Up & Away Birthday

February 27, 2025February 26, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

This week, we’re working with the Everyday Skies designer series paper that is currently available as a Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusive. We’re pairing it up with the Hot Air Balloon bundle to make this super fun birthday fun fold. I’m using the Accordion Z-Fold by fellow demo Jackie Bolhuis.

Our card starts with a base of Azure Afternoon cardstock, which also serves as the z-fold base. I used several sheets of the blue skies sheets from the Everyday Skies paper pack to build the background. I made sure that all of my panels fit together to build the scene without any odd junctions between pieces and adhered them according to Jackie’s instructions. I cut a variety of balloons from several patterns from the Bright & Beautiful paper pack using the Hot Air Balloon dies. I outlined each balloon with a black marker to give some defined shape to each balloon. The balloon baskets are cut from several different paper scraps, including Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, and gold foil. The sentiment from the Hot Air Balloon stamp set is stamped in Night of Navy ink on white cardstock and then diecut with the banner die from the Hot Air Balloon set. The banner edges are pieces of silver foil for a little festive sparkle on the sentiment panel. The sentiment banner is adhered directly to the balloon. The balloons are all adhered to the card panel with dimensionals of varying heights and in such a way that when the card is closed they overlap so that only the small front panel scene is visible. The clouds are cut from the white spotted sheet of vellum from the Graceful Greenery vellum pack using both the Bright Skies and Hot Air Balloon dies. I used glue dots to affix the clouds in our scene. The largest cloud holds our inside sentiment which is from the Pattern of Friendship stamp set, which is set to release in the newest batch of Online Exclusives next week. This sentiment is heat embossed with white embossing powder. We finish things off with a scattering of white transparent dots.

It’s always fun to build scene cards, and this fun fold is a terrific way to combine this beautiful Everyday Skies paper with the Hot Air Balloon bundle. I love how you’ll be writing your message in the sky when leaving a note for the recipient!

Today’s card is a part of the Luv 2 Stamp Group Instagram Hop, which goes live at 9 AM Pacific Time (PST). Click here to head over to my Instagram feed at 9 AM Pacific/11 AM Central and check out what the other demos in our L2S Group have created for you today!

Product List

Azure Afternoon 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161719]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

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

[120953]

$11.50

Early Espresso 12" X 12" Card Stock

[124276]

$5.95

Everyday Skies 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164622]

$12.50

Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161449]

$12.50

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$5.00

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$5.00

Graceful Greenery Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164118]

$10.00

Hot Air Balloon Bundle (English)

[162755]

$45.00

Bright Skies Dies

[162793]

$34.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165679]

$21.00

Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker

[100082]

$3.00

Transparent Adhesive Backed Dots

[163432]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

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Toadstool Birthday

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

We’re continuing our patterns & sentiments design series as we tiptoe through the toadstools today. It’s been a long while since I’ve made an angled gatefold card, and I saw the cutest card using the Sale-a-Bration Toadstool Gardens designer series paper. So I’m taking a stab at this fun fold using our patterns & sentiments design theme.

Our card starts with Peach Pie cardstock. Each of the angled flaps are covered with a pattern from the Toadstool Gardens paper pack. I added some additional patterned texture o the purple stripe panel by running it through the machine embossed using the Birch Wood embossing folder. To bring out the woodgrain pattern, I then went over the top with a Fresh Freesia ink pad. The sentiment panel has two base layers. I cut the circle from Petal Pink glimmer paper using the Spotlight on Nature dies while the long hexagon is cut from Fresh Freesia glimmer paper using the Nested Essential dies. The sentiment from With You in Mind is stamped in Fresh Freesia on white cardstock and then cut out using paper snips. Before assembling the sentiment base layers, I adhered some Fresh Freesia seam binding ribbon in between and then adhered the panel to the left panel with dimensionals. The sentiment is adhered with a few extra layers of dimensionals to ensure that it stands out on the center panel. A few shiny sequins finish things off with a little sparkle. You can find the full PDF tutorial here.

Tomorrow we’ll be pairing up a sketch with our pattern & sentiment design theme. I hope you’ll pop by and check it out!

Product List

Peach Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163799]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Toadstool Gardens 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164942]

$12.50

Three Color Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[162813]

$10.50

With You In Mind Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164747]

$20.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$9.00

Birch Wood 3 D Embossing Folder

[164069]

$12.00

Nested Essentials Dies

[161597]

$34.00

Spotlight On Nature Dies

[163580]

$35.00

Fresh Freesia 3/8" (1 Cm) Seam Binding Ribbon

[164971]

$8.00

Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins

[163484]

$7.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

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Fun Folds

Thinking of You

February 15, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

We’ve had a mostly productive Saturday here as we made our monthly big box store trip and prepared for another deep cold snap headed our way. And that’s given me the afternoon to be able to play in my crafty goodies.

This week, we’ve been working with texture & sentiments as our design theme. And today I wanted to throw in a new fun fold. We’re pairing up the Dutch Door fold by fellow SU! demo Jackie Bolhuis with the Friends for Life stamp set and 2 embossing folders – the new Starstruck Sale-a-Bration folder and the Cute Crochet folder. I don’t yet have all of the dimensions for this design typed up yet, but I’ll drop it in the tutorials section & then link back here when I do.

We get started with a base of Pretty Peacock cardstock. This fun fold has a larger panel up top and two smaller panels on the bottom. I kept the top panel monochromatic and machine embossed a sheet of Pretty Peacock glimmer paper with the Starstruck embossing folder. To ensure that the subtle detail of the embossing would shine through, I went over the panel lightly with my finger and some silver metallic ink. For the two smaller panels on the bottom, I machine embossed a piece of the pastel ombre glimmer paper with the Cute Crochet embossing folder. And again, I wanted the pattern to be clearly visible from all angles and so I enhanced with some platinum metallic ink. For the overlapping focal panel, we start with a base of textured gold cardstock. The sentiment panel is just a hair smaller. I stamped the sentiment from Friends for Life in Pretty Peacock slightly off-center on Very Vanilla cardstock. I flanked the sentiment on the left with some flowery vines cut from Old Olive and Calypso Coral cardstock using the Heart Shaped dies. The flower centers are iridescent faceted gems, which give a nice pop of sparkle. A small bow of Pretty Peacock & Gold metallic ribbon in the upper-right corner and a few Pretty Peacock sequins below the sentiment finish things off and ensure your eye lands squarely on the focal panel.

I’ve had so much fun with this week’s theme! Next week, we’re going to continue having our sentiments be center stage but with some help from patterns. I hope you’ll pop in and see what that’s all about!

Product List

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150880]

$11.50

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101650]

$13.00

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100702]

$11.50

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122925]

$11.50

Pastel Ombre Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[164851]

$12.00

Three Color Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[162813]

$10.50

Textured Metallic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[163772]

$8.50

Friends For Life Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163359]

$25.00

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$9.00

Cute Crochet 3 D Embossing Folder

[163792]

$10.00

Starstruck Embossing Folder

[164972]

$8.50

Heart Shaped Bundle (English)

[164953]

$31.50

Iridescent Faceted Gems

[163368]

$8.50

Adhesive Backed Sequins Trio

[161206]

$8.00

Pretty Peacock & Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic Ribbon

[162588]

$8.50

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

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Fun Folds · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: I Love You

February 7, 2025February 6, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Here we are again – back to Friday! What do you have on the weekend agenda? I’m hoping to finish everything from last weekend’s to-do list myself. We got about halfway through our storage unit transfer. One wouldn’t think it would take all that long to move junk across town, but even with 2 people and 2 carts, each trip was almost an hour! The plan is to finish up this weekend. Now whether that leaves me time to get to all of the other things on my to-do list…well, that remains to be seen! Haha!

But how about we get to our task at hand – Sketchy Fridays! For those of you who are new here, Sketchy Fridays is a weekly series where we’re using a card sketch to design our featured card. Right now, we’re working through a full series of designs using the card sketches found in current Stampin’ Up! catalogs.

This week’s card is based on a card sketch I drew up of a card from the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration Catalog. Today, we’re pairing up the Season of Elegance and Marbled Elegance papers with several die sets to create this lovely Valentine design.

We get started with a base of Real Red cardstock. Today’s card is a peek-through fun fold design, where we’re removing 1 1/4-inches from the card front to create a small peek-through strip to the inside card panel. Our front flap is covered with a sheet of the red Season of Elegance foiled paper. The inside message panel is simply a sheet of white paper. The peek-through section is a strip of the Marbled Elegance paper, which is covered with a strip of Cherry Cobbler & gold ribbon that is tied in a bow in the center. Our front focal panel base is piece of foiled paper from the Nature’s Sweetness paper pack that is diecut with the Spotlight on Nature dies. It’s adhered to the front panel with dimensionals. Our hearts are cut from a piece red floral patterned paper from the Regal Winter pack and is diecut with the Hot Air Balloon dies. They’re adhered to the panel with dimensionals. The sentiment from Saying Hey is stamped on white cardstock and diecut with the Nested Essentials banner die using the extension method. I used an extra layer of dimensionals behind the sentiment to ensure that it stood proud over the hearts. Some gold thread and drusy embellishments finish things off with a touch of sparkle.

Tomorrow we’re going to be closing out our Valentines series in the air. I hope you’ll come take flight with me!

Products used in today’s card:
Real Red, Basic White cardstock
Season of Elegance, Marbled Elegance, Nature’s Sweetness, Regal Winter DSP
Saying Hey stamps
Spotlight on Nature, Hot Air Balloon, Nested Essentials dies
Gold thread, Cherry Cobbler & gold satin ribbon
Drusy embellishments
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102482]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164144]

$16.50

Marbled Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164919]

$16.50

Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[162616]

$16.50

Regal Winter 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164156]

$12.50

Spotlight On Nature Dies

[163580]

$35.00

Nested Essentials Dies

[161597]

$34.00

Hot Air Balloon Dies

[162754]

$30.00

Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163697]

$17.00

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

[101406]

$10.50

Gold Twisted Thread

[164603]

$7.50

Cherry Cobbler & Gold 1/2'' (1.3 Cm) Metallic Ribbon

[156312]

$8.00

Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments

[164223]

$9.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

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Fun Folds · Holidays

Sending a Little Love

February 6, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

This week is all about honoring the Valentines in our life – be they friends, family, or significant others. Anyone whose special to you deserves a little handmade love from time to time. And today we’re pairing up some older Stampin’ Up! bundles with some of the newer papers to create this super cute spanner fun fold card design. We’re also going to be using the reverse stamp technique to flip an image. So let’s get to it.

We get started with a base of Fresh Freesia cardstock, which is cut to standard A2 size. We’re creating a fun fold today that is inspired by the Spanner Panel fold by fellow demo Jackie Bolhuis. To create the front spanner panel, the front panel of the card is cut from the bottom edge to the center score line on each side at the 1 1/4-inch mark, giving you a front panel that has 3 flaps – 1 1/4-inch, 3-inch, and 1 1/4-inch. The two smaller front flaps are covered with strips of the striped pattern from the Toadstool Gardens paper pack. The center flap is covered with a piece of the Everyday Skies paper, which is going to serve as the backdrop for our focal scene. We’ll cut a 3/4-inch strip of Fresh Freesia to span the front card panel and connect only the two smaller side panels, which are going to lift up separately from the center panel. This strip is going to serve as the structural base for our focal scene, so we’ll begin by covering it with grass. Our grass is cut from Old Olive and a piece of the Floral Delight paper using the Bright Skies long cloud edge die. This provides some nice rolling tufts of grass that don’t distract from our scene. These strips of grass are adhered to the strip of Fresh Freesia with dimensionals, layering one on top of the other to give depth. Using the Playing in the Rain dies, we’ll cut some tufts of grass from Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green cardstock and tuck them in, adhering with glue dots. The mailbox is diecut using the Sending Love dies. The post is cut from Blackberry Bliss, while the box is cut from Fresh Freesia glimmer paper and Fresh Freesia cardstock. The flag is Petal Pink for a pop of contrast. An industrial trinket serves as the screw that affixes the flag to our mailbox. A larger envelope is diecut from Beautiful Bokeh paper and closed with a heart sequin. Once assembled, we’ll tuck the mailbox into the grass and adhere to the far left panel with dimensionals, ensuring that we don’t have any overlap onto our center panel of clouds. Tuck the envelope inside the box an adhere with a dimensional or two inside the box.

Now for our main character. Turtle is from the Playing in the Rain stamp set, but when stamped as-is, he will be facing the wrong direction. To get our turtle facing toward the left, you’ll want to stamp the image onto your silicone mat and then carefully press your white cardstock on top to transfer the image onto the paper. Be sure that you’ve inked the stamp heavily to ensure that the image is dark enough once you’ve transferred from the silicone mat to paper. Next, I colored the turtle with a combination of Old Olive and Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends. I used a color lifter on the shell to lighten things up a bit and provide good contrast with the skin of turtle’s body. I cut him out with paper snips and then adhered to the grass with several layers of dimensionals for plenty of height. I stamped a smaller envelope from Sending Love on Beautiful Bokeh and cut out with the coordinating die.

The front sentiment is stamped in Blackberry Bliss using the Sending Love sentiment and then diecut with the Friends for Life banner using the extension method so that each end has matching shape. I adhered over the grass with dimensionals. We finish off the front with a selection of purple sequins. On the center panel, tucked discretely behind the mailbox, I stamped the small “sent with love” sentiment and added a few heart sequins around it. The inside panel of the card is left blank for a personalized message. The message panel is flanked with two strips of Beautiful Bokeh paper.

Isn’t this such a fun card?! I love creating scenes, and while we have some terrific products in the current mini catalog, Stampin’ Up! has some great go-tos in the main catalog that should get a little love, as well! Tune in tomorrow for Sketchy Fridays…with a twist!

Products used in today’s card:
Fresh Freesia, Old Olive, Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce, Blackberry Bliss, Petal Pink, Basic White cardstock
Everyday Skies, Floral Delight, Three Color glimmer, Toadstool Gardens, Beautiful Bokeh DSP
Playing in the Rain bundle
Sending Love bundle
Stampin’ Blends
Bright Skies, Friends for Life dies
Industrial Trinkets, purple sequins, heart sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List

Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155613]

$11.50

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100702]

$11.50

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$11.50

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146981]

$11.50

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133675]

$11.50

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

[146985]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Floral Delight 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164700]

$12.50

Everyday Skies 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164622]

$12.50

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

[164607]

$12.50

Toadstool Gardens 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164942]

$12.50

Playing In The Rain Bundle (English)

[160551]

$54.75

Sending Love Bundle (English)

[162880]

$54.00

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

[101406]

$10.50

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

[147092]

$9.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$9.00

Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154903]

$11.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154892]

$11.00

Stampin' Blends Color Lifter

[144608]

$5.50

Bright Skies Dies

[162793]

$34.00

Friends For Life Dies (English)

[163364]

$34.00

Industrial Trinkets

[163450]

$8.50

Adhesive Backed Heart Sequins

[164920]

$8.50

Purple Adhesive Backed Sequins

[164970]

$8.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

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Coming Soon · Fun Folds

Miss You

October 28, 2024 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy Monday, crafty friends! Our weekend turned out to be waaaaaay busier than I anticipated. Between the kiddo’s bowling league and lessons and my own singing engagements, we kinda met each other coming and going this weekend. And that left no time to craft – womp, womp!

But here we are starting a bright, shiny new week and I have some bright & shiny new things to share with you from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives release that will go live next week! This week, we’re going to pair some gorgeous new patterned paper with all sorts of things from the crafty stash — from other new Online Exclusives to current products. It’s going to be a fun week.

We’re getting started with a really cool fun fold called the Curtain Fold because it really shows off the new Marbled Elegance paper beautifully! Our card starts with a base of Melon Mambo cardstock. The backdrop for our gorgeous curtain fold is a combination of Melon Mambo foil paper (sadly retired) and the creamy Season of Elegance foiled paper that’s been embossed using the Painted Texture embossing folder. The sheet of Marbled Elegance is a combination of pinks, shades of white, and gold foil. Our sentiment from Sending Love is stamped in Melon Mambo on Very Vanilla and then diecut with the Everyday Details circle die. I used the leftover portion of a piece of white glimmer paper cut with Spotlight on Nature dies as the eye-catching border around our sentiment. A strip of iridescent striped trim anchors it against our sparkly background. A few iridescent rhinestones basic jewels and gold hearts finish things off with the perfect amount of twinkle.

The Marbled Elegance paper really is stunning, and I’m looking forward to showing you all the ways you can incorporate it into your everyday designs to give a little extra pop.

Products used in today’s card:
Melon Mambo, Basic White cardstock
Marbled Elegance (coming soon), Season of Elegance, White glimmer, Melon Mambo foil (retired) DSP
Painted Texture embossing folder
Sending Love stamps
Spotlight on Nature, Everyday Details dies
Iridescent striped trim
Iridescent rhinestones basic jewels, gold hearts (coming soon)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115320]

$11.50

Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164144]

$16.50

Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper

[163769]

$6.00

Melon Mambo & Granny Apple Green 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Foil Sheets

[161953]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder

[154317]

$10.00

Spotlight On Nature Dies

[163580]

$35.00

Everyday Details Dies

[162864]

$34.00

Sending Love Cling Stamp Set (English)

[162873]

$25.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$9.00

Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim

[163299]

$8.50

Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels

[158130]

$7.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[154031]

$7.00

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Christmas · Fun Folds · Holidays

Season of Evergreens

September 14, 2024September 13, 2024 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

We’ve made our way to another weekend and halfway through the month of September already! This week, we’ve been All About Christmas and have been exploring a whole selection of Stampin’ Up! holiday products. Today, we’re revisiting a set of products that carried over from last year’s holiday release. And it’s no wonder because the Merriest Trees set and the Winter Meadow paper pack both offer so many ways to create beautiful cards and not just holiday designs!

Today, we’re pairing up the Merriest Trees dies with one of my all-time favorite fun folds — the Center Step fun fold. I also gave a new coloring technique a try to make my own patterned paper for the trees. So let’s take a closer look at how this fun fold comes together.

We get started with a base of Pretty Peacock cardstock. A sheet of the Winter Meadow designer series paper serves as our backdrop for the center focal panel. Our pair of trees start with a custom coloring technique using Pretty Peacock and Old Olive ink. (Tune in on my YouTube channel on Tuesday for a full tutorial during the next episode of Terrific Tuesdays!) I also splatter some white craft ink to give the look of snowflakes falling in front of the branches. Using all of the various sizes of trees in the Merriest Trees die set, I cut out tree panels and then selected ones to layer to create each tree. Dimensionals on the bottom fringes of the branches help give a little dimension and the look of the stacked branches. Each tree is then decorated with garland and stars cut from textured gold specialty paper. The trees are adhered to the bottom of the center fold portion of the card base with dimensionals. Our sentiment consists of a mat of gold foil cut with the banner die from the Peaceful Season die set. The sentiment from Merriest Trees is heat embossed in gold on white cardstock and then diecut using the Peaceful Season dies. It’s adhered to the top of the center panel with dimensionals. I tucked a few bunnies by the trees for a little added interest and then scattered snowflakes in the background.

Next week we’re going to be exploring the new Christmas ephemera. I hope you’ll tag along!

Products used in today’s card:
Pretty Peacock, Basic White cardstock
Watercolor paper, Winter Meadow, gold foil, textured gold DSP
Merriest Trees stamps & dies
Peaceful Season, Grove dies
Gold embossing powder
Pretty Peacock, Old Olive reinker
Snowflakes, rhinestone jewels
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150880]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$9.00

Winter Meadow 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162133]

$12.50

Textured Metallic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[163772]

$8.50

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$5.00

Merriest Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[162043]

$25.00

Merriest Trees Dies

[162047]

$37.00

Peaceful Season Dies (English)

[164020]

$34.00

Grove Dies

[157844]

$39.00

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[150090]

$5.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[100531]

$5.50

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill

[101780]

$7.00

Water Painters

[151298]

$13.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165678]

$21.00

Adhesive Backed Snowflake Assortment

[162129]

$8.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$6.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$7.25

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Fun Folds · sketches · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Brighten Your Day

August 30, 2024August 28, 2024 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

I don’t know about you, but I can’t believe that we’re wrapping up the month of August and marching right into September already! I mean, it’s Labor Day weekend. Whaaaaaa?! I feel like the older I get the faster the time seems to fly by.

And speaking of time flying by, it’s time again for another installment of Sketchy Fridays, where each week we’ll be using a card sketch to design our featured card. Right now, we’re working through a full series of designs using the card sketches found on page 22 of the current Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog.

This week’s card is based on Sketch #20 and features the gorgeous Splendid Autumn designer paper from the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog that launches on September 4th.

This paper pack just turns out sheet after sheet of stunning designs, and I’m loving each and every one. I’m pairing up a fun fold shared by my upline Patty Bennett with Sketch #20 from the Annual Catalog. I’ve taken the liberty of changing the orientation of the sentiment piece. And that’s the best thing about using a sketch — it gives you a place to start and then you tweak things to work for you.

So our fun fold starts with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. Rather than scoring in the center, we score and fold at 3-inches and 7.25-inches to give us our front fold with a standard-sized inside message panel. I decided to double mat the gorgeous sheet of Splendid Autumn patterned paper and used Flirty Flamingo to bring out the pinky-orange hues of the leaves. I cut and mounted the patterned paper so that the panels meet to form a complete picture when the card is closed. When open, there is a small border of Flirty Flamingo visible on the left panel and a slight overhang of the Splendid Autumn sheet on the right panel. The sentiment from Changing Leaves is stamped in black on white cardstock and then diecut using the Greetings of the Season die. I diecut a leaf from gold mercury vellum using the Autumn Leaves dies and adhered to the sentiment panel. The sentiment panel is mounted to the left panel of the card front using dimensionals. We finish off the card front with an assortment of regal foiled dots, which release next week. I felt like it was a shame to waste the remainder of the Splendid Autumn sheet, so it serves as the decorative strip next to the message panel on the inside of the card. I added a few additional gold mercury vellum leaves to tie things together.

I loved this fun fold because it offered the perfect opportunity to showcase a gorgeous sheet of paper. When I have paper that’s so pretty that I don’t want to cut it, I search for layouts like this one that let me put it on full display. Give it a try the next time you have a sheet of paper too pretty to cut up!

Tomorrow, we’re closing out our In the Woods card series with a fall sunset. I hope you’ll stop by and check it out!

Products used in today’s card:
Blackberry Bliss, Flirty Flamingo, Basic White cardstock
Splendid Autumn (coming soon!), gold mercury vellum DSP
Changing Leaves stamps
Autumn Leaves, Greetings of the Season dies
Regal foiled dots (coming soon!)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133675]

$11.50

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141416]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$11.25

Gold Mercury Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164142]

$10.00

Changing Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164351]

$20.00

Autumn Leaves Dies

[162185]

$38.00

Greetings Of The Season Dies

[164112]

$32.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

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Fun Folds · L2S Group Instahop

You Can Do This

August 29, 2024August 26, 2024 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

This week, we’re making our way through the woods as we feature a whole array of woodsy products from the Stampin’ Up! lineup. Today, we’re dreaming of winter with this diamond fold card design featuring the Thoughtful Journey designer series paper and Frosted Forest bundle.

Stampin’ Up! has released some gorgeous watercolored patterned paper packs over the last year, and I think I have loved each and every one. I thought it would be fun to use the snowy scene paper from the Thoughtful Journey paper pack and create a pop-out using Frosted Forest since the evergreens closely resembled those in the paper. So let’s see how it all comes together.

We get started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I love how this really pulls forward the purple hues in the patterned paper. Our diamond panel leaves a little of the Blackberry Bliss peeking around the edges and the mat for our panel is a piece of white glimmer cardstock to be reminiscent of twinkling snowdrifts. I used the Frosted Forest masks to create the evergreen using a combination of Blackberry Bliss, Fresh Freesia, Night of Navy, and Misty Moonlight inks and then diecut it using the coordinating Frosted Forest die. I went over the tree with Wink of Stella and added iridescent ribbon for added sparkle on the diamond panel. The sentiment from Saying Hey is stamped in black on white cardstock and then diecut using the Happy Little Things banner die. A few iridescent faceted gems finish things off nicely with an additional twinkly touch.

Isn’t this just a gorgeous scene?! Today’s card is a part of the Luv 2 Stamp Group Instagram Hop, which goes live today at 9 AM Pacific Time (PST). Click here to head over to my Instagram feed at 11 AM Central and check out what the other demos in our L2S Group have created for you today! Tomorrow we’ll be walking in the woods with another fun fold design using the new Splendid Autumn designer series paper. I hope you’ll pop in and check it out!

Want to see how a Diamond Fold card layout comes together from start to finish? You can watch the full Terrific Tuesdays video where we make one together and snag a FREE printable tutorial to boot. Click here to download the PDF.

Products used in today’s card:
Blackberry Bliss, Basic White cardstock
Thoughtful Journey, white glimmer DSP
Frosted Forest masks and dies
Saying Hey stamps
Happy Little Things dies
Iridescent striped trim
Iridescent faceted gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133675]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Thoughtful Journey 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163303]

$12.50

Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper

[163769]

$6.00

Frosted Forest Decorative Masks

[164350]

$15.00

Frosted Forest Dies

[164136]

$36.00

Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163697]

$17.00

Happy Little Things Dies

[163709]

$12.00

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

[147092]

$9.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$9.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$9.00

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

$9.00

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

[101406]

$10.50

Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim

[163299]

$8.50

Iridescent Faceted Gems

[163368]

$8.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

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Coming Soon · Fun Folds

Happy Birthday Deer

August 27, 2024August 25, 2024 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Do you ever see a card design and think, “man, that’s brilliant!” as you’re scrolling Pinterest or some other platform for inspiration? There are some cards that are just show stoppers! Today’s tri-fold card design was inspired by a stunning card posted by fellow demonstrator Stamp With Amy K, and as soon as I saw it, I knew that I had to give it a try for this week’s In the Woods card series.

I knew that I wanted to spotlight a gorgeous sunrise scene paper from the upcoming Splendid Autumn paper pack. We get started with this super simple tri-fold fun fold design with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I laid the open tree grove die from the Grove die set over the sheet of paper to determine what portion I wanted to peek through to the card front and then diecut the front panel of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I diecut two deer silhouettes in black cardstock with the Grove dies and then adhered them in the grove of trees with tear-n-tape. To keep the deer in place, a sheet of acetate is then adhered to the back of the card front. The focal sentiment from Adventurous Sky is stamped on Flirty Flamingo and diecut using the Happy Little Things banner die. It’s adhered over a ribbon of Blackberry Bliss & Gold, gold trim, and Peach Pie and then mounted to a textured gold hexagonal mat.

The sheet of Splendid Autumn is then cut to fit inside the card and the far right of the patterned paper panel is scored to create the fold-out portion. The inside card base is covered with white cardstock, which also serves to cover the anchor for the patterned paper sheet.

I stamped the sentiment from Something Fancy in black ink on white cardstock and then diecut with the Greetings of the Season die, adding some gold trim to finish things off before adhering to the fold-out panel. We finish off the whole design with careful placement of shiny sequins and sparkle gems to add twinkles on several of the panels to help draw the eye across and through the full tri-fold.

Although this card looks complicated, it comes together quickly and is even more stunning in person! Tomorrow, we’re going to be walking through a new-to-me design technique. I hope you’ll pop by and check it out!

Products used in today’s card:
Blackberry Bliss, Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black, Basic White cardstock
Splendid Autumn (coming soon!), textured gold DSP
Acetate window sheets
Something Fancy, Adventurous Sky stamps
Grove, Autumn Leaves, Happy Little Things dies
Heartfelt Hexagon punch
Peach Pie bordered ribbon, Blackberry Bliss & gold textured ribbon (coming soon!), gold trim
In Color shimmer gems, shiny sequins
Adhesives

Product List

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133675]

$11.50

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141416]

$11.50