Go To Greetings Stamp Set with Hues of Happiness Suite

This week here on my blog I'll will be focusing on a new stamp set in the new Annual Catalog called Go To Greetings. It is such a versatile set, which fills a need to have multiple sizes of common greetings at your fingertips! You are going to want to add this set to your stamping inventory. The set is made up of three different fonts with different sizes of the most popular greetings that we all need. I'll be sharing with you some cards that illustrate how to use each size well.

Today I present to you -

A Scrappy Leftover Pieces Card

Advanced Beginner ability level

Since I have been using the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper (DSP) so much recently, I ended up having some sizeable pieces that I saved, knowing before too long, I would create a card with them.

Building on a layer of Basic White, I spaced out my three pieces to see how they would look. Decided to flip the middle piece over and it is the perfect spot to stamp the Happy Birthday greeting in Night of Navy ink. Adhere the three pieces to the Basic White, then add a layer of Melon Mambo behind, on a Night of Navy card base.  Embellishments were the navy bow and three faceted dots.

Inside the card is a Basic White layer with a flower fussy cut from the DSP and glued in the lower right corner.

Finished with decorating the envelope flap.

Can you see yourself doing a card like this? You should give it a try with whatever scraps you have on hand. Experiment. Play. Design your Masterpiece. 

Products Used in Creating this Card:

Night of Navy cardstock

Melon Mambo cardstock

Basic White cardstock

Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper

Go To Greetings Stamp Set 158763 $24

Night of Navy Ink

Retired - Playing with Patterns Ribbon Combo Pack - Night of Navy

Solid Faceted Gems

Glue Dots

Mini Dimensionals

Paper Snips

Basic White Envelope with decorated flap

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Lori's Corner "Origami" Flip Christmas Card Class

 My dear Demonstrator friend, Lori, invited me to participate again in her Christmas Spirit Club this year. I've been pretty busy with other things since the start of the year, but I finally was able to join in on Zoom with her and her customers.

She led us in the Corner "Origami" Flip Fold Card design.

I used retired products from last winter - the Gingerbread and Peppermint Designer Series Paper. 
Cut 4 pieces 2.5" x 1-13/16"

Retired In Color - Cinnamon Cider for card base

Current Product - Real Red cardstock (for layer) and ink pad, and Basic White cardstock for tag and inner layer.

Retired 2-1/4" circle punch

Non Stampin' Up! product - 1/8" red satin ribbon for bows.

As I worked with the paper, it was fun to play with color and pattern to see what would result.

The three stamp sets I used were -

Encircled in Warmth - retired

Candy Cane Christmas (very retired)

Everything Essential - retired

Do you like Rudolph's shiny red nose? That's a Red Rhinestone for the bling!

It feels good to have a head start on this year's Christmas cards! If I'm really organized I will get them sent out early in the month this year. I totally missed last year (for the first time ever!) due to our Christmas on the Elbe river cruise my family took. It was worth it! So fun!

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May Paper Pumpkin Kit Celebrating In Colors Alternates

The May Celebrating In Colors Paper Pumpkin Kit was lots of fun to make alternates with. I made 21 cards in all. The photos below just show the individual designs of which I made some duplicates. I was inspired by many creative souls on the Paper Pumpkin Fan Club Facebook Page.

I also used up the remaining cards and envelopes I had of the Tea Boutique Cards and Envelopes set.

Upper Right card used fussy cut florals from the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper.

Right card - I tried my hand at writing "You" with the dark Basic Black Stampin' Blends pen. The paper behind the "you" came from the 2022-24 InColors 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper.

The upper left and lower right cards uses the envelope as a layer and I added the InColor Glimmer Paper 3/4" strip for a little pizzazz.

The upper right card has an added Ladybug punched from Orchid Oasis and Tahitian Tide cardstock. The 2022-24 InColor Matte Decorative Dots puts the spots on the ladybug wings.

The lower left card is intended to be a Graduation card. I used the envelope flap at the top and stamped "congrats" from a retired set I have. Added a Gold Fold Circle punched out and gold trim as a bow.

I thought the ladybug was such a fun addition to the cards above and below I couldn't stop adding them! Some were stamped and then punched, others just punched from cardstock.

The upper left card had the front edges of the kit cardbase sponge daubered with Sweet Sorbet ink.

The upper right and lower left cards had the Biggest Wish stamp set used with Sweet Sorbet ink.

Above the Biggest Wish stamp set was used in Sweet Sorbet ink and Starry Sky ink. More Sweet Sorbet cardstock and Gold Foil were added for accent and to tie the gold dots together.

Every month it is such a fun challenge to see what is possible in the way of alternate cards once I receive my kit. Be brave give it a try too!

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Hues of Happiness Tunnel Fun Fold Best Wishes Card

Recently I held an online Mystery Hostess Party on my business Facebook page. It was quite the positive experience. During the course of the three day event, I did two Facebook Lives. Oh my!  

I have a lot to learn about video making, but I took my live, uploaded it on Canva and went to work editing it down to cut out the "dead" time and streamline the cardmaking process. 

I'd love it if you'd give it a look.

After watching the video, you can see the Tunnel fun fold cards shown within below here in the blog post.

This card design was inspired by Jenny Hayward, but I changed it up some, to make it my own.

First card is the Melon Mambo base with Flirty Flamingo layer.

Second card is the Flirty Flamingo base with the Melon Mambo layer.

Products Used in Creating these Cards:

Happiness Abounds Stamp set 159238 $23

Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper 158822 $12 (Cut 3-3/4" x 5")

Basic White Cardstock 159276 $10.25 (Cut 5.25" x 8.5", scored at 2-1/8" and 4-1/4", then rotate 180 degrees and score at 2-1/8" from other side) and scrap for best wishes tag

Melon Mambo Cardstock 115320 $9.25  (Card base 5.5" x 8.5", scored at 4.25")

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad 147051 $8

Flirty Flamingo Cardstock 141416 $9.25  (Front layer cut 4" x 5.25")

Stylish Shapes Dies 159183 $30

Vellum Cardstock 158827 $8  (1-3/4" x 3-3/4")

Glossy Dots Assortment 158827 $8

Mini Dimensionals 144108 $4.25

Stampin' Seal Adhesive 152813 $8

Basic White Envelopes 159236 $7.50

 

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Using New Masking Paper from Stampin' Up!

Since I am still crushing on the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper and all the floral images I fussy cut out in my recliner that I wanted to use so...

Over the weekend I decided to try Stampin' Up!s new Masking Paper. It worked with helping me to select an area on my card front that I wanted to stay white, but I wanted to use the blending brush and Soft Sea foam ink on the upper and lower portions of the Basic White layer.

The Masking Paper did a great job giving me the "edge" I wanted.

However, I must have pressed the masking paper down to much because it peeled off a top layer of the basic white paper as I removed it. Luckily the flowers I used covered up the "roughed up" layer.

Additional Products used on above card:

Retired - Holiday Rhinestone Jewels

Retired - Noble Peacock Rhinestone Jewels

Brushed Brass Butterflies 158136 $10

Taking what I learned from the first card up top, I didn't peel off all the backing layer of the masking paper with this next card when I prepared the masking piece I needed. I just tore off a little bit of the backing paper near the edges so the middle of the area wouldn't be stuck down. Again I used the blending brush with the Soft Sea Foam to create the background for this second card.

Unfortunately, even with the narrower edge stuck down to the Basic White, when removing the masking paper, it still "roughed up" the "edge"  where the masking paper was stuck down. Again, I was relieved my flowers were going to cover up the roughness.

Before I call Demonstrator Support to inquire that I might have received a defective product I am going to experiment with it a bit more. 

Products used in creating this Card are listed below.

Both cards have this image stamped inside.

If you missed this video earlier this month, you can view it at this link:

Stampin' Up! May 10 Masking Paper Video

Products used and available to order at the link below:

Happiness Abounds Stamp set 159238 $23

Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper 158822 $12

Basic White Cardstock 159276 $10.25

Melon Mambo Cardstock 115320 $9.25

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad 147051 $8

Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad 147102 $8

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink 132708 $6

Iridescent Rhinestones 158310 $7.50

Masking Paper 155480 $7

Blending Brushes 153611 $12.50

Mini Dimensionals 144108 $4.25

Stampin' Seal Adhesive 152813 $8

Basic White Envelopes 159236 $7.50

Art Glitter Glue is available from Amazon

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Honoring our Military on Memorial Day 2022

 Our family is remembering those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for America's Freedom

and honoring those who are currently serving and protecting our County today.

Wonderful Hues of Happiness Suite Fun Fold

As we all do, I have a few people I like to "follow" on Instagram. One of those people is the amazing Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Jaimie Babarczy of New York. I really liked this card she created recently (she cased it from @karenksenzakovic), but I have improved it just a bit.

As I was looking at the card, she only put one layer of Basic White inside and I thought to myself, hmmm, writing a message inside that card is going to prove difficult because it will show if you aren't careful. (Not to mention you would have an interesting shaped message inside if you got long-winded!)

My improvement was to use a 4" x 10.5" Basic White piece scored at 5.25". Glue the folded piece inside with the fold at the top. That way you have a spot to write your greeting on the bottom layer inside, but you also have the top white layer that will create the desired effect with this fun fold design. 

You will start with a full sheet of Cardstock and score it both directions at 4-1/4" and 5-1/2". Use the photo above at the cutting diagram for the two angled folds.

Select the piece of Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper you like and cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece then slice it diagonally to match the photo above. One piece is glued to the left side flap. Then flip over the other piece to glue to the top flap, thus creating the two tone look.

Adhere your folded Basic White insert inside and fussy cut one flower to glue as decoration to the inner layer.

Finish it up using the photo above for reference for the hexagon tag.

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115320 Melon Mambo Cardstock $10.25

158822 Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper $12.00

159276 Basic White Cardstock $10.25

159283 Happiness Abounds Stamp Set $23.00

147110 Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad $8.00

158046 Beautiful Shapes Dies $29.00

158136 Brushed Brass Butterflies $10

159236 Basic White Medium Envelopes $7.50

Envelope Flap paper is retired

Adhesives 104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals $4.25 144108 Mini Dimensionals $4.25 152803 Stampin’ Seal Adhesive $8.00 152814 Stampin’ Seal Refill $5.50 103683 Glue Dots $5.25

Tools 152392 Paper Trimmer $25.00 152391 Cutting Blades Multipack $12.00 103579 Paper Snips $11.00 149653 Cut & Emboss Machine $125.00 150673 Mini Cut & Emboss Machine $63.00 144107 Take Your Pick Tool $10.00 147042 Simply Shammy $8.50 Clear Stamp Blocks various sizes on page 149 of Annual Catalog

I encourage you to try this card, make several and give to those extra special friends you have! 

Take a Look at this Tunnel Fun Fold Card too!

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