Aug 2, 2021 | News |
I had so much fun creating this Painted Christmas Swing Card for you today using the Painted Christmas Suite from the Stampin’ Up! Jul-Dec 2021 Mini Catalog, (All Products available in my online store Tuesday, August 3, 2021)

The Swing Card Design allows so many fun creative ways to have fun images “swing” through the window. The pinecones used today are from the Christmas to Remember Bundle from the Painted Christmas Suite.
PROJECT MEASUREMENTS:
Base: Soft Succulent: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Scored at 4 1/4″ or folded in half
Insert : Basic White 5″x8″ Scored at 2″, 4″, 6″ Fold Accordion Style SEE PHOTO BELOW
Designer Paper Strip Pieces: Outside Strip 1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ Inside Strip 1 3/4″ x 4 3/4″
Gold Foil Piece: 2 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ Embossed with Greenery Mini Embossing Folder
2″ Vellum Circle from the Layering Circle Dies

DETAILS:
- Using the 3rd Rectangle from Scalloped Contour Dies, place Die in the middle of the front card base to create the window.
- Stamp Sentiment on the 4th panel of insert
- Adhere Inside DSP Piece to the 3rd panel
- Adhered 1st Panel to the inside flap of the card front and Adhere 4th to the inside back portion of the card. (SEE PHOTO BELOW)
- Using the Greenery Mini Embossing Folder, emboss the gold square piece.
- Die-cut a 2″ Vellum Circle using the Laying Circle Dies.
- Using the Solid Pinecone Dies, Die cut 1 larger and 2 smaller in Early Espresso
- Using the Outline Pinecone Dies Die cut 1 larger and 2 smaller in Gold Foil TIP: Before cutting the foil pinecones adhere a strip of the self-adhesive sheets to the back of the foil strip.
- With stampin’ dimensionals pop up your pinecones to circle and adhere to your gold foil square
- Adhere Outside DSP Strip about 1/4″ Away from the fold of the card. (SEE PHOTO ABOVE)
- When adhering your gold square to the 2nd panel, be sure to only add adhesive to the right side of the square only otherwise your square won’t swing through the window.
- The sentiment is the Merry Christmas from the new Christmas to Remember Set. ANOTHER TIP: The Sentiment was a little long for me and I did some surgery on the stamp and cut it in half. YES< It is perfectly fine to do this!!!

I really hope you enjoyed today’s project. I would love to hear from you in the comment section below what you thought about today’s project. Be sure to tag me on your social media I would love to see what you create.

Jul 18, 2021 | News |

Welcome to the Luv 2 Stamp Group’s 2021 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: Christmas In July.
I have a lovely non-traditional Christmas Poinsettia to share with you today. Although I really do the traditional red and green for Christmas, I have lately been doing non-traditional colors. I love this because I can change the sentiment out and use it for a winter Birthday!!! The dies I am using in today’s project are the Poinsettia Dies from our Annual Catalog along with Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set for the Sentiment.

PROJECT MEASUREMENTS/INSTRUCTIONS:
- Card Base: Blushing Bride 4 1/4″x 11″ Scored at 51/2″ or in half
- Vellum 2 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ Embossed in Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing folder.
- Die Cut Poinsettia Petals (See Die Cutting Tip in the image below)
- Use Dauber and Blushing Bride ink to sponge edges to give your project a little pizazz
- Sprigs Die cut in Pear Pizazz
- Use Glue dots to layer petals and Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach sprigs and to give our petals dimension.
- Stamp Merry Christmas Sentiment on Basic White Cardstock in Pear Pizazz ink.
- Added 3 Basic Pearls to the center of Poinsettia Flower
- Fussy Cut around sentiment

Stay tuned for another project in August to see a bonus project using the New Whimsy and Wonderful Designer Paper in the new August-December Mini Catalog. In the meantime enjoy hopping along with my other talented crafting friends in this Christmas In July Blog Hop.

Kurstan del Rosario – CA
Teri West – AK
Laurie Bradshaw – CA
Tammy Civello – CA <<<<<<YOU ARE HERE
Christy Frank – CA
Sharon Lim – CA
Sandra Hernandez – GA
Danielle Deana’e Diaz – NM
Darla Foster – CO

Jul 1, 2021 | News |

I am so excited to bring back my Mini Catalog Paper Share. As a demonstrator, we not only get a sneak peek of the catalogs but we have the opportunity to pre-order products in advance. When I had the chance to see all the incredible Holiday Designer Papers, I knew I had to offer a paper share.
I for one absolutely love doing special Holiday 3D projects, as well as fun cards with designer paper. I love seeing things in catalogs or online, however, pictures do not do these papers justice!!! With my paper share, I offer the perfect sampling.
What is a Paper Share?
Do you want every single paper as I do? Especially for the Holidays? Well, this allows you to see, feel and use the paper before buying the full packs of your favorites! When you reserve a designer series paper share with me, I will order all of the new paper from the latest Stampin’ Up! catalog, cut it up, package it, label it, and reship it to you so that you have a sampling of all of the new papers listed in this post. This is usually about 1/4th the cost of purchasing all of the new paper packs yourself. This way you can see, feel, touch, and use the paper and reorder your favorites in my ONLINE STORE
What you get in your Share
108 Sheets 6×6 Designer Series Paper
Cost: $42.00 (PLUS $7.95 Priority Mail Envelope)
- Gingerbread & Peppermint (12 Pieces)
- Painted Christmas (12 Pieces)
- Whimsy & Wonder SPECIALTY (12 Pieces)
- Sweet Stockings (12 Pieces)
- Peaceful Place – SPECIALTY (12 Pieces)
- Blackberry Beauty SPECIALTY (12 Pieces)
- Cute Halloween (12 Pieces)
- Harvest Meadow (12 Pieces)
- Heartwarming Hugs (12 Pieces)
Important Dates and information that you will need to know:
- July 2, 2021 – Paper Share Reservations Begin
- July 28, 2021 – Paper Share Reservations End
- July 29, 2021 – Paypal Invoices Sent
- August 2, 2021 (MIDNIGHT) Last Day to Pay Invoice
- August 3, 2021- Order is Placed for Designer Paper
- August 14, 2021 – Cutting, Packaging, and Labeling Share
- August 17, 2021 – Paper Shares will Ship
Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope I will be able to provide an incredible share for you.
