Sunburst Smile - Stampin' Up!® Capturing Smiles

   I hope you're all enjoying a sunny day wherever you are!  The nice weather at my house is making me want to spend some time outside but still get to everything on my to-do list so I've pulled a patio chair out to the middle of my yard so I can type this with the sun on my face!  Sunshine, blogging and Labradors lounging at me feet seems like the perfect way to finish up this day!  

  My card today is a fun one using an Online Exclusive bundle and the sunburst technique.  My colors come from the Color Dare challenge which is to use shades of yellow plus one color of my choice.  

  The card base is Basic White thick, then I scavenged through my DSP to find some shades and patterns that would work well together for a sunburst background.  Once I had that panel made I cut it down a bit using the Perennial Postage dies.

  My plus one color for this challenge is Azure Afternoon which I used for the cardstock for the camera.  I stamped it in Memento black and then used my Blends marker to darker a few areas of the camera.  I built up the different piece of the lens and then finished it off with a Daffodil Delight heart in the center.  The heart is cover with Clear Wink of Stella for a fun sparkle.  

  Black baker's twine is tied to the camera for the wrist strap detail and then the sentiment is stamped and fussy cut.  Both the camera and the sentiment are popped on dimensionals.  2 Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots are the finishing touch.

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE. Items marked with a * will be available May 5, 2026

Stamps: Capturing Smiles (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Memento Black

Blends: Azure Afternoon dark, Basic Black light

Paper: Basic White thick, Azure Afternoon, Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DSP (retired), Floral Delight DSP (retired), Pattern party DSP (retired), Paper Medley DSP*

Accessories: Capturing Smiles dies (Online Exclusive), Perennial Postage dies, dimensionals, black baker's twine, Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots, Wink of Stella

Spring Flower Basket - Stampin' Up! Easter Basket

   Happy Easter to all who celebrate!  I had some time this afternoon while my short ribs are cooking in the crock pot before I have to start the collards so I thought I would share a card my stampers made at my last class.  While you may think the time for the Easter Basket bundle is finished I'm here to tell you that this basket is perfect for all year.  The card today has some pretty spring flowers in it but you could put whatever you want into the basket no matter the time of year!

  I went with cheery spring colors for this design.  The card base is Highland Heather, then a layer of Fresh Freesia.  The Basic White layer is die cut with the Textured Notes dies and that is where all the stamping action happens.

  Using the flower trio stamp and Basic Gray ink I stamped it once in the middle of the cardstock. Then using a mask I made with the same image I cover the center image I just stamped and then added more flowers around the first.  If needed use a second mask to fill in the area as you wish.

  Next the flower are colored in with Blends markers in the same colors as used on the rest of the card.

  The basket is die cut from a piece of the Easter Joy Specialty DSP in a nice basket weave pattern.  The colored strips are woven through the basket staves, a scalloped edge piece and grass are added as well.  Finally the finished basket is popped on dimensionals over the the stamped flowers.

  The finishing touch to this all occasion spring card is a Fresh Freesia fork bow (tutorial here).

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

Stamps: Easter Basket

Ink: Basic Gray

Blends: Highland Heather light & dark, Fresh Freesia Light & dark, Daffodil Delight light & dark, Granny Apple Green light

Paper: Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia, Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather, Easter Joy Specialty DSP, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Easter Basket dies, dimensionals, Textured Notes dies (retired), Fresh Freesia seam binding ribbon (retired)

Preorder Unboxing Video - May-August 2026 Catalog

   I did an unboxing video for my demo preorder for the upcoming May-August 2026 catalog.  I hope you find it useful to see some of the new products!  You can begin to order from this catalog on May 5, 2026.

 What is at the top of your Wish List??

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Berry Sweet - Stampin' Up!® Filled With Sweetness

   I got to introduce my local stampers to the new Filled With Sweetness bundle at my last class.  This set of products came out in the March Online Exclusives and they are really cute and fun to work with!  We used the jar stamp and die to make a one layered base card with the jar shape that opens!

  The one layer base is Strawberry Slush and is embossed with the Ladybug Picnic embossing folder.  It gives a nice texture and is so cute!

  The jar image was stamped on a 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Basic White and the image is positioned on the right side of the cardstock (positioned longways) so that when it gets die cut and you fold it in the middle it creates a jar shaped card!  So cute! 

  The jar has a bit of Pool Party ink blended onto it where the "glass" has the little highlight marks just to give the image some depth.  Then the label is stamped and die cut.  The berries are stamped onto Two Toned cardstock and the strawberry stem is colored with Granny Apple Green watercolor pencil.  The blueberries are popped on dimensionals.

  The jar is topped with a pattern from the coordinating Homemade Sweetness DSP in this sweet floral pattern.  A baker's twine bow is added as well.  And a last touch on the outside is the super cute strawberry from the Strawberries & Dots embellishments.

  The blueberries are stamped again and lightly colored with blended Pool Party ink on the inside.  

  This card would be a great thank you if you're returning tupperware or baking pans to someone who brought you some homemade food! Or to go along with a gift of food for someone else! Or Mother's Day! Or a birthday!  I could go on but you get the idea!

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

Stamps: Filled With Sweetness (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Misty Moonlight, Pool Party, Strawberry Slush

Paper: Strawberry Slush, Basic White, Two Toned Misty Moonlight, Two Toned Strawberry Slush, Homemade Sweetness DSP (Online Exclusive)

Accessories: Ladybug Picnic embossing folder (Online Exclusive), Filled With Sweetness dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, watercolor pencils, baker's twine, Strawberries & Dots

Easter Daffodils - Stampin' Up!® Easter Basket

 I'm continuing to share some of my last Easter cards that I made to send out to family this season. I used the colors from the Easter Joy DSP to put this one together.

  This floral pattern of the DSP was fun and bright so I decided to continue the theme with the focal point of the card.  I used a retired scalloped oval die to cut a piece of Basic White then embossed it with the Beautiful Pattern embossing folder.  

  Using the Easter Basket dies I cut several layers of grass in Shy Shamrock and layered them at the bottom of the oval to create a little space for the daffodils to pop out from.

  The flowers are die cut from Shy Shamrock, and either Pretty in Pink or Peach Pie.  I cut the cup parts of the flowers again from retired 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer paper and then popped the heads up on mini dimensionals.

  The sentiment is stamped in Versamark onto Balmy Blue cardstock and then embossed in white.  A little Balmy Blue gingham ribbon bow is added to the top of the oval as well as a few retired resin dots.

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Stamps: Easter Basket

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Shy Shamrock, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Balmy Blue, Basic White, Easter Joy Specialty DSP, 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer Paper (retired)

Accessories: Easter Basket dies, Beautiful Pattern embossing folder, Oval dies (retired), white embossing powder, gingham ribbon, dimensionals, 2024-2026 In Color Resin Dots (retired)

Easter Bunnies - Stampin' Up!® Easter Basket

 Happy April Fools Day!  No tricks here, just stamping!  Even thought I haven't been posting much I have been stamping a little bit and I figure I better get my Easter cards shared because we only have a few more days before the Easter bunny visits!

  I'm using the colors from the current As You See It challenge where they have given us Pool Party, Soft Sea Foam and Pretty in Pink to work with.  

  I went all in on the pink using a Pretty in Pink card base then a large panel of the Pleasant Patterns Specialty DSP in a Pretty in Pink metallic pattern for the background.

  A few Nature's Symphony die cut leaves in Soft Sea Foam and Pool Party break up some of the pink and give a nice spot for the sentiment stamped in Basic Gray.  A bit of retired Pool Party ribbon is looped behind it for interest.

  The bunnies and eggs are stamped in Pool Party then colored with Stampin' Blends.  Once they are die cut they are popped on dimensionals.  A few pink sequins are added for more sparkle.

  This was a fun spring color combo to work with for this Easter card.

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

Stamps: Easter Basket

Ink: Basic Gray

Blends: Pool Party light & dark, Soft Sea Foam dark, Pretty in Pink light & dark

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Basic White, Pool Party, Soft Sea Foam, Pleasant Patterns DSP

Accessories: Easter Basket dies, Nature's Symphony Dies, dimensionals, Purple Adhesive-backed Sequins (retired), Pool Party Grosgrain ribbon (retired)

Sweet Strawberries - Stampin' Up!® Homemade Sweetness

   The CAS Colours & Sketches team is back today with a brand new challenge!  This time Deborah has some fun colors for us to work with!  We've got Strawberry Slush, Summer Splash and Shy Shamrock.

  I thought these colors would be perfect for a sweet strawberry card using the Homemade Sweetness bundle!

  I started with a white card base and then added one of the die cut label shapes in Summer Splash (it's really hard to tell Summer Splash and Shy Shamrock apart on a screen but I promise I used them both on my card!) and then cut it again in white and trimmed the oval down to use that for my sentiment which is stamped in Basic Gray.

  The strawberries are stamped in Basic Gray and then colored with Stampin' Blends.  I die cut them and popped them up around the label.

 Since we're keeping it clean and simple I added just 2 Summer Splash dots as the only embellishment.

  We can't wait to see your creation in the challenge gallery!  Just remember to keep it clean and simple; lots of open space, minimal embellishments etc.  Check out the rest of the design team inspiration here!

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

Stamps: Homemade Sweetness (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Basic Gray

Blends: Strawberry Slush light & dark, Shy Shamrock light & dark

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Summer Splash

Accessories: Homemade Sweetness dies (Online Exclusive), 2024-2026 In Color Resin Dots (retired)

Cutest Birds Hello - Stampin' Up!® Cutest Crew

   

Today the New at SU! blog hop team is back with a brand new round of projects showing off products from the recently released Stampin' Up!® March Online Exclusives.  We've got stampers from around the world showcasing these new products and showing you all the fun ways you can use them in your own crafting.  Be sure to hop around to see everyone's project and leave a little love for all the creativity!  The hop list is at the bottom of my post!

  My projects use the Cutest Crew bundle which I fell in love with as soon as I saw it in the preorder.  And I must not be the only one to love it because it went out of stock several times just in the demonstrator preorder!  I have a card and a little treat item using this fun bundle!

 Look at how cute these little bird die cuts are!!  This is a super simple card to put together and a great way to use up bits of scrap cardstock!  I'm using a Misty Moonlight card base and then a wide panel of Basic White embossed with the Beautiful Pattern embossing folder.  

 

  I die cut the birds out of a variety of cardstock colors (you'll see why with the second project!) and I used Adhesive Sheets with the cardstock so that each bird is a little sticker to make it mess free for adhering.  I just lined them up in rows then added the stamped sentiment below accented with a few gems.

  Now why did I have so many of these little birds?  This is why!  I made little mini wrapped Hershey chocolate bars to bring to Stampin' Up!® OnStage in Long Beach, CA last week.  I like to be able to exchange info with other stampers and they are a bit more fun than a business card!  

  I used the February Product of the Month, Painted Illusions DSP (which is still available) and pulled my bird colors from that and just made easy little sweet treat "business cards".  I handed these out to new stamping friends I met the whole time in Long Beach as well as hotel and airport staff.  All the leftover birds went onto the card.

  And I have to tell you that I'm lucky I made this card before leaving for CA last week because I had planned to do a card with each of the animals for this hop when I got home but as the travel gods would have it that was not to be because my connecting flight through Dallas back to Richmond on Sunday evening was cancelled and I didn't make it back home until Tuesday so I would have been hard pressed to get any project done at all!  

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All of the current supplies used for these projects is available in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Cutest Crew (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Misty Moonlight (card), Pretty Peacock (candy label)

Paper: Misty Moonlight, Lost Lagoon, Petal Pink, Pretty Peacock, Flirty Flamingo, Darling Duckling, Granny Apple Green, Basic White, Painted Illusions DSP (Feb. POM)

Accessories: Cutest Crew dies (Online Exclusive), Beautiful Pattern embossing folder, adhesive sheets, faceted gems (retired)