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!

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 – 3/10/25

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!!

Paper Crafting Blog Hop – More Sale-A-Bration!

February 19, 2025February 19, 20252 Comments

So happy you are hopping through our February Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring projects using Sale-A-Bration exclusive products! Here is a sneak peek of my card. Below my full card is a list of links to all of the participating bloggers.

My card features the Pick a Season (#164969) and Toadstool Gardens DSP (#164942), each free with a $60 purchase!

My card base is Daffodil Delight, with a layer of Toadstool Gardens DSP (#164942) and then a layer of Highland Heather cardstock. The top layer of Basic White has the tree stamped with Pecan Pie, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, and Daffodil Delight. A Brushed Brass Butterfly (#158136) completed my card.

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

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

1. Annette McMillan- Australia
2.Terri Stewart – USA
3. Sue Boerner – USA
4. Julia Quinn Australia
5. Maureen Rauchfuss – USA
6. Tracy Held – Australia

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project using Sale-A-Bration products. 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. 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.

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!!

Paper Crafting Blog Hop – Sale-A-Bration!

January 15, 2025January 15, 20254 Comments

So happy you are hopping through our January Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring projects using Sale-A-Bration exclusive products! Here is a sneak peek of my card. Below my full card is a list of links to all of the participating bloggers.

My card features the Bloom Impressions 12″ x 12″ DSP (#164944), free with a $60 purchase, and Heart Shaped Bundle (#164953) free with a $120 purchase. Both grabbed me as soon as I saw them!

My card base is Melon Mambo, with a layer of Bloom Impressions 12″ x 12″ DSP (#164944) and then a 3-3/4″ square of Basic White. On the square, I stamped the wreath from the Heart Shaped Bundle (#164953) in Melon Mambo and then 3 times in Flirty Flamingo. Another 1″ x 4″ strip of DSP was added to the left of the score line and a bow of white Baker’s Twine (#155475) tied over it. I used the die to cut the shape for the sentiment and finished the card with 3 Adhesive-Backed Pearl Trio (#163319).

I also stamped 2 corners on the inside panel.

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

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

1. Annette McMillan – Australia
2. Sue Boerner – USA
3. Julia Quinn – Australia
4. Tracy Held – Australia
5. Maureen Rauchfuss – USA
6. Terri Stuart – USA

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 – 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!!

Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle – New Products!

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025Leave a comment

Welcome to our January Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hop!! We are featuring products from the just released Sale-A-Bration brochure, January-April Mini-Catalog, Online Exclusives, January 2025 Scrapbooking brochure, and Kits!

Here is a sneak peek of my card.

I was going to focus on a Sale-A-Bration item, but when I woke up to snow this morning, I wanted a small sign of Spring!! So I grabbed the Delightful Wishes Bundle (#164710) found in the new Mini-Catalog! I started with a Pool Party card base 4-1/2″ x 8-1/2″.

Next is a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Pool Party, embossed with the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder (#163414). The branch was die cut in Pecan Pie. I stamped the flowers in Lemon Lolly and Daffodil Delight and the leaves in Old Olive, then die cut them. Wishing was die cut in Daffodil Delight for the background and Basic White for the word. The sentiment was stamped in Daffodil Delight, die cut, and adhered with small strips of Mini-Stampin Dimensionals (#144108). Thank goodness for Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755) to adhere everything else on this card!! I added a bow of Daffodil Delight 1/8″ Satin Ribbon (#164715) to complete my card.

All participants in this month’s waddle:

1. Sheryl Diemer
2. Lori Helvick
3. Sue Boerner

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

I hope you found some inspiration for your next Stampin’ Up! gift card holder! 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!

Paper Crafting Blog Hop – Silver or Gold!

December 18, 2024December 18, 20243 Comments

So happy you are hopping through our December Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring silver or gold on our projects! Here is a sneak peek of my card. Below my full card is a list of links to all of the participating bloggers.

My card features the Season of Green & Gold DSP (#164324), a part of the Season of Green & Gold Suite (#164121) which also includes the Golden Greenery Stamp Set (#164331) and the Golden Greenery Dies (164116). These are also a part of the Golden Greenery Bundle (#164117).

My card base is Mossy Meadow, with a layer of Season of Green & Gold DSP (#164324). I used the dies to cut the boughs and branches from the Season of Green & Gold DSP (#164324). Isn’t that cool they match?!

I cut a circle from the Spotlight on Nature Dies (#163580) in a gold pattern from the Season of Green & Gold DSP (#164324). Then I die cut branches from Gold Foil Sheets (#132622) using dies from the Lifetime of Love Dies (#162583). I built the cluster from the bottom up, completing it with the sentiment from Greetings of the Season (#164325) Merry stamped in Mossy Meadow and Christmas stamped in VersaMark ink (#102283) and heat embossed with Gold from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder (#165678). I completed my card with a bow in Gold from the Gold & Silver 1/8″ Trim Combo Pack (#161633). Did you know there are gold adhesive dots in the Blooming Pearls (#162238)?

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

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

1. Tracy Held – Australia
2. Shirley Merker – USA
3. Annette McMillan – Australia
4. Sue Boerner – USA
5. Julia Quinn – Australia
6. Terri Stewart – USA

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project using Silver or Gold. 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 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.