Lady bugs from Springtime scenes

Here is a sneak peek of a new online extra that will be available in March. Don't you love this adorable ladybugs? They are sitting on a round ivy die that comes in the coordinating die set. The sentiment is also from this stamp set. I used the Stone and Vine embossing folder on the black cardstock.

This fun tall grass stamp is also included in this stamp set. I stamped the lady bugs then colored them with Stampin' Blends. I die cut them out using the coordinating die. 

Supplies:

Stamp set: :Springtime scenes

Ink: Momento Black, Shy Shamrock

Stampin' Blends: dark Basic Black, dark Real Red

Paper: Real Red, Shy Shamrock, Basic Black and Basic white card stock

Accessories: Stamp Cut and Emboss machine, Springtime Scenes dies, Stone and Vine embossing folder, stampin' dimensionals, Ladybutg garden Epoxy shapes. paper snips. 

 

Sunrise sailing stamp, dies and embossing folder

Todays card features the Sunrise Sailing stamp set, dies and embossing folder. I left off the sentiment so you can choose if you want this to be for Fathers Day, birthday or any occasion you choose.

Supplies used

Stamps: Sunrise Sailing (165491- bundle 165497)

Ink: Momento Black (132708) and Balmy Blue (147105), Azure Afternoon (161663), Real Red (147084) and Pecan Pie (161665)

Paper: Azure Afternoon (161719), Real Red (102482) and white (166780) card stock. Watercolor paper (149612)

Accessories: Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine and Specialty plate(149653), Sunrise Sailing Hybrid embossing folder (165496- includes embossing folder and dies), Bone folder (10230), Multipurpose liquid glue (110755), mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Paper trimmer (152392), Paper snips (103579), clear stamp blocks (165674 bundle -or you can purchase individually). Paint brush (non SU)

 

Cutting instructions:

Azure Afternoon card stock:  card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”

Real Red card stock: 4” x 5 ¼”

Watercolor paper: 3 7/8” x 5”

White card stock:   inside -4” x 5 ¼”, scraps to stamp sailboat and clouds

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Cut an Azure afternoon card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼” and add Real Red 4” x 5 ¼”panel to card front.

2. Emboss the watercolor paper using the Sunrise Sailing Hybrid embossing folder. Also emboss clouds with scraps of Basic White cardstock. Fussy cut around the clouds.

3. Using a water brush or paintbush color the water with Azure Afternoon ink and sky with Balmy Blue. You can push on closed ink pad to get ink on the lid or press an acrylic block into ink pad. Add a couple of drops of water before adding to cardstock. Sometimes I add a drop of Balmy Blue re-inker just because it is such a light color. Set aside to fully dry.

4. Stamp sailboat using Momento Black ink. Stamp the strips on the sails with Real Red and the boat in Pecan Pie. Die cut using the coordinating dies.

5. Add a 4” x 5 ¼” white panel to inside of the card and stamp your preferred sentiment. If you want to step your card up a bit add Real Read 4"x 5 1/4" panel to inside of card and cut down your white panel to 3 3/4" x 5". Stamp some birds above the sentiment and on the envelope.

6. Once watercolor paper is fully dry (you can speed up the drying time with a heat gun) glue on the clouds and cut off edges overhanging. Stamp birds using Momento Black ink. Add sailboat using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

 

 

Gallery Blooms in green and gold

This a fast easy card with lots of wow factors. The designer paper with the gold foil then the flowers embossed in gold really make this card elegant. Plus you can never go wrong using an embossing folder. Adding gold embossing on the inside with a tiny strip of the designer paper on the inside made even the inside extra special. I really love the way this card turned out.

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Party Pig shaker card

 Here is a sneak peek of stamp sets that will be available in May. I love the Party Pig stamp and die set. Look at the adorable shaker elements that coordinate with this set. This is a fun easy shaker card.

Supplies used

Stamps: Party Pig (165479- bundle 165483) available May 2025

Ink: Momento Black (132708) and Smokey Slate (147113)

Stampin’ Blends: light and dark Smokey Slate (154904), light and dark Bubble Bath (161675) and light (159465)

Paper: Bubble Bath (161718) and white (166780) card stock. Window sheet (142314)

Accessories: Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine and Specialty plate(149653), Plaster Painting 3D embossing folder  (164656), Party Pig dies  (165482- bundle 165483), Bone folder (10230), Foam Adhesive sheets (141825), Tear & Tape (154031), Loose Shaker Elements (165268), Blending brush (153611), 2” circle punch (133782), Multipurpose liquid glue (110755), mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Sponge daubers (133773), Paper trimmer (152392), Paper snips (103579), clear stamp blocks (165674 bundle -or you can purchase individually)

 

Cutting instructions:

Bubble Gath card stock:  card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”, scrap-die cut 1 ¾” circle

White card stock:  4” x 5 ¼” -inside, 3” x 4 ½” pig head and body, small scrap – for flags and sentiment

Window Sheet – scrap to cut 2” circle

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Cut card base (8 ½ x 5 ½”) out of Bubble Bath, scoring at 4 ¼”. Cut a 4” x 5 ¼” white front panel and emboss with the Painted Plaster 3D embossing folder using the Stamp Cut and Emboss machine and the gray specialty plate. Using a blending brush and Smokey Slate ink pad rub ink all over embossed panel to give it a dirty look.  Attach to card front using multi purpose liquid glue.

2. Stamp Pig head, body and flags on white cardstock. Color with the light and dark Bubble Bath and Smokey Slate Stampin’ Blends. I colored the hoofs with the dark Smokey Slate and the spots with the light. The inside of the ear color with a light Stampin’ blend. Die cut all pieces, adding the circle in the body with die cutting. Note: add a light tack tape to make sure circle stays centered in the pig’s body. Punch a circle out of window sheet and a piece of Bubble Bath cardstock using the 2 inch circle punch.

3. Add tear tape all around the die cut out circle in the pig’s body on the back side. Remove backing and attach window sheet circle. Add Foam Adhesive strips around the circle. The foam strips bend well to make a circle. Make sure that your seam is tight so none of the Loose Shaker Elements can fall out. Add the Loose Shaker Elements before you remove backing. Remove backing and adhere Bubble Bath circle to foam tape, making sure to cover all the tape, so none of the shaker elements can come out. The window sheet and Bubble Bath circles are larger than the circle in the pig’s body to make these steps easier, but still small enough to fit inside the pig’s body.

4. Glue pigs heat to pig’s body, only adding glue when the head and body meet. Add a couple of strips of Foam adhesive strips to pig’s head, remove backing. Add Multipurpose liquid glue to Bubble Bath circle and adhere to card. Add two mini Stampin’ dimensionals to flags. Add a small dab of liquid glue to poles on the front side. Remove backing from dimensionals and add flags to card, pressing the flag poles to the back of the pig’s hoof.

5. Stamp sentiment using Memento black ink, dog ear the ends and sponge around the entire sentiment strip with a sponge dauber. Adhere to card tucking the left side under the pig.

6. Stamp party flags on the bottom right side of inside panel, color with blends and adhere to inside of card. Stamp additional sentiment if desired.

7. Stamp party flags from the stamp set on the bottom left side of envelope or on the back flap. Your card is ready to send to a lucky recipient. 

Sunrise sailing and Tags to Go, You're going places card.

Todays card features two new stamp sets available in May. I just could not resist the “You’re going places” sentiment from the Tags to Go set with the Sunrise Sailing stamp set, dies and embossing folder. 

One thing I did that you might not expect is I used the Birchwood embossing folder on the Night of Navy for my waves. The reason is I embossed the Pool Party half circle with the Sunrise Sailing embossing folder. The lines in it a fairly straight. Although I love the Soft Waves and so swirly for Beach or water cards in this case I needed straighter water lines and the Birchwood work perfectly. Another fun thing I did was die cut the clouds from the die set and even though they did not fit the clouds in the embossing folder I embossed them on the embossing folders clouds anyway. I think they turned out pretty cool. Sometimes you just have to think outside the box. You just may be pleased with the result. 

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Supplies used

Stamps: Sunrise Sailing (165491- bundle 165491), Tags to Go  (165569, bundle- 165577) available May 2025

Ink: Balmy Blue (147105) or ink refill (147168) and Night of Navy (147110)

Watercolor pencils: Balmy Blue (149014 assortment #2), Pecan Pie and Basic Gray (161700- assortment #1)

Paper: Night of Navy (100867) and white (166780) card stock.  Pool Party two tone cardstock (166691), Watercolor paper (149612)

Accessories: Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine and Specialty plate(149653), Sunrise Sailing Hybrid embossing folder -includes dies (165496 -bundle 165497), Stylish Shapes dies  (159183), Birch Wood 3d embossing folder (164069), Bone folder (10230), Adhesive sheets (152334), Multipurpose liquid glue (110755), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430 or mini 144108), Take your pick tool (144107), Paper trimmer (152392), Paper snips (103579), clear stamp blocks (165674 bundle -or you can get individually) paint brush or water pen (no longer available at Stampin’ Up!)

 

Cutting instructions:

Night of Navy card stock:  card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”, 4” x 5 ¼” front panel

White card stock:  4” x 5 ¼” -inside, 3 ¼” x 3 ¼”- die cut circle, small scraps – for clouds, seagulls and sentiment

Watercolor paper: two small and one large sailboat die cuts

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Cut card base (8 ½ x 5 ½”) out of Night of Navy, scoring at 4 ¼”. Cut a 4” x 5 ¼” front panel and emboss with the Birch Wood 3D embossing folder using the Stamp Cut and Emboss machine and gray specialty plate. Attach to card front using Multi purpose liquid glue.

2. Die cut white circle using the 3” round Stylish Shapes die. Die cut half a circle using Pool Party two tone cardstock. Emboss the two tone paper on the bottom (water) part and sand to reveal white core. Using a paint brush or water pen and either a Balmy Blue ink pad (squeezed to get ink on inside lid) or one or two drops of ink refill on a stamp block, add one or two drops water to ink and mix. Using a back and forth (horizontally) sweep brush across top half of the white circle. Set aside to fully dry.

3. Cut a scrap of white cardstock slightly larger than the three seagulls die. Color with the Basic Gray watercolor pencil and blend with water. Set aside to fully dry.

4. Die cut two small and one large cloud for die set and emboss putting on the cloud portions of the Stylish Sailing embossing folder (they do not Match) and emboss using the Stamp cut and emboss machine and the gray specialty plate.

5. Die cut two small and 1 larger sail boats and sails out of water color paper. Use Pecan pie watercolor pencil to color boat and pole. No need to color the sail attached to boat. Color the Sails die cuts with Balmy Blue ink and blend with water. I colored darker around the outside edges of sails and lighter for the rest and then blended. Set aside to dry.

6. Stamp sentiment on small scrap of white cardstock,  trim close to the stamping.

7. Glue Pool Party embossed water half circle to the bottom (uncolored) portion of your white circle. Glue to card front tucking the largest cloud underneath at the top left side. Pop using Stampin’ Dimensionals both small clouds.

8. Die cut seagulls and add to card front first adding adhesive sheets to back side of cardstock -making the sea gulls stickers. Add three seagulls to card front. I put two of different cards and one on my water colored sky.

9. Glue small sailboat to card front and pop the larger one. Glue sentiment strip to card front as shown.

10. Water color a small bit of water on the bottom right side of inside white panel and blend with water. Glue small sail boat and glue to inside of card.

11. Stamp a few birds from the stamp set on the bottom left side of envelope or on the back flap. Your card is ready to send to a lucky recipient.