Beautiful Motifs Bundle Coordinates So Well with the Beautiful Gallery 6 x 6 DSP

When I first saw the Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection on pages 52 - 57 of the current annual catalog, I thought everything was truly beautiful.  I've created a link if you would like to check it out.  I knew immediately that I needed the Gallery Blooms bundle.  I thought I could live without the Beautiful Motifs bundle.  I was wrong!!!  Let me tell you that you need the entire suite.  With the Sweet Suite sale going on until the end of June you can get this suite and then get another 50% off.  Think about this suite deal.  Here is my card using the Beautiful Motifs bundle, that I had to go back and purchase.

The book fun fold is one of my favorites.  It's simple yet has so much potential.  I featured two of our new In Colors for 2025-2027, Cloud Cover and Secret Sea.  

The base of this card is Cloud Cover cut at 4 1/4 x 11, Score at 5 1/2 and 6 3/4.  Fold in half and then fold back at the remaining score line.  Glue the small section down making a spine and the book.

For the spine cut a piece of Cloud Cover 1 1/4 x 4 1/4.  Emboss with the new Damask Designs embossing folder.  Glue to the spine.  Tie the Secret Sea Faux Linen Ribbon around and tie into a knot.

Use the Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper for the front of the card.  Cut the Cloud Cover pattern to 4 1/8 x 4 1/8.  Another reason I love the book fun fold is because it makes the focal part of my card into a square.

For the corners of my square I used the die from the Beautiful Motifs dies.  I have a little hint for this.  I suggest that you cut these separately on separate pieces of card stock.  If you run an already cut piece through the die cut machine it will flatten it.  You want to keep all of the embossing for your card.  The die cuts part of the design and part remains attached.  I used my paper snips to snip the little places where the cut out is attached.  The two end pieces end up still attached to the card stock.  I just didn't use them.  Glue one in each corner of the card front.

Use the Stylish Shapes dies to cut a circle from Basic Beige.  I used the 4th circle in.  Stamp the large design stamp on the circle.  I stamped off my Basic Beige pad.  Do this 2 times one side and then the other.  Stamp the saying, also from Beautiful Motifs in Secret Sea.  Glue to the center of the card front.

Cut out the smaller flower from the Impressions Abloom dies in Cloud Cover and in Secret Sea.  I used three flowers on the outside and 1 inside.  Cut centers from Basic Beige.  The flowers and centers each have two dies.  I centered the two and then added tape to the side without the ridges.  They can be cut out together.  Cut some on the tiny flowers in Cloud Cover and Secret Sea.  The dies cut out three little flowers at a time.

Assemble the flowers and place them as you wish on the card front.  I used a dimensional to add the flowers.  I placed the tiny flowers on glue dots to add.  Your card is done!

Let me just say that the Floral Impressions Suite Collection could be yours 1/2 off if you order the Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection mentioned above

I turned the inside of the card into a gift card holder.  You can do that to almost any card.  Cut the patterned paper 2 x 4.  Use a circle punch or a die cut to cut across the middle of the top.  I used a retired 1 inch circle punch.  Add Tear N Tape to the sides and bottom.  Add to the bottom of the inside left.

Add a 4 x 4 piece of Basic Beige inside.  Add the saying from Beautiful Motifs.  Add another flower and center.  Add more of the tiny flowers.

The Beautiful Motifs dies are very interesting.  I think they will become one of my favorites.

Thanks for joining me today.  I had so much fun designing this card.  I hope you like it.  Need supplies.  I sell them, you know.  See the links below and be sure to ask me if you have any questions!

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Product List

Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection (English)

[165217]

$139.25

Beautiful Motifs Bundle (English)

[165206]

$45.75

Beautiful Motifs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[165198]

$18.00

Beautiful Motifs Dies

[165205]

$33.00

Floral Impressions Suite Collection (English)

[165617]

$88.50

Impressions Abloom Bundle (English)

[165611]

$48.50

Impressions Abloom Dies

[165610]

$34.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Beautiful Gallery 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165196]

$12.50

Damask Designs Embossing Folder

[165214]

$9.50

Secret Sea 3/8" (1 Cm) Faux Linen Ribbon

[165273]

$8.00

Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165621]

$14.00

Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165624]

$14.00

Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad

[165285]

$9.00

Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[164511]

$14.00

Basic Beige Classic Stampin Pad

[163806]

$9.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[154031]

$7.00

1-1/2" (3.8 Cm) Circle Punch

[138299]

$16.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

I Just Got the Beautiful Motifs Bundle and WOW!

Are you like me?  I see something.  I think I don't really need it.  I see some samples.  I DO NEED IT!  I order and then I find it so hard to wait.  

This time I had cards in mind that I wanted to make.  I see that my package is coming 2 days before at first predicted.  I am so excited.  Then, a phone call, my granddaughter is sick and my daughter needs my help.  She is 1 1/2 hours away and I'll need to spend the night.  Well, of course, I'll go to the rescue.  Cards are NOT more important than a granddaughter.  New supplies can wait.  It makes getting to the new stuff a little sweeter.

So here is the first card I made with the Beautiful Motifs bundle.  It's part of the Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection.  Don't forget the Sweet Suite sale, Buy one, get one 50% off.

The card base is Basic Beige 4 1/4 x 11, score at 5 1/2 and fold.

Cut patterned paper is from the Beautiful Gallery 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper.  Find the supplies pages 52-57 in the annual catalog.  This particular paper is black (or gray) and beige.  I first cut the paper to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  Take the Textured Notes dies, third die in, and cut a hole in the center of the paper.  Save the center for another card.  Color the frame that is left.  I used the Peach Pie Blends Combo pack for the flowers.  The leaves are colored with a Light Cloud Cover blend and a Light Soft Sea Foam blend.  Once colored glue the frame to the card front.

Get the same Textured Notes dies, third die in, and cut a rectangle from another piece of patterned paper from Beautiful Gallery in a beige tone.  Now take a die from the Beautiful Motifs and cut from the center of this rectangle.  The die cuts out part and embosses part. 

I pulled the leaves up to color them.  Let me go back in the story of Cloud Cover.  There was an adverse reaction of the ink to the foam in our ink pads.  The color adjusted and not in a good way.  Stampin' Up! decided not to produce the pads.  There is a way to make your own pad and that's what I did.  I ordered the Uninked Stampin' Spots #141822, $10.  I also ordered the Cloud Cover Ink Refill #165279, $5.50.  Ink the spots and there you go!  You could even share with some friends.  Back to the card.  Lift the leaves and slip in a scrap piece of paper under them.  Use a sponge dauber to ink the edges of the leaves.  Repeat until all of the leaves have a little color.

Now glue this layer to the hole in the card front.  It should fit perfectly.

For the large cut outs, cut one from Peach Pie and another from Pumpkin Pie.  You just might want to cut 2 of each.  You'll want to when you see the inside of my card!  Use a small Blending Brush to color part of the cut out.  Again, put a scrap paper behind those areas you add color.  I used Peach Pie for both.  Color those for the inside too.  Dab some glue on the back here and there sparingly and glue the stems.

The saying is from Beautiful Motifs.  Ink with your Cloud Cover ink spot and stamp on a scrap of the same paper used for the rectangle insert.  Add with dimensionals.

Add a bow of Linen Thread under the sentiment.  Add with glue dots.  Do not use dimensionals under that spot.  Secure again under the bow with a glue dot.

Embellish with the 2025-2027 In color Flat Pearls.

Isn't the inside gorgeous.  Add some scraps of the 2 designer papers used and the Peach Pie and Pumpkin Pie stems.  I didn't add a sentiment, but of course one can always be added.  The sayings for the Beautiful Motifs stamp set are great ones.

I am not a lover of orange, but I love this card!  Those 2 oranges are so pretty together.  I hate to admit it, but this might be the first time I have actually used Peach Pie.  One last thought, my coloring ran beyond the lines in some spots.  Again, it was probably the first time I used those blends.  Color well inside the lines.  Have fun with it!

Thanks!  Now you go stamp something!

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Product List

Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection (English)

[165217]

$139.25

Beautiful Motifs Bundle (English)

[165206]

$45.75

Beautiful Motifs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[165198]

$18.00

Beautiful Motifs Dies

[165205]

$33.00

Textured Notes Bundle (English)

[165556]

$48.50

Textured Notes Dies

[165555]

$31.00

Beautiful Gallery 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165196]

$12.50

Natural Tones Linen Thread

[164071]

$9.00

2025–2027 In Color™ Flat Pearls

[165192]

$8.50

Small Blending Brushes

[160518]

$14.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$7.50

Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[164511]

$14.00

Peach Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163799]

$14.00

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]

$14.00

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[148059]

$9.00

Cloud Cover Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[165287]

$11.00

Peach Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[163827]

$11.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

Musical Jamboree, It's Retired, I Finally Used It and I'm Keeping It

Do you ever wonder if you are a collector OR a user of craft supplies?  My blog helps me to be a user of supplies.  But, and I don't think I'm alone, there are times that I buy something and I don't use it.  Shame on me!  The Musical Jamboree stamp set was in last year's annual catalog.  I bought it right away because it had a fox or wolf playing a banjo and another animal playing a violin.  I think that's a weasel.

My husband John plays the banjo.  He started playing after retirement from teaching and other things.  I think he was in his early 60's.  My granddaughter Sagan is in first grade and is learning to play violin.  She goes to an arts magnate school.  My other granddaughter Hazel has a fox as a kind of spirit animal.  So you can see why I bought the stamp set.  I was intimidated with all the coloring.  It stayed on the shelf.

Last week I went to Sagan's violin concert.  They were all so cute.  I think there were 3 classes of mostly first and some second graders.  Of course I had to make a card for Sagan.  I used Musical Jamboree.

 

This is a 1, 2, 3, Z Fun Fold.  I have shared this fold before.  If you are interested in seeing all the details for another card, click here.  The post shows a card using the Winterly Tree Tops bundle.  It's still available.

The base of this card is Strawberry Slush 4 1/4 x 11.  Score at 2 1/8, 4 1/4, and 5 1/2.  You'll need another piece of Strawberry Slush 3 1/4 x 4 1/4.

Fold the card at the 5 1/2 score line.  Then fold back on both of the score lines that are left.  Glue down the small area making it like a book fold.

Here comes the 1, 2, 3 part of the card.  Cut the 2025-2027 In Color 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper in Strawberry Slush.

1 1/8 x 4 1/8 in Basic White and 1 x 4 in the floral designer paper.

2 1/8 x 4 1/8 in Basic White and 2 x 4 in the floral designer paper.

3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in Basic White and  the speckled in 3 x 4.

1 7/8 x 4 1/8 in the  for the inside of the card in the kind of striped paper 1 3/4 x 4.

DISCLAIMER:  I have already given Sagan the card and I did not write everything down.  I'm so sorry.  The reference I gave you above does not have the Basic White frame pieces.  Give me some grace and please nicely leave a comment if a measurement is wrong.  I'll go back and fix it.  I would appreciate that!

The frame is cut using the Storybook Friends dies in Strawberry Slush.  Cut again to get a white inside.

Color the weasel with Watercolor Pencils.  To tell you the truth I just didn't feel comfortable using the blends.  I do know it can be done.  I used Pecan Pie, Early Espresso.  I put Wink of Stella on the tummy.  Go over the color pencil marking with a Blender Pen.  Fussy cut with snips.

Add the weasel with dimensionals.

Thank you so much for reading all of this if you got this far.  I love leaving directions and measurements.  This time I may not have hit the bar.  Let me say that Sagan loved the card!

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Product List

2025–2027 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165300]

$12.50

Storybook Friends Bundle (English)

[164675]

$55.75

Storybook Friends Dies

[164674]

$37.00

Strawberry Slush 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165625]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1

[161700]

$18.00

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2

[149014]

$14.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

$14.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$12.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

2025-2026 Stampin' Up! Catalog Sneak Peak Revisits

It won't be long now.  I've been sharing sneak peaks of projects showcasing new products from the upcoming 2025-2026 Annual Catalog for Stampin' Up!  It goes live on Tuesday, May 6th.  But that's not all.  New Online Exclusives will also go live on the 6th.  These are great products that aren't in a catalog.  You can find them on our website.  Just click on menu and Online Exclusives is listed right there.  You'll want to look at both the new catalog and the Online Exclusives.

Today, I'm going to show the projects I've already shared and tell you where to find the products.  I'll also link to the original post.

Impressions Abloom Bundle From the Online Exclusives and a Few New In Colors!

Now today's card was a snap.  Don't take me wrong, there was some die cutting involved so there was labor.  That takes a little time of course.  The idea just came to me and it came together as I had imagined.  There were some changes along the way, but I think they work.  I love card making and I love sharing my cards with you.  I hope you like this one as much as I do.

The card base is Secret Sea.  That dark blue with green undertones is my favorite new In color.  Cut the base 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and score at 4 1/4.

The Cloud Cover layer is 4 x 5 1/4.  It's probably my next best fav.  There is a problem with Cloud Cover.  The ink wasn't behaving as desired so they have gone back to the labs to figure it all out.  I'm not sure when we can expect to find the ink available.  The card stock is soooo pretty.

Time to cut using the Impressions Abloom dies.  The dies have three sizes of the flowers that I used.  Each is a little different shape.  There is an outline die and a detail die for each.  Place the detail die inside the outline.  This die adds beautiful lines to the flowers.  Cut out three sets of the three flowers.  I used 8 on the outside of the card and 1 on the inside.  Use Basic White or change it up to another color.  That would be up to you.

The centers of the flowers are Darling Duckling, a new In Color.  There are two sizes of these as well.  Both sizes have an outline and a detail.  You'll need 3 large and 6 of the small.  Glue these inside the flowers.

You'll need to cut 9 leaves from Granny Apple Green card stock.

The fun is in the arrangement of the flowers.  Lay them out on the card and determine where you want to add the leaves.  Then glue.  Hint:  I just thought of this as I was typing.  Add Adhesive Sheets to one side of the card stock.  Cut from the other side.  Then you can just peal the backing and stick the flowers on.  Don't forget that you'll need to stick in the leaves.  Trim away any excess paper from around the edges.  I think that having the flowers extend over the edge adds to the overall look of the card.

I felt the card needed a little something so I added the Secret Sea stamped flowers.  This stamp is in the Delightful Wishes stamp set.  It is a group of three.  I only inked one of the flowers by stamping be the edge of the pad.  Be careful with this step.  It's easy to get ink on the edges of the block and that can transfer to your card.

The saying is from the Year of Flowers stamp set.  Stamp in Versamark on Secret Sea.  Use an Embossing Buddy before you stamp.  This helps to keep stray particles of the powder from sticking.  Use the white powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powders.  Heat with our Heat Tool.  The saying is cut out with a die in the Happy Hibiscus dies that are part of the Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Embossing Folder.  Add to the card with dimensionals or with Foam Adhesive Sheets.

Add a Linen Thread bow.

Here's the inside of the card.  Add another saying from Year of Flowers and the left over flower.

There you go.  I hope you'll try this one.  You could use any of the flowers from Impressions Abloom.  You could also use any color or combinations of color.  Thanks so much for joining me today.

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Secret Sea, #165624, $14.00

Darling Duckling, #165622, $14.00

Cloud Cover, #165621, $14.00

Impressions Abloom bundle, #165611, $48.50

Impressions Abloom stamp set, #165605, $20

Impressions Abloom dies, #165610, $34.00

 

 

Product List

Year Of Flowers Cling Stamp Set (English)

[165367]

$26.00

Delightful Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164701]

$20.00

Delightful Wishes Bundle (English)

[164710]

$49.50

Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Embossing Folder

[164879]

$42.00

Happy Hibiscus Bundle (English)

[164880]

$59.25

Linen Thread

[104199]

$5.00

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165679]

$21.00

Embossing Additions Tool Kit

[159971]

$27.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$32.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Foam Adhesive Sheets

[152815]

$8.25

Adhesive Sheets

[152334]

$11.50

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00