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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

I'm in Love with Love Notes!

It's hard to imagine doing a card video where I don't do any stamping, but there is no stamping in today's video! The Love Notes pack of DSP (Designer Series Paper) was just released in the January - April Mini Catalog. It has six different sheets of two-sided paper (6" x 6"), eight of each sheet. There are many blocks measuring 3" x 3" or 1-1/2" x 3" that can be used for sentiments and design elements. What I love about some of the blocks is that they are Valentine's on one side and generic on the reverse, leaving you with plenty of card-making options. This pack is perfect for making cards with friends or your kids - plenty to go around!

Gather your supplies:

Cardstock: Real Red 8-1/2" x 5-1/2 scored at 4-1/4"; Love Notes 6" x 6" DSP; White Willow 4" x 5-1/4" and a scrap
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You are not going to believe how quickly this card comes together! After folding the card base in half, you need to trim the panel with the heart from 4-1/4" x 6" down to 4" x 5-1/4". To do this, I cut 1/8" off each side and 3/8" off top and bottom, then adhered this to the card front.

For the sentiment, I didn't like "Love" being as big as it is, so I trimmed it down. I didn't measure, just trimmed until it was the size I wanted. Then I matted it with White Willow (this is a 12" pack of paper found in our Two-Tone section and is often used for Scrapbooking). Again, I didn't measure but just "eye balled" it. I added it the card front with Dimensionals.

For the inside, I used a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of White Willow and added the Hugs rectangle near the upper left corner. That leaves me plenty of space to write my message. I think this card would be perfect for someone recovering from surgery, needing a little encouragement, or just under the weather.

I have eight other cards to show - with the exception of the first one, there is no stamping at all! I made one a gift card holder and you could easily do that for many others too. I added a little ribbon or embellishments here or there, but really, they are came together very quickly. If you need any more details, leave me a comment in the video and I'll answer your question.

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I hope you've enjoyed these samples and I wish you lots of love as you make cards with this pack!

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Five at Once SIP (Stamps, Ink, Paper) Cards

Sometimes we forget that we can create beautiful cards with only Stamps, Ink and Paper (SIP). My upline, Dena Rekow, showed me a way to make five cards at once and I thought I'd share this technique with you! It is a great way to make a set of cards to give as a gift, or to make lots of cards, perhaps for Christmas, quickly.

There are two ways you can prepare the full sheet of Very Vanilla for stamping - one is by using a ruler and making light pencil lines as shown in my diagram. You'll want a good eraser to remove them when you're done stamping. The other way is to cut the paper right from the beginning and use a little bit of tape to hold them together for stamping. I use this second method in my video, but feel free to do whichever method is easier or better for you. In either method, you'll end up with five card fronts that are 4-7/8" x 3-5/8" and just two small leftover scraps.

When choosing the images to stamp, it is usually recommended to have stamps in a variety of sizes. Bold images, like the leaves I use in the video, work very well. I also recommend large sized sentiments as they will fill in the blank space on each card nicely. You can use line art stamps (as you'll see in my examples) - try to find ones that aren't directional in their design.

Gather your supplies:

Cardstock: Thick Very Vanilla 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; Very Vanilla 8-1/2" x 11"; (5) Shaded Spruce 3-3/4" x 5"
Stamps: Forever Fern, Biggest Wish, Good Feelings
Ink: Granny Apple Green, Parakeet Party, Garden Green, Shaded Spruce
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Prepare the full sized sheet of Very Vanilla - either by cutting and taping back together like I did, or by drawing light pencil lines. I recommend starting with the largest stamp image and Granny Apple Green - stamp this along the cut/pencil lines in a variety of positions. Next, switch to Parakeet Party and another leaf, adding more foliage along the cut/pencil lines. Fill up the space with more leaves in Garden Green and Shaded Spruce. Your leaves will overlap - that's why it is important of use colors that look good next to or on top of each other. For one card front, I also stamped on the left outside edge. I preferred to have all four sides stamped rather than just three. The remaining pieces all have two stamped edges.

When you have all the leaves stamped, cut the cardstock into the five pieces, or remove the tape holding them together. Add your sentiments in Shaded Spruce. This is where I loved using my sets that had big and bold sayings. If desired, you can spritz with a Stampin' Write Marker. I didn't do that when I made my first samples, but did for the ones in the video - I think it adds a nice touch. The last step is to mat these pieces with Shaded Spruce and adhere to your card base of Thick Very Vanilla. If you truly want these cards to be SIP, just add them with your favorite adhesive. I like to use Dimensionals, so I added them to some of the cards. Which version do you like better - spritzed like above, or plain as shown on the right?

When Dena demonstrated this technique, she used the Christmas Season stamp set - here is my version of what she did and my first set of five SIP cards. I used the Brightest Glow set for the sentiment. It was beneficial to make something nearly identical to hers to help me get the feel for this technique and I encourage you to use any of my samples to get you started too.

The next version I made features Watercolor Shapes. I used Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Polished Pink and Melon Mambo to make these dynamic geometric cards. I love how fun they turned out and think this could be done in so many color combinations!

Next, I used True Beauty and bright, happy colors (Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape and Sweet Sorbet. I borrowed the tiny dots from the Forever Fern stamp set to add a filler in Tahitian Tide. I did change up the mat colors to mix it up a bit.

My last set of cards has a whole different vibe because I used line art stamps and stamped them in black rather than colors. I didn't know if I would like this, but I loved it! You have to have images that are not directional and sometimes that is harder with line art sets. I love that it was so fast! No changing colors and actually, I only had to use three stamps from the Happiness Abounds stamp set to make these. To get my colors, I stamped the sentiment in bright colors and put them on the same colored card base. All of them were matted in Basic Black with really makes them pop.

Which is your favorite? I think it is either the shapes or line art flowers in black for me. It might seem difficult to get your stamps just right - but it really isn't! Remember that you can add more stamping after you've cut them apart and each one is unique! You'll end up with five beautiful cards at once using just stamp, ink and paper!

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