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Retiring

Blue Skies Friend

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We’re closing out this week’s series of card designs using some of my favorite products from the Stampin’ Up! Last Chance list with this clean and simple design. We’re pairing up the Saying Hey stamp set with the Friends for Life dies to create this friendly hello.

We get started with a base of Azure Afternoon cardstock. The focal panel is a sheet of the Everyday Skies patterned paper matted with Pretty in Pink. A strip of Pretty in Pink bordered ribbon is tied around the bottom of the panel before it’s affixed to the card base. The sentiment panel is a piece of white cardstock punched with the Heartfelt Hexagon punch. The sentiment from Saying Hey is stamped in a combination of Balmy Blue and Blueberry Bushel so that there’s a small shadow effect. A combination of Everyday Skies and pastel ombre glimmer paper are cut with the Friends for Life dies to create the second portion of our Hey Friend sentiment. Dimensionals are used to give height and dimension to both portions of the sentiment so they stand proud above the ribbon. The dragonfly is cut from a combination of purple silver foil and pastel ombre glimmer paper and adhered with a dimensional above the sentiment panel. I love how the small dragonfly breaks up the sky and really draws the eye down to the sentiment. A scattering of pink sequins from the sequins trio give us some subtle twinkle across the clouds.

Last Chance items are quickly disappearing from the shelves. Did you see any sets this week that need to be in your stash? Don’t delay or you might miss them for good!

Next week, we’re going to be looking toward Easter with our card designs. I hope you’ll hop along!

Product List
Azure Afternoon 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 161719 ]
[161719]
$11.50
Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 163793 ]
[163793]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Everyday Skies 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 164622 ]
[164622]
$12.50
Pastel Ombre Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 164851 ]
[164851]
$12.00
Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [ 163096 ]
[163096]
$10.00
Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 163697 ]
[163697]
$17.00
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147105 ]
[147105]
$9.00
Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147138 ]
[147138]
$9.00
Heartfelt Hexagon Punch [ 162888 ]
[162888]
$23.00
Friends For Life Dies (English) [ 163364 ]
[163364]
$34.00
Inspiring Snapdragons Dies [ 163673 ]
[163673]
$32.00
Pretty In Pink 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon [ 163784 ]
[163784]
$7.50
Adhesive Backed Sequins Trio [ 161206 ]
[161206]
$8.00
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [ 138309 ]
[138309]
$7.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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Saying Hey

Hey, Thinking of You

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It’s hard to believe, but we’re rounding out another week of fabulous crafty fun. This week, we’ve been using the Saying Hey photopolymer stamp set by Stampin’ Up! We’ve mixed it and matched it and everything in between.

Today, we’re combining an embossing folder and paper piecing to make this lovely right here. I was inspired by a card posted by SU! Artisan Verena Shapiro. And honestly, I’ve been wanting to try paper piecing with the Friends for Life dies for quite a while but just haven’t taken the time until now. Wanna know what I think? I should have done it long ago!

We get started on this card with a base of Pool Party cardstock. I embossed a quarter panel of Pool Party using the Cute Crochet embossing folder. I splattered some ink on the corners of the panel using my water brush and ink — Pretty Peacock and white craft reinker, to be exact. And then I cut down the panel so that I had an even border all around and mounted it on the base with dimensionals. I stamped the HEY from the Saying Hey set in Pretty Peacock and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder for a custom embossing color and then cut it out with paper snips. The second portion of the sentiment is from the Friends for Life stamp set and is stamped in Pretty in Pink and then heat embossed. The panel is then diecut using the Unbounded Love frame.

I chose a color combo of Pretty Peacock, Pretty in Pink, Summer Splash, and white for the heart die from the Friends for Life set. I cut the large heart from Pretty Peacock first and then diecut just the pattern center heart out of the other colors. I applied adhesive from my tape runner on my silicone mat and then began assembling the paper pieced heart. I carefully lifted the heart and placed it on white cardstock so that all of the pieces would remain in place and the back would be adhesive-free. It was a quick fussy cutting job to have it ready to adhere to the card front. Both the framed sentiment and heart are adhered with one layer of dimensionals, while the HEY is adhered on two. I added iridescent ribbon behind and jewels and pearls around for some extra eye-catching sparkle.

The paper piecing didn’t take all that long. But if you’re not feeling up to it, there are a number of ways to accomplish a similar look in the white spaces — making a watercolor panel to mount behind, using the baby wipe technique to make a back panel, using a piece of patterned paper from Meandering Meadow or Thoughtful Journey …. I’m sure we could think of many more but you get the idea.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s look at the Saying Hey stamp set. Tune in next week as we dive in to a brand new Online Exclusive bundle. Who’s up for a trip to the forest?

Products used in today’s card:
Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Summer Splash, Pretty in Pink, Basic White cardstock
Saying Hey, Friends for Life stamps
Friends for Life, Unbounded Love dies
Cute Crochet embossing folder
WOW embossing powder
Water painter
Iridescent striped ribbon
Blooming pearls, rhinestone basic jewels
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[122924]
$11.50
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[150880]
$11.50
Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[163793]
$11.50
Summer Splash 8 1/2" X 11 Cardstock
[163797]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$11.25
Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163697]
$17.00
Friends For Life Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163359]
$25.00
Cute Crochet 3 D Embossing Folder
[163792]
$10.00
Friends For Life Dies (English)
[163364]
$34.00
Unbounded Love Dies
[163383]
$36.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
[150083]
$9.00
Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad
[163807]
$9.00
Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill
[101780]
$7.00
Water Painters
[151298]
$13.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165679]
$21.00
Rhinestone Basic Jewels
[144220]
$6.00
Blooming Pearls
[162238]
$8.00
Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim
[163299]
$8.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
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Saying Hey

You Are Incredible

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We’ve enjoyed a few days of cooler weather here in North Texas. I suppose we can thank Hurricane Beryl for this cooler weather pattern and definitely for the higher humidity. So while we may not be melting into puddles from the heat, you certainly come back inside drenched from the humidity. But it’s allowed for some outdoor cleaning projects that we would ordinarily save for the fall. My mom and I tackled cleaning the exterior of her windows a few days ago.

Today, I’m enjoying some more time in the craft room bringing you another fun card using the Stampin’ Up! Saying Hey photopolymer stamp set. We’re pairing it with a fun patterned paper and the Happy Little Things stamp set. Let’s take a closer look at how this card comes together.

We get started with a card base of Pool Party cardstock. I love how this plays on the colorful patterned paper sheet from the Bright & Beautiful paper pack. Our focal panel is our sentiment panel, which has been diecut from white cardstock using the Nested Essentials dies. The sentiment combines the Saying Hey and Happy Little Things stamps and is stamped in a combination of Pretty Peacock and Melon Mambo and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder to create our custom embossed colors. To draw the eye and really make the sentiment panel pop, we add banners diecut from Berry Burst and In Color glimmer papers using nesting banners from the Nested Essentials die set, as well as a twist of Pretty Peacock & Gold metallic ribbon. A few sequins from the Sequins Trio set pull our color palette together and add some additional eye-catching sparkle.

Tomorrow we’re closing out our series using the Saying Hey stamp set with a little crochet fun. I hope you’ll stop by and check it out!

Products used in today’s card:
Pool Party, Basic White cardstock
Bright & Beautiful, In Color glimmer, Berry Burst glimmer DSP
Saying Hey, Happy Little Things stamps
Nested Essentials dies
WOW embossing powder
Pretty Peacock & Gold metallic ribbon
Sequins trio
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[122924]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$11.25
2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
[163771]
$11.00
Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper
[163769]
$6.00
Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[161449]
$12.50
Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163697]
$17.00
Happy Little Things Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163706]
$25.00
Nested Essentials Dies
[161597]
$34.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
[150083]
$9.00
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad
[147051]
$9.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165679]
$21.00
Pretty Peacock & Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic Ribbon
[162588]
$8.50
Adhesive Backed Sequins Trio
[161206]
$8.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
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Clean and Simple · Saying Hey

Miss You

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We are continuing our look at the Stampin’ Up! photopolymer stamp set called Saying Hey today. Thus far, we’ve paired these stamps with patterned paper, other Stampin’ Up! bundles, and sketches to make an assortment of fun card designs.

Today, we’re tweaking a sketch to make another lovely clean and simple card design. The inspiration sketch from Global Design Project caught my eye for both its simplicity and large focal panel. A simple orientation change of the sketch layout makes today’s card come together in a breeze. Let’s take a closer look at how it all comes together.

We begin today’s card with a base of Misty Moonlight cardstock. I chose this beautiful prairie setting patterned paper from the Meandering Meadow paper pack as the large focal panel. To bring out the more subtle colors in the patterned sheet, I matted it in Petal Pink cardstock. I stamped the HEY sentiment from Saying Hey in Misty Moonlight on white cardstock and then heat embossed in clear embossing powder. I cut out the sentiment with paper snips. The second sentiment from Friends for Life is stamped on white cardstock and then diecut using the Happy Little Things banner die. Both sentiments are adhered over iridescent striped ribbon using dimensionals. I added a few Pretty in Pink shimmer gems for a bit of added sparkle.

Tune in tomorrow for a fun encouragement design.

Products used in today’s card:
Misty Moonlight, Petal Pink, Basic White cardstock
Meandering Meadow DSP
Saying Hey, Friends for Life stamps
Happy Little Things dies
WOW embossing powder
Iridescent striped ribbon
In Color shimmer gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[153081]
$11.50
Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[146985]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$11.25
Meandering Meadows 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[162735]
$12.50
Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163697]
$17.00
Happy Little Things Dies
[163709]
$12.00
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
[153118]
$9.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165679]
$21.00
Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim
[163299]
$8.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems
[163781]
$8.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
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Clean and Simple · Saying Hey

Miss Your Face

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We’re already halfway through this week. Hard to believe, isn’t it?! This week, we’re working with the Saying Hey stamp set by Stampin’ Up! to create card designs of all kinds. Today’s clean and simple card design pairs our featured stamp set with the Friends for Life set. This card also works in my favorite color family and uses some of my favorite techniques.

We get started with a card base of white cardstock. Our focal panel is matted with a panel of Pretty Peacock cardstock. Only a small border peeks out around the edges to really help our center focal section pop. Our focal panel of white cardstock has a strip of text as the backdrop for the focal panel. This one sentiment is stamped in a repeating pattern of Pretty Peacock and Coastal Cabana inks across two lines, which is just enough width to nicely frame the focal point panel. Stamping part of the sentiment as a backdrop is one of my favorite techniques for repeating the card theme.

Our focal point consists of two large font sentiments. I stamped HEY from the Saying Hey stamp set tone-on-tone on Coastal Cabana cardstock. The sentiment is then punched with the Heartfelt Hexagon punch. A second hexagon is punched from Summer Splash glimmer paper, cut in half, and then mounted behind the sentiment panel to serve as an eye-catching mat. The word FRIEND from Friends for Life is stamped in Pretty Peacock on Coastal Cabana and heat embossed with clear embossing powder for an extra pop and twinkle. Each sentiment element is mounted on the panel with dimensionals. Things are finished off with In Color glimmer gems to draw the eye across the card design.

TIP: you can make any ink color sparkle with clear embossing powder. This is one of my favorite ways to punch up text on card designs when I really want them to stand out. Want to know more? Tune in to this week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays to catch it all in action.

Tomorrow we’ll be using a sketch but with a twist. Tune in tomorrow to learn all about it!

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White, Pretty Peacock, Coastal Cabana cardstock
In Color glimmer paper
Saying Hey, Friends for Life stamps
Friends for Life dies
Heartfelt Hexagon
In Color shimmer gems
WOW! embossing powder
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$11.25
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[150880]
$11.50
Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[131297]
$11.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
[163771]
$11.00
Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163697]
$17.00
Friends For Life Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163359]
$25.00
Friends For Life Dies (English)
[163364]
$34.00
Heartfelt Hexagon Punch
[162888]
$23.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
[150083]
$9.00
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad
[147097]
$9.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165679]
$21.00
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems
[163781]
$8.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
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Masculine Designs · Saying Hey

Hey, Good Lookin’

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After a super hot week last week, we are now in the midst of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. As it stands right now, we’ve just gotten some rain and wind — not much more than we would expect from a spring storm. I hope that any of you who may have been in the path of the storm are safe and dry.

This week, we’re exploring designs using the Saying Hey stamp set by Stampin’ Up! This photopolymer stamp set coordinates with the Heartfelt Hexagon punch and contains sentiments that cover all of your major occasions. Today, we’re pairing up our stamp set with a number of different patterned papers from several designer series paper packs.

We get started on today’s card with a base of Basic Black cardstock. The background panel is the pieced sheet metal patterned paper sheet from the Take to the Sky paper pack. The center sentiment panel sits on a sheet of text with gold splatters from the Nature’s Sweetness paper pack that has been diecut using the Spotlight on Nature die set. The sentiment panel starts with a sheet of white cardstock where the sentiment from Saying Hey is heat embossed using the WOW! black embossing powder and then punched with the Heartfelt Hexagon punch. It’s framed with a black and gold hexagon. To accomplish the frame effect, each hexagon is cut in half on either the horizontal or vertical, depending on which direction it needed to be expanded in order to create the framed effect. So for example, the black hexagon is halved on the horizontal so that it can frame the top and bottom of the sentiment panel. The second portion of our sentiment is heat embossed in gold WOW! embossing powder on a banner of black cardstock that is diecut using the Happy Little Things banner die. The full center sentiment panel is matted with a sheet of the Pebble Path Tartan Foil specialty paper, which helps pull all of the color elements together. A few gold sequins and iridescent gems help tie all of the gold elements together.

Tomorrow we’re using a super fun stamping technique to create a focal element with the Saying Hey set. I hope you’ll pop in to check it out.

Products used in today’s card:
Basic Black, Basic White cardstock
Take to the Sky, Nature’s Sweetness, Tartan Foil, Gold foil DSP
Saying Hey stamps
Spotlight on Nature, Happy Little Things dies
Heartfelt Hexagon punch
WOW! embossing powder
Neutrals sequins, iridescent gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[121045]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$11.25
Take To The Sky 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[163436]
$12.50
Tartan Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[162332]
$10.00
Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[162616]
$16.50
Gold Foil Sheets
[132622]
$5.00
Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163697]
$17.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies
[163580]
$35.00
Happy Little Things Dies
[163709]
$12.00
Heartfelt Hexagon Punch
[162888]
$23.00
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165679]
$21.00
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165678]
$21.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins
[161627]
$7.50
Iridescent Foil Gems
[162842]
$8.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
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Uncategorized

You Can Do This

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Why is it that Monday always gets here quickest after a vacation? We enjoyed a little family get-away last week. It was nice to have a change of scenery, even if it was still a typical Texas roaster of a week! So I’m off to a little slower start this week.

Together we’re going to be working with the Saying Hey stamp set by Stampin’ Up! this week. This set coordinates with the Heartfelt Hexagon punch, but it goes beautifully with many other current SU! shapes. We’re going to be pairing this super versatile stamp set with a whole host of products this week.

Today, we get started with a sketch from my sketch book. This sketch was inspired by a card from StampwithBrenda over on Insta. I loved the layout because it works with both large images and fonts.

Our card starts with a base of Balmy Blue cardstock. The bottom panel of our background panel is a sheet of the blue woodgrain pattern from the Country Woods designer series paper pack. This patterned paper is complimented with an embossed sheet of white cardstock using the Distressed Tile embossing folder. To help the embossed pattern pop, I applied some Misty Moonlight ink with my finger. A strip of Night of Navy cardstock in the center brings our background panel elements together.

For this card, our focal panel is comprised of the sentiment panel. The background panel is Smoky Slate diecut using the radiating stitch circle from the Spotlight on Nature die set. The HEY sentiment from the Saying Hey stamp set is stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed using the silver powder from the WOW! metallics set. Although not intentional, it didn’t heat set evenly which gives it this neat distressed look that coordinates perfectly with the embossed panel. I just love happy little accidents like that! The second portion of our sentiment panel is a strip of Night of Navy cardstock with the sentiment from Saying Hey stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed with the white WOW! basics embossing powder. The grey woodgrain banners underneath the navy panel helps bring all of our color elements together. Each of the sentiment panel layers is adhered together to make one flat sentiment panel. The full panel is popped up on dimensionals. I decided to add one additional shabby chic element with the frayed Night of Navy linen thread from the not-yet-released Natural Tones linen thread pack. You could achieve the same effect using a Night of Navy Stampin’ Blend to color linen thread. Our card is finished off with a grouping of white sequins from the Neutrals pack.

Tomorrow we’re going to be pairing our stamp set with several patterns of designer series paper for a fun masculine card. I hope you’ll pop by and check it out!

Products used in this card:
Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, Basic White cardstock
Country Woods DSP
Saying Hey stamps
Distressed Tile embossing folder
Spotlight on Nature, Nested Essentials, Happy Little Things dies
Basics, Metallics embossing powders
Natural Tones linen thread (coming Fall ’24)
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[146982]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$11.25
Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[131202]
$11.50
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[100867]
$11.50
Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[163393]
$12.50
Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163697]
$17.00
Distressed Tile 3 D Embossing Folder
[162189]
$10.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies
[163580]
$35.00
Nested Essentials Dies
[161597]
$34.00
Happy Little Things Dies
[163709]
$12.00
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
[153118]
$9.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165679]
$21.00
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165678]
$21.00
Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins
[161627]
$7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Add All to Cart