Just Because Cards

As a demonstrator for Stampin’ UP! I recently participated in an On Tour Virtual event and received a free stamp set from the new upcoming catalog. The event was so fun and we all created a sample to share with the group, which we made using the free stamp set of course.

So, here is the card I created to share. The name of the new set Etched in Nature.

• Begin with a 5½ x 8½” piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock. In landscape position, (aka the long side), score at 4 ¼”.   Fold and burnish.  This will create a card base.
• Cut a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of Crumb Cake cardstock.  Use Soft Suede to stamp the ferns and the mushrooms onto the Crumb Cake panel.
• Color the buds on the fern using a Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blend and attach the panel to the card front.
• Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the largest square from the Stitched Shape Dies to cut a piece of Very Vanilla.  Stamp the bird image in Memento Black ink and color using Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends.
• Layer the bird panel on a 2 ¾ x2 ¾” piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock and attach to the Crumb Cake panel over the stamped images.
• Stamp the greeting in Misty Moonlight ink on a ¾ x 1-7/8” piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and attach it to a 1 x 2” piece of Misty Moonlight.
• Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach this to the bottom of the bird panel.
• Layer a 4x 5¼” piece of Very Vanilla to the inside of the card and decorate as desired.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Good friends are like those rare and beautiful seashells and if you are lucky, you will find a few gems that will stick with you through thick and thin. Over the years I have had the pleasure to meet many good people and am more blessed to call those closest to me friends. Stampin’ UP! has been a huge part of my being able to make and keep good friends.

Today’s card honors all the beloved friends in our lives, those here with us and those who have passed before us. If you are lucky enough to have good friends in your life, send them a simply beautiful card today!

• Begin with a Rococo Rose base that measures 5½ x 8½. In landscape position, (aka the long side) score at 4¼”.  Fold and burnish.
• Cut a 4 1/8 x 5 3/8” piece of Basic Black cardstock and layer it to the front of the card base.
• Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to dry emboss a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of Very Vanilla with the Seashells embossing folder and attach it to the Basic Black panel on the card front.
• Cut a 2 3/8 x 3 3/8” piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and using the sponge dauber, sponge the lower portion in Crumb Cake for sand, the middle section in Balmy Blue for the ocean and a mixt of Balmy Blue and Blushing Bride for the sky.
• Use Soft Suede to stamp speckles in the sand area.   Stamp one of the medium sized seashell in Soft Suede on a scrap of very vanilla, cut it out and attach to the vanilla layer.
• Stamp the sentiment in Memento Black ink in the upper left corner.
• Cut a 2 ½ x 3 ½” piece of Rococo Rose cardstock and a 2 ½ x 3 ½” piece of Basic Black cardstock.  Layer the vanilla sand scene to the black and Rococo Rose as pictured.

Stamp the inside with a sentiment of your choice. I stamped mine from the Friends are Like Seashells bundle in Memento Black ink.

I hope you enjoyed this card, don’t forget to leave a comment, I am always happy to hear from you. This bundle is available until the end of June and can be found in the January -June mini catalog.

These little donkeys really are darling! If you have never read the book Wonky Donkey, it is adorable, especially if you have younger children or if one of your children is a teacher.

My daughter teaches first grade in Chicago and I am sure her students will enjoy the cute story about a spunky hanky-panky cranky stinky-dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky donkey!

• Begin with a Basic Gray card base 5½ x 8½. Score in landscape position at 4¼”.
• Next cut a 4 x 5 ¼”piece of Seaside Spray cardstock and using the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine, run it through with the Brick and Mortar 3-D embossing folder.
• Adhere the faux brick wall to the Basic Gray card front.
• Stamp one of the darling donkeys in Black Stazon ink on Basic White cardstock and use the watercolor pencils and the water painter to color the donkey. Be sure to use the Stazon ink and not Memento Black so that when you watercolor, the ink will not bleed.
• Again using the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the Stitched Shapes, but out the donkey using one of the stitched circles.
• Using the layering ovals, cut a coordinating scallop circle out of Basic Gray cardstock and layer the two together. 
• Using Stampin’ Dimensionals, attach the donkey to the card front.
• Stamp Hee Haw with Memento Black ink on Basic White cardstock twice, cut out and attach to card front.
• Next stamp You’re the best! on White cardstock and layer it to some Basic Gray and attach to the front of the card.
• Layer a 4 x 5¼” piece of white on the inside.

The Darling Donkeys set is part of our Sale-A-Bration event and is FREE with a $50 purchase. If you are placing an order and it is less than $150, please use the Host code: SM7SJPZZ

I hope you enjoy these cute little guys and order your set today. I really appreciate your business and hope you will stop back tomorrow for some more crafting fun!