Thursday, January 29, 2026

Prayers & Promises Gallery Blooms Sympathy Card

Greetings! 

Today's card features the beautiful Prayers & Promises stamp set, which is filled with sentiments and messages offering sympathy and comfort in times of loss.  The flowers are from the Gallery Blooms stamp & die bundle.

Techniques include coloring with Stampin' Blends.

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Beverly's Tip of the Day

When you stamp and die cut items, and don't end up using them on your current project, hang on to them.  The die cut flowers used on this card are some I've had in the case with the stamp set for almost a year!  I stamped and die cut them, and never used them on a project.  I've pulled them out many times, but they were never right for what I was creating at that time.

This morning, I had finished with another project using the Gallery Blooms stamp set, and I pulled them out. I had a piece of Cloud Cover cardstock laying on my crafting table.  I thought, these flowers would look beautiful in Cloud Cover, so I lightly colored them in.  Soft Sea Foam for the leaves and Lemon Lolly for the flower centers gives these pieces a wonderfully soft feel, perfect for a sympathy card.  Positioning them on opposite corners with a simple message in the middle allows them to be the star of the card.  

Had a thrown them away, I may never have come up with this beautiful card.  

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Gather Your Supplies:

  • Gallery Blooms bundle (Save 10% when you purchase stamp set & die with bundle item#)
  • Prayers & Promises stamp set
  • Basic White Thick cardstock 
    • card base 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored & folded at 4-1/4
  • Cloud Cover cardstock
    • 5-1/4 x 4 panel
  • Basic White cardstock
    • 3-1/4 x 3
    • 3 x 2 (2) for flower die cuts
  • Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
  • Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad
  • Cloud Cover Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
  • Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
  • Lemon Lolly Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
  • Moody Palette Glossy Dots
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
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Here's How It's Made:

Ink "so sorry..." with Secret Sea, stamp in center of Basic White cardstock panel, adhere to center of Cloud Cover cardstock panel, adhere to folded card front.



Ink flower stamp with Memento Ink, stamp onto Basic White cardstock, die cut. Repeat.  Partially color in flowers with Lt & Dk Cloud Cover, leaves with Lt & Dk Soft Sea Foam, and flower centers with Dk Lemon Lolly Stampin' Blends.


Adhere one flower at upper left area of Basic White panel, and other one at lower right.


Embellish with Black Glossy Dots.


Here's what the inside looks like:


Ink flower stamp with Secret Sea, stamp a partial image in upper left, re-ink and stamp another partial image in lower right.  Ink message with Secret Sea, stamp in upper middle of inside of card.
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Monday, January 26, 2026

Alphabet Al a Mode & Hobby Haven Recipe Binder

Greetings!

I recently went through all my recipe books and loose recipes to weed out all the ones I don't need, and to find an easy system for keeping the ones I use.  I prefer to have a printed copy of a recipe as more often than not I inadvertently splatter onto it, and I don't want that on my screens.  

This is my time of year to go through my craft room/office and purge, and I had emptied a couple of 3-ring binders.  As many of my recipes are ones I've found online and printed off, the binder was the perfect solution to organize my recipes.  I inserted them into sheet protectors and sorted them by categories. I was happy with it and was going to simply write on the spine with a Sharpie, but...

I looked at the binder and realized it is the type with an outer sleeve so I could slide a sheet inside to identify what it's contents are. I decided it was time to add a personal touch, and knew just the thing to give it some flair.

The Hobby Haven Designer Series Paper (DSP)!  This DSP has prints depicting various hobbies, one of which is cooking & baking, so I pulled out the papers and got to work.





Isn't that the perfect paper to go on the front of a binder filled with recipes!

And, for even more perfection, the tall, thin letters from the Alphabet Al a Mode dies are thin enough to arrange along the spine as well.


This Hobby Haven DSP has prints that can be used for so many different things, so give it a another look and see how you may use it.  I'd love to hear what you did with it in the comments 😀


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Beverly's Tip of the Day

Look at your paper crafting supplies and think of ways you can use them for something other than what you usually use them for.

I have a sister stamper that makes Kleenex box covers to slip over the boxes that match the decor in the room their in.  They're adorable.  She adds die cuts to solid cardstock, sometimes ribbon or whatever seems right at the time.  It's an extremely affordable way to add your personal touch to simple items.

I have taken a sheet of cardstock to the paint counter to have them match it for the paint I used on an accent wall in my previous craft room. 

 Remember, you are only limited by your imagination.  

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Gather Your Supplies:

  • Alphabet Al a Mode dies
  • Basic White cardstock
    • cut to fit for spine
    • cut to fit for title section on front of binder
  • Pool Party
    • cut to fit as mat layer for title section
  • Hobby Haven Designer Series Paper (DSP)
    • kitchen gadgets print cut to fit
    • 6 x 2 (2) pastels diagonal print -  with adhesive sheet attached for letters
  • Adhesive sheets
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
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Here's How It's Made:

Make sure cardstock easily slides in and out of sleeve before decorating.  

Arrange letters on cardstock first to figure out spacing before removing backing to adhere.
For the title section piece, I used repositionable adhesive to secure my Basic White piece so I could arrange the letters.  I used a small cardstock strip with repositionable adhesive to have a line for my letters to sit on so each line is straight.

Remember to look through the pre-cut punch out pieces that are included in this pack of paper.  The apron and hand mixer were fun additions to add on to the title section piece.

Have fun with it!  

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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Friendly Foliage Fabulous Sayings Corners Card

Greetings! 

Today's card features the Friendly Foliage stamp and die bundle along with a message from the Fabulous Sayings stamp set.


This card includes multiple die cutting techniques.

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Beverly's Tip of the Day

When I'm working with a design such as this, with multiple pieces comprising the decorative feature, I arrange the pieces to my liking, then take a picture of them.  This way, as I remove the pieces to glue them down, I can refer to the picture to get the placement where I want it.  For larger pieces, using a  repositionable adhesive (non-Stampin' Up! product) on the back makes it much easier to place pieces and have them stay put until you've decided on the final design.  Then permanent adhesive is applied to assemble the card.

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Gather Your Supplies:

  • Friendly Foliage bundle (Save 10% when you purchase stamp set & die with bundle item#)
  • Fabulous Sayings stamp set (January Product of the Month - available for $5 when your merchandise total reaches $75)
  • Branching Out dies (for label)
  • Crumb Cake cardstock 
    • card base 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored & folded at 4-1/4
  • Basic White cardstock
    • 4-3/4 x 3-1/2 
    • 2-3/4 x 1-5/8 for die cut label
    • scraps for die cuts
  • Calypso Coral cardstock
    • 2 x 3/4 w/adhesive sheet attached
  • Square Snippets Designer Series Paper (DSP)
    • 3 x 3 Secret Sea botanicals tone-on-tone print
  • Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad
  • Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad
  • Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad
  • Crumb Cake Baker's Twine
  • 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls
  • Adhesive Sheets
  • Mini glue dots
  • Multipurpose liquid glue
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
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Here's How It's Made:

Ink small leaf strip stamp with Crumb Cake, stamp along top, beginning close to left edge, of Basic White cardstock panel.  Re-ink and stamp along left edge beginning below left edge of previous stamped image.  Adhere a 2 x 2 square of adhesive sheet to lower right of panel, place open leaf die cut at angle in lower right corner, die cut.  Save die cut branch, as you will be re-inserting it into the opening.  Ink long leafy branch with Secret Sea, stamp off once, stamp along right edge with bottom of stem at bottom of die cut stem.


Ink long leafy branch with Calypso Coral, stamp onto Basic White cardstock scrap, die cut.  Ink short leafy branch with Calypso Coral, stamp off once, stamp onto Basic White cardstock scrap, die cut.  Ink short leafy branch with Secret Sea, stamp onto Basic White cardstock scrap, die cut.  With adhesive sheet attached, die cut open leaf die from Calypso Coral cardstock.


Cut DSP piece diagonally.  


Adhere a triangle of DSP at upper left of Basic White cardstock panel, leaving 1/4" exposed on top and left.  Adhere assembled layers to Crumb Cake folded card front.  Peel backing from Basic White open leaf die cut, insert into opening it was cut from.  Position tall Calypso Coral die cut between stamped image and die cut leaf piece.



Ink message with Calypso Coral, stamp onto Basic White cardstock piece, leaving approx 3/8" at left and top.  Position smallest Branching Out label die at left and above message, die cut.  NOTE: the die will extend beyond the piece of cardstock.


Position the die so right and bottom edges are at right and bottom of message, die cut.  This will  give you a label that has curved indentations at upper left and lower right, with right angles at upper right and lower left.


Adhere label at upper left of card, just inside stamped leaf strips.

Position the remainder of the die cuts at lower right of card as shown.  

NOTE: I use multiple adhesives when adhering pieces that are overlapping like this.  I used Multipurpose liquid glue for the tall Coral Calypso and short Secret Sea pieces.  The Calypso Coral open leaf die cut had the adhesive sheet on the back, and for the final short Calypso Coral piece, I used 3 mini glue dots.  By using the mini glue dots, it gives it a little height and it allows it to lay down evenly.  If I had used the adhesive sheet or liquid glue and pressed it down, it would have been rippled from going over the different thicknesses of the die cuts beneath it.


Tie bow from Crumb Cake Baker's Twine, adhere at bottom of stems with mini glue dot.  Embellish with Secret Sea small and medium 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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