Libby Fens, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Libby Fens offering original and creative paper crafting projects. I host monthly Card Buffets, specialty classes and weekly inspiration for card making.

Label Me Fancy Punch

Ride On – It’s Your Birthday

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Hello my stampin’ friends!

Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge!

Here is our current layout challenge –

I decide to create a masculine card for today’s challenge –

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We always need masculine cards and this Legendary Ride Bundle is a perfect place to start!

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I also used the coordinating Ready to Ride Designer Series Paper. This bike on the card is from one of the pages and it fussy cut. Others in the paper can be cut using the dies!

For the sentiment, I used the Label Me Fancy punch which will be retiring at thee end of the month.

This card contains retiring products :

  • Ready to Ride Designer Series Paper, sale for $12
  • Label Me Fancy punch, sale for $11.40

Check out the other Design Team cards on our Create with Connie and Mary blog. You’ll see some fabulous ideas! Join us for the challenge too if you’d like!

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


Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Vintage Thanksgiving

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Welcome stampers!

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

Our theme today is : Vintage Thanksgiving

I needed some table cards for my upcoming ‘Friendsgiving Card Buffet’ and I created the perfect ‘vintage’ card –

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Absolutely adorable, right?

I started with a trimmed card base of 4 1/4″ x 4 3/4″, scored at 4 3/4″. I used the Very Best Trio Punch for the four corners creating the ‘pumpkin’ shape. The stem adds the length creating a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card.

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I added the center band from the Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper.

I also used a leaf and some gems from the Label Leaf & Amber Gem Combo Pack. The leaf I glue down in the center and used Dimensionals on the tips to elevate that part, creating depth in the simple, flat leaf.

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The sentiment is from the Hello Harvest and is very appropriate for all my stampin’ friends! It fits the label Me Fancy Punch perfectly!

Do you think this will be a hit next weekend at the class?

Go forward to check out Debbie Henderson, and back to Cindy Elam. I know they’ll have some great ideas for us!

We will see you next week!

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


Creative Stampers Blog Hop Christmas

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Happy Wednesday! Time for a midweek blog hop!

Our theme this month focuses on Christmas and our latest tutorial –

And to get you excited about the projects, here is a beautiful thank you card –

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I used some very elegant items for this card, Champagne Foil and Plush Poinsettia Designer Series Paper. Other items came from the Poinsettia Place Suite –

POINSETTIA PLACE SUITE COLLECTION (ENGLISH)

The actual flower is die cut using the Poinsettia Dies in Basic Black. I added a Beaded Pearl to the center for more fanciness! I created a belly band to keep this thick card closed.

The sentiment is from the coordinating stamp set, Poinsettia Petals. I punched it with the Label Me Fancy, then I added a Champagne Foil Label Me Lovely shaped, trimmed.

So elegant!

If you are interested in learning more about our tutorial, it is $22, or getting it free, please contact me! Here is a sneak of my project –

Check out the other designers on our hop. They will have some lovely designs to show us!


Stampin’ Up Supplies –

  • Stamp Set – Poinsettia Petals
  • Dies / Embossing – Poinsettia Dies
  • Bundle – Poinsettia Petals
  • Suite – Poinsettia Place
  • Card Stock – Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Champagne Foil
  • Ink – Black Memento
  • DSP – Plush Poinsettia
  • Punches – Label Me Fancy, Label Me Lovely
  • Other – Beaded Pearls

Digital Birthday Party

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Hello stampin’ friends!

As things are ever evolving around the globe, we are at different stages as we recover and move forward from the pandemic.

I was inspired today by Freshly Made Sketches –

I came up with this little cutie –

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Pretty simple card with cuts of the Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper and the punched sentiment. I even fussy cut the cute little koala!

COVID-19 Giveback Social Shareable

There are 15 pages of digital images you can purchase and download to use right now!

Best part, all 100% of the proceeds will benefit two charities of your choice when you make the purchase –

  • The World Health Organization’s COVID-Solidarity Response Fund
  • United Way Worldwide’s COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

  • Card Stock – Whisper White
  • DSP – Birthday Bonanza
  • Punches – Label Me Fancy
  • Other – Share Sunshine Digital Download

Welcome Little One

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Happy day!!

I love when someone calls and ask, ‘do you have a card for ____’! I can either rummage through a few hundred categorized cards or I can just whip one up!

I decided it was quicker to whip up a new card –

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The request was for a card for a baby girl.

I started with a piece of Pleased As Punch Designer Series Paper. I had this adorable bunny stamped, punched, and colored in my stash, so I grabbed that too.

The swirly circle from the Painted Labels Dies was just the right highlight for the bunny.

The sentiment was conveniently in this Welcome Easter stamp set, where the bunny came from. I stamped and punched that using the new Label Me Fancy Punch. I colored the heart to match!

I wanted to add a soft touch of girlie, so I added a floral strip from the Ornate Border Dies. It just tied everything together! And that was pretty much it!

Super adorable! What do you think?

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

  • Stamp Set – Welcome Easter
  • Dies / Embossing – Painted Labels Dies, Ornate Border Dies
  • Card Stock – Whisper White, Smoky Slate
  • Ink – Basic Gray
  • DSP – Pleased As Punch
  • Punches – Label Me Fancy
  • Other – Blends, retired Whisper White ribbon

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