Monday's One Stop Blog Hop Is Back!

 Hello My Creative Friends,

Guess what's back?  

Monday's One Stop Blog Hop where I search the web to find beautiful cards or projects made by gifted Stampin' Up Demonstrators and share all of the creativity with you in this one spot!  

Join me in celebrating our creative paper crafting community!

Enjoy and be inspired,

barb

Mary Fish

Sharon Burkert

Amy Koenders

Brian King

Kylie Bertucci

Susan Campfield

A Child Is Born...

Hello Stamping Friends,

Christmas card making has begun and I am here today to show you one of my favorite sets in the newly released Sept.-Dec. mini catalog.  

This understated set is called A Child Is Born and while it is a simple line art stamp set, there is so much you can do with it.  You can emboss, color in with Stampin' Blends, stamp on designer series paper, or create a background with blending brushes and ink pads and stamp over your background.   

For my cards I stamped and embossed over Beautiful Gallery DSP , the "B" sides.  I wanted to try and create a subtle background so the stamped image would shine.  

I added a few rhinestones around the star and a simple sentiment from the stamp set on the front of the card. 

I hope you enjoy!

barb 

I gently dragged the dsp panel over the ink to create a very thin border of color to set it apart from the background cs layer.

Products:  Secret Sea CS and ink, Gray Granite CS, Beautiful Gallery DSP

Basic Rhinestones

Products:  A Child Is Born, Pecan Pie CS and ink, Versamark ink, WOW gold embossing powder, Basic Rhinestones, Embossing Heat Tool

 

Sunflower 3-D Embossing Folder and Ink Smooshing

Hi Stamping Friends,

Just a quick blog post for you today to show you the cards I made with my "Ink Smooshing" paper that I created last week.  

I had seen some really pretty examples using this technique and our new Sunflower 3-D embossing folder and I just had to sit down and play for a little while!  

It's a gorgeous folder with a stunning impression so I hope you enjoy my cards as much as I do.  It was so fun to just get stuff out and get creative!  I will leave a list of products below.

Enjoy this Ink Smooshing video

barb

Before Embossing

After Embossing

Plain cards with no white ink highlights

With SU White ink highlights:  dabbed onto raised embossed flowers with dauber

Various SU ink refills, various SU card stock, SU white ink refill,  sponge daubers, linen thread adn in color ribbon,  Stampin' Write markers, (for ink splatter) Wink of Stella, (for ink splatter) Gathering Moments stamp set, (releasing Sept. 3, 2025) Stampin' Up! glass mat, water spritzer

 

Double Delight Using Your Patterned Paper

Hello Stamping Friends,

Can you believe that I am back this week with another post?  lol

Today I am showing off some new 2025-2027 In Colors, namely Cloud Cover and Secret Sea (my very favorite!)

My card design is inspired by and CASED from Susan Campfield and I wanted to share her video with you.   She had labeled it a "Double Delight" card because you can enjoy both sides of our gorgeous designer series paper!  

Here I have used both Beautiful Gallery (floral) and 2025-2027 In Color designer series paper (leaf) and some coordinating products:  Damask Designs embossing folder and 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls among others listed below.

Here is Susan's YouTube video:  Double Delight

I hope you enjoy today's cards and find some quiet time to create this week.

God Bless,

barb

Other Products Used:

Secret Sea cardstock and ink

Cloud Cover cardstock and Stampin' Blends (to color white ribbon)

Prairie Grass stamp set 

Basic White cardstock

Spotlight On Nature dies

God's Peace For PP459

Hello Stamping Friends,

I'm back!  I've been going through some physical challenges so blogging has been put on the back burner.  I'm sorry it's been so hit or miss.  But, I hope you enjoy today's card!

Thanks to this week's challenge over at The Paper Player's blog, my creative holiday season off and running with metallics! 

I love this new stamp set called God's Peace. I think it’s my favorite in the 2019 SU Holiday catalog! 

My card was inspired by fellow stamper Cindy Brumbaugh. This was her sketch and I CASED it using metallics. Feels Like Frost designer paper, silver embossing powder, and Wink of Stella,  all which give this card a shine and gleam.  

Happy Stampin'

barb

Monday's One Stop, Blog Hop!

Hello Stamping Friends,

Today's the day for our hop around the internet to find delightful creations and inspiration

using gorgeous, coordinating Stampin' Up! products!  

I absolutely love it when I see something that a fellow SU fan has created and shared with the world, don't you?

So, let's move on to my favorite project picks for this week.  I hope it spurs you on to create in your craft space too!

As always, if you do not already have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator that you are working with, I'd love to help you and become your demonstrator.  ;-)

Blessings and Happy Stampin',

barb

Nerelle Farrugia

Wendy Cranford

Sandi Maciver

Angela Meiritz-Reid

Angie Leach

Brian King

Patty Bennett

Monday's One Stop, Blog Hop

Hello Friends!

Welcome back to my One Stop, Blog Hop feature where I find some of my favorite paper crafting samples on the web and bring them to you all in one weekly blog post.  I'm so happy you joined me this week.  

Enjoy all of the styles from these creative crafters. 

Happy Stampin,

barb

Brian King

Mary Deatherage

Patty Bennett

Narelle Farrugia

Kate Morgan

Jackie Aitken

Sharon Hashimoto-Burkett

Courtenay Heuston

Julie Gearinger

Mary Fish

Monday's One Stop, Blog Hop: "Rooted In Nature"

Hello Stamping Friends,

I wanted to share one of my favorite new bundles in the 2018 Stampin' Up! annual catalog called, Rooted In Nature.  This stamp and die set is full of wonderful nature images and really fun sentiments.  Also part of this bundle is the Nature's Poem designer series paper which is full of lovely color!   

I will be creating an original card with this set soon, but for now I wanted to share some beautiful creations from the web for Monday's One Stop, Blog Hop.  Please go and visit these creative bloggers to see more of their work, and...

Happy Stampin!

barb

wood mount (146479)  clear mount (148353)

available June 1, 2018 at my demonstrator site.

Lynn Streifert

Nicolle Belesimo

Anja Luft

Carolina Evans

Windy Ellard

Erin Gunson

Gloria Plunkett

Westside Paper Creation

Natalie O'Shea

Fabulous Garden Impressions

Hello Stamping Friends,

I'm back today from a long weekend of board gaming!  Yep!  You read correctly.  lol  My husband and I are board gamers and we attend a convention twice a year in Dallas, Texas called Board Game Geek.  It's a great time and sometimes I even bring a little stamping along if I get tired of playing games.  Yes!  I am proof that the two interests can be combined.  So....onto the card making side of my hobbies!

When I pre-ordered this paper from Stampin' Up! I had no idea just how much I would fall in love with it.  Oh my goodness, folks.  If you love florals and bright colors, this dsp is just for you.  

I gained inspiration from Mary Fish's card here,  but I changed a few things up to make it my own.  (Thank you, Mary!)

Here is what I came up with using the new Garden Impressions designer series paper, and brand new in-color, Pineapple Punch cardstock and ribbon.  

I hope you enjoy it and are looking forward to the new 2018-19 SU annual catalog as much as I have.  It's going to be an amazing year of paper crafting!

Blessings,

barb

My card with a cute little "mini card"

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