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Mix-It Up Mondays! ~~ The Best Day is YOUR Birthday!!

Hello Fellow Stampers ~

Happy Monday!!  For some of you, it may even be a "holiday" -- not here!!! LOL  I hope it's a good one for everyone!  We've been very busy over this past weekend, as I have been prepping for the Annual Birthday Stamp-a-Stack class this coming Saturday.  The crafters will put together 16 cards in one day -- 4 cards of 4 different designs.  They'll be working their fingers to the bone!!  LOL

So it seems only fitting that we have some Birthday fun this week!  I don't know about all of you, but in my family and extended circles, it seems like so many of the birthdays fall during the month of March, starting with my brother's birthday on February 28th -- one day later, and he would have been a March baby, along with my dad on March 7th, and my mom on March 21st.  My mom bemoans that "missed" opportunity to this day -- LOL.  Seems my brother just wasn't willing to wait one more day to make his debut!!

There's a little stamp set in the Spring Mini catalog, that has a cuteness factor x25 -- LOL

It's called Best Day, and it's a great stamp set for practicing your watercoloring.

I whipped up these two cards in no time, with just slight design adjustments in each. 

 

Both card designs use designer paper from the Dandy Designs designer paper collection.  This one showcases greens and purples - I used Fresh Freesia as my mat backing; and Parakeet Party as my stampin' blend color for the cupcake liner.

The Stylish Shapes Dies and Tailored Tags make this an easy card to put together in a flash!!

 

On the other card I incorporated Fresh Freesia again; this time with the Mango Melody/Crushed Curry/Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral accents.

I also used the Scalloped Contour Dies to create the mat background for this card, and doesn't that just step it up and make it "fancy"!!!

With a slight change in measurements due to the die cut background, the tag sits at a slightly different position, and the Calypso Coral is a nice pop against the background of this card.

Stampin' Blends make coloring easy as pie!  (or cupcakes - LOL)

My kitty is a combination of Daffodil Delight and Pale Papaya.  The accents are Calypso Coral and Fresh Freesia.

Ribbon, baker's twine, and Iridescent Gems finish this cute card!!

The fonts in this stamp set have a cute whimsy to them and along with the adorable images are a great finisher to the inside of your card.

 

So, which one of the cards above do you think is my favorite ??  😉😉

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

 

 

Not in the Blog Hop - Kicking off a Week of Sale-a-Bration!

Hello Fellow Stampers ~~

Happy Hump Day!!!  It's the Stampin' Pretty Pals Blog Hop Day ~~ and as we're getting back to a regular rhythm here, much as earlier last year, we're emulating the topic, but not participating in the actual "Hop" itself.  Hope you all are okay with that!!  It just gives me a little more freedom with my blog in general.  We may "re-join" the Pals Team in the future -- so it may not ALWAYS be "not in the blog hop."  Stay tuned ~ LOL  😁

This month's Pals theme is a Sale-A-Bration showcase, and how perfect to kick off our Week of Sale-A-Bration together!!  I'm super excited to share this first Sale-A-Bration product and design; and am hoping you fall in love with these beautiful products too!!  Remember . . . you earn Sale-A-Bration products for free with your regular Stampin' Up! orders - 2 levels at $50 and $100.  

 

FREE DSP WITH A $50 ORDER DURING SALE-A-BRATION!

Our featured Sale-A-Bration product today is the Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper -- a beautiful set of papers with so much potential!!

 Earn it FREE with a $50 purchase (total before shipping and tax) during Sale-A-Bration!  Offer ends Feb 28!

Did you know . . . the Dainty Flowers Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper coordinates with the Dainty Delight Bundle from the Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog?!?  Purchase the Dainty Delight Bundle ($54.75) and you automatically qualify to earn the Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper FREE!

 

This pretty little card includes a fair amount of "fussy cutting" - but don't panic!!  It's really a lot easier than it looks!

 

The card base for this card is Rich Razzleberry, cut 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4", with a lovely piece of designer paper from the Dainty Flowers collection cut at 4-1/8" x 5-3/8", for the background.

Then I used the wonderful sheet of "oval" flowers (6 on the sheet), and fussy cut around that oval (leaving the center intact).

I cut a background for my oval using the Scalloped Contours Dies, and popped that up on the front of the card - you can't see it, but there is actually a piece of Fresh Freesia 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon wrapped around the die panel before the flowers were attached.

The sentiment is from the new Happy Labels stamp set, stamped in Rich Razzleberry classic ink on Basic White cardstock, and die cut using the label you'll find tucked in the Pretty Pillowbox Dies.  This too was popped with dimensionals, and pretty little Fresh Freesia bow attached with a glue dot on the end.

Finally, I fussy cut a beautiful flower stalk from another piece of this gorgeous designer paper, and attached it at the opposite end of my tag.

A few Pastel Pearls, and little Clear Wink of Stella on that flower stalk, and this card is ready to go!!

Don't you love how pretty this is?  And all done with that gorgeous paper!!

 

I finished off the inside with Fresh Freesia and Basic White panels, a strip of leftover paper from the front of the card - and another wonderful "fussy cut" flower from the designer paper.  This card is ready for a wonderful note to your BFF!!

 

I hope you feel inspired, and even feel a little bit of Spring coming . . . somewhere!!  LOL

 

We'll be back soon with more Sale-A-Bration fun!!!

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

CASE-Out Thursdays - Re-Designing the Envelope Card

Hello Fellow Stampers ~

Well . . . it's official!!  We have woken up to another 8" of snow this morning!  And they're predicting more this coming Monday!  I think I'm ready for Spring!!!

Thus, I may start doing LOTS of flower cards soon to lift myself out of the winter doldrums!!  Hope you won't mind!  LOL

We're doing a "case-out" card today; and I'm CASEing my very own card which I presented to you several weeks ago HERE.  I'm going to show you a modified version of my "envelope card", in which I've made measurement adjustments, and added a straight edge overlay that has changed the look of this "fun fold" card somewhat.

For today's modified version of my first card, I adjusted the measurements . . .

So this card base is 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" -- but the scoring is at 2-1/2" and 6-1/2" on the 8-1/2" side. (so just a slight adjustment on the 2nd score measurement from our previous card).

So let's jump in a take a little closer look at today's "CASE-Out" design.

 

Design Colorology . . .

Real Red

Gorgeous Grape

Basic White

 

To create the front fold-over flap for today's card design, I adhered a piece of heart patterned designer paper from the Sweet Talk DSP collection, that covers the entire front flap (measuring 2" x 5-1/2"); but first I attached a 1" x 5-1/2" Real Red strip of cardstock that sticks out/overlays the edge of the front flap by approximately 3/8".  This creates a fabulous decorative edge as well as a nice extra extension to overlay the fold beneath.

Here you can see the back side of the front flap so you can better see the Real Red edge extension/overlay.

I also used the "magnet technique" from my previous envelope fold card (you can see the tutorial HERE) to create a secure closure for the flaps to hold the card shut.  On this card, I hid the magnets beneath the DSP on the front and back of the front flap.

The tucked under flap has no layers to it; this time I created a design simply by stamping randomly with the different cute hearts in the Sweet Conversations stamp set.  Then finished off with From My Heart Faceted Gems that show both when the flaps are closed and when open.

On the front flap, I created a popped up "overlay" that has a piece of the Highland Heather 1/2" Grosgrain ribbon behind a Square Vellum Doily.  Then I die cut a heart from the Ombre Specialty Paper in Poppy Parade using the Bouquet of Love Dies; and finished off the focal point with fussy cut images from the Sweet Talk DSP.  The sentiment is also stamped on DSP and fussy cut and popped in place.

The inside of the card has a simple "stamped off" panel with some of the images in the Sweet Conversations stamp set, all set to write a personal message to the recipient!

 

I hope you have enjoyed my little CASE-out today.  

I'm due to finally have the 2nd phase of my Implant Oral Surgery in the morning.  So, I may not be back on the blog right away; although I did have some things I wanted to share.  So we'll see what happens!!  Keep my in your prayers!

 

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

Terrific Tuesdays - A Valentine Potpourri & Less Than 2 Weeks Left for Sale-a-Bration

Hello Fellow Stampers ~~

Yikes!  Still struggling to get my arms wrapped around what I wanted to accomplish this week!  And now we're full under another snowstorm here in Littleton, Ken Caryl, Colorado.  Expecting close to another foot of snow; I hope not!!!  Yuck! 

So, while we stay snug as bugs in the Studio, I'm here to share some more creative fun with you today before we leave the Valentine's week too far behind us!!   But before I do that, let's just review our "weekly round up" of going's on at Stampin' Up!

ONLY A WEEK AND A HALF LEFT FOR SALE-A-BRATION

Sale-a-Bration for this cycle ends on January 28th!!

Click HERE to open the Sale-A-Bration brochure

During Sale-A-Bration, you choose a free Sale-a-Bration "gift" with every $50 or $100 you spend (before shipping and tax). The more you order, the more you can earn.  And you can purchase products from the Annual Catalog, the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog, and/or the Online Store.
Paper Pumpkin prepaid subscriptions count, too!

 

During Sale-a-Bration, there is even more opportunities to earn Free product!

Maximize your benefits during Sale-a-Bration with Host Rewards AND, an additional FREE Stamp Set with a minimum $300 Order (which you can earn on your own, or by Hosting a SU! Event!!)

 

And, you can enjoy even more benefits when you join the Stampin’ Up! family!

It’s the best time of year to join Stampin’ Up!
During Sale-A-Bration, you can become a demonstrator for just $99 and get EVEN MORE for free for your Starter Kit.

On the 5th of February, we held the Annual DDS Studios Valentine Class - we were a small contingent; but we had a wonderful afternoon of Valentine fun!!

And it's time to share those projects with you!!

This fun card showcases the new "smooshing" technique for an easy and fun watercolor background.

This card will be the focus of our next Class With Wendy tutorial video - so stay tuned!!!

 

This fun bright card showcases an easy emboss-resist watercolor technique.  I love the color combination of Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape, Flirty Flamingo, and Daffodil Delight on this card!!

 

This sweet Valentine showcases the new Gingham Embossing Folder for the background; and a sweet color combination of Real Red, Blushing Bride and Hyland Heather.

 

No craft session can be complete without a Fun Fold card, right??  LOL

Not only does this "angled" card-in-a-card fun fold showcase the pretty Sweet Talk DSP, but also puts the Ombre Specialty Paper front and center for a gorgeous glimmer and shimmer.

Opening the pretty top flap gives you a first peek to the inside of the card.

Lifting the angled flap gives you a full view of the pretty message set against the Sale-a-Bration Simply Marbelous designer series paper in the background.

 

This "offset" shadow card replicates the design I featured in this POST - but with a twist.

I used the absolutely stunningly gorgeous Pool Party paper in the Supple Shimmer Specialty Paper pack as a "peek-a-boo" in the heart cut out from the Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder; then offset the cut out heart, added the smaller die cut heart and flowers/leaves; finished with the simple sentiment stamped in Pool Party classic ink.  And finished off with Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels and the Pool Party 3/8" Sheer Ribbon, this card is beyond "pure elegance."  You can't beat a "white-on-white" monochrome with just a soft addition of color!!

 

Our final project of the day was simple, sweet & fun!!  LOL

We wrapped the Sweet Little Boxes with a simple Expressions In Ink specialty designer series paper wrap; added a luscious White Frayed Ribbon tied bow, and a shimmery glimmer Supple Shimmer heart tag.  Then wrapped up a bunch of little Hershey Nuggets in their pretty Sweet Talk paper wrappers, and popped them inside.  The perfect sweet treat to end our day together!!

 

I hope you've had some fun with me today!  And that you have all sorts of fun ideas for your stash of "love notes."

We'll be back later with more late Valentine fun!

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

 

 

 

Not in the Blog Hop - Card-in-a-Card Birthday Fun Fold

Hello Fellow Stampers ~~

I'm running late on a number of blog posts, including this one; so I hope you won't hold it against me if you get several blog posts in your in-box in a row!!  I'm going to be trying to do some catch up with sharing.  I have so much I wanted to be sharing with you the past couple of days, but have just found it hard to get my arms wrapped around things here at the Studio, and push through the "to do" list.

At any rate, it was Stampin' Pretty Pals Blog Hop time last Wednesday, and for the time-being, we are continuing to "do our own thing" on Blog Hop day!!  So bear with me 😁😁  This month's theme centered around Birthdays!  It is a perfect time of the year to get those birthday cards made and your stash beefed up to last you all year long; so I hope you checked out what the Pals had to offer last week, and got some great ideas.

Today's card design is a "fun fold" - card-in-a-card is what I'm calling this.  It's a modified "flap-fold" card.

I am using several Sale-a-Bration products in today's showcase - Friendly Hello DSP, and the Calming Camelia stamp set.  I also pulled in some other wonderful products from our Annual Catalog to create this design.

The main card base measures 5-1/2" x 9-1/4"; and you score along the 9-1/4" side @ 3-1/2" and 7-3/4".

The smaller card base is 3" x 6", scored @ 3".

Then the "mini" card base is attached to the 1-1/2" inch flap of the main card base after you've added your designer paper layers.

I used a variety of patterns from the Friendly Hello DSP, layered with Fresh Freesia cardstock; and on the front of the "mini" card base, I used Basic Black for a pop to the focal point.

I wrapped the main front flap of the larger card base with Fresh Freesia 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon and tied a bow.

On the front flap of the "mini" card base I showcased die cuts from the Birds & More Dies, and used the Tailor Made Tags Dies to create a cute tag sentiment.

The Mother of Pearl Specialty Paper makes some of those die cuts just shimmer; and it's finished off with the gorgeous Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels.

When you open the flap of the "mini" card you get the full view of the front of the main card base; I used Brushed Brass Butterflies (say that fast 3 times - LOL), to accent the pretty paper.

Then when you open the main flap you get a full view of the "inside" of the "mini" card . . .

Here I used the Birds & More Dies again to cut myself a cute little Mother of Pearl birdie - who is sitting on a leaf image stamped from the Calming Camelia stamp set, in Versamark on Fresh Freesia Shimmer Vellum, and embossed with Silver emboss powder; then I fussy cut and popped with dimensionals before attaching my cute little bird.

When you pull back that final flap you get the full view of the inside of the card.

Here is where I put the gorgeous Camelia in the Calming Camelia stamp set on full display!!

I stamped the image in Soft Sea Foam classic ink; and then used sponge daubers to add color on the flowers with Fresh Freesia and So Saffron classic inks.

I then used the Encircled in Beauty Dies to cut out the image; and finished off with the beautiful sentiment.

 

This easy fold holds a lot of punch and will be a great "gift" for the recipient!

 

We'll be back soon with more fun!  Stay tuned!

 

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .