Stampin' Up! Peaceful Pier Thinking of You Card

Good morning, peeps! Hope you had a great weekend. I saw a challenge at As You See It so I decided to play as it's been awhile! Challenge #376 is to fill in the blank..."My favourite embossing folder is _____. Well, mine is the retired Fern 3D EF. There's not a lot peeking out, but enough that the recipient will know what it is because she's a demonstrator as well. Take a look see...

Let's take a look at the inside...

Measurements:

• Card Base: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4"
• Embossed Mat: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Flower Panel Mats: 1 1/8" x 4 1/8" (2); 1" x 4 7/8"
• Flower Panels: 1" x 4" (2); 7/8" x 4 3/4" 

So, I hope you'll visit ASYI and fill in the blank.

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Pier (ret.)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White; Mossy Meadow; Rich Razzleberry (ret.); Dainty Flowers DSP (ret.)
Ink	Mossy Meadow; Rich Razzleberry (ret.)
Accessories	2026-2028 In Color Butterflies; Mossy Meadow & Gold Trim 1/4" (Ret.)
Tools	Countryside Corners Die (ret.)

Stampin' Up! Pansy Patch Birthday Card for the 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... 

 

Let's take a closer look...

I watched Erin Reed during a Summit presentation back in February and appreciated her digital print outs. I CASE'd her card and just love it! I also made a portrait version of this fold back in May 2024.

Let me show you the inside...

The strip across the top is one of her digis and the sentiments are from SU's retired Pansy Patch Stamp Set. I used Perfect Plum ink. The base is obviously purple card stock but I'm not sure what color as it was just a stray piece in my stash (I have lots of them in purples!)

Card Base: 8 1/2" x 7 1/4"; score at 5 1/2" along the 8 1/2" edge; score along the 7 1/4" at 4 1/4". With the small square at top left, mark 6" to the right and 6" to the bottom (in other words vertically). Score from those two marks to make a diagonal. If the line doesn't intersect the other score lines, you know you've done something incorrectly...ask me how I know. I practiced with scrap paper first until I figured it out...lol! 

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

Su Mohr

Mary Deatherage

Debbie Mageed

Karen Finkle

Sue Jackson

Beth McCullough

Lisa Ann Bernard

Rae Burnet

Michele Deschenes

 

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! 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! Bashful Blue Butterflies

I really didn't know what to title this post because the base, mat, ribbon and butterflies are Stampin' Up! but the card front is a beautiful digital floral that was free from Alicia McNamara  (papercraftsecrets.com.au). I'm going to enter my card in the Beautiful Blossoms #38 Anything Florals with an optional Mood Board. I would love to have a vase full of daisies...so simple but so beautiful. Take a look see... 

My card base is retired Bashful Blue with a mat of Lost Lagoon. The digital is from Alicia McNamara's Sending You Sunshine Printables. The Brushed Brass Butterflies are on SU's Last Chance list and the ribbon is Balmy Blue Organdy (retired).

The inside is quite simple...

The sentiment is from the retired Hooray for Surprises stamp set. The daisy is from the retired Daisy Lane Stamp Set and is punched with the retired Medium Daisy Punch. I colored the center with light and dark Daffodil Delight Blends.

Thank you for stopping by today and happy 1st of March. Did anyone see February fly by?
 

 

Stampin' UP! Floral Delight Birthday Card

Good Monday morning stamping friends. Today's card is a CASE of the card I made here. It's a wee bit different but the measurements and "how to" are the same. I didn't take a photo with the belly band but it was created with the smaller design side of the DSP.

The sentiments are from the retired Birthday Celebration Stamp Set and are stamped with Pool Party Ink. The daisy was punched with the retired Medium Daisy Punch. The heart and sprig were items I found in my stash...no idea from where they came!

 

The inside does not have the middle arch like the first one did. The enamel butterfly is on the inside rather than on the belly band.

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Stampin' UP! Floral Delight Fun Fold Birthday Card

Good frosty morning my stamping followers. So far, I've got nothing here in east TN except for fog and frost on the ground. I hope it stays bare and I hope you are safe wherever you are. Now, if I were back in FL, I'd be a lot warmer but it IS 34 degrees here so I'll take it! Let's put a little spring in the air today, okay? 

I just adore the Floral Delight DSP and this fun fold shows both sides. The paper is no longer available but the Everyday Arches Dies are! The butterflies are from my stash and were cut out years ago when I first started stamping.

This card is soooooo easy to create with any 12" x 12" patterned paper that you have. You can actually make two cards at one time and I did just that after being inspired by a video Claire did from Created the Ottaway (interesting craft name!).

You take one piece of 12" x 12", cut two pieces at 5 1/2" x 12" and with the 1" strip that's left, you can make two 1/2" belly bands.  You score the main pieces at 1 3/4", 4 3/4", and 7 3/4". Fold it so it looks like this...

I used the 3rd, 4th and 5th largest arch dies cutting Very Vanilla, Lemon Lolly and Pool Party card stock. The 30th was achieved by cutting Mossy Meadow card stock with dies from Birthday Celebration and Large Numbers Framelits (the TH is a stamp from Number of Years Stamp Set). Those dies and stamp set are all retired.  

The birthday stamp and front sentiment are from the retired Birthday Celebration Stamp Set.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed this fun fold. The second card I created will be posted February 2...stay tuned.

 

 

Stampin' Up! Perennial Lavender Fun Fold CASE

Oi! I had my post in draft form for today and accidentally deleted it. In any event, it was this card and you can find the how to's in this post but just in case you don't want to go there, I've included the measurements below.

 

 

Card Base - colored card stock - 6 1/2" x 5 1/2", score on long side at 2 1/4"

• Inside Base - White mat - 4" x 5 1/4"     DSP - 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" 
• Front Flap - White mat - 2" x 5 1/4"       DSP - 1 7/8" x 5 1/8"

Joy Fold Base - colored card stock - 3 5/8" x 5", score on long side at 2 1/2" 

• Inside white mat - 2 1/4" x 3 3/8"
• Outside white mat - 2 3/8" x 3 3/8"
• DSP - 3 1/8" x 2 1/8"

Corner triangle - DSP 1 3/4" x 1 3/4" cut on diagonal. 

  

The butterfly is stamped on scrap white with Highland Heather ink and edged with matching Blend. I have no idea where the butterfly stamp is from as it had no name on it, neither did the die. I don't where the other butterflies are from as they were in my embellishment stash.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a better Wednesday than I am having!

Stampin' Up! Perennial Lavender

Hello Sunday and stamping friends. This card might look familiar because it's a CASE of this. Here ya go...

 

Different DSP and different inside! Thanks for stopping by my lazy card displaying day!!

 

 

Stampin' Up! Beautiful Butterflies Birthday Card

Good Monday Morning Makeover to you, my stamping friends! Here's my makeover...

 Remember the original card?

 

Today's card just has different measurements so the flaps are square rather than rectangular. 

 

• Card Base: 4 1/4" x 11", scored and folded at 5 1/2"
• DSP Panel: 4" x 5 1/4"
• Flaps: 3 3/4" x 3 1/2"; 3 2/4" x 3", scored and folded 1/4" from edge to make a square (long sides)
• DSP for flaps 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" and 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
• Inside Panel: 4" x 5 1/4"

For the insides...

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Butterflies "Time to Celebrate"; Nature's Harvest and Harvest Dies (retired) for coneflowers; Coneflower Celebrations (inside sentiment)
Card stock & Papers	Mossy Meadow; Basic White; Bokeh DSP; Splendid Autumn DSP
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black; Pecan Pie, Daffodil Delight and Mossy Meadow Blends
Accessories	Brushed Brass Butterflies
Tools	Well Written Dies ("Happy Birthday"); Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid EF

Stampin' Up! Splendid Autumn Birthday Card for Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop

Hello my stamping friends! Welcome to our monthly Amy's Inkin' Krew hop. Our theme for this month is "Autumn Frenzy" and we can  use any product we wish. Here is what I created for it using the Splendid Autumn DSP.

 

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

My card is a CASE of Cindy Brumbaugh and she has an excellent video on the measurements and how to's here. Product I used is in the chart below the names of hoppers.

A couple of views of the inside... 

 

Thank you for stopping by today. Clicking on the "Previous" button will take you to Amy K., and clicking on the "Next" button will take you to Tara Beth. Clicking on the individual names will take you directly to each member's post. Trust me, you're in for a treat no matter what direction you hop! 

 

 List of Hoppers:

Karen Finkle - that's me!
Tara Carpenter
Christie King
Karen Ksenzakovic
Nicole Bloxom
Mary Deatherage
Ann Louise Fodgaard
Akiko Sudano
Terry Lynn Bright
Amy Koenders

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love; The Right Words; Spotlight on Nature (retired)
Card stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler; Very Vanilla; Splendid Autumn DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler; Balmy Blue
Accessories	Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds
Tools	Stylish Shapes Dies; Spotlight on Nature Dies; Iconic Dies (retired); Fern 3D EF (Last Chance)

Stampin' Up! Perennial Lavender Sympathy Card

Since I needed three sympathy cards at the same time, I decided to stick with the same DSP Pack that I used for the birthday card on Monday but do a different style. Take a look see...

 Thank you for stopping by today. 

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love;  In Your Words (retired); Textured Notes
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige; Highland Heather; Lost Lagoon; Basic White; Perennial Lavender DSP
Ink	Highland Heather; Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Brushed Brass Butterflies
Tools	Layered Florals 3D EF (retired)

Stampin' Up! Perennial Lavender for the Creative Creases Challenge Anything Goes with a Fun Fold #102

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 #102. We'd love to see your fun fold creation. Here's a snapshot of mine...

 

  

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

 

Card Base: retired Rich Razzleberry

DSP: Perennial Lavender

Sentiment: Basic Beige CS; Something Fancy Stamp Set; retired Rich Razzleberry ink; Brushed Brass Butterflies 

For the inside...

Faith Collection Stamp Set

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#102 and we hope to see your entry there! Remember, you have a month to participate.

Stampin' Up! Beautiful Butterflies Easter Card

Good Monday make over...at least that's what I'm considering this card. It may be a stretch but I did use the same Hybrid EF that I used for this card. When I cut the black butterfly for that card, there was residue left from the card stock. I have never had that happen before but I liked the look. Take a look see...

 

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	retired Easter Bunny; retired Easter Message
Card stock & Papers	Fresh Freesia; Basic Black; Basic White; Beautiful Bokeh DSP
Ink	Fresh Freesia and Pecan Pie Blends; Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories	White Embossing Powder; Brushed Brass Butterflies
Tools	Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid EF; Dimensionals

Stampin' Up! Beautiful Butterflies Easter Card

Good mid-week day, peeps! I've got another Easter card for you today. This one is yet another for a shut in. There seems to be a number of those these days. I know cards bring a smile to their faces so it's something I love to do. Take a look see...

 

and for the inside...

There are a number of videos on You Tube that show you how to use the Beautiful Buttterflies Stamp Set, Dies and Hybrid Folder so I hope you'll check them out.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you'll return tomorrow for our weekly Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop. 

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Butterflies; retired Easter Bunny (sentiments)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White; Basic Black; Fresh Freesia; Beautiful Bokeh DSP
Ink	Berry Burst; Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Brushed Brass Butterflies
Tools	Beautiful Butterflies dies

Stampin' Up! Beautiful Butterflies for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

 Thank you for stopping here from wherever you came!! We have a sketch challenge for you today and here is a thumbprint of what I created for our hop...

 

Let's take a closer look...

Well, you know the why of my design, but do you know the why of my colors? Yes, they came from Jaydee at The Paper Players Challenge!

I'm also hoping CAS on Sunday: Challenge#304|Watercoloring will like that I chose to use watercolored butterflies and a watercolored sentiment panel. 

My card base is Basic White 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". I embossed it with the 3D Fern EF. I also embossed the 5 1/4" x 2" piece of Beautiful Bokeh DSP (Daffodil Delight) with the Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid EF. 

I watercolored a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper with a paint brush I had in my tool box. The inks I used were Balmy Blue, Bubble Bath and Lost Lagoon. These colors were used for the butterflies. I die cut them with a die from the Beautiful Butterflies Dies after I had stamped them (using the same color inks) with a stamp from the Beautiful Butterflies Photopolymer Stamp Set. I left a portion white  so I could watercolor it with another pastel color, Peach Pie. 

Once it dried, I stamped the sentiment, using Fresh Freesia ink, with part of a stamp from the photopolymer Spring Corner Stamp Set. Then I punched it out with the Modern Oval Punch. I adhered it with Dimensionals. I also adhered the three butterflies with Dimensionals.

I decided to finish the inside for an Easter card to be sent to one of our church shutins.

I used the retired Easter Friends Stamp Set to stamp the chick in Daffodil Delight. The sentiment "Happy Easter, Happy Spring" comes from the retired Timeless Tulips Stamp Set.

Thank you for stopping by! Clicking on the "next" button will take you to Akiko. Clicking on the names listed below will take you directly to team members and their projects. I hope you enjoy all the creativity.

 

Amy Koenders
Mary Deatherage
Karen Finkle - you are here!
Akiko Sudano
Karen Ksenzakovic
Tara Carpenter
Terry Lynn Bright