Stampin with Shirley G

The card I am sharing today is an easel card created using elements from the July 2023 Fun In The Sun Paper Pumpkin.  The card bases in the kit this month are all step cards, so I saw Vy Tran’s card on the Paper Pumpkin Fan Club site and decided to make it.  You can see her card by clicking on her name.

I am entering the As You See It Challenge.  Their theme for this challenge is The thing that I love most about Summer is…  The thing I love most about summer is the cool ocean breezes sitting on the beach or the veranda watching all the activity going on in the water and on the beach.  You can use your imagination as to what families and friends are saying .  You could write an entire book with that imagination while sipping a frosty cool glass of lemonade, CFA preferred, no one makes it like they do.

The card base is Daffodil Delight card stock, cut 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 2-3/4″ and 5-1/2″.  The 2-3/4″ is your easel. This is where you attached the ocean scene.   You have adhered two pieces of Basic White card stock using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  One is adhered to the easel portion and the other at the top with a greeting stamped in Azure Afternoon ink. When you are adhering the two Basic White pieces be sure not to adhere on the score line as this would prevent the card from folding correctly.

Stamp a greeting using one of the labels in the kit and adhered at the bottom of the inside panel below the sail boat.  See photo. Pop some of the bling from the kit on the card front.

This is a side view of the card and you can see how the two Basic White pieces are adhered to the card front.  Using an envelope from the kit cut 1/8″ off each side of the envelope so you can open flat.   Cut a piece of the blue inside of the envelope 3-1/2″ x 4″.  Score the piece on the long side at 1″, 1-3/4″, 2-3/4″ and 3-1/2″.  Fold and burnish each score line.  All folds are in the same direction.  This piece makes the box you see in the photo for the easel stop.  Put Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the most narrow score and adhere to the other side to form the box. Vy shows it real well in her video. 

Adhere the sail boat piece to the blue box using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  I stamped the seashells from Stampin’ Up! Seaside Bay stamp set in Crumb Cake ink on a 3″ x 3-3/4″ piece of Basic White card stock.   You can stamp the star fish from the Fun In The Sun Kit if you do not have the Stampin’ Up! Seaside Bay stamp set. Adhere the panel to the inside as shown in the photo above.

I used one of the envelopes from the Fun In The Sun Paper Pumpkin Kit.

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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MESSAGES OF HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT!

The Meaningful Flowers Paper Pumpkin Kit is full of florals that are meant to spread hope, encouragement, and remind you of your favorite memories. The kit focuses specifically on forget-me-nots and lotuses. Their meaning is enscripted on the back of each card. Subscribe by 10 August to send beautiful paper crafts with thoughtful messages to those you love. 

FREE DISTINKTIVE STAMP SET! 

The only thing better than a beautiful, floral crafting kit is one with a FREE stamp set! We are including an additional stamp set for FREE to everyone who subscribes to Paper Pumpkin by 10 August. The stamp set is Distinktive, which means you’ll get additional detail and texture in your crafts. So don’t wait! Subscribe today for your August kit and FREE stamp set!  Click on the heading above and it will take you to my Paper Pumpkin sign up page or click the link below.

WATERCOLOR DESIGNS

Not only does the August Paper Pumpkin Kit convey a beautiful message, but it also has beautiful watercolor designs! Each forget-me-not and lotus flower was hand painted just for you. Getting a lovely paper craft that carries real meaning has never been easier! 

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Stampin’ Up! Product Used In Creating This Project

Card Cuts

• Daffodil Delight card stock
  • card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ score at 2-3/4″ & 5-1/2″
• Basic White card stock
  • inside piece — 3″ x 3-3/4″
  • 2 pieces on card front — 2-3/4″ x 3-3/4″
• Fun In The Sun envelope
  • blue inside of envelope — 3-1/2″ x 4″ score at 1″, 1-3/4″, 2-3/4″ and 3-1/2″

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This is an old post from 5 years ago.  I thought in honor of those who gave their all I would re-post.  I hope that everyone has had an enjoyable day with family and friends.

Today we are celebrating Memorial Day.  When I was a kid, Memorial Day was always the 30^th of May. It was called Decoration Day.  It was made a national holiday in 1971, at that time it was moved to the last Monday in May.

Memorial Day is the day we remember what it means to be a hero. A day to remember the heroes who gave their all for their buddy next to them and for our freedom. These are the real heroes.   It is also a day we can thank those who did not get recognized with the honor they deserved when they returned from the war.

The church I grew up in still calls it Decoration Day.  It is a big event.  Everyone takes a dish and lunch is served.  Family and friends that live out of town come for the celebration.  It is a good time to catch up with family and old friends who live out of town that you do not get to visit often.  I have a friend from childhood that has come from Oregon this year for the event as he was in the war. A far ride for an oldster, Oregon to North Carolina.

I remember the little paper poppies sold by the veterans from the local American Legion to raise money for the needs of the disabled veterans.  Poppies became the symbol of the American Legion.  The other day when I was shopping there were two old veterans sitting outside the entrance of the store taking donations.  If you made a donation, they gave you one of the little paper poppies.  Sure brought back memories of childhood and Decoration Day.

Lt. Col. John McCrae wrote a poem called “In Flander’s Field”. 1915  He had walked in a field of poppies where crosses were laid out to mark the graves of the fallen.  You can see at the end of this blog post.  There was also another poem written by Moina Michael as a tribute to Lt. Col. John McCrae’s  “In Flander’s Field”.  It too is at the end of this post.

Belgium Flanders Field

Flanders Field, Belgium John McCrae, 1872-1918 One of the most famous World War I poems was written in 1915 by Canadian John McCrae. He was inspired to write his poem on May 3rd, 1915, after performing the burial service of Alexis Helmer, a friend and fellow soldier who died in the Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium the day before. At the time, he had noted how quickly the poppies grew around the graves of those who had died. Sitting in the back of an ambulance, he composed the poem, then crumpled the paper and threw it away. Another soldier retrieved the poem and convinced McCrae to submit it for publication. McCrae worked on the poem for months before submitting it to The Spectator in London. Although they rejected it, the poem was sent to Punch where it was published on December 8th, 1915. “In Flanders Field” became the most popular poem of its era. It was republished throughout the world and became synonymous with the sacrifice of soldiers in World War I. Real poppies became a symbol for honoring soldiers of World War I are worn to this day on Remembrance Day.  Click the link below the picture and it will take you to the website this information is from.

In Flander’s Field
By Lt. Col. John McCrae, 1915
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow.,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields

Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields

Lt. Col. John McCrae died of pneumonia in 1918 and is buried in Wimereux, France

We Shall Keep the Faith”
By Moina Michael
Oh! You who sleep in Flanders fields,
Sleep sweet – to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died

We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders field

And now the Torch and Poppy Red
We wear in honor of our dead
Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We’ll teach the lesson that you wrought
In Flanders field

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The card I am sharing today is created using Stampin’ Up! Hello Ladybug stamp set.  This is a cute little stamp set and I am happy I decided to give it a try.  I also used the  Fern 3D Embossing Folder and Bough Punch.

I am entering Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenge for this card.

I started by punching my ladybug from Basic Black and Real Red card stock.  I punched the Garden Green card stock boughs of leaves using the Bough Punch.  I punched the daisies using a Medium Daisy Punch.

I adhered the Fern 3D embossed panel to the card base using Multipurpose Glue, over the embossed panel I added a piece of Fresh As A Daisy Designer Series Paper. I added a greeting from Stampin’ Up! Forever Fern stamp set, stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on a piece of Basic White card stock and die cut using a die from Stylish Shapes Dies.  The greeting was popped on the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I popped a Iridescent  Rhinestone Basic Jewel in the center of the daisies after giving each daisy center a brush of Daffodil Delight ink.  The daisies are popped on the Fresh As A Daisy Designer Series Paper piece using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  The ladybug is also popped on the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

On a panel of Basic White card stock with a border from a piece of Fresh As A Daisy Designer Series Paper  sentiments from Stampin’ Up! Country Bouquet stamp set and Stampin’ Up! Hello Ladybug stamp set are stamped in Misty Moonlight ink.  A ladybug from Stampin’ Up! Hello Ladybug stamp set is stamped in the corner of the Basic White panel.  The panel is then adhered to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

A Basic White Medium Envelope  gets a piece of Fresh As A Daisy Designer Series Paper applied to the envelope flap using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

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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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. 
• 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       
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Say hello to mountain landscapes and new In Colors! This month’s kit features nine outdoors-themed cards in our new 2023–2025 In Colors plus exclusive FREE stickers.  We all love FREE! Want more? Get the cards & envelopes add-on (available 2 May while supplies last) and continue your creative adventure!

ABOUT THE KIT

Name: Exploring In Color

This kit includes:

• All the supplies you need to create 9 card, 3 each of 3 designs, plus 9 coordinating envelopes.
• A 7-piece all-occasion stamp set that celebrates good friends and great adventures!
• 1 Copper Clay (new In Color!) Classic Stampin’ Spot.
• Twine and die-cut accents
• FREE stickers to put on your projects or anything you want—water bottles, laptops, coolers, and more!
• Finished card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm).
• Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Boho Blue, Copper Clay, Daffodil Delight, Moody Mauve, Mossy Meadow, Pebbled Path, Wild Wheat

ADD-ON

Exploring In Color Cards & Envelopes

Available starting: 2 May, while supplies last

Price: $10.00 USD | $13.75 CAD

This add-on includes

• 18 cards, 6 each of 3 designs
• 18 coordinating envelopes
• Finished card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Boho Blue, Copper Clay, Daffodil Delight, Moody Mauve, Mossy Meadow, Pebbled Path, Wild Wheat

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Hello Ladybug Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [157693] $18.00	Hello Ladybug Bundle (English) [157699] $32.25	Country Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [160377] $23.00	Fern 3 D Embossing Folder [158804] $10.00
Bough Punch [157711] $22.00	Ladybug Builder Punch [157698] $22.00	Medium Daisy Punch [149517] $17.00	Fresh As A Daisy 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161289] $12.50
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels [158130] $7.50	Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [121045] $10.00	Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102482] $10.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.50	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad [153118] $9.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

 Card Cuts

• Basic White card stock
  • card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/2″
  • embossed panel — 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
  • inside panel — 4′ x 5-1/4″
  • daisies 5-1/2″ x 6-1/2″
• Fresh As A Daisy Designer Series Paper
  • piece down front of card — 2″ x 5-1/2″
• Garden Green card stock
  • boughs of leaves — 4-1/2″ x 11″
• Basic Black card stock
  • scrap for ladybug
• Real Red card stock
  • scrap for ladybug wings

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