SIMPLE & PRETTY! I love the simplicity of this card showcasing the all-new Cottage Rose Bundle in Basic Black and Sahara Sand. Minimal layers and lots of white space is always classic and clean. BUNDLE & SAVE 10%! Purchase the Cottage Rose Cling Stamp Set and the coordinating Cottage Flowers Dies

I haven’t blogged in a few weeks now. Why? Honestly, because I have been swimming in a sea of negativity, and I harbor a righteous and bone deep fear (since being voted “Little Miss Sunshine” by my…

Ever since the Victorians invented the Christmas card, people have gotten creative—and a bit bizarre—with their holiday greetings.

Everyone loves a little bit of pizzazz on special occasions, and these swing cards are just the thing to spice up your gift-giving. They are relatively easy to make and amazingly versatile when it comes to sizes and shapes.... you can even buy dies that will cut your entire swing card, fancy shapes and all! Today, though, I'm just going to show you how to do-it-yourself with a basic rectangular swing panel on a square shaped card. SWING CARD TEMPLATE 1. Start with a piece of cardstock measuring 51/2" x 71/2". 2. READ THIS INSTRUCTION CAREFULLY FIRST, THEN FOLLOW THE TEMPLATE ABOVE... Place the cardstock horizontally on your score board. You will be making four individual score lines - two at the top that are 1" apart, and two at the bottom that are also 1" apart. Each score line needs to be 11/2" long. As you can see in the photo below, I use a ruler as a guide so I know where to stop the score line. Start by scoring your first line at 31/4". It should only be 11/2" long measuring from the top of the cardstock. Now make another line in the same way at 41/4". 3. To make the bottom two score lines you will need to do the same thing, but measure 11/2" up from the bottom of the cardstock. Make your third score line at 31/4", and your fourth score line at 41/4". Refer to the template above. 4. Use a craft knife or trimmer to cut the swing panel. (Refer to the template for placement and length of cuts.) The first vertical cut is 21/2" long and starts 13/4" from the left hand side of the card and 11/2" from the top. The second vertical cut is 21/2" long and starts 43/4" from the left hand side of the card and 11/2" from the top. Now you need to cut horizontally from the top of the first vertical cut to the top of the second vertical cut WITHOUT cutting between the score lines. Do the same for the bottom section remembering not to cut between the score lines. Your card should now look like the photo below. 5. Fold and crease along the score lines. The card base is now complete and the centre panel should swing as it is opened and closed. 6. To decorate, cut some patterned papers for the inside of the card, removing the sections around the flip panel. You'll also need two panels for the swinging section of the card... one for the front and one for inside. 7. Stamp and colour the two image panels as desired. 8. Now adhere all the papers and panels in place. Remember to fully OPEN the card to place the inside panel. 9. Close the card and adhere the front panel in place. 10. Add any additional embellishments as desired. Stamps:

Today's paper crafting projects were designed by the talented members of my Stampin' Pretty Pals Virtual Stamping Community. Links to blogs or Pinterest have been provided (when available) for more details. Erika Rodriguez | More Details Windy Ellard | More Details Stesha Bloodhart | More

Welcome to a new challenge at As You See It Challenge. After the colour challenge, it's always a 'fill in the blank' and with those, you never quite know what you're going to get. This time is was a challenging one - what is my least used colour? And what's yours? There's a few colours that would have completed the sentence but they all come from the same group of colours. For some reason, I shy away from orangey colours. I never got friendly with Grapefruit Grove or Pale Papaya. Peach Pie might be a challenge. I can use Calypso Coral at a pinch. But really, if I didn't own Pumpkin Pie, it really wouldn't bother me at all. So that's it - PUMPKIN PIE is officially my least used colour. I thought it didn't look too bad with Pebbled Path, so that's what I used for this card. I started by white embossing the leaf stem from Thoughtful Wishes on to Fluid 100 Watercolor paper. Then I blended Pumpkin Pie ink over it, making sure to have it heaviest at the bottom and getting lighter as it went up the page. Then I added some splashes of water to lift the colour slightly in places and gave it a light spritz with water. Once it was dry, I stamped some more of the stems in Pumpkin Pie over the top, making sure to have a variety of heights. Before mounting it onto a piece of Pebbled Path card, I added three strands of Pebbled Path jute twine around it. I got the three strands by cutting a length of twine and pulling out the individual strands of twine. The matted piece is attached to a Pumpkin Pie card base. I used another strand of the twine to tie a bow around the three horizontal strands. The sentiment is white embossed on Pebbled Path and is cut with one of the dies from the new Unbounded Love dies. Both Unbounded Love and Thoughtful Wishes are in the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue, coming live on May 1. Make sure you visit the As You See It page to see what the rest of the Design Team have with this sketch - and to link up your own entry. If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand here.

Beautiful Thoughtful Wishes Card Idea - #1 Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Pootles It is always fun to work with a new Million Sales Achiever stamp set, and

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I'm absolutely LOVING the Wishing You Well Stamp Set from the 2018 Holiday Catalog It's SO versatile and just simply beautiful The ribbon is one of the new DistINKtive stamps These stamps are brand new and as you can see below, they stamp in different shades without the necessity of "two-step" stamping. DistINKtive stamps add monochromatic dimension and artistic flair. DistINKtive stamps create different opacities in a single stamped image for realistic depth and intensity Check out that ribbon - you can stamp it and no longer have to tie it!! Hee Hee Measurements Granny Apple Green Card Base 8...

#1 Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Pootles - Tutorial Bundle Team Blog Hop - October Happy Thursday night everyone! Ha, it's 10pm here in the UK and across the

Welcome to February’s Stamper’s Dozen Blog Hop. I am excited that we are sharing projects featuring the Sweet Soiree Product Suite-my favorite suite of products in our Occasions Catalog. I’ve shared quite a few projects from this suite that I created for my Onstage Live presentation last November,but haven’t shared this yet! The products in […]

I used the Stampin’ Up! Crane Of Fortune stamp set and coordinating Symbols Of Fortune Specialty DSP to create a quick card to share with you today.

You ARE a blessing to me ~ all of my blog readers are such a blessing to me! Thank YOU for reading my blog and looking at my little creations here on the web :-) Today I want to show you this Very Vintage Host Set. What is a Host Set? It's a special stamp set only available to 'Hosts' - those who either order $150 or more, or gather a group of friends who together order $150 or more. Hosts sets aren't free, but they are significantly discounted. For example, this clear mount stamp set is only $13.50 (the

It's Thursday, and that means it's Challenge time again over at www.createwithconnieandmary.com. This week is a colour challenge, and these are the colours we had to work with: These colours are right up my alley! I decided to use the Basket of Blooms stamp set and matching Small Bloom punch for my card. I coloured the images with my Blends. That gorgeous paper in the background is from the Magic in this Night DSP pack (in the Mini Catalogue). The sentiment is from the Little Treats stamp set and I also added some ribbon from the Playing with Patterns Combo Pack and a couple of Rhinestones. I hope you like my card! Check out what the other talented stampers have come up with HERE. Don't forget you can play along over on the facebook page Email me to place your order, or click HERE to Shop Now

TRIMMING THE TREE! This holiday card comes together swiftly when utilizing the Tree Trimming Dies (160256) from the "CLEARANCE RACK", now priced at $13.60, a HUGE SAVINGS OF $20.40! Only

I used the Stampin’ Up! Wishing You Well and Beautiful Bouquet stamp sets to create my card for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop today. We’ve got a color challenge this week and this is what I m…

Hello stampers! Try saying that quickly six times in a row!! Seriously though, this suite is pretty sweet. Now I really do hate cake decorating, although I do my best to make a pretty cake. This type of cake decorating is more my style. The image in the catalog is quite luscious isn't it? I actually got everything in this suite so that I would not be inhibited in my card making and I wasn't disappointed. The Berry Burst Metallic edge ribbon is my favourite ribbon so far in the book. It is a gorgeous colour and it

Do you have bird feeders? My husband and I love to watch the birds, he tends quite a few feeders. The hummingbirds are very active at the feeders this year. I've been trying to get a picture of them, but so far it hasn't worked. I'll share it with you when I do. Yesterday a strange thing happened at the feeders....a Coopers Hawk swooned in and captured a Mourning Dove. We didn't actually see the swooning, but saw the after effects. My husband is a bird man and knows many species and can identify a lot of birds by their song. I'm still learning, but it doesn't stop my appreciation of them. What kind of birds do you have at your feeders? Here's a Victorian bird graphic I've cleaned up a bit, and as usual, am offering this, and the other images in this post free to you. Free Victorian Bird Graphic for You I like the simplicity of this next image as well as the color combination. Don't forget to click on each image for a larger view. Free Vintage Birthday Graphic for You Here's a sweet image for a friend, I like the soft colors. Free Vintage Friend Graphic The next image I'm sharing today is a scripture card from the Victorian era. I just love to have scripture surrounded by loveliness, don't you? Free Victorian Scripture Card Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Matthew 10:29-31 Free Vintage Graphic Have a blessed day my friends. Remember...God knows when a sparrow falls, and when a hawk swoons in on a mourning dove. He knows and cares about your troubles....He knows the number of hairs on your head. He is constantly thinking about you and will see you through the trials you face.

Eid Mubarak Images of Wishes, Quotes & Greeting With beautiful Card Designs. Eid ul Fitr Pics of 2024 / 1444 are free to download and share with everyone. Stay Blessed

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Ever since the Victorians invented the Christmas card, people have gotten creative—and a bit bizarre—with their holiday greetings.

Hello my crafty friends Welcome to Karen Burniston's December 2019 Designer Challenge, where we were asked to make something using the brand new Surprise Ball Pop Up. Since some of the DT like to work ahead, Karen had also posted the Oct/Nov & December Challenges well ahead so when I was creating my cards for the Pear Blossom Press & Karen Burniston Blog Hop, I also made my December Designer Challenge Card. Yes - this is a Surprise Ball Pop Up that also LIGHTS UP! I'm so happy that I can finally share it with all of you. Before I get into the detail shots, here is a quick YouTube video so you can see all the details of my card. I chose a 6 x 6" patterned paper pad for my card rather than use one of the three patterned paper packages I challenged myself to stick to for my holiday cards. But this one had the feel I was going for, so I went with it. The paper has lovely copper foiled bits and I do love some sparkle and shine on my holiday cards! I also used the new Flap and Closure to hold the card in the closed position and added sparkly brads to the centre of the circles. The is the back of the card ... The ball on this card doesn't spin, to prevent the wires from twisting and possibly breaking. It just made sense to secure the bottom to keep everything in working order. I fussy cut two tags from a sheet of the patterned paper, and adhered them back to back catching the side of the flap at the top edge. The PUSH HERE stamped circle has a copper foil mat. Below is the card unlit ... ... and then lit. I punched out a couple of circles from the sides of the ball, and added a vellum panel in behind it so it would softly diffuse the LED lights from the EZ Lights Pack. There are two windows, and since the EZ Lights come with three wires/light bulbs, I adhered the third one on the base of the card to shine through the cracks in the ball. It's hard to see in the light I was taking the photos in, but I did take one in a darker room so you can get a better look. I hope you will check out the rest of the Design Team ... their blogs are linked on the right. Karen Burniston will have her project tomorrow (Wednesday) on her blog. Supplies: Patterned paper - A Winter's Night (6 x 6" pad), Recollections 1117 Surprise Ball Pop Up - Karen Burniston Blue and white card stocks EZ Lights - Pear Blossom Press Pearlized Vellum scraps Sakura gold gel pen 1118 Flap and Closure - Karen Burniston Brads - Paper Studio Copper foil card stocks - Stampin' Up Push Here stamp set - Lawn Fawn Bakers Twine Card size - 5 x 7", fits in a standard 5 x 7" envelope Thanks for stopping by today

Happy Friday Eve and welcome to another week with the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop. This week the team was given a color challenge, I chose to use Pretty Peacock, Smoky Slate, Lost Lagoon and Moody Mauve. If I am being honest these are not colors I would have put together, however I love this card! The card front is a panel of Basic White card stock. I stamped trees from Stampin' Up Above It All Stamp Set with Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock ink along the bottom border. I stamped the sky lift cables with Smoky Slate ink in the top corner. I ran the Basic White panel through my Cut and Emboss Machine with Stampin' Up Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. I die cut a piece of Moody Mauve and Smoky Slate card stock with Stampin' Up Above It All Dies. I adhered the die cuts together with liquid adhesive to create the sky lift. I cut a small piece of Vellum and adhered it to the back of the sky lift for the windows. I adhered the sky lift to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment with Pretty Peacock ink on a piece of Basic White card stock. I die cut the sentiment with Stampin' Up Deckled Rectangle Dies. I adhered the sentiment die to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. I adhered the card front to a Smoky Slate mat. I adhered the layers to a Moody Mauve card base. I finished the front off with Stampin' Up Faceted Gems Trio Pack. The inside is a panel of Basic white with trees stamped trees using Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock ink. The sentiment is stamped with Pretty Peacock. I adhered the panel to a Smoky Slate mat prior to adhering the layers to the card base. Thanks so much for hopping by today! Up next is Terry Lynn. Amy Koenders Mary Deatherage Karen Finkle Akiko Sudano Karen Ksenzakovic Tara Carpenter Terry Lynn Bright Carol Buckalew Join Stampin' Up Special WOW! What an amazing value you get when joining Stampin' Up this month. What is included?? $125 worth of Stampin' Up Supplies of your own choosing Free Paper Pumpkin FREE Shipping Business Supplies (catalogs, order forms, etc.) Virtual OnStage event (amazing inspiration, card tutorials, business ideas, etc- $77 value) Amazing online community for constant inspiration and guidance All this for just $99. This month just $64.35 OR $168.75 worth of Stampin' Up Merchandise of your own choosing Free Paper Pumpkin FREE Shipping Business Supplies (catalogs, order forms, etc.) Virtual OnStage event (amazing inspiration, card tutorials, business ideas, etc- $77 value) Amazing online community for constant inspiration and guidance All this for $99. Email me with any questions or sign up here. Don't forget this months host code for your free gifts. See reward program here: Be sure to use my current host code for FREEBIES from me: BE3DFGV7. October Host Code: BE3DFFV7 FREE PDF Be sure to apply the above host code to earn a FREE gift from me valued up to $10 with a $50 purchase, as well as a free card tutorial PDF using Stampin' Up Merriest Tree Bundle. See reward program. Need a catalog??? Reach out to me at [email protected] and I will get one in the mail for you. Check out all the new products that will be available for a limited time. Don't miss out on these items. See more information here Dimensions: Moody Mauve: 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2" and 2"x 2" Smoky Slate: 2" x 2" and 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" (2) Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4" (2) and 2" x 2" Supplies:

Hi Friends! I hope you’ve been having fun playing with the products Stampin’ Up! released this month! I know I am! Today I made a slew of cards using a quick and easy layout that I love. There’s nothing better than having a good, reliable card layout that you can go to time and time […]

Yay...it's Saturday and FINALLY...winter is letting go of its claws and it truly looks like a spring day! I'm off this weekend but have lots on my to do list and posting this card between laundry loads is on it! I love the Deconstructed Sketch Challenge this week...but then I always love Jen's layouts! This was a fun one to team up several patterned papers and I chose Graphic 45's 6x6 Patterns and Solids pad. I also love using SU's scalloped border EF which adds the perfect detail to a card. Since I had my Tim Holtz medallion die out for another banner project (details will follow later this month), I decided to use it as the focal point here. I had to plop some pearls in the corner for balance. :-) I'm sad to see Baja Breeze leave SU's color family and hated to use up the Baja seam binding...but...time marches on and there will be other colors to take its place I'm sure. Enjoy your w/e...I know I will! STAMPS: Small Celebrations (Verve)

Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Powder Pink, Lemon Lime Twist, Tranquil Tide My tulip colors are the 2017-2019 In Colors! These 21 paper crafting projects are simply AMAZING and loaded with sneak peeks of products in the NEW 2017-2018 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog (available June 1). They were created by the talented

This post shows how I used Give It A whirl Dies to created a beautiful Birthday Card.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have shared their annual festive message, wishing everyone 'health, peace, and a very happy new year'.

Hello friends! Welcome to another special Fawny Holiday Week! We will be sharing inspiring holiday projects by our amazing Fawny family of designers along with videos and daily giveaways! Comment below for a chance to win a stamp set with coordinating dies and a 6×6 paper pad of your choice! Christy‘s charming Build-A-Snow Globe design isRead more

Alexandra Jones - blog details Today's 21 paper crafting projects will make you say WOW! and get your creative juices flowing! They were designed by the talented members of my Stampin' Pretty Pals Virtual Community and give you a range of style from clean and simple to layered masterpiece! Links to

It’s time for a new MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge. Here’s this week’s sketch: Here’s my card inspired by this week’s sketch: I started with the card base. I stamped All Lined Up Diagonally Backgro…

Hi everyone, sharing a Box Set of Cards I made using the Softly Stippled 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper Pack This Designer Series Paper is one of the free Sale-A-Bration items if you place a qualify order of $90 or more. I designed and made the small magazine style insert and the cover that holds the 6 cards and envelopes. I love the monochromatic look of these cards. Colour scheme is Pebbled Path and Basic White. I used the Stippled Roses stamp set and dies to create these cards. I hope you enjoyed seeing these cards as much as I enjoyed creating them. If you live in Australia you can get all the supplies you need for this project from me. You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. SHOP WITH ME! Thank you for visiting. Carolyn Share:facebook - twitter - pinterest Stippled Roses Box Set

Make this quick and easy card of encouragement or just "hello!" for a friend using Ever Eden DSP and Biggest Wish from Stampin' Up!

Hello everyone! Welcome to another special Fawny Holiday Week! We will be sharing inspiring holiday projects by our amazing Fawny family of designers along with videos and daily giveaways! Comment below for a chance to win a stamp set with coordinating dies plus a 6×6 paper of your choice! Chari created truly adorable Goodie BagRead more

Oh how I love the Stampin' Up Wishing You Well Stamp Set!! I hope you enjoy my project.

I hope you all had a wonderful Wednesday! I was busy in the studio singing show tunes (much to my downstairs neighbor's dismay I am sure) and making

I love the name Abigail Rose! It’s so pretty and Abigail Rose is the perfect name for this new Product Suite. It’s featured on pages 56 and 57 in the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog. The Suite includes the Cottage Rose Stamp set and Cottage Flowers Dies. These products make up the Cottage Rose Bundle. Stampin’ Up! […]

Hi friends, There are so many beautiful Sale-a-bration products which are available till the 31st August with qualifying sales. The Wonderful World stamp set plus the Wonderful World Designer Series Paper (#159918) are free with a $180 purchase (in Australia). I fussy cut 2 of the flowers from one of the sheets of DSP. I used the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) on the flowers for some glimmer. The base card is Basic White (#159228). I adhered Adhesive Sheet (#152334) to another piece of Basic White card and cut this with the die from the Organic Beauty Dies (#158983). This was trimmed so it was slightly smaller than the frame (which was attached on top.) The die-cut was attached to the base card. The frame was cut with a Fabulous Frames Die (#159163) using Foil from the Silver Foil 12”x12” Specialty Pack (#156457). This was attached to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). The flowers were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). “Happy Birthday” from the Go To Greetings stamp set (#158763) was stamped with Rich Razzleberry ink (#147091) and cut with a Frosted Flurry die (#159811) and also attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. “Love what you do and share what you love.” lesleyjendra.stampinup.net [email protected]

Every month our Flowerbug's Team has an optional card swap and I always think it's the best group of cards ever. Then another month comes and they get even better! How is it possible?! This first card today features the Brightest Beauty bundle seen here. It's in our Holiday catalog and has been on my wish list for awhile. I think she pushed me over the edge with her card! Her colors include Old Olive & Crushed Curry with White....

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Happy Happy 2024!!! Here we are in a new year. Did you make or are you in the process of making resolutions? I was talking with someone the other day and the topic was really about facing a topic a…