Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz # 241, our first challenge for the New Year. Our host, Lynda, chose Use Stencils for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my card:
Here are the die cut stencils I used:
I’ve used the circle for other cards, but you can see the Petunia Pop blending on the outer edges of the circle. I used the flower spray stencil on the inside of the card and the front of the envelope. The blending brushes made this process relatively easy.
Measurements:
The Petunia Pop base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
The Thoughtful Designs DSP mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
Trim another piece of this DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Punch a 1-inch circle of DSP to coordinate with the Thoughtful Designs DSP for the envelope seal and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker
The white top layer measures 3-3/4 by 5 inches, which I trimmed after I had blended Petunia Pop circle on it
Trim a second piece of white cardstock to 5-1/4 by 4 inches for the inside of the card
I used scraps to crop out the layers of the floral spray on the front
Blending:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces of the card together
I started with a 5-3/8 by 4 -1/8 inch piece of white cardstock and lined the circle die cut up in the middle of the white cardstock
HINT: It is much easier to blend when using stencils if you use removable adhesive tape on the stencil to hold it in place while blending, in this case the removable tape is on the reverse of the circle stencil
Using a blending brush and Petunia Pop ink, blend layers of color onto the white cardstock
HINT: Make sure you start with a light layer of ink and add more as you blend since you can always add more ink
After I tap the blending brush in the ink two or three times, I lightly tap off ink on a scrap piece of paper so I don’t get blotches
I wanted to bring some silver into the circle, so I used a Clear Wink of Stella brush and tapped the brush onto the lid to get some splatters before I removed the die cut circle stencil
HINT: This technique will splatter much further off the cardstock than you ever thought possible, so remove anything you don’t want splattered from your work surface
I usually clear off space equal to the size of the SU! grid paper, which is 10 x 16 inches
Remove the stencil and trim down the white cardstock to 3-3/4 by 5 inches making sure that your inked circle is relatively centered
Embossing & Assembly:
Use your embossing buddy to wipe down the front of the white cardstock, then stamp your sentiment using VersaMark ink
Cover the ink with silver embossing powder and heat set it
Using the Thoughtful Wishes die set, crop two Petunia Pop and one white floral spray
HINT: There is a die which includes the flowers and another one with just the branches
I used two Petunia Pop floral sprays with the flowers and one white spray of just branches
Adhere the two Petunia Pop layers and top with the white layer, which will give you dimension without having to try to add dimensionals
Use the Clear Wink of Stella brush to add a layer of sparkle to the top of the floral spray layers
Adhere the spray to the front of the card
Add a bow using a length of the silver Simply Elegant rope and adhere with a glue dot
Adhere the DSP to the base of the card
Add dimensionals to the back of the top white cardstock layer and adhere to the DSP
Using the floral spray cropped stencil, blend some Petunia Pop ink on the bottom of the inside cardstock and on the front of the envelope
Stamp your inside sentiment using Petunia Pop ink
Adhere the white cardstock to the inside of the card
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
The January – April 2025 mini-catalog, the Sale-a-Bration, and the joining promotion all went live on January 7, 2025. Take a peek at some of the new products:
Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge # 238. Our host, Dawn, chose Adding Texture for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my card:
I didn’t get the Nests of Winter Suite Collection from the current mini-catalog, and am now thinking I need to order it! I used the November Paper Pumpkin kit for the birds and branches, but the same card can be created using the Winterly Tree Tops bundle. Take a closer look at the bundle below:
If the bundle doesn’t convince you that this set is a must have, take a look at the Nests of Winter 12 x 12 inch DSP (designer series paper):
I also used the gold mercury vellum 12 x 12 inch specialty paper as pictured below:
I can almost hear you thinking that there isn’t any gold on my card. Surprise! I used the back of the vellum paper! I wanted the texture of the vellum, but wanted the birds to be the focal point of the card. I’m thrilled with the result!
Measurements:
The Read Red base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
Trim a piece of Shaded Spruce cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the mat under the vellum
The vellum piece measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches
I had the circle already embossed with the retired pine branches embossing folder
The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches
Since I am using an envelope included in the Paper Pumpkin kit, I don’t need to trim paper for the envelope flap
However, if you are using the Nests of Winter suite, trim a piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Stamping & Assembly:
The Paper Pumpkin kit pieces allowed this card to come together rather quickly. That’s part of the beauty of the kits!
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces together
Stamp the sentiment using Real Red onto the cropped circle
HINT: It’s much easier to stamp your sentiment first, then emboss the cardstock before cropping it using a Stylish Shapes die
I outlined the circle using my Real Red marker
Stamp the inside sentiment in Real Red
Use Shaded Spruce ink to stamp the pine needle branches in the corner
HINT: In order to get the graduated colors using just Shaded Spruce ink, I stamped the pine needles on the right side first
Then, I pivoted the stamp to do the one on the left, and pivoted again to stamp the one in the center
Adhere the completed inside panel to the base of the card
Adhere the vellum to the Shaded Spruce cardstock, then adhere those layers to the Real Red base
HINT: I used multipurpose liquid glue added to the gold side of the vellum to adhere it to the Shaded Spruce layer
You can see some of the liquid glue through the vellum,, but it adds to the texture of the card
Add the ribbon to the back of the circle using mini-glue dots or tear-&-tape
Add dimensionals to the back of the circle and adhere to the front layers
Adhere the first bird to the circle using liquid glue and add two dimensionals to the part of the bird that doesn’t attach to the circle
Adhere the pine needle branches and the top bird using liquid glue and dimensionals as needed
Add three opal rounds to the front of the circle
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card and envelope set
I already know that I am going to use this sale to reorder drying out Stampin’ Blends, order some cardstock I missed on my last order, and probably some DSP. With the 10% discount, it’s like getting free shipping!
Here are all the details:
From the 2024–2025Annual Catalog:
10% off ink, including pads, refills, markers, and Stampin’ Blends. Ink pad bundles and third-party ink pads are NOT included.
10% off cardstock. Close To My Heart cardstock is NOT included.
20% total off all stamp and die bundles and stamp and punch bundles. (Stamp bundles are normally 10% off. With this sale you get an additional 10% off.)
20% off all Designer Series Paper.
Important Information:
Shop online to see the full selection of discounted products available; this is a limited time offer.
Products are available while supplies last.
Discounts are automatically applied when sale items are added to any order, including Starter Kits.
Another Fabulous New Kit:
This new Layered Landscapes kit is absolutely fabulous! Just take a look:
Here’s the unboxing video:
Of course, this kit comes with step-by-step instructions, as seen below:
Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge # 237. Our host, Debbie, chose Showcase Your Patterned Paper. I needed two last-minute Halloween cards at the request of a friend. I chose to use Unbounded Beauty DSP (designer series paper) for these two adorable monsters!
When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Since it’s not feasible to write a greeting on the inside, I added white cardstock to the back of each card. Here’s a photo of the back:
I’ve already posted a set of three of these little monsters, and you can see them here.
Once again, I used a video tutorial from Rachel Tessman of stamp your art out for this card. You can find her video here. First, I watched the video all the way through, then I did my cutting and cropping. When that was done, I could follow her directions as I worked my way through the first card. After that, it was (almost) a snap to create the other two cards. Her video tutorial is easy to follow along, and pause as needed to catch up or re-watch sections.
I also made myself a template with the basic directions for the base of the card. Here are two different views of the template for the base of my monster cards:
Hints:
I didn’t have any Petunia Pop or Calypso Coral glimmer paper, so I created my own by using the clear Wink of Stella brush on the circles
Thankfully, I had 4 of these large googly-eyes, which were the same size as the circles I used for the inner parts of the eyes on my last post
The only stamping I needed to do was for the back of the card where I can add white cardstock trimmed to 5-1/4 by 4 inches for a (not so) spooky sentiment and handwritten greeting
I used a white Sharpie paint pen for the eyeballs
I need to get the Round We Go bundle (163730) because it is so much more versatile than I originally thought
In a pinch, a Cheerful Daisy die works for some oddly shaped eyelashes
It’s a Promotion Duo which ends on this LAST DAY of October!
First, it’s a KIT sale!
Details:
ALL kits from our collection qualify for the discount.
All order types qualify for this sale. There is no limit on how many kits you can order, as long as product is available.
Orders must be opened and placed during the promotion dates. Orders opened before October 1 will not qualify for the sale.
Kits on sale will NOT qualify for the Stampin’ Rewards 50% off.
Kits can be added to a Starter Kit at their discounted rate.
Coupon codes can also be used with discounted kits.
I am especially looking forward to getting the Alpine Air Kit! It’s already on my next order.
Next up: A Starter Kit Special, which also ends today!
When new team members purchase their Starter Kit, they will be able to redeem $155 USD of Starter Kit eligible products for just $99 USD . That’s $56 of FREE product!!!
New demonstrators who submit their Independent Demonstrator Agreement (IDA) before October 1 or after October 31 will not be eligible for this offer.
If you decide being a demonstrator is not for you (but really, the discount is DEFINITELY worth being a continuing demonstrator), you can cancel.
Hobbyist demonstrators are very welcome because who doesn’t love a 20% discount, opportunities to see and pre-order from the new catalogs and specials
Please contact me if you are interested in joining my team! I’d love to connect with you!
If you live in the U.S. and don’t already have a Stampin’ UP! demo from whom you order, I would be honored to work with you.
When ordering, please enter the following HOST CODE when prompted:
Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge # 235. Our host, Caz, chose Circles for the theme. I thought outside the box and used some Latte Love DSP (designer series paper), the stamp and die sets.
When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my circle card:
I thought the inside sentiment just called for a gift card pocket, so I added on on the left side of the inside.
Measurements:
Trim a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock to 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
Trim a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
The slice of Lost Lagoon under the ribbon measures 1/2 by 4 inches
Trim a piece of the circle DSP pattern from the Latte Love DSP to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
You need another piece of this DSP pattern measuring 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
The gift card triangle piece of DSP came from a 4 by 5-1/4 inch rectangle, trimmed on the diagonal
The bottom piece also comes from Latte Love and measures 4 by 1-3/4 inches
Punch a 1-inch circle from the striped DSP for the envelope seal, and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
I used a piece of scrap Pecan Pie for the sentiment coffee cup on the front of the card
You need a length of ribbon cut to 4-1/2 inches long and another cut to 3 inches long
Stamping & Cropping:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces of the card together
Using Lost Lagoon ink, stamp the outline of the coffee cup on the scrap piece of Pecan Pie cardstock
Crop the coffee cup using the Latte Love die
After rubbing the cropped coffee cup down with your embossing buddy, stamp the sentiment using VersaMark ink
Add dimensionals to the back of the coffee cup making sure they will straddle the ribbon
Cover the sentiment with white embossing powder and heat set it
Stamp the same coffee cup using Lost Lagoon ink on the white cardstock
Stamp off the coffee and cream center using Pecan Pie ink
Using Lost Lagoon ink, stamp the inside sentiment
I had a smudge on the bottom of the card, so I stamped some circles on the bottom of the inside panel
Assembly:
Unless otherwise noted, I used liquid glue to adhere all the pieces of the card
Adhere the trimmed pieces of DSP to the front of the card with the striped pattern on the bottom
Attach the ribbon to the strip of Lost Lagoon cardstock according to the pictures below:
Adhere the ribbon strip to the top of the striped DSP
Adhere the coffee cup with dimensionals
Next, adhere the combined DSP front to the Lost Lagoon mat, which gets adhered to the Pecan Pie base
Adhere the white cardstock to the inside of the card
Add multipurpose liquid glue to the left and bottom of the left inside of the card
Make sure you only add a thin line of liquid glue so that the borders only are adhered so you can insert the gift card.
Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge # 234. Our host, Pamela, chose Coloring for the theme. I used some bold DSP layered onto an embossed black cardstock background.
When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
I used the Potions and Spells bundle for my very colored card. Here it is:
If you like Halloween, this set from the online exclusives collection is for you. Here’s an up close look at the bundle:
I can almost hear you ask yourself if this could be any cuter. Well, it can be — take a look at the coordinating new scrapbooking workshop kit for this adorable set!
Here’s a closer look at this delightful, and very versatile, DSP (designer series paper):
Measurements:
The Gorgeous Grape base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
The Pumpkin Pie mat measures 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches
After I ran a piece of white cardstock through my Cut & Emboss machine using the exposed brick folder, I trimmed it to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
I also trimmed another piece of white cardstock for the inside measuring 5-1/4 by 4 inches
I trimmed a piece of Pumpkin Pie 6 x 6 inch DSP to 2-1/2 by 6 inches for the envelope flap
Then, I trimmed a piece of the same DSP to 5-1/4 by 1/2 inch for the inside of the card
After stamping the stars grouping randomly on a scrap piece of white cardstock, I punched 1 1-inch circle of it and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
I used white cardstock for the bubbles, the dripping goop, sentiment banner, and the books
The cat and the cauldron were stamped on Basic Gray cardstock using black embossing powder
Coloring & Stamping:
I stamped the books using Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with the Highland Heather, Pumpkin Pie, and Crumb Cake blend combos
After stamping the bubbles on white cardstock embossed with silver embossing powder, I used a blending brush and Granny Apple Green ink to color the bubbles, which I then fussy cut
I used the same blending brush and ink to color another piece of scrap white cardstock and cropped it using the goopy (for a lack of a better term) overflow
After stamping the cauldron and cat on Basic Gray cardstock using black embossing powder, I cropped them out
I used the Basic Gray blends to color the cat and the Granny Apple Green dark blend for the eyes
I used a blending brush and Basic Gray ink to color over the embossed outline of the cauldron
Then, I used a clear Wink of Stella brush to outline the handles and center handle
Here’s a closer look at the Wink of Stella since it’s so hard to photograph:
I stamped the sentiments for the outside and inside using Gorgeous Grape ink
The outside sentiment was cropped using a nested essentials die
The star clusters are stamped in Granny Apple Green
I even colored the black checked ribbon using a dark Pumpkin Pie blend
HINT: Make sure you give the ribbon to thoroughly dry before using it
Assembly:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces together
I added dimensionals under the outside sentiment, the books, and the cat
The cauldron bubbles, cauldron, and overflowing goop, all got layered together before adhering it directly to the exposed brick embossed white cardstock for the front
After adhering the inside white cardstock and DSP, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set
Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge # 233. Our host, Debbie, chose Hip to be Square for the theme. I used some bold DSP layered onto an embossed black cardstock background.
When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my Hip to be Square card:
Measurements:
The Poppy Parade base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4 inches
After dry embossing a piece of black cardstock using the distressed brick folder, trim the cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
HINT: If you trim the cardstock before dry embossing it, especially with a 3D folder, your desired final measurements will be off
Using the Stylish Shapes dies, crop two 2-1/4 inch squares and one 2-3/4 inch squares of DSP (designer series paper)
I used a Poppy Parade square of 6 x 6 inch DSP and a Pool Party and flowered piece of Sunny Days DSP (retired)
Trim another piece of the Pool Party DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Punch a 1-inch circle of the flowered DSP and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker to make the envelope seal
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card
I used a piece of scrap white cardstock for the sentiment
Stamping & Assembly:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces together
After dry-fitting the placement for your cropped squares, adhere them to the black embossed cardstock
Wrap a piece of Poppy parade ribbon around the black cardstock and tie it in a square knot
Adhere the black cardstock to the card base
Using the Biggest Wish stamp set (retired but loved), stamp the block THANKS in Pool Party on the scrap of white cardstock
Use Poppy Parade ink to stamp the script thanks sentiment
Trim the sentiment cardstock ends to create a chevron tag and add dimensionals on the back of it
Make sure your dimensionals will straddle the ribbon
Adhere the sentiment to the card
So far, the inside of this card just has a blank piece of white cardstock temporarily held in place with a strip of removable tape
Once I decide to whom I will be sending this card, and for what reason, I will choose an appropriate sentiment for the inside
With that, I’d finished this easy-peasy coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set
I’m always excited for the mini catty releases because of the holiday products.
Since I am on the design team for a sister challenge, the monthly Sparkles Christmas Challenge, I already have some of the cards I will need. However, I heard new holiday products calling my name and couldn’t resist!
While you can click on the link above, here’s a listing of the new products as well. Please click on the individual pictures to see the products in a larger size picture.
If you live in the U.S. and don’t already have a Stampin’ UP! demo from whom you order, I would be honored to work with you.
When ordering, please enter the following HOST CODE when prompted:
Welcome to Just Peachy Stamping by Sue Jackson: an independent Stampin' Up demonstrator.
Through Stampin' Up!, I happily share my love of papercrafting through sales, classes, small stamping group meet-ups and workshops. I think that being a teacher in my "real life", I have a unique approach to sharing my fantastic hobby. I look forward to connecting with you!
