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Snowy Delights · Winter

Merry & Bright Flakes

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Happy Friday, everybody! It’s been a week, let me tell you. Between a busy work schedule, an unexpected interruption in my SSP Pinterest account, and a failed attempt at today’s card, I’m ready for a refresh! And it’s going to be the perfect weekend for it as we enjoy the first real feel of fall weather here in N. Texas. It’s due to be a glorious weekend to be outside.

But on to crafting. This week, we’re pulled our snowflakes from the crafty stash to create our projects. Today’s card combines the Snowy Delights dies with the Greetings for You ephemera to create our lovely white wonderland.

But I just have to share a little about today’s card idea and failure to launch first. Because guess what? Every crafter has good ideas that don’t execute.

I gave you a little tease that today’s project was going to be a snowflake childhood throwback. And in my mind’s eye, I was going to use some current dies in the stash to create the look of the paper snowflakes we used to make as kids. You know the ones where we would fold the paper and cut shapes out of the edges to create unique snowflake designs? Well, I was hoping to do that with a quarter panel and my dies. And I really wanted it to look like a postage stamp to boot. And no matter how many placements and combinations of the dies I tried, I kept ending up with big sections coming apart – like the photo above. I decided to table the idea for now – I won’t be deterred from getting this one eventually *grin* – and move on with creating with the actual diecut shapes I had instead of using the sheet of negatives. And that’s how we arrive at today’s card design.

This is a super simple color palette – white as snow. So we get started with a sheet of white cardstock. All of the snowflakes are cut from a quarter sheet of white using the Snowy Delights dies. I used the larger detail die as the star of the show and used 2 of them in opposing corners of the card front, allowing them to overlap the edges of the card. After adhering the larger flakes to the card front, I snipped off the overhanging edges with my paper snips. I filled in the gaps of white space in the other corners with the smaller, less detailed flakes. I chose a small sentiment – merry & bright – from the Greetings for You ephemera pack and adhered it over some gold trim. To finish things off with the perfect amount of twinkle, I added Wink of Stella to the round elements of each of the snowflakes and then also added a few iridescent faceted gems in the white space between the smaller flakes.

Don’t you just love this tone-on-tone look? It is super sparkly in person (I’ll have to remember to add a little video to the Instagram post later so you can see it for yourself) and it just makes me smile.

I saw the coolest idea in my inspiration searching recently that I can’t wait to try out for you tomorrow. I hope you’ll drop in and see what that’s all about!

Product List
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Snowy Delights Dies [ 165807 ]
[165807]
$37.00
Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [ 166208 ]
[166208]
$8.50
Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack [ 161633 ]
[161633]
$9.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [ 141897 ]
[141897]
$9.00
Shimmer Star Foam Stickers [ 166202 ]
[166202]
$9.50
Iridescent Faceted Gems [ 163368 ]
[163368]
$8.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
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L2S Group Instahop · Winter

Snowy Window

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Thanks for dropping in today, friends! After a looooong day at work yesterday, I didn’t have any zip left to play in the craft room. But never fear, that childhood throwback card is coming to you tomorrow!

But today, we’re hopping along with the Luv 2 Stamp Group over on Instagram. And we’re continuing our snowflake series as we combine the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper with the Winter Scenes stamps to create today’s shaker window card. Let’s check it out.

We get started with a base of Pretty Peacock cardstock. Two panels of the Pretty Peacock frost pattern from the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper cover both the front and back of our front card panel. The window is cut using the Everyday Arches dies, and I ran the whole sheebang through the machine a couple of times to be sure it cut all the way through all of the layers. Acetate window sheets create our shaker panel, and we adhere one on each side of our card front, filling the shaker with sparkly things, and then adhering our patterned paper covers on each side. We dressed up the window with two small arches cut from white cardstock using nesting dies from the Everyday Arches set. And then the upper corner of the window has a snowflake cut from a combination of Peaceful Garden silver glimmer paper and a sheet of the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper. This snowflake is the perfect compliment to our snowy winter scene.

The smallest center arched piece is used for our image panel. The image from the Winter Scenes stamp set is stamped in black and then colored with a combination of Stampin’ Blends and blending brushes. To give it the sparkle of falling and fallen snow, I covered the snowy bits with Wink of Stella. The sentiment from the Greetings for You ephemera pack is adhered over Balmy Blue sheer ribbon with several layers of dimensionals and affixed underneath the focal image. A few Traditional Sparkling sequins on the inside and outside focal panels finish things off with the perfect amount of twinkle.

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
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 150880 ]
[150880]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166066 ]
[166066]
$12.50
Peaceful Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Paper [ 165929 ]
[165929]
$10.50
Window Sheets [ 142314 ]
[142314]
$5.00
Winter Scenes Cling Stamp Set (English) [ 166088 ]
[166088]
$22.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [ 101406 ]
[101406]
$10.50
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154892 ]
[154892]
$11.00
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154882 ]
[154882]
$11.00
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154894 ]
[154894]
$11.00
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154904 ]
[154904]
$11.00
Small Blending Brushes [ 160518 ]
[160518]
$14.00
Cloud Cover Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [ 165279 ]
[165279]
$5.50
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [ 153118 ]
[153118]
$9.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [ 141897 ]
[141897]
$9.00
Everyday Arches Dies [ 164629 ]
[164629]
$29.00
Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [ 166208 ]
[166208]
$8.50
Balmy Blue 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Sheer Ribbon [ 165767 ]
[165767]
$8.50
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
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Winter

Joyful Flakes

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Welcome to fall, y’all! When I was choosing this week’s design theme, ironically, I didn’t even think to make it coincide with the changing of the seasons here. That’s a real face-palm moment, don’t ya think? *snicker* But that’s just the way it goes sometimes when you’re excited about digging into some new crafty goodness.

This week, we’re delving into everything SNOW. There are some wonderful new snowy products in the new SU! Holiday Mini catalog and Online Exclusives that I can’t wait to show you. And today we’re getting started with a mixture of Elegant Pine Snowflakes & Snowy Delights to create this beautiful card. I decided on the word joy from the Greetings for You ephemera pack because snowflakes bring me joy. What about you?

Our card today gets started with a base of Cloud Cover cardstock. This brings out the subtle hues of blue in our background paper from the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper pack. Our trio of snowflakes is built from two sets of dies – Delicate Pines and Snowy Delights. Using a scrap of the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper, I cut several different sized snowflakes from a corner of the sheet. I paired up the larger printed snowflake with some of the Summer Splash glimmer paper and cut a detailed snowflake to go behind using the Snowy Delights die. Before adhering the two layers together, I sandwiched a faux bow of Lost Lagoon soft cording in between. The smaller snowflakes are paired with some Shy Shamrock glimmer paper cut using one of the smaller detail snowflake dies from the Delicate Pines die set. They’re adhered together with dimensionals to give them a more realistic depth of field before adhering them to the backdrop with dimensionals. Each snowflake has a center of Traditional Sparkling sequins. The sentiment from the Greetings for You ephemera pack is adhered toward the bottom-center of the card front. (HINT: did you know that these sentiments are already sticky? Just peel the backing & stick!) I added another sparkling sequin as the tittle for J in joy. A few blue sequins in opposing corners finish things off perfectly.

I hope you’ll drop in tomorrow to see what other snowy goodness there is in store!

Product List
Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 165621 ]
[165621]
$14.00
Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166066 ]
[166066]
$12.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 163771 ]
[163771]
$11.00
Delicate Pines Dies [ 166073 ]
[166073]
$39.00
Snowy Delights Dies [ 165807 ]
[165807]
$37.00
Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [ 166208 ]
[166208]
$8.50
Lost Lagoon Soft Cording [ 164938 ]
[164938]
$8.00
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
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Autumn

Golden Gathering

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Welcome to the weekend, crafty friends! I hope yours has gotten off to a good start. We’ve been putting around today enjoying a pretty lowkey day. We’ve gotten a few productive things done here & there, but sometimes it’s nice to just be without the to-do list. I’ll be making up for that tomorrow, of course. *snicker*

This week we’ve explored the design theme of all that glitters is gold. And I don’t know about you, but it’s been a lot of fun to mix and match all of the glittery gold in the crafty stash. I was feeling in the fall mood when I created today’s card, so we’re mixing the lovely Regal Distressed Patterns paper with the Delicate Pines dies to create this gorgeous fall wreath full of the golden colors of a beautiful fall day.

We get started with a nice neutral card base of Crumb Cake cardstock. Our background panel is a sheet of the beautiful gold foiled Regal Distressed Patterns in pretty peacock and falling foliage that we mat with a sheet of Lost Lagoon, which helps bring out the lighter leaf pattern in the background. But our focal point is the beautiful wreath in the center. We get started with the sentiment from the Gathering Moments stamp set that is first stamped in Versamark on Crumb Cake cardstock and then heat embossed with copper embossing powder. We cut this out using one of the smaller circles from the Stylish Shapes die set. It’s mounted just a tick above center using dimensionals. Next up, we cut our wreath branches from textured metallic gold paper and a sheet of Peach Pie glimmer paper using the branch of leaves from the Delicate Pines die set. The colors are alternated as they’re adhered around the sentiment using dimensionals. To really make things feel like fall, we cut acorn branches from Early Espresso and Crumb Cake cardstock using the Label Me Grateful die and then color the acorns with Wink of Stella to give some added sparkle to draw the eye in to this small element. The acorn branches are tucked into the wreath under the sentiment. I tied a bow of linen thread and then colored the thread with Wink of Stella also so that it sparkles. A few drusy embellishments finish things off with the perfect pops of sparkle around the wreath.

Next week, we’ll be in the snowy woods. I hope you’ll take the trek with me!

Product List
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 120953 ]
[120953]
$14.00
Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 133679 ]
[133679]
$14.00
Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 119686 ]
[119686]
$14.00
Regal Distressed Patterns 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 164037 ]
[164037]
$10.00
Textured Metallic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 163772 ]
[163772]
$8.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 163771 ]
[163771]
$11.00
Gathering Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [ 165970 ]
[165970]
$26.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165678 ]
[165678]
$21.00
Stylish Shapes Dies [ 159183 ]
[159183]
$30.00
Delicate Pines Dies [ 166073 ]
[166073]
$39.00
Label Me Grateful Dies [ 166111 ]
[166111]
$24.00
Linen Thread [ 104199 ]
[104199]
$5.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [ 141897 ]
[141897]
$9.00
Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments [ 164223 ]
[164223]
$9.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
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Winter

Golden Winter Wishes

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TGIF, friends! We made it to Friday. And I don’t know about you but I skidded into the end of the work week with my pants on fire. Whew! I have equally as many things on the weekend to-do list — but at least it’s a mixture of the fun and necessary.

This week we’re exploring a design theme — all that glitters is gold — and we’re using all of the fun sparkly gold goodies from the crafting stash. I’ve been mixing up the old & the new to create this week’s projects. And today’s card is a sneak peek at a couple of new snowflake-themed products that released just a few weeks ago. We’re mixing the Elegant Pine Snowflake suite with the Snowy Delights dies to create this winter-inspired card.

The snowflake is the real star of the show here, so we’re keeping things clean and simple with this layout. We get started with a base of Basic White cardstock. The background panel is a piece of the Elegant Pine Snowflake paper. I tied some of the iridescent striped ribbon around the bottom to add some mysterious, ethereal sheen. Our gorgeous snowflake consists of a backdrop of gold textured metallic paper cut with the largest Snowy Delights die. Then our intricate detailed layer is a sheet of silver glimmer paper from the Peaceful Garden pack cut with the detailed die from the Snowy Delights set. The detailed snowflake is adhered over the gold glimmery backdrop with dimensionals. The full snowflake is adhered to our background panel with dimensionals above the shimmery ribbon. The sentiment from the Delicate Pines stamp set is stamped in Pretty Peacock on white paper and then diecut with one of the smaller dies from the Traditional Labels set. We adhered our sentiment with several layers of dimensionals over double pine boughs cut from Mossy Meadow using the Delicate Pines die. Our design is finished off with some frosted iridescent dots in opposing corners for just a hint of sparkle as the card turns from side to side. I wish you could see all of the sparkle!

Tune in tomorrow to see the fun sparkly project I have in store for you!

Product List
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 133676 ]
[133676]
$14.00
Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166066 ]
[166066]
$12.50
Textured Metallic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 163772 ]
[163772]
$8.50
Peaceful Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Paper [ 165929 ]
[165929]
$10.50
Delicate Pines Bundle (English) [ 166074 ]
[166074]
$56.50
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [ 150083 ]
[150083]
$9.00
Traditional Labels Dies [ 165864 ]
[165864]
$29.00
Snowy Delights Dies [ 165807 ]
[165807]
$37.00
Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim [ 163299 ]
[163299]
$8.50
Frosted Iridescent Dots [ 165766 ]
[165766]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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Botanicals

Golden Sentiment

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Happy midweek, friends! This week we’re exploring a fun design theme – all that glitters is gold. And we’re using all kinds of golden crafty goodies, new and old, to create our projects. Today’s clean and simple design uses a die negative as the star of the show and combines some Gathering Together products with the Sentimental Framing stamps.

We get started with a neutral base of Very Vanilla cardstock. Our focal panel is the backdrop of our card front and combines a sheet of the Gathering Moments paper pack with some gold textured metallic paper. The largest leaf die from the Gathering Moments die set provides our negative that allows that beautiful gold focal image to take center stage. Our sentiment from the Sentimental Framing stamp set is stamped in Early Espresso and then cut out with the Stylish Shapes banner die using the extension method. I really love the play on words with this sentiment and the negative space of this card design – it really couldn’t have worked out more perfectly! The sentiment is adhered at the bottom-third of the card with dimensionals over a double twist of Mossy Meadow & Gold ribbon. We finish things off with some green Traditional Sparkling sequins – a perfect way to tie it all together.

I’ll be bringing you some more shiny goodness tomorrow. I hope you’ll drop in and check it out!

Product List
Very Vanilla 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166784 ]
[166784]
$14.00
Gathering Together 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 165969 ]
[165969]
$16.50
Textured Metallic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 163772 ]
[163772]
$8.50
Gathering Moments Dies [ 165979 ]
[165979]
$37.00
Stylish Shapes Dies [ 159183 ]
[159183]
$30.00
Sentimental Framing Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 165475 ]
[165475]
$24.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147114 ]
[147114]
$9.00
Mossy Meadow & Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) [ 166158 ]
[166158]
$9.50
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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Botanicals · Traditions of Christmas

Glittering Bouquet

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Howdy, everybody, and happy Tuesday to you! This week we are exploring a new design theme – all that glitters is gold. And we’re using all of the sparkly gold goodies in our crafty stash. Today’s card combines the new Traditions of Christmas paper with a few classics, like Nature’s Sweetness and some gold foil.

What I love about the new papers is that, while they lean easily toward holiday project designs, they are equally as versatile in making more general projects, as well. Today, for instance, we’re using Christmas greenery to create a thinking of you card.

We get started with a base of Cloud Cover cardstock. The background panel is a sheet of the Secret Sea & Cloud Cover stripe from the Traditions of Christmas paper pack and cutting it with the Sentimental Framing dies. The focal panel in the center of our card front starts with a double stack of the foiled script sheet from the Nature’s Sweetness pack. I liked the picture-in-picture look of the nesting rectangles with the top layer on dimensionals. These two panels are matted with some Misty Moonlight glimmer paper from the Peaceful Garden glimmer paper pack. Our focal image combines three dies from the Christmas Greenery set. The background greenery is cut from gold foil and mounted behind the focal spray which is diecut from a sheet of the Traditions of Christmas paper and mounted over the greenery sprigs with dimensionals. The sentiment from The Right Words set is stamped in Secret Sea on Cloud Cover and then diecut using the Stylish Shapes banner die using the extension method. The sentiment is popped up with dimensionals for extra eye-catching height. We finish things off with a scattering of Traditional Sparkling sequins.

We’re going to be pairing up some more fun glittery gold products from the crafty stash tomorrow. I hope you’ll drop by and check it out!

Product List
Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 165621 ]
[165621]
$14.00
Traditions Of Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 165853 ]
[165853]
$16.50
Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 162616 ]
[162616]
$16.50
Peaceful Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Paper [ 165929 ]
[165929]
$10.50
Gold Foil Sheets [ 132622 ]
[132622]
$5.00
Christmas Greenery Dies [ 165872 ]
[165872]
$36.00
Sentimental Framing Dies [ 165476 ]
[165476]
$38.00
Stylish Shapes Dies [ 159183 ]
[159183]
$30.00
The Right Words Cling Stamp Set (English) [ 165316 ]
[165316]
$26.00
Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [ 165285 ]
[165285]
$9.00
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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Christmas · Fun Folds · Holidays

Christmas Slider

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Welcome to a new week, everybody! It was a relatively busy weekend for us with lots of bowling for the kiddo, but we spent it together and that sure made it fun! We capped off the weekend by bringing our feral momma kitty and her five precious week-old babies inside in preparation from exterior housework we’re having done this week that would have upended her cozy hiding spot. So we scooped up her little birthing hut (thank goodness she used it this time!) and brought her and the crew inside where they’ll all stay until babies are big enough to go to the local rescue group for adoption and mom is recovered enough to (finally) get fixed. I’ll have to share some precious baby photos once I can get momma to let me take some good ones.

This week we’re on to a new design theme — all that glitters is gold. With so many beautiful gold foiled and glittery products in the Stampin’ Up! lineup, it should be a week of shiny goodness! We get started with some goodies from the new suite called Traditions of Christmas and pair them up with a few oldies, like gold foil sheets, Regal Distressed Patterns paper, and a few die sets.

You might recognize this gift card layout and think that it looks familiar. And you would be exactly right! We’re flipping our new slider fun fold on its side to create today’s beautiful gift card design. I’m currently working on the tutorial and hope to have that up on the site later this week!

We get started with a base of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and score it to create the off-center barn fold look with the right panel serving as the pocket for our slider section. A sheet of the beautiful Traditions of Christmas paper serves as the backdrop for our card front. The overlapping focal panel backdrop is a combination of gold foil cut with the Perennial Postage dies and a sheet of the Regal Distressed Patterns paper cut with the Textured Notes dies. We use a combination of the Christmas Greenery dies and paper snips to cut the floral elements from another sheet of the Traditions of Christmas paper. The larger spray of florals is the focal image for the front panel, while the smaller fussy-cut elements serve as the cover for the slider pocket of the gift card panel. The front floral spray is adhered over a twist of the Real Red shiny ribbon using several layers of dimensionals. We finish everything off with a scattering of the Traditional Sparkling sequins across the front panel and add just a few on the gift card panel.

When adhering the florals on the sliding panel, ensure that they are flat for a fully unobstructed open/close of the inside slider gift card panel.

I hope you’ll drop in tomorrow to see what we have glittering next!

Product List
Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 119685 ]
[119685]
$14.00
Gold Foil Sheets [ 132622 ]
[132622]
$5.00
Regal Distressed Patterns 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 164037 ]
[164037]
$10.00
Traditions Of Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 165853 ]
[165853]
$16.50
Perennial Postage Dies [ 162607 ]
[162607]
$33.00
Textured Notes Dies [ 165555 ]
[165555]
$31.00
Christmas Greenery Dies [ 165872 ]
[165872]
$36.00
Words For The Season Dies (English) [ 165797 ]
[165797]
$32.00
Real Red 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Shiny Ribbon [ 165876 ]
[165876]
$10.00
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [ 138309 ]
[138309]
$7.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
Tear & Tape Adhesive [ 154031 ]
[154031]
$7.00
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birthday · Fun Folds

Birthday Surprise

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Welcome in, crafty friends, and welcome to the weekend! After a busy morning, we are enjoying some family downtime this afternoon before we hit some projects while the weather is nice. What do you have on the weekend agenda?

We’re rounding out our series this week where we’ve been restocking the birthday card stash, and there’s nothing better than a fun fold gift card holder to close things out for this series! I found the cutest (and easiest) pop-up gift card holder over at Klompen Stampers and just had to give it a try. I combined this cool fun fold with a picture-in-picture design using the Splendid Autumn paper and Layered Thoughts stamps. And I can’t wait to try this again with a scene building set!

We get started with a base of Cajun Craze cardstock, which serves as both the card base and the inside gift card panel. The front picture-in-picture panel starts with the background sheet from the Splendid Autumn paper pack that is matted with gold foil specialty paper. The window section is a second sheet of the same Splendid Autumn pattern that is cut using the Everyday Arches dies and matted with a larger-sized arch of Basic White. I used the negatives from the grass die from the Mixed Florals set cut from a sheet of the cream Season of Elegance paper and tucked the grass behind the panel inset to make it look like grass is waving outside the window. The sentiment is from the Layered Thoughts stamp set and the first portion of our birthday greeting is stamped on white cardstock, heat embossed in gold, and then cut with the largest banner from the Stylish Shapes die set. The sentiment panel is mounted over a bow of gold trim on dimensionals. The front panel is finished with a scattering of gold drusy embellishments.

The inside of our card is our pop-up gift card panel which is cut from Cajun Craze cardstock. It tucks behind the bottom panel of the card front to create the gift card movement when the card opens and closes. The second portion of our birthday greeting is on the bottom panel of the gift card section. It’s stamped on Cajun Craze cardstock, heat embossed in gold, and then cut with the largest Stylish Shapes banner die using the extension method. It’s a tight fit, but it works. This panel is adhered to the gift card panel with the dimensionals.

Here’s a quick look at this gift card in action.

My newest batch of Holiday Mini catalog and Online Exclusives have arrived, so I’m looking forward to bringing you a closer look at those as we explore the theme all that glitters is gold. I hope you’ll drop in and see what that’s all about!

Product List
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 119684 ]
[119684]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Splendid Autumn 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 164173 ]
[164173]
$12.50
Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 164144 ]
[164144]
$16.50
Gold Foil Sheets [ 132622 ]
[132622]
$5.00
Layered Thoughts Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 165346 ]
[165346]
$20.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165678 ]
[165678]
$21.00
Everyday Arches Dies [ 164629 ]
[164629]
$29.00
Stylish Shapes Dies [ 159183 ]
[159183]
$30.00
Mixed Florals Dies [ 164641 ]
[164641]
$39.00
Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack [ 161633 ]
[161633]
$9.00
Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments [ 164223 ]
[164223]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
Tear & Tape Adhesive [ 154031 ]
[154031]
$7.00
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birthday

Cheers to Birthdays!

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So sorry to disappear on you yesterday. By the time our day wound down and I got yesterday’s card finished, it was far too dark to take a photo that would do the project any justice.

This week, we’re restocking the birthday card stash by using a variety of products in the crafty stash. We’re pairing up the Label Me Grateful and Gathering Moments dies for today’s card. This design is inspired by a card that I saw on The Crafty O ink Pen over on Insta. And I must say that one of my favorite things about using inspiration is seeing how much or how little you can see the inspiration behind the design once it’s finished. And just for funsies, today I’m gonna show the two side-by-side and you tell me. Can you see it?

What drew me to the inspiration design to start with is our Luv 2 Stamp monthly team challenge bingo card – with one square being to design a fall card. And I figured what better way to kill two birds with one stone than to adapt this super beautiful fall inspiration design to fit the birthday design theme for this week. And one of the first obstacles I had to face was the color palette because I was completely out of my preferred base color of Crushed Curry and had to search for a suitable substitute that would work with the vision I had for the end result. I must admit that the new In Color Darling Duckling is NOT a favorite of mine. And if I’m being completely honest, I pretty much hate it because it has too much green and reminds me of … well, I’ll just say that I prefer not to say and let your mind wander. BUT I decided to give it a try here because I figured this would be the best context in which I ever could potentially use the few sheets of Darling Duckling I have in the stash. And from there, I worked to choose colors and elements that tamed the duck and let thoughts of fall shine.

So we get started with a base of Darling Duckling. I cut an extra quarter panel for the focal panel backdrop and cut it down using the largest Textured Notes die and then machine embossed it with the Forever Plaid embossing folder. This panel is matted with Peach Pie glimmer paper from the In Color pack. We move on to cutting our smaller detail elements with the Label Me Grateful dies using a combination of Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, and the peach end of a sheet of Pastel Ombre glimmer paper. To really hit home with the fall theme, the center sentiment is matted by a large oak leaf cut from Peach Pie glimmer paper using the Gathering Moments die. It’s adhered a little askew in the center of the card and then the smaller fall foliage elements are tucked around on each side in opposing corners and held with strips of tear-n-tape. The sentiment is broken into two distinct but complimentary sections. The first part of the sentiment is from the Scenic Adventure set and is stamped in Early Espresso on white and then cut with the smallest banner die from the Stylish Shapes set. Birthday is stamped on a scrap of white, also in espresso, and then hand cut with paper snips. Both portions are affixed to the center of the card over some gold striped ribbon using several layers of dimensionals. We finish things off with a scattering of Cajun Craze dots and gold drusy embellishments.

This card is one big, fun, fall celebration. I just couldn’t be more pleased with how this morphed into one big sparkly birthday party in an envelope! I hope you’ll drop by tomorrow to see what other fun goodies we can pair together.

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Darling Duckling 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 165622 ]
[165622]
$14.00
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 119684 ]
[119684]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 120953 ]
[120953]
$14.00
Pastel Ombre Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 164851 ]
[164851]
$12.00
2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 163771 ]
[163771]
$11.00
Textured Notes Dies [ 165555 ]
[165555]
$31.00
Label Me Grateful Dies [ 166111 ]
[166111]
$24.00
Gathering Moments Dies [ 165979 ]
[165979]
$37.00
Stylish Shapes Dies [ 159183 ]
[159183]
$30.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147114 ]
[147114]
$9.00
Scenic Adventure Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 165466 ]
[165466]
$24.00
With You In Mind Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 164747 ]
[164747]
$20.00
Gold Striped 3/8" (1 Cm) Mesh Ribbon [ 165599 ]
[165599]
$8.00
Cajun Craze & Gold Dots [ 165984 ]
[165984]
$9.00
Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments [ 164223 ]
[164223]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
Tear & Tape Adhesive [ 154031 ]
[154031]
$7.00
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