Woodland Fright

August 29, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

We made it to the weekend — whew! Yesterday turned out to be a bit busier than anticipated. The kiddo participated in the first round of basketball tryouts, and let’s just say it got off to a bumpy start. Quite literally. He’s got quite the nasty bump & bruise on his knee that we spent the evening nursing. Hoping it looks better after a good night’s rest!

As promised though, we’re strolling through Sleepy Hollow today. And look who we rustled up — Casper and friends! The new Frightfully Fun suite is so fun and we’re dazzling it up with some shimmery touches for the perfect pops of fun!

We get started with a base of black cardstock. A sheet of the swirling stars paper from the new Frightfully Fun paper pack gives us our spooky backdrop. And we wrap it with some black shiny ribbon before adhering to the card front. The Everyday Arches dies help us create our matted focal panel with a combo of orange Autumn Woodland glimmer paper and Frightfully Fun scary woods paper. Our cute little ghosties are diecut with the Oh My Fright dies and I added some detailing to each with a white chalk pen. Our dies also help us create the rest of our scene. The moon is a sheet of the pale yellow pastel shimmer paper with the clouds from a sheet of the blue Sunset shimmer vellum. Our bats are cut from Secret Sea glimmer paper and I added some detailing around the eyes with the chalk pen. Our sentiment from the Oh My Fright stamps is heat embossed in white on black paper and then cut into a banner shape before being adhered to the bottom corner of our card front. We finish things off with some dots and ghosts and bats from the Ghosts and Dots embellishments pack.

It’s a busy one today but I’m hoping to get some crafty playtime this afternoon to work on some 3D projects for an upcoming craft show.

Products used in today’s card:
Basic Black CS
Frightfully Fun, Autumn Woodland glimmer (coming in Sept), Peaceful Garden glimmer, pastels shimmer, Sunset shimmer vellum DSP
Everyday Archie’s dies
Oh My Fright bundle (coming in Sept)
Versamark
Black & clear EP
Ghosts & dots (coming in Sept)
Black shiny ribbon (coming in Sept)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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

Coming Soon · Product of the Month

Hey There, Friend

August 24, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Welcome to Monday, where here in North Texas we’re starting to look like the Thanksgiving dinner rolls when no one remembers to set the timer. Needless to say, we’re extra crispy with a side of char over here. Send rain and cool temps stat!

This week, we’re continuing our razzle dazzle design theme because there is still so much good sparkly stuff from my new stash of goodies that I want to show you. And in keeping with thoughts of cooler weather ahead, we’re getting another look at the August Product of the Month. The Glow of Harvest paper is absolutely stunning and pairs beautifully with the new Buffalo Plaid hot foil plate and several of the new papers.

We get started with a neutral base of Pecan Pie cardstock for this easy fun fold card. I used the leftover piece of Cherry Cobbler paper with Buffalo Plaid foil for the left-side panel and then a small strip of a sheet of the POTM Glow of Harvest paper for the smaller panel on the right. The small focal image is from the diecut sheet from the Autumn Opulence paper pack and then our sparkly leaves are diecut from a sheet of the new Woodland Glimmer paper using the Sweet Words & Labels leaf dies. Our sentiment is from the Sincerely Noted ephemera pack. And we put all of our image and sentiment elements together on a backdrop of white shimmer vellum from the sunset shimmer pack that is cut with the Sweet Words & Labels die and adhere it just to our right panel with some dimensionals. A few pearlized faceted circles are carefully placed around our focal panel and really help our sentiment pop.

I can’t wait to show you one of the new Christmas foil bundles tomorrow. It is simply stunning. I hope you’ll drop in and check it out!

Products used in today’s card:
Pecan Pie, Cherry Cobbler CS
Glow of Harvest, Autumn Opulence (coming soon), Sunset shimmer vellum, Autumn Woodland glimmer (coming soon) DSP
Sincerely Noted ephemera
Sweet Words & Labels dies
Buffalo Plaid hot foil plate (coming soon)
Red foil (coming soon)
Pearlized faceted circles
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon · Product of the Month

Glow of Thankfulness

August 22, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Welcome to the weekend! It’s a busy one around here as I play catchup in all the ways. From music planning to house chores to crafting, I’m working to squeeze in time for all of it.

I’ve taken a couple of hours to get all the new crafty goodies unpackaged and have played around with a few things. I just don’t even know where to start, you guys! The new hot foil products that will drop in a few weeks are just fab and I’m in love with this month’s Product of the Month. Have you checked out the Glow of Harvest paper? It’s pearlized so it’s got this perfect pearly glow. So I’m combining several of the new lovelies for today’s card — the Buffalo Plaid hot foil die, the Glow of Harvest paper, and the Framed & Fabulous stamp set.

Since the card base will not show on the card front, you can choose any complimentary color you wish. I went very neutral with Very Vanilla. The foiled buffalo plaid panel is a sheet of Cherry Cobbler that is hot foiled with the new Buffalo Plaid die and new red foil. And next to it we put a sheet of the gorgeous Glow of Harvest paper. The focal image is a diecut included with the new Autumn Opulence paper pack. Underneath our image we’ve tucked in the sentiment panel. Our sentiment is from the new Framed & Fabulous stamp set and is heat embossed in gold and then diecut with the Stylish Shapes large banner die. A few red sequins give us a pop of sparkle to draw the eye across the card front.

We’re going to be continuing our razzle dazzle card series next week because….well, I have lots of sparkly things to show you! I hope you’ll drop in and check out what’s going to be coming your way SOON!

Products used in today’s card:
Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler CS
Glow of Harvest, Autumn Opulence (coming soon) DSP
Framed & Fabulous stamps (coming soon)
Buffalo Plaid hot foil plate (coming soon)
Red foil (coming soon)
Stylish Shapes dies
Versamark
Gold EP
Sparkle sequins (coming soon)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Holiday Mini Catalog · Winter

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

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$44.00

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$11.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

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$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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Father's Day

Flippin’ Awesome

June 9, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Welcome back, everyone! Glad you took the time to stop in. This week, we’re getting ready for Father’s Day, which is just a little under two weeks away. And today is an ode to all of the BBQ chefs we have out there as we pair up the BBQ Master stamps & dies with some fun papers to create this cute & playful ode to dad. Once again, fellow demo Heidi Collins over at On y Go! Stamping provided the inspiration for this card.

We get started with a base of Pretty Peacock cardstock. I paired up the peacock striped pattern from the new Everyday Essentials paper pack with the brush pattern from the Nature Walk pack. I used the darker pattern as the backdrop base and then dropped the stripes on top. A triangle is cut out of the top sheet to create a peek-through in the lower corner, which provides a nice way to highlight the focal point. I pulled out some of my favorite retired Pretty Peacock & Gold ribbon to bridge the two patterns. This full panel is adhered to the card front with dimensionals. Next up, we turn to our focal panel which begins with a panel of Pool Party shimmer paper cut with the Label Me Grateful dies. The grill is stamped in Pretty Peacock and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder to give it a more realistic sheen. It’s then cut out with the coordinating BBQ Master die. The flame is stamped in a combination of Real Red, Timid Tiger, and Crushed Curry and then cut out with the coordinating die. I added some Wink of Stella to help give a flicker effect to the flames. The sausage links are cut from Cajun Craze. The sentiment from the BBQ Master set is stamped in Pretty Peacock on an extended banner cut with the Nested Essentials dies. Everything is adhered to our card front with varying layers of dimensionals for some depth of scene. I added the sausage links willy nilly above the flames to give a sense of flippin’ to our scene. We finish things off with some Pool Party dots.

I really love how this one turned out, don’t you? So fun! I hope you’ll drop in tomorrow — we’ll be taking dad to the beach!

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