue to hunt for my crafty mojo. I have to say that this particular card was a struggle for me. I knew what I wanted to put together but was having a hard time getting it right. So I picked the kiddo’s brain. Do you ever do that? Phone a friend? Sometimes it can be super helpful when you’re feeling stuck. What I needed to make this card right was the appropriate color palette, which seemed obvious after the kiddo pointed it out!

We get started with some Petal Pink cardstock as our card base and then use a sheet of the Lovely Blossoms paper as the backdrop for our focal section. The backdrop is wrapped in some retired Petal Pink striped ribbon before the panel is adhered to the card front with adhesive runner. Our focal section consists of the cute Pooh & Piglet image panel and then sentiment. The image panel is cut from a sheet of the Silly Old Bear paper using the coordinating Sweet Words & Labels dies. Both panels are adhered to our card front using layers of dimensionals. And we finish things off with some of the Petal Pink pearlized faceted circles for a little sparkle.

I just love how the image and the sentiment work together for this one, which I think is why I struggled so much with the layout at first. I was dead set on using the sentiment because nothing says wonderful friend like someone who holds your hand through life’s topsy-turvy moments!

I’m hoping to bring you one more clean and simple design to round out our week. But first….we have a few more things to knock off our Saturday to-do list!

Product List

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]

$14.00

Lovely Blossoms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[167168]

$12.50

Silly Old Bear 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[167616]

$13.00

Sweet Words & Labels Dies

[167627]

$37.00

Sincerely Noted Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English)

[167706]

$7.00

Ribbon Duo Combo Pack

[161318]

$10.00

Pearlized Faceted Circles

[166978]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Add All to Cart

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Gallery Sympathy

July 23, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Welcome back, friends! We’ve gotten a small reprieve from the heat here in North Texas as Tropical Storm Bertha moves ashore in the Gulf and we’re getting some much-needed wind. So now instead of feeling like we’re in a furnace, it just feels like you’re standing in front of the hair dryer. Could be worse? And that also meant that my office was a touch cooler today also as the streak of no-AC days continues.

Here in the craft room, it’s nice and cool (I’m actually freezing!) and I whipped up another clean and simple card as I continue searching for my crafty mojo. I’m on an ephemera kick — the Sincerely Noted pack, to be precise — as it makes another appearance in today’s card, along with the Beautiful Gallery paper.

We have just a couple of elements involved in this card. Our card base is made from Crumb Cake cardstock, and we use a whole sheet of the Beautiful Gallery paper to create our focal panel. The sentiment is from the Sincerely Noted ephemera pack and is adhered over our focal panel with dimensionals. We finish off with some pearlized faceted dots on either side of our sentiment. And that. is. it. Simple. Understated. Classy.

I hope you’ll pop in tomorrow to see what clean and simple design we might put together next. Not even I know at this point. *snicker*

Product List

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$14.00

Beautiful Gallery 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165196]

$12.50

Sincerely Noted Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English)

[167706]

$7.00

Pearlized Faceted Circles

[166978]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Add All to Cart

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Hip-hip Hooray for Birthdays

July 22, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Welcome back, everyone! I’m still looking for my missing crafty mojo, and it doesn’t help that we’re in the middle of a typical Texas summer roasting session. AND the AC is out in part of my office. Womp-womp all the way around!

But I did manage to eke out another clean & simple design today. And we’re letting the Violet Dreams paper and diecut sheet take center stage with our ephemera.

We get started with a base of Basic White cardstock. A sheet of the striped Cloud Cover paper from the Violet Dreams pack serves as our backdrop. A Fresh Freesia diecut element from the paper pack is our focal panel background, which is adhered to our card at different heights using dimensionals. Our sentiments come from two separate ephemera packs — the new Sincerely Noted and the Saying Something packs. The sentiments are adhered over a bow of striped gold ribbon using dimensionals. And we finish things off with a few adhesive flowers.

I hope you’ll drop in tomorrow to see what’s next in our clean & simple series!

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White CS
Violet Dreams DSP
Sincerely Noted, Saying Something ephemera
Gold striped mesh ribbon
Adhesive blooms
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Clean and Simple

Sending You Love

July 21, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Tuesdays are always exciting days for demos in SU! land because it’s corporate news day. And today, it’s opening of preorder today for the new catalogs. So I’m pouring through all of my tabs and trying to make some decisions about what I’d like to get in hand sooner rather than later.

But enough about that. Let’s get to today’s card. This week, I’m still looking for my missing crafty mojo so we’re keeping things clean & simple. And as promised yesterday, today I’m playing around with the Scenic Coast paper again.

We get started with a base of Petal Pink cardstock. The base of our focal panel is also Petal Pink paper that has been machine embossed on the diagonal using the Forever Plaid embossing folder. A ribbon of Fresh Freesia is tied around the bottom and then the panel adhered to the card front with dimensionals. Our focal image is a sheet of the lovely Scenic Coast paper that has been diecut using the Spotlight on Nature dies and then matted with a circle of Crisp Cantalope pearlized paper that’s also cut with a larger Spotlight on Nature die. The full panel is adhered with dimensionals so it rises above the embossing. The sentiment panel is from the Sincerely Noted ephemera pack and adhered at the bottom of the focal panel with several layers of dimensionals. We finish things off with a scattering of pearlized faceted circles and a small gilded butterfly.

One thing I’m reminded of with this week’s design theme is that cards don’t have to have a lot going on to be beautiful or to speak from the heart. I hope you’ll drop in tomorrow to see what’s next in our clean & simple series!

Products used in today’s card:
Petal Pink CS
Scenic Coast, Crisp Cantalope pearlized DSP
Forever Plaid EF
Sincerely Noted ephemera
Spotlight on Nature dues
Fresh Freesia satin ribbon
Pearlized faceted circles
Gilded Wings accents
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Clean and Simple · Vacation

Scenic Hooray

July 20, 2026July 20, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Howdy, crafty friends! It’s been a minute. My mojo flat disappeared and the summer schedule got hectic, so I decided to take a little break. Work has been crazy busy. The kiddo is keeping us hopping with his bowling lessons & league. We’ve unplugged and taken a family vacation. And we’ve just generally loafed around and enjoyed some of the World Cup.

While all of that has been going on, there’s been so much happening in SU! land. Over the last several weeks, we’ve had an Online Exclusives launch, a new foiling system launch, and demos have gotten the sneak peek at the newest catalogs. I’m looking forward to digging in to the new things that have come to my crafty goody collection and hopefully can find my crafty mojo along the way. So this week we’re keeping things clean and simple. That’s literally our design theme. We’re going to let some awesome products take center stage without a whole lot of fuss.

First up is this fun card using the Scenic Coast patterned paper. I passed on ordering it when it first launched and it’s been such a hot item that it goes out of stock as quickly as Stampin’ Up! restocks it! But wanna know one thing I love about the SU! website? You can set up a notification for out-of-stock items on your must-have list, and you’ll get an e-mail as soon as the new batch hits the site. So I was able to swipe a package of the beautiful foiled Scenic Coast paper when it came back online a few weeks ago. And man, I love it even more now that I can see it in person!

So this super simple card gets started with a base of white cardstock. To be honest, I tried a lot of different color combinations and decided that the contrast of the white with the paper really allows the gorgeous patterned paper sing the best. I finished things off with a simple sentiment from the Sincerely Noted ephemera set and adhered it over a bow of Fresh Freesia ribbon using several layers of dimensionals. I still have some of the beautiful (retired) purple shimmer gems in my stash and put them on either side of the sentiment for just a touch of additional sparkle. What’s super difficult to capture in photos is how beautifully the reflection in the water sparkles. It’s really something!

I have a feeling we’ll be playing the Scenic Coast for a few more designs this week. It just lends itself to clean & simple!

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Scenic Coast 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[167773]

$17.00

Sincerely Noted Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English)

[167706]

$7.00

Fresh Freesia 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Satin Ribbon

[168199]

$10.00

Purple Fine Shimmer Gems

[162611]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Add All to Cart

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Beautiful Day

June 5, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

TGIF, everybody! We made it to Friday, and I am definitely looking forward to the weekend. Do you have fun plans for the weekend? I have all kinds of things on the to-do list and hope to cross some of those off.

This week we’re working with the new Beautiful Gallery patterned paper pack. This pack has so many frame-worthy patterns that it makes it such a task to cut it down. Today we’re using one of my favorite paper-save-it techniques to all but a teensy strip of the beautiful meadow pattern from the pack. We’re pairing it up with the new Sweet Words & Labels dies and the Sunset Coast stamps to make this clean & simple design.

We get started with a base of Petal Pink cardstock. I chose the rolling meadow pattern sheet from the Beautiful Gallery paper pack as the focal panel for the card front and cut it so that there is just a tiny border of our Petal Pink around each side. Save that strip you have left because we’re going to be using it! The panel is wrapped with black & gold baker’s twine before being adhered directly to the card front. The sentiment from the Sunset Coast stamp set is stamped in Flirty Flamingo onto a sentiment panel diecut from Petal Pink using the Sweet Words & Labels dies. The sentiment is adhered over the twine wrapping with several layers of dimensionals to be sure it stands nice and proud over the twine. A few pearlized faceted circles in opposing corners finish things off with the subtlest of pink-hued twinkle.

And we use that extra strip of the gorgeous paper to dress up the message panel on the inside of our card.

Such a clean and simple design and super easy technique to put the whole beautiful sheet of paper to work. What do you think? Tomorrow we’re going to cut some paper and combine some patterns. I hope you’ll drop in and check it out!

Product List

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]

$14.00

Beautiful Gallery 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165196]

$12.50

Sweet Words & Labels Dies

[167627]

$37.00