Heirloom Arrangements Kit Cards, Part 1

The Heirloom Arrangements card kit makes eight beautiful cards! I made all eight cards mostly following the directions, and in part two I will show you what I did with the leftover pieces.  NOTE: You do NOT have to follow the directions unless you want to!

The kit comes with beautiful botanical die cut pieces, frames, and tags to mix and match.

Pecan Pie Stampin' Spot (included) coordinates perfectly for a vintage look.

I love how everything you need is contained in the small box that the kits come in!

Not pictured, but I stamped the moth inside each card and added it to the envelopes also.  Don't forget to decorate your envelopes!

More Last Chance Products!

Every two months, Stampin' Up! will move retiring catalog and online exclusive products to the LAST CHANCE category to get them before they're gone!

Find them HERE! 

So Much to Celebrate Card Kit

NO FOOLING!  One thing that I love about Stampin' Up! is that they provide products for all levels of crafters and/or crafting experiences! The So Much to Celebrate card kit is so easy to put together that you don’t have to have any experience whatsoever to create nine beautiful cards (three each of three designs). I would definitely consider myself a very experienced paper crafter, and I still enjoy how fast and easy these kits come together to create lovely cards.

Who needs congrats/best wishes cards this season?  I love the soft colors and gold foil accents.

The coordinating envelopes have pretty stripes.

The preprinted sentiments are available in four languages, so get fancy and use one of them!

At only $14 plus shipping & handling/tax, these cards are a very easy and affordable option.  Everything that you need comes in the box!

Thank You for My Promotion!

Thank you to all of my friends/customers/team members who have supported me over the years and especially in this last year as I've transitioned to Stampin’ Up!.  I’m excited to announce that thanks to your help, I’ve promoted to Silver demonstrator status!

This beautiful pin arrived in the mail today, and I will be wearing it with pride. 

Thank you for your support!

Thinking of You In Colors Card

This card design is a favorite of mine, and I had fun making these as part of my swaps for Stampin' Up!'s recent annual convention, OnStage, in Raleigh.  I used the Unbounded Beauty DSP with Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock, and Petunia Pop stampin' pads.  I used the Nested Essentials dies for the focal sentiment and fussy cut the flower and leaves.  A few In Color shimmer gems finished off the card.

Floral Delight Thinking of You Cards

Because of the supplies I had on hand, I ended up making two versions of this Floral Delight thinking of you card.  Both are top-fold cards using the Sentimental Park stamp set and dies.  The first one uses Old Olive and Daffodil Delight. 

The second card added Pool Party and Lemon Lolly.  (I made nine of these for a group swap at OnStage.)

Which card do you prefer?

So Thankful Butterfly Cards

These two cards came together, literally from scraps from my messy desk! I ended up cutting the Beautiful Butterflies hybrid 3-D embossing folder panel into four three-quarter inch strips that I mounted on Beautiful Bokeh DSP.  I had fun with the Beautiful Butterflies bundle (stamps and die cuts) for both cards.  I added some Itty Bitty Bokeh Mix to the card front.

The cards use Berry Burst or Daffodil Delight cardstock for the card bases.

Which card do you prefer?

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

It's time for the final card sketch of this series!

 I had fun using the Everyday Arches instead of the featured ovals. Take a sketch and make it your own!

For You Butterfly Cards

Here are five versions of the same card design that I’m taking with me to Raleigh to swap at Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage annual convention.  The all use the Beautiful Butterflies bundle and Everyday Arches dies with Full of Life 6x6 DSP and Itty Bitty Bokeh mix embellishments. 

Balmy Blue and Shaded Spruce

Berry Burst, Balmy Blue, and Shaded Spruce

Berry Burst and Blueberry Bushel

Berry Burst and Daffodil Delight

Berry Burst and Pumpkin Pie

Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments!

Last Chance to Subscribe to the March Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Today, March 10, is your last chance to opt in (or out) of 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!

Sundays Are for Sketches: Jan.-April '25 Mini Catalog Sketch #9 of 10

Who is ready for spring?  Today is the first day of Daylight Savings Time (although I honestly wish we could just decide on one time for the entire year), but at least that means that spring is approaching!  Are you ready for card sketch #9?

Although the image seems to show thread or ribbon behind the focal image, I think that the Sentimental Park die cut is a great substitute without having any threads.

I used Floral Delights DSP paired with the Sentimental Park stamp set and dies with Old Olive Stampin' Pad.  I love all the details of the dies (cut with Basic White, Olive Olive, and Daffodil Delight cardstock).  These products make it easy to make pretty cards.  I hope that you like it too!

I’m Here for You Card

Here is another card we made at my card class last month.  I love teaching how to paper craft!

This card began with the Brushed Gold cards and envelopes paired with the Beautiful Butterflies bundle and hybrid embossing folder.  The butterfly was dry embossed and cut at the same time with the hybrid embossing folder and then I cut the black outline and body overlay from the dies.

To make this card extra interesting, I cut off about 3/4" of the front panel.  I adhered the black dry embossed 1" panel to the inside card base.  (I love how our our two-toned, white-core cardstock dry embosses with a bit of the white core showing through for a distressed effect.)  After cutting a rectangle from the Nested Essentials dies and stamping the sentiment, I adhered that piece to the inside card base on the black panel and then tucked the card front behind it.  Three gold adhesive-backed sparkle gems finished off the card.

You can find all of these products (and so much more!) on my website!  Thank you in advance for choosing me as your Stampin' Up! demonstrator if you don't already have one.