Sundays Are for Sketches: Jan.-April '25 Mini Catalog Sketch #6 of 10

The 6th sketch in this series is another fun one!  I grabbed my Beautiful Butterflies hybrid embossing folder and dies and Full of Life 6"x6" DSP to make my card.

I started with a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock that I dry embossed with the 3D Soft Waves embossing folder.  Rather than cut a square, I die cut a Blueberry Bushel rectangle with my Nested Essentials dies to ground the main butterfly on the card front.  The large butterfly was embossed and cut out of Daffodil Delight card stock.  For the smaller butterfly, I had planned to use the grid side but loved the blue stripes on the back instead.  As I die cut the butterfly pieces, I also die cut the Basic Black cardstock bodies.

A few Tinsel Gems Four-Pack adhesive dots finished off the card. I really like how it turned out!

Wildflower Birthday Layout

All of our birthdays were pretty low-key last year, so I decided to compile them all on one layout in our family album.  This layout is also the layout we made in my January scrapbooking class.

We use the wildflower birthday DSP, including the awesome die cuts and added some blueberry bushel and gold foil card stock. I stamped happy birthday in pool party from the with you in mind stamp set.

Scrapbooking doesn’t have to be overwhelming, and you don’t have to include all of your pictures. I think it would be fun to have at minimum an album that celebrates the highlights of the year like birthdays and holidays. If you’d like help getting started scrapbooking or if you’re an experienced scrapbook Who wants company, reach out!

Happy Valentine’s Day

Here is the card that I made for our younger daughter for Valentine's Day.  I used the Thoughtful Journey 12x12 DSP because I love not only the foil overlay but the ombre coloring of this pretty DSP. 

To create the heart, I cut two arches from the Everyday Arches dies (#7 if #1 is the largest arch and #10 is the smallest).  Then I cut strips from the bottom of each arch up over 2" so that I can weave the two arches together. 

I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set with Fresh Freesia and mounted this panel onto a Fresh Freesie card base.  I hope she loves her card!

Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours!

January Card Class: Hello Popsicle Card

This card was really fun to make using the Fruit Salad Sale-a-Bration DSP paired with the Everyday Arches bundle (stamp set and dies).  For the background, I used the "stack, cut, and shuffle" technique to create three cards quickly.  The first one uses the "insides" DSP on the "popsicle." 

My second card uses the "outside" DSP for the popsicle.  Both used a small flower punch for the "bite" cutout.

I used my 3D Waves embossing folder to add texture to the popsicle stick.

Which version do you prefer?

March's Paper Pumpkin Preview

Starting today, February 11, you can subscribe to receive the March Paper Pumpkin subscription kit!  

Send sweet greetings with gorgeous cards featuring bees, honeycombs, and daisies.

Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes 

• Specialty gold foil and precut vellum accents
• Unique precut paper pieces
• Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Lemon Lime Twist, Lost Lagoon (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Moss Meadow, Very Vanilla

*This month's kit includes a bonus stamp set!

Additionally, all Paper Pumpkin subscribers are eligible for exclusive refills, extra kits, and coordinating quarterly dies (while supplies last), include this quarter's set of five.  The March dies will cut out a bee and a honeycomb.

Sign up HERE if you aren't already a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, and you like the look of this kit!  (As always, if you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber and would rather not have this kit, just log in and pause your subscription.)

January Card Class: Wildflower Birthday Card

Yesterday we had fun creating at my February card class, and I realized that I hadn't posted our January cards!  The first card features the Wildflower Birthday DSP and Everyday Arches dies. 

For the first card, I added some gold gems, and for the second card, I stamped "happy birthday" on the Peach Pie cardstock strip with Peach Pie ink.

Which version do you prefer?

Last Chance to Subscribe to the February Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Today, February 10, is your last chance to opt in (or out) of the February Paper Pumpkin subscription kit! 

Plant the seeds of happiness with these lovely garden-inspired cards.

 • Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs

 • Precut pieces with bronze foil 

 • Unique spring-themed envelopes

 • Coordinating colors: Basic Beige, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lime Twist, Lost Lagoon, Old Olive, Petunia Pop (Classic Stampin’ Spot) 

Coordinates with the Grow with Love Bundle (item 164804)

Additionally, all Paper Pumpkin subscribers are eligible for exclusive refills, extra kits, and coordinating quarterly dies (while supplies last), include this quarter's set of five.  The February dies will cut out a chive stalk/leaves and flower.

Sign up HERE if you aren't already a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, and you like the look of this kit!  OR ask me about a prepaid one-, three-, six-, or twelve-month subscription that could qualify you for Sale-A-Bration Rewards!

Sundays Are for Sketches: Jan.-April '25 Mini Catalog Sketch #5 of 10

The fifth card sketch in the Jan.-Apr. '25 Mini Catalog was hard for me, but I really like what I ended up creating.  I hope that you do, too!  (I love how a challenge can stretch you creatively!)

I grabbed some of my current stash and went to work.  I used a 1-1/4" punch to cut a circle in the front of my card base and then in Totally Toadstools DSP to create the three circles.  I die cut the oval sentiment piece and then did a combo of paper trimmer and fussy cutting for the sentiment strip.

It was fun to punch one of the circles all the way through the card front to adhere the DSP circle on the inside, peek-a-boo style.

I thought that circle was too plain by itself, so I added a few more on the inside.

My sentiments were stamped with Pebbled Path from the Everyday Arches collection, and the adorable snail on the inside is from a fall Paper Pumpkin kit.

Have fun getting creative with a challenge, because you never know how you'll grow!

Happy Birthday Cupcake Card

This card style is easy to make and recreate using scraps from your stash!  I used the Wildflower Birthday DSP and With You in Mind stamp set. 

I used Pool Party and Peach Pie inks.

Here's a tip: See that gold banner behind my sentiment?  It is a small rectangle that I cut in half and tucked behind the hexagon so that it looks like it spans the entire card front.

Beautiful Butterflies Rainbow Card

As I began playing with my new Beautiful Butterflies stamp set (part of the Beautiful Bokeh suite), I think I had the Global Design Project (#GDP482) sketch in mind, because I had a lot of fun making this card.

I started with a wide strip (2 1/2"?) of basic white card stock that was 5.5" tall to layer onto my card front. I first stamped the butterfly in Daffodil Delight and then stamped the Real Red butterfly above it.  I continued stamping down the strip with Granny Apple Green, and then Blueberry Bushel, and finished with Gorgeous Grape.  The next step was to add the strip to my trimmer and cut off the edges without cutting off the butterfly wings. It definitely involves raising and lowering and raising and lowering your trimmer's arm. Finally, I went back and fussy cut around the butterfly wings. I added the black die cut bodies to the butterflies (although you could just color them in with a marker or pen if you preferred).  The finishing touches were to use my T square to draw in the thin lines to give that piece more dimension and to mount on a slightly wider strip of black cardstock.  I also doodled a border on the sentiment frame.  I think it’s a pretty good take on this sketch.

I love how cheerful this card is paired with the Full of Life 6 x 6 DSP. I hope that it also brightens your day!

Organization Tip #3: Dies Again

Quick Tip Tuesday!  When I have dies that match a stamp set,  first I make a copy of them so that I can remember what I have because for me so often if it's out of sight, then it is out of mind!  Next, I pull them off of their carrier sheet and put them on a 5"x7" magnet sheet.  Now the dies stay organized and fit perfectly into the stamp set case.

I got my magnet sheets from Amazon.

Bloom Impressions Thank You Card

NEWS FLASH! NEW CARD KITS drop today!

Okay, back to our regularly scheduled program!  Is anyone else ready for spring? I am sick of the cold, cold weather! Making this thank you card with the Bloom Impressions DSP is definitely giving me spring vibes.

Once again, I used my favorite With You in Mind stamp set and fussy cut the flower and leaves.  My ink colors are Peach Pie, Daffodil Delight, and Shy Shamrock.

Be sure to stamp or add some DSP on the inside of your card for an extra special finish!