Thursday, February 12, 2026

FOR THE LOVE OF DIES

Today's Beautifully Celebrated card shows off the awesome dies that come with this Bundle.  In fact, it was these dies that were the main reason I purchased this bundle.  I always love die sets that have fun and interesting shapes that are designed for layering.


This set has six dies to create layers of the pretty medallion shape die cuts in the center of the card.  These two layers are the 3rd and 4th largest.  There are two that are larger and two more that are smaller than those I used, so the range of sizes is perfect.  The largest nearly covers a card front and the smallest is great for greetings!


And how about the corner die cuts?  I love those!  One die cuts two corner pieces at once!

I chose to use Gold Foil with Blackberry Bliss as my colors.  The card base and top medallion layer are Very Vanilla.  This is such an elegant color combination.  But...  It is so much prettier in person!  These colors are not the easiest to photogragh.  Blackberry Bliss shows as almost black in photos, and the Brushed Gold Foil that I used wants to turn more yellow than it really is.  Even with photo editing, it was difficult to capture the true beauty.


The Old Olive Leaf Stem was colored with Stampin' Blends and fussy cut.  Sadly, there is not a coordinating die included for this particular leaf in the bundle.  However, in addition to the layering medallion dies and the corner element dies, there are dies included for the little flower and some smaller leaves.


The vellum sentiment and gold lined leaf are from the Beautifully Adorned Ephemera Pack that is available in the Lovely & Beautiful Suite.  Be sure to check out this Ephemera pack more closely in the Product List below.  It has gorgeous gold elements printed on Vellum.  While you still need to be careful when applying adhesive on the vellum, it is nice and heavy, so there is less concern about adhesive showing through.  The pretty Gold & White woven ribbon is also from the Suite.

If you would like to learn some tips and tricks to make this card, watch my video below.  The card in the video is the same design, but it is made with alternative colors.  So hopefully it will provide some added inspiration for you.



I'd love to know which card you like the best.  Blackberry Bliss and Gold, or Night of Navy and silver?


Two more of the corner die cuts from gold foil were added to the inside of the card.  The Happy Birthday Sentiment on the card front is from Banner Sayings, and the inside sentiment is from the Coneflower Celebrations Stamp Set.

To download the tutorial with all the dimensions, step-by-step directions and a link to the video CLICK HERE.

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Monday, February 9, 2026

KEEP IT BEAUTIFULLY SIMPLE

Happy Monday!  What's great about a new week?  Well, a lot of things, but for me it means I get to share new cards with you!

This week I am sharing cards made with the Beautifully Celebrated Bundle.  This bundle is part of the Lovely & Beautiful Mega Suite.  What's a Mega Suite?  Well, typically it refers to a Stampin' Up! Suite Collection that includes two bundles and several other coordinating products, like Designer Series Paper (DSP), embellishments, etc.

The cards this week will focus on Beautifully Celebrated bundle.  I may bring in a few of the other products, but my focus will be on the bundle and using it with products that are not from the Suite.  I want you to be inspired to use it with products you already own!

Since it is Monday, and I try to keep my Monday cards quick & simple, I focused mainly on the stamp set for today's card.  This stamp set has several "foliage" stamps and a few sentiments.

I used the tried-and-true technique of stamping several images around one of the corners to use each of the stamps in the set.

Since I know that the 2024-2026 In-Colors will be retiring in a couple of months, I decided to use those.  I really like these In-colors.  They are so pretty and, as always, In-Colors always coordinate well together!


The sentiment is from the Beautifully Celebrated stamp set.  It is one long stamp, but to fit it on my Beautifully Celebrated die cut, I stamped it in two parts.  Photopolymer stamps make it so easy to do that!

I wasn't very happy with my first attempt at this card.  As you know "quick & simple" cards are not really my area of expertise, and this card was not coming together for me.  I knew I didn't like what I saw, but I was drawing a blank on how to "fix it".   So, I looked to a good friend for some ideas.  She suggested the black layer behind the stamped image to make it pop,  She also thought adding some DSP strips behind the image to add a little more color might help.  I found my Unbounded Beauty DSP -- which uses all the 2024-2026 In-Colors -- in my stash, and that definitely was a good call.

But, if I'm honest, I'm still not 100% in love with the card.  There is something about the stamping that bothers me, but I don't know what it is.  Maybe I should have colored the leaf image so there would be a mix of some solid images and some lined images.  What do you think?  What would you do to change this card?  


I repeated the stamping on the corner of the inside of the card and on the front of the envelope to provide some continuity of design.


A list of the products I used is shown below.

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Watch the following video to learn more about becoming a demonstrator and to also see the fun new Stampin' Positioner that you will receive when you join Stampin' Up!

February has brought an exciting opportunity to get Stampin' Up's new stamping positioner tool for FREE!  The brand-new Stampin' Positioner is available FOR FREE exclusively to those who join Stampin' Up! as a Demonstrator between February 3 - March 2.

That means the always great Starter Kit deal just got even better.  Join Stampin' Up! for $99 and choose $125 worth of product PLUS get the Stampin' Positioner for FREE.  

I'd love to have you join my team.  Perks of being a demonstrator include a 20-25% discount on all products you purchase, VIP access to new products before anyone else, invitations to Global Events, tons of creative ideas, and the chance to build a community of fellow crafters.

If you have questions, please email me at:  pat@fairlessstampinflair.com.

If you have already made your decision to join the fun, you can use this link to become a member of my team!
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Thursday, February 5, 2026

FEATHERED FRIENDS PERCHED IN A TREE

While Monday's Feathered Fun card was bright and cheerful, today's card has a beautiful but definitely a moodier background.  

I didn't realize that this Everyday Skies Designer Series Paper (DSP) is retired until after I made the card.  But since I love this DSP so much, I decided to share the anyway.  Obviously, you can substitute any DSP you have.


This particular DSP design reminds me of a sky where the sun trying to make one last beautiful statement before it says goodbye for the night.

I used different coloring mediums to create each of these feathered friends.  They are sharing final "tweets" before they say goodnight and return to their nests.

Peety on the left was watercolored on watercolor paper with ink Refills and Water Painters.  Cranberry and Scarlet in the center where colored with Stampin' Blends, and Ollie on the right was colored with Watercolor Pencils.

To learn my tips and tricks for each of these coloring mediums watch my Exploring Coloring Video.  I color the same three images in the video using the same coloring medium for each.  I changed up the colors on a couple of the birds, and the card is quite different, but the coloring tips and tricks all apply.  I just wanted to give you another inspiration card using this Feathered Fun stamp set.

Did you watch?  Which is your favorite card?  Which tip taught you something new?

On today's card the branches from Feathered Fun were stamped with Black Memento ink across the DSP.  I then stamped many, many, leaves with Mossy Meadow ink on Mossy Meadow cardstock and fussy cut them.  (This was another reason I wanted to make a different card in the video.  I didn't want to cut all those leaves again!). LOL


After trimming the 6" x 6" DSP to 5-1/4" x 4" for the card front, I had a leftover strip that I used for the inside of the card.  

Both the front and inside sentiments are from Banner Sayings.  

If you would like a tutorial with all the dimensions and step-by-step assembly instructions -- including lots of tips for coloring with each of the coloring mediums, use this link to download a PDF.

A list of the products I used is shown below.  Click on any image to visit my Stampin' Up! store.  You can learn more about each product or make a purchase by using the image links.


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