Perennial Lavender meets Along These Lines Fun Fold

I had fun creating this card with the Perennial Lavender DSP. This particular print is perhaps my favorite print in the paper pack because of the touch of Proud Peacock in the foliage of the leaves. I knew I wanted to use the stamp set called Along These Lines as well as the Blooming Phrases stamp set. And because I love fun folds, I came up with this design which is a play of an often used partial Z-fold design:

This is the card opened and as you can see, I used another of the prints in the DSP pack on the inside as well. The split sentiment is from the Blooming Phrases stamp set and I decided to split it between the front and insides of the card. The front sentiment is stamped  and matted with the banner dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies:

And the “aerial” photo below shows the partial Z-fold design of the card better:

Here’s a close up of the coloring of the stamped rose. I also added splatters of ink (Fresh Freesia and Just Jade) on the background. The plain oval panel looked too stark otherwise and it needed something to add interest. 

And of course the finishing touch of the Fresh Freesia bow! 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed a closer look at this card.

Happy New Year 2026 Darling Donkey card

This card was made using a retired but new-to-me stamp set called Darling Donkey and I instantly knew I had to make a New Year's card with it! I had seen this on Pinterest when the stamp set was newly issued as a Sale-a-bration freebie with a $50 purchase. I loved the ingenuity of the person who first created this design, and their sense of humor!

I didn’t actually follow any particular Pinterest pin since I knew I wanted to use this particular DSP pack (Bright and Beautiful)  for its colorful and happy vibes. And my “number” dies were from the  Birthday Celebration bundle so I didn’t really need to further use the exact pin since my colors were set as were the size of the numbers for the year! And one of the Textured Notes dies were the perfect size for the focal panel.

I decided to make this card into a simple easel card so I added the sentiment as the “stopper”:

Here’s a closer look at the “stopper”:

The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set and it fit perfectly on one of the smaller die cuts also from the Textured Notes dies set. I popped it up using foam dimensionals so that it catches the card base easier.

And here’s a side view of the easel card:

I hope you like my version of the Darling Donkey New Year card. Thanks for stopping by. Wishing you a wonderful year with good health and happiness!

Cozy Christmas Alternates Paper Pumpkin Oct 2025

Only a few months late posting this but at least it’s in the same holiday season! I should have posted these a month or two ago but…life got busy. As it is, I am happy to have finished my Paper Pumpkin kit from October as I am trying to finish up older kits.

The kit is designed to create three cards, each of three designs for a total of nine cards. But instead of the typical 3 cards of each design, two of them were stretched out into six cards and seven cards respectively with minimal extra pieces, other than card bases and a few panels.The third card, I only made three of, but not as originally designed of course. So for starters, here are all the unique cards I designed:

The first one below was created by assembling the large ornament, then cutting it in two. I cut the card bases into two 4x5.25” panels and adhered the ornament to the corresponding side of the panel. When making 6 cards from supplies of 3, I of course ran out of the supplied sentiment labels so I used the banner die from the Stylish Shapes Dies which fit the sentiment with the kit perfectly! The red ribbon is from last year’s Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit and that added a nice touch to the sentiment label.

Next I created 7 mini trees from the original pieces. I ran out of stars atop the tree so I used a red sequin. I used red print panels from my stash…some Stampin’UP! and some not.  I had a couple of tree pieces left and plan to make a tag out of them.

And last but not least, I created the card below…I don’t know what it’s called but it stands beautifully.:

I added some die cut sentiments on the back of the “JOY” panel so that there’d be a little more room to write a personal message:

I think I have a few card bases or panels left to use another day but most of this kit was used, and in a timely manner as I was able to send these out as some of my holiday greeting! Yaaaay!

If you’re finding this blog entry in 2026 or beyond and have this kit still unfinished, I hope this inspires to you make these cards and finish up your kit too! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.