Cute As a Bug Stamp Camp: Card #1

Last month, I held my Cute As a Bug Stamp Camp (just a half-day camp!) with a few lovely ladies.  What makes Stamp Camp different from a Crafternoon?  More products in your hands (like 1/2 pack of Cute As a Bug DSP) plus more advanced techniques including cutting many of your own pieces.

The first card we made focused on the stamps and coloring techniques with Stampin' Blends.

If you weren't able to attend in person but are interested in digital instructions, please let me know!

Happy Easter Cross Card (with a FREE Tutorial)

Happy Easter!  I made this cross card on a recent Live on my Facebook page (Thursday nights at 7:30 PM ET) and wanted to share it with you.

I used Thoughtful Journey 6"x6" DSP with Country Woods DSP plus die cuts from Beautiful Gallery.

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 Here are some peeks at the projects:

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Wedding Card

Recently, we showered a teacher at work who is getting married soon, and my team opted to get her a gift card so that she could get what she needed.  Of course I volunteered to make a card for us!  I decided to make a 7"x5" gift card holder so that there was plenty of room for all of us to sign.

I started with at 7"x12" piece of Basic White cardstock that I scored at 5" and 2" to make the card fold and a gift card holder pocket.  For the front panel, I added a piece of the gorgeous Lovely and Beautiful white & gold DSP (6 3/4" x 4 3/4") along with a Petal Pink Beautifully Celebrated dies frame and nested Basic White frame, stamped in Versamark and gold embossed from the Forever Florals stamp set.  The flower was die cut from the Simply Beautiful dies.  

The inside pocket is finished with a 7"x 3/4" strip of Lovely and Beautiful white & gold DSP and a 7"x 1/2" Petal Pink cardstock strip.  Only adhere the right and left edges to make the gift card pocket.

If you'd like to watch the YouTube save of the 4/2/26 Facebook Live, click HERE.  

Easter Joy Birthday Card

My (almost) sister-in-law's birthday is the day before mine, and I had a lot of fun making this Easter Joy birthday card for her!

I used the Easter Joy DSP with the die cuts along with the Paper Pumpkin coordinating dies, plus some fussy cutting of the February Product of the Month stamp set.  I couldn't resist adding a die cut butterfly cut with the Cute As a Bug dies!

To make it extra festive, I scored this card to be an easel fun fold.  I also added a Cute As a Bug snail die cut on the inside along with die cuts and some fussy cutting.

Shy Shamrock is one of the retiring In Colors (24-26) that I absolutely love and hate to see go!  You can find these products while supplies last HERE.  Thanks for choosing me as your Stampin' Up! demonstrator!

Spring Chicks Card

The idea for this card has been rattling around in my head for a while, so I'm glad I was able to make some time this weekend to bring it to life!  I thought it would be fun to color the chicks the same color as their dyed Easter eggs.

I used Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Pool Party, and Petunia Pop DSP (cut from 3 1/2"-4" x 3/4") and Stampin' Blends with my Easter Joy bundle.   The eggs & chicks were all stamped with Basic Gray ink. (The DSP is from the Easter Joy suite or from last year's 6"x6" DSP.)  I colored each chick's beak with Dark Daffodil Delight beak and the chicks themselves with the light coordinating Stampin' Blends (Shaded Spruce for the Shy Shamrock chick).

Does anyone else still have a collection of decorative scissors from way back in the day?  I picked one to "crack" each egg and then had fun posing each chick with its egg.

 I finished off the card with 2024-26 In Color Shimmer Gems.  Chicks, I hope this card brightens your day!

March 2026 Card Class #4: Cute As a Bug Bridge Card

At each of my crafternoon card classes, I try to have some type of fun fold to keep things interesting.  We created this bridge card with the Cute As a Bug suite collection. 

Here's a close-up of the bridge (complete with Wink of Stella plus Old Olive, Real Red, and Bronze/Ivory Stampin' Blends).

The inside... without a sentiment yet because I'm not sure who's going to get it.

What's your favorite part of this collection?

March 2026 Card Class #3: Spring Basket Card

HAPPY SPRING!!! This card was copied after one that I saw on Pinterest; it was too pretty not to CASE! 

I love how springy it is!  A few of the ladies wove the gingham ribbon into the basket itself; so pretty!

Everything is from the Easter Joy suite collection plus Shy Shamrock, Balmy Blue, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, and Timid Tiger Two-Tone cardstock.

Who else is ready for spring?!?  

March 2026 Card Class #2: Happy Easter Card

This card did not turn out like I thought it would as I began designing it!

When I'm stuck or I'm not sure if pieces are going together like they should, I will lay them out and take pictures to compare.  Here are the different versions that didn't make the cut:

A fun part of this card design is that arch was cut from the larger arch used in card #3!  All of the other supplies are from the Easter Joy suite collection.

March 2026 Card Class #1: Easter Stripes Card

Last weekend, I held my monthly Crafternoon and guided the ladies in making four cards.

 This was a fun design to use up strips of the Easter Joy DSP and Pleasant Patterns speciality DSP along with the Easter Joy bundle. 

PRO TIP: Mix Lemon Lolly and Pretty in Pink Stampin' Blends to make the peach carrot.

St. Patrick's Day Card: Woolly Friends vs. Easter Joy

St. Patrick's Day is fast approaching, and of course I wanted to make a card for each of my daughters.  I came up with a card sketch that I could use two ways and made them on my weekly Lives on my Facebook page (Thursdays at 7:30 PM Eastern time). 

Are you Team Woolly Friends (left) or Team Easter Joy (right)?  Please be sure to leave your choice in the comments!  For both cards, I used the Woolly Friends stamp set, Easter Joy DPS and Pleasant Patterns specialty paper along with Nested Essentials dies, Shy Shamrock glimmer paper, and In Colors shimmer gems.  I created the hats with extra Shy Shamrock, Daffodil Delight, and Basic Black cardstock.

Since the bow from the Easter Joy suite was too big for the bunny, I used the one from the Woolly Friends bundle instead.

Please comment Team Woolly Friends of Team Easter Joy for these two St. Patrick's Day cards!

Easter Joy Baby Card

One of my teachers is expecting her second child, so I made this card for them using the Easter Joy suite (or bundle plus DSP) to go along with a little gift.

I started with a Balmy Blue 8 1/2" x 5 1/2' cardstock card base and added a panel of Basic White 4"x 5 1/4".  The Crumb Cake and Balmy Blue DSP are from the Easter Joy suite.  I used my Alphabet a la Mode dies to cut the B, B, Y, and stamped the bunny in Balmy Blue from this collection.  I used my Pretty in Pink Stampin' Blends to color the bunny.  The gingham ribbon is also part of this suite (but of course everything can be bought individually if preferred).

The welcome and sweet little one sentiments are from the new Happy Happenings kit.  I love how products can mix and match to create something new!

I hope they love the book we gave them, Time for Bed, because it was one of our absolute favorites!