Stampin' Up! Pretty Poinsettia for the Creative Connections Monthly Blog Hop

Welcome to the second Creative Connections Blog Hop! We’re a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators who love sharing our creativity and inspiring others through paper crafting. Each month, we come together to share projects, ideas, and inspiration to spark your own creativity. We’re so glad you’re hopping along with us! Here's a thumbnail of my card.

 

 

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

My fun fold was inspired by Jackie Bolhuis. The product I used is in the chart after the names of our hoppers but in the meantime, here are my measurements.

Card Base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4" and cut front on diagonal to create the flap

DSP on front flap: 4" x 5 1/4" then cut on diagonal 

Mini Card: 3 1/4" x 9", scored at 4 1/2"

 Outside and inside of mini card: 3" x 4 1/4" 

Thank you for joining us on the Creative Connections Blog Hop! We hope you’ve found some inspiration to take back to your own craft room. Be sure to visit the other talented demonstrators in today’s hop to see what they’ve created. Happy crafting. We hope you’ll join us again next month, where creativity connects us!  

List of hoppers:

 

Su Mohr

Karen Finkle - that's me!

Debbie Mageed

Peggy Noe

Beth McCullough

Tricia Chuba

Mary Deatherage

Maria Mench

Stesha Bloodhart

Rae Burnet

 

 

 

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pretty Poinsettia; Rejoice
Card stock & Papers	Peaceful Pine; Poppy Parade; Timeless Christmas DSP; Gold Foil; Basic White
Ink	Poppy Parade; Peaceful Pine; Smoky Slate
Accessories
Tools	Pretty Poinsettia Dies

Stampin' Up! All Wrapped Up Christmas Card for Amy's Inkin' Krew Monthly Blog Hop

 Welcome to the AIK monthly blog hop. Our theme for this month is "Merry Christmas Or Happy Holidays" and we can  use any product we wish.  The list of hoppers is at the end of my post. I hope you'll hop along. Here's a thumbnail of my card...

 

 

Let's take a closer look...

Yeppers, not only is it Christmas, it's an easy peasy fun fold.

Measurements:

Basic White Card Base: 4 1/4" x 11", scored and folded at 5 1/2"; 4" x 5 1/4" for inside panel

Peaceful Pine: 4" x 11", scored and folded at 5 1/4" and 8 1/8"; 3" x 4" for arch

DSP: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"; 3 7/8" x 2 3/4"

Ribbon: 9"

and the inside...
 

Thank you for stopping by today. Clicking on the "Next" button will take you to the other Karen . Clicking on the individual names below will take you directly to each member's post. Trust me, you're in for a treat! 

1.  Ann Louise Fodgaard 
2.  Mary Deatherage
3.  Karen Finkle - that's me!
4.  Karen Ksenzakovic
5.  Christie King
6.  Tara Carpenter
7. Charlene Tacvic 
8.  Amy Koenders  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rejoice
Card stock & Papers	Basic White; Peaceful Pine; All Wrapped Up Specialty DSP; Cherry Cobbler
Ink	Cherry Cobbler; Smoky Slate
Accessories	Diagonal Stripe Ribbon (retired 2020)
Tools	Word Wishes Dies (retired); Everyday Arches Dies

Stampin' Up! Painted Patch Birthday for the Creative Creases Challenge #121 Anything Goes with a Fun Fold

 Welcome to our Anything Goes With a Fun Fold Challenge.  If you haven't played at the Creative Creases Challenge before, what are you waiting for? Hop on over to Challenge #121. We'd love to see your fun fold creation. Here's a snapshot of mine.. 

    

 Let's take a closer look, shall we?

There is only one way and I can tell you how I made this...I watched this video! Thank you, Cheryl.
 

Measurements: 

Secret Sea: 4 1/4" x 11"; 3" x 3"; 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" (4) 

DSP: 5 1/4" x 4"

Basic White: 4" x 10 1/2"; 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"; 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" (4)

Thank you for stopping by today and I can't wait to see all the creativity from the team.  Be sure to check us out at CCC#121 ... we hope to see your entry there!   

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Painted Pumpkins; 2025 March PP Kit (inside sentiment)
Card stock & Papers	Secret Sea; Basic White; Painted Patch DSP
Ink	Calypso Coral; Secret Sea; Pool Party; Crisp Cantaloupe Blends
Accessories	Painted Patch Adhesive-Backed Dots (Pool Party)
Tools	Painted Pumpkins Dies

Stampin' Up! Beach Boardwalk Birthday

Good Thursday morning, peeps! Are you looking forward to the weekend? I am because my daughter and son-in-love have a surprise in store for me for my birthday. I have no idea what's going on but they just told me not to make plans for the 7th - 9th! I have a lot of birthday cards to make for November...8 to be exact. This one is for a friend in FL.

Measurements:

Card Base 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Mat 5 1/4" x 4" (2)

DSP 5 1/8" x 3 7/8" 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you'll be back for our CCC hop tomorrow. 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew
Card stock & Papers	Bubble Bath; Blackberry Bliss; Beach Boardwalk DSP (retired); Basic White (inside); scraps for sentiment
Ink	Blackberry Bliss
Accessories	Blackberry Bliss Faceted Dots (retired)
Tools	Double Oval Punch (retired); Boardwalk Fun Dies (retired); Stitched Shapes Oval Die (retired)

Stampin' Up! Stitched Stocking Christmas Card

Mike, Mike, Mike...it's hump day! I just thought I'd make a Christmas card so I could enter it in my team challenges for November :-) It could also be for one of my Italian friends...take a look see...

My Basic White card base is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". I cut the three strips at 4" x 1 3/4" and embossed them with a swirl embossing folder I had from the days I used Cuttlebug.

The sentiment from the current Stitched Stocking stamp set is stamped in Garden Green on a die from the retired Stitched Nested Labels Dies.

The holly embellishments are from the Adhesive-Backed Christmas Berries (currently unavailable but expected week of November 30).

The inside is very simple...

I stamped the snowflakes with Cloud Cover ink using a stamp from the Stitched Stocking Stamp Set. If I had it to do over again, I would have used a different snowflake stamp because some of the snowflakes were cut off. That's because it is a square stamp to fit the look of a quilted stocking pattern.  I tried to detract from that with Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes.

The sentiment is stamped with Garden Green ink and it's from the same stamp set aforementioned.

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Stampin' Up! Thanksgiving Crackers

 Good Thursday morning, peeps!

Thanksgiving is about 4 weeks away and my son-in-love and daughter will be preparing dinner for his mother, my sister-in-law et moi so I made the place card using the September 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit. I'm only showing you mine because the others are just like it...only the names have been changed to protect the innocent! These were so easy to make and contain either Gingerbread Cookie, Warm Cinnamon Roll, Spiced Apple Crumble and Candy Cane Chapstick! I filled mine with Peach Chapstick that I got at our September retreat in GA! I'm the only one who likes peach!!

 

I've stuck to my guns about using my PP Kits and I know I'll be using one in November and December. Then I will start all over again for 2027. 

 

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll be back tomorrow.

Stampin' Up! Thanks & Giving for the Monthly SU Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop

 Hello my stamping friends.  Welcome to our monthly Stampin' Up! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop!! The participating demonstrators are listed at the end of my post. I hope you will choose to hop along. Here's what I created for the hop today...

 My card was designed by Amy Koenders who was my upline until SU did a restructure so that we only have one upline. My one upline, Mary Deatherage, was mentioned in my post yesterday and is in the hop today. SU can take away uplines, but they can't take away friendships that grew within a team! Now that that's out of the way, let's take a closer look at the card inside and out, shall we?

 

Amy brought the kit to our September team retreat and we all had a great time putting it together. If you would like a pdf tutorial for this card just click on this link.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will hop along with the list of demos below. 

Su Mohr

Beth McCullough

Debbie Mageed

Karen Finkle - that's me!

Sue Jackson

Mary Deatherage

Tara Carpenter

Maria Mench