Sweet Squirrels - Stampin' Up!® Fluffy Squirrel

   Back with another squirrel card today!  If you're not a fan of squirrels you might just want to see this card because maybe it will change your mind! They are cute and won't eat your garden! I made this one on my Let's Stamp Today! Facebook Live last week and you can watch the replay there for 30 days or head to my YouTube channel and view it there.  I had fun with the colors and making it less of an autumn card.

  The colors are from the last color combination I challenged my customers with and it took me a hot minute to get around to using it myself.  I dug through my Designer Series Papers and pulled out a few that are on the Last Chance list to make this "missing you" card.

  The card base is Night of Navy then the Granny Apple Green layer of Fruit Salad DSP.  This is a past Sale-a-Bration reward that's currently on the Last Chance list as SU is cleaning out the warehouse so if you missed earning it last SAB or need another pack now is the time to get it!  The Melon Mambo layer is a piece of Marbled Elegance Specialty DSP which is also Last Chance.  I wrapped a bit of Night of Navy baker's twine around the panel before adhering.

  The squirrel outlines are stamped in Early Epsresso and filled in with Pecan Pie.  The righthand squirrel is stamped off once for a lighter look.  The left squirrel is punched out and the right is fussy cut.  I added some eyelashes to the "girl" squirrel for a little extra detail.  The squirrels are adhered with dimensionals to the Textured Notes die cut and then adhered to the card front.  I stamped, colored in and fussy cut the little flower and put it in the squirrels hand.

  The sentiment is embossed in white on another Textured Notes dies in Night of Navy cardstock.  I purposely did not center the words to leave room for the Enamel Dot and I added a few more at the top.

  

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE. Items marked with a * will be available starting September 3, 2025.

Stamps: Fluffy Squirrel*

Ink: Versamark, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Night of Navy

Blends (flower): Granny Apple Green light, Melon Mambo light, Night of Navy light

Paper: Night of Navy, Fruit Salad DSP, Marbled Elegance DSP, Basic White

Accessories: Fluffy Squirrel builder punch*, dimensionals, Textured Notes dies (Online Exclusive), white embossing powder, Night of Navy baker's twine (retired)

Ornament Wishes - Stampin' Up! Traditional Labels

   Today's card was a pain in the butt to photograph and I've decided after retaking them 4 times it is what it is and if you want to see the card in all of it's clean and simple glory you'll just have to come to class, or get the supplies and make your own version!  Otherwise just squint and imagine a better version of this!  I loved the color combo over at The Color Throwdown and I think I use some version of these colors every year for a Christmas card.  The combo of the Ornamental Christmas dies and the Traditional Labels stamp set while not a bundle work nicely together!

  The background is piece of Basic White embossed with the Soft Waves embossing folder.  Next I cut a Pool Party ornament shape with the Ornamental Christmas dies.  I used the band of circles accent piece to not only cut circles through the center of the ornament I used it again on Real Red Glimmer paper to cut circles to add back in the open spaces.

  The Traditional Labels stamp set is used to stamp and embossed the "merry and bright" onto the ornament in white.  The ornament and glimmer paper circles are added to the card front and adhered with dimensionals.  A bit of silver foil is used to cut the ornament topper and some baker's twine is tucked behind as well as tied in a bow to finish off the details.

  Despite my challenges with photographing this one I really like how it turned out and I love the pop of red glimmer in center!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

  All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.  Items marked with a * will be available starting Sept. 3, 2025.

Stamps: Traditional Labels*

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Basic White, Pool Party, Real Red Glimmer paper(retired)

Accessories: Soft Waves embossing folder, white embossing powder, Ornamental Christmas dies*, dimensionals, Real Red and white baker's twine

Polar Delivery - Stampin' Up!® Jolly Delivery

   Just a quick post today to share a card using the new Jolly Delivery bundle.  It's been fun to get a start on Christmas cards lately!  I used the Freshly Made Sketches challenge for this one.  The FMS team is on their 700th challenge!!  So many years of fabulous inspiration and I tried finding the oldest sketch I had played along with but my search feature on my blog didn't bring back results in year order so it was a bit of needle in a haystack attempt.  Needless to say I've been getting inspired by this challenge blog for a really long time!

  I don't often make square cards but when the sketch calls for it I see what I can do!  I started with a Real Red base then added squares of new Christmas Tags & More DSP for the back ground.  Each square is 2"x2" so you end up with a nice border around each one.

  I stamped the bear from Jolly Delivery on Basic White and then cut it out with the Stylish Shapes square die.  I stamped the gifts a second time onto DSP from the same back and cut them out to have some little paper pieced boxes.   The bear is lightly lined with my light Pool Party Blends marker to give a bit of shading (hard to see in the photo).

  I stamped the mailbox in Memento onto Basic White then colored in with Blends.  It's cut and popped on dimensionals to the edge of the bear panel to follow the sketch. 

  Some new white & gold baker's twine is tied in a bow and added to the mailbox.  New Traditional Sparkling Sequins are added to the corner of the big square.

  With the smaller surface of the square card I couldn't really get a sentiment to fit so I left it off and just added one to the inside.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.  Items marked with a * will be available starting Sept. 3, 2025. 

Stamps: Jolly Delivery*

Ink: Memento Black

Blends: Real Red light & dark, Daffodil Delight dark, Pool Party light

Paper: Real Red, Basic White, Christmas Tags & More DSP*

Accessories: Jolly Delivery dies, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, Gold & White bakers twine*, Traditional Sparkling Sequins*

Fluffy Fall - Stampin' Up!® Fluffy Squirrel

 I hope you aren't tired of seeing this Fluffy Squirrel punch bundle because I think I'm just getting started! Even those of you who aren't squirrel fans can agree that the paper version has some great qualities!  He doesn't dig up your garden, he won't steal the birdseed out of your feeder and he won't sit in the tree above your card and throw acorns at you! Lots to love I think! My card today definitely has fall vibes with the color combo but the colors could be changed out for an all year round vibe.  And it's always nice to have a layout that uses 1 inch strips!

  I made a set of this design recently for customer thank you cards.  It's fun to send them a little preview of what's coming out especially if they don't have a catalog yet!

  I started with a Crumb Cake card base then cut 5 strips (1" x 3 1/2") and kind of layered them from dark to light starting at the top.  The Pecan Pie strip is stamped with acorns in Early Espresso, the Cajun Craze strip is a piece of the new Gathering Together DSP, the Crushed Curry has the sentiment stamped on it and the Cloud Cover piece is stamped with the cross hatch accent stamp.  I used Versamark to stamp this piece and just made sure they were dried before handling.  Using Versamark for tone on tone stamping is the perfect solution to not having the Cloud Cover ink pad available.

  The squirrel outline is stamped in Early Espresso and filled in with Pecan Pie.  After he's punched out and popped on dimensionals I added a stamped and colored in acorn.  

 An Early Espresso linen thread bow and a few Streaked Dots at the top finish off the embellishments.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE. All items marked with a * will be available starting Sept. 3, 2025.

Stamps: Fluffy Squirrel*

Ink: Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Versamark

Blends: Pecan Pie light & dark

Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Gathering Together DSP*, Crushed Curry, Cloud Cover, Basic White

Accessories: Fluffy Squirrel punch, dimensionals, Early Espresso Linen Thread*, Streaked Dots*

Classic Christmas - Stampin' Up!® Ornamental Christmas

  A blue and gold Christmas card is classic and a clean and simple one is even more classic.  I combined Secret Sea and gold with a clean lined Christmas tree for my favorite Christmas card so far this year (out of 3 lol!).  The Ornamental Christmas bundle is coming soon with the release of the Stampin' Up!® Sept.-Dec. 2025 Mini Catalog.

   I started with a Basic White thick card base, then stamped and embossed the line stamp 3 times.  I'm quite impressed with myself that I got them lined up so well!  I alternated the direction so it wouldn't look so matchy matchy.

  Next I die cut the Christmas tree and then used the same line stamp but with Secret Sea ink to stamp onto the tree. I popped it on dimensionals over the gold lines.

  The tree is decorated with a gold Glimmer Paper star and some gold Traditional Sparkling Sequins.

  Finally the sentiment from another new set, Wishing You Joy, is stamped under the tree in Secret Sea.

  I think this design would be stunning with different colors.  Imagine them fanned out in a rich rainbow assortment??  Hmmmm, going to add that to my list of stamping to-dos I think!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.  Items marked with a * will be available starting Sept. 3. 

Stamps: Ornamental Christmas*, Wishing You Joy*

Ink: Versamark, Secret Sea

Paper: Basic White thick, Secret Sea

Accessories: Ornamental Christmas dies*, Traditional Sparkling Sequins*, gold embossing powder, dimensionals 

A Little Banner Christmas - Stampin' Up!® A Little Cheer

 

  Welcome back to the monthly New at SU! blog hop!  We have Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world showcasing fantastic ideas using new(er) products so that when you sit down to paper craft you have a wealth of ideas to try.  This month we are CASEing each other using those new products.  Copying And Sharing Everything is a staple of the stamping world, we get inspiration from everywhere, especially other stampers.  Each of us will show the project we're CASEing with a link back to the original so be sure to check those links out as well as hop around to all of the new projects!

  I'm CASEing our fearless blog hop leader Loni Spendlove (no pressure or anything lol!).  Loni and I met at the March 2025 OnStage demonstrator event when I invited myself to sit down at an open chair at her table one day at lunch.  Fun ensued and now I have a new stamping friend and a fabulous group I get to stamp with each month! 

 

  The project I'm CASEing is Loni's Birthday Cupcake Fun-Fold card: 

  I loved this easier than it looks fun fold with Loni's fab tutorial.  I changed mine up to use different dies and I made it Christmas instead of birthday but you can definitely see where my inspiration came from.  

 I'm using the A Little Cheer bundle which is an Online Exclusive that came out in July along with the Party Banner's dies from the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog.  I cut the banner shape (6th smallest) out of the card base then stamped the snowflakes all over.  I cut 2 more banners; one using the same size from the card front in Petal Pink and the other (just one smaller, 5th smallest) in Basic White.

  After stamping and punching out a variety of shapes and colors I stamped the banner string across the Basic White banner and added my punched shapes adhering them with dimensionals. I set that aside and put together the inside.

 I cut a Calypso Coral band of 5 1/2" x 1 1/2" and scored it at 1 1/2" and then used the 2nd smallest Party Banner die to cut the banner end.  I folded the scored tab and then adhered it under the Basic White insert that I stamped.

Next I sandwiched the 2 larger banners around the Calypso Coral band making sure everything lined up in the opening on the card front.  I added a little white & gold baker's twine bow on the band for the final touch.

  I hope you hop around to see all the great projects using the below links!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

  All of the current products used to create this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.  Items marked with a * will be available starting Sept. 3, 2025.

Stamps: A Little Cheer (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Pool Party, Summer Splash, Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral

Paper: Pool Party, Basic White, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Gold Glimmer paper (retired)

Accessories: Party Banners Dies, A Little Cheer mini punch pack (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, White & Gold baker's twine*

Woodland Ornament - Stampin' Up!® Woodland Scenery

 I've got another product preview today!  I've mixed and matched a lot of products from the September-December Mini Catalog as well as the September Online Exclusive release. After yesterday's clean and simple card I just couldn't help myself and needed to use a lot of stuff!  My layout is the current Sunday Stamps Challenge and fits just right for Christmas!

  I am loving these colors together!  Cloud Cover and Secret Sea are current In Colors (products 15% right now for the month of August!) and they are just lovely in this new pack of DSP called Peaceful Garden.  I used a large panel to cover the whole front of my card.

  Then I used 3/4" strips of Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper (coming soon!) to follow the sketch.  It's beautiful pack of Glimmer paper and I can see a lot of sparkly cards in my future! 

  Next I used the Online Exclusive Ornamental Christmas dies to cut a ornament shape in Basic White as well as an ornament topper in Cloud Cover.  I stamped a little scene on it using the Woodland Scenery stamp set (also coming soon!).  The trees are Crumb Cake, the deer Pecan Pie and the snowflakes Cloud Cover. 

  The "Noel" from Wishing You Joy stamp set (new) is stamped in Secret Sea onto Cloud Cover cardstock and trimmed down and adhered with a dimensional.  The whole ornament is adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

The final touch is the Secret Sea Faux Linen Ribbon knot added to the top of the ornament.  I didn't add any other embellishments because the Glimmer Paper takes card of the sparkle!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to create this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE. Items marked with a * will be available starting September 3, 2025.

Stamps: Woodland Scenery*, Wishing You Joy*

Ink: Secret Sea, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Cloud Cover (marker)

Paper: Basic White, Cloud Cover, Peaceful Garden DSP*, Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper*

Accessories: Ornamental Christmas Dies*, dimensionals, Secret Sea Faux Linen ribbon

 

Get Nutsy Birthday - Stampin' Up! ® Fluffy Squirrel

  The cute critter stamp sets are always at the top of my list when new product is released and if there is a matching punch even better!  The Fluffy Squirrel bundle coming out in the Stampin' Up!® Sept.-Dec. 2025 mini catalog checks all the boxes and it's perfect for not only fall cards but birthday also!  I used the Paper Players challenge to do a CAS (clean and simple) critter card. Done and done!

  Since this is a CAS card there isn't a lot in the way of details but the cuteness makes up for that!  I started with a Basic White thick card base, then added a piece of 2025-2027 In Color DSP in a Cloud Cover pattern to give my squirrel a place to sit.  I stamped the squirrel outline in Early Espresso and then filled it in with Pecan Pie.  This stamp doesn't match the punch (the one that does faces the other way) so I fussy cut it and then popped it on dimensionals.

  I stamped the little gift box in Secret Sea and then colored it with Blends.  I fussy cut that as well and popped it up on dimensionals in the squirrels hands? paws?

  The sentiment is stamped in Secret Sea on an angle along the the edge of the DSP.

  A few Timid Tiger Flat Pearls finish off this clean and simple critter card.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current product used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE. Items marked with a * will be available starting Sept. 3, 2025.

Stamps: Fluffy Squirrel*

Ink: Secret Sea, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie

Blends: Cloud Cover light, Timid Tiger dark

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, 2025-2027 In Color DSP

Accessories: dimensionals, 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls