Sun Prints Thank You Card

Hello! Thank you for visiting my blog! And thank you so much for voting for my card--it placed second in Kylie Bertucci's April International Blog Highlights competition!! I now get to participate in Kylie's Top Ten Winners Hop! I am so excited to be part of a group of such talented designers from all around the world. (I have posted my winning card at the bottom of this blog entry, in case you haven't seen it.)

Sun Prints Thank You Card

Our Sun Prints Designer Series Paper (DSP 158790) is absolutely stunning!! It will be available starting May 3rd, 2022, when our brand-new Annual Catalogue goes live!! Come back then, get the link to see it (as well as the new Annual Catalogue), and check it out! There are sooo many gorgeous new products coming! If you live in Canada 🇨🇦 and don't presently have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to help you out! Shopping links are below. 

The papers in our Sun  Prints 12" x 12" DSP (in shades of Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Starry Sky (one of our new colours!), and Gray Granite) are so gorgeous!! You can make a beautiful card very quickly, because the paper does almost all of the work!! Glue a piece of paper onto a card base, add a sentiment and embellishment, and you're done!!

 

Step by Step Instructions for Making the Sun Prints Card:

1. Cut the following layers:
• Night of Navy cardstock: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"; 3" x 1-1/4" (for sentiment--die cut with smallest Scalloped Contours label die)
• Basic White cardstock: 4" x 5-1/4" (cut with the largest Scalloped Contours die); 4" x 5-1/4" (for inside)
• Sun Prints Designer Series Paper: 3-5/16" x 4-5/8"
2. Adhere DSP to Basic White Scalloped Contours layer with Stampin' Seal.
3. Thread a 4" piece of Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon through the fourth loop from the bottom, and tape to the back of the card.
4. Adhere the card front to Night of Navy card base with Stampin' Dimensionals.
5. Stamp the sentiment on Night of Navy die cut label with Versamark; heat emboss with white embossing powder.
6. Adhere sentiment label to card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
7. Tie a triple bow (loop around fingers three times, tie a knot around the centre) using white baker's twine, and adhere with a glue dot.
8. Add three white Classic Matte Dots to card front.

See how quick that was? Be sure to order our beautiful Sun Prints DSP!! There is a coordinating stamp and die bundle called Nature's Prints (158801)--you'll want this, as well!

Here is the card I submitted for this month's contest. Thanks again for voting it into second place! To see more photos and directions for the card below, click here.

I'd love for you to comment below, if you have a moment. 😊 Then be sure to check out the other Top Ten Winners' creations!!

Shopping Links for the Sun Prints Card:

tams# 70795

Product List

Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $48.00	Sun Prints 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158790] $16.50	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $12.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00
Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $15.00	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $10.25	Classic Matte Dots [158146] $9.50	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $25.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00

Thank You Snow Much Thank You Card

Thanks to all of you who voted for my card in Kylie's October International Blog Highlights competition--my card came in second place!! I was invited to participate in Kylie's Top Ten Winners Blog--which is pretty exciting!! If you didn't see my October card, I have added it to the bottom of this blog post.

Here are the directions for this card. It is a fairly quick one to make! It has several elements that give it a bit of shine!! Fold an 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Pacific Point card base (scored at 4-1/4"). Cut a frame from the shiny Silver Foil Specialty Pack, using the largest two Stitched Rectangles Dies. Cut a 3-5/8" x 5" piece of Pacific Point cardstock. Using Versamark ink and the snowflakes stamp, stamp randomly on the smaller piece of Pacific Point cardstock, add silver embossing powder, and set with a heat tool.

Cut a 3-5/8" x 1/2" piece of silver foil, and emboss with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. Glue the embossed silver strip over the embossed snowflakes piece, about 1-1/4" from the bottom. Adhere the silver frame to this layer, and then to the card base.

Stamp the sentiment in Versamark on a 3-1/2" x 1-1/2" piece of Pacific Point cardstock, emboss with silver embossing powder, and set it with a heat tool. Die cut the label with the Potted Succulents die, and the same label in silver foil. Cut the silver label horizontally, and then glue to the back of the Pacific Point label, so about 1/16" of the silver shows above and below the coloured label. Attach the label with Dimensionals over the silver "ribbon". Die cut three snowflakes from silver foil, and add them to the card with thin strips of Dimensionals.

Here is the card I submitted in Kylie's contest--it's a cool fold-flat (which fits into an envelope!) fun-fold card.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog--I'd love to hear from you! If you have a moment, please leave a comment below. Then be sure to hop over to all of the Top Ten Winners' blogs! You'll see some amazing creations!

❤️ Kim

tams# 65158

Product List

Time Of Giving Bundle (English) [156762] $62.00	Time Of Giving Cling Stamp Set (English) [156509] $27.00	Giving Gifts Dies [156563] $42.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $48.00	Potted Succulents Dies [154330] $53.00
Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [111350] $12.00	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $13.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $24.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder [152718] $12.25	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00

Sailing Home Fun-Fold Card

Hello, and thank you for visiting my blog! I have entered a new card in Kylie Bertucci's October International Highlights contest. If you like it, I hope that you will vote for it! Please click on the button below to go to Kylie's blog, and vote by clicking on the top right corner of the thumbnail of my card (#1), until you see the heart turn red. Thank you for your support! 

 

This great fun-fold project was inspired by a lovely floral card that I saw, made by Australia's Gail Ellis. This is my take on her double-box card. This is a cool card, because it folds flat, and fits in a regular envelope! 

I really love the Sailing Home stamp set, and it is definitely my go-to for masculine cards! I started with a piece of 3-1/2" x 3-1/4" Basic White Cardstock (I usually use Shimmery White Cardstock for blended and watercolour backgrounds, but thought I'd try Basic White for a change 😊). The lighthouse, from Sailing Home, was stamped in Night of Navy, and then I used a Blender Pen to spread the navy colour across the lighthouse. 

I cut a Post-It Note in the shape of a hill, and covered the lower portion of the cardstock--this would later become the sand. I used Blending Brushes, and added colours to make the sky background. I started with Fresh Freesia at the bottom, then added Balmy Blue, Pool Party, and Pacific Point--overlapping colours, and getting darker toward the top of the card. Next, I added another Post-It Note at the water line, and applied more colour (Pool Party and Pacific Point) to the water with Blending Brushes. The sailboat was also stamped in Night of Navy, blended with a Blender Pen, and then I added some waves to the water with a White Stampin' Chalk Marker. 

I removed both Post-It Notes, and put the "negative" of the first note over the inked sky and water, and sponged some Crumb Cake ink onto the sand. Some texture was added to the sand using Crumb Cake and a stamp from Color & Contour. 

To finish off the card front, I stamped the birds in Night of Navy, added a large Rhinestone Basic Jewel to the lighthouse, and matted it on a 3-5/8" x 3-3/8" piece of Night of Navy cardstock. The Night of Navy sentiment is from Penguin Place, cut with our Messages Die. The Basic White background, left foreground, and right side edge pieces are all embossed with the Wintry 3D embossing folder. 

Thanks so much for stopping by--and for voting!!! If you like my  card, please click here--then remember to click on the top right corner of the thumbnail of my card (#1) until the heart turns red--that way you know that your vote is registered:

Please click here to vote for my card.

If you live in Canada and do not have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, 

I would love to be your demonstrator! Shop here! 😊

Thank you very much for visiting my blog,

and for your support!! 😊

❤️ Kim

tams# 64227

Product List

Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set [149457]	Blending Brushes [153611]	Wintry 3 D Embossing Folders [155433]	Messages Die [154422]	Penguin Place Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156410]
Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611]	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105]	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867]	White Stampin' Chalk Marker [132133]	Blender Pens [102845]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]