out of the box stamping

out of the box stamping

by | Dec 25, 2024 | card samples, die cutting, specialty papers, stamps ink paper, techniques

Merry Christmas to all my family, friends and followers! By Christmas day after making loads of Christmas cards for customers and family and friends on my list I am ready for something different!
Today’s blog post is all about extending the stamps you have in your collection and using them in out of the box ways! The stamp bundle I picked today is an Online Exclusive suite called Seasons of Green and Gold that reminds me of the Christmas season with its boughs of Green and accents of gold foiled specialty paper. Instead of using the suite in a traditional manner to make a Christmas season card I used it in it’s golden hues only to make a card suitable for an anniversary or wedding.
I assembled the card based on one of the layouts featured in our 2024 Annual Catalog!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″ cut off 3/4″ off the left hand
side
scrap for large circle die
3 3/8″ x 4 1/2″ layer
Glimmer Paper: 3/4″ x 5 1/2″
DSP (3) 1: x 4 3/8″

Cut off 3/4″ off the edge of the left-hand side of the 5 1/2″ edge of the BASE.
Adhere the 3/4″ glimmer paper to the left-hand edge.
Adhere the 1″ strips to the gold-foiled Seasons of Green and Gold DSP to the layer of Basic White CS.
Adhere the layer on the base card overhanging the glimmer paper edge.
Stamp the foliage stamp in Wild Wheat.
Stamp the outline in Pebbled Path.
Stamp the large circle from the Stylish Shapes die set with the Friends for Life stamp set – stamp BEST in Wild Wheat on the upper portion of the circle, the wishes sentiment in Pebbled Path ink.
Adhere to the lower middle of the layer popping up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Adhere the Petal Pink foiled gems onto the circle die.

An elegant card and out of the box stamping.
Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List
Season Of Green & Gold Suite Collection (English)
[164121]
$153.25
Season Of Green & Gold 12
[164324]
$16.50
Golden Greenery Bundle
[164117]
$56.50
Golden Greenery Photopolymer Stamp Set
[164331]
$24.00
Basic White 8 1/2
[159276]
$13.00
Gold & Rose Gold 6
[156844]
$5.00
Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad
[161648]
$9.00
Wild Wheat Classic Stampin' Pad
[161651]
$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
Blending Brushes
[153611]
$15.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
[149653]
$130.00
Golden Beauty Dies
[159864]
$25.00
Stylish Shapes Dies
[159183]
$30.00
Iridescent Foil Gems
[162842]
$8.00
more color mondays – misty moonlight, pebbled path and gray granite

more color mondays – misty moonlight, pebbled path and gray granite

by | Feb 5, 2024 | card samples, color challenge, more color mondays, new catalog, Sale-a-bration, stamps ink paper

Well I just wasn’t done with this Pebbled Path color so i added it to my More Color Monday Color Challenge! I paired it with Gray Granite and Misty Moonlight which also has that gray dusky tone so they all work really well together!

Were you a coloring book girl when you were little – I was but it is tedious for many people and this card is a great way to use a stamp set without having to color the flowers – who knew that flowers look stunning in neutral shades of gray!!!

Measurements:
BASE: Pebbled Path 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Gray Granite layer 4″ x 5 1/4″
scraps of Misty Moonlight and basic White
for the sentiment

I stamped the long sentiment from Wonderful Thoughts in Misty moonlight on a scrap strip of Basic White and punched it using the Banners Pick a Punch on both ends.
Adhere it to a wider strip of Misty Moonlight and cut the edges in the Banners Pick a Punch as well to match the Basic White layer.
Stamp the large roses in Pebbled Path ink onto the Gray Granite layer.
Adhere the Misty Moonlight Inner Braided ribbon around the Gray Granite layer and pop up the sentiment piece on Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere to the layer.
Adhere the Gray Granite layer to the Pebbled Path card base.
I added Iridescent Pearls to finish off the card but decided I wanted a butterfly! It is ok to redesign a card in the middle if it doesn’t look finished to you – feel free to experiment!
I moved the Pearls and added a butterfly that I colored with Misty Moonlight ink and a Blending Brush to finish the card!

Try a tone on tone look for your next creation – no go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List
Stippled Roses Cling Stamp Set (English)
[162657]
$27.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$10.50
Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[146983]
$10.00
Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[153081]
$10.00
Pebbled Path 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[161722]
$10.00
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
[153118]
$9.00
Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad
[161648]
$9.00
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$26.00
Bone Folder
[102300]
$7.00
Stampin' Seal
[152813]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal+
[149699]
$12.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[138995]
$7.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$5.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
Paper Snips
[103579]
$11.00
Blending Brushes
[153611]
$13.00
Banners Pick A Punch
[153608]
$27.00
Misty Moonlight 3/8" (1 Cm) Inner Braid Ribbon
[161638]
$8.00
Paper Butterfly Accents
[162612]
$8.00
Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels
[158987]
$7.50
nature’s sweetness card in card fun fold

nature’s sweetness card in card fun fold

by | Feb 2, 2024 | Designer Series Paper, fun fold, new catalog, Sale-a-bration, specialty papers, stamps ink paper, techniques

Blog Post #400 I cannot believe it – hopefully you are enjoying all of the posts! If you have been following me for any length of time you probably have read that I love bright colors! Normally I am not an earth tones warm and fussy girl but this color is fast becoming one of my favorites and it certainly garners the top spot in the neutrals category for me! Pebbled Path is a warm gray brown and goes well with just about anything you match up with it! Today it is the color of choice to pull out of the Nature’s Sweetness Specialty paper for this awesome and easy card in card fun fold!

Measurements:
BASE: Pebbled Path 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Piece 1: Basic White CS 4″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 5 1/4″
Piece 2: Basic White CS 2 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
DSP for inside of Piece 1: 3 3/4″ x 5″
DSP for outside of Piece 1: 3 3/4″ x 3″
DSP for both sides of flap for Piece 2:
(2) 2 1/4″ x 4″
Pebbled Path scrap for 2 circle dies
Vellum Scrap for largest circle die

Adhere Piece 1 with the score line to the left on the center of the 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ Base piece.
Adhere the 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of DSP to the inside of Piece 1.
Adhere Piece 2 to the center of the DSP just attached with the score line to the right side and opening to the left. The top flap will lay over the left hand flap of Piece 1.
Adhere the two piece of DSP 2 1/4″ x 4″ to the inside right panel of Piece 2 and the outside of Piece 2. (if there is a direction to your DSP make sure it matches with the way you have set up your card!)
Adhere the 3 3/4″ x 3″ piece of DSP to the outside panel of Piece 1. (if your DSP is directional make sure it matches the direction of your card.
Stamp images and sentiment in Pebbled Path on the circle die cuts from the Everyday Details dies set. Die cut the largest circle from the Everyday Details die set from vellum cardstock.
Adhere them in a pattern that is pleasing to your eye and also will not extend past the score line on the right of Piece 2 so it does not bend the vellum when the card opens.
Adhere to the card only placing tape where the adhesive will not be seen on the vellum and not to extend past the Piece 2 parameters.
Place Adhesive-Backed Milky Dots to the card and you are done!
Such a delightful Fun Fold – try this today with your stamps and go create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Current Hostess code is TA6ANURK remember spend $50 and get a FREE sale-a-bration item and a card kit in the mail from me if you use the hostess code!

Product List
Nature's Sweetness Suite Collection (English)
[162645]
$130.75
Lovely & Sweet Bundle (English)
[162627]
$52.00
Lovely & Sweet Cling Stamp Set (English)
[162617]
$26.00
Basic White 8 1/2
[159276]
$10.50
Pebbled Path 8 1/2
[161722]
$10.00
Nature's Sweetness 12
[162616]
$16.50
Vellum 8-1/2
[101856]
$10.00
Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad
[161648]
$9.00
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$26.00
Bone Folder
[102300]
$7.00
Stampin' Seal
[152813]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal+
[149699]
$12.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[138995]
$7.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$5.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
Paper Snips
[103579]
$11.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
[149653]
$128.00
Everyday Details Dies
[162864]
$34.00
Adhesive Backed Milky Dots
[160582]
$8.00
book binding fun fold leftovers card

book binding fun fold leftovers card

by | Jan 19, 2024 | card samples, embossing folders, fun fold, new catalog, Sale-a-bration, stamps ink paper, techniques

I set out after designing Wednesday’s blog post card to use both the positive and negative vellum die cut pieces and this is the card I designed for the negative portion of the Everyday Details die set. This is such a cool die set (It actually coordinates with the Everyday Details stamp set in a bundle that saves you 10% – but I actually just bought the die set because it is so versatile!)

I had a second piece of 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of cardstock from the card on Wednesday that was scored at 4 1/4″ so I used that and scored it additionally at 5 1/2″ to make the base for the Book Bind Fun Fold.

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White cardstock: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″
DSP: 1″ x 4 1/4″
leftover handmade DSP from 1-10-24’s blog
post cut to 4 1/4″ in length I saved the small
piece I cut off and placed it in the inside
corner.
Embossed piece: One of my customers at my
open house last week placed adhesive on the
wrong side of her embossed layer so I gave
her another piece and told her to watch for
the blog post that I would use her “mistake”
and I repurposed it for the background.
Sentiment piece: was repurposed from an extra
I had made from the 1-10-24 post as well!

Score the 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of cardstock at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″. Adhere between the two score lines and press to seal creating the book bind fun fold.
Adhere the 1″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Smoky Slate DSP to the book bind panel.
I cut the other half of the handmade Designer Series paper from my last Wednesday’s blog post on 1-10-24 post to 4 1/4″ in length and adhered it to the opposite side of the card front.
I cut an embossed piece of Painted Posies 3D paper to fit inside the DSP and handmade DSP spot.
I repurposed a second sentiment piece from the 1-10-24 blog post and fussy cut a banner edge to the sentiment piece and then matted it with Basic White cardstock and fussy cut a matching banner cut. I then adhered it over the negative Everyday Details die cut and added mini glue dots to the covered back areas and adhered it to the card front.
I added 5 Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed dots to the vellum die piece. If you replicate this idea it is easier to add the embellishments first and then add mini glue dots to all the areas that the embellishments cover instead of doing it after adhering down the vellum!
(Do as I say LOL not as I do!) Much easier to do it in that order than the way I did it!

Hope you enjoyed this book bind leftovers card! I love how it turned out sometimes challenging yourself to make something fun out of leftover pieces turns out a lovely card and it definitely stretches that creative bone in your body that you might not have known even existed! Try stretching your creative bone in your body soon and try to create your own artwork from pieces you have already on your desk – let me know how it turns out! Now go and create – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List
Detailed Dogwood Cling Stamp Set
[162953]
$26.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$10.50
Pebbled Path 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[161722]
$10.00
Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[161641]
$12.50
Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad
[161648]
$9.00
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$26.00
Bone Folder
[102300]
$7.00
Stampin' Seal
[152813]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal+
[149699]
$12.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[138995]
$7.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$5.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Paper Snips
[103579]
$11.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
[149653]
$128.00
Everyday Details Dies
[162864]
$34.00
Painted Posies 3 D Embossing Folder
[159175]
$11.00
Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots
[156506]
$9.00
making your own designer paper

making your own designer paper

by | Jan 10, 2024 | card samples, Designer Series Paper, embossing folders, my favorites, new catalog, Sale-a-bration, stamps ink paper, techniques

Sale-a-bration is HERE!!!

This project is made with the gorgeous new Level Two Sale-a-bration set called Detailed Dogwood. It is a collage set with beautiful images and perfect for the application I am using for today’s blog post – making your own designer paper!

There are actually two techniques for this post!
When you have a stamp set like this one – which you can earn for FREE with a $100 purchase! – with a lot of smaller images it lends itself well to background paper stamping.

Measurements:
BASE: Pebbled Path 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
Pebbled Path layer 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
scrap for sentiment piece
Basic White 4″ x 5 1/4″ for inside

Start with the Pebbled Path layer and stamp one of the medium images in the upper and lower diagonal corners.

Continue stamping until the entire surface of this layer is filled and designed to your liking.

I wanted to give it more texture so i embossed it with the hatchmark design from the Basics 3D folders pack.

Cut this in half and now you have background paper for two cards.
Adhere the paper to the base. (I later decided to add a small matte to this in Lemon Lolly to tie in the color of the post bleached flowers.)
I stamped the larger dogwood flowers from this set in Versamark and sprinkled the black embossing powder from the Basics embossing powders pack and heat set with our Heat Tool.
Using an old brush or a dried out Blender Pen, I diped the old Blender pen in Gel Bleach and painted the bleach inside the embossed flower lines. Each dyed paper bleaches a different color – I always love watching the color develop! It reminds me of the old days when we used to develop film and you would be able to see the image appear – the color developing is a similar experience! Who would have guessed that Pebbled Path bleaches out to Lemon Lolly?
After I fussy cut the dogwood flowers out I popped them up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and placed it on the upper right hand section of the card.
I added the Pebbled Path Textured ribbon to the lower part of the card.
I stamped a sentiment from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set in Pebbled Path ink on the same color cardstock. I stamped off twice the dotted pattern and stamped over the sentiment and then cut it out using the Nested Essentials dies.
I moved the flowers and the ribbon up to accommodate the banner die and the sentiment.
I added some Gold Brushed Metallic Dots to highlight the flowers bleached areas.
I added a lemon Lolly matte to further accentuate the bleached color of the flowers I thought it was so pretty I wanted to call attention to it even more!

Try bleach or making your own paper today with the stamps you have! Go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List
Detailed Dogwood Cling Stamp Set
[162953]
$26.00
Basic White 8 1/2
[159276]
$10.50
Lemon Lolly 8 1/2
[161720]
$10.00
Pebbled Path 8 1/2
[161722]
$10.00
Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad
[161648]
$9.00
Paper Trimmer
[152392]
$26.00
Bone Folder
[102300]
$7.00
Stampin' Seal
[152813]
$8.00
Stampin' Seal+
[149699]
$12.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[138995]
$7.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
$5.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Paper Snips
[103579]
$11.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
[149653]
$128.00
Basics 3 D Embossing Folders
[161598]
$30.00
Nested Essentials Dies
[161597]
$34.00
Blender Pens
[102845]
$13.00
Pebbled Path 3/8
[161632]
$8.00
Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots
[156506]
$9.00