Monthly Blog Hop (March, 2021)

Thank you for joining us for our Kylie's Demonstrator Training Program Monthly Blog Hop! We are so happy that you could visit us today for this blog hop for ideas and creative inspiration. We are a group of Stampin' Up!® Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in a monthly blog hop.

My Customer Thank You card this month features the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper. I'm in love with the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series paper and the Hydrangea Haven Bundle. The designer series paper contains all of my favorite colors: Rococo Rose, Seascape Spray, Highland Heather, and Goregous Grape.  Rococo Rose and Seascape Spray are colors that will both retire soon so please get any supplies using these colors while supplies last.

I really like how the Tin Tile 3-D Embossing Folder provides an interesting background for the card and highlights the designer series paper. I used the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set and the Stitched Shapes Dies to make the sentiment. To embellish the card, I used the Silver Metallic Edged Ribbon and the Gorgeous Grape Pearls from the Pastel Pearl collection. 

I decorated the inside of the card with a piece of Purple Posy cardstock which is also retiring soon and a strip of Hydrangea Hill Desinger Series Paper. If you like the Hydrangea Hill Suite, visit my blog thoughout this week as I will be showcasing this suite with a variety of different card designs.

Remember if you place an order with me in March 2021 you are going to recieve this thank you card for your purchase as well as the Creativity Abounds Hydrangea Hill Tutorial Bundle as a gift. 

The Creativity Abounds Design Team is made up of 13 demonstrators from across the world and we come together each month to create exclusive tutorials and participate in a monthly Blog Hop. Visit my blog this Wednesday to see all the amazing card and project ideas designed by these talented demonstrators.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! This is a blog hop so make sure you 'hop' around to all the amazing projects on this hop! Click on the links below to visit them.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

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Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - March 2021

For today's Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop, Stampin' Up Demonstrators from around the world will share  non-card project with you. I decided to create a gift bag using the Ice Cream Corner Designer Series paper and a legal size envelope. I got this ideas from Jesica Jones who made a gift bag using washi tape and an A-2 size envelope.

Here is a picture of the final product.

Here are the steps for making the Ice Cream Corner Gift Bag:

1) Seal a legal size envelope and cut a sliver of paper from the end of just one of the small side  of the envelope with a paper trimmer or scissors. This will be the opening of your gift bag.

2) Cut 7 pieces of Ice Cream Corner Designer Series paper at 1" x 8.5" and scored at 4.125". Arrange the cut pieces so the pattern is in sequence (see photo # 1).

3) Attach the 7 pieces of Ice Cream Corner Designer Series paper using your favorite adhesive. Align the first piece of paper at the top where the opening is located. Then attach each piece leaving 1/4" space between each piece. This will leave you 1.0" of white space at the closed end of the envelope (see photo #2).

4) Use your scoring tool and score 1/2" on each side  and 1" at the bottom of the gift bag. Use your bone folder to make good folds on each of the score lines (see photo #3).

5) Open up the bag and push out the sides. You will have two pointed pieces at the bottom of the bag. See the side view on photo #4. 

6) Fold the two triangle pieces so they make the bottom of the box. Attach Goregous Grape Sheer Ribbon to the bottom of bag, up one side, down the other side, and secured at the bottom again using glue dots (see photo #5) 

6) Attach a small piece of Ice Cream Corner (1.0" x 4.125" to cover the two triangle pieces and the Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon using tear tape (see photo #6).

7) Make a label using Stitched Nested Dies and Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine to cut out a shape using Daffodil Delight cardstock. 

8) Make sentiment of "happy birthday" using the Well Written Dies and Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine using Gorgeous Grape cardstock which is attached to a piece of adhesive sheet.

9) Attach a piece of Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon to the back of the label using your favorite adhesive.

10) Attach the label with sentiment to the gift bag using dimensionals (see photo of final product).

                  Photo #1                                                                        Photo # 2

   

                         Photo # 3                                                            Photo # 4

 

                   Photo # 5                                                          Photo # 6                                            

You are on Susan Schultz's Sea Ranch Creations blog. You may be starting here or have come from someone else's blog. See the list below and visit all the different demonstrators' blogs and learn many valuable project ideas. I'd appreciate it if you leave a comment below.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

Technique Tuesday Blog Hop (March 2021)

 

This month's Techniques Tuesday Blog Hop is all about ribbon. To showcase different ways of using ribbon on your cards, I decided to use one of my design templates to make 6 cards from one piece of the 6 x 6 Dandy Garden Designer Series paper. Which paper in this collection is your favorite? I'm in love with the colorful paper with small dragonflies. 

I added ribbon on the first card by wrapping the Misty Moonlight ribbon around the left-hand side of the card and I tied it into a knot. I embossed the Bumblebee cardstock with the Subtle Embossing Folder, attached the ribbon with adhesive to the back of the Bumbleebee cardstock, and then attached the Bumblebee cardstock to the Misty Moonlight cardbase.

 

To make the second card I used the Fancy Label punch and weaved the Bumblebee ribbon in and out of the slits on either side of the label. I attached the ribbon to the back side of the label using adhesive. I embossed the Misty Moonlight cardstock with the Subtle Embossing Folder, attached the ribbon with adhesive to the back of the Misty Moonlight cardstock, and then I attached the Misty Moonlight cardstock to the Bumblebee cardbase.

For this card I made a loop of Misty Moonlight ribbon and attached it to the Calypso Coral cardstock banner leaving a small amount to show at the botton. I embossed the Bumblebee cardstock with the Subtle Embossing Folder and then I attached the Bumblebee cardstock to the Misty Moonlight cardbase.

Sometimes I like to make cards with mini packages. This is a simple technique of wrapping one strip of Bunblebee ribbon in a horizontal orientation and another strip of ribbon in the vertical orientation. Then I tied a bow in Bumblebee ribbon and attached it using glue dots where the two strips of ribbon cross. I embossed the Misty Moonlight cardstock with the Subtle Embossing Folder and then I attached the Misty Moonlight cardstock to the Bumblebee cardbase.

For this card, I put strips of tear and tape on the left-hand and right-hand sides of the Calypso Coral cardstock. Then I made small loops on the edge of each side making sure the bottom of each loop of the ribbon was attached to the tear and tape adhesive. This makes a very nice trim on each side of the designer series paper. I embossed the Bumblebee cardstock with the Subtle Embossing Folder and then I attached the Bumblebee cardstock to the Misty Moonlight cardbase.

For the last card, I made a loop and wrapped the Bumblebee ribbon behind the two panels of designer series paper and attached it with adhesive. I put the panels with the ribbon onto Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I embossed the Misty Moonlight cardstock with the Subtle Embossing Folder and then I attached the Misty Moonlight cardstock to the Bumblebee cardbase.

I hope you saw some different ways to use ribbon and that you'll try one of the teachniques the next time you make cards.

You are on Susan Schultz's Sea Ranch Creations blog. You may be starting here or have come from someone else's blog. See the list below and visit all the different demonstrators' blogs and learn many valuable ideas for using ribbons on your cards. I'd appreciate it if you leave a comment below.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

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If you purchase $50 or more from my on-line store, I'll send you the following gifts:

•  Handmade Thank You card
•  Template I used for making these 6 cards from one 6 x 6 piece of designer series paper
•  Creativity Abounds Dandy Garden Tutorial Bundle using the Dandy Garden Bundle

If you are a demonstrator or not interested in buying products at this time, you can purchase the Dandy Garden Tutorial for $15 just email me at ses@aquarius.family. 

Here is a sneak peek:

Crafty Challenge Blog Hop - February 2021

 

This month's Crafty Challenge is to create a card using the following sketch. Each person can follow the sketch exactly or they can use their own interpretation of the sketch.

As you look at the sketch think about how you might use this sketch to design a card. 

What bundle and designer series paper might you use to make a card with this sketch?

I decided to change the orientation of the Crafty Challenge sketch and to use the Garden Wishes Bundle to design this card. 

Share what you think about my card in the comments section below.

To make this card, 

• Select a 5.50" x 8.50" Bumblebee cardstock scored and folded at 4.25" to be the cardbase.
• Attach a 3.75" x 5.0" piece of paper with Mossy Meadow background and white leaves (Layer 3) from the Dandy Garden designer series paper to a piece of Basic White cardstock (Layer 2) using your favorite adhesive.
• Add a 6" strip of Bumblebee Gingham Ribbonto the left side of the card.
• Attach the Basic White cardstock (Layer 2) and Mossy Meadow background paper (Layer 3) to the cardbase using your favorite adhesive.
• Samp the dandelion stamp from the Garden Wishes stamp set onto a piece of Basic White cardstock using the Mossy Meadow and Bumblebee ink.
• Use the Stitched Shapes medium sized oval die and the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine to cut out the stamped dandelion.
• Use the Layered Oval die and the Stampin' Up Cut and Emboss Machine to cut out a scalloped oval using Bumblebee cardstock.
• Attach the stamped image to the Scalloped Bumblebee cardstock using your favorite adhesive.
• Cut out a piece of paper with Bumblebee and white pattern from the Dandy Garden designer series paper.
• Attach the Bumblebee print to the upper right hand side of the card.
• Stamp the sentiment "Wishing You All The Best" from the Garden Wishes Stamp Set onto a 0.75" strip of Basic White cardstock using Mossy Meadow ink.
• Cut the end of the Basic White cardstock.
• Add a Ladybug Trinket to the sentiment.
• Color two pearls with Bumblebee blends and attach them to the upper left hand side of the card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you'll leave a comment in the space below. Please visit all the other demonstrators' cards by selecting the next person on the list.

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Sunday Scraps - Dandy Garden paper

Hello Stamping Friends,

I've had a wonderful time using the Dandy Garden designer series paper to design numerous cards and to make card kits for my card class Tuesday night. When I went to my crafting room this morning and I saw a large number of scraps of the Dandy Garden designer series paper. Never wanting to let anything go to waste, I decided to create a card using numerous scraps of paper.  Here is the card....

Here is the process I went through to design this card

• Select the focal paper
• I selected the paper with multiple colored dragonflies with dandelions as the key focus for the card. I really like this paper and it has so many colors I knew it would be easy to use my other scraps.
• Identify the color combination: 
• I identified the different colors in the focal paper 
• Select cardstock color for cardbase: 
• I realized that there was just a hint of Misty Moonlight so I decided to use that colored cardstock for my cardbase and the ribbon to place in the center of the card.
• Identify complementary papers:
• I looked at the scraps I had collected and realized that I had different patterned papers in the dominate colors in the focal paper - Bumblebee, Calypso Coral, Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow.
• Decide on paper sizes:
• I cut all the different patterned scraps into 1.75" x 1.75" squares. Then I cut each square into 2 triangles by cutting the paper on a diagonal with my paper trimmer.
• Arrange paper onto cardbase:
• I played around with the arrangement of the triangles untill I was happy with the final image.
• Attach background layer:
• I glued the different trainagles onto a 3.75" x 5.0" piece of Basic White cardstock. I left blank space in the center of the cardstock to attach a piece of Misty Moonlight ribbon.
• Attach focal layer:
• I attached my focal paper to a 2.0" x 4.25" piece of Basic White cardstock and attached it to the card using dimensionals.
• Select a sentiment:
• I had limited space so I decided to use the "To a True Friend" sentiment from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set. I stamped it on a piece of Basic White cardstock with Calypso Coral ink and die cut it with the Stitched Dies small circle die.
• Attach the sentiment:
• I attached the sentiment with dimensionals.
• Add any embellishments:
• I added two small dragonflies punched out of the designer series paper using the Dragonflies punch.

You can modify my process and use whatever scraps you have to make a beautiful card to send to someone special. If you make any card with scraps, please post it in the comment section below. I'd love to see your creations!

Thank you for checking out my blog today. Please leave a comment below or email me at ses@aquarius.family with any questions.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

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Creativity Abounds Blog Hop - February 2021

Welcome to the Creativity Abounds Design Team's February Blog Hop! 

We are a group of talented Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world that are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can inspire you to make creations of your own.

This month the Design Team is featuring the Dandy Garden Suite. This suite consists of two different bundles (stamp sets -one with dragonflies punch and the other with dies) as well as the beautiful Dandy Garden designer series papers.

I created my card using a Dandy Garden Card Base, the Dragonfly Garden Bundle, the Dandy Garden designer series paper, Rainbow Glimmer paper, Rhinestones, and a very cute ladybug to embellish the card.

I really love the new Rainbow Glimmer paper. The colors are amazing and it looks like glitter paper but it does not get all over your hands and everything else. I punched the two large dragonflies out of the Rainbow Glimmer paper using the punch. Then I stamped the dragonfly image on the punched out images in Basic Black ink to highlight the details of the dragonfly body and wings. I also added rhinestones on the back of each dragonfly and a super cute ladybug trinket on the sentiment. 

Download my Tutorial if you'd like to make this card. The tutorial includes a list of all the supplies, measurements in both Metric and Imperial, as well as the instructions for making the card. 

If you live in the USA and don't already have a demonstrator, I'd be honored if you place an order through my on-line store. For every $50 you make in purchases you can earn a SALE-A-BRATION reward until Feb 28th from Stampin' Up! ®.

If you purchase $50 or more from my on-line store, I will mail you a handmade Thank You card and email you the Creativity Abounds Dandy Garden Tutorial Bundle as a free gift from me. If you are a demonstrator or not interested in buying products, you can purchase the Dandy Garden Tutorial for $15 just email me at ses@aquarius.family. 

Here is a sneak peek:

You are on Susan Schultz's Sea Ranch Creations blog. You may be starting here or have come from someone else's blog - see the list below to help you to visit all the different demonstrators' blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed - so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, these demonstrators would love to look after you with your Stampin' Up!® shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin' Up!® teams.

Thank you so much for checking out our February Blog Hop!

Susan

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Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm so fortunate to share that I've been married to the love of my life and very best friend, David, for the last 38 years. He is such a wonderful and loving man!  Here is the special card I made for him for Valentine's Day. 

     

The card really says it all! We try to have some special time together every day. It's much easier now that we are retired and our adult son is happily pursuing his dream of graduate school. I hope you let everyone you love know how special they are every single day!

Creativity Abounds Day of Inspiration

Come join the Creativity Abounds Design Team for a FREE Day of Inspiration on Saturday, February 13 from 8am to 5pm PST.  We're a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world and we will each create cards or projects with different stamp sets throughout the day. 

The Agenda:

8:00        Welcome by Creativity Abounds Design Team

9:00         Susan Schultz - USA - Berry Blessings

10:00       Sharon Burkert - USA - Snail Mail

10:30       Beth McCullough - USA - In Bloom

11:00       Melva Peters - Canada - Hey Birthday Chick

12:00       Helen Jennings - United Kingdom - Hydrangea Hill

1:00         Lorraine Tierney - USA - Fine Art

2:00         Diane Evans - Canada - Hey Chick

3:00         Narelle Fasulo - Australia - Ice Cream

4:00         Kylie Swain - Australia  - Love You Always

5:00        Wrap Up and Prizes

Each demonstrator will begin their presentation on the hour except Beth who will be at 10:30. We will present a card or project idea for a specific Stampin' Up! bundle for approximately 20 minutes. Then you can make a similar card or project using your own supplies or take a break.  Be sure to tune in for the next presentation.

I will be giving out a few prizes to my customers -so please make sure you comment on the different presentations throughout the day.

How To Sign Up

Click on this link  Creativity Abounds Day of Inspiration | Facebook

You will be asked to give name of your demonstrator - just give my name Susan Schultz

You will be approved.

Please sign up today so you'll be ready to go for tomorrow's session.

I hope to see all of you tomorrow!

Susan