Hello, and welcome to the January Stampin’ Up! Trip Achiever Blog Hop. Thanks for joining us. As a group, we’ve worked our Stampin’ Up! businesses enough to earn the Annual Incentive Trip. This is no small accomplishment; less than 1% of demonstrators worldwide achieve this. The stampers in this group come from different countries around the world. Be sure to visit all of the participating stampers to gain a host of crafting inspiration. Look for a list of hoppers at the end of this post.
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I’m sharing a fun card using Stampin’ Up!’s Trucking Along Bundle. Don’t you just love this truck carrying a precious cargo of hearts? Find this bundle — Trucking Along Stamp Set and coordinating Trucking Along Builder Punch — as an Online Exclusive. Remember, Stampin’ Up! offers a variety of paper crafting products that can only be found online. Check them often to see what’s available.
Trucking Along Valentine Card
Enjoy these details about the card I created from my craft room in Mesa, Arizona.
Basic Black Card Stock base measuring 8 1/2 x 4 1/2, scored and folded at 4 1/4
Sweet Sorbet hearts pattern from the 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper (2022-2024 In Color) measuring 5 1/4 x 4
Basic Black Card Stock layer measuring 4 1/4 x 3
White Card Stock layer measuring 2 3/4 x 4.
Stamped and punched truck image from the Trucking Along Stamp set with Memento and Sweet Sorbet
Happy Valentine’s Day sentiment from Country Bouquet Stamp Set (Annual Catalog) stamped with Sweet Sorbet
Hearts die cut from the Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing Folder
Basic Black 3 3/4 x 3/4 embossed with Basics Embossing Folder
Sweet Sorbet 1/4″ Bordered Ribbon
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and following along on the hop. Be sure to visit all of the participating stampers to gain a host of paper crafting inspiration. Click on the links below.
Kim
List of Participating Stampers
Product List
Click on any of the photos below to purchase the products to create this card at home.
Looking for a quick and simple Valentine card? Here it is! In today’s post, I share a free tutorial for creating a cute DIY Valentine card using strips of Designer Series Paper. I used the Most Adored 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper. Earn it free during Stampin’ Up!’s SaleABration promotion — the most fun sale of the year.
During SaleABration, earn your choice of free product with qualifying purchases of $50 and $100 (before tax and shipping). Select from exclusive stamp sets, Designer Series Papers, ribbon, gems, an embossing folder, and even coordinating dies. Click here to see the SaleABration brochure online.
OTHER – Real Red and Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack (160386), Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels (158987), Real Red Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154899, Everyday Details Dies (162865), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653)
Cutting & Scoring:
Thick Basic White Cardstock – 8 ½” x 5 ½”, scored at 4 ¼” and folded
Basic White Cardstock – 5” x 3 ¾”, 2 ¼” 2 ¼”
DSP – 5 strips each measuring 1” x 3”
Ribbon – 16”
Instructions:
With the 2” circle from the Everyday Details Dies, die cut a circle from the 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” Basic White Cardstock.
Stamp the “Happy Valentine’s Day” sentiment from the Country Bouquet stamp set in Real Red ink in the middle of the circle.
Layer the five strips of DSP on the 5” x 3 34/” Basic White Cardstock.
Wrap ribbon around this piece and tie a bow.
With adhesive of choice, attach to Basic White Thick Cardstock base.
With Stampin’ Dimensionals, pop up the sentiment on card front.
Color three Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels with the Real Red Stampin’ Blends.
Add to card front.
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Kim Quade, Stampin’ Up! demonstrator Mesa, Arizona
Most Adored Valentine Card Product List
Click on any of the pictures below to purchase the products to create this card at home.
Raise your hand if you love free product! If so, Stampin’ Up!’s SaleABration sale is for you! Earn your choice of exclusive products with purchases of $50 or $100 before tax and shipping. Look for stamp sets, Designer Series Paper, ribbon, gems, an embossing folder, and even dies. This promotion runs through February 29, 2024. It’s the only SaleABration offering in 2024. (Some items may sell out before the end of the promotion. If you see something you love, get it sooner rather than later.) Click here to see an online version of the catalog.
For as long as I can remember, SaleABration has been my favorite sale of the year. I saved all my Christmas and birthday money and splurged on all of the fun freebie items.
SaleABration still excites me today. So many products, so little time.
For today’s card, I challenged myself to use as many of the SaleABration items as possible on one creation — while still sharing a fun card.
Jungle Pals Hello Card
Here’s a list of the SaleABration goodies I used to create this card:
Jungle Pals Stamp Set (free with a $50 order)
Jungle Pals Dies (free with a $100 order)
Softly Sophisticated Bundle (stamp set and embossing folder free with a $100 order)
Softly Stippled 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper (free with a $50 order)
Pool Party 5/8″ Crinkle Ribbon (free with a $50 order)
Opaque Faceted Gems (free with a $50 order)
What do you think? Success? It’s all so fun to play with. I need to dig into these and the other items and make more samples.
Be sure to watch the video below to see step-by-step directions for making this card.
How to Video
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Kim Quade, Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, Mesa, Arizona
Earn these items free with a $50 order before tax and shipping:
Earn these items with a $100 order before tax and shipping.
My creative brain is just “buzzing” with all kinds of card-making ideas for Stampin’ Up!’s Bee My Valentine Bundle. The bee images and sentiments are just so whimsical — perfect for Valentine cards and beyond. Find this bundle in the brand-new January-April 2024 Mini Catalog. See this blog post for other super cute ideas to make your own Valentine cards.
Bee My Valentine Sweet as Honey
Today, I share a quick card idea using the bundle. Here are a few details about it:
Thick Basic White Card Stock Base measuring 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4
Daffodil Delight design from the Bee Mine 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper measuring 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
Basic Black Card Stock die cut with the rounded edge from the Basic Borders Dies and embossed with the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (earn this and a coordinating stamp set free during SaleABration with a $100 order).
“You’re As Sweet as Honey” sentiment heat embossed in white on Basic Black Card Stock
Two bees created with the stamp set and coordinating Bee Builder Punch. I stamped the bee stripes with Memento Ink, then stamped the body with Daffodil Delight ink. You could save a step and stamp the bee stripes on Daffodil Delight or Crushed Curry Card Stock.
Punched the hearts with Vellum Card Stock to create the wings.
Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems (black)
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today to read about this quick and cute DIY Valentine card.
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Kim Quade, Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, Mesa, Arizona
Bee My Valentine Sweeet as Honey Product List
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I hope you’ve been able to dive into Stampin’ Up!’s brand-new January-April 2024 Mini Catalog. It’s “bee” utiful. Can you tell I’m loving the new Bee Mine Suite Collection. Find it beginning on page 8 of the catalog. The suite includes the Bee My Valentine Stamp Set, the coordinating Bee Builder Punch, Bee Mine 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper, Sweet Sorbet 1/4″ Bordered Ribbon, and the Adhesive-Backed Hearts and Flowers.
The playful bee images, combined with the sweet sentiments, make for perfect Valentine card creations. (But, if you ask me, pair this bee with our sentiments to use all year long.)
Today, I show you three samples using the products from this suite. Enjoy!
Bee My Valentine Card Samples
Even though I didn’t need to (this suite stands on its own), I pulled in a few of Stampin’ Up!’s other products. See my list below:
Sweet Sorbet Card Stock base measuring 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored and folded at 4 1/4
Basic White Card Stock layer measuring 5 1/4 x 4
Sweet Sorbet Card Stock layer measuring 5 x 3 3/4, embossed with the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (a SaleABration offering).
Bee Mine 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper die cut with the Mini Pocket Envelope Dies (Online Exclusive) and assembled.
Tag from Tailor Made Tags Dies die cut with Petal Pink Card Stock
Stamped in Real Red ink with sentiment from Throughout the Year Stamp Set (Online Exclusive)
Heart “pulls” for the tag die cut Radiating Stitches Dies (Online Exclusive) with Bee Mine DSP
Vellum Card Stock circle die cut with Stylish Shapes Dies
Bee image stamped with Memento and Daffodil Delight and punched with coordinating Bee Builder Punch
Sweet Sorbet ribbon
Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers
Card 2
The card above features a favorite layout: using three strips of Designer Series Paper measuring 1 1/2 x 3 3/4 Do you notice the new circle die? That’s a piece from the Everyday Details Dies. I love how it layers so nicely on the Stylish Shape Circle.
Card 3
And, finally, the card above also sports a simple layout that shows off the whimsical Designer Series Paper. I used three different patterns from the package to create this card.
Thick Basic White Card Stock base measuring 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4
Yellow Designer Series Paper Layer measuring 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
Red Designer Series Paper layer measuring 3 1/4 x 4 1/2
Bee Designer Series Paper layer measuring 3 x 4 1/4
Again, I added the new circle die cut from the Everyday Details Dies.
Be sure to watch the video below from my craft room in Mesa, Arizona, where I give step-by-step instructions for creating the first card featured at the top of this post.
How to Video
Love this Valentine suite of paper crafting products? Join me for my next zoom class to go featuring this suite. We’ll be creating three other cute designs. Click here to read all of the details. I’d love to have you join me.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Please contact me if you have questions about the techniques or products used in any of the cards featured here.
Kim
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