Yummy Ice Cream With a Cherry On Top!

Valentine’s Day is coming soon, but it’s always a good time to tell someone you love them! And it’s so easy with the Share A Milkshake Bundle.

Stampin’ Up! 2023 Spring Mini Catalog, page 12

I’ve been having a lot of fun with this set! Here are the materials I used for this card (in inches):

  • Sweet Sorbet cardstock (card base folded to 5-1/2 x 4-1/4)
  • White cardstock: 5-1/8 x 3-7/8
  • Country Gingham DSP – red plaid: 5 x 3-3/4
  • Layering Diorama dies: use third smallest
  • Sentiment stamped in black ink and die cut with Stylish Shapes dies
  • Sweet Sorbet cardstock for ice cream dish
  • Chocolate Ice Cream stamped in Cinnamon Cider (retired)
  • Whipped Cream die cut in white (see note below about the sprinkles)
  • Cherry stamped in Real Red ink
  • Sequins are from the retired Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins

To make the sprinkles, I used the retired set called Sweet Ice Cream. I colored directly on the stamp using Stampin’ Write markers in Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay, and Crushed Curry. I stamped on white cardstock, then used the whipped cream die from the Share A Milkshake dies.

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Hello Harvest–Pumpkins and Flowers!

Well, it’s officially fall! Here in Central Florida, that means…it’s still really hot! Nice to have some beautiful autumn stamps and dies to get me in the autumn spirit. Enter…Hello Harvest! This is a beautiful suite with pumpkins, flowers, and gorgeous designer series paper.

In addition to making cards, I am an AFOL–Adult Fan Of Lego. I just knew this Lego set would be the perfect background for my fall cards! This card contains the following elements:

  • Cajun Craze card base
  • 5-1/4 x 4 inch Crushed Curry
  • 5-1/8 x 3-7/8 inch designer paper from Rustic Harvest DSP

The leaves are stamped in Crushed Curry, and the short pumpkin is colored with Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. The tall pumpkin is die cut from Crushed Curry and Mellow Moss cardstocks. I added two jewels from the Leaf Label and Amber Gem Combo Pack and adhered the sentiment with dimensionals.

The Rustic Harvest Suite is on pages 48-50 of the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog.

This card features the same suite. The flowers are colored with Stampin’ Blends in Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, and Cherry Cobbler. (The inside of the flowers is done with brown Copics.) You can’t see the shimmer in the photo, but the yellow flowers have Clear Wink of Stella brushed on them. They are so pretty!

Happy Fall Y’all!

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Candy Cane Christmas Cards Using the Stamparatus

I love Christmas, and I love making Christmas cards! My husband asked me, “Does it feel weird making Christmas cards in July?” I didn’t miss a beat. “Nope! It’s always a good time to make Christmas cards!” I’ve already made cards using the Lights Aglow Suite, so this time, I decided to play with the Sweetest Christmas Suite.

For this card, I die cut the candy canes from the Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP), then used three other patterns in the DSP on the card–seems like that is a LOT of different patterns, but they work so well together.

Sweetest Christmas DSP – page 9 in the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog

I also used the Scalloped Contour Dies and ribbon from the Red & Garden Green 3/8″ Ribbon Combo Pack.

The sentiment requires two stamps, so it is perfect for the Stampin’ Up! Stamparatus. This precision placement tool makes card making quick and easy when you have multiple items to stamp and the placements have to be in the correct place. Using the Christmas Banners stamp set, I put the banner on one of the Stamparatus plates, and the ‘Tis the Season sentiment stamp on the other plate. Then you just have to ink them up, swing the plate onto the paper, and apply gentle pressure.

Pro tip! Put the stamp set box underneath the plate. It’s the perfect height to give you a level surface to ink up the stamp.
Inking the sentiment stamp on plate #2.
The finished product!
All that is left is to die cut the sentiment and place it on the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Using the Stamparatus is fun, efficient, and quick. It is worth its weight in gold if you are making multiple cards of the same design.

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