Whimsical Birthday Sheep Birthday Card Idea

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021Leave a comment

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In my Monday post I mentioned Stampin UP!’s Sale-a-bration – an opportunity to earn free products when you place an order before September 30th! So we are in the last couple of weeks of Sale-a-bration for 2021 and I have been sharing projects I have made with the free products to give you some inspiration. So today I have 2 whimsical cards to share ~ one using the Counting Sheep Stamp set and another using the same stamp set with the coordinating Sheep Dies.

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Waterfall Double Gatefold Card using free Beautifully Penned DSP

September 10, 2021September 9, 2021Leave a comment

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At the moment Stampin’ UP! is in the last 3 weeks of Sale-a-bration where you can choose exclusive free products when you place a product order of at least $50. Today’s card features the Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper and by using it to create this fun fold we can see both sides of the paper!

I have paired this with the Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set and coordinating Strawberry Builder Punch, however there is not strawberry in sight – just to show you how versatile this bundle is…. oh and there is a video – so read on……………………..

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Biggest Wish – Happy Birthday Card Idea

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021Leave a comment

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A few weeks ago I did a product spotlight on the Stitched Greenery Embossing Die, I love the effect so used it again today to create this feminine birthday card.

I have used the Biggest Wish Stamp Set on several occasions, it very cleverly has 5 words each produced in block capital letters and in a pretty script, this way you can build up a greeting that suits your needs.

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Slimline Tri-Fold Birthday Card

August 26, 2021August 25, 20211 Comment

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Today’s card was made for a very special friend, another UK ex-pat who I have known long before we both moved to the US. I was unable to visit her for 3 years, but this year I got to celebrate her birthday with her in PA – so naturally an extra-special card was needed!

I used a number of different techniques, sponging, embossing, die-cutting as well as some of the particularly luxurious materials , such as Gold Foil, Shimmer Vellum and Gilded Leaf embellishment

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Textures & Frames with aTrio of Greens ~ Birthday Card Idea

August 24, 2021August 23, 2021Leave a comment

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The Textures and Frames Stamp Set is featured in today’s card, one of the best things about this set is that you can get it for free if you place an order before Sept 30th 2021 as part of SALE-A-BRATION. To give you an idea on what you can do with this set I selected 3 of Stampin’ UP! greens and randomly stamped over a piece of Very Vanilla Card. When the card was all finished it struck me that it could be used for male or female, you could change out the colors, of course, but those greens are gonna work either way.

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Cute Turtle Friends Card Idea

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021Leave a comment

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Looking back over my last few posts I see a lot of floral cards – I admit flowers are one of my weaknesses and I am so drawn to stamp sets and decorative paper with them on, so today I am going in another direction by turning to turtles!

The Turtle Friends Bundle is beyond cute, made up from the Turtle Friends Stamp Set with the coordinating Turtle Punch. I bought it with children’s cards in mind but I think it will work for any ‘young at heart’ adult!

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Shaded Summer ~ Feminine Birthday Card Idea

August 10, 2021July 21, 2021Leave a comment

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Today’s card was the result of a color challenge, Early Expresso, Flirty Flamingo and Garden Green! I had no problem with combining the first two colors but I have to admit that Garden Green is not my favorite green in the Stampin’ UP! family, so that was the challenge for me, I chose to make it my ‘minor’ color.

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Biggest Wish Super Simple Guy Card

August 4, 2021July 20, 2021Leave a comment

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I am really taken with the Biggest Wish Stamp Set ~ I love that I can create nice, big greetings for my cards, this is especially true for today’s card as I made it for my nephew so that is not ‘over the top’ as he is not into fancy!

I chose to use some decorative paper with checks and pull the checks thru the card by using one of the new embossing folders. This is a very quick and simple card to make you could use the same sketch, changing out the decorative paper and card colors to create a card for any occasion.

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Elegant Multipanel Pop-out, Fancy Fold Card

July 22, 2021July 16, 2021Leave a comment

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One of the most stunning set of decorative papers in the 2021 – 2022 Annual Stampin’ UP! catalog is the Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series Paper. It has beautiful neutrals which are the backdrop to silver, gold and copper gilding. Rather than using just one of the designs I looked for a fancy fold card where I could display as many of the different designs as possible and that is the card I share today.

I used the other coordinating products for this paper, the Elegantly Said Stamp Set and Elegant Tag Punch. I also chose to use Basic Gray and Gray Granite Card as a background.

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Introducing Wild Cats for your Projects.

July 20, 2021July 12, 2021Leave a comment

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Animal prints are very popular, this year Stampin’ UP! have created the In the Wild Suite which has a stamp set, coordinating Dies, decorative paper and an embossing folder that will allow you to create projects with jungle themes with tigers and leopards.

Today I am sharing some of the ideas that Stampin’ UP! have created – their artists have such imagination!

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