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 was playing around with the Stampin' Up!® Stitched Stocking bundle the other day trying out different ideas for a class and I wasn't really feeling 'Christmas' at that moment so I made just a regular quilt block just to see. I poked around quilting Pinterest (they are as crazy for their hobby as we paper crafters are lol!) to find a block that I could build out with the dies in the bundle. It's amazing what triangles and geometry can do! Once I found a pattern I just played with different colors and DSPs and ended up with this pinwheel-esque square.
I pulled my colors from the Stitched Season DSP and used the Peaceful Pine plaid design as well as the floral pattern. I used a Peaceful Pine card base and a panel of Secret Sea for the quilt block to be adhered to. The sentiment panel is the cuff die cut from the stocking and it just the right size for the Banner Sayings stamp set. To continue the quilting theme I used the stitching stamp to add "stitching" around the sentiment. If you take your time it's pretty easy to line up.
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If you like adorable woodland animals and coloring have I got the stamp set for you to get started on your Christmas cards! The Woodland Wishes stamp set is just adorable with all of your favorites; bears, foxes, squirrels, deer, birds and more! You can make the full tree or use the single animal stamps to make you own groupings.
So adorable right?? I had a crafting day with some some friends last week and I decided to make a stack of this design to add to my Christmas card stash. I don't watercolor very often as I feel that I don't do the images justice most of the time and I'm also a bit impatient to get cards finished and the drying time for watercoloring doesn't fit with my self-imposed schedules lol! But I think the time was worth it here!
I started with a Crumb Cake card base then topped it with another piece of Crumb Cake embossed with the new Textured Tree Ring embossing folder. I know this folder will come in handy heading into fall and of course for all of my rustic vibe Christmas cards.
All of these animals put my neutrals to the test and I watercolored using drops of reinker and water painters. Some of the small areas were challenging to get the color just where I wanted it but I'm happy with the final look.
After it was colored I fussy cut the tree shape and popped it with dimensionals over a piece of Peaceful Pine bordered ribbon and the stamped sentiment also in Peaceful Pine. I had a bunch of retired Traditional Sparkling Sequins left so I added a few of the red ones for a tiny bit of sparkle.
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Stamps: Woodland Wishes (Online Exclusive)
Ink: SU Hybrid Basic Black, Real Red, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Pecan Pie, Pool Party, Peaceful Pine, Smoky Slate, Gray Granite
Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic White, watercolor paper
Accessories: Textured Tree Ring embossing folder (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, water painter, Peaceful Pine Bordered Ribbon, Traditional Sparkling Sequins (retired)
Need a bright, fun summer card? I've got just thing today! I'm having a lot of fun with the Summer Happiness bundle with all of it's cute images and many possibilities and I used it to design this card for a recent shoebox swap event with my downline. We enjoyed a few hours of chatting and card making and I got to show them the new Hot Foiling system. I used them as guinea pigs to see how hot foiling would work in a class setting and they were happy to help!
I was inspired by this card by fellow demonstrator Melissa Faust. I loved the stamped strips showing off the images. I changed out the colors using a set from the Paper Players challenge from last week. And added the hot foil sentiment using the Classic Greetings hot foil dies.
The foil is really a fun accent and I can see lots of possibilities, the hard part is choosing which foil color to use!
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Stamps: Summer Happiness (Online Exclusive)
Ink: Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green
Paper: Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Azure Afternoon, Basic White
Hot Foil: Classic Greetings hot foil dies, gold foil
Accessories: Summer Happiness dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals
The super talented CAS Colours & Sketches Design Team is back today with another great clean and simple challenge! Our colors are courtesy of Joanne and she has a winner with this trio!
Petal Pink, Calypso Coral and Lost Lagoon! I had a bunch of ideas right away but landed on a simple what I like to call a "4 square" layout. I think I pull this basic sketch out at least once every six months. I find it perfect for small images. I decided to use the new Stitched Stocking bundle and threw in a bit of the new hot foiling as well.
Keeping it clean and simple with a Basic White thick card base, then a layer of Basic White tied with a bit of retired Lost Lagoon Soft Cording.
A Stitched Shape square die cut is the base for the 3 little stamped squares in our colors. I stamped each one with the little windowpane plaid stamp from the Stitched Stocking stamp set (yes it's a Christmas set but I love making these seasonal sets good for more than just one season!). I die cut each square with the coordinating die and added a little detail by running my scoring stylus around the inside of the die before removing the cardstock. It gives the die cut a little bit of puffy detail. Subtle details like this are a wonderful way to elevate a clean and simple design without adding more layers.
The sentiment is from the Cutest Crew stamp set and it the perfect size for my 4th square. It's embossed in gold. And check out that hot foiled butterfly! I've made a few cards using the new Stampin' Up!® hot foiling system but I hadn't used the Butterfly Flight bundle yet. The smallest butterfly was the perfect size this this design.
So perfectly shiny! I used the coordinating masks to get the challenge colors in just the right spots. Once it was die cut I folded the wings up just a bit and adhered it with mini dimensionals. I found the little butterfly is the perfect way to use up smaller scraps of foil because you know I can't throw out something that could come in handy someday! I don't want to waste a bit of that shiny goodness!
I can't wait to see what you do with these colors so be sure to share your creation in our challenge gallery. Remember to keep it clean and simple; lots of open space and uncluttered.
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Now that I've got my hands on some new Stampin' Up!® Christmas products I've been thinking a bit more about my seasonal cards. I haven't done much with the Stitched Stocking bundle....yet. I see a lot of possibilities with this fun bundle and the I think it will be a big hit with some quilters I know. For my card today I used some of the dies to create a stack of 3 Christmas images.
It was a tight squeeze but I fit them all! I started with a Peaceful Pine card base. I think this green is a great one for Christmas and I definitely plan to pair it more with Cherry Cobbler. I embossed a piece of Basic White with the retired Beautiful Pattern embossing folder for a great quilt-like texture.
Next I die cut the tree, star and gift and then cut the accent pieces mixing the colors so that each finished square had 2 different colors. The "ornaments" on the tree are the little holly berries and the ribbon on the package is just trimmed from a second die cut in Golden Glow and adhered on.
The berries/ornaments are colored in clear Wink of Stella, I added a Peaceful Pine In Color dot to the star and the ribbon on the gift is covered with Golden Glow shimmer brush.
I partially inked up the sentiment leaving off the smaller writing on the Merry Christmas greeting and stamped it on the rounded rectangle that is the cuff of the stocking. It's popped up on dimensionals over a piece of Peaceful Pine Bordered Ribbon. The new mini Christmas buttons are super cute and I used one of the white ones here then topped it with a Cherry Cobbler bakers twine bow.
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Stamps: Stitched Stocking (Online Exclusive)
Ink: Peaceful Pine
Paper: Basic White, Peaceful Pine, Golden Glow, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Stitched Stocking dies (Online Exclusive), Beautiful Pattern embossing folder (retired), dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Peaceful Pine Bordered Ribbon, Golden Glow Shimmer Brush, Mini Christmas Buttons, 2026-2028 In Color Dots
While our current hot, humid and smoky weather isn't screaming summer fun I've been having fun in my stamp room with the new Summer Happiness bundle and coordinating washi tape! I used these Online Exclusive product for my June customer thank you cards! The washi made for a quick background panel!
I used colors that are in the washi tape for the rest of my card elements. The base is Petal Pink and the sentiment circle is Coastal Cabana.
The washi tape is adhered to a panel of Basic White so that the images will pop against the card base. You can add the washi directly to the card front it would just be muted. Just depends on the look you're going for.
I stamped the sunglasses and cherries in Memento black and then colored them in with Blends. The sentiment and images are popped on dimensionals with a little Secret Sea Faux Linen flag peeking out. The retired Petal Pink Dear Dots add a bit of texture to the sentiment circle.
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Stamps: Summer Happiness (Online Exclusive)
Ink: Memento Black
Blends: Petal Pink light & dark, Strawberry Slush light and dark, Lost Lagoon light
I love when seasonal sets can be used out of season! It really makes you feel that you're getting more bang for your buck when you can use a Christmas stamp set in July to make a non-Christmas card. I'll have both boys away at school this fall so I've got to beef up my college kid card stash. The little bear in the Woodland Wishes set was calling my name!
Thanks to Freshly Made Sketches for the fun square layout to show off this chubby little guy! I pulled out some scraps from the retired Autumn to Remember Scrapbooking Workshop kit and coordinating Sweet Days of Autumn DSP as the colors seemed to be just what I had in mind!
The card base is Basic White thick, then a layer of Cajun Craze, then the Sweet Days of Autumn DSP. The Bear is stamped in Memento and then colored with Blends. He's cute out with a Stylish Shape square die and is backed with a layer of Cajun Craze. The square is popped on dimensionals.
For the narrow strip I used another scrap and trimmed the ends. The sentiment is from the Reason to Celebrate stamp set and is stamped in Memento and punched out with a retired 3/4" circle punch. I layered the sentiment over a baker's twine bow.
To finish off this boy friendly card I added a few of the leftover wood grain heart accent pieces from the kit.
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Stamps: Woodland Wishes (Online Exclusive), Reason to Celebrate
Ink: Memento Black
Blends: Pecan Pie light & dark, Ivory
Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Cajun Craze, Autumn to Remember DSP
Welcome to the New at SU! July blog hop! We are a group of international Stampin' Up!® demonstrators who gather each month to showcase new projects to help inspire you in your own papercrafting! This month we are featuring Fun Fold Birthday cards! To follow the hop all around see the link list at the bottom of my post.
There are so many fun folds out there it can be hard to choose one but I decided to go with one I had never made before. The W-fold card is a great one to make when you have a lot of images you want to show off as I did with the Summer Happiness bundle! All it takes is 3 score lines (besides the card base center fold) and you're in business.
The front of the card hides the fun of the inside! I used the Paper Medley DSP for the background and the card base is Basic Beige. The card base is 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2" so the card flips up to open. I created a belly band to hold the card closed and used the flowers from the Summer Happiness set to accent the birthday sentiment from the Balloon Festoon set and is embossed in black.
When you take off the belly band you get to the fun inside! On a fun pop up element you get 4 different spots to show off all of your images and more sentiments!
I added another pattern of Paper Medley DSP on the inside. The pop up element is a 1" x 11" strip of Basic Beige and is scored at 2 3/4", 5 1/2" and 8 1/4". The strip is adhered to the top and bottom of the card leaving the middle free to fold open and closed. See I told you it was easy! Now for the fun of creating the pop up squares!
I used Basic White for the base of the squares which are 2 1/4". You could go slightly larger if needed or change the squares to rectangles for a larger area to work with. The DSP squares are 2"x2" and make a nice background for the fun summer images. The sentiment on the sunglass panel is from the Football Fan stamp set.
It was fun mixing and matching the different images and dies from this bundle. I kept to the color palette shown in the DSP; Basic Beige, Calypso Coral, petal Pink and Darling Duckling for a cohesive look for each square. The sentiment here is from Banner Sayings.
Some of the elements are highlighted with Wink of Stella which doesn't show well on the photos. I also used dimensionals to pop some of the images up. The belly band is helpful to keep the card closed and get it in the envelope. I would definitely add extra postage to this one or send it in a larger envelope!
I really enjoyed creating this easy fun fold and showing off so much of a single bundle on one card! I hope you keep this easy fun fold in mind especially when you can't decide which image to focus on! You don't have to with the W-Fold!
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Stamps: Summer Happiness (Online Exclusive), Balloon Festoon, Banner Sayings, Football Fan (Online Exclusive)
If you are looking for a football themed stamp set for scrapbooking, cards, invitations or party accessories then the Stampin' Up!® Football Fan stamp set fits the bill! In addition to some great images you've got some fun sentiments to go along with the sports theme! I hadn't inked up my set yet so I thought I would get ahead of the fall season and make a card for the college football team we cheer on; the JMU Dukes. It's my husband's alma mater so we always gear up in our purple and gold and get a good "Goooooo Dukes!" in!
A great companion bundle to use with the Football Fan stamp set is the soccer themed Match Day. The whistle, cone, grass and trophy die cuts along with more sports theme sentiments expands the mix and match opportunities!
The Just Us Girls challenge of "play" along with the just closed Freshly Made Sketches layout were inspirations for this design. I started with a piece of Wonderful Match DSP for the background. A strip of Gorgeous Grape and narrow strip of Golden Glow draw the eye to the main elements.
It's been a long time since I've done a "polaroid" style element on a card and the running player seemed like a perfect image to use. I started with creating the frame by using a rectangle shaped piece of Basic White then using a square die to cut out the inside.
The player is stamped on a piece of Basic White that is slightly larger than the opening in the frame. I stamped the image again on a sticky note and fussy cut it to create a mask so I could lightly blend a bit of Pool Party ink around the player for a nice crisp background. The image is colored in with Stampin' Blends and then the the frame is added and the whole thing is popped on dimensionals.
I wanted to use some of the fun "accessory" stamps so I used the pennant, ball and fan hand to add a little cluster at the corner of the "photo". I added the gold strips to the pennant and highlighted the gold on the player with my Golden Glow Shimmer Brush for some fun sparkle.
The final touch are some 2026-2028 In Color Dots in the corner and on the fan hand.
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Stamps: Football Fan (Online Exclusive)
Ink: Memento Black, Gorgeous Grape, Golden Glow, Pool Party
Blends: Highland Heather dark, SU500, Pecan Pie dark
Paper: Wonderful Match DSP, Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Golden Glow
Accessories: Square die, dimensionals, 2026-2028 In Color Dots
Have you ever sat down to make a birthday card and you just can't quite believe the number you've put on it?? I experienced that very thing when I was making this card for my youngest the other day. The whole time I was making the card I was like "how is it possible that I'm using this ridiculous number??!" No sir, that's my baby boy lol! And it's hard to square that he's 18 but I'm not nearly old enough to have a kid that old lol! Funny how that works isn't it?!
I started with a Lemon Lime Twist card base, then topped it with a piece of Basic White embossed with the Swirls of Magic embossing folder.
Following the sketch I added a piece of retired Zoo Crew DSP in this black and white star pattern. I had forgotten I had any of this paper left and while it's just scraps there was enough for this design. Next is a strip of white for the balloons to be set against.
The balloons are from Balloon Festoon and are stamped in Coastal Cabana and Lemon Lime Twist then the 1 & 8 from the Simple Alphabet set are embossed in black embossing powder for a nice raised shiny look. The strings are cut in basic Black then they are both popped on dimensionals.
The sentiment is stamped in Memento Black and the ends are flagged and a smaller banner in Coastal Cabana is added to the back before popping it up on dimensionals.
A few retired adhesive hearts and gems are added for the finishing touch!
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Christmas in June??? Why not? Planning ahead for handmade Christmas cards is the only way I can get enough made without driving myself crazy come December. I won't be making a big Christmas card push just yet so don't unfollow me for being out of season. Getting a few cards in the storage box gives me a little peace of mind! I'm using the Stitched Stocking bundle which will be available in the July 2026 Online Exclusive release.
I needed to make a card using the sketch challenge that I gave my to customers this morning and I thought this Christmas stocking kind of fit the larger element of the layout. What do you think?
Maybe a little big lol! But it was fun to put this card together using the quilt inspired Stitched Stockings bundle.
I started with a Peaceful Pine card base, such a wonderful Christmas green! Then a panel of Basic White cut with the retired Stitched Rectangle dies and embossed with the retired Beautiful Pattern embossing folder.
The stocking is die cut in several layers with the bottom being just the stocking shape. The top layer of the stocking is the part that has all the wonderful patchwork and stitched details. Both layers are in Cherry Cobbler. The cuff is also separate and is in Basic White. Before adhering the cuff I added a loop of Peaceful Pine Bordered ribbon.
This bundle is part of a suite which includes A Stitched Season DSP. I used a plaid pattern to cut the star detail and added it to the stocking.
A little Christmas tree and some holly leaves and berries colored with Wink of Stella are fun accents and a little tiny sentiment from the long retired Itty Bitty Christmas is the final piece.
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Stamps: Itty Bitty Christmas (retired)
Ink: Peaceful Pine
Paper: Peaceful Pine, Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Real Red, A Stitched Season DSP*
Accessories: Stitched Stocking dies*, dimensionals, Wink of Stella, circle punch, Beautiful Pattern embossing folder (retired), Stitched Rectangle dies (retired)
I got my demonstrator pre-order for the July Online Exclusives and the rumors are true....I'm my own best customer lol! Every release has things that I just need. 'Need' being used here loosely of course! I ordered quite a bit from this preorder and the products span from summer themed all the way to Christmas so I'm well on my way to enjoying this summer season but also looking ahead to fall and winter. The upcoming Summer Happiness bundle fills in a bit of a gap in my current products with the variety of images and dies that will work for cards as well as accents for scrap pages.
I'm using the Freshly Made Sketches layout for this card and it's perfect to show off some the fun that this bundle contains! I started with a Pool Party base topped with a full panel of Pool Party embossed with the recently retired Soft Waves embossing folder.
Next I die cut 3 Perennial Postage rectangles to follow the sketch and give my summer items a place to land. The sun is stamped in Darling Duckling then die cut and is backed with a same shape die cut in just cardstock to give it a little off set layering.
The sunglasses are die cut from Poppy Parade and the lenses are Black Glimmer paper because why not? I added some small rhinestones to the edge to add even more sparkle.
The flip flops are die cut from Balmy Blue and Azure Afternoon. The straps are the perfect chance to use the Adhesive Sheets as they are very narrow and a bit tricky to glue up. I wish I had thought of that before getting glue everywhere! If I can't be a good example I'll just have to be a horrible warning! All the die cuts are popped on dimensionals.
The sentiment from Banner Sayings is stamped in Basic Black Hybrid ink on the center postage stamp. If you like this color combo check out this other card that I made using the same one a while back.
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Stamps: Summer Happiness*, Banner Sayings
Ink: Darling Duckling, Basic Black Hybrid
Paper: Pool Party, Basic White, Darling Duckling, Poppy Parade, Black Glimmer (retired), Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon
The CAS Colours & Sketches team is back with a new challenge for you! This time we are working with a sketch from Rachel that has so many possibilities with the fun tag element!
Since the World Cup is about to start and we are a soccer family and Father's Day is coming I decided to combine the two with this great sketch!
So I originally had the elements right on a Basic White thick card base but I realized after I had adhered everything that the card opened the wrong way! Duh! So I cut the front off and trimmed it down a bit and added it back to a Basic White base that opened the correct way! What can I say, sometimes my card base creases are just too good lol!
For my tag elements I layered a Basic Black one behind the A Wonderful Match DSP tag. Some black baker's twine is used for the string.
The jersey and sentiment are both stamped in Memento black. The jersey is colored with Blends then die cut and added to the card with dimensionals. The sentiment is fussy cut and also popped on dimensionals.
I couldn't resist using a few retired black Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems to add a little bit of shine.
I can't wait to see how you use this great layout for your CAS designs. Remember to keep it clean and simple, minimal layers and patterns with a clean look and lots of white space.
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Stamps: Match Day (Online Exclusive)
Ink: Memento Black
Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Basic Black, A Wonderful Match DSP
Accessories: Match Day dies, (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, baker's twine, tag punch (retired), Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems (retired)
This time of year is full of hand stamped card worthy events so I'm trying to keep up with them all and working ahead a bit for the ones I need. Usually I'm a last minute stamper but I'm trying to be more organized by looking ahead on the calendar. Up next for me is Father's Day and I thought the fun camera and film strip in the Capturing Smiles bundle would be a great masculine card.
I started with some 2026-2028 In Color Painted Patterns DSP in a striped Peaceful Pine pattern. I wanted to use some of the small nature scenes in the stamp set and the green was a good starting point.
Next I cut 2 of the film strips and added stamped hearts, the sentiment and a beach scene and camping scene after coloring them with Blends markers.
The camera is stamped on Balmy Blue cardstock with Memento black ink. I used the Balmy Blue Blends dark marker to highlight a few areas of the camera image and then die cut it. The lens and lens heart were stamped and die cut and added to the camera.
I dug around in my retired sentiments to find one that that fit the vibe of the card and came up with Many Manly Occasions from the May 2016 Paper Pumpkin. I stamped it in Timid Tiger and and trimmed it down to fit the space. This could easily become a birthday card with a quick change of the sentiment too if you're stuck on a masculine birthday card idea!
A few retired Faux Glass Dots are a nice simple embellishment to finish this card.
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Stamps: Capturing Smiles (Online Exclusive), Many Manly Occasions (retired- Paper Pumpkin)
Ink: Memento Black, Timid Tiger, Peaceful Pine, Balmy Blue
Blends: Timid Tiger light & dark, Peaceful Pine light & dark, Balmy Blue light & dark
Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Balmy Blue, 2026-2028 In Color Painted Patterns DSP
Today's card is another one my stampers made at my last class and uses the Filled With Sweetness bundle along with the Party Banners dies for a sweet card to let someone know you love them.
The card base which you can't see is Basic White thick and that is topped with a piece of Basic White embossed with the Ladybug Picnic embossing folder.
The Party Banners dies and Misty Moonlight cardstock are used for the banner which will be a base for the other elements. The little heart is stamped in the corners and Strawberry Slush ribbon is wrapped around with a knot added. The label shape is die cut twice, once in Crushed Curry the second in Basic White. The ends are trimmed from the Basic White one, the sentiment stamped in Strawberry Slush and then put back together with the Crushes Curry label for a seamless 2 colored look.
The berries are stamped and colored with blends and once they are die cut are paired up with one of the jam jar images from the Homemade Sweetness DSP. My stampers got to choose from the different images in the DSP to make the card their own. Those that chose the Peach jam swapped the Crushed Curry Label for Calypso Coral. The berries and jar are popped on dimensionals as is the whole banner.
The finishing touches are a few Strawberries & Dots embellishments on the banner and some white gel pen highlights on the berries.
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My stampers made this design at my last class with the super popular Cutest Crew bundle. This set has gone in and out of stock since February and it should be back again soon so if you haven't gotten it yet the wait won't be much longer. Cute it is indeed! I paired it up with some fresh spring colors for a sweet hello card.
This is a simple layout but I included 2 super easy "techniques" on it to add interest. The Coastal Cabana layer not only has the little bird tracks stamped on it but the edges have been roughed up by running the paper snips blade along them for an easy way to add texture.
The second "technique" is the paper pleating on the Granny Apple Green layer. The 1/2" wide strip is folded back on itself all the way down the length of it and then adhered with a strip of tear and tape on the Made With Love DSP in the sweet Bubble Bath flower pattern.
A Spotlight on Nature circle die cut is used for the sentiment. The birds are also stamped in Memento Black and then colored in with Blends,. I love these fresh spring colors! The birds are die cut then popped on 2 layers of dimensionals over the pleated "grass".
A few new Sunset Sparkle sequins are added to the sentiment circle for the finishing touch.
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Stamps: Cutest Crew (Online Exclusive)
Ink: Memento Black, Coastal Cabana
Blends: Daffodil Delight light & dark, Bubble Bath light & dark, Summer Splash light & dark, Granny Apple Green light & dark
Paper: Coastal Cabana, Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Made With Love DSP
Accessories: Cutest Crew dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, Sunset Sparkle Sequins*
My birthday (or celebration/congratulations) card today is another sneak peek at the upcoming Balloon Festoon bundle which will be available on May 5. I zeroed in on the die set as soon as I saw it in the catalog. The are balloon dies from small to large! Think of the Party Banner dies but in balloon shape! The largest is almost 6" tall by almost 4 1/2" wide so that's a nice big size for banners or scrapbook pages or any other project you want balloons for, not just cards! I used the largest one on an angle for this card.
My colors today are from another closed challenge; the Color Hues fuchsia and navy which I translated to Berry Burst and Night of Navy in Stampin' Up! colors.
The card base is Night of Navy then I cut the large balloon from Berry Burst. The spots are stamped in Versamark then embossed with clear embossing powder which doesn't show up well in the photo but just stamping with colored ink would give a similar look. I angled the balloon and trimmed off the overhang from the edges.
I used the balloon stamp and stamped it in Night of Navy with a Basic White string.
The 'celebrate' is stamped in Night of Navy with the Simple Alphabet stamp set and then the letters were fussy cut and popped on dimensionals.
I added a bakers twine bow to the large balloon and then a single retired Iridescent Adhesive-backed Disc to the last 'e'. It gives a little bit of shine to go with the shine of the embossed dots.
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I'm just padding out my birthday card selection with a masculine soccer card today. The Online Exclusive Match Day bundle and Wonderful Match DSP is perfect for those sports lovers out there. The Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge has a fun choice board with lots of themes to pick from and soccer was a no brainer this time!
I used the colors from the just closed Paper Players challenge which is a fun one for a soccer theme. Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate and Basic Black.
I started with a Basic Black card base, then a layer of Smoky Slate then a piece of Wonderful Match DSP in the black and white pattern. I used my Stampin' Blends to color some of the elements.
Next I embossed the jersey and soccer ball in black embossing powder. After they were die cut I used the new white gel pen (coming May 5) to color in bits of the jersey for added details. This new gel pen works really well and I've been very pleased with it so far!
A soccer net is die cut in Smoky Slate then the trophy is cut twice once in Basic Black and again in Daffodil Delight and I trimmed out the star and added it to the black trophy. The star is colored with Wink of Stella which didn't show up in the photo. I layered all the elements on the card front using dimensionals.
The sentiment is from a new stamp set coming on May 5 called Balloon Festoon. I thought the thin font went well with the sketched style of the images and the DSP. I fussy cut it and popped it on dimensionals. A few black sparkly gems are sprinkled around for a final touch.
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Stamps: Match Day (Online Exclusive), Balloon Festoon*
The CAS Colours & Sketches challenge team is back today with a brand new clean and simple challenge! Deborah has given us a fun layout to create with this time. So many ways to use these 3 circles!
I used them to highlight some of the adorable pups in the Cutest Crew stamp set. The dogs are just the right size for this layout.
This one is about as simple as you can get! I started with a Basic White thick card base and then added 3 wonky circles in Secret Sea, Peaceful Pine and Cherry Cobbler.
Next I stamped the row of dogs on a piece of Basic White using Memento Black ink. I colored in 3 of the dogs with Blends and then fussy cut them and popped them on the circles with dimensionals.
The simple birthday sentiment is stamped in Memento below the dogs and 2 scored lines are made above the dogs to finish this CAS design.
I can't wait to see the creative ways you come up with for this sketch. Be sure to share it in our challenge gallery but keep it Clean and Simple (CAS).
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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 on May 5, 2026.
