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Masterfully Made & Wanted to Say quick card ideas with video tips

And our annual Stampin' Sale is done!  Each June my customers and I host a paper crafting sale – this year we had 30 sellers and we had a fabulous turnout!  

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That photo was just the stamps for sale; we had so much more!  I wish you could be here for it, but I know it is a long way for some to Minot, ND.  But if you're near me, plan for the weekend after Father's Day. Make a road trip if you can.  
We had one person come from St. Louis and another who was in town visiting from Peru!  They were so glad to be here for this annual event.  

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Last week I shared three card ideas featuring three products: Masterfully Made designer series paper, Wanted to Say dies and Border Basics dies. Here's one of them:

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The Masterfully Made designer paper features a torn edge look to a few of the sheets.  I chose this one because of it's beautiful colors.  I added Berry Burst, Fresh Freesia and Azure Afternoon in the die-cuts from the Wanted to Say dies.  This set of dies has a detailed and a layered die for each set of words in the set, plus a bunch of other dies like the flowers I used here. You can see them here.

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The angled border on the White card base is die-cut with the Basic Borders dies seen here.  I love these and use them often.  You can see them here.  I saved the piece I die-cut and used it on another card.  Here are both of the cards I made, using two different sheets of the Masterfully Made DSP. 

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You can see this beautiful designer paper here.  It's discounted in June; down to $10.62.

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As you can see, there is no stamping on the front.  But I did add a greeting to the inside:

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You can see how I made this card on the video here.  Or click on the photo below to watch. Remember to follow me on Facebook here or on my YouTube channel here. 

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• More Specialty Paper Team swaps with measurements!

  March 5, 2026

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  Here are a few more team swaps featuring Stampin’ Up!’s specialty papers:

  First up today is Tracey’s card who used the fractured technique.

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  This technique starts with a large piece of designer paper. Then add the diagonal square layer. Next you simply start adding the thin strips of DSP around the edges of the square piece; trimming off the excess on the outer edges. So easy!

  She chose the Lovely & Beautiful DSP for the main piece and the strips are the Season of Elegance specialty DSP found in the Annual Catalog.
  The greeting is from Blessed Beginnings stamp set. I love the thin layer of gold on the outer edge!

  Measurements:

  • Olive card base 5 1/2″ X 8 1/2″ score at 4 1/4″
  • Gold layer 5 1/8″ X 3 7/8″
  • DSP is 3 3/4″ X 5″, inside DSP 5 1/4″ X 4″
  • thin DSP strips are 1/4″ thick.
  • White square is1 7/8″, inside is 5″ X 3 3/4″

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  The inside greeting is from Prayers & Promises, the flower and leaves are from the Simply Beautiful stamp set.

  Next is a pretty card made by Marla who also used the Season of Elegance DSP.

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  The main circle dies are from the brand new Springtime Scenes bundle which is currently out of stock. The greeting circle is from the Spotlight on Nature dies.
  Her colors are Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry & Basic Beige.

  Card base is 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″. DSP is 4″ X 5 1/4″

  More swaps are coming tomorrow!

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  March Specials!

  March Product of the Month is the Notes of Spring stamp set!

  It’s just $5 with a $75 purchase.

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  Get my March PDF free with any Online purchase!

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  NEW Online Exclusives are here!

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  Get the retiring In Colors while you can; they’re already going fast!

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• Check out these Team Swaps featuring Specialty Paper – with measurements!

  March 4, 2026

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  Our card swap theme for February was to feature our beautiful specialty papers. Today I’m sharing three of them with you.

  First is a neat fun fold card by Karen. She chose the Lovely & Beautiful specialty DSP and her card shows off both sides wonderfully!

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  She also used the Three Banner bundle for her greeting. Love that saying! See this punch bundle here.
  The stitched square die-cut from Stylish Shapes dies hides the inside panel perfectly.

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  Measurements are as follows:

  • Card base 5 1/2″ X 4 1/4″
  • White 5 1/4″ X 4″, inside is 2 3/4″ square
  • DSP 5″ X 6″ score at 2″ on the 6″ side
  • Calypso Coral square die-cut 2 3/4″

  Next is Kim’s card who also chose to use the Lovely & Beautiful DSP. She heat embossed her greeting on Vellum!

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  Notice the brand new embossing folder – it’s called Lazy Daisy and coordinates great with the DSP she chose.

  Measurements:

  • Card base 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″ score at 4 1/4″, Olive layer 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″
  • DSP 4″ X 2 1/4″
  • Fresh Freesia 4″ X 3″
  • Gold strip 4″ X 1/2″

  Next is a neat shaker card made by Joan. She used the Good Luck stamp set.

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  Her colors are Shy Shamrock (of course!) and Shaded Spruce with Gold accents.

  Measurements:

  • Shy Shamrock card base 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″ score at 4 1/4″, top layer is 3 3/4″ X 5″
  • Shaded Spruce 4″ X 5 1/4″
  • circle window is 2 3/4″
  • White inside 3 1/2″ X 4 3/4″

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  I’ll share more Team swaps tomorrow.

  March Specials!

  March Product of the Month is the Notes of Spring stamp set!

  It’s just $5 with a $75 purchase.

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  Get my March PDF free with any Online purchase!

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  Get the retiring In Colors while you can; they’re already going fast!

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• March Specials begin today!

  March 3, 2026

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  I’m super excited to share that the newest Online Exclusives are now available to customers! Us Demo’s have been able to pre-order them for over a month and there are sooo many you’re going to love! Go here to see them all.

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  Below is one of my favorite suites; the Paradise Garden suite.

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  I absolutely love this designer series paper! In fact it will be featured in one of my March kits to go.

  Click here to see all of the newest Online products.

  The new Product of the Month for March is the Notes of Spring stamp set. A sweet 2-step photopolymer set you can redeem for just $5 once your order reaches the $75 mark.

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  They’ve also added three new kits in our Kit Collection. Go here to see them all.

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  I’m featuring the Cute as a Bug designer paper in my free PDF for online orders in March. You’ll find lots of inspiration here!

  Just place an order here to receive it!

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