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

  

Poppin' Father's Day - Stampin' Up!® Poppin' By

   After preparing for my my last 2 events I realized that I had A LOT of new floral stamp sets and not a whole lot else.  Stampin' Up! carries quite a variety when it comes to styles and themes but not much of that variety made it's way into my shopping cart recently so I had to do what any good Stampin' Up! demonstrator does for the good of her customers (wink wink) and buy some more stamping supplies!!  I got the new Poppin' By bundle for something very much non-floral!  Father's Day was the perfect time to get it inky especially with the dad joke puns!

 I used a bit of retired Pattern Party DSP for the fun background and then added a band of Real Red embossed with the Glass & Garden embossing folder.

 Next I stamped the popcorn box twice, once in Real Red and a second time in Daffodil Delight and fussy cut the top and bottom and put them together on a Stitched Shape circle adhering them with dimensionals.  Some fun die cut glasses are added.

  I die cut a few pieces of popcorn in Basic White then lightly brushed the edges with Daffodil Delight ink to make them buttery.  They are adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

  The sentiment is stamped in Memento Black and die cut with the smallest Party Banners dies.  A black baker's twine bow is the final touch for the front of this card.  On the inside I stamped a Father's Day greeting.

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

Stamps: Poppin' By (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Memento Black

Paper: Real Red, Basic White, Basic Black, Flowers and More DSP (retired)

Accessories: Poppin' By dies (Online Exclusive), Garden & Glass embossing folders, dimensionals, black baker's twine

Encircled Birthday Banner - Stampin' Up!® Encircled With Love

     It sure is nice to go away for vacation but there is always a period of pay back once we get home!  I still haven't gotten back into a routine in the stamp room.  I'm having a hard time focusing and deciding what I need to get done next.  So to check one thing off of my to do list I'm sharing the final card we made at May's class.  It's pretty much the same as the banner card I shared at the end of May.  I switched up the colors and used a few more new products.  I like these colors for a guy card and those are always nice to have in the stash!

  Just like on this banner card I used the new Party Banners dies to shape the card base for this fun flag/banner shape.  Just make sure your fold is inside the die when you line it up!  For this base I used Smoky Slate.  And I have an over-abundance of Pool Party scraps so I took 2 different widths and embossed them with the new Glass & Garden Embossing folder for a great texture across the banner.

  The sentiment is from the new Encircled with Love stamp set and is embossed in white on Poppy Parade cardstock.  It's punched out and then backed with a slightly larger Basic White punched circle.  It's then popped on dimensionals.

  Using one of the other stamps in the set I stamped the gift box in Smoky Slate then fussy cut it, colored in the ribbon with Stampin' Blends and then popped it up to the side of the sentiment.  A few Rainbow-Backed Adhesive Dots embellish the corner of the banner.

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

Stamps: Encircled With Love

Ink: Versamark, Smoky Slate

Blends: Pool Party

Paper: Smoky Slate, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Basic White

Accessories: Party Banners dies, Glass & Garden embossing folder, circle punches, white embossing powder, dimensionals, Rainbow-backed Adhesive Dots

Beachy Vibes Gift Card Holder - Stampin' Up!® Notes & Totes

   It's been a hot minute since I've been in my stamp room!  I held my May class the last week of May then immediately jumped into preparing for vacation mode and spent this past week at the beach with family enjoying the sun and ocean.  Now I'm trying to get organized so I can get back to stamping.  Luckily I do still have a project to share that we made at my last class.  I had beach on the brain so the new Notes & Totes bundle was the perfect thing to use for one of the projects.

  This was also the first time some of my stampers were seeing the new In Colors in person so I incorporated all 5 into the design.  It starts with a Secret Sea card base, then a layer of Cloud Cover stamped with the sentiment in Secret Sea.

  Next using a lot of the dies from the Notes & Totes die set we just made a 4 square layout with each square highlighting one of the dies as well as the In Colors.  The sunglasses have the lenses colored with Wink of Stella for some added pizzazz. And the sun stamp is added to the sunscreen tube In Darling Duckling ink. A few Iridescent Faceted Gems are added for embellishments.

  The outside of this card is fun and playful but I carried over that feeling to the inside of the card too!!

  We used the tote die to create a little gift card pocket on the inside!  Isn't that so cute? Carrying on the theme of new In Colors my stampers got to choose which color/pattern of In Color 6x6 DSP they wanted to use for their tote.  They all used Secret Sea for the accent pieces and they all were adorable no matter which color was chosen.  The sentiment is from the Online Exclusive set The Right Words and was just the right size for the open corner.

 Hopefully I'll get back to creating this week if I can remember how lol!  

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Stamps: Notes & Totes, The Right Words (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Secret Sea, Darling Duckling

Paper: Secret Sea, Cloud Cover, Darling Duckling, Timid Tiger, Strawberry Slush

Accessories: Notes & Totes dies, dimensionals, Iridescent Faceted Gems

  

Appreciation Window - Stampin' Up! Impressions Abloom

   My stampers got to use the Impressions Abloom bundle firsthand at class the other day.  I designed this card to show off the large squoval die that comes in the set along with some of the flower dies.  The stamping was minimal but the die cut flowers are so cute they can definitely stand on their own!

  If you're a regular follower of my blog you might think these colors look familiar and you're correct!  I used them on this card earlier this week.  I just love them together!

  This one starts with a Pool Party base with the squoval cut out.  Using the opening to see where the sentiment goes the words are stamped on the insert in Shy Shamrock ink.  A small flower is also stamped on the insert in Petunia Pop and Darling Duckling.

  The flowers and leaves are die cut then arranged around the edge of the opening.  You have to be sure that your adhesive doesn't extend to a piece that hangs over the opening...you definitely want the recipient to be able to open the card.  The Petunia Pop flower has some of the same color ink blended into the center to highlight the fun details.  A few dimensionals elevate 2 of the flowers for a bit of height.

  A few Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink Gems (in the clear/gold combo) are added to the side opposite the flowers for a final touch.

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

Stamps: Impressions Abloom (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Shy Shamrock, Petunia Pop, Darling Duckling

Paper: Pool Party, Basic White, Shy Shamrock, Petunia Pop, Darling Duckling

Accessories: Impressions Abloom dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink Gems (Online Exclusive)

Tiger Birthday Banner - Stampin' Up!® Party Banner Dies

 You might have missed it in the Annual Catalog but on page 86 is a set of dies that I think are a great addition to any crafters supplies.  The Party Banners dies contains 14 banner dies and 6 dies for cutting the holes in the banner corners.  I don't make many banners but that's ok because 10 of the banner dies are sized to an A2 (5.5" x4.25") card or smaller.  I used one to cut out the card shape and the next smaller die to cut the insert for the inside.   Shaped cards can be really fun and I'm excited to be able to use this set to make more!  And now that I'm "scrap-curious" I think this set will work wonderfully for page accents!

 It's really easy to make this banner shaped card using the Party Banner dies.  I cut my base cardstock 11" x 4.25" and folded it in half.  Find the card front sized banner die and line it up so that the card fold is just below the top edge of the die. Use some painters tape or a post it to keep it lined up when you put it through your die cutting machine.  The cut might take a small bit from the sides along with making the banner detail at the bottom. The next smaller die is the one I used to cut a banner shaped insert for inside the card.

    For the card front I used the new In Colors Timid Tiger and Secret Sea and added in a pop of Coastal Cabana.  I heat embossed the image from the Encircled With Love stamp set in white onto Coastal Cabana and then punched it out and backed it with another slightly larger circle in Basic White.  I tucked a bit of the Secret Sea Faux Linen ribbon in between the layers for added detail.  Finally a few retired flat dots are added to the bottom of the card.

  

  I hope you'll ry out these dies and make some banner shaped cards!  

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

Stamps: Encircled With Love

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Timid Tiger, Secret Sea, Coastal Cabana, Basic White

Accessories: Party Banners dies, white embossing powder, circle punches, Secret Sea Faux Linen ribbon, Flat Dots (retired)