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Clean & Simple Blog Hop; Pretty Pop-Up dies

Welcome to the Control Freak's May blog hop!  The theme is Clean & Simple projects. 

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You may have just arrived or hopped over from Wendy's blog.  I'm sure you loved her unique projects. 

For some reason when I think of clean & simple I lean towards mostly white projects.  I've been wanting to play with my new Pretty Pop-Up dies so here is what I came up with for my first project: 

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It's almost all white; just a few accents of Balmy Blue & Petal Pink.  These Pretty Pop-Up dies do not cut all of the way through; they provide detailed texture and a 'peak' behind the die-cuts.  

I added a bit of color to some of the flowers and butterflies with Balmy Blue & Petal Pink light blends markers.  To get them to pop up a bit I pushed each die-cut outward with my Take Your Pick tool.  I adhered this 4" X 5 1/4" piece to a smaller piece of Balmy Blue card stock using mini dimensionals.  

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The greeting is from the Nature's Thoughts stamp set and on a die-cut from the Natural Prints dies.  I added a 1/4" strip behind this to bring in a bit of Balmy Blue. This card might not be considered true clean & simple but it does only have a few layers!  Ha!

I stuck with the Balmy Blue & White them for my second card but added a bit of Gray Granite with the Abigail Rose designer paper. 

I used the smaller oval die for this card and used one of the single dies for the White butterfly.  

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The greeting is stamped on a circle die from the Picture This dies and is from the Nature's Thoughts stamp set as well. There is a piece of Vellum card stock behind the Balmy Blue layer. 

You can see some of the dies I used in the photo below: 

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Thank you so much for stopping in today; I hope you enjoyed seeing these Pretty Pop-Up die projects!  

I hope you'll stick with the 'hop' to see all of the projects!  Click here to see Melissa's projects or on the icon below.  

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  • New Catalog designer paper share; coming soon!

    I will be offering a new catalog designer paper share from the new catalog.

    I don’t have the details yet but I’m working on them this week. Stay tuned for a nice big selection of NEW papers in my share!

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    I’m including 12 designer papers (including specialty) from the new 2026 May-August catalog in this share. You can choose from a 6 X 6″ papers or double it and get most in 6″ X 12″ size.

    *I’ll get my pricing and amounts figured out this week and repost it next week.

    I will likely do an embellishment share too. I’ll be out of town this week but I’ll have it all figured out by next week.

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    Product of the Month is the Eyelet Blooms dies

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  • NEW color & bundle in this fun fold card with free project sheet & video

    One of my favorite new In Colors is Hydrangea Hue and pairing it with the new All Aflutter bundle was a perfect match-up!

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    There are 5 new products featured on this card; all from the upcoming 2026 May-August catalog.

    – All Aflutter stamp & punch bundle
    – Hydrangea Hue ink and card stock
    – 2026-28 In Color printed DSP
    – Fern & Flora 3D embossing folder
    – Hydrangea Hue 3/8″ ribbon

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    These products are available to Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators right now (pre-order period) but customers can start purchasing them on May 5th! That’s when the new 2026 May – August catalog debuts. Start your ‘wishlist’!

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    This new All Aflutter bundle is a BIG favorite of mine; I love the coordinating butterfly images and that punch.

    This card is a fun fold layout. Can you see the separation between the White layer and the DSP under it? The textured layer is adhered to just the left side of the card front which leaves an area to slide the right side of the White CS between the layers. It’s so cool!

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    I created a free project sheet with measurements for this card. Click here to print or download it.

    It’s so easy to make but you’ll want to watch the video tutorial below will help you understand it.

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  • Beautiful & Soft Barely Blush In Color fun fold card

    Here’s another card I shared on last week’s video. I love, love this color combination!

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    It’s our newest In Color called Barely Blush paired with Granny Apple Green. Most of the products are from our upcoming new 2026 May – August catalog.
    There are lots of newI chose the Valley in Bloom designer paper along with a new Floral Spray 3D embossing folder. The greeting and dies are from the Scalloped Blossoms stamp set. The butterfly is from the new All Aflutter bundle.

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    It’s an easy fun fold that gives you the opportunity to make both the designer paper and an embossing folder the star of your card.

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    I created a free project sheet for this card. Click here to print or download it.

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    Below is the video tutorial I shared last week. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel here so you don’t miss any of my project videos.

    April Specials:

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