Playing with paper!

As many of you know, I have a *VERY* large stash of dsp. Every once in a while I go through it to see if something catches my eye. Here are some of the cards I made:

The cardstock is from Papertrey: New Leaf, Terracotta Tile, Dark Chocolate and Summer Sunrise.  The dsp is by Stampin' Up! from the 2020 Annual Catalog and is called Ornate Garden. There are some gold patterns on one side of the papers, but there are really great floral patterns on the other side. The sentiments (inside and out) are computer generated and punched out with the Heartfelt Hexagon punch. I used my Scan n' Cut machine to cut the larger hexagons. I had fun making these cards and I made a total of six cards that will go in my "for sale" stash. Stay tuned as I explore my stash further and make more cards!

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Happy Memorial Day

On this day we remember the lives of all those lost in any of the (too many) wars this country has participated in.

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Stamp Camp North - June 2025

Our June stamp camp is coming up soon! I designed my card and am in the process of cutting/scoring/punching all the pieces and parts. Here is the card the gals will be making at my table:

The card base is Smoky Sea [from Papertrey] and I used my new favorite die set - Wildflower Designs and a couple of flowers from a die set from Creative Expressions. There is a hexagon of Smoky Sea and a scalloped hexagon from a designer series paper set called Ever Eden (thanks Cathy Hansen) that I have had in my stash for a long time. One of the patterns was really great and I only have one sheet of that left, but several patterns are also gorgeous! The sentiments (happy birthday, thinking of you and a friendship sentiment) are computer generated and cut with the smallest hexagon die and then adorned with flowers from the Creative Expressions die set. The flowers are Lemon Lolly with Peach Pie centers and a gold dot added to the center.

Here is some more information on how you can get registered for this great camp:

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Stamp Camp North - May 2025

This is the card the campers made at my table this month:

I was inspired for this card by something I saw on Pinterest. The card was all pink and as it is not one of my favorite colors, I tried something different. I was making Mother's Day cards and used this die set and had all kinds of pieces and parts left over. So, I used those pieces and came up with a version that worked! The dies are from the Wildflower Design die set and I have yet to find the stamp set that goes with it (it's somewhere around here) but the dies were all that I needed for this card.  The sentiment is computer generated and embellished with the Adhesive Backed Heart Sequins. The red layer (Pure Poppy from Papertrey) is embossed using the Cute Crochet embosssing folder from SU.

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Sassy Stampers - June 2025

June is the month for "guy" cards - Father's Day, Birthday, Graduation, Retirement. Here is the card the campers will be making at my table:

The card base is Kraft (Papertrey) and the first layer is Vintage Cream (Papertrey) put through the Mini Corrugated embossing folder. The pieces are cut from the Woven Textures dsp pack from Stampin' Up! I got to play with my Scan n' Cut machine again with the layer under the sentiment (paper is Pecan Pie from SU). The sentiment is computer generated (from the Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set) and punched out using the Heartfelt Hexagon punch. This dsp pack has so many wonderful textures to offer. It was delightful playing with it!

Here is more information on this great camp:

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Sassy Stampers - May 2025

The campers made the following card at my table in May:

They sponged around the edges of the dsp layer (from Mixed Media Florals) using blending brushes and Gorgeous Grape ink. The card base is Gorgeous Grape as is the layer under the image panel. The image panel was created using the Mixed Florals stamp set colored using blends and then printed and cut out with the Perennial Postage dies.

The campers stamped their desired sentiments on the image panel using Memento ink and added some Low Profile Dots for a little bling! I really love this stamp set/die bundle and have used it a lot and the coordinating dsp pack has many designs that will prove very useful.

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Downline Meeting Swap - April 2025

I have mentioned before that I attend a meeting each month sponsored by Terry Kaspari (a very talented card maker and overall wonderful person).  We have a card swap at these meetings and this is the card I designed for the April meeting:

The card was designed using one of the sketches from the new Stampin' Up! catalog (page 24). I would not do this card at a camp as there are too many pieces, but it was great doing the swap. The card base is Summer Splash (can you tell I love this color) with a layer of Lemon Lolly that was embossed with the Starstruck embossing folder. The die cut is from the Memorable Blooms die set and the sentiment is from the Memorable Blooms stamp set. The ribbon is Summer Splash and the piece behind the die cut window is Summer Splash which was embossed using the Mini Corrugated embossing folder.

These meetings are so much fun! We get together at McCoy's Restaurant for dinner and then we have a session of sharing our cards and lots of information and then a session of swapping involving a make and take project from one of the gals. Dinner is always a treat and these ladies are wonderful and very talented card makers.

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Longmont Senior Center - April 2025

I teach a class at the Longmont Senior Center each month. The campers make one Christmas card each month and my co-teacher and I alternate months making the Christmas card. This month was my month and here is the card we made:

The card base is Azure Afternoon with a layer of Balmy Blue. The dsp was one I created using some snowflake graphics in my graphics program that I then printed out using my printer. The snowflake was from a die cut from my collection and the graphic for the center was created on my computer and punched out with a 1.5 inch scalloped circle punch.

I design two cards and here is my second one:

The die cut is a new (to me) one from Papertrey and the image is one from my graphics collection that I colored and printed. The card base is Misty Moonlight with a layer of Lemon Lolly that was embossed using the Botanical Swirls folder from Creative Expressions (love that embossing folder!)

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Stamp Camp North - April 2025

Well, another month (or more like a month and a half) has come and gone and I have not posted. Sorry about that - just too busy (and that's a good thing)! Let's do a little catching up!

I posted my card for Sassy Stampers for April, but have not yet posted my card for Stamp Camp North in April. Here it is:

The card base is Summer Splash and I layered Peach Pie and die cuts from the Perennial Postage dies in Petunia Pop and the Bloom Impressions set of DSP. I got to play with my Scan n Cut machine in creating the mat for the Happy Birthday sentiment. The mats were available in 3 colors (Petunia Pop, Peach Pie and Summer Splash). The sentiments offered were Happy Birthday, Thank You, Get Well Soon and Thinking of You and were inside one of the punched labels from the Bright Borders stamp set. These were punched out using the To the Point label punch. I love using my Scan n' Cut machine and it is so much fun to create mats to go with all the various punches! 

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