I am excited to make these cute Elephant Parade Cards today. We are playing with the Elephant Parade Bundle from the Annual Catalog. When I saw this bundle I wanted to create 3 different styles of cards using some basic layouts.
PROJECT VIDEO:
CARD 1
Card Base in Mint Macaron 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Folded at 4 1/4″
Another Basic White Standard Piece for Inside 4″ x 5 1/4″
2 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ from the 6×6 Subtle Family Designer Paper in Mint Macaron
2nd Largest Scallop from the Layering Circle Dies in Mint Macaron
3rd Largest Standard from Layering Circle Dies in Basic White
To Cut out my Shrubs from the Elephant Parade Bundle I used the Hughes of Happiness Designer Paper
Using the A La Mode Alphabet Dies I cut out Baby in Basic White. TIP YOU WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO USE THE SELF ADHESIVE SHEETS
Finishing Up with Basic Jewel Rhinestones
BLEND COLORS: Smokey Slate Combo and Light Flirty Flamingo
This card makes the perfect Baby Card for either Gender.
CARD 2
Card Base in Poppy Parade 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
2 Basic White Layers 4″ x 5 1/4″ one for the inside
Using a Blending Brush, Blend the top part of your Layer in Balmy Blue
Letters Cut out in Poppy Parade
Blend Colors: Smokey Slate and Light Flirty Flamingo for Elephant and Mouse. Tahitian Tide for Butterfly, Poppy Parade for Balloon with the Color Lifter. Dark Granny Apple Green and Light Parakeet Party for the Lettuce Leaf
I had fun tilting the S on Friends. Again, you will want to use Adhesive Sheets for the Letters
CARD 3
Card Base in Basic Gray 4 1/4″ x 11″ folded at 5 1/2″
2 Basic White Layers 4″ x 51/4″
1 Basic White Layer is cut out with the Picture This Dies while the older Basic White Layer is for the inside of the card
Hues of Happiness DSP Layer 4″x 5 1/4″ to layer under the Picture this Layer
Blend Colors: Smokey Slate and Light Flirty Flamingo for Elephants and Mouse. Tahitian Tide for Balloon and Butterfly, Light Soft Suade for the Peanuts, Poppy Parade and Parakeet Party for the Flower
Finished off with Glossy Dots
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Fun Layouts using Sweet Citrus are today’s projects!!! We are playing with some of my favorite fun layouts using the Sweet Citrus Bundle from the Jan-April Mini Catalog.
This Hybrid Bundle has turned out to be one of my favorites!! If you have not watched the video on how these came together please do so below.
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I am also pairing the Tea Boutique Designer Paper with these cards. When I saw the lemons and bright colors from these beautiful papers I knew it was the perfect match.
CARD 1
Card Base in Daffodil Delight 4 1/4″ x 11 folded at 5 1/2″
Basic White 4″ x 5 1/4″ (x2) One for the inside
DSP Pieces 1 3/4″ x 5 1/4″ and 3/4″ x 5 1/4″
3rd Smallest Stitched Rectangles from Stitched Rectangles Dies
Finishing up with the 2022-2024 In Color Matte Dots
Daffodil Delight for Lemons and Garden Green for Leaves
CARD 2
Card Base in Parakeet Party 4 1/4″ x 11″ folded at 5 1/2″
Embossed Basic White Layer 4″ x 5 1/4″ as well as another Basic White Piece for inside 4″ x 5 1/4″
Basic White Square 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″
4 Little Squares from Tea Boutique 1 1/4″ x 1 1/4
Finishing up with the Matte Decorative Dots
Parakeet Party for Liimes and Garden Green for Leaf
CARD 3
Card Base in Petal Pink 4 1/4″ x 11″ folded at 5 1/2″
Basic Black Panel 4″ x 5 1/4″
Basic White Panel for Inside 4″ x 5 1/4″
Petal Pink Embossed Panel 3 3/4″ x 5″
Black Panel Piece 2″ x 4 3/4″
DSP Strip 1 3/4″ x 4 1/2″
Basic Black Panel 3″ x 3 3/4″
Basic White Panel 2 3/4″ x 3 1/2″
Fruit Outline in Petal Pink and Inside Pieces in Flirty Flamingo with Parakeet Party for the leaves.
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Simple Stamping Struggles. Do you struggle with Simple Stamping Like Me? Who can remember when they first started stamping or making cards? Was it a bit overwhelming Right? Where do you start? Although you may want to buy everything right away, more often our budgets don’t allow for that.
So, not only did Stampin’ Up!® come up with Monthly Challenges for their demonstrators my personal upline came up with a fun Monthly Challenge to have us make A Simple Stamping Card and a Stepped up Version. So today we are going to do just that and I may have taken it up one step further!! Take a look at the video below and see just how I did that!!
PROJECT VIDEO:
The first Card is going to just be the SIMPLE VERSION!!! That means no layers, no embellishments, ribbons, punches, or Die Cutting I have decided to use the Celebrating Sunflowers and Coordinating Dies from the Annual Catalog.
Simple Card Details:
Thick Basic White Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
Layer 1 Basic White 4″ x 5 1/4″
Colors Used (Outgoing Retiring 2021-2023 In- Colors) Evening Evergreen, Pale Papaya, Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink, and My Personal Fave Soft Succulent
Card Details Stepped Up:
Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″ (Outgoing Retiring 2021-2023 In- Colors) Evening Evergreen, Pale Papaya, Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink, Soft Succulent)
Layer 1 (Largest Die from Deckled Rectangles)
2nd Smallest Die from Deckled Rectangles
Smallest Die from Deckled Rectangles to stamp Sentiment
Finished off with 2021-2023 In Color Opals and Linen Thread
Card Details Even More Stepped Up:
Card Base 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Folded at 4 1/4″
Layer 1 Basic White Gingham Embossing Folder
Layer 2 Largest Deckled Rectangle cut in half at 1 3/4″
Sunflower colors with Stampin Blends in Light So Safron and Dark Daffodil Delight. Leaves colored in Dark and Light Old Olive
I hope you enjoyed today’s post on Simple Stamping and I hope you give it a try!! The Supplies in today’s projects are listed below.
Welcome to the Luv 2 Stamp Group’s 2023 Blog Hop! We are excited to share projects with you this year, we hope to inspire you to create beautiful new projects. Each month we will have a different theme based on the next month’s celebrations using Stampin’ Up! products.
When you have completed each post, be sure to scroll down to the bottom and you will see the list of Blog Hop Participants. You may either click on their name to go to their post or click the NEXT button. Happy Crafting and I hope you enjoy this month’s theme: Featuring DSP (Designer Series Paper)
With This 6 x 6 One Sheet Wonder Layout you can make 5 Projects.
This amazing Paper is part of the Fancy Flora Suite Collection and is paired with the Something Fancy Bundle. This Bundle has some amazing sentiments with coordinating Dies. For these projects, I wanted to use the cut little topper that adds a fun little something extra for your labels.
Shown below is a fun tip if you want to layer up those labels.
The Cardbase Size in the Projects below is 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ in Calypso Coral.
Card 1
Card 2
Card 3
Card 4
Card 5
I hope you enjoyed today’s One Sheet Wonder Projects and it encourages you to cut that paper up in different ways. Please be sure to Hop along with my amazing crafting friends and see how they showcase their Designer Series Paper Projects.
Today’s Project we are learning what I like to call Watercolor Pencil Magic. We are playing with the Easter Bunny Stamp Set from the Jan-April Mini Catalog as well as the Thanks A Bunch Stamp Set from the 2023 SALE-A-Bration Brochure.
Watch Along Here to see exactly how the magic comes together
PROJECT VIDEO: If you are reading this in an email, feel free to watch the video HERE on my blog.
Back in November at our Onstage Event, they showed a new and magical way of using our Watercolor Pencils and a Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter Marker. We do also have Stampin’ Blends, but I found that the Color Lifter is a smoother process and does not pill up like the Stampin’ Blends sometimes does. Below I am showing you a Before I use the Color Lifter and After I use the Color Lifter.
CARD 1
Card Base in Fresh Freesia 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
2 Basic White Panel Pieces 4″ x 5 1/4″ One for Card Front and One for Inside
Dandy Design Strip Pieces for Card Front 1 1/2″ x 5 1/4″. 3″ x 3 3/8″, 2″ x 4 3/8″
Dandy Design Strip Piece for Inside Card Panel 3/4″ x 4″
Label from Something Fancy Dies
Card 2
Card Base in Pear Pizazz 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
2 Basic White Panel Pieces 4″ x 5 1/4″ One for Card Front and One for Inside
Largest Circle in Stylish Shapes Dies cut in Dandy Designs Designer Paper
2nd Largest Circle in Stylish Shapes Dies to Stamp our Bunny Image on
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Are you a pretty paper hoarder like I am? Are you afraid to cut that Designer Paper? Well, my friends, it is One Sheet Wonder time!! I have 2 One Sheet Wonders for you today using 6×6 and 12×12.
Watch Along Here to see exactly how I cut down your pieces of 6×6 and 12×12 Designer Paper
PROJECT VIDEO: If you are reading this in an email, feel free to watch the video HERE on my blog.
Card Samples
Below are the cards I created, along with the measurements to make them. The abbreviation DSP means designer series paper of these cards. I have 15 different Card Samples for you today. Enjoy!!!
Card 1
Card Base 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Folded at 4 1/2″
Background DSP 2 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
Main DSP 3″x3″
Matted Cardstock 3 1/8″ x 3 1/8″
Card 2
Card Base 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Folded at 4 1/4″
Background DSP 7/8″ x 5 1/2″
Main DSP 3″x3″ Cut in (3) 1″ Strips
Matted Cardstock 1 1/8″ x 3 1/8″ (x3)
Card 3
Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
Background DSP 2 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
Main DSP 3″ x3″ Cut into (4) 1 1/2″ Squares
Matted Cardstock 1 5/8″ x 1 5/8″ (x4)
Card 4
Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
Background DSP 4″ x 5 1/4″
Main DSP 3″x3″ Cut Diagonally
Matte Cardstock 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ Cut Diagonally
Card 5
Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
DSP 3″ x 5″ Cut Diagonally
Matted Cardstock 3 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ Cut Diagonally
Card 6
Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
DSP 3″ x 5″
Matted Cardstock (2) Strips 3/4″ x 5″
Card 7
Card Base 4 /14″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
DSP 4″ x 5 1/4″
Card 8
Card Base 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Folded at 4 1/4″
DSP 3″x4″
Matted Cardstock 3 1/4″ 4 1/4″
Card 9
Card Base 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Folded at 4 1/4″
Background DSP 2 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
Main DSP (3) 1″ x 3″ Strips
Matted Cardstock 1 1/8″ x 3 1/8″
Card 10
Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
DSP 4″ x 5 1/4′ Cut Diagonally
Matted Cardstock 3/4″ x 6 1/4″ Edges trimmed off with scissors
Card 11
Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
DSP 4″ x 5 1/4″ Cut Diagonally
Matted Cardstock 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ Cut Diagonally
Card 12
Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
DSP (3) 1/2″ x 5″ Strips
Matted Cardstock 1 3/4″ x 5 1/8″
Card 13
Card Base 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Folded at 4 1/4″
DSP 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″
Matted Cardstock 2 5/8″ x 4 5/8″
Card 14
Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
DSP 2″ x 2 1/2″ , 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″, 2″ x 3″
Matted Cardstock 2 1/8″ x 2 5/8″, 2 5/8″ x 2 5/8″ , 2 1/8″ x 3 1/8″
Card 15
Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ Folded at 5 1/2″
DSP1 1/4″ x 4″ , 3″ x 3″
Matted Cardstock 1 3/8″ x 4 1/8″, 3 1/8″ x 3 1/8″
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