Wishing all the moms a very happy Mother's Day! We celebrated my mom last weekend when all of us could get together, and I used the March Paper Pumpkin kit to create this alternative. (It was part of my May Pop Up Sip & Stamp Class, which used the three Paper Pumpkin cards plus this alternative.)
NOTE: I don't recommend putting a large image that hangs off the top of the fold because it made the card hard to open (but at least it looked pretty)! Mom loved it.
Happy Mother's Day!
The Cute As a Bug suite is back in stock! I forgot to post this card from last month's Crafternoon! For this card, we stamped the large flower cluster from the Virtual Cardmaking Retreat exclusive stamp set in Basic Gray and then paired it with Darling Duckling, Lemon Lolly, and Basic Gray Cute As a Bug bundle dies and stamped sentiment.
A little Darling Duckling DSP grounded the cluster along with some matching embellishments and white twine.
What do you think of the gray and yellow color combo? What other colors do you like to pair with gray?
Tomorrow is the last day to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin to receive the May subscription box, Sparkling Celebrations! This kit makes nine cards (3 each of 3 designs) and includes silver foil elements. This month's Stampin' Spot (mini ink pad) is Misty Moonlight.
Ordering closes tomorrow, and the kits will begin shipping out 5/11.
The Wonderful Scenes Add-On dies coordinate beautiful with the April-June Paper Pumpkin boxes!
Order HERE!
When I saw Stampin' Up!'s May online exclusive Silly Old Bear suite, I knew that I had to have it, even though my personal Pooh Bear and Piglet are in their 20s! (Flashback: When I told my Mom that I was going to decorate our firstborn's nursery in Classic Pooh, she replied with, "Of course you are, since that was your nursery.")
After dry embossing the Golden Glow cardstock with the Hundred Acre Woods 3D embossing folder, I swiped Golden Glow ink over the top. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the focal image.
Be sure to grab this collection HERE before it's gone (and even though it's temporarily out of stock, it will be back!)
Happy National Scrapbooking Day! You don't have to be a scrapbooker to take advantage of today's NSD flash sale: Two-Tone Cardstock is part of the 20% off sale today only (through midnight tonight).
Check the sale out HERE!
It is graduation season, and I taught or know about 75 graduates this year because I was their 3rd grade and 4th grade teacher (I got to team teach with an awesome teacher, and we looped up with our class), and then moved to 5th grade. Here is a special card that I made for a special graduate.
How our baby can be 25 is a bit of a mystery to me, but we certainly enjoyed celebrating with her this weekend!
Yesterday, we celebrated our three lovely administrative professionals, and I had the honor of making cards for each of them. I decided to use the Garden Poetry DSP and a card sketch that I love. They all use the stamp set from the Happy Happenings kit and the (coming 5/5) Sweet Words & Labels dies from the Silly Old Bear suite, with die cut accents from the Forever Floral dies.
This floating panel design is a popular one right now and was fun to recreate on my recent Thursday Facebook Live.
I also made this card using the same technique but with only one piece of DSP (cut into 1/2 inch strips).
It doesn't look quite as polished to me, but I still like it.
You can watch my video making this card HERE if you'd like instructions.
The April Product of the Month is a beautiful Eyelet Blooms die ($5 with a minimum $75 purchase HERE).
I had so much fun making this pretty card on my recent Facebook Live. The sentiment stamp that I used is from the Forever Florals online exclusive stamp set (also available in a bundle at a discount).
I used White Willow and Shy Shamrock cardstock with Pleasant Patterns specialty paper (at a discount on LAST CHANCE HERE). I highly recommend the Take Your Pick tool with die brush attachment to weed all of the tiny pieces (and to use the stylus end to push up the flower petals).
I ended up adding a few rhinestone basic jewels because I am out of Shy Shamrock embellishments (and this beautiful color will sadly be retiring at the end of the month).
Any item on last chance (with or without a discount) are only available while supplies last, so be sure to grab yours now!
This month's card Crafternoon was this past Sunday, and my ladies and I had a blast creating four cards! I'm grateful for the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat and all of the generous Stampin' Up! demonstrators who freely share ideas. (You can find the original card HERE if you're interested.)
This first card uses the Garden Poetry DSP & Garden Textures specialty paper along with the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set and Forever Florals bundle. We used Blackberry Bliss, Fresh Freesia, Shy Shamrock, Lemon Lolly, and Black ink along with Bubble Bath and Basic White cardstock.
Instead of using rectangles, consider angling one edge of your DSP for a fun effect!
In case you're not familiar with Paper Pumpkin, you might find this Stampin' Up! blog post really helpful (HERE). Basically, it's a fun crafting experience that arrives at your door (unless you pause your subscription) and usually- but not always- makes nine cards (3 each of 3 designs) with an exclusive small stamp set and mini Ink Spot.
