sunshine vibes valentine’s card

sunshine vibes valentine’s card

Today’s card is a simple straight forward card because it’s been a crazy week. Don’t we all have those LOL.

Reminder tomorrow is my New Catalog Open House – if you would like to stop and get a catalog, do some free projects, sign in for a chance to win last month’s Product of the Month or just visit with other paper crafters for a few minutes stop by at the studio between 10-12 tomorrow!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″, scraps for
the rainbow base and arches
Real Red CS: scraps for die cut hearts

yep that’s it told you this one is super easy!

Die cut all of the parts and pieces.
Stamp Happy Valentine’s Day sentiment from the Bee My Valentine stamp set in Real Red on the inside panel of the card.
With a Blending Brush and the Real Red ink blend a diagonal stripe onto the card front.

Stamp the “love you” sentiment from the Bee My Valentine stamp set in real Red ink at the bottom center of the card front.

Adhere the three Real Red die cut hearts above the “love you” sentiment on the card front.

Adhere all of the arches to the rainbow base. Pop up the base on Stampin’ Dimensionals and place in the middle of the card front above the heart die cuts.

I applied three white Pearls of Beauty embellishments to finish off the card!

Hope you like this quick and simple card and that you get to stamp today and make some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Hope to see you all tomorrow at the Open House!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

scrapbooking workshops

scrapbooking workshops

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

more color mondays – sweet sorbet, daffodil delight and petal pink

more color mondays – sweet sorbet, daffodil delight and petal pink

OnStage@Home is a special event for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators coming up on November 11th – it is a craft along day where we are joined by Stampin’ Up! Executives to celebrate the year and talk about business for the upcoming year! We always get a sneak peak of some of the products in the upcoming mini catalog or new annual catalog! This year the set we will be crafting with is featured in the upcoming January to April 2024 mini catalog! It is called the Bee Mine Suite Collection and it features a sweet valentine’s Day bundle with bees and hearts called Bee My Valentine! Today’s More Color Mondays is a sneak peak into that suite and a fun accordion pop out card!

Measurements:
BASE: Sweet Sorbet 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
DSP: Bee Mine (available in January)
(3) 4″ x 5 1/4″
Pop Out Mechanism: Basic White 11″ x 1″
Basic Black layers: (4) 2 1/8″ x 2 5/8″
Daffodil Delight Layers: (4) 2″ x 2 1/2″

This a WOW card but super simple to put together!

Score and fold the Sweet Sorbet card base in half at the 5 1/2″ mark.
Adhere the striped side out of the Bee Mine DSP to each of the three sides – card front and two insides. (You can also put a Basic White 4″ x 5 1/4″ layer on the back for writing)
Cut a 1″ strip by 11″ and score at 2 3/4″, 5 1/2″, and 8 1/4″ – fold into a W.

Adhere the flat portion down to the outside edge in the center of the left inside panel.

Place adhesive on the outside flat edge of the mechanism and close the back of the card over the mechanism to adhere the strip to the back center of the inside of the card. Make sure that the center score line is lined up with the center score of the card base.
Adhere the Daffodil Delight pieces to the Black matte pieces.
Decorate and stamp the daffodil delight pieces with images and sentiments.
Decide the order of the small pieces and adhere the entire back to the first and last piece centering it over the pop out mechanism.
Placing adhesive only on the middle of the second and third sections of the mechanism adhere the second and third pieces to the pop out mechanism piece placing them in line with the first and last piece.
Decorate the card front. I added a bee and hearts blended with Petal pink ink and a sentiment. I added three Iridescent Pastel Gems to the card front to add a final touch of sparkle!

The card ingredients below will not have the Bee Mine Suite shown until January when they become available to customers.

Join me for More Color Mondays each week use these exact or similar colors and post your creation in the comment section of that Mondays Facebook post!

Try this easy fun fold with items you have in your stamp room and create some pop out fun of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie