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Tag: paper crafting
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Tuesday Tip
Here is a great tip for DSP and embellishments. Pull the excess packaging to one side.
Cut off the sealed edge of the packaging.
Easily slide the DSP or embellishment pack out the side without dealing with the adhesive at the top!
Do you have a stamping tip to share?
Monday Mystery Stamping – 7/14/25
Clue #1 Vertical/Portrait card, Gather your supplies:
Colored Card Stock: card base
– 1 @ 8-1/2 x 5-1/2, score at 4-1/4. Mark 2-1/2″ from the top right corner in toward the fold. Cut from the mark down to the bottom right corner.
– 1 @ 1-1/2 x 5-1/2, cut from the top left corner down to the bottom right corner.
DSP:
– 1 @ 5-1/4 tall x 4 wide. Mark 2-1/2″ from the top right corner. Cut from the mark down to the bottom right corner. Save the cut off triangle for another card.
– 1 @ 5 tall x 2-1/4 wide, different from first piece. Cut from the top left corner down to the bottom right corner. Then cut 3/8″ off the base of this triangle
White/Vanilla Card Stock (CS):
– 1 @ 4 x 5-1/4
Embellishments:
– for embellishments, use something that goes along with your DSP but isn’t too large. Adding just a sentiment on the front is great, too.
Layer the small DSP on the small triangle and the larger triangle DSP on the larger triangle. Then layer on the card base creating a fan, keeping your tips inside the cardbase.
I created my card from a card I made at a demonstrator shoe box swap, so I have no directions. Karla suggested Mary Deatherage’s directions found here. Her measurement at the top is not the same as mine. She has each piece of DSP matted on her card.
I hope you like this Fan Fold 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 July 2025 Blog Waddle
Welcome to our July Blog Waddle! We call ourselves ducklings, so we waddle from blog post to blog post, instead of hopping!! We are featuring cards for Summer or Scrapbooking! I am going to try to cover both. Here’s a preview of my card.
I love the Sunrise Sailing Bundle (#165497) and it includes a Hybrid Embossing Folder (#165496) that is amazing! It can die cut and emboss at the same time. for special handy guys. The card base is Secret Sea with a layer of Basic White embossed. Then I stamped the sailboat in Secret Sea and Coastal Cabana for the color on the sails. After die cutting the sail boat and the largest circle from Stylish Shape Dies (#1599183) in Calypso Coral, the card is nearly ready to assemble. The birds were stamped in Secret Sea and the sentiment, too.
Are you new to scrapbooking or a seasoned scrapper? Stampin’ Up! has a fantastic scrapbook kit in the Annual Catalog called Weekend Adventures Scrapbooking Kit (#167315). And there is a coordinating Weekend Adventures stamp set (#167318) to combine both crafts I love!
KIT DETAILS
– Makes three two-page scrapbook spreads
– Page size: 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
– Colors: Basic Beige, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Misty Moonlight, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Very Vanilla
Kit includes one of each item listed below.
– Step-by-step instructions
– 10 sheets of Designer Series Paper
– 10 sheets of Two-Tone Cardstock
– 3 sheets of printed stickers and precut images
– Photo placeholders
The only thing you may want to add is some Linen Thread (#104199). I like to make my supplies go farther, so I cut a frame from one of the pages and created an extra page. You can buy extra stickers, DSP, and card stock bundles to make more pages. This is the page as shown in the kit.
Here, you can see I cut a piece out of the middle of the base DSP, slightly smaller than the blue piece.
And here is the start to my extra page. All I need to do is add some clusters of embellishments, journaling, and my pictures and the page is done!
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 if you are in the Central, IL area! I have room for 5 people!
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Happy 4th of July!
Monday Mystery Stamping – 6/30/25
Clue #1 Vertical/Portrait card, Gather your supplies:
Colored Card Stock: card base
– 1 @ 4-1/4 x 11, score at 3-1/4, 6-1/2, 8-3/4
– 2 @ 3 x 3, can be the same as the base or a complimentary cardstock color
DSP:
– 1 @ 2 tall x 4 wide
– 1 @ 3 tall x 4 wide
White/Vanilla Card Stock (CS):
– 2 @ 2-3/4 x 2-3/4, both are focal points of the card, turned on point. Neither square has to be white/vanilla. Both can be DSP with die cuts on them. Both could be embossed card stock, the same color as the base or complimentary. Or do one of one type and the other a different type.
Embellishments:
– for embellishments, use something that goes along with your DSP that does not go too far out of the 3 x 3 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!!
Sharing Sunday
Last week our oldest grandson turned 15! Where did that time go?!
Sharing (before) Saturday
It has been extremely hot in Central IL this week, so I spent as much time in my Stamping Space in the basement as I could. I had a very productive 3-1/2 days: 5 Eagle Scout cards, 4 special birthday cards, 3 college graduation cards, 2, sympathy cards, and 1 special card for my hubby!
How have you been keeping cool this week?!
Friday Funny
The meteorologist who devised the wind chill factor has died.
He was 86, but he felt like 75.
Stampining Sue's Buzz 