Tic Tac Toe Challenge #239 really had me searching my new purchases! I wasn’t feeling Valentine-y so I haven’t purchased any Valentine specific stamp sets or paper. However, I discovered the 6 x 6 Regals designer series paper had a heart pattern! And the Heartfelt Hexagon/Heartfelt Hellos had nice “lovey” sayings and a sweet little heart! The sentiments are punched out with the Hexagon punch. The Cherry Cobbler card base needed a little something, so I used the Softly Sophisticated 3D Embossing folder to give the card some texture. I punched out 2 hexagon shapes in Cherry Cobbler and glued them together to give a little “something” to the sentiment.
Inspired by the SUO Challenge #343 featuring colors Sweet Sorbet, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist. I used the Paper Floris Dies for the first time. Definitely need to play with the dies some more. I just love the 3D flowers! The top card is smothered in Wink of Stella. With this die set, I can envision the flower paradise of my dreams! I will be using this a lot more!
For this card, I left the flowers flat so I could mail it.
The copper foil in the All About Autumn designer series paper and the coordinating foil sheets is everything I needed this fall! I’m so happy I got this whole Suite. I have really fallen in love with it! I was inspired by the ribbon/twine-patterned paper-die cut line in the Tic Tac Toe Challenge TTTC229. I love the thick natural ribbon joining the two paper patterns together. The leaves are die cut from the coordinating foil sheets. Moody Mauve and Very Vanilla cardstock give these cards a warm feel.
It is a rainy Sunday here in Michigan. Very little sunshine, but at least is it still warm out (it is summer after all!). Since I am getting a reprieve from having to do yard work, I thought I could make a few cards. My craft area is in the basement and can be a little dark and dingy (often putting a damper on my mood). I can’t stand to be in the basement when it is beautiful outside, and I do often take craft projects outside to work on. Anyway, while sorting and reviewing my small purchase from the new SU! Annual catalog, I really needed some inspiration for a card. I love Stampin’ Up! for the true coordination of items. I often try to purchase items in one of the suites, where the designer series paper stamps, dies and embellishments all coordinate together. Well, SU! had some good sales with designer series paper marked down in June and a brief stamp set mark down in July. So I purchased paper without all the coordinating stamps, dies, embellishments, and stamps without coordinating paper and dies. This card was fully inspired by two challenges. Tic Tac Toe challenge #220.com and Freshly Made Sketches #597. For the TTTc#220 challenge, I used the bottom row, Bird-Follage-Gems. I love the sweet little birds on the designer paper, I wouldn’t have noticed them if I wasn’t looking for a bird. The leaves cut from the Florist Dies were so quick to make, and I just love the little stitching the dies emboss on the cardstock. The little Boho Blue gems help me complete the row. Freshly Made Sketches always give amazing inspiration for me. Using the designer series paper in layers like this card would not have been a natural step for me without the FMS challenge. A sentiment from the Layering Leaves stamp set stamped on a label from Labels Aglow, bring the card together. None of these items would have “normally” come together for me as they are not necessarily “coordinating” items. A very nice card to send a hug to someone that needs a little cheering up or get-well wishes. This lovely Boho Blue, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight combination has really brightened my mood despite my rainy day “blues”!
The Annual 2023-2024 catalog has been live for a few months now, but I just got to playing with some of my goodies I ordered from it. I am pretty pleased with the colors that are returning with the new color refresh. AND I love all the new colors, Azure Afternoon being my absolute favorite! I stayed with my favorite bright colors for this card, having fun with the balloon die cuts. I love these little balloons better than any other “balloon” option SU! has had in the past. Balloons are just fun celebratory shapes, so easy to use for a more “kid” or “masculine” card. The Global Design Project GDP#402 sketch was the inspiration for the first card. I flipped the sketch to be horizontal and really wanted to just focus on two colors, Lemon Lime Twist and Azure Afternoon. My favorite set from the catalog so far is the Beautiful Balloons stamp set and coordinating dies. The Bright & Beautiful 6×6 designer series paper has so many fun designs. The second card shows off my favorite striped pattern designer series paper. So bright and fun! This set has been fun to play with, since I gravitate a lot towards flowers in my card making.
I love Pansy flowers! I have not played enough with the Pansy Patch stamp set and dies from SU!a few years ago! The SUO challenges #328 was my inspiration to get out this set.
All the lights and decorations make this time of year so special. I have been known to keep up my Christmas lights well into March, in order to combat the darkness. Stampin’ Up! Hit the nail on the head for me with this suite of paper, embellishments, stamps, and dies. I have been on a kick for fun-folded cards, with this design being one of my favorites. I really wanted to show off the Lights Aglow designer series paper with the Festive Foil paper. The beautiful tree, sentiments, and labels are from the Christmas Lights & Brightest Glow stamp set & coordinating dies. I needed just a few more cards and was stumped. As usual, when I am stuck, I turn to card challenges for inspiration. The Color Throwdown #722 colors Red, Green, Black, and Gold, got me back on track! SUO Challenges is “Christmas” all month long. I also entered the card in the Jingle Bells “Wrapping Up” challenge since I am literally wrapping up Christmas cards. Now onto snowy Happy New Year cards!
The Leaf Fall Embossing folder has quickly become a favorite. As soon as the folder was in my hands, this was the card I had to make! After embossing the paper with the leaves, I sponged lightly over the raised leaves with Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, and Soft Suede. SUO Challenges #314 Grateful/Thankful reminded me this year has been amazing and I really have a lot that I am beyond grateful for. The sentiment is from my favorite Charming Sentiments SU! stamp set. Those two little words just express exactly how I feel.
It is great to have a reason to make a thank you card! First and foremost, I would like to give thanks for the opportunity to be a Guest Stamper at the Color Throwdown challenge this week! I am so thankful for the organizers of the challenge and all their hard-work! The colors for the Color Throwdown #719 challenge are red, orange, brown, yellow. I would also like to give thanks to the amazing Michigan fall weather we have been enjoying. I tried other ideas, but I could only see the beautiful fall leaves! I used Stampin’ Up! Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie. The colors were sponged onto the stamp of the large tree of the Amazing Silhouette stamp set. I fussy cut the tree out to mount on the Cherry Cobbler cardstock with leaves embossed with the Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder. The sentiment is from the Amazing Thanks dies that coordinate with the Amazing Silhouette stamp set.
Leaf Fall embossing die, just placed the embossing folder over a portion of the white card stock, then ran through the Big Shot. I then gently sponged the featured colors onto the raised part of the embossing impression.
For the Love of Paper 