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Birthday Bash – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop

June 10, 2023 · 2 Comments

Welcome stampers!

Thank you for joining us for our weekly Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop!

Our theme this week is birthday cards – of all sorts!

Love a great layout that shows all sorts of pattern papers. I also love it when a die can cut all the shapes for me!

Isn’t this neat?!?! I used the Gone Fishing Dies to create the rounded, rectangle border and the inserts for the cuts of Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper.

It was quite simple to do as I used scraps in the dies to create the cuts. I could have easily cut 4 sheets of Designer Series Paper creating 4 cards, but I decided to create one here.

I could have also just put scraps a bit bigger than the openings behind the openings to make it even quicker.

I popped up my sentiment too so it would stand out.

Pretty nifty, huh?

Let the birthday celebration continue with Debbie Henderson, and back to Cindy Elam. Everyone always have great ideas!

We will see you next week with more great inspirations in card making!

Shop any of the products for this fabulous card by clicking on any of the icons. I appreciate your support of my home based business. Thank you in advance!

Product List

Basic Card Supplies

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Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

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Stampin’ Seal

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Fine-Tip Glue Pen

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Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Birthday Kisses

April 18, 2023 · 8 Comments

Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday!

Here is our newest two week challenge to inspire you –

Optional Theme : Flower

I decided not to use a flower here. Instead, a wonderful gift –

I am playing with a few more items before they retire from Stampin’ Up. We always know the Designer Series Paper retires. I used the Butterfly Kisses Designer Series Paper for this bright and bold card. It is on sale for $9.60!

The sweet ‘bow’ on the package it actually part of a butterfly from the Build a Butterfly Dies. This just shows an additional way to used things.

The sentiment is also retiring. It is from the Art Gallery stamp set. That set has several wonderful greetings in a simple, clean font. And, some pretty two step flowers.

The magic of this card is the inside –

Check out out the other Design Team cards on our Try Stampin’ on Tuesday. We all use a variety of products, so come join us with what supplies you have! All of our challenges are two weeks long.

This card contains these retiring products :

Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Build A Butterfly Dies

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Butterfly Kisses 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Shop any of the products for this fabulous card by clicking on any of the icons. I appreciate your support of my small, home based business. Thank you in advance!

Product List

Starry Sky 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

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Starry Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad

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Basics 3 D Embossing Folders

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Basic Craft Supplies

Bijou Birthday

March 23, 2021 · 4 Comments

Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday!

Optional Theme : Butterflies

Love a great simple sketch like this!

And, add butterflies….winner in my book!

I created a simple monochromatic card today using the Butterfly Bijou Designer Series Paper and the Brilliant Wings Dies.

I stamped the sentiment is from Vine Design on a thin piece of Very Vanilla. I cut it apart to mimic the sketch.

A simply great birthday card!

Check out out the other Design Team cards on our Try Stampin’ on Tuesday. We use a variety of products, so come join us with what supplies you have! All of our challenges are two weeks long.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Vine Design
Dies / Embossing – Brilliant Wings Dies
Card Stock – Pool Party, Very Vanilla
Ink – Misty Moonlight
DSP – Butterfly Bijou

For You – Happy – Birthday

March 22, 2021 · 4 Comments

Hello Monday!

I had a chance to play with paper over the weekend and get caught up on some challenges!

Today we have a new challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to share with you –

So pretty for springtime!!!

And how about this sweet card –

Doesn’t is just make you happy? Lol!

I used the Pretty Perennials stamp set for the lovely sentiment –

To get this perfectly stamped, I used the Stamparatus to stamp two, slightly overlapping colors. With its two plates, it makes it so easy to do that! I love the versatility of this stamp platform! (Note the hinges – perfect for hinge or repetitive stampin!)

For the sweet flowers, the wonderful Pierced Blooms Dies came in handy! I layered two daisy-like flower sizes for a sweet look. I just love the stitching around them! The ‘leaves’ are cut in two colors.

Fun card? I think so!

Come join our sketch challenge! We love to see new faces using any products!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Pretty Perennials
Dies / Embossing – Pierced Blooms Dies
Card Stock – Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Bumblebee, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive
Ink – Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive
Other – Stamparatus

Ink. Stamp. Share. January 2021 Showcase

January 9, 2021 · 10 Comments

Hello! Happy Saturday!

Welcome the the second of three blog hops for me today!

Our theme this hop around is anything new from Stampin’ Up!. Sooooo how about new stuff from the January to June Mini catalog and the Sale-a-bration Mini?

I went with the You Are Amazing stamp set along with the Oh So Ombre Designer Series Paper –

I had a difficult time deciding just which pattern to go with, so I used all eight in the pack to create a sweet set of birthday cards –

I also added the sentiment from You Are Amazing stamped in the same color as the card stock.

I made each card the exact same. This will make a perfect gift set for someone or I might just mail them out this month. Lots of January birthdays!

After stamping, I punched the sentiments out and backed them with a die cut Silver Foil scalloped circle.

The strip under the sentiment was a scrap from another set of cards I created with this paper. I use everything! Lol!

I punched the balloons from the Balloon Bouquet Punch in the exact same spot on each piece of pattern paper to get the same variation.

To tie in the Silver Foil, I added the Basic Jewel Rhinestones to the cards.

These are just so sweet!!!

Please check everyone out on the hop! We will have some great share for you today!Comments and pins are always encouraged!

Roll Call

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – You Are Amazing
Dies / Embossing – Layering Circle Dies
Card Stock – Blackberry Bliss, Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green, Rococo Rose, Basic White, Silver Foil
Ink – Blackberry Bliss, Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green, Rococo Rose
DSP – Oh So Ombre
Punches – Balloon Bouquet, 2″ Circle
Other – Basic Rhinestone Jewels

Shades of Happy

January 20, 2017 · 7 Comments

I’ve been prepping all week for a Card Buffet this weekend. I always look to challenges to spark my creativity when creating the projects for the event.

This time I ran across Hand Stamped Sentiments for some inspirational colors –

I had an idea for a feminine type card, but I needed color direction. These colors were PERFECT!

I was interested in using the Celebrations Duo twice to show off how cool it is. And, cost-effective too! So I came up with this –

I love it!!!! It’s a very similar card to this one.

I spritzed each panel with half water and half alcohol prior to embossing to soften the paper. This is a rather deep impressions folder and it can crease or dimple the card stock if you don’t.

The simple, minimal stamped sentiment goes well with the repeated HAPPY. And the Emerald Envy Baker’s Twine is THE finishing touch this card needed!

I think this will be a popular card this weekend. What do you think?

Happy Stampin’

Libby