Drapery Fold Flowering Fields

Experiment with Card Folds Every once in a while, it’s good to shake up your card-making routine by using a different technique. This card features an easy fold that allows you to see both sides of your pretty Designer Series Paper. It is called a Drapery Fold or Pleat Fold, and you can find some videos on how it’s done on YouTube. Try it with your favorite paper! This sample shows the Autumn Traditions DSP, which is a retired Stampin’ Up! paper from the 2009-2010 Annual Catalog, a card base in Tip Top Taupe, and a Whisper White layer. Whichever…

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Time For Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals

Trio Punch and Other Weekly Deals Just last week we had a little stamping get-together at my house and we used the Curvy Corner Trio Punch, along with the Sprinkles of Life stamp set to make this cheery birthday card. This week the punch is on sale in the Weekly Deals! So if it’s on your wish list, now is a great time to grab it – and remember it’s still Sale-a-Bration time, until the end of March. That means every $50 order before Tax & Shipping earns you a free product! Weekly Deals We hope you enjoy this week’s…

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Endless Kindness

Kindness Lotus Blossoms Tip: When you have a stamp set out, use it to make several cards before putting it away again.Here is the second of my Lotus Blossom fever cards. To create this card: Supplies Ink: Perfect Plum Used on Lotus Blossom stamp 1, then stamped off for stamp 2 So Saffron for Lotus Blossom stamp 3 Old Olive for dark center of stem Pear Pizzazz for outer stemPaper:Perfect Plum Cardstock, 1/4″ x 4-1/2″ So Saffron Cardstock, 4-1/2″ x11″, folded in half. Whisper White Cardstock, 3″ x 4-1/2″ Tea for two DSP (retired), 3″ x 5″ Stamps: Lotus Blossom (retired) Punches & Embellishments:…

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Get Well Soon Soup

Soup for Recovery Now that you’re feeling a little better, you can progress from yesterday’s chicken soup, to a little tomato soup today. This card is very similar to yesterday’s card, so I won’t go through all the paper piecing steps again. The differences are mainly in the colors and papers, as well as the corners on the soft sky layer are rounded with the Project Life Corner Rounder Punch, instead of the Curvy Trio Punch. Here are the products used to create this version: Whisper White Thick Cardstock 8-1/2″ x 5″, folded in half Soft Sky cardstock 3-3/4″ x 5″, rounded…

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Feelin’ Under the Weather?

Get Well Soon with Get Well Soup! Many of the Stampin’ Up! items on this card are retired, but feel free to substitute what you have to make this card your own. Sometimes older products and stamps need love too! My favorite part of this card is the pretty corners made with the Curvy Corner Trio punch, which is still available! Click the items in the directions below for more information on the products used. To create this card: Start with an 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Baja Breeze (retired) or other light blue cardstock. Cut a 5-1/4″ x 4″…

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