Easter is Coming!

Easter is less than a month away and I wonder if you send out Easter cards to your family and friends.  Here's a very simple idea for a card, should you like to create your own!  

Using our Daffodil Daydream bundle, (stamp set and dies), I stamped two 1/2" strips at 5-1/2" long, with the border.  I then colored the borders with my blending pens to create a stained-glass window effect.  I also used one of the daffodil stamps, colored that with my daffodil delight and old olive blending pens.  Then I cut those out with the matching die cut found in the daffodil die set.  

I chose the polished pink cardstock as my base and cut out a 5-1/2" by 8-1/2" sheet of paper, scoring and folding it at 4-1/4".  I cut one 5-1/4" x 4" of basic white to use inside the card, to write my message.  I took my Stampin' Seal and glued it inside of my card.  Using my Mini Emboss and Cut machine, I then chose and cut a piece, (the same size as the basic white), of the Daffodil Afternoon Designer Series Paper found in our Sale -A-Bration catalog.  I used that as my layering piece, adhering that on the front side of my card. I then glued my borders on either end of the card, on top of the layering DSP.  With my Stampin' Dimensionals I placed the flowers that I had cut out in the middle, off to the right side a bit.  I took some Pale Papaya cardstock I punched and oval with my oval punch and stamped the sentiment, in Memento Black, on top of that.  I also added that to the card, with dimensionals to the lower left of the flowers.

And that was it!  Very simple, very pretty card.  Aside from the Designer Series Paper, if you are interested in any of these products you can order them from our Mini January - June 2022, and our Annual catalogs. The Daffodil Afternoon DSP is only available until February 28th, through our Sale - A Bration Catalog.  You will need to place an order of $50.00 in order to get that paper free.  

Try it out!  You won't be disappointed, and you'll be surprised just how fun it is to put it together!  Happy Early Easter, Everyone!

 

Stampin' Up! has brought out a new suite collection called All Together.  It comes with our All Together Designer Series Paper, Here Together Stamp Set, Here for You Dies, and Blending Pens.  This set is a diversified, all-inclusive suite. It has become a big hit!

You can purchase items from this suite until May 2nd.  However. these have been so popular that the blending pens are presently out of stock and due to the global shipping challenges, it will be a while before we are able to order them.  I will keep you informed when they are available again.  The good news is that the pens will be added to our new Annual Catalog, that will come out this June.  All of the other items in this suite are available, should you choose to get a jump on it.

Product List

All Together 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160039]

Here Together Cling Stamp Set (English) [158634]

Here For You Dies (English) [159278]

VALENTINE CARDS

For the month of February, I am focusing on Valentine cards.  In this post I will share some cards I have personally put together.  One was a card just for a friend, the other a card for someone very special.  They are very similar, yet they look very different.  The colors I used were real red, basic white, melon mambo, and garden green.  

I used the real red cardstock as the base of my cards, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" in size.  Then I cut out two basic white cards, 5-1/4" x 4" in size for each card.  I embossed two of the basic white cards with the Dotty Hearts Embossing Folders--two different designs.  I used one design for one card and the other for my second card.  

The hearts and flowers that I added to my cards were from the Bouquet of Love Dies.  The leaves came from our Flowers of Home Dies set.  It was fun to just arrange the cut outs to any design I wanted to.  I used dimensionals to stack the hearts on top of each other as well.  Both of my stamped sentiments came from our Love and Happiness Stamp set. One sentiment was stamped on a heart cut out and the other I used some scrap paper to make a simple banner/flag.

I topped them off with some simple embellishments, the pink jewels from our 2021-2023 In Color Jewels, and our Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

The next few posts I will show you what fun options were found with our February Paper Pumpkin!  Stay tuned!

Product List

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115320]	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584]	Dotty Hearts Embossing Folders [155434]
Flowers Of Home Dies [157938]	Love & Happiness Cling Stamp Set (English) [157633]	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571]	Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels [146924]