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Wonderful World

 Happy July! July 4th has been one of my favorite holidays for a long time. Now that we have a second Saleabration in July, I love July even more! Today I'm going to show you a sweet card using the Wonderful World stamp set and coordinating DSP. You can earn both of these FREE with a $100 order during July!  Check out this video to see the tutorial on the trifold card pictured here.  Wonderful World Trifold card Supplies: Wonderful world stamp set + DSP (159918) FREE! Charming Sentiments bundle (158734) Basic White cardstock (159276) Watercolor paper (149612) Stampin Write markers Bold Brights (147157) Momento black pad (132708) Stampin Spritzer (126185) Tear and Tape (154031) Stitched Rectangle dies (151820) Paper Trimmer (152392) Iridescent Pearl Basic jewels (158987) Stamparatus (146276) Take your pick tool (144107) Paper snips (103579) For the second card, I really wanted to just highlight the beautiful details in the stamp. I kept it monochromatic (one color) but ended up addi
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Sweetest Cherries

 I was playing around with the Sweetest Cherries set last night. I created two cards that I thought were pretty cute! I went to clear up my creative mess and realized I accidentally laid one of them in my Sweet Sorbet stamp pad! Have you ever done that?  Well, I believe you can fix almost anything in crafting! Here is what I did. Here is my first card. See that nasty red line on the upper right-hand corner? Bummer! I tried a few things to remove it, but it just made it darker. I decided to go to my trimmer. I ended up cutting off about 3/4 inches from all three sides of the card. I did the same for the inside since I had already stamped a sentiment in there.  Here is my 'new' card. I actually like it better now! I ended up using dimensionals to pop up the front panel. I sponged the edges of the inside sentiment and put it all together.  What have you done to save a card or project after making a mistake? I'd love to see your creativity! Sweetest Cherries card 1 Sweetest Che

Shutter window card

 Hello and welcome!  Today's card features a fun fold that looks a bit like the shutter on a camera. There is a bit of math involved, but it is totally worth it! Check out the video for a demonstration of how to put the card together. The measurements and supplies are listed below. You can purchase supplies through my website here: www.beckiecarlson.stampinup.net  I'd love to see what you make! By My Side - shutter window card - fun fold! Finished Size: 5 1/2"  x 4 1/4" Supplies: ( All from Stampin' Up! ) Basic Black cardstock (121045) DSP I used a retired packet. A close choice would be Hues of Happiness (158822). Perfectly Penciled (159244) would also look amazing, but any DSP works! Just base it off your card base. 2" circle punch or Layering Circle dies (151770) Word set - I used Sunny Splash (158784)  and Charming sentiments (159985) By My Side stamp set (159006) Basic White cardstock (159276) Stampin Blends in desired colors Cutting guide: Basic Black c

Prized Peony

 Yes, I'm sharing more flowers. What can I say? Flowers are good for almost every occasion! They are a great investment. The stamps I am highlighting today are the Prized Peony set (#152504) and coordinating dies (#152701).  I made several samples with the set using the different elements. At the end of this post, I have included a video of how to stack the dies to make the beautiful 3D Peony.  This first example uses a card base made from the InColor Fresh freesia, embossed with the Checks embossing folder from the Checks and Dots set (#155432). These little half folders are perfect for highlighting just part of your card. I layered white cardstock on the left and a strip of Bumblebee cardstock down the center. The tiny little strip of gold is from a gold Wink of Stella I had lying about.  I stamped the Peony with my Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad (#132708) and colored it with the blends in Highland heather (#154887) and Light Granny apply Green (#154885) blended with light Old oliv

Simply succulent bundle....with sparkle!

 This is one of the sets I didn't think I needed till recently. What really sold me on it was the large background die that came with the bundle. I am totally in love with it! Today I am sharing a few cards that focus on that background die.  These first two are super easy but totally gorgeous! I used the Rainbow Glimmer Paper (#153056) with the background die cut out in Thick White Cardstock (#159229) for the first one and Basic black cardstock (#121045) for the second one. I used a sponge on a binder clip dipped in multipurpose liquid glue to glue it all together. The saying is from the Simple Succulent set that comes in the Potted Succulent bundle (#154330).  The next card was actually really fun to do. I cut out TWO of the backgrounds in white cardstock. I glued one down to a piece of cardstock (4-1/2 x 5-1/2). Using the die as my guide, I colored in the succulents using the blender markers. It looked kind of messy! After I was done coloring, I glued another background over the