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All Things Great & Small for the September Pals’ Blog Hop

Sep 11, 2024 | Creative Creases, Pals Blog Hop | 8 comments

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month, the theme is “All Creatures Great and Small.” We hope to inspire you with our creations today! You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

I used the By Your Side kit for my cards for this hop. I made the first one following the kit directions. I used the same adorable pup for the second fun fold card as an alternative. We had a schnauzer, Brandy, when I was growing up and this cutie looks like him.

Here are my cards:

I’ve made a number of joy fold cards recently, and I used Rachel Tessman’s directions and video. You can see on of the alternate cat card from this kit here. Some of my previous joy fold cards can be found here and here. Here’s another look at one of my joy fold cards:

This Thoughtful Journey DSP (designer series paper) is just gorgeous with this joy fold! As always with fun fold cards, I will be entering this into the current Creative Creases Challenge.

Measurements:

I’ve had to adjust my measurements slightly to allow for the schnauzer on the front of my card. However, please, please, please use Rachel’s printable and video while creating this card.

HINT: When creating a card by following the directions on a video, I always watch the video first, and then make decisions about the supplies I will need. I get my stamping done and am then ready to start. This way, I can follow along with the video to make all my cuts and score lines, and assemble the card.

Stamping, Dry Embossing, & Assembly:

  • Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces together, especially since this card already has a number of layers
  • I used a Blackberry Bliss base for this card
  • The center panel on the front flap is also Blackberry Bliss, which I embossed using the exposed brick embossing folder
  • All the stamps and the acrylic block come with the By Your Side kit
  • The white banner comes with the kit, and I trimmed off the black polka dot bottom and outlined the banner using a Blackberry Bliss marker
  • I stamped both sentiments using Blackberry Bliss ink as well as the bones on the inside and envelope flap
  • I used Wild Wheat to stamp all the paws
  • The gold heart comes with the kit
  • I did add dimensionals under the schnauzer to adhere him to the front of the card
  • Finally, I punched a 1-inch circle from a leftover piece of the embossed Blackberry Bliss cardstock and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker
  • With that, I’d finished this adorable coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set

Back to the Pals’ Blog Hop:

There’s more inspiration to show you, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. We hope you will come back for our next blog hop next month, when our theme will be “Orange Theory.”

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop Lineup

  1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
  2. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
  3. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
  4. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
  5. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
  6. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
  7. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
  8. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping <<— YOU ARE HERE!
  9. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
  10. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
  11. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping.
  12. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life

It’s time for the September – December mini catalog!

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.

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A Thoughtful Journey Fun Fold for the SU! Demo August Fun Fold Hop!

Aug 27, 2024 | Creative Creases, Stampin' UP! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop | 6 comments

Welcome to the August, 2024 SU! Demos 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.

Here’s my Thoughtful Journey Joy Fold card:

As always with this Hop, I will be entering my card to the Creative Creases Challenge gallery. If you enjoy fun folds as much as we do, you really need to join this bi-weekly challenge, which was founded and organized by the leader of this Hop, Debbie Mageed with Secret Stamper.

Last year I found this card fold around Thanksgiving and wound up making so many Christmas cards using this video from Rachel Tessman. Once you make a couple of them, it’s just so easy to keep right on going.. Just this past week I made three using the Thoughtful Journey 6 x 6 inch DSP and they are beautiful, even if I do say so myself. The DSP does all the work. It’s a gorgeous layout and makes a big impact. Here’s her video:

Rachel’s blog post for this card also has a printable tutorial. I can pretty much guarantee you can follow along with her video and just start creating stunning cards with cardstock and some 6 x 6 inch DSP! You can see some of the cards I made here and here.

For the inside of my card, I used blending brushes and Petunia Pop, Wild Wheat, and Calypso Coral ink to lightly surround the sentiment with color. I just didn’t want plain white cardstock on the inside, so I used the DSP as inspiration. I hope I’ve done it justice.

Back to the Blog Hop:

Please play along with us, and don’t forget to upload your fun folds to the Creative Creases Challenge. We hope you will hop along with us. You can use the following links as a guide:

SU Demo Fun Fold Blog Hop Lineup

  1. Maria Jose Mench
  2. Sue Jackson. <<— YOU ARE HERE!
  3. Karen Finkle
  4. Su Mohr
  5. Rae Burnet
  6. Kathi Ondus
  7. Mary Deatherage
  8. Debbie Mageed 
  9. Beth McCullough
  10. Lisa Ann Bernard

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

Colors Used:

 

Supplies Used:

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A Sunset for Cardz 4 Guys #354

Aug 20, 2024 | Cardz 4 Guyz | 1 comment

Welcome to the newest Cardz 4 Guyz challenge! Deb H. is hosting this two-week challenge and she chose Sunrise or Sunset 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!

My DH and I live on a small lake in Central Florida. We enjoy some pretty spectacular sunsets, and while these colors show up in the sky together all the time, my card doesn’t begin to do the sunsets justice.

Here’s my water-colored sunset card:

I was going to use a piece of the Thoughtful Memories DSP (designer series paper) but spilled water all over my desk and the only piece of the DSP I had got very wet. This DSP is stunningly gorgeous, and you can see it here:

Here’s a close-up of the DSP I wanted to use:

Until the end of this month, August, 2024, select DSP packages are on sale, and this pack is one of the selections. I’ve already made some gorgeous cards using it, and will update this post when they go live.

Measurements:

  • The Calypso Coral base measures 4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches
  • The Pretty Peacock mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
  • After I finished water-coloring, I trimmed the water-color paper to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
  • The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches
  • I dry embossed the envelope flap

Water-coloring:

I am not very experienced with water-coloring, and this card was outside my comfort zone. However, I knew I wanted to use the colors I see in the sunsets from my back porch. Therefore, I found some Stampin’ Up! videos showing various watercoloring techniques. Here are three different SU! videos to help you as well.

Heat embossing:

  • I used VersaMark ink to stamp the sentiment on cardstock vellum
  • Cover the ink with black embossing powder and heat set
    • HINT: Be careful when using your heat tool on vellum. I only let it warm up for about 15 seconds and then quickly heat the embossing powder so the vellum doesn’t burn.
    • Please don’t try to emboss on vellum that is not as thick as the SU! cardstock vellum since it will burn
  • Using the Oceanfront stamp set, stamp the grasses on the bottom of the grass using VersaMark ink
  • Cover the ink with black embossing powder and heat set

Assembly:

I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces together.

To adhere the vellum, I used a make-up sponge to evenly distribute a layer of multipurpose liquid glue on the back of the vellum. Don’t be stingy, you want a solid layer. As long as you cover the back evenly, the adhesive won’t show through the vellum.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

Colors Used:

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