Welcome to our March Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hopping!! We are featuring cards using a stamping technique. I chose the spotlight technique. Here’s a little preview of my card.

I selected the Lovely Arrangements stamp set (#167169) for my card. An open design really shows off this technique. This stamp set is part of a bundle and a suite, for extra savings! I started with a Petal Pink card base. Then took a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Basic White and randomly stamped the two flowers in Secret Sea ink. Using the third from the smallest die from Everyday Arches Dies (#164629), I cut a shape from this layer. Using petal Pink ink and a Small Blending Brush (#160518), I colored the flowers on the tag. This is the feature of the spotlight technique, to highlight a portion of the card with color and a cut out shape.

I popped up the arch tag on Stampin’ Dimensionals and added a 2025-2027 (Secret Sea) In Color Flat Pearl (165192). The sentiment was stamped in Secret Sea and then punched out with the Three Banner Punch (167050). To make the sentiment pop, I punched a piece of Secret Sea with the Three Banner Punch, cut it in the middle and adhered the sentiment, showing some of the Secret Sea on each end. A loop of retired Basic White ribbon completed the tag.

Any shape can be used to create a spotlight on your card! What do you think you might try?

1. Sheryl Diemer – Stamping Classroom 2. Kim Baker- Horsin’ Around Stamping 3. Lori Helvick- Loris Stamping Creations 4. Sue Boerner – Stamping Sue’s Buzz

You are always welcome to join me on 1 or 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!

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Welcome to our February Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hopping!! We are featuring cards created from a sketch. Do you like to use sketches? I certainly do, especially when I am stumped on where to start a card. Here’s the sketch I picked from Hand Stamped Sentiments!

The base is Old Olive with a 2″ strip of Highland Heather on the right. The fun thing about a sketch is that it is a starting point. I could have used circles or retired ovals, but I picked the Textured Notes Dies (#165555). I picked them before I knew they were put on the Last Chance List. But now is the time for you to grab them at a discount!

Here’s a sneak peek of my card

Using 3 patterns in the Lovely & Beautiful DSP (#166957) I cut 3 rectangles using the Textured Notes Dies. I then cut 2 additional strips from other patterns in the package. A Highland Heather flower with a Petal Pink center was created from the Simply Beautiful Dies (#166964). Two Old Olive leaves completed the embellishment.

The sentiment is from Banner Sayings (#167044) stamped in Old Olive directly onto one of the strips of DSP. You can save 10% when buying the stamps and dies together in the Banner Sayings Bundle (#167051). A little secret, I packed up a few stamping supplies just before we headed out on vacation and I forgot current embellishments to complete my card. So I added what I had in the bottom right-hand corner to complete my card. What do you think?

1. Sue Boerner – Stamping Sue’s Buzz 2. Sheryl Diemer – My Stamping Classroom 3. Kim Baker- Horsin’ Around Stamping 4. Lori Helvick- Loris Stamping Creations

You are always welcome to join me on 1 or 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 United States 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.