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Tiled Winter Wishes

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This week, we’re looking at all of the wonderful projects that we can make when we combine the Heartfelt Hexagon bundle and more masculine color palettes. Today’s card is a monochromatic design and I’m in love with how it turned out!

I’ve recently seen quite a few card designs that use this tiled layout with the Heartfelt Hexagon bundle, and I just knew I had to give it a try. I’ve seen it with designer paper, embossed cardstock, and all sorts of variations in between. I have a new pack of shimmer paper that I wanted to break open, and that’s where this design got started.

The base of this card is a sheet of Lost Lagoon cardstock. After cutting the card base, I halved the remaining portion to use in creating the hexagon pattern on the card front. I stamped the more decorative hexagon frame from the Heartfelt Hexagon set and the sentiment from the Magical Meadow set using Pretty Peacock ink to give a bit more contrast. The remainder of the panel was embossed with the Winter Snow embossing folder and then punched with the hexagon punch. I cut a strip of the Lost Lagoon shimmer paper and punched a few hexagons from that, as well. Because they’re just adding a little sparkle to the design, only a few will be needed.

To build the tiled background, I began by placing the sentiment panel first. To give it more prominence, I added dimensionals and then adhered into place on the card front. I filled in the sentiment row with embossed hexagons and then worked my way down and then up the card design from there. I laid out everything before adhering to get the placement just right. When cutting the portions that hang over the edges, be sure to retain those scraps as they’re used to fill in smaller gaps along the edges across the design.

While I’m not a huge fan of fussy cutting, this card came together quickly and easily with the scraps which meant no scraps leftover!

Would you like to see the projects featured in this week’s Terrific Tuesdays episode? Hop on over to my YouTube channel and check it out by clicking on the link below:

Products used in today’s design:
Lost Lagoon, soft shimmer cardstock
Heartfelt Hexagon stamps and punch
Winter Snow embossing folder (retired)
Magical Meadow stamps
Fine sparkle gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Terrific Tuesdays: Episode 7

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Welcome to a new episode of Terrific Tuesdays! Each Tuesday at 10 AM CST, I’ll be launching a new video where I’ll share at least three fun projects with you using current Stampin’ Up! products. Each week you’ll have the opportunity to receive a Kit to Go for FREE, and each Kit to Go will include the supplies needed to complete the week’s projects.

This week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays is all about the guys in your life. I don’t know about you, but I sometimes struggle coming up with masculine card designs. Join me this week as we use the Heartfelt Hexagon bundle and a creative look at our patterned papers to make some terrific masculine cards!

How do I get a FREE Kit to Go?

To receive a FREE kit, simply place an order of at least $40 in my online store (excluding tax and shipping) using host code ZBTXWJE2 at checkout OR simply click on the link below to start shopping with the host code:

https://www.stampinup.com/?hostcode=ZBTXWJE2

In order to qualify for this week’s free Kit to Go, all orders must be placed by Monday, January 8, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST and must use this week’s host code.

Each Kit to Go will make 6 projects (2 each of 3 designs) and includes the cardstock or designer paper required for the week’s projects. Any machine embossing, if applicable, will be done for you. If a die or punch is part of the week’s featured bundle, those pieces will not be included in the kit. However, any punched or diecut element outside of the week’s featured bundle will be pre-cut for you and provided in the kit. Per Stampin’ Up! policy, I do not include any stamped images in the Kit to Go.

For this week’s projects, you’ll need the following items in addition to the kit to complete the projects as instructed. You are free to make substitutions for any of the supplies listed below for items that you already own.

  • STAMPS: Heartfelt Hexagon, Heartfelt Hellos
  • DIES/PUNCHES: Heartfelt Hexagon, Nested Essentials
  • INK: Pretty Peacock, Night of Navy, Versamark
  • EMBELLISHMENTS/TOOLS: Embossing powder, adhesive-backed sequins, metallic dots, ribbon, scissors, Tear-n-Tape, adhesive, dimensionals, glue dots

Remember: If your order is $150 or greater before tax and shipping, do NOT use the host code. I want you to earn your FREE product from Stampin’ Up! AND you will still qualify for this week’s free Kit to Go!

Your qualifying order must be placed no later than Monday, January 8, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST using the host code ZBTXWJE2 in order to receive the FREE Kit to Go. Kits will ship no later than Friday, January 12th.

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Grateful Fun Fold

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This week, we’ve been exploring all of the ways we can use our designer series papers to make holiday thank you cards. Today’s card design is introducing a new fun fold. I learned how to make the Center Step Fun Fold this week thanks to fellow Luv to Stamp team member Patti Dolan.

This card is built on a base of Night of Navy cardstock. I used two different patterns of the One Horse Open Sleigh designer series paper pack to complete the card front and inside panels. The trees and bear are cut from a sheet of A Walk in the Forest. The Merriest Trees die set coordinates perfectly with the trees and the Beary Cute punch easily punches the bear. The sentiment from the Charming Sentiments set is stamped on a shimmer white panel diecut using the Nested Essentials dies. Some iridescent discs add a little touch of sparkle and draw the eye across the card. You can find the instructions for this fun fold here.

I tried a portrait variation of this fun fold using Jackie Bolhaus’s design, but I definitely need to work on it as things didn’t exactly line up as they should have so it sits a little catterwompass. But it turned out really cute, so I’m going to show it to you anyway. Haha! I combined One Horse Open Sleigh with the Beary Cute Memories and More products.

You can see all of the other fun designs that we made together in this week’s Terrific Tuesdays video by clicking below for the full video.

Products used for today’s featured design:
Night of Navy, shimmer white cardstock
A Walk in the Forest (retired), One Horse Open Sleigh DSP
Nested Essentials, Merriest Trees dies
Beary Cute punch (retired)
Iridescent discs
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Thankful Curtain Fold

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Stampin’ Up! has so many wonderful holiday designer series paper packs to choose from, and each one offers a whole world of possibility for card designs. On this week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays, we’ve walked through several ways to make beautiful holiday thank you cards. And today, I want to show you another fun way to show off your stunning DSPs.

Today’s card features a new-to-me fun fold called a curtain fold. At first glance, it looks a little complicated, but it’s a very straight forward set of folds that make a beautiful pleated paper pattern as the focal point. I chose a sheet of Mossy Meadow as the base for this card and a sheet of Joyful designer series paper is the mat for the focal point. I used a sheet of A Walk in the Forest for the pleated fold portion. The sentiment is diecut from white cardstock using the Nested Essentials dies. The sentiment from the So Sincere stamp set is stamped in Pretty Peacock. A banner diecut from Distressed Gold cardstock is diecut using the banner die from the Nested Essentials die set. This card is finished off with a gold & very vanilla ribbon bow and a few sequins.

I love how the look of the card changes as you switch up the designer papers that you pair together. There are just so many possibilities. The first thing that pops to mind for me are wedding cards, but really this fold will be great for so many different occasions! Check out these two variations:

You can see all of the other fun fold designs that we made together in this week’s Terrific Tuesdays video by clicking below for the full video.

Tune in tomorrow for another fun fold you can create using Stampin’ Up! holiday designer series papers.

Products used in today’s featured design:
Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Distressed Gold cardstock
Joyful, A Walk in the Forest DSP
Very Vanilla & Gold satin-edged ribbon
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Wonderful Winter

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Have you seen this week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays? We’re focusing on holiday thank you card designs using several of the wonderful designer series paper packs offered by Stampin’ Up! I really love the suite of holiday papers offered this year and will be sad to see so many of them go in a few weeks, which is all the more reason to put them to good use as we send our thanks or maybe even some belated holiday hellos.

Today’s card features a twist on a simple diagonal fun fold and doubles as a one sheet wonder to boot. This horizontal design is built on a Basic White cardstock base, and the front panel of the card is halved on the diagonal. A single sheet of Winter Meadow designer series paper will cover all of the required areas in this design, and I selected the Winter Meadow blue evergreen paper pattern with the grey haze on the reverse side. One panel of the DSP is cut just short of standard size to allow for a narrow border around the card edge. This panel is halved on the diagonal with half of the sheet adhered to the front card panel and the other portion adhered to the inside card base on the portion that is exposed when the card is closed. I chose to use the grey hazy side of the paper for these portions.

Next, we work with the fold-over panel by cutting a sheet of white cardstock and scoring in the center. A piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock covers the front of the smaller white notecard and serves as the mat for the blue tree pattern of the Winter Meadow DSP. The patterned sheet is divided into equal sections and narrowly separated to create a grout effect. Use ribbon to make a band around the panel. You can layer ribbons to create different effects, like I did here to create a sparkly border on either side of the Misty Moonlight trim. The sentiment is cut from white cardstock using the Nested Essentials die and the sentiment is stamped in Misty Moonlight using the Zany Zoo stamps. A few white sequins provide a little extra sparkle and draw the eye diagonally across the design. This is such a fun and easy fun fold and can easily be adapted to any patterned paper.

You can see all of the other fun designs that we made together in this week’s Terrific Tuesdays video by clicking below for the full video.

Tune in the rest of the week to see more projects you can create using Stampin’ Up! holiday designer series papers.

Products used in today’s design:
Basic White, Misty Moonlight cardstock
Winter Meadow DSP
Zany Zoo stamps
Nested Essentials dies
Silver & white sheer ribbon
Misty Moonlight cotton trim
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Sprig of Kindness

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This week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays features holiday thank you card designs using several of the wonderful designer series paper packs offered by Stampin’ Up! These papers allow for so much creativity and variety in design, and we’ll be exploring more designs together throughout the week.

Today’s card uses an easy-to-miss sheet of paper in the Winter Meadow paper pack. At first glance, the sheet of grey haze is unimpressive, but it’s a terrific neutral with the interest of a varied pattern that affords you lots of design choices. Here, it serves as a backdrop that allows the focal elements of the card to pop. We start with a base of Crumb Cake cardstock. The lovely grey hazy sheet of DSP is matted by a sheet of Shaded Spruce, which helps draw the eye to the focal elements which are set atop in the same color. The sentiment from the So Sincere stamp set is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in white atop the banner cut from Shaded Spruce. The sentiment is adhered directly to the grey backdrop to allow the hand-tied sprigs of mistletoe to be the only three-dimensional elements on the focal panel. The mistletoe is diecut from Shaded Spruce using the Magical Meadow dies. The berries are dots of Frosted Lace Stickles, and the whole bunch is held together with a white iridescent ribbon.

I love the simplicity of the design and how lovely the green elements look against the hazy grey backdrop. What do you think about the combination?

You can see all of the other fun designs that we made together in this week’s Terrific Tuesdays video by clicking below for the full video.

Tune in the rest of the week to see more projects you can create using Stampin’ Up! holiday designer series papers.

Products used in today’s design:
Crumb Cake, Shaded Spruce cardstock
Winter Meadow DSP
So Sincere stamps
Iridescent ribbon
White embossing powder
Frosted Lace Stickles
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Terrific Tuesdays: Episode 6

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Welcome to a new episode of Terrific Tuesdays! Each Tuesday at 10 AM CST, I’ll be launching a new video where I’ll share at least three fun projects with you using current Stampin’ Up! products. Each week you’ll have the opportunity to receive a Kit to Go for FREE, and each Kit to Go will include the supplies needed to complete the week’s projects.

This week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays will kickstart your holiday thank you note stash. We’ll be using some of my favorite holiday papers, including A Walk in the Forest, Joy of Christmas, and Winter Meadow, and several new fun folds to make some heartfelt holiday thank you cards. Check out this week’s video to see how they all come together!

How do I get a FREE Kit to Go?

To receive a FREE kit, simply place an order of at least $40 in my online store (excluding tax and shipping) using host code CVZ9ABC4 at checkout OR simply click on the link below to start shopping with the host code:

https://www.stampinup.com/?hostcode=CVZ9ABC4

In order to qualify for this week’s free Kit to Go, all orders must be placed by Monday, January 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST and must use this week’s host code.

Each Kit to Go will make 6 projects (2 each of 3 designs) and includes the cardstock or designer paper required for the week’s projects. Any machine embossing, if applicable, will be done for you. If a die or punch is part of the week’s featured bundle, those pieces will not be included in the kit. However, any punched or diecut element outside of the week’s featured bundle will be pre-cut for you and provided in the kit. Per Stampin’ Up! policy, I do not include any stamped images in the Kit to Go.

For this week’s projects, you’ll need the following items in addition to the kit to complete the projects as instructed. You are free to make substitutions for any of the supplies listed below for items that you already own.

  • STAMPS: Heartfelt Hexagon, So Sincere, Zany Zoo, Merriest Trees, Charming Sentiments
  • DIES/PUNCHES: Heartfelt Hexagon, Merriest Trees, All That, Nested Essentials, Magical Meadow
  • INK: Early Espresso, Misty Moonlight, Pretty Peacock, Shaded Spruce
  • EMBELLISHMENTS/TOOLS: Iridescent discs, ribbon, scissors, Tear-n-Tape, adhesive, dimensionals, glue dots

Remember: If your order is $150 or greater before tax and shipping, do NOT use the host code. I want you to earn your FREE product from Stampin’ Up! AND you will still qualify for this week’s free Kit to Go!

Your qualifying order must be placed no later than Monday, January 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST using the host code CVZ9ABC4 in order to receive the FREE Kit to Go. Kits will ship no later than Friday, January 5th.

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Terrific Tuesdays

Terrific Tuesdays: Episode 5

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Welcome to a new episode of Terrific Tuesdays! Each Tuesday at 10 AM CST, I’ll be launching a new video where I’ll share at least three fun projects with you using current Stampin’ Up! products. Each week you’ll have the opportunity to receive a Kit to Go for FREE, and each Kit to Go will include the supplies needed to complete the week’s projects.

This week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays focuses on the paper scraps on our craft tables and several sets of Stampin’ Up die sets, including Magical Meadow, Nested Essentials, Deckled Rectangles, and Merriest Trees. Watch today’s video to see how you can use your paper scraps and dies to create a whole set of holiday gift tags.

How do I get a FREE Kit to Go?

To receive a FREE kit, simply place an order of at least $25 in my online store (excluding tax and shipping) — no host code required. Simply click the link below to get started:

https://susanfox-bowen.stampinup.net

In order to qualify for this week’s free Kit to Go, all orders must be placed by Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 11:59 PM CST.

Each Kit to Go will be a mystery packet that will include a varied selection of Stampin’ Up! products to make 10 gift tags. Kits contents will vary. Kits will ship no later than Wednesday, January 3rd.

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Last Day for Episode 4 Kit to Go

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Don’t forget… TODAY is the last day to place your order to receive this week’s Terrific Tuesdays Kit to Go! All orders must be placed by 11:59 PM CST and must use this week’s host code. Remember, if your order meets or exceeds $150, do NOT use the host code and you’ll still get this week’s Kit to Go for free!

This week, we made 3 lovely winter cards using the Magical Meadow bundle. To receive this week’s Kit to Go, simply place an order of at least $40 in my online store (excluding tax and shipping) using host code SAZWG2S4 at checkout OR click on the link below to start shopping now with the host code:

https://www.stampinup.com/?hostcode=SAZWG2S4

Each Kit to Go will make 6 projects (2 each of 3 designs) and includes the cardstock or designer paper required for the week’s projects. If a die, punch, or embossing folder is part of the week’s featured bundle, those pieces will not be included in the kit. However, any punched, diecut, or machine embossed element outside of the week’s featured bundle will be provided in the kit. Per Stampin’ Up! policy, I do not include any stamped images in the Kit to Go.

For this week’s projects, you’ll need the following items in addition to the kit to complete the projects as instructed. You are free to make substitutions for any of the supplies listed below for items that you already own.

  • STAMPS: Magical Meadow
  • DIES/PUNCHES/EMBOSSING FOLDERS: Magical Meadow
  • INK: Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Smoky Slate or metallic silver
  • EMBELLISHMENTS/TOOLS: Glitter sequins, dimensionals, tear-n-tape, tape runner, paper snips

In order to qualify for this week’s free Kit to Go, all orders must be placed by 11:59 PM CST TONIGHT and must use the host code.

Did you miss this week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays? You can watch it here:

Products used for today’s card design:
Balmy Blue, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock
Winter Meadow DSP
Winter Meadow stamps
Winter Meadow, Autumn Leaves dies
Silver & white sheer ribbon
Glitter sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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