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Elegant Pine Snowflakes card

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiment is an inspiration challenge perfect for this holiday season. I was inspired by the snowflakes so I created a card with the Delicate PInes Bundles. Unconventional but I stamped the snowflakes in Real Red. The card is a single layer card and stamped the snowflakes in Real Red. The larger snowflakes are stamped with Real Red then die cut. The card I then embellished with Faceted Snowflakes.

Join Hand Stamped sentiments for this challenge and see more inspiration from their design team.

Elegant Pines Christmas Card

Card Size: 3″ x 5″ Slimline card

Stamp Sets/Bundles/Suite: Elegant Pines Bundle

Paper: Card Base: Basic White,

Ink: Classic Ink pad: Shaded Spruce

Embellishments and Accessories: Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine, paper trimmer, dimensionals, glue dots, Faceted Snowflakes

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Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder Thank You Card

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Genevieve Valdes

It’s September and Fall is coming! The challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a fall inspiration challenge. I recently received the Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder and had to create this card. I used the carved wood technique from Jennifer Roque. Watch her video for this easy technique. So many color possibilities with this technique.

I used Crushed Curry for the card base and Very Vanilla for the embossed layer. However, I used the debossed side to color. The colors of Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso were used to create the background then with sponge daubers used Crushed Curry to color the petals, Pumpkin Pie for the centers and Spruced Green for the leaves. The sentiment was stamped from the Autumn Leaves stamp set which is now retired. I embellished with linen thread and gold Flower Accents.

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Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder Thank You Card

Card Size: 5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundles/Suite retired Autumn Leaves bundle stamp set

Paper: Card Base: Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla embossed layer and sentiment layer

Ink: Classic Ink pad: Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Spruced Green

Embellishments: Linen Thread, Flower Accents

Tools: Tear and Tape adhesive, dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine, sponge daubers, paper trimmer

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Floral Charm Happy Birthday

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Genevieve Valdes

You can’t have too many birthday cards on -hand or floral stamp sets or dies. The one I used this week is from the Floral Charming Suite. The suite has a stamp set, dies, faceted dots and braided trim.

The card I created with Stampin’ Up Charming Day Bundle is inspired by the color challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments of Fresh Freesia, Pool Party and Blackberry Bliss. The flowers and foliage are colored with Stampin’ Blends dark and light – Fresh Freesia, Pool Party and Blackberry Bliss. The floral images on the Fresh Freesia panel is stamped with Fresh Freesia ink and the sentiment is stamped with Blackberry Bliss. The strip behind the Basic White panel is Pool Party card stock.

Stop by Hand Stamped Sentiments to see more inspiration for creating with these colors.

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Floral Charms Birthday Card

Card Size: 5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundles/Suite Charming Day Bundle

Paper: Basic White Card Base, Card Stock; Pool Party, Fresh Freesia

Classic Ink pad: Fresh Freesia, Blackberry Bliss

Embellishments: Basic Rhinestones

Tools: dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine

Filed under: Birthday, Charming Day, Color Splash Challenges, Feminine Birthday, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Stamp Sets | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Hello Lovely with Florals in Bloom

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Genevieve Valdes

I love the Florals in Bloom Suite so much I had to create another card with this suite based on Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration challenge. I used page 40 of the Stampin’ Up 2025-2026 to CASE the Lovely card.

The card base is basic white and the card front layer is the Florals in Bloom DSP. The flowers, leaves and ‘lovely’ were die cut using the dies from the suite. The white tag was die cut using the Nested Essentials dies. The card is embellished with 2026-2027 In-Color Flat Pearls.

Florals in Bloom suite showing floral paper, floral stamps and floral and foliage dies.

Here is the Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge image. I would love to see what you’re inspired to create.

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Hello Lovely Card

Card Size: 5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundles/Suite Florals in Bloom Suite

Paper: Card Base: Basic White, Card stock: Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Peach Pie, Strawberry Slush, Darling Duckling; Florals in Bloom DSP

Classic Ink pad: Timid Tiger

Embellishments: 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls

Tools: Tear and Tape adhesive, dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine

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Happy Birthday with Layers of Beauty

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Genevieve Valdes

Inspiration for my card this week comes from the the Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge. I was inspired by the flowers and the pink color palette. I used the Layers of Beauty Bundle to create this birthday card. I used a blending brush and the colors of Bubble Bath, Petunia Pop and Berry Burst for the roses. I started with the lightest color first the proceeded with Bubble Bath and finally Berry Burst. The leaves I used a Olive Garden very lightly the used it again but darker wit the last mask. The roses I die cut then adhered GOLD 1-1/2″ (3.8 CM) OPEN WEAVE TRIM behind it over a layer embossed with Birch Wood 3D Embossing folder. I finished with gold metallic butterflies.

Here is the challenge inspiration image. See more inspiration at Hand Stamped Sentiments.

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Layers of Beauty Birthday Card

Card Size: 5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundles: Layers of Beauty

Paper: Card Base: Basic White,

Ink: Bubble Bath, Petunia Pop, Berry Burst Classic Ink

Embellishments: Metallic Butterfies, GOLD 1-1/2″ (3.8 CM) OPEN WEAVE TRIM

Tools: Tear and Tape adhesive, dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine, Blending Brushes

Filed under: Birthday, Feminine Birthday, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge, Layers of Beauty, Stamp Sets | Tagged: , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Blue Dragonfly Dreams

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Genevieve Valdes

I recently visited the botanical gardens in Dallas and they were beautiful.  There were so many types of gardens, birds and insects.  One of my favorite type of gardens are pond gardens.  I happened to see an Empress lotus in a pond with dragonflies flying around.  The wings of the dragonflies are so beautiful.  When the sunlight hits their wings you can see they are an iridescent blue color.

The inspiration challenge this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments inspired me to make a card with the Dragonfly Dreams stamp and framelits set and CASED from a video from Understand Blue.  Lynda is a wonderful artist and her card inspired me to create this card.  As in her video I used a pencil eraser to create the Bokeh effect around the dragonfly with Pool Party and stamped the dragon fly with Blueberry Metallic Gelato then finished with Clear Wink of Stella.  I embellished the card with sequins and rhinestones.

More inspiration may be found at Hand Stamped Sentiments from the design team.   Create a project inspired by the Oceanarium art print by Biljana Kroll.  This image is rich in images of the ocean.  I was inspired by the blues.  I’d love to see how the print inspired you.

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Blue Dragonfly Dreams Card

Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50 W

Stamp Sets:  Dragonfly Dreams

Paper:  Card stock:  Whisper White, Balmy Blue

Ink: Momento Black, Balmy Blue, Faber Castell metallic blue gelato

Accessories:  Basic Rhinestones, white sequins from Tutti Frutti, clear Wink of Stella, Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies

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Beautiful Day Birthday

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Genevieve Valdes

I was inspired for this week’s challenge to create with the new Beautiful Day stamp set found in the Occasions catalog.  There are two large images of a flower and butterfly perfect to color with markers, watercolors or the new Brusho Crystal Color powders.  This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a color challenge of Real Red, Perfect Plum and Cherry Cobbler.

I stamped the butterfly with Versamark onto Vellum cardstock then heat embossed with black embossing powder.  I then used the stained glass technique to color the butterfly with Stampin’ Write markers then fussy cut.  I again stamped the butterfly with Versamark onto the Whisper White layer then repeated the same marker colors.  I then used mini glue dots to adhere the Vellum butterfly to the center of the butterfly embossed on the Whisper White.  To embelish I used basic rhinestones to and die cut 1/2″ circles in Perfect Plum cardstock.  I also sponged Dazzling Diamonds with Perfect Plum ink and die cut circles with the retired Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and layered over the Perfect Plum circles.

Stampin Up Beautiful Day Birthday card

Go to Hand Stamped Sentiments and see more inspiration for this color challenge.

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Beautiful Day Birthday Card

Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets: Beautiful Day, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper:  Card stock:  Real Red, Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Vellum, Tutti Frutti DSP, Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper

Ink: Real Red, Stampin’ Write Markers, Versamark

Accessories:  Black embossing powder, Stampin’ Write Markers, Basic Rhinestones, retired, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding ribbon, retired Word Punch, retired Modern Label punch, 1/2″ circle punch, retired Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack

 

 

 

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‘Tis the Season

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Genevieve Valdes

‘Tis the season for snowflakes and Christmas.  On Thursday something rare happened…it snowed in San Antonio.  We got about 2 inches of snow and for about a day we had a glimpse of a white Christmas.  It was lovely. The snowfall inspired me to create Christmas card based on the color challenge of Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Lemon Twist.

I used these the snowflake dies from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits to die cut the snowflakes from Silver Glimmer paper then sponged them with Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Lemon Twist.  The background layer I embossed with the Softly Falling Embossing folder.  I embellished with basic rhinestones, gold satin ribbon and gold sequin trip.  The sentiment is from the Christmas Pines stamp set which I stamped with Black and embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder for sparkle.

See more inspiration at Hand Stamped Sentiments from their design team.

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‘Tis the Season Snowflake Card

Card Size:  4.00″ H x 4.00″ W

Stamp Sets:  Christmas Pines

Paper:  Card stock:  Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Silver Glimmer paper

Ink: Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Twist, Momento Black

Accessories:  Basic Rhinestones, retired Gold Sequin ribbon, retired 5/8″ Gold Satin Ribbon, Sponges, Softly Falling Textured Embossing Folder

 

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Jingle all the way on a sleigh ride

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Genevieve Valdes

Inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments and Hallmark Christmas movies I created this card with the Sleigh Ride Edgelits and Jingle all the Way stamp set.  The Pool Party  layer I embossed with the Gently Falling embossing folder.  I used strips of Whisper White and Vellum to die cut the town, trees and sleigh.

I used Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to accent the hills and roofs.   For the sentiment I used heat stick powder and embellished with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.  I also die cut a star from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper. To wrap it all up I used 1/8″ silver ribbon and basic rhinestones.

stampin up sleigh ride edgelits and jinlgle all the way bundle card

See more inspiration at Hand Stamped Sentiments for this Christmas inspiration challenge.

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Jingle all the way on a Sleigh Ride Card

Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets:  Jingle All the Way

Paper:  Card stock:  Whisper White, Pool Party, Vellum, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

Ink: Heat and stick powder

Accessories:  Sleigh Ride edgelits, 1/8″ silver ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Tombow glue, Fine Tip Glue, Basic Rhinestones, Itty Bitty Accents Star punch

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‘Tis the Season to Sparkle with Seasonal Layers

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Genevieve Valdes

My card this week has been inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments  sketch challenge and all the Christmas movies I’ve been watching on the Hallmark channel.  Every year as part of preparing for the holidays I watch Christmas movies on the Hallmark channel.  All the movies seem to start with a beautiful snowy setting which made me think snowflakes which made me think the snowflakes from the Seasonal  Layers Thinlits Dies.  This die set is so versatile because it has images for every season.  It contains three different snowflakes which I die cut from Whisper White, Silver Foil paper and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.  I used Smoky Slate for the background layer and embossed the Whisper White layer with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder then added the 1/8″ silver ribbon in a swirl pattern using glue dots.  I then adhered the snowflakes to create my snowy scene.  The sentiment ‘Tis the Season to Sparkle’ is from the Season to Sparkle stamp set which I die cut from retired Scallop Oval Punch.

For more sparkle I added rhinestones and silver sequins.Stampin Up Seasonal Layers Snowflake Christmas cardGo to Hand Stamped Sentiments to see more inspiration from the design team.

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‘Tis The Season to Sparkle Card

Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets:  Season to Sparkle

Paper:  Card stock:  Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Silver Foil and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper

Ink: Versamrk

Accessories:  Seasonal Layers Thinlits dies, Softly Falling Embossing Folder, 1/8″ Silver ribbon, retired Scallop Oval punch, Silver Sequins, Basic Rhinestones

 

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