Plentiful Plants

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Plentiful Plants

As most of you know, Stampin’ Up! releases their new Annual Catalog in May. It is always such an exciting time in the world of stamping. I love getting new products but I am also sad to see some things retire for good. Therefore, I am starting to use some of my older sets before they are gone. I don’t know what is going to retire and what is being carried over yet but I figure that if a set has been around for at least two years, there is a good chance they might be on the list. By the way, if you are a Demonstrator you will be able to see a copy of the new catalog online at the end of March. Then you can order a select group of new products in April. Customers can order from the new catalog in May.

Plentiful Plants has been around for a while so I chose this set to use. It has coordinating dies called Perfect Plants. The stamp set has a few different pots, leaves and some very nice sentiments. This is one bundle I really like and will miss if it retires.

I made this card by first stamping the different leaves in Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent inks. Then I cut them out using the coordinating dies. Next, I stamped the pot in Cajun Craze ink and cut that out. I layered everything on top of a circle from the Stylish Shapes die set that I embossed using the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder. Then I adhered it to a 3.5″ x 4.75″ piece of Basic White cardstock, a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of Evening Evergreen and a Basic White card base. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment (from Sending Smiles) in Versamark Ink on a piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock and embossed it using White Embossing Powder. I cut that out using a banner from Stylish Shapes.

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Soft Succulent

Cajun Craze

Evening Evergreen

Product List

Plentiful Plants Photopolymer Stamp Set

[155693]

$21.00

Perfect Plants Dies

[155562]

$32.00

Sending Smiles Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158701]

$22.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder

[149643]

$10.00

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

$18.00

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Honeybee Home

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Honeybee Home

Things are starting to bloom around Nashville these days. There are beautiful trees with white and purple flowers and the daffodils are out. When we lived in Northern New York that wouldn’t happen until May. That is one of my favorite things about Nashville. There are actually four whole seasons here.

After looking at all the beautiful blooms I decided to take out the Honeybee Home bundle. We don’t have bees out quite this early but some of the flowers are ready for them to come. This bundle includes the stamp set with the same name and the Honeybee Blooms dies. They are in the 2022/2023 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog and if you use the bundle number to order them, you can save 10%.

To make this card, I first stamped the flowers and bees in Memento Black ink and colored them using my Polished Pink, Soft Succulent and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Markers. Then, I cut them out using the coordinating dies. I cut a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of the Framed Florets Designer Series Paper (retired) and layered it on a Balmy Blue card base. Next, I stamped the sentiment from the Framed Florets stamp set in Evening Evergreen Ink and cut it out using one of the Framed Floret dies. This particular die cuts out the oval frame and the inside at the same time.

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Honeybee Home Bundle (English)

[157952]

$45.00

Framed Florets Bundle (English)

[162407]

$54.00

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Hand Penned Petals

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Hand Penned Petals

Last weekend the Nashville are got hit with some strong storms. There were tornado watches (something I will never get used to), a hard driving rain and then 50-60 mph winds. We were ok but my son and his family lost power early during the storm and it stayed off for a couple of days. Lucky for us, they decided to come stay with us for the weekend. We had a lot of fun crafting, playing minature golf and just hanging out. Maybe I should wish for thier power to go out more often (just kidding, Tara). Rob is collecting paintings done by our grandchildren for his office. Emory, Maddie and Nolan did a great job on their’s. When it is all done, I will share photos.

Today’s card is a fairly simple one to make. I first used a 3..5″ x 4.25″ piece of Evening Evergreen card stock with the Stitched Greenery die. I love how this die just cuts little dots that form leaves. It is a great way to add a subtle background to a card. I backed it with a 3.75″ x 4.75″ piece of Basic White card stock and a Soft Succulent card base.

Next, I stamped the flower from the stamp set called Hand-Penned Flowers using Evening Evergreen ink. I cut it out using the coordinating Penned Flowers dies and then colored it using the Balmy Blue and Soft Succulent Stampin’ Blends. I stamped the sentiment in Evening Evergreen ink and cut that out using one of the Stylish Shapes dies. I adhered that to the card using Dimensionals. Lastly, I added some Gold Adhesive Backed Swirls (retired).

Evening Evergreen

Soft Succulent

Balmy Blue

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Hand Penned Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set

[155070]

$22.00

Penned Flowers Dies

[155557]

$30.00

Stitched Greenery Die

[155451]

$32.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

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Easy Fancy Flora DSP Cards

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Susan Horr

One of the things I love about Stampin’ Up! is that they sell beautiful Designer Series Paper. The great thing is there are two different designs on each sheet. Sometimes it is hard to decide which side to use. The other great thing about their DSP is you can use it to create beautiful cards that are so easy to make. Each of the cards I made took less than ten minutes.

To make the card above, I cut a 3.5″ x 4.75″ piece of Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper and layered it onto a 3.75″ x 5″ piece of Orchid Oasis card stock. I wrapped a piece of Soft Sea Foam ribbon (retired) around it and layered it on a Soft Sea Foam card base. Then I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set called Charming Sentiments using Orchid Oasis ink on Soft Sea Foam card stock and cut it out using the Deckled Rectangle Dies. I adhered it to the card using Dimensionals. Lastly, I added a couple of 2022-2024 InColor Matte Decorative Dots.

This card was even easier and faster to make than the first one. I cut a 3.5″ x 4.75″ piece of Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper and layered it onto a 3.75″ x 5″ piece of Tahitian Tide card stock and a Starry Sky card base. I cut out the sentiment using the Amazing Thanks dies and Tahitian Tide card stock. Lastly, I added some Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins.

Try these simple cards when you need something beautiful but you don’t have a lot of time.

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Fancy Flora 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[160413]

$12.00

Amazing Thanks Dies (English)

[157816]

$27.00

Charming Sentiments Bundle (English)

[158734]

$52.00

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$30.00

2022 2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots

[159186]

$8.00

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins

[160387]

$8.00

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Tropical Leaf

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Tropical Leaf

Stampin’ Up! has added new Online Exclusive products. These products will not be in any catalog. They are online only (hence the name). They will still have catalogs but now they will also offer new online only products every other month. Some of these products will be “as supplies last” and others will be re-ordered as needed. It is a great way to them to add new on-trend products inbetween the catalogs. There are stamp sets, dies, punches, and embellishments available.

One of the new bundles offered online is called Tropical Leaf. This bundle includes a stamp set and a coordinating punch. The stamp set includes two leaves, veins for the leaves, stems and some sentiments with a fun font. There are also a few different die sets that do not have coordinating stamps. One of them is called Radiating Stitches. This is set of six dies that have stitched lines along the outside. Included are three rectangles of different sized, a heart and two circles.

To make this card, I first cut the largest of the Radiating Stitches rectangle dies in Pool Party card stock. I adhered that to a Soft Sea Foam card base. Then I added a 2 3/4″ x 4 1/8″ piece of Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper to the center of the rectangle. I stamped three leaves in Soft Sea Foam ink and the veins in Evening Evergreen ink. I punched them out using the Tropical Leaf Punch. I stamped the sentiment in Evening Evergreen ink and cut it out using the larger of the circle Radiating Stitched dies. Lastly, I added some Loose Frosted Dots, which are also an Online Exclusive product.

You can see the other Online Exclusive Products HERE.

Soft Sea Foam

Evening Evergreen

Pool Party

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Tropical Leaf Bundle (English)

[161249]

$37.75

Radiating Stitches Dies

[161595]

$30.00

Loose Frosted Dots

[161153]

$8.00

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Color & Contour

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Color & Contour

Before I talk about the card I made, I wanted to let you know that Stampin’ Up! has announced that there will be a color refresh this year (Yay!). The reason I am telling you this is that once they announce the retiring colors, the products using them will sell out quickly (sometimes in one day). Therefore, if you love a certain color make sure you stock up on card stock, ink refills, and Blends soon. They plan on announcing the retiring colors on March 29th but I, personally would not wait until then to stock up. Do it ASAP.

I decided to use a Watercolor Wash technique on this card. I think Buffy may have made a card using it recently and I loved how it looked. It is a super easy thing to do to add color to your background. I first cut a piece of Basic White card stock using the Scalloped Contour dies. Then I added a couple of drops of Rich Razzleberry ink from the ink refill to the inside cover of the ink pad. I used Water Painter to add some water to the ink. Then I brushed some of the color on the piece I had cut. After it had dried, I took the splatter stamp from the Color & Contour stamp set and added some more color to the background after stamping it off on a scrap piece of paper first. Stamping off makes the image lighter so it coordinated with the color wash.

Next, I stamped the outline flower stamp in Rich Razzleberry ink. Then I stamped the inside of the flower on top after stamping it off first. I stamped the outline of the leaves in Evening Evergreen ink and colored the inside of them using a Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Write Marker. I hand-cut them out. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment in Memento Ink and cut it out using a Scalloped Contour die.

Rich Razzleberry

Evening Evergreen

Soft Sea Foam

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Color & Contour Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154994]

$21.00

Scalloped Contours Dies

[155560]

$35.00

Water Painters

[151298]

$13.00

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Arts Gallery

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Art Gallery

We arrived home from our travels on Monday. We were in Florida for four weeks(as you know) and then went to Alabama to celebrate my granddaughter, Emory’s sixth birthday. It is hard to believe she is six already! These grands of mine (there are six in all) are just growing up too quickly.

Art Gallery is still one of my favorite flower stamps that Stampin’ Up! offers. It has beautiful flowers, leaves and great sentiments you can use to make a card for any occasion. It is a two-step stamp set, meaning it takes two or more stamps to make one image. It also has a set of coordinating dies called Floral Gallery that cut out the images as well as two dies that cut out all the sentiments.

To make this card I first cut a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of Hues Of Happiness Designer Series Paper and layered it on a Blushing Bride card base. Next, I cut out the rectangle in Basic White card stock using the Deckled Rectangle Dies and adhered that to the card. I stamped the large flower from the Art Gallery stamp set in Blushing Bride using both of the two-step stamps. The second stamp just made the color a little darker. I stamped the smaller flowers in Polished Pink ink and the leaves in Shaded Spruce. I cut them all out using the coordinating dies. I adhered the larger flower to the card using Multipurpose Glue and the smaller flowers using Dimensionals. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment in Polished Pink ink and cut it out.

Here is a photo of Emory on her birthday. She is 6 going on 26!

Polished Pink

Blushing Bride

Shaded Spruce

Product List

Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154421]

$22.00

Floral Gallery Dies

[154316]

$34.00

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$30.00

Hues Of Happiness 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[158822]

$12.00

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Pansy Patch

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Pansy Patch

We finally made it home after a month-long visit to Florida. The place we went to is right on the gulf beach. Every night has beautiful sunsets. The weather here has been absolutely gorgeous. It rained one time for about 15 minutes and then cleared right up. My granddaughter was here last week and we went shelling. It was weird because there were very few shells that day but we did manage to get a few Sand Dollars. They were all over the beach.

Don’t worry. We didn’t take them all (although it may look like we did).

I started this card using a Basic White card base. I cut out a piece of Fresh Freesia card stock using the Scalloped Contour Dies and embossed it using the Tasteful Textiles 3D embossing folder (retired). I also cut out a piece of Basic White card stock using a smaller die from the same set. I backed that up with a 3″ x 4″ piece of Rich Razzleberry card stock.

I decided to pull out the stamp set called Pansy Patch along with the coordinating Pansy dies to make the rest of the card. You can save 10% if you purchase them in a bundle. I think this stamp set is so pretty. It is a two-step stamp set which means it takes two or more stamps to make an image. The larger Pansies actually take four different stamps. The colors I used for the flowers were Fresh Freesia, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight. I used Soft Succulent for the leaves. Then I cut them out using the Pansy dies. I adhered them to the card using Multipurpose Glue. I like using this adhesive because it gives you some time to move things around if you don’t like it at first.

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment in Rich Razzleberry ink.

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Pansy Patch Bundle (English)

[155674]

$51.25

Scalloped Contours Dies

[155560]

$35.00

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Framed Florets

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Framed Florets

Tomorrow is the end of Sale-a-bration for 2023. Stampin’ Up! has decided to go back to having it just once a year instead of twice. Therefore, this is the last chance this year you can get products for free with a qualifying purchase! At the time of this writing, all the products were still available except for the Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper. There are still stamp sets and other DSP packs such as Dandy Designs (one of my favorites!) still available.

Another favorite of mine is the Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper which is in the 2023 January – April Mini Catalog. This is a 6″ x 6″ pack of beautiful paper including the one I used on my card. I just love the colors of it.

I started this card with a Highland Heather card base. I cut a 1.5″ x 5.5″ piece of Pool Party card stock and embossed it using the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. This folder is now retired but you can use any other current (or past) folder to add a little texture to the piece of card stock.

Next, I took a 3″ x 4″ piece of Gorgeous Grape card stock and layered a slightly smaller piece of Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper on top of it. I adhered that to the card base slightly off-center. Next, I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set called Framed Florets using Gorgeous Grape ink on a piece of Pool Party card stock and cut it out using the Stylish Shapes Dies. Then I cut out a larger square using the same die set. Lastly, I added some Opaque Adhesive-Backed Gems.

As a side note, if you purchase all the products I used on this card, you would be eligible for two $50 Sale-a-bration items or one $100 item such as the Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper is a huge pack of DSP (48 sheets)!

Highland Heather

Gorgeous Grape

Pool Party

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Framed Florets Bundle (English)

[162407]

$54.00

Fancy Flora 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[160413]

$12.00

Opaque Adhesive Backed Gems

[160412]

$8.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

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Hues Of Happiness Fun Fold

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Susan Horr

Hues Of Happiness Fun Fold

As you know, I love Fun Fold cards. When I receive a card in the mail, it always makes me so happy but if it is a Fun Fold card, it really makes me smile. This card opens in two different ways. First, the front piece just opens as a normal card would like this:

Then, the inside piece also opens up the opposite way.

This Fun Fold card is very easy to make. First I took a Balmy Blue A2 card base (4.25″ x 5.5″) and added a piece of the same size of Country Gingham Designer Series Paper on the front. I find the best way to do this is to use Multipurpose Glue. The glue gives you a little bit of time to move the piece of DSP so it lines up perfectly. Don’t worry if you are off a bit because you can always cut a little bit off if you need to. After it dried I used a couple of dies from the Framed Florets die set to cut out the oval and the oval of hearts on the front of the card.

Next, I took an 8″ x 5.25″ piece of Basic White card stock and folded it in half. I adhered it to the inside of the Balmy Blue card base so it opened the opposite way from the front of the card. I cut the flowers and leaves from the Designer Series Paper called Hues Of Happiness using the Blossoming Happiness die set. I love how Stampin’ Up! designs their dies to do this. I used a pencil and lightly drew the oval shape from the front of the card onto the inside of the card so the flowers and leaves would fit inside the oval on the front. I layered these on top of the Basic White inside card. Then I erased the pencil marks so you could not see them. I stamped the Happy Birthday Sentiment and cut it out using a miscellaneous die and adhered the ends of it to the front of the card. You don’t want to add adhesive over the entire piece or it will stick to the inside piece too.

Next, I stamped the sentiment in Balmy Blue ink and added the flower and leaves from the DSP.

It really did not take a long time to make this card at all.

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