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12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar

Advent Hugs

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Welcome back, friends. Today we’re on Day 5 of our 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar series, where we’re opening two boxes of our calendar each day and then making a fun project with the new goodies. Today we’re on boxes 9 & 10. Let’s see what we’ve got.

So today we have a set of notecards and a new set of pinkish-hued shaker elements. And guess what I figured out as I was going through the notecards to come up with a design — they’re two-sided! How fun is that?! Today’s design is extra fun because I wanted to use the shaker elements in a traditional way. Who doesn’t love a shaker card??

So we get started with a base of Strawberry Slush cardstock. The sheet of Very Vanilla leaves from the Advent Calendar paper pack serves as our neutral backdrop for the focal panel. I decided to use a little shortcut for the shaker panel and dug out a cellophane bag I’d saved from a prior order to serve as the shaker bits holder. The scrap of pink paper from yesterday is the mat for the center section of the focal panel. I used the pink floral notecard for the sentiment panel and picked the coordinating long oval diecut piece from an earlier calendar box as the panel where I heat embossed the sentiment from the Advent Calendar stamp set in gold. All of these elements are adhered together so they’re nice and flat so the shaker pieces will move freely in our containment bag. We tuck the panel in and then shake in the shaker pieces in the front and seal the bag shut. I adhered the bag to the neutral front panel piece with tear-n-tape to ensure a good stick. This panel is then wrapped with the Strawberry Slush baker’s twine from our calendar before the panel is adhered to the card front. I chose two diecut pieces from today’s bag—a pink butterfly & flower—as our accent pieces in opposing corners of the shaker panel. We finish things off with a few of the gold shaker bits in opposing corners.

It’s hard to believe, but we’re down to our last two boxes tomorrow and I absolutely cannot wait to see what we’re closing out our crafting adventure with! I hope you’ll drop in and see!

12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar

Advent Thinking of You

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Welcome to another day in our week with the SU! 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar, where each day we’re opening two boxes together and then creating a fun project with the goodies we found inside. Thus far, we’ve scored a set of dies that coordinate with the Advent Calendar stamp set, some patterned paper, some glitter shaker elements, and a set of foiled diecut elements. Today, we’re opening boxes 5 & 6. Let’s see what’s inside!

Alrighty, so today we have a set of decorative masks and some fluffy felt stickers. I’m not gonna lie, I was initially pretty stumped on what to do with our new goodies. But I started looking through the rest of the Advent Calendar goodies for some inspiration and decided that continuing with the floral theme would work best, especially since I wanted to incorporate the new items in today’s design. After stacking the decorative masks and getting a sense for the scene they would create, I pulled a sheet of patterned paper that would coordinate and went to town.

We get started with a backdrop of Cloud Cover cardstock. A quarter sheet of Cloud Cover is machine embossed with the *new* Beautiful Pattern embossing folder, which releases next week. I used a strip of the coordinating Advent Calendar patterned paper on the left of the panel. The focal panel floral scene is created with today’s decorative masks, blending brushes, and a combination of inks — Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Cloud Cover, Misty Moonlight, Garden Green, and Shaded Spruce. The panel is cut with the largest circle in the Spotlight on Nature die set and then adhered with dimensionals. The sentiment from the Advent Calendar stamp set is heat embossed in black on vellum and then diecut with one of the smaller circles from the Stylish Shapes set. The panel is adhered over Balmy Blue sheer ribbon with dimensionals and a pink bow from the new fluffy felt sticker set finishes off the sentiment panel. A fluffy felt flower and a few of the Hues of Blue Flowers in the corner finish off our floral theme.

Isn’t this fun? Every day we’re stretching our creativity! Can’t wait to see what our Advent Calendar brings us tomorrow!

Product List
12 Days Of Crafting Advent Calendar (English) [ 167335 ]
[167335]
$99.00
Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 165621 ]
[165621]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies [ 163580 ]
[163580]
$35.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165679 ]
[165679]
$21.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147094 ]
[147094]
$9.00
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147087 ]
[147087]
$9.00
Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad [ 163807 ]
[163807]
$9.00
Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad [ 165286 ]
[165286]
$9.00
Cloud Cover Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [ 165279 ]
[165279]
$5.50
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [ 153118 ]
[153118]
$9.00
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147089 ]
[147089]
$9.00
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147088 ]
[147088]
$9.00
Balmy Blue 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Sheer Ribbon [ 165767 ]
[165767]
$8.50
Hues Of Blue Flowers [ 165930 ]
[165930]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
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12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar

Advent Birthday Wishes

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Happy Monday, everybody! Have you missed seeing crafty inspiration because I’ve certainly missed having time for it! Sometimes we just have to know when to make a little space for other things — like coordinating major work programs and family time, all of which were time well spent.

But we’re back at it this week with 12 days of crafty Christmas! Each day we’re going to be opening 2 slots in the Stampin’ Up! 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar. Each calendar comes with a box of crafty surprises, as well as a coordinating stamp set. Let’s see what we have in store today!

So isn’t that fun — today we’ll be working with the coordinating dies and 6×6 patterned paper for the Advent Calendar stamp set. The first thing I wanted to do was put everything side-by-side to decide on a theme and color palette for a card design.

The pink floral pattern stood out to me in the selection of papers, so from there I looked for a simple design that would allow me to use the stamps & dies. I pulled out the Holiday Mini catalog and turned to the sketches on page 14 and was drawn to the very first one — clean and simple & a perfect way to coordinate the paper, stamps & dies.

So we have a sketch, our 2 Advent Calendar boxes, and the stamps. We pull coordinating papers together — Strawberry Slush, Pretty in Pink, Mossy Meadow, and white — to get started. To add a pop of interest, I decided to add some texture to the background panel using a *NEW* embossing folder that releases in just a few weeks.

We get started with a base of Strawberry Slush cardstock. The background panel is a quarter sheet of Strawberry Slush that I machine embossed with the new Beautiful Pattern embossing folder, which releases in just a few weeks! The sheet of pink florals is cut and then wrapped with Strawberry Slush ribbon before being adhered to the embossed background panel. Using the Advent Calendar stamp set, we stamp the large and smaller flowers on Pretty in Pink in both Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink ink. The center is stamped in Timid Tiger. The flowers are then diecut with the new coordinating dies we opened today, along with coordinating leaves from Mossy Meadow. Our flower is adhered over the ribbon on the left — substituting for the circle in our sketch. The sentiment from the Advent Calendar stamp set is stamped in Strawberry Slush on white cardstock and cut with the banner from the Mixed Labels die set and adhered over our flower element and just under the ribbon. A few Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink gems finish things off with pops of twinkle across the card front.

I hope you’ll pop in tomorrow to see what our next 2 boxes will reveal. I know I can’t wait!

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12 Days Of Crafting Advent Calendar (English) [ 167335 ]
[167335]
$99.00
Strawberry Slush 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 165625 ]
[165625]
$14.00
Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 163793 ]
[163793]
$14.00
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 133676 ]
[133676]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad [ 163807 ]
[163807]
$9.00
Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad [ 165286 ]
[165286]
$9.00
Timid Tiger Classic Stampin' Pad [ 165278 ]
[165278]
$9.00
Mixed Labels Dies [ 164652 ]
[164652]
$21.00
Strawberry Slush 3/8" (1 Cm) Faux Linen Ribbon [ 165274 ]
[165274]
$8.00
Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems [ 165615 ]
[165615]
$8.50
Tear & Tape Adhesive [ 154031 ]
[154031]
$7.00
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
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Autumn

Gather Decor

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We’re rounding out this week’s design series with some home decor. I have a craft show in a couple of weeks, and I’m still working feverishly to prepare all of the things I have on my display wish list. Last year was the first year I offered home decor items, and they generated a lot of interest.

Today’s design is inspired by a recent post on the Stampin’ Up! official Instagram page. I, of course, put my own twist on it. And isn’t that the best thing about inspiration?! So let’s dig in and see how this comes together.

This is a 6×6 frame I found on Amazon. So we get started with a 6×6 card base. HINT: Before you fully commit to your layout, be sure that it shows through the frame as you intend. I neglected this step this time so my Cajun Craze base – that was supposed to be a small border around the focal panel – doesn’t show at all. *womp-womp*

The focal panel base is a sheet of the gold foil hashed patterned paper from the Nature’s Sweetness paper pack. I decided to use the retired Changing Leaves embossing folder to create the background texture because I wanted the pattern to more closely tie with the image theme. The focal image is an image rub using blending brushes.

I decided to create a mask and negative that I could use more than once using some of the acetate sheets I had saved in my stash. When I unpack my acrylic stamps, I always save the thicker acetate sheet to use for shakers and window cards later on. It’s the perfect thickness for a mask and negative too! I used the larger leaf from the Gathering Moments dies to cut through the acetate. I used both pieces to create my focal image. The negative creates the center image, which is rubbed in Mossy Meadow, and then the shape is used to create the highlight around the leaf image, which is rubbed in Flirty Flamingo.

The sentiment panel has several layers. The backdrop is a banner created from two strips of the Gathering Together patterned paper. The sentiment from the Gathering Moments set is stamped in Versamark on Cajun Craze and then heat embossed in gold. I cut around the sentiment using paper snips. The fall foliage arrangement on the left is created using the Gathering Moments images and dies. We finish up with a bow of gold striped iridescent ribbon and some Cajun Craze & gold dots.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s series. I’ll be in and out over the next two weeks as I prepare for the big educational program at the office and then head off to the woods for a little family fall break get-away. But I have new goodies arriving that I hope to be able to show you so don’t go too far!

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Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 119684 ]
[119684]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 162616 ]
[162616]
$16.50
Gathering Together 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 165969 ]
[165969]
$16.50
Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder [ 164138 ]
[164138]
$40.00
Gathering Moments Bundle (English) [ 165980 ]
[165980]
$56.50
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147111 ]
[147111]
$9.00
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147052 ]
[147052]
$9.00
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147084 ]
[147084]
$9.00
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147087 ]
[147087]
$9.00
Timid Tiger Classic Stampin' Pad [ 165278 ]
[165278]
$9.00
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147090 ]
[147090]
$9.00
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147092 ]
[147092]
$9.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147114 ]
[147114]
$9.00
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147085 ]
[147085]
$9.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165678 ]
[165678]
$21.00
Gold Striped 3/8" (1 Cm) Mesh Ribbon [ 165599 ]
[165599]
$8.00
Cajun Craze & Gold Dots [ 165984 ]
[165984]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
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Autumn

Celebrate Fall

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This week, we’re exploring our fall-themed crafty stash as we create our projects. And today, the Gathering Together suite is taking center stage. Because I’m a little pressed for time today, I decided to make things a lot simpler by using a sketch to get started. So I’m using Sketch #5 from the recent SU! Craft-a-Long, which takes the cards on page 42 of the Holiday Mini Catalog and turns them into versatile sketches.

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Sketch #5 is the perfect way to use a few scraps of patterned paper and allows for an easy diecut focal point. Here we start with a base of white cardstock, which isn’t visible on the card front itself. A sheet of the white woodgrain pattern from the Country Woods paper pack. A sheet of the lovely Gathering Together paper serves as the backdrop for all of our focal elements. The Cajun Craze leaf pattern is the background panel, while the plaid and foliage strips provide the grounding for the focal leaf element. The leaf is cut from a combination of Gathering Together and Country Woods papers using the Gathering Moments die. To help the pattern leaf stand out against the busy background, I used a darker woodgrain-patterned leaf to provide the shadowing, which really brings out the brown details of the pattern nicely. The sentiment from the Simply Said stamp set is heat embossed in copper and then adhered over gold cording with dimensionals. Some Cajun Craze & Gold dots are scattered around the card front to provide the perfect pops of twinkly color.

Tune in tomorrow to see some more autumn inspiration!

Product List
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Gathering Together 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 165969 ]
[165969]
$16.50
Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 163393 ]
[163393]
$12.50
Gathering Moments Dies [ 165979 ]
[165979]
$37.00
Simply Said Mix & Match Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 163756 ]
[163756]
$17.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165678 ]
[165678]
$21.00
Gold Twisted Thread [ 164603 ]
[164603]
$7.50
Cajun Craze & Gold Dots [ 165984 ]
[165984]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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Elegant Pine Snowflakes · Winter

Celebrate the Snowy Season

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Welcome to the weekend, crafty friends! What have you gotten up to? It’s a beautiful day here in N. Texas. We started out our day at the bowling alley for the kiddos’ weekly league games. And our afternoon has been a mixed bag. We started with a trip to a local wildlife rehabber after rescuing one of our backyard doves from the clutches of one of our outside cats. The exciting life of owning pets!

But on to some crafty things as we close out our week of snowy designs. Today we’re using the snowflakes from the Elegant Pine Snowflakes suite to create our window card design. I recently saw a peek-through window design that I just loved and it made me think about how this beautiful set could create a peek-through scene.

So we get started with a base of Shaded Spruce cardstock. The center section has been removed to insert the window sheet section. Each side of the front panel cardstock pieces are covered with the evergreen patterned sheet from the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper pack. The snowflake is cut from another sheet and then adhered on the window section. The sentiment from the Delicate Pines stamp set is stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder on vellum. The panel is then cut with one of the smaller banner dies from the Stylish Shapes set using the extension method. It’s adhered with tear-n-tape over the snowflake.

The inside panel of the card begins with white cardstock. I used the window sheet as a stamping block, which made lining up the images a 100% guarantee. I started layering with the largest snowflake from the Delicate Pines stamp set then the middle-sized snowflake image, and then the feather flake. The pinecones are stamped in the negative space of the snowflake in Crumb Cake. I wanted a bit of detail peeking through when the card is closed and so I stamped a group of pinecones in Early Espresso and then surrounded them on either side with pine branches stamped in Shaded Spruce. The sentiment from the same Delicate Pines set is stamped in Real Red in the bottom-center of the panel. Both the inside and outside panels are finished with Traditional Sparkling sequins for the perfect amount of sparkle and pops of contrasting colors.

I hope you’ve enjoyed our snowflake series this week. Next week, we’re headed back to more fall-inspired designs. I think you’ll find some of the twists pretty fun. Hope you’ll tune in and see what’s in store!

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Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 146981 ]
[146981]
$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
Window Sheets [ 142314 ]
[142314]
$5.00
Delicate Pines Bundle (English) [ 166074 ]
[166074]
$56.50
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147090 ]
[147090]
$9.00
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147088 ]
[147088]
$9.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [ 150083 ]
[150083]
$9.00
Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [ 161678 ]
[161678]
$9.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147116 ]
[147116]
$9.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147114 ]
[147114]
$9.00
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147084 ]
[147084]
$9.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165678 ]
[165678]
$21.00
Stylish Shapes Dies [ 159183 ]
[159183]
$30.00
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive [ 154031 ]
[154031]
$7.00
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Elegant Pine Snowflakes · Winter

Season of Snow

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Welcome back, friends. This week, we’re having all kinds of snowy fun as we explore some of the great snow-inspired products in our crafty stash. Today’s clean and simple design uses the Elegant Pine Snowflakes products and Greetings for You ephemera to create this lovely embossed design. Let’s check it out.

We get started with a base of Secret Sea cardstock. The focal panel starts with a sheet of the Elegant Pine Snowflakes patterned paper, which we’re going to mat with a sheet of the Cloud Cover Flower Garden Foils specialty paper. I really wanted the patterned paper to take center stage, so I opted for an embossed effect for the focal images. I arranged three of the Delicate Pines stamps over the coordinating images in the paper and stamped in Versamark before heat embossing with clear embossing powder. I just love this shimmery, raised effect that really draws attention to the beautiful detailed snowflakes. We finish things off with a ’tis the season sentiment from the Greetings for You ephemera pack, which is mounted over a twist of Mossy Meadow & Gold ribbon using dimensionals. A scatter of Old Olive sparkling sequins finish things off with a touch of coordinating color.

Tomorrow we’re going to have a throwback to our childhood as we use the paper snowflake effect. I hope you’ll drop in and check it out!

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Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 165624 ]
[165624]
$14.00
Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166066 ]
[166066]
$12.50
Flower Garden Foils 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 165511 ]
[165511]
$10.00
Delicate Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 166067 ]
[166067]
$24.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165679 ]
[165679]
$21.00
Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [ 166208 ]
[166208]
$8.50
Mossy Meadow & Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) [ 166158 ]
[166158]
$9.50
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
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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.

Product List
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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Coming Soon · Holiday Mini Catalog · Lights of Aurora

Year of Magic

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Welcome to the weekend, everyone! I don’t know about you, but I had the Monday-ist Friday everrrrrrrr. So needless to say, by the time work was over and I was home, I had zero energy or creativity left for getting crafty. But I’m hoping to make up for it today as we close out our design series using the new SU! Lights of Aurora suite set to launch in a little over a week.

Today we’re pairing up the Lights of Aurora paper and dies to create this stunning fun fold scene. I’m calling this the Dutch Door fold because it reminds me of the divided swinging doors. What do you think?

Our card gets started with a base of Cloud Cover cardstock. I have to say that I think this might be my new favorite neutral background starter! I chose a sheet of blue paper from the Lights of Aurora paper pack that reminded me of the sky, which happens to look bright & blue just like this in our area today. The card front is cut into three sections to create the center section and then spanning section over the top. The Light & Wonder dies help us create the mountains and trees that span the front of the card. A small lake created with the pastel ombre paper peeks out from the glad in the middle of the trees. The sentiment from the Light & Wonder stamp set is stamped on the center panel and heat embossed in black. When the connected panel is lifted to reveal the center section of the card front, you can see that I’ve used the Light & Wonder dies to recreate a portion of the larger scene – a lot like a picture-in-picture effect. A scattering of some frosted iridescent dots finish things off with a little twinkle.

I think the Dutch Fold would work perfectly with similar die sets that create a cut that spans a longer distance. Think tree lines, mountains, or something similar. Would you like to try your hand at this fold? You can download the free PDF tutorial here.

Products used in today’s card:
Cloud Cover, Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow, Basic White cardstock
Lights of Aurora (coming in Sept), pastel ombre glimmer DSP
Light & Wonder stamps & dies (coming in Sept)
Black embossing powder
Frosted iridescent dots (coming in Sept)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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One of my favorite childhood memories is the summer nights that we would spend laying on the trampoline watching the meteor showers. Now that we live in the ‘burbs, it’s a little harder to see the stars on the regular. But our summer family trips always involve going somewhere where the night sky shines brightly. I love getting to share some of that with my city kid.

And speaking of beautiful night skies, the up-and-coming suite called Lights of Aurora by Stampin’ Up! celebrates the beautiful aurora borealis. And the gorgeous dies allow you to build scenes that really bring it to life. I’m giving a little tip of the hat to my childhood in today’s card design. Do you see it?

We get started with a base of Basic Black cardstock. I used both sides of the sheet from the Lights of Aurora paper pack – I used part of a sheet for the sky and the bottom portion is the reverse side to create the nighttime tree line at the base of the mountains using the Light & Wonder dies. The mountains in the distance are cut from Blackberry Bliss. Dimensionals help the mountains stand out against the night sky. Using the dies and paper scraps from the Aurora sheets, the clouds are cut and then adhered in the night sky. The sentiment from the Light & Wonder stamps set is heat embossed in black at the bottom of card front and a few frosted iridescent gems bring the eye down to the sentiment. A little Wink of Stella and a frosted gem create the shooting star in the center of the sky.

Tomorrow we’re going to get a different look at the Lights of Aurora paper as we work more with the Light & Wonder dies. I hope you’ll drop in and check it out.

Products used in this card:
Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss cardstock
Lights of Aurora DSP (coming in Sept)
Light & Wonder stamps & dies (coming in Sept)
Black embossing powder
Frosted iridescent dots (coming in Sept)
Wink of Stella
Dimensionals