Today’s card was created in response to Challenge Sketch #11 from Kristina Rees. I used the Beautiful Moments Stamp Set with the greeting from the Blessings of Home Stamp Set. My BFF’s (since high school) birthday is coming up and I thought this would be the perfect card for her. When you mind draws a blank and you are out of ideas, a sketch challenge may be for you to… Read More »
This Treasures of Life Stamp Set retired last year but this is the first time I’ve used it. I paired it with the Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper because I love the soft colors in this. This set is one I will not get rid of. Grandparents stamps sets from Stampin’ Up! are far and few in between and I’m hanging on to this one. The image was stamped with… Read More »
Today’s card is for my daughter, Stephanie. I used the Art Gallery Stamp Set again just to show how versatile this stamp set is. Here’s the post for the other recent card. I also used the coordinated Floral Gallery Dies to die cut the floral images and leaves. The instructions for this card will be going out on Tuesday, 10 May 2022. If you would like a copy, and are… Read More »
With the excitement of the new catalog, we sometimes forget about old favorites that also carried over into the new catalog. Inspired by impasto paintings, the floral images in the Art Gallery Stamp Set can be used to create a variety of different cards. Today’s card is for my beautiful daughter, Deena. The base card is Bermuda Bay Cardstock and Layer 1 is the retired Fine Art Floral Designer Series… Read More »
Today’s card was created with the Hat Builder Dies. I don’t wear baseball caps but if I was going to wear one, then it would have to have flowers on it! I paired it with the Pansy Patch Stamp Set and the Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper to add a bit of elegance and floral to the cap. The background was embossed with the retired Painted Texture Embossing Folder and… Read More »
Today’s card features the Gorgeous Flowing Flowers Stamp Set. You can create cards with the exquisite images and heartfelt greetings. Use it anytime you want to express care for a loved one or want to create a project that says elegant beauty. The colors I used for today’s project will retire on 2 May or they will be available until supplies run out – whichever comes 1st. They are beautiful… Read More »
Daffodils come in so many colors and for today’s card, I decided to color in my daffodil using the Pink or Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends Marker! The image is from the Daffodil Daydream Stamp Set which is retiring next month. I hate to see this set go but Stampin’ Up! has to make room for so many new gorgeous floral stamp set. The images and phrases in this set are… Read More »
Today’s card features the Free as a Bird Stamp Set from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. It will be retiring when the new catalog comes out (May 2022). This set includes a combination of sweet birds, flowers, branches and friend-centric greetings. The bird images were stamped with Tuxedo Black Ink on Basic White Thick Cardstock. They were then colored in using the following Stampin’ Blends: Light Pool Party for the upper… Read More »
Today’s card features the gorgeous Hand-Penned Petals Bundle. The stamp set features beautifully drawn floral images and coordinating fill stamps that give the design an effortless watercolored look I did something a little different with this card – did a zig-zag stitch to anchor both pieces of the DSP together. Sewing on cards was very popular a couple of years ago and I even had a small inexpensive craft sewing… Read More »
Did you know that the Pansy Patch Bundle is retiring? And, it’s on sale too! The pansies in the set make such gorgeous cards and I thought I would share one with you today. It was inspired by a card on Pinterest but did change it a little to make it my own. If you would a free copy of the tutorial for this card, please sign up for my… Read More »
