#SimpleStamping with Flowers of Beauty

This week I’m sharing some #SimpleStamping with Flowers of Beauty; one of the new stamp sets in the Annual Catalogue. I thought it’d be a great set for the theme of this month’s #SimpleStamping challenge from Stampin’ Up!… love or sympathy. Sadly I actually need a sympathy card so that’s the theme I picked. The other piece to this month’s challenge is that we can only use stamps, ink, paper and an embellishment. So a little something extra this time!

I quickly thought of using the 2023-2025 In Colour Opaque Sparkle dots for my embellishment. So that helped with my colour combination; Boho Blue and Wild Wheat. I’m using Wild Wheat for my card case and Boho Blue for my card mat. Then on my card mat I did some tone on tone stamping with one of the flowers from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set. I also stamped my sentiment with Boho Blue ink. It comes from the Something Fancy stamp set.

Next I made a smaller card front than usual and I framed it with some more Wild Wheat cardstock. This way you can see the Boho Blue flowers on the card mat. On the smaller card front I stamped some of the taller foliage using both Wild Wheat and Boho Blue ink. I popped this up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few Wild Wheat dots.

#SimpleStamping with Flowers of Beauty

When you do #SimpleStamping with Flowers of Beauty, or other stamp sets with great images, your cards can turn out just as pretty as those with lots of layers and die cuts, etc.

Check out another simple card I made using the Flowers of Beauty stamp set here.

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Season of Chic

I love the versatility of the Season of Chic stamps and dies! I’ve only been crafting with these for a little bit. And so I feel like I’m only starting to scratch the surface of what I can do with them. So far I’ve mostly been using the stamps. This time I want the dies to be more of a focus.

The newest In Colours are great fall like colours. And so I used those as the inkspiration for my colour combination. I used Wild Wheat for the card base. But decided not to have a card mat. Instead I used a piece of Basic White that I stamped with some leaves using Copper Clay ink and splatter with Wild Wheat ink.

On top of that I added a strip of Designer Series Paper from the Fresh as a Daisy pack. This pack uses a lot of the 2023-2025 In Colours. I really wanted to add lots of layers for this card, so on top of that I added the mesh die cut using Wild Wheat cardstock. Then on top of that I added some more leaves using a couple other designs from the same pack of patterned paper. One design is Copper Clay and the other is Garden Green.

While I love the sentiments in the Season of Chic stamp set, I wanted something different for this card. Fall is all about letting go, slowing down and getting ready for winter. So this sentiment from the In the Moment stamp set is perfect. I stamped it with Wild Wheat ink. Then I die cut it with one of the Something Fancy dies and popped it up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish it off I added a few of the 2023-2025 In Colour Dots.

Season of Chic

If you’re looking for a stamp set that will cover most of your stamping needs, I highly encourage you to check out the Season of Chic stamp set!

Check out another card I crafted using the Season of Chic stamp set here.

And if you want to see all the images and dies that come with this set, check out my online shop.

Handmade Fall Card with Cottage Wreaths

September is here and Fall is just around the corner! So before I start diving into my Christmas crafting I thought I’d share a handmade Fall card with Cottage Wreaths. This is such a fun set of stamps and dies! It’s great for just about any season or occasion. I’m looking forward to some Halloween crafting with it!

In the meantime though I paired it with the One Horse Open Sleigh Designer Series Paper. I know, the title makes you wonder if you can use it for anything other than Christmas. But I promise you that you can… and not just with this design that I used for this card! For this card I used the dark wood grain design. The card base is Wild Wheat, one of the new In Colours. I also used Wild Wheat as my main ink colour.

To create the wreath I stamped off onto a scrap piece of paper first then I stamped onto some Very Vanilla cardstock. Then to add a bit of those gorgeous Fall colours, I stamped some leaves using Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze. The coordinating dies made is really easy to cut all these out, including the two Wild Wheat acorns.

The acorns framed the sentiment which I cut out using one of the Meadows dies. And then I popped both the wreath and the sentiment up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few of the Wild Wheat In Colour Dots.

Handmade Fall Card with Cottage Wreaths

I think this handmade Fall card with Cottage Wreaths might need to come with me to one of my Thanksgiving dinners!

Check out another card I made using the Cottage Wreaths stamps and dies here!

And you can find everything I used to make this card in my online shop.

Hello Ladybug

Before I get carried away with the new mini catalogue and all my holiday crafting, I thought I’d use a stamp set from the Annual Catalogue that I haven’t used in a while… Hello Ladybug. This is such a fun bundle to craft with!

For this card I thought it’d be fun to pair it with the Fresh like a Daisy Designer Series Paper. I really like this Moody Mauve design… it’s like a field full of daisies. So I’m using Moody Mauve for my card base or course. And I added a little strip of Moody Mauve cardstock that I embossed with the Splatter 3D embossing folder.

To go with the Basic Black of my ladybugs I added some of the Black and White Gingham ribbon. The sentiment is from the Circle Sayings stamp set. And I stamped it with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I surrounded that with some Moody Mauve flowers. And then I popped this up with a Moody Mauve frame and some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I added my Moody Mauve ladybugs with some more Dimensionals. And then I added some Wink of Stella and Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels to my flowers.

Hello Ladybug

I love the little ladybugs you can make with the Hello Ladybug stamps and punch. They’re super cute!!

Check out another card I made using Hello Ladybug here.

Want to add these cute little bugs to your craft stash? You can find them in my online shop!

Different Kind of Gatefold Card

I totally took advantage of this month’s Designer Series Paper sale from Stampin’ Up! There are so many options. But I was able to keep it to just 2 new packs of DSP. For today’s card I’m sharing one of those packs… Fresh like a Daisy. And I’m making a different kind of gatefold card. Fresh like a Daisy is such a great pack of patterned paper for this time of year! Lots of flowers and colours. It actually uses all of the new 2023-2025 In Colours AND some of the other new colours from the Colour Refresh.

To pick my colours I picked my piece of DSP first. I’m using one of the designs with Moody Mauve and Wild Wheat. I just love the large daisies on this design! And I love how this gatefold doesn’t meet in the middle like usual.

For the belly band I used a piece of Moody Mauve cardstock to match the card base. Then I put a little bit of the other side of the same sheet of patterned paper on top. And in the middle I used the Circle Sayings bundle. I stamped the floral image twice to make a Moody Mauve wreath. And then I stamped the sentiment with Wild Wheat ink. Once it was dry I punched it out with the coordinating punch and popped it up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. And to finish it off I added some Wink of Stella to my wreath.

I enjoy a good fun fold card and so making this different kind of gatefold card was fun!

Check out another card I made with one of the other beautiful packs of DSP that are on sale right now here!

And today’s the last day to get 15% off all of Stampin’ Up!s regular packs of DSP, so don’t miss out! You can find them all in my online shop!

In Color Thank You Cards

I went through my last batch of thank you cards for my customers. And with the recent launch of the new Annual Catalogue, of course I need some more. So this time I’m making some In Color thank you cards. I’m still getting used to some of the new colours and so I thought this would be a good chance to play with more than one of them.

The design for this card is this month’s creative challenge for my small team. There was also an extra piece this time… use at least on of the new colours. To keep it simple, I’m using a Basic Black card base for all of them. And instead of using the 2023-2025 In Color Designer Series Paper, I took a piece of cardstock and embossed it using the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder.

On top of that layer I stamped on pieces of Basic White cardstock using the different In Colours and the Season of Chic stamp set. The “thanks” also comes from this stamp set. Then I die cut the sentiment using the Something Fancy dies and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Next I used a few of the different images from the same stamp set and die cut them with the coordinating dies. I wanted them on the same level as the sentiment so I popped them up too. And to finish them off I added a few of the coordinating In Colour Dots.

In Color Thank You Cards

I hope my customers like these In Color thank you cards!

Check out another thank you card I made a while back here.

And find the stamps, dies and In Colour products in my online shop.