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Nothing’s Better Than

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Stampin Up Nothing's Better Than

Jackie made me do it.  Jackie is one third of our BS & J Productions Stamp Off Challenges.  She has posted a few cards using the Nothing’s Better Than stamp set along with the coordinating dies called Love You More Than (and yes, you can save 10% by purchasing them in a Bundle).  Her cards were so cute, I had to buy the bundle.  She is such an enabler!  I keep threatening to unfriend her because she is expensive to be friends with (just kidding Jackie).

The thing I love most about this bundle are the word dies.  They say Chocolate, Coffee and Cocktails.  I am not a coffee drinker but I will admit to chocolate and cocktails!

To make this card I first stamped the glasses in Memento Black Ink and then stamped the insides of each in Flirty Flamingo, Coastal Cabana and Mango Melody.  I colored the umbrellas and fruit using the coordinating Stampin’ Write Markers and cut them out using the coordinating dies.  I cut a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock using the Stitched Nested Labels Dies and the word Cocktails in Coastal Cabana cardstock.

 

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Product List

Nothing's Better Than Bundle

Stitched Nested Labels Dies

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

Forever Fern

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Stampin Up Forever Fern

This is a very simple card using the Stampin’ Up!® stamp set called Forever Fern.  This stamp set has matching dies called Forever Flourishing and you can save 10% by purchasing them in a Bundle.  It is one of my favorite stamp sets in the new Annual Catalog.  It has five different branches of leaves plus a set of berries, a splatter and four sentiments included in it.  There are 14 dies that cut out all the branches and berries plus it has a bunch of other dies that cut out fun leaves and designs.

Both the stamp set and the dies are part of a Suite called Forever Greenery.  This suite also has Designer Series Paper called Forever Greenery that is gorgeous.  On one side there are various leaf patterns and on the other side are other patterns such as the one I used on this card.  The colors use almost all the greens we have in our inks so everything can match.

To make this card I first stamped the leaves and berries and then cut them out using the coordinating dies.  I stamped the sentiment and cut that out using a die from Tasteful Labels.  I layered all this on top of the piece of Forever Greenery DSP, a piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock and a card base of Just Jade.

It is Bonus Days!! For every $50 you spend during the month of July you earn a $5 coupon towards your August purchases. Purchase $50 and you get one coupon. Purchase $100 and you get two!  There is no limit as to how many coupons you can earn!

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Forever Fern Bundle (English)

Tasteful Labels Dies

So Much Happy

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When I first saw the stamp set called So Much Happy, it made me happy because it has lots of balloons.  Who doesn’t like balloons?  What really made me very happy was looking at the matching dies called Happy Dies!  One of the dies cuts out the large “happy” border and I just love it.  It is large and it is different so I knew I would get it right away.  There are 15 stamps in the set and 11 dies.

To make this card I first cut out the word happy in Gray Granite cardstock.  Then I ran each end of it through my die cutting machine using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.  I did it this way because I didn’t want the actual word to be embossed.  I backed the word with a piece of the 6″ x 6″ 2020/2022 InColor Designer Series Paper in Bumblebee and layered that on top of a Bumblebee card base.  Then I cut out the banner and the balloons using the same DSP and the balloon strings in the matching cardstock colors.  Lastly I stamped the sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink onto Bumblebee cardstock and cut it out using a die from Ornate Frames.

By the way, if you purchase the So Much Happy stamp set with the Happy Dies in a bundle you can save 10%.

It is Bonus Days!! For every $50 you spend during the month of July you earn a $5 coupon towards your August purchases. Purchase $50 and you get one coupon. Purchase $100 and you get two!  There is no limit as to how many coupons you can earn!

Product List

So Much Happy Bundle (English)

Ornate Frames Dies

2020–2022 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

 

 

Celebrate Sunflowers

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Sometimes when Stampin’ Up!® introduces a new color it doesn’t quite grab me right away.  I always purchase all the new colors because that is just how I am but sometimes one or two of them sit for a long time.  I decided to embrace the new InColor called Magenta Madness and there is not better way to do this then to use Designer Series Paper (DSP) that has that color in it.  It softens it a bit and show me how well it goes with other colors.  To do this I used Flowers For Every Season DSP.  It has Magenta Madness in it but also has Bumblebee and Poppy Parade along with a couple of other pinks.

To make this card I first put the DSP along with some Magenta Madness cardstock on a Whisper White card base.  Then I stamped the sunflower and cut out the coordinating die in Magenta Madness.  I stamped the “Thanks A bunch” sentiment but used my Paper Snips to cut out “A bunch”.  It was a super easy card to make and it made me like Magenta Madness which means problem solved (now if I could just learn to love Melon Mambo.  I’ll save that for another day!).

Madelyn had a busy week last week.  She graduated from Pre-school and learned how to ride a bike without training wheels.  She is so grown up and he will be headed to Kindergarten this fall (if schools open, that is).  Let’s all hope for the world to open back up soon.

 It is Bonus Days!!  For every $50 you spend during the month of July you earn a $5 coupon towards your August purchases.  Purchase $50 and you get one coupon.  Purchase $100 and you get two!  There is no limit as to how many coupons you can earn!

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Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle (English)

Flowers For Every Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Magenta Madness 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad

Forever Greenery

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Hello everyone.  It is time for another Stamp Off Challenge with Buffy, Jackie and me.  This time our challenge was to use our favorite Designer Series Paper.  This was probably the hardest challenge we have had in a long time.  Why you ask?  Because I truly haveTHREE favorite DSPs.  I love Flowers For Every Season because it is bright and cheery.  It has flower patterns on one side and designs on the other.  I also love Peony Garden for the total opposite reason I love Flowers For Every Season.  Peony Garden is soft and uses neutral colors and goes with everything.  Then there is Forever Greenery.  I love the colors in this paper and it has beautiful leaf designs on one side and patterns on the other.  I was tempted to show you three cards using each of these papers but I decided to will have to wait to see the other two.  Although I was going to show you the Peony Garden DSP but I didn’t like the card I made so I changed my mind.

As you can see I chose Forever Greenery for this challenge.  The great thing about this paper is it uses every green Stampin’ Up!® offers except Old Olive.  Actually Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive are very close so you could get away with using it.

To make this card I first ran a piece of Whisper White cardstock through my die cutting machine using one of the Greenery Embossing Folders and layered it over a piece of Forever Greenery DSP.  The two designs go together since they are similar in design.  I layered them on top of a  Shaded Spruce card base.  Then I stamped the leaves from the Forever Fern stamp set three times.  I cut two of them out using the coordinating dies called Forever Flourishing and left one uncut in the background.  I stamped the berries in Rococo Rose and cut that out too.  I stamped the greeting and put it all together.  I felt like it needed something so I added a piece of the Misty Moonlight and Silver Baker’s Twine.  I am not sure if that made it look better so just weird because it doesn’t really match but I left it anyway.

Now let’s go see what Designer Series Paper Buffy and Jackie used.  Do you think they had as much trouble as I did choosing?


Product List

Forever Fern Bundle (English)

Greenery Embossing Folders

Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack

Beautiful World

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World Of Good is a new suite that is in the 2020/2021 Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalog.  This suite includes the Beautiful World stamp set, the matching dies called World Map (you can save 10% by purchasing the stamps and dies in a Bundle), Designer Series Paper, an Embossing Folder and some embellishments.  The Suite thing started a couple of years ago and I love it.  I used to have to guess what products would go with other products but now Stampin’ Up!® takes all the guess work out of that.  It makes it so much easier.

To make this card, I used the World Of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper.  I cut out the circle using a Circle die (which is now retired).  The background DSP is from the other side of the circle paper.  I love how they have 2 different sides on each piece.  I stamped two the feathers from the Beautiful World stamp set in Crumb Cake ink and I embossed the third one using Copper Embossing Powder.  The specialty DSP is really brass but they don’t have brass Embossing Powder which is why I used copper.  I cut all three leaves out using the coordinating die.

The sentiment is from the new stamp set called Best Year.  I stamped it in Misty Moonlight ink and then punched it out using the new Lovely Labels Pick a Punch.  This punch actually makes six different tags to use.  It has two sides to it and you can cut out 1/2″, 3/4″ and 1″ tags out on both sides.  Lastly I added the little copper swirl using one of the dies.


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World Of Good Suite Collection (English)

Beautiful World Bundle (English)

Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English)

World Of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper

Lovely Labels Pick A Punch

Copper Foil Sheets

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder
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Versamark Pad

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

County Home Fun Fold

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Good morning everyone.  Today I made a cute fun fold card that I saw on the internet somewhere (sorry I can not remember where).  The card I saw that was made by a stamper from the UK named Amanda Charlesworth (if you click on her name it will take you to a link on her YouTube channel with directions).  Her measurements made a larger card than I wanted to make so I had to experiment with how to make it a regular A2  (5.5″ x 4.25″) card but other than the measurements, I followed her directions.  Once you learn how to make the sliding piece, the rest is easy.  I listed the measurements of each piece below.

This fun fold is called Slide and Lock.  The middle section keeps the card together and you slide it up to open it.

The sentiment I used for this card is from the stamp set called Country Home.  The Designer Series Paper is Flowers For Every Season.  I used a die from Stitched Shapes to cut out the sentiment.  The measurements are as follows:

Card base:  Whisper White 8.5″ x 5.5″ scored at 2 1/8″ on both sides.  Then I cut a 1/16″ off one side to make it slide better.

The side panels on the card base (using the DSP) are 1 7/8″ x 5.25″ and 1 15/16″ x 5.25″ (remember you needed to cut that 1/16″ off one side so you have to adjust the DSP for that.

The sliding mechanism is 4 pieces of Whisper White cardstock 2.75″ x 2.75″.

2 pieces of Misty Moonlight cardstock 2.5″ x 2.5″

1 piece of DSP 2 3/8″ x 2/38″

1 piece of Whisper White cardstock cut out with a square from the Stitched Shapes Dies.

I think it would be fun to use different shapes for this card such as a circle, a star or a label die.  Thanks, Amanda for sharing your directions!

Product List

Country Home Photopolymer Stamp Set

Stitched Shapes Dies

Flowers For Every Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Flowering Blooms

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Flowering Blooms is a new stamp set that is part of a new bundle in the 2020/2021 Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalog.  This stamp set has matching dies called Flowering Dies.  I have a small confession to make.  I totally forgot it had matching dies until right now while I am writing this post.  It is ok though.  I still love how this card came out even if it is simple.  It is actually a card that a beginner stamper can make with just ink, paper and stamps.  It doesn’t matter if you don’t have this particular stamp set.  You can use any stamp you have on hand.

Flowering Blooms is a DisINKtive Stamp set that was patented by Stampin’ Up!  They are specially made stamps that create different opacities in a single stamp that give the image the look of a two-step stamp.  It makes the image look a little 3D.

To make this card, I first stamped the flower in Seaside Spray Ink on Whisper White cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment in Gray granite ink.  The sentiment is from the stamp set called Good Morning Magnolia.  I love the font in this set.  The Designer Series Paper is called Peony Garden and has just beautiful and soft designs included in it.

Last October we had a huge wind storm here in Northern New York.  It knocked down trees and caused major flooding on the lakeshores.  We lost our dock in this storm.  It actually got lifted by the surge of water and deposited on a dock two houses down!  We decided we had to do something different with our dock situation so we had the old one totally ripped out, the seawall rebuilt stronger and higher and we added temporary docks that can be pulled out every winter so we didn’t have to worry about them anymore.  We finally finished this project in full last week.

The kids gave Rob the flag and flagpole for Christmas so adding that was the last step.  We should be pretty safe if another storm happens again (hopefully not).

Product List

Flowering Blooms Bundle (English)

Good Morning Magnolia Cling Stamp Set

Peony Garden Designer Series Paper