Paper Crafting Blog Hop – Punches!

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So happy you are checking out our August Paper Crafting Monthly Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world! Each demonstrator has created projects featuring punches! Below my card is a list of links to all of the participating bloggers.

My card features the Countryside Inn 12″ x 12″ DSP (#161467) punched with the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack (#161167)! The punches are a part of the Inked & Tiled Bundle (#161168). There is also the Inked Botanicals Suite Collection (#161172) and the DSP is a part of the Countryside Inn Suite Collection (#161474). The card base is Basic White with a layer of Countryside Inn DSP, and another layer of Basic White with six punched pieces of DSP on top of one more piece of DSP! A piece of Boho Blue 3/8″ Textured Ribbon (#161631) behind the sentiment from Waves of Inspiration (#158833) stamped in Night of Navy on a scrap of Basic White. Three Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels (#158130) complete my card.

Thanks for hopping with us this month. Go to –> Terri Stewart’s blog to see what fun project she has created.

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

Shirley Merker
Tracy Held
Annette McMillan
Julia Quinn
Sue Boerner < – – You are here!
Terri Stewart
Maureen Rauchfuss

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project using punches. Enjoy hopping through the blogs, looking at all of our projects! Please leave comments to let us know you stopped by!

My Events calendar has been updated with my online Mystery Stamping and in-person Stamping Buffets. Mystery Stamping is on Monday most weeks. All supplies used to make my card above can be ordered through my online store. Please use the host code found on the right-hand side of my blog when ordering, if your order is under $150. If it is over $150, don’t use the code so you can redeem all the host rewards.

If you do not already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would be happy to be yours. Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Click the Contact Me button above.

Monday Mystery Stamping – 8/14/23

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Colored Card Stock:
– 1 piece: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 BASE,  Scored long side @ 4-1/4
– 4 pieces: 1/4 x 4-1/4

Designer Series Paper (DSP) : Works best with non-directional, but, either way works.
– 1 piece: 3 x 4- 1 piece: 3 x 4-3/4  (use 1, 2, or 4 patterns, great card to use up scraps)

White/Vanilla Card Stock:
You can trim one of the 4 x 5-1/4 pieces a smidgeon for the card front and layer it with another layer.
– 2 pieces: 4 x 5-1/4 (1 for layering front + 1 for inside) 
– 1 piece:  about 2×2 square (your focal piece goes here, turned on the point)

Adhere the 2 x 2 piece in the center of the white card front panel. You can either start adhering the DSP and put the strips on top or adhere the strips starting at one corner of the center and going around the center in order.

If you would like to join us, please contact me and provide an email address. I will send out the Mystery Stamping Clues ahead of time with the Zoom invitation. We meet at 7:30 Central Time for about 40 minutes.

Stamping Stray Ducklings – Color Combination Challenge!

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Welcome to our August Blog Waddle! We are featuring color combinations to create our cards!! I looked around for a color combination created by someone else, but did not find one I wanted to use. I do use this site: http://colorlab.mycreateink.com when I am looking for a combination. I knew I wanted bright colors, but I didn’t find anything I liked, so I created my own. I put Garden Green, Daffodil Yellow, Poppy Parade, and Gorgeous Grape together. How do you pick colors for your card?

My card base is Thick Basic White using the lattice front card design. I thought the Dainty Delight Dies (#160674) would be perfect in front of my “fence”. Using scraps of all the colors in my color combination, I die cut the pieces. Don’t you love the texture and depth of these flowers!? A Happy Birthday sign was created from a scrap of Basic White and Poppy Parade ink using the Pansy Patch stamp set (#154999) for the sentiment, punched out with the Double Oval punch (#154242) and hung on the fence with a piece of Sweet Sorbet twine from the 2022-2024 In Color Baker’s Twine Pack (#159195) I added a piece of Daffodil Delight inside to accentuate the fence.

All participants in this month’s waddle:

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1. Sue Boerner
2. Kim Baker
3. Sheryl Diemer

Please join us on the 10th of September for another great Stamping Stray Ducklings’ Blog Waddle!

I hope you found some inspiration for your Stampin’ projects! All the supplies used on this card can be ordered through my online store. Please use the Host Code found to the right of this post when ordering from me, if your order is under $150. If it is over $150, don’t use the code so you can redeem all the host rewards.

You are always welcome to join me on Monday nights at 7:30 p.m. Central Time for Mystery Stamping! Let me know you are interested and I will send the Clues and Zoom invite to you!

If you do not already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would be happy to be yours and help you to unleash your creativity. Please join me in person for Stampin Buffets, filled with seasonal cards from the Annual and Mini catalogs! There is a limit of 4 people and I will happily wear a mask.

Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Click the Contact Me button above.

Monday Mystery Stamping – 7/31/23

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This was a card requested by one of our Mystery Stampers! It is an accordion-style card.

Colored Card Stock (CS): 
– 1 @ 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, Score long side @ 4-1/4 Plan to decorate your card front anyway you like to coordinate with the inside.
Designer Series Papers (DSP):  (*use 2 different patterns)
– 2 @ 1-3/4 wide x 5 tall
– 6 @ 3/4 wide x 5 tall

White/Vanilla:
– 10 x 5-1/4 tall, score at 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

3 die cuts or stamped images to coordinate with the front of the card.

Here are the insides of our cards. Another option is to use a 10 x 5-1/4 piece of DSP and add solid panels for sentiments. Enjoy!

If you would like to join us, please contact me and provide an email address. I will send out the Mystery Stamping Clues ahead of time with the Zoom invitation. We meet at 7:30 Central Time for about 40 minutes.