Mystery Card Challenge #11
Hello Stamping Friends,
New hostess code starting March 31: DJRYFBKM
I have another Mystery Card for you today. Our club members (and guests) meet by Zoom on the last Tuesday of each month and share the cards we have been making along with the swaps we have received, and then some choose to do a Mystery Card challenge. I send out the card cuts ahead of time, everyone chooses colors and papers and greetings and then I walk them through how to put the Mystery Card together.
Mystery Card Challenge #11 click on the blue for a printable pdf
It is a pocket card!
Here are the ones I made followed by the cards made by those who joined me on Zoom!
I used the Tasteful Labels Dies for the front greeting layers with a Thank You from the ‘Handsomely Suited’ stamp set. The Wishing You The Very Best greeting is in the ‘Friends Are Like Seashells’ stamp set and the STAMPING sentiment is in the ‘Stamping Your Way To The Top’ stamp set. The Designer Series Paper is from a Sale A Bration (SAB) 12 X 12 paper pack. The papers were just beautiful this year. I hope you have more than one pack in your stash!
Joy Meadows used a different DSP from the same 12 X 12 SAB pack and used Glittered Organdy Ribbon. I like how she put a little piece of the ribbon on the top of the insert!
Sharon Fincham added extra layers and used the greeting from ‘Hey Girlfriend’ with beautiful Organdy Striped Ribbon!
. Lori Moore used paper from a different pack of Sale A Bration DSP and cut flowers from the Pretty Perennials stamp set (with dies) in the Jan-June mini catalog and layered the flowers on a Tasteful Labels die.
. Jo Brooks had a designer series paper with a white back so she stamped a design to add beauty! She used the Story Label punch for the greeting.
Do we sell those pretty ribbons?
Yes, Sal, we do and they are carrying forward in the new catalog that starts May 4! There is a wonderful pack of Baker’s Twine in the new catalog as well.
Yes, again! It is a privilege of being a demonstrator and we will be able to preorder from the new annual catalog April 1 so we can prepare for our events.
Would any of you like to join our team of ‘Carin Crafters’ and get all your supplies at a discounted price plus enjoy the many other benefits of being a demonstrator – like being the first to see the new catalogs and being able to attend special events put on by Stampin’ Up! (virtual this year but fun travels in the past!). You will have access to the demonstrator website where Stampin’ Up! gives you all the information you need to be a successful business demonstrator or a well informed hobby demonstrator.
Also, contact me if you would like to be part of a club. Text 303-815-0838 or email [email protected]. We start a new rotation in May for the current club and there are openings, or you can start a club with your own group of friends. I design cards for each of your parties and we meet virtually or in person to make the cards together.
Thank you for giving me a bit of your time. I hope the cards have inspired you to start creating!
New hostess code starting March 31: DJRYFBKM. Use this code if your order is under $150 and we won’t leave free dollars on the table. If your order is $150 or more you will earn the free hostess dollars yourself so you don’t need a hostess code.
Have a wonderful day!
SAL, Singing A Lullaby to put winter to bed!
Karen
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Easter Swap Cards
Hello Stamping Friends,
HAPPY EASTER!! What a joyous time as we celebrate that Jesus is alive and He provided the sacrifice for all our sins!!
I will share my Easter swap card and the swap cards from the club. Jo and Sharon sent their April swap cards early so I have extra cards for you to enjoy!
The lily is the inside petals of the Poinsettia Place DSP we had in the last mini catalog.
I used several retired and retiring products knowing the message was more important than product presentation.
The base is Purple Posy which will retire May 3 but the Ornate Layers Dies do not retire so that is good news.
Recipe:
Note: DSP is an acronym for Designer Series Paper
- Stamp Sets: Easter Message, Teeny Tiny Wishes, His Grace.
- Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Memento Black.
- Dies: Ornate Layers, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Detailed Bands (oval), Banner Blooms (stem).
- Embossing Folder: Tasteful Textile 3D or Subtle.
- Base: Purple Posy, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, Scored at 2″, 3″, 5 1/2″ and 6 1/2″. Note: This is 3/8 inch more than a standard card but I found it was easy to fold our standard envelope just 3/8″ more to send the card. This size allowed the card to have a nice background for the Ornate borders without the lacy edges hanging over.
- Side Layers (X2): Plain Oh So Ombre purple, 2 (minus a hair) X 5 1/2. The score line creates the need for just a hair less than the 2″ side. I used the darker at the bottom and cut 1/2″ off the dark bottom of the 6 X 6 DSP to start (you will use part of this piece later so don’t toss it).
- Side Ornate Border (X2): Very Vanilla, 2 X 5, Die cut with Ornate Border.
- Inside Layer of Side Ornate Border (X2): Oh So Ombre circles on purple DSP, 1 X 4.
- Top Ornate Border: Very Vanilla, 5 3/4 X 2 3/4, Die Cut with Ornate Border.
- Inside Layer of Top Ornate Border: Plain Oh So Ombre Purple DSP, 3 5/8 X 1 1/2, Cut this piece in half lengthwise (3/4″) for each side of cross and then place both halves in your paper cutter at the same time to cut 1″ off the lighter end so that you have two matching pieces that are 1 X 3/4 and two pieces that are 2 5/8 X 3/4. Glue these 4 pieces to the edges of the wood tone paper leaving a 3/8″ cross.
- Cross: Natural Touch Specialty Paper, 1 7/8 X 4, glue this to the Ornate Border.
- Base of cross: Plain Oh So Ombre, 1/2 X 1 7/8, Use a piece of the dark end that you cut off, glue this piece to the Ornate Border leaving the same border as the top.
- Once all your pieces are glued to the Very Vanilla Ornate Border, run the layer through an embossing folder. I used Tasteful Textiles for this one but switched to the Subtle 3D embossing folder for the others I made to make the texture more — well — subtle! Glue this directly to the middle.
- Greetings: Very Vanilla Strip, 1 3/4 X 8 1/2, stamp the dove and John 3:16 from His Grace stamp set, He Is Not Here from Easter Message Stamp Set, and Happy Easter from Teeny Tiny wishes on the vanilla strip. Fussy cut the dove, and use the Stitched Rectangle to cut the two side greetings and the oval from the Detailed Bands dies to cut He is Not Here.
- Lily: Poinsettia Place DSP, fussy cut the inside petals of one of the poinsettias or cut one of the small poinsettias in the paper and add an extra petal since lilies have six petals.
- Greenery: Garden Green, 1 1/2 X 2, Die cut two stems using the solid stem in Banner Blooms. Attach to the back of the lily and then pop up the lily in the middle of the cross.
- Dove: Very Vanilla, fussy cut from the strip shown at greetings, color the branch green and pop up above cross.
- Embellshments: Heart Charm, use Tombow on the flat side and let it sit to get good and tacky then attach. I also added three rhinestones here and there.
The three greetings, the lily, and the dove are all popped up with dimensionals, all the other pieces are glued down. Try not to get glue on the sides of the ornate borders so they look a bit lacy. I put Tombow glue in the middle back of the ornate pieces and then use a scrap piece of cardstock to spread the Tombow glue just to the edge of the middles.
How did something that looks so simple turn into so many words?
I know, Sal, but I like to add all the little tips that can help someone else make the card; especially knowing that I am that someone and might want to make half a dozen more.
Let’s look at some swaps.
Jo Brooks used Mountain Air and His Grace stamp sets with the Majestic Mountains dies, the Cross of Hope Dies and the Word Wishes dies. I love how she sponged the background!
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Sharon Fincham used the Wreath Builder dies for her Easter card swap, the dies make perfectly shaped eggs!
Lucille’s swap is the cutest little bunny!
Joy Meadow’s swap card looks quite springy with the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper. She said this fun fold is quite easy to make; we will have to try it someday.
Jo Brook’s March swap was an adorable St. Patrick’s Day card using the Word Wishes Dies and a fun gnome/leprechaun!
Lori Moore’s swap uses the Pretty Perennials stamp set in the JJ mini. The set has the big ‘happy’ word and then little words you can use with it- ‘birthday’, ‘mail’, ‘for you’, ‘you make me’, ‘sending lots of’.
Suzi Walker used the Pretty Perennials set, as well, with the matching Perennial Petals Dies. The DSP on the white is embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. I am longing for spring flowers like these:
Sharon Fincham did an amazing card with a fun pop up center. She used the ‘Hey Girlfriend’ stamp set in the JJ mini:
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Great job everyone! All the cards are beautiful and such an inspiration.
And now do we get to see the Mystery cards you all made yesterday?
Well, Sal, I think I will start a new post so we don’t overwhelm our readers.
Thank you for spending some time with me and some of my club members today. Would you like to join a club or create one for you and your friends. Our club rotation starts again in May and we would love to have you join. Contact me by text at 303-815-0838 or email [email protected].
The hostess code for today and April is: DJRYFBKM
The retired list has been posted and the best way to see what is still available is to go to my online store – click on little Sal in the computer – and click on specials. The list is already outdated with things that have sold out so best to just head to the store!
Have a wonderful day and a blessed Easter!
SAL, sharing a love of Jesus
Karen
Retiring Products in Annual Catalog
Hello Stamping Friends,
- Most (not all) the bundles retire, as do suites, but the individual stamp sets and dies may still carryover to the next catalog
- All the In Color 2019-2021 products retire
- Everything is available only while supplies last
I have provided a link to the online store so you can scroll through the product pictures but be careful to note if it is a French set that is listed and not the English. Many times the French retires but the English set carries over.
Here is a pdf link if you prefer going through your catalog page by page:
The hostess code for March is A3VBV4QZ.
I hope you can grab some special sales and check off that wish list!
The new catalog goes live May 4.
SAL, Saying A Last goodbye
Karen. (Click on little Sal in the computer to go directly to the online store and then click on specials)
March Stamp A Stack with Hey Birthday Chick and Butterfly Bouquet
Hello Stamping Friends,
March Hostess Code: A3VBV4QZ
Woo hoo! We met in person for a Stamp A Stack last week. I limited the class size but it was great to be together again.
Click to see the Youtube video with a special appearance by the Darling Donkey on a birthday card:
Yes, Sal, I posted my first Youtube video- YAY! It was a New Year’s Resolution and I did it –finally. So join me on youtube and click the subscribe button to see any new videos I post.
Do you want to see just one of these cards? Drag your scrolling button to these starting minutes:
- 20:46 Happy Birthday with the chick and the cupcake
- 33:01 Balloon chick with the cornstalk
- 52:59 Darling Donkey & Chick dies for a birthday card (Not in the picture)
- 57:02 Three Butterflies Friend Card with Butterfly Bijou DSP
- 01:13:00 Single Butterfly Diagonally cut Butterfly Bijou DSP
The first 20 minutes I do a quick review of all four cards and the products used.
Recipe for the Happy Birthday Chick with the Cupcake, 20:46 on video
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- Base: Night of Navy, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
- Full Layer: Basic White, 5 1/4 X 4 (make 2)
- Background Square: Night of Navy, 3 1/4 X 3 1/4 -glued straight
- Middle Square: Playing With Patterns DSP, 3 X 3 – glued at an angle
- Top Square: Basic White, 2 1/2 X 2 1/2, glued straight
- Chick with Cupcake: Basic White, 2 1/2 X 2 1/2, stamp in Tuxedo Memento Black, colored with Stampin’ Blends- Daffodil Delight, Lt & Dk Mango Melody, Lt Highland Heather, Coastal Cabana, Lt Seaside Spray, Lt Smoky Slate
- Happy Birthday: Night of Navy, 2 1/4 X 1, placed on same size foam adhesive sheet and cut with die
- Streamers: Purple Posy, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, 3 X 3/4, make one of each color
- Embellishments: Playing With Patterns Resin Dots
- Inks: Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Tuxedo Memento Black
Recipe for the Balloon Chick with the cornstalk, 33:01 on video
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Cased from Akiko Sudano of Stampin’ In the Meadows
- Base: Terracotta Tile, 4 1/4 X 11, scored at 5 1/2
- Layer 1: Natural Touch Specialty Paper, 4 X 5 1/4
- Layer 2: Basic White, 3 1/2 X 4 3/4, Before adhering any of the cut out pieces, stamp Happy Birthday at the bottom, sponge with So Saffron and Balmy Blue blending brushes, and then emboss with Tasteful Textile embossing folder
- Inside Layer: Basic White, 4 X 5 1/4
- Inside Strip: Natural Touch Specialty Paper, 3/4 X 5 1/4
- Chicken with balloon: Thick Basic White, 2 3/4 X 4 1/4, stamped in Memento Black and colored with Stampin’ Blends, Ivory for the body leaving the head white, Dk Mango Melody for the feet and beak, Dk Pumpkin Pie for the balloon and top feathers
- Corn stalk and 3 husks: Granny Apple Green, 1 1/2 X 4 1/2
- 2 Chicks and 3 corns: Daffodil Delight, 1 1/4 X 3
- Grain Sacks: Crumb Cake, 1 1/2 X 2 3/4
- Streamer: Terracotta Tile, 3 X 3/4, color each end with black marker for eyes of chicks
Recipe for the Darling Donkey Double Z Fold Birthday card, 52:59 on video
Cased from Akiko Sudano of Stampin in the Meadows with a few changes:
- Base: Crumb Cake, 4 1/4 X 11, score 5 1/2 and 2 3/4
- Front Z fold strip: Crumb Cake, 1 1/8 X 11, score 2 3/4 and 5 1/2
- Panels: Oh So Ombre Bermuda Bay, 2 5/8 X 3 1/4, make 2 for first two panels
- Back Panel: Oh So Ombre Bermuda Bay, 2 3/4 X 3 1/4, make 1 – fits tight to the white panel
- White Panel: Basic White, 2 5/8 X 4 1/8
- Bottom Z fold strip panels: Forever Fern DSP, 1 X 5 3/8 , 1 X 2 5/8 (make 4)
- Cornstalks and corn husks: Granny Apple Green, 4 X 5 1/4, make four stalks and 12 husks
- Corn: So Saffron, 3/4 X 4, make 12
- Henhouse: Crumb Cake, 1 3/4 X 2 1/2, colored with Crumb Cake and Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends
- Sign: Crumb Cake, 2 X 2, sponge the edges with crumb cake ink
- Fences: Basic White, 3/4 X 7, make 3, color edges with Lt Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend
- Donkey: Basic White, 2 X 2 1/2, colored with Lt Crumb Cake and Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends
- Stamp Sets: Birds-Beautiful Moments stamp set; Darling Donkey stamp set, Hey Birthday Chick Stamp set and Hey Chick Dies, Many Messages stamp set and Messages dies
- Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black, Balmy Blue to sponge behind the greeting, and crumb cake to sponge sign and ground
Recipe for the Three Butterfly Friend card, 57:02 on video
This card is cased from Mary Deatherage at Stamps N Lingers with changes to the greeting and the greenery, the number of butterflies and the inside but essentially the same.
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- Base: Misty Moonlight, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, score at 4 1/4
- Border Layer: Basic Black, 4 X 5 1/4, you will build your card on this layer and then pop it up on the base
- Top Layer: Butterfly Bijou, 5 1/8 X 3 3/4, die cut with second largest Stitched With Whimsy Die and then cut at 1 1/2 to make two top pieces glued directly to the Basic Black with a 1/8″ gap. This gives a 1/16″ border.
- Greeting: Basic White, 3 1/4 X 2 1/4, die cut with second largest Stitched Shape Oval Die
- Greenery: Mint Macaron, 1 3/4 X 3 1/2, stamped with a Forever Fern stamp and die cut with Forever Flourishing Die
- Inside Layer: Basic White, 5 1/8 X 4, Die cut with the 2 3/4 X 1 1/4 Stitched With Whimsy Die to make a frame for the inside greeting. Two small butterflies are fussy cut from a sheet of the Butterfly Bijou DSP.
- Bottom Inside Strip: Basic Black, 1 1/8 X 5 1/8
- Bottom Inside Strip Top Layer: Butterfly Bijou DSP to match the front DSP, 7/8 X 5; this will give you the 1/16″ border on the left and right and a 1/8″ border on the top and bottom to match the 1/8″ gap on the front
- Embellishments: Three little white resin hearts colored with Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blend
- Stamp Sets: Waterfront and Forever Fern
- Ink: Shaded Spruce
Recipe for the Single Butterfly Diagonally cut DSP card, 01:13:00 on video
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- Base: Magenta Madness, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, score at 4 1/4
- Top Layer: Butterfly Bijou DSP, 5 1/4 X 4, cut diagonally one way, use sticky note to hold that cut in place and cut diagonally the other way to create triangles
- Inside Layer: Basic White, 5 3/8 X 4 1/8, to leave the same border as the front
- Inside Strip: Butterfly Bijou DSP, 1 1/4 X 4 1/8
- Inside Top Layer of strip: Butterfly Bijou DSP, 3/4 X 4 1/8
- Greeting: Basic White, 2 X 1/2, Many Messages stamp set and Messages Dies
- Inside Greeting: Fancy Phrases stamp set
- Square Vellum Doilies: 1 glued on with four glue dots in the middle
- White Twine: 24″
- Butterfly from the Butterfly Bijou DSP cut with the matching Brilliant Wings Die
- Three Pink Pastel Pearls and one small Black Matte Dot for the head of the butterfly
Here is another example with a different piece of Butterfly Bijou DSP and the largest of the butterflies on the Butterfly Bijou DSP:
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The outside greeting is another of the Many Messages stamp set and the inside is from the Fancy Phrases stamp set.
I hope you enjoyed these cards and want to make some of the same yourself!
Club is the next event on the second Tuesday of April and it is the last rotation for our club members. Would you like to join a club? Contact me by email: stampal[email protected] or by text 303-815-0838 if you are interested.
If you are delighted by the idea of creating beautiful cards, I invite you to join my Stampin’ Up! downline –Carin’ Crafters and be inspired to learn and help others learn the tricks of the trade!! Click the ‘Join’ tab at the top of the blog.
Thank you for spending time with me today!
SAL, Stamp A Lot with Stampalosopher
Karen
Click to go to the online store: March Hostess Code: A3VBV4QZ
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Free Shipping for 24 hours only, March 17
Hello Stamping Friends,
The hostess code for March is : A3BVB4QZ. Use this code if your order is under $150. Over $150 and you will receive the hostess rewards yourself. The code lets us combine all the small orders so we don’t leave hostess dollars on the table.
From what catalogs can I still order?
Good question, Sal. We have lots of options for tomorrow’s free shipping. I have linked them up here:
-The Jan – June Mini catalog has oodles of awesome products available until June 30
-The Annual Catalog is valid through May 3. Though we don’t know yet what stamp sets are retiring, we do know all the In Colors for 2019-2021 are retiring and all their matching products- ink, reinkers, cardstock, and embellishments so you may want to get these retiring products tomorrow with free shipping. These colors retire:
- Rococo Rose
- Terracotta Tile
- Pretty Peacock
- Seaside Spray
- Purple Posy
Stampin’ Up! usually retires all the designer series paper (DSP) at the end of each catalog.
-The Beginner Brochure is valid through May 3.
-The Hey Chick and Hey Birthday Chick specials are valid through June 30.
-The Butterfly Bouquet special is available through May 3, after which the stamps and dies will be available in the new Annual Catalog but the Butterfly Bijou designer series paper (DSP) and the Natural Touch Specialty DSP will be gone forever. The dies cut out beautiful butterflies from the Butterfly Bijou DSP.
Right-O! Stay tuned for the next post!
- And there is also the Clearance Rack with a few items still available.
Check them all out and order with free shipping starting at one minute after midnight tonight. I am going to have my order ready and waiting so I can just hit the submit button.
The hostess code for March is : A3BVB4QZ.
Thank you for spending some time with me today. If you don’t have a demonstrator, I would be honored to help you with your crafting needs! Click on little Sal in the computer to go to my online store.
SAL, Shipping A Lot tomorrow for free
Karen
Butterfly Brilliance
Hello Stamping Friends,
Stampin’ Up! has a new offering this month that is so cheerful we won’t be sad about the end of Sale-A-Bration!
Drum Roll………
Butterfly Brilliance Bundle
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The ‘Butterfly Brilliance’ stamp set and ‘Brilliant Wings Dies’ are a sneak peak of products in the new annual catalog coming May 4! However, the ‘Butterfly Bijou Designer Series Paper’ and the ‘Natural Touch Specialty Paper’ will only be available through May 3 so get them now and get 10% off the bundle! Use hostess code A3VBV4QZ.
I have openings left at the Stamp A Stack on March 10th at 10:00 or at 1:00. You will make two cards with this bundle and two with the Hey Birthday Chick Bundle. Space is limited to four people per session so sign up soon. Cost is $15. You can also order the card kits from me with full directions and get the bundles online at my store to have the stamps. The Take A Break Tuesday Facebook Live, March 9, 9:30, will guide you through construction of the four cards. Text 303-815-0838 to RSVP for the March 10th event or to order the kits.
Of course!
This is a unique stamp set with dies. All the butterflies are connected on the cling stamp and one of the dies has all the butterflies connected as well, so you can stamp them and then cut them out with one fell swoosh of the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine. The dies also have the individual butterflies to cut them out in beautiful detail.
Even better is the designer series paper with sheets of paper that have the butterflies perfectly aligned on the sheets to cut out with the die. There are 8 sheets per design so you will have lots of butterflies from the paper before you need to stamp butterflies. Of course some of the other designs on the paper have a beautiful water color look and you may want to stamp your butterflies and water color them to match! So many options with this special set offered just in time for spring (March 20) and Easter (April 4).
Here’s another look at the Hey Chick and Hey Birthday Chick Bundles we will be using at the Stamp A Stack:
Hey, I see a little baby chick in those dies that is an extra die beyond the stamps!
He is cute Sal, and the Happy Birthday die and streamers can be used on many cards! Of course we could build a whole barnyard scene with the fence and chicken coop, chicken wire, and corn stalks! Check out these samples and visit Pinterest for more…
Join me March 10 to make two butterfly and two chick cards!
Use hostess code A3VBV4QZ if you would like to order these this month!
SAL, Share A Love of stamping with someone today
Karen (click on Sal in the computer to go to my online store)
February Mystery Card #10
Hello Stamping Friends,
Hostess code for March: A3VBV4QZ
On the last Tuesday of each month I have a Zoom meeting to chit chat with one another, talk about the swap cards we made and do a Mystery Card Challenge. Those challenges started up during COVID and were a fun way to craft together on Zoom.
Does that mean you won’t be doing Mystery Cards in the future?
Good question, Sal! We have one last rotation on this club in April (retirement list!) and then we start all over with a new rotation and new plans for meeting depending on the wishes of the members. Give me a shout out if you want to be part of the new club!
January’s Mystery Card is a great one for using up those little strips of paper you have left from a 6 X 6 DSP after you use a 5 X 4 piece for the front of a card.
Mystery Card Challenge #10 printable pdf file
Lucille made a fun card with bumble bees on blue! So cute !!
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Jo made an Easter card! The greeting is from ‘Fable Friends’ stamped and punched with the ‘Story Label’ punch.
I made a thank you card using scraps left over from the Hydrangea Hill paper and Flirty Flamingo:
. I decided to embellish it a little and add another quarter sheet of black on the back of the Flirty Flamingo. I just shaved off a little on each of the sides to give a slight border. I used Versa Mark to make a little flower using a stamp from the ‘Lots of Heart’ stamp set. The Matte Black Dots are on page 11 of the JJ Mini. The scalloped Basic White is cut using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. The ‘thank you’ and the ‘you’re all heart’ are both from the ‘Lots of Heart’ stamp set.
. Since I had left over Sale A Bration DSP from another project, I made another card using the same ‘Lots of Heart’ stamp with all the little dots, I connected the dots to make a smiley face and stamped greetings from the same stamp set. The ‘Thinking of You’ is from the ‘Happy Thoughts’ stamp set and punched out with the ‘Tailored Tag’ punch.
. The ‘Lots of Heart’ stamp set is so versatile you won’t want to label it as just a valentine stamp set. For this next card I used Night of Navy for the base and background layers and I used the edge of my Night of Navy marker to barely color the edge of the greeting.
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What a fun and simple card and those little strips of DSP won’t go to waste. Won’t you join us on our next Zoom meeting with its Mystery Card Challenge? I will include you in the Zoom invitation if you will send me your email. Text 303-815-0838
Hostess code for March: A3VBV4QZ
SAL, Stamp A Lot this lovely March
Karen
February Club Swaps
Hello Stamping Friends,
March’s hostess code is: A3VBV4QZ
Check out these beautiful swap cards made by the club members and come back tomorrow to see the Mystery Card #10 that is a fun part of being in club. Each month I make cards and deliver kits to the club members; then we gather on the second Tuesday of the month at 9:30 via Facebook Live to construct the kits. On the last Tuesday of the month we meet via Zoom to share our swap cards, chat a bit, and do a Mystery card challenge. I send the instructions for the card and then each person gathers the supplies and we put the cards together on the Zoom meeting. Each person chooses their own color of cardstock and designer series paper and it is so fun to see all the different cards made with the same set of measurements.
Before you show and tell February, shouldn’t you tell them about March?
I almost forgot! We are ready to celebrate and get together again. Since March is a non-club month I am having my first in-house stamping event to stamp two cards with the Hey Birthday Chick bundle and two cards with the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle – (available to purchase March 2). Space is limited to four people but there are four sessions. Stampers will each be seated on one side of a large table so we are still distanced from each other. Cost is $15. Text me at 303-815-0838 if you are interested. I can take Paypal, Venmo, Cash or Check.
- Tuesday, March 9, 1:00 PM. —Full
- Wednesday, March 10, 10:00 AM. — Open
- Wednesday, March 10, 1:00 PM — Open
- Saturday, March 13, 10:00 AM —Full
How many of the members swapped?
We had six members swap and myself. Let’s start with Lori’s ‘Everything Is Rosy’ Gatefold Card. There was a ‘Rosy Suite’ that you could purchase last year and after it retired, the whole suite was in the clearance rack. I hope some of you were able to get this amazing set of products. The outside sentiment, flowers and Everything Is Rosy DSP are all from the suite. The inside sentiment is from the current ‘So Sentimental’ stamp set. Night of Navy is the base cardstock.
Next we have Jo’s card using the Flight of Fancy and Heartfelt stamp sets with gray for the base and a sponged white Layering Oval as well as Stitched Shapes and Be Mine Stitched Framelits. Inside has “so lucky to have a friend like you” in pink.
Suzi used the current JJ Mini Flowering Cactus Product Medley for her swap card on a layer of white card stock embossed with the Dainty Diamonds embossing folder. This medley has dies, twine, DSP-designer series paper, a lovely cactus stamp set and die-cut felt sheets. See page 9 of the JJ mini. There is also a refill kit!
Joy used the oh so beautiful heart from the Stitched Be Mine Dies which carried over to the Annual Catalog! If you were in club a couple years ago you will remember this beautiful DSP. Hopefully you have some in your stash.
Lucille’s card uses paper that is quite similar to our Forever Greenery DSP. The sentiment is from Stampin’ Up’s Quite Curvy Stamp set and the hearts are from her Framelits Heart Collection.
. Sharon has outdone herself once again with the Wreath Builder Dies and the Arrange A Wreath stamp set. I didn’t notice that little heart with the love cut out until I saw her card. I had to go see those dies (pg. 173).
. My card uses the ‘Floral Heart Dies’ In the JJ MIni page 12 and is a case of Kylie Bertucci with a bit different pink. The sentiment is from the ‘Always In My Hear’t coordinating stamp set. I die cut the floral heart in basic black and then cut another in Flirty Flamingo, popped the pink heart up with dimensionals over top of the black heart and then ‘paper pieced’ the little flowers with the Flirty Flamingo sections. The key is to use the double back adhesive on the card stock and a dryer sheet to keep the pieces together. Stay tuned for a future video on paper piecing.
. Recipe
- Base: Basic Black, 11 X 4 1/4 scored at 5 1/2
- Layer: Basic White, 5 1/4 X 4
- Floral Heart: Basic Black, 4 1/2 X 4 1/4, place the cardstock on a piece of double back adhesive sheet 4 X4 1/4, die cut with the Floral Heart Die
- Pink Heart and Flowers: Flirty Flamingo, cut a full piece of the Floral Heart Die and paper piece on top of the black or Die cut the heart with a 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 piece of Flirty Flamingo and (2) 1 X 1 pieces cutting just the flower portion. Use double back adhesive on the flowers and die cut on top of a dryer sheet to keep the pieces together.
- Greeting: Basic Black, 1 X 2 1/2, stamp the greeting in Versa Mark ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder. Hint: stamp your greeting at the top corner of your rectangle then fussy cut the bottom and sides.
- Embellish: Various, I used black ribbon, pink ribbon, or black ribbon on a Flirty Flamingo strip and three rhinestones
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In the Floral Heart Dies is a cut out for just the flower so I cut it once in black and then again in Flirty Flamingo placing both on the adhesive sheets and a dryer sheet before cutting. The little hearts are in the coordinating ‘Always In My Heart’ stamp set. Purchased together, you would get a 10% discount. The Happy Valentines Day is from the ‘Heartfelt’ stamp set currently in the Annual catalog page 75. As catalogs retire, you can look at the date of the post and go to the catalog tab to find the catalog I refer to and see other examples.
Thank you for spending time with me today. Tomorrow we will look at Mystery Card #10 and the new Butterfly Brilliance Bundle that is being offered as a special in March.
SAL, Smile A Little – spring is coming!
Karen
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