More Specialty Paper swaps for you.

March 6, 2026

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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Coloring Techniques with the Pretty Flowers Embossing folder! With video!

June 10, 2021

Have you ever added color/ink directly onto your embossing folder? It's actually fun and the results can be amazing! I shared three different techniques on my weekly FB Live Tuesday. Here's a link to it on my FB page or on YouTube here. Or scroll below to see it here.

This first card is done by coloring on your folder with markers. These are regular water-based markers; not Blends. I share tips for success on this technique in the video.

Each card features the stamp set Create with Friends seen here. I love this set! The embossing folder is called Pretty Flowers; it's my free gift for online orders over $50 in June! *see it here

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I chose to use Soft Succulent on both cards adding Pale Papaya on the left and Fresh Freesia on the right. Love our newest In Colors!!! The greeting layer is from the Tasteful Label dies.

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Next is a sponging technique. I embossed the White CS with the folder in the die-cutting machine first. Then used sponge daubers to color the White CS. I highly recommend you use pastel colors for this for the best results. It's much more forgiving!

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I used the Poppy dies for the greeting layer.

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And the last technique is to add ink directly onto the folder itself; before you run it through. Press your ink pad lightly to the side of the folder you want inked. Do this lightly to avoid getting ink in the recesses of the folder. Again; watch my video for more tips!

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The pretty die-cut for the greeting is from the Potted Succulent dies seen here.

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*Below is the video with lots of specific tips on being successful with these techniques. Click on it to watch.

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Two In Symmetry cards; bright & colorful

June 9, 2021
Here are a few more cards I made with the In Symmetry bundle on last week Tuesday's FB Live. These are also cards I made for some online swaps I joined.

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The colors are Calypso Coral, Night of Navy & Just Jade.

Products used: *click on the item to see it in my store
- Images are from the In Symmetry stamp set & bundle
- the little leaves are from the Symmetrical Stems border punch
- The Designer Paper is the Sweet Symmetry DSP
- That pretty stitched leaves texture is made with the Stitched Greenery die seen here.
- The white greeting label is from the Hippo & Friends dies here
Measurements:
- Card base 5 ½” X 8 ½”
- Just Jade 2” X 4 ¼”, Navy strip ½” X 4 ¼”
- DSP strips are 1” and ¾” X 5 ½”
Next is the other card I created using the same colors and In Symmetry stamp set.

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Products used:
- Inks – Calypso Coral, Just Jade, Night of Navy
- embossing folder – Checks & Dots
- greeting tag – Tailor Made Tags dies
Measurements:
- Card base 5 ½” X 8 ½”
- White square is 2 ½”, Just Jade is 2 5/8”
- DSP 1 ¼” X 5 ½”, Coral strip 1 ¾” X 4 ¼”
*Below is the FB Live replay/video for these two cards and more.

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In Symmetry Fun-fold card with video

June 8, 2021
I played with the In Symmetry bundle on last week's Facebook Live and wanted to share this neat fun fold card. I got the idea for it from my good friend Susie Wood. Here's a link to her card.

It's a standard A2 size card but the unique fold makes it special. The nice thing is how easy it is to make! And it really showcases the designer paper and Pretty Flowers embossing folder I used.

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I chose the Navy, Calypso Coral and Bumblebee color combination because of the colors in the Sweet Symmetry DSP seen here. The cute Navy leaves are from the Symmetrical Stems punch. I fussy cut the flower.

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You can see this bundle here.

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Measurements:
- Navy card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" scored at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4", layer is 2 3/4" X 4 1/4"
- Bumblebee 3 3/4" X 5"
- DSP 2 1/2" X 4"
- White strip 3/4" X 3 1/2", inside is 4" X 5 1/4"
- Calypso Coral strip is 7/8" X 3 3/4"
Here's the video from the Facebook Live with two more projects featuring this suite. If you want to see this card only, scroll to about 24 minutes in.

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Use this host code if your order is under $150. If it's over you'll still get the embossing folder but you'll also earn host benefits! Better yet, choose the Starter Kit and choose $125 in product and FREE Shipping as well! Click here!

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