sketch #109 prairie grass card

sketch #109 prairie grass card

by | Jul 25, 2025 | card samples, card sketches, online exclusives, sketch challenge, stamps ink paper, techniques

Today’s card is a card sketch card. #109 card sketch is a fun one – easy and simple!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
1/4″ strip
Berry Burst CS: 1 1/4″ x 5 1/4″
Pool Party CS: 1 1/4″ x 5 1/4″
Flirty Flamingo CS: 1 1/4″ x 5 1/4″

Stamp the cattails image on each 1 1/4″ colored cardstock strip in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.
Stamp the sentiment on the 1/4 strip. Cut to
3 1/2″ long.
Adhere the colored cardstock strips leaving 1/8″ border on the three sides.
Adhere the remainder of the colored cardstock.
Pop up the 1/4″ strip over the three colored cardstock toward the top of the card.
Add the embellishments around the sentiment.
The same card with different colors using Old Olive, Lemon Lolly and Garden Green.

This is a great sketch easy to reproduce – try this and see what you can come up with!
Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List
Prairie Grass Cling Stamp Set (English) [ 166168 ]
[166168]
$26.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 144243 ]
[144243]
$14.00
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 141416 ]
[141416]
$14.00
Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 102584 ]
[102584]
$14.00
Lemon Lolly 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 161720 ]
[161720]
$14.00
Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 100702 ]
[100702]
$14.00
Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 122924 ]
[122924]
$14.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [ 132708 ]
[132708]
$8.00
Stampin' Glass Mat Studio (Imperial) [ 163987 ]
[163987]
$60.00
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$28.00
Bone Folder
[102300]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal
[152813]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal+
[149699]
$12.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[138995]
$7.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$6.00
Mini Glue Dots
[103683]
$7.25
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Paper Snips
[103579]
$12.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [ 149653 ]
[149653]
$140.00
Charming Shimmer Faceted Dots [ 166139 ]
[166139]
$8.50
Low Profile Sparkle Dots [ 166157 ]
[166157]
$9.50
card sketch #108 – beautiful butterflies

card sketch #108 – beautiful butterflies

by | Jul 18, 2025 | die cutting, embossing folders, online exclusives, sketch challenge, specialty papers

Today is another card sketch to get your creative juices flowing! Card Sketch #108 – let’s see what you cane create with this sketch!

This card uses the Beautiful Bokeh Suite with the gorgeous Beautiful Butterflies bundle and the Pastel Ombre Glimmer paper which creates a beautiful sparkling butterfly!

Measurements:
BASE: Fresh Freesia CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
scrap for the large butterfly detailed die
Beautiful Bokeh DSP: 2″ x 5 1/4″
Basic White CS: 2″ x 5 1/4″
scrap for the Stylish Shapes banner die
Pastel Ombre Glimmer paper: scrap for the
solid butterfly die and the butterfly body

Emboss the Basic White 2″ layer with the Beautiful Butterflies hybrid embossing folder.
Adhere the 2″ DSP layer to the left-hand side of the card front.
Die cut the detailed large butterfly die in Fresh Freesia CS.
Die cut the butterfly body and the solid butterfly die from the Pastel Ombre Glimmer paper.
Adhere the butterfly pieces together – solid piece on the bottom, detailed butterfly piece over that and then the glimmer body over both.
Adhere the Basic White embossed layer to the right-hand side of the card front.
Pop up the butterfly on Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere to the center of the card front.
Stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set in Highland Heather ink and blend the background with a Blending Brush and Highland Heather ink.
Adhere the sentiment in the lower right-hand corner on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Adhere the Holographic Resin Dots tot he card front to add a little sparkle to finish off this easy sketch card!
I hate to waste any of the pretty Glimmer Paper so I cut out some of the smaller butterfly die cuts and added one to the card at the end!

What do you think? Try this sketch and let me know what you came up with!

Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

layout #104 beautiful gallery card

layout #104 beautiful gallery card

by | Jun 18, 2025 | card samples, card sketches, Designer Series Paper, new catalog, sketch challenge, stamps ink paper, techniques

Do you ever feel stuck and don’t have any new ideas for making cards? I love to challenge myself with card sketches – they are a perfect starting point and inspiration for those of us that get stuck creatively – every once in a while!
Don’t let anyone kid you – we ALL get stuck creatively!

Card sketches are a perfect way to get unstuck!
This sketch #104 is a great way to use 6″ x 6″ DSP – I cut a 3″ square which means I can make 4 CARDS from one sheet of 6″ x 6″ DSP!
SO FUN!

Measurements:
BASE: Secret Sea CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Basic White CS: 3 1/4″ x 5 1/4″
DSP: 3″ square

Cut the 3″ square into 1″ x 3″ strips of DSP.
Keep the pattern in order and pay attention to the direction of the DSP if applicable.
Adhere the top piece of DSP to the top ofthe Basic White CS layer leaving a 1/8″ border on the top and sides.
Place the bottom piece as a place holder 1/8″ down from the bottom of the first ppiece and adhere the second piece 1/8″ below the place holder piece.
Now take the third piece that you used as a place holder and adhere it to the Basic White CS layer 1/8″ below the second piece.

(This will leave an evenly spaced blank spot below the first piece to stamp your sentiment!)

Tear the bottom off of the Basic White layer.

TIP: Tear towards you and place your thumbs at the tear and move them as you tear so that the tear does not get away from you!

Emboss the front of the card base with the Damask Designs embossing folder – this is a basic embossing folder not a 3D – so place the base plate #1 and the #3 cutting plate on the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine. Place the paper inside the embossing folder, set on the bottom #3 cutting plate and add the top #3 cutting plate above and embossing folder and run through the machine!
Stamp in Secret Sea ink in the blank space on the Basic White layer and adhere the 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls in Secret Sea around the sentiment.
Pop up the Basic White layer on Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere to the middle of the card front.
Simpoly using another design on the same pack of Beautiful Gallery DSP and changing the position of the sentiment stamp creates another card made from the same card sketch but looks entirely different!

Try this card sketch with your stash and send my a pic of your creation! Now go and create with this card sketch and make some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List
Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection (English) [ 165217 ]
[165217]
$139.25
Beautiful Motifs Bundle (English) [ 165206 ]
[165206]
$45.75
Beautiful Motifs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 165198 ]
[165198]
$18.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 165624 ]
[165624]
$14.00
Beautiful Gallery 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 165196 ]
[165196]
$12.50
Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [ 165285 ]
[165285]
$9.00
Stampin' Glass Mat Studio (Imperial) [ 163987 ]
[163987]
$60.00
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$28.00
Bone Folder
[102300]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal
[152813]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal+
[149699]
$12.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[138995]
$7.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$6.00
Mini Glue Dots
[103683]
$7.25
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Paper Snips
[103579]
$12.00
Blending Brushes [ 153611 ]
[153611]
$15.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
[149653]
$140.00
2025–2027 In Color™ Flat Pearls [ 165192 ]
[165192]
$8.50
scrapbooking workshops

scrapbooking workshops

by | Mar 19, 2025 | Designer Series Paper, kits, new catalog, scrapbooking, scrapbooking page, sketch challenge, stamps ink paper, techniques

I had the opportunity recently to attend the first of three virtual scrapbooking workshop training seminars.
To say that I am delighted for Stampin’ Up! to be expanding their scrapbooking line is an understatement – I am so excited with the offerings that are coming out and super excited to see the line that will be debuting in the future!
The first session met to discuss and put together the double scrapbooking pages of the new Meant To Bee scrapbooking workshop.
The workshop is a totally self contained packet that includes all of the product to make three gorgeous double page scrapbooking spreads with a lot of product left over to create more matching pages of your own!
The kit comes with a full color instructions booklet with step by step details on how to cut and put together these pre-designed scrapbooking pages.
The first page of the first double page spread features little 2″ x 2″ square of the patterned paper – one of which is exclusive to this workshop and coordinates with a stamp bundle and two toned scrapbooking paper that color coordinates with this suite of products.
The words and bumble bees are stickers for easy adhesion and coordination!
The second page of this spread carries the squares of DSP theme to the matching page and allows for a seamless spread to highlight your scrapbooking photos!
I used some recent photos of a family vacation to set off this stunning and easy to do scrapbooking spread!
I used a coordinating marker to draw dotted lines for the bee’s trail across the pages – such a cute detail!
The second spread used Designer Series paper as the background with the exclusive bee designed DSP to make the photos pop. Easy coordination with pop out die cut stars and flowers to decorate as you like along with the stick words with mixed fonts and coordinating colors!
The last page is set on Old Olive cardstock and carries the coordinating DSP papers along for a coordinated set of pages or use them separately – these photos were from an adult only Napa wine country tour we took last year and featured just a few of the many happy pictures we took! The third page was made from scraps and left overs from the kit and I still have many more scraps of DSP, stickers, punch out shapes and cardstock to use to create a bunch more pages!

I loved the ease of this coordinated kit and cannot wait for the next one to show you!

Interested in getting a group together for a scrapbooking night? Let me know and we can make your next ladies night out a scrapbooking fun night!

Below I have included the codes and linked photos of ALL the coordinating products,
I only used the Meant to Bee Scrapbooking Workshop to create these pages! You could do a whole themed scrapbook with just these products though – would “bee” super cute!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List
Meant To Bee Scrapbooking Workshop Kit (English)
[166622]
$33.00
Meant To Bee 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Two Tone Cardstock
[166626]
$12.00
Meant To Bee Bundle (English)
[167243]
$49.50
Meant To Bee Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[166583]
$20.00
Bee My Valentine Bundle (English)
[162554]
$38.50
Bee My Valentine Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[162547]
$21.00
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$28.00
Bone Folder
[102300]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal
[152813]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal+
[149699]
$12.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[138995]
$7.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$6.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Paper Snips
[103579]
$12.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
[149653]
$130.00
Meant To Bee Dies
[166582]
$35.00
Bee Builder Punch
[162553]
$24.00
simple stamping – cut, flip and add a strip cards

simple stamping – cut, flip and add a strip cards

by | Feb 28, 2025 | card samples, card sketches, Designer Series Paper, Sale-a-bration, sketch challenge, stamps ink paper, techniques

When you first start stamping coming up with a card design can be the most difficult thing. Perusing pinterest and blogs is fun but time consuming and if you are in a pinch and need a card in a hurry this is a fun little trick for fast, easy and beautiful designer series paper cards.

One of the tings I LOVE about our Designer Series Paper beside the fact that the artist’s designs are gorgeous works of art is the fact that the artists strive to make the front and backs of each piece of DSP coordinate! This technique plays into that strength!

This card making technique is called cut-flip and add a strip I first saw it years ago from a fellow demonstrator named Patti B and I thank her for the original inspiration!

Measurements:
BASE: Colored CS to coordinate with the DSP
5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″
DSP: 4″ x 5 1/4″, 3/4″ x 4″
Basic White CS: scrap for the sentiments

I made four different cards in a flash with this technique! Three using the Fruit Salad Level One Sale-a-bration DSP and one using the Bloom Impressions Level One Sale-a-bration Rewards!

This one used Pumpkin Pie CS for the base.

I cut the ^” x 6″ piece of DSP to 6″ x 5 1/4″ cutting off the bottom 3/4″ then cut the remianing piece to a 4 ” x 5 1/4″ piece.

Cut the 4″ x 5 1/4″ DSP piece into two sections 2″ x 4″ and 3 1/4″ x 4″.

I adhered the larger piece to the bottom of the card front.
Flip the smaller DSP piece over to the opposite pattern and adhere above the other DSP piece on the top of the card base.
Because I was making multiple cards I took the remaining 3/4″ x 6″ pieces cut from the bottoms of each of the cards and swapped them so I would have a different pattern of DSP for the strip piece but you could easily add a coordinating color of cardstock as the strip as I do in the last example – your choice!
I adhered the DSP strip over the place where the two pieces of DSP meet.
I stamped a sentiment and border from the Hugs for You bundle in coordinating Pumpkin Pie ink and punched it out with the bundle To the Point punch!
I popped up the sentiment punch on Stampin’ Dimensionals and added it over the strip.
I added Sunny Day Iridescent Dots embellishments to finish off this first card!
This second card uses the Fruit Salad Sale-a-bration DSP as well but I backed it on a Daffodil Delight CS base.
I cut and flipped and adhered the DSP to the card stock base.
I added a strip of DSP in between the two dsp pieces.
I stamped a different sentiment from the Hugs for Love bundle in Daffodil Delight with a different border around the words from the complimentary stamp set called Bright Borders which is also designed to work with the To the Point Punch from this bundle and popped it up over the center of the strip.
I added Sunny Day Iridescent Dots embellishments to finish this card as well.
The third card uses a Coastal Cabana base.
I also stamped the sentiment in Coastal Cabana to coordinate.
Cut the DSP as before flip and adhere to the card base.
Adhere the strip over where the two pieces of DSP come together.
I popped up the sentiment punch over the strip and added the Sunny Day Iridescent Dots in the blue hue.

This used the sentiment from the Hugs for Love stamp set and the border from the Bright Borders stamp set.

The last card uses the Bloom Impressions Sale-a-bration DSP and colored cardstock for the strip.
Cut the DSP and adhere the bottom piece to the base card.
Flip the smaller piece of DSP and adhere over the larger piece on the top half of the card base.
I used a 1″ x 4″ piece of Flirty Flamingo Colored cardstock over the area where the two pieces of DSP come together. Then I fussy cut both ends of a 3/4″ x 4″ piece of Berry Burst CS and adhered it over the Flirty Flamingo strip.
I stamped the sentiment in Berry Burst ink and punched out the stamped image with the To the Point punch. I popped it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and placed it int he center of the strips. I added Sunny Day Iridescent Dots to finish off this last quick and easy card!

Try this technique to make designing a sweet DSP card a snap! Now go and create a card with some DSP you have lying around your craft space! Create some artwork – one stamp at a time.

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List
Hugs For Love Bundle (English)
[165738]
$38.50
Hugs For Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[164559]
$20.00
Bright Borders Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[164753]
$20.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[144243]
$11.50
Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[131297]
$11.50
Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[119683]
$11.50
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[141416]
$11.50
Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[105117]
$11.50
Bloom Impressions 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[164944]
$12.50
Fruit Salad 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[164943]
$12.50
Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad
[147143]
$9.00
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad
[147097]
$9.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad
[147094]
$9.00
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad
[147086]
$9.00
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$28.00
Bone Folder
[102300]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal
[152813]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal+
[149699]
$12.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[138995]
$7.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$6.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Paper Snips
[103579]
$12.00
To The Point Label Punch
[164568]
$23.00
Sunny Day Iridescent Dots
[164696]
$8.00
fruit salad sale-a-bration card

fruit salad sale-a-bration card

by | Jan 29, 2025 | card samples, card sketches, Designer Series Paper, Sale-a-bration, sketch challenge, stamps ink paper

This simply stamped designer series paper card using a FREE pack of Designer Series Paper called Fruit Salad from our 2025 Sale-a-bration catalog. I made this card from layout #10 from the bottom of page 22 from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog.

Measurements:
BASE: Real Red CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
DSP: 3″ x 3″
Granny Apple Green CS: 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″
Basic White CS: 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″

Take the uninked Craft Stampin’ Ink pad and a Tuxedo Black Momento ink refill and fill the uninked pad with ink refill until all of the pad is covered with black ink. I smooth the liquid into the pad with the back of a plastic spoon.
Stamp the “you make me smile” sentiment with the new ink pad in the center bottom of the card front.
Adhere the DSP square to the Granny Apple Green square and then the Basic White square.
Turn the layers over and add Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back and wrap the Silver and White Sheer Ribbon around the back of the layer.
Adhere the square layers above the sentiment on the card front and knot the ribbon over the layers.
Add a small Rhinestone Basic Jewel adjacent to the sentiment.

This simply stamped card made from card layout #10 from the annual catalog! Try making a simple card from one of the card layouts on page 22.

Now go out and create some artwork of your very own – one layout – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List
Hugs For Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[164559]
$20.00
Basic White 8 1/2
[159276]
$13.00
Granny Apple Green 8-1/2
[146990]
$11.50
Real Red 8-1/2
[102482]
$11.50
Fruit Salad 6
[164943]
$12.50
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$28.00
Bone Folder
[102300]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal
[152813]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal+
[149699]
$12.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[138995]
$7.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$6.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Paper Snips
[103579]
$12.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
[149653]
$130.00
Silver & White 1/2
[162149]
$9.00
Rhinestone Basic Jewels
[144220]
$6.00