Stamping Stray Ducklings September 2025 Blog Waddle

September 10, 2025September 10, 2025Leave a comment

Welcome to our September Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hopping!! We are featuring cards using brand new products from the new September-December Mini-Catalog! Here’s a preview of my card.

The Autumn Trees Bundle (#165900) is so lovely with stunning die cut leaves! The card base is Balmy Blue with a lightly stamped tree in Pecan Pie to the left. Pecan Pie was die cut for the tree base and the leaves were die cut in Crushed Curry. Next, the deer die was cut from Early Espresso the width of the card.

The sentiment from the Simply Said stamp set (#163756) was stamped in Early Espresso on Basic White and a small bow of Baker’s Twine Essentials (#155475) completed my card.

1. Sheryl Diemer
2. Lori Helvick
3. Kim Baker
4. Sue Boerner

You are always welcome to join me on 2 Monday nights a month 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 love 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 if you are in the Central, IL area! I have room for 5 people!

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

Monday Mystery Stamping – 9/8/25

September 8, 2025Leave a comment

Clue #1 Horizontal/Landscape card, Gather your supplies:
Easy-peasy card featuring BOTH sides of your pretty 12 x 12 DSP!!

Colored Card Stock A card base:z
–   1 piece 5-1/2 x 4-1/4
DSP:
–   1 piece 4 TALL x 12 WIDE, with an overall pattern. Best to like both sides of your DSP. You will see more of one side than the other.
White/Vanilla Card Stock (CS):
– 1 piece 3-3/4 square for inside sentiment
Embellishments:
–   card front embellishment(s), use something that goes along with your DSP and theme. Medium sized.

Score DSP at 2-1/2″ and 6-3/4″ and Z-fold. Keep in mind the 2-1/2″ flap is on the front and the longer end of the 12 x 12 DSP is on the card base, so score from left to right.

I hope you like this easy fun-fold card! Please join us if you like to make a card without knowing what it is until you are done!!

Monday Mystery Stamping – 8/25/25

August 27, 2025September 1, 2025Leave a comment

Clue #1  Vertical/Portrait card, Gather your supplies:
Easy-peasy card featuring BOTH sides of your pretty 6x 6 DSP!! Remember, you can cut a 12 x 12 into 6 x 6 pieces.
Colored Card Stock A card base:
–   1 @ 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
DSP:
–   1 @ 6 TALL x 6 WIDE, with an overall pattern. Best to like both sides of your DSP. You will see more of one side than the other. Score at 1-3/8 on all 4 sides of your square DSP. Cut out the corners. Then cut from the top right of each rectangle down to the left corner. See pictures below.
Card Stock B:
– 1 @ 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 complimentary to DSP
Card Stock C:
– 1 @ 5-1/4 x 4 complimentary to DSP
White/Vanilla Card Stock (CS):
– 1 @ scrap for sentiment
Embellishments:
–   for embellishments, use something that goes along with your DSP, not too big

Fold on the score lines, tucking the large end under the point of the previous side, all the way around the square.

Want to use up those corner pieces you cut off? Here are 2 ideas!

And if you are still with me, you can take the for triangles you cut off the sides and lay them out like the folded square and make another card.

I hope you like this easy fun-fold card! Please join us if you like to make a card without knowing what it is until you are done!!

Paper Crafting Blog Hop – August, Get Well/Thinking of you!

August 20, 20252 Comments

Welcome to our August Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring Get Well and Thinking of You cards. Here is a sneak peek of my card. Below my full card picture is a list of links to all of this month’s participating bloggers. Please leave a comment and tell us what you think of our projects!

Isn’t the scenic Designer Series Paper (DSP) so lovely to work with? The Splendid Autumn DSP (#164173) is one of my favorites and as I start to think of Fall projects, this is perfect!! I started with a card base of Cajun Craze with an extra 1″ strip embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder (#164049). The DSP is cut at 3″ to make 2 cards. The tall grass from Prairie Grass stamp set (#166168) was stamped in Early Espresso directly on the DSP. I live on the prairie of Illinois and I think these stamps are gorgeous!

After adhering these 2 pieces to the card base, I used a scrap piece of Basic White to stamp Thinking of You from the Right Words stamp set (#165316) in Cajun Craze and punched the ends with the Happy Labels Pick a Punch (#160683) then added a bow from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack (#155475). The final embellishment are Pressed Flower Motifs (#165215).

Thanks for hopping with us this month. Next go to –> Julia’s blog to see what she has created.

All demonstrators in this month’s hop:

1. Annette McMillan – Australia
2. Tracy Held – Australia
3. Terri Stewart – USA
4. Sue Boerner – USA
5. Julia Quinn (Australia)

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project for when you want to send a Get Well or Thinking of You card. 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 twice a month. All supplies used to make my card above can be ordered through my online store.

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

Stamping Stray Ducklings August 2025 Blog Waddle

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025Leave a comment

Welcome to our August Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hopping!! We are featuring fun fold cards! Here’s a preview of my card.

I love the Charming Day Bundle (#166136) and the coordinating Floral Charm DSP (#166125). The DSP is 15% off this month while supplies last, so if you love it, too, order it soon! The card base is Berry Burst measuring 5-1/2″ x 11″, scored at 4-1/4″ and 8″. With the 4-1/4″ panel to your left, create an angle by cutting from the top of the middle score line down to the next score line, about 2 3/4″ from the bottom of the card. Then cut from the bottom of the angle in a straight line to create the small flap that is the front of the card.

DSP on the small front flap is cut to 2 3/4″ x 2 1/2″. The Brights DSP (#165301) on middle panel and the white panel behind it on the inside are both cut to 3 1/2″ x 5 1/4″. Cut on an angle from the top left down to about 2 1/2″ from the bottom. Cut on an angle from the top left down to about 2 1/2″ from the bottom right. I stamped and colored a flower from the Charming Day stamp set and die cut it. I cut a Stitched Shapes circle from the left over triangle of Brights DSP and added the flower on top and White 1/4″ Ribbon (#165276)behind it.

If you would like to join my Mystery Stamping group on zoom on September 1st, we will be making this card. Contact me in the link above and I will send you the paper cutting clues and zoom invite.

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

You are always welcome to join me on 2 Monday nights a month 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!

Monday Mystery Stamping – 8/4/25

August 4, 2025August 7, 2025Leave a comment

Clue #1  Vertical/Portrait card, Gather your supplies:
Colored Card Stock: card base*
–   1 @ 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 OPTIONAL If putting this on the back of your card, cut your DSP to only 5-1/4 TALL X 12 WIDE.
DSP:
–   1 @ 5-1/2 TALL x 12 WIDE, best to like both sides of your DSP. You will see more of one side than the other. Score at 3, 6-1/2, 10-1/2. Your front of card will be the left end 3” panel; fold mountain, valley, valley.
White/Vanilla Card Stock (CS):
–  1 or 2 @ approx. 3 x 4-1/2 Rectangle, Oval, Arch, Label or a little smaller. There are SO many options to finish your card. I used ovals matted with oval scallops behind, 2 sizes of the old Deco Labels Dies, and more. Look at the samples to see what you might like to do for your card!
Embellishments:
–   for embellishments, use something that goes along with your DSP. You can use a lot or just a little.

I hope you like this easy fun-fold card! Please join us if you like to make a card without knowing what it is until you are done!!

Monday Mystery Stamping – 7/14/25

July 14, 2025Leave a comment

Clue #1  Vertical/Portrait card, Gather your supplies:
Colored Card Stock: card base
–   1 @ 8-1/2 x 5-1/2, score at 4-1/4. Mark 2-1/2″ from the top right corner in toward the fold. Cut from the mark down to the bottom right corner.
– 1 @ 1-1/2 x 5-1/2, cut from the top left corner down to the bottom right corner.
DSP:
–   1 @ 5-1/4 tall x 4 wide. Mark 2-1/2″ from the top right corner. Cut from the mark down to the bottom right corner. Save the cut off triangle for another card.
– 1 @ 5 tall x 2-1/4 wide, different from first piece. Cut from the top left corner down to the bottom right corner. Then cut 3/8″ off the base of this triangle
White/Vanilla Card Stock (CS):
–  1 @ 4 x 5-1/4
Embellishments:
–   for embellishments, use something that goes along with your DSP but isn’t too large. Adding just a sentiment on the front is great, too.

Layer the small DSP on the small triangle and the larger triangle DSP on the larger triangle. Then layer on the card base creating a fan, keeping your tips inside the cardbase.

I created my card from a card I made at a demonstrator shoe box swap, so I have no directions. Karla suggested Mary Deatherage’s directions found here. Her measurement at the top is not the same as mine. She has each piece of DSP matted on her card.

I hope you like this Fan Fold fun-fold card! Please join us if you like to make a card without knowing what it is until you are done!!

Stamping Stray Ducklings July 2025 Blog Waddle

July 10, 2025July 14, 2025Leave a comment

Welcome to our July Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hopping!! We are featuring cards for Summer or Scrapbooking! I am going to try to cover both. Here’s a preview of my card.

I love the Sunrise Sailing Bundle (#165497) and it includes a Hybrid Embossing Folder (#165496) that is amazing! It can die cut and emboss at the same time. for special handy guys. The card base is Secret Sea with a layer of Basic White embossed. Then I stamped the sailboat in Secret Sea and Coastal Cabana for the color on the sails. After die cutting the sail boat and the largest circle from Stylish Shape Dies (#1599183) in Calypso Coral, the card is nearly ready to assemble. The birds were stamped in Secret Sea and the sentiment, too.

Are you new to scrapbooking or a seasoned scrapper? Stampin’ Up! has a fantastic scrapbook kit in the Annual Catalog called Weekend Adventures Scrapbooking Kit (#167315). And there is a coordinating Weekend Adventures stamp set (#167318) to combine both crafts I love!

KIT DETAILS
– Makes three two-page scrapbook spreads
– Page size: 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
– Colors: Basic Beige, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Misty Moonlight, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Very Vanilla

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
– Step-by-step instructions
– 10 sheets of Designer Series Paper
– 10 sheets of Two-Tone Cardstock
– 3 sheets of printed stickers and precut images
– Photo placeholders

The only thing you may want to add is some Linen Thread (#104199). I like to make my supplies go farther, so I cut a frame from one of the pages and created an extra page. You can buy extra stickers, DSP, and card stock bundles to make more pages. This is the page as shown in the kit.

Here, you can see I cut a piece out of the middle of the base DSP, slightly smaller than the blue piece.

And here is the start to my extra page. All I need to do is add some clusters of embellishments, journaling, and my pictures and the page is done!

You are always welcome to join me on 2 Monday nights a month 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!

Monday Mystery Stamping – 6/30/25

June 30, 2025July 14, 2025Leave a comment

Clue #1  Vertical/Portrait card, Gather your supplies:
Colored Card Stock: card base
–   1 @ 4-1/4 x 11, score at 3-1/4, 6-1/2, 8-3/4
– 2 @ 3 x 3, can be the same as the base or a complimentary cardstock color

DSP:
–  1 @ 2 tall x 4 wide
– 1 @ 3 tall x 4 wide

White/Vanilla Card Stock (CS):
–  2 @ 2-3/4 x 2-3/4, both are focal points of the card, turned on point. Neither square has to be white/vanilla. Both can be DSP with die cuts on them. Both could be embossed card stock, the same color as the base or complimentary. Or do one of one type and the other a different type.
Embellishments:
–   for embellishments, use something that goes along with your DSP that does not go too far out of the 3 x 3 turned on a point.

I hope you like this fun-fold card! Please join us if you like to make a card without knowing what it is until you are done!!

Paper Crafting Blog Hop – June, for the Guys!

June 18, 2025June 18, 20251 Comment

Welcome to our June Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring projects for the special guys in our lives. Here is a sneak peek of my card. Below my full card picture is a list of links to all of this month’s participating bloggers.

I love the Loveliest Tree stamp se t (#163714) and Loveliest Tree Dies (#163715) both a part of the Loveliest Tree Bundle (#163716) at a 10% savings. So fitting for a masculine card. I wanted a very muted, soft look to this card, so I started with a card base of Mossy Meadow with a layer of Crumb Cake.

I used 2 of the squares from Stylish Shapes Dies (#159183) to cut and create the frame. The tree was stamped in Crumb Cake over the Crumb Cake layer. Next, I inked the tree with sponge daubers directly onto the stamp using Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, and Old Olive. I used a scrap piece of Crumb Cake to stamp Happy Birthday from Loveliest Tree and the new Hole Punch Assortment (#165409) to punch the hole and added a piece of Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack (#155475)

Thanks for hopping with us this month. Next go to –> Maureen’s blog to see what she has created.

All demonstrators in this month’s hop:

1. Tracy Held – Australia
2. Annette McMillan – Australia
3. Julia Quinn (Australia)
4. Sue Boerner – USA
5. Maureen Rauchfuss – the Crazy Stamping Lady! (USA)
6. Terri Stuart – USA

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

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