Thursday, May 7, 2026

SUNSET SAIL SPANNER FUN FOLD

On Monday we were guided by the light from the lighthouse.  Today we are venturing out for a Sunset Sail.

I'm showcasing the beautiful Sunset Coast Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the Sailboat for today's card.  

This card is a Spanner Fun Fold Card.


I used a window sheet for the spanner so more of this gorgeous DSP could shine—it was just too pretty to cover up!


The sentiment was fussy cut to keep it as small as possible, and the starfish and shell look like they are floating on the water.

If you are not familiar with a Spanner Fun Fold Card watch my "How-To" video see how easy it is.


When you lift the outer legs and the spanner, you see the full center section of the card without the sentiment and the shells.


Lift the center flap and you will see the message layer.  When stamping or writing a message, you may want to keep it behind the center flap, but it isn't necessary as when the spanner is close the full message layer is hidden,


To keep everything cohesive, I used a leftover piece of the 6" × 6" DSP from the card front to decorate the message layer.



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Monday, May 4, 2026

A LIGHTHOUSE GUIDES THE WAY

I am so excited to start sharing projects made with one of my favorite suites in the new May - August Seasonal catalog.  You know I love products that have a beachy theme and, this suite is particularly beautiful.  The dies and the gorgeous designer series (DSP) paper are amazing!

I think I am actually going to frame some of the Scenic Coast DSP to make wall art!  

The beauty of this DSP can't really be captured in a photo.  The reflections on the water actually shine with an iridescent, foiled, sheen.  It is just beautiful!


The lighthouse is created with a single die that also cuts out the circle around it.

This Scenic Coast Suite Collection will be available starting tomorrow May 5.  The item number for the Suite is 167786.  Of course, products in the Suite can be purchased separately as well.


There are a wide variety of dies in the Scenic Coast Bundle.  I used several to decorate this card including the cloud, seashells, fences, a fish net, and a "sunbeam" circle which I snipped apart for the light beams shining from the lighthouse.


For the inside of the card I used a portion of the lighthouse circle die and the seagulls die (It cuts 3 gulls at once!)

For all the details and step-by-step directions to create this card, you can download my PDF tutorial at this link.

Since the new suite is not available until tomorrow, I couldn't include it in the list below.  Currently available products only are in the product list.  

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Thursday, April 30, 2026

SYMPATHY BLOOMS

 The Gallery Blooms Bundle and The Right Words stamp set were used for today's card.

The Gallery Blooms flower stem was heat embossed with Black Embossing Powder and then colored with Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive Watercolor Pencils.   This makes the coloring even easier because the raised image helps keep you in the lines!  😄.  After coloring, a Water Painter was used to blend the pencil color a bit.  

Watercolor Pencils are probably one of the easiest coloring mediums to use, but there are still a few tips and tricks to get the results you want.

Watch this video to learn a little more about the technique.

The card base and the frame are Smokey Slate cardstock.  


I kept the color palette soft as that feels appropriate for a sympathy card.  


Both sentiments on today's card are from The Right Words Stamp set.  This is an excellent set with a nice variety of thoughtful sentiments.


For a free tutorial of today's card, use this link to download a PDF with all the dimensions and step-by-step instructions.

A list of the products used is shown below.

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Monday, April 27, 2026

BEAUTIFUL GALLERY - PRETTY AS A PICTURE

Happy Monday Stamping Friends!  This week I will be saying goodby to the Beautiful Gallery Suite of Products.

It's always a little sad to see some products leave, but we need to make room for more new and exciting products that will soon arrive.

For this card I die cut a two-piece frame from one of the beautiful designs in the Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper (DSP) using a Gallery Blooms die.  I layered the larger outer frame directly to the card front and then popped up the smaller inner frame with dimensionals.


The Gallery Blooms Dies includes many different small floral die cuts.  I cut several of each from Basic White Cardstock and then colored them with Stampin' Blends--no stamping, just coloring the white die cuts with Blends.


Once I had them die cut and colored I arranged them inside the frame.  The colors I used were Mossy Meadow for all the stems and greenery, Calypso Coral and Petal Pink for the flowers.  When it was complete, it reminded me of a window box filled with pretty flowers!

The background behind the "window" is another design from Beautiful Gallery DSP.


For the inside of the card I used the same two DSP designs.  The message layer was die cut with a Beautiful Motifs Die.  I love these dies.  Some do not cut out the complete image.  Rather they just cut portions of the image to create texture.  It provides a very interesting and unexpected effect.

Use this link to download a PDF Tutorial with all the dimensions and step-by-step assembly instructions.

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