Monday, February 16, 2026

Lovely Arrangements Sending Smiles Card

Greetings! 

Today's card features the Lovely Arrangements stamp & die bundle and papers from the Square Snippets Designer Series Papers (DSP).  The Square Snippets DSP is a fantastic collection of patterns and colors to take you through every season of the year.

This template is a great one for a nice large font sentiment like the "sending smiles", and a pair of DSP prints.  Because the print used above the sentiment is very subtle, I chose to add the flower and leaves to give a little more interest.  Had I chosen a print with more of a colorful pattern, it wouldn't have needed the extra elements added on.  

Remember, a basic template such as this can be your starting point and you can keep it very simple or add on elements and embellishments, whichever is more conducive to reflect your personal style.

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Beverly's Tip of the Day

The new stamp packaging is great for storage, however, I miss having a printed piece inside the sleeve to show the stamps and how they're positioned.  At my team meeting recently, one of my stampin' sisters shared this idea, and I am sharing it with you.

Your stamp set is sandwiched in between two sheets of clear plastic.  One is quite firm and the other is very thin.  Remove the thin plastic sheet, ink all the stamps with a dark ink color, stamp onto a sheet of copy paper, cut to size, and adhere to the inside of the sleeve.  You now have an easy way to see all the stamped images at their full size, and make sure you have them all before you tuck it back inside the plastic envelope.


I had previously learned another tip, which is to trace the outline of the stamps on the bottom side of the thicker clear plastic sheet, so I have done that on this set as well.


This gives you an at-a-glance option to make sure you have all the stamps included in the set, and if you're like me, also have them placed correctly on the plastic to line up with the stamped images.  

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Gather Your Supplies:

  • Lovely Arrangements bundle (Save 10% when you purchase stamp set & die with bundle item#)
  • Basic White Thick cardstock 
    • card base 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored & folded at 4-1/4
  • Pretty In Pink cardstock
    • 4-1/4 x 3
    • 2 x 2 for die cut flower
  • Old Olive cardstock
    • scrap for die cut leaves
  • Basic White cardstock
    • 4 x 2-3/4 
  • Square Snippets Designer Series Paper (DSP)
    • 5-1/4 x 4 diagonal blue lined grid print
    • 2 x 4 tone-on-tone Strawberry Slush print
  • Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad
  • Strawberry Slush 3/8 Faux Linen Ribbon
  • Strawberry Slush Flat Pearls
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
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Here's How It's Made:

Adhere large DSP panel to folded card front.


Adhere remaining DSP panel to upper part of Basic White cardstock.  Ink message with Strawberry Slush, stamp at bottom right of DSP.  Wrap ribbon around panel, tie knot, position to cover lower edge of DSP.


Ink full flower stamp with Strawberry Slush, stamp onto Pretty In Pink cardstock, die cut.  Die cut Old Olive cardstock with 2-leaf die.


Adhere flower on upper left part of DSP panel, tuck stems of leaves under petals.  Adhere panel to Pretty In Pink cardstock, then adhere finished panel to card front, centering.


Embellish with Strawberry Slush Flat Pearls.
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Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you're inspired to gather your supplies and get creative!  

Have a beautiful day!  😊  
Beverly J

 

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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Easy as 1-2-3 Box

 Greetings! 

Today's project is a cute little box to store your cards.  The one featured here is made to hold 4 x 4 cards (featured in the previous blog post dated 2/9/26).  The worksheet below (in the Here's How It's Made section) shows how to calculate for any size box you wish to create and has the link so you can download your own blank copy.


 

The Modern Oval Punch is used for the label and a portion of one of the stamps from the Prayers & Promises stamp set for the message.  This box and an assortment of cards makes a fantastic gift!

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Beverly's Tip of the Day

The box featured today uses the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Papers (DSP) for both the top and bottom of the box.  This box works equally well with cardstock for the bottom piece for a bit more sturdiness, or both top and bottom if you want a solid color.

The box top can be a different height than the bottom if you wish; simply subtract a small amount from the calculations.  The difference will be where you score, so make sure to adjust that accordingly.

You can die cut a shape out of the top of the box, and insert a window sheet into the opening so the contents can be seen when the box is closed, or you can make the entire lid out of a window sheet, and have it be the smaller size so it tucks inside the bottom.  

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Gather Your Supplies:

  • Prayers & Promises stamp set
  • Basic White cardstock
    • 1-1/2 x 3/4 for message
  • Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper (DSP)
    • 5-3/4 x 5-3/4 for box top
    • 5-11/16 x 5-11/16 for box bottom
    • 2-1/2 x 1-3/4 for punched piece
  • Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad
  • Brushed Brass Butterflies  (on the Last Chance List at 20% discount)
  • Crumb Cake Baker's Twine
  • Modern Oval Punch
  • Stampin' Seal+ or Tear & Tape adhesive
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Scissors
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Here's How It's Made:

Here's the worksheet used for making this box.  Blank Box Calc. Worksheet

This box is 4-1/4 square with 3/4" High sides on both the top and bottom, so here's my sheet showing the calculations to come to the size the paper needs to be cut at to get the correct box size:  



NOTE: 1/16 is one line less than what your top measurement is: in this example, 5-11/16 is one line shorter than 5-3/4.


Choose your prints for the top and bottom of your box.

The top is cut at 5-3/4 x 5-3/4, scored 3/4" from edge on all four sides.
On all four sides, using scissors, cut score line from edge to intersection of score lines, to create tabs.  On tab side, cut a very small angle to score line (this gives the tab room to easily tuck under).


The bottom is cut 5-11/16 x 5-11/16, then scored at 3/4" from edge on all four sides.
On all four sides, using scissors, cut score line from edge to intersection of score lines, to create tabs.  On tab side, cut a very small angle to score line (this gives the tab room to easily tuck under).



Fold DSP at all score lines and burnish with bone folder to create nice crisp edges, then lay flat again.

Apply adhesive on tab edge on all four tabs of both bottom and top box pieces.



Fold tabs in at score line and adhere to inside of lid to create box top and bottom.

Bottom should easily slide inside top.



For top feature, ink just the words "for you" from the "I'm here for you" stamp with Gorgeous Grape, stamp onto Basic White cardstock.  

Punch oval from DSP, adhere to box top, adhere message in center of oval.  



Tie Baker's Twine into bow, adhere at upper left corner of message piece, embellish with Brushed Brass Butterflies.
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Abundant Joy Dies Add-On!

                             
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Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you're inspired to gather your supplies and get creative!  

Have a beautiful day!  😊  
Beverly J

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