Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle-Retiring Products!

April 10, 2025June 2, 2025Leave a comment

Welcome to our April Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hopping!! It’s always a sad, but happy time of the year for us Stampers! We say goodbye to some marvelous products we have loved using over the past year, but know they will be replaced with new and exciting products beginning next month! We are featuring those Last Chance List products this month! Here’s a preview of my card. Which products will you really miss?

The card base is Pebbled Path with a layer of Basic White embossed with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder (#162189), on the Last Chance List. Then I used the Country Birdhouse Dies (#163400), on the Last Chance List and a part of the Country Birdhouse Bundle ($163401) with the Country Woods DSP (#163393) to cut the pieces of the bird house. The Country Woods Suite Collection (#163418) is still available this week, but there is a low inventory.

Then I used Pool Party, Petal Pink, and Mossy Meadow scraps to die cut the roof trim, flowers, and leaves. The bird was colored with Stampin’ Write Markers to look like a robin, (#161695) and (#161696). Mr. Robin is popped up on a dimensional. The sentiment is from Sentimental Park (#160561) and stamped in Pebbled Path.

All participants in this month’s waddle:

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

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

I hope you a few retiring products to use on your next Stampin’ Up! card! All the supplies used on this card can be ordered through my online store. Beginning April 15th, you get all rewards for every order you place $20 and over!

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! I have room for 4 people!

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Monday Mystery Stamping – 3/24/25

March 24, 2025March 25, 2025Leave a comment

Vertical/Portrait card:
Clue #1… gather your supplies, All measurements in inches.
A really pretty card suggested by Arlesia.

This card has the opportunity to use 3 different DSPs. I would use something appropriate for the size of each mat. The largest piece of DSP will have a writing panel over much of it.

Cardstock Base A:
1 @ 5-1/2 x 8-1/4, NOTE: NOT 8-1/2 but 8-1/4, score at 1, 2, 3, 4 from one edge
1 @ 4-1/8 x 2-7/8
1 @ 4-7/8 x 3-5/8
DSP: 1 @ 5-1/4 tall x 4 wide
1 @ 3-7/8 x 2-5/8
1 @ 4-5/8 x 3-3/8
Basic White or Very Vanilla:
1 @ 4-1/4 x 3
Focal point: Die cut(s) and sentiments for 2 or 3 panels.

On the edge of the card base closest to the 1″ fold, lightly mark on the edge at 2-3/4 up from the bottom. Cut from that mark to the top of the 4″ score at the top of the card. Fold the base mountain, valley, mountain, valley. Adhere the smallest cardstock panel to the frontmost fold, lining up edges. Adhere the other card stock panel to the next mountain fold, making sure the panel is not obstructing the fold.

**NOTE: If you do not like measuring eighths of an inch, follow these measurements
1 @ 5-1/2 x 8-1/4, NOTE: NOT 8-1/2 but 8-1/4, score at 1, 2, 3, 4 from one edge
1 @ 4 x 2-3/4
1 @ 4-3/4 x 3-1/2
DSP: 1 @ 5-1/4 tall x 4 wide
1 @ 3-3/4 x 2-1/2
1 @ 4-1/2x 3-1/4
Basic White or Very Vanilla:
1 @ 4-1/4 x 3

This photo shows how the panels line up with these measurements. Before you adhere the 2 panels, slide them up to cover the 2 little triangles.

Adhere the panels, hiding the 2 triangles, open the card and trim off 1/8″ across the entire bottom of the card.

My cards aren’t quite completed, but here they are to give you a couple of ideas.

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!!

Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle-Technique Time!

March 10, 2025March 10, 2025Leave a comment

Welcome to our March Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hop!! We are featuring techniques this month! I had to use more than one technique for my card. Here’s a preview of my card. Can you pick out some of the techniques I used?

The card base is Basic White with the front half of it embossed with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder (#162189). Then a layer of Basic White with words from the Elements of Text (#164774) stamp set found in the Online Exclusives, stamped in Petunia Pop. Next, I used Blending Brushes (#153611) and Petunia Pop, Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath to cover parts of the layer. Then I stamped the outline flower from Flowers of Beauty Bundle (#163376) in Versamark Ink (#102283) and heat embossed them with white embossing powder from the Basics WOW! Embossing Powder (#165679) collection. Then I flicked water on the layer, something I had never done before!

I added the die cut in Basic White from the Flowers of Beauty Bundle (#163376) and a double bow with the White 1/4″ ribbon (#165562) and the white Baker’s Twine from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack (#155475). I used the Delightful Wishes Bundle (#164710) for the Basic White die cut and the sentiment with its and die cut. I shortened the length of the die cut for the sentiment by partially cutting the sentiment from one end, then adjusting the die to the length I wanted and cutting from that end. Three Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels (#158987)completed my card!

The techniques I used are:
-Blending ink with blending brushes
– Flicking water on the background
– Heat embossing
-Shortening a sentiment die cut

All participants in this month’s waddle:

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

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

I hope you found a new technique or two to use for your next Stampin’ Up! card! All the supplies used on this card can be ordered through my online store. Please use the final 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. Beginning April 15th, you get all rewards for orders you place $20 and over!

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 – 3/10/25

March 10, 2025March 19, 2025Leave a comment

Vertical/Portrait card:
Clue #1… gather your supplies, All measurements in inches.

Get ready to dig through your paper stash!! You don’t need full quarter sheets for these cards! Yes, these, we are making 3 cards in a very short time!
The key to these cards is your DSP. I would use double-sided and mostly non-directional with 2 smallish patterns and 1 maybe medium. You can use 3 smallish patterns, too.

Clue #1 … Gather your supplies: All measurements in inches. This is a portrait/vertical card.

Cardstock Base A: Based on your DSP. Can be the same or different.
3 @ 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
Cardstock B:Based on your Card base and DSP choices. Can be the same or different.
3 @ 5-1/4 x 4
DSP: Double-sided DSP is probably best.
3 @ 4-3/4 tall x 3-3/4 wide
Basic White or Very Vanilla:
1 @ 5 x 4-1/4 for the inside if your card base is dark
Focal point: I would add a sentiment for the front of the card.
OPTIONAL: Die cut(s)

Stack all 3 pieces of your DSP together and mark the top sheet as shown below. Then cut on the lines from side to side.

Here are my 3 cards with the 3 patterns. You can see each one is at the top, middle and bottom on the 3 cards.

You can also turn over the DSP if there is a pattern there that you like better.

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!!

Monday Mystery Stamping – 2/24/25

February 24, 2025Leave a comment

Vertical/Portrait card:
Clue #1… gather your supplies, All measurements in inches.

Cardstock Base A:
1 @ 5-1/2 x 11 scoring along the 11″ side from left to right: 1-1/4, 5-1/2, 9-1/4
1 @ 1-1/4 x 10
optional: 2-3/4 square to back sentiment or die cut(s)

DSP: can be scenic, 3 or 4 complimentary patterns, all one pattern
1 @ 7 1/2 wide x 5 1/4 tall, cut from left to right: 1, 1, 4, leaving 1-1/2
1 @ 1-1/8 x 10

Basic White or Very Vanilla:
1 @ 5-1/4 x 3-1/2
optional: 2-1/2 square for your sentiment

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!!

Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle-Sketch!

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025Leave a comment

Welcome to our February Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hop!! We are featuring ways to use a card sketch with January-April Mini-Catalog, Sale-A-Bration, Online Exclusive, and Annual Catalog products!

Here is the Sketch we are using from page 12 of the January-April Mini-Catalog:

When I start to make a card from a sketch, I look through my stamps, dies, and DSP to see what jumps out at me. The Terrific Toadstools Bundle (#164790) in the January-April Mini-Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration brochure was the set for this card. I added a layer of Toadstool Gardens DSP (#164942 – free with a $60 purchase) to my Granny Apple Green card base and then focused on the oval shape. I don’t have an oval in any current product, so I used a circle from Spotlight on Nature Dies ($163580). I love layered DSP, so I choose a second Toadstool Gardens DSP (#164942) pattern. I picked more cardstock based on the colors in my DSP. The pointed rectangle is from Sentimental Park Dies (#160566). Here’s a first look at the pieces.

The proportions aren’t quite right, so I cut a 1/4″ from each side of the rectangle and an 1/8″ off the Melon Mambo strip.

To replicate the oval shape a little, I cut the circle apart and left a gap between the edges, covering the separation with the strip.

Here is a sneak peek of my finished card.

I stamped the toadstool in Gray Granite and Pumpkin Pie, popping the top up on a dimensional. The 2″ leftover strip of DSP I added to the envelope flap.

All participants in this month’s waddle:

1. Sue Boerner
2. Kim Baker
3. Lori Helvick

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

I hope you found some inspiration for your next Stampin’ Up! card from a sketch! 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 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 – 1/27/25

January 27, 2025February 24, 2025Leave a comment

Vertical/Portrait card:
Clue #1… gather your supplies, All measurements in inches.

Cardstock Base A:1 @ 5-1/2 x 4-1/4
Cardstock B: (this can be foil or anything else to back the white square and compliment the DSP)
1 @ 2-7/8 x 2-7/8DSP: Double-sided DSP is a must for this card.
1 @ 12 wide x 5-1/4 tall
Basic White or Very Vanilla:
1 @ 5 x 3-3/4
1 @ 2-3/4 x 2-3/4
Focal point: Die cut(s) and sentiment for the front of the card. The focal piece is the 2-3/4 square 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!!

Monday Mystery Stamping – 1/13/25

January 13, 2025February 24, 2025Leave a comment

Vertical/Portrait card:
Clue #1… gather your supplies, All measurements in inches.

Cardstock Base A:
1 @ 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 2-1/8 and 4-1/4

DSP: Scenic or 3 small patterns
1 @ 6 WIDE x 5-3/8 TALL, cut into 3 2″ pieces

Basic White:
1 @ 2 x 5-3/8

Focal point: Die cut(s) and sentiment for the front of the card

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!!

Monday Mystery Stamping – 12/16/24

December 16, 2024January 14, 2025Leave a comment

We gathered and created our own versions of the gift card holder I posted in this Blog Hop. I am not certain why I don’t have a picture from that night, a true Mystery!!

Please join us if you like to make a card without knowing what it is until you are done!!

Monday Mystery Stamping – 12/2/24

December 2, 2024January 13, 2025Leave a comment

This is a card I learned about from Nancy Legate, a fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. She is so generous in sharing this with me!

BASE: Colored OR White/Vanilla Card Stock (CS)
– 1 @ 5 x 7, Score long side at 1-3/4 & 5-1/4. Score short side at 1-1/4 & 3-3/4 (or 1-3/4 from each end) (or 1-1/4 each end). SOLID lines are CUT. DASHED lines are SCORED. Make a tick mark on the bottom score line as shown @ 2-1/2.

Designer Series Paper (DSP): You need TWO different sets of each of the cuts below. My card uses two multi-directional papers.
– 1 @ 2-3/8 Wide x 5 Tall, tick at bottom @ 1-3/16; tick at both top sides @ 1-1/2. Cut as shown.
– 1 @ 4-1/2 Wide x 3-1/4 Tall, tick at bottom @ 2-1/4; tick at both top sides @ 1-1/16.
– 1 @ 4-1/2 Wide x 1-5/8 Tall, cut into 4 pieces each at 1-1/8 x 1-5/8.
– 1 @ 2-3/8 Wide x 1-5/8 Tall