Hello Sunshine - Stampin' Up!® Round About Messages

   I love a basic stamp set that can be used across multiple occasions with a mix of sentiments and smaller images and the upcoming new stamp set Round About Messages is exactly that!  I was sad when the With You In Mind stamp set retired as it was so versatile and it saw a lot of ink during it's run but Round About Messages looks like it will be the successor!

  I almost passed by the TGIF Challenge of Berry Burst, Lemon Lolly and Crumb Cake but changed my mind and decided they would be great colors to use with the Round About Messages.  I started with a Basic White card base, then a piece of Paper Medley DSP in Crumb Cake.  I had both a larger panel and the 1/2" strip already cut so I used both leaving a little space between the 2.

  Using a piece of Berry Burst cardstock and the same ink I filled the strip with lots of 'hellos'.  The tag Lemon Lolly cardstock and I used the new Home for Christmas dies and stamped the sun all over as well as one on scrap Basic White.  I popped the tag on dimensionals after adding a baker's twine bow.  The extra sun is fussy cut and popped on dimensionals as is another stamped 'hello'.

  Some retired Purple Adhesive-backed sequins finish off the details for this crisp hello card!

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.  Products marked with a * will be available Sept. 1 in the Stampin' Up!® Sept.-Oct. 2026 catalog.  If you'd like early access to these (and more!) products you can join my team HERE.

Stamps: Round About Messages*

Ink: Berry Burst, Lemon Lolly

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Berry Burst, Lemon Lolly, Paper Medley DSP

Accessories: Home for Christmas dies*, dimensionals, baker's twine, Purple Adhesive-backed sequins (retired SAB 2025)

Woodland Trio Christmas - Stampin' Up!® Woodland Wishes

   I've got a sweet little Christmas card to share today!  I'm mixing some current products with a few things that will available soon in the Stampin' Up!® Sept.-Dec. 2026 catalog.  The sweet little animals in the Woodland Wishes stamp set are so cute and just look how nice they are with red and green Christmas colors!

  The layout is from Freshly Made Sketches and is a nice sketch for grouping some smaller images/die cuts together.  The colors (red, green, brown) are from the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown which I don't tend to play along with until I get new Christmas supplies each year but they always have cool challenges!

 I started with a Cherry Cobbler base (which you can't see), then added a piece of the upcoming Timeless Christmas DSP to cover the card front.  I love this tone on tone polka dot pattern, useful for not just Christmas cards!  Next I die cut the Cherry Cobbler scalloped strip with the upcoming Home for Christmas dies.  The sentiment is stamped in Peaceful Pine on the light side of a strip of Peaceful Pine two-toned cardstock.  Look at how well it matches the polka dots!  I love having a light and regular shade of all my cardstock colors; it doubles the amount of shades to work with which is always a good thing in my book!

  Next I stamped, colored and fussy cut the animals with Blends and then added them to the card front.  The fox is popped on dimensionals.  The card needed a bit of sparkle so I die cut a few little stars out of gold glimmer paper with the Home for Christmas dies.

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All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.  Items marked with a * will be available on Sept. 1, 2026.

Stamps: Woodland Wishes (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Memento Black, Peaceful Pine

Blends: Ivory, Peacan Pie, Cajun Craze, Pecan Pie, Bronze

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Peaceful Pine Two-Toned, Gold Glimmer (retired), Timeless Christmas DSP*

Accessories: Home for Christmas dies*, dimensionals

Get Well Leaf - Stampin' Up!® Elegant Leaves

   I've got a sneak peek for you of some upcoming Stampin' Up!® products that will be released on September 1!  We've got this fall beauty coming in the Sept.-Dec. 2026 catalog.  I love a good leaf set and will use the Elegant Leaves bundle for every kind of card imaginable for the next 4-5 months.  Leaves are nothing if not versatile so if you don't have a good leaf set in your stamp collection take a good look at this one!

  I'm playing along with the CAS on Fridays challenge to make a clean and simple get well card.  I played around with some ink smooshing and watercolor paper and while not really satisfied with the end result it was good enough to use to make a focal point leaf for this card.  Sometimes the vision doesn't translate to the cardstock lol!

  After the water color paper was dried I added the leaf veining with stamped off once Golden Glow ink and then die cut.  I stamped the sentiment on a piece of Golden Glow and popped it over a bow made from the new Neutrals Jute which will also be available on Sept. 1.  It's definitely thicker and rougher than linen thread and baker's twine but gives a really nice rustic feel that's perfect for the fall nature theme of this card.

  Finally I added a single Golden Glow In Color Dot to the sentiment as the last touch.

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All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.  Items marked with a * will be available starting Sept. 1.  If you'd like to get early access to these products you can join my team HERE.

Stamps: Elegant Leaves*

Ink: Golden Glow, Timid Tiger, Flirty Flamingo

Paper: Basic White thick, watercolor paper, Golden Glow

Accessories: Elegant Leaves dies*, Neutrals Jute Combo Pack*, dimensionals, 2026-2028 In Color Dots

You Did It Crew - Stampin' Up!® Cutest Crew

   I realized yesterday that I needed to do a card for the customer challenge I put up in my Facebook customer group.  It was a color challenge and I only realized after the fact that 2 of the colors listed have retired.  Oh well, that's what I get for planning challenges out too far.  It at least it gave me a chance dig through my DSP and see what I had!  And I have to tell you I was so surprised the the Florals in Bloom DSP is still available!  And even better it's currently on sale for the month of August so don't wait to order it if you don't already have it!  I used one of the sweet flower patterns for this simple congrats card.

  Who wouldn't want to be celebrated by these little cuties from the Cutest Crew stamp set?  I pulled the layout from the SUO Challenge which is to CASE one of the samples on page 13 of the Stampin' Up! May-August catalog.  They are all great samples and I had a hard time deciding!  

  I started with a piece of retired Petunia Pop for the card base, then used a panel of Basic White to stamp the sentiment from Balloon Festoon towards the top in Gray Granite ink.  Since I don't have the Rounded Rectangle punch I made do with cut rectangles and a corner rounder punch to get approximately the same shape.  I made 3 DSP rectangles and then added them to the card front and trimmed off the overhang at the top and bottom.

  The birds from the Cutest Crew stamp set are stamped in Gray Granite then colored with Blends.  I fussy cut them and popped them up on dimensionals.  A few pink adhesive sequins finish off this super simple design.

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

Stamps: Balloon Festoon, Cutest Crew

Ink: Gray Granite

Blends: Petunia Pop (retired), Pretty in Pink* (retired)

Paper: Petunia Pop (retired), Basic White, Florals in Bloom DSP

Accessories: dimensionals, corner rounder punch (retired), pink sequins (retired)

*currently on the Last Chance list

Ladybug Hi - Stampin' Up!® Summer Happiness

   Do you ever find yourself with a good idea but then talk yourself out of it because you don't have the 'right' stamp for it?  Don't forget that punch art is a great way to create that image that is perfect for your idea.  I wanted to make a ladybug card to go with the sweet ladybug paper in the Homemade Sweetness DSP (it's on sale right now too if you have it on your wish list!!) but not a ladybug stamp to be seen.  Punch art to the rescue!

  The layout comes from the Sketch-n-Scrap sketch challenge.  I started with a Crisp Cantaloupe card base (that you can't see!) and topped it with a piece of Basic White embossed with the Ladybug Picnic embossing folder.  Then comes the DSP with the bottom corners rounder to follow the sketch.

I created the ladybug with circle punches of various sizes.  The base and wings on this one are 1 3/4" circles for reference.  The little dots are colored with clear Wink of Stella and the whole bug is popped on dimensionals over the sentiment band.  The sentiment is stamped with the Simple Alphabet stamp set and is the perfect size for the 1 inch band.

  For the other element at the top of the sketch I layered several different elements starting at the bottom with a very old scrap of Calypso Coral ribbon from my scrap stash. It always feels good to use up these bits and pieces!  Next is a die cut banner from the Stylish Shapes dies.  Then finally a stamped flower from the Summer Happiness bundle.  It mimicked the shape of the flower in the DSP so I went with it.  I popped it on dimensionals and then added a few Black sparkle gems that echo the dots on the ladybug.

  Punch art is especially good for animals and dies are easy to use too if you don't have much of a collection of punches these days!  So don't give up on that cute idea in your head!

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

Stamps: Simple Alphabet, Summer Happiness

Ink: Memento Black, Calypso Coral

Blends: Crisp Cantaloupe, Golden Glow light, Daffodil Delight dark

Paper: Basic White, Calypso Coral , Basic Black, Homemade Sweetness DSP

Accessories: Ladybug Picnic embossing folder, circle punches, Stylish Shapes dies, Summer Happiness dies, Wink of Stella, dimensionals, Calypso Coral ribbon (retired), black sparkle Gems (retired)

DSP & Cardstock Sale Until August 31

 

See what papers are included in the sale and order here in my ONLINE STORE

Pastel Butterfly Get Well - Stampin' Up!® Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Dies

   My new hot foil system continues impress!  The Butterfly Flight hot foil dies and masks got a bit of a work out last weekend when I made a stack of cards utilizing all 5 butterflies for each card!  I'm pleased with how they turned out and how easy it was to use the masks to give them color!

  I used a soft pastel color palette along with the pop of contrasting black and white polka dots for a background.  I started with a Barely Blush card base, then topped that with a piece of Paper Medley DSP.  If you like a variety of DSP all in one pack you're in luck, this one is on sale until the end of August!  You can order it through the link at the bottom of this post.   Before adhering the polka dot paper to the card front I wrapped some Barely Blush Bordered ribbon around it in anticipation for anchoring the sentiment.

 Next I foiled the butterflies in gold on Basic White cardstock and then used blending brushes and the masks to add my colors; Lost Lagoon, Golden Glow and Barely Blush. After they were all colored I used the coordinating die to cut them out along with some Lost Lagoon leaf sprigs.  The gold foil is a really elegant look and comes out so even!

  I arranged the butterflies around the sentiment from the Sending Salutations stamp set cut with the Perennial Postage dies for a fun edge. Some of the butterflies are popped on dimensionals.  Finally a few retired Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots accent the sentiment.  The Bubble Bath color is a close match to the Barely Blush.

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

Stamps: Sending Salutations

Ink: Memento Black, Golden Glow, Lost Lagoon, Barely Blush

Hot Foil: Butterfly Flight hot foil dies & mask, gold foil

Paper: Barely Blush, Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Paper Medley DSP

Accessories: Perennial Postage dies, dimensionals, Barely Blush Bordered ribbon, Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots (retired)

Nevermore - Stampin' Up!® Raven's Tale

   The newest CAS Colours & Sketches challenge is here and there is so much you can do with this sketch from Suzy!  That rectangle just holds so many possibilities!  Just remember to keep it clean and simple!

I was dithering a bit when deciding what to do for this sketch when I had the lightbulb moment to frame out an image instead of stamping something on the rectangle.  The new Raven's Tale stamp set was just the ticket!

 I decided at the start of 2026 to befriend the crows at my local park so of course I needed this stamp set for all of my crow lady era card needs!  Isn't he/she majestic??!  

  I started with a Basic Black card base, then stamped the raven/crow in Memento onto a piece of Basic White.  I die cut the frame with the retired Deckled Rectangle dies using retired black glitter paper and popped it up on dimensionals right over the bird.  

  The sentiment is also stamped in Memento black and is fussy cut and popped on dimensionals.  

  I highlighted parts of the raven/crow with clear Wink of Stella and a few sparkle gems finish off the design. 

  I can't wait to see your creation in our challenge gallery!

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

Stamps: Raven's Tale (Online Exclusives)

Ink: Memento Black

Paper: Basic Black, Basic White, Black Glitter paper (retired)

Accessories: Wink of Stella, dimensionals, Deckled Rectangle dies (retired), Sparkle Gems (retired)