Nutz about Stamping

What will you create for Father's day this year?

With Father's Day just around the corner I thought it would be fun to create a Masculine Paper Craft Crew card challenge. So I did! 

I have the He's All That stamp set and knew right away that it would fit the bill perfectly.

Combine these vintage images and versatile greetings to make creations for Father's Day, birthdays, and just because. This set gives you stamps that you can stamp and be done plus a few line art images perfect for your favorite coloring technique. 

For my card layers I chose some of the Countryside Inn paper. When I first saw the collection in the Annual Catalog I wasn't taken by the stamp set and dies but loved, loved, loved (!) the paper because I knew that it could be used for so many occasions, including masculine and baby cards: 

I haven't tried the torn paper technique for a long time and thought it would be perfect for my card. And here it is: 

What will you create for this week's challenge? If you want to see what the other design crew members created, click here to hop over to the Paper Craft Crew website. 

Do you like bold and simple stamping? I sure do

Today I have a fun card challenge for you! 

 

And this saying is pretty true too, at least where I live. I knew right away that I wanted to use my Cheerful Daisies bundle to help me with my card design. 

Stamp a happy garden or create bouquet of daisies with the Cheerful Daisies bundle. Use the solid images, perfect for quick stamping in one color. Do you want to add detailed color? Use the open line-art images, perfect for watercoloring. The flowers, flower centers, leaves, and stems are on separate stamps so you can create customized flowers. Finish with a sentiment—birthday, thanks, thinking of you, sorry—for unique cards for many occasions.

For my card design I spotted a pattern in the Countryside Inn paper that would be perfect:

This pattern has tiny flowers on it so I knew right away that it would be my background layer on my card. And to add visual interest for my daisies I used some left over Gold paper and some tiny Brushed Brass Butterflies embellishments. 

Here's my card. So simple thanks to the dies in the Cheerful Daisies Dies pack:

And now it's your turn: what will you create with this week's challenge? If you want to see what the other design crew members created this week, click here to hop over to the Paper Craft Crew website. 

It's time to have fun with another challenge

Are you ready for another Paper Craft Crew card sketch challenge? This one is super easy and you can lots of fun using the product you have on hand. 

 

At first I thought about using my Dots & Spots die and then I remembered the fun patterns in the 2023-25 In Color Designer Series Paper: 

When every new Annual Catalog comes out, I always buy a pack of the In Color 6" x 6" paper. It has sooooo many uses and backgrounds, layers, strips, etc. It is also a fun way to play with the new colors. 

Today's card is a monochromatic design, using the He's All That stamp set: 

I  love that there are so many masculine choices in this set! 

Here's my card: 

And now it's your turn - see what you can create using this week's card sketch challenge. Masculine? Feminine? Non-gender? It's all up to you!

If you want to see what the other design crew members created for this week's challenge, click here. 

Which 3 boxes will you choose in this week's fun challenge?

This week we have a fun Paper Craft Crew Tic Tac Toe challenge to stretch your creative thinking! Which 3 connected boxes will you choose? 

 

I had a tough time with this one as I don't have a lot of current products that match the choices in the challenge. I knew that I wanted to use the Cheerful Daisies bundle but I didn't want to use the corresponding paper. So I decided to stamp my own design instead. 

Just in case you haven't seen the Cheerful Daisies bundle, it's worth a look:

There are so many possibilities in this set and matching dies, but I decided to go simple and to play with two new In Colors: Wild Wheat and Copper Clay. 

Here's my card (two photos).

And this one: 

So now that you have seen my idea, what will you create this week? If you want to see what the other crew members created this week, click here to head over to the Paper Craft Crew website. 

 

Are You Ready to Show Off Your Artistic Talent? Join Our Card Sketch Challenge

Yes, it's another Paper Craft Crew card sketch challenge - this week with a tag feature - yummy! 

I am happy to see tags 0n the challenge because I don't use my Tailor Made Tags dies often enough and I am delighted that they are NOT retiring. 

And as I was thinking about this week's challenge I decided to layer my tag feature, using the Hues of Happiness paper (retiring): 

along with some leftover Vellum Layering Designs: 

 

My first try at this sketch was too plain looking for my design taste so I decided to use the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder on the card base and strip - love how it looks! 

Put these products all together (along with the Hello Irresistible stamp set phrase) and this is what you can make!

 

I am very happy with how it turned out. And now it's your turn! Try this week's challenge and see what you can create. If you want to see what the other design crew members made using this week's sketch, click here. 

 

Add a little vintage and some pretty texture with this special paper

I am quite excited about this week's card sketch challenge because there is a specialty paper that immediately came to mind. 

 

I have had a pack of the Vellum Layering Designs for a while and really need to use it before it retires. 

Add a little vintage and some pretty texture with this Vellum paper pack. Cut down vellum to create backgrounds on cards. Or create unique elements and layers using punches or dies. Vellum imagery includes newsprint, handwritten letters, and a map. Translucent vellum lets the cardstock color to show through for gentle texture on paper projects.

I decided to pair up a vellum design with the Hello, Irresistible paper pack for a fun, but subtle look. 

My card elements and phrase come from the Sending Smiles bundle - perfect for soft, spring-like cards!

Put all of these together and look what you can create: 

Righty-o, it's your turn! Have a fresh look at your products and see what you can create this week using our card sketch challenge. To see what the other design crew members created this week, click here to hop on over to the Paper Craft Crew site. 

You will love how this paper shimmers on your cards and scrapbook pages

Have you crafted using the Dry Brushed Metallic specialty designer series paper? I love this pack! 

Add metallic shimmer to your paper crafting projects with Dry Brushed Metallic Specialty Designer Series Paper. This mixed metallic paper combines metallic ink and foil with textural dry brush designs for a unique finish. You’ll love how it looks on your cards and scrapbook pages!

And when I saw this week's Paper Craft Crew card sketch challenge I knew that this is a perfect match for the specialty paper. 

I decided to use some leftover scraps for my card and let it be the main feature and add a simple layered phrase, using the Framed Florets stamp set (retiring soon) .

 

Tip: did you know that the Layering Circles dies are also retiring? Soooooo sad about this. 

Here's my challenge card:

So simple but so shimmery which I LOVE!

Want to see another Framed Florets card idea? Click here.

Now it's your turn: try our card sketch challenge this week and see what you can create. To see what the other crew members created, click here. 

Are you looking to say it all with beautiful flowers?

Then I have the perfect bundle! 

Say it all and more with the Framed Florets stamp set. These delicate flowers can be used alone for a simple, elegant look. Or put them together in a variety of ways for a fancy floral bouquet—it’s up to you! And the best part? The open, line art images can be custom colored using your favorite Stampin’ Up! coloring technique! Pick your favorite florals, then add one of six heartfelt sentiments for a handcrafted card that says it all!

Here's some bad news: this bundle is retiring - gone no later than 1 May. Here's the good news: it is 60% off while supplies last! If you want to grab these retiring products before they are gone for good, click here (USA) or click here (Europe) to head straight over to my online store.

I used the Framed Florets bundle on this week's card sketch challenge:

Along with a leftover pieces of the Hues of Happiness designer series paper (also retiring by 1 May):

Here's my challenge card - it's super easy to create! 

 

It's your turn! What will you create with this week's challenge? If you want to see what the other crew members created this week, click here. 

 

 

I know you can create something beautiful using 2 rectangles and a circle

This week's Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge is all about shapes!

I decided to use three different patterns from the Hello, Irresistible designer paper pack for the three shapes on the challenge:

 

I love love LOVE this paper and have created several project ideas using it. Check them out here, here and here!

I even stamped directly onto one of the more subtle designs for my card. As the card base is so light (Soft Sea Foam) I stamped some leaves around the card borders (using Versamark ink) for added visual interest. 

Here's my card: 

And now it is your turn! What can you create using 2 rectangles and a circle? Give this simple but beautiful idea a try.

If you want to see what the other crew members created for this week's challenge, click here. 

See how I turned this simple card sketch challenge into something beautiful

 Today's  Paper Craft Crew card sketch challenge is really simple - and leaves you wide open for using all your crafting products:

What I really love about a card sketch is that you can follow it exactly as it appears or you can go wild and crazy and use the layout as inspiration. When I first saw this challenge I knew exactly what I was going to feature on the card front. 

My Hello, Irresistible designer series paper:

You cannot easily see the pattern I chose from the photo above but I promise you it's in this pack. And when I pulled it out to use, I realized that the pattern is vertical not horizontal like the sketch challenge indicates. So I chose to go a tiny bit wild and turn the sketch on its side so that I could the vertical pattern. 

The phrase on my card comes from the Irresistible Blooms bundle...

and the die used for the phrase comes from the Something Fancy dies:

Tip: click on any of the product photos to link over to my USA store!

My card took only a few minutes to create and I love how it turned out!

What can you create using this week's card sketch challenge? If you want to see what the other crew members created this week, click here to head on over to the Paper Craft Crew website.

 

 

Want to see how to bring spunky elegance to your handmade cards and scrapbook pages?

The Beautiful Thistle bundle in the January – April Mini Catalog features a great selection of stamps and dies that enable you to create a varied selection of thistles. There are dies to cut out the stamped images and detailed dies to build up thistles from the different pieces.

This set will bring spunky elegance to your handmade cards and scrapbook pages. The realistic floral imagery is ready to color using your favorite coloring techniques and tools. Add a sentiment and you’re ready to give a card with words of encouragement, strength, and gratitude.

The stamped images are beautiful line drawings that enable you to color them in a variety of different ways. So whether water coloring, markers or even pastels are your favourite coloring medium of the moment, you will love these stamps.

The project today has been created from a card sketch. Sketches are always a great starting point for your creativity. You don’t have to stick rigidly to the layout, you can always change the shapes and orientations on a sketch if that works better for you.

The Favored Flowers pack was one of the Level 1 Sale-a-Bration choices until the end of February. As well as the beautiful floral designs, there are also some generic coloured prints in this pack, including Blackberry Bliss and Fresh Freesia patterns which are perfect for this project. If you missed out on earning this paper pack for free, try this card sketch idea using paper that you already own. 

The card features a Fresh Freesia card base with a Blackberry Bliss designer series paper mat on top. The larger square is a piece of Fresh Freesia designer series paper. The large Thistle has been stamped onto a square of Basic white card. It has been coloured with Old Olive and Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends. A Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Blend has been used to add some highlights to the thistle at the bottom of the petals and at the base of the thistle where it meets the leaves.

The texture image stamp has been stamped around the edge of the Basic White card in Fresh Freesia ink. A bow of white twine is stuck to the thistle with a glue dot.

The sentiment is stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink. Thinking of You is such a useful sentiment, whether someone is having a rough time, or you just want to send a “just because” card.

The card insert features a simple stamped thistle in Blackberry Bliss ink. You could also repeat this on the envelope.

Now is your turn to have a play with this card sketch. Whether you use this Beautiful Thistle bundle or choose different products from your Stampin’ Up! Collection, have fun with it.

Here's a simple card sketch challenge that has so many possibilities

Are you a fan of polka dots or any kind of dots? Well then you will have lots of fun with this week's card sketch: 

My original intention was to use my Dots and Spots die but that quickly changed when I spotted one of the patterns in the new Hello, Irresistible paper pack - only available online! 

From elegant botanical and floral designs to beautiful color washes, this paper was hand drawn digitally to give it a natural, artistic flair that will complement any project. Cut out some of the designs and use them on card fronts or use the paper as background for all-occasion projects - I did both in my card today. 

Product colors: Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Lost Lagoon, Petal Pink, Pretty Peacock, Soft Sea Foam

Can you spot the pattern with the vertical dots? That sold it for me! I wanted to keep the paper as my focus point so decided to keep the rest of my card quite minimal. 

And you guessed it: it is now your turn. Give our polka dots sketch challenge a try and see what you can create. 

Want to see what the other crew members created? Then click here to hop over to the Paper Craft Crew website for a quick look. 

It’s this easy to create custom tags for all your paper crafts

Today's Paper Craft Crew card sketch challenge was inspired by Stampin' Up!s Annual Catalog:

To make my challenge card this week I chose to use projects that I have not used that much lately.

I have the Tailor Made Tags dies and seldom use them so this was my chance to change that: 

It's fun to mix, match, and layer tags in different sizes and colors. Create tags for any occasion you need: birthday cards, goodie bags, gift packages. Stamp sentiments from your favorite stamp sets, then cut out. It’s that easy to create custom tags!

I decided to dust off my Queen Bee bundle and finally create a card to share with you. 

 

This stamp set has detailed bee images with a fun and unique pattern on the wings. This stamp set is so fun, it works for all ages! Pair the images with soft pastels for a baby or youth project or add some sass with bold regal tones.

And finally, I chose some of the Delicate Desert designer series paper:

Put all these bits and pieces together and here's what I created for this week's sketch: 

 

You know what comes next, right? It's your turn!!! Try this week's card sketch challenge and see what you can create. And why not share a link to your card idea so I can see it too? 

 

This brand new collection is perfect for helping you welcome back spring

The sun is out again (finally), the days are still cool BUT the flowers are starting to come out. So it's time for a very appropriate card challenge! 

 

Spring is my favorite season of the year - to me it means renews, growth, warmth and beauty - all of which I enjoy so much.

When I thought about this challenge, I decided to use a brand new Collection that you can order as of today! It's called: Hello, Irresistible! 

If you love florals stamps AND if you love heat embossing, then this is the collection for you! It is also perfect for pastels and softer colors on your projects - very Spring-like indeed.

Here's my card idea, using all of the products in this collection: 

Now it's your turn. What Spring cards can you create using the supplies you have on hand? Come back tomorrow to see the rest of my announcement - and a PDF of even MORE products that are available beginning this month! 

Tip: if you want to see what the other Crew Members created for this week's challenge, click here to head over to the Paper Craft Crew site. 

Is green is your favorite color? Then don't miss this fun challenge

When I first saw this week's Paper Craft Crew challenge I immediately thought of St. Patrick's Day - which is not quite here yet, but perhaps a St. Paddy's Day card will emerge? 

 

As I thought about what I had on hand, I remembered the Dandy Designs designer series paper which I earned for free last month. You can too, click here to learn how to earn this paper for free! 

See the patterns with green? One of them became a layer on my card base. As I looked through my stamp sets, I spotted Beautifully Happy with its large image and I realized I could stamp and color it using my green Stampin' Blends: 

And at that point things just fell into place. I used my Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends and then added a touch of pink on the flowers for contrast. 

Next: Gold Metallic. That one stumped me for a bit, until I remembered that I have the Gold Adhesive-backed Sequins. And, taa-daa, my card is complete:

Right, then, it's your turn now. Grab your greens and golds and see what you can design and create using this week's challenge. Want to see what the other crew members created? Click here! 

This week's card sketch challenge will really make you think

Now here's a challenge for you! It's time to get your thinking caps on for this week's Paper Craft Crew sketch:

When I first saw it, I thought: HUH? What on earth is that curved-line-and-circles thing on there! I almost gave up too, until I realized that this is called a challenge for a reason. 

So I dug through my stash and found......the Queen Bee bundle! 

Make cards for all the queen bees in your life with the Queen Bee set! It has detailed bee images with a fun and unique pattern on the wings. This stamp set is so fun, it works for all ages! Pair the images with soft pastels for a baby or youth project or add some sass with bold regal tones.

“Bee” your own worker bee and efficiently cut out these bee and floral shapes with ease! The Queen Bee Dies are the perfect way to add touches of dimension to any project. Try cutting acetate with the large wings die to mimic real wings!

Now: see that curved branch with leaves? BINGO! I decided that would be my 'curved line with circles' image on my card. The rest was easy!

Here's my card for this week's challenge (tip: the flowers come from the Dainty Delight dies): 

In case you are wondering, the paper layer on my card is from the Dainty Flowers pack:

which you can still earn for FREE until 28 February (so get a wiggle on!)

What will you create with this week's sketch? I am sure you can come up with an idea if you look at your supplies with new eyes. If you want to see what the other crew members created this week, click here to hop on over to the Paper Craft Crew site.