Coloring On Vellum, the Easy Way

Vellum is beautiful, but a few of the challenges with it are:

  1. Stamping and coloring on it (because of the coating on the paper, it takes forever to dry), and
  2. Adhering it so you can’t see the adhesive.

For this card, I die cut a frame to adhere the vellum to and colored it on the back side with Stampin’ Blends, which don’t leave streaks and dry quickly because they are alcohol based:

As paper crafters, we hate wasting paper so I have another tip: Make TWO cards at a time to most effectively use your card stock. You can cut the frame from the center of one color and use the outside edge as a matte for your Designer Series Paper for the other card (watch video below):

The In the Moment stamp set works perfectly with the New Horizons Designer Series Paper and with these sentiments, I can imagine sending it to a friend to encourage them to take some time off from the hustle-and-grind. They are excellent reminders that self-care is also taking time to unwind!

Here’s a short HOW-TO video and you can order the supplies from my Stampin’ Store by clicking the links after that:

I’d love to hear how you liked this tutorial…leave me a comment below!

Product List
In The Moment Cling Stamp Set (English)
$24.00
New Horizons 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
$11.50
Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$10.00
Stitched Rectangles Dies
$35.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
$7.50
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill
$9.50
Basics Embossing Powders
$18.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
$30.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
$120.00
Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends Collection
$45.00
Polished Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Evening Evergreen Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
$4.00

Strawberry Hello

Call me slow, but I *just* realized (3 decades into paper crafting) that you can send a birthday card that DOESN’T SAY “Happy Birthday”!

I was panicked that I needed more birthday cards at the beginning of March, but didn’t have time to make any. My “generic” card stash was overflowing, so I grabbed a few of those and just wrote a birthday message inside, and slapped my forehead as I realized they worked wonderfully! DUH.

LESSON: Let any generic greeting card become whatever you want it to be!

On that note, here’s a card that can be embossed quickly and will help get you out of any “JAM” (get it?) you are in for a mailing moment! I’ve even got a printable HOW TO for you:

Hope the remainder of your day is as sweet as this card is!

New at SU! Case the Catalog Cactus Cuties

This month we are having so much fun expanding our creativity by getting inspiration from the Annual Catalog in our hop around the world! When you “Copy And Selectively Edit” – or CASE – a project from the catalog, you’ll expand your crafting ideas in ways you never dreamed of.

For instance, I was inspired by THIS card on page 157 of the Annual Catalog using the All for Baby bundle:

Using the Cactus Cuties from the January-June Mini catalog, this is my project inspired by that one:

It was surprisingly easier than I imagined! Here HOW TO:

  • On a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of basic white card stock, mask off the card at 1.75″ using washi or painters tape. Use a blending brush to add Pale Papaya ink to the first panel, getting lighter as you move up the card. Repeat and mask off the Papaya side AND farther down the card at 3.5″ for Soft Succulent. Then mask the first two colors and blend on Misty Moonlight.
  • Lay the mask over the card front and use a sponge dauber to color the pattern over the same colors. You may want to keep a mask over the other sections so you don’t get the colors mixed, but I just eyeballed it! It will help to tape the mask down on your desk so it doesn’t move and your card under the mask.
  • Stamp and fussy cut cactus. I used the punch only for the flowers.

Isn’t that just FUN? I had a blast making this card, truly!

Now you can now move on to Annette’s post to see how she was inspired by the annual catalog to create her project with the Symbols of Fortune suite from the January-June catalog. I hope this helps you look at the catalog as an Idea Book every day.

Product List
Cactus Cuties Bundle
$31.50
Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$9.75
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad
$7.50
Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad
$7.50
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
$7.50
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad
$7.50
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad
$7.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
$6.00
Basic Pattern Decorative Masks
$8.00
Blending Brushes
$12.00
Sponge Daubers
$5.00
Mini Glue Dots
$5.25
Stampin' Dimensionals
$4.00

March 2022 New at SU! Roll Call: C.A.S.E. the Catalog

Joni in the Spotlight Stamping – Hello Ladybug

Stamping the Cape – Easter Friends

Stamping With the Copper Cropper – Seas the Day

Creative Juice by Loni – Cactus Cuties

De Kijkkast – Symbols of Fortune

Playing with Paper Crafting – Arfully Composed

Stampin Xime – Flowering Tulips

Stampin’ Dreams – Boughs & Blossoms

Carterie Plus – Flowering Tulips

Scraphexe – Flowering Flowers

Stamping Scene – Tulip Fields

Tricia’s Stamping Creations – On the Horizon

Stamping Flair – Arfully Layered

24/7 Inkspiration – Let’s Set Sail

In-Color Sunflowers in Bloom

We are closing in on the end of the Annual Catalog, and that means we must say good-bye to the 2020-2022 In-Colors. Two of those colors are featured in the #tgifc358 color challenge this week and that got me dreaming of this sunny card:

During March, Stampin’ Up! has the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine on sale for 20% off, plus some stamp & die bundles are on sale that can be used in the mini machine…including the Celebrate Sunflowers bundle. I’ll share more about this tomorrow, but this is the card I created for the color challenge, using items from the Savings Are in Bloom promotion.

If you have Bumblebee, Magenta Madness (or Just Jade, Midnight Muse and Cinnamon Cider) ink pads in your stamping supplies, make sure you order the refills for your ink pads along with extra card stock NOW so you can continue crafting for a long time with these beloved colors! Once the Retiring List is announced ON MARCH 23, those are traditionally the first things to sell out.
Product List
Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle (English)
$51.25
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
$60.00
Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock
$8.75
Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
In Color 2020–2022 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) Designer Series Paper
$11.50
Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) Designer Series Paper
$11.50
1/4" Bumblebee Gingham Trim
$7.00
Sponge Daubers
$5.00
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
$3.75
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill
$9.50
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
$30.00

Mother All Flowers Remind Me of You

I had an extra daffodil I had embossed and colored for my last project sitting on my desk, and since my mother looked forward to them each spring, it made sense to create a Mother’s Day card with it.

You can make this too!

Measurements:  
Pear Pizzazz cardstock: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼” for card base
Fresh Freesia and Vellum cardstock: 3-1/2” x 4-3/4”
Basic White: 3-3/4” x 5”
Seam Binding ribbon: 14”

Instructions:
1. Emboss the Fresh Freesia card stock with Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. 
2. Using white ink and embossing powder, heat emboss the daffodil bunch in bottom right corner of vellum card stock and greeting on top left corner of Fresh Freesia card stock. Rip the top right corner of vellum away, being careful not to tear through embossed daffodils. 
3. Turn the vellum card stock over and color image with Stampin’ Blend markers.
4. Adhere Fresh Freesia layer to White card stock. Line up vellum over Freesia and use Take Your Pick took to pierce holes in the 3 corners to insert small white round brads through. 
5. Tie ribbon around the layers, then adhere to front of card with dimensionals.

Product List
Daffodil Daydream Bundle
$54.75
Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$9.75
Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$10.00
Basics Embossing Powders
$18.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
$30.00
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill
$9.50
Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
$4.00
Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon
$7.50
Round & Square Brads
$7.00
Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder
$9.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
$120.00
Take Your Pick
$10.00

All Together Now: Craft Kindness

All Together Collection

What the world needs now is human kindness…to all! And you can create kindness with your crafting. 
Tell them they matter with the new All Together Collection. These new designs illustrate coming together in friendship and solidarity, with thoughtful sentiments to make your cards cherished reminders they are loved. 
This new collection includes early-release products from the upcoming 2022–2023 Annual Catalog—an exciting new range of natural Stampin’ Blends—and exclusive, limited-time products you can’t get anywhere else!

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New at SU~ Floating Otter Faux Shaker

FREE is the thing I love writing on customer orders and our January New at SU! Blog Hop spotlights all the goodies YOU could choose free with a qualifying order from your demonstrator during Sale-a-Bration through February! You’ll want to visit the other demonstrators’ blogs to see the different ways to use these products, too.

I’m showcasing the Awesome Otters and Simply Marbleous Designer Series Paper (each free with $50 order in the U.S.) in a “Faux Shaker Card”:

You also get a sneak peek at our new NATURAL TONES Stampin’ Blends markers which will be available to customers beginning February 1st~ you’ll appreciate that they give you more options for skin tones and animals like OTTERS!

TIP: I’m finding that our Shimmery White card stock is a better option for coloring with Stampin’ Blends as it bleeds less than Basic White card stock, with the added bonus of a little shimmer.

I’ll post the supplies at the bottom of this post when you are ready to shake things up!

What are you going to collect free during Sale-a-Bration?

I am grateful you stopped by and I know you’ll enjoy more sensational stamping as you visit the other demonstrators in our Sale-a-Bration Spotlight blog hop! Jump over to Ximena’s place for a Friendly Hello from Germany…

January 2022 New at SU! Roll Call:  Sale-a-Bration Spotlight

Stamping Jo – Catching Butterflies

The Flying Stamper – Simply Marbleous Designer Series Paper 

Sugar & Scraps – Island Vibes

Gifted Hands, Ink! – Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Series Paper 

Stamping the Cape – Awesome Otters

De Kijkkast – Friendly Hello Bundle

Tricia’s Stamping Creations – Driving By

Playing with Papercrafting – Simply Marbleous DSP and Special Moments

Carterie Plus – Daffodil Afternoon DSP and Special Moments

Joni in the Spotlight Stamping – Daffodil Afternoon Designer Series Paper 

Stampin Scrapper – Special Moments and Sunshine & Rainbows DSP

Stamping Flair – Simply Marbleous Designer Series Paper 

Scraphexe – Special Moments (Für allerlei Anlässe) 

Stamping Scene – Friendly Hello Bundle

Stamping with the Copper Cropper – Friendly Hello Bundle

24/7 Inkspiration – Catching Butterflies

Creative Juice by Loni – Simply Marbleous DSP and Awesome Otters >>> YOU ARE HERE <<<

Stampin’ Xime – Friendly Hello (Hubsche-Gruse)

Product List
Awesome Otters Cling Stamp Set (English)
$0.00
Simply Marbleous 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
$0.00
Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$10.00
Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad
$7.50
Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Label Me Lovely Punch
$18.00
Clear Medium Envelopes
$6.00
Sparkle & Shine Sequins Assortment
$7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
$4.00

Ice Cream + Color Challenge

The Global Design Project color challenge was just too cute to pass up:

They look like a scoop of sherbet, so I grabbed my Sweet Ice Cream stamp set and made a floating frame card that would be yummy for Valentine’s Day, too:

Don’t lick the screen!

Product List
Sweet Ice Cream Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
$17.00
Ice Cream Cone Builder Punch
$18.00
Heart Punch Pack
$34.00
Polished Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$9.75
Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad
$7.50
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad
$7.50
Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad
$7.50
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill
$9.50
Basics Embossing Powders
$18.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
$30.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
$4.00
2021–2023 In Color Jewels
$7.00

Awesome Otters Slimline Card

Next week is Cody’s birthday and it’s time to make him a card!

I used a new Sale-a-Bration stamp set called “Awesome Otters” (which you could choose free with a qualifying purchase during January & February) and the Slimline cards from the January-June mini catalog. This is a BIG card ~ finished size is 8.5″ x 3.5″ ~ and if you want to see how to make it, you can watch my Facebook Live video from 1/10/22.

Next step: Find a gift to go with it!

Product List
Awesome Otters Cling Stamp Set (English)
$0.00
Slimline Envelopes
$10.00
Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.75
Stitched Rectangles Dies
$35.00
Playful Alphabet Dies
$34.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
$60.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
$6.00
Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
$9.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
$4.00
Stampin' Seal
$8.00

Hugs and Kisses January Paper Pumpkin

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The Kisses & Hugs Paper Pumpkin kit will help you express your love and caring in style this Valentine’s Day and all year long! Gold accents, heart-shaped cards, and stylish details will delight Cupid and your loved ones.

Plus, as a Paper Pumpkin subscriber you have access to exclusive access to add on the Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes (#160147). With 20 sweet boxes you’ll have enough to share the love!

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With a monthly Paper Pumpkin craft subscription box, you’ll save time and money . . . and eventually build a collection of versatile Stampin’ Up! crafting supplies.

Design
The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes (item 160147) are an exciting add-on to this month’s kit! This is a chance to create stylish treat boxes to match the heart-shaped cards in the kit. While these boxes are small, they make a big impact that shines with gold foil printing. The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes are sold separately starting 25 January and only available while supplies last, so don’t wait too long to snag them!

Project Type
Kit contains enough supplies to create 10 cards—5 each of 2 designs—and 10 coordinating envelopes

Coordinating Colors
Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Very Vanilla

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