Hello Little One

I received a lovely surprise in the mail last week from craft buddy Carole, who has recently joined our 'virtual' craft session on Wednesdays during Covid lockdown.  Let me know if you'd like to join us sometime and I'll send you the link.  

Anyway, thank you Carole for sending these really cute cardstock frames in some lovely colours.  

I'm really happy with the way they turned out.  And Carole also inspired the design of this first card after I saw how she'd stamped and layered an image in her design. 

This card used the stamp set All For Baby.  There is a coordinating die set called Baby Clothes Dies and that's how I cut out the teddy bear.  The DSP is Hand Penned and I've layered it onto a square card of Basic White.  Square cards are not as economical because you can only get one decent sized card out of a piece of A4 - this one measures 13 x 26cm to give a 13cm square card.  I will probably make my envelopes using the matching DSP so it'll look stunning!  Carole cut out the window piece with her Cricut machine.  And she sent the circles as well, which I love with the little bear and hearts stamped on them.  The main bear has a bow that I stamped and cut out using the Baby Clothes dies.

The second card uses a square window frame.  This one looks lovely with the Pleased As Punch Specialty DSP (retired) behind it. The hearts were punched out of the same paper, and I used a stamp from Under My Umbrella - also sadly retired, to stamp the umbrella and handle. This time, I stamped the bow directly onto the bear.  

Pop back tomorrow for some more ways to use this bundle of products.  You can buy the bundle here.

Have a great day!  Stay well and warm - has Spring done another runner?!

Ornate Garden Designer Series Paper SUOC 273

I made these cards for the SUO (Stampin' Up! Only) challenge.  This week, the challenge is to use Designer Series Paper.  That's it!  No other requirements.  

Well I love DSP.  I'm the PaperLady afterall.....giggle.......

And with Mother's Day around the corner, and the beautiful Ornate Garden Specialty DSP on hand, this is what I did.

This is a really simple Gate Fold card.  I think it's got WOW factor, how about you?

I think this highlights how well SU's DSP coordinates, both in colour and pattern.  This paper is "Specialty" because some sheets have gold foil designs on them, like the one behind the "Mum" sentiment.

And I really love how these cards stand up.  It's so eye-catching to see something a little different.

This paper is available for $26 and includes 12 sheets, 2 each of 6 double-sided designs, 12" x 12".  The patterns are quite dense so they're great for card making and scrapbooking.  You can find it on page 149 of the Annual Catalogue.

Happy papering!

Karen

Step It Up

Happy Monday. 

Last week I rejoined Stampin’ Up! And got some gorgeous new products to play with. 

So today I’d like to share 3 cards I made with the Lovely You bundle consisting of  a stamp set & co-ordinating punch.  

I was inspired to make this card from the sample on page 22 of the annual catalogue.  There’s 18 stamps in the set and I like how they go together almost like making your own designer series paper.  

The second card is ‘stepped up’ with the addition of a mat layer in Blackberry Bliss. I’ve also used 2 labels, 1 in each of the designs of the punch. And a bit of ribbon tied in a classic knot.  

Card #3 takes the design up another notch with the addition of some pearls and embellishments made by stamping and fussy cutting one of the flower images and the leaves.  Using dimensionals also highlights the sentiment to make it pop off the card. 

So when you’re making something, why don’t you have a go at several different options, from basic to stepped-up? No card is better than the others, they just have a different look and depending on the event you may prefer simple or a more detailed look. 

The products I used are here:

Page 22 of the Annual Catalogue

Lovely You Stamp Set item #152525 $42

Lovely Labels Pick a Punch item #152883 $40

SAVE - Buy the bundle item #154070 $73.75

During July, Stampin’ Up! is running a Bonus Days promotion where you can earn free coupons to spend in August. Whaaaat?! Free stuff?! Wow! 

You can shop here and select me as your demonstrator using host code TSGKWZ2E

So why not get your craft on today and make some cards from basic wow to wow wow to stepped up wow?!

Happy stamping!

Be The Difference

This is Stampin' Up's theme this year.  So naturally we took our pic in front of the banner!

We are beginning our final day of Convention.........ahhhhhh and still have so many things to share.    I'll pop back later with some project pics.   

Hope you have a great weekend!

Karen