Anniversary & Love-Weddings

A Special Anniversary!

Anniversary & Love-Weddings / March 8, 2021

You have to check out the new Butterfly Brilliance Collection. Trust me you will not be disappointed. This collection is available now through May 3rd. Here are just a few card ideas that will help get your creative juices flowing.

You know how whenever you buy a pack of paper there is typically one or two sheets that aren’t your favorite? Well, not this pack I absolutely love every sheet!!!

Seriously, they are all so beautiful and today’s card was created using two sheets from the Butterfly Bijou paper pack. I also used the dies from the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle.

This card will be going to my sister-in-law and her husband in Virginia Beach who will be celebrating a very special anniversary later this month.

Begin with a Mint Macron base that measures 5½ x 8½. In landscape position, (aka the long side) score at 4¼”. Fold and burnish.
Cut a 2 x 4” piece of designer series paper from the Butterfly Bijou paper pack and layer on a 2 1/8 x 4 1/8” piece of the Melon Mambo cardstock. Attach this on the front left side of the Mint Macron card base.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the Brilliant Wing Dies to cut a Mint Macron butterfly from the designer series paper pack. Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach this to the upper left side of the card base.
Stamp the Happy Anniversary greeting from Many Mates on some Basic White card scrap and punch it out using the Rectangular Postage Punch.
Cut a 1 ½ x 2 1/8” piece of Melon Mambo cardstock and attach it on an angle to the card front.
Next layer the greeting on top of the Melon Mambo rectangle and finish it off by adding a Matte Black Dot to the greeting.

For the inside, cut a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of Basic White cardstock and stamp a greeting in Memento Black ink. I used the sentiment from the Treasures of Life stamp set.
Attach this panel to the inside of the card.
Use the dies from Brilliant Wings to cut a solid butterfly with Basic Black cardstock and the detailed wings with Mint Macron cardstock. Layer together and add to the inside of the card.

This card was super easy because I did not even have to color the butterflies, the paper did it for me. All I had to do was cut the paper using the Brilliant Wings die.

I hope you have fun creating with this collection. I would love to hear from you and see your butterfly creations.

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A Rococo Rose Valentine!

5 Comments / Anniversary & Love-Weddings, Paper Crafting Ideas / February 13, 2021 / Designer Series Paper, Paper Piecing, Punches

So since tomorrow is Valentine’s Day I thought I would offer one more card for the holiday. Did you know that making this Valentine’s Day card was so much cheaper than buying one at the store? Well, I suppose I could find one at Dollar Tree, but it would not be as fancy and this one is made the love.

I decided to go with non-traditional colors, especially since yesterdays card was filled with red hearts! Today I used the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper, the Tailored Tag punch, the hearts from Kangaroo and Company and of’ course the Heartfelt Bundle.

Begin with a Rococo Rose card base that measures 5 ½ x 8 ½”. In landscape position, (aka along the 8½” side) score at 4 ¼”. Fold in half to create your card.
Cut a 3 ¾ x5” piece of Basic Black cardstock. Use the Tailored Tag punch to punch out some designs from the Peony Garden paper pack and glue them to the black panel leaving even spaces between each design. TIP: I glued the pieces and some of them hung over the edge of the card panel. Once you are finished attaching all the pieces, flip the card to the back and trim off excess. SUGGESTION: I recommend using liquid glue to attach the pieces as it will be more forgiving when trying to create the even borders all around.
Attach the black design panel to another piece of Basic Black cardstock that measures 1/8” smaller than the panel.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to cut the small heart die from the Kangaroo and Company dies in Rococo Rose cardstock. I cut 7 hearts, you may want more, less, or none at all depending on your taste in design.
Uses the Heartfelt Bundle to stamp the greeting on a piece of Rococo Rose cardstock in Memento Black ink and punch it out with the smooth heart punch. Now punch a scalloped heart in black. Attach the two hearts together and add to the front of your cards.
Because I already have a few layers going and I am going to mail this card out, I did not use Stampin’ Dimensionals, but they would look good as well, especially if you are hand-delivering your creation.

For the inside, cut a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of White cardstock and attach to the inside panel. Stamp the greeting from the Heartfelt Bundle in Rococo Rose ink. Next stamp the dotted heart in Memento Black around the rose heart.

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Heartfelt Happy Valentine’s Day!

Anniversary & Love-Weddings / February 12, 2021 / Hearts, Punches

Well Valentine’s Day is this weekend do you have any special plans? It is suppose to be wicked cold here is St. Louis this weekend and I plan to stay inside and close to the fire. My craft rooms is not too far away from the fireplace so perhaps I will enjoy both.

I have never been too big into celebration Valentine’s Day. When my kids were little we would prepare a special meal, pull out the candle and of’ course they each got a small gift at the table. It was nothing exciting, usually a pair of socks or some Valentine’s candy, but still it was fun to be together.

Now that my kids are older and out of the house, we really don’t celebrate, but perhaps this year, I will make a candlelight dinner for my hubby. Hey throw in a bottle of Champagne, a fire in the fireplace and a Hallmark movie, now that would be a great evening!

Regardless of how you celebration, I wish you much love and happiness until Valentine’s Day rolls around again next year!

The above card was made using the Heartfelt Bundle and was one of the projects we did at stamp camp last month. I hope you have a blessed and warm Valentine’s Day!

Since today is Friday and Valentine’s Day is not until Sunday, perhaps I will bring another fun Valentine’s Day card your way tomorrow.

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Quite Curvy Bundle meets leftover hearts!

4 Comments / Anniversary & Love-Weddings / February 8, 2021 / Quite Curvy Bundle

How do you feel about leftovers? I mean you either love them or hate them, right? As long as it is something I love like pizza, shrimp, chicken kabobs or anything Chinese I am happy OK with leftovers.

However, when it comes to my crafts, I think leftovers are awesome, especially cardstock. I save most of my scraps and have them organized by color. Do you save your scraps? What do you do with your scraps? Leave me a comment about how you feel about your crafting leftovers and if/or how you store your cardstock scraps and you would be the next winner.

Last week, we had a comment challenge about favorite go-to colors and let’s give it up for Sarah C. who will be getting a pack of Stampin’ Dimensionals…..her favorite go-to colors are Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party! Congrats Sarah!!!

This week’s comment challenge is all about leftovers, yup, crafting leftovers, so again leave me a comment on how you feel about your crafting leftovers and if/or how you store your cardstock scraps and you could be the next winner.

This week, I will be giving away a pack of the NEW Resin Hearts Embellishments from the JJ2021 Spring catalog. Please leave your comment before midnight on Saturday 2/14.

And now the card created from leftovers! If you missed the original card post, CLICK HERE!

Begin with a Basic Cherry Cobbler card base that measures 5 ½ x 8 ½”, score at 4 ¼”.
Using the leftover Flower and Field Designer Series Paper, cut or punch a few more hearts from the designer series paper. (This will all depend on the heart shapes of your choice.) Attach this to the leftover curvy piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock.
On the left side of your card front attach a 2 ¼ x 5 ¼” piece of Basic White cardstock.
To the right side of the card, attach the Flirty Flamingo and Flower and Field DSP panel created from the leftovers.
Using the Stamparatus, stamp the sentiment from the Quite Curvy Bundle along the curve in Cherry Cobbler ink.
Add one of the hearts cut from the Flower and Field Designer Series paper pack and add some gold metallic pearls.

For the inside cut a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of White cardstock and layer on the inside.
Attach a few more leftover hearts from the Flower and Field Designer Series Paper pack to the top and bottom of the white panel.
Add a sentiment of your choice, or leave it blank as in the sample picture above.

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Flower and Field Curvy Hearts

5 Comments / Anniversary & Love-Weddings / February 5, 2021 / Heartfelt Punch Pack, Quite Curvy Bundle, Stamparatus, Stampin' Cut and Emboss

Today’s card features the same Flower and Field Designer Paper pack as yesterday’s post, and I did use the Happy Thoughts set again, but decided to add some texture using the Quite Curvy Bundle and the Heart Punch pack. CLICK HERE if you missed yesterday’s post.

The Flower and Field paper pack is part of the Sale-a-Brations event and is FREE with a $50 purchase.

Attach a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of Basic White to the card front.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine and the Curvy Dies to cut a the curvy layers in Flirty Flaming cardstock (1 ½ x 5 ¼”) & the Flower and Field Designer Series Paper pack (2 ½ x 5 ¼”).
Layer the Flower and Field to the top of the Flirty Flamingo matching the curves. Attach to the 4 x 5 ¼” white layer.
Use the Stampartus to stamp the greeting the Quite Curvy stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink.
To create the hearts, first stamp the smooth heart from Cherry Cobbler cardstock and then punch the negative of that heart with the matching scallop heart punch from the Heart Punch pack. Repeat with Flirty Flamingo cardstock.
Attach to the white layer overlaying some of the curvy layers with liquid glue.

For the inside cut a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of White cardstock and layer on the inside.
Use the Heart Punch pack to punch a Cherry Cobbler scallop heart and a Flirty Flamingo smooth heart. Layer the two hearts together.
I used a smaller heart to cut from the Flower and Field Designer Series Paper to add a pop of color.

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True Love Meets Blending Brushes

1 Comment / Anniversary & Love-Weddings / February 1, 2021 / Blending Brushes, Tools and Accessories

Today’s card was inspired by a fellow demonstrator and friend, Brian King, who just happens to be my upline. Brian posted a very similar card on his blog stampwithbrian.com, check it out!

I challenged myself to use the New Blending Brushes, which by the way are amazingly soft. The handles are flexible which makes it super easy to blend large and small areas. They come in a three pack and make blending so easy.

Here is the card I created blending our Highland Heather, Costal Cabana and Bumblebee inks on the New True Love Black and White Designer Series paper. It is amazing what a pop of color will do.

Begin with a Costal Cabana card base that measures 5 ½ x 8 ½”, score at 4 ¼”.
Cut a 3 x 4” piece of True Love Designer Series paper and use the New Blending Brushes to add color to the paper. I used Highland Heather, Costal Cabana and Bumblebee ink.
Punch a heart using the Heart Punch Pack from the True Love Designer Series paper pack and attached to the 3 x 4” piece of Designer Series paper in previous step.
Use the Double Oval punch to punch out a Basic Black and Basic White oval. Stamp the sentiment on the white and attach to the black. Attach to the lower right side of the heart.

Cut cardstock layers as follows:
Basic Black: 4 1/8 x 5 3/8
Basic Black 3 ¾ x 5
Costal Cabana: 4 x 5 ¼”
Basic White: 3 ½ x 4 ¼”

Attach cardstock layers as follows:
Largest Basic Black to the Costal Cabana card base
Next size Costal Cabana layer to the Basic Black now on the card base
Smallest Basic Black piece to the Costal Cabana now on the card base
White cardstock to the smallest Basic Black piece now on the card base
Designer Series paper to the Basic White cardstock

Thanks Brian for being my inspiration for today’s post. I hope you will stop back tomorrow for some more crafting and card-making. Don’t forget this is the last month to earn FREE sets from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

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Kangaroo and Company

Anniversary & Love-Weddings / January 25, 2021 / Hearts, Kangaroo and Company

Did you know that Kangaroos are actually timid and shy by nature? Maybe that is why the New Kangaroo and Company Bundle in the JJ 2021 Spring mini catalog is so cute.

The Mama kangaroo looks so peaceful, but don’t be fooled, this mama kanga may have tiny feet, but she has powerful legs and can travel more than 56km/h and leap more than 9 meters in a single bound, now that is impressive.

Begin with a Real Red card base 5 ½ x 8 ½”. Score in landscape position at 4 ¼”.
On a 3 x 4 ¾” piece of Basic White cardstock, randomly stamp the envelope from the Kangaroo & Company Bundle in Memento Black ink. Stamp a few tiny red hearts and color all the hearts with a Real Red Blend or a Stampin’ Write marker.
Using the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine cut out a few hearts from Real Red cardstock and attach to the white card panel.
Cut a 3 1/8 x 3 7/8” piece of Basic Black cardstock. Layer the white panel on the black and attach to the Real Red card front.
Stamp the mama and the baby kangaroo in Memento Black ink on Crumb Cake cardstock and cut out using the matching Kangaroo dies. NOTE: The slit in mama kangaroo’s pouch is automatically cut with this die.
Stamp the bouquet of hearts in Memento Black ink on Real Red cardstock and cut out with coordinating die and insert these hearts into mama kangaroo’s pouch.
Add the baby kangaroo to the White cardstock panel.

For the inside cut a 4 x 5 ¼” layer of White cardstock and using stamp an envelope at the bottom and some tiny hearts. Color the hearts red with a Stampin’ Blend or Stampin’ Write marker.
Add the greeting in Memento Black ink.

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Heartfelt Anniversary!

Anniversary & Love-Weddings / January 21, 2021 / Designer Series Paper, Happy Anniversary

This is a clean and simple card using the New True Love Designer Series paper in the JJ2021 Spring mini and the Heartfelt Bundle in the annual catalog. I absolutely love this paper just the way it is, but I also love how it can be colored to create a totally different look. Stay tuned for future blog posts on that one!

Celebrating love and accomplishments can be so much fun. While this is actually an anniversary card for a young couple, it could also be used to celebrate milestones, like the number of years at a job or the number of years as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator!

You too can sign up to be a demonstrator and before you know it, you would be celebrating a one year anniversary of fun and fantastic card making!

Right now, Stampin’ UP! is offering a extra special gift of five 6×6 paper packs for all who sign up before the end of February. Just $99 and you can create your own kit of $125 worth of stamping toy, plus you would also get the free business supply kit. If that sounds fun to you, just CLICK HERE and get the details. I would love to have you on my team!

And now for that Anniversary card!

Begin with a Basic Black card base 5 ½ x 8 ½. Score in landscape position at 4 ¼”.
To the left side of the card front add a 2 x 5 ¼” piece of the True Love Designer Series Paper.
Cut black and white cardstock layers and attach as follows: 2½ x 3½” white, 2¼ x 3¼” black, 2 1/8 x 3 1/8” white.
Stamp Happy Anniversary from Many Mates in Memento Black ink.
Use the Heart punches from the bundle to punch a red scallop heart and a white smooth heart and layer them together. Attach the hearts to the black and white layers with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals and attach to the card front.
Finish off the card with a little bling by adding a few Red Rhinestone gems.

I hope you will stop by again for more crafting fun and some colorful cards with this New True Love Designer Series paper. The list of supplies used to make this card is below, just click on the add card and start earning those FREE Sale-a-Bration products! Don’t forget to add our monthly host code- SM7SJPZZ

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Arrange a Wreath-Happy Anniversary!

Anniversary & Love-Weddings / December 29, 2020 / Bundle for all Seasons, Happy Anniversary

Today’s card features the Arrange a Wreath Bundle pictured on page 127 in the annual catalog. What a great set to be able to use year round and each wreath turns out so different….love it!

Begin with a White card base 5½ x 8½”. Score in landscape position at 4¼”.
Layer a 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock onto the card front.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to dry emboss a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of white cardstock using the Subtle Embossing folder and layer it onto the Misty Moonlight panel.
Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to cut a wreath from Misty Moonlight and Just Jade cardstock.
Layer the Misty Moonlight wreath on the bottom and add the leafy looking wreath in just jade.
Cut out a bow and two hearts from Blushing Bride cardstock. Glue the hearts in the center and put the bow somewhere on the wreath (I placed mine at the bottom).
Stamp Happy Anniversary in Misty Moonlight ink on White cardstock, cut out and layer onto some Misty Moonlight cardstock.
Glue sentiment to the card front, under the wreath image.

Whether you are celebrating an Anniversary, a Birthday, need a quick Wedding card or just want to send someone a special card, this is a great set. If you would like to add this to your collection, don’t forget to use the Host Code: SM7SJPZZ

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Everything Essential for the Holidays!

Anniversary & Love-Weddings / December 23, 2020 / Be Mine, Bundle, punch

Today’s card feature the Everything Essential Bundle. This cute little set will be retiring soon and include a tag punch that is great for Halloween, Christmas and even Valentine’s Day! Yes, that holiday will be coming up soon enough. You can find this set on page 61 of the Aug-Dec Holiday mini catalog.

Begin with a Melon Mambo card base 5 ½ x 8 ½”. Score in landscape position at 4 ¼”.
Using the Essential Tag Punch included in this bundle, punch out 3 tags from the Plaid Tidings Designer Series paper pack and 4 Whisper White tags. On 3 of the Whisper White tags stamp the little hearts stamp in Melon Mambo and Seaside Spray ink.
On the 4^th Whisper White tag, stamp the Be Mine image in Melon Mambo Ink and punch it out with the Essential Tag punch.
Adhere the punched tags to the Melon Mambo card base with Stampin’ Seal and place the Be Mine image in the middle using some Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Here is another version of this same card using the Plaid Tidings DSP pack.

Here is another card version just in case you do not have any of the Plaid Tiding Designer Series paper.

Begin with a Melon Mambo card base 5 ½ x 8 ½”. Score in landscape position at 4 ¼”.
Using the Essential Tag Punch included in this bundle, punch out 3 tags from Whisper White cardstock and stamp the little hearts stamp in Melon Mambo and Seaside Spray ink randomly on tag.
Stamp the Be Mine stamp in Melon Mambo ink onto some Whisper White cardstock and punch out using the Essential Tag punch. TIP: Pay attention to how you stamp these out as two of them will need to have the fancy part of the tag at the bottom of the image and you want to be sure that your heart is not upside down.
With the same “Be Mine” stamp, ink only the wording in Memento Black ink and stamp on some Whisper White scraps.
Using your paper snips, fussy cut the black “Be Mine” out and adhere it to the original wording stamped in Melon Mambo.
Color in the flowers on the Be Mine tags using the Seaside Spray Stampin’ Blends.

And if you like 3D projects, try out this cute little treat box is perfect for any occasion.

To create this little box begin with a 5 ½ x 6 ½” of Rich Razzleberry cardstock and along the 6 ½” side, score at 2”, 3”, 5”, 6”. Rotate the cardstock clockwise and score the 5 ½” side at 1, 4, and 4 ½”.
Remove the smaller rectangles sections from both side of the box. Cut vertically up to the first full score line on each side of the box and angle cut the small tabs. Two of the small tabs will be quite long, so you will need to remove approx. ½” from these tabs.
On the box front and back with the taller flaps, corner round both sides as this will be the top portion of your box.
Cut a 1 7/8 x 2 7/8” piece of Plaid Tiding Designer Series paper (or DSP of your choice) and adhere to the front and back of the box panels.
Stamp the “You & Me” Birdie stamp in Seaside Spray ink onto some Whisper White cardstock and punch out using the Essentials Tab punch. Adhere to the front of the box.
Place the box face down (design will not be showing) and fold back the left side of the box. Apply liquid glue or tear and tape to the long skinny rectangular tab and bring the right side of the box over to meet this section and adhere along this rectangular tab.
Next, fold the bottom flaps in and adhere the base of the box using liquid glue or tear and tape.
Fill your box with treats or a small present and fold top flaps in and up to meet. Put a small piece of tear and tape inside this flap and wrap with Linen Thread and tie to close.