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!

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!

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

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

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 – 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!

Thank you!

January 1, 2025Leave a comment

As we bid farewell to 2024 and usher in 2025, we find ourselves surrounded by the memories we’ve crafted together in 2024. As a reader, a stamper, or a scrapbooker, we’ve shared a fantastic journey.

As we begin a new year, I want to express my deepest gratitude for your unwavering passion and creativity. Your dedication to preserving moments, telling stories, creating handmade cards, creating handmade gifts, and turning ordinary into extraordinary has been what keeps me going. I love how you share your creations with me! Know that you mean the world to me!

Here’s to another year of stamping, crafting, creating, scrapbooking and cherishing the moments that make life extraordinary.

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.

Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle-Gift Card Holders!

December 10, 2024December 15, 20245 Comments

Welcome to our December Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hop!! We are featuring ways to gift a gift card for the holidays! You can substitute birthday, Valentines, Easter, Graduation, and any other occasion products to give gift cards all year long.

Here is a sneak peek of my card.

I love the Season of Green & Gold Specialty DSP (#164324) (SDSP) part of the Season of Green & Gold Suite Collection (#164121)! I started with a Garden Green base 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″.

Next is a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of the Season of Green & Gold SDSP. The other piece of cardstock base is 4-1/4″ x 9″, scored at 3″ and 6″. Fold it in a z-fold. On the front panel, I used a piece of Season of Green & Gold SDSP cut to 2-3/4″ x 4″. And the top layer is Basic White 2-1/2″ x 3-3/4″. Stamp boughs and branches from the Golden Greenery stamp set (#164331) in Garden Green and Old Olive on scraps of Basic White. Then die cut the pieces with the Golden Greenery Dies (#164116). These are available as a Bundle (#164117) for a 10% savings!

Cut a piece of SDSP 3″ tall x 2-7/8″ wide to form the gift card pocket on the next panel. Adhere it with tear n tape around the sides and bottom, being sure to leave room for the gift card. I stamped another bough on the final Basic White panel, 4″ x 2-3/4″. Both sentiments are from the Greetings of the Season stamp set (#164325), stamped in Garden Green.

You can add a ribbon or a belly band to hold the card closed, if you prefer. Here is a birthday card gift holder I made.

All participants in this month’s waddle:

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

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

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 – December Holidays!

November 20, 2024November 20, 20243 Comments

So happy you are hopping through our November Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring cards for the December holidays! Below my card is a list of links to all of the participating bloggers.

My card features the Peaceful Evergreens cling stamp set (#164153), a part of the Peaceful Season Bundle (#164021) which also includes the Peaceful Evergreen Dies (#164024). Here’s a sneak peek of my card.

My card base is Mossy Meadow, with a layer of Pecan Pie. Next, I cut a layer of the Country Woods DSP (#163393) just an 1/8″ narrower than the Pecan Pie layer. Before adhering it to the Pecan Pie layer, I stamped the 3 trees in Mossy Meadow at varying heights. The words Merry and Christmas from the Greetings of the Season photopolymer stamp set (#164325) were stamped in Versamark Clear Ink (#102283) and heat embossed with Gold from the Metallics WOW! Embossing Powder (#165678). A bow of Cherry Cobbler & Gold 1/4″ Satin Ribbon (#164028) across the bottom of the card and 2 Gold Blooming Pearls (#162238) complete the finishing touches!

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

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

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

I hope you found some inspiration for your next December holiday project. 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.

Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle-My Favorite Mini-Catalog Products

November 10, 2024November 10, 20244 Comments

Welcome to our November Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hop!! We are featuring Christmas cards this month!

Here is a sneak peek of my card. Look very closely, you will see the Wink of Stella I added to the trees!

I love the Painted Tress 3D Embossing Folder from the Sept-Dec Mini-Catalog! I knew I wanted to use Basic Beige and either Mossy Meadow or Old Olive. Here are some samples I made before I made my final choice.

The card base is Mossy Meadow, 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″. Next is a layer of Basic Beige embossed with the folder. Then I used a sponge dauber to add Basic Beige to each of the trees. I used the Basic Beige on all 3 samples. It has a greenish cast on the Basic Beige, perfect for an evergreen tree!

I added some Basic Beige 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon (#163788) a tag stamped in Mossy Meadow and Basic Beige on Basic Beige using the Greetings of the Season stamp set from the Greetings of the Season Bundle (#164113), also from the Mini. A little Wink of Stella (#141897) added some sparkle to the trees, and 3 Clear Ribboned Adhesives-Backed Dots (#164204). I hope this inspires you when you make your Holiday cards this year!

All participants in this month’s waddle:

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

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

I hope you found some inspiration for your next Stampin’ Up! Christmas card! 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 – Autumn!

October 16, 2024October 15, 20246 Comments

So happy you are hopping through our October Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring cards for the season we have right now! Being in the Northern Hemisphere, it is Autumn, my favorite season! Below my card is a list of links to all of the participating bloggers.

My card features the Frosted Forest Decorative Masks (#164350), a part of the Frosted Forest Bundle (#164137) which also includes the Frosted Forest Stamp Set (#164344).

My card base is Cajun Craze, with a layer of Crushed Curry. Next, I cut a strip of the Regals DSP (#163774) and added it over the Crushed Curry. The top layer was cut from Basic Beige using the Countryside Corners Dies (#161471). I stamped the tree in Early Espresso and Pecan Pie. Using Blending Brushes (#153611) and Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Crushed Curry and the masks, I colored the tree. The masks make it so easy to create a beautiful, realistic tree!! A few flicks with an Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker for grass completed my card.

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

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

1. Annette McMillan – Australia
2. Shirley Merker – USA
4. Terri Stewart – USA
5. Julia Quinn – Handmade by Julia Quinn (Australia)
6. Maureen Rauchfuss – the Crazy Stamping Lady! (USA)
7. Sue Boerner – USA
8. Tracy Held – Australia

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project. 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.

Stamping Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle-Christmas

October 10, 2024October 10, 20243 Comments

Welcome to our October Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hop!! We are featuring Christmas cards this month!

Here is a sneak peek of my card.

The card base is night of Navy, 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″. Next is a layer of Winter Meadow DSP (#162133). The trees are die cut using the Decorative Trees Dies (#164084) using Basic White, Misty Moonlight, and Night of Navy. Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels (#158987) and a little wink of stella (#141897) add some sparkle to the trees, to complete my card. It looks better in person!

All participants in this month’s waddle:

1. Kim Baker

2. Sheryl Diemer

3. Lori Helvick

4. Sue Boerner

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

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!