more color mondays – peach pie, calypso coral and azure afternoon

more color mondays – peach pie, calypso coral and azure afternoon

There is endless possibilities with concentric die sets and we have a new one that debuted in the latest Online Exclusives release called Everyday Arches!

The complete Everyday Skies Suite Collection includes:

EVERYDAY ARCHES PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (10% off)
* 13 photopolymer stamps
* Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): b, c, e

EVERYDAY ARCHES DIES (10% off)
* 10 dies
* Largest die: 5-3/16″ x 3-15/16″ (13.2 x 10 cm)
* Use with a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

EVERYDAY SKIES 6″ X 6″ DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
* 48 sheets of patterned paper: 4 each of 12 double-sided designs
* 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm)
* Acid free
* Lignin free

WHITE 1/2″ (1.3 CM) WOVEN RIBBON
* Width: 1/2″ (1.3 cm)
* Length: 10 yards (9.1 m)

TWO-TONE SPARKLE GEMS
* 180 pieces
* 4 mm, 5 mm
* Adhesive-backed
* Balmy Blue, Bubble Bath

Product colors: Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Blueberry Bushel, Bubble Bath, Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Melon Mambo, Misty Moonlight, Moody Mauve, Night of Navy, Peach Pie, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie

Although the Designer Series paper seems to be the star of the show I think it is the dies that really shine!

But the paper is absolutely gorgeous too!

I used the dies concentrically to create today’s More Color Monday color challenge card!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Azure Afternoon CS: scrap for die
Peach Pie CS: scrap for die
Calypso Coral CS: scrap for die
DSP: scrap for die

I embossed the front side of the card base with the new Soft Waves 3D embossing folder,
With Azure Afternoon ink, I stamped the little stars images on the top half of the card front.
I stamped the reach for the stars sentiment and the birds directly onto the DSP die cut and adhered the concentric dies together!
I popped them onto the center of the card front.
I finished off the card with Basic Rhinestone Jewels embellishments for a little easy starry bling!

Try this if you have concentric dies or get this suite while it lasts!
Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

more color mondays – melon mambo, berry burst and lemon lime twist shadow box fun fold

more color mondays – melon mambo, berry burst and lemon lime twist shadow box fun fold

Are you a Friends TV Series fan? When I saw the Friends of the Ocean Suite and the lobster the first thing I thought of was my son asking for the complete DVD boxed set of the series for Christmas – we loved that series and if you are a fan, you will get this card and understand immediately why I saw this Designer Series Paper and knew I had to make this card!

Measurements:
BASE: Melon Mambo 4 1/4″ x 11″
scraps for the alphabet dies
DSP: (2) 3/8″ x 4 1/4 and (1) 3 1/2″ x 4 1/4″
Scraps for the alphabet dies
die cut of the large lobster
Basic White CS: 3 1/4″ x 4″

Score the base on the 11″ side at 1/2″, 1″ 4 1/2″, 5″, 5 1/2″, 6″, 6 1/2″, 10″ and 10 1/2″.

Fold the card in half and adhere the 3 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ DSP piece to the center front panel

Die cut the largest square out of the center of the card front.
Adhere the 3/8″ x 4 1/4″ DSP pieces on the outer panels of the card front.
Adhere the Basic White CS layer on the center large panel on the inside of the card.

Adhere the score lines on either side of the center score line.

Die cut the larger lobster out of the DSP and adhere it to the lower corner of the Basic White window area.

Cut the word Lobster out of the Friends of the Ocean DSP and adhere to the lower portion of the lobster die cut (I closed the card front and using a pencil marked the corners keeping the images inside the corners so you can see the images through the shadow box opening.

Cut the Mini Alphabet dies in Melon Mambo CS and adhere the MY above the lobster on the left-hand side.
Adhere the right-hand panels together.
Adhere the word YOU’RE off of the top of the shadow box opening.
I added a Lemon Lime Lime circle die under the word MY to add color to the card.
This card has a bunch of scoring but is relatively easy and looks impressive!

This shadow box card is a 3D Stunner – try it with your stash and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

creating a simple sale-a-bration card

creating a simple sale-a-bration card

Have you ever REALLY looked at the bottom of page 22 in the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog? There are 22 card layout samples and there is so much inspiration in these little blocks!

Today’s blog post is a very simple stamps, ink, paper card made with a sneak peak DSP from the Sale-a-bration catalog available January 7th!
For those customers that received their catalogs in the mail on page 11 of the 2025 Sale-a-bration catalog you will see the 12 sheets of 12″ x 12″ beautiful floral paper that you can earn for FREE with a $60 purchase.
I used the last layout design on page 22 and designed a simple stamping card with this DSP taking center stage! The awesome part of this card is that it uses a 4″ square so you could make 9 cards from one sheet of DSP. One pack of this FREE DSP could make 108 of these cards!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
DSP: 4″ square cut diagonally

You will notice that if you look at the card layout on page 22 there are two squares and a sentiment strip in between. Now here is the fun part! You can take this layout as a springboard and tweek it – it is ONLY a starting point! I decided to use the Designer Series paper as the “two squares” and eliminate the extra rectangular layer.
You can cut the DSP square anyway you choose I started about an inch down from the top of the DSP and cut diagonally to just about 2/3 of the way down on the opposite side.
I laid the DSP pieces on the card front and positioning them so that the borders on the sides and top are even I lightly drew a pencil mark along the diagonal edges.
I then pushed the DSP away and in between the top and bottom pencil marks I stamped the sentiment and the flowers from a level two Sale-a-bration set called Heart Shaped Bundle (comes with stamps and coodinating dies! FREE with a $120 purchase) in Berry Burst ink.
I stamped the leaves in Shaded Spruce ink around the floral images.
Adhere the top and bottom Designer Series paper pieces to the card front allowing the sentiment and floral stamped patterns to “peek” through the diagonal space in between them.
Wrap the white ribbon around the bottom front of the card edge and tie in a knot.

Such a fun and simple stamped card!

Look on page 22, pick out a layout and use it as a starting point for your card. Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Reminder since these products will not be available until after January 7th this post will go live with only the photo directory below showing current products only.

create your own shimmer paper cards

create your own shimmer paper cards

We used to carry Shimmery White cardstock and I LOVED IT!! It had this gorgeous sheen to it and a subtle sparkle. Well it retired and if you loved it too there is a way to make your own and the good news is … it’s even more versatile!

If you are not familiar with our Pearlized Enamel Effects there come in two versions and packs of three bottles of lacquer each:

#156310 Pearlized Enamel Effects Basics
$15.00
* 3 bottles: 1 each of 3 colors
* 1 oz. (29.5 g) each
Product colors: Black, Real Red, White Pearl

#161610 Metallic Enamel Effects Basics
$15.00
* 3 bottles: 1 each of 3 colors
* 1 oz. (29.5 g) each
Product colors: Copper, Gold, Silver

You can use this lacquer in so many ways. The small, thin tip makes it easy to outline stamped images or add detail. Draw attention to part of a stamped image. Write and draw shapes such as stars and hearts. Create dots to use on your creations. You will need to allow time for drying.

Did you know you can brush these directly onto cardstock and create a shimmer paper in these six basic colors and add drops of re-inker to them and create many more colors with shimmer!

Measurement Card #1
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
scrap for die cut
5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ for painting and die cutting
DSP: 2″ x 4 1/4″ and 2″ x 3 1/2″

Card #2
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ for painting and die cutting
Fresh Freesia CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ for painting and
embossing
Pebbled Path CS: scrap for sentiment piece

I experimented with different colors and different enamel effects to increase the combinations I could achieve!

My first sample I embossed colored cardstock – Fresh Freesia – with a new Beautiful Butterflies embossing folder.

I squeezed a few drops of White Enamel Effects onto a Silicone Mat and using a wet Water Painter I painted that embossed surface with the watered down enamel effects to give it a shimmer! Allow to dry fully before using on a card!
Next I did the same thing on Basic White Paper painted with White Enamel Effects.
For experiment number 3 I used Basic White CS and painted it first with the White Enamel Effects and then painted just the butterfly images with Gold and Copper Enamel Effects.
I die cut the large and small butterfly from the painted metallic butterflies piece.
For the first card I took scraps of the Nature’s Sweetness 12″ x 12″ DSP and took two different patters and a die cut from another sneak peak product the Linked Together Dies. I first arranged them together in a pleasing pattern on a 4 1/4″ x 11″ base cardstock folded in half.
Once I liked the pattern I removed the DSP and die and started to adhere the pieces onto the base.
I adhered the 2″ x 4 1/4″ piece across the bottom of the base card leaving a small border along the bottom of the card base.
Next I adhered the gold foiled cross-hatched patterned DSP in the opposite direction.
I glued the die cut piece from the Linked Together dies set overlapping the two pieces of DSP.
I grabbed a scrap of Copper Clay to draw out the copper shimmer on the butterflies and stamped Time To celebrate in the same Copper Clay ink.
I adhered the sentiment piece overlapping all three previous pieces.
I popped up the large butterflie die from the Beautiful Butterflies bundle and adhered it over the sentiment piece.
I die cut the body of the smaller butterfly out of the white shimmer paper and adhered it onto the top of the detailed die cut butterfly. I then adhered this smaller butterfly below and overlapping the left corner of the sentiment piece.
I adhered 5 brass colored embellishments f( I realized after I adhered them that these embellishments are retired but you could easily substitute the Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems which come in Copper, Gold and A dark silver/platinum color and are faceted for a beautiful shimmer and shine!
For Card #2 I used the Fresh Freesia cardstock that I painted as the background.

I mixed Berry Burst re-inker into the White Enamel Effects to create a Berry Burst butterfly.
I painted on the Berry Burst enamel onto a sheet of embossed paper.

I adhered the Fresh Freesia background 4″ x 5 1/4″ to the Basic White card base.

I die cut the large butterfly out and die cut the large butterfly body out of the Fresh Freesia enameled scraps. i adhered the butterfly body onto the middle of the large butterfly and popped it up on Dimensionals on the card. I stamped the sentiment in Pebbled Path ink on a scrap of Pebbled Path cardstock and adhere it over the butterfly die.
I added three of the Adhesive-backed Drusy embellishments for extra special sparkle and shine!

The possibilities are endless colored paper and white or silver, black paper and all of the enamel colors, white paper and all the colors of enamel or color the enamel with re-inkers WOW what will you come up with?

Now go out and create some fun shimmer designs of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

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out of the box stamping

out of the box stamping

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