Wednesday, January 31, 2024

You Make My Heart Buzz

It's funny because I honestly did not think I was going to like this suite and now that I have done a card with it I realized just how stinkin' cute it really is!  You can add your own personality to your bees with the different face included in the stamp set and the punch is like a multipurposeful tool.  have fun and send a ton of Valentine's Day cards out. 

YOU MAKE MY HEART BUZZ

Cased from Jennifer Cotton



HOW TO CREATE & ASSEMBLE:  

  1. Fold your card base at the two score lines. (5 1/2” x 8 1/2” scored at1 1/4” and 4 1/4”). Small fold scores back. Like a Z-fold.
  2. Adhere your two (1” x 5 1/4”) strips of DSP to the two (1 1/8” x 5 3/8”) piece of Sorbet cardstock
  3. Adhere one of these to the front small fold and adhere the second one to the inside of the cards to the far right leaving a slight yellow border all around. Set aside.
  4. Adhere the other piece of DSP (2 3/4” x 5 1/4”) to the larger piece (2 7/8” x 5 3/8”) of sorbet cardstock.  Adhere this to your card front tucking under the flap.. On your (2 3/4” x 5 1/4”) piece of white cardstock, stamp your inside sentiment and image.  Adhere this to the inside of your card.
  5. Die cut out a larger square with your (3” x 3”) piece of sorbet cardstock.
  6. Die cut out a smaller square on your (2 3/4” x 2 3/4”) piece of Black cardstock.  Adhere it centered to the sort square (step5) set aside.
  7. On white cardstock stamp the sentiment and die cut with Stylish Shape banner. Set aside
  8. Also on white cardstock, stamp your bee, wings, and antenna then using the punch, punch these out to create your bee.  Using the larger heat to punch out the wings and the smaller heart to punch out the antennae. **BE CAREFUL to pay attention to how you position each of these on your paper to ensure you can cut each one out.  
  9. Use dimensionals to adhere the bee to your matted black square and leaving space to adhere the sentiment banner. 
  10. Adhere a bow for your final touch.
  11. (Optional) adhere a piece of coordinating DSP to the flap of your envelope.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:


Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Sale-a-Bration HELLO THERE

 This card is another one that focuses on another freebie in the Mini Sale-A-Bration brochure The embossing folder adds such a nice texture to the paper and great background. This bundle includes the embossing folder and the stamp set. Then, I also used the Flight & Airy Designer series Paper in the SAB brochure.  Remember the only way to get these items is by placing orders from either the annual catalog, the NEW Jan.- Apr. mini catalog, or products from our online exclusive items.I hope you wll take advantage of the Sale-A-Bration. specials including the incredible signing bonus special that we are running. Don't forget that the SAB promotion is only running through February and items in the SAB brochure are while supplies last.

   HELLO THERE

Cased Heidi Collins  







HOW TO CREATE AND ASSEMBLE: 

  1. Fold card base (5 1/2” x 8 1/2”) at the score line.
  2. Run the larger piece (4” x 5 1/4”) of DSP through the Emboss Machine in the embossing folder.  Wrap ribbon around the width of the lower half and adhere in the back.  
  3. Adhere this to the front of the card base.
  4. Adhere the smaller  piece (3 1/2’ x 4”) of DSP to the (3 5/8” x 4”) piece of Boho Blue.  Then adhere this to the card front.
  5. Stamp the sentiment and flowers on the small piece (2 1/4” x  2 1/2”) of basic white cardstock. 
  6. Stamp the sentiment and flowers on the larger piece (4” x 5 1/4”) of white cardstock and adhere to the inside of the card.
  7. (Optional) Stamp the sentiment and flowers on the lower left front corner of your envelope.
  8. Adhere the small stamped white piece to the (2 3/8” x 2 5/8”) piece of Garden Green cardstock.
  9. Adhere this to the card front using dimensionals.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

JUNGLE PALS OOPS!

            This month I focused on some of the Sale-a-Bration products that can be earned for free with your purchases. With your purchase of $150 you can earn both the Jungle Pals stamp set and the Jungle Pals Dies which are so much fun with the gator, a sloth, a toucan and more!  I hope you'll enjoy this set.

     JUNGLE PALS OOPS!


HOW TO CREATE & ASSEMBLE:

  1. Adhere the (4” x 5 1/4”) piece of Tahitian Tide cardstock to the front of the (5 1/2” x 8 1/2”) black card base.
  2. Adhere the (3 3/4” x 5”) piece of DSP to card front
  3. Using the blending brush and the Granny Apple Green ink, shade the small (1 1/2” x 2 3/4”) piece of white cardstock . Then, stamp the alligator in black ink and die cut out. Set aside. Use a Stampin’ Blend if you’d like to add accent.
  4. Die cut part of the tree trunk on the (2 1/4” x 3 3/4”) piece of pecan pie and adhere it to the right side of the DSP on the card front.
  5. Die cut three (3) pieces of grass on Garden Green cardstock.  Set aside.
  6. Run the (1 3/4” x 4”) piece of black through die cut machine with my “non-SU die”.n Set aside.
  7. Take the (1 3/4” x 3”) piece of Tahitian cardstock with the adhesive sheet backing and run it through the die cut machine using the letters O-O-P-S-!  Adhere these letters to the black banner.
  8. Adhere the banner the card front with dimensionals. Embellish with gems.
  9. Adhere 2 of the grass strips along the bottom  of the DSP tucking the alligator in wherever you’d like.
  10. Adhere (4” x 5 1/4”) piece of Tahitian cardstock to the inside of card.
  11. On a (3 5/8” x 4”)piece of white cardstock, stamp inside sentiment and add a strip of grass.
  12. (Optional) Add a piece of coordinating DSP to your envelope.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

You're the Best Part of My Day

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