Stampin’ Up! Love For You Valentine’s Day Card

Good Morning! Here’s a simple Valentine’s Day card made with the Stampin’ Up! Love For You stamp set and coordinating dies with the pretty Sale-A-Bration Most Adored specialty designer series paper. You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

I embossed a strip of Flirty Flamingo with the cross hatch 3D embossing folder and adhered it to a panel of heart filled Most Adored specialty designer series paper. I adehred the layered panel to a Basic White mat and popped it on the front of a Flirty Flamingo card base with dimensionals.

I cut the love you words using the Stampin’ Up! Love For You dies using Flirty Flamingo for the detailed letters and Basic White for the mats and adhered them together. I cut a panel of polka dot vellum with the pretty Everyday Details circle die. and adhered the die cut words to the vellum with glue dots. I adhered the Vellum to the card front with glue dots hidden behind the words.

I stamped the flower from the Stampin’ Up! Love For You stamp set using Flirty Flamingo ink on Basic White. I stamped the detailed stamp first and stamped the background after stamping off and I stamped the center in Lemon Lolly. I stamped the double leaf in Granny Apple Green using the same technique and cut the flower and leaves out with the coordinating dies. I adhered the flower and leaves to the card with dimensionals and tucked a white baker’s twine bow underneath. I finished with three pink iridescent sequins.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Love For You stamp set in Basic Gray ink on Basic White. I stamped several small hearts in Flirty Flamingo around the sentiment and trimmed the bottom with DSP. I adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

Are you finished with your Valentine’s Day cards? I think I’m finally done, and it’s been so much fun with so many pretty papers and stamp sets. It’s a good thing because there are so many more Spring occasions for making cards coming up!

Sale-A-Bration Is Going On Now!

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s best promotion of the year with specials for Shopping, Hosting and Joining!

Shopping

Choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration item from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure with every $50 or $100 you spend (before tax and shipping). The Sale-A-Bration brochure has eleven items available for free with orders of $50 or greater and three items you can pick from with orders of $100 or greater! The free Sale-A-Bration items are stackable, so if you place an order of $150, you can choose to add three $50 items or one $100 item and one $50 item to your order! The Sale-A-Bration items are only available while supplies last, so order early if there are items that you are really wanting!

Hosting

Host a party of $300 or more and get an additional $30 in Stampin’ Rewards! Normally a $300 party will result in $36 in Stampin’ Rewards for the host, but during Sale-A-Bration a $300 party will result in $66 in Stampin’ Rewards! Stampin’ Rewards are redeemed to get free items from any current catalog. And if you have a large enough shopping list, you will get the Sale-A-Bration Host rewards in a single order (and that’s in addition to the Sale-A-Bration shopping items)!

If you’d like to set up a host code to see if you can collect $300 in orders, I’d be happy to help you with that! Reach out to me at apsudano@stampininthemeadows.com.

Joining

Sale-A-Bration is one of the best times to join Stampin’ Up! as a new demonstrator and there are two fantastic options for purchasing your Starter Kit during Sale-A-Bration

Option 1:

Customers who join our fun crafting community as a new demonstrator can get $125 worth of product PLUS our Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio* (a $60 USD) for just $99! The Glass Mat Studio includes a 17″ x 14″ safety-tempered glass mat, a gray 8-1/4″ x 8-1/4″ lint-free, reusable cleaning cloth and a 8-3/4″ x 6″ white 4-palette silicone mat.

Option 2:

Customers who want to join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration but are interested in a different join option can instead get $125 worth of product PLUS an additional $30 worth of product of their choice when they join for $99. That’s $155 in products for $99!

Once you join, you’ll get at least a 20% discount on all of your Stampin’ Up! merchandise purchases AND you get to order early from upcoming catalogs! There is NO COMMITMENT and NO REQUIREMENT TO SELL to anyone. You can join and just get the discount for yourself! Contact me at apsudano@stampininthhemeadows.com if you’d like more information about joining or purchasing the Starter Kit!

Click on the image below to open a PDF of the Sale-A-Bration Brochure to see all the Sale-A-Bration items and get additional details:

SURPRISE! Stampin’ Up! Is giving us even more to Sale-A-Brate! They just released even more products you can earn for FREE! Take a look at the products just added to this promotion by clicking on the image below to download a PDF. Get Shopping! Sale-A-Bration ends 29 February!

Current Host Code: M3WQ2HCB

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a Thank You gift from me! The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00.

If your order is over $150, please do not use the host code since you’ll receive your own Host Dollars plus I’ll still send you the Thank You gift! This host code can be used by anyone, no club or commitment required. Let me know if you have any questions.

If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Shop Now Button on the right side of the screen to go directly to my Online store or contact me if you have any questions. Happy Stamping!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Akiko

Visit my online store here
See the current Stampin’ Up! clearance rack specials here
Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through my Wildflower Frequent Shopper Program – my way of saying thank you to my online frequent shopper customers.
Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Flirty Flamingo – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base, scored at 4-1/4″, 2″ x 3-7/8″ (embossed strip), 1-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ (die cut words)
Vellum – 2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ (die cut circle)
Basic White – 3-3/4 x 5″ (inside panel), 4″ x 5-1/4″ (front mat), 1-1/2″ x 2″ (die cut flower and leaves), 1-1/2″ x 4″ (die cut word mats)
Most Adored specialty DSP – 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ (front background), 1/2″ x 5″ (inside trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Love For You Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[160398]

$20.00

Love For You Dies (English)

[160403]

$32.00

Basics 3 D Embossing Folders

[161598]

$30.00

Everyday Details Dies

[162864]

$34.00

Most Adored 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[162976]

$16.50

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141416]

$10.00

Vellum Basics 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[160839]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

$9.00

Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' Pad

[161666]

$9.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$9.00

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins

[160387]

$8.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$11.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.75

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! The beautiful Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender bundle and Perennial Lavender designer series paper are some of the prettiest new products in the new Mini Catalog, especially if you are a purple lover! I used these products to make a fun fold card for today – a simple Z-fold with die cut extender panel. You can find the supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.

We have a color challenge this week, and I used most of the colors, but not all!

I adhered panels of Perennial Lavender designer series paper to Gorgeous Grape mats and adhered them to panels of the card base. I used the same pattern for the front and inside and a contrasting pattern for the middle section. I used the second largest rectangle to cut a Gorgeous Grape panel. It only cut three sides, so I aligned the die with the scallops to cut the fourth side and ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine a second time and it made a nice square! I adhered a checked panel of Perennial Lavender DSP to the front and adhered it to front of the card by applying liquid glue to the left side.

I cut the double lavender sprig from the Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender dies from Gorgeous Grape card stock and adhered it to the card front with glue dots. I cut three lavender leaf sprig dies from Lost Lagoon and adhered them to the card with glue dots. I stamped the lavender sprig bunch from the Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender stamp set in Highland Heather ink on Basic White. I used the little flower stamp to stamp Gorgeous Grape ink over the Highland Heather sprigs and then cut it out with the lavender sprig bunch die.

I stamped the stems from the Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender stamp set in Shaded Spruce ink on Basic White and cut them out with the coordinating die. I adhered the stems to the sprigs and popped them on the card front with dimensionals. I made a knot in a short length of burlap ribbon and adhered it with glue dots. I finished the card front with there purple shimmer gems.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the little butterfly from the Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender stamp set in Highland Heather ink on Basic White. I adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal, lining it up so that it would be covered by the die cut when the card is closed.

I love the Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender bundle more and more as I play with it. The flowers are pretty when stamped in a single color, but there are so many ways to get multiple colors and it’s so fun to experiment.

On with the Hop! Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to see the beautiful project Karen Ksenzakovic has created.

If you get lost along the way, here are the participants for the hop:

Current Host Code: M3WQ2HCB

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a free gift from me! The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00!

If your order is over $150, please do not use the host code since you’ll receive your own Host Dollars plus I’ll still send you the free gift! This host code can be used by anyone, no club or commitment required. Let me know if you have any questions.

If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Shop Now button on the right side of the screen to go directly to my online store or contact me if you have any questions.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Akiko

Visit my online store here
See the current Stampin’ Up! clearance rack specials here
Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through my Wildflower Frequent Shopper Program – my way of saying thank you to my online frequent shopper customers.
Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Highland Heather – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base, scored at 2-3/4″ and 5-1/2″
Gorgeous Grape 4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside DSP mat), two 2-1/2″ x 4″ panels (front and side panel DSP mats), 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ (postage stamp die cut), 1″ x 4-1/4″ (lavender die cuts)
Lost Lagoon – 3-3/4″ x 4″ (lavender leaves die cuts)
Basic White – 3″ x 3″ (inside panel), 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ (die cut lavender and stems)
Perennial Lavender DSP – 3″ x3″ (front background), two 2-3/8″ x 3-7/8″ panels (front and side panel DSP), 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ (inside DSP background)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Painted Lavender Bundle

[162597]

$46.75

Perennial Postage Dies

[162607]

$33.00

Perennial Lavender 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162593]

$12.50

Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146986]

$10.00

Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133679]

$10.00

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146987]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]

$9.00

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

[147099]

$9.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$9.00

Purple Fine Shimmer Gems

[162611]

$8.00

Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack

[160386]

$9.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.75

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Stampin’ Up! Wonderful Thoughts Wedding Card

Good Morning! I used the pretty Stampin’ Up! Wonderful Thoughts bundle with the beautiful new Layered Florals 3D embossing folder to make a simple wedding card. You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

I embossed a panel of Bubble Bath with the new Layered Florals 3D embossing folder and adhered it to a Bubble Bath mat. I wrapped it with Bubble Bath ribbon and made a bow and adhered it to the front of a Bubble Bath card base with dimensionals.

I stamped the congratulations sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Wonderful Thoughts stamp set in Versamark ink. I sprinkled it with silver embossing powder and shook off the excess. I heated the powder with my heat tool until it was bright and shiny and cut it out with the coordinating word die.

I cut out a label from Bubble Bath card stock with the long label die from the Stampin’ Up! Wonderful Thoughts dies and adhered the die cut congratulations to the top with glue dots. I adhered the layered label to the card front with dimensionals and finished it with three clear sparkle gems.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Wonderful Thoughts stamp set in Versamark ink on Basic White. I sprinkled it with silver embossing powder and shook off the excess. I heated the powder with my heat tool until it was bright and shiny. I cut out the floral die from Bubble Bath Shimmer paper and adhered it to the corner with liquid glue. I trimmed the excess and adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

The gorgeous new Layered Floral embossing folder is practically all you need to make a beautiful card! I love embossed backgrounds for Wedding Cards and the Stampin’ Up! Wonderful Thoughts bundle has the perfect sentiments for for them, especially when embossed. I chose Bubble Bath, but I think this card would be perfect in any color.

Sale-A-Bration Is Going On Now!

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s best promotion of the year with specials for Shopping, Hosting and Joining!

Shopping

Hosting

If you’d like to set up a host code to see if you can collect $300 in orders, I’d be happy to help you with that! Reach out to me at apsudano@stampininthemeadows.com.

Joining

Sale-A-Bration is one of the best times to join Stampin’ Up! as a new demonstrator and there are two fantastic options for purchasing your Starter Kit during Sale-A-Bration

Option 1:

Option 2:

Click on the image below to open a PDF of the Sale-A-Bration Brochure to see all the Sale-A-Bration items and get additional details:

Current Host Code: M3WQ2HCB

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a Thank You gift from me! The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Akiko

Visit my online store here
See the current Stampin’ Up! clearance rack specials here
Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through my Wildflower Frequent Shopper Program – my way of saying thank you to my online frequent shopper customers.
Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Bubble Bath – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base, scored at 4-1/4″, 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ (front mat), 4″ x 5-1/4″ (front embossed background), two 1″ x 3″ panels (label)
Bubble Bath shimmer paper – 2″ x 3″ (die cut flower)
Basic White – 3-3/4 x 5″ (inside panel)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Wonderful Thoughts Bundle (English)

[161494]

$53.00

Layered Florals 3 D Embossing Folder

[162935]

$11.00

Bubble Bath 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161718]

$10.00

Soft Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[161750]

$11.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$18.00

3/8" (1 Cm) Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack

[161635]

$12.50

Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems

[161288]

$8.50

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$31.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.75

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine Card

Good Morning! Here’s another Valentine’s Day card made with the sweet Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine bundle and the pretty Bee Mine designer series paper. You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

My card design was inspired by the pretty sketch in Try A Sketch On Tuesdays # 639:

I adhered a panel of Bee My Valentine designer series paper to the front of a Sweet Sorbet card base. I cut another panel into thirds and adhered it to a Sweet Sorbet panel with Bee Tracks. I popped the layered panel onto the front of the card with dimensionals.

I stamped the bee from the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine stamp set in Daffodil Delight and Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White and punched it out with the Bee Builder Punch. I gave the bee red cheeks with my dark Sweet Sorbet Stampin’ Blend. I stamped the wings in Petal Pink and used the light Petal Pink Stampin’ Blend to color the wings. I punched it out and adhered it to the back of the bee. I stamped the antenna and punched it out and adhered it to the back of the bee and adhered the bee to the card with dimensionals.

I stamped the hello there sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Sweet Sorbet and used my paper snips to make a banner at one end. I adhered it to the card with glue dots. I finished the card by adding three Petal Pink hearts.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White. I stamped the hearts in Sweet Sorbet and the honeycomb in Petal Pink. I trimmed the bottom with a strip of DSP and adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

I’ve used the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine bundle to make most of my Valentines this year. It is so cute and so versatile.

Sale-A-Bration Is Going On Now!

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s best promotion of the year with specials for Shopping, Hosting and Joining!

Shopping

Hosting

If you’d like to set up a host code to see if you can collect $300 in orders, I’d be happy to help you with that! Reach out to me at apsudano@stampininthemeadows.com.

Joining

Sale-A-Bration is one of the best times to join Stampin’ Up! as a new demonstrator and there are two fantastic options for purchasing your Starter Kit during Sale-A-Bration

Option 1:

Option 2:

Click on the image below to open a PDF of the Sale-A-Bration Brochure to see all the Sale-A-Bration items and get additional details:

Current Host Code: M3WQ2HCB

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a Thank You gift from me! The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Akiko

Visit my online store here
See the current Stampin’ Up! clearance rack specials here
Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through my Wildflower Frequent Shopper Program – my way of saying thank you to my online frequent shopper customers.
Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Sweet Sorbet – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base, scored at4-1/4″, 1/2″ x 2″ (label)
Basic White – 3-3/4 x 5″ (inside panel), 2″ x 3″ (bee punch outs)
Bee Mine DSP – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (front background), 2-1/2″ x 4″ (bee panel mat), 2-1/4″ x 3-7/8″ cut into 3/4″ strips (bee panel), 1/2″ x 3-3/4″ (inside trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Bee My Valentine Bundle (English)

[162554]

$38.50

Bee Mine 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162546]

$12.50

Sweet Sorbet 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159268]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.50

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[147108]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$9.00

Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin' Pad

[159216]

$9.00

Sweet Sorbet Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[159224]

$10.00

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154893]

$10.00

Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers

[162557]

$8.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.75

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Stampin’ Up! Hills of Tuscany for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! I used the pretty Stampin’ Up! Hills of Tuscany stamp set to make a Thank You card for today. This is a sweet landscape set with different stamps that you can use to create a stamped scene. These are fun to do. You can find the supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.

We have a sketch challenge this week, so I made a little picture of the Tuscan countryside!

And I used colors from the Sunday Stamps Challenge SSC327 Feeling Earthy:

I adhered a panel of Poetic Expressions designer series paper to a Cajun Craze mat with liquid glue and adhered the layered panel to the front of a Pecan Pie card base with dimensionals.

I started the little scene by stamping the house from the Stampin’ Up! Hills of Tuscany stamp set in stamped off Wild Wheat ink on Basic White. I stamped the roof in Cajun Craze, the sun in Crushed Curry and the sky in Balmy Blue. Next I stamped the ground in Old Olive using the two hillside stamps, overlapping as I filled in the ground. I love the different shading these stamps create! I stamped the trees in Mossy Meadow on either side of the house. There’s a couple of bush stamps and I stamped these in Garden Green over some of the overlapped ground stamped areas and they did a nice job of smoothing out the edges. I finished by stamping some flower fields in Poppy Parade.

I used the second largest square from the Stylish Shapes dies to cut it out and adhered it to a Pecan Pie mat. I wrapped it with linen thread and adhered it to the card front with dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Hills of Tuscany stamp set in Pecan Pie ink on Basic White. I fussy cut the sentiment with my paper snips and adhered it with glue dots and dimensionals. I finished with rustic metallic dots.

For the inside of the card, I stamped a little scene in the lower corner of a Basic White panel using Mossy Meadow for the trees, Old Olive and Garden Green for the ground and Poppy Parade for the flowers. I adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

The Stampin’ Up! Hills of Tuscany stamp set is fun to play with and it has nice sentiments. These stamps are fun to play with, creating different countryside scenes.

On with the Hop! Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to see the beautiful project Karen Ksenzakovic has created.

If you get lost along the way, here are the participants for the hop:

Current Host Code: M3WQ2HCB

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a free gift from me! The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Akiko

Visit my online store here
See the current Stampin’ Up! clearance rack specials here
Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through my Wildflower Frequent Shopper Program – my way of saying thank you to my online frequent shopper customers.
Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Real Red – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base scored at 4-1/4″, 2″ x 3″ (die cut hearts)
Basic White – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (inside panel), 3″ x4-1/4″ (die cut frame), 2″ x 3″ (die cut hearts)
Most Adored specialty DSP – 3″ x4-1/4″ (front background and inside mat), 7/8″ x 3-7/8″ (hinge)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Hills Of Tuscany Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[162682]

$24.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Poetic Expressions 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162814]

$12.50

Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161717]

$10.00

Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119684]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Wild Wheat Classic Stampin' Pad

[161651]

$9.00

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

[147085]

$9.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$9.00

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[147105]

$9.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$9.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$9.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$9.00

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

[147050]

$9.00

Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[161665]

$9.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$5.00

Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots

[159082]

$8.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.75

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Stampin’ Up! Trucking Along Valentine’s Day Card

Good Morning! I used the fun Stampin’ Up! Trucking Along bundle with my favorite Bee My Valentine bundle to make a Valentine’s Day Card. I also uses the pretty pink and red Sale-A-Bration Most Adored designer series paper to go with it all. You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

I adhered a plaid panel of Most Adored specialty designer series paper to the front of a Real Red Card base with liquid glue. I adhered a heart filled panel to a Real Red Mat and tied it with Flirty Flamingo baker’s twine, made a bow and popped it on the card front with dimensionals.

I stamped the truck outline from the sweet Stampin’ Up! Trucking Along stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White. I stamped the body using Real Red ink and punched it out with the Trucking Along Builder Punch. I colored the wheels and fenders with Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends and the windows with light Pool Party. I stamped the cloud in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with the light Pool Party Party Stampin’ Blend before fussy cutting. I stamped the ground in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut it out with the second largest circle from the stylish shapes die. I adhered the truck to the circle with dimensionals and the cloud with glue dots.

I popped the circle on the card with dimensionals and colored a panel of Bubble Bath shimmer paper with light Calypso Coral, dark Flirty Flamingo and Light Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends. I proceeded to punch out a bunch of little hearts with the Bee Builder Punch and adhered them to the card, some with glue dots and some with dimensionals. I added some Real Red Festive Pearls for more shiny texture.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment from the Bee My Valentine stamp set in Real Red ink on Basic White. I adhered some more small punched hearts and trimmed the bottom with a strip of DSP. I adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

I’ve seen Valentine’s Day cards with the heart balloons streaming from the back and that’s the look I wanted to go for. The vintage truck from the Stampin’ Up! Trucking Along bundle is so cute, so I thought I’d give it a try. What do you think?

Sale-A-Bration Is Going On Now!

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s best promotion of the year with specials for Shopping, Hosting and Joining!

Shopping

Hosting

If you’d like to set up a host code to see if you can collect $300 in orders, I’d be happy to help you with that! Reach out to me at apsudano@stampininthemeadows.com.

Joining

Sale-A-Bration is one of the best times to join Stampin’ Up! as a new demonstrator and there are two fantastic options for purchasing your Starter Kit during Sale-A-Bration

Option 1:

Option 2:

Click on the image below to open a PDF of the Sale-A-Bration Brochure to see all the Sale-A-Bration items and get additional details:

Current Host Code: M3WQ2HCB

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a Thank You gift from me! The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Akiko

Visit my online store here
See the current Stampin’ Up! clearance rack specials here
Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through my Wildflower Frequent Shopper Program – my way of saying thank you to my online frequent shopper customers.
Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Real Red – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base, scored at 5-1/2″, 2-1/8″ x 3-3/4″ (DSP mat)
Bubble Bath Shimmer – 1-1/2″ x 5″ (punched small hearts)
Basic White – 3-3/4 x 5″ (inside panel), 2″ x 3″ (punched truck and cloud), 3″ x 3″ (circle)
Most Adored specialty DSP – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (front background), 2″ x 3-3/4″ (heart strip), 1/2″ x 3-3/4″ (inside trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Trucking Along Bundle (English)

[162306]

$41.25

Bee My Valentine Bundle (English)

[162554]

$38.50

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Most Adored 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[162976]

$16.50

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102482]

$10.00

Soft Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[161750]

$11.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.50

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$9.00

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

$10.00

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154894]

$10.00

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154881]

$10.00

Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154880]

$10.00

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154884]

$10.00

Festive Pearls

[159963]

$7.00

Baker's Twine Three Color Pack

[162759]

$8.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.75

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Prints Hello Card

Good Morning! I used the pretty Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Prints stamp set with the Sale-A-Bration Softly Stippled designer series paper for a hello card for today. The pretty sentiments in this stamp set are some of my favorites and it goes well with the pretty DSP. You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

My card design was inspired by the pretty sketch in Freshly Made Sketches #620:

I embossed a panel of Lost Lagoon with the Painted Posies 3D embossing folder and adhered it to the front of a Lost Lagoon card base with liquid glue.

I cut a panel of floral Softly Stippled designer series paper with the 3″ Deckled Circle die and I cut a panel of watercolor wash Wild Wheat DSP with the next largest die. I adhered the circles together with liquid glue and popped them on the card front with dimensionals.

I stamped the pretty hello there sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Prints stamp set in Lost Lagoon ink on Basic White. I cut it out with a deckled circle die and adhered it to the card with dimensionals and glue dots. I colored one of the butterfly cut outs with the light Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blend and adhered it with glue dots. I finished the card by adding three blue iridescent gems to the butterfly.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the wildflowers from the Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Prints stamp set in twice stamped off Wild Wheat ink on Basic White. I stamped the little butterfly from the Painted Lavender stamp set in stamped off Lost Lagoon ink and trimmed the bottom with a strip of Softly Stippled DSP. I adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

When you have pretty sentiments like the in the Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Prints stamp set, go ahead and use them with new products like the Sale-A-Bration Softly Stippled DSP. It’s great to be able to coordinate new products with those you already have.

Sale-A-Bration Is Going On Now!

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s best promotion of the year with specials for Shopping, Hosting and Joining!

Shopping

Hosting

If you’d like to set up a host code to see if you can collect $300 in orders, I’d be happy to help you with that! Reach out to me at apsudano@stampininthemeadows.com.

Joining

Sale-A-Bration is one of the best times to join Stampin’ Up! as a new demonstrator and there are two fantastic options for purchasing your Starter Kit during Sale-A-Bration

Option 1:

Option 2:

Click on the image below to open a PDF of the Sale-A-Bration Brochure to see all the Sale-A-Bration items and get additional details:

Current Host Code: M3WQ2HCB

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a Thank You gift from me! The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Akiko

Visit my online store here
See the current Stampin’ Up! clearance rack specials here
Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through my Wildflower Frequent Shopper Program – my way of saying thank you to my online frequent shopper customers.
Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Lost Lagoon – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base, scored at 5-1/2″, 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ (embossed background)
Butterfly accent cut out
Basic White – 3-3/4 x 5″ (inside panel), 2″ x 2″ (label)
Softly Stippled DSP – 3-1/4″ x 3-1/4″ (floral circle), 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ (circle mat), 1/2″ x 3-3/4″ (inside trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Nature's Prints Cling Stamp Set (English)

[158793]

$25.00

Painted Lavender Photopolymer Stamp Set

[162594]

$20.00

Deckled Circles Dies

[162286]

$37.00

Painted Posies 3 D Embossing Folder

[159175]

$11.00

Softly Stippled 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162975]

$12.50

Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133679]

$10.00

Paper Butterfly Accents

[162612]

$8.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161678]

$9.00

Wild Wheat Classic Stampin' Pad

[161651]

$9.00

Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161661]

$10.00

Iridescent Pastel Gems

[160429]

$8.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.75

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender Card

Good Morning! The Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender bundle is part of the Perennial Lavender Suite in the new catalog and I used it for a pretty card today. My card is CASE’d from a card in the catalog and uses a watercolor wash technique for the background! You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

I used my water painter and a watercolor palette to apply water all over a panel of watercolor paper. I tapped a stamp block in Shaded Spruce ink and swirled my water painter in the ink on the block. The I brushed the ink on the wet paper using long horizontal strokes on the bottom of the panel. I used the same techniques to apply Fresh Freesia ink to the middle section and Crumb Cake ink to the top, cleaning my water painter each time. I set the panel aside to dry and cleaned up my stamp blocks, water painter and work area. After the panel dried, I cut it out with the second largest rectangle from the Perennial Postage dies.

I adhered a panel of floral Perennial Lavender designer series paper to the front of a Crumb Cake card base with liquid glue and popped the watercolor panel on top with dimensionals. I cut lavender sprigs from Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather using the double sprig die from the Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender dies and adhered them to the watercolor panel with glue dots.

I stamped the single flowers from the Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender stamp set on Basic White. There are two stamps, designed to stamp on top of each other. The largest stamp was inked in Highland Heather ink and I used a sponge dauber to apply Berry Burst and Orchid Oasis to spots. I inked the smaller stamp in Gorgeous Grape and stamped it on top. This produces a gorgeous blend of colors! I stamped two flower sprigs using this technique and cut them out with the coordinating die. I used stamped off Shaded Spruce for the stems and cut them out and adhered them to the flower. I adhered them to the card with dimensionals on top and glue dots on the stems.

I stamped the sentiment from the Perennial Postage stamp set in Gorgeous Grape ink on a Perennial Lavender DSP panel and cut it out with the second smallest rectangle Perennial Postage die. I made a bow with Crumb Cake baker’s twine and adhered it and Popped the label on top with dimensionals. I finished the card with purple shimmer gems.

I left the inside of the card blank, simply adhering a strip of Perennial Lavender DSP to the bottom of a Basic White panel. I adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

This card turned out to be a bit more complicated than I thought, but it was fun to make. I was reminded of how much fun it is to watercolor and a simple wash is easy to do. And aren’t the flowers in the Stampin’ Up! Painted Lavender stamp set gorgeous! Using sponge daubers to add colors to the stamp results in a beautiful blend that is made even prettier with the second stamp. The Perennial Lavender suite is definitely one of the best!

Sale-A-Bration Is Going On Now!

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s best promotion of the year with specials for Shopping, Hosting and Joining!

Shopping

Hosting

If you’d like to set up a host code to see if you can collect $300 in orders, I’d be happy to help you with that! Reach out to me at apsudano@stampininthemeadows.com.

Joining

Sale-A-Bration is one of the best times to join Stampin’ Up! as a new demonstrator and there are two fantastic options for purchasing your Starter Kit during Sale-A-Bration

Option 1:

Option 2:

Click on the image below to open a PDF of the Sale-A-Bration Brochure to see all the Sale-A-Bration items and get additional details:

Current Host Code: M3WQ2HCB

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a Thank You gift from me! The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Akiko

Visit my online store here
See the current Stampin’ Up! clearance rack specials here
Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through my Wildflower Frequent Shopper Program – my way of saying thank you to my online frequent shopper customers.
Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Crumb Cake – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base, scored at 5-1/2″
Watercolor paper – 3-1/2″ x 5″ (watercolor wash background)
Gorgeous Grape – 1″ x 4-1/4″ (die cut lavender sprigs)
Highland Heather – 1″ x 4-1/4″ (die cut lavender sprigs)
Basic White – 3-3/4 x 5″ (inside panel), 3″ x 4″ (stamped flowers and stems)
Painted Perennials DSP – 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (front background), 1-1/4″ x 2-1/4″ (label), 1/2″ x 3-3/4″ (inside trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Painted Lavender Bundle

[162597]

$46.75

Perennial Postage Bundle (English)

[162608]

$51.25

Perennial Lavender 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162593]

$12.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$10.00

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$9.00

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146987]

$10.00

Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146986]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$9.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$9.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$9.00

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]

$9.00

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

[147143]

$9.00

Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad

[159214]

$9.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$11.00

Purple Fine Shimmer Gems

[162611]

$8.00

Water Painters

[151298]

$13.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$5.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.75

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! Here’s another Valentine’s Day card made with the sweet sentiments from the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine stamp set and pretty dies from the Darling Details and Give It A Whirl die sets. And I used a simple heart pattern paper from the Sale-A-Bration Most Adored specialty designer series paper. You can find the supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.

We have a theme challenge this week, which is perfect with Valentine’s Day just around the corner!

I used the small eyelet frame from the Darling Details dies to cut a Basic White panel and adhered the frame to a heart filled panel of the Most Adored Sale-A-Bration specialty DSP. I adhered the panel to the front of a Real Red card base with dimensionals.

I stamped the love you sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine stamp set in real Red ink on Basic White. I used the large window heart die from the Give It A Whirl die set to cut the sentiment out and adhered it to the card with dimensionals. The Give It A Whirl die set has great dies for making spinner cards and so many other dies that are great for decorating such as these hearts (There are also great cloud and star dies in the set!).

I used the Give It A Whirl heart dies to cut several hearts from Basic White and Real Red card stock. I layered some of the hearts and arranged them in the center of the eyelet window, adhering them with dimensionals. I adhered a Real Red bow to the frame with a glue dot and added rhinestone gems to the hearts.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine stamp set in Real Red ink on Basic White. I adhered more hearts to the panel and trimmed the bottom with a strip of Most Adored specialty DSP. I adhered the layered panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

The sentiments from the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine stamp set are perfect for Valentine’s Day and don’t always need to be used with the bees (although they are so cute). Red and White hearts with lace – classics for Valentine’s Day cards!

On with the Hop! Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to see the beautiful project Karen Ksenzakovic has created.

If you get lost along the way, here are the participants for the hop:

Current Host Code: M3WQ2HCB

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a free gift from me! The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Akiko

Visit my online store here
See the current Stampin’ Up! clearance rack specials here
Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through my Wildflower Frequent Shopper Program – my way of saying thank you to my online frequent shopper customers.
Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Real Red – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base scored at 4-1/4″, 2″ x 3″ (die cut hearts)
Basic White – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (inside panel), 3″ x4-1/4″ (die cut frame), 2″ x 3″ (die cut hearts)
Most Adored specialty DSP – 3″ x4-1/4″ (front background and inside mat), 7/8″ x 3-7/8″ (hinge)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Bee My Valentine Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[162547]

$21.00

Darling Details Dies

[161370]

$36.00

Give It A Whirl Dies

[154336]

$39.00

Most Adored 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[162976]

$16.50

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102482]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$9.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$6.00

Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack

[160386]

$9.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.75

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Stampin’ Up! Good Feelings Thank You Card

Good Morning! I used the fun Stampin’ Up! Good Feelings stamp set with the pretty Sale-A-Bration Softly Stippled designer series paper to make a Thank You card today. This stamp set has wonderful large sentiments that will go well with any of the pretty new designer series papers to make a cheerful card. You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

I adhered a panel of Pool Party linen look Softly Stippled designer series paper to the front of a Pool PArty card base with liquid glue. I used the scalloped border die from the Scalloped Contours dies to cut a floral panel of the DSP and adhered it to the left side of the card.

I stamped the thank you sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Good Feelings stamp set in Pool Party ink on the right side of a Basic White panel and cut it out with the third largest scalloped rectangle from the Scalloped Contours dies. I cut the floral bouquet from the Wonderful Thoughts dies from a Pool Party panel and brushed it with white pearlized enamel effects to give it some shimmer. I adhered the die cut to the left side of the panel with dimensionals at the top and glue dots at the bottom.

I adhered the scalloped rectangle to the card front with dimensionals. I adhered a white bow with silver trim with glue dots and adhered clear silver sparkle gems to finish the card.

For the inside of the card, I cut another strip of Softly Stippled DSP with the scalloped border die and adhered it to the left side of a Basic White panel. I adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

The sentiments from the Stampin’ Up! Good Feelings stamp set are cheerful and uplifting, perfect for sending a note of cheer on a dreary winter day. And the pretty Sale-A-Bration Softly Stippled designer series paper can be yours for FREE with an order of $50 (before shipping and taxes) during Sale-A-Bration.

Sale-A-Bration Is Going On Now!

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s best promotion of the year with specials for Shopping, Hosting and Joining!

Shopping

Hosting

If you’d like to set up a host code to see if you can collect $300 in orders, I’d be happy to help you with that! Reach out to me at apsudano@stampininthemeadows.com.

Joining

Sale-A-Bration is one of the best times to join Stampin’ Up! as a new demonstrator and there are two fantastic options for purchasing your Starter Kit during Sale-A-Bration

Option 1:

Option 2:

Click on the image below to open a PDF of the Sale-A-Bration Brochure to see all the Sale-A-Bration items and get additional details:

Current Host Code: M3WQ2HCB

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a Thank You gift from me! The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Akiko

Visit my online store here
See the current Stampin’ Up! clearance rack specials here
Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products through my Wildflower Frequent Shopper Program – my way of saying thank you to my online frequent shopper customers.
Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Pool Party – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base, scored at 5-1/2″, 2″ x 2-3/4″ (die cut flower)
Basic White – 4 x 5-1/4″ (inside panel), 2-3/4″ x 4″ (scalloped rectangle)
Softly Stippled DSP – 3/4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside trim), 1-1/2″ x 5″ (scalloped trim), 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (front background)