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Stampin’ Up! Forever Blossoms

Happy Wednesday! If you have been keeping up with Mary and Amy it looks as if they are having loads of fun, and special treats to eat. They well deserve this fun trip.

The card I am sharing today is created using the Stampin’ Up! Forever Blossoms Stamp Set. It is a carryover to the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. I also use Love You Always DSP, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Meadow Moments Embossing Folder along the the card stock.

My color inspiration comes from the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge. I have pink cherry blossoms.

The theme for Make My Monday Challenge is Sympathy. I have made one with the greeting Thinking of You and a lovely sentiment inside.

This will be a fun challenge as it is a fun fold card challenge — Creative Creases Challenge.

The card base is Sahara Sand card stock. This is a fun fold card so there are two score lines to fold. On the front panel, a panel of Blushing Bride card stock is embossed using the Meadow Moments Embossing Folder, then adhered to the panel using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Two different design panels from Love You Always DSP is adhered to the card base. You can see from the card above where the DSP is adhered.

Using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies two different size panels are cropped using two of the dies. I believe it is the largest and next to the largest. One is from Sahara Sand card stock the other Basic White card stock and this one has the sentiment stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink.

Cherry blossoms are also stamped in the corner and colored using Rococo Rose and Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Markers, along with the color lifter marker. Mine was a bit dry, so I poured a little alcohol in a glass cup and dipped the marker in it then dropped the alcohol on the images of the cherries to get the color I desired.

A loopy bow is made using Basic White twine and popped on one of the flowers stems using Multipurpose Glue Several sequins are placed around the entire card.

Cherry blossoms are also stamped on the panel of Basic White card stock that is adhered to the back panel. They are colored with the same markers as the other blossoms.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of Love You Always DSP applied to the envelope flap.

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

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope 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. 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 Card

Forever Blossoms Cling Stamp Set (English) [151457] $23.00	Beauty Of Friendship Photopolymer Stamp Set [154983] $22.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $32.00	Meadow Moments Embossing Folders [153126] $8.00
Sahara Sand 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [121043] $8.75	Love You Always Specialty Designer Series Paper [154280] $15.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.25	Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154900] $9.00
Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154889] $9.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $7.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00

Card Cuts

Sahara Sand
- Card base – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored at 2-1/8″ & 4-1/4″
- Mat for art panel — 2-3/4″ x 4″
Basic White card stock
- Sentiment panel — 4″ x 5-14″
- Art panel –2-1/4″ x 3-1/4″
- Inside sentiment panel 2-1/4″ x 3-1/4″
Blushing Bride card stock
- Front panel — 2″ x 5-1/4″
Love you Always DSP
- Inside panel — 2″ x 5-1/4″
- Panel by Sentiment — 2-1/8″ x 5-1/4″

Stampin’ Up! Happy Thoughts

Good morning, I hope everyone’s week has gone great. My week has been pretty busy, not even card-making time and you know how it is with a card addiction, but life happens and we deal with it.

Today’s card is for a dear, dear friend that lost her husband and then her daughter four days later. She has been so grief-stricken that she doesn’t want people calling her and won’t answer her phone. She is a lovely ole lady with flaming red hair still.

Today’s card features the Happy Thoughts Stamp Set. I hope this set is around for a long, long time because it has such wonderful sentiments. I also used the Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder and the 2021-2022 Designer Series Paper that was available when someone joined during Sale-A-Bration. Being a demonstrator I had the opportunity for a short while to purchase this DSP.

Design inspiration comes from Try Stampin’ On Tuesday.

The card base is Basic White card stock with a panel of Basic Black card stock as the mat for the Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder used to emboss the Basic White panel.

I used dies from the Layering Ovals Dies to crop the two ovals for the greeting. One is from the new 2021-2022 DSP the other that the greeting is stamped on in Garden Green ink is from a panel of Basic White card stock. A length of black ribbon is wrapped between the Basic White card stock and the DSP and a bow is made to pop on.

Hearts are cropped using a die from the Stitched Be Mine Dies to create the shamrocks. The hearts may be the negative portion of the hearts I have inside on the sentiment panel may be the negative portion, I guess it is according to you think of it. The three scalloped strips from Basic White card stock at the bottom of the front panel are cut with an old, old and I mean old pair of scissors. There are more modern ones today. Three Rhinestone Basic Jewels are popped around the card front.

A sentiment from the Happy Thoughts Stamp Set is stamped in Garden Green ink on a panel of Basic White card stock. The hearts are the ones left when I cropped the panel of DSP to get the hearts to create shamrocks.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the 2021-2022 DSP applied to the envelope flap.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in This Creation

Happy Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [154507] $21.00	Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder [150646] $9.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [121045] $8.75
Stitched Be Mine Dies [151814] $35.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $5.00	Black 1/2″ (1.3 Cm) Satin Ribbon [146280] $7.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00

Card Cuts

Basic White card stock
- Card Base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
- Embossed panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
- Sentiment panel — 4-18″ x 5-3/8″
Basic Black card stock
- Mat for embossed panel — 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
2021-2022 Designer Series Paper 6″ x 6″
- Focal panel card front — 3″ x 4-1/4″
- Mat for greeting — 1-3/4″ x 3″
- Envelope flap — 2-1/” x 6″

Stampin’ Up! Dragonfly Garden

Good Morning! Can you believe this is the last day of February and the last day of Sale-A-Bration. You need to get your last-minute order in before the time is gone. Have a great Sunday. Are you predicting March in come in like a lamb or a lion? Could be either according to your location.

My inspiration for the design is from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.

Today my card is created using the Dragonfly Garden Stamp Set and the Positive Thoughts Stamp Set. The Butterfly Bijou DSP is also used.

Start with a Just Jade card stock card base. Crop a panel of Basic White card stock using the largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Dies. Stamp in greeting in Tuxedo Memento Black ink then adhere this panel to the card base. Cut the banner across the card from a panel of Butterfly Bijou DSP and for the mat cut a piece from the True Love DSP.

Stamp the flower image from the Dragonfly Garden Stamp Set on the Basic White card stock square that has been cropped using a die from the Stitched Shapes Dies. Color the image using Rococo Rose and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Markers. Mat on a square of Just Jade card stock. Pop one Elegant Faceted Gem on the card front.

Butterflies are fussy cut from a panel of the Butterfly Bijou DSP and adhered at the top and bottom of the Basic White sentiment panel.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the Butterfly Bijou DSP applied to the envelope flap.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in This Creation

Dragonfly Garden Cling Stamp Set [154411] $23.00	Positive Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [151490] $21.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $35.00	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $30.00
Just Jade 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [153079] $8.75	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75	True Love Designer Series Paper [154281] $11.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00
Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00	Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154900] $9.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154885] $9.00	Elegant Faceted Gems [152464] $7.50

Card Cuts

Just Jade card stock
- Card base – 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
- Mat for art piece – 2-1/4″ square
Basic White card stock
- Background panel on card front – 4″ x 5-14″
- Art panel – 2″ square
- Sentiment panel – 4″ x 5-1/4″
Butterfly Bijou DSP
- Banner across card front – 1″ x 4-1/4″
- Mat for banner – 1-1/8″ x 4-1/4″

Stampin’ Up! A Touch of Ink

Good Morning! Are you happy it is Friday or does your weekend come in the middle of the week. That does happen to so many people they have two days off from work in the middle of the week and work weekends.

The card today is a Thinking of You card with the greeting being from the Happy Thoughts Stamp Set. When you have a Thinking of You card it can be made into a birthday card, sympathy, encouragement, or any kind you chose by the sentiment you have on the inside of the card. That is what is so great about putting Thinking of You as the greeting. This card also features the A Touch of Ink Stamp Set, using the hummingbird and flower for the art piece.

Inspiration comes from the Fusion Challenge. I am playing with both sides, the sketch & the photo.

Start with a card base of Basic White card stock. Adhere a panel of Bermuda Bay card stock over the front of the card base. Next, adhere one of the green panels of DSP from the Oh So Ombre DSP. Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere these panels together.

On a panel of Basic White card stock stamp in Tuxedo Memento Black Ink the flower from the Touch of Ink Stamp Set. Stamp the Thinking of You greeting from the Happy Thoughts Stamp Set.

Stamp the hummingbird on a separate panel of card stock from the A Touch of Ink Stamp Set so it can be fussy cut. Color the hummingbird and flower using Stampin’ Blends Markers in Shaded Spruce, Highland Heather, and Purple Posy.

Cut two strips of DSP, one from the Oh So Ombre DSP and one from the Butterfly Bijou DSP. Flag one end of the Oh So Ombre strip. Adhere the flagged strip over the longer strip then adhere both to the right edge of the card front. Pop three pearls from the Pastel Pearls to the card front.

On a pink panel of the Oh So Ombre DSP stamp a sentiment from the Happy Thoughts Stamp Set. Stamp the flower and hummingbird from the A Touch of Ink Stamp Set and color with the same markers as the flower and hummingbird on the card front.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the Flower & Field DSP applied to the envelope flap.

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

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in This Creation

Happy Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [154507] $21.00	A Touch Of Ink Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155233] $0.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [131197] $8.75
Oh So Ombre 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155225] $0.00	Pastel Pearls [154571] $6.50	Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154887] $9.00	Purple Posy Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154896] $9.00
Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154903] $9.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

Card Cuts

Basic White card stock
Card Base – 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
Art panel – 3-3/4″ x 4-7/8″
Bermuda Bay card stock – 4-1/2″ x 5-1/2″
Oh So Ombre DSP
Mat for art panel – 3-7/8″ x 5″

Stampin’ Up! Quite Curvy Flower & Field

Happy Thursday everyone. I hope your day is going perfectly along as today is the first day of the rest of your life.😊

My card today features the Quite Curvy Stamp & Die Bundle and Happy Thoughts Stamp Set. This again is a simple and easy card.

The inspiration for my card today is the CAS Colors & Sketch Challenge.

The card base is Basic White card stock with two mats for the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper one of Basic Black card stock and the other Basic White card.

A panel of the Flower & Field DSP is cropped using one of the dies from the Curvy Dies. It is matted to the Basic White card stock.

The greeting is from the Quite Curvy Stamp Set is stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink. A portion of the stamp was masked as I only wanted the “Thinking of You” portion. I made the mistake of adhering the Flower & Field DSP to the Basic White card stock before it was embossed. It was quite tricky embossing so I did not get the embossing on the flower panel. The embossing is done using the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder. I thought the embossing turned out rather well.

The sentiment from the Happy Thoughts Stamp Set is stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink on a Basic White card stock panel. The panel has a Basic Black card stock mat. The remaining portion of the cropped panel of the Flowers & Field DSP on the card front.

The medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the Flower & Field DSP.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in This Creation

Quite Curvy Photopolymer Stamp Set [154430] $17.00	Curvy Dies [154319] $29.00	Happy Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [154507] $21.00	Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder [152725] $9.00
Flower & Field 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155223] $0.00	Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [121045] $8.75	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00

Card Cuts:

Basic White card stock:
- Card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
- Mat for floral panel – 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″
- Sentiment panel — 3-3/4″ x 5″
Basic Black card stock
- Mat for Basic White panel on card front — 4-1/8″ x 5-1/4″
- Sentiment panel — 3-3/4″ x 5-1/8″
Flower & Field DSP
- Panel on card front & sentiment panel – – 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ — top of crop to card front — lower part to sentiment panel