Poppin' By Pop Up Card - Stampin' Up! Poppin' By - TUTORIAL

 I have such a fun card to share with you today including a video tutorial!  My stampers made this one at class last week and I think they were really surprised with how easy it was.  We made a fun pop up card using the Poppin' By bundle.  It's an adorable popcorn themed bundle so it was the perfect set to use to teach this technique!

  The front of the card looks just like a regular hello card that you might send to a friend to brighten their day.  I chose to use Cloud Cover card stock for the card base and then used Lost Lagoon and a circle of Florals in Bloom DSP for accents.  The Textured Notes dies gave some nice detail to the two rectangles.

  And now the fun part!  When you open the card you have a fun pop up element with more pieces of popcorn!  My video below walks you through making the inside pop up panel and gives you all the measurement as well tips and tricks to putting this card together.  It's easier than it looks and the cutting measurements can be used again and again for all different kinds of pop up cards!  Think flowers, bees, birds, trees, snowflakes....really anything you want can be popped up!

  Here are the measurements written out but definitely follow along with the video to see step by step!

Insert measures 5 ¼” x 8 ¼” - fold in half like a card base

Cut from folded side down (or up depending on how you align the paper trimmer)

Line up at 1” mark and cut down stopping at 1”

Line up at 1 ½” and cut down stopping at 1”

Line up at 2 ¼” and cut down stopping at 1 ½”

Line up at 3” and cut down stopping at 1 ½”

Line up at 3 ¾” and cut down to 1”

Line up at 4 ¼” and cut down to 1”

Push the 3 tabs to the inside of the folded insert and adhere to inside of card base

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

Stamps: Poppin' By (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Memento Black, Lemon Lolly

Paper: Cloud Cover, Lost Lagoon, Basic White, Florals in Bloom DSP

Accessories: Poppin' By dies (Online Exclusive), paper trimmer, dimensionals, Textured Notes Dies (Online Exclusive), Cloud Cover Faux Linen ribbon, 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls

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Framed Gallery - Stampin' Up!® Gallery Blooms

 After a bit of a stamping break for some traveling and visiting family I'm back in the stamp room and ready to share some projects that were made before I went out of town.  We did a bit of ink blending and embossing to create this card at my last class.  The Gallery Blooms and Beautiful Motifs stamp sets work well for creating a layered backgrounds like this.

  This card starts with a piece of Basic White and Timid Tiger and Strawberry Slush ink blended all over the white cardstock.  Then the damask pattern stamp is stamped all over the blended ink panel stamping off once or twice using Strawberry Slush ink.  Finally, using a water painter water is flicked over the panel adding to the textured look and layering.  All of this is adhered to a Strawberry Slush card base that you can see here.

  Next the large flower stamp is inked up in Versamark and then embossed in white.  A frame is cut with the Gallery Blooms dies and then embossed with the Damask Designs embossing folder.  It's popped up on dimensionals around the embossed flower.

  To finish this card the sentiment is stamped in Strawberry Slush and a bit of Strawberry Slush Faux Linen ribbon is added behind it.  It's popped up over the frame and a Timid Tiger die cut leaf.  Rhinestones are sprinkled around the card front for the final touch.

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

Stamps: Gallery Blooms, Beautiful Motifs

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Timid Tiger

Paper: Basic White, Timid Tiger, Strawberry Slush

Accessories: Gallery Blooms dies, dimensionals, Strawberry Slush Faux Linen ribbon, Damask Designs embossing folder, Basic Rhinestones, white embossing powder

One Layered Beauty - Stampin' Up!® Layers of Beauty

  My card today combines two fun challenges; the Paper Players challenge of making a one layer card and the Sunday Stamps color combo.  You won't see many one layer cards here because I always want to use all the products on all the cards to show all the stuff lol!  But I'm always up for a challenge so I pulled out my Layers of Beauty stamp set and coordinating masks to see what I could come up with as that seemed like a great set to use for this challenge, plus you can't go wrong with flowers!

 I think this one turned out pretty good even if there isn't a dimensional in sight!!  The colors are fabulous so shout out to the Sunday Stamps team for putting this one out there.  I used Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie, Old Olive, Balmy Blue and Secret Sea so I ended up using all of the colors.

  I started with a Basic White thick base then stamped the large floral cluster stamp from the Layers of Beauty stamp set on opposing corners.  I used Secret Sea for the outline stamping and it works well as an alternate for a straight black ink.

  Next I used the masks to blend all the other colors over the images with blending brushes.  Finally I stamped the sentiment in Secret Sea.  I decided to leave off any embellishments to keep this card truly one layer.  

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

Stamps: Layers of Beauty

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie, Old Olive, Balmy Blue, Secret Sea

Paper: Basic White thick

Accessories: Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks, blending brushes

Extraordinary Congrats - Stampin' Up!® Extraordinary Flora

 Last week I finally got my May customer thank you cards designed, stamped and mailed out.  I send a card to every customer who orders during the month and I leave the card blank so that they can add it to their stash for use and inspiration. Who doesn't love some happy mail right?  The Extraordinary Flora bundle and coordinating washi tape are so fun to create with.  I've never been a big washi user but this roll is so cool in that it's super wide (3 1/4"!) and you can use it like regular washi but also use the die to cut out a whole length of the flower/leaf designs!  So cool!

  The design alternates between a section of pink and then purple flowers so every 5 1/2 inches or so the colors change.  I used both colors for my cards.  I used the sketch challenge from As You See It for the layout.  The 3 panels are the perfect elements to add the washi die cuts to!

  I started with a Soft Sea Foam base then a slightly smaller layer of Soft Sea Foam embossed with the Damask Designs embossing folder.  3 narrow Basic White rectangles are cut using the Textured Notes dies.  A white baker's twine bow goes across the middle of the card.

  I used the really skinny Textured Notes die for the colored sentiment bar.  I used Strawberry Slush and Petunia Pop to coordinate with the colors in the washi tape.

  To make the washi tape elements I rolled out a length of the washi tape and adhered it to a piece of Basic White making sure to smooth out any bumps or pockets of air.  I found that by using my bone folder and working from the center to the edges worked really well.  The white cardstock really makes the designs pop. Then I ran the washi panel and die through my die cutter and came away with a neat little pile of flowers and leaves.  Be sure to tape the die down with a sticky note or painters tape even if you're using a magnetic platform as the washi is very smooth and I found that the die slide around a bit more than normal and you don't want to mis-cut and waste any of the washi.

  I added some flowers to the card front with dimensionals and glued some down to the inside of the card.  The washi pulls away nicely from the cardstock so if you wanted to use an extra flower to decorate an envelope or wanted to use the washi die cuts on their own as straight tape you can.

  Finally I added a gold Low Profile dot on the sentiment strip to finish this card off.

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

Stamps: Extraordinary Flora

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Petunia Pop

Paper: Soft Sea Foam, Basic White, Strawberry Slush, Petunia Pop

Accessories: Damask Designs embossing folder, Textured Notes Dies, Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape, Extraordinary Flora die, dimensionals, white baker's twine, Low Profile dots (Online Exclusive)

Valentine's Day Stripes - Stampin' Up!® Bee My Valentine

  With the longest day of year just yesterday isn't it time to start looking ahead to Valentine's Day??!!  Just kidding, well not really but I saw the Tic Tac Toe challenge board yesterday and got inspired to design for Valentine's Day.  I was asked to make 75 Valentine's Day cards for one of the women's circles at my church for next February.  My friends who is in charge of this project asked me a month ago if I could do this many cards and she wanted to make sure I had plenty of time.  I had started to pull some supplies together to play around a few weeks ago but I just wasn't feeling it then.  Knowing I had plenty of time I set the project aside until I saw the challenge yesterday and it seemed like the right time!  I'm using the center across line (CAS, heart, stripes) for my very early Valentine's day design.

  I told my friend that to keep costs down for her and to make it manageable for my time that the cards would be fairly simple whatever design I came up with.  I pulled out all of my retired Valentine's Day themed DSP and definitely have enough to mix and match these half inch wide strips of DSP along with some Real Red strips.

  2 retired heart punches come in handy for the layered heart element that's popped on dimensionals.  I embossed the sentiment from Bee My Valentine stamp set in white and then added a baker's twine bow.

 I'm sure that after making 75 of these I might think that they weren't simple enough but if I work on them a bit at a time over the next little bit I think I won't end up hating them!

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

Stamps: Bee My Valentine

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Basic White thick, Real Red, Basic White, Snail Mail DSP (retired)

Accessories: white embossing powder, dimensionals, real red bakers twine, Heart punch pack (retired)

Along the Water - Stampin' Up!® Along These Lines

   I've been busy designing projects for my next class but I took a break the other afternoon to make a 'for fun' card for a pair of challenges both of which have "water" as the theme.  Addicted to CAS and Inspire.Create. Challenge prompts are pretty timely as we've had sweltering weather which makes me want to head to some water to cool off!

  This fun dolphin pair was inspired by my recent time at the beach.  Every year we see loads of dolphins cruising up and down the coastline.  I love spotting a tiny fin popping up among the adult dolphins and saying "aaaawwww it's a baby!"

  I started with a Secret Sea card base.  A layer of Basic White is covered with shades of blue using a blending brush.  I started with Secret Sea at the bottom then Blue Berry Bushel and then Azure Afternoon.  Once the ink blending was done I tore off the very top of the panel to mimic a bit of wave action.

  The dolphins from the Along These Lines stamp set are stamped in Versamark onto Basic Gray and Smoky Slate then embossed in white.  The sentiment from The Right Words is also stamped and embossed at the bottom of the card front. I definitely made sure to use my embossing buddy to make sure no stray flecks of white messed up my ocean depths! I fussy cut the images and then popped them up on the 'water' on dimensionals.

  A few Cloud Cover Flat Pearls are added around the sentiment.  I think they kind of look like bubbles!

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

Stamps: Along These Lines, The Right Words (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Secret Sea, Blueberry Bushel, Azure Afternoon, Versamark

Paper: Secret Sea, Basic White, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate

Accessories: white embossing powder, blending brush, dimensionals, 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls

Beautiful Father's Day - Stampin' Up!® Beautiful Motifs

   I've been using the Beautiful Gallery Suite a lot lately because it works for so many kinds of cards.  I made this card for one of my father-in-laws for Father's Day.  I was going for a peaceful nature-y/outdoors/plant kind of card since that's his vibe.  I think it turned out just right! What do you think?

I started with a piece of Beautiful Gallery DSP adhered to the card base.  The paper is so beautiful I didn't wanted to cover it all up so I made an open frame with the Textured Notes dies as I could make it thinner than the frames in the coordinating Gallery Blooms die set.  I used Basic Beige for a nice neutral cardstock.

Next I brushed some Mossy Meadow ink onto a piece of Basic White and cut out the fern.  Then the flower stalk is die cut in Crumb Cake cardstock.  I blended a little bit of Peach Pie ink onto the flower.  I adhered these along the side of the frame.

A Spotlight on Nature die circle in Mossy Meadow is stamped with the damask stamp and is then popped on dimensionals over a bit of Basic Beige Classic ribbon.

The retired sentiment is stamped in Mossy Meadow and trimmed to fit on the circle. A few adhesive backed texture dots are the perfect embellishment to finish this design.  Swap out the sentiment for anything you need as this works as an all occasion card too!

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

Stamps: Beautiful Motifs, Something to Celebrate (retired)

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Peach Pie

Paper: Beautiful Gallery DSP, Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Basic White

Accessories: Textured Notes Dies (Online Exclusive), Gallery Blooms dies, Spotlight on Nature dies, Basic Beige Classic Ribbon, Adhesive-backed Texture Dots

New at SU! - Beautiful Gallery Blooms

   The New at SU! blog hop is back this month sharing projects with New Suites and/or Bundles!  We've got inspiration from Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world so hop around with us and see what's new!

  I'm showcasing the Beautiful Gallery Suite today with 2 cards that use many products from this suite.  They all coordinate beautifully and the Beautiful Gallery DSP is a personal favorite!

 The gorgeous Beautiful Gallery DSP is too gorgeous to cover up so I decided to show off one of the scenes using the Gallery Blooms frame die.  I used a second frame cut from Pecan Pie to make the little photo corner accent for the one corner. The Beautiful Motifs stamp set is used for the sentiment and the stamping on the circle.  

  The Pressed Flower Motifs embellishments are the are the perfect accent to the frame detail.  I colored a bit of white baker's twine with a Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends marker to coordinate for the opposite corner.

  My second project uses both the Beautiful Gallery DSP and the frame die again but this time the DSP is used as the background and the frame is accented with florals.  The flowers from the Gallery Blooms stamp set are stamped in Crumb Cake ink onto Basic Beige cardstock then they are colored in with Blends markers.  A few die cuts are added to finish the grouping.

  To help the neutral frame stand out I embossed it with the Damask Design embossing folder, popped it up on dimensionals and used more of the Pressed Flower Motifs embellishments for accents.

  Check out the rest of the New at SU! team and their fabulous projects!  Just follow the links below.

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  All of the products used on these projects can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Beautiful Motifs, Gallery Blooms

Ink: Secret Sea, Crumb Cake

Blends: Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake light, Calypso Coral light & dark

Paper: Beautiful Gallery DSP, Secret Sea, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie, Cloud Cover, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral

Accessories: Gallery Blooms dies, dimensionals, Pressed Flower Motifs, Damask Designs embossing folder, Spotlight on Nature dies