Easter – Stampin with Shirley G

Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Journey

March 14, 2025 custom Comments 6 comments

Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper does all the work in this card creation. This beautiful card is a CASe of Lisa’s from Queen Bee Creations

Card Cuts for this card:

Card Base — 5-1/2″ x 8-3/8″ — score at 2-1/8″, 3-1/2″, 4-7/8″, and 6-1/4″
Cut (4) mats — 2 for front and 2 for the back — 2″ x 5-3/8″
Cut (4) mats — 1-1/4″ x 2-5/8″
Cut (4) mats — 1-1/4″ x 1-1/4″
Cross mats — (2) 1-1/4/8″2-1/2″
(2) 1-1/8″ x 1-1/8″
Basic White cardstock
back of card — 1-1/8″ x 5-1/4″ and 1-1/8″ x 3-7/8″

I wanted to keep the design of the piece I was cutting in line so the appearance of the design would flow instead of being scrambled up.

I used a different Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper pattern to make the cross. The words at the bottom of the cross are embossed in Copper Embossing.

It has been a while since I have entered a card challenge, but since I have finally been able to make a card, I am entering this one in Creative Creases Challenge.

This is the back of the card with the sentiment embossed on the cross again using Copper Embossing Powder.

This is the way the back of the card looks when folded. Multipurpose Liquid Glue is used to adhere all the pieces together.

A Basic White envelope get a panel of 2023-2025 In Color Designer Series Paper adhered to the envelope flap using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I used Wild Wheat.

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. I hope and wish 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 This Project

Thoughtful Journey 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163303] $12.50	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155613] $11.50	Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146987] $11.50	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $13.00
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678] $21.00	Silver & White 1/2″ (1.3 Cm) Sheer Ribbon [162149] $9.00	Adhesive Backed Sequins Trio [161206] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $6.00

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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.

Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Daydream with Nested Friends

April 5, 2023 admin Comments 14 comments

The card I am sharing today is created using Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Daydream stamp set, Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper, a die from Nested Friends Dies, Brick and Mortar 3D Embossing Folder and Timbers Embossing Folder.

I am entering the Card Concept Challenge. I was inspired by the cross on the mantle, the brick of the fireplace, and the wreath, the neutral colors for my clean and layered card. I believe that the cross with the bird nest for a crown is from a card that Darryl Robbins, in our group created, , I could not find the card again, . All I can remember is the bird nest for the crown. I can see the cross hanging on the brick fireplace with the wreath behind it, that is what the green panel represents to me.

I am also entering the Word Art Wednesday Challenge.

I started with a card base of Evening Evergreen card stock. I embossed a panel of Basic White card stock using the Brick and Mortar 3D Embossing Folder that I spread Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink (soon retiring) over the embossing folder then embossed. I adhered the embossed panel to the Evening Evergreen card stock card base leaving a tiny border around the embossed panel.

I cut two pieces of Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper from two different patterns and matted on Evening Evergreen card stock. I adhered one over the other on the card front, I think it makes a nice background for the cross. I had tried the cross on the brick only at the beginning but it just did not look right so I decided to add layers that would enhance the beauty of the cross.

I cut two strips of Early Espresso card stock trimmed the top of the long piece and both ends of the shorter one, I then embossed using the Timbers 3D Embossing Folder adhered the two pieces together to form the cross. I die cut the bird nest from Nested Friends Dies and then over the cross with a Glue Dot and adhered the cross over the Fancy Flora pieces. I added two little crosses, one of each side of the main cross. I added three Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I adhered a panel of Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper to the inside of the card base, I stamped a sentiment from Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Daydream stamp set in Evening Evergreen ink on a piece of Basic White card stock, die cutting the piece using a die Stylish Shapes Dies. I trimmed each end of the piece, matted on a piece of Evening Evergreen card stock and adhered to the inside panel.

A Basic White medium envelope gets a piece of Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper adhered to the envelope flap. The brown flower on the envelope flap makes me think of a crown of thorns.

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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Adhesives to complete the projects.
Final card size: 5-1/2” x 4-1/4” (14 x 10.8 cm).
Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce.
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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Cards

Daffodil Daydream Cling Stamp Set (English) [157786] $23.00	Nested Friends Dies [160488] $33.00	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $10.00	Timber 3 D Embossing Folder [156406] $10.00
Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels [158130] $7.50	Fancy Flora 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160413] $12.00	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155574] $9.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin’ Pad [155576] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

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Card Cuts

Evening Evergreen card stock
- card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/2″
- mat — 2″ x 4-1/8″
- mat — 1-3/4″ x 4″
Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper
- background piece — 2-3/8″ x 4-3/4″
- background piece — 1-34″ x 4″
Basic White card stock
- brick embossed piece — 4-18/ x 5-3/8″
- sentiment — 2″ x 3″
Early Espress card stock
- cross — 4″ x 5″
Soft Suede card stock
- crown — 4″ x 4″

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Stampin’ Up! Ever Eden Happy Easter

The card I am sharing today is created using Ever Eden DSP, Eden Dies and the Hive 3D Embossing Folder.

My challenge for the day is the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday Challenge. This is an interesting sketch.

My card base is Basic White card stock. I embossed a panel of Basic White card stock using the Hive 3D Embossing Folder. I cut strips from the Ever Eden DSP, flagged each end, and adhered to the embossed panel using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I cropped a banner for the piece using a die from Eden Dies. As I was popping the banner across the card front, I envisioned it as the disciples sitting at the Last Supper. The way the flowers lean, it looks like the silhouette of someone leaning toward the person next to them. The cross is one from a retired dies set, Stampin’ Up! Cross of Hope Framelit Dies leftover from making Easter cards. I popped Brushed Brass Butterflies on the card front in several places and also added several of the Metallic Pearls also.

A panel of Basic White card stock is stamped in Evening Evergreen ink with a stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Daydream stamp set. Another banner is cropped from a strip of Ever Eden DSP and adhered across the bottom using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of Eden Evergreen DSP applied to the envelope flap.

If you would like to create this card all the products used are in the post instead of at the end of the post as they usually are.

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Name: Change Is Beautiful

This kit includes:

Change is Beautiful Photopolymer Stamp Set
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Spot®
Printed card bases
Printed envelopes
Printed, shaped die cuts
Iridescent sea glass
Dimensionals

Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Use in Creating This Card

Daffodil Daydream Cling Stamp Set (English) [157786] $23.00	Timeless Tulips Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [151534] $18.00	Hive 3 D Embossing Folder [157955] $9.00	Cross Of Hope Dies [145654] $27.00
Ever Eden 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159996] $15.00	Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136] $10.00	Metallic Pearls [146282] $7.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

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Card Cuts

Basic White card stock
- card base — 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″
- embossed panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
- inside panel — 4-” x 5-1/4″
Ever Eden DSP
- various strips for card front design

Stampin’ Up! Hand Penned

The card I am sharing today is created using a combination of several stamp sets, some new and some retired. From the Stampin’ Up! Timeless Tulips stamp set, probably a set that will soon retire, I used a greeting. The new one is Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Daydream stamp set. I used a sentiment from this set. From the Stampin’ Up! Hold On To Hope stamp set, I used the cross die. From Stampin’ Up! Gift of Hope, and Peaceful Nativity I used sentiments.

One of my challenges for the day is The Creative Crafters Challenge — Anything Goes

Another challenge is the Addicted to Stamps and More — Die Cuts and Stencils.

And… the As You See It Challenge — Spring Flowers

I consider the card base as Basic White card stock with a Highland Heather background piece for the back of the card base. Score the Basic White panel at 5″ as the base is cut 4″ x 10″, I’ve drawn a diagram of the card cuts at the bottom of the post, so you can see how many of each to cut before you start the card. You can use any Designer Series Paper you choose and for any occasion. I need Easter cards, so my 20+ are all Easter. This card is so easy. I watched a video that Patty Bennett made. She stated in her video how easy it is. You will have to scroll down her page to find her video. I was looking for an easy card and I was making so many. This would be a good card to make for quick birthday cards.

This is how the card looks when you take the belly band off. The two triangles of Hand Penned DSP are actually squares that have been scored diagonally and the other half of the triangle adhered to the back of the Basic White card base to create what you are seeing.

This is how the card looks when you open the two triangles. A panel of Hand Penned DPS is adhered to the card base front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. The sentiment is stamped on a small piece of Basic White card stock and cropped using a die from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. It is adhered so it will be hidden when the two triangles are closed. The belly band is created using the pieces I show in the diagram at the end of the post.

This is how the card looks when it is open all the way. For the top sentiment, I used a stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Gift of Hope stamp set, stamping it in Garden Green ink and cropping using a circle die. I sponged the edges of the circle using a sponge and Highland Heather ink. The cross is from the Stampin’ Up! Hold On To Hope stamp set, as I put my dies in with my stamp sets and this is retired, I do not know the name of the die set. I wrapped a short length of Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon on the top of the cross, then adhered to the card base. The sentiment at the top is from the Stampin’ Up! Peaceful Nativity stamp set retired. The one at the bottom is from the Stampin’ Up! Gift of Hope stamp set. They are stamped in Garden Green ink.

A Highland Heather card stock panel is adhered to the back of the Basic White card base. I am sure this is applied to hide the triangles adhered to the back of the card base to form the triangle closure on the card front.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel from the Hand Penned 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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Paper Pumpkin

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

ABOUT THE KIT

Name: Change Is Beautiful

This kit includes:

Change is Beautiful Photopolymer Stamp Set
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Spot®
Printed card bases
Printed envelopes
Printed, shaped die cuts
Iridescent sea glass
Dimensionals

Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Use in Creating This Card

Daffodil Daydream Cling Stamp Set (English) [157786] $23.00	Gift Of Hope Cling Stamp Set [154400] $19.00	Daffodil Daydream Cling Stamp Set (English) [157786] $23.00	Hold On To Hope Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145780] $21.00
Hold On To Hope Clear-Mount Bundle [145970] $43.00	Timeless Tulips Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [151534] $18.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $35.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $32.00
Hand Penned 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155499] $11.50	Highland Heather 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146986] $8.75	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $5.00	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels [150457] $6.00
3/8″ (1 Cm) Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon [154572] $7.00	Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $7.50	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.25	Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad [147089] $7.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

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Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Daydream Celebrate Card

The card I am sharing today is created using the Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Daydream stamp set along with the Hive 3-D Embossing Folder

My challenge for the day is Just Us Girls Challenge — the theme this week is Embossing Folders.

I stamped the daffodil images on a panel of Basic White card stock using Smoky Slate ink. I colored the daffodils using So Saffron, Calypso Coral, Mango Melody, and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Markers. Two daffodils are stamped on another panel of the card stock, colored, fussy cut, and popped on the lower portion along with an extra added to the one fussy cut to give it more dimension.

Two butterflies are stamped and colored using Balmy Blue and Pale Papya Stampin’ Blends Markers then fussy cut. Dots are stamped around the daffodils using a stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Daydream stamp set.

A greeting is stamped on a scrap of You’re A Peach DSP. It is popped below the daffodils. A Crumb Cake bow is made using twine from the Baker’s Twine Essential Pack. It is adhered to the daffodil stems using a Mini Glue Dot.

The card base is Basic White card stock with a panel of the same embossed using the Hive 3-D Embossing Folder. It is adhered to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. The art panel with the daffodils is now adhered to the card base.

A panel of Basic White is cropped using a die from the Border Dies. A sentiment from the Daffodil Daydream stamp set is stamped in Soft Suede onto the panel. It is popped over a panel of You’re a Peach DSP.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel from the You’re A Peach 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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March 16-31 Host Code: W6Y3Z3UF

Paper Pumpkin

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

ABOUT THE KIT

Name: Change Is Beautiful

This kit includes:

Change is Beautiful Photopolymer Stamp Set
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Spot®
Printed card bases
Printed envelopes
Printed, shaped die cuts
Iridescent sea glass
Dimensionals

Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo.

Subscribe to the April Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 March and 10 April here.

Stampin’ Up! Products Use in Creating This Card

Daffodil Daydream Cling Stamp Set (English) [157786] $23.00	Hive 3 D Embossing Folder [157955] $9.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.25	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75
You’re A Peach 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155686] $11.50	Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $7.50	Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels [158130] $7.50	Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $11.00
Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad [147115] $7.50	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad [147113] $7.50	Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154888] $9.00	Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154881] $9.00
So Saffron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154905] $9.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154885] $9.00	Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154830] $9.00	Pale Papaya Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [155519] $9.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25