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New Nature’s Symphony top fold card with free project sheet & video tutorial

December 29, 2025

I hope you had a very Merry Christmas last week. We sure did but we missed our youngest son & his wife. They were hit with the flu the day they were going to drive up here. It wasn’t the same without them! But we still had our Appetizer Showdown competition and played lots of games including our annual Minute to Win It games. Always lots of laughs! I highly recommend doing these with family or friends. It’s one of our highlights of the time we spend together.

I shared this easy fun fold card on last week’s Live video. It features new product from the upcoming 2026 Spring catalog.

I featured the Nature’s Symphony bundle and the new Nature’s Walk DSP. I cannot share links to these products because they’re not available for customers quite yet. Tomorrow on my week’s Live video I’ll share all of my new products from both the Spring catalog and the newest Online products – both coming out in early January. Join me here.

My colors include Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon and Old Olive with White. Besides the Nature’s Symphony bundle I added a die-cut for the greeting from the Textured Notes dies seen here.

This card is an easy fun fold layout. The back is simply 4 1/4″ X 5 1/2″ and the center is a full 3 1/4″ X 11″ scored at 5 1/2″. It gives you a large area to add your patterned paper on the front. I made many of these cards for a long distance swap I joined in.

I created a free project sheet for this card Click here to download or print it. There’s also a video tutorial below as well.

The Nature’s Walk designer paper is filled with textured patterns. I love the colors in it; the blues & greens are just my style.

Here’s the video tutorial for you. I also share another pretty card idea featuring this beautiful bundle.

December Specials:

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Get this product of the month for just $5 with any $75 purchase in December!

*You’ll receive a PDF with multiple projects featuring this product
after the 20th of the month.
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Honey Bee & Little Ladybug; choice!

January 21, 2020
I received this gorgeous swap card from my friend Diana Gibbs. I just love it!

Sweet and simple; but a big wow in my opinion. The bees are colored with Blends markers in Seaside Spray and Mango Melody plus a little Wink of Stella on the wings.

That pretty Golden Honey Specialty designer paper is one of the FREE choices in our Sale-a-Bration catalog right now.

Get it free with any $50 order through March. But beware that some items do not last through the promotion; they've been known to run out of some items before the promotion ends.

The circles are 1 3/4" and the bees are die-cut using the Detailed Bee Dies. These come in a bundle with the stamp set at 10% off. See them here. It pairs beautifully with the Golden Honey designer paper above.

My friend Judith had a workshop this weekend and she loves the Little Ladybug stamp set so I gave them a choice of two cards. She was so excited to earn this stamp set FREE with her workshop order.

Remember that I'm giving away one set in January! Everyone who places an online order from me will be entered in the drawing.

I used a Light Flirty Flamingo Blends marker and the Wink of Stella and So Saffron ink for the belly. A bit of Petal Pink for the faces and sponging on the circles as well. We added Gold pearls for an accent which pairs nicely with the Golden Honey specialty DSP.

The card stock measures 4" X 5 1/4" white, DSP is 1 7/8" X 5" and the Black is 2" X 5". The circles here are 3/4", 1 1/2" and 1 3/4" in size.

Below you can see how we stamped the inside of the card.

Which one would you choose to make?

Besides Sale-a-Bration there are three more January Specials just for you!

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1. All January online orders will earn a ticket in the drawing for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!
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2. All online orders will receive a 10 cards pdf tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $65 you'll get a free Coastal Weave embossing folder too!

January Host Code is GEEFZCZV

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Little Ladybug; get it FREE

January 20, 2020
Here's the other card we made at my January Flowerbug's Team Meeting featuring the Little Ladybug stamp set:

I thought the Friendly Silhouettes cat tails/grass die-cut would work well with this set. See the little ladybugs behind the grass? I did trim off the 'cattails' so it's just grass here.

This Little Ladybug stamp set is free with any $300 order. Gather some friends together for a book party! Or have your own party and get ALL of the hostess benefits.

Did you know if you order $300 you'll get the following:
1. $36 in free product of your choice
2. 6 FREE Sale-a-Bration choices!
3. The Little Ladybug stamp set; free!
4. You're over half way to a free stamp set from me with my Buyer Brownie Points rewards program; see that here.
5. A free Coastal Weave embossing folder (all orders over $65 in January)
6. My free 10 cards January project tutorial (all online orders)
Or get in on my January giveaway! Place an online order with me in January and you'll be entered in the drawing for the Little Ladybug stamp set!

Details:
- Granny Apple Green main card is 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"
- White layer is 3 7/8" X 5 1/8"
- Black is 4" X 5 1/4"
- Images are colored in with Blends markers in Granny Apple Green, So Saffron, Real Red and Seaside Spray
- The greeting is from the Little Ladybug's stamp set too; punched with the Classic Label punch
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Three January Specials just for you besides Sale-a-Braton!
1. All January online orders will earn a ticket in the drawing for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!
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2. All online orders will receive a 10 cards pdf tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $65 you'll get a free Coastal Weave embossing folder too!

January Host Code is GEEFZCZV

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Little Ladybug Spinner Card!!

January 17, 2020
This fabulous spinner card was made by my friend Susie Wood; she sent one to me as we like to make cards for each other to share with our customers. I love her style so much. Visit her blog here.

Isn't it adorable?! It's classic Red, Black & White; perfect for the Ladybug set. The center circles are 1 3/4" and 2" in size. The Black piece is 4" X 3 1/4" in size and that circular opening is 2 3/8" using the Circles Collection dies and punches.

This cute stamp set is FREE with any $300 order placed during Sale-a-Bration; January through March 2020. If you don't think you can swing that large of an order I have a few suggestions for you.
1. Have a workshop/party and invite your friends. Their orders will add up so you can earn it free!
2. Place one big order (if you can). You'll get 6 free $50 Sale-a-Bration items at the same time and earn $36 in free hostess benefits.
3. Have a book party; inviting your fellow stamping friends to order. I can open a host code so all of the orders can be shipped to each person's ome. Sale-a-Bration is a great time to order! Free products for each $50 you spend.
4. Purchase the starter kit and join as a Demonstrator! Then you get 20% off your $300 order so you're really spending just $240 to earn this set! Plus you would get 6 free Sale-a-Bration items at the same time and $36 in free hostess benefits.
All you need for a spinner card is a window, something to spin and some string or thread. She used our Silver metallic thread here. The window is made with our Circles Collection Framelits.

Watch the FB live replay video below to see how it's done.

You might wonder where the black polka dots came from. She used a sponge dauber! So easy!!

Below you can see both cards I demonstrated on my Facebook Live this week. Click below to see it. Be sure to follow my page so you don't miss it each week on Tuesday's at 11 am CT.

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Three January Specials just for you!

1. All January online orders will earn a ticket in the drawing for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!

2. All online orders will receive a 10 cards pdf tutorial in an email.

3. And if your order is over $65 you'll get a free Coastal Weave embossing folder too!

January Host Code is GEEFZCZV

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