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Sweetly and Simply Stamped Gingham Gala #simplestamping

January 15, 2019 Filed Under: Gallery, Project GalleryLeave a Comment

I have to say of all the papers in the Spring Occasions catalog, I love the Gingham Gala paper the best. It is such a simple easy background. The trick is to keep the entire card simple and let the gingham pattern stand out! This is my take on #simplestamping !

Despite my love for lots of embellishments and die cuts, I was able to keep this simple. I had started out with a black with the Daffodil Delight design, but it was kinda boring. So, I tried using Blueberry Bushel instead and I love the fresh look.

The narrow grosgrain ribbon added a little touch without too much clutter. And the 3 tiny die cut butterflies completed the look. Simply done!

Products Used For This Card

Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set [148618]	Gingham Gala 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148554]	Blueberry Bushel 1/8″ (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon [146950]	Butterfly Beauty Thinlits Dies [148536]
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372]	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [119683]	Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146968]

A New Year, Snowbound and I don’t care! #GDP171

January 12, 2019 Filed Under: Gallery, Project Gallery2 Comments

In St Louis, we are digging out of an historic snow. So, I was snowbound all day Saturday as we waited for the snow to stop. But I couldn’t have cared less. A great “snow day” like that was an excellent excuse to sit and just stamp all day!

The snow fell like crazy outside! But inside it was toasty and warm and I was immersed in beautiful new patterns and stamps for spring! Take a look at the snow scene outside my window yesterday! Looks like a frozen wasteland, right? But it was beautiful to watch the snow fall all day long and I love when it piles up on the tree limbs like this…so pretty.

Well, enough about snow. One of the projects I decided to do was the Global Design Project Challenge. I had not checked in to what they were doing lately, so I decided that was one project I needed to do. I love their challenges! The theme and color challenges are my favorites. Click on the image below to see what is happening with #GDP171

The theme is “A New Year. So, what I chose to do was “celebrate” some of the beautiful new DSP in the Spring Occasions, Happiness Blooms. I love the fact this paper goes with a lot of the new In Colors. So, I knew I had ribbons and embellishments to match! I chose a floral design in Night of Navy and Call Me Clover just because it seemed happy. I must have come up with 5 designs that did not work before settling on this one. It’s not a “traditional” New Year’s card. But because we are done with holiday projects and now on to spring holidays and occasions with lighter colors, I feel like it is a new start to the year!

Products Used For This Card

Pick A Pennant Photopolymer Stamp Set [146499]	Celebrate You Thinlit Dies [146840]	Happiness Blooms 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148795]	Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots [148805]
1/2″ Circle Punch [119869]	Pineapple Punch 1/8″ (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon [146953]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100867]	Call Me Clover 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146969]

Paper Pumpkin To You And Yours!

December 12, 2018 Filed Under: Gallery, Project Gallery

I loved this month’s Paper Pumpkin the minute I started going through the beautiful plaid papers! I am a little late getting started on this box, but I was was in desperate need of some holiday cards, fast! Paper Pumpkin came to the rescue! Sorta like that Fairy Godmother?

I decided to just be a rebel and not even look at the instructions. By just taking the items out of the box and adding an embellishment from my stash, this is the look I came up with. And I love it! I loved it so much, I ran out of Paper Paper Pumpkin! No problem! Usually I have lots of goodies left over from Paper Pumpkin and as always, the great thing is all the colors match back to Stampin’ Up! I already have on hand. I created a few more card designs to fill in for all the cards I needed and the new designs are shown below. And there were plenty of the green pine bough dies cuts to make a lot more cards!

And of course, if you aren’t a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber, this holiday box makes you want to be! Well, of course you can! I can’t wave a Fairy Godmother wand to make it happen. I need your help to make Paper Pumpkin appear in your mailbox in January! You can find out more at www.OrderFromSusan.com or sign up right away at PaperPumpkin.com. Subscribers signing up now firs box will be the January box which features a Valentine’s themed design using the cute animal characters from the Animal Expedition Suite. See it in your main catalog on pages 26-27! And see a little preview on the banner at the bottom of this post! If you want to get in on the fun, just remember to sign up by January 10th before midnight Mountain Time! The magical date is the 10th of every month at the magical time of midnight. If you make that deadline, then a magical box of stampin’ goodies is on its way to you! Otherwise, just like the story, everything turns back to a pumpkin with no paper! Who wants that?

The card above is the first alternate I came up with after I ran out of the Paper Pumpkin cards and paper. It uses the Festive Farmhouse DSP layered on Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow. The sentiment is stamped on the wood texture paper from the Festive Farmhouse DSP. I cut out a piece of vellum card stock with a 2 1/4″ Circle Punch when I ran out of the Paper Pumpkin dies cuts. I also ran out of the All is Bright Paper Clips on the first batch, so I tried a few things and decided the Corrugated Heart Element worked the best. Because this paper doesn’t have the lovely gold embossed details the Paper Pumpkin Plaid papers did, I added a couple of sprigs by punching some gold foil paper with the Spring Punch. That with a few more of the Paper Pumpkin sequins was the perfect touch.

This paper from the Festive Farmhouse DSP has been one of my favorites. And I had a to try a version using it. The green pine bough die cuts from the Paper pumpkin set didn’t work for me. This paper seems to need a very simple color scheme. So, I punched out some sprigs in Cherry Cobbler and Gold Foil Paper and that was just enough. I still had plenty of sequins from the Paper Pumpkin kit for all these cards with some to spare!

This was my last design! I just love the All Is Bright DSP! And I wanted to try it with the Paper Pumpkin elements as I thought the die cuts would add an interesting dimension to the background paper. And I do love how it turned out. The wood texture banners were not going to work as well for this paper, so I used one of the extra gold embossed die cuts I had left over. It was a perfect frame for the sentiment. A few gold sprigs added some more sparkle and a bow wrapped it all up! What you can not see is the Wink of Stella Glitter I added to the Christmas lights and ornaments in the picture. It’s a very subtle sparkle that add a little something special to the card. And I added a few more sequins from the Paper Pumpkin kit! This was a Paper Pumpkin that just went on and on in terms of extra supplies! A bonus of Paper Pumpkin are the great stamps which are the same quality as the regular Stampin’ Up! photopolymer stamps. And very often, all the extra supplies you end up with!

Products Used For These Cards

3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137859]	Festive Farmhouse 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [147820]	All Is Bright 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [147892]	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177]
All Is Bright Paper Clips [147893]	Sprig Punch [148012]	Banner Triple Punch [138292]	2-1/4″ (5.7 Cm) Circle Punch [143720]
Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Corrugated Elements [144158]	Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [101856]