Monday, November 2, 2026

ARCHED NOTES OF COLLAGE

This week I am highlighting products from the Painted Collage Suite from Stampin' Up!  This unique suite is a brand-new November Online Exclusive that will become available tomorrow, November 3, 2026.  

If you love creating cards in the collage style, then this is a great suite for you.  If you love collage style cards but struggle creating them (like me), then this suite is also a great suite for you.

The Painted Collage Designer Series Paper (DSP) is what I would describe as Contemporary Collage.  The designs are abstract and geometric.  The color combinations are unique but so pretty.   The DSP is what first caught my eye, but because I love seeing the collage style, but struggle creating it, I also purchased the Notes of Collage bundle from the suite.  The stamp set and dies include some beautiful images that will work great for all types of cards.

For today's card I decided to combine the suite with the Everyday Arches Dies.  A layer of the Painted Collage DSP was added to the front of the Lost Lagoon card base to create a soft background before adding the arched focal point. 


Several of the stamps and dies from the Notes of Collage Bundle were used to create the design on the arch.  Colors used were Lost Lagoon, Secret Sea and Golden Glow.  For all the details, download a FREE TUTORIAL to recreate the card with your favorite colors.


For the inside of the card I stamped the "frilly" leaf image with Golden Glow ink and then added a strip of the DSP across the bottom.

A list of the products used is shown below.  Today the Painted Collage products are only available to demonstrators, so I've listed those items separately.  November Online Exclusives will be available to everyone tomorrow, November 3, 2026.
  • Painted Collage Suite                                    Item #169775
  • Painted Collage Designer Series Paper        Item #169761
  • Notes of Collage Bundle                                Item #169769
There are also dditional products included in the Painted Collage Suite that I did not use. So, I've only listed the items that I used.

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Thursday, October 29, 2026

CHRISTMAS FESTIVE CHEER FUN FOLD

Today's card is a super simple Fun Fold.  It's so quick and easy and would be a great design to use some of that Designer Series Paper (DSP) stash that we paper crafters seem to accumulate.


I did not purchase much Christmas DSP this year, so I went to "non-Christmas" DSP collections to find a design I thought would work for Christmas.

I found this Peaceful Pine leafy design in the Moonlit Flora DSP to use on the left flap.


Rather than use a coordinating DSP on the right flap, which is probably what I would normally do, I used a die from Echoes of Detail Hot Foil dies with gold foil to create a pretty background.  
 
The decorative elements on this flap are from the Festive Cheer Bundle.


The pine bow and the letters were die cut from Peaceful Pine cardstock using dies from Festive Cheer.  I replaced the "O" in NOEL with one of the ornaments from the bundle.


And don't you just love the Multi-color Christmas Twine and the Christmas Berries Embellishments?  They add just the right amount of colorful accents to the card.

The inside of the card was kept fairly simple.


I stamped the same ornament that was used on the card front to add a bit of color.  The sentiment is also from the Festive Cheer Stamp Set.

Even though this Fun Fold is very simple, I made a video to guide you through making the card.  Sometimes it's just easier to learn visually rather than read directions.


But don't worry, I didn't forget about those of you who prefer written instructions and diagrams.


A list of the products that were used is shown below.


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Monday, October 26, 2026

FESTIVE CHRISTMAS BANNER

This week I'm sharing cards filled with Festive Cheer!  The Festive Cheer Bundle from Stampin' Up! is a great bundle to make Christmas cards in a Traditional Style.

This bundle has a nice variety of Christmas ornaments, sentiments, and dies to make creating quick and easy.

I also used dies from other sets to add some interest in the background shapes.  The Mossy Meadow scalloped border was made using a die from Scalloped Christmas Dies.  The pierced holes along the bottom edge of the woodgrain Country Woods Designer Series Paper (DSP) were made with a die from Nature's Symphony.  If you look closely you can see the Mossy Meadow cardstock peeking through.

The Basic White flag behind the ornaments was die cut with a Party Banner die and then embossed with candy canes from the Seasonal Mini Embossing Folders.


More ornaments were stamped on the inside of the card to continue the theme from the card front

For all the details use this link to download a PDF tutorial.

The products used are listed below.

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