How about some PINK Birds?

The color change came with some really pretty new pinks. I hadn’t used any of them yet, so I decided to make a birthday card that would be good for a woman!

Again, used Bird’s Eye View stamp set, this time birds with no glasses. I colored all them with Berry Burst, Bubble Bath and Fresh Freesia. Their beaks and the tree limb are Crumb Cake.

The sentiment is from the Hello Kiwi stamp set.

I die cut the “H” and the “B” from Alphabet a La Mode with Berry Burst cardstock.

The background paper is from the Bright & Beautiful DSP- 5-3/8″ x 4-1/8″.

To make the Fresh Freesia frame around the background, I took a piece of 5-3/8″ x 4-1/8″ of Fresh Freesia and die cut it with the largest Deckled Rectangle dies. Glued it on top of the DSP.

 

Here’s everything I used:

 

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Hey Chuck! Rise and Shine! It’s Your Birthday!

I had an idea to use the Patchwork Pieces again with just one chick (chuck). Since one of the stamps says “Rise and Shine!” I thought it would be cool to have a background that is bright and cheerful.

I took a piece of Basic White and used Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry inks with my Blending Brushes. Then I die cut the Patchwork Piece.

I took another piece of White (5-3/8 x 4-1/8) and die cut the Patchwork again- right in the middle. I then embossed with the new Exposed Brick embossing folder.

I die cut the Patchwork again so it would be easy to assemble the pieces.

The chick/chuck and cake are stamped with Memento and then colored with Blends: Pool Party, Soft Sea Foam, Daffodil Delight and Cherry Cobbler.

I stamped the two sentiments with Memento and then die cut with one of the Nested Essentials dies. I then used some Lemon Lolly ink with a Blending Brush.

A pretty fast card!

Here’s everything I used:

 

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Stampin’ Up Lazy Days: It’s always a good day!

I’ve been working on this card for quite a while. Other things needed to be done, so it kept getting pushed back on my countertop. I finally finished today!

I love the Lazy Days bundle. You can make such sweet, calm cards with it.

Lots of color on this card!:

Background: Balmy Blue, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo. All used with Blending Brushes.

Rocking Chairs: Pecan Pie (I reversed stamped and die cut the one on the left. There’s a die for a rocking chair that faces right, but I didn’t like it with the other stamped one. I used the die inside the card:)

Table and floor boards: Crumb Cake. I colored the glasses with Lemon Lolly Blends.

Birdhouse: Memento. I colored with Misty Moonlight and Bronze Blends.

Rug: Misty Moonlight

Sentiments: Misty Moonlight

Not a whole lot of paper on this card!:

Paper: Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie (for the rocking chair on the inside).

Check back on 5/2 for a full list!

 

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Zany Zoo Animals Playing Some Music!

 

GAH! I love these dang animals!

Once again, all the animals on this card come from the DSP. There’s a stamp and a die for the turtle, but the other animals do not have stamps or dies.

The curtains and the scalloped top are from the dies. Even the curtain ties are from the dies! I used the DSP for the curtains and top, and Basic Black for the ties.

The background cardstock is Pebbled Path- one of the new In Colors.

The “stage” is Basic White cut 1-1/4″ x 5-3/8″. I embossed it with the Timber embossing folder.

For the animals, I colored all of them except the two frogs- they were already colored.

The warthog is colored with Crumb Cake Blends.

The turtle is colored with Lemon Lolly and Lemon Lime Twist Blends. His microphone is Crumb Cake and Gray Granite.

The bear was first colored with the ML800 Blends, then light Crumb Cake on top. His tummy, tail and snout are light Crumb Cake.

The sentiment and the sentiment inside (which I don’t show but it says “Happy Birthday to You” are both from the Zany Zoo stamp set. For the “something great…” I used Memento Ink on white paper, die cut with the new Countryside Corners dies. I then used a Blending Brush with Lemon Lolly ink to give it a little color.

The embellishments are the Glossy Dots (carrying over from the 22-23 catalog) and the new Adhesive Backed Solid Gems.

Check back on 5/2 to see my full list of products!

 

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Stampin’ Up Zany Zoo! Zoo Crew!

I had to get this suite- Zoo Crew- the stamps and the DSP are so dang adorable. GREAT for kid cards!

For this card, I die cut the raccoons from the DSP. Each piece of the DSP has animals on one side of it. There is the same raccoon in the stamps, so there’s a die that cuts it. For the elephant, it is just in the paper- there is not a stamp of him. He was pretty easy to fussy cut. There are tons of different animals on the DSP. Some are die cuttable, some not. They are all cute!

In the paper, some of the animals are not colored- just the things they hold are colored. So, I used my blends to color the rest of them. I used Gray Granite on the elephant, and the new Pecan Pie for the raccoons.

The background was made with the Dots & Spots dies and the NEW Lemon Lolly and Lemon Lime Twist cardstock. I absolutely LOVE the Lemon Lolly.

I used the Basic Borders dies with Crumb Cake to make a little hill for the animals to stand on. I then embossed it with the Painted Texture embossing folder.

The ribbon on the bottom is also from the Zoo Crew suite.

The sentiment is from the Zany Zoo stamp set. I stamped with Lemon Lime Twist ink and die cut with one of the Zany Zoo dies. I then stamped the confetti (part of the Zany Zoo) with Memento and colored with Blends: Lemon Lolly, Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party.

So, this card uses everything that comes with the Zoo Crew suite! Check back on 5/2/23 for full list of supplies used.

 

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How About 5 Man Cards? All Made from the “He’s the Man” Suite!

The annual catalog will be retiring very soon, so I wanted to show you how to use one suite to make tons of cards. I could make many more cards, not just the 5 I’m showing here, plus some duplicates of the ones I’m showing!

The suite comes with stamps, dies, DSP that includes 2 sheets of die cuts!, and very cool Rustic Dots embellishments. This suite is PERFECT for man cards!

 

Ok, let’s get started!

For this card, no stamping! I just used the die cuts and the paper! I also used the dies for the argyle looking things behind the sentiment. Easy!

 

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For this card, I used 4 of the die cuts (the grill, the “flippin’ awesome, the star, and the notebook paper looking thing behind everything). For the sentiment, I used the  Enjoy the Rhythm stamp set. I stamped with Early Espresso and die cut with the Stylish Shapes. The background paper is from the He’s the Man DSP.

 

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Another easy card! I used 3 die cuts, the cars and the sentiment. I used the dies for the flags/banners on the side. I used Soft Succulent cardstock and then embossed with the Metal Plate 3D Embossing Folder.

 

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OK, the next two cards are some of the unique ones. One is the Pop & Twist technique, the other is the Double Flap Fun Fold Card. You can always see my instructions for these cards and others under “Instructions”. It would be on the right side on a computer, or all the way at the bottom on a phone.

 

For this card, the Double Flap Fun Fold card, I stamped the stamp from He’s All That stamp set with Early Espresso on white and die cut with one of the dies from the die set. Everything else is from the die cuts in the DSP!

Here’s my instructions for that kind of card:

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And my last card, the Pop & Twist. These cards are so fun and you can use them for any type of card!

I stamped the sentiment from He’s All That stamp set with Early Espresso and die cut it with one of the dies from the All That dies. I also die cut some of the argyles again, this time using Sahara Sand cardstock.

All the things on the inside are from the die cuts. The “happy birthday” is from the A Grand Kid stamp set.

Here’s the instructions for the Pop & Twist.

 

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Ok! I used a couple of other stamp sets on these cards, but you could use any “happy birthday” stamp. 95% of what’s on these cards is from the He’s the Man Suite. I don’t know if the stamp and dies will retire, but even if they don’t, there is a 99% chance the paper will. Those die cuts can make so many dang cards!

 

Pop & Twist Cards! Two Sizes!

I saw the Pop & Twist (or Pop & Fold) technique years ago, and saw it again recently. I love it!

After making a vertical card, I decided I wanted to make a horizontal one. I had to figure out the dimensions and thought I’d make a video of how to do it!

I show how to do both in this video.

This card shown is just one of the four I show in the video. I’ll share the others soon!

I also did a short video:

https://youtube.com/shorts/mPAPLiI9gSs

 

I first stamped the Rays of Light on Basic White with So Saffron ink. I stamped the tree branch (from the Perched In a Tree stamp set and Aspen Tree Dies) with Early Espresso. I used one of my water painters to bleed the ink a little.

The leaves is one of the dies from Aspen Tree dies. I used the In Color Glimmer paper.

For the inside, I used the kite die from the Playing in the Rain dies. The letters are from the A la Mode dies.

To see my PDFs of instructions (it’s two pages- one for vertical, one for horizontal), here you go (click on it to see both pages). They will also be under my instructions:

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Gnomes Dancing for a Birthday!

 

Gnomes don’t have to be used for just the holidays. This card I made during my video of how to make the gnomes dance:

 

Another easy card! I wanted to add something in the background like I did with the snowflakes on the original card. I decided to die cut a few small butterflies (from the Butterfly Wings dies.) I used the Daydream DSP (that you can only get with host rewards).

For the sentiment, I used the Art Gallery stamp set. I love the font of those sayings.

Here’s everything I used:

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A Yeti with a Beer! Perfect Partners VIDEO!

I came up with this idea as I was falling asleep. I know many people who would love a Yeti with a beer!

 

 

I made a video showing how I made the small window and how I made the beer foam:

 

 

 

For the window, since I wanted it shorter than the die, I cut a piece of Early Espresso 2-1/2″ tall x 3″ wide. I wanted the window to be about 2-1/2″ tall. When you want to change the height of the window, cut your cardstock to how tall you want it. Then die cut like I show in the video above or my video of making the window into doors seen here:

 

 

 

Here’s everything I used for this fun card! Only three days left to get the Perfect Partners stuff!

 

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