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Hello Friends,

Let's take one last look at the retiring Beautiful Friendship stamp set by Stampin' Up! with 4 Card Ideas starting with a simple one layer card traveling through to a gorgeous Fancy Fold card.

How to Make This Card

Cut a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" Thick Whisper White (item #140272) Card Base.  Score at 4-1/4".

Stamp hydrangea using Balmy Blue ink (#147105).  Stamp rose cluster using Melon Mambo ink (#147051).  Stamp smaller roses using Mango Melody ink (#147093).  Then stamp leaves using Pear Pizzazz ink (147104).  Lastly, stamp "I usually just send a text.." using Tuxedo Black ink (132708).  Bonus: If you would like to add just a little something extra, splatter a dash of Balmy Blue ink across your card front.

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Beautiful Friendship card #2 is another simple stamps, ink and paper card.  I love the artistic quality of these stamps.  

I used a variety of ink colors to create my floral arrangements including a previously retired colors including Pineapple Punch, Lovely Lipstick, Gorgeous Grape, Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, and Highland Heather.

Card #3 has a Tutorial!

What do you think of the Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Soft Sea Foam and Shaded Spruce color combination? Yummy?

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I honestly don't know if it is possible to make a "bad card" with the Beautiful Friendship stamp set.  This is a stamp set that you buy simply for the joy of stamping because you cannot possibly go wrong.  For this card, I started with a blank canvas of Whisper White Card Stock.

For even more stamping fun I increased the size of my card to 5-1/2" x 12".  I scored at 4" and 8", then I sliced a triangle from the front two panels for a layered Z-Fold look.

My biggest tip when stamping randomly with lots of stamps is to work from the biggest stamps to the smallest stamps until you are happy with the results.  Today's ink colors are Flirty Flamingo, Soft Seafoam, Poppy Parade, Highland Heather, Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzaz, and Garden Green.  The Garden Green was a marker to color the stems.

The Beautiful Friendship stamp set is only available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST or until May 3, 2021.

Have a fabulous day,

 

Hello Friends,

Wow, my grandkids love to play games.  It's not uncommon for them to head straight to the Game closet when they come for a visit at Nana and Papa's House.  So naturally when I saw the Game On stamp set from Stampin' Up!, I knew that it was a must-have stamp set and now the Game On stamp set is retiring.  It's only available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST or through May 3. 

Another reason to love the Game On stamp set  is that it's perfect for making fun masculine cards.  Today's Blog Post shares 2 Game On Masculine Card Ideas along with tips on how to make them.

Game On Card Tips #1

To achieve the black and white feel with just a pop of color, I inked my game pieces with Smoky Slate Ink and my "Roll with it" sentiment with Tuxedo Black Ink.  The clovers were inked with Just Jade ink.

To mimic the look of playing cards, I rounded my corners with the Detailed Trio Punch.

With my Water Painter, I splattered specks of Smoky Slate ink across my card front.

Game On Cubed Pop-Up Card Tips #2

For a Video Tutorial on How to Make Cubed Pop-Up Cards Click Here.

For today's Cubed Pop Up Card I used Real Red Card Stock (Connor's favorite color) an In Good Taste Designer Paper (wood grains).

To personalize his birthday card to say "12"  I used the Playful Alphabet Dies.

I colored the Chess pieces and the dots on the die using Soft Suede and Real Red Markers.

All the game pieces were stamped with the  retiring Game On Stamp Set by Stampin' Up!.

Bonus Cubed Pop-Up Cards Fold Flat For Mailing

Cubed Pop Up Card Measurements

Card Base-One 3-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece of card stock, two 1-3/4" x 8-1/2" pieces of card stock. 

Score each piece at 1-3/4", 3-1/2", 5-1/4" and 7".

Designer Paper-Six 1-1/2" square pieces

Have a fabulous day,

 

Hello Friends,

Today's Baby Shark Twisted Easel Card puts a whole new twist on the Twisted Easel Card Design.  On Friday's Blog Post I introduced the Twisted Easel card with an Under My Umbrella theme.  Today's I thought that I would take another bite at this fun Fancy Fold Card.

Here's a close up of Mama and Papa Shark.  There are so, so many cute accessories to dress them up using both stamps and dies.  I've highlighted just a few for today's Baby Shark Twisted Easel Card.

One lovely thing about Twisted Easel Cards is that they mail flat.  They tuck neatly into an envelope.

How to Make a Twisted Easel Card

Cut a 11" x 4-1/4" Card Base.  Score at 5-1/2" as you usually would.  Then... , here's the twist, score diagonally from the top right corner to the bottom left corner along the seam as shown.

Cut a 4" piece of designer paper or card stock  and cut diagonally to make the triangular pieces to decorate your card front.

Here's the trick to making your easel stand up.  Pop up your inside piece using dimensionals.  This gives your easel something to catch or lean up against.

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo...  Here another Shark Frenzy Card for more card ideas.

Have a fabulous day,