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Fan Card  (converted from the more common 5 x 7 to 4¼ x 5½ to fit in a standard envelope) Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main Body Balmy Blue 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ Measure 1¾ in from the top right hand side and mark with a pencil - cut from this point to the bottom 3¼ x 5 rectangle cut from top LEFT to bottom RIGHT to form 2 triangles (you only need one per card) Small piece to cut the greeting layer Basic White 4 x 5¼ and a small piece for the greeting layer DSP (I used Countryside Inn) 4 x 5¼ Measure 1 ⅝ i n f rom the top right hand side and mark with a pencil - cut from this point to the bottom 3 x 4¾ rectangle using a 2nd design  cut from top LEFT to bottom RIGHT to form 2 triangles (you only need one per card) Stamps Light the Candles Kit Ink Night of Navy Stamping Spot Opaque Faceted Gems Dimensionals

Gate Fold Mantle/Shelf Drape Card Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Strawberry Slush 8½ x 11, scored at 5½ Score from the score line up to the top on both sides at just over 2 ⅛  Cut down from the score line at 2 ⅛ Flip the drape upwards and test the gate fold meets evenly over in the middle. It may need to be trimmed a hairs-breadth Cut the drape panel down to 4¼ and score at 2 ⅛ Strip 10 x 1 for the belly band DSP (I used Florals in Bloom) 2 pieces  4 x 5 ⅜  , then cut each piece in half to measure 2 x 5 ⅜   so the pattern flows. I also fussy-cut a few floral pieces Basic White 4 ⅛ x 5 ⅜, 2 pieces 2 x 4 and a piece to cut the front greeting and stamp the flowers Lemon Lime Twist to die cut the greenery I used the Pretty Floral Bundles to stamp and cut the flowers Greetings made using Simply Said & With You In mind Ink Strawberry Slush, Darling Duckling & Timid Tiger Tear & Tape

Square Column Pop Up Card      Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Pool Party 5½ x 10 ⅛, scored at 4¼, 5¾, 7¼ & 8¾ Pretty Peacock 2 ⅝ x 5 ⅜, 1 ⅜ x 5 ⅜ & a square cut using the Stylish Shapes dies (2 ⅝ ) Basic White 4 x 5¼ for the back panel, square to layer on the front 2¾, small piece to stamp the flowers Lemon Lime Twist small piece to die cut the greenery DSP (I used Florals in Bloom) 2½ x 5¼ & 1¼ x 5¼ Inks Pretty Peacock and Pool Party Pretty Florals bundle for the flowers Simply Said stamp for the greeting Shades of Greens Hexagons Tear & Tape Dimensionals

Tent Card Floating Sailboat Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Balmy Blue 11 x 4¼, scored at 5½    ⅛   ⅜    ⅝   ⅞ Beautiful Bokeh DSP - Balmy Blue 4 x 5¼ Glue the DSP to the front of the card and then die cut a rectangle (or use your paper trimmer) Balmy Blue 4¼ x 3½, scored at ½, 1 ⅛, 1¾, 2 ⅜, & 3 (leaving ½ at the other side) Attach this at the bottom using a strong adhesive Basic White - small piece to stamp the sailboat in Misty Moonlight and Balmy Blue and die cut it, also a cloud from the Sunrise Sailing bundle Banner from Stylish Shapes Stamp greeting using Misty Moonlight To attach the floating middle attach a piece of plain paper behind, 2 x 2 folded in half, using strong adhesive Stamp some seagulls Attach the sailboat with Dimensionals

Paper Pumpkin Mountain Majesties May 2025 Alternatives Video #3 Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Card 1 Main body Misty Moonlight 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ Inside piece Basic White Pool Party 4 ⅞ x 3¾, stamp birds in the top left corner with misty Moonlight Cut the shaped overlay into sections 1½, 1¼, ⅞ &  ⅝. Attach these in order to the Pool Party with  ⅛ spacing Small piece of Smoky slate Stamp greeting with Misty Moonlight ink Dimensionals Card 2 Main body Pool Party 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ Cut the kit card base in half, and using the back section die cut a rectangle using Textured Notes dies. Adhere the card to the base Trim the vellum provided to 3" and attach over the "hole" Add the cut out piece on top of the vellum Cut a Pool Party banner using Stylish Shapes and stamp greeting using misty Moonlight (I used a greeting from the August 2024 kit) Dimensionals Card 3 Main body Pool Party 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ Use the front half of the card base used in Card 2 Lay t...

Paper Pumpkin Mountain Majesties May 2025 Alternatives Video #2 Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Card 1 Main body Misty Moonlight 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ Pecan Pie 4 x 5¼ Cut one of the pieces of Card #3 across the mountain shapes then trim each section down by ¼" progressively smaller. Attach the pieces in order to the front of the card, ending with a small greeting banner cut from Stylish Shapes and stamped with the greeting from the August 2024 kit in Pecan Pie ink Stamp the birds in the sky with Misty Moonlight ink Dimensionals Card 2 Main body Basic White 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ and 2 ⅛  to create a Z fold base Cut Card #1 in half and then using the front section, cut that in half vertically Attach the 2 pieces to the front of the Z and the back right hand side Attach 2 of the layering pieces as shown and attach to the left of the Z Stamp the greeting using Misty Moonlight Attach the greeting from the second card in the kit Stamp some birds in the sky with Misty Moonlight Dime...

Paper Pumpkin Mountain Majesties 2025 Alternatives from 2 card bases and 2 envelopes Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Card 1 Main body Basic White 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ Cut an envelope open and using the back piece, cut a section 4¼ wide The layering pieces are from Card #! in the kit and the trees from Card #2, cut apart The greeting piece is cut from what was left of the envelope back using Stylish Shapes Ink Misty Moonlight Dimensionals Card 2 Main body Basic White 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ Cut an envelope open and using the back piece, cut a section 4¼ wide Layer the pieces from Card #3 onto each other and attach to the front of the card base Cut a circle from Basic White using Deckled Circles and colour using a blending brush and Petal Pink ink Stamp the birds using Misty Moonlight ink The greeting piece is cut from what was left of the envelope back using Stylish Shapes and stamped using a greeting from the August 2024 kit and misty Moonlight ink Dimensionals Card 3 Main body Basi...

Hexagon Floating Front Card    Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Bubble bath 5½ x 4¼ scored at each end at 1¼ 2 strips 6 x 1, scored at each end at ¼ and 1½ Green Apple Green 2 pieces 1 ⅛   x 4 ⅛   and one piece 2 ⅞  x 4 ⅛   DSP (I used Celebratory Sips) overall size 4¾ x 5½ cut down as per the template below. 2 circles, one in Granny Apple Green and one in Basic White Back panel Basic White 2¾ x 4 Window sheet 3½ x 1¼ Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink Gems Tear & Tape highly recommended Template for the DSP

Mosaic Tile Card Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main Body Strawberry Slush 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ plus a ½" strip for the greeting Basic White for the inside, deckled circle and strip for the greeting Basic Black 5¼ x 4 DSP (I used Celebratory Sips) 4¾ x 3 9/16 cut into 12 x 1 3/16 pieces I also fussy cut out the pitcher Stamps Simply Sais Ink Memento Black Dimensionals

Exploding Book Binding Card   Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Berry Burst 11 x 4¼, scored at 4¼ & 5½ DSP ( I used Floral Impressions) 4 x 5, cut into 2 pieces 4 x 4 and 1 x 4 and another piece 6 x 6 Score the 6x6 on both sides at 3" and across ONE diagonal. Fold on the score lines to create the exploding centre.  Line the foldes square into the middle of the space on the card, under the book binding, Basic White cut 2 circles using Stylish Shapes dies and stamp the floral elements using Pretty Florals stamps and dies Ink Fresh Freesia, Berry Burst & Garden Green Simply Said stamps Just a Note using Berry Burst I stamped a few Fresh Freesia butterflies using the April Inked Occasions Paper Pumpkin kit stamps Dimensionals

Die Flip Card Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Daffodil Delight 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼, piece die cut the greeting strip from Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Dies Old Olive 5 ⅜ x 4 ⅛ DSP (I used Floral Delight)  5¼ x 4. Die cut one of the flowers using Framelet Labels dies Basic White for the greeting 2½ x ¾ Stamps Simply Said Ink Old Olive Gold Textured Adhesive Dots Dimensionals Unbounded Beauty card Main Body Pretty in Pink 11 x 4¼, scored at 5¼ Summer Splash  5 ⅜ x 4 ⅛, greeting banner from Stylish Shapes DSP (I used Unbounded Beauty)  5¼ x 4. Die cut one of the flowers using Stylish Shapes dies Basic White piece big enough to layer the greeting Small strip of Pretty Peacock Stamps Sentimental Park Ink Summer Splash Pink sequins Dimensionals

Negative/Positive Card - turn a negative into a wonderful positive Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Basic Black 11 x 4¼, scored at 5½. plus a piece to cut "Friends" script die Basic White cut 2 pieces 4 x 5¼, one for the inside One the front layer cut out the heart and the "background" Friend" Die DSP (I used Full of Life) 3¾ x 5 Stamps Iconic Imagery Ink Memento Black Red & Green Adhesive Backed Pearls for the dot above the i Wink of Stella for a little shimmer Foam Adhesive Strips Dimensionals

Paper Pumpkin Inked Occasions April 2025 Alternatives from 3 card bases Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Card Base #1 Cut the base into 4 equal parts 2 ⅛  x 5½ Main body each 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ Gorgeous Grape, Pool Party & 2 Flirty Flamingo Basic White for the insides 3½ x 4¼ Small pieces of coordinating cardstock ½ x 5½ Die cut 4 labels from Basic White using the Hugs Abloom Dies Stamp Thinking of You in coordination colours and attach the labels with Dimensionals Stamp the smallest butterfly stamp in coordinating colours and add 25-27 In-Colour dots to the Flirty Flamingo cards Card Base #2 Cut the card case in half 4¼ x 5½ 1) Attached to the front of Basic White 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ Add the Hugs Gold punch out from the kit and stamp a greeting on one of the small punchouts (I used "you are amazing") in Berry Burst in Attach with Dimensionals 2) Stamp Thinking of you on the shaped punch out and back with Peach Pie, add with Dimensionals Stamp smallest butterflies...

Paper Pumpkin Inked Occasions April 2025 3 Envelope-based Alternatives Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Gorgeous Grape, Peach Pie and Fresh Freesia each 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ Cut the front of 3 envelopes down to 5 ⅜ x  4 ⅛ Cut the back panel down to a rectangle to go inside to write the greeting Take one of the floral die cuts and cut it into 3 separate sections, attach each section to a card front using Dimensionals Stamp the die cut piece with the Congratulations stamp using Berry Burst ink and attach to the card front with Dimensionals I chose to stamp "on your retirement" using Gorgeous Grape ink and small butterflies using Fresh Freesia ink.

DSP Double Fold allows both sides of the DSP to be the star of the card Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Daffodil Yellow 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼, front fold 5¼ x 3¾,scored at 2   ⅝ DSP (I used Floral Delight) 6 x 5¼, scored at 4 and fussy cut some flowers Balmy Blue 2½ x 3   ⅝ Basic White inside -  2½ x 3   ⅝, front layer 2 ⅜ x 3¼ (be careful to put the right piece in the right place) Stamps Simply Said Ink Balmy Blue Opaque Faceted Gems Dimensionals

  Corner Lock Card (another quick and easy one) Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Card base Berry Burst 5½ x 4¼ Bubble Bath 5¼ x 4 DSP (I used Delightful Floral) 6 x 3, scored at 1½ on the left side, small greenery fussy cut Basic White 2 pieces 2¾ x 1¼, small ¾" circle Stamps With You In Mind Ink Berry Burst and Lemon Lime Twist Dimensionals

Double Time Spotlight Card       Make a fun card using DSP, especially a busy pattern Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Petunia Pop 11 x 4¼, Scored at 5½ plus a small piece for the greeting banner 1½ x ¾ Basic White 4 ⅛  x 5 ⅜, 3 ⅛ x 4 ⅝, 1 ⅞ x 3 ⅛ plus small piece for the greeting banner 1½ x ¾ DSP (I used 24-26 In-colours) 3 x 4¾ Don't forget to cut off the ½" once you've removed the rectangle Dimensionals Lost Lagoon version used Petunia Pop same measurements as the Basic White above, and Thoughtful Journey DSP

  March 2025 Daisy Daydream Paper Pumpkin Alternatives - 37 cards in total The 3 Crushed Curry and 2 Lemon Lime Twist I moreorless CASE'd but the other 32 I managed to come up with myself. Best. Kit. Ever There are descriptions of all the cards in the series below, complete with the YouTube Tutorial links

Swing Card   Quite often these are made using dies, this version uses just a paper trimmer Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Main body Daffodil Delight 11 x 4¼, scored at 5½ & 2¼ Cut the opening for the swing according to the template below Peach Pie (NOT Pecan Pie as I mention in the video) 2 pieces 4 x 2 ⅝ Basic White 2 pieces 2 ⅜ x 3¾, plus a piece for the inside 5 ⅜ x 4 ⅛ Flowers are fussy cut from Floral Delight DSP Stamps Simply Said, Sentimental Park and With You In Mind Inks Old Olive and Crushed Curry Template for the opening

Look how old and yellowed this box has become (granted it is from 1997!) Time to do something about it. Take each stamp and microwave it for about 10 seconds, sometimes a bigger stamp will need 12 or 13 seconds Gently peel off the foam and rubber from the wood and lay it down sticky side up Gently peel the label off the other side of the wooden block Stick the label directly onto the foam Turn it over and press it firmly on a flat surface to make sure it is stuck and allow it to cool This is the entire set ready to trim Trim the excess label around the stamp image.  This may gunk up your scissors after a while so you can clean them with stamp cleaner or Windex This is how the new wood'less stamp looks Here is the whole set, trimmed and ready to be converted Print an insert for a DVD case. I bought mine from Amazon and added the name of the set (and © year if known) These wonderful cling adhesive are available from Stampin' Up! This is how they look inside. The best way to use t...

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 4 cards from one card base + an envelope alternative card Check out the YouTube Tutorial here Check out more envelope-based Alternatives YouTube Tutorial  here Check out 3 Envelope-based Alternatives YouTube video  here   Check out a Honeycomb YouTube video  here Check out another 5 Alternatives YouTube video  here To make 4 cards from one card base.  Cut the card in half down the score line.  Cut the front vertically to create 2 pieces 2 ⅛  x 5½ Cut the back horizontally to create 2 pieces 4¼ x 2¾ 4 main bases Basic White 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼. Colour each front lightly using a Blending Brush and Crushed Curry ink Card 1 & 2 Basic Back 2¼ x  3½ plus a greeting strip 3½ x ¾ with the ends chevroned Crushed Curry 2 ⅛ x  3 ⅜ Back of an envelope from a previous alternate 2 x 3¼ Use one of the punch-out greeting pieces Stamp the panel with the Honeycomb in Crushed Curry and the greeting in Memento i...