Thursday, April 3, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Storybook friends fun fold card.
Don't you just love bunnies? I was in love with the Storybook Friends Suite as soon as I saw it. Here is a link to see all the fabulous products. https://www.stampinup.com/search/storybook%20friends?sort=relevance&ts=1743542415655. Besides eight cute animal stamps you get a house, a carrot patch and small cobblestone wall stamp. There are dies to cut out all eight animals and three cute little frames. I used one on this card. Since the panel with the rabbit sits forward and the two panels with the flowers sit back my scanner made the top look a little wonky. You can see in the second photo where it lays flat that it is not wonky.
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Supplies
used
Stamps: Storybook
Friends
Ink: Early
Espresso
Stampin’
Blends: light and dark Crumb Cake, light Blackberry Bliss, dark Petal Pink and
color lifter
Paper: Lost
Lagoon, Very Vanilla and White card stock. Thoughtful Journey designer series
paper
Accessories:
Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine, Storybook Friends Dies, Mixed Label dies, tear
tape, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombo liquid glue, Paper trimmer, Paper snips
Cutting instructions:
Lost Lagoon
cardstock: card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored
at 2”, 3 1/8”, 5 3/8” and 6 ½”, and scrap for frame
Very Vanilla
cardstock: 2 1/8” x 5 3/8” for back of
card, 1 /2” x 2 1/8” for inside the frame. Small scrap for sentiment
Thoughtful
Journey designer series paper: cut two at 1 ¾” x 5 ¼”, cut one at 5 ¼” x 2” 3 ½”
x 4 ¾”
White
cardstock: small scrap to stamp bunny
Assembly
instructions:
Cut card
base out of Lost Lagoon, scoring at 2”, 3 1/8”, 5 3/8” and 6 ½”.
1. Stamp bunny
stamp on scrap of white cardstock. Color bunny with the light Crumb Cake
Stampin’ Blend and highlight with dark Crumb Cake blend. I colored his bow with
the light Blackberry Bliss blend. I then colored inside his ears with the dark
Petal Pink (I should have used the light). I used the color lifter to remove
some of the color on his tail and lighten the color in his ears. Die cut with coordinating
Storybook Friends dies.
2. Stamp
sentiment on a scrap of Vanilla cardstock and die cut using a die from the Mixed
Labels die set.
3. Die cut
frame from the Storybook Friends die set with Lost Lagoon card stock. You can
cut another frame and save for another day to get the inside or just cut a
vanilla scrap 1 /2” x 2 1/8”. I attached
the vanilla to the frame using tear tape. Lay down frame with Vanilla sitting
inside and put half the tape on the Vanilla and half on the frame.
4. Glue the two
smaller panels to the right and left side of the card, and add the larger piece
flipped over to other side to center. Remove tape from frame and attach to
center panel. Attach die cut sentiment to bottom of frame. Add bunny with Stampin’
Dimensionals with feet and ears slightly on the frame.
5. Stamp small
bunny on the 2 1/8” x 5 3/8” panel. Color with Stampin’ Blends. Add additional
sentiment if desired and sign. (Note: You want to sign the card before gluing
down because of the bunny popped on the front.) Glue panel in the center of the
back of the card.
6. Stamp small
bunny on the bottom left side of envelope or on the back flap. Your card is
ready to send to a lucky recipient.
Monday, March 31, 2025
Faith Collection card.
Supplies
used
Stamps: Faith
Collection
Ink: Pecan
Pie, Garden Green and Balmy Blue
Paper: Balmy
Blue, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake and White card stock. Splendid Autumn designer
series paper
Accessories:
Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine, Faith Collection Dies, Meant to bee dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombo liquid glue,
Paper trimmer, Paper snips
Cutting instructions:
Balmy Blue: card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Pecan Pie: mat
3 ¾ x 5”, scrap for cross
Splendid
Autumn designer series paper: 3 ½” x 4 ¾”
White: inside
mat 5¼” x 4. scraps stamping and die cutting
Crumb Cake:
scrap for inside of cross
Assembly
instructions:
1. Cut card
base out of Balmy Blue, score at 4 ¼” and fold. Using Balmy Blue ink and the
left stamp stamp leaves all around the outer edge of card front, stamping off
on a scrap first to get second generation ink (lighter)
2. Glue Pecan Pie
(3 ¾ x 5”) mat to card base. Glue Splendid Autumn Designer paper (3 ½” x 4 ¾”)
on top of Pecan Pie mat.
3. Stamp two
leaves from stamp set using Garden Green ink pad on White card stock and die
cut out using the Faith Collection die set. Die cut cross from Faith Collection
using a scrap of Pecan Pie card stock. Die
cut 2 5/8: hexagon from the Meant to bee die set out of a white scrap.
4. Glue die cut
cross on a scrap of Crumb Cake card stock and fussy cut out.
5. Glue hexagon
to designer paper. Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop up cross and place at the
bottom of the hexagon. Glue leaves down of each side of the cross (I tucked the
one on the right behind the cross, I tucked to one of the left behind bottom of
cross leaving the bottom leave sitting on top of the cross)
6. If I mat a
card front then I like to also mat the inside of the card. So cut a second 3 ¾ x
5” Pecan Pie mat with a 3 ½” x 4 ¾” mat out of White card stock. Add sentiment
if desired.
7. Stamp single
leaf on the bottom left side of envelope or several across the back flap.
8. Your card is
ready to send to a lucky recipient.
Monday, March 24, 2025
Umbrella Days, paper piecing, Winter Meadow and Unbounded Beauty designer papers
Supplies
used
Stamps: Umbrella
Days
Ink: Momento
Black, Misty Moonlight and Smokey Slate
Stampin’
Blends: Light and Dark Misty Moonlight, Ivory and Light Daffodil Delight
Stampin’
Write Markers: Black
Paper: Misty
Moonlight, Crumb Cake, and White card stock. Winter Meadow designer series paper
(front panel and puddle), Unbounded beauty designer series paper (outfits and
umbrellas)
Accessories:
Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine, Umbrella Days Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombo
liquid glue, Paper trimmer, Paper snips
Cutting instructions:
Misty Moonlight:
card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Winter Meadow
Designer paper: mat 5¼” x 4, scraps puddles
Unbounded
beauty designer paper: scraps for outfits and umbrellas
White: inside
mat 5¼” x 4. scraps for stamping and die cutting
Crumb Cake:
scrap
Assembly
instructions:
1. Cut card
base out of Shy Misty Moonlight , score and fold.
2. Stamp sentiment
using Misty Moonlight ink on the grey (stormy looking) designer series paper on
the upper right of panel. Use Smokey Slate to add the rain drops (stamping off
once) above, below and the side of the sentiment covering the whole panel (do
not stamp raindrop on top of the sentiment), glue to card front.
3. Stamp the lady and child from the Umbrella Days stamp set using Momento Black ink on white cardstock. Using Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blends color the pants on both the lady and child. Bie cut both using the Umbrella days dies.
4. Stamp on
designer paper the ladies coat and boots, then on coordinating paper her umbrella
twice. Stamp the childs coat and boots
and umbrella (twice) with a coordinating
paper. A fussy cut the coats, umbrellas and the boots as I did not want a
border around them. Use Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend and color in the ladies
hair right over top of the designer paper if your pattern is light enough like
mine is. If a darker pattern you might have to stamp the hair on white and fussy
cut out. You could also stamp it on whatever color of cardstock you want the
hair to be. Using the black Stampin’
Write marker color the bottom for the bottom of the boots.
5. Die cut two rain
puddles using the Winter Meadow designer paper. Glue to front panel using Tombo
Glue. Glue little girl on puddle under the sentiment. Use Stampin’ Dimensionals
to pop lady up on second puddle.
6. Add the
remaining two stamped and cut out umbrellas with die cut handles using Tombo glue. Stamp sentiment if desired
and glue to inside of card.
7. For the
envelope add the child on the bottom left side or on the back. Color or just
leave uncolored.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Umbrella days colored with Stampin Blends
I had to
drive for 2 ½ hours in the rain last weekend to get home from Stampin’ Up! On
Stage in Raleigh, North Carolina. Luckly the first half of my trip was clear skies.
I had already decided to stop half way home around 10:30 am to get gas and
stretch my legs. Right around my scheduled stop time it starting pouring so
hard I could barely see, so I decided to get off at the next exit which happed
to be the exit for Bucky’s. The only issue there is a billion (or so it seemed)
other people had the same idea. I walked around a little bit, picked up some
snacks and a really cute bunny mug, got gas and was back on the road. The rest
of the trip had light to somewhat heavy rain, but not so bad my windshield
wipers couldn’t handle it.
Enough about
me. Let me tell you about my card, inspired by my trip home. The sentiment says “The storm will end and the
son will shine again”. The stamp set I used was the Umbrella days stamp and die
bundle. I love that the dies also include clouds and a raincoat for the dog
stamp. I also really love the stamp that makes the rain. I will be adding
another card with this set soon so check back.
Inside
I love that
this die set has a little rain coat or sweater for the dog stamp.
Supplies
used
Stamps: Umbrella
Days
Ink: Momento
Black, Balmy Blue and Shy Shamrock
Stampin’
Blends: Light and Dark Real Red, Shy Shamrock and Balmy Blue, light Daffodil
Delight, SU 600 (medium Natural tones)
Stampin’
Write Markers: Black and Real Red
Paper: Balmy
Blue, Shy Shamrock, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight and White card stock,
Accessories:
Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine, Umbrella Days Dies, Blending brush, Stampin’
Dimensionals, Tombo liquid glue, Paper trimmer, Paper snips
Cutting instructions:
Shy Shamrock:
card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Balmy Blue: mat
cut two 5 ¼” x 4
White: cut
two 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”, scraps for stamping and die cutting
Crumb Cake:
scrap
Daffodil Delight:
scrap.
Assembly
instructions:
1. Cut card
base out of Shy Shamrock, score and fold. Add Balmy Blue mat on both the card
front and the inside.
2. On white
scrap paper stamp using Momento Black the lady with the umbrella, the dog and
just the umbrella from the lady and umbrella stamp. Color with Stampin’ Blends.
I used the black Stampin’ Write marker for the bottom of her boots and Real Red
for the dog’s collar.
3. Die cut lady
with umbrella and the dog. Die cut two clouds from white scraps. Die cut
umbrella handle from Crumb Cake scrap. Die cut dogs rain coat from scrap of
Daffodil Delight. Fussy cut second umbrella (for inside).
4. Stamp
sentiment on white scrap using shy Shamrock ink and fussy cut out.
5. Using a
blending brush lightly rub ink on the one white panel (make sure to tap brush
on scrap paper and blend from off the paper onto paper. Do not over ink.
6. Use blending
brush to add heavier blue ink to bottom on panel for rain puddle.
7. Stamp rain
on card front using Balmy Blue, stamp off on scratch paper each time to get a
lighter color. Lightly sponge Balmy blue ink on the clouds, just to get a
little ink on the edges for contrast.
8. Glue
sentiment and clouds on card with Tombo glue. Add Stampin’ dimensionals to girl
with umbrella and pop up on card. Add panel to card front.
9. Stamp sentiment
on white if desired and glue to inside of card. Apply Balmy blue ink to inside
panel, but go even lighter than the card front. Glue umbrella handle, umbrella
and dog to bottom left side of white panel and glue to inside of the card.
10.Stamp dog on the bottom left side of your envelope or on the back flap. Your card is ready to send.