A New Twist on the Shutter Card

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This photo is of a new twist on a shutter card created with Country Floral Designer Series paper.

Here is a new twist on the shutter card. It is called a seesaw shutter card and is very much like a trifold shutter card, the score and fold lines are just changed around. It looks complicated but it really is quick and easy to make. I first saw this fancy fold in a post on Facebook by Lavonne Schwendeman. She even shared a diagram on how to cut and score it. Thanks, Lavonne!

This paper is from the Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper (160375). I hadn’t used this design yet and thought it would be perfect with the bicycles lined up along the middle but had to cut it carefully so the bicycles were in the center. The card base is Balmy Blue. I like the blue edges but Basic White cardstock for the base would make folding the score lines easier. It is a bit lighter in weight.

Start out by adhering a solid piece of the dsp to the card base before doing any cutting or scoring. You could layer the dsp after cutting and folding but calculating the measurements and shapes would be a big challenge. This way is much easier. Then I cut and scored and folded according to the diagram below. (Diagram is not to scale, sorry!) All that is left to do is add any additional elements desired.

Template for the new twist on a shutter card. It's a seesaw shutter card.

The solid lines are cut lines and dotted are score lines. V=valley fold, M=mountain fold. The size of the piece is 8″ x 4 14″. This new twist on the shutter card will fold up to fit a medium envelope.

Supplies Used for a New Twist on the Shutter Card

  • Balmy Blue Cardstock 8″ x 4 1/4″, 3″ x 1 3/4″
  • Basic White Cardstock 3″ x 2″. scraps for the hearts
  • Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper 7 3/4″ x 4″
  • Sweet Sorbet Classic Ink Pad
  • Multipurpose Liquid Glue
  • Deckled Rectangles Dies
  • Paper Snips
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
  • Click here to be taken to a shopping cart with these supplies ready for you to check out. You can delete any that you already have.

I demonstrated this card during my Fabulous Friday Facebook Live yesterday. Here is the replay.

If you choose to make this card, I’d love to see what you do. Email me a picture to sue@soggystamper.com. Thanks for visiting today and don’t forget to visit my store for your papercrafing needs. I really appreciate your business.

Beautiful Fancy Flora Fancy Fold Card

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photo is of the beautiful Fancy Flora Fancy Fold card

This beautiful Fancy Flora fancy fold card was a cinch to make and turned out so wonderfully! Three scored lines and two cutting lines are all it takes for create the card base. Then adding pieces of the Fancy Flora designer series paper (160413) to decorate it creates the beauty. The focal point is a beautiful die-cut label using the Sentimental Park dies (160566). Unfortunately, the greeting is unavailable as it is from the retired 2022 SAB set Special Moments. You can easily substitute a greeting from the Sentimental; Park stamp set (160561) or any other greeting set that fits on the label. Here is a vertical view of the card and the back side. The white area is for handwriting a message and signing the card.

This is the top view of the Beautiful Fancy Flora Fancy Fold card
Back view of the beautiful Fancy Flora Fancy Fold card

Supplies Used for Beautiful Fancy Flora Fancy Fold Card

  • Sentimental Park Dies (160566) or Sentimental Park Bundle (160567)
  • Fancy Flora 6″ x 6″ designer series paper (160413) 4 at 5 3/8″ x 1 7/8″, 8 at 1 1 7/8″ x 1 1/8″, 2 at 2 7/8″ x 7/8″, 1 at 2 7/8″ x 1 7/8″, 4 1/4″ x 2 3/4″ for die-cutting fancy label
  • Basic White Cardstock (159276) 2 7/8″ x 1 7/8″, 3 1/4″ x 2″ for label
  • Fresh Freesia Cardstock (155613) 8″ x 5 1/2″
  • Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
  • Paper Trimmer
  • mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
  • A shopping cart in my online store with these products is here for your convenience. You can remove anything you already have from the cart before placing your order.

Template

Template for the beautiful Fancy Flora Fancy Fold card

Once you have the needed supplies, you can follow along with me in this video of my Friday Facebook Live as I show how to put this beautiful Fancy Flora Fancy Fold card together.

Beautiful Sentimental Park Pop-Up Card

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Beautiful Sentimental Park Pop-Up Card

I love this Beautiful Sentimental Park Pop-up Card! I love pop-up cards in general but this one is so pretty and so easy to make. Check out the opened view.

opened view of the Beautiful Sentimental Park Pop-Up Card

And here is a top view of the card.

Top view of the Beautiful Sentimental Park Pop-Up Card

This Sentimental Park Bundle caught my attention as soon as I opened the January – April Mini catalog because of the beautiful label dies. The floral corners of the dies are beautiful. A very cool thing I discovered when I first used the dies is that the the inside edge of the floral bundles is cut so that the smaller straight-edged label nestles inside the larger floral one. Sooo cool!

Photo shows the Sentimental Park bundle

I used one of the patterns from the Regency Park 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (160559) to decorate the card base which is of Petal Pink cardstock.

Supplies Used in the Beautiful Sentimental Park Pop-Up Card

  • Sentimental Park Bundle (160567)
  • Scalloped Contours Dies (155560)
  • Pear Pizzazz, Sweet Sorbet (stamped off once), and Tuxedo Black Memento Inks
  • Petal Pink Cardstock 11″ x 4 1/4″ scored at 5 1/2″; 10″ x 1 1/2″ scored at 3/4, 5 1/2, 7 1/4, 7 1/2 and 9 3/8 “;5 1/4″ x 2″ scored at 1/2″ and 4 3/4”
  • Basic White cardstock scrap for label, scrap to stamp flower and leaves
  • Regency Park Designer Series Paper, Balmy Blue Polka dot design 5 1/4″ x 4″ and 4 1/4″ x 2 3/4″; Petal Pink flowers with Balmy Blue flowers design 4 pieces 5 3/8″ x 1 1/4″
  • Stampin’ Seal and Multipurpose Liquid Glue
  • Elegant Faceted Gems (159189)
  • Click here to access a these items in a shopping cart for your convenience. You can remove anything you already have.

Once you have the supplies to make this beautiful card, watch this video to see how to put the card together.

Time for More Sales at Stampin’ Up!

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It’s the first of December and it’s time for more sales at Stampin’ Up! A new mini catalog comes out January 4 and Stampin’ Up! needs to make room for all the wonderful new product that is coming. Therefore, they have posted the list of items from the July – December mini catalog that will be retiring. Some items are up to 60% off! These retiring items are available only as long as inventory lasts so check them out here in my online store. I could give you a link to the list but it would need to be updated often as items are no longer available. The best way to be sure you get what you want it to go directly to my store and do it now!

banner for Stampin' Up!'s Clearance Rack

Another sale which is ongoing is the Clearance Rack and it was just updated last night. Did you miss out on the September promotion where you could buy dies for some of the stamp sets that aren’t bundled with dies? Then you are in luck because they are now on the clearance rack! I guarantee these will sell out in the next couple of days. Check them out!

photo of dies that go with stamp sets from the Annual catalog that were a special promotion in September.

As you can see, it’s time for more sales at Stampin’ Up! Now is the time to stock up and/or complete your wish list from the July – December mini catalog. Since this is the season for purchasing gifts, consider buying a stamp set or bundle or designer series paper for a crafty friend. And…of course…don’t forget yourself!

Beautiful Oh Christmas Tree Christmas Card

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image is of the Beautiful Oh Christmas Tree Christmas Card created with a Twinkling Lights die and a Framed Florets die

This beautiful Oh Christmas Tree Christmas card is so easy to make! I used one of the Twinkling Lights dies and two of the Framed Florets dies to make it.

I love, love, love the Framed Florets die (160623) that cuts out the oval of hearts. This makes such a wonderful frame for the gorgeous tree that I cut out from Evening Evergreen Glimmer paper. I backed this with the Distressed Gold Specialty Paper which is sadly temporarily unavailable. I went to reorder it and the Evening Evergreen Glimmer paper this morning to find out that the gold is out of stock (due to be available week of Jan 9) and the evergreen glimmer paper is sold out! What?!? I’m sorry if you missed out!

The top layer of the card is the beautiful Boughs of Holly designer series paper. I used a greeting from the Hope & Peace stamp set (159773) and cut it out with a die from the Meadow Dies (155852).

Supplies to make Beautiful Oh Christmas Tree Christmas Card

Click on the links to be taken to the item’s location in my online store. Thank you for shopping with me. Once you have the supplies to make this beautiful Oh Christmas Tree card, watch my facebook live and stamp along with me. You can stop the video anytime you need to catch up.

Beautiful Iridescent Snowflake Z-fold Card

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Beautiful Iridescent Snowflake Z-fold card created with the Snowflake Specialty Vellum and Twinkling Lights Dies
open view of Beautiful Iridescent Snowflake Z-fold Card

This iridescent snowflake z-fold card was somewhat time-consuming while cutting all the layers but it is easy to put together. The star of the show is the stunning iridescent sheets of the Snowflake Specialty Vellum (159832) found on page 40 in the July – December mini catalog. There are three patterns, one a dotted pattern and two with snowflakes. One sheet of each pattern is a white flocked image and one sheet is an image with an iridescent foil. For this card I used the dotted iridescent pattern and one of the snowflake patterns. I cut the large snowflake out of the dotted pattern with the two large snowflake dies in the Twinkling Lights Dies (159541). Order the supplies listed below from me and then join in making the with the video.

Supplies Needed to Make the Iridescent Snowflake Z-fold Card

  • Stamp Set – Hope & Peace Stamp Set (159773)
  • Ink – Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (132708)
  • Pool Party Cardstock (122924) – 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 2 1//8″ and 4 1/4″ for card base; 2 pieces 1 5/8″ x 1 5/8″ for small diamonds; 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ for large diamond; 5″ x 3 3/4″ for inside
  • Fresh Freesia Cardstock (155613) – 5 1/4″ x 4″ for inside; 3″ x 3″ for large diamond on front; 2 pieces 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ for small diamonds
  • Basic White Cardstock (159275) – 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ for greeting inside
  • Snowflake Specialty Vellum (159832) – dotted iridescent pattern 2 pieces 5 1/4″ x 1 7/8″, 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ for snowflake; iridescent snowflake pattern 4 7/8″ x 3 5/8″ for inside
  • Twinkling Lights Dies (159541) snowflake dies
  • Paper Trimmer (154980)
  • Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine – either size
  • Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
  • Stampin’ Seal ()152813)
  • Mini Glue Dots (103683)
  • For your convenience click here for a shopping cart in my online store with these items. You can remove any supplies you already have.

Are your supplies gathered? Thank you if you ordered them from me. Here is the video!

November Bundle of the Month

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The November Bundle of the Month is the Framed Florets Bundle (162407). I love this beautiful floral bundle for it’s versatility and the beautiful oval frames. Check it out.

This image is of the November Bundle of the Month, the Framed Florets Bundle

If you order this November Bundle of the Month from me, during November, I will email you five free tutorials using this bundle.

Now, this bundle is part of a November – January 4 promotion by Stampin’ Up!, the Fitting Florets Collection. In addition to this bundle; the collection includes a Christmas greeting stamp set, Framed & Festive (160888); The gorgeous all-year themed Fitting Florets 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper (161814) and the Gold Adhesive-Backed Swirls (161822).

Fitting Florets Collection of which the November Bundle of the Month is a part

When you purchase the complete Fitting Florets Collection from me in November, I will send you not 5 but 10 tutorials using all the products. What a deal! I love creating tutorials and sharing them with you! I created this Faux Side-step card using all the products in the Collection.

November Bundle of the Month used to create a spring-themed birthday card using all of the Fitting Florets Collection

SUPPLIES USED

  • Blushing Bride Cardstock – 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 3″, 6″, and 7 1/4″; 8 1/2″ x 3″ scored at 4 1/4″
  • Basic White Cardstock – 2 pieces 4″ x 2 3/4″, 5 1/4″ x 1″, 5 1/4″ x 2 3/4″
  • Soft Succulent Cardstock – scrap big enough for oval die
  • Fitting Florets 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper 5″ x 3/4″, 5″ x 2 1/2″ plus scrap with flower design
  • Framed Floral Bundle
  • Evening Evergreen Ink
  • For your convenience, here is a shopping cart in my online store with all the needed product for this project. You can delete any supplies you already have.

The Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper, Frames & Festive stamp set, and the Gold Adhesive-backed Swirls are available only as long as supplies last. I believe they will sell out quickly so I advise you to place your order now! You will be able to create a large variety of cards with just this one collection.

You Are Missing Out!

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You are missing out on my 12 Weeks of Christmas Gift to my mailing list subscribers if you aren’t on it. I have already emailed them 4 exclusive tutorials for great Christmas cards. Tomorrow I will be sending the 5th tutorial for a Christmas card. Then the following Wednesdays, I’m sending handmade gift ideas and tag/wrap ideas.

The benefits of being on my mailing list are:

  • Monthly newsletter on the first Tuesday of the month
  • This annual gift of the 12 Weeks of Christmas
  • shorter emails the other Tuesdays of the month with current news from Stampin’ Up!, great tutorials for a variety of paper-crafting projects, stamping tips, and current events I am holding
  • occasional discounts or free shipping offers from me

What are you waiting for? Sign up today and stop missing out. Fill out the form in the upper right corner right now! Thanks you.

Elegant Soft Seedlings Framed Card

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an Elegant Soft Seedlings Framed Card using the Soft Seedlings Stamp Set

Although this elegant Soft Seedlings framed card looks complicated, it is really easy to make.

Supplies Used

  • Soft Seedlings Stamp Set
  • Deckled Rectangles Dies
  • Thick Basic White Cardstock 11″ x 4 1/4″ scored and folded at 5 1/2″ or 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″, 5 1/4″ x 4″, 4 3/4″ x 3 1/2″
  • Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad
  • Parakeet Party Classic Stampin’ Pad
  • Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad
  • Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals
  • Iridescent Pearls
  • Stamparatus
  • Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
  • Click here to go to the shopping cart with these supplies on my online store. You can remove items you already have.

Instructions

  1. Use the third down from largest deckled rectangles die and the third up from smallest to cut the frame from the smallest piece of thick Basic White cardstock.
  2. Place the 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of thick Basic White cardstock in corner of Stamparatus and put a magnet on the corner of it.
  3. Put the stamp, stamp-side down on the cardstock and pick it up with the acrylic plate.
  4. Use the Pumpkin Pie ink pad to ink the stamp. Then use sponge daubers to add Cajun Craze along the edges of the leaves and Parakeet Party ink to the center of the leaf.
  5. Stamp image.
  6. Place the frame on top of card front and move magnet to also hold the frame in place. Reink the stamp and stamp a second time adding the image to the frame. Clean off the stamp.
  7. While the frame is still being held down by the magnet, place the ‘hello’ stamp on card front inside the lower right corner of the frame. Pick it up with the acrylic plate, check to see that it is lined up correctly and stamp using Memento ink.
  8. Remove the card from the Stamparatus and adhere the frame with Stampin’ Dimensionals lining up the two images.
  9. Color one large and two small Iridescent Pearl Adhesive Gems with the Dark Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends. Apply to lower right corner of the frame.
  10. Stamp the seed cluster on a corner of the inside if desired.

Watch the Video

Now that you have the supplies gathered to make this elegant Soft Seedlings framed card, follow along with me in this video.

Scary Cute Pop-upCard

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photo is of a Halloween Scary Cute Pop-up Card

This scary cute pop-up card is such fun to play with. What you are seeing is the card in the closed. The magic happens when you open the card. The photo shows the card flattened open but it is 3 dimensional otherwise. I love how the black cat pops up! I can play with it for minutes at a time. 🙂

Halloween Scary Cute Pop-up card opened

The images of the children do not have a corresponding die so I fussy cut them out. The tricky part of the card is getting the pop-up feature to work properly without any of the cat showing out the bottom of the card when it is closed. The fence is cut out with part of a Split Card Textures die

Supplies Used for Scary Cute Pop-up Card

  • Scary Cute Bundle (159852)
  • Starry Sky Cardstock (159263) 8 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ scored at 5 1/2″ and 7″, 1 1/2″ x 1 1/4″ for pop-up
  • Evening Evergreen Cardstock (155574) 8 1/2″ x 2″ scored at 5 1/2″ and 7″, 3 7/8″ x 2″
  • Basic Black Cardstock (121045) scraps for cat, haunted houses and bats
  • Gray Granite Cardstock (146983) 4 3/4″ x 1″ for fence
  • Basic White Cardstock (159276) scrap for tag, scrap to stamp children on
  • Mango Melody Cardstock (146989) scrap for moon
  • Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (132708) and Dark Mango Melody Stampin’ Blend (retired) use marker instead
  • Split Card Textures Dies (159162)
  • 1″ Circle Punch – retired
  • Paper Snips (103579)
  • Paper Trimmer (152392)
  • Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653)
  • adhesives of choice
  • you can find these supplies in a shopping cart in my online store for your convenience. Click here.

Once you have gathered your supplies, watch this FaceBook Live I did to see how to put the card together.

For other samples of cards using this Scary Cute bundle, click here and here.

Four Hours to Launch!

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Photo highlights my 12 Weeks of Christmas which is 4 hours to launch

It’s just 4 hours to launch of my 12 Weeks of Christmas gift to my mailing list subscribers. Each Wednesday for the next 12 weeks I will send them a tutorial for a project that is exclusive for my mailing list subscribers. Today is the launch at 1 pm Pacific time and this first project is a beautiful Christmas card! You won’t want to miss this tutorial. Subscribe now! Here is the link.

Want a sneak peak? Here you go!

Photo is of a sneak peek of first 12 Weeks of Christmas tutorial that is 4 hours to launch

Want to see more of this project? Then subscribe by 1 pm. You will be happy you did. Each week not only will I be emailing a Christmas tutorial on Wednesdays but I also send my Soggy Stamper Newsletter on the first Tuesday of the month…usually… and a shorter email the other Tuesdays. You get fresh ideas, notification of my Soggy Stamper events and Stampin’ Up! events and other stamping related news.

Remember it is 4 hours to launch so get on my mailing list now! Only subscribers will receive these emails.

24 Hours to the Exciting Launch!

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It’s 24 hours to the exciting launch of my 12 Weeks of Christmas gift! This is a weekly gift of a tutorial for a Christmas project that is exclusive to my mailing list. Each week on Wednesday I will email my subscribers a special tutorial of a Christmas project. The first 5 weeks will be Christmas cards. Next you will receive 3 weeks of gifts to make and give. Now that the cards are done and the gifts made, you will need tags and gift wrap ideas. The last three weeks will be tutorials for those things. I have enjoyed selecting these projects for you and know that you will have fun making them.

My gift of my 12 Weeks of Christmas will make your Christmas planning easier as it will eliminate your need to search for ideas during this busy season. But…you have to be a subscriber. There is just 24 hours to the exciting launch and you won’t want to miss this first tutorial. It’s stunning yet quick to make. Subscribe now. Here is the link.

My Gift to Mailing List Subscribers!

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It’s time for 12 Weeks of Christmas, my gift to my mailing list subscribers. Yes, next week will be the 12th week before Christmas. As a gift I am going to email an exclusive tutorial each Wednesday for a Christmas card, gift to give, or a packaging idea. They will receive an email for 12 weeks all for free!

If you haven’t already started creating Christmas cards or need new ideas for Christmas cards, you will want to subscribe to my mailing list right away so you don’t miss any of these great tutorials. In addition to my gift of the 12 Weeks of Christmas, my subscribers receive a monthly newsletter with several tutorials, tips, Q&As, etc. I also email a weekly tutorial , any upcoming events I’m having, and any specials Stampin’ Up! is offering. Check out my Soggy Stamper business Facebook page for examples of my style stamping.

The thing is that the only way you can receive to my gift to mailing list subscribers is to be on my mailing list. Don’t wait! Subscribe now!

Scary Cute W-Fold Card

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photo shows the front of a Scary Cute W-fold Card

I am delighted to share this Scary Cute W Fold card with you. My Bundle of the Month is the Scary Cute Bundle (159852). When you purchase this bundle from me during September, I will send you a free bundle of 5 tutorials to make cards and a treat holder using this bundle. I shared another card using this Scary Cute bundle in this post.

While the card front is cute, look at the inside! This is where the cuteness explodes.

image is of the Scary Cute W Fold card opened

Imagine the kids out Trick-0r-Treating on a dark night with the light of street lights lighting their way. Here are the supplies I used to make this darling card.

Supplies Used

  • Scary Cute Bundle (159852)
  • Beauty of Friendship stamp set (154983)
  • Deckled Rectangle Dies (159173)
  • Cajun Craze Cardstock (119684) 11″ x 4 1/4″ scored and folded at 5 1/2″
  • Basic Gray Cardstock (121044) 2 – 5 1/4″ x 4″
  • Mango Melody Cardstock (146989) 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, 5″ x 4″
  • Basic Black Cardstock (121045) 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″; 11″ x 1 3/4″ scored at 2 3/4″, 5 1/2″ and 8 1/4″; scraps
  • Basic White Cardstock (159276) Scrap
  • Tuxedo Black Memento Stamp Pad (132708)
  • Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
  • Stampin’ Seal (152813)
  • Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653)
  • These items are in a shopping cart for your convenience. You can delete items you already have from the cart.

Once you have the supplies ready, watch this video of my Friday Facebook Live and stamp long with me to make this Scary Cute W Fold Halloween Card.

Don’t Miss This Sale!

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image is a banner about Stampin' Up's 24 Hour Stamp Sale - Don't Miss This Sale!

Don’t miss this sale! This coming Thursday, September 15 for just 24 hours almost all stamps in the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog will be 15% off. This sale occurs just once a year and I don’t want you to miss it. I’m sure you have stamps you would like to buy but just haven’t ordered yet. Thursday is THE day to get them at a discount. Get out your wish list and have it ready. Then on Thursday place your order in my online store or email it to me and I’ll place it for you.

While you are at it, check out the new Weekly Deals that will be posted on Thursday and add some of them to your order. You can easily find them here.