Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! Here’s another super simple card made with the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs stamp set and the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ designer series paper where the pretty DSP does all of the work. 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 let the Beautiful Gallery DSP panel meet the requirements:

Adhere a panel of the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ designer series paper to a Crumb Cake mat and wrap it three times with Crumb Cake baker’s twine, tying a knot. Pop the panel on the front of a Misty Moonlight card base using dimensionals.

Stamp the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs stamp set using Secret Sea ink on a Basic Beige panel. Cut it out using the long skinny label die from the Textured Notes dies, using the two step method. Adhere the label to the card using dimensionals, carefully placing the dimensionals over the twine so that it sticks securely. Finish with three antique pearls.

For the inside, stamp the flourish from the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs stamp set on a Basic White panel using stamped off Crumb Cake ink. Trim the bottom with DSP and adhere it to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

The landscape images in the Beautiful Gallery DSP are so serene and the sentiments in the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs stamp set work well with them and are great for many occasions.

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

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

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Akiko


Cardstock Cuts for this project:

  • Misty Moonlight – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base, scored at 4-1/4″
  • Crumb Cake – 3-1/8″ x 5-1/2″ (DSP mat)
  • Basic Beige – 1″ x 3″ (label)
  • Basic White – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside panel)
  • Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ DSP – 3″ x 5-1/2″ (DSP panel), 1/2″ x 5-1/4″ (inside trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms and Beautiful Motifs for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! I used the Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms and Beautiful Motifs bundles to make a quick and easy Thinking of You card. This is also a very simple fun fold where the landscape in the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ designer series paper covers the front of the card and extends to the trim on the inside. 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:

Start with a 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ DSP panel and cut 1 inch off the right side so you have two panels with a continuous design. Adhere the large panel to a Very Vanilla mat and adhere the skinny panel to the right side of the Very Vanilla inside panel.

Adhere the large layered DSP panel to the front of the card with liquid glue. Use the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs dies to cut the leaf cluster and wildflowers from Mossy Meadow and Basic Beige card stocks. Adhere the die cuts to the card front with glue dots. Make a loopy bow with linen thread and adhere it with a glue dot.

Stamp the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs stamp set on Very Vanilla using Pecan Pie ink and cut it out with the second smallest circle from the Stylish Shapes dies. cut a Pecan Pie circle using the second smallest Spotlight on Nature dies and adhere it to the back of the label. Adhere the label to the card with dimensionals and finish with Cajun Craze gems.

Stamp the left side of the inside panel with the wildflower from the Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms stamp set using twice stamped off Pecan Pie ink. Adhere the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

I love to use beautiful designer series paper on cards because it makes it so easy! Add a few complimentary die cuts with a pretty sentiment label and a few embellishments and you have an impressive handmade card that anyone would be happy to receive.

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

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

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Akiko


Cardstock Cuts for this project:

  • Cajun Craze – 5-1/2″ x 7-1/2″ card base, scored at 3-1/4″
  • Mossy Meadow – 2-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ (leaf die cut)
  • Pecan Pie – 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ (label mat)
  • Basic Beige – 2″ x 4-1/2″ (flower die cut)
  • Very Vanilla – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside panel), 3″ x 5-1/4″ (front DSP mat), 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ (label)
  • Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ DSP – 2-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ (front background), 1″ x 5-1/8″ (inside side trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! I used the Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms bundle along with other products from the Beautiful Gallery suite to make a Here for You card. You can find the supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.

We have a pretty sketch challenge this week and I substituted a simple bow for the greenery below the center panel.

Emboss a strip of Cloud Cover Beautiful Gallery 6″x 6″ designer series paper with the pretty Damask Designs embossing folder and adhere it to another panel of Beautiful Gallery DSP. Adhere the layered DSP panel to a Pecan Pie mat and pop it on the front of a Basic Beige card base with dimensionals.

Stamp the sentiment from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set using Pecan Pie ink on Cloud Cover and cut it out with the second smallest square from the Stylish Shapes dies. Adhere it to a Pecan Pie mat and pop it on the card with dimensionals. Stamp the flowers from the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Gallery stamp set using Pecan Pie ink on Basic Beige. Color the flowers with white craft ink using a blender pen and the leaves with the light Cloud Cover Stampin’ Blend marker. Use the light Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend to color the flower centers. After the flowers dry (it takes a while for the white craft ink to dry completely) cut the flowers out with the coordinating die.

Adhere the flowers to the card over the sentiment with dimensionals. Make a loopy Basic Beige bow and adhere it to the card with a glue dot under the sentiment. Finish with textured dots.

For the inside, stamp the flowers from the Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms stamp set using Pecan Pie ink on the top of a Basic White panel and color the leaves with the light Cloud Cover Stampin Blend. Emboss a strip of Beautiful Gallery DSP with the Damask Designs embossing folder and adhere the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

I tried using white watercolor pencils to make the flowers white, but I found the white craft ink with the Blender Pen works best. I love how the white flowers pop against the beige background!

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

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

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Akiko


Cardstock Cuts for this project:

  • Basic Beige – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base, scored at 5-1/2″, 2″ x 3″ (flower die cut)
  • Pecan Pie – 1-5/8″ x 1-5/8″ (label mat)
  • Cloud Cover – 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ (label)
  • Basic White – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (inside panel)
  • Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ DSP – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (front background), 1-1/4″ x 3-3/4″ (embossed stripe), 1/2″ x 3-3/4″ (inside trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Stampin’ Up! Loveliest Tree for the Inkin’ Krew Blog Hop

Good Morning! Welcome to the May Inkin’ Krew Team Blog Hop! The theme for this month’s hop is “For the Boys/Men” and I used the the returning Stampin’ Up! Loveliest Tree stamp set and dies to make a masculine birthday card. You can find the supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.

I used a panel of the new Beautiful Gallery designer series paper for my background, but I wanted a blue sky, so I used a sponge dauber to apply Balmy Blue ink to the sky and it worked out pretty well! So I adhered it to a Crumb Cake mat and wrapped it with Crumb Cake baker’s twine and tied a knot before popping it on an Old Olive card base with dimensionals.

I cut a Basic Beige panel with the small frame from the Gallery Blooms dies and embossed it with the Birch 3D embossing folder. I adhered it to the card with dimensionals.

I stamped the tree from the Stampin’ Up! Loveliest Tree stamp set using Early Espresso ink on Basic Beige and colored it with Crumb Cake and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. I cut it out with the coordinating die.and popped it on the card with dimensionals.

I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Loveliest Tree stamp set using Early Espresso ink on Old Olive and cut the banner end with my paper snips. I adhered it to the card with glue dots and dimensionals and finished with some retired Old Olive dots that you can still find on the Last Chance list with a nice discount while supplies last.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the leaves from the Stampin’ Up! Loveliest Tree stamp set using Old Olive ink in the corner of a Basic White panel. I trimmed the side with DSP – again after sponging Balmy Blue ink on the sky – and adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

The Stampin’ Up! Loveliest Tree stamp set has the prettiest tree image that looks great colored or simply stamped. It has nice sentiments and the dies are pretty nice too. It’s perfect for masculine cards.

On With The Hop! Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to Terry Lynn Bright’s project or click the Previous Blog button to move back to see the project that Christie King created.

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

  1. Christie King 
  2. Akiko Sudano  <– you are here
  3. Terry Lynn Bright 
  4. Tara Carpenter 
  5. Karen Ksenzakovic 
  6. Ann Louise Fodgaard
  7. Mary Deatherage
  8. Karen Finkle
  9. Amy Koenders

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 week!

Akiko

  • Visit my online store here
  • See the current Stampin’ Up! Last Chance items here
  • Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

  • Old Olive – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base, scored at 4-1/4″, 5/8″ x 1-7/8″ (label)
  • Crumb Cake – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (DSP mat)
  • Basic Beige – 3″ x 4-3/4″ (embossed frame), 2-1.2″ x 4″ (die cut tree)
  • Basic White – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside panel)
  • Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ DSP – 3-7/8″ x 5-1/4″ (front background), 1/2″ x 4″ (inside trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Stampin’ Up! Textured Notes for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! I used the wonderful Stampin’ Up! Textured Notes bundle from the March Online Exclusives release with some new products from to make a thank you card for today. You can find the supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.

We have a pretty sketch challenge this week, and I interpreted it on a portrait card:

I selected the landscape section from one of the panels of the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ designer series paper and cut it to 2-1/2″ x 4″. I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Textured Notes stamp set on the panel using Pecan Pie ink. I used the long side of one of the Stampin’ Up! Textured Notes rectangle dies to cut the top and bottom of the Pecan Pie panel and adhered the DSP to the die cut panel.

I stamped the large leaf cluster from the Stampin’ Up! Textured Notes stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink on a fairly plain panel of Beautiful Gallery DSP. I stamped it in the top right corner and then again in the lower left section. I stamped the woven circle basket using Crumb Cake ink and adhered the panel to the front of a Basic Beige card base. I cut a Basic White panel with the floral die from the Beautiful Motifs dies and snipped it in the middle. I adhered the two sections to the card with glue dots.

I wrapped the landscape panel twice with linen thread and tied a bow before adhering it to the card with dimensionals and finished with a textured metallic dot near the sentiment.

For the inside of the card I stamped the leaf cluster and woven circle basket from the Stampin’ Up! Textured Notes stamp set using Mossy Meadow and Crumb Cake inks on Basic White. I trimmed the top and bottom with dSP and adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

The gorgeous Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ DSP is so versatile and the landscapes make nice focal points for cards. I was pleased that the images from the Stampin’ Up! Textured Notes stamp set would compliment the DSP so well and of course those rectangle dies make wonderful bordered mats!

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:


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! Last Chance items here
  • Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

  • Basic Beige – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base, scored at 4-1/4″
  • Pecan Pie – 2-7/8″ x 4″ (DSP mat)
  • Basic White – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside panel), 1-3/4″ x 4-1/2″ (die cut flower)
  • Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ DSP – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (front background), 2-1/2″ x 4″ (landscape panel), 3/4″ x 4″ (inside bottom trim), 1/4″ x 4″ (inside top trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! The Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs bundle is a new bundle from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! 2025-2026 Annual Catalog that will be available on May 6, 2025. I used it with a pretty landscape pattern of Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ designer series paper to make a thinking of you card for today. You can find the currently available supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.

We have a pretty sketch challenge this week:

I adhered a pretty landscape panel of Beautiful Gallery DSP to a Lost Lagoon mat by applying liquid glue around the outside edge. I used the second largest circle die from the Stylish Shapes dies to cut a circle from the layered DSP and adhered the outside to the front of a Basic Beige card base with dimensionals.

I adhered the die cut circle to the inside of the circle with liquid glue to get a two layer effect. I cut a Mossy Meadow panel with the pretty fern die from the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs dies and adhered it to the card with glue dots and bits of dimensionals.

I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink on Lost Lagoon and cut it out with the long Textured notes label die using a two step methog. I adhered it to the card with glue dots and dimensionals and finished with a three small copper gems.

I left the inside of the card, blank, simply trimming the side of a Basic White panel with more of the landscape DSP and adhering it to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

The landscape panels of the Beautiful Gallery DSP are real pretty. I love the sentiments from the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs stamp set and the fern die is just gorgeous. The flourish dies are interesting in that they do a partial die cut – I need to play with them a bit to get comfortable. Here is the pretty Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Motifs bundle:

It will be available with the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ designer series paper are part of the new Beautiful Gallery Suite in the upcoming Stampin’ Up! 2025-2026 Annual Catalog on May 6.

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:


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! Last Chance items here
  • Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

  • Basic Beige – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base, scored at 4-1/4″
  • Lost Lagoon – 3-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (DSP mat), 1″ x 3″ (label)
  • Mossy Meadow – 2-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ (die cut fern)
  • Basic White – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (inside panel)
  • Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ DSP – 3-1/8″ x 5-1/2″ (front background), 3/4″ x 5″ (inside trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms Sneak Peek for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! The Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms bundle is another new bundle from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! 2025-2026 Annual Catalog that will be available on May 6, 2025. I used it with the retiring Countryside Coners dies and some pretty vintage floral Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ designer series paper to make a Z-fold Wedding card for today. You can find the currently available supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post. Note: My supply list may not be very useful since most of the items I used are from the upcoming Annual Catalog.

This week’s challenge is to make a fun fold card!

After scoring and burnishing the Cloud Cover card base, I adhered floral panels of Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ designer series paper to the front flap and back panel with liquid glue. I embossed a Cloud Cover panel with the new Damask Designs embossing folder and adhered it to the middle section.

I cut a Secret Sky panel with the second largest retiring Countryside Corners die and cut a Cloud Cover panel with the third largest die. I embossed the Cloud Cover die cut with the Damask Designs embossing folder and adhered it to the larger die cut. I adhered the layered die cuts to the card front flap with liquid glue. I stamped the large roses from the Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms stamp set using Secret Sky ink on Basic White and cut it out with the coordinating die. I adhered it to the embossed panel with glue dots.

I stamped the sentiment from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set using Secret Sea ink on Cloud Cover and cut it out with the small Countryside Corners die. I adhered it to the card with dimensionals and finished with a white bow and Secret Sea dots.

For the inside of the card, stamped the sentiment from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set using Secret Sea ink on Basic White. I used twice stamped off Secret Sea ink to stamp the large floral from the Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms stamp set in the corner and cut it out with the third largest Countryside corners die. I adhered it to the back panel of the card with liquid glue so it is hidden when the card is closed.

The Stampin’ Up! Gallery Blooms bundle has beautiful florals with a vintage feel and wonderful coordinating dies. And it has a pretty double frame die that makes your cards look like they belong in an art museum. Here is the stamp set and dies:

And here is the Gallery Motifs bundle:

These bundles and the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ designer series paper are part of the new Beautiful Gallery Suite in the upcoming Stampin’ Up! 2025-2026 Annual Catalog that will be available on May 6.

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:


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! Last Chance items here
  • Have any questions? I’d be happy to help, click here to contact me.

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

  • Cloud Cover – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base, scored at 2-3/4″ and 5-1/2″, 2-1/2″ x 4″ (embossed panel), 2-3/4″ x 4-1/4″ (embossed die cut), 1″ x 3″ (label
  • Secret Sea – 3-1/4″ x 4-3/4″ (die cut mat)
  • Basic White – 2-3/4″ x 4-1/4″ (inside die cut)
  • Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ DSP – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside background), 2-1/2″ x 4″ (front flap panel)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

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