Dots & Spots Free Tutorial
Stampin' Up!'s Dots & Spots Die is one of the newest additions to the free SaleABration offerings. Place a $100 Stampin' Up! order before tax and shipping and choose this free through August 31, 2022. You might be stumped on how to use this dotted background die. In this post, I include a free tutorial for creating one card using this fun die. Need more ideas? Click here to see a Halloween card using the Dots & Spots Die. Dots & Spots Free Tutorial Please enjoy these step-by-step instructions for making the featured card. Stampin’ Up! Supplies: STAMPS – Sunny Splash (158784), Rays of Light (158925) PAPER – Parakeet Party...
Splendid Day Quick and Easy Cards
Are you looking to make some quick, easy, and gorgeous handmade greeting cards? Today's post features two cards with an accompanying video. I use Stampin' Up!'s Splendid Day Stamp Set, the coordinating Splendid Stems Dies (buy them as a bundle and save 10 percent), and the Splendid Day 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper. This paper is just gorgeous, sporting beautiful full page foil designs on one side of the double-sided paper. Find all of these products in Stampin' Up!'s July-December 2022 Mini Catalog on pages 64 and 65. The top card uses thin strips of the foil design from the patterned paper. Cut a bunch of these at one time and create...
Christmas Lights Fun Fold
I've been having some fun with some "fun fold" cards inspired by Jackie Bolhuis. Today's card features the Christmas Lights Bundle in conjunction with the Lights Aglow 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper. Find these on pages 30-32 of Stampin' Up!'s July-December 2022 Mini Catalog. Here are some basic measurements for this card. Be sure to watch this video to see exactly how it goes together. Card Base measures 7 1/4 inches x 5 1/2 inches, score at 3 inches Coordinating card stock measures 1 /2 inches x 4, score at 1 inch — this is the tab/arm for your fun fold Card stock measuring 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 Basic card stock measuring 3 x 3. This is where...
Sunny Splash Fun Fold
From the time I was born, my family spent our summers at "the lake." First, it started as just a weeklong vacation, and that turned into two weeks, and then three months. What memories we made during these idyllic summers in Minnesota. We spent entire days in our swim suits, reading books on the dock. So Stampin' Up!'s Sunny Splash stamp set holds some nostalgia. (Find this set in Stampin' Up's Annual Catalog on page 41.) I've had a lot of fun creating with this set. Today, I combine it with a fun fold inspired by Jackie Bolhuis. Click here to see another blog post using these cute swim suits. Sunny Splash Fun Fold Here are some basic...
Dots & Spots for Halloween
I have this crazy goal: I want to actually use some of the great crafting goodies I buy! Seriously! When Stampin' Up!'s 2022-2023 Annual Catalog came out at the beginning of May, I bought the Dots & Spots Die. (That's the die that makes the dotted background; the one that almost looks like cheese.) It looks cool, I thought. I should be able to do something fun with that. But, it sat there and sat there. This last weekend, I made my way into the craft room and played with paper and that die specifically. Click here to see a fun, summer-themed card made with this die. And then I thought: why not Halloween? I had just received the...
