Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Dandy Garden Designer Series Paper Tutorial - Card #1

Introducing Dragonfly Card Tutorial Using
Dandy Garden Designer Series Paper
Dandy Garden Stamp Set
Dragonflies Punch

Coordinating Colors
Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Bumblebee, Calypso Coral, Misty Moonlight, Mossy Meadow, and Whisper White





As in all my tutorials I spotlight a collection of Stampin' Up! Products.  I do use other stamp sets and dies but create cards that can be adapted to what you have in your craft studio. If you don't want to purchase the dragonfly punch, you could easily substitute using it with a butterfly punch. I will also retired colors from my stash that work well with the current colors.

Card #1 Sneak Peek






Monday, February 22, 2021

Herringbone Card Design and Bookmark


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Melon Mambo cardstock
    • Card base measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
      • Scored at 4 1/4"
    • Sentiment layer measures 2 5/8" x 3/4"
    • Scrap for butterfly
  • Basic Black cardstock
    • Card layer measures 5 1/4" x 4"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 4"
    • Scrap for butterfly
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Card base for mounting strips
      •  Begin with 5 1/4" x 4"
      • Attach strips
      • Trim to 5" x 3 3/4"
    • Scrap for sentiment
    • Card layer (inside) measure 5 1/4" x4"
  • Pop of Pink Designer Series Paper
    • Strips are 1/2" wide
    • Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 4"
  • Hello Sunshine stamp set
    • Paper Pumpkin February 2016
  • Memento Black ink
  • Butterfly dies (non SU)
  • Petals and More Thinlits
  • Circle punch 3/4" (under sentiment mat) 
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
  • Dimensionals





Bookmark
Stampin' Up! Products
  • Melon Mambo cardstock
    • Bookmark measures 5 1/4" x 2"
  • Basic Black cardstock
    • Bookmark layer measures 4 3/8" x 1 3/4"
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Begin with 4 3/4" x 2 1/2"
    • Attach strips
    • Trim to 4 1/4" x 1 7/8"
  • Pop of Pink Designer Series Paper
    • Strips measure 1/2"
  • Beautiful Autumn stamp set (back)
    • My heart is grateful for you
  • Memento black ink
  • Corner Rounder and Delightful Tag Topper punches
  • Grosgrain ribbon 1/4"


Friday, February 19, 2021

My Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper Tutorial is NOW AVAILABLE

My Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper Tutorial is NOW AVAILABLE.

My tutorial will be FREE with you $60 or more Stampin' Up! order using my Hostess Code at the top right hand side of my blog during the month of February 2021. The tutorial is also available for purchase for $9.95. 

To view sneak peeks of my 12 cards, click HERE


 

I will email you the tutorial within 24 hours.


This Designer Series Paper uses more coordinating colors than listed and there are many colors you can substitute.  The coordinating colors listed are: Bumblebee, Flirty Flamingo, Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Terracotta Tile and Whisper White.  Some of the substituted colors I used were Bravo Burgundy, Brilliant Blue, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Fresh Fig, Hello Honey, More Mustard, Pretty Peacock and Tranquil Tide.

In my tutorial, I have created two different cards using the floral side of each of the six patterns.  I also have two different cards that have two variations. There are THREE Fun Fold cards, two of them I have never used on my blog.

Each card uses the Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper.  I used other Stampin' Up! Products, which include the following dies: Art Gallery, Curvy, Stitched Rectangle and Stitched So Sweetly. I used various stamp sets which include: Art Gallery, Butterfly Gala, Quite Curvy along with other sentiment stamps that can easily be substituted for ones you own. I used many sentiment punches, that include: Banner Pick A Punch, Butterfly Duet, Itty Bitty Accents, Ovals and Tailored Tag. Most of these items can be substituted with ones you already have, I purposely kept that in mind as I designed each card.

Floating & Fluttering aka Adult Relaxing Coloring Therapy Part II


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Lovely Lipstick cardstock
    • Card base measures 11" x 4 1/4"
      • Place cardstock as illustrated below and do not cover entire die with top cutting plate
      • Score at 3 7/8" from the UNCUT end
  • Rococo Rose cardstock
    • Card layer (left side) measures 3 5/8" x 4"
    • Card layer (right side) measures 5/8" x 4"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 4"
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Card layer measures 4 1/2" x 3 7/8"
      • Stamp
      • Cut one layer to measure 3 1/2" x 3 7/8"
      • Cut two layers each measuring 1/2" x 3 7/8"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 3 7/8" x 4"
    • Scrap for extra butterflies and sentiment
  • Dandelion Wishes and Floating & Fluttering stamp sets
  • Lovely Lipstick, Memento Black, Mint Macaron, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, and Rococo Rose inks 
  • Label Card Thinlits
  • Fluttering dies
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
  • Dimensionals





Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Floating & Fluttering aka Adult Relaxing Coloring Therapy Part I


Stampin’ Up! Products
  • Lovely Lipstick cardstock
    • Card base measures 7 1/2" x 5 1/2"
      • Scored at 4 1/4"
    • Banner measures 3 1/2" x 1" before punching
  • Rococo Rose cardstock
    • Card layer measures 3" x 5 1/4"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
    • Banner measures 3 1/4" x 3/4" before punching
  • Whisper White cardstock 
    • Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/8"
      • Stamp
      • Cut 2 7/8" x 5 1/8"
      • Remaining piece measures 1 1/8" x 5 1/8"
    • Whisper White cardstock measures 2 11/16" x 5 1/8"
    • Banner measures 3" x 1/2" before punching
    • Scrap for a set of butterflies
  • Art Gallery and Floating & Fluttering stamp sets
  • Lovely Lipstick, Memento Black, Mint Macaron, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party and Rococo Rose inks
  • Fluttering dies
  • Lovely Labels Pick A Punch
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
  • Dimensionals


Saturday, February 13, 2021

Stampin' Up! Presents - Adult Coloring Therapy

Okay, it is actually Crafts by Beth Presents - Adult Coloring with Stamps!

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Card layer measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
  • Floating & Fluttering stamp set
  • Lovely Lipstick, Memento Black, Mint Macaron, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz and Pool Party inks 

My next two posts will have two different cards I created using my own Crafts by Beth Designer Series Paper

Having trouble coordinating colors that work well together? Check out this website HERE.  There is a toggle dialog box on the upper left hand corner to select different Stampin' Up! colors.

I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to get a perfect coloring using stamps and ink.




oops - can you spot my mistake?



Curvy Birthday


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Wild Wasabi cardstock
    • Card base measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
      • Scored at 4 1/4"
    • Card layer measures 5 1/4" x 1 7/8"
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Card layer measures 5 1/4" x 4"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 5 1/4"  4"
    • Scrap for leaf sprig and birds
  • Quite Curvy stamp set
  • Memento black and Wild Wasabi inks
  • Stampin' Blends
    • Crumb Cake 
    • Pool Party
    • So Saffron
  • Alcohol marker to match
  • Curvy dies
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
  • Dimensionals


Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Heartfelt Butterflies


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Bermuda Bay cardstock
    • Card base measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
      • Scored at 4 1/4"
    • Card layer measures 2 3/4" x 3 3/8"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 5 1/4"
  • Flirty Flamingo cardstock
    • Scrap for butterfly
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Card layer measures 3" x 4 1/2"
      • Punch out butterflies
      • Stamp
      • Trim off 1/4" from each side
      • Trim off 1/2" from bottom
      • Trim off 1 7/8" from top
      • End result layer measures 2 1/2" x 3 1/8"
      • Attach to BB layer
    • Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
  • Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper
    • Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 5 1/4"
  • Heartfelt Blooms stamp set
  • Memento black ink
  • Butterfly Duet punch
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
  • Dimensionals


Friday, February 5, 2021

Dragonfly Kindness


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Cherry Cobbler cardstock
    • Card base measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
      • Scored at 4 1/4"
  • Crushed Curry cardstock
    • Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 5 1/4"
    • Scrap for dragonflies (cut 2)
  • Gumball Green cardstock
    • Card layer measures 3 1/16" x 2 1/16"
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Card layer measures 3" x 2"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
  • Flowers & Field Designer Series Paper
    • Card layer measures 3 7/8"x 5 1/8"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 5 1/4"
  • Dragonfly Garden and Floating & Fluttering stamp sets
  • Cherry Cobbler and Memento Black inks
  • Fluttering dies
  • Dragonflies Punch
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
    • Dyed with Stampin' Blends Cherry Cobbler
  • Dimensionals

Monday, February 1, 2021

Delicate Valentine


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Card base measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
      • Scored at 4 1/4"
    • Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
    • Scrap for hearts (make seven)
      • One for envelope
  • Mint Macaron cardstock
    • Scrap for wreath
    • Edging (inside) measure 3/4" x 5 1/4"
  • Rococo Rose cardstock
    • Scraps for bow, hearts and love sentiment
  • Silver Glimmer paper
  • Arrange A Wreath and Forever Lovely stamp sets
  • Garden Green and Rococo Rose inks
  • Everything is Rosy Framelits
    • Inside edge
  • Lasting Elegance Framelits
    • Small glitter heart 
  • Wreath Builder dies
  • Dimensionals


Friday, January 29, 2021

Get Well Ballard

 
Stampin' Up! Products

  • Daffodil Delight cardstock
    • Card base measures 4 1/2" x 11"
      • Scored at 5 1/2"
  • Calypso Coral cardstock
    • Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 5 1/4"
    • Scrap for sentiment mat
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
  • Bird Ballard Designer Series Paper
    • Card layer measures 7/8" x 12"
      • Cut 2 pieces measuring 2 7/8" x 7/8"
      • Cut 2 pieces measures 4 1/8" x 7/8"
    • Card layer measures 1 15/16" x 3 3/16"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 5 1/4"
  • Crafts by Beth CPP Sentiments
    • Click HERE for more information
  • Modern Label and Word Window punches
  • Dimensionals

Monday, January 25, 2021

Paper Weaving Note Card


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Rococo Rose cardstock
    • Card base measures 5" x 7"
      • Scored at 3 1/2"
  • Night of Navy cardstock
    • Scrap for flower center and leaves
  • Seaside Spray cardstock
    • Scrap for flowers (cut 2)
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Card layer (inside) measures 4 7/8" x 3 3/8"
  • Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper
    • Horizontal strips measure 5 1/4" x 3/8"
    • Vertical strips measure 3/8" x 3 3/4"
    • Strip for inside measures 3/8" x 3 3/8"
  • Beautiful Autumn stamp set
  • Night of Navy ink
  • Botanical Builder Framelits and Arrange A Wreath dies
  • Iridescent Pearls
  • Dimensionals


Moral of the story - Don't hide the weaving as I did in the Seaside Spray cardstock



Apply 1/4" sticky strip to the left side of the horizontal strips
Apply 1/8" sticky strip from the 2" mark all the way to the end of the left side



Remove the 1/4" sticky strip only. If you look carefully at the graph paper, I lined up the card base along a 1/4" line.  Line up the bottom of the TOP strip 3/4" down from the top. Continue to add strips, placing the bottom of each strip at a 1/4" mark.


Helpful Tip
I pulled away the 1/8" sticky strip slightly before I lined up the strips.  Once aligned, I removed the remainder of the strip.


Remove the 1/4" sticky strip and weave in each strip before lining up and attaching. 

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Follow the same steps as I stated in the horizontal strips, lining up each strip using the 1/4" graph lines.

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper Easel Card


If you like this card, you may want to check out my Fine Art Floral Designer Series Tutorial.  
For more information, click HERE.

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Rococo Rose cardstock
  • Old Olive cardstock
  • Very Vanilla cardstock *
  • Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper
  • Art Gallery stamp set
  • Old Olive, Rococo Rose and Versamark ink
  • Floral Gallery dies
  • Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels (dyed to match Old Olive)
  • Mini Dimensionals
* Very Vanilla cardstock works well with this particular sheet of DSP.

If you like this card, you may want to check out my Fine Art Floral Designer Series Tutorial.  For more information, click HERE.




Monday, January 18, 2021

Thank You Paper Blooms Fun Fold Card


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Seaside Spray cardstock
    • Card base measures 7 1/2" x 5 1/2"
      • Scored at 4 1/4"
    • Finished label measures 3 3/4" x1"
  • Night of Navy cardstock
    • Card layer measures 3" x 5 1/4"
    • Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
    • Finished label measures 3 5/8" x 3/4"
    • Scrap for flower center
  • Old Olive cardstock
    • Scrap for sprigs
  • Rococo Rose cardstock
    • Scrap for flower (cut 2)
  • Whisper White cardstock
    • Finished label measures 3 3/8" x 1/2"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 2 5/8" x 5 1/8"
  • Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper
    • Card layer measures 2 7/8" x 5 1/8"
    • Card layer measures 1 1/8" x 5 1/8"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 2 5/8" x 3/8"
  • Art Gallery stamp set
  • Night of Navy ink
  • Botanical Garden Framelits
  • Lovely Labels Pick a Punch
  • Sprig punch (non SU)
  • Pearl Basic Jewel
  • Dimensionals




Wednesday, January 13, 2021

My Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper Tutorial is NOW AVAILABLE

My Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper Tutorial is NOW AVAILABLE.

My tutorial will be FREE with you $60 or more Stampin' Up! order using my Hostess Code at the top right hand side of my blog during the month of January 2021. The tutorial is also available for purchase on January 15, 2021 for $9.95. 

To view sneak peeks of my 12 cards, click HERE.

 

I will email you the tutorial within 24 hours.


This Designer Series Paper uses more coordinating colors than listed and there are many colors you can substitute.  The coordinating colors listed are: Bumblebee, Flirty Flamingo, Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Terracotta Tile and Whisper White.  Some of the substituted colors I used were Bravo Burgundy, Brilliant Blue, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Fresh Fig, Hello Honey, More Mustard, Pretty Peacock and Tranquil Tide.

In my tutorial, I have created two different cards using the floral side of each of the six patterns.  I also have two different cards that have two variations. There are THREE Fun Fold cards, two of them I have never used on my blog.

Each card uses the Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper.  I used other Stampin' Up! Products, which include the following dies: Art Gallery, Curvy, Stitched Rectangle and Stitched So Sweetly. I used various stamp sets which include: Art Gallery, Butterfly Gala, Quite Curvy along with other sentiment stamps that can easily be substituted for ones you own. I used many sentiment punches, that include: Banner Pick A Punch, Butterfly Duet, Itty Bitty Accents, Ovals and Tailored Tag. Most of these items can be substituted with ones you already have, I purposely kept that in mind as I designed each card.

Sneak Peek - Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper Tutorial, Card 12

This is Card #12 of my Fine Art Floral Designer Series Tutorial. This new floral DSP will be available for purchase on January 5, 2021.

My tutorial will be FREE with your $60 Stampin' Up! purchase using my Hostess Code or the tutorial will be available for purchase.  My tutorial isn't scheduled for release until January 15, 2021.




Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Sneak Peek - Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper Tutorial, Card 11

This is Card #11 of my Fine Art Floral Designer Series Tutorial. This new floral DSP will be available for purchase on January 5, 2021.

My tutorial will be FREE with your $60 Stampin' Up! purchase using my Hostess Code or the tutorial will be available for purchase.  My tutorial isn't scheduled for release until January 15, 2021.



Sunday, January 10, 2021

Sneak Peek - Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper Tutorial, Card 10

This is Card #10 of my Fine Art Floral Designer Series Tutorial. This new floral DSP will be available for purchase on January 5, 2021.

My tutorial will be FREE with your $60 Stampin' Up! purchase using my Hostess Code or the tutorial will be available for purchase.  My tutorial isn't scheduled for release until January 15, 2021.



Friday, January 8, 2021

Sneak Peek - Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper Tutorial, Card 9

This is Card #9 of my Fine Art Floral Designer Series Tutorial. This new floral DSP will be available for purchase on January 5, 2021.

My tutorial will be FREE with your $60 Stampin' Up! purchase using my Hostess Code or the tutorial will be available for purchase.  My tutorial isn't scheduled for release until January 15, 2021.