Stampin' Up! Dainty Flowers Birthday Card

Good mid-week morning, peeps! Over the weekend I participated in a PaperCrafters Get Organized Summit. WOW, I decluttered, sorted and organized a lot of drawers but my main goal was to clean up my pre-cut sentiments, images, card stock and DSP. Today's card represents some of that. Take a look see...

 The base, mat, DSP, butterfly and banner were just thrown in a drawer. The sentiment is new (5/5/26) from the Lily of the Valley Photopolymer Stamp Set. It fit perfectly in the pre-cut banner. I didn't have to declutter, sort or organize my ribbon because I have always done that. The base is either Fresh Freesia or Purple Posy. I know the mat is Highland Heather but I have no idea what the die cut was. The DSP is the Dainty Flowers which was offered through Sale-A-Bration but I don't remember what year (no reference in my UpNote inventory). The ribbon had no name on it so it must have come in a bundle. The butterfly was in with all my pre-cut insects so I have no clue where that came from or it may have been punched. In any event, I had fun putting the odds and ends together. The inside is the same find...

There was a piece of Highland Heather card stock and the flower image with the sentiment in a box. It was stamped in black so I colored it with various Blends. The three stamped little flowers are from the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set (on the Last Chance List).

You will be seeing more of my sorted stash in the future. I have yet to being sorting my unfinished projects bin. This is exhausting, peeps, BUT it is so rewarding. I felt like I had really accomplished something during and after the seminars and I plan to keep it going.

Thanks for stopping by today and let me know if you attended the Summit. 

Stampin' Up! Bendy Birthday Card for the Stampin' Up! 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 a thumbnail of what I created for the hop today...

                                             
 Let's take a closer look...

My inspiration came from Dawn Griffith.

Early Espresso Card Stock:

·        Base – 4 1/4” x 5 1/2”

·        Mat – 3 1/4” x 5”, scored at 1/2” on both sides of 5” side

·        Bendy – 1” x 6”, scored at 1/4” on 6” side

Petal Pink Card Stock:

·        Front Mat: 3” x 3 3/4”

·        Back Mats: 2 1/2” x 4” (2) (not shown in post)

·        Scrap for Sentiments

DSP:

·        Share What You Love – 5 1/4” x 4”

·        Beautiful Gallery – scrap for hash (2)

·        Painterly Pears – cut outs for pears, stems/leaves

Inks:

·        Early Espresso

·        Old Olive

·        Mossy Meadow

·        Memento Tuxedo Black

Tools:

·        Perfectly Pears Stamp Set and Dies

·        Stylish Shapes Dies

Accessories:

·        Adhesive-Backed Swirl Dots

·        Dimensionals

Instructions:

Adhere  5 1/4” x 4” DSP to card base, score at 2 3/4” on the back side of base. Bend back and forth with fingers ending up with a valley fold.

Stamp a pear image in center of 3” x 3 3/4” Petal Pink Mat; adhere to 3 1/4’ x 5” Early Espresso Mat that has been scored previously on the edges. With the scored sides folded in and down, score at 2”. Fold back and forth with fingers ending up with mountain fold.

Add cut out two pears and adhere with dimensionals. Cut and adhere 3 stems/leaves. Put liquid glue only on stems and mini dimensionals on leaves.  Adhere hash marks.

Line up center fold with center fold of base and adhere with Tear & Tape on folded edges, make sure it’s high enough that “bendy” doesn’t cover the bottom of pears.

Stamp splatters on the 1” x 6” bendy piece. Tear & Tape on the ¼” folds and butt up against edges of base. Stamp splatters on the banner sentiment (optional).

Add sentiments…one dimensional on banner center. 2 mini dimensionals on the “hello”. Add 3 embellishments. 

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

Rae Burnet

Karen Finkle - that's me!

Debbie Mageed

Su Mohr

Lisa Ann Bernard

Mary Deatherage

Michele Deschenes

Sue Jackson

Beth McCullough

 

 

Stampin' Up! Another Daisy Daydream Birthday Card

Hello, my stamping friends. This should be the last you see of the March 2025 Daisy Daydream Paper Pumpkin Kit cards. I have created all 3 that they suggested and I think this is my favorite. Take a look see...

As you can see, it's for one of my philanthropic educational organization sisters. In addition to the kit, I used retired products: Pretty Label Punch; Something Fancy Stamp Set and a stamp from the April 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit.

 

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll be back for our monthly SU Demos Fun Fold hop. 

Stampin' Up! Nine Lives Anniversary Card

Good morning my stamping friends. Today I've decided to enter some challenges with my card. Crafting Happiness and Show Us Your Pussycats involve animals/cats and mine fits the bill. Take a look see...

I'm also playing at Pammie's Inky Pinkies. My daughter and son-in-love have an upcoming 11 year wedding anniversary and they had a black cat named Luey. We all miss him so much. He was one of the nicest cats you'd ever want to meet. His sister is a Callico but I couldn't figure out how to represent her so I just punched out another black cat. If you have any ideas on how to make a Callico cat, let me know. TIA.

For the inside... 

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll check out the challenges.  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Phrases & Frames; Sweet Frames & Labels (both available 5/5/26)
Card stock & Papers	Real Red; Basic Black; Basic White; From the Heart DSP (retired)
Ink	Real Red; Versa Fine Onyx Black
Accessories	Adhesive Backed Heart Sequins (retired)
Tools	Nine Lives Cat Punch; Banners Pick a Punch; Detailed Trio Punch; Heart Shaped Dies; Sweet & Sassy Dies (all retired); Phrases & Frames (available 5/5/26); sponge; Dimensionals

Stampin' Up March 2025 Paper Pumpkin Kit Daisy Daydream

Good Monday morning, my stamping friends. Today could be a Makeover Madness Day but I think it's just another birthday card using the same kit as here. This is one of my favorite kits. Take a look see at how different but similar it is to the earlier one...

same bee, same hive image, different design, etc.

and the inside... 

For this one, I used 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls on the front. I used the retired Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set on the inside along with a retired Perennial Essence Floral Center. The bee is a stamp from the kit.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a good week.
 

 

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.