Earlier this summer, my husband and I took off to visit my cousin in Wisconsin and to drive around Lake Michigan. (See the first layout of our adventure HERE.) Beth & I spent our first full day together touring Chicago.
We had a great day, and I'm so glad I've already made this page to remember our fun time together in Chicago!
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Recently, I needed a birthday card, fast, for a little fellow turning two. I grabbed a pack of Stampin' Up! notecards and envelopes that I got, which measure 3 1/2“ x 5“, and come with envelopes to fit. From my Take to the Sky DSP pack, I used one of the 3 x 4 cards and then added a strip of coordinating DSP to make the rectangle front.
My new Labeled with Love stamp set and die bundle was the perfect sentiment and accents for this card. (The presents are easily fussy cut.) I did use Close To My Heart's Sapphire and Paprika inks, which are very similar to SU!'s Night of Navy and Copper Clay.
Creating meaningful cards doesn't have to be complicated!
At my recent card class, we made these two cards using the Country Ducks stamps and die bundle paired with the SU/CTMH Lake Life collection. (I am loving how well my "old" CTMH products are coordinating with my new Stampin' Up! goodies!)
For both cards, I also used my postage dies from CTMH.
My second card went to my hubby yesterday for his birthday!
My next card class will be 8/19, so if you're local I'd love for you to join me!
Our 8th sketch features a fun checkerboard that fits nicely on a standard card front.
If you give this card sketch a try, I hope you'll share it! I can't wait to see what you create!
I started with a 6” x 5.25” piece of the pretty unbounded beauty DSP, Which I then cut into three 2”-wide vertical strips.
I turned the middle panel over. Then I found the halfway point on the long side of the other two pieces and folded the edges back as shown below. They aren’t perfect, and I am more than OK with that!
Then I adhered all three pieces to my card front. The pretty stamped label (Labeled with Love stamp & die bundle) covers the imperfections of the folds (which I did not glue down to the card front). I stamped and fussy cut the butterfly and added some sparkle with touches of Wink of Stella (which unfortunately did not photograph well).
If you create a similar card, please share!
My husband and I had the opportunity to go to Wisconsin to see my cousin and to travel around Lake Michigan this summer, so I am busy scrapbooking our adventures! I am using the CTMH Lake Life collection, available to former CTMH customers through Stampin' Up!
For my first Stampin' Up! scrapbooking class, we used the pretty Perennial Lavender DSP with the Painted Lavender stamp set and dies and a sketch from Close To My Heart's Make It From Your Heart sketchbook.
I love how this collection matches our daughter's outfit! I am really loving how the Stampin' Up! dies coordinate with the stamp sets but also add extra elements! The pretty paper butterfly is a wonderful accent.
It's fun to catch up on some older photos that were printed but not scrapbooked until now.
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Better late than never! Here’s my take on Sketch #7!
Once again, I am using the Unbounded Beauty DSP, this time paired with a sentiment from the Labeled with Love stamp set.
Notice how I scissor distressed the pretty floral DSP.
Give this sketch a try & share your creations! Happy stampin’
In honor of our recent anniversary, I made this simple card for my husband using the Lake Life collection and the retired Let’s Go Anywhere cardmaking stamp set
Don’t forget to stamp the inside of your cards!
Here’s to many many more years together!
My parents, who are both pilots, just celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary, so I made this angled double gate fold card for them with the Take to the Sky DSP (paired with the retired CTMH Let's Go Anywhere Cardmaking stamp set/Thin Cuts).
You remove the "belly band" and then the open card looks like this:
Are you ready for the 6th edition of our sketch series?
For the second card, I trimmed the Pretty in Pink cardstock to mount on a standard A2 white card base. The Peach Pie glimmer paper definitely pops on the card! I added more of the Sentimental Park dies and the butterfly, plus some In Color glimmer gems.
The Country Ducks bundle/Lily Pond Lane suite is an adorable collection! I used the dies to cut the circle frame and then backed it with cute duck DSP from the collection.
I also die cut the extra cattails and then added a strip of DSP (that I also added to the envelope). The "thanks" sentiment is from Sentimental Park.
Don't worry if this suite is low inventory or unavailable; it will be back in stock in the future.
Hold on to your craft mats, because Stampin' Up! is dropping all kinds of amazing products tomorrow at midnight (7/3)! The final installment of Close To My Heart products will launch along with two suites plus two more new bundles. BONUS DAYS also start, where you will earn a $5 coupon for every $50 you spend through July 31.
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Here are the final two cards we made at my June card class (and my July class will be held 7/14, so let me know if you need an invite or more info). We used the Painted Lavender stamp set and dies with Perennial Lavender DSP. (Sentiments from the Sentimental Park stamp set.)
Isn't the die cut white butterfly beautiful? They can easily be colored to match any project. (The postage die is from CTMH but Stampin' Up! offers a beautiful set.)
The second card has a fun half card front with an overlapping panel.
If you're interested in any paper crafting products, BONUS DAYS start 7/3! (Learn more/shop HERE.) Thank you!
Do you follow Stampin' Up! on social media? If so, then you might have seen this post, which is also this Sunday's sketch!
Here is the recipe for my take on Sketch #5 from the Annual Catalog 2024-25 (p. 22):
Our daughter picked out the Charming Duck Pond bundle & Lily Pond Lane DSP as a Stampin' Up! favorite, so of course I used the collection to make her this birthday card.
I carefully die cut the frame from the Limeade cardstock panel and added the die cut/stamped cattails (after stamping the brown spikes in Espresso).
Here is the card completely open. I added the white panels, strips of DSP, & the die cut/stamped duck. All of the sentiments were stamped with Flamingo ink.
Remember that all stamp and die bundles are an additional 10% off until the end of this month only!
The colors of the Country Woods collection were perfect with the photos from this fun day, and I softened my layout with the addition of the flowers from Sentimental Park stamp set and coordinating dies.
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How my youngest nephew has turned 16 is beyond me, but alas he is! I had lots of fun creating this Z-fold card with a gift pocket for some $$ for him!
Everything I used was from Close To My Heart, but I made a similar card HERE for Father's Day.
If you didn't want to make a gift card holder, that pocket could easily be a panel of pretty patterned paper instead.
How was your week? I am loving all of your creations! I hope you're enjoying this series as much as I'm enjoying sharing with you! These sketches are all found on page 22 of the Stampin' Up annual catalog, and I'm sharing my take on each one for 22 weeks.
I used two retired CTMH stamps for the sentiment & accent.
