Ink and Inspiration Blog Hop - Clean and Simple (August 2021)

We are a group of Stampin' Up Demonstrators from around the world and our goal is to inspire folks to share their special talents to make and send cards to family and friends.

This month our theme is "Clean and Simple". I decided to make a simple pocket card that you can use to write a special note or include a gift card.  I used the Hand-Penned Designer Series paper and the sentiment from the Sweet Ice Cream Stamp Set, Highland Heather cardstock, White Crinkled Ribbon, and Highland Heather Pearls to make my card.

To make this card:

• Cut a 4.0" x 10.5" piece of Hand-Penned Petal Designer Series Paper and score at 1.5" and 5.5". Use a bone folder to make crisp folds on each score line.
• Pay attention to the pattern on the designer series paper so the design is in the correct position when making the pocket for the card.
• Fold the designer series paper in half on the 5.5" score line and fold the paper back at the 1.5" score line. This allows you to see the design on the other side of the paper.
• Place the White Crinkled Ribbon behind the 1.5" flap and tie a bow on the top. After the ribbon and bow are in the correct position, glue the 1.5" flap down to the card front.
• Cut a 3.75" x 5.0" piece of Highland Heather cardstock. 
• Cut a 3.5" x 4.75" piece of Basic White cardstock.
• Stamp the "Happy Birthday" from the Sweet Ice Cream Stamp Set on top of the Basic White using Gorgeous Grape ink.
• Attach 1 Highland Heather pearl on each side of the sentiment.
• Attach a gift card in the center of the stamped Basic White cardstock (optional).
• Attach a 1.5" x 3.5" piece of designer series paper to the bottom of the stamped Basic White cardstock using your favorite adhesive.
• Attach the stamped Basic White cardstock to the Highland Heather cardstock using your favorite adhesive. This piece goes into the pocket of the card.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog - Sea Ranch Creations today! Do take time to look at the other demonstrator's card designs. We hope you'll get lots of inspiration to make cards.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

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Join Our Creativity Abounds Design Team's 

Whimsy and Wonder Stamp Camp!

When:    Sept 17 and 18th 

What Is It:  In this Stamp Camp we will be sharing designs for 13 Holiday cards. We'll be mailing you 13 card kits with video and PDF Tutorials so you can replicate the Holiday cards we have created for you! You will also be using supplies from the Whimsy and Wonder Suite to make your cards. We'll also include FB Live presentations for 13 bonus projects for everyone who participates in the Stamp Camp. That's 26 projects in one bundle - Just Think of All The Projects You Can Make!

How Do I Join: Purchase the Whimsy and Wonder Suite ($80.25 in USA). Once you purchase the Whimsy and Wonder Suite I'll send you an invitation to join an exclusive Facebook Group where all the fun will occur.

Deadline:  Please purchase the suite by September 4th so I can make your card kits and get them mailed to you.

Casually Crafting Design Team Blog Hopn-August 2021

 

The Casually Crafting Design Team is a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world, gathered together to share our passion for creativity with you. Our focus is to bring you inspiration featuring projects that are easy to create while still packing a powerful creative punch. The projects are made with a few products, making them ideally suited to a beginner or casual crafter. From time-to-time, we may also include a project that is stepped-up for the added wow-factor.

This month our team will be creating cards inspired by a Color Challenge. We'll be using Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, and Polished Pink. As you're looking at each card, see how the designer used the different colors to create their card. 

I bought this stamp set and punch because I love tulips. I'll never forget the fields of colorful tulips for we saw for miles and miles when we took a trip to Holland in May many years ago. It's an image I will never forget!

I made this card stamping three large tulips using the Daffodil Delight and Polished Pink onto matching cardstock. I really like the detail you get from the stamped images. Then I stamped out leaves using Pear Pizzazz ink onto the same colored cardstock. I stamped a few long stems onto a piece of Basic White cardstock using Pear Pizzazz ink. Then I used the Tulip Builder Punch to cut out the tulip flowers and leaves. I stamped the "get well soon" sentiment from the Timeless Tulip Stamp set using Basic Black ink and attached a bow made out of Polished Pink Ribbon.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog - Sea Ranch Creations today! Please be sure to 'hop' to the other demonstrator's links so you can see all of their amazing designs. We hope they will provide you with inspiration for your card making.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

Join Our Creativity Abounds Design Team's 

Whimsy and Wonder Stamp Camp!

When:    Sept 17 and 18th 

What Is It:  In this Stamp Camp we will be sharing designs for 13 Holiday cards. We'll be mailing you 13 card kits with video and PDF Tutorials so you can replicate the Holiday cards we have created for you! You will also be using supplies from the Whimsy and Wonder Suite to make your cards. We'll also include FB Live presentations for 13 bonus projects for everyone who participates in the Stamp Camp. That's 26 projects in one bundle - Just Think of All The Projects You Can Make!

How Do I Join: Purchase the Whimsy and Wonder Suite ($80.25 in USA). Once you purchase the Whimsy and Wonder Suite I'll send you an invitation to join an exclusive Facebook Group where all the fun will occur.

Deadline:  Please purchase the suite by September 4th so I can make your card kits and get them mailed to you.

Creativity Abounds Design Team Blog Hop - August 2021

 

This is our amazing Creativity Abounds Design Team! We're a group of Stampin' Up Demonstrators from around the world and each month we select products to create cards or projects with the goal of inspiring you.

This month we're showcasing any Non-Holiday products from the July-December Mini Catalog. I love the Fall with different colored leaves so the Intricate Leaves Dies is the perfect set to use for this Blog Hop. I know I'll be using this set many times in the next few months making Halloween and Thanksgiving cards!

I used Evening Evergreen cardstock for the card base and trim along the sentiment. I added texture to the Sahara Sand background using the Bark embossing folder. I used the Intricate Leaves Dies to cut out a variety of leaves using different colored cardstock - Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, and Cajun Craze. The branches were cut with Early Expresso cardstock. The sentiment "Forever Grateful" is from the Forever Grapevine Stamp set.

I added a few smaller leaves to a piece of Sahara Sand cardstock for the inside of the card.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog - Sea Ranch Creations today! Please be sure to 'hop' to the other demonstrator's links so you can see all of their amazing designs. We hope they will provide you with inspiration for your card making.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

 

Join Our Creativity Abounds Design Team's 

Whimsy and Wonder Stamp Camp!

When:    Sept 17 and 18th 

What Is It:  In this Stamp Camp we will be sharing designs for 13 Holiday cards. We'll be mailing you 13 card kits with video and PDF Tutorials so you can replicate the Holiday cards we have created for you! You will also be using supplies from the Whimsy and Wonder Suite to make your cards. We'll also include FB Live presentations for 13 bonus projects for everyone who participates in the Stamp Camp. That's 26 projects in one bundle - Just Think of All The Projects You Can Make!

How Do I Join: Purchase the Whimsy and Wonder Suite ($80.25 in USA). Once you purchase the Whimsy and Wonder Suite I'll send you an invitation to join an exclusive Facebook Group where all the fun will occur.

Deadline:  Please purchase the suite by September 4th so I can make your card kits and get them mailed to you.

Monthly Blog Hop - August 2021

 

Welcome to our August Blog Hop! We're a group of Stampin' Up Demonstrators from around the world who design cards to inspire others. Each month we select a different stamp set to design Thank You cards for our valuable customers and team members. 

I love stamp sets with flowers but I typically only buy the ones that have die sets to cut out the images. I have a hard time fussy cutting very detailed images.  I was attracted to the Shaded Summer Stamp set found in the Annual Catalog on page 75, but didn't purchase it because there were no dies.  When I saw the matching Summer Shadows Dies as a Free reward in the Sale-A-Bration booklet on page 13, I knew I had to get it!

 

I wanted to showcase the two flower images! So to make my gate cards, I used the smaller image to stamp the the inside and outside of the flaps. I used the same color of ink and cardstock for the card bases. I featured the large flower image by stamping it onto Very Vanilla cardstock and cutting it out with the die. I included the "Thank You" sentiment from the stamp set to the card fronts. I embellished the cards with match ribbon! Here is the first card I made with Fresh Freesia cardstock and ink.

Here is the same card using Polished Pink cardstock and ink.

Many of my customers have already placed an order with me this month so they will all be receiving one of these Thank You cards from me in the next week. I hope I have inspired you to purchase the Shaded Summer Stamp set and  Summer Shadows Dies. 

If you place an order with me in August, I'll be sending you one of these Thank You cards.  If you place a $50 or more order and use my August Host Code, CNZ93S2Z, you'll also receive a  FREE Creativity Abounds Tutorial Bundle from the new July-December Catalog and includes non-Holiday Bundles OR you can purchase it for $15 by emailing me at ses@aquarius.family   

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Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop

This month we're making cards using products from the Sale-A-Bration Booklet! We're hoping our cards will inspire you to start thinking about all the cards you can create with some of the Free Sale-A-Bration rewards. The Sale-A-Bration booklet is full of wonderful rewards you can earn with every $50 or $100 purchase.

I've fallen in love with the Penguin Place Bundle from the new July-December Mini Catalog and the Penguin Playmates 12 x 12 Designer Series paper is so adorable that I couldn't resist selecting it as one of my Sale-A-Bration rewards.

I learned how to make a Curvy Pop Up Card watching a video by Lisa Curcio. I made a Holiday version of this fun fold design. It's much easier than it looks. I used Misty Moonlight for the card base, I fancy cut the images of the penguin, polar bear, snowman, fox, and bird out of the Penguin Playmates Designer Series paper. 

To make this card,

Card Base: 

• Cut out a piece of 4.25" x 5.5" piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock and score it at 2.75". Use your bone folder on the score line to make a crisp fold.
• Cut out two 4.0" x 2.5" piece of Penguin Playmates Designer Series paper and attach them to the card base using your favorite adhesive
• Attach the bird on the top left-hand side of the card base using dimensionals.

Middle Layer

• Cut out a piece of 2.0" x 4.5" piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock and score it at 0.5", 2.25", and 4.0"
• Attach the snowman and the polar bear to the two panels using dimensionals.
• Line up the center of this layer with the center of the card base at the bottom and attach the tabs on each end using your favorite adhesive (see photo below).

Front Layer

• Cut out a 1.25" x 6.5" piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock and score it at 0.5" on each end.
• Cut out a 1.0" x 5.25" piece of Penguin Playmates Designer Series paper
• Attach a strip of Misty Moonlight Ribbon to the center of the Penguin Playmates Designer Series paper and secure in the back. Tie a small knot onto the Misty Moonlight Ribbon.
• Attach the front layer to the bottom of the card base at the tabs on each end using your favorite adhesive (see photo below).
• Attach the Penguin and Fox to the front layer using dimensionals.

Now you may be wondering how to mail this card...just flatten the middle and front layers and the card will side perfectly into a regular A2 envelope. 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog - Sea Ranch Creations! Please take time to look at all the other amazing Sale-A-Bration cards designed by other demonstrators. I know you will find some incredible card designs.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

Share It Sunday Blog Hop - July 2021

 

The Crafty Collaborations team is comprised of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from around the world. Each month, we participate in several collaborative projects including blog hops, like this one, to inspire all of us in our passion for crafting. Our goal is to create, share, and inspire others to keep our creative energy flowing.

Every year we send out more than 100 Holiday cards to family and friends. Each card is made with love and with the hopes that it will bring a smile to a special person's face. So this is the month for me to start planning my Holiday cards for the year. As a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'm able to pre-order amazing products from the July-December Mini Catalog before it is available to the public on August 3rd.

Do you want to start making your Holiday cards?  I'll be hosting a Virtual Holiday Card Retreat for the next 5 months. Each month, you purchase the suite or a specific bundle plus other products from my on-line store. I mail you kits for cards and 3-D projects to be used during the Holidays. You'll also receive the tutorials (pdf or videos) and we'll have a crafting day to make our cards and projects via zoom.

August 14                Tidings & Trimmings Bundle (plus)          $64.00

September 17/18    Whimsy & Wonder Suite                             $80.25  

This will be a Stamping Retreat with the Creativity Abounds Design Team. We'll be producing 13 Tutorials with videos plus 13 bonus items.

If you have a special request for a suite or bundle, please let me know as I'm still making decisions for Oct, Nov, and Dec.

This week I've been designing and creating cards using the Tidings and Trimmings Bundle in preparation for my Virtual Holiday Retreat on August 14th. I decided to make a Festive Starburst card using the Tidings and Trimmings Designer Series paper scraps from the week.

I had fun making mini triangles out of the scraps to place on the inside of the card. 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog - Sea Ranch Creations today! Please check out all the other demonstrator's card designs - I know you're going to love them.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

Paper Pumpkin Blog Hop - July 2021

The July 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit is focused around Adventure! Our family owned a simple pop up camper that was tenting on the top and metal frame on the bottom that was hitched to the car. We had many wonderful adventures as a family in that small camper. I have many happy memories of those camping experiences.

The three cards in the kit are fun folds and include beautiful images of mountains and being with nature.  I only modified the kit card design slightly by cutting out the trailer and attaching it to a different card front. Then I added "The World Awaits You" sentiment stamped in Garden Green. I added a rhinestone for the door nob of the trailer and around the sentiment. It was an easy way to make an beautiful card using elements from the kit.

               

Thank you so much for visiting my blog - Sea Ranch Creations. Please take some time and 'hop' around to get inspiration from other demonstrators for using the July 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit. 

Happy Stamping!

Susan

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Ink and Inspiration Blog Hop - Make It Sparkle (July 2021)

 

This group is made up of Stampin' Up Demonstrators from around the world and our goal is to inspire folks to share their special talents to make and send cards to family and friends.

This month our theme is Make It Sparkle. When I saw the theme I immediately thought of lots of specialty paper with foil highlights, delicate dies, and shinny ribbon. Using this criteria, I selected the Elegantly Said Bundle, Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series paper, Gold Fine Art Ribbon, and making intricate gold and silver foil die cuts using the Encircled in Beauty Dies. I decided to use Basic Black cardstock as the card base so the foil and ribbon can sparkle.

To make this card:

• Cut a 4.25" x 11.0" piece of Basic Black cardstock and score at 5.5". Use a bone folder to make a crisp fold on the score line.
• Cut four pieces of Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series papers (one piece at 3.75" x 3.75" two pieces at 0.75" x 3.75", and a strip for inside the card 0.75" x 5.25"). 
• Use the largest die from the Encircled in Beauty Dies and the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine to cut the shape out of Gold Foil. Then place the the ornate die inside the Gold Foil outline and run it through the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine again.
• Cut a circle from Silver Foil using the Layering Circles Dies and the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine to cut out a Silver Foil circle.
• Stamp the "All The Things You Do Are Simply Amazing" sentiment from the Elegantly Said Stamp set onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Basic Black ink.
• Use the small scalloped circle from the Layering Circles Dies and the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine to cut out the sentiment.
• Attach the scalloped sentiment to the Silver Foil using dimensionals.
• Attach the ribbon to the top of the back side of the largest piece of Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series paper with Gold Foil highlights, over the second piece of paper, and attach to the back side of the top piece of paper.
• Secure the pieces of Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series paper to the Basic Black cardstock on the card base using your favorite adhesive.
• Tie a bow out of the Gold Fine Art Ribbon and attach to the card front using glue dots.
• Attach the 0.75" x 5.25" piece of Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series paper to the Very Vanilla cardstock using your favorite adhesive.
• Attach a 4.0" x 5.25" piece of Very Vanilla cardstock to the inside of the card using your favorite adhesive.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog - Sea Ranch Creations today! Do take time to look at the other demonstrator's card designs. We hope you'll get inspiration to help you make cards.

Happy Stamping!

Susan

Blog Hop

Have You Started Your Holiday Cards?  Every year, I make approximately 100 Holiday Cards to mail to family and friends. Since I put a lot of love into each card I have to get an early start. 

Each month, I'll be offering a full day Holiday Retreat which will include Holiday Gift Ideas, Holiday Card Tutorials, and Make-n-Takes when you purchase the Suite or Bundle with additional supplies. Here is the information for August and September. I'm still planning for October, November, and December so if you have a favorite Holiday Suite let me know. Just email me at ses@aquarius.family to RSVP for the events.

August 14, 2021              Tidings and Trimmings Bundle plus           $63.00

This Holiday Retreat will include 6 Tutorials with Videos, Make-n-Takes, and lots of Bonus projects.

September 18, 2021       Whimsy and Wonder Suite Stamp Camp   $80.25

This Stamp Camp will be with the Creativity Abounds Design Team and will include 13 Tutorials with videos, Make-n-Takes and lots of Bonus cards/projects.

During August and September you'll also receive a Stampin' Up Sale-A-Bration reward when you purchase the Holiday Retreat supplies.  You'll also receive a Thank You card and the latest Creativity Abounds Design Team Tutorial Bundle which features the Elegantly Said Bundle. This is a truly stunning collection of cards that you won' t want to miss!