Beauty Abounds

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Susan Horr

This is a quick and easy card to make when you are in a hurry to send a birthday card (because you forgot about a very important someone in a moment of forgetfulness) but you still want to make a card and not purchase one. Really though, does anyone buy cards anymore? If you do I can show you a way to make your own very easily.

The colors I used for this card are Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and Calypso Coral. I used the stamp set called Beauty Abounds to stamp the bubbles. This set actually has two bubble stamps in different sizes and they are my favorite part of this set. I thought the card needed a bit more so I used a small stamp from Painted Harvest to add the little dots in Granny Apple Green.

I stamped the sentiment in Tuxedo Black Memento ink using the stamp set called Itty Bitty Birthdays.

Today is my sister, Emily’s birthday. (This isn’t the card I made for her. I forgot to take a picture of that one). Emily is an amazing person. She is kind, patient and thoughtful. I wish I could be half the person she is. I hope you have a wonderful birthday, Emily!

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Beauty Abounds Cling Stamp Set

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Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set

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Daisy Lane CAS

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Susan Horr

I love simple and easy cards. I think they can be elegant and still get the point across. Simple and easy cards are called CAS. This stands for clean and simple.

This card is a CAS card. I used the new stamp set called Daisy Lane. This stamp set has a couple of coordinating punches. One is the Daisy Punch and the other is the Medium Daisy Punch. You can buy this stamp set and the Medium Daisy Punch in a Bundle and save 10% This stamp set also has a coordinating stamp in the new catalog called Daisy Delight. I love it when Stampin’ Up!® adds new products to go with the old products.

To make this card, I first stamped the flower in Gorgeous Grape and the stem in Shaded Spruce onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Then I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and layered this piece onto Gorgeous Grape cardstock and then onto a Whisper White card base.

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Daisy Lane Bundle

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Daisy Delight Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Daisy Punch

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Quick & Easy Cards Using Designer Series Paper Part II

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Susan Horr

In case you missed yesterday’s post, I am spending the week showing you quick and easy cards to make using Designer Series Paper. These cards are for people who tell me they are too busy to make nice cards and for those who hoard their Designer Series Paper.

Today’s card uses Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper is great because it can be used for birthday cards for everyone. I think this card could be a masculine card. Again, it was under five minutes to make. I adhered the piece of DSP to Basic Black Cardstock. Then I cut out the “birthday” from the Happy Birthday Thinlits Die. I decided to cut off the “Happy” because it was quite large and took up a lot of the front of the card. Instead, I stamped the word “happy” from the Well Said stamp set that is in the 2019 Occasions Catalog. This stamp set has matching dies called Well Written Framelits Dies (and you can save 10% by purchasing them in a Bundle). I didn’t use these dies but they are awesome!

Again, this is a quick and easy card that is nice enough to share.

Come back tomorrow for another card in my series.

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Well Said Cling Stamp Set

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$45.00

Happy Birthday Thinlits Die

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$20.00

Broadway Bound Speciality Designer Series Paper

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$14.00

Quick & Easy Cards Using Designer Series Paper

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Susan Horr

Good morning everyone. I was going some craft room organizing and cleaning last weekend. I started to go through my stash of Designer Series Paper and realized that I am a hoarder. This paper is gorgeous and it just sits on the shelf. Whenever I go to use it I think to myself that I better save it for classes and club meetings. When I prep for events with a lot of people I like to be able to use all the same supplies. Therefore, that poor paper just sits there. Why is it so hard to cut into it?

Secondly, one of the most frequent excuses I hear about why someone doesn’t want to join as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, join a club or just begin stamping in general is lack of time. “I don’t have time for crafts” or “I am too busy” or “it takes too long to make a card that is nice enough to send to someone”.

I have decided to spend this week showing you cards using your Designer Series Paper and at the same time, be quick and easy to make.

Here is the first example of a quick and easy card that uses your Designer Series Paper (or in this card the Happiness Blooms Memories & More Card Pack). All I had to do is adhere the paper to cardstock, stamp the sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock and punch it out. Then I punched the starburst out of Calypso Coral cardstock using the Starburst Punch and adhered it all to the card. The whole card took less than five minutes to make. The sentiment is from the Meant To Be stamp set which is in the 2019 Occasions Catalog.

The colors I used on this card are Call Me Clover, Whisper White and Calypso Coral.

Stop back every day this week to see another quick and easy card that uses Designer Series Paper Series Paper and takes less than five minutes to make.

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