Video Recap – Delicate Whispers with Touches of Gold

This card shows off several of the die cuts and images from the Delicate Whispers bundle as well as the Stone & Ivy embossing folder. Watch my YouTube video to see how I colored and added just a touch of gold embossing to the leaves and fern fronds. It’s a technique that adds a unique texture and look to any project.

Here are the cardstock dimensions to make this card:

  • Card Base: Balmy Blue – 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″
  • First Layer: Basic White – 5 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ embossed with the Stone and Ivy folder and Delicate Dreams DSP 5 1/4″ x 1 1/2″
  • Stamped Flower Spray: Basic White – 3 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
  • Small Flowers, Leaf Stems and Fern Fronds: Scraps of Basic White
  • Extra Stems: Scraps of Gold Foil
  • Inside: Basic White – 5 1/4″ 4″
  • Inside Strip: Delicate Dreams DSP – 5 1/4″ x 1/2″

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Happy Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas are such happy looking flowers! Big colorful blooms made up of what looks like hundreds of tiny flowers. I love how they brighten up any space in the garden.

To make this card, I pulled out my retired stamp set called Hydrangea Haven. There is also a larger hydrangea image in the Thankful Garden bundle that could be used for this card.

The card base is Blueberry Bushel 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″.

For the first layer, I stamped a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of Basic Beige cardstock  with the tiny flower image using Crumb Cake ink. Then I embossed it with the retired Ornate Floral embossing folder before adhering it to the card base. An alternative folder to use would be the new Stone and Ivy 3D embossing folder.

Using the Stylish Shapes dies, I cut two square frames from Balmy Blue cardstock, using the two largest and the next two sizes of dies, then adhered them to the card front. Refer to photo below for placement.

I stamped three hydrangea images with Blueberry Bushel ink and one with Melon Mambo ink. I used Light and Dark Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends to color the blue flowers and Light and Dark Strawberry Slush to color the pink flower. I stamped several leaves using Shaded Spruce ink and colored them with Light Granny Apple Green and Light Shaded Spruce. I cut the stems off the flowers before arranging them onto the card front and attaching them with dimensionals. I tucked the leaves slightly under the flowers and glued them in place.

The butterfly is from the retired Papillon Potpourri stamp set, colored with Light Lemon Lolly and Light Peach Pie Blends. There are several current stamp sets that have butterflies which could be used instead. I added some Wink of Stella to the butterfly wings to make them glimmer, then adhered it to the card front with a dimensional.

I stamped the greeting from the Delicate Whispers stamp set using Blueberry Bushel ink onto a 1/4″ strip of Basic Beige cardstock, flagged one end and attached it with a dimensional slightly tucking one end under the flowers.

For the inside,  added another cropped and colored leaf to the upper right corner of a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of Basic Beige cardstock and used Blueberry Bushel to stamp a sentiment. The sentiment I chose comes from the Charming Duck Pond stamp set.

Easter Greetings

This sweet Easter card with the book-binding funfold was made using the Delicate Whispers bundle, the bunny and greeting from the Storybook Friends bundle and the eggs are from a retired set called Basket Bunch.

To make the simple book-binding card base, cut a piece of Petal Pink cardstock at 11″ x 4 1/4″, score at 5 1/2″ and 4 1/2″. Fold in half on the score line, then back on the second score line. Adhere the area on the left side to the inside.

The first layers to place on the narrow left side and the larger right side are Fresh Freesia, cut at 4 1/8″ x 7/8″ and 4 3/8″ x 4 1/8″.

Use the Lovely and Beautiful DSP to cut the next layers at 4″ x 3/4″ and 4 1/4″ x 4″

The flowered stems are stamped and cropped images from the Delicate Whispers bundle. I stamped mine on Basic White with Granny Apple Green ink, then colored the flowers with Dark Peach Pie Blends marker and the leaves with the Dark Granny Apple Green Blends marker. I used dimensionals to attach them to the card front.

I cropped the ‘grass’ from Granny Apple Green cardstock using the die from the Basket Builder bundle then brushed a little Granny Apple Green ink on it to give it a textured look. This was glued on top of the flower stems.

The bunny was stamped with Pecan Pie ink onto a scrap of Basic Beige cardstock using the image from the Storybook Friends bundle. I added a little Light Crumb Cake Blends marker to the body and Light Pretty In Pink Blends marker to the inside of the left ear. I glued this to the middle bottom edge of the grass.

Using the small eggs die from the Basket Builder I cropped several eggs from Lovely and Beautiful DSP and Flight and Airy DSP. Any pretty pastel cardstock or DSP would be a good substitute.  Three eggs were glued to either side of the bunny.

The greeting was stamped with Granny Apple Green ink onto a scrap of Petal Pink cardstock,  cropped with a die from the retired Ornate Frames die set, then attached with dimensionals.

The inside is layered with a 4 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ piece of Fresh Freesia cardstock then Basic White cardstock cut at 4 1/4″ x 4″which was stamped with a sentiment in Granny Apple Green ink. The sentiment I used is from the retired Easter Friends stamp set. I the glued three eggs to the lower left corner.

The supplies I used for this card are listed below. The Delicate Whispers bundle will be available in March and is #167506. The Lovely and Beautiful DSP is # 166957

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Soft Succulents

Currently in the middle of a very cold snowy winter but I’m enjoying the few succulents I have under a grow light. With that mind, I pulled out the Rustic Centerpieces stamp set and used the succulents image to create this card.

For the pastel background, I used Soft Sea Foam for the card base and a layer of Petal Pink cardstock  embossed with the Joined Together embossing folder. I adhered a piece of Kintsugi Inspirations DSP to a piece of gold foil to complete the background. The image is stamped on Basic White cardstock with Versamark and heat embossed with gold. I then cropped it with one of the Textured Notes dies. I chose to color the image with Stampin’Blends markers, using the light shades of Soft Sea Foam, Highland Heather, Pretty in Pink, Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake. I added a tiny Brushed Brass Butterfly as an accent  and gold heat embossed a greeting to finish the card front.

For the inside I added a layer of Petal Pink cardstock and a second layer of Basic White cardstock cropped with a larger Textured Notes die.

If you don’t haver the Rustic Centerpieces set, any floral image would also  work as a focal point for this card.

Here are the cardstock dimensions for this card front:

  • Card Base: Soft SeaFoam – 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″
  • First Layer: Petal Pink – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″
  • Gold Foil: 5″ x 3 1/2″
  • Kintsugi Inspirations DSP: 4 3/4″ x 3 1/4″
  • Basic White for stamped image: 5″ x 3 1/2″, cropped with Textured Notes die
  • Inside First Layer: Petal Pink – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″
  • Inside Second Layer: Basic White – 5 ” x 3 1/3″, cropped with Textured Notes die

Sweet Bugs and Mushrooms

Did you see my Valentine using the Sweet Bugs set? Here is another card, almost identical to the Valentine, but using different colors so that it is an all occasion card. I love the new Stone and Vine 3D embossing folder. I added a bit of Old Olive ink to the embossed cardstock using a Blending Brush. Mushrooms and foliage are all die cuts and the ladybug is fussy cut from the Cute As A Bug DSP. I used a layer of Cajun Craze cardstock under the embossed layer, the card base is Old Olive. Don’t forget to add some Wink of Stellas to the mushroom caps to glam up the mushrooms!

You can view the Valentine card here, it will give you the cardstock measurements for this card as well.

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Sweet Bugs Valentine

Make a Valentine using the Sweet Bugs bundle! The die cut mushrooms provide a little shelter for the ‘love bugs’. I used an older embossing folder but there is a new folder called Hearts of Love 3D which would work just as well.

I used Pretty in Pink cardstock for the 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ base, scored at 4 1/4″

First layer is Melon Mambo, 4 5/8″ x  3 3/8″.

Second layer is Basic White, 4 1/2″ x 3 1/4″, embossed with the Falling Petals folder and gently brushed with Pretty in Pink ink.

I dies cut the mushroom stems and tiny snails from Basic Beige and the Mushroom caps from Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade, Pretty in Pink, Bubble Bath  and Berry Burst. After adhering the caps to the stems, I brushed the caps with Wink of Stella to give them a little glimmer.

The leaf stems are cropped from Old Olive cardstock and the tiny leaf clusters are from Mossy Meadow cardstock.

After arranging and adhering the mushrooms, leaf stems, leaf clusters and snails to the card front, I fussy cut the sweet bugs from the Cute As A Bug DSP and attached them with dimensionals.

Add a greeting of your choice with Memento ink.

For the inside, I used the tiny hearts die to crop a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of Basic White cardstock, then stamped a sentiment with Memento ink.

The products I used for this card are listed below. The embossing folder, Falling Petals, is retired and no longer available.

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Sweet Bugs Z-fold Card

Sweet Bugs is a bundle that is in the new Jan – April 2026 mini-catalog and has coordinating Designer Series Paper called Cute As A Bug. While you can stamp and color the images, the DSP has images which can be cropped with the coordinating dies. This Z-fold card features the DSP background as well as images cut from the DSP.

  • I created the Z-fold from Old Olive cardstock cut at 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″ and 2 1/8″, fold in half then the opposite direction on the 2 1/8″ score line.
  • The layers for the front flap and inside are Soft Sea Foam, 5 3/8″ x 2″ and 5 3/8″ x 4 1/4″. I embossed them with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder, then lightly brushed them with Old Olive ink using a Blending Brush.
  • For the inside, I cropped a 4 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ piece of Very Vanilla with the Everyday Arches die and stamped a sentiment with Old Olive ink. I stamped the small mushrooms image with Crumb Cake ink and colored it with Light Poppy Parade and Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends markers. I adhered this to the inside of the card before finishing the card front.
  • To finish the card front, I cropped a 4″ x 2 3/8″piece of the Cute As A Bug DSP with the Everyday Arches die and layered it onto a 4 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ piece of Cajun Craze cardstock which was cropped with the same size Everyday Arched die as used for the inside.
  • Use adhesive on the left side only of the arch to adhere to the front flap. It is easier to line up the arch over the inside arch if you do this while the card is closed so that the inside arch does not show when the card is closed.
  • Crop several of the images from the Cute As A Bug DSP and adhere with dimensionals to the card front.
  • Use Old Olive ink to stamp and fussy cut a greeting onto a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock and attach with dimensionals. For this card I used a greeting and sentiment from the Branching Out stamp set.
  • If desired, stamp the small mushrooms onto the lower left corner of the envelope as you did for the inside.

Products used for this card are listed below. If you’d like to purchase any of them you can shop with me here to receive a free gift.
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Video Recap – Top-flap Christmas Cards

One simple cut to your card base will give you a card where you can see part of the card front design on the inside. I’ll show you how in my YouTube video which you can view here:[https://youtu.be/C4oqb1HZjgI]

While I used this design to create Christmas cards, you could use it to make cards for any occasion depending on the stamp set you use.

For the card using the A Child Is Born set, the greeting that you see on the card front will also be viewed from the inside:

Cardstock dimensions for this card:

  • Card Base: Misty Moonlight OR Night of Navy – 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″ and cut a 1 1/4″ strip off of the top of the front.
  • First Layer Front: Boho Blue – 4 1/8″ x 4 1/8″
  • Stamped Layer Front: Basic White – 3 7/8″ x 3 7/8″
  • Inside First Layer: Boho Blue – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″
  • Inside Second Layer: Basic White – 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″
  • Sheep: Scraps of Basic White
  • Star: Scrap of Silver Foil

For the Joyful tidings card, the embellishments at the top of the card will also show on the inside of the card:

Cardstock dimensions for this card:

  • Card Base: Garden Green – 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″ and cut  1 1/4″ strip off of the top of the front.
  • First Layer Front: Basic Beige 4 1/8″ x 4 1/8″, emboss with Birchwood 3D folder
  • Gold mat: Gold Foil 4″x 4″, cropped with Deckled Circle die
  • Stamped Layer: Basic White – 4″ x 4″, cropped with Deckled Circle die
  • Pine Branches, Berries and Pinecone Embellishments – Scraps of Old Olive, Real Red, Gold Foil
  • Inside Layer: Basic White – 5 1/4″ x 4″

The supplies used for these cards are listed below. For the A Child Is Born card, I used two retired stamp sets for the sentiments, Night In Bethlehem and Gentle Peace. If you do not have these sets, use sentiments that you have in other sets.

If you would like to purchase any Stampin’Up supplies, you can shop with me here to receive a free gift.

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A Child Is Born Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 169234 ]

Joyful Tidings Cling Stamp Set (English) [ 165944 ]

Peace On Earth Dies [ 165924 ]

Branching Out Dies [ 165775 ]

Deckled Circles Dies [ 162286 ]

Birch Wood 3 D Embossing Folder [ 164069 ]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 153081 ]

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 100867 ]

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 102584 ]

Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 164511 ]

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 100702 ]

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 102482 ]

Gold Foil Sheets [ 132622 ]

Silver 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Foil Sheets [ 163387 ]

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147110 ]

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [ 153118 ]

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147118 ]

Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147088 ]

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147084 ]

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154885 ]

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [ 144599 ] (Retired)

Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack
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Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [ 161674 ]

Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154899 ]

Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels [ 158130 ]

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [ 141897 ]

Small Blending Brushes [ 160518 ]

Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165678 ]

Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [ 129053 ]

Paper Trimmer [ 152392 ]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [ 149653 ]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue [ 110755 ]

Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]

Clear Block C [ 118486 ]

Clear Block D [ 118485 ]

Clear Block E [ 118484 ]

Center-step Fun-Fold Card

The center-step fun-fold card is perfect for this Christmas card using the ‘A Child Is Born’ stamp set. I stamped the image with Versamark and gold heat embossed it, then fussy-cut around the Mother with Child to use as the main focal point. You can watch my YouTube video here to see how to score, cut and fold the card base into a center-step card.

Here are the cardstock requirements to make this card:

  • Card Base: Misty Moonlight – 11″ x 4 1/4″
  • Side Panels: Peaceful Garden DSP – 4 3/8″ x 7/8″, cut two
  • Bottom Panel: Peaceful Garden DSP – 4 1/8″ x 7/8″
  • Front Panel First Layer: Gold Foil – 4 3/8″ x 2″
  • Front Panel Second Layer: Peaceful Garden DSP – 4 1/4″ x 1 7/8″
  • Stamped Image: Basic White – 3 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
  • Greeting: Basic White – 3 1/2″ x 3/4″
  • Star: Scrap of Silver Foil
  • Inside: Basic White -4 3/8″ x 4 1/8″

Scoring and cutting diagram (not to scale):

The products I used for this card are listed below. Please note that the greeting and inside sentiment I used are from retired stamp sets (Night In Bethlehem and Gentle Peace) so if you don’t have those sets, use your favorite sentiments on your card. Also, the tiny silver star is made using the current Peace on Earth die, but there are other star dies that could be used as well.
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A Child Is Born – Easy Fun-fold Video Recap

This Christmas card is a very simple fun-fold card which I explain in detail in my Youtube video which you can watch here. I used Stampin’ Blends markers to color the image but you can use watercolor pencils if you want a more pastel look.

Here’s a little hint for you — if you stamp the image with a water base ink such as Night of Navy and you want to use watercolor pencils to color the image, use a Stampin Blends color lifter to blend the colors. The marker is alcohol base and will not cause the water based ink to run.

Cardstock dimensions are as follows:

  • Card Base: Misty Moonlight – 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″
  • Card Base Flap: Misty Moonlight – 11″ x 2 1/4″, score at 5 1/2″
  • Inside DSP:  Garden DSP – 5 3/8″ x 2″
  • Inside Cardstock: Basic White – 5 3/8″ x 2 1/8″
  • Front Flap DSP: Peaceful Garden DSP – 5 3/8″  2 1/8″
  • Arch: 4 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ (cut two)
  • Sheep: Scraps of Basic White
  • Leaf Stems: Scraps of Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight and Silver Foil
  • Star: Scrap of Silver Foil

The supplies I used for this card are listed below. Shop with me here to receive a free gift as a thank-you for choosing me as your Stampin’Up demonstrator.
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