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Friday, December 30, 2022

A Fun Look Back At A Dozen Favorite Card Designs from 2022 to Share With You Again

As we approach the end of 2022, I thought I would look back and share again some of my favorite card designs made this year. Below each photo is the link to the original post in case you didn't happen to see these ideas earlier this year. These card layouts can always be used with whatever products you have on hand. 

I hope these ideas inspire you!























HAPPY NEW YEAR! COME VISIT AGAIN IN 2023!

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Here's a Holiday Greeting to You

For the next couple weeks, my blog will be taking a break 
so I can enjoy family time and all the holiday festivities that come with it. 


See you again real soon! Ho Ho Ho!

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

This Five Strip Technique Makes Easy Christmas Cards by the Dozen. A Great Way to Use Up Your Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper Scraps

Scraps, scraps, scraps everywhere! No matter how you slice up your pretty papers, there always seems to be a variety of strips left. What to do with them?

This Five Strip Technique is the perfect solution for your Holiday cardmaking. Or really it is perfect  to do anytime of the year. Oh, my mind is seeing all sorts of pretty cards this technique will produce.


It is super easy to do!
Gather up your scrappy strips and trim a bunch down to 3/4" x 5". 
Prepare two pieces of Basic White or Very Vanilla layers cut 4" x 5-1/4".
With the cut layer in portrait mode, grab a ruler and pencil to make a small tick mark - 1-1/8" down the left side from the top left corner. Make another tick mark 1-1/8" up on the right side from the lower right corner.

Start laying down your strips in a pleasing color combination (no glue yet.) Notice in the photo above that the top red strip goes from the 1-1/8" tick mark on the left side and meets up with the upper right hand corner. Then it is the same for the bottom green strip starts at the lower left corner meets up with the right side at the 1-1/8" tick mark.

Glue the top and bottom trips down with ends hanging off the edge of the cardstock layer. The remaining three strips are glued down and evenly spaced apart in the remaining area with ends hanging off the layer. Let the glue/adhesive dry for a little bit, then with your paper snips trim off the excess parts of the strips that are hanging over the layer. Don't save those, in the trash bin they go.

Now depending on what colors you are using, make a normal card base 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" to adhere your strippy layer too.

Then the rest is up to you! Choose a punch or die and make a tag for the card front, add a stamped greeting layer. Adhere those two layers together, then raise up off the card front with dimensionals.
Add embellishments of your choice.

The extra piece of Basic White or Very Vanilla goes inside your card, which you can stamp with another sentiment if you'd like.

Decorate your exterior envelop flap with a coordinating piece of patterned paper 2-3/8" x 6" and trim off the excess. Voila! A gorgeous Holiday Card for you to give or mail.


Shown below is another fun technique. Stamp your sentiment twice in two different inks on scraps, then fussy cut the second color words into pieces and adhere to the first color. The result a fun pop of color done quite easily. It makes your card look very classy!


I hope you'll give this Five Strip Technique a try. It goes very quickly in assembly line fashion when you have a bunch of strips prepared ahead.

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Saturday, December 10, 2022

Match Stampin' Up!s Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder, Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper and the Flag Fun Fold for This Trifecta of Perfection You'll Be Proud to Give

Do you have a little extra time on your hands and are looking for a creative challenge? Do you want ain show stopper card you can make and give?  If yes, then today I present you with this beauty! 

The combination of the Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder, the rich colors of the Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the inside surprise of the Flag Fun Fold, can't be beat! Let's see how it is made!


The Card Front is built on a Real Red 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" (scored at 4-1/4") cardstock base. The Basic White 4" x 5-1/4" front cardstock layer is embossed inside the Merriest Frames Embossing Folder and adhered directly to the cardbase. Next, cut a Real Red cardstock piece 2-1/8" x 2-7/8" and adhere to the inside of the vertical rectangle left plain by the embossing folder. Cut a 2" x 2-3/4" piece of the large poinsettia paper from the Boughs of Holly DSP and adhere to the Real Red rectangle in the card center.

Fussy cut out one smaller poinsettia image from the Boughs of Holly DSP and raise it up on Mini Dimensionals. Stamp your choice of sentiment in Real Red ink on a scrap of Basic White and fussy cut out. Raise your sentiment up on Mini Dimensionals also. Embellish the small poinsettia with three Pearl Jewels.
 

Here comes the FUN part! 
Start with a 10" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White cardstock. Score on the long side at 2", 3", 4", 5", 6", 7" 8". Using your bone folder or a clear block edge burnish the Mountain and Valley folds as shown in the photo.

Stamp a greeting in Real Red ink on the far right panel section and adhere that 2" section to the inner right side of the card base allowing for an 1/8" margin on top, side, and bottom.  Now completely close your "fun folds" and place adhesive to the back of the far left section. Hold your fun folds closed and close the front of the card base down on top of your fun folds stack. That way you won't accidentally put a twist into your inner folds.

Cut a 1-3/4" x 5" piece of the smaller poinsettias from the Boughs of Holly DSP and affix to the inside left panel like the photo shows.


You are almost done! With a 1-3/4" punch, punch out 3 poinsettia images from the DSP. With a 2" punch, punch out 3 Real Red cardstock circles. Adhere one poinsettia image to one red circle. You will make 3 sets. As you can see in the photos only half of the circle is adhered to the inner folds.

I recommend you start adhering the left side of the first circle unit to the top edge of the first inner fold. Then skip to the third fold and adhere another unit to the bottom edge. Finish with centering the last unit to the middle fold, equally spaced between the first and third units.

If you have done everything correctly your card will open flat so you are able to add your personal message and sign your card. 

Don't forget to adhere a 2-3/8" x 6" piece of matching DSP to your exterior envelope flap and trim off the excess. That way you will have created a stunning set to give or send (may required extra postage, FYI.)

I encourage you to try this idea with other holiday papers you may have, just to see the beautiful creations you can make!

Important Supplies Used:
Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder # 156385 $39.00
Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper #159600  $12.00

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Friday, December 9, 2022

Match the Split Textures Dies from Stampin' Up! with their Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper for a Gorgeous Holiday Card You Can Make Easily!

Running out of Christmas card ideas? Here's a slightly more advanced layout idea for you. These cards go together quickly once you have the little square pieces removed from the Split Card Texture Die shown. 

Here's a helpful hint for you. Use a lint tape roller to remove the pieces from the back side of the Designer Series Paper after you have removed the paper from die. Just lightly touch the tacky tape to the cut pieces and they will stick easily to the roller. By using a tape roller, you save yourself some time from having to pick up or vacuum up all those little pieces. I highly recommend one!


Don't forget to make your envelope flap coordinate with your card!


You can be extra clever by cutting your Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper rectangular piece a little larger, so when you tear it on the diagonal, you'll have two pieces for two cards that way. Use your paper trimmer to fine tune the fit to the die cut layer.


Using the gold trim, I just wrapped it in a circular fashion and scotch taped it to the back of 
the punched and stamped tag, then raised the unit up on dimensionals. 


If you have some scraps of the Designer Paper, tear a piece for a little pop 
of color on the inner layer corner.


Here's all the Supplies used to create this card and you can order 
at the links below by clicking on each photo:

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock
Evening Evergreen Cardstock
Boughs of Holly 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper
Split Card Texture Dies
Evening Evergreen Ink
Basic White Cardstock
Christmas to Remember Stamp Set
Simply Elegant Trim
Handmade Tag Punch
Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots
Basic White Medium Envelopes



Have fun making some of these beauties!

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

Stampin' Up!s Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper Can Turn Any Holiday Card into a Masterpiece! Give it a Try!

Are you looking for an easy card layout to copy for some last minute holiday card making? 
Here's an idea for you!

All you really need are the Scalloped Contours Dies, then anything else you have in your papercrafting stash will work. 

You can substitute any Holiday Designer Series Paper, cardstock and ink colors, background embossing folder, ribbon, and stamped holiday sentiment.

My card was inspired by Stamp with Marsha, but like always, I changed up a few things.


Be sure to add some Designer Series Paper to your envelope flap, as it always makes for a finished look and coordinated set.


The Real Red Scalloped layer uses the second to the largest of the Scalloped Contours Dies. The sentiment tag uses the smallest die in the collection.


Here's all the Supplies used to create this card and you can order 
at the links below by clicking on each photo:

Thick Basic White Cardstock
Basic White Cardstock
Real Red Cardstock
Evening Evergreen Cardstock
Real Red Ink
Evening Evergreen 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon
Boughs of Holly 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper
Scalloped Contours Dies
Painted Texture 3D EF
Sentiment from retired Gift Wrapped Stamp Set (use whatever set you like that fits the die cut.)


Happy Creating! 

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Here's a Great Way to Use Up Your Stampin' Up! Holiday Designer Series Paper! Make This Holiday Card with Three Pieces of Torn Designer Series Paper

Do you have lots of patterned paper hanging around your craft room? This three piece torn paper Holiday Card is the perfect way to use up some of your Designer Series Paper quick and easily. You can crank out a lot of cards quickly!

All you need to do is cut yourself some Thick Basic White Cardstock card bases at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4". 

Next cut assorted but coordinating strips of 4" x 12" of your holiday Designer Series Paper. Tear carefully crosswise the strip so you get a white edge showing. Mix and match your pieces similarly to the card shown below.

When you are pleased with your arrangement use Stampin' Seal to adhere to the card base.


If you have some large snowflakes use them as embellishment or die cut some from your stash in vellum cardstock. Attach to cardfront with glue dots. Add a sequin to the snowflake center if you'd like.

To finish up your cards select a stamp set with some holiday sentiments you like and stamp several repeatedly. Punch or die cut out your sentiments, then mount them on matching punched or die cut bases.  Adhere the two pieces together, then raise up with dimensionals and place on your card front.

If you want to stamp an inner greeting inside the cardbase feel free to do so in coordinating ink.

I always recommend to decorate your exterior envelope flap as well. You make a matching set!

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Try a Framed Christmas Sampler for a Holiday Home Decor Item in Your Home or Give as a Gift! Your Friends will Love You!

Looking for a unique way to spread some holiday cheer? Then this Shadow Box Framed Christmas Sampler is the perfect expression of love for your family and friends! 

This 12" x 12" artsy piece isn't hard to make, but deciding what to put in it needs a thoughtful approach. I have found that the art principle of "scale" is important when you design one of these keepsakes. You want the images you select to work together to make an eye pleasing arrangement that you will love to see year after year.

My particular design is made using all retired Stampin' Up! products from my craft room, but you can use it as inspiration as you search through your papercrafting supplies to see what you can combine to create your own unique one of a kind piece of art.

I purchased my 12" x 12" shadow box frame from one of the big box craft stores when the frames were 50% off. If you decide you really love making samplers, you can reuse the frame over and over.


Here's the list of sizes, and the retired products I used (just in case you have some you want to include in your sampler).

Color Theme:
The 12" x 12" Garden Green tree background paper came from Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper
3" x 3" square Red Glimmer Paper Backings 
3" x 6-1/2" rectangle Red Glimmer Paper Backing
2-3/4" square Sahara Sand deer background paper came from Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper
2-3/4" x 6-1/4" rectangle Sahara Sand deer background paper came from Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper

Upper Left Square - Basic White Cardstock, Trimming the Town Designer Series Paper, Snowflake Sequins, and elf from Santa's Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Upper Center  Square - 3/4" x2-3/4" Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper, Christmas Means More Stamp set, Basic White cardstock, Real Red cardstock, Real Red Ink, Flat Jingle Bell Trinket, Red and White Baker's Twine.

Upper Right Square - Basic White Cardstock, Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set, Garden Green Ink, Holiday Ornament Dies, and Gold Simply Elegant Trim.

Middle Word Rectangle - Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper, Large Letter Dies, and elf from Santa's Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Middle Right Square - Basic White Cardstock, Joyful Christmas Stamp Set, Real Red and Garden Green Inks, Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends, Champagne Rhinestones

Lower Left Square - 3/4" x2-3/4" Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper, Jolly Hat Builder Punch, Red Glimmer Paper, White Glimmer Paper, Basic White Cardstock, Wrapped in Christmas Stamp Set, Real Red Ink, 1-1/2" Circle Punch, Garden Green Cardstock, and 1-3/4" Circle Punch

Lower Middle Square and Lower Right Square - Santa's Sleigh Stamp Set and matching Dies, Signs of Santa Stamp Set, Santa's Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper, Real Red cardstock, Garden Green cardstock, Basic Black cardstock, Soft Suede cardstock, Garden Green Ink, Early Espresso Ink, Black Baker's Twine, and Red Rhinestones.

Other Supplies Used: Stampin' Up! Paper Trimmer, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Mini Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Stampin' Seal, and Glitter Glue (not an SU product, but available on Amazon.)

Finishing:  Make yourself a gluing frame. Use a piece of the white backing board from a package of Designer Series Paper and cut 4 - 1" x 12" strips. Carefully glue each corner together making sure you are at 90 degree angles.  

When the frame is dry, lay on the tree backing paper and paperclip each corner only, making sure it lays flat. 

When you use the frame you will glue each finished square in the lower left, upper left and upper right corners first, making sure they touch the frame inner edge but don't go underneath it. 

Then glue the upper middle square making sure you have 1/2" spacing between squares. 

Next comes the deer lower right corner with the "reins" loose. 

Follow up with the Santa Sleigh middle lower square making sure you have 1/2" spacing between squares.

Glue the Word Rectangle next, again making sure you have 1/2" spacing above and below the rectangle.

Finish with the Middle Right square, leveling it with the Word Rectangle and aligning with the squares above and below it.

Finish by placing in Shadow Box Frame. Hang on Wall and admire your work!



Here's Karma and Ngara showing off their completed sampler. Looking fabulous ladies!

I encourage you to give a Sampler a try it is so much fun, and you'll be so proud of yourself!

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Monday, November 28, 2022

Try These Stampin' Up!s Sweetest Christmas Easy Holiday Cards - Two Options to Try

Are you running out of ideas for holiday cards? The two card ideas today might just be the solution to your problem! You can order the products easily at my online store!

Option One!


All you need for the first card is Sweet Sorbet cardstock, combined with the Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper, followed by an embossing folder of your choice in Mint Macaron for texture, topped with two candy canes die cut from the Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper and topped off with a bow of your choice. Don't forget to decorate your envelope flap with matching paper!


Slightly Changed Option Two!


If you want to step up the card design a little bit, die cut the Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper layer with the striped die and lay it on the Sweet Sorbet cardstock. Really changes the look with only making one change!


You can use some of the die scraps to decorate the inside of your card on top of the Basic White liner.

Here's a view of the main products that you can order at my online store at the link below. I'd love to have your business! 


Sweet Candy Canes Bundle 161052  $51.25


Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper 159559 $12


Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper 159651 $30 (A double sized amount of paper!)

You can add your choice of embossing folder, ribbon, and embellishment to make this idea your own!

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Friday, November 25, 2022

Stampin' Up!s Sweetest Christmas Suite Designer Series Paper Candy Canes meets the Jingle Jingle Jingle Stamp Set for This Fun Ho Ho Ho Holiday Card

Once I saw the Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper (order # 159559), I knew I had to design a slim line card using the candy canes turning them into letters. As shown in the photo below the reverse side of the red and white candy cane revealed the red, green, and white candy cane. 

The bottom "stick" portion of the candy canes are fussy cut into the "H". Two hooks off the candy canes makes the "O". The letters are assembled with liquid glue and left to dry before they are added to the card front with mini dimensionals (Order #144108).


To construct the card, begin with a 8" x 9-1/4" piece of thick Basic White (order # 159229). Score at the 4" line on the 8" side.

Next cut a "sky" piece from whatever Designer Series Paper you think looks best. I used retired Pattern Party Designer Series Paper cut to 3-7/8" x 9-1/8".

Another piece of thick Basic White will be cut 2-1/2" x 9-1/8" and torn as shown for the "snow".


You will need a total of 6 (maybe 7) of the red and white candy canes to make the letters.
The three sets of "HO" will be positioned like they are climbing in the snow.


Using the Jingle, Jingle, Jingle stamp set (order # 153438) and Real Red ink (order #147084), stamp the words shown on each piece of the "snow". Add a Red Real Rhinetsone as shown(Order # 146924). 


On a small scrap of Basic White, stamp the Santa Hat image from the Jingle, Jingle, Jingle stamp set  in Memento Ink (Order #132708). Fussy cut it out and color in the red portion with a Dark Real Red Stampin' Blends pen (Order # 154899).

Here's a trick - use a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker (Order # 100082to carefully color the cut edge of the hat black so it will look finished with the brush pen end. Add one Red Rhinestone as shown.


Add the complete Santa Hat on the middle H with mini dimensionals.

You can also add a 1-1/2" x 10" exterior envelope flap on your business #10 size envelope. Adhere and trim off excess.

You can order the majority of these products at my online store. The link is below.

I hope you enjoyed learning how to make this original design. This card would definitely be a treasured card on a fireplace mantle for a very long time!

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Super Easy Holiday Card to Make Using Stampin' Up! Picture This Dies with Sweetest Christmas Suite -Make a Bunch for Family and Friends

The Picture This Dies from Stampin' Up! are a great way to make easy and quick cards. You can either use the 6 Circle Die or the 3 Rectangle Die. For today's card, the 3 Rectangle Die was used, along with products from the Sweetest Christmas Suite that is available until January 4, 2023. 

What's so fun is this die can be used for any occasion throughout the year. It is also a great way to use up Designer Series Paper scraps that you might have hanging around. It is also a good way to use up small lengths of ribbon if you like to add bows to your card faces.



Card Supplies Needed:

102482 Real Red Cardstock $9.25

102564 Garden Green Cardstock $9.25

159559 Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper $12

155559 Picture This Dies $34

159560 Sweet Candy Cane Stamp Set $22

159560 Candy Canes Dies $35

147084 Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad $8

159276 Basic White Cardstock $9.75

159964 Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins $7

159236 Basic White Medium Envelopes $7.50

Non SU 1/8” Red Satin Ribbon

Cutting Dimensions
Real Red Cardstock  5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scord at 4-1/4"
Garden Green Cardstock  4" x 5-1/4"
Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper 3-3/4" x 5"
Basic White Cardstock 7/8" x 3-1/4"

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Another Card Idea with Picture This Dies