Paper Crafting Blog Hop – April Last Chance Products!

Welcome to our April Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring products on the Last Chance List and/or Mother’s Day! Here is a sneak peek of my card. Below my full card is a list of links to all of the participating bloggers.

I love the Hot Air Balloon stamp set (#162748) and the Hot Air Balloon Dies (#162754) both on the Last Chance List. They remind me of our trip to Albuquerque for the balloon fiesta! My card base is Daffodil Delight, with a layer of Blueberry Bushel, and a layer of Basic White.

I stamped the Old Olive & Daffodil Delight balloon on the layer along with the Pecan Pie basket. I stamped the Blueberry Bushel & Daffodil Delight Balloon on a scrap as well as the Poppy Parade & Daffodil Delight. A die cut basket is popped up under that basket. The clouds were die cut and then sponged on the edges with Blueberry Bushel. I finished the card with the sentiment stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (#132708).

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. Sue.Boerner – USA
3. Maureen Rauchfuss – USA
4. Terri Stewart – USA
5. Tracy Held – Australia
6. Julia Quinn (Australia)

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project using products from the Last Chance List. 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.

If you do not currently have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would be love to be yours. Ready to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Click the Contact Me button above.

Monday Mystery Stamping – 4/14/25

This card can be made with or without the layers. Maybe make one with all of the layers and then you can choose to do it differently for the next card. You can do a scenic DSP or a variety of patterns.  Probably not too large a pattern.

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


Base (A): white or color depending on your DSP choice
– 1 @ 4-1/4 X 11 – Score long side @ 5-1/2 (This piece can be optional if you use lots of layers or you want a lot of space to write. You can decide after you make the rest of the card.)
Colored Card Stock (B):
– 1 @ 4-1/8 x 5-3/8 (1st layer on base)
Colored Card Stock (C)
– 1 @ 5-1/8 x 5-1/4 (Score with 5-1/4 @ top @ 1-1/4, 2, 3-1/4, 4)- 1 @ 1-1/4 x 3 (Cross Bar OPTIONAL)
Colored Card Stock (D): These are layers:
– 3 @ 1 x 5
– 2 @ 5/8 x 5
– 1 @ 1-1/8 x 2-7/8 (Cross Bar OPTIONAL)
Designer Series Paper (DSP):
– 3 @ 7/8 x 4-7/8- 2 @ 1/2 x 4-7/8 – 1 @ 1 x 2-3/4 (Cross Bar OPTIONAL)

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-Retiring Products!

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!

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