Stamp It Group Father’s Day Blog Hop

Welcome to Stamp It Group’s Father’s Day Blog Hop!

I’m so excited for you to be here today with us! My name is Mikki Winebrenner and I have a fun fold easel Father’s Day card for you today using Stampin’ Up Gone Fishing Stamp Set and Dies!

Be sure you leave a comment below for a chance to win a Stampin’ Up Birthday Sparkle Kit!

I debated a on what card to do for this Father’s Day hop. I had so many ideas of different styles and types of cards to do. I settled on this fun fold tackle box card.

I chose to use the Gone Fishing set because my dad is a HUGE fisher! He would live on the water in his boat if we would let him! Most weekends during fishing season if we cant find him we just have to looking in his favorite spots. It’s the “Where’s Waldo” Father Edition 😂

Let’s jump on into this card. There are a lot of parts and pieces to this one but I promise you it is pretty smooth sailing so to speak.

Some products you will need are: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Lime Twist, Smokey Slate, Summer Splash, Coastal Cabana and Shy Shamrock Classic Stampin Pads. Memento Tuxedo Black ink and So Swirly Embossing folder.

There is a full list of supplies below with links to the products.

The cardstock measurements are:

Shy Shamrock 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored at 2-1/8” and 4-1/4”, 4” x 5-1/4”, scrap piece for sentiment.

Wild Wheat 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”

Window Sheet: 4” x 5-1/4”

Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4” x 5-1/4”, 1 full sheet for stamping images.

Silver Foil: scrap pieces for hooks and tackle.

I have a quick run down on how I did this card below in the gallery.

Score the Shy Shamrock card base at 2-1/8” and 4-1/4”

You will need these dies from the Gone Fishing Die Set

Stamp the fishing gear in Smokey Slate onto the Basic White scrap pieces

Using the filler stamps on the fish and fly hooks. I used Lemon Lime Twist and Pumpkin Pie ink

Stamp the fillers of the rest in Real Red

Stamp the fish in Smokey Slate, you will need 3 of him!!

Stamp the water waves onto the bottom of the 4-1/4” Basic White with Coastal Cabana. Stamp the waves twice before inking them again.

Stamp the sentiment in the center with Shy Shamrock

Do the same thing with Summer Splash ink

Cut out all the pieces!! Use the Silver Foil for hooks, weights and miscellaneous. Real red for the bobbers. Also cut the tackle box lid from Shy Shamrock and the base from Wild Wheat. You will also need to cut the tackle box base from the Window Sheet, we will trim it up later.

Cut the tackle box lid out from Foam Adhesive Sheets. You will need to do this twice as one piece doesn’t fit all the way across.

Run the Wild Wheat through with the So Swirly Embossing Folder.

Attach the Shy Shamrock lid to the window sheet with liquid glue. Attach the Adhesive foam onto the back of that as well.

Place your fishing gear into the sections and attach the Wild Wheat to the lid. Add your Happy Fathers Day Sentiment to the section with the fish hooks. I stamped it on Shy Shamrock with Memento and fussy cut it out.

Attach the 4-1/4” Basic White to the inside of the card.

Attach the 3 fishes (fish, fishies??) together with left over foam sheets.

Glue that onto the water portion of the inside. In the middle as this will act as a support for the easel.

Attach the tackle to the first flap of the front with liquid glue.

The top half should not be attached at all!

Open the card up and prop it against the fish and you are done!

I’ve really enjoyed “hopping” with you all!

Please make sure you leave a comment to be entered to win a Stampin’ Up! Birthday Sparkle Kit! Such a fun kit!!

Congratulations to last months winner!

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Happy Hopping!!

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May 6, 2024May 6, 2024

Cap & Gown Graduation Series

Hello Everyone! I know graduations are sneaking up on everyone at what seems to be a rapid pace! We have my daughter graduating from college this weekend! Im still wrapping my head around that one!!

With all the festivities in mind I wanted to give you some last minute ideas and inspiration for a quick graduation card. I will be using Stampin’ Up!’s Cap and Gown Cling Stamp Set.

Planning these out I thought it would be fun to really focus on our local community schools and branch out just a tiny bit into the surrounding areas as well as my daughters University.

The 4 card designs I will show you this week will have 6 different color combinations. I also have 1 card design that I only have one color combination for. We might just sneak in super fun explosion box as well!!

Let’s get going on these cards. I tried to keep them fairly simple for everyone. Please remember that the color combinations can be changed to do any color that is needed!

Our first card is a slim line card using Stampin Up’s Cap and Gown Cling set as well as Stampin’ Up Alphabet A’la Mode Dies – Just the numbers!

Slim line cards have a very different measurement than the standard cards. This also means you will need a different kind of envelope. I will touch on that at the end!

Measurements for this card (I will only be using the colors for one card in the measurements!) :

Basic White Cardstock: 7” x 8-1/2” scored at 3-1/2” – base of the card

Basic Black Cardstock: 3-3/8” x 8-3/8”

Poppy Parade Cardstock: 3-1/4” x 8-1/4”

Basic White Cardstock: 3-1/8” x 8-1/8”

After you cut your paper to size and score your base, pull out the numbers 0,2 and 4 from the Alphabet A’la Mode Dies. Line up the numbers in order 024 at the bottom of the 3-1/8” Basic White. Once you have that lined up, cut the numbers out with the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. Run it through again with only the number 2 at the beginning of the number sequence.

*SAVE THE NUMBERS!!! I use them in the next card tomorrow!!

As an alternative for the numbers, if you want to simply things even more, you can stamp the 2024 at the bottom of the same piece with the school color – for this sample I would use Poppy Parade stamp pad.

Stamp the word “CONGRATS” at the top of the 3-1/8” Basic White piece and “CLASS OF” above the numbers, both in Tuxedo black.

** Funny story: my “Class Of” saying is different from the one in the stamp set because me the brilliant one that I am lost my stamp shortly after pulling it out. The renegade stamp has been discovered and returned to it’s proper place.

Next stamp the robe in the school color of choice and the cap in black or the second school color.

On the inside of the card you will want to stamp your sentiment: I used the sentiment “you did it!”, and stamped it in tuxedo black in the center. I also grabbed the scroll stamp and stamped it directly under the words as well as in the outer two corners.

Let assemble this card up!!

You will want to use your preferred adhesive for this, I love my Multipurpose Liquid Glue. It is so forgiving and gives you just a little time to adjust the paper as you need.

Again, I am doing only color combination but the concept is the same for all of them.

Attach the 3-1/8” Basic White to the 3-1/4” Poppy Parade cardstock.

Attach the Poppy Parade to the Basic Black and then attach to the Basic White card front.

Easy Peasy!

To add just a little bit of a pop to the card, grab those iridescent foil gems and lets change the colors!

Grab the Stampin’ Blend that coordinates with your colors – Dark Poppy Parade and Dark Basic Black for me- Color 2-3 gems in those colors. Simply “paint” them with the blends. Let them dry for a few seconds and now you have custom color Iridescent Foil Gems.

Attach those around the card and we are all done.

Representing: Greene County, Paton Churdan, Madrid and Ames High

Representing: Woodward Granger and Iowa State University

For the envelope:

You have a couple options here. You can use a legal length envelope that you can purchase at a store or you can make your own with DSP. They are super simple to make.

Here is a downloadable template for you. I am a visual person so hopefully this will help.

Slime Line Envelope Template

As a mom with a graduate I understand how busy crazy things are getting right now. With that in mind I would also like to offer you an option that I normally would not do.

I have a bunch of these already made up in a variety of colors. If something catches your eye and you would really like to make it but have no time, reach out to me and we can work something out. All of these are available for purchase.

I will be back tomorrow with another fun and simple card for you! Below you will find the entire list of products I used with links to them in my store.

Happy Stamping!!

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April 18, 2024May 13, 2024

Stamp It Group Mother’s Day Blog Hop

Welcome to Stamp It Group’s Mother’s Day Blog Hop!

I’m so excited for you to be here today with us! My name is Mikki Winebrenner and I have a gorgeous Mother’s Day card for you today using Magnolia Mood Bundle. I’m also slipping a new preview of one of the new In Color’s Peach Pie!

Be sure you leave a comment below for a chance to win a Stampin’ Up Confetti Birthday Card Kit!

When I think of Mother’s Day I always think of flowers. I think it comes from when my kids were young they would always have some kind of flower for me for Mother’s Day. By some kind of flower I mean paper, real, weed, drawing… there was a definite variety but loved equally.

I knew I wanted to use the Online Exclusive Magnolia Mood Bundle for this card as it has quickly become a favorite of mine. However, I have been at a complete loss for ideas!

I thought it would be fun to slip in my technique to help get the creativity flowing. Being such a visual person I have found that making idea boards or inspiration boards with a bundle or suite.

This is the one I created for the Magnolia Mood Bundle when I first ordered it. You can also see the I have laid out the colors I wanted to use. I was finally able to come up with the design I have for you today.

I’ve also been color obsessed recently so brace yourself, there is a lot of coloring involved!!

Some of the products you will need are: Peach Pie Cardstock (You can substitute this with Petal Pink), Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Basic White Cardstock. You will also need those coordinating Stampin’ Blends. Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and Calypso Coral Stamp Pad.

There is a full list of supplies below with links to the products.

The cardstock measurements are:

Peach Pie 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored at 4-1/4”

Calypso Coral 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”

Old Olive 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4” x 5-1/4”

Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 3-7/8” x 5-1/8”, 4” x 5-1/4”, 1 full sheet for stamping images, scrap piece for sentiment.

Let’s dive in with a quick run down of how I created this. Again, A LOT of coloring!

Stamp a couple of the large flower, small flower and seedling. Use Memento Tuxedo Black for this as we will be using Stampin’ Blends which will cause other inks to bleed. I stamped way to many images but we only used 2 of each in the final card.

Stamp the large flower opposite corners of the 4” x 5-1/4” Basic White. Also use Memento for this.

Now we color! The blends that I have used are Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Peach Pie and the color lifter. Don’t be afraid to mix up the colors a little bit. At one point I used the Dark Calypso Coral and accidentally grabbed the light Peach Pie Blend, I was not mad about it. Happy Accidents!

Cut out the images with their coordinating dies from the Bundle. Lay out the images onto the 3-7/8”Basic White. When you are happy with the placement attach them using Liquid Glue.

Trim off any bits that are hanging over the page with your paper snips. If you want you can use your paper trimmer. I don’t do that because of the glue and the little pieces get stuck everywhere.

Stamp your sentiment onto a scrap piece of Basic White with Calypso Coral Ink. Fussy cut that out with your snips.

Cut a piece of White twine from the Bakers Twine Essentials Pack. Tie a bow and attach it behind the sentiment with a mini glue dot. Attach the sentiment and the ribbon tot the card front with Black Stampin’ Dimensionals. Just a note here, you do not have to use the Black dimensionals. I only used them because it was what I had on hand at the time. Any of the dimensionals is fine.

Attach a few Iridescent Foil Gems between some of the flowers. I believe I ended up with 5 total.

Let’s put this card together! Attach the card front to the Old Olive Cardstock. Attach that to the Calypso Coral Cardstock. Then attach all of that to the Peach Pie Card Base. Use Liquid glue (or Stampin’ Seal) for this.

Attach the remaining stamped Basic White to the inside of the card.

For the inside Basic White piece: I the genius that I am forgot to take photos of the process of creating it 😂. You will want to color in the flowers with your Stampin’ Blends and stamp your “Happy Mother’s Day” sentiment in the center with Calypso Coral Ink.

I have a downloadable PDF for you with step by step instructions, a full supply list and a couple of photos. I even added in the inside piece for you!!!

You can download that at anytime and it is always free for your use!

Mothers Day Blog Hop – Magnolia Mood

Hopefully I have inspired you today and gave you some Mother’s Day inspiration!

I’ve really enjoyed “hopping” with you all!

Please make sure you leave a comment to be entered to win Stampin’ Up Confetti Birthday Card Kit

Congratulations to last months winner!

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Happy Hopping!!

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March 26, 2024March 25, 2024

Easter Week Excitement!

Hello everyone! I am terribly sorry to have missed everyone last week at the Easter Blog Hop! We had an emergency with my son and spent most of the day at the hospital 😔 He is doing better now and I am finally able to get this amazing card up for you all!

I wanted to kick off the Easter week with something unique and fun. With that said I have for you this really awesome card using Stampin’ Up! Excellent Eggs Bundle and a fun Basket Weave technique!

Let’s just dive right in with this card. I didn’t get all the pictures I wanted to for this process, I admittedly was to excited that it was working and going so well!!🤪

Some of the products you will need are: Excellent Eggs Bundle, Small Blending Brush, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, StazOn Jet Black Ink, Soft Sea Foam, Pool Party, Bubble Bath, Petal Pink and Pecan Pie Classic Stampin’ Pads, Rainbow Adhesive Dots and Linen Thread. I will have a complete list below with links to them directly in our store.

I didn’t mention paper needed because there is actually a lot of paper, or it seems like a lot at least. Here is what was used in my card, the colors of ink and paper are truly a preference though. My goal was spring pastel colors but you can change things up to however you want to. The measurements will be the same and that is the important part!!😉

Cardstock: Scraps of Pool Party, Lemon Lolly, Petal Pink, Bubble Bath, Sea Foam Green and Fresh Freesia.

Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 2” x 5-1/4” (x2), scrap for sentiment

Scraps of Oxidized Copper 12” x 12” Specialty DSP and Distressed Gold Paper

Crumb Cake 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 1/4” x 5-1/2” (x25) and 3/4” x 5” – scored at 2-/2” (x5)

Pecan Pie 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 2-1/8” x 5-1/2”

For the basket, I have a quick video for you. It’s not hard at all just complicated to try and explain through words. Being a visual person myself, I always find “show me” to be the best option when possible! 🙃

Basket Weave Video Clip

In this video I am using Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party and Starry Sky cardstock. I wanted to make it bright and different colors so you could see it better than the crumb cake.

After I assembled my basket of eggs I had this really big feeling that I forgot something. Sure enough, I absolutely did forget a rather important step 🙊

BEFORE you add the eggs to the card, grab a small blending brush and apply some Pecan Pie to the edges of the basket. The goal is to give it depth and make it look less flat. At the very end you will see that I have add lines under some of the pieces, I was attempting shadows that you would find in the layers of the weave. It didn’t end up perfect however the effect is still there.

Let’s get to the rest of the card and cut out some eggs! LOTS OF EGGS!!

All the scraps of paper you will need, plus extra as I did a mass cut job for other projects!

Stamp the eggs from the stamp set on the Soft Sea Foam, Bubble Bath, Petal Pink and Pool Party, in the coordinating colors and stamp 5-6 bunnies on the Distressed Gold with StazOn. This is important! Use StazOn with the Distressed Gold as it dries faster and doesn’t smear.

Cut ALL the eggs!! You can see I did way too many! I would suggest 3-4 of each color including the Copper and Gold as well as a variety of size. You will be using the cut outs from the small egg so keep that in mind as you are cutting them out. I also cut 4 of the zig zag die from the Pretty Peacock Oxidized Copper, and then the bunnies as well.

This step is more for placement and lining things up. You want to keep the card within the standard card size – I’m lazy and didn’t want to make a special envelope! I just a piece of cardstock at 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” and marked up from the bottom the 2-1/2” line for the top of the basket.

Place that piece of paper inside the card and use it as a guide for placement of the eggs.

Once you figure the egg placement out glue them tougher with liquid glue or your preferred adhesive. I strongly suggest you avoid the use of Dimensionals as the card will be pushing thickness with the amount of cardstock.

Attach the eggs to the inside of the card so it they are facing out. Don’t worry what the inside will look like with the eggs, we will make it pretty I promise!

Do this with both the front and the back of the card.

This image is a shot of me trying to decide placement, nothing is attached at all and you can see I used that guide to help with lining things up.

You will now add your 2 panels of Pecan Pie to the inside of the card with liquid glue.

Attach the 2 Basic White panels to the inside as well. I added a couple of extra eggs just because.

Place the 2 zig zag pieces along the top of the basket sides. This will imitate a ribbon you would usually find on an Easter Basket.

Trim off any access of the “ribbon” and place a small egg directly in the center of it. It is at this point you will decide which side to use as the front of the card – keep that in mind as you place that egg! Again avoid using dimensionals with this no matter how temping it is (I tried, it did not fit in the envelop at all!)

Randomly place some of those golden bunnies throughout the eggs. They are just an added touch to the ascetics of the card.

I had a couple of moments of pure UH OH happen at this point in the card. Scary how happens when your almost done!

First the actual UH OH I had was that I placed one of the inside panels on upside down. Yup I’m awesome that way and we are just gonna leave it and see if the recipient notices!! 🤦🏼‍♀️

Second was more of a smack of forehead – How is the card going to stay closed? Brilliant time to think of that right!! A quick fix for this was to add little itty bitty magnets to the inside. Not everyone has this microscopic thingys just laying around so another option would be to actually tie a ribbon around it when you are completely finished. 🫣

To finish off the front of the card, I stamped Happy Easter in Soft Sea Foam and fussy cut it out and attached an extra gold bunny behind the sentiment with some Linen Thread to the back of the bunny. Attach the entire sentiment piece to the bottom of the egg we attached earlier. Lastly, I added in some Rainbow Adhesive-backed Dots to the top of the basket for just a little extra decoration.

And that is the creation of my Egg Basket Easter Card!

I hope this inspires you for any last minute card ideas you might need. I will be getting a few more Easter/Spring cards up this week to help get you inspired for Spring!!

Thanks for hanging out with me today! Please reach out with any questions. I know I threw a lot out at once! I do not have a PDF for this particular design, but if requested I will certainly get one written up!

Happy Stamping!!

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March 20, 2024

Excellent Eggs with Hidden Surprise!

Excellent Eggs Easter Card that has a hidden surprise!

Curious? I would be too. This card started off as a simple easy card using Stampin’ Up!’s Excellent Eggs Bundle and the Easter Bunny Punch.

My brain must have had other ideas because one thought led to another and then 💥 things exploded into this:

This is card does have many layers to it so mailing it may be a bit tricky but it is a super fun card to give to anyone!

Let’s take a closer look.

You can see that the egg itself pulls out and behind it is another bunny with a special message.

Leaving the card as a standard card also provides a space for you to sign and personalize just as you would with any card!

You can also change the sentiments up a bit and use it a Birthday Card, Celebrate, Think of You or even Happy Spring!

This collage shows you the thickness of the card as well as how it looks with the egg in place and with it out.

It looks to a little complicated right? It’s not at all! It’s all in layers and using dimensionals to separate them and give them height.

The measurements are:

Lost Lagoon: 4-1/4” x 11” scored at 5-1/2” and 3” x 4”

Berry Burst: 4-3/16” x 5-7/16”

Pretty Peacock: 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”

Very Vanilla: 4” x 5-1/4”, 3” x 4” (x2), scrap pieces for 2 small egg cutouts and a small bunny

Masterfully Made DSP: 4” x 5-1/4”

There is a complete list of product used below or you can head on over to my store and check out all the fun Easter and Spring Items we have available.

Cut out a large egg from all the pieces of card stock and DSP using the 3” x 4” of the Lost Lagoon and only use one of the 3” x 4” Very Vanilla. Make sure the cut is where you want the placement to be for the egg. Set the negative space aside as we will use them to build the card base.

When I cut mine out, I used a pencil to mark the top and bottom of the egg die so I knew where to put it.

Punch out the Easter Bunny from all of the eggs and set them aside. Stamp a Bunny from the Easter Bunny set onto the Very Vanilla before punching. We will be using him later on.

Stamp the large egg onto the last 3” x 4” Very Vanilla. Also stamp the small bunny on a scrap piece. Color in the bunny and the background of the egg if you want. I used Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink and Smoky Slate Light Blends to do this.

Also stamp 3 or 4 of the medium eggs onto the bottom of the 4” x 5-1/4” using Lost Lagoon ink. As well as your sentiment in the center. Set that aside for later or you can attach it to the inside of the card base.

Cut out the Bunny, Large egg and 2 of the smaller egg. Keep the negative of the small egg, you will need them for the next step.

Color the negative pieces of the small eggs with the blends. I used some old Mica Powder to add a shine to the eggs, this is optional if you have it. You can really decorate them however you want.

Attach the large Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock eggs (int that order) together, lining up the punched out bunny with Stampin Dimensionals.

Attach one of the small eggs and their negatives to the right side of the stamped large egg with liquid glue. Then attach that as the final layer of the egg ornament.

Attach the small bunny inside the punched bunny with dimensionals.

If you want you can add the Berry Burst egg to the back of the egg to hide any blemishes or just leave as is.

Attach cardstock layers to together from top to bottom, Berry Burst, Pretty Peacock and the DSP with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Attach that to the card base also with dimensionals.

Carefully stamp a saying inside the egg, I used Lost Lagoon ink and the sentiment “An Easter Treat for You”. Attach the Very Vanilla bunny that you punched and stamped with liquid glue just below the sentiment.

Stamp “Happy Easter” on the small egg with all the negative pieces in place, with Lost Lagoon. Attach that to the upper right side of the card front with liquid glue.

Tie a piece of Linen Thread to the egg, wrapping it between layers to keep it somewhat hidden. Tie it off at the top to create a loop for hanging.

Place the egg inside the cut out on the card base.

Add in some Blooming Pearls and thats that!

I hope I have given you a little inspiration for something fun and unique for your Easter need. I am really happy with how this card turned out and super excited for you all to try it!

Join us tomorrow evening 6pm CST for Stamp It Group’s Easter Blog Hop where you can get even more fun inspiration and ideas!!

See you then!

Happy Stamping!!

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February 22, 2024February 22, 2024

Stampin Group Spring Fling Blog Hop

Welcome to Stamp It Group’s Spring Fling Blog Hop!

I’m so excited for you to be here today with us! My name is Mikki Winebrenner and I have a super fun spring theme card for you today using Cutest Cows Bundle.

Be sure you leave a comment below for a chance to win a Stampin’ Up Confetti Birthday Card Kit!

I was having a hard time coming up with anything spring. Here in Iowa it’s nice, warm and sunny with no snow, absolutely not normal for February! Still a bit skeptic that it will stay “Spring Like”. But the birds are singing, no shoveling required and the dogs are happy to be outside playing.

Thinking on spring and being outside with the doggo’s I see new buds blooming here and there, some new grass attempting to come through and this gave me the idea of using the Cutest Cows Bundle for a spring theme. Spring is all about new life coming to bloom, which includes those adorable calf’s we see in the fields!

For this card all you need is:

Cutest Cows Bundle, Meandering Meadows 6”x6” DSP, Balmy Blue, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green Cardstock and Ink, Basic White Cardstock, Tuxedo Black Ink, Stampin Blends and Liquid Glue.

There is a full list of supplies below with links to the products.

Measurements for the paper are a little different than normal . The card I did is a bit larger then a standard, the good news there is you can use an A6 envelope if you don’t want to make one!

The measurements are:

Balmy Blue 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 6-1/4” x 9” scored at 4-1/2”

DSP: 4-1/4” x 6” and scrap pieces for the lettering

Garden Green and Granny Apple Green 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 3” x 6”

Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 6” and scraps for the cows and sentiment.

I am very much a visual person and have the process of the card coming together here for you in a gallery so you can come back and reference it as you need to. I tried to give little details on what is happening in each picture.

I also included a couple of tips for you that I have found make things a little simpler.

Cut your card base and DSP to size and score.

Cut these two in half, mark 1” and 1-1/2” on the Granny Apple and 3/4” and 1-1/4” on the garden green. These will bet the guide line for your grass cutouts.

I used the grass die from Sending Love Dies to cut them out.

You can see how I layered the colors, for the last row, I used a negative piece that was left over.

Tip! Punch out the builder punch on a scrap piece of cardstock to help line up the stamped images to cut in one go!

Color in the cows. I used multiple colors but that is totally up to you!

Fussy cut and punch out the cows body and heads.

Glue them all together with liquid glue.

Grab a foam sheet, attach a piece of the DSP to one side and cut out the mini alphabet die.

I did not so a full sheet, I only cut out near the letters for SPRING.

Stamp out the sentiment in Balmy Blue. I used the “IT’S” from the sentiment “It’s Your Special Day” stamp.

Stamp the grass out on the bottom of the 6” Basic white.

Stamp a couple of milk container in the corner, masking the first image and then stamping around it. (This will make sense soon!)

Stamp a cow in the opposite corner as the containers.

Tip! Use your grid paper (or glass mat) to line up your sentiments so they are straight on the blocks.

Stamp your sentiment “Milk it for all it’s Worth” in Garden Green in the center! (See what I did there!?)

Color in the cow and the milk containers. I found the blacks hid the grass fairly well.

Attach your cows to the card front, tuck the feet down into the grass a little bit. I only glued the legs and a very little bit on the bottoms to allow them to pop up just a bit. Trim the edges if necessary.

Attach your sentiment with glue and your letters just below.

Attach your Basic White to the inside of the card.

I have a downloadable PDF for you with step by step instructions, a full supply list and a couple of photos. You can download that at anytime and it is always free for your use!

DOWNLOADABLE PDF
Spring Fling Blog Hop – Cutest Cows

Hopefully I have inspired you today and gave you warm Spring thoughts!

I’ve really enjoyed “hopping” with you all!

Please make sure you leave a comment to be entered to win Stampin’ Up Confetti Birthday Card Kit

Congratulations to last months winner!

Hop onto each of the blogs and leave comment there as well for more chances to win this super fun kit!

Happy Hopping!!

Product List

Blending Brushes

[153611]

Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159276]

Cutest Cows Bundle (English)

[162897]

Meandering Meadows 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162735]

Sending Love Dies

[162879]

Mini Alphabet Dies

[162934]

Foam Adhesive Sheets

[152815]

Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154843]

Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161674]

Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter

[144608]

Ombre Matte Decorative Dots

[161448]

Take Your Pick

[144107]

Take Your Pick Crafter Tips

[161602]

Stampin’ Up! Masking Paper

[155480]

Ink

Card Stock

Tools & Adhesive

Ribbon & Trim

Paper Trimmer [152392]

January 25, 2024February 11, 2024

Valentine Hop

Welcome to the Stamp It Group Valentines Day Blog Hop!

I’m so excited for you to be here today with us! My name is Mikki Winebrenner and I have a fun Valentine themed card for you today using Stampin’ Up Bee Mine Suite Collection.

Be sure you leave a comment below for a chance to win a Stampin’ Up Confetti Birthday Card Kit!

I decided to do a different type of card for my college students this year. My daughters roommates are all avid readers and I thought doing a little valentine for them that could also be used in other ways would be spot on for them.

Of course I cant just leave it at a cool card! I added in a square pillow box filled with goodies. These pillow boxes are a part of the Suite Collection or they can be purchased separately. They are super fun and the perfect size!

While the card looks a little complicated, it’s actually really simple. I think the hardest part I found was lining up the darn circles!!

For this card all you need is: Bee Mine Suite Collection, Daffodil Delight Cardstock and Ink, Sweet Sorbet Cardstock and Ink, Memento Black Ink, Vellum and Basic White Cardstock.

Measurements are:

Sweet Sorbet 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”, 3-3/8” x 4-3/8” and 3” x 3”

DSP: 4” x 5-1/4” and 6”x6” – score at 3” to make 4 squares

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 6-1/2” – score @ 3-1/4”

Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 3-1/8” x 4-1/8”

You will also need scraps of Daffodil Delight and Vellum Cardstock

I am not going to go into a lot of detail for how I made these. I am working on a downloadable PDF for you with step by step instructions and a full supply list and photos!

I will be 100% transparent and say I actually forgot to take pictures as I was creating this card. I was a little to excited how it was all coming together! Whoopsies!! I am distracted easily by fun things 😂

The file will be uploaded later this evening for all of you!

I hope this card inspires you for a creative card idea for your Valentine!

Bee Mine Suite Collection Card

I’ve really enjoyed “hopping” with you all!

Please make sure you leave a comment to be entered to win Stampin’ Up Confetti Birthday Card Kit!

Congratulations to Last Months Winner!!

Hop onto each of the blogs and leave comment there as well for more chances to win this super fun kit!

Happy Hopping

Supply List

Product List

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$13.00

Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Bee Mine Suite Collection (English)

[162560]

$75.00

Heartfelt Hexagon Punch

[162888]

$22.00

2 3/8″ (6 Cm) Circle Punch

[161354]

$22.00

Bee Builder Punch

[162553]

$22.00

Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin’ Pad

[159216]

$9.00

Sweet Sorbet 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159268]

$10.00

Square Pillow Boxes

[162559]

$8.00

Bee Mine 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162546]

$12.50

Bee My Valentine Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[162547]

$21.00

Sweet Sorbet 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Bordered Ribbon

[162558]

$8.00

Ink

Card Stock

Tools & Adhesive

Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50

Punch

2″ (5.1 Cm) Circle Punch [133782] $22.00

Ribbon & Trim

Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00

Accessory

Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

December 16, 2023December 16, 2023

12 Days of Christmas Projects!

I am very much behind the clock with my 12 Days of Christmas project for you all. We started on December 5 over on Facebook and Instagram. Life has been super chaotic and I haven’t had a chance to get them up here for you guys. I will correct this over the weekend!!

I will group these together in 3 day batches to make this simpler. I am working on a full Tutorial for all the projects. I am using a new program for that and it’s definitely been a learning curve but I’m slowly figuring it all out.

Lets dive straight into the first 3 days of our 12 Days of Christmas Projects!

Day 1 of our 12 Days Of Christmas Projects, I wanted to keep things simple for our first one. These luminaries are not only gorgeous but super simple to make and take very little materials.

Luminaries are actually a fun project in general, not just during the Christmas season but year round. You can customize these to whatever holiday, special occasion or favorite things (😉 snowflakes are my favorite!)

I was very excited how they turned out, especially the star one, that was a last minute lets try this idea! The manger scene is actually the negative of a die that I used as a stencil! I will have a tutorial for you on everything you need to know about this project, including how I did that silhouette!

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Day 2 of 12 Of Christmas Projects!
This second project is a simple hanging sign for your home or as a gift. There is a little story behind these, I wanted to do a simple hanging, as you can see they absolutely exploded 😂! (I posted these a little later then planned, time management sometimes is not my friend!)

They are fairly simple to create. The paper I used (Linen Specialty Paper )for both of these is sadly no longer available but you could use any of our gorgeous Designer Series Paper, or any of the specialties to create a backdrop for your design. I also used an actual stick that Miss Daisy helped me find in our yard (she was slightly offended that I brought it inside 🤣) as the hanger.

The NOEL hanging is shimmery and bright, perfect for the festive season. The Warm Wishes hanging is more winter, calm, peacefulness and warmth.

I was really wanting you guys to see how you can take any project you find, a pattern, and idea on Pinterest, something you want to CASE from me, you can change things up completely and make it yours!

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Day 3 of our 12 Days of Christmas Projects!

This project we are kicking it back old school with just Stamps Ink and Paper and a few embellishments of course. Speaking of embellishments, please note there is a tiny red bow on the card front. I did that! Without the assistance of a fork! Its the little things sometimes 🙃

This card was fun to create. It’s nice to fall back to the basics, regroup your mind and inspiration.

General overview of this card, I used the Joy of Noel stamp set. I also used our Stampin’ Blends for the coloring.

This card would be super simple to create in large quantities. Simple yet elegant, just the way it should be.

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I had an awesome big brain moment and figured out how to share a link to the file for the tutorials! I truly need an adultier adult sometimes!

Here is the link to the file: 12 Days of Christmas Project Tutorials

As I get new ones completed the file will automatically update and I will let you know when that happens so you can grab it!

These tutorials are FREE, a gift from me to you for the holidays and hopefully future special occasions!

I will get the rest of the projects uploaded here hopefully tomorrow!

Happy Stamping!!

December 2, 2023December 2, 2023

Stamp It Group Christmas Holiday Blog Hop

Thank you for joining me today for our Christmas Holiday Blog Hop! I am excited to have you here!

My name is Mikki Winebrenner and today I have a fun and simple Christmas card for you using Stampin Up Christmas Tiding Embossing Folder.

Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love the colors, smells, family and pretty much everything about it! Especially the snow!! I also know all too well how busy this time of year is.

For our card today I wanted to keep things as simple as possible. Anything to make things a little easier to help spread the Christmas Cheer.

For this card all you need is: Basic White and Cherry Cobbler Cardstock, Ribbon, Craft White Stamp Pad and your Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine.

Lets dive in!

Measurements are:

Real Red 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11”, 3-1/2” x 5”

Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 3-5/8” x 5-1/8”, 4” x 5-1/4”

After embossing your paper, lightly run the white stamp pad across the paper.

Now you will have only the embossed images white making it all pop even more.

Attach that to your Basic White Cardstock.

Cut the ribbon at 5-1/2” and attach them together.

Attach the ribbon to the left side of the embossed piece.

Attach all of that to the Real Red base with dimensionals. I also added some sparkle gems at the bottom, I used the silver small ones but I did color some with my Real Red Stampin’ Blend to give it some more color.

Super simple but festive and fun. You could easily change up the colors to any combination you want and even add different embellishments to give it bright colors.

I hope this helps to inspire you for some super simple cards for your holiday needs!

Make sure you drop a comment below for a chance to win Stampin’ Up! Forever Friends Kit.

Congratulations to last months winner!

Follow the links below for some more amazing Christmas inspiration!

Happy Holidays!

Product List

Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

[147277]

$10.50

Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Christmas Tidings Embossing Folder

[162115]

$8.50

Stampin’ Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack

[160386]

$9.00

Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems

[161288]

$8.50

Take Your Pick

[144107]

$11.00

Card Stock

Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102482] $10.00

Tools & Adhesive

Paper Snips [103579] $11.00

Ribbon & Trim

Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00

Accessory

Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023

Stamp It Group Halloween & Fall Blog Hop

Welcome everyone to the Stamp It Group Halloween and Fall Blog Hop!! My name is Mikki and I am super excited to have you all here today!

Please leave a comment below in the comment section to have your name entered into this months giveaway of a Birthday Card Kit!

Most people who know me know that I am not a fan of Halloween 🎃. I would much rather be setting up my Christmas Tree than watching anything spooky. Now my kids and sister LOVE Halloween. I’m not sure where I went wrong with them 😂

We had a choice of doing Fall theme for this hop but I decided to take myself out of my comfort zone and try to use what I had on hand to create a spooky Halloween Card. I think I succeeded! Boy does this card have a cool feature to it too!

Lets dive right into it!!

You can see from the photo that we are using 1 retired product. The Wicked Dies from I believe 2020. I only have a handful of Halloween anything and this die just happens to be one I purchased for my sisters Hallowedding. You can easily replace the sentiment “Wicked” with anything you want.

Paper Dimensions are pretty basic, nothing fancy.

Basic Black Cardstock base: 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored at 4-1/4”

Coastal Cabana Cardstock : 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”

Basic Black Cardstock: 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”

Basic White Cardstock: 5-1/4” x 4”

You will also need a scrap piece of White Cardstock for the moon. I do have a full list of products used below with links to them in my store.

This card has a lot of little details but stay with me. It will be worth it. I promise! Normally I would a printable PDF for you but due to time constraints and family obligations I have not created one yet. I can most definitely get one up later on if you all want it to refer to later!!

Step by Step on how I created this beauty:

We are going to take this blank Coastal Cabana piece and create it into that —->

To start, take your StazOn Jet Black and directly run the pad onto the cardstock leaving about an inch or so at the bottom.

Using a blending brush, blend the black in. You can keep adding black to smooth out the color. Little bits of the Coastal Cabana showing is okay.

Now you will want a clean blending brush and apply Coastal Cabana all over the back and down on the border. This will darken the color and add a little more Coastal back into the black.

I want to add a quick note here about the ink choices. You have to use a StazOn or alcohol based ink for the black color. If you do not, when you use the regular colors such as the Coastal Cabana, the black will just transfer into the brush and discolor everything!

Now grab your Winter Owl bundle and pull the Moon stamp and Die. Also grab your masking paper! You can use a post it note if you don’t have any.

Take your die and trace the inside of the moon onto the masking paper. Now I do this because we actually want it smaller then then the final piece. Cut the circle out with your snips.

Place the moon mask in the sky wherever the force guides you.

Using Basic White (Or is it Whisper White? I cant remember) Craft Ink and another blending brush and add some white around the moon area.

Grab the Black and Coastal Cabana brushes and blend the moon out so it’s smooth.

Stamp your moons onto a piece of scrap Basic White. I stamped them in Smoky Slate.

Pull out the Aspen Tree Dies and grab the egg shaped trees die.

Cut out the moons with the coordinating dies. You can add some Coastal Cabana to them if you choose for a little added spooky.

Cut our the Aspen Tree Die onto the 5-1/2” x 4-1/4” Basic Black piece. Someone forgot to photograph the cutting process, but we’re gonna skip over those facts 🤣 I would also advise cutting 2 of these. You’re gonna need a mask later on.

Attach your moon to the spot you had the mask with Liquid Glue.

Attach the trees over the entire piece also with liquid glue. You can see that mine isn’t lined up evenly. This is because I didn’t like how the trees covered the moon so I moved it around a little bit.

Once I was happy with the placement, I just trimmed the edges of the back piece to line up with the tree base.

Attach that entire piece to the front of your card base.

Grab that Basic White piece and your Coastal Cabana and Jet Black Blending Brushes.

Lay the tree cut out over the white piece and either hold it or tape it down. You are using this as a mask.

Using the brushes – don’t ink them up if they still have ink on them- lightly add color over the mask. Use the black on the edges to create shadows.

Attach the white piece to the inside of the card.

For the sentiment, I cut out the Wicked die on the 6” x 6” Glow In the Dark Specialty paper that is in our current Mini Catalog.

I placed it onto the card front with dimensionals to add a little pop to it.

For the final reveal!!! Does it glow??

Of course it glows in the dark on a Wicked Spooky Night!!!

Now I went bonkers with the way this turned out and created 3 different cards in 3 different colors because why not make more experiments! **Insert Stitch evil laugh here**

I surprised myself and am very pleased that the experiments where successfully brought to life!!

These were a lot of fun to make!

Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Lemon Lime Twist

While editing the photos, my brain went “WAAIIT… Can the moon glow too?” Well, once the idea was in my head of course I had to try it!!

The moon can definitely GLOW bright on a “Wicked” night! Use StazOn for the moon stamp on the Glow in the Dark Paper to prevent smudges!

I hope this crazy adventure of mine has helped inspire you! I have learned that the power of creativity is a beautiful thing! It allows you to take what you have and create something unique and totally different!!

Don’t forget to leave a comment below to be entered into this months giveaway of a Birthday Card Kit! What a fun little kit this is too!!

Congratulations to last months Winner!!

Follow the links below to continue this journey of inspiration for Spooky and Gorgeous ideas!! Be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs you visit! Each comment gives you a chance to win!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

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Product List

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$13.00

Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50