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A Cottage Rose Birthday

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Genevieve Valdes

My card this week is inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration challenge. Such beautiful colors and images. I have to say this Cottage Rose stamp sets is one I have not used. I used the colors off Polished Pink and Granny Apple Green to create my card.

I used Polished Pink Stampin’ Bends to color the flowers and Granny Apple Stampin’ Blends to color the leaves. I used Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends for the flower centers. The background I water colored with Polished Pink then splattered with polished pink using a water color brush. The strips of designer series paper are from the Awash in Beauty. I used 3 of the retired Polished Pink Gems.

Be inspired by the wonderful image at Hand Stamped Sentiments an see what the design team has created.

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Friend Framed Florets Card Supplies and Measurements

Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle: Cottage Rose bundle

Paper: Card Base: Basic White, 11″ x 4.25 scored in half 159276

Background layer: Basic Black, Shimmer White paper 101910 water colored with Polished PInk

Flowers were stamped in Memento black 132708 and colored with Polished Pink; leaves were colored with Stampin’ Blends Granny Apple. The background was wate rcolored using the watercolor brush 151298

Balmy Blue card stock 146982 for foliage

Embellishments: 2021-2023 In Color Jewels, retired, 155571

Filed under: Birthday, Cottage Rose, Feminine Birthday, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge | Tagged: , , , , | Leave a comment »

Wishing you the Loveliest Day with Rustic Harvest

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Genevieve Valdes

Fall is here and the days are cooler! What do you like best about fall? The pumpkins or the leaves?

My card this week is a 4″ x 4″ card CASED from the current mini catalog. The card base is Mango Melody. The Rustic Harvest DSP paper strips I adhered to Basic White card stock. I die cut the pumpkins from Pumpkin Pie and the sentiment from Basic Black. The large brown kraft leaf is from the Rustic Harvest suite. There are 25 leaf labels and 50 amber gems in the package. I stamped the leaf with Early Espresso and the decorative flourish stamp from the Hello Harvest stamp set. I finished the card by embellishing with the amber gems and Simply Elegant gold trim.

Hand Stamped Sentiments #400

My card is inspired from Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge. Stop by and see more inspiration from the design team.

Hand Stamped Sentiments #400

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Wishing You the Loveliest Day with Rustic Harvest Card

Card Size:  4.00″ H x 4.000″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle:  Hello Harvest Bundle

Paper:  Basic White, Pumpkin Orange, Mango Melody, Rustic Harvest DSP

Ink:  Early Espresso, White Craft Stampin’ Ink

Accessories: Leaf Label & Amber Gem Combo Pack, Elegant Trim, dimensionals

Filed under: Fall cards, Friendship, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Harvest Hello, Inspiration Challenge, Stamp Sets | Leave a comment »

Happy Birthday! Let’s Celebrate with Sunflowers

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Genevieve Valdes

My card this week is inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge. The images are perfect for this time of year. For this challenge the Celebrate with Sunflowers and Sunflower dies were perfect.

Since the sunflower is round I decided to make an easel card. I haven’t made one in a while and thought to make a circle easel card.

I stamped the sunflower with Memento Black on Daffodil Delight card stock. I then used Stampin’ Blends Mango Melody light and dark, Daffodil Delight dark, Calypso Coral light, Crumb Cake light and dark to color the sunflower. I used Patty Bennet’s tutorial for coloring the sunflower.

The base of the easel card is Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Basic White. I used the Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder to emboss the Basic White and Daffodil Delight. I used the Forever Flourishing dies to die cut the foliage in Shaded Spruce. I used the Sunflower dies to die cut the sunflower and the gold foliage. The sentiment is from the Peaceful Moments stamp set and die cut using the Label Me Fancy punch.. I embellished with the Amber Gems. I also used Wink of Stella on the sunflower. This card was a very easy card to make.

Here is the mood board for Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge. Visit HSS to see more inspiration from the design team.

https://handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/2022/09/hand-stamped-sentiments-inspiration.html

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Celebrate with Sunflowers Birthday Card

Card Size:  Circle Easel Card

Stamp Sets/Bundle: Celebrate Sunflowers, Peaceful Moments

Paper:  Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Shaded of Spruce, Early Espresso, Gold Foil

Ink:  Memento Black, Stampin’ Blends; retired Mango Melody light and dark, Daffodil Delight dark, Calypso Coral light, Crumb Cake light and dark

Accessories: Amber Gems, Wink of Stella, Circle Dies, Sunflower Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies, Label Me Fancy Punch, dimensionals

Filed under: Birthday, Celebrate Sunflowers, Feminine Birthday, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge, Peaceful Moments, Stamp Sets | Tagged: , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Christmas in July with Paper Pumpkin

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Genevieve Valdes

This week my card was inspired by the Inspiration Challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments. With temperatures of 100 degrees almost every day it’s easy to day dream of a trip to the mountains to experience cooler weather. Like most crafters I have materials and in this case Paper Pumpkin kits I haven’t used but meant to. The inspiration images from Hand Stamped Sentiments looks like a Hallmark Christmas movie. I don’t yet have the Sale-a-Bration Tree Lot dies which are free with a $100 purchase from Stampin’ Up!, but oh wait I do have a die cut of a camper from the July 2021 Paper Pumpkin. I know it’s not a current kit however you can subscribe to Paper Pumpkin to receive a monthly kit to create quick cute cards. The cool thing about these kits is you receive EVERYTHING you need to create the cards. LOVE IT! You can put them together using the included instruction or you can create cards of your own design. These are great to take on a trip and be crafty. In my case I was able to create a Christmas card with a cute camper.

I created my card as a Christmas card to go along with the Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge so I used the pieces from the kit and added gold ribbon and Red Rhinestones and clear rhinestones colored with Stampin’ Blends Shaded Spruce and Night of Navy. The sentiment is from the Christmas to Remember stamp set. This set is has many great sentiments for Christmas cards.

Here is the inspiration image from Hand Stamped Sentiments. To see more inspiration visit Hand Stamped Sentiments and see more projects created by the design team.

Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge

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Merry Christmas card using July 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit

Card Size:  5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle: Christmas to Remember, Paper Pumpkin kit

Paper:  Card stock: provided by Paper Pumpkin

Ink: Real Red, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Stampin ‘ Blends Evening Evergreen, Night of Navy

Accessories: Simply Elegant Trim, Red Rhinestones,

Filed under: Christmas, Christmas to Remember, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge, Paper Pumpkin | Tagged: , , , , , | 1 Comment »

The Beauty of Friendship

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Genevieve Valdes

My card this week was inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiment Inspiration challenge and helpful neighbors. My husband and I are so blessed to have such wonderful neighbors. This past weekend our neighbor helped with replacing our patio fan. It really needed to be replaced. We were prepared to call a handy man to replace it but they were here a couple of weeks ago and offered to help in replacing it. I ordered the fan and our neighbor came over to take down the old fan and install the new one. The Inspiration Challenge at HSS has such wonderful outdoor images. The trees inspired me to use my Beauty of Friendship stamp set and Beautiful Trees dies. It’s a one layer card I CASED from Anna Helman. I stamped the trees on to Sahara Sand with Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz and Shaded Spruce. The strip of foliage I stamped with the different greens and Crushed Curry and combined with an embossed strip of Crumb Cake. I used the Timber 3D Embossing folder. Then sentiment I stamped with Shaded Spruce on Basic White then die cut with the rectangle from the Beautiful Trees dies and layered with a layer die cut with the Elegant Tag punch. I embellished the tag with linen thread and Parakeet Party Metallic Woven ribbon.

Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge #391

Checkout the Inspiration images from Hand Stamped Sentiments.

Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge #391

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The Beauty of Friendship Card

Card Size:  5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle: Beauty of Friendship and Beautiful Trees dies

Paper:  Card stock: Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz, Shaded Spruce, Crushed Curry

Accessories: Parakeet Party Woven Metallic ribbon, Linen Thread, retired Elegant Tag punch,

Filed under: Friendship, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge | Tagged: , , , , | 1 Comment »

Daffodil Daydream Easter Blessings

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Genevieve Valdes

Inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge and by Cindy Bee’s daffodil faux center step card. I had not had the opportunity to ink up the Daffodil Daydream stamp and die bundle and was inspired by Cindy Bee’s card. I used the dies to create a daffodil and cut-out the daffodils to create an Easter card. I also used the Daffodil paper from Sale-a-bration.

Stop by Hand Stamped Sentiments and be inspired by the design team.

Hand Stamped Sentiments #385

Daffodil Daydream Happy Easter Card

Card Size:  5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle: Daffodil Daydream Bundle

Paper:  Card stock:  Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Daffodil Afternoon Sale-a-bration DSP

Ink: Memento Black, Daffodil Delight Light, Pale Papaya Dark Stampin’ Blends

Accessories: 2021-2023 In Color Jewels, Daffodil Dies, dimensionals, Tombow liquid glue, mini glue dots

Filed under: Easter cards, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge | Tagged: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Friendly Hello Birthday Card

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Genevieve Valdes

My card this week was inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge and by StampinJo.com‘s card with the Friendly Hello Bundle. I CASED her card and used Pool Party and birds as my inspiration from Hand Stamped Sentiments. The background layer was embossed with the Textured Textile Embossing Folder. The next layer I die cut DSP from the Friendly Hello bundle with the largest rectangle in the Scalloped Contours Die. The next layer is cut from Brushed Gold Foil. The next layer is die cut from the stitched rectangle from the Scalloped Contours Die set. I then stamped the bird and flowers from the Friendly Hello die stamp set and colored with the Pool Party and Daffodil Delight Blend Pens. I then fussy cut it and adhered with dimensionals. I then stamped the splatter stamp from the Friendly Hello set with Memento black. I embellished with retired Daffodil Delight ribbon, Brushed Brass Butterflies and Basic Rhinestones.

The Friendly Hello bundle is FREE with a $100 purchase during Sale-a-bration. Start shopping here.

Go to Hand Stamped Sentiments and see what the other designers have created.

Hand Stamped Sentiments #382

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All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Friendly Hello Birthday Card

Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle: Hello Friendly Bundle

Paper:  Card stock:  Basic White, Brushed Metallic Gold

Ink: Memento Black, Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack, Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

Accessories: Scalloped Contour Dies, Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones, Bone Folder, Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder, Brushed Brass Butterflies, retired Daffodil Delight ribbon

Filed under: Birthday, Feminine Birthday, Friendly Hello, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge, Sale-a-bration | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Gather Together in Nature’s Beauty

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s card is clean and simple and inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge. The cute fox from Nature’s Beauty stamp set is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends. The sentiment is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and is from the Pretty Pumpkins stamp set. The green layer is Soft Succulent and the card is embellished with Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots.

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See what’s going on at Hand Stamped Sentiments and join the challenge. More inspiration can be seen by the design team.

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Gather Together in Nature’s Beauty Card

Card Size:  5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle: Nature’s Beauty, Pretty Pumpkins

Paper:  Card stock:  Basic White, Soft Succelent

Ink: Momento Black, Stampin’ Blends Cajun Craze light and dark

Accessories: Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots

Filed under: Fall cards, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge, Pretty Pumpkins, Stamp Sets | Tagged: , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Dragonfly Garden

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s inspiration challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is full of wonderful summer images. I was inspired by the dragonfly and the sunflowers images. I created my card using the Dragonfly Garden stamp set and dsp papers from the Harvest Meadow DSP collection. I made a tag and punched a hole with a regular hole punch using the Bumbleee Harvest Meadow dsp and Basic White card stock. I stamped the Basic White tag with the flower image from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set and colored with Stampin’ Write Markers. The large dragonfly was stamped with black Momento and die cut with the Dragonflies punch as well as the smaller dragonflies from Misty Moonlight and Cajun Craze card stock. The large dragon fly was colored using the Balmy Blue Blends and Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Write marker. I embellished with Wink of Stella on the flowers and large dragonfly and finished with Linen Thread and Brushed Metallic Adhesive dots. Super easy card to make.

Join Hand Stamped Sentiments and show how this challenge inspired you. For more inspiration see what the design team created.

Hand Stamped Sentiments #370

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 Dragonfly Garden Card

Card Size:  5.5″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle: Dragonfly Garden bundle

Paper:  Card stock:  Basic White, Cajun Craze, Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake; Harvest Meadow DSP

Ink: Momento Black, Stampin’ Write markers – Cajun Craze, Misty Moonlight; Stampin’ Blends Balmy Blue light and dark, Wink of Stella

Accessories: Brushed Metallic Adhesive Dots, Linen Thread

Filed under: Birthday, Dragonfly Garden, Feminine Birthday, Friendship, Inspiration Challenge | 1 Comment »

Paper Pumpkin June 2021 Alternative Triangle Fold Card

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Genevieve Valdes

I was inspired this week by Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge to create a triangle fold card with the June 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit. The kit coordinates with the Expressions in Ink bundle which is on my wish list. However, not having the bundle nor the DSP inspired me to create my version of the Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper. One side of the paper has beautiful water color images with foil. This is the side I recreated using Gilded Leafing, Versamark and Heat and Stick powder.

Evergreen as my card base. For the triangle layers I used Just Jade and retired Purple Posy. I meant to use Fresh Freesia but somehow managed to select retired Purple Posy from my paper file.  Oh well I still think it turned out like I wanted.   On the Just Jade triangle layer I stamped the watercolor image in Evening Evergreen.  Some images I stamped at full strength and some I stamped off to create texture in the watercolor image.  For the Purple Posy I stamped the watercolor image in Fresh Freesia using the same technique of stamping full strength then stamping off.  I then used the Versamark pen to outline some of the watercolor images then used Heat and Stick powder to adhere the Gilded Leafing. 

  • Stampin Up Triangle Fold card created with June 2021 Paper Pumpkin
    Paper Pumpkin June 2021 Triangle Fold Card
  • Stampin Up Triangle Fold card created with June 2021 Paper Pumpkin
    Paper Pumpkin June 2021 Triangle Fold Card

I used the die cut foliage from the kit and a die from the Tasteful Labels set to stamp the flower image from the Paper Pumpkin kit in Versamark and heat emboss with gold.  I then colored the flower with Polished Pink and the leaves with Just Jade using a blender pen.  I adhered the die cut foliage to the die cut label and finished with a bow in Soft Succulent.  The inside of the card I used the birthday sentiment from the Art Gallery stamp set an stamped the flowers from the images from the Paper Pumpkin kit.  I also used the flower images to stamp on the envelope with Polished Pink.

Here is Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Image.  Hop over to the challenge and see more inspiration from the design team.

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Paper Pumpkin June 2021 Alternative Triangle Fold Card

Card Size:  5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundle:  June 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit, Art Gallery stamp set

Paper:  Cardstock:  Evening Evergreen, retired Purple Posy, Just Jade, basic White

Ink:  Evening Evergreen, Polished Pink, Fresh Freesia,

Accessories: Versamark pen, 3/8″ Open Weave Soft Succulent Ribbon, Gilded Leafing, Heat & Stick powder, heat tool

Filed under: Feminine Birthday, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge, Paper Pumpkin | Tagged: , , , , | Leave a comment »

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