Monday Mystery Stamping – 7/25

Here are the cards we made Monday night during our Mystery Stamping Zoom. There are SO many wonderful possibilities with this card! Use 3 or 4 different DSP patterns on this card, some stamps or die cuts and it is done!

Card Stock:
4-1/4 (H) x 5-1/2  (for card base)
4-1/4 (H) x 11 score at 2, 3-3/4, 7-1/7, 9
3-3/4  x 4 (H) (can be the same as base or complimentary)

Designer Series Paper (DSP) A:
– 2 pieces 4 (H) x 3/4

Designer Series Paper (DSP) B:
– 1 piece 3-3/4 (H) x 3-1/2

Designer Series Paper (DSP) C: optional
– 2 pieces 4 (H) x 1-1/2 Inside the card

Another optional piece of DSP is 4 (H) x 1-3/4 for the right, front flap.

White/Vanilla Card Stock:  
– 1 piece 4 x 3-1/4 

Die Cuts, Stamped images, etc.  These will be in the center of the front of the card.

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 – 7/18

Here are the cards we made Monday night during our Mystery Stamping Zoom. There are SO many wonderful possibilities with this card! Use 3 different DSP patterns on this card, some stamps or die cuts and it is done! It is called book-fold.

Measurements:
Card Stock:
5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (for card base) score at 4-1/4
5 (H) x 5-1/4 (W) score at 2-5/8 OR adhere the DSP to this and score in the middle
2-1/4 x 8-1/2 score at 3/4, 1-1/2, 2-1/2, 4-1/4, 6, 7, 7-3/4 folded mountain, valley, mountain, valley mountain, valley, mountain OR Marcia suggested this scoring – 3/4, 2 1/2, 4 1/4, 6, 7 3/4.  Folded mountain, mountain, valley, mountain, mountain 

Designer Series Paper (DSP) A:
– 1 piece 4 (W) x 5-1/4 (H) (front) 

Designer Series Paper (DSP) B:
– 1 piece 5-1/4 (H) x 8-1/4 (W)

Designer Series Paper (DSP) C:
–  1 piece 4-3/4 (H) x 5 (W) score at 2-1/2

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 – Encouraging words

Welcome to our July Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all over the world! Each demonstrator is featuring cards of encouragement!

You may have arrived here from Shirley’s blog. My card features the Sending Smiles photopolymer stamp set(#158701) and the Sending Dies(#159271).This punch is a part of the Sending Smiles Bundle (#158707).

The card base is Whisper White (8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″) with a layer of Whisper White cut with a Stitched Rectangle Die (#151820). The flowers are stamped in Gorgeous Grape, Sweet Sorbet, and Mango Melody. The stems are stamped in Garden Green. The sentiment was cut in Gorgeous Grape and backed with Whisper White. The second part of the sentiment is stamped in Sweet Sorbet.

All bloggers in this month’s hop:

Shirley Merker
Sue Boerner <— You are here!
Julia Quinn
Joy Nelson 
Annette McMillan
Julia Mazur
Terri Stewart 
Maureen Rauchfuss
Tracy Held

I hope you found some inspiration for your next encouraging card. Enjoy hopping through the blogs, looking at all of our projects!

My Events calendar has been updated with my online Mystery Stamping and in-person Stamping Buffets. Mystery Stamping is on Monday each week. 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 – 7/11

Here are the cards we made Monday night during our Mystery Stamping Zoom. There are SO many wonderful possibilities with this card! Start with a full 8-1/2″ x 11″ piece of card stock, some scoring and cutting, use 2 different DSP patterns, add, some stamps or die cuts and it is done! Below is a picture of the inside! Look at those ladies who used more DSP!!!

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.

Stampin Stray Ducklings Summer Sale-A-Bration!

Welcome to our monthly Blog Waddle! It’s July and Sale-A-Bration just began on July1st! It runs through August 31st!! You may have arrived here from Lori Helvick’s blog.  Following me is Kim Baker’s blog.

I picked the Wonderful World Bundle (#159918) which includes the Wonderful World stamp set and the Wonderful World 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper (DSP). All of this is free with a $100 order during Sale-A-Bration! The card base is Melon Mambo cut with the fun-fold corner-flip. The front and inside of the card feature the Wonderful World DSP. The square on the front is cut from Mint Macaron with the largest square from Stylish Shapes Dies (#159183). It is stamped with the leaves from the stamp set in Mint Macaron. The flower is colored with Stampin’ Write Markers on Whisper White and cut out with Layering Circles Dies (#151770). The sentiment from Happiness Abounds (#159238) is stamped in Melon Mambo on Whisper White and punched out with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch (#152883).

Here’s the inside of my card!

I hold stamping buffets each month and this card is one of 12 you can make in July. Contact me to attend!

All participants in this month’s waddle:
Kim Baker
Nancy Legate
Sheryl Diemer
Lori Helvick
Sue Boerner <– You are here!

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

I hope you found some inspiration for your Stampin’ projects! 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 Monday nights 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 be happy to be yours and help you to unleash your creativity. Please join me in person for Stampin Buffets, filled with Spring cards from the Annual catalog and the January-June Mini-Catalog! There is a limit of 4 people and I will happily wear a mask.

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