Stampin' Up! Inspiring Imperfections Birthday Card for Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop

 Welcome to the AIK monthly blog hop. Our theme for this month is "For the Ladies" 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 what I created...  

 

 

Let's take a closer look...

Here are some deets:

Misty Moonlight Card Base: 8 1/4" x 5 7/8" - score and fold on long side at 4 1/8" and 2 1/16" (fold that to the inside but don't glue yet!)

Basic Beige Card Stock: 5 5/8" x 1 7/8"; 5" x 3 3/4"; 5 5/8" x 3 7/8" for inside mat

Country Woods DSP: 5 1/2" x 1 3/4"

Basic White Card Stock: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" for arch; 5 1/2 " x 3 3/4" for inside;  scrap for sentiment

Floral Garden Raffia Ribbon or coordinating ribbon: 8"

Adhere DSP to the 5 5/8" x 1 7/8"" piece of Basic Beige and adhere that to front flap

Wrap the ribbon around the front flap and secure with tape; now you can glue the folded back panel to the base, which will hide your ribbon ends!

Die cut the larger arch from the 5" x 3 3/4" piece of Basic Beige; cut the arch from the 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" piece of Basic White (I used the 3rd and 4th largest dies) Glue the arches together and adhere only the left side to the front flap.

Die cut vase and bowl from Craft Consortium Ink Drops - Ocean patterned paper using Inspiring Imperfections Dies and Stamp Set. Stamp and die cut flowers. I used Balmy Blue and Granny Apple Green Stamp N Write Markers (discontinued). Adhere vase and bowl with Dimensionals and flowers with liquid glue.

The front sentiment from  Sweet as a Peach is stamped and sponged with Misty Moonlight Ink. I cut it out with the retired Word Window Punch. 

One Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gem finished the card front.  

For the inside... 

Adhere remaining white panel to the remaining Basic Beige mat. Stamp the sentiment from the same stamp set and adhere to base. Adhere a 1/2" x 4" DSP strip.

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

 

1. Christie King
2. Karen Ksenzakovic
3. Mary Deatherage
4. Nicole Bloxom
5. Charlene Tackvic
6. Ann Louise Fodgaard
7. Tara Carpenter
8. Terry Lynn Bright
9. Karen Finkle- that's me!
10. Amy Koenders

 

 

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin Birthday Card

Monday, Monday...can't trust that day (you're welcome for the ear worm!) BUT you can trust that I am staying true to making a card from a Paper Pumpkin Kit for the month. I'm so proud of myself that I have carried through with my goal to use a kit once a month. Can you believe we are in our 4th month of the year already? Wow, I am standing still but time is not!! Let's take a look see at the March 2025 kit...

I loved this kit so much that I purchased 3 refills! I belong to a women's group (PEO) and our organization's flower is the Marguerite. I'm sure a lot of my PEO sisters drink Margaritas as well as love daisies! I, myself, do not like them...lol...Margaritas that is, not daisies!

This card is the #3 card that they made with the kit. There was no variation so it went together quickly.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll be back tomorrow for our monthly Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop. 
 

Stampin' Up! Painted Illusions Birthday Card for the Creative Creases Challenge - Anything Goes with a Fun Fold

Welcome to our Anything Goes With a Fun Fold Challenge. If you haven't played at Creative Creases Challenge before, what are you waiting for? Hop on over to Challenge #114. We'd love to see your fun fold creation. Here's mine... 

 Let's take a closer look... 

Misty Moonlight Card Base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"; score at 2 1/8", 4 1/4", 6 3/8" (mountain, valley, mountain) 

DSP Front Panels: 1 7/8" x 5 1/4" (2)

Misty Moonlight Decorative Panel: 4" x 5 1/4" cut with Countryside Label Die

Basic White for "30" Panel: 4" x 5 1/4" cut with Countryside Label Die and embossed with Subtle 3D EF. I decorated it with a retired Paper Accent Butterfly (sponged with Granny Apple Green Ink). I stamped and punched the "30" with the retired Alphabest Bundle. I used scraps of the DSP and Misty Moonlight Ink.

Misty Moonlight Mechanism for Pop Out: 1 3/4" x 8", score at 2, 3, 5 and 6 inches; fold into a T and glue bottom of  T in the center fold of the card. Terry Gaines has a great video of how to do this. 

I used scraps of Misty Moonlight and Basic White for the birthday sentiment from the current BBQ Master Stamp Set. I cut the mat and sentiment with a die from the retired Grow with Love Dies. I offset them, which I thought gave it a little more interest.

For the back of the card:

 

 Basic White  Back Panel: 1 7/8" x 5 1/4" ; scrap for sentiment on the DSP Panel: 1 7/8" x 5 1/4" . The sentiments are from the retired Hooray for Surprises and Something Fancy stamp sets. I used Misty Moonlight  and Granny Apple Green inks. I fussy cut the "belated" sentiment.

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#114 ... we hope to see your entry there!   

 

 

Stampin' Up! Christmas Card

Good morning, peeps. I have been trying to make one Christmas card each month. I really don't think I will send many this year so I think 12 ought to cover it. This is my 3rd for 2026. Take a look see...

 

I used the retired Christmas Labels Stamp Set and dies, along with the retired Boughs of Holly DSP. Inks I used are Mossy Meadow and Cherry Cobbler. You can never have too many gift card holders at Christmas time, right?

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you'll be back tomorrow for our Creative Creases Challenge. 

Stampin' Up! Thoughtful Journey Prairie Grass Birthday

Welcome to my Monday Morning Makeover Madness card. The original is here. Take a look at what I did for today...

 Thank you for stopping by today. 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Prairie Grass; Happiest of Birthdays (both retired)
Card stock & Papers	Coastal Cabana; Thoughtful Journey DSP
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black; Coastal Cabana
Accessories
Tools	2024-2026 In Color Summer Splash Shimmer Gems (retired)

Stampin' Up! More OSW Painterly Pears

Here's more of the One Sheet Wonder cards. I posted a batch here and I still have another batch, which I will post on Tuesday.

Now, what am I going to do with all these cards?? They'll probably be donated or sold. Perhaps I have 12 birthdays coming up this spring :-)

Thank you for stopping by today.
 

Stampin' Up! March 2016 Paper Pumpkin Kit

 Well, this creation is straight out of the box with the exception of how I used the twine. Take a look see...

In SU's instructions for the kit, the twine is wrapped around the holder and tied through the tag. I chose to save on twine because I only have 7 refills...lol!

Thanks for stopping by today!