Tidings of Home

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Howdy, friends! Welcome back. It’s hard to believe it’s already Thursday, although Monday & Tuesday definitely felt like Thursday & Friday. *chuckle*

I had some grand plans for a 3D project for today but ultimately figured out that I needed to devote more time to it in order to get it just right. So I hope to bring that to you over the weekend. Today, we’re getting another look at the Neutral Noel suite of products to include the awesome dies and embossing folder. And to add that touch of razzle dazzle in line with our design theme this week, we’re also using some of the new holiday hot foil products. So let’s dive in and see how this beauty comes together.

To start, I have to give props to the inspiration behind this card design. I’m CASEing a catalog CASE by Stamping Beauty NZ (follow her over on Insta!). Honestly, the catalog sample did not stand out to me like her card did. I love the neutral color palette and the overall feel of the card. But as I usually do when (theoretically) CASEing a card, it’s never truly a copy and stamp exactly situation. I always take liberties from the inspiration.

So we stick to the (mostly) neutral color palette here with a base of white cardstock. And our background panel of white is machine embossed with the new Soft Linen embossing folder. I punched things up a bit with the backdrop panel for the focal section by using a sheet of the All Wrapped Up foiled paper and cut it with the oval die from the Welcome Noel set. And the focal elements is where things get creative.

I paper pieced several houses diecut with the Welcome Noel dies from a combination of Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, and Golden Glow pearlized paper. I just love the soft glow in the windows provided by that pearlized paper! We dress up our houses with some holiday greenery cut from Peaceful Pine paper using the evergreen deco pieces in the Welcome Noel die set and add some peppermints and rhinestones. Next up, we prepare our large spruce tree by stamping tone-on-tone on Peaceful Pine cardstock and diecutting using the Welcome Noel bundle. Our little deer comes from the new Graceful Evergreen Deer hot foil bundle. The deer is foiled in copper and then diecut with the coordinating die. Using all of these elements, we build our scene on our focal panel with dimensionals to create depth of scene.

We finish off our card design with our holiday sentiment panel. It combines two ephemera banners from the Season of Celebration pack and the hot foil sentiment from the new Twinkling Tidings bundle foiled in red. Adhere them at the top of our scene with a bow of the new holiday baker’s twine, add a few sequins, and voila!

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!

Tomorrow things will be getting spooky as we continue our tour of the new products launching next week! I hope you’ll drop by!

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Peaceful Pine CS
In Color pearlized SP, All Wrapped Up (coming in Sept) DSP
Season of Celebration ephemera (coming in Sept)
Noel Tidings, Graceful Evergreen Deer, Welcome Noel, Twinkling Tidings dies (coming in Sept)
Twinkling Tidings, Graceful Evergreen Deer hot foil bundle (coming in Sept)
Copper & red foil (coming in Sept)
Softly Woven EF (coming in Sept)
Rhinestone basic jewels, Real Red peppermints, sparkle sequins
Seasonal baker’s twine (coming in Sept)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Wonderful Snowflakes

August 14, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

TGIF, everybody! We have made it to the weekend, and I don’t know about you but I’m ready. After surviving the first week of school schedule change, downtime is required and stat!

And speaking of downtime, I got to put an idea into action in the studio this evening as I put this card together. I put the latest SU! sketch into action and had fun adding a few twists to meet our them this week. We’re letting the new Dreamy Snowflakes bundle take center stage today.

We get started with a base of Cloud Cover cardstock. To capture the twinkle of freshly falling snow, I decided to have our focal panel backdrop be a sheet of blue shimmer vellum. I picked a coordinating piece of the Velvet Meadow patterned paper to create the corner circle elements. Before cutting them out, the full panel is run through the Dreamy Snowflakes embossing folder to give us our background flakes in each corner. The three snowflakes in the center are created with a combination of shimmer vellum and white velvet specialty paper using the Dreamy Snowflakes dies. After glueing the vellum and velvet together, they’re adhered to our card front with dimensionals. The sentiment from the Season of Celebration ephemera pack is stacked on some gold and white baker’s twine and then adhered over the snowflakes with dimensionals. A few adhesive snowflakes finish things off with the perfect amount of twinkle.

We will finish off this week’s trek in the woods tomorrow. I hope you’ll drop by!

Products used in today’s card:
Cloud Cover CS
Velvet Meadow, Velveteen, Sunset Shimmer vellum DSP
Dream Snowflakes dies & EF (coming in Sept)
Season of Celebration ephemera (coming in Sept)
Gold & white baker’s twine
Adhesive snowflakes (coming in Sept)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon

Dreamy Warm Wishes

August 7, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Welcome back for another sneak peek at all the new goodies in my crafty stash and a whole batch of products that will release in the September holiday catalog! I loved yesterday’s layout so much that I decided to do a little variation and throw in a few more glimpses of what’s to come. Just look at those dreamy snowflakes! The new bundle is just a gorgeous as it looks here!

So we get started with a base of Pool Party cardstock and let just a tiny bit peek around the edges of our background panel of Shimmering Stripes glittery paper. The panel is wrapped with some iridescent striped ribbon for a little touch of see-through sparkle. We’re using the Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies again to create our focal panel out of some Pool Party shimmer paper and then add some extra texture by running it through the new Dreamy Snowflakes embossing folder. And we’re using quite a few layers of dimensionals to be sure the panel stands nice and proud. Our focal section consists of three elements. In the background we have our delicate snowflake cut from blue and white shimmer vellum using the new Dreamy Snowflakes dies. Our focal image is the cute snowman from the Season of Celebration ephemera, along with the warm wishes sentiment. Dimensionals give us some depth of scene here. And we finish things off with the twinkle of clear snowflakes on our focal panel and a few iridescent sequins in opposing corners to draw the eye across our card.

This layout is super simple and very eye-catching. Definitely one to have in the stash when you want to put together a cute card in a hurry! Tomorrow I’m setting aside some time to complete the new gold foiling class and can’t wait to show you some of the results!

Products used in today’s card:
Pool Party CS
Shimmering Stripes, pastel shimmer, sunset shimmer vellum DSP
Season of Celebration ephemera (coming in Sept)
Scalloped Christmas Cheer, Dreamy Snowflakes dies (coming in Sept)
Dreamy Snowflakes EF (coming in Sept)
Adhesive sparkle sequins, adhesive snowflakes (coming in Sept)
Iridescent striped ribbon (retired)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Clean and Simple · Coming Soon

Wishing the Very Best

August 4, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

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

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

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

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

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

Clean and Simple

Sending You Love

July 21, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

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

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

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

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

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

Splash & Relax

Happiness Floats

June 23, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Howdy, friends, and happy Tuesday! Yesterday just completely got away from me, and by the time I got this card finished, it was well past time for me to be snoozing.

This week, our designs are going to be all about summer. There are so many great summery products in my crafty stash that need some love, so I’m looking forward to working with this week’s theme. Today we’re getting started with a super simple card using the new Splash & Relax stamps and dies. And I have to give credit for the layout to fellow demo and Luv 2 Stamp team member Patti Dolan.

We get started on today’s card with a base of Gray Granite cardstock. And then our focal panel is a quarter panel of Gray Granite that is torn to make a lazy river in the middle. Our lazy river is a sheet of the blue shimmer vellum that’s machine embossed with the Soft Waves embossing folder and mounted over another panel of vellum to give it a bit more structural integrity and depth of color. The panel is then adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

Next we work on our fun elements using the new Splash & Relax stamps and dies. The innertubes are all stamped first in a variety of happy colors — blue-greens, yellows, and pinky-oranges — and then diecut with the coordinating die and adhered over the lazy river with dimensionals. I needed a few more fun summer elements and decided to make some flip flips and sunglasses. The flip flops are a combination of Barely Blush and Melon Mambo papers with some small rhinestones as the decorative element. And the sunglasses combine Blackberry Bliss and textured silver metallic paper for the perfect mirrored shades.

The sentiment is from the Splash & Relax stamp set and is stamped in a combination of Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock onto a scrap of Pool Party cardstock and then cut into a banner shape with paper snips. We finish things off with a combination of white and blue shimmering dots.

When I chose the Gray Granite, I was going for the look of a pool deck, which I think it accomplishes, but it doesn’t give me that ahhhhh feeling I was going for. In hindsight, I might pick a different neutral next time — maybe Crumb Cake or something like it — to give a more beachy feel. And here’s a hot tip for you! It’s always better to decide where you want your sentiment before you adhere the piece you’ll be stamping on onto your card base. Otherwise, you may not get a clean image and then you’ll have to make a quick pivot to create a separate sentiment panel that fits in the tiny space you allotted. Ask me how I know this. Ooops!

Hope you’ll drop in tomorrow to see what’s next in our summer card series!

Product List

Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146983]

$14.00

Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165621]

$14.00

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

[122924]

$14.00

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

[133675]

$14.00

Barely Blush 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[167689]

$14.00

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

[115320]

$14.00

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

[163772]

$8.50

Sunset Shimmer Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[167784]

$10.00

Soft Waves 3 D Embossing Folder

[164695]

$11.00

Splash & Relax Bundle

[167903]

$44.00

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$11.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$11.00

Timid Tiger Classic Stampin' Pad

[165278]

$11.00

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

$9.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$9.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$6.00

Shimmering Dots

[167949]

$8.50

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

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Masculine Designs

Today is Your Day

May 13, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy midweek, everybody! We are halfway to the weekend already. And it’s definitely the downhill slide to the end of school. The kiddos are counting down the days — T minus 7 now.

And the countdown to school means the countdown to vacations for a lot of folks. And today’s card is a nod in that direction as we continue our card series that’s all about the guys. Even the guys spend time thinking about summer vacay! We’re putting the new Rolling Waves bundle center stage in today’s design.

We get started with a base of Lost Lagoon cardstock. A quarter panel is then embossed with the Soft Waves embossing folder and adhered to our card front to set the stage for our beach scene. Our beach scene is built on a base of Pool Party cardstock cut with the Everyday Arches die. The Rolling Waves stamps allow us to create the look of water as we stamp tone on tone on the panel. The same stamp also allows us to create the look of sand on a panel of Crumb Cake. A smaller detail stamp in the set gives us the darker grains of sand. The sand is cut from the half arch panel and adhered to the ocean backdrop. The foamy water rolling in is created with a die from the Rolling Waves set and then lightly brushed with Pool Party ink and adhered over the sand. The sentiment from the Saying Something ephemera set is adhered with dimensionals at the water’s edge. A bow of Lost Lagoon soft cording is adhered with a glue dot at the op edge of the sentiment panel. We finish things off with some starfish cut from Flirty Flamingo paper and adhered with dimensionals beside the sentiment and a scattering of shimmering dots.

Can you hear the sound of the crashing waves and picture yourself sitting beside the water? And isn’t this the perfect color palette for celebrating a guy in your life?

Product List

Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133679]

$14.00

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

[122924]

$14.00

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

[120953]

$14.00

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

[141416]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Rolling Waves Bundle (English)

[167145]

$51.25

Soft Waves 3 D Embossing Folder

[164695]

$11.00

Everyday Arches Dies

[164629]

$29.00

Saying Something Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English)

[163761]

$8.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$9.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$9.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]

$9.00

Lost Lagoon Soft Cording

[164938]

$8.00

Shimmering Dots

[167949]

$8.50

Small Blending Brushes

[160518]

$15.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$7.25

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Patterns

Splendid Texture

April 15, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Welcome back! It’s hard to believe but we’re already halfway through this week. Where does the time go? And speaking of stealing some time, today’s card uses a sheet of the Splendid Autumn paper pack that just makes you want to kick back in an easy chair on the breezy porch with a glass of tea and watch the wildflowers dance on the pasture, doesn’t it? Or maybe that’s just me showing my country upbringing.

This week, we’re using pattern and texture to create our card designs. And today is all about adding texture to give that extra pizzazz to a card. We’re combining the Beautiful Pattern embossing folder with the Splendid Autumn paper to create a little side glance out the window.

We get started with a simple base of white cardstock. The background panel is a quarter sheet of white cardstock that’s embossed with the Beautiful Pattern embossing folder. The focal panel is cut from a sheet of the Splendid Autumn paper pack using the Everyday Arches dies and then matted with some pastel pink shimmer paper cut into an arch just a tick bigger. The embossed backdrop is wrapped with some Petunia Pop iridescent ribbon and then adhered to the card base. And then the focal panel is adhered just slightly off-set on top with dimensionals. The sentiment from the stamp set included in the 2025 Advent Calendar is stamped in Fresh Freesia on one of the smaller banner dies from the More Messages set and then adhered with dimensionals onto to the bottom-right corner of the focal panel. A few frosted iridescent dots finish things off with a hint of twinkle.

While this card would be just fine without an embossed background, isn’t it fun to see how much more interesting and eye-catching this card is with that little extra textured detail. I hope you’ll continue to hop along on the patterns & textures design series this week!

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Splendid Autumn 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164173]

$12.50

Pastels Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[167198]

$10.00

12 Days Of Crafting Advent Calendar (English)

[167335]

$99.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$9.00

Beautiful Pattern 3 D Embossing Folder

[167097]

$10.50

Everyday Arches Dies

[164629]

$29.00

More Messages Die

[165472]

$33.00

Petunia Pop 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Iridescent Ribbon

[166203]

$9.50

Frosted Iridescent Dots

[165766]

$9.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

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Adventures

Hang in There

April 6, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy Easter Monday, friends! Were your kids out of school today? Some years our district is out and some years it isn’t. I think we were one of the few districts who were in this year.

It’s a new week and that means a new design series. And this week, we’re taking things outdoors. We’re getting started with a fun combination of the Gliding Garden Swing stamp & die bundle and the Lovely Stripes embossing folder.

The backdrop of our design is a base of Pool Party cardstock, and we’re embossing just the front panel of the card with the Lovely Stripes embossing folder. Our focal panel is a scene built entirely with the Gliding Garden Swing bundle. We get started by cutting a panel of white cardstock with the Branching Out label die and cut a coordinating mat from Pool Party shimmer paper with the size up die. The backdrop for our scene is brushed with shades of blue, green, and brown to create the sky, grass, and dirt under our park bench. The big oak branch is stamped at the top of the panel and then colored with Stampin’ blends in shades of brown and green. The park bench is diecut from Country Woods woodgrain paper with the bench dies from the Gliding Garden Swing die set. The bush behind the bench are cut with the leaf canopy die from the Gliding Swing set and cut apart to create smaller shrubs. The pink floral pillows are cut from a sheet of paper from the 2025 Advent Calendar and adhered on the bench with dimensionals to give a more realistic look. Our pink sentiment panel is cut with dies from the Advent calendar and then adhered over some gold striped mesh ribbon with dimensionals. We finish it all off with a few green hexagons from the Hues of Green hexagon shapes set.

This week’s theme will take us on many adventures. Where would you like to go next?

Product List

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

[122924]

$14.00

Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163793]

$14.00

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

[146981]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Pastels Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[167198]

$10.00

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

[163393]

$12.50

Gliding Garden Swing Bundle (English)

[167137]

$50.25

Lovely Stripes 3 D Embossing Folder

[167179]

$11.00

Branching Out Dies

[165775]

$29.00

Gold Striped 3/8" (1 Cm) Mesh Ribbon

[165599]

$8.00

Shades Of Green Hexagons

[165233]

$8.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Add All to Cart

Easter

He is Risen! Alleluia!

April 5, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Sunday’s here; hope has arrived — Happy Easter! What a blessing to know that we serve a God who walks with us every step of the way — from the highest mountains to the lowest valleys. He knows every joy, every victory, every tragedy, every defeat. And when we don’t have the strength to take another step, God is there to carry us through.

We’re finishing up our Easter-inspired card series this week with another version of the cross fun fold honoring Easter Sunday. We’re pairing the Splendid Autumn paper with the new Easter Joy ephemera to create this stunning Easter sunrise celebration.

To add some detail to the cross, I used the recently retired Distressed Tiles embossing folder. The floral ephemera is layered behind the cross to create a beautiful spray of color. And the sentiment from the Faith Collection stamp set is stamped on a banner cut with the Words for the Season dies.

We’re headed into the great outdoors this week as we explore some nifty new goodies in the crafty stash. I hope you’ll drop in and see where we go on our outdoorsy adventure.

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