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shining stars card – october product of the month

by nataliegramleystamps | Oct 21, 2026 | card samples, die cutting, embossing folders, online exclusives, product of the month, sneak peak, stamps ink paper

WELL I THOUGHT I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE OCTOBER PRODUCT OF THE MONTH BUT…

Now that I have it in my hot little hands it is so much better than I expected!!!!! TWENTY-THREE STARS and oh do I have plans for this $5 die set!!!

This is the first of many things you will see with this AWESOME incentive! Fabulous for both card making and scrapbooking too!

This is a simple rainbow color card using the embedded die technique so simple and so stunning!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″, 4″ x 5 1/4″
Gorgeous Grape CS: 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″, scraps for
star dies
Azure Afternoon CS: scraps for star dies
Granny Apple Green CS: scraps for star dies
Daffodil Delight CS: scraps for star dies
Pumpkin Pie CS: scraps for star dies
Real Red CS: scraps for star dies

I die cut five of the smallest stars out of each cardstock color so easy to do as there are 12 of that size!

Adhere the first row of 5 starts to the top of the 4″ x 5 1/4″ Basic White CS layer.

Adhere the Pumpkin Pie stars below the Real Red star dies.

Adhere four Daffodil Delight stars leaving the middle one out and stamp the “I’M LUCKY TO HAVE A” sentiment from the upcoming Friend Like You November Online Exclusive stamp set.

Stamp the Friend in the center of the layer below the Daffodil Delight stars and adhere a Granny Apple Green star on either side of the word.

Stamp “LIKE YOU” on the right hand side below friend and then adhere a line of Azure Afternoon stars below that.

Finish with a row of Gorgeous Grape stars to finish off this layer.

Run the star studded layer through the Stampin’ Cut and emboss machine in the Softly Woven 3D embossing folder!

Adhere this layer to a Gorgeous Grape 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ layer.

Adhere the Gorgeous Grape layer to the card front and attach Basic Rhinestone Jewels around the sentiment to finish off this sweet friendship card!

I am so excited about this Product of the Month – BEST ONE YET!!! This will not last long so if this appeals to you too – make sure to get an order together and follow along for all the fun things we are going to make together with this $5 incentive!

Now it’s your turn to create some artwork of your very own – one stamp – one star! at a time!

Happy Stampin’,
Natalie

The Friend Like You stamp set is a pre-order right now so as a reminder it is not available to customers until November and will not be listed in the photo links below.

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Azure Afternoon 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161719]

$14.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119683]

$14.00

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146987]

$14.00

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$14.00

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]

$14.00

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102482]

$14.00

Basic Black Hybrid Stampin' Pad

[166648]

$12.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$9.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$13.00

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

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$17.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

$14.00

Water Painters

[168253]

$13.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[154031]

$7.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$12.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

Shining Stars Dies

[168600]

$5.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$6.00

← more color mondays - barely blush, hydrangea hue and blackberry bliss shining stars card sketch challenge →

sneak peak – poetic petals

by nataliegramleystamps | Aug 28, 2026 | card samples, die cutting, embossing folders, new catalog, online exclusives, sneak peak, stampin' tools

We are just days away from a new catalog and a new Online Exclusives product release – SOOOOO EXCITING!

Today’s card is a SNEAK PEAK at a upcoming 3D embossing folder from the 2026 September to December catalog available September 1st and an Online Exclusive Bundle called Poetic Petals that has a unique set of floral dies that are going to be so fun to create with!

Measurements:
BASE: Granny Apple Green CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Basic White CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″, (2) sheets of
2 1/2″ x 11 strips for die cutting, scrap for
sentiment piece

I made a sketch and turned it on it’s side to create this card! Join me in creating something with Sketch #132!

Emboss the 4″ x 5 1/4″ layer with the upcoming Rustic Check 3D embossing folder.

Adhere the embossed layer to the Granny Apple Green CS base.

Using the two Basic White CS strips cut out the poetic petal dies first each square on it’s own and then the floral inside with a square outside around it.

Color each plain square with blending brushes and Poppy Parade ink, Melon Mambo ink, and Granny Apple Green ink.

Glue the floral Poetic Petals overlay to the color blended squares.

Layer the three squares on the Rustic Check embossed background and position where you like.

I popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals the top left and bottom Left squares and tucked the right-hand square and sentiment piece under those two squares.

I added five Sunset Sparkle Sequins to finish off this fun card sketch with this upcoming Online Exclusive bundle available September 1st!

Remember the SNEAK PEAK items will not be in the photo links below until blog posts after the release date!

Now it’s your turn to create something fun – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$14.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$9.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$9.00

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

[147050]

$9.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$9.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$13.00

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

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$17.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

$14.00

Water Painters

[168253]

$13.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[154031]

$7.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$12.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

Sunset Sparkle Sequins

[167785]

$8.50

← glow of harvest specialty designer series paper more color mondays - golden glow, cajun craze and pecan pie →

more color mondays – petal pink, balmy blue and soft sea foam

by nataliegramleystamps | Apr 13, 2026 | card samples, color challenge, die cutting, more color mondays, retiring products, sneak peak, techniques

Today’s More Color Mondays color challenge features Petal Pink, Balmy Blue and Soft Sea Foam.

Today’s card features a very fun and sparkly technique – dyed Wink of Stella.

Measurements:
BASE: Balmy Blue CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Soft Sea Foam CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″
Petal Pink CS: scraps for dies
Basic White CS: scraps for dies

Always keep your Wink of Stella pens even when they dry out. If you unscrew the brush top and pry the black stopper out of the pen shaft you can fill the shaft with alcohol to re-wet the glitter left in the barrel. Put the black stopper back in and screw the pen top back in. Squeeze the tube to release the glitter inside onto a silicon mat. Squeeze one drop of ink refill onto the silicon mat. Mix the drop of ink refill with the glitter.

Cut the largest Spotlight of Nature dies in the Soft Sea Foam CS layer. Paint the edges of the die with the Soft Sea Foam tinted Wink of Stella glitter.

After painting the edges of the die place it back inside the layer.

Mix another squeeze of glitter with Petal Pink ink refill.

Splatter the Soft Sea Foam layer with the Petal Pink tinted glitter.

Adhere the Soft Sea Foam layer to the balmy Blue card base.

Stamp two flowers on Petal Pink CS in Petal Pink ink and paint the petals with the tinted Petal Pink glitter.

Die cut a smaller Spotlight on Nature die in Basic White CS. Stamp the “Sending HAPPY thoughts” from the upcoming Sending Salutations stamp set from the new catalog debuting on May 5th. Paint the word HAPPY in the Petal Pink tinted Wink of Stella.

Adhere the pink flowers to the Soft Sea Foam layer.

Mix more glitter from the Wink of Stella paint brush and a drop of Balmy Blue ink refill.

Paint the petals of the flower from the Gallery Bloom stamp bundle.

Paint the leaves with the Soft Sea Foam tinted Glitter.

Adhere the Pink flowers under the Balmy Blue flowers – pop up the blue flowers onto Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Adhere the sentiment under the blue flowers.

Adhere the Pearls of Beauty around the card.

Adding tint to the Wink of Stella adds beautiful sparkly glitter! Try this technique and create some sparkling artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

more color mondays – pool party, flirty flamingo and lemon lolly sneak peak

by nataliegramleystamps | Apr 6, 2026 | card samples, color challenge, Designer Series Paper, die cutting, embossing folders, fun fold, my favorites, new catalog, sneak peak, stampin' tools, techniques

Oh so many fun new things coming around the corner! We are going to three total catalogs a year no more mini catalogs and lots of fun stuff in this first new catalog!

We are introducing new impressions dies and plate to have embossing make even more of an impact and WOW!

This More Color Mondays submission features a sneak peak at some of the awesome new products we will be featuring with this new catalog!

Susan Campfield, a fellow demonstrator in my side line hit her million dollars in sales this past sales year and got a design a new stamp set for part of her million dollar celebration! The Phrases and Frames came out of those design meetings she wanted a versatile sentiment set and Stampin’ Up! was looking for a set like that to introduce one of their newest products the Impressions Plate! Lucky Her that she gets to introduce this product with her million dollar bundle!

This is an easel card which is an adaptation of the ones that she demonstrated at OnStage a few weeks ago using her million dollar bundle plus the Beautiful Ordinary Life Designer Series paper.

Measurements:
BASE: Pool Party CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″ and 2 1/8″, scrap for oval die
Lemon Lolly CS: (2) 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
DSP: 4″ x 5 1/4″

Take the Lemon Lolly CS layers and die cut 2 of the largest frame from the Phrases and Frames Dies.

Leave the paper die cut in the metal die and turn cut side up.

Make an Impression sandwich with the BASE Plate #1, the Thin Die Adapter #2 then place the die cut side up and lay the new Impressions Plate on top, add the #4 Embossing Plate and run through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine.

This puffs out the embossing making the design up out or stand out and is more defined.

Using the inside scrap from one of the die cuts in Lemon Lolly run the two smallest dies from the Phrases and Frames die set through the cutting setting with #1, #2 and two cutting plates #3s.

Run the larger frame of the two dies through the Impressions setting with #1, #2 then the die and paper cut side up, the Impressions Plate and then #4.

Cut the DSP to 3 3/8 X 4 3/4″.
Save the cut pieces.

Adhere the 3 3/8″ piece to a piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock of 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″.
This will show when the card is in easel mode for a finished backside.

Place Stampin’ Seal + around the backside of the perimeter of the large frame.

Place the DSP and Flirty Flamingo l;ayer, DSP side up on the taped side of the frame.

Place Stampin’ Seal + and the backside of the second frame and place over the DSP layer matching up the outside edges of the frames so they match. This essentially seals the DSP inside two frames back to back that the frames are pretty sides outward.

Cut another second smallest frame out of Pool Party and just use the inside oval for the sentiment.

Stamp the Happy Anniversary wording from the Phrases and Frames sentiment set in Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Adhere to the left side of the DSP inside the larger frame. Pop up the Lemon Lolly frame around the wording.

Open the card base to the inside and stamp the complimentary inside sentiment for the Anniversary in Tuxedo Black Memento ink in the center of the inside of the card base.

Take the DSP piece that is 5 1/4″ in length and adhere to the bottom of the inside of the card base below the inside sentiment.

Stamp the sending you hugs in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on the smallest oval from the Phrases and Frames die set.

Pop up the small oval on Stampin’ Dimensionals and place in the center of the DSP. This will be the stopper for the easel mechanism.

Adhere the lower half of the frame layer to the outmost panel of the card front.

Pop out a butterfly from the upcoming Floral Flight Accents – these are thick precut dies perfect for easy card making or accents in scrapbooking!

Adhere the frame layer to the right and below the sentiment frame.

Apply three Flirty Falmingo embellishments from the Array of Dots from the Beautiful Ordinary Life Suite of products to the card front.

If you bend the card at the score line this will create an easel effect and the card front will slide to the little oval stopper and rest as an easel for display!

This is what the card looks like from the side in the easel form! So much fun – I love easel cards they are impressive and easy and these new impressions dies have such great detail!

Try an easel card today and go create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

These products are a sneak peak they are only available as a preorder currently or in a starter kit so they will not be detailed in the photo links below. These items will be available for purchase on May 5th for customers!

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141416]

$14.00

Lemon Lolly 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161720]

$14.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]

$14.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Stampin' Glass Mat Studio (Imperial)

[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]

$15.00

Blending Brushes Storage

[160519]

$16.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[154031]

$7.00

Water Painters

[168253]

$13.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

← happy birthday onstage swap cards april stampin' up! creative challenge →

happy birthday sneak peak card

by nataliegramleystamps | Feb 26, 2026 | card samples, die cutting, my favorites, online exclusives, sneak peak, stamps ink paper

Rolling Waves are a great analogy for life sometimes – you just need to roll with things! Today’s post should have posted yesterday but for anyone that has been following me – you know this week was a busy and hard one that eventually everyone needs to deal with. Late in January we lost my mother unexpectedly and Saturday was her Memorial Mass. I stayed in Northern Virginia for a few extra days to work on things at her home and drove back late Tuesday night with the intention of getting everything I needed to do done on Wednesday! I almost succeeded – I just didn’t get this post typed up and finished in time so it is here for you today.
One of the special things about stamping is that it is my ME time, my solace, my saving grace – it is how I pamper and “take care” of myself – truely – it is something I have loved and enjoyed for 25 years now!

It is so important to have time to recoup and regenerate especially when you are taking care of children and parents and are in that middle space. This is my comfort zone and if you know me I gravitate towards summer, sun and water! This card combines all of that into a fun and whimsical birthday card!

Measurements:
BASE: Crumb Cake CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Basic White CS: 2 1/2″ x 3″, scraps for
umbrellas, sentiment, shells and foam dies
Summer Splash CS: scrap for water and
umbrella dies

Die cut the shells out of a scrap of Basic White CS.

Using blending brushes and Summer Splash, Flirty Flamingo and Crumb Cake ink, I colored the shells and starfish.

I cut a corner out of a scrap of Basic White CS about 3″ on the bottom side and about 2 1/4″ up the side. I stamped it with the large water stamp in Balmy Blue and blended the color with a blending brush as well.

I adhered it to the card front corner.

I die cut the foamy water die out of Summer Splash CS and set it on the card corner above the Balmy Blue stamped piece.

I die cut the foam out of a scrap of Basic White CS tucked it under the Summer Splash die.

I stamped the Crumb Cake CS with the sand image in Crumb Cake ink and then adhered the foamy water dies down over the corner piece.

I adhered some of the shells at the water line.

I die cut two umbrellas out of scraps of Basic White CS and then one of each design in Flirty Flamingo and Summer Splash. I adhered them in alternating patterns.

I adhered the Flirty Flamingo and White umbrella to the card.

I popped up the Summer Splash and White umbrella on Stampin’ Dimensionals over the lower left-hand edge of the Flirty Flamingo and White umbrella.

I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Rolling Waves stamp set in Summer Splash on a long 1/2″ strip of Basic White CS and slid it back and forth until I decided on the location of the wording and adhered it down to the card.

I adhered the last two shells to the left-hand side of the Happy Birthday sentiment.

I added three Pearlized faceted Circles from the Lovely and Beautiful Suite of products to finish off this fun card that did my soul good!

Take time out each day to do something you love and take care of yourself so you can be good for others! Now go and create something beautiful – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Remember since this is a sneak peak and not available until March 3rd to customers the rolling waves stamps, dies and bundle will not appear below in the photo clickables.