Vellum base floating card

Super pretty, hey? I’m adoring the sunny cheerfulness of the Floral Delight suit collection from Stampin’ Up, new in the spring 2025 mini catalog. I just LOVE yellow (as you’ll see if you ever get to visit me at Embellish in downtown Watertown, Wisconsin!) so these papers and the coordinating vellum pack are right up …

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Nested Double Gatefold card instructions

Well here’s a fun card! It’s super layered, thick and FANCY! And it’s really not that complicated to make. Basically you’re just making two double gatefold cards (cards with “doors” that fold inwards, then back on themselves) and nesting one inside the other. If you like lots of chances to show off coordinating paper packs, …

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What I made with my Regal Winter Suite Sampler

Last month’s Suite Sampler featured Regal Winter, a gorgeous new wintery-holidays inspired 12×12 paper pack from Stampin’ Up, with all the elegant trimmings! I so enjoyed the richly colored floral patterns, so unlike anything else out there. If you like the Regals color family, this is the pack for YOU! Here’s a sampling of what …

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What I made with my Suite Sampler: Wildly Flowering

I loved the beautiful bohemian tones of the August Suite Sampler and was able to come up with sooo many cards and pages using it! It’s not often you get supplies that work so beautifully together. And I wasn’t sure some of the bigger floral prints in the paper pack would work for me. But …

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Double Step fancy fold tutorial

Do you love fancy fold cards like I do? I just think they are so fun and unexpected. I love the simple ones that add a bit of wow without a lot of work. Here’s a design I just learned that is really quite spectacular and gives you lots of surfaces to cover with your …

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What I made with the Mediterranean Blooms Suite Sampler

Cobalt Blue with Lemon Yellow is one of my very favorite color combinations! It;s just deeply calming while also being very optimistic. Color really affects us, doesn’t it? Often in ways we can’t put a finger on. But sometimes it has a really obvious effect on our mood and outlook. Lemons and funny round oranges …

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