Blessed By Cards w/Renae Novak

A Sad Good-bye to Flowers of Beauty!

Happy Birthday, Make it Monday Videos, Thinking of You / April 21, 2025

Don’t you hate it when one of your favorite stamp sets gets moved to the retiring list? For me it is the Flowers of Beauty. While I am extremely happy that I purchased this set, it is always sad to say good-bye when sets retire. As a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator I try to feature our most recent products. Even though I don’t feature them on my blog or in my stamping classes, I will for sure be keeping this one in my stash to create cards to gift and to sell.

Make It MOnday #202 Project Sheet

Let’s Take A Closer Look

Do you have a favorite set that is retiring? Click here to check out the list of Last Chance products here and be sure to place your order before they are gone. Happy Stamping!

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

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Happy Easter! Sunday Wisdom

2 Comments / Sunday Wisdom / April 20, 2025

This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad! Today is a glorious day and one that is filled with hope. And even if your days still feel dark and empty, Christ is with you walking beside you, in your despair, in your emptiness, in your hope, and in your joy. Step by step he is leading us to His kingdom in heaven.

It is a time to reflect on the truth of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. He truly is alive in our hearts. He is with us in our darkest fears. So let us call on the Holy Spirit to renew our hope and remain steadfast in prayer. Let us celebrate God’s unfathomable love, grace, and mercy and allow it to transform our faith with a renewed hope for a joyous future.

Have A Blessed Easter Season!

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

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Happy Easter ~ Five Minute Friday

Easter-Spring, Five Minute Cards / April 18, 2025

Happy Friday everyone. It is almost Easter and time to celebrate our risen Lord. I hope you have great cause to celebrate and gather with family this holiday. Today’s Easter card was created using a retired set, Thoughout the Year, and a last chance product, Flowers of Beauty. The two step flowers in this stamp set make it super easy to create a five minute Easter Card.

I stamped the solid portion of my flower with Boho Blue ink (last chance product) and the detailed outline with Misty Moonlight ink. Before stamping the Boho Blue on my card front, I first stamped it off on a piece of scrap paper. This will give you a lighter look for your flower, but one that still coordinates perfectly with the Boho Blossom cardstock.

The Boho Blossom card base sized is A2 and I stamped my images on a Basic White panel that measures 4 x 5 1/4. I cut a 1/2 x 5 1/4 inch Boho Blosssom CS and added it across the width of my card just under the greeting. Just add bling of your choice and you are ready to go.

If you don’t have black dot bling, you can always cheat and use a black sharpie marker. I do this alot when stamping with my nursing home friends. The tiny bling pieces are too difficult for them to manage, but the sharpie works great! Happy Stamping! Have a Blessed Easter!

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

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Weekly Wed. #51 Three Strip DSP Technique

2 Comments / Happy Birthday, Thank You, Weekly Wednesday Videos / April 16, 2025

Happy Wednesday everyone. It is time again to create a quick and easy card together. Today I am featuring a clean and simple three strip designer series paper technique. You can create all types of cards using this technique. Enjoy the video and the extra bonus card at the end of this post.

Project Measurements and Supplies

Crumb Cake card base: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Misty Moonlight CS: 4 x 5 1/4
Basic White CS: 4 x 5 1/4, & scrap for greeting
Wildly Wheat DSP: 1-1/8 x 5 (3)
Twine
With You in Mind stamp set
Heartfelt Hexagon punch
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Bling of your choice

New Rewards Program

Stampin’ Up! has officially launched the new Stampin’ Rewards program and now you can easily earn 10% on all orders over $20 (USA). Click here for more information. Be sure to create an account, choose me as your demonstrator, and select opt in to the rewards program.

And now today’s bonus card…..

This is some of our retired patterned paper, but it is still a great choice. I mounted the three strips of DSP on a 4 x 5-1/4 panel of Crushed Curry, but you will want to choose a color that coordinates with your paper. For this sample I used the same paper pack, coordinating colors, but a different strip for each section. The greeting is stamped with Memento Black ink and fussy cut with our paper snips. I love our snips, they make fussy cuttings so easy. Click here for our paper snips!

I hope you enjoyed today’s video. Don’t forget to check out the new rewards program. Have a fantastic day…..Happy Stamping!

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

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Spring Corners ~ Make It Monday #201

Happy Birthday, Make it Monday Videos, Thank You / April 14, 2025

Happy Monday. It is time to think spring and my cards today are created using a stamp set called Spring Corners. This is a fun online exclusive stamp set, click here for all online exclusives.