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More Specialty Paper swaps for you.


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.

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!

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.

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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  • Do you save your scraps? Look what I did with mine!


    Do you ever save your tiny scraps in the hopes of creating something with them?  When I saw the little petals left from this pretty die-cut I saw a flower in my head.  What do you think?  Would you save them? 

    Thoughtful Wishes flowers

     

    This pretty & delicate die-cut is from the Thoughtful Wishes bundle in the new catalog. When I prepped cards for a Team Meeting a few weeks ago I had to save the pieces & try this! It features our new 2024-26 In Color Glimmer specialty paper in the new Annual Catalog by Stampin' Up!  This catalog goes live tomorrow!  May 1st!!

    Here are the three cards I made with the finished flowers: 

    Thoughtful Wishes glimmer cards

    From left to right the colors are Summer Splash, Peach Pie and Petunia Pop.  

    I glued the petals to a small circle; then added the white center (Zinnia die) over them.
    The large leaf die is from the new Thoughtful Wishes bundle & the circles are from the new Spotlight on Nature bundle (the dotted circle is from Everyday Details).

    Thoughtful Journey flower

    The card above is Petunia Pop color.  The pretty designer paper is our new 2024-26 Designer paper pack. I heat embossed the greeting (Spotlight on Nature set) with White embossing powder onto Black card stock. That pop of Black on a card adds a bit of elegance. 

    Thoughtful Wishes flower cards

    Which is your favorite of these three colors?  Remember you can get in on my new product shares for just 1 more week:  the In Color bundle, designer paper share or an In Color ribbon share. See details below: 

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    May Specials: 

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    2024 dsp share

    Click on the pictures above or below to get to my new catalog shares – choose from designer papers, In Color bundles or a ribbon share. They're available through May 7th only. 

    May In Color bundle w catalog

    2024 dsp share

    All online orders in May will receive a free multi-project tutorial and a share of !

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  • The new In Colors are beautiful! See the project sheet & opt in for my In Color bundle or ribbon share


    Everyone is loving this year's In Colors – they're a perfect addition to our color line. 

    I shared how to make these pretty cards on last week's Live video seen here.  

    Unbounded Love In Colors

    They're made with two new bundles from the upcoming 2024-25 Annual Stampin' Up! catalog.  The bundles are Unbounded Love & Thoughtful Wishes.  

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    If you'd like to get these new In Colors you can opt in for my In Color bundle offer (through May 7th only).  Here are the details:

    Option 1 – Basic Bundle is $83 (plus shipping) & includes the following:

    • all 5 2024-26 In Color ink pads
    • all 5 In Color ink refills (you can substitute other products if desired)
    • 20 sheets 8 1/2" X 11" In Color card stock (4 of each color)
    • 10 sheets In Color 6 X 6" designer series paper
    • FREE In Color Shimmer gems
    • a new spiral bound Annual Catalog! 

    May In Color bundle w catalog

    Option 2 – Blends markers add on plus everything in Option 1 for $163:

    • 5 In Color Stampin' Blends combo pack (2 each for 10 Blends) 
    • Bonus of a free In Color ribbon share!

    May In Color big bundle with catalog

    *Pay via PayPal, Venmo, credit card or a cashier's check.  Contact me here to reserve yours.  Please include your zip code in your email so I can calculate the shipping cost.

    *If some products become unavailable I will wait and ship it all together. 

    2024-26 In Color ribbon share

    Optional Ribbon Share add on – get 2 yards of each ribbon for $9. Double it for $18

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    The cards are a simple layout meant to show off lots of new products.

    April Pretty in Pink

    Tip: This card is an easy layout to make use of those thin scraps of designer paper you have. 

    I featured the following new products:

    • New embossing folders – Eyelet 3D, So Swirly, & Dotted Circles 3D
    • In Color cardstock, ribbons, Shimmer gems, designer series paper & inks
    • In Color glimmer paper
    • Thoughtful Wishes & Unbounded Love bundles 

    We made these cards at a recent Team meeting; here's a photo of my prepped supplies: 

    April team make & takes

    As you can see we used Blending Brushes on some of the textured White card stock to highlight the pretty new embossing folders.  

    Grab the free project sheet here; it has measurements & step by step directions. Download Unbounded Love In Color cards. 

    2024-26 In Color cards

    You can watch the video below for these and another neat fun fold card: 

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    April Specials: 

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    Here's a link to the Last Chance list 

    2024 Last Chance list

    A free gift with orders in April:

    April gems

    All online orders in April will receive a free multi-project tutorial!

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  • Spotlight on Nature – sneak peak of the fabulous new bundle


    Look at the beautiful card my friend & team member Candy sent me last week.  One of our team challenges was to send RAK cards.  Random Acts of Kindness.  I was very grateful to receive one from her!

    Spotlight on Nature Candy

    It's made with a new bundle in the 2024-25 Annual Catalog by Stampin' Up!. It's called Spotlight on Nature.  It includes floral, leaves and butterflies along with pretty sentiments.  And an amazing set of detailed & texture circle dies.  

    Notice her softly sponged background around the flowers & leaves. She used Balmy Blue, Old Olive & Calypso Coral here, coloring in her images with Blends markers.  Note that Olive circle die-cut – you can spy it in the photo below.  

    We're going to love these dies!!

    Spotlight on Nature Candy.

    Demonstrators were able to pre-order this gorgeous bundle in April but everyone can order it after May 1st. In fact you could add it to your Starter kit too.

    I'll be sharing more projects with this bundle soon. Thanks for the fabulous card Candy!! 

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    April Specials: 

    *current host code link:  D6QRFZ7J or FCJ937QT

     

    Here's a link to the Last Chance list 

    2024 Last Chance list

    A free gift with orders in April:

    April gems

    Check out my available Kits & Tutorials here:

    April kits & tutorials

    All online orders in April will receive a free multi-project tutorial!

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