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Stampin’ Up! Calming Camellia Birthday Card

The card I am sharing today is created using the Stampin’ Up! Calming Camellia Stamp Set. I also used the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Blends, and a mask from the Pattern Party Decorative Masks now retired. I did not have the mask Frenchie used, this is a CAS of her card.

The Seize the Birthday Challenge has a theme of Embossing for this challenge, as I have an embossed background, I am entering this challenge.

The Watercooler Wednesday Challenge has Dawn’s theme of All About Occasions for this challenge and since birthdays are usually a big occasion, I am joining it also.

My card base is Merry Merlot card stock with a Basic White card stock background piece that has been masked using Merry Merlot ink and a Blending Brush. The art piece has the same after the image from Stampin’ Up! Calming Camellia is stamped in Merry Merlot ink. It makes for a beautiful image.

A Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends Marker along with a Calypso Coral and Just Jade Stampin’ Blends is used to color the flowers and leaves. The Happy Birthday greeting is stamped in Merry Merlot ink at the bottom of the art piece.

Once all the coloring is finished the art piece is matted on a piece of Merry Merlot card stock and popped on the background panel using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment panel is stamped with the image from the art piece that had been stamped off twice. The sentiment is one of the images from the Stampin’ Up! Calming Camellia Stamp Set.

A medium Basic White envelope gets the same flower on the card front stamped to the envelope flap and colored in the same colors.

If you would like to create this card all the products used are at the end of this post.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you took the time to linger and look at my other blog post and cards and that you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my cards with you each day. My hope and wish are that you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself. Feel free to CAS(E) any card. Any questions you may have, you know you can always contact me. Have a blessed day!

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You may be asking What is Paper Pumpkin?

Paper Pumpkin is our monthly One-Stop Box™ that offers a unique variety of paper projects for subscribers of any skill level to enjoy! These thoughtfully themed and all-inclusive craft kits encourage you to explore your creativity, try new techniques, and discover your potential in paper crafting.

Did you see that? It’s a mischievous monkey swinging from tree to tree! What about that elephant marching through the mud? Can you catch an antelope galloping in the grass? Grab your binoculars, buckle up, and hop into our off-road truck—there’s so much to see on this safari!

Answer the call of the wild—and your creativity—with the Safari Celebration Paper Pumpkin Kit. This playful, party-themed kit includes all the goodies and gear you need to create nine cards and coordinating envelopes in safari-inspired shapes and patterns you’ll go wild for! Make every occasion a celebration with this month’s amusing animals, beautiful botanicals, and celebratory sentiments.

Don’t monkey around and miss this amazing adventure! Unleash your creativity with February’s wildly fun kit. To explore what’s inside, keep reading!

Here are all the details of this month’s fun kit.

This month’s kit contains enough elements to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—and 9 coordinating envelopes. This all-inclusive kit includes printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more!
The Safari Celebration Paper Pumpkin Kit includes a Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Spot!
This kit’s stamp set is an uplifting one! Make every occasion a celebration with sentiments that say “yay!”, “fantastic!”, and other fun phrases.
Explore each of our current In Color collections with this colorful kit! Discover designs and paper pieces in Bumblebee (a 2020–2022 In Color), Fresh Freesia (a 2021–2023 In Color), and Soft Succulent (a 2021–2023 In Color).
Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
Coordinating colors: Bumblebee, Fresh Freesia, Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Succulent, Soft Suede

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Calming Camellia Host Cling Stamp Set (English) [158117] $24.00	Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder [152718] $9.00	Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136] $10.00	Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels [158130] $7.50
Merry Merlot 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146979] $8.75	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75	1/8” (3.2 Mm) Cotton Ribbon Combo Pack [158140] $9.00	Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154884] $9.00
Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154881] $9.00	Just Jade Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [153107] $9.00	Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $7.50	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin’ Pad [147112] $7.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

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Card Cuts

Merry Merlot card stock
card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
mat for art piece – 3-1/8″ x 3-3/4″
Basic White card stock
background piece — 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″
art piece — 3″ x 3-5/8″
inside panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″

Stampin’ Up! Flowering Tulips Thinking of You Card 2

The card I am sharing today is created using the Stampin’ Up! Flowering Tulips Stamp Set along with the Stampin’ Up! Special Moments Stamp Set for the greeting.

My design for this card is from the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge.

I started with a Poppy Parade card stock card base. I matted a piece of Flowering Fields DSP onto a Mossy Meadow card stock mat and adhered it to the card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

I stamped one of the tulips from the Stampin’ Up! Flowering Tulips Stamp Set in Poppy Parade ink. The other is stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink. The stamping is a 2-step process so the first stamp will be stamped with ink that is full strength and the second stamp is with ink stamped off once. The stem and leaves are stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink. (Mary Deatherage has a super tutorial on how to do this two-step process. Here is the link to her video.

After stamping, the art piece is matted onto a Mossy Meadow card stock mat and adhered to the background panel using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. The bows are made with ribbon that is colored using a Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Marker and a Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends Marker. They are then adhered to the flower stems using a Mini Glue Dot.

A greeting from the Stampin’ Up! Special Moments Stamp Set is stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on a small piece of Basic White card stock, then cropped using a die from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and popped over the ribbon using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. Brushed Brass Butterflies are scattered around the card front.

The inside Basic White card stock panel for writing a message gets the same tulips as on the card front stamped in Poppy Parade and Flirty Flamingo.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the Flowering Fields DSP applied to the envelope flap using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

If you would like to create this card all the products used are at the end of this post.

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Check out Paper Pumpkin you will love it!

January 16-31 Host Code: ZXFT3JJT

You may be asking What is Paper Pumpkin?

Don’t monkey around and miss this amazing adventure! Unleash your creativity with February’s wildly fun kit. To explore what’s inside, keep reading!

Here are all the details of this month’s fun kit.

This month’s kit contains enough elements to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—and 9 coordinating envelopes. This all-inclusive kit includes printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more!
The Safari Celebration Paper Pumpkin Kit includes a Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Spot!
This kit’s stamp set is an uplifting one! Make every occasion a celebration with sentiments that say “yay!”, “fantastic!”, and other fun phrases.
Explore each of our current In Color collections with this colorful kit! Discover designs and paper pieces in Bumblebee (a 2020–2022 In Color), Fresh Freesia (a 2021–2023 In Color), and Soft Succulent (a 2021–2023 In Color).
Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
Coordinating colors: Bumblebee, Fresh Freesia, Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Succulent, Soft Suede

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Flowering Tulips Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [157672] $23.00	Special Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158081] $0.00	Flowering Fields 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157670] $11.50	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $32.00
Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136] $10.00	Poppy Parade 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119793] $8.75	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133676] $8.75	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75
Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $7.50	Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154958] $9.00	Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154884] $9.00	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad [147050] $7.50
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad [147052] $7.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

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Card Cuts

Power Poppy card stock
- card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
Mossy Meadow card stock
- mat for background panel — 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″
- inside panel — 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″
- mat for art piece — 2-1/8″ x 3-3/8″
- mat for border — 1-1/8″ x 4-1/4″
Basic White card stock
- inside panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
- art piece — 2″ x 3-1/4″
- greeting label — 3/4″ x 2″
Flowering Fields DSP
- background panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
In Good Taste DSP
- border across the bottom of card — 1″ x 4-1/4″

Stampin’ Up! Flowering Tulips Thinking of You Card

The card I am sharing today is created using the Stampin’ Up! Flowering Tulips Stamp Set along with the Stampin’ Up! Calming Camellia Stamp Set for the greeting. Flowering Fields DSP is used to create the diagonal pieces.

The As You See It Challenge with a theme of Dandy Diagonals is an inspiration for my card today.

The card base is Fresh Freesia with mats of Rich Razzleberry for the Flowering Fields DSP. Both sections of the triangle are from the same sheet of Flowering Fields DSP.

I cropped a circle using the Stitched Layering Shapes then stamped the flower images from the Stampin’ Up! Flowering Tulips Stamp Set in Highland Heather ink. The leaves are stamped in Evening Evergreen ink and then stamped again in Versa Mark ink and heat embossed using Clear Embossing Powder and a heat tool. I then colored the leaves using Pear Pizzazz ink. The Basic White card stock circle is matted on a circle of Rich Razzleberry card stock. Several Brushed Brass Butterflies are popped around the card front.

A greeting from the Stampin’ Up! Calming Camellia Stamp Set is stamped in Evening Evergreen ink on a scrap of Basic White card stock and popped on the card front using Mini Stamping Dimensionals.

The inside panel has a panel of the Flowering Fields DSP added to have of the panel, still leaving plenty of room for a written note.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the Flowering Fields DSP applied to the envelope flap using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

If you would like to create this card all the products used are at the end of this post.

Ready to Join our team? Click HERE for more information. To
Want to earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through the Customer rewards program? The rewards program is my way of saying thank you for being an online customer. Click HERE to learn more
Check out Paper Pumpkin you will love it!

January 1-15 Host Code: UHKBNYR6

You may be asking What is Paper Pumpkin?

Don’t monkey around and miss this amazing adventure! Unleash your creativity with February’s wildly fun kit. To explore what’s inside, keep reading!

Here are all the details of this month’s fun kit.

This month’s kit contains enough elements to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—and 9 coordinating envelopes. This all-inclusive kit includes printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more!
The Safari Celebration Paper Pumpkin Kit includes a Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Spot!
This kit’s stamp set is an uplifting one! Make every occasion a celebration with sentiments that say “yay!”, “fantastic!”, and other fun phrases.
Explore each of our current In Color collections with this colorful kit! Discover designs and paper pieces in Bumblebee (a 2020–2022 In Color), Fresh Freesia (a 2021–2023 In Color), and Soft Succulent (a 2021–2023 In Color).
Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
Coordinating colors: Bumblebee, Fresh Freesia, Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Succulent, Soft Suede

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Flowering Tulips Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [157672] $23.00	Calming Camellia Host Cling Stamp Set (English) [158117] $24.00	Flowering Fields 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157670] $11.50	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155613] $8.75
Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [115316] $8.75	Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136] $10.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Pad [147103] $7.50	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin’ Pad [155611] $7.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $30.00

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Card Cuts

Fresh Freesia card stock
card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
inside panel — 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
Rich Razzleberry card stock
3 mats for DSP on card front and inside -3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ x 6-1/2″

Stampin’ Up! Dahlia Days Birthday Card

The card I am sharing today is created using the Stampin’ Up! Dahlia Days Stamp Set along with the Stampin’ Up! Friendly Hello Stamp Set for the greeting and Stampin’ Up! Calming Camellia Stamp Set for the inside sentiment. The latter two are free Sale-A-Bration items.

Allsorts Challenge has a theme for this challenge of hearts.

Seize the Birthday Challenge is Anything Goes

And the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge — Tristan’s Challenge: All Things Feminine

I started with a Fresh Freesia card stock card base that is stamped with Fresh Freesia ink using the large dahlia image from the Stampin’ Up! Dahlia Days Stamp Set as the main stamp along with a little flower and another stamp.

The bird and flower image from the Stampin’ Up! Friendly Hello Stamp Set is stamped in Fresh Freesia ink on a Basic White panel that has been lightly colored using Fresh Freesia ink and a Blending Brush. The image is then cropped using a heart die from the Stampin’ Up! Heart Collection Dies, long retired, but any large heart would work. Use what you have.

I colored a length of Glittered Organdy ribbon using a Dark Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends Marker.

The ribbon was then adhered behind the heart using Mini Glue Dots. The heart is then popped on the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Stampin’ Up! Friendly Hello Stamp Set and is stamped in Fresh Freesia ink on a scrap of Basic White card stock that has been brushed with the Fresh Freesia ink and a Blending Brush. It is popped on the bottom of the heart.

A sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Calming Camellia Stamp Set is stamped in Fresh Freesia ink on a panel of Fresh Freesia card stock and adhered to the inside of the card using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

A medium Basic White envelope gets stamped with an image from the Stampin’ Up! Dahlia Days Stamp Set.

If you would like to create this card all the products used are at the end of this post.

Ready to Join our team? Click HERE for more information. To
Want to earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through the Customer rewards program? The rewards program is my way of saying thank you for being an online customer. Click HERE to learn more
Check out Paper Pumpkin you will love it!

January 1-15 Host Code: UHKBNYR6

You may be asking What is Paper Pumpkin?

Don’t monkey around and miss this amazing adventure! Unleash your creativity with February’s wildly fun kit. To explore what’s inside, keep reading!

Here are all the details of this month’s fun kit.

This month’s kit contains enough elements to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—and 9 coordinating envelopes. This all-inclusive kit includes printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more!
The Safari Celebration Paper Pumpkin Kit includes a Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Spot!
This kit’s stamp set is an uplifting one! Make every occasion a celebration with sentiments that say “yay!”, “fantastic!”, and other fun phrases.
Explore each of our current In Color collections with this colorful kit! Discover designs and paper pieces in Bumblebee (a 2020–2022 In Color), Fresh Freesia (a 2021–2023 In Color), and Soft Succulent (a 2021–2023 In Color).
Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
Coordinating colors: Bumblebee, Fresh Freesia, Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Succulent, Soft Suede

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Product List

Dahlia Days Cling Stamp Set [157799] $23.00	Calming Camellia Host Cling Stamp Set (English) [158117] $24.00	Friendly Hello Bundle (English) [159990] $0.00	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155613] $8.75
Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin’ Pad [155611] $7.50	White 3/8” (1 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon [156408] $8.50	Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [155518] $9.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00
Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

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Card Cuts:

Fresh Freesia card stock
card base — 4-14″ x 11″ scored and folded at 5-1/2″
inside panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″

Stampin’ Up! Love & Happiness Anniversary Card

The card I am sharing today is created using the Stampin’ Up! Love & Happiness Stamp Set along with the Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder. Sweet Talk DSP was used for the fussy cut hearts. All of these are new items from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog.

My card design is inspired by the design from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.

My card starts with a Basic Black card stock base with a panel of the same embossed using the Stampin’ Up! Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder. This panel is matted to a Smoky Slate card stock panel then adhered to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

Hearts were fussy cut from a panel of the Sweet Talk DSP and matted on Smoky Slate and then Basic Black card stock. Silver thread is wrapped around four fingers several times to create loops, then adhered to the embossed panel. The hearts were then adhered over the silver thread using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

A stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Love & Happiness Stamp Set is used to stamp the greeting in Memento Black ink on a scrap of Basic White card stock. It is popped over the bottom of the hearts using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment is another stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Love & Happiness Stamp Set and is stamped in Memento Black ink on a panel of Basic White card stock. Hearts are again fussy cut from a panel of the Sweet Talk DSP and adhered below the sentiment. I masked part of the Happy Anniversary stamp as I only wanted the Happy Anniversary part for my card.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the Sweet Talk DSP adhered to the envelope flap using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

f you would like to create this card all the products used are at the end of this post.

Ready to Join our team? Click HERE for more information. To
Want to earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through the Customer rewards program? The rewards program is my way of saying thank you for being an online customer. Click HERE to learn more
Check out Paper Pumpkin you will love it!

January 1-15 Host Code: UHKBNYR6

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Love & Happiness Cling Stamp Set (English) [157633] $22.00	Bouquet Of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder [157641] $29.00	Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [121045] $8.75	Smoky Slate 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [131202] $8.75
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Sweet Talk 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157616] $11.50	Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $7.50	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00

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Card Cuts

Basic Black card stock
card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
embossed panel — 3-3/4″ x 5″
Smoky Slate card stock
mat for embossed panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
Basic White card stock
inside panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″

I can’t believe it has been 5 weeks since I got to create a card. It has taken me a while to get this one made, but I remarked to a friend when I could make a card again, I would know I am on the road to recovery. It may take me two-three days to get one made but it is surely an improvement. I have missed card-making so much. I am sure all will agree there is something about making a card that is soothing to the soul.