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! Take to the Sky SU Demos Fun Fold Monthly Blog Hop

 Hello my FB peeps! Welcome to our monthly Stampin' Up! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop! I made this fun fold August 1 but did it in a larger size. You can see it here. Here's the scaled down version for the hop today...

The participating demonstrators are listed at the end of my post. I hope you will choose to hop along. Let me show you the larger photo of my card...

My card basis is Starry Sky card stock (retired) 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4".

The inside Designer Series is 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" cut from retired  2022-2024 In Color (Starry Sky).

I cut the front of the base from the center (2 3/4") diagonally to the bottom corners.

Next I cut a piece of Take to the Sky DSP (retired) 5 1/4" x 4", marked the center at 2 10/16" and cut diagonally to the bottom corners. I adhered the smaller triangles to the card front triangles. 

For the inside...

I cut a piece of Basic White card stock at 5 1/4" x 4", marked the center at 2 10/16" and cut diagonally to the bottom corners. I adhered the big triangle upside down to the base after stamping it with the sentiment from Unbounded Love. 

Then I took another piece of Take to the Sky DSP (5 1/4" x 4") and cut diagonally to the corners from the 2 10/16" center mark. I adhered the big triangle to the back of the front. Be sure to have your DSP going directionally when you cut. I lucked out cuz I wasn't even paying attention to the direction that the planes would be on the inside!

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

1. Debbie Mageed
2. Maria Mench
3. Karen Finkle
4. Su Mohr
5. Rae Burnet
6. Michele Deschenes
7. Beth McCullough
8. Tarabeth Carpenter
9. Mary Deatherage
10. Lisa Ann Bernard

 

Stampin' Up! Prairie Grass Shaker Card

Good morning, stamping friends. Today's card is a CASE of my upline, Mary Deatherage. I am not a shaker card fan but when I saw Mary make this yesterday, I just had to dive in. I won't go into details here because she has a pdf and video for it here. I am happy with the way mine turned out...thank you, Mary!

and for the inside... 

I'm entering my card at Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 2531.

Thank you for stopping by today and I do hope you will check out Mary's blog post for this card. 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Prairie Grass (available 9/3/25)
Card stock & Papers	Copper Clay (Last Chance); Basic White; Beautiful Gallery DSP; window sheets
Ink	VersaMark; Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories	Itty Bitty Bokeh Mix (discontinued)
Tools	Textured Note Dies; Foam Strips; WOW black embossing powder

Stampin' Up! Geared Up Garage Masculine Birthday Card

Good morning my stamping friends. Can you believe we have arrived at the end of July already? My card today was created for my 17 year old Godson who now owns a red muscle car. For the focal point on my card, I used the Geared Up Garage for a likeness of his car.

 

It's a CASE of my card that I created back in August 2022! Believe it or not, I had all the parts cut and they were inside the stamp case!

I haven't entered a challenge in awhile so I've decided to play at I Spy with My Little Eye Challenge #28. 

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll be back tomorrow for our monthly Creative Creases Challenge blog hop.

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Geared Up Garage (retired); Day to Remember (retired);
Card stock & Papers	Basic White; Basic Black; Basic Gray;  Brushed Silver Foil; Cherry Cobbler; Pattern Party DSP (retired); Black Foil (retired)
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories
Tools	Garage Gears Dies (retired)

Stampin' Up! One Wild Ride Anniversary Card

Good morning, stamping friends. Today is my daughter and son-in-love's wedding anniversary. They own a Harley so I decided to have that image play into the anniversary card for them. Hope they enjoy it and I hope you do too! Thank you for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mixed Labels (retired); One Wild Ride (retired); This Birthday Piggy (retired); Sip Sip Hooray (retired)
Card stock & Papers	Smoky Slate; Basic Black; Basic White
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black; Smoky Slate; Crumb Cake; Catherine Pooler Silver Metallic Pigment Ink; Textured Metallic Specialty Paper
Accessories	Silver Embossing Powder
Tools	EK Heart Punch; Textured Notes Dies; Mixed Labels Dies

Stampin' Up! Adventurous Sky Masculine 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 #104. We'd love to see your fun fold creation. Here's a snapshot of mine...

 

 

Let's take a closer look, shall we? 

 

I was inspired by Rose Ward and she has a video of this fold on You Tube.

Measurements:

Base - 4 1/4" x 11", score and fold at 5 1/2" and 2 3/4"; fold and burnish

Connecting Strips - 1/2" x 11" (2), score at 5 1/2", 2 3/4"

Mat for Front Flap - 2 1/2" x 4"

DSP -  2 1/4"" x  3 3/4" for front flap; 2 1/2" x 4"  for inside flap

Sentiment Panel - 2 3/4" x 4"; 4" x 5 1/4" (inside)

 

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

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Adventurous Sky (retired)
Card stock & Papers	Misty Moonlight; Night of Navy; Take to the Sky DSP (Last Chance List); Basic White
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Industrial Trinkets (Last Chance List)
Tools	Adventurous Sky Dies (Last Chance List); Word Bubbles Dies (retired)

Stampin' Up! Adventurous Sky Birthday Fun Fold 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 "for the boys/men" and we can interpret that any way we want and use any product we wish. Here is what I created for it using the Adventurous Sky Stamp Set (retired), the Adventurous Sky Dies (Last Chance List) and the Take to the Sky Designer Series Paper (Online Exclusive)...at least I think I've got the categories correct!

 

Let's look at the bigger picture, shall we?

My card base is the new Cloud Cover card stock which measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4".

I adhered a piece of the new Secret Sea card stock to "Z" part of the card. It measures 4 1/4" x  5 1/2" .Then I adhered a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Take to the Sky DSP. To that I adhered another piece of Secret Sea which measures 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" and another DSP piece that measures 3" x 4".

Using a retired Word Bubbles die, I cut the card stock for the sentiment. I stamped the sentiment from Adventurous Sky in Versa Mark and heat set it with silver embossing powder. I adhered it with a Dimensional.

The plane is cut with dies from the Adventurous Sky Dies. The body is Smoky Slate card stock and the wing portion is Brushed Silver Foil. The plane is adhered with Dimensionals.

For the inside...

 I cut a piece of Basic White card stock and made masks for the clouds once I had stamped them in Soft Sky (retired) and Smoky Slate (2nd and 3rd generation). I sponged the top portion of the panel with Pool Party Ink.

I stamped the plane and sentiments in Misty Moonlight Ink as I didn't buy the new In Color inks. The Happy Birthday is cut with a die from the above-mentioned set.

Thank you for stopping by today. Clicking on the "Previous" button will take you to Mary, and clicking on the "Next" button will take you to Amy. 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!

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

Stampin' Up! Enjoy Life Birthday Card

My card today is for a man who loves the Vikings and for the AAA Colorful Challenge #13. First let me show you AAA's Colourboard and then I'll show you my card.

 

Maybe not exactly the same but I used these inks: Poppy Parade (red); Misty Moonlight (blue); Petunia Pop (purple/pink); Lemon Lolly (yellow); Peach Pie (orange); Lost Lagoon (green/blue). You be the judge...

The palm trees are from the retired Paradise Palms Stamp Set. The bicyclist is from the retired Enjoy Life Stamp Set. The sentiments are from the retired Special Moments Stamp Set.

My card base is Gorgeous Grape cardstock. I cut the image panel out of Basic White cardstock using the largest die from the new Textured Notes die set, which is an Online Exclusive. I taped the edges before I sponged the colors. I sponged the beach at Daytona with Crumb Cake ink. Using Lost Lagoon ink, I attempted to make it look like the surf. The rest of the colors went toward the sunrise. I colored the sun with a Dark Lemon Lolly Blends.

Thank you for stopping by today and do check out the new Online Exclusives that just posted today.
 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Adventurous Sky for Amy's Inkin' Krew Monthly Blog Hop

Hello my stamping friends! Welcome to our monthly Amy's Inkin' Krew hop. Our theme for this month is "Birthday" and we can interpret that any way we want and use any product we wish. Here is what I created for it using the Adventurous Sky Stamp Set and Dies ...

 

I was inspired by my friend and upline, Amy Koenders. You can watch her create the double decker fun fold here. 

  

Card Base: Night of Navy Cardstock, cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4"

DSP: Meandering Meadows (front panel): 2 3/4" x 4"

          Splendid Autumn (front flap and last panel): 1 7/8" x 5                1/4" and 4" x 5 1/4"

Mat for Front Panel: Fresh Freesia 2 7/8" x 4 1/8"

Inside Panel: Boho Blue 3 1/2" x 4 1/4", scored at 1/2"

Scraps of Basic White for planes, front sentiment and cloud sentiment; scrap Boho Blue for front sentiment mat (cut with Deckled Circles Dies, which are retired)

Basic Gray Pearl

Thank you for stopping by today. Clicking on the "Next" button will take you to Terry Lynn, and clicking on the "Previous" button will take you to Tara. 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! 

 

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

Stampin' Up! Legendary Ride Birthday Card for Amy's Inkin' Krew Monthly Blog Hop

Hello my stamping friends! Welcome to our monthly Amy's Inkin' Krew hop. Our theme for this month is "Celebrate" and we can interpret that any way we want and use any product we wish. Here is what I created for it using the Legendary Ride Stamp Set.

My card base is Thick Basic White with a mat of Pretty Peacock embossed with the Birch Wood 3D EF.

Using the 5th largest Deckled Circle Die (I created this card prior to the Deckled Circle Dies being discontinued), I cut the mat for the sentiment from Lost Lagoon Cardstock. I cut the sentiment from Basic White Cardstock using the 4th largest die. The sentiment from Legendary Ride is stamped in Lost Lagoon ink.

The bicyles are cut with a die from Windmill Fields (retired) from Thoughtful Designs SDSP and Silver Foil. Everything is adhered with liquid glue.

For the inside...

...another sentiment from Legendary Ride stamped in Lost Lagoon.

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

Ann Louise Fodgaard

Akiko Sudano

Karen Finkle - that's me!

Christie King

Mary Deatherage

Tara Carpenter

Karen Ksenzakovic

Amy Koenders

Project Details—All Products Current SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Legendary Ride
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White; Pretty Peacock; Lost Lagoon; Thoughtful Designs Specialty Designer Series Paper; Silver Foil
Ink	Lost Lagoon
Accessories
Tools	Deckled Circles Dies; Birch Wood 3D Embossing Folder;  Windmill Fields Dies (Ret.)

Stampin' Up! Greatest Adventure Get Well Card 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 what I created for our hop...

As you can see, I flipped the sketch on its side. Let's take a closer look...

I made it into a slimline card because the locomotive and side pieces went beyond an A2 card.

My card base is Basic Gray cardstock that I stamped with a stamp from the Light the Sky Stamp Set. I used VersaMark ink to do that. It measures 8 1/2" x 7", scored and folded at 3 1/2".

My silver foil strips are embossed with the Cane Weave 3D EF. Each one measures 3/4" x 3". The Basic Black strips measure 1/4" x 3". The art panel, which is Smoky Slate cardstock, measures 5" x 3".

For the inside...

I cut a piece of Smoky Slate that measures 8 1/4" x 3 1/4" and stamped the sentiment, from the Sweetly Scripted Stamp Set, in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

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
Jaimie Babarczy
Karen Finkle - you are here!
Akiko Sudano
Karen Ksenzakovic
Tara Carpenter
Terry Lynn Bright
Carol Buckalew

Stampin' Up! Trucking Along Birthday Card for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

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

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

My Godson is turning 16 in a week. I have watched him grow from a baby to a young adult. He loves to drive his father's truck so I decided to give him one of his own...lol!

The inside...

I hope he likes it even though it's not the real deal!

Thank you for stopping by! Clicking on the "next" button will take you to the other Karen (a/k/a TOK) . 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!
Karen Ksenzakovic
Terry Lynn Bright
Carol Buckalew
Nel Thames

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Truckin' Along
Card stock & Papers	Basic White; Silver Foil
Ink	Lemon Lolly; Memento Tuxedo Black; Real Red; Blueberry Bushel; Basic Gray; Pebbled Path
Accessories
Tools	Metal 3D EF; Cut & Emboss Machine