by Tracy | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve been in a gift card making mood and have several more for you this week! But first, if you follow my blog, you know that for the last several months I’ve been posting Monday – Friday. I wanted to let you know that I’m going to make a small change in my schedule and you can count on my posts Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. I won’t be posting tomorrow but I’ll have one more way to package a gift card on Saturday.
On to today’s project! This is a small card and will definitely fit into one of our Whisper White Medium Envelopes with some extra space. You could also tuck it inside a small gift bag and just forget the envelope!
As you can see from the picture, your gift card slides in to the pocket.
The sentiment sits on a scalloped oval which has Stampin’ Dimensionals along the bottom edge. That way, the top flap can tuck underneath it. Hopefully the picture helps in understanding this.
I used Party Animal Designer Series Paper to decorate the panels of the holder. This paper is currently on the retiring list and on sale. It’s normally $11.00 but you can get it, while supplies last, for $6.60!
Dimensions
Base: 8-3/4″ x 3-1/2″ score on long side at 3-1/4″ and 7-1/4″
(Use tear and tape to adhere the sides together to make a pocket)
Designer Series Paper: 3-1/4″ x 3″ and 3-1/4″ x 1-1/4″
Stamping Supplies – Click on any picture below and you’ll be directed to my Stampin’ Up! online store. From there it’s easy to add an item to your cart!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I’ll be back on Saturday!
by Tracy | May 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Over the last few days I’ve shown several pocket cards (you can see them below) and I have one more! I gave today’s card to my brother-in-law, Dan, for his birthday, as well as the blue one below. I attached a gift card to the bottom half of the Very Vanilla piece of cardstock that slips inside, using glue dots.
You can see the original posts for both of these cards HERE and HERE.
The beautiful Moroccan Designer Series Paper, used to create my card today (and the blue one) is on the retiring list AND on sale but only while supplies last! To see the sale price, simply click the picture below!
Thank you for stopping by today!
by Tracy | May 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week I posted a Pocket Card after visiting the strawberry farm near my home. You can see that card HERE as well as all the directions to create it and the dimensions.
We celebrated my brother-in-laws birthday on Sunday so I made several (I’ll share another one tomorrow) masculine pocket cards using the retiring Moroccan Designer Series Paper (on sale!). 
I had planned to take the gift card out of its packaging and use glue dots to place it on the card that slips in the pocket but I wrote my sentiment and completely forgot that’s what I was going to do. I was so excited when I realized that it FIT INSIDE PERFECTLY! Yep, I was doing the happy dance!
The “celebrate” stamp set is a sneak peek at one of the sentiments in a new stamp set debuting on June 1st called Happy Birthday Gorgeous!
I slipped my card into a gift bag and then added tissue paper! Easy wrapping! It would also fit inside one of our Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes.
All of the crafting supplies you’ll need to create my card are listed below. Simply click on any picture and you’ll be taken to my Stampin’ Up! online store!
Stamping Supplies
Have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by!
by Tracy | May 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you’re a mom, I hope you had a wonderful day yesterday! I wasn’t able to be with my daughters but I spent the day with my mom which made me happy!
Today I’m sharing the card I made for my mom. I recently purchased the Large Letters Framelits and thought they’d work perfectly for the card I wanted to create! I will be completely frank with you here and say that these Framelits are very pricey but letters never go out of style. Right? You can use them for cards, scrapbook layouts, small gifts . . . . I’ll work on some projects in the near future showing different ways to use these very versatile dies. These dies are also available as a bundle with the Letters For You stamp set which will save you 10%. I know it ‘s a bit confusing but the bundle is on the retiring list although the individual products will still be in the new catalog. The bundle price is only while supplies last. Click on the picture below if you’d like to add this bundle to your cart.
Letters for You Bundle
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I used three new products that you can purchase on June 1st when the new catalog goes live. The base of my card is Berry Burst, one of the new In Colors. I’m a pink girl so this color makes me very happy. My flowers were made using the Berry Burst stamp pad.
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Normally I wouldn’t show you a card using three different stamp sets, but since I was making this card for my mom, I went all out. My little flower was stamped with Birthday Blooms, the greenery is from Jar of Love and Love You, comes from a new stamp set (again, available on June 1st) called Happy Birthday Gorgeous. The sentiment actually says, I Love You, but I only inked up Love You.
After inking up my letters, I cut two more of each letter and stacked them on top of each other using Liquid Multipurpose Glue. I ended up still using Stampin’ Dimensionals to get more height but if I had to do it again, I would have added more layers instead.
I used Wild Wasabi for one of the card layers and the greenery. I tend to like darker greens but Wild Wasabi worked beautifully for the look I wanted.
Stamping Supplies – Here’s the list of all the supplies I used (I can’t post new products until the catalog goes live on June 1, 2017). See something you want to purchase? Just click the pic and you’ll head on over to my online store!
I hope your day is wonderful! Thanks for stopping by!
by Tracy | May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week I went strawberry picking with my daughter and grandchildren. It didn’t take long to pick a ton of berries and they were so delicious! We had rain a few days later so we were glad we had timed our visit just right!
As I was eating strawberry after strawberry, I remembered that I had strawberry paper in my package of Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper (this paper is on sale 20% and while supplies last). I couldn’t pass up making a card with this cute paper. I’ll post all the dimensions but can I share a few pictures first?
This pocket card is very easy card to make! You’ll make two score lines – one at the halfway point and the other will be folded down to create the pocket.
The sides of the card are not glued together but instead tied up with linen thread. The Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper includes 12 sheets of 12″ x 12″ two sided paper and what I’ve used shows both sides of one sheet. Ready for the measurements? If you make this card, I’d love to see your creation!
Whisper White (base of card): 11″ x 4-1/4″ score at 5-1/2″ and 1-1/2″
Designer Series Paper: 4″ x 3″ and 4″ x 1-1/4″
Whisper White (for inside of card): 5-1/4″ x 4″
Have a wonderful weekend!
Stamping Supplies – Click on any product below to start shopping! You can see the sale price for the Fruit Stand Paper once you click on it.
by Tracy | May 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
For the past several days I’ve shared several ideas using the stamp set Butterfly Basics. It’s a great set with so many possibilities and it comes in either wood mount, clear or photopolymer.
To create my card, I first stamped it with Memento Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and then used my Copic markers to color it, which are a non Stampin’ Up! product. The base of the card is Whisper White. I embossed a piece of Whisper White cardstock using the Petal Burst embossing folder and layered it on top of a piece of Real Red cardstock.. The sentiment, also included in the Butterfly Basics stamp set, was stamped in Memento Ink and cut out with the Layering Ovals Framelits using the Big Shot.
Card Dimensions – Below you’l find the dimensions for my card. I love seeing your creations so if you make this card, please email me! You’d make my day!
Whisper White (card base): 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″
Real Red: 5-1/4″ x 4″
Whisper White (embossed layer): 5″ x 3-3/4″
Real Red: 4″ x 2-1/2″
Whisper White (flower): 3-3/4″ x 2-1/4″
Stamping Supplies – To purchase any of the products used to make my card, click any item below!
by Tracy | May 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have another card today using the stamp set Butterfly Basics and it definitely falls into the category of Quick and Easy! The sentiment is also from this set!
I love the clean look of Bermuda Bay, Pacific Bay and Whisper White!
To complete the card, I added pearls down the center of each butterfly. In a few weeks, when the new catalog goes live on June 1st, you’ll be able to order pearls again. The packages have been reconfigured so they went up on the retired list and sold out quickly.
All of the supplies I used to create my card are listed below. I love seeing your creations so if you try this card out, I’d love to see what you’ve made!
Stamping Supplies – Click on any item below for more information!
by Tracy | May 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
I am so happy that the stamp set I used for my card today – Butterfly Basics – will be in the new catalog! I was inspired by Dawn Griffith’s card in the First Fridays Blog Hop last week and decided to try my hand at creating a card which focuses on one color. I tend to like bright, colorful cards so this was something new for me.
I love purple and the Elegant Eggplant card stock is one of my favorites but sometimes the ink can look a bit too dark. So, before stamping onto my Whisper White card stock, I stamped off onto a piece of white computer paper. The color that I achieved doing this was exactly what I wanted.
All of my stamped images are from the Butterfly Basics set, including the sentiment! I randomly stamped around the paper and then added the sentiment towards the bottom using the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies and popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added pearls to the center of the flowers and the butterflies. I normally don’t use a product that you can’t purchase but I did make this exception. Our Basic Pearls are no longer available but they will be back in the new catalog, just reconfigured (I haven’t seen them yet but I believe the sizes of the pearls will be different).
If you have this stamp set and give this a try, I’d love to hear from you and see the card you created!
All of the products I used to make my card are listed below!
I’ll be back with another card using this set tomorrow!
Stamping Supplies – To purchase any of the products used to make today’s card, just click any of the pictures below.
by Tracy | May 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s always hard to say goodbye to colors that you love (Cucumber Crush) but it’s so much fun to have new colors to play with! The new 2017-2019 In Colors are:
Berry Burst
Lemon Lime Twist
Tranquil Tide
Fresh Fig
Powder Pink
I purchased the Eastern Beauty Bundle which included Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide. Demonstrators were able to preorder a few select products last week and I put my order in for Berry Burst and Powder Pink. I think Berry Burst will be my favorite!
Below you’ll find a great chart that lists many color combinations using the new 2017-2019 In Colors . If you’d like to print off your own copy, click here! For best results, print it off on Whisper White cardstock! Which ones are you excited to try??
by Tracy | May 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s the first Friday of the month so that means it’s time for the First Fridays Blog Hop! Our theme this month is: Retiring In Colors.
Some of the 2015-2017 In Colors products have already sold out but the In Color Designer Series Paper Stack is still available and that’s what I used to create my bags. There are 40 sheets in this stack with 4 each of 2 double-sided designs. This paper, along with any products in the retiring 2015-2017 In Colors, are only available while supplies last!
To make my bags, I pulled out my Gift Bag Punch Board. This tool makes it so easy to make a lot of bags in a short amount of time! Each bag was created using paper from this retiring paper stack. The fronts are decorated with a combination of paper from this paper stack as well as cardstock which is not retiring: Whisper White, Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight.
At the end of my post you’ll find a list of all the Stamping Supplies I used to create my bags!
The Gift Bag Punch Board allows you to make bags in a variety of sizes. You can close them up – I used the Gold Binder Clips – or leave them open. Either way works!
When making your bag, first, you need to decide if you want a small, medium or large sized bag and that will determine how you’ll cut one side of your paper. A small bag will have a 10″ side, medium will have an 11″ side and the large will be cut at 12″. The other measurement will be the height of your bag. Experiment and see what you like! I made a variety of different sizes so hopefully that will give you a starting point.
Here are the dimensions I used for my bags:
Cucumber Crush (small): 10″ x 3-3/4″
Tip Top Taupe (small): 10″ x 6″
Delightful Dijon (medium): 11″ x 4-1/2″
Watermelon Wonder (large): 12″ x 5″
Mint Macaron (large): 12″ x 7″
I hope you’ll continue on the hop! Next up is Kathie Steffke!
Blog Hop List
Dawn Griffith
Tracy Bradley You are here!
Kathie Steffke Up next!
Dee Slater
Stamping Supplies – My sentiments are from the stamp set, Eastern Beauty. This set will be available in the new Annual Catalog in June but it can be purchased now as part of two Eastern Palace Bundles
Have a wonderful weekend!
by Tracy | May 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
The deadline is drawing near to sign up to receive your very own Paper Pumpkin box this month! Sign up by the 10th and around the 15th, your Paper Pumpkin kit will be on it’s way, right to your mailbox!
What is Paper Pumpkin? It’s a convenient, all inclusive kit that’s shipped direct to you each month!
- Every kit comes with an exclusive stamp set to use over and over!
- You’ll receive at least one Classic Stampin’ Spot with every kit. The colors don’t repeat in a 12-month period, so it’s easy to build a collection of colorful ink.
- Every new subscriber receives a clear block (size D) with their first kit to help them get started and to use throughout their subscription.
- In addition to a stamp set an ink spot(s), the kits are packed with supplies many to make awesome projects like cards, home décor, gift packaging, and more. For example, our card kits (6+ per year) always include 8 cards—at least!
- It’s flexible! You can suspend (for a month) or cancel at anytime.
- Every month, Stampin’ Up! shares a video to quickly demonstrate how to assemble each kit. I love this feature!
- Every subscriber has exclusive access to past kits. So, when a kit runs out, you can buy more—either as a full kit or a refill (without stamp set and ink).
The kit last month was a very special one designed by the Stampin’ Up! CEO Sara Douglass and a free gift of pencils was included! It’s always fun to open the box, pull back the blue tissue paper and see what’s inside!
Would you like a bit more information or are you ready to sign up? Click here and you’ll be taken to my sign up page. For more information, select How It Works at the top of the page! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask!
I’ll hope you’ll join me tomorrow for the First Fridays Blog Hop!
by Tracy | May 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you love the products on this card, you can purchase the Eastern Palace Premier Bundle today (the individual products are not available until June 1st)!
You’ll receive all of the products you see below (only 6 of the 14 dies in the Eastern Medallions Thinlits are pictured AND you’ll receive 12 mini tassels). You’ll also receive a FREE package of Very Vanilla envelopes and a FREE package of Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock!
The Eastern Palace Starter Bundle is also available! This bundle includes everything in the Premier set with the exception of the cardstock package, mini tassels, and Thinlits. Your FREE item in this bundle is a package of Very Vanilla Note Cards & Envelopes.
My card features all new products from the Premier Bundle, with the exception of the Very Vanilla cardstock. Don’t you just love the mini tassel??? The color of the tassel is Fresh Fig, one of the new In Colors. I also used this color for the base of my card and it’s the color peeking through the medallion. The polka dot Designer Series Paper is included in both bundles.
Stamping Supplies: I used the Eastern Palace Premier Bundle to create my card today but I’ve also included the Starter Bundle in my list of supplies.
Ready to place your online order? Click here!
Have a wonderful day!
