Monday Mystery Stamping – 10/30/23

Horizontal/Landscape card – Thank you to Kim for suggesting this card!

Clue #1… gather your supplies All measurements in inches.
Colored Card Stock A:
– 1 piece 5-1/2 x 4-1/4
– 1 piece 1  x 5-1/2
Designer Series Paper (DSP) : Works best with smallish non-directional pattern, use 1, 2 or 3 patterns
– 1 piece 4 (tall) x 3-1/4 (wide)
– 1 piece 3/4 (tall) x 5-1/4 (wide)
– 1 piece 1-7/8 (tall) x 3-1/4 (wide)
White/Vanilla Card Stock:
– 1 piece 3-1/4 (wide) x 1-7/8 (tall)
OPTIONAL:
Card Stock A or complimentary to Card Stock A: 
– 1 piece 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 for an added base
White/Vanilla Card Stock:
– 1 piece 5-1/4 x 4 for writing a longer message

Die Cuts, Embellishments, Stamps:– small ribbon, small embellishments

Cut and score one cardstock base piece as shown below.

Cut the non-directional DSP as follows. If you want to use directional DSP, cut 2 pieces of DSP 4 x 2-3/4 and cut each piece separately.

The key to this card is to rotate the cut & scored base so it looks like this. It can be rotated either direction. Add then DSP pieces and the small piece for your message or add decoration to the “backside” of the part that stands up.

Here is my card with the added base:

If you would like to join us approximately twice a month, 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.

Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring ribbon!

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

My card features the Biggest Wish stamp set (#155052)! I love the options for the sentiments in this set. Birthday is stamped in Lost Lagoon and happy is stamped in Basic Black. I decided to look through my ribbon basket to see what I have on hand. How about using up bits and pieces of my ribbons? Featured on my card are: Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack (#160386), Lost Lagoon 1/4″ Bordered Ribbon (#161171) Copper Clay 3/8″ Textured Ribbon (#160386), Black & White 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon (#156485), and Real Red & Garden Green 3/8″ Combo Pack (#159577) to complete my card.

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

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

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

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project using ribbons. 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 – 10/9/23

Vertical card – Thank you to Arlene for suggesting this card!

Clue #1… gather your supplies All measurements in inches.
Colored Card Stock A: –
1 piece 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, score on long side @ 4-1/4  OR– 1 piece 4-1/4 x 11, score on long side @ 5-1/2  (You can make this card on just a 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 base)
– 1 @ 3-1/4 x 4-1/2. (maybe slightly narrower so it will slide)
Colored Card Stock B: (complimentary to base)
– 1 @ 4 x 5-1/4 for card front 
Designer Series Paper (DSP) : 
– 1 @ 3-3/4 x 5 (front of card)
White/Vanilla Card Stock:– 1 @ 4 x 5-1/4 for the inside of the card, if your base is dark
scraps for other things
Other things:- DIMENSIONALS are essential for this card- Iong skinny punch or die, circle punch (about 1″ in diameter)- you will need a theme for your card, flowers, Halloween, birthday and at least one item for the front of your card, not too big.  you may want to wait and see how the card goes together!

This is a Tab Slider card. It may also be called a Double Slider card, but those are usually a little different. Adhere the DSP to the complimentary cardstock for the card front. Do NOT adhere to the card base. Measure in about 3/4″ from the left side of this panel. Measure down 1″ from the top and up 1″ from the bottom along that 3/4″ inset from the side. Draw a line from top to bottom. If you are not using black or really dark complimentary cardstock, you can draw this line on the back of the panel. Use the line to guide where you punch or cut out the slot. This needs to be the width of a dimensional. Now punch a 1/2 circle at the top of the panel. It can be centered or offset to the right. ALTERNATIVE: Center the slot if you are using a large image to slide on the front.

Now, center the slider piece of cardstock (3-1/4 x 4-1/2) same color as the base at the top and on the backside of the panel. Punch a hole for the ribbon to show in the semicircle. Decorate the front of the slider panel. About the top 2/3 of the slider will be visible. Tie a ribbon through the hole. Center the slider on the back of the front panel at the top. Turn it over and add a dimensional towards the bottom of the slot. Add the die cut to the top of the dimensional watching the left edge of the card. Apply strong adhesive around the edge of the backside of the front panel, allowing the slider to move up and down. If adding something thick to the slider, use thin dimensional tape. Adhere to the card base. Add a sentiment to the front, message inside, embellish!

Here are my cards:

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.

Monday Mystery Stamping – 10/2/23

Vertical or horizontal card

Clue #1… gather your supplies All measurements in inches.

Colored Card Stock A: – 1 piece 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, score on long side @ 4-1/4  
Colored Card Stock B: (neutral or complimentary to base)
– 1 @ 4 x 5-1/4 for card front
Designer Series Paper (DSP) : Works best with non-directional, but, you can use directional paper
– 4 @ 2-1/2 x 1-1/4 (4 different designs)
– 2 @ 1-1/4 x 1-1/4 (2 different designs)
White/Vanilla Card Stock:– 1 piece 2-1/2 x 1-1/4 
Die Cuts, Embellishments, Stamps:– optional embossing folder, small ribbon, small embellishments

Put the 2 squares on first. Then adhere the other corner pieces and fit the other pieces in between them.

Here are my cards

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.

Paper Crafting Blog Hop – New Mini-Catalog!

So happy you are checking out our September Paper Crafting Monthly Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world! Each demonstrator has created projects featuring products from the Sept-Dec Mini-catalog! Below my card is a list of links to all of the participating demonstrators. Here’s a little preview of my card:

My card features the Autumn Leaves stamp set (#162179)! I love the detail of the flowers in this set! It is a part of the Autumn Leaves Bundle (#162186) and also a part of the All About Autumn Suite Collection (#162193). The card base is Crushed Curry. The leaves are stamped in Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, and Crushed Curry. The stamps do all of the shading work for you!! Next the stems were stamped in Pecan Pie. The sentiment is also stamped in Pecan Pie with the a piece of Real Red 3/8″ Ribbon (#159577) behind it. Adhesive-Backed Solid Gems (#161300) complete my card.

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

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

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

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.