Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #221. Our host for this challenge, Meg, chose Spring – animals, weather, flowers, etc as 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 all of your posts there!
Here’s my Sweet Sorbet Cheerful Daisy card:
In the past few months, I’ve really come to love using Sweet Sorbet in my projects. Sadly, this color will be retiring when the 2024 – 2025 Annual Catalog comes out. Never fear though as there will be a new set of In Colors coming out!
Measurements:
The Sweet Sorbet base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches and I used the card in the landscape orientation.
The white cardstock for the front started out at 5-1/2 by 4-1/4 inches. Then, I cropped it using the largest die from the Scalloped Contours die set.
I trimmed the Sweet Sorbet 6 x 6 inch DSP (designer series paper) to fit inside the scalloped die. It measures 4-7/8 x 3-1/4 inches.
Next, I trimmed a piece of Sweet Sorbet DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. I punched a 1-inch circle from the same DSP. However, I turned it over when I ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal.
I needed to use a 5-1/2 by 4-1/4 inch piece of white cardstock to crop the daisy cluster and the second layer of the flowers.
The white cardstock for the inside of the card measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
I used a scrap of Sweet Sorbet for the inside of the card.
What I Did:
Unless otherwise noted, I used liquid glue to adhere elements of the card together.
After cropping the white scalloped contours cardstock, I adhered it to the front of the card base.
Then, I adhered the Sweet Sorbet DSP to the scalloped white cardstock.
Next, I wiped down a piece of scrap Sweet Sorbet cardstock using my embossing buddy.
This gorgeously scripted sentiment in one of the new online exclusive products, and every sentiment is beautiful. Take a closer look at this stamp set:
Stamp the sentiment using VersaMark ink. Cover it with white embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.
Trim the sentiment to the desired width, and trim the ends into a banner.
Crop the daisies from white cardstock and adhere the layers together.
Add dimensionals to the back of the daisies and adhere to the front of the card.
Adhere the sentiment banner using dimensionals.
Finish by adding Sweet Sorbet enamel dots.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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I love the script used for these sentiments. I’ve used the birthday one, and it fits so well on a landscape 5-1/2 by 4-1/4 inch card!
The stamps for these adorable critters are two sided stamps: the outline image is on one side and the animal is on the other. The sample card uses the animal stamp.
Personally, I think this background stamp is gorgeous! Don’t delay in ordering as it just came back in stock. I’ve got an order on its way to me, but this stamp might just be worth paying shipping for just this item.
I had previously ordered the natural polka dot ribbon, and now have the rest of the suite of products on the way. This suite would be suitable to masculine or feminine cards, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it!
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Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #220. Our host for this challenge, Johanna, chose Any Theme Fun Fold as 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 fishing fun fold card:
I’ve posted one of these flap fun folds before and you can find that here. Connie Stewart’s videos are fabulous and I used this video for both flap cards. All of the measurements and directions are on the video and are much easier to follow than my step-by-step. Connie always makes cards so easy to recreate.
I used the Let’s Go Fishing 12 x 12 inch DSP (designer series paper) and Countryside Corners die set. The sentiments come from the Sentiments Silhouettes stamp and die set.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
Supplies Used:
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The Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio includes:
GLASS MAT * 5 mm thick * 17″ x 14″ (43.2 x 35.6 cm) * Safety-tempered * Heat and scratch resistant * Wipes clean with water or alcohol
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Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #219. Our host for this challenge, Heather, chose Love as 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 are my two challenge Valentines:
I made these Valentine’s Day cards for my kindergarten great niece and my pre-k3 great nephew. I made 14 of the bear card and 18 of the bumblebee Flirty Flamingo card. They were so much fun to make! I’m really looking forward to getting pictures of the two of them writing out the cards.
When I am mass-producing cards, I get all my pieces done first, then color, stamp, and assemble. I used the Bee Mine suite of products and the Fluffiest Friends stamp and die set.
Flirty Flamingo Bumblebee:
The Flirty Flamingo base measures 3-1/4 by 5 inches.
The DSP measures 3-1/8 by 4-7/8 inches.
I used the dark Flirty Flamingo blend to color the Black & White Gingham Ribbon. Easy peasy.
I punched out the Flirty Flamingo sentiment panel using the Heartfelt Hexagon punch..
Stamp the dotted line for the flying bee using Momento Tuxedo Black ink.
I punched a piece of black cardstock using the bee punch so I would have a template for stamping.
For stamping the body of the bee I used Daffodil Delight and black, the antenna pieces, and then stamped the wings using Flirty Flamingo ink.
Then I punched the pieces and used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere them to the DSP.
Bee Mine:
The layers are Daffodil Delight, black, and white cardstock. I used three consecutive deckled rectangle dies to crop the layers.
The strip of DSP at the bottom is one of the patterns from the Bee Mine 12 x 12″ DSP. I added a thin piece of retired washi tape to the top of the DSP.
The Fluffiest Friends bear is colored using the blends combo sets for Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, and Sweet Sorbet.
I punched the hearts using the Bee Mine punch from another Bee Mine pattern.
The bee mine sentiment fit perfectly in the retired classic label punch.
The adorable trios of bees randomly stamped on the white cardstock using black ink and colored the bees using a Daffodil Delight marker.
All the pieces are adhered using multipurpose liquid glue.
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The Jungle Pals dies and stamp set are fabulous! I’ve already posted cards for which I’ve used those items and you can see them here and here. Of course, there are other fabulous items as well!
Shopping in the current mini-catalog is a wonderful way to earn FREE products!
Click on the image/link below to browse and download the mini-catalog!
In addition, there’s a great promotion going on during Sale-a-Bration for joining the Stampin’ UP! community!
In addition, there’s a great promotion going on during Sale-a-Bration for joining the Stampin’ UP! community!
Customers who join our fun crafting community as a new demonstrator can get $125 USD | $165 CAD worth of product PLUS our Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio* (a $60 USD | $82 CAD value) for just $99 USD | $135 CAD!
STAMPIN’ GLASS MAT STUDIO:
The Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio is a paper crafter’s dream! The heavy-duty glass mat comes printed with a ruler and grid lines for easy measuring, while the large surface space gives ample room for spreading out while paper crafting. The safety-tempered glass has a heat and scratch resistant surface that wipes clean with the included cloth and water—no chemicals needed. The reusable cloth also cleans ink off your stamps! The nonslip, heat resistant, waterproof silicone mat features four palette squares for mixing custom ink colors or for holding small ink spots in place while crafting. Each component can be used separately or you can use all three items together for a multipurpose paper crafting studio that’s both functional and elegant.
The Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio includes:
GLASS MAT * 5 mm thick * 17″ x 14″ (43.2 x 35.6 cm) * Safety-tempered * Heat and scratch resistant * Wipes clean with water or alcohol
SILICONE MAT * 8-3/8″ x 6″ (21.3 x 15.2 cm) * Multiuse, nonslip * Waterproof, heat resistant * 4 palette squares for custom-color mixing or holding Stampin’ Spots * Product color: white
CLEANING CLOTH * 8-1/4″ x 8-1/4″ (21 x 21 cm) * Durable, reusable * Lint free * Cleans stamps and other surfaces with only water * Product color: dark gray
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.
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Welcome back to the bi-weekly Make My Monday #217. Our host for this challenge, Billie A., chose Happy Birthday as the theme for this challenge. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the creations from the rest of the design team. Birthday cards are always fun, and we’d love to see your creations in our gallery!
Here’s my birthday shaker card:
I used the Bright and Beautiful bundle and coordinating DSP (designer series paper) for my card. I knew I wanted to use the different size balloons in white for the background but needed to add something more. That’s when I thought about using the iridescent shaker circles for a shaker card. Fun!
Measurements:
The Berry Burst base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The Bright and Beautiful DSP piece measures 4-1/4 by 5-3/8 inches.
The white cardstock for the background of the shaker card measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card.
I used white cardstock to crop a variety of balloon sizes and the sentiment banner.
A scrap piece of Berry Burst formed the bottom piece of the birthday sentiment.
The DSP for the envelope flap measures 6 by 2-1/2 inches. I picked a coordinating piece DSP to punch a 1-inch circle for the envelope seal. I ran it through the XYRON create-a-sticker to finish the seal.
Assembly Process:
Using a deckled rectangle die, crop the center of the DSP to create the frame.
Stamp the sentiment using Berry Burst ink.
Stamp the inside sentiment with the same ink.
To create the dual color banners on the inside, I stamped it first in Berry Burst. Without re-inking, I stamped the second banner.
After cropping the sentiment banner using white and then Berry Burst cardstock, adhere the piece together using multipurpose liquid glue.
Add a piece of Lemon Lime Twist ribbon to the sentiment banner.
Use the balloon dies to crop a variety of sizes of balloons from white cardstock.
Dry-fit the balloons to create the background. Once you find a pleasing arrangement, adhere the balloons using multipurpose liquid glue.
Creating the Shaker:
The clear medium envelopes make creating a faux shaker card much easier than the previous ways to make shaker cards. Here’s a picture of these envelopes.
HINT: The most important thing to remember when using these clear envelopes for a faux shaker card is that the flap seal needs to be on the back of the shaker card.
Put the white cardstock background in the clear envelope, Make sure that you get the cardstock into the corner and bottom of the envelope.
Fold over the side of the clear envelope on the back of the background cardstock and adhere using tear-&-tape. There’s. no need to take off the top layer because you will use adhesive foam strips to adhere the shaker to the base.
Add the iridescent shaker circles in the envelope, making sure to keep as many as possible between the background cardstock and the front of the clear envelope.
Seal the envelope flap. I use more tear & tape.
Adhere the front of the shaker to the DSP frame using tear & tape.
Add foam adhesive strips to the back of the shaker and adhere to the base of the card.
HINT: Be careful when using the foam strips. Once they are down on the base, they are down for good.
Finishing Up:
I didn’t want to add any more bulk to the card, so I just adhered the left and bottom of the sentiment banner to the DSP using multipurpose liquid glue.
Adhere the white cardstock to the inside of the card using multipurpose glue.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
In addition, there’s a great promotion going on during Sale-a-Bration for joining the Stampin’ UP! community!
In addition, there’s a great promotion going on during Sale-a-Bration for joining the Stampin’ UP! community!
Customers who join our fun crafting community as a new demonstrator can get $125 USD | $165 CAD worth of product PLUS our Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio* (a $60 USD | $82 CAD value) for just $99 USD | $135 CAD!
STAMPIN’ GLASS MAT STUDIO:
The Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio is a paper crafter’s dream! The heavy-duty glass mat comes printed with a ruler and grid lines for easy measuring, while the large surface space gives ample room for spreading out while paper crafting. The safety-tempered glass has a heat and scratch resistant surface that wipes clean with the included cloth and water—no chemicals needed. The reusable cloth also cleans ink off your stamps! The nonslip, heat resistant, waterproof silicone mat features four palette squares for mixing custom ink colors or for holding small ink spots in place while crafting. Each component can be used separately or you can use all three items together for a multipurpose paper crafting studio that’s both functional and elegant.
The Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio includes:
GLASS MAT * 5 mm thick * 17″ x 14″ (43.2 x 35.6 cm) * Safety-tempered * Heat and scratch resistant * Wipes clean with water or alcohol
SILICONE MAT * 8-3/8″ x 6″ (21.3 x 15.2 cm) * Multiuse, nonslip * Waterproof, heat resistant * 4 palette squares for custom-color mixing or holding Stampin’ Spots * Product color: white
CLEANING CLOTH * 8-1/4″ x 8-1/4″ (21 x 21 cm) * Durable, reusable * Lint free * Cleans stamps and other surfaces with only water * Product color: dark gray
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 prompted, please enter the following HOST CODE:
Welcome back to the first Make My Monday for 2024! I’m hosting this challenge and chose Happy New Year as the theme for challenge #216. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the creations from the rest of the design team.
Here’s my card:
This double z-fold card uses DSP (designer series paper) that retired on New Year’s Eve. However, the colors, Lost Lagoon, Pebbled Path, and white cardstock are all available.
I used the nested essentials die set for the sentiment and number hexagon shapes.
Measurements for a Double Z-Fold card:
The base measures 5-1/2 by 11 inches, scored at 2-1/8 and 4-1/4 inches.
The smaller z-fold piece measures 1-1/2 by 11 inches, scored at 4-1/4 and 6-1/8 inches.
Remember, that the 4-1/4 inch long piece gets adhered to the panel on the very front. The shorter piece gets adhered to the inside of the base.
I used the Alphabet a-la mode dies for the numbers. I did want the numbers to have more sturdiness to them than just a single piece of DSP. Therefore, I cropped 4 sets of the numbers and very, very carefully adhered them together.
The DSP for the front measures 2 by 5-3/8 inches.
The inside DSP measures 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches.
I used a piece of white cardstock for the inside piece that doesn’t show. This is where I wrote my note to my daughter and her boyfriend.
The DSP for the z-fold measures 4-1/8 by 1-3/8 inches. There are two pieces which measure 2 by 1-3/8 inches.
Welcome back to the bi-weekly Make My Monday challenge # 215. Our host for this time, Caz, chose Oh Christmas Tree or Christmas Forest for the theme. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the projects created by the rest of the design team. We’d love to see your interpretations of our theme in our gallery!
Here are my cards:
I used two sheets of the One Horse Open Sleigh 6 x 6 inch DSP (designer series paper) after I found a video tutorial from Rachel Tessman of stamp your art out with Rachel. I watched the whole video first and absolutely fell in love with her cards!! Once I started, I just kept going and created 10 of the 16 cards I need for friends at work in one night. This card makes such an impact, and is just stamping, trimming, and scoring. My top card base is Real Red as is the ribbon and ink. The bottom card base is Mossy Meadow and ink. I used Pebbled Path jute twine, which is one of the colors in the DSP. The sentiments come from the Brightest Glow stamp set.
Rachel’s video is so easy to follow. I am so thankful that she put the measurements and supplies in a PDF. The link to her blog post is here, and you can find the PDF link on her blog.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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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!
