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2nd set of my Team’s awesome masculine swap cards

Yesterday I shared 4 of my Flowerbug's Team manly card ideas for our July card swap.  Today I have three more.  I'm so proud of them; it's obvious they really did their best to make incredible swaps.  

Today's first card was made by Candy. She used the Wildlife Wonder stamp set & Grassy Grove bundle seen here.   

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Her colors include Soft Suede & Mossy Meadow.  Here are some tips on how she achieved this amazing card:

1. Die-cut the tree & grass silhouette from White CS using the Grove dies. Trim to 5" X 3 3/4". 
2. Stamp the bear on the background White layer (51/4" X 4")
3. Stamp the grass image on the bottom of the die-cut.  
4. Use the trio of trees image to stamp all over the 'foiliage' area of the die-cut using Mossy Meadow ink, stamping 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation of ink.  
5. Use a blending brush to add more green as needed. 
6. Sponge color to the edges of all layers. 
7. Distress the edges with the side of your scissors. 
8. Use a Soft Suede Blends marker to color the trunks.  
9. Adhere the die-cut over the bear image. Add to the card base. 
10. Stamp & add the greeting layer. 

Amazing, right?!!  So proud of you Candy!  

 

Next is another incredibly detailed card made by Roxann.  She used the Beauty of Friendship stamp set seen here. 

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I love her corner details but the layer of vellum that softens her stamped trees background is amazing!  It gives an ethereal or foggy feel to the scene.  She used Mossy Meadow with Early Espresso ink & card stock.  

I love the triple tag detail on her greeting.  I believe that is from the Mini Pocket Envelope dies.  Such a unique & special card. 

 

Lastly for today is a pretty scenic card made by Deloris.  She used the Grassy Grove  bundle seen here.

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Her colors include Old Olive, Soft Suede, White and a bit of blue for her sky.  I believe she used Blending Brushes for that soft background.  

Here's what's included in the Grassy Grove bundle.  

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There are a lot of die-cuts here; in fact everything on the front is a die-cut!  The ground, trees & deer are all from the Grove dies.  The greeting is from Peaceful Moments and that die is from the All That dies.  

All are incredible cards for the men in our lives and I couldn't be prouder of them!  

Stay tuned for more masculine card ideas tomorrow and all this week!  

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• Delicate Dreams fun fold cards with free project sheet & video tutorial

  March 9, 2026

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  The beautiful Delicate Dreams suite is new in our online products. The designer paper is especially pretty but unfortunately it’s out of stock right now. So popular! I had planned to offer it as one of my kit to go’s this month but it will have to wait until April.

  I shared 3 unique fun fold cards featuring this suite on last week’s video. We made them at my February Team meeting and I’ll be sharing them all this week.

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  Today I’m sharing the double flap card (top right above). This neat fold gives you lots of opportunities to use your beautiful designer series paper.

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  My colors include Mossy Meadow, White, Secret Sea and Earthen Metallic foil paper. That beautiful blue you see here is an upcoming NEW in color called Hydrangea Hue. It’s going to be a favorite of many!

  Check out this gorgeous new Suite here. Add your email to the list of any product that’s out of stock and you’ll be notified when it’s available.

  Once you open it there’s a surprise inside; another layer to open!

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  I added a simple strip of the pretty watercolor DSP and a flower die-cut from the pretty Delicate Dreams DSP. This pretty paper has bronze foil designs all over it!

  Here’s the final inside layer. I stamped images from the Delicate Whispers stamp set.

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  If you’d like the free project sheet for this card layout click here. You can download or print it off.

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  I’ll share the other two cards in the next few days. Don’t miss them!

  Below is the video tutorial for these cards; be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel. Or follow me on Facebook here; I share a video almost every Tuesday at 11 am CT.

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• Paper Pumpkin kits; get a pre-paid subscription now before the price goes up!

  March 8, 2026

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  It seems most prices are going up these days and unfortunately Paper Pumpkin is raising their price for each kit by a few dollars. This will take effect on March 11th..

  These kits in the mail are a great value and are filled with lots of product to create with. I suggest you get a pre-paid subscription before March 11th to save $$. Go here to subscribe.

  Remember you are in full control over which kits you will receive. Once you create your account you can skip a month or add an extra kit. Plus, once you’re a subscriber you get to purchase any of the extras Stampin’ Up! offers like refill kits, add-ons & more.

  Here’s one of my bonus projects with the February kit.

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  I used the add-on dies that were available; but are sadly out of stock now.

  Each month I send a bunch of bonus project ideas to my subscribers and my Team. You’ll love using them for creative inspiration.

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  Here are the details on getting Paper Pumpkin kits:

  • Each all-inclusive kit comes with everything you need to create fun all-occasion or seasonal handcrafted projects—precut paper pieces, stamps, ink, embellishments, adhesives, and step-by-by-step instructions (contents vary depending on the kit). Kits autoship monthly, but if you need to take a break, you can skip a month. Crafting has never been so fun and convenient!

  • Plus, as a subscriber, you can buy refills, past kits, and add-ons (when available) and connect with your Paper Pumpkin community to share projects and ideas.
    
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• More Specialty Paper swaps for you.

  March 6, 2026

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  From easy to complex I think you’ll find inspiration among these three swap card samples.

  First is Candy’s card. She kept is clean and simple and made the die-cut leaf the star of her card.

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  She chose to use Secret Sea as her card base and Vanilla as her textured layer. That pretty leaf die-cut is from the Nature’s Symphony bundle and is cut from our Earthen Metallic specialty paper seen here.

  The embossing folder is the Birch Wood 3D; the greeting is from the Perennial Postage dies.

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  Next is a beautiful, serene card scene made by Deloris. She did a neat framing technique!

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  Beautiful Gallery Suite seen here; from the Beautiful Gallery DSP to the Gallery Blooms dies to create the frame.

  What she did was to use the smaller frame die-cut on the DSP scene and then flip over that frame to reveal the opposite side as a contrast to the main scene. She popped this frame up on Dimensionals too. The greeting is from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set. The leaf die-cut is also from the Gallery Blooms dies using the Earthen Metallic specialty DSP. Gorgeous and so smart!!

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  Lastly is a neat fun fold card made by Lori who used a brand new suite just released in our Online Exclusives.

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  Isn’t this fold fabulous?! She has a base layer of DSP under the scored layers. The scored layers are 1 1/2″ X 5 1/4″ tall. She scored from the top or bottom at 3/4″ from the edge up to the middle and folded it outwards. Super cool!

  This pretty DSP is called Delicate Dreams and can be seen here. The pretty flower is die-cut from this pretty DSP too. The stamp & dies bundle is called Delicate Whispers and can be seen here. So beautiful!

  More swaps coming soon!

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