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Stampin’ Up! Round We Go Rosette Card with Summer Splash, Petunia Pop and Daffodil Delight

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Genevieve Valdes

When I saw the Stampin’ Up! Round We Go stamp set in the catalog I had to have it! You can create a rosette big enough to put on the front of a card. So easy to make with the Round We Go dies. I cut two strips of Basic White, 1-3/4″ x 5-1/2″ for the rosette then stamped 4 lines with the diagonal lines to create my own DSP. I used the colors of Summer Splash, Petunia Pop and Daffodil Delight which are the challenge colors of Hand Stamped Sentiments this week.

Stop by Hand Stamped Sentiments and see more inspiration for creating with the colors of Summer Splash, Petunia Pop and Daffodil Delight.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted. To view or purchase products used to create this card. Click on the links below for more information and ordering.

Round We Go Birthday Card

Card Size: 5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundles: Round We Go

Paper: Card Base:  Summer Splash; Card stock; Basic White, Petunia Pop, Daffodil Delight

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Summer Splash, Petunia Pop

Embellishments: White Baker’s Twine, Basic Rhinestones

Tools: Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, glue dots, mini-dimensionals

Filed under: Birthday, Color Splash Challenges, Feminine Birthday, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Masculine Birthday, Round We Go | Tagged: , , , , | 1 Comment »

Happy Birthday with Seaside Wishes

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Genevieve Valdes

I finally was able to to create with the new Stampin’ Up Seaside Wishes bundle. This bundle has a stamp set, hybrid embossing folder and dies. I love this stamp set because it has beautiful sand dollar and starfish images. The card I created I CASED from page 73 of the Stampin’ Up Annual Catalog 2024-2025. It is a mini slim card. This card measures 3.25″ x 6.25″. The card base: 6.25″ x 6.50″ – place the 6.50″ side at the top of your scoring tool, score at 3.25 and fold. I wanted for the die cut sand dollars and starfish to take up most of the card front and this slim card is the perfect size.

My card was inspired by the Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge of Lost Lagoon, Petal Pink and Soft Sea foam. I used the Basic Beige for the card base and Country Woods DSP, The sand dollars, star fish were die cut with the Hybrid Embossing folder from Lost Lagoon, Soft Sea foam, Petal Pink and Basic White. The sentiment from the Thoughtful Expressions stamp set was heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

To join the challenge and see more inspiration go to Hand Stamped Sentiments.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted. To view or purchase products used to create this card. Click on the links below for more information and ordering.

Happy Birthday Seaside Side Wishes Card

Mini Slim Line Card Size:  6.25″ H x 3.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundles: Seaside Wishes bundle, Thoughtful Expressions stamp set

Paper: Card Base:  Basic Beige, Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam,

DSP layer: Country Woods DSP

Ink: Versamark

Embellishments: retired irredescent rhinestones – however Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls would coordinate

Tools: Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, glue dots, mini-dimensionals

Filed under: Birthday, Color Splash Challenges, Feminine Birthday, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Masculine Birthday, Seaside Wishes | Tagged: , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Love for You

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Genevieve Valdes

My card this week is inspired by Valentine’s day and Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge. Creating Valentine cards is fun and these cards can be given anytime to show your love. Just change the sentiment and you can have a birthday, thinking of you, or thank you.

I created my card using the Love for You bundle . The white and red scalloped layers were die cut using the Scalloped Contours dies. The inside sentiment is from the Throughout the Year stamp set. The background paper is from the 6″x 6″ Bright and Beautiful Designer Series Paper Pack. 

You too can join the challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments and be inspired by the HSS Design Team.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted. To view or purchase products used to create this card. Click on the links below for more information and ordering.

Thank You card and Measurements

So Much Love Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundles: Love For You Stamp Set, Love For You Dies, Scalloped Contour dies, Throughout the Year stamp set

Paper: Card Base: Real Red 11″ x 4.25 scored in half, Basic White, Bubble Bath card stock

Background layer: 6″ x 6″ Beautiful & Beautiful DSP

Ink: Memento Black

Embellishments: Basic Rhinestones

Filed under: Feminine Birthday, Feminine Valentine projects, Inspiration Challenge, Love for You, Masculine Birthday, Masculine Valentine projects, Valentine's | Tagged: , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Adorable Owls and Dainty Flowers

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Genevieve Valdes

I have just now gotten a chance to play with my new Sale-a-bration products – Adorable Owls stamp set and Dainty Flowers DSP. Both these products are a FREE during Sale-a-bration which ends February 28, 2023. You earn one FREE item with $50 purchase. I was inspired to create this card with the sketch challenge from Hand Stamped Sentiments.

I used the beautiful watercolor design of the Dainty Flowers DSP for the background and used the flying owl image. I colored the owl with Mossy Meadow light and dark and Light Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends.

I stamped the owl image on Basic White with Memento Black ink. The stitched circle is from retired dies Stitched Shapes Framelits which you can substitute the Stylish Shapes Dies or the Layering Circles with no stitch both these die sets currently in the annual catalog. The Fresh Freesia outer circle was die cut with Layering Circles. I embellished with Starry Sky Metallic Woven Ribbon and the Gorgeous Grape Glossy Dots. The owl images in this Adorable Owls stamp set are so cute and fun to color.

Stop by Hand Stamped Sentiments and see more inspiration from the design team for the sketch challenge.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted. To view or purchase products used to create this card. Click on the links below for more information and ordering.

Adorable Owls Card Supplies and Measurements

Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle: Adorable Owls Cling Stamp Set

Paper: 

 Basic White 8.5″ x 5.50″ card base scored in the middle, 3″ square for stamping owl and die cutting circle

Starry Sky Cardstock layer – 5.25″ x 4.00″

Dainty Flora DSP (2) 1″ x 3.75″, (1) 2.75″ x 3.75″

Fresh Freesia Card Stock– 3″ square for die cutting scallop circle

Ink: Memento Ink

Accessories: Glossy Dots Assortments, 1/8″ Starry Sky Metallic Woven Ribbon

Filed under: Adorable Owls, Birthday, Feminine Birthday, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Masculine Birthday, Sketch Challenge | Tagged: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

In the Wild Birthday

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Genevieve Valdes

I love cats! Big wild cats down to domestic cats I love them. So when I saw the Stampin’ Up! In the Wild Suite I just had to get it. My card this week is inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge and the In the Wild Suite. I used tear and tape on the edges of the card then used gilded leafing. The leaves on the left were die cut with the coordinating dies from gold foil. The cat and leaves were also die cut with the coordinating dies. The face of the cat and the sentiment was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with gold. I used the coordinating DSP to die cut the circle from retired Layering Circles. The Evening Evergreen layer was embossed with the Animal Print embossing folder. The inside of the card is also stamped with leaf images from the In the Wild Suite. Love this suite!

Stop by Hand Stamped Sentiments and see what the design team created for the sketch challenge.

https://handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/2021/07/hand-stamped-sentiments-sketch.html

All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

In the Wild Birthday Card

Card Size:  425″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle:  In the Wild Suite

Paper:  Cardstock:  Evening Evergreen, Basic Black, Basic White; Gold Foil, In the Wild DSP

Ink:  Evening Evergreen, Versamark

Accessories: Tear and Tape, Gilded Leafing, Animal Print Embossing Folder, heat tool

Filed under: Birthday, Feminine Birthday, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Masculine Birthday, Sketch Challenge | Tagged: , , , , | Leave a comment »

A Pumpkin Harvest Hello Birthday

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Genevieve Valdes

I was finally able to create with the Harvest Hello stamp set and was inspired to create my card from the fall colors of Pier1 and the sketch challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments.

I love the Harvest Hello stamp set because the pumpkin shape can also be an apple.  I created my card using the colors of Pretty Peacock and Pool Party with accents of gold.

I embossed the Whisper White  layer with the Woodlands Embossing folder.   Before I embossed the paper I inked the embossing folder with Early Espresso then ran it through.  I also used clear Wink of Stella to color over the Early Espresso.  The Pool Party layer I stamped with the leaf from the Colorful Seasons stamp set with gold Delicata ink and also die cut the leaf from Gold Glimmer paper using the Seasonal Layer dies.  I die cut using the Leaf punch and the die from the Tropical dies. I also die cut a leaf from Pretty Peacock foil using the  leaf die from the Flourish de set.  I used Whisper White for the pumpkins.  One I stamped with the gold Delicata ink and the other with Pizzazz.  The curly cues I did by wrapping around my pick.

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I had fun creating this card and hope you can join this challenge.  Go to Hand Stamped Sentiments to see more inspiration from the design team.

All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Harvest Hello Birthday Card

Card Size:  5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets:  Harvest Hello, Colorful Seasons

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz; Gold Foil Pretty Peacock; Glimmer Paper Gold

Ink:  Gold Delicata, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty Peacock, Early Espresso, Pool Party Blender Pens, Clear Wink of Stella

Accessories:  Leaf punch, Woodland embossing folder, Seasonal Layer dies, Tropical dies, Flourish dies, Apple builder punch, paper snips, dimensionals

 

 

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A Motorcycle Birthday!

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Genevieve Valdes

For this week we have a fun sketch challenge.  Pressed for time because of the holidays I created this card with My Digital Studio.  I love the Mocha Morning Designer Series digital paper.  The Crumb Cake and Early Espresso colors make this a very masculine card

Stampin' Up! masculine birthday cardsCheck out HSS to see all the projects submitted by our very creative design team.  Create your project using this sketch and join the challenge.

Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge blog

All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Motorcycle Birthday Card
Background
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Mocha Morning – designer series paper\Mocha Morning – 7

Embellishments
Brads\Kraft – brad

Stamps
_Designer Kits\Chevron\Chevron – 1 grunge, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
Motorcycle\Motorcycle – cycle
Big Bold Birthday\ Big Bold Birthday – happy birthday, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232

Punches
Extras\Flag Punch, Fill Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49

DSP
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Mocha Morning – designer series paper\Mocha Morning – 5
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Mocha Morning – designer series paper\Mocha Morning – 7
Card Stock\Textured Card Stock\Textured Card Stock – Crumb Cake

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Haunted House Happy Birthday Halloween Card

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s color challenge of Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo and Early Espresso at Hand Stamped Sentiments inspired me to make this birthday card for my father.  His birthday is on Halloween so every year I make card for him.  My card is based on the gate fold card.  I marked 1″ on the top and on the side then cut the top at an angle for the roof.  I used the Large Scallop Edgelits Die for the shingles and sponged around the edges of the card with Early Espresso to add some spooky shadowing.

To add dimension to the bat, booo, and sentiment I embossed them.

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Stampin' Up! Color Challenge Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango

All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Haunted House Birthday Card

Size:  4.25″ W x 5.5″ H (closed)

Stamp sets:  Toxic Treats, Wicked Cool, Ghoulish Googlies

Ink:  Island Indigo, Early Espresso

Paper:  Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Early Espresso

Embellishments:  Big Shot, Woodgrain Textured Impressions folder , Chevron Textured Impressions folder, Peekaboo frames Bigz L Die, Large Scallop Edgelits Dies, Clear Iridescent embossing powder, Clear embossing powder, Googlies, Sponge Dauber, Basic Rhinestones (colored with Sharpies), Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Brads, white Baker’s Twine (sponged with Early Espresso)

Filed under: Birthday, Color Splash Challenges, Googly Ghouls, Halloween, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Masculine Birthday, Toxic Treats, Wicked Cool | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

A Happy Birthday Haunted House!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Genevieve Valdes

How time flies!  My dad is celebrating his 75th birthday today, October 31st.  I created this haunted house birthday card complete with ghosts and bats.  The card is based on the gate fold card.  I cut the top of the card to look like roofs and shingled them using my Scallop border punch.  I used the 1-1/4 inch Square Punch for the window and added the strips for window panes.  The shingles I created with Basic Black and layered with a smaller piece of Whisper White and drew the shutters with a black marker.  It was a lot of fun creating this card.

Happy Birthday Halloween Haunted House Card

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For the inside of the card I decorated it with a ghost, spider webs and a lollie.  I used My Digital Studio to create the sentiment then punched it out with the 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch.

Happy Birthday Halloween Haunted House Card

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Happy Birthday Halloween Haunted House Card

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All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Happy Birthday Haunted House Card

Size:  5.50”  H x 4.50” W

Stamp sets: Wicked Cool

Paper: Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White; DSP Cast a Spell

Ink: Whisper White Craft

Accessories: Big Shot, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip, Decorative Label Punch, 2-3/8″ Circle Scallop Punch, retired Bat Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Owl Builder Punch, 1-1/4 Square Punch, Basic Rhinestones (colored with purple Sharpie), Simply Scored, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dazzling Details, MS Spiderweb border punch, MS Goo punch, non-Stampin’ Up! black polka dot ribbon

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Happy Birthday Cake Slice Box

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Genevieve Valdes

Yesterday was my hubby’s birthday and I made him a cake slice box.  I put photos of  me and our fur babies inside the box wishing him a happy birthday.  The challenge was in trying to decorate the box in a masculine way.  I was inspired by The Paper Players Color Challenge – Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy and Early Espresso.  These colors are so rich together and masculine.  I am also submitting my cake slice to Piece ‘O Cake Paper Craft Planet 3D challenge.

I made my cake box from Early Espresso  card stock then covered with DSP printed from My Digital Studio – Cherry Cobbler polka dot and Not Quite Navy Villa DSP.   I trimmed a 1-1/4″ strip of Early Espresso with the Eyelet Border punch and adhered to the lid.  I also used the retired Take a Spin stamp set , Striped Early Espresso ribbon and Birthday Banner to decorate the top.  I couldn’t resist and added clear rhinestones to the banner and the sides of the box.  I also used an Antique brad for the back.

happy birthday cake box

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Happy Birthday Cake box - back

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I also used My Digital Studio to print the photos and then used the 2-3/8 inch circle punch.  I attached the photos with mini glue dots to 1/4″ Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon.  I adhered each end with mini glue dots.

Cake box with photos

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Photos inside cake box

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All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Hubby Happy Birthday Cake Slice Box

Template:  There are many cake box templates out there but I wanted one with a lid and bottom so I created my own.  I’m selling my two-piece cake box template for $2.99.  Click here to purchase it.

Size:  5.25 ″ L  x 4.00″ W x 2.00″ D

Stamps:  retired Take a Spin, Curly Cute

Paper:  Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Very Vanilla; Digital DSP:  Not Quite Navy Villa, Cherry Cobbler Polka Dot

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy Marker

Accessories: Dimensionals, Basic Clear Rhinestones, 1-1/4″ Square punch (for end of banner), Early Espresso Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, 1/4″ Very Vanilla Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch

Technique: Stamping, Digital Crafting

Filed under: 3D projects, Birthday, Boxes, Cake slice box, Curly Cute, Masculine Birthday, My Digital Studio, Stamp Sets, Take a Spin, Templates, Tutorials and Instructions | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments »