Sweet Songbird Nest Treat Favor

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023Leave a comment

With only 8 more days of our ONLY Sale-a-Bration of 2023, and with the sun shining today, I chose to show you a project fit for SPRING!

This Sweet Songbird next was inspired by some that I had seen previously, and was reminded of when I discovered the Junior Mint Eggs at Dollar Tree! The green is a perfect Mint Macaron color and I wanted to put a next into a Mint Macaron tree.

Because Stampin’ Up! added a few catalog products to the choices for Sale-a-Bration, the Songbird Builder Punch is on the list you could choose free with your $50 US order before February 28, 2023, and while you don’t need the stamp set to create cute birds with the Country Gingham Designer Series Paper, the Sweet Songbirds stamp set does give you options for sentiments, nests and branches.

This would be a sweet favor at Easter dinner or, with the “Welcome” sentiment, at a baby shower, or Spring craft day with friends!

Measurements for the papers:

Mint Macaron: 2-1/4″ x 3-1/2″
Soft Suede: 3″ x 1-1/2″, scored at 1/4″ along the long sides, and at 1″ and 2″ from end to end to create the “nest”
Soft Suede scrap to stamp a nest on and cut out.
Scrap of Crumb Cake for sign
Country Gingham DSP: 2-1/4″ x 2-1/4″ to punch out bird

Here’s a how-to video (from my Lunchtime LIVE crafting video on YouTube & Facebook 2/20/23):

I had to use up the scraps of gingham paper on my desk, so I also made a slimline card…not a very “little” note of thanks when the finished card is 8-1/2″ x 3-1/2″!

IF YOU CHOOSE THE SONGBIRD BUILDER PUNCH AS A FREE GIFT before the end of February 2023, use item #164422 and order the Sweet Songbird stamp set #158721 as part of your $50 order to qualify for the free punch!

Product List

Sweet Songbirds Bundle (English)

$34.00

Country Gingham 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$12.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.25

Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.25

Pale Papaya 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.25

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.25

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

$8.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

$8.00

Mini Glue Dots

$5.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.25

Tear & Tape Adhesive

$7.00

Paper Trimmer

$25.00

Summer Weather, Fall Card

September 7, 2022September 6, 2022Leave a comment

It seems funny to be stamping an autumn card in a record-breaking heat wave (111° in Southern Utah today), but like Pumpkin Spice season, you can’t stop me from showing up in hopes that the fall weather will catch up to my crafting. Besides, Fall is also the theme for the Global Design Project #gdp359 and it gives you time to add these seasonal items in time for your fall crafting.

My card started with the Leaf Fall 3-D embossing folder on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock:

Using sponge daubers to add ink from an ink pad to an embossed (raised) image gives a messy, windblown feeling, even if it’s not happening outside…yet.

Alternately, you could color the leaves with Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers:

Because leaves are individually “one-of-a-kind”, I used a sentiment from the the August Paper Pumpkin kit on my Leaf Label. ***Remember to look through the stamps from your past kits*** when you need the perfect greeting! (Not yet a subscriber for monthly craft kits from Paper Pumpkin? Try it– you’ll love how fun and easy they are to assemble by yourself or with a friend.)

Back to the Leaf Fall embossing folder: Don’t limit yourself to fall colors! Look at how lovely the leaves look colored in Flirty Flamingo, Mint Macaron, Old Olive, Petal Pink, and Soft Succulent Stampin’ Blends, then cut out and grouped on a card:

So which will you try? Sponging or coloring your embossed images with Stampin’ Blends?

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Leaf Fall 3 D Embossing Folder

$10.00

Leaf Label & Amber Gem Combo Pack

$8.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$10.25

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.25

Gingham Cottage 12" X 12" (30,5 X 30,5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$30.00

Sponge Daubers

$5.00

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

$8.00

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

$8.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

$8.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

$8.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

$8.00

Linen Thread

$5.00

Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$9.00

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$9.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$9.00

Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$9.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

$125.00

Christmas Scottie Card

July 5, 2022June 16, 2022Leave a comment

I know it’s only July, but summertime is the BEST time to get your Christmas cards stamped and ready for a busy holiday season…and you needed to see how adorable this new bundle in the July-December Mini catalog is!

Of course a coordinating punch is a tool I love, and this one just begs to be loved! I actually created this card for my team card swap (we have a swap with each new publication) and by working assembly-line style, I made 14 cards in less than 2 hours, and watched a movie while working, so it was an enjoyable way to spend a day!

Try this at home:

Have you browsed the new mini catalog? Click the button to check it out:

July-December Mini Catalog online

Then shop my Stampin’ Store for the supplies you need to get your holiday cards finished early!

Counting Sheep Instead of Sleep

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021Leave a comment

Another midnight inspiration moment!

Pondering the current TGIF color challenge last night and this card interrupted my sleep…but I filed it to memory and made it this morning!

I was going to color the amazing sheep with markers, then I realized we have a horrible, awful oversight by Stampin’ Up! — NO COASTAL CABANA Stampin’ Blends? I considered making signs and picketing at the home office, but a protest of one may not get their attention.

So I stamped it on card stock and fussy cut around it.

Still looks awesome, so I’ll save my signs for later…

The Counting Sheep stamp set and Sheep Dies are both items you can choose FREE with a $50 order during Sale-a-Bration, but if you have to get one at a time, select the dies first, as they are only available while supplies last!

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Counting Sheep Cling Stamp Set (English)

156591

$0.00

156600

$0.00

151690

$32.00

150673

$60.00

159276

$9.75

131297

$8.75

Black & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Gingham Ribbon

156485

$7.00

132708

$6.00

152477

$7.00

104430

$4.00

Gingham-Style Multi-Crafting

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019Leave a comment

“Multi-Crafting”= the act of creating a greeting card for more than one purpose

You know you are an avid paper crafter when you can’t bear to throw away “useable scraps” of Designer Series Paper and now I feel justified in saving the strips from my Gingham Gala paper pack: It was the theme of #tgifc213

WHY this DSP isn’t carrying over into the new catalog is beyond comprehension, but make sure you order your Gingham Gala paper stack before it’s gone- or by June 3rd- whichever comes first.

I demonstrated how to make this card on my Facebook Page for my weekly live crafting video today and it’s so adorable~ Do you ever stamp an image that just makes you giggle with delight? Totally happened here.

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Since I was Multi-Crafting, it occurred to me that I could do another version with a sneak peek of a new stamp set (coming in the 2019-2020 catalog on June 4th) that would work with #GDP191

And that was just the beginning of a full-blown gingham-style craft-attack:

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The good news is I have a bunch of thank you cards to mail out to customers, I’ve used up most of my Gingham bits & pieces, I can check off my Monday LIVE video on my task list, and can participate in two creative challenges. I think I’ll take the rest of the day off 🙂

Product List

Gingham Gala 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[148554]

$11.00

Little Elephant Clear-Mount Bundle

[148340]

$34.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Gorgeous Grape 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Mini Striped Ribbon

[146940]

$8.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

$35.00

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126985]

$6.50

Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147142]

$7.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147145]

$7.50

Sale-a-Bration Coordination: Lasting Lily

March 2, 2019March 2, 2019Leave a comment

If you hate fussy cutting, this will surely thrill you: For the first time ever, Stampin’ Up! has created products that coordinate with our Sale-a-Bration offerings~ stamps, punches and framelit/thinlit dies are available to purchase that will enhance the free stamps you earned, and they are only available during March 2019:

Today I’m going to spotlight the Lily Framelit Dies that cut out all the blooming beauty of the Lasting Lily stamp set that you could choose free with a $100 order before March 31, 2019.

It was good luck that the Global Design Sketch Challenge #GDP178 sketch and the TGIF Challenge #TGIFC201 color combination combined perfectly to create my card:

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In addition to the framelits include pieces to cut out the flowers and greenery, but there are two label dies that perfectly frame most of the sentiments in the stamp set:

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**A tip for ensuring your stamped images fit in the framelits for the stems and leaves: When mounting your stamps, lay the photopolymer stamps face down on your surface to let the stamp assume the correct shape, then set the clear block on top of it to pick it up for stamping.

Because photopolymer stamps are pliable, they can be manipulated into different shapes, so if you put it on with your fingers, it may stretched in a way the stamped image wouldn’t match the framelit.

It felt like keeping this card simple really let the lilies shine!

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