Stampin' Up! Halloween Birthday for Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop

 Welcome to the AIK monthly blog hop. Our theme for this month is "Halloween Fun" 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 creation...

  

 Let's take a closer look, shall we?

I'm still sticking to my goal of using my retired Paper Pumpkin Kits. This one is from September 2020 named "Hello Pumpkin". I was inspired by Linda Bedinger. Everything was from the kit with the exception of the "Birthday" sentiment, which is from the retired May 2018 Manly Moments PP Kit. The cardstock is Basic Black with a mat of retired Mango Melody cardstock. The art panel is Basic White. The ink is retired Mango Melody. 

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

Karen Finkle - that's me!

Tara Carpenter

Mary Deatherage 

Charlene Tackvic

Karen Ksenzakovic

Christie King

Ann Louise Fodgaard

Nicole Bloxom

Amy Koenders

Stampin' Up! Glow of Harvest Birthday Card for the Stampin' Up! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop

Welcome to our monthly SU Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop. If you love fun folds, you have come to the right place! The list of hoppers is at the end of my post and I do hope you'll hop along. I'm sure you'll be in for a real treat. Here is what I created... 

  

 Susan Campfield calls this fun fold an Overlay Fun Fold. I used different measurements for mine. Let's take a closer look... 

and the inside...

Measurements:

Calypso Coral: Card Base: 5 1/4" x 5 1/2", score at 1 1/4"; Front Flap 3 1/2" x 4"

Glow of Harvest Top DSP: 5" x 1"

Side DSP: 3/4" x 4" (2)

Front DSP: 3 1/4" x 3 3/4" 

2026-2028 In Color Pearlized Specialty Paper: Scrap for sentiment 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you'll participate in the hop. Here's the list of hoppers! 

Su Mohr

Debbie Mageed

Beth McCullough

Karen Finkle - that's me!

Lisa Ann Bernard

Mary Deatherage

Tara Carpenter

Sue Jackson

  

roject Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Painted Pumpkins (available 9/1/26)
Card stock & Papers	Calypso Coral; Basic White; 2026-2028 In Color Pearlized Specialty Paper; Glow of Harvest Specialty DSP(Product of the Month)
Ink	Cajun Craze
Accessories	Painted Patch Adhesive-Backed Dots (available 9/1/26)
Tools	Spotlight on Nature Dies

Stampin' Up! Patriotic Birthday and Anniversary Cards

Good morning, stamping friends! Can you believe  we are headed into the 4th of July weekend? I have friends who celebrate a birthday and anniversary around the 4th so I created these cards for them.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will have a happy and safe 4th of July celebration. Wow, the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." I think there are many people who have forgotten this, don't you? Happy birthday, America.

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! He's the Man Birthday Card

Good morning my stamping peeps! It seems like it's been forever since I made a card. I've been working on my great grandson's album of the first year of his life. My card today is for my son-in-love. It's not the greatest card I've made because I'm not an artist, but it was fun. Take a look see...

and the inside...

 I used my Brother label maker for the sentiment on the front. I adhered it to piece of Crumb Cake card stock that I cut with a Tasteful Labels die.

 

The inside ephemera pieces are from the retired He's the Man Specialty DSP. Again, I used my Brother label maker and a stamp from the BBQ Master Stamp Set. I hope he likes the card but I know he'll like the check inside it...lol!

 

Thank you for stopping by today. 

 

Stampin' Up! Relaxing Waterside Birthday Card for Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop

 Welcome to the AIK monthly blog hop. Our theme for this month is "Celebrate Summer" 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 creation...

 

I'm still sticking to my goal of using a Paper Pumpkin Kit at least once a month! This is an alternative for the July 2023 kit, Fun in the Sun. I was inspired by Rachel Tessman.

Let's take a closer look... 

My Lemon Lolly card base is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". The Basic White part of the card is 3 3/4" x 11", scored and folded at 5 1/2". The Lemon Lolly mat is 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". The images are from the punch outs in the kit. I stamped the sentiment on the Adirondack chair in Crumb Cake using a stamp from the May-August 2026 catalog (Relaxing Waterside).

 

The inside...

More sentiments from Relaxing Waterside and more punch outs from the kit.

Thank you for stopping by today. Clicking on the "Next" button will take you to Tara Carpenter. 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. Karen Finkle- that's me!
4. Tara Carpenter
5. Nicole Bloxom
6. Mary Deatherage
7. Charlene Tackvic
8. Ann Louise Fodgaard
9. Amy Koenders

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 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! Pocketful of Cheer Birthday Card

Good morning, peeps! Did you enjoy the first day of spring yesterday? I did because I made this card and I feel like it is very springy! I'm keeping true to my Paper Pumpkin Kit monthly goal. This one is an alternative to the March 2016 Pocketful of Cheer kit. As I mentioned in another post, I bought lots of refills. I mistakenly said I had 4 but in counting yesterday, I have 7. What was I thinking? In any event, here's my card...

In addition to the kit contents, I used a retired Pearlized Doily cut in half. On the inside I used the retired Happiest of Birthdays stamp set.

I will be putting together 10 kits of this card for my PEO widows group in April. I don't think any of them have ever made a card before so I think I kept their first adventure quite simple. What do you think?

Here are the deets:

Card base from PP kit: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", folded at 4 1/4"

Floral strips from kit envelope: 3/4" x 3 3/4"

Self-adhesive Bermuda Bay Banner from kit

Basic White Card Stock Banner: Cut 3 3/4" x 1/2" 

Striped Banner cut from belly band in kit: cut 2 3/4" x 5/8"

Stamp image from kit on square provided in kit

Adhere 2 polka dot banners from kit to back of square

Adhere strips, 1/2 doily, 3 banners to card front

Adhere square to card front using Dimensionals

Adhere 3 kit pearls to front

Inside: Adhere (2) 1/4" x 4" floral strips cut from kit envelope and stamp with retired Happiest of Birthdays Stamp Set 

Thank you for stopping by today and I appreciate any comments that you leave. 

Stampin' Up! Enjoy Life Birthday Card

Good Tuesday morning, stamping friends. I got out a number of retired stamp sets for my card today. I have a friend who LOVES riding and marathons so this card is for him! I hope he doesn't see my blog. His wife might but I know she can keep a secret!! Take a look see...

I was inspired by Lisa Brown's layout and the fact that these In Colors are retiring. My card base is Shy Shamrock with a Basic Black mat. The Basic White panel was cut with a die from Textured Notes (on the Last Chance list). The mats for the white squares are Summer Splash, Petunia Pop, Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock and Pretty in Pink. I will especially miss the purple and pink. The sentiment is from the retired Not 29 Anymore Stamp Set. The images are from the retired Enjoy Life Stamp Set. The squares were cut with the Stylish Shapes dies. I will cry when they retire (hopefully they won't!). I sponged the Basic White with all the In Colors.

For the inside...

The first two sentiments are from the Not 29 Anymore, the third is from the retired Legendary Ride Stamp Set, the butterflies, cyclist and "grass" are from the Enjoy Life set. The butterflies were stamped with retired inks...Elegant Eggplant and Wild Wheat. My friend is a die hard Vikings fan! The "grass" is stamped with Shy Shamrock and everything else is Memento Tuxedo Black.

Thank you for stopping by today.
 

Stampin' UP! The Right Words Birthday Card for Amy's Inkin' Krew Blog Hop

 Welcome to the AIK monthly blog hop. Our theme for this month is "Birthday" 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... 

 

The DSP is Nature Walk and it's similar to the card I posted here. My card base is Very Vanilla. I adhered the pieces of DSP to a mat of Very Vanilla.

The arch was die cut from the Everyday Arches set.  The stamp sets I used are the Branching Out (retired) and The Right Words. 

I used Secret Sea ink for the sentiments and Pool Party to sponge the arch and the inside liner. Take a look see...

Thank you for stopping by today. Clicking on the "Next" button will take you to Karen K. I call her TOK (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!

 

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

 

Stampin' Up! Lovely Blossoms 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 #112. We'd love to see your fun fold creation. Here's mine... 

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

This will look familiar to my teammie and upline, Mary Deatherage, as it is a CASE of her card. She has a video on how to put it together here. 

Supplies used:

Cloud Cover Card stock: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (card base); 4 1/4" x 11", scored at 2", 3 3/4", 7 1/4"; 9" to create gate fold card

Secret Sea Card stock: mat 2 1/2" x 3 5/8"

Basic White Card stock: mat 2 3/8" x 3 1/2" ; sentiment 1/2" x 2 3/8"; liner 3 3/8" x 4 1/8"

Crumb Cake Card stock: mat 2 3/4" x 3 7/8"

Lovely Blossoms DSP: 3 7/8" x 4 1/8"; 1 7/8" x 4 1/8" (2); 7/8" x 4 1/8" (2); flower image 2 1/8" x 3 1/4" 

Embellishment: Faux Bronze Pentagon

The stamp set I used is the Not 29 Anymore, which just retired 2/3/26.

I'm entering my card in Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 2605. 

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#112 and we hope to see your entry there!   

 

Stampin' UP! Valentine Birthday Card

Happy Saturday peeps! I have many friends celebrating birthdays around Valentine's Day that I thought this card would be appropriate. Take a look see... 

My card base is Bubble Bath card stock. On a piece of Basic White card stock, with Lovely Lipstick Ink (retired), I sponged the back side of a Heart Doily (retired) in the bottom corner. Then I adhered that doily to the top corner.

Using The Right Words Stamp Set, I stamped the two sentiments in Strawberry Slush. For the inside...

I sponged the corners of a piece of Basic White card stock with Strawberry Slush ink and cut out three Bubble Bath hearts with the retired Country Bouquet Punch. The sentiments are from the Not 29 Anymore Stamp Set. I seem to know a lot of friends who are not 29 anymore...lol. 

Thank you for stopping by today. 

 

Stampin' Up! and Kendra Morgan Meet Up for 2026

Wow, we're into the third day of the year already...lol! My card today is for my pastor's birthday. He loves to wear plaid ties and Kendra Morgan had a digital plaid that looked almost like one he wears. I had a left-over Scripture card from Taylored Expressions so I colored it and added it to the card front with a stamp from SU's Branching Out.

 Thank you for stopping by today and do you have any leftovers?

Stampin' Up! Timeless Tidings Project Kit Finale!!!

Here it is, the moment you and I have been waiting for...the end of the Kit and the end of 2025. I have already accomplished some goals for 2026. More on that later but for now ta da...

 

Poinsettia Petals & Not 29 Anymore 

Brightest Glow & Ornamental Pines

 

Beautiful Butterflies & Birthday Blooms  

Did you get a sense of fireworks? I certainly did!!! I am so happy this Kit has vanished. I managed to get more cards than the kit allowed by creating alternatives. Kits are great for beginning stampers AND all the GOAT's. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you in 2026...it's only a card away! Stay safe New Year's Eve! 

 

Stampin' Up! Cake Day Birthday Card for the Stampin' Up! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop

Hello my FB peeps! Welcome to our monthly Stampin' Up! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop!! It's the last one of the year but I'm sure 2026 will be even better!!! 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, shall we?

 

 and for inside of the cake...

 

and the inside of the card...

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

1. Karen Finkle - that's me!
2. Su Mohr
3. Mary Deatherage
4. Debbie Mageed
5. Tara Carpenter
6. Lisa Ann Bernard
7. Sue Jackson
8. Michele Deschenes

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cake Day; Unbounded Love (ret.)
Card stock & Papers	Early Espresso; Basic White; Lemon Lolly; Crushed CurryBeautiful Bokeh DSP
Ink
Accessories	Doilies (ret.)
Tools	Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret.); 1/2" circle punch (ret.); Cake Day Dies