Sketchy Fridays: BIG thanks

October 4, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy Sketchy Fridays, everyone, and welcome to the weekend! Except it’s Saturday, but we’re all good with that, right? *snicker* My week could be summed up by lions and tigers and bears, oh my! We had a major cloud data migration at my office over last weekend and everything that could go wrong did go wrong. So we were having to make due with alternative ways of accessing e-mail and cloud files all week, and let’s just say that it’s been a mess! In and amongst all of that, we’re hosting a big educational conference in our office next week annnnnnd naturally all of my spreadsheets and files were a part of the data migration. *sigh* So it’s been a little challenging at the office this week, to say the least!

BUT here I am on Saturday bringing you the Sketchy Fridays card because it was just going to be too cute not to make & share! For those of you who are new here, Sketchy Fridays is a weekly series where we use a card sketch to design our featured card.

This week’s card is based on the Freshly Made Sketches #706 sketch. As soon as I saw it, I already had an idea in mind and that made it an easy choice! And we’re turning it on its head, so to speak, to make it landscape. Today’s design features the new Online Exclusives Beautiful Pumpkins bundle.

We get started with a neutral base of white cardstock. Our front panel backdrop is a sheet of the gold foiled script paper from the Nature’s Sweetness paper pack. The focal panel is a combination of two sheets of the Gathering Together paper – the Cajun Craze small leaf pattern and the gold foiled fall foliage pattern. It’s mounted to the card front with dimensionals. The sentiment from the *new* 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar stamp set is heat embossed in black at the top of the panel. I wanted the pumpkins to have more texture and interest than what the stamps alone would provide, so I selected several of the woodgrain patterns from the Country Woods paper pack and used the detail stamp from the Beautiful Pumpkins set and a coordinating, but light, color on top of each woodgrain and then used the coordinating dies to cut out each one. The pumpkin stems are also cut from one of the darker woodgrain patterns from the Country Woods paper pack. I tried several different colors for the leaves and vines before settling on the Old Olive sheet from the Season of Elegance paper pack. We give the pumpkins lots of depth of field by adhering them with varying heights of dimensionals. And we finish things off with some gold low profile dots.

I’ll be closing out this week’s design series with some home decor. I hope you’ll drop back by later to check it out.

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

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

[162616]

$16.50

Gathering Together 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[165969]

$16.50

Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163393]

$12.50

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

[164144]

$16.50

Beautiful Pumpkins Bundle (English)

[166012]

$36.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$9.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[147101]

$9.00

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

[147097]

$9.00

12 Days Of Crafting Advent Calendar (English)

[167335]

$99.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165679]

$21.00

Low Profile Dots

[164658]

$7.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

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Coming Soon · Holiday Mini Catalog · Peaceful Garden · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Peace, Love, & Joy!

August 15, 2025August 13, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy Sketchy Fridays, everyone, and welcome to the weekend! Around here, we’ve survived our first week of school and now we’re sailing into the weekend ready for the R&R for sure. I’m super stoked because I just got my box of pre-order goodies for the new Holiday Mini catalog. Anyone know what I plan to be doing this weekend? *grin*

We’ve taken a little break from Sketchy Fridays for the last little bit, but I thought it would be fun to get back to it. Because who doesn’t love being able to push the easy button on getting a card started?! *wink* For those of you who are new here, Sketchy Fridays is a weekly series where we use a card sketch to design our featured card.

This week’s card is based on our Luv 2 Stamp Group’s monthly sketch challenge using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #640. Today’s design features the new Peaceful Garden suite that will release in Holiday Mini catalog in September.

We get started with a base of Cloud Cover cardstock. The background panel is a nice neutral pattern from the Peaceful Garden paper pack. The focal panel backdrop is a floral pattern and cross-hatch sheet from the pack. The sentiment from Peace on Earth is stamped in Misty Moonlight on white cardstock and then cut to a simple banner. The sentiment panel is adhered over a bow of Misty Moonlight & silver edged ribbon with dimensionals. I finished things off with some Hues of Blue flowers. Super simple and super elegant!

We’ll be wrapping up our Peaceful Garden card series tomorrow with a fun fold. I hope you’ll drop in!

Products used in today’s card:
Cloud Cover, Basic White cardstock
Peaceful Garden DSP (coming in Sept)
Peace on Earth stamps (coming in Sept)
Misty Moonlight & silver edged ribbon (coming in Sept)
Hues of Blue flowers (coming in Sept)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Sentiments · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Thinking of You

June 21, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy Sketchy Fridays on a Saturday! It was a long work day yesterday and I didn’t have any giddyup left. This week, we’re putting our sentiments center stage in our designs.

For those of you who are new here, Sketchy Fridays is a weekly series where we use a card sketch to design our featured card.

This week’s card is based on Sketch #691 from the Instagram Freshly Made Sketches crew. Today’s design features the new Sentimental Framing stamp set and Beautiful Butterflies die bundle.

We get started with a base of Strawberry Slush cardstock. The background panel of Pool Party is machine embossed with the Beautiful Butterflies embossing folder. I mounted it with the debossed side up because I really liked how this made the floral pattern of the focal strip stand out. Our focal section starts with a strip of the Florals in Bloom patterned paper that is matted with a strip of the yellow Beautiful Bokeh paper. The sentiment from Sentimental Journey takes center stage. It’s stamped in Secret Sea on white cardstock that’s been cut using the Spotlight on Nature dies. The sentiment panel is mounted on dimensionals over a twist of the iridescent striped ribbon. I added a small butterfly cut from pastel ombré glimmer paper and Secret Sea cardstock using the Beautiful Butterfly dies. It’s mounted just above the sentiment on dimensionals to draw the eye in. A few In Color flat pearls on either side of the sentiment panel finish things off.

A little later today, we’ll be wrapping up our sentiment series. And I’m going to offer you a little sneak peak at some upcoming Online Exclusives that release in just a little over a week! I hope you’ll drop back by and check it out.

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Strawberry Slush 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165625]

$14.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]

$14.00

Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165624]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Florals In Bloom 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165175]

$12.50

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

[164607]

$12.50

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

[164851]

$12.00

Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder

[164614]

$42.00

Spotlight On Nature Dies

[163580]

$35.00

Sentimental Framing Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[165475]

$24.00

Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad

[165285]

$9.00

Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim

[163299]

$8.50

2025–2027 In Color™ Flat Pearls

[165192]

$8.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

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Coming Soon · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Smile!

May 2, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

This week, we’re getting some sneaky peeks at some of the brand new product that will be launching next week. And today we’re making another trip to the garden as we combine some new products with a sketch for 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 Sketch #3 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Today’s design features the Florals in Bloom suite that will release next week. This week, I’m staying pretty true to the sketch. I simply flipped the side where the focal panel is affixed.

We get started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I used the Pattern of Friendship die on the front panel to add a little texture in the background. Our background panels are a combination of Florals in Bloom and Petunia Pop glimmer paper, and these are all adhered directly to the card front. I tied a piece of Fresh Freesia velvet ribbon around the card front before placing the focal panel. The focal panel base is a white circle cut using the Spotlight on Nature dies. Using the Pretty Florals dies, I cut some flowers from the Florals in Bloom paper and then affixed them to the circle using a combination of dimensionals and glue dots. The sentiment panel is cut from vellum using the Something Fancy dies. The sentiment from Sweet Blooms is stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder before being adhered to the focal panel with glue dots. We finish things off with two tone sparkle gems across the card front.

Tomorrow we’re going to have our sentiments take center stage. I hope you’ll drop by and check it out.

Products used in today’s card:
Blackberry Bliss, Basic White cardstock
Florals in Bloom (coming soon), In Color glimmer, vellum DSP
Sweet Blooms stamps (coming soon)
Pretty Florals (coming soon), Spotlight on Nature, Something Fancy, Pattern of Friendship dies
Clear embossing powder
Fresh Freesia velvet ribbon
Two tone sparkle gems
Dimensionals

Online Exclusives · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: You Can!

April 5, 2025April 5, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

As I mentioned in my earlier post today, my week kind-of got away from me. So we’re having our Sketchy Fridays post today instead. This week, we’re working with a nature theme and with a dreary, rainy day here in North Texas, I’m finding myself leaning into a water theme for our next card design.

This week’s card is based on Sketch #7 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Today’s design features the Otterly Adorable suite from one of the latest Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives releases.

I just love the Otterly Adorable suite and was actually just mentioning to my husband how I hadn’t used it much. So as I was looking for a sketch, I had this set on my mind. One of the things we’ve talked about throughout our Sketchy Fridays series is that sometimes your final design follows a sketch to a tee, while other times the sketch was just your jumping off point. And I think for today’s card, my selected sketch from the SU! Annual Catalog was more of an inspiration for the placement of the card elements I had in mind. The beautiful thing about crafting is that there are NO rules!

We get started on this card with a base of Pretty Peacock cardstock. I chose the fish pattern from the Otterly Adorable paper pack as the focal panel backdrop and cut it out using the largest Textured Notes die. For the focal image, I chose the baby otter swimming with its parents because it seemed to work perfectly for the chosen sentiment of “you can do this.” I cut out the otters using the Spotlight on Nature dies. I wanted the focal image to stand out against the backdrop, so I matted it with some Pretty Peacock glimmer paper cut out with a slightly larger circle from the Spotlight on Nature die set. To add a bit more color and visual interest around the otters, I cut the smaller fish from Flirty Flamingo cardstock using the Otterly Amazing dies and then used my glue pen to adhere them. The otters are adhered to the sparkly mat with dimensionals and then adhered directly to the fishy backdrop. The sentiment from Saying Hey (currently on the Last Chance list!) is stamped in Pretty Peacock on a panel of the water paper from the Otterly Amazing paper pack that has been diecut using the Something Fancy banner die. I adhered this over a twist of some gold thread with two layers of dimensionals to be sure the sentiment really stands out. The full focal panel is adhered to the card base with dimensionals and we finish things off with a few Lost Lagoon faceted gems and riverside irregular pearls.

Next week, we’re going to look at some of my favorites that are on the Last Chance list. I hope you’ll follow along!

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

[150880]

$11.50

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

[162813]

$10.50

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

[141416]

$11.50

Otterly Adorable Suite Collection (English)

[164939]

$75.25

Spotlight On Nature Dies

[163580]

$35.00

Textured Notes Dies

[165555]

$31.00

Something Fancy Dies

[160424]

$28.00

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$9.00

Gold Twisted Thread

[164603]

$7.50

Faceted Gems Trio Pack

[162148]

$7.50

Riverside Irregular Pearls

[164937]

$9.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$7.25

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Online Exclusives · Sketchy Fridays · Thankful Garden

Sketchy Fridays: Sympathy Garden

March 7, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

We’ve made it through another week, and I don’t know about you but this one went by quickly with Ash Wednesday in the middle. The start of Lent always means a lot more rehearsal time for me. Such is the life of a singer! Despite some crazy weather at the beginning of the week, we’re enjoying more springlike weather here in North Texas.

But the real business you’ve all come for is Sketchy Fridays, so we’ll get right to it! 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 Sketch #16 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Today’s design features the Lovely Garden paper and decorative masks, along with the Textured Notes dies, all from the new Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives release.

I decided to try a different technique with the decorative masks after seeing several other demos use it. The masks for the Thankful Garden stamp set are made, not only to use with the stamped images, but also can stand alone to make lovely watercoloresque images.

Our card starts with a base of Balmy Blue cardstock with a background panel of the Lovely Garden designer series paper. I decided to reiterate the floral images on the focal panel, so I used the masks and 3 shades of purpley-pink (Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, and Petunia Pop) to create the flowers. I cut them out with my paper snips. I created the focal panel by first using the Textured Notes dies to cut a piece of vellum (because I wanted the lovely background pattern to show through) and then the piece of black and white polka dot from the Lovely Garden pack. I tied some Fresh Freesia velvet ribbon around the background panel before adhering and then adhered the focal panel pieces over it. I layered the flowers with dimensionals to give some depth. I stamped the sentiment in Fresh Freesia on white using the Mixed Labels stamps and cut it out with the Something Fancy hexagon die. The sentiment mat is cut from Petunia Pop glimmer paper using the Mixed Labels dies. I put a twist of gold thread in between the two sentiment layers for a little added sparkle before adding some of the starburst sequins.

Today’s sketch inspired a few changes here and there to the suggested layout. Remember, a sketch should never tie you down but just make the process of getting started and finishing a lot easier. When all is said and done, I really like the softer look you can achieve by using the decorative masks by themselves like I did here, but I’m probably much more likely to use them in conjunction with the stamped images because I really like the definition and detail. But isn’t it fun to try new things?!

We’ll be closing out our series tomorrow. I hope you’ll pop in and see how we finish off our week!

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Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146982]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

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

[165524]

$12.50

2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[163771]

$11.00

Thankful Garden Decorative Masks

[165538]

$13.00

Mixed Labels Bundle (English)

[164653]

$39.50

Textured Notes Dies

[165555]

$31.00

Something Fancy Dies

[160424]

$28.00

Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad

[161664]

$9.00

Petunia Pop Classic Stampin Pad

[163811]

$9.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$9.00

Fresh Freesia 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Faux Velvet Ribbon

[165540]

$10.50

Gold Twisted Thread

[164603]

$7.50

Starburst Sequins

[165539]

$7.50

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Everyday Skies · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Family You Choose

February 28, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy Friday, everyone. It was a very busy but productive week around here. And the weekend is shaping up to be pretty busy too with the kiddo’s various activities. But we’re excited for some nice weather in store for tomorrow before the rainy spring(ish) season kicks in here in North Texas.

But let’s go down to the real business – 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 Sketch #11 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Today, we’re pairing up the Everyday Skies patterned paper with the new Online Exclusive stamp set called Pattern of Friendship (that releases next week!).

I just love this sentiment from the new Pattern of Friendship stamp set. It truly resonates with me because we certainly couldn’t have made it through the difficulties we faced in 2024 without our circle of friends who stepped in and helped our family!

This card gets started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I used Fresh Freesia as the background for our focal panel which is made up of scraps of the reverse side patterns of the Everyday Skies papers. I stamped the sentiment from Pattern of Friendship in Blackberry Bliss on a striped sheet of Everyday Skies and adhered it on a strip with a swallow pattern. Blackberry Bliss transparent dots give us some pops of interest to draw our eye to the center sentiment. This is a very clean & simple design that literally came together in 5 minutes (once I picked my papers, that is).

We’ll be closing out our design series using Everyday Skies tomorrow. And we’ll be using the patterns on the backsides to create another quick, clean & simple card. I hope you’ll pop in.

Product List

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

[133675]

$11.50

Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155613]

$11.50

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

[164622]

$12.50

Transparent Adhesive Backed Dots

[163432]

$8.00

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

[147092]

$9.00

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Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: You Are Loved

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

TGIF, everyone, and happy Valentine’s Day! Do you have special plans for the evening? We enjoyed a nice meal and exchanged a few things to mark the day. We don’t ordinarily celebrate the day in the traditional sense but don’t let the day go by without marking it in some way.

This week’s card is based on Sketch #22 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Today, we’re pairing up several embossing folders and a recent retired set called Softly Said to create this lovely Valentine design.

We get started with a base of Pretty Pink cardstock. Our Real Red background panel is machine embossed with the Dotted Circles embossing folder and then wrapped with the Real Red & White baker’s twine before being adhered to the background panel with dimensionals. I ran a sheet of Flirty Flamingo through the Plaster Painting embossing folder and a sheet of Melon Mambo through the Painted Texture embossing folder before cutting a heart from each using the Friends for Life dies. The hearts are adhered on varying levels of dimensionals to our embossed background panel. The sentiment from Softly Said is stamped in Cherry Cobbler on vellum and then diecut with the Nested Essentials dies. I adhered the sentiment panel over the hearts with glue dots and then added iridescent discs and heart sequins to finish things off with some shimmery sparkle.

Adding several different textures to a card design gives lots of visual interest and helps your elements stand out against a busier background. We’ll finish off our texture & sentiment design series tomorrow with a fun fold. I hope you’ll join me!

Products used in today’s card:
Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo cardstock
Vellum
Dotted Circles, Plaster Painting, Painted Texture embossing folders
Simply Said stamps
Nested Essentials, Friends for Life dies
Real Red & White baker’s twine
Iridescent discs, heart sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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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January Mini Catalog · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Thank You Florals

January 31, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

I can’t believe it’s Friday, you? This was both the longest and shortest week ever and I haven’t a clue why it felt that way! We have quite a few things on the weekend to-do list. How about you? Aside from prepping a kit class and restocking my Etsy store, we’re planning to swap storage units. It will be a weekend adventure for sure – haha!

This week’s card is based on Sketch #1 from the Stampin’ Up! January Mini Catalog. Today, we’re pairing up our featured products for this week – the Floral Delight patterned paper and vellum packs, along with the Beautiful Butterflies dies – to create a stunning thank you card.

Our card design begins with a base of white cardstock. I chose the yellow gingham pattern from the Floral Delight paper pack to serve as the main backdrop for design. The yellow floral sheet from the pack has been cut with the Perennial Postage dies and serves as the center focal panel background. Our focal image panel is a piece of the Floral & Gingham vellum that is diecut with one of the larger Spotlight on Nature dies and is adhered to the background panel with dimensionals. I cut the base for the butterfly from Peach Pie glimmer paper and then cut the details from black cardstock and adhered all of the butterfly elements together with mini glue dots and set it atop our vellum panel with dimensionals. The sentiment from the Heart Shaped set is stamped in Crushed Curry on white cardstock and then diecut with the smaller die from the Mixed Labels set. I adhered a bow of Daffodil Delight ribbon behind the sentiment panel, which ties the background and sentiment panels together nicely. The sentiment panel sits atop a label diecut from the Old Olive Season of Elegance foiled paper which is centered on a longer label cut from the Old Olive Floral Delight sheet with the Beautiful Butterflies banner die. The full sentiment section is adhered at the base of the center focal panel with dimensionals. The focal panel is wrapped with gold thread to tie all of our sparkly elements together and then adhered to the card base with dimensionals. I added drusy embellishments across the card front for that extra pop.

What do you think of this take on Sketch #1 from the January Mini? I really love how it came out. I hope to finish off our design series tomorrow with a little home decor.

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White, Basic Black cardstock
Floral Delight, Floral & Gingham vellum, Season of Elegance, In Color Glimmer DSP
Heart Shaped stamps
Perennial Postage, Beautiful Butterflies, Mixed Labels, Spotlight on Nature dies
Gold thread, Daffodil Delight satin ribbon
Drusy embellishments
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00