Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #231. Our host for this challenge, Pamela, chose Coloring 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 card:
A Quick Card:
The Petunia Pop base measures 4-1/4 by 11, scored at 5-1/2
The black mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
Crop the circle out of the black mat – no one will see the ugly underneath the top layer
The white cardstock measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches
Stamp the background in Petunia Pop using the Drizzling Droplets stamp set
Next, mask off the flap of the envelope, and stamp the droplets onto the envelope flap
Crop a white circle using the Stylish Shapes dies
The cover sentiment comes from the Beautiful Balloons stamp set and is stamped in Petunia Pop ink
Stamp the fluffy friend in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and let it dry
Color the fluffy friend in using the Basic Gray blends combo
Crop the friend and balloon (from the In Color 2024-2026 DSP) using the Fluffiest Friends dies
Crop a 1-inch circle from the In Color DSP and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
Use multipurpose adhesive adhere all the pieces except for the fluffy friend
Add dimensionals under the friend to adhere to the white cardstock circle
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card
Stamp your sentiment using black ink and adhere to the inside of the card using multipurpose liquid glue
With that, you’ve finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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Welcome to the April, 2024, Fun Folds Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ UP! Demonstrators.
Each month, a group of demos share fun fold cards for a blog hop. I always learn something new and thoroughly enjoy seeing the creations of the other demos. We hope that you will use the line-up below to hop along with us. This month, I CASe’d a card from Karen Titus. Her post said it was a 5-minute card, and if you use a piece of 5-1/2 by 12 inch DSP (designer series paper), it totally is a 5-minute card. Within that time, you will have your base and panels are trimmed and ready to go. You can see the video with Karen and her husband here.
I’ve already posted a couple of cards I made using the Just Kiddin’ Suite Collection. You can see that post here.
Here’s my version of her card using the Kiddin’ Around bundle and coordinating DSP:
Here’s a video I created for the storybook accordion fold card:
Measurements:
The base of this storybook accordion card measures 12 by 5-1/2 inches.
Score at 1-3/4, 4-3/4, and 7-3/4 inches.
The panels of Karen’s card measure 2-3/4 by 4-1/4 inches, and you need 3 of them.
You also need 3 pieces of white cardstock measuring 2-1/2 by 4 inches.
Trim a piece of DSP (designer series paper) to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
Don’t forget to punch a 1-inch circle of coordinating DSP for the envelope seal. Run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker.
If you are using cardstock for your base and need DSP panels for each section, the measurements are as follows:
2 pieces of DSP measuring 5-3/8 by 1-5/8 inches
2 pieces measuring 5-3/8 by 2-7/8 inches
1 piece measuring 5-3/8 inches by 4-1/8 inches.
Assembly:
The balloon stamps can be found in the Beautiful Balloons stamp set.
The first two sentiments come from the Zany Zoo stamp set.
I used the “you sparkle every day” sentiment from the Just Kiddin’ stamp set.
Thankfully, I didn’t need to fussy cut the adorable characters. The Just Kiddin’ die set contains dies to match different characters in the DSP.
After finishing my stamping, I cropped the Azure Afternoon and white squares using the Stylish Shapes die set.
This card will be bulky, but will fit in a medium SU! envelope as long as you don’t use dimensionals. Don’t forget to add an extra stamp to the envelope.
Therefore, I tear & tape to adhere the cardstock panels that stick out. Don’t use tear & tape on the whole piece or it won’t open properly.
Then, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the other pieces.
I promise if you can trim and score paper, you can create this card. Promise!
Have fun creating!
Back to the Fun Fold Blog Hop:
Each demonstrator in this hop absolutely loves creating fun fold cards. There’s always something new-to-me in this hop, and we hope that you will hop from demo to demo.
If you get lost along the way, you can come back here and pick up where you left off.
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Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge # 223. Our host, Debbie, picked Spring Movie Madness 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 The Bee Movie card:
I really had to think outside of the box for this one, and it took a lot of thinking. Then, it hit me – The Bee Movie. If you’ve joined me from the link on the C4Galz blog, then you already know I am not the only one who thought of this idea. I didn’t know Pamela also created a card using this movie, but other than using the same suite of products, we have very different cards.
Measurements:
The Sweet Sorbet base measures 11 by 4-1/4 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches.
The Pool Party layer measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. I actually cropped the Pool Party thin banner from the center of this cardstock since no one will see it.
The DSP (designer series paper) measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
I trimmed a piece of coordinating DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
I also punch a 1-inch circle from another pattern of the DSP for the envelope seal and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal.
The white banner and sentiment pieces were cropped from white scraps using the Stylish Shapes dies.
The red DSP piece measures 5-1/4 by 1-7/8 inches.
The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
I used leftover pieces of white, Daffodil Delight, and Sweet Sorbet to stamp the bee pieces.
Assembly:
I adhered the layers of cardstock and DSP together using multipurpose liquid adhesive.
The sentiment comes from the Bee My Valentine and Good Feelings stamp sets. Initially, I masked off the pieces of the sentiments I would not be using. However, I found that it was easier to stamp the “bee” on white cardstock and then trim down the “HAPPY” part of the sentiment. I adhered it using multipurpose liquid glue.
After cropping the white and Pool Party banners, I cut the Pool Party one in half. Each end is adhered to the back of the white banner with liquid glue. Then, I added dimensionals to the back of the sentiment and adhered it to the red DSP.
I love that the punch for these adorable bees use heart shapes for the antenna and wings pieces. After adhering the pieces using liquid glue, I added dimensionals to the back of the bees and adhered them to the card.
I finished the front of the card using some of the 2022 – 2024 matte decorative dots.
Since this is basically an all-occasion card, I left the inside panel for the card blank until I figure out for what occasion I will be using it.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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Welcome to the March Stampin’ UP! Demonstrators Fun Fold Blog Hop! Each month, a group of demos share fun fold cards for a blog hop. I always learn something new and thoroughly enjoy seeing the creations of the other demos. We hope that you will use the line-up below to hop along with us.
The first set of cards are pictures of the three different fronts. The inside card is the same for the three cards:
This set of pictures is for my first attempt. I explain why I changed the way I made the top set of cards in the video.
For this hop, I copied and edited a card layout by a fellow demo, Heather Heroldt.
You know how you wind up down the rabbit hole looking at ideas online and one click leads to another, and so on? That’s what happened with the directions for this fold. I have spent lots of time trying to find the original post, and I can’t find it. If you recognize the fold or directions, please let me know and I will update this post giving the original poster full credit.
As with other fun folds, I will be posting this in the Creative Creases Challenge.
Here’s a video for creating the card. Please be patient, it’s the first time I am posting a video tutorial.
Measurements:
My Make My Monday card yesterday was for another flap card using the Zany Zoo bundle. All the measurements and directions can be found here, in addition to the video above.
The bases of the cards measure 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The inside, smaller card piece measures 7-3/4 by 5-1/8 inches, scored at 3-7/8 inches.
The video has directions for the sizes and other elements of the card, including making the frame.
Back to the Blog Hop:
We hope you will follow along with our hop. If you get lost, please refer back to the line-up below.
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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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Welcome to the Cardz 4 Galz challenge #217! I’m the host for this challenge, and I chose reds and pinks for the theme. I”d be honored to have you play along with us and upload your creations to our gallery. Please don’t forget to visit the challenge website to see the fabulous creations from the rest of the design team members.
Here’s my card:
Measurements:
The Poppy Parade base measures 5-1/2 inches by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The white cardstock mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
AFTER I ran a piece of Poppy Parade through my Cut & Emboss machine using the 3D exposed brick embossing folder, I trimmed it to 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
The white mat under the DSP (designer series paper) measures 2-5/8 inches by 4-7/8 inches.
I trimmed a piece of Garden Walk DSP to 2-1/2 by 4-3/4 inches.
Trim a coordinating piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
Next, punch a piece of DSP using a 1-inch whole punch and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope flap.
I used a piece of scrap Poppy Parade cardstock for the sentiment label.
The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
You’ll need another piece of white cardstock for the daisies. Don’t tell anyone, but I cropped the daisies from the white cardstock mat under the embossed Poppy Parade cardstock. No one will know and you can be frugal with your cardstock.
Assembly:
Adhere the white cardstock mat to the base of the card using multipurpose liquid glue.
Center the dry-embossed Poppy Parade cardstock on the white cardstock mat and adhere using liquid glue.
After adhering the Garden Walk DSP to the white cardstock mat, wrap a piece of white ribbon around the layers and tie in a square knot.
Add glue dots to the corners of the white cardstock layer and then apply liquid glue. Adhere to the dry-embossed piece of Poppy Parade.
HINT: I added glue dots to the corners and also used liquid glue so I wouldn’t need to use dimensionals to accommodate the ribbon.
After cropping the daisies using the Cheerful Daisy dies, I ran it through my Cut & Emboss machine using one of the basics embossing folders. The set of three basics embossing folders are available in the online exclusives products.
Wipe a piece of Poppy Parade cardstock using your embossing buddy, and then stamp the sentiment using VersaMark ink.
After adding white embossing powder to the ink, heat set it with your heat tool.
Crop the sentiment using the label die from Cheerful Daisies die set.
Add dimensionals under the daisies and adhere to the front of the card.
Use liquid glue to adhere the sentiment to the top of the daisies.
Stamp your sentiment for the inside on the white cardstock using Poppy Parade ink.
After you stamp your sentiment, adhere the inside white cardstock using liquid glue.
HINT: I’ve learned that I need to stamp the sentiment before I adhere the inside cardstock. Cardstock has two sides for a reason, and if you stamp before you adhere, you can easily try again on the back of the cardstock. Trust me on this.
With that, I’d completed this easy-peasy coordinated birthday card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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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 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!
