Bear Kisses - Stampin' Up!® Valentine Kisses

   The colors at Sunday Stamps challenge are perfect for tackling another Valentine's Day card.  This time I thought the browns in the color palette would work nicely for the bear in the Valentine Kisses stamp set though he didn't turn out as chocolate-y as I hope!

  I was even able to use up a few pieces that had already been cut and were just waiting for the perfect project.  The DSP and the embossed panel fit in perfectly for the theme!

  I started with a Basic White card base, then a layer of Pretty in Pink.  Next is the Made With Love DSP that includes the challenge colors.  Next I backed the Hearts of Love embossed panel with a piece of strawberry Slush  That white space gave me a nice spot to add the adorable angel bear and die cut hearts (more of the challenge colors).  The angel wings are covered with clear Wink of Stella for a pretty shimmer.

  Next is the little wooden sign added to the center heart and added a rhinestone as a holder.  The sentiment is stamped on a narrow strip of Basic White in Strawberry Slush ink.

  How could you not love this bear??

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Valentine Kisses (Online Exclusive(

Ink: Memento Black, Strawberry Slush, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Flirty Flamingo, Crumb Cake, Made With Love DSP

Accessories: Valentine Kisses dies (Online Exclusive), Hearts of Love embossing folder, dimensionals, Wink of Stella, rhinestone

Fresh Hugs & Kisses - Stampin' Up!® Endless Love

   I'm really trying to build up my Valentine's Day cards so I've got another one to share today.  The layout is from Freshly Made Sketches and I really like how these non-traditional Valentine's colors turned out.

  I already had the Endless Love bundle out on my stamping desk so it was a no brainer to use the big heart for the circle element of the layout.

  The base is Secret Sea, then the vertical band is Darling Ducking stamped and embossed with the little hearts for a random pattern. Next is the big heart in Petunia Pop, then a smaller heart cut from Petunia Pop Glimmer paper.

  The "sending you" is stamped in Secret Sea and the ends trimmed to flags.  The "XO" is stamped twice in Darling Duckling and then the "Hugs & Kisses" is stamped right over the top in Secret Sea.  I fussy cut around the image and then popped all the sentiments up with dimensionals on the edge of the heart.

  I added a few Secret Sea flat pearls for a tiny bit of shine for the last detail.

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Endless Love

Ink: Secret Sea, Darling Duckling

Paper: Secret Sea, Darling Duckling, Petunia Pop, Basic White, Petunia Pop Glimmer Paper (retired)

Accessories: Endless Love dies, white embossing powder, dimensionals, Secret Sea Flat Pearls

Endless Hearts - Stampin' Up!® Endless Love

   I'm combining two challenges today for this card.  A color combo that I gave my stampers last week along with the sketch from the Paper Players.  I thought the colors would be a cute combo for Valentine's Day and the sketch just seemed like I should use some hearts.  The Endless Love bundle was a perfect choice for lots of accessorizing!

  I started with a Smoky Slate base, then a layer of Pool Party stamped with the "XO" stamp and then trimmed down with the Textured Notes dies for a nice detail along the border.

  I die cut 4 hearts from the retired Country Lace DSP in this Petal Pink pattern.  I popped the hearts on dimensionals then added details with other die cuts from the Endless Love die set.  

  The sentiment is from Banner Sayings and fits nicely on the die cut tag.  I finished the design with some retired Iridescent Rhinestones for some subtle shine.

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Endless Love

Ink: Pool Party, Smoky Slate

Paper: Smoky Slate, Pool Party, Basic White, Country Lace DSP (retired)

Accessories: Endless Love dies, Textured Notes dies, dimensionals, baker's twine, Iridescent Rhinestones (retired)

Chocolate Bunny Basket - Stampin' Up!® Easter Basket Bundle

   We are still pretty much iced in here in the Richmond area so there's been some extra time in the stamp room and today I'm playing along with the Addicted to CAS challenge where they have "food" as the prompt!  A bit harder for me than I first thought it would be until I looked closer at the new Easter Basket bundle!  A chocolate bunny certainly counts as food doesn't it? 

  While the basket might take up more space than I'd normally use for a clean and simple card I left off any extra layers and kept the rest of the design very simple so I think overall it's a CAS card.

  The basket is cut from Crumb Cake and the grass from Granny Apply Green.  The bunnies are stamped in Versamark onto Early Espresso and then embossed with clear embossing powder for a nice shiny look.  As close to chocolate as I could get!

  I tucked the bunnies into the basket after they were die cut.  The basket is embellished with a bakers twine bow and 2 small Pressed Flower Motifs.

  Finally the sentiment is stamped below the basket in Early Espresso ink.

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Easter Basket

Ink: Versamark, Early Espresso

Paper: Basic White thick, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso

Accessories: Easter Basket dies, dimensionals, clear embossing powder, baker's twine, Pressed Flower Motifs

Rainbow Butterfly Birthday - Stampin' Up!® 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar

   I have another card today using the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar stamp set.  I designed this one to play along with the Seize the Birthday challenge prompt of "Rainbow of Colors".  I thought the little butterfly stamp would look perfect in rainbow colors.

  I decided to go with more of pastel rainbow for a softer overall look.  I started with a Crumb Cake base then a layer of Basic White embossed with the Beautiful Pattern embossing folder.

  Next I cut a Spotlight on Nature circle die so that I could stamp the Happy Birthday in the center.  The circle is popped on dimensionals.

  The butterflies are stamped and fussy cut then arranged around the circle and popped on dimensionals.

 

  It's hard to see in the photos but I added an iridescent sequin where each butterfly touches the next one.  It gives a nice little touch of shine in real life.

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE. 

Stamps: 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar, Banner Sayings

Ink: Crumb Cake, Strawberry Slush, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Lemon Lime Twist, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Pretty in Pink

Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic White

Accessories: Beautiful Pattern embossing folder, Spotlight on Nature dies, dimensionals, iridescent sequins (retired)

Crafting Cupcake - Stampin' Up!® 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar

   I went to a crafting day organized by one of my downline last weekend and it's such a fun day of crafting and chatting and getting to focus on some paper crafting projects for the whole day.  The only problem is deciding just what projects and supplies to bring!  A lot of people do scrapbooking and are working on particular pages/books but I usually bring supplies to make cards.  I tend to design the cards at home and then just bring the paper and supplies to make multiples of the designs because it's really hard for me to not have ALL of my supplies right there lol!  But I decided to bring all of the products that came in the 2025 12 Days of Crafting Advent calendar and see what I could come up with.

  I did limit myself to to cardstock in the colors of the Advent calendar DSP so I did have a little bit of a focus.  I ended up making 4 of this design and I think it turned out pretty cute using limited supplies!

  I started with a Pretty in Pink base then added a layer of Basic White.  I cut 4 squares of the DSP and adhered them.  Before adhering the Basic White panel I wrapped a bit of baker's twine around it and tied a bow.

  The cupcake is stamped in Pretty and Pink and Basic Beige and then I fussy cut it and popped it on a postage stamp die cut which is adhered to a square of Misty Moonlight.  

  A little Misty Moonlight flower is also fussy cut and popped on the cupcake.

  I stamped the birthday sentiment below in Misty Moonlight ink and then added some of the gold dots that also came in the calendar.

  I really like how all the products coordinate with each other but can also be used on their own for all year round.  I'm looking forward to using more of the supplies soon!  If you're interested in the 12 Days of Advent Crafting Calendar it is still available but it is on the Last Chance List so there's no telling how long it will be available so don't wait if you have to have it!

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All supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.  Items marked with a * are from the 2025 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar.

Stamps: 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar stamp set*

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Misty Moonlight, Basic Beige

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Misty Moonlight, Basic White, 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar DSP*

Accessories: Postage Stamp die*, baker's twine*, Gold Dots*, dimensionals 

Scrappy Stripes - Stampin' Up!® Nature's Symphony

  It's been very cold here in central VA and just a bit ago around 5pm I saw my first few snowflakes so the storm is coming!  We spent some of the day preparing around the house.  I filled up some jugs and extra water bottles; it's probably overkill since we don't have well water but with 2 labradors we use a lot of water in a day!  I even did some laundry and vacuuming just in case the powder does go out; we be drowning in dog fur otherwise.  Since I was busy and didn't get any stamping in I was happy to have this card that I made last week using another one of my new Color Cube cards for inspiration.

  The new Nature's Symphony bundle has 2 beautiful large leaf/branch die cuts and they are perfect for highlighting all on their own.  After pulling out my colors I picked a neutral for the background in one of the wood grain patterns from the Country Woods pack.  I adhered it to a Basic White thick card base.

  Next comes 1/2" strips of color!  The closest matches to my Color Cube card were Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Lemon Lime Twist, and Granny Apple Green.  This is a really great layout to use up a lot of scraps; a swap of colors would give a whole different look.  All blues would be lovely, pastels perfect for spring, dark jewel tones for fall.  Really any colors would look great!

  I die cut the large leaf in Basic White so it would pop against the brighter colors and adhered it with dimensionals.

  The sentiment from Nature's Symphony is stamped in Crumb Cake and die cut with a Spotlight on Nature die and the edge is tucked under the Granny Apple Green strip.  A few Poppy Parade Dear Dots are the only embellishment for this crisp card.

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Nature's Symphony

Ink: Crumb Cake

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Country Woods DSP, Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green

Accessories: Nature's Symphony dies, Spotlight on Nature dies, dimensionals, Dear Dots

Nature's Lagoon - Stampin' Up!® Nature's Symphony

   Lots of hullabaloo around these parts as we're getting ready for a big storm this weekend.  It sounds like we're going to be getting quite a lot of ice which is worse than just straight snow so we've got to make sure we have gas for the generator and propane for the grill and enough dog food for the Labradors and plenty of stamping supplies in case we are without power and home bound for an extended period of time!  You know all the important things! In the meantime I'm sharing a card I made with the Nature's Symphony bundle and some of the coordinating Nature Walk DSP.

   The Lost Lagoon, Crumb Cake and Pretty Peacock color combo is what I started with for this design and I just kept adding and playing around with different elements until I ended up here.

  The base is Pretty Peacock with a layer of Crumb Cake stamped with the Lasting Linen Background stamp.  I love that it adds a subtle look of texture.  Next I tore the edge off a scrap of Two-Toned Pretty Peacock and added it to the card front.

  I used the little hole die and a piece of vellum to add another layer.  Then I used the Stylish Shapes square die to cut some Nature Walk DSP for the last "background" part. One of them has a bit of linen thread tied around it because why not?

  The large branch/leaf is stamped onto Lost Lagoon with the same color ink and is then die cut.  I used a bunch of mini dimensionals to pop it up. The sentiment is from the Banner Sayings stamp set and is stamped in Pretty Peacock.  

  For the final touch I sprinkled some retired Pretty Peacock sequins around the branch.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Nature's Symphony, Banner Sayings (Online Exclusive), Lasting Linen background (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Lost Lagoon, Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock

Paper: Lost Lagoon, Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock Two Toned cardstock, vellum, Nature Walk DSP

Accessories: Stylish Shapes dies, Nature's Symphony dies, dimensionals, linen thread, Adhesive-backed Sequin Trio (retired)