Monday, December 22, 2025

TURTLE-Y AWESOME DIAGONAL CARD

I had a hard time this week deciding which products I wanted to feature.  I debated about calling it DSP Week or Fun Folds Week, but couldn't choose.  So, I'm just going to call it Hodgepodge Week.  I'm going to use a little bit of everything.

I also thought it was time to revisit some of the fun products from the 2025 - 2026 Annual Catalog.  We tend to get so many new products introduced via the Mini Catalogs and Monthly Online Exclusives that I sometimes forget about the awesome products in the Annual Catalog.

Today's card is made using the Turtle-Y Cute Suite.  A friend recently told me a funny story about someone she knows that had experienced a bit of a fall who had trouble getting back up after she fell.  (Don't worry, everyone is fine!).   But that story, which we chuckled over, made me think of this turtle laying on his back.


All the images on this card were snipped from the Turtle-Y Awesome Designer Series Paper (DSP).  The only stamping on this card was the sentiment from Turtle-Y Awesome stamp set.

This DSP collection includes two sheets that have various scenes that can be used for card fronts.  This particular scene looks like a pretty park. 

I am not sure what the official name of this Fun Fold is, but I call it a Diagonal Fun Fold.  It does require 12" x 12" cardstock.  I used Two-Tone Garden Green.  Can you see that the angle from top left down to the right is a lighter color green than the other border edges?  That's one of the unique features of Two-Tone Cardstock.  One side is the "normal" Garden Green color and the oppositie side is a lighter shade of Garden Green.


The two little red birds and the flowers on the right are also images from the DSP.  The Turtle-Y Awesome dies include dies that will cut out many of the images on the paper.  Those dies made quick and easy work of cutting out the birds.   

If you open up the bottom flap toward the right this is what you see.


And if you open this flap toward the left this is the card fully opened.


To decorate the message layer, I snipped out an additional image of a turtle enjoying some ice cream and another little pot of flowers.

This Fun Fold is simple if you know a little trick on how to cut the angles on the DSP.   Download the tutorial to learn my trick and everything else you need to know to make this card.

A list of the products I used is shown below.


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Friday, December 19, 2025

PEACEFUL PIER WATERCOLOR

I couldn't share cards this week with the Peaceful Pier Stamp Set without trying to watercolor a scene.  I'm still debating a bit on how I feel about it.


I love to try to create pretty nature scenes on cards, but my style is also to have a lot of dimensional layers, details and embellishments.

From that perspective, this card is very different for me and differs from what I am comfortable with.  This card has minimal layers and pieces and zero embellishments!  Believe me, I tried!  But nothing looked right.


I used the dock from the stamp set for the first time this week. 

The card was made using two basic techniques.  The background (water, sky and sand) was watercolored with a Water Painter and Reinkers.  I did that first.  I left a lot of white space to provide the appearance of depth and dimension.

Then I used the selective inking with Stampin' Write Markers to ink the stamps and stamp over the water coloring once it was dry.


I used a positioning tool to stamp the trees and the dock with grass.  That way I could ink the stamps with various colors and stamp them multiple times in the exact same place until I got the intensity of color that I wanted.

I did stamp the dock a second time on Watercolor Paper and color it with Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends.  Then I fussy cut the dock and adhered it over top of the dock I stamped on the card.  I used rolled-up glue dots to provide just a little lift.  

Since the grasses are on the same stamp as the dock, I didn't want the dock lifted too much.  I tried it with dimensionals first, but the extra lift made the grass look strange.  Think of this process sort of like using the Paper Piecing Technique.

To finish the card, I added clear Wink of Stella to the water to give it some shimmer and added a simple sentiment.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the card.  What does it need?  I feel like it needs something!


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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

FISHING FUN

I'm a big fan of water life and the fun things associated with living on a lake, however, fishing isn't really one of them.  But I do think this little fisherman is cute.  I'm going to name him George, after my dad, because Dad used to take me fishing when I was young.


We do have a lot of fishermen on our lake, and soon they will be out there in their shanties ice fishing.  But this image reminds me a bit of my neighbor.  He has a bench out on the end of his dock, and he likes to sit out there and fish.  I've never seen him actually catch anything!  LOL


For this card I used the Woven Textures Designer Series Paper (DSP).  I think that this DSP is great for masculine cards, and this particular design reminded me of the woven baskets that fishermen sometimes use.  When I was a kid and went fishing with my dad on our lake, we didn't have a fancy woven basket.  We just used a pail, but I've seen those cute woven baskets in the movies!  Does anyone actually use those?


George was stamped with Black Memento ink and then he and his surroundings were colored with Stampin' Blends.  For the sky, water, and grass, I intentionally left a little white space as it tends to create dimension and the feeling of movement.

The fisherman scene and the sentiment were die cut with aTraditional Labels Die.  If you didn't snag these already, you should consider these dies.  The have a great variety of shapes and sizes so are extremely versatile.  They are also on the Last Chance list and on clearance!


The Peaceful Pier Stamp Set also includes a couple of fish, so I added one here on the inside of the card.  I hope George catches one this size and not just that tiny little "minnow" that he has on his pole!

If you would like a detailed tutorial for today's card, use this link to download a free PDF.

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