Florals in Bloom - get a Suite deal!

Last month, I used the Florals in Bloom Suite collection to create my Cards Kits to Go.

The ideas for these cards came straight out of the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue. I love using the catalogue for inspiration, and sometimes just love replicating the cards straight out of the catalogue!

Here is one I copied directly (as I thought it was so striking!) from page 46.

This next one, I took inspiration from one of the cards on Page 40 and changed things around a bit.

I have loved playing with all the different products in this suite which has two stamp & die bundles, Designer Series Paper and embellishments.

See the full Suite and all the products available in it HERE.

June is a great month to by products from Suites, or full Suite collections as you can Buy One, Get One 50% off. 

You don’t have to buy a suite and suite products all from the same suite collection for the discount to apply. You can buy ANY suite products from ANY suite.

This is only while supplies last - so DON'T WAIT!!

 

Quick Cards with Wildflower Birthday Suite collection

It's been a while now, and we're almost at the end of both the current Mini Catalogue (January - April) and current Annual Catalogue (2024-2025).

May will see the release of the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue - which of course will see the arrival of new In Colors.

For now tough, we say goodbye to some favourites from the 2025 January-April Mini Catalogue and the 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue, as well as the retiring 2023-2025 In Colors.

Make sure to order any Ink Refills, cardstock and other items of those colours - while supplies last!

My March Cards to Go Kits featured products from the Wildflower Birthday Suite Collection with the addition of the Stripes & Florals Mix & Match Cards & Envelopes and some other cardstock.

These cards are quick to make as the Specialty Designer Series Paper features two full pages of die cut elements with Gold Foil accents.

Sentiment for the first and second card are from the

 Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack

This third card is taken taken from a sample in the Mini catalogue and changed slightly.

Wildflower Birthday Suite

Stripes & Florals Mix & Match Cards & Envelopes

 The Gold Weave Trim (mesh type ribbon) as been used on all three cards as have the Party Dots embellishments. You can buy these items individually or altogether in the Suite.

Luckily, I think this Suite collection is hanging around a little longer "online" after the Mini Catalogue sales period has ended!

Craft for a Cause

Last post, I mentioned that the Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP) was the Product Giveback for Stampin' Up! this year.

I have loved using this paper, and have held a Card Buffet which featured use of this paper heavily in the cards that could be made.

Below is a very small selection of what was on offer in my Card Buffet class.

This very simple card uses an image from the DSP, cut out with a tag die from the Greetings of the Season dies. With the addition of a dry embossed background and a heat embossed sentiment on another piece of the DSP, a little ribbon and layer of coordinating cardstock and the card is done!

The next card is a very similar in design, this time die cutting an image directly from the DSP (with the coordinating Sentimental Wishes dies) and adding a couple of die cut little branches. It once again has a sentiment that is heat embossed and this time a larger piece of DSP as the background layer.

Grab yourself a pack (or two) of the Sentimental Christmas 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper to Craft & Give Back this Christmas season.

Quick Christmas Cards

Did you know that each year, Stampin' Up! donates a portion of sales from a specific product to global cause? This is called the Product Give Back. You can "Craft for a Cause" and know that you are helping towards this cause.

This year, the Product is Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP).

It's easy to make a stack of quick Christmas cards with the designs of this paper.

Here is just one example.

The Reindeer image is simply fussy cut straight from a page of the paper.

Add some ribbon, bling, a sentiment, and one of the other designed in the paper pack, and you have this card! I have put this on a card base of Pretty Peacock, as I think it sets it all off in the best way.

What do you think?

A special card for an 80th Birthday

A couple of months ago, we celebrated my Mum's 80th birthday.

In all that was happening at the time, I don't think I even took a photo of the card I made for her!

Now my neighbours Mum is turning 80 this month, and I have taken my time to make a special card for her (my neighbour) to give.

I had a lot of fun making this card. It features the Layers of Beauty Bundle. This bundle includes Stamps, Dies and Stencils - which make colouring the large stamped image a breeze!!

Using watercolour paper, I stamped the large image in Crumb Cake ink.

Then using the stencils and blending brushes, I coloured the image with Petal Pink and Flirty Flamingo on the flowers and Old Olive and Mossy Meadow for the leaves.

That got me to this stage..

This had been my first play with this bundle, and this image sat on my desk for a time before I actually decided to use it for this card.

From there, I did some water colouring with blue ink (which I already had in a water painter with water) all around the image.

I'm quite happy with how it turned out - what do you think of the finished results??

Since this wasn't a standard size card, I also needed to make an envelope for it (obviously 😆).

I stamped the large flower image again and used the stencils on it as well. I then used a blending brush to add a little colour around the image again - to match the card.

Let me know what you think or if you have any questions.