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Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: You Are Loved

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

TGIF, everyone, and happy Valentine’s Day! Do you have special plans for the evening? We enjoyed a nice meal and exchanged a few things to mark the day. We don’t ordinarily celebrate the day in the traditional sense but don’t let the day go by without marking it in some way.

This week’s card is based on Sketch #22 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Today, we’re pairing up several embossing folders and a recent retired set called Softly Said to create this lovely Valentine design.

We get started with a base of Pretty Pink cardstock. Our Real Red background panel is machine embossed with the Dotted Circles embossing folder and then wrapped with the Real Red & White baker’s twine before being adhered to the background panel with dimensionals. I ran a sheet of Flirty Flamingo through the Plaster Painting embossing folder and a sheet of Melon Mambo through the Painted Texture embossing folder before cutting a heart from each using the Friends for Life dies. The hearts are adhered on varying levels of dimensionals to our embossed background panel. The sentiment from Softly Said is stamped in Cherry Cobbler on vellum and then diecut with the Nested Essentials dies. I adhered the sentiment panel over the hearts with glue dots and then added iridescent discs and heart sequins to finish things off with some shimmery sparkle.

Adding several different textures to a card design gives lots of visual interest and helps your elements stand out against a busier background. We’ll finish off our texture & sentiment design series tomorrow with a fun fold. I hope you’ll join me!

Products used in today’s card:
Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo cardstock
Vellum
Dotted Circles, Plaster Painting, Painted Texture embossing folders
Simply Said stamps
Nested Essentials, Friends for Life dies
Real Red & White baker’s twine
Iridescent discs, heart sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Fun Folds · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: I Love You

February 7, 2025February 6, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Here we are again – back to Friday! What do you have on the weekend agenda? I’m hoping to finish everything from last weekend’s to-do list myself. We got about halfway through our storage unit transfer. One wouldn’t think it would take all that long to move junk across town, but even with 2 people and 2 carts, each trip was almost an hour! The plan is to finish up this weekend. Now whether that leaves me time to get to all of the other things on my to-do list…well, that remains to be seen! Haha!

But how about we get to our task at hand – Sketchy Fridays! For those of you who are new here, Sketchy Fridays is a weekly series where we’re using a card sketch to design our featured card. Right now, we’re working through a full series of designs using the card sketches found in current Stampin’ Up! catalogs.

This week’s card is based on a card sketch I drew up of a card from the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration Catalog. Today, we’re pairing up the Season of Elegance and Marbled Elegance papers with several die sets to create this lovely Valentine design.

We get started with a base of Real Red cardstock. Today’s card is a peek-through fun fold design, where we’re removing 1 1/4-inches from the card front to create a small peek-through strip to the inside card panel. Our front flap is covered with a sheet of the red Season of Elegance foiled paper. The inside message panel is simply a sheet of white paper. The peek-through section is a strip of the Marbled Elegance paper, which is covered with a strip of Cherry Cobbler & gold ribbon that is tied in a bow in the center. Our front focal panel base is piece of foiled paper from the Nature’s Sweetness paper pack that is diecut with the Spotlight on Nature dies. It’s adhered to the front panel with dimensionals. Our hearts are cut from a piece red floral patterned paper from the Regal Winter pack and is diecut with the Hot Air Balloon dies. They’re adhered to the panel with dimensionals. The sentiment from Saying Hey is stamped on white cardstock and diecut with the Nested Essentials banner die using the extension method. I used an extra layer of dimensionals behind the sentiment to ensure that it stood proud over the hearts. Some gold thread and drusy embellishments finish things off with a touch of sparkle.

Tomorrow we’re going to be closing out our Valentines series in the air. I hope you’ll come take flight with me!

Products used in today’s card:
Real Red, Basic White cardstock
Season of Elegance, Marbled Elegance, Nature’s Sweetness, Regal Winter DSP
Saying Hey stamps
Spotlight on Nature, Hot Air Balloon, Nested Essentials dies
Gold thread, Cherry Cobbler & gold satin ribbon
Drusy embellishments
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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$11.50

Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[159276]

$13.00

[164144]

$16.50

Marbled Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164919]

$16.50

Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[162616]

$16.50

Regal Winter 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164156]

$12.50

Spotlight On Nature Dies

[163580]

$35.00

Nested Essentials Dies

[161597]

$34.00

Hot Air Balloon Dies

[162754]

$30.00

Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163697]

$17.00

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

[101406]

$10.50

Gold Twisted Thread

[164603]

$7.50

Cherry Cobbler & Gold 1/2'' (1.3 Cm) Metallic Ribbon

[156312]

$8.00

Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments

[164223]

$9.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

January Mini Catalog · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Thank You Florals

January 31, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

I can’t believe it’s Friday, you? This was both the longest and shortest week ever and I haven’t a clue why it felt that way! We have quite a few things on the weekend to-do list. How about you? Aside from prepping a kit class and restocking my Etsy store, we’re planning to swap storage units. It will be a weekend adventure for sure – haha!

This week’s card is based on Sketch #1 from the Stampin’ Up! January Mini Catalog. Today, we’re pairing up our featured products for this week – the Floral Delight patterned paper and vellum packs, along with the Beautiful Butterflies dies – to create a stunning thank you card.

Our card design begins with a base of white cardstock. I chose the yellow gingham pattern from the Floral Delight paper pack to serve as the main backdrop for design. The yellow floral sheet from the pack has been cut with the Perennial Postage dies and serves as the center focal panel background. Our focal image panel is a piece of the Floral & Gingham vellum that is diecut with one of the larger Spotlight on Nature dies and is adhered to the background panel with dimensionals. I cut the base for the butterfly from Peach Pie glimmer paper and then cut the details from black cardstock and adhered all of the butterfly elements together with mini glue dots and set it atop our vellum panel with dimensionals. The sentiment from the Heart Shaped set is stamped in Crushed Curry on white cardstock and then diecut with the smaller die from the Mixed Labels set. I adhered a bow of Daffodil Delight ribbon behind the sentiment panel, which ties the background and sentiment panels together nicely. The sentiment panel sits atop a label diecut from the Old Olive Season of Elegance foiled paper which is centered on a longer label cut from the Old Olive Floral Delight sheet with the Beautiful Butterflies banner die. The full sentiment section is adhered at the base of the center focal panel with dimensionals. The focal panel is wrapped with gold thread to tie all of our sparkly elements together and then adhered to the card base with dimensionals. I added drusy embellishments across the card front for that extra pop.

What do you think of this take on Sketch #1 from the January Mini? I really love how it came out. I hope to finish off our design series tomorrow with a little home decor.

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White, Basic Black cardstock
Floral Delight, Floral & Gingham vellum, Season of Elegance, In Color Glimmer DSP
Heart Shaped stamps
Perennial Postage, Beautiful Butterflies, Mixed Labels, Spotlight on Nature dies
Gold thread, Daffodil Delight satin ribbon
Drusy embellishments
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

[121045]

$11.50

Floral Delight 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164700]

$12.50

Floral & Gingham Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164713]

$10.00

Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164144]

$16.50

2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[163771]

$11.00

Heart Shaped Bundle (English)

[164953]

$31.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$9.00

Spotlight On Nature Dies

[163580]

$35.00

Perennial Postage Dies

[162607]

$33.00

Mixed Labels Dies

[164652]

$21.00

Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder

[164614]

$42.00

Gold Twisted Thread

[164603]

$7.50

Daffodil Delight 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Satin Ribbon

[164715]

$8.00

Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments

[164223]

$9.00

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

January Mini Catalog · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Birthday Cake

January 24, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Whew, we made it through another week. I don’t know about you, but it felt like the longest short week ever! Our littlest cat Chloe has given us a run for a money after getting fixed last week. Trying to keep a 7-month-old kitten from chewing stitches is like asking water not to be wet! We did our best but still managed to end up in the vet’s office late yesterday evening after she managed to bust open the bottom of her incision. Thankfully, it did not require emergency surgery, but she’s definitely not happy with the jumpsuit and new-fangled cone of shame we’ve acquired. *haha* But it seems like it’s going to keep her from making a repeat.

Now on to our crafty task at hand – Sketchy Fridays! For those of you who are new here, Sketchy Fridays is a weekly series where we’re using a card sketch to design our featured card. Right now, we’re working through a full series of designs using the card sketches found in current Stampin’ Up! catalogs.

This week’s card is based on Sketch #4 from the Stampin’ Up! January Mini Catalog. If you haven’t seen all of the sketches from the new catalog, you can download a FREE copy of the sketches here. Today, we’re pairing up the Wildflower Birthdays paper pack with some of the new pastel ombre paper to whip up a super quick and super lovely birthday card.

We get started with a card base of Berry Burst cardstock. Our background panel is a sheet of the pink/purple pastel ombre glimmer paper from the new catalog. A smaller, rectangular panel from the Wildflower Birthday tag and image sheet serves as the center grounding panel, and I added a twist of the gold thread around the panel to bring out the foiling in our focal panel. I used one of the larger image panel cards from the Wildflower Birthday paper pack as the focal panel and added a few of the flowers from the diecut sheet in the pack as our corner elements. I decided to use a ready-made sentiment from the Mixed Media Florals Memories & More kit and adhered it with dimensionals. A few Sunny Days iridescent dots across the card front really add the eye-catching pop that allows the eye to pass across our card design.

Tomorrow is dedicated to all things basketball as the kiddo’s school team is headed to a district tournament, so I don’t know whether the day full of games will allow for any crafty time. But here’s hoping!

Products used in today’s card:
Berry Burst cardstock
Wildflower Birthday, pastel ombre glimmer DSP
Mixed Media Florals Memories & More
Gold thread
Sunny Days iridescent dots
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List

[101650]

$13.00

Wildflower Birthday 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet (English)

[166620]

$21.00

Party Dots

[164602]

$8.00

[104430]

$4.25

Boho Blue 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

January Mini Catalog · sketches

Timeless Thanks

January 18, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

We’re going to close out our week of working with the new Stampin’ Up! Hugs for Love bundle with today’s bonus card. I’m pairing it up once again with the Timeless Plaid paper, which is also a new release, and using Sketch #6 from the new January Mini catalog.

We get started with a base of Boho Blue cardstock. The background panel is a sheet of the Timeless Plaid in blue. I used the reverse side of the Pool Party plaid sheet from the same pack as the center background elements and punched the shapes using the To the Point Label punch. Although it’s difficult to see in the photo, there are very faint lines of Pool Party in the blue plaid sheet, making the Pool Party plaid sheet the perfect compliment to really draw out those subtle stripes. The sentiment panel is stamped on white using the Hugs for Life outline stamp and the sentiment from the Heart Shaped stamp set. The panel is punched with the To the Point Label punch. I tied some Night of Navy linen thread around the background panel and passed it underneath the sentiment panel. I added some rhinestone basic jewels and industrial trinkets to finish things off.

Next week is all about birthdays. I hope you’ll pop in!

Products used in this featured design:
Boho Blue, Basic White cardstock
Timeless Plaid DSP
Hugs for Love bundle
Heart Shaped stamps
Natural Tones linen thread
Industrial trinkets, rhinestone basic jewels
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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[161724]

$11.50

Timeless Plaid 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[159276]

$13.00

[164678]

$12.50

Hugs For Love Bundle (English)

[165738]

$38.50

Heart Shaped Bundle (English)

[164953]

$31.50

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

$9.00

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161678]

$9.00

Natural Tones Linen Thread

[164071]

$9.00

Industrial Trinkets

[163450]

$8.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$6.00

[104430]

$4.25

Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

January Mini Catalog · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Best Team

January 18, 2025January 18, 2025 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

If you’re wondering what happened to the Sketchy Fridays post, well, the best laid plans for yesterday certainly went awry. Our newest furry friend Chloe went in for a spay yesterday, and surgery ended up being later in the afternoon. That means, we had to bring a home a very groggy and very needy kitten. And she was not a fan of the cone of shame at ALL, so we spent our evening trying to keep the precocious 6-month old from chewing on her stitches after taking her out of said cone of shame. Whew – that was quite a job! Soooo…suffice it to say, my plan to make my card for Sketch Fridays yesterday evening did not come to pass.

But we managed to work out a tummy wrap that protects Chloe’s stitches and lets her move about more normally. And she feels much better today overall so she’s a lot less needy. So we’re back to our usual routine for the most part, which has given me a little bit of time in the craft room. So welcome to Sketchy Fridays on Saturday. *wink*

For those of you who are new here, Sketchy Fridays is a weekly series where we’re using a card sketch to design our featured card. Right now, we’re working through a full series of designs using the card sketches found in current Stampin’ Up! catalogs.

This week’s card is based on Sketch #19 from the Stampin’ Up! January Mini Catalog. If you haven’t seen all of the sketches from the new catalog, you can download a FREE copy of the sketches here. For any of the sketches with tags, I’ve shown you how it looks to use the tag sketch as a card front. I think one of my favorite things about today’s card is the embossed glimmer paper. I love how adding some texture to the shimmery paper gives it a whole new look and feel!

We get started with a neutral base of Smoky Slate cardstock. The background panel of pastel ombre glimmer paper is embossed with the Plaster Painting embossing folder and then adhered to the card base with dimensionals. The focal panel background is a sheet of the Timeless Plaid patterned paper and is adhered to the background panel with dimensionals. The sentiment panel is made with the new Hugs for Love bundle. I stamped the shape outline in Pretty Peacock and the sentiment and hearts in Lost Lagoon and then punched the panel with the coordinating To the Point Label punch. I added a few gold hearts to the sentiment panel for a little extra attention and adhered the panel with dimensionals over Lost Lagoon soft cording. I added a combination of riverside irregular pearls and Sunny Days iridescent dots for some sparkles of interest.

I’m hoping to bring you one more design to close out our series on Hugs for Love, assuming the rest of my Saturday goes as planned. Until then…

Products used in today’s card:
Smoky Slate, Basic White cardstock
Timeless Plaid, pastel ombre glimmer DSP
Hugs for Love bundle
Lost Lagoon soft cording
Gold adhesive hearts, Sunny Days iridescent dots, Riverside irregular pearls
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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$11.50

Timeless Plaid 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[159276]

$13.00

[164678]

$12.50

Pastel Ombre Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[164851]

$12.00

Plaster Painting 3 D Embossing Folder

[164656]

$12.00

Hugs For Love Bundle (English)

[165738]

$38.50

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$9.00

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161678]

$9.00

Lost Lagoon Soft Cording

[164938]

$8.00

Adhesive Backed Heart Sequins

[164920]

$8.50

Sunny Day Iridescent Dots

[164696]

$8.00

Riverside Irregular Pearls

[164937]

$9.00

[104430]

$4.25