Monday, June 1, 2026

FERN & FLORA

This week I am featuring the Moonlit Flora Suite Collection.  Today's cards uses a couple of the floral stamps that I have not seen used often on other demonstrator posts.  Since it is June (can you believe it?), I decided that it was time for flowers.

I haven't even planted my flowers yet because our temperatures have been dropping so low at night that I didn't want to take a chance.  Maybe this week it will warm up a bit, so I feel safe planting some "real" flowers instead of depending on the "paper" version.

The Soft Sea Foam background on the card front is from the Moonlit Floral Designer Series Paper (DSP).  This designer series paper is gorgeous.  On one side of each design there are dark, moody, jungle-like designs in various shades of green with pops of Golden Glow and Pecan Pie.  The designs also use Basic Black and Secret Sea (everyone's new favorite "black").  But, on the opposite side, there are smaller prints in various colors that are great for simple backgrounds -- backgrounds that stay in the background and don't take over as the focal point.

The "diamonds" on the card front were die cut with square dies from Stylish Shapes dies.

The flowers were stamped and colored with Flirty Flamingo, Fresh Freesia and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends.  Coordinating Fern & Flora dies made quick work of cutting them out.

The bundle also includes some nice greetings and a greeting border stamp with a coordinating die which was also used for this card

I was in the mood to color, so I also stamped a flower on the inside as well as the envelope.

For all the dimensions and assembly instructions you can download a PDF tutorial using this link.

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Thursday, May 28, 2026

SILLY BEAR & FRIENDS

Today's Silly Old Bear card uses a fun embossing folder technique to create the Hundred Acre Woods that the friends call home.

Pooh is very happy with his pretty woods, so he invited Tigger and Owl for a visit.  He's ready to share his pot of honey, but I'm not sure Owl and Tigger look very excited about that.  Do Owls and Tigers like honey?


The embossing folder technique is easy.  Just ink portions of one side of the folder and then spritz it with water before running it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine.

I created a short video to provide some tips for using this technique.

I used Watercolor Paper for my background as it handles water better, but you can also use regular cardstock.

Pooh, Owl and Tigger, were die cut from the Silly Old Bear Designer Series Paper (DSP).  This paper is so much fun.  It includes one design that includes all of Pooh's friends which are sized to coordinate with the Silly Old Bear Dies.  So there is no stamping or coloring required.  Of course if you love coloring, there are also stamps for each character, which you can then color in colors of your choice and die cut.

The sentiment is from the Sweet Words & Labels bundle which is also included in the suite.  The dies in that bundle are beautiful layering shapes -- two of which I used for the sentiment.  The sentiments in this set are perfect for coordinating with the Sweet Old Friends Bundle but are also wonderful to use with any design.


I made the Technique Sheet a little larger than needed for the card front, so I had a "leftover" scrap to decorate the inside of the card.  I love to make sure the inside of my card coordinates with the card front.

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Monday, May 25, 2026

A SILLY BEAR & TIME WITH FRIENDS

This week I am going to be using the Silly Old Bear Suite.  This is such an adorable suite of products -- even if you aren't a Winnie the Pooh fan.  The Sweet Old Friends Bundle includes all of Winnie the Pooh's friends.  Not being a Winnie the Pooh aficionado, I never realized he had so many friends!  I had to Google him to figure out who they all were.

Today Pooh is taking a walk with his friend Piglet through the Hundred Acre Woods where they all live.

The scene from Silly Old Bear Designer Series Paper (DSP) was die cut with one of the Sweet Words and Labels Dies which is also part of the suite.  Pooh & Piglet were also die cut from the DSP using the Sweet Old Friend Dies.  

See, I wasn't fibbing when I said it was an easy card!


The card base is Secret Sea cardstock.  I cut a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" layer for the card front from Two-Tone Secret Sea Cardstock and embossed it (dark side up) with the Hundred Acre Woods 3D embossing folder.  A light sanding highlights the raised areas and reveals the inner white core of two-tone cardstock.


The sentiment is from the Sweet Words & Labels bundle.

This is a Mega Suite with two bundles, Designer Series Paper, and an Embossing folder.  The little die cut leaves that I used to accent the sentiment are from the Sweet Old Friends Dies.


I wasn't sure how many leaves I wanted for the card front, so I just die cut several from Two-Tone Old Olive cardstock.  Some were cut with the dark side up and some with the light side up.  After completing the front I had a LOT left-over, so I used them along the Old Olive Two-tone strips on the inside of the card.   

I haven't used Two-Tone cardstock a lot, but I'm really starting to love the fact that I now have two shades of the same color.  This inside decoration demonstrates what two shades can do for you.  "It just does something to it", don't you think?  

This was one of Mom's go-to phrases when she was asked a question about why she did something a certain way or added some ingredient to a recipe.  She'd say, "It just does something to it!"  That's how I'm starting to feel about Two-Tone cardstock.

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