Stampin with Shirley G

The card I am sharing today was created using Stampin’ Up! A Child Is Born Stamp Set.  This is an easel card and a CAS of one Mary Deatherage created a month or so ago, though hers was not a fun fold.  You can find it on her blog.

Card Cuts For This Card

• Night of Navy cardstock
  • card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 2-3/4″ and 5-1/2″
  • label card front — 3-1/2″ 4-1/4″
• Silver Foil Sheet
  • mat card front — 4-1/8″″ x 5-3/8″
  • die cut label — 4″ x 5-1/2″”
• Designer Series Paper
• mat card front —  4″ x 5-1/4″
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• Basic White cardstock
  •  inside panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″

The card base is Night of Navy cardstock cut at 4-1/4″ x 11″  and scored at 5-1/2″ and 2-3/4″.  This creates the easel.

Adhere the 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ piece of  Silver Foil to the Night of Navy ca rd base.  Adhere the  4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Night of Navy designer series paper (do not know the name) to the Silver Foil.  Using the largest dies from Branching Out Dies, die cut from the 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Silver Foil for a mat.  Using the second-largest die from Branching Out Dies, die cut a label from Night of Navy cardstock.  On this piece of Night of Navy cardstock, stamp the Holy Family image from Stampin’ Up! A Child is Born Stamp Set, using VersaMark ink and Silver Embossing Powder, and a heat tool to set the embossing powder.  Also, stamp the star image in VersaMark ink, then sprinkle Silver Embossing Powder and set with a heat tool.  Stamp a greeting from Stampin’ Up! A Child is Born Stamp Set in VersaMark, sprinkled with Black Embossing Powder, then set with a heat tool.  Die-cut the greeting using a die from Stylish Shapes Dies.  Adhere the greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals and place it on the card front as shown in the photo above.

Stamp a sentiment from Stampin’ Up! A Child is Born Stamp Set in Memento Black ink on the 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Basic White cardstock.  Stamp the stars in VersaMark, sprinkle with Silver Embossing Powder, and set using a heat tool. An image from Stampin’ Up! A Child is Born Stamp Set is stamped in VersaMark ink on a piece of Night of Navy cardstock, sprinkled with Silver Embossing Powder, then heat set using a heat tool.

A Basic White envelope gets Merry Christmas stamped on the envelope flap in Night of Navy ink.

I am happy you stopped by today.  I hope you take the time to linger and look at my other blog posts and cards, and that you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my creations with you each day. I hope you will be inspired to create amazing things yourself. Feel free to CAS(E) any card. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Have a blessed day!

Questions? You can Contact Me.  I’d love to be your Demonstrator if you need any stamping supplies.  Just click on the Shop Now button on the top right side of the screen to go directly to my online store.  You can Shop in my online store HERE. 

• Ready to Join our team?  Click HERE  for more information. One of the perks of being a demonstrator is to pre-order before a new catalog launches, and the Online Exclusives we get to order before they are released to customers.  You will also be getting at least a 20% discount on purchases. If you love card-making as a hobby, you can still be a demonstrator and get that discount to help get more card-making items,  or you can be like I was and buy Stampin’ Up! products for 10 years before I became wise enough to become a demonstrator to get the discount.  When I think of all the stamping products that 20% would have brought over those 10 years, I cringe.

  Being a part of the Stampin’ Up! Community is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.  Are you new to papercrafting and cardmaking and don’t know where to start, but would like to join to save?  As I said earlier in this post, I’m here to assist you in any way I can.  Ask me!

Stampin’ Up! Products Used In Creating This Card

Blue Balloons For Grandpa

This heartwarming story explores loss, love, and the healing power of remembrance. Through the voice of young Octavia, Blue Balloons for Grandpa offers comfort and inspiration to young readers, showing that love never truly fades — it simply changes shape and floats on in our hearts. As each balloon drifts into the sky, Octavia finds comfort, sending her love, wishes, and special memories up high.

Perfect for those looking for creative ways to celebrate cherished memories.

The card I am sharing today was created using several stamp sets.  I used Stampin’ Up! Peace on Earth Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! Branching Out Stamp Set and Dies and Stampin’ Up! Unbounded Love Stamp Set.  I also used the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder.

Card Cuts:

• Secret Sea cardstock
  • card base  — 5-1/2″ x 10-3/4″  score at 3-3/4″ and 7″
• Cherry Cobbler cardstock
  • mats  — 3-1/4″ x 5-1/4″ (cut 3, one for the front, inside right panel, and back panel
  • mat –3″ x 5-1/4″  inside middle
  • die cut label card front — 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″
• Elegant  Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper
  • panel 1, 3, and back of card — 3-1/4″ x 5″
• Crumb Cake cardstock
  • die cut on front — 1-1/2″ x 3-1/4″
  • inside sentiment — 2-1/2″ x3-7/8″
  • back panel — 3″ x 5″
• Basic White cardstock
  • doves — scraps

Using stamps from Stampin’ Up! Branching Out Stamp Set Stamp the pine boughs and pinecones on the three pieces of Crumb Cake cardstock.  Use Pecan Pie ink for the branches and Shaded Spruce ink for the pine boughs.  Die cut two pinecones from Gold Foil using a die from Branching Out Dies.  Die cut the two doves from Basic White cardstock using the dove dies from Branching Out Dies.

Looking at the photo above, adhere the panels together using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  Adhere the Gold Foil pinecones to the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  Pop the dove over the pine branch using  Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This is how the card looks when standing.  Pop the Crumb Cake piece on the Cherry Cobbler piece using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Run the ribbon between the Stampin’ Dimensionals before adhering to the Cherry Cobbler piece.

Stamp the Merry Christmas sentiment in Cherry Cobbler ink on the Crumb Cake cardstock panel.

Adhere a piece of Elegant Pine Snowflake Designer Series Paper to the Basic White envelope flap.

I am happy you stopped by today.  I hope you take the time to linger and look at my other blog posts and cards, and that you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my creations with you each day. I hope and wish you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself. Feel free to CAS(E) any card. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Have a blessed day!

Questions? You can Contact Me.  I’d love to be your Demonstrator if you need any stamping supplies.  Just click on the Shop Now button on the top right side of the screen to go directly to my online store.  You can Shop in my online store HERE. 

• Ready to Join our team?  Click HERE  for more information. One of the perks of being a demonstrator is to pre-order before a new catalog launches, and the Online Exclusives we get to order before they are released to customers.  You will also be getting at least a 20% discount on purchases. If you love card-making as a hobby, you can still be a demonstrator and get that discount to help get more card-making items,  or you can be like I was and buy Stampin’ Up! products for 10 years before I became wise enough to become a demonstrator to get the discount.  When I think of all the stamping products that 20% would have brought over those 10 years, I cringe.

  Being a part of the Stampin’ Up! Community is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.  Are you new to papercrafting and cardmaking and don’t know where to start, but would like to join to save?  As I said earlier in this post, I’m here to assist you in any way I can.  Ask me!

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 Stampin’ Up! Products Used in this Project:

Blue Balloons For Grandpa

This heartwarming story explores loss, love, and the healing power of remembrance. Through the voice of young Octavia, Blue Balloons for Grandpa offers comfort and inspiration to young readers, showing that love never truly fades — it simply changes shape and floats on in our hearts. As each balloon drifts into the sky, Octavia finds comfort, sending her love, wishes, and special memories up high.

Perfect for those looking for creative ways to celebrate cherished memories.

Don’t you just hate it when you have your blog all ready and your computer blinks and you lose it all. Even saving as I went along did not prevent it. That’s what happened to me last night, so I gave up and went to bed.  Trying again today.

The . I am sharing today is a CAS of one Amy Koenders created.  When I saw her card, I thought it so beautiful and wanted to create my own.  I had no idea of the real beauty until I created mine, photos do not do justice to the beauty of the card. Cick on Amy’s name above and it will take you to her blog. She has a video and pdf available and her instructions are very detailed in the pdf.  So if you decide you want to create your own, go to her instructions.

I am giving the card cuts for this card.  My creating is a different one than Amy used.  I used one of the greetings from Joyful Saying Ephemera Pack.  I die cut two circles using two different size dies from Stylish Shape Dies, embossed both, adhered together using Multipurpose Liquid Glue, and adhered the greeting. The greeting is adhered using Multipurpose Liquid Glue again.  Dots from Glossy Dots Assortment are popped around the card front.

Card Cuts

• Shaded Spruce cardstock
  • card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ score at 5-1/2
  • panel card front — 4′ x 5-1/4″
  • strip 1/2″ x 3-7/8″  for die cut
• Real Red cardstock
  • panel —  3″ x 3-7/8″ greeting die cut
• Basic Beige cardstock
  • inside panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
  • tag card front — 
• Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper
  • • top panel — 2-1/2″ x 3-7/8″
    • fussy cuts (3)

The sentiment is another of the many choices you get from the Joyful Sayings Ephemera Pack.  I used Basic Beige and a Blending Brush to give a bit of color to the sentiment as it was white and I wanted it to blend more with the Basic Beige panel.  Also, greenery with berries was fussy cut from the same panel of Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper as the card front.

A Very Vanilla envelope gets a panel of Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper adhered to the envelope flap using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

I am happy you stopped by today.  I hope you take the time to linger and look at my other blog posts 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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Stampin’ Up! Products Used In Creating This Project