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CHARMING DAY MEETS ELEMENTS OF TEXT

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I’m still working on using my DSP, but I’ve moved into current releases. Floral Charm has beautiful saturated florals, with gorgeous tone-on-tone coordinating patterns on the reverse. It’s an effortless paper that makes card design such a joy.

  • Stamps: Charming Day, Elements of Text, retired sentiment
  • Color Palette: Basic White, Petal Pink, Timid Tiger, Mossy Meadow
  • Accessories: Stamp Cut + Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature dies, Charming Day dies, 2 3/8” circle punch, Floral Charm DSP, Stampin’ Blends, Stampin’ Write Marker, Petal Pink Braided Trim, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I was very sad to see Elements of Text on the Last Chance list, so I’m pulling it out every chance I get. I’ve stamped off the Petal Pink ink here to get a softer background. You could also use Versamark ink if you wanted it even more subtle.

CONFESSION: I could have used the sentiment from Charming Day, but you have to ink the words separately and align them on the circle, and this perfectly-good-but-retired stamp was sitting on my craft desk saying “choose me!!”

So I did.

I added a few speckles to the Basic White circle with a Stampin’ Write Marker – just flick the brush against the cap for a light spatter. And that Petal Pink trim unravels quite easily, keeping some wave in the strands for a soft accent.

Elements of Text is on the Last Chance List so don’t wait too long to order! Charming Day is part of the Floral Charm Suite, an Online Exclusive from the July 2025 release. Happy shopping!

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THE DSP STASH: FLORALS IN BLOOM

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I’m still working on that DSP stash! This week it’s Florals in Bloom, paired with some Last Chance stamps and a fun fold from a few weeks back. I pulled out all the papers I’ve been hoarding from that package and went to work. Chop, Chop!!

  • Stamps: Charming Day, Corners in Bloom
  • Color Palette: Basic White, Petunia Pop, Fresh Freesia, Old Olive
  • Accessories: Stamp Cut & Emboss Machine, Deckle Circle dies (retired), Florals in Bloom DSP, bone folder, paintbrush, dauber, Stampin’ Write Markers, Stampin’ Dimensionals

This is the same fun fold I did with the Painterly Pears a month ago, except I used a round focal point instead of a rectangular one. I have a stack of Deckle Circles left over in Basic White, and I decided they were going to speed things along for me with this project. Do you cut multiples of your favorite shapes? It’s such a time-saver.

Here’s another version – almost the same, but a different DSP so a different color scheme. The Corner in Bloom stamps (from 2025 – Last Chance!) work perfectly with the Florals in Bloom DSP! And Florals in Bloom is on sale this month since it includes 25-27 In Colors. Win Win!

I pulled out the Perennial Lavender DSP and switched up the pattern layout. Not sure how I like the front with the deep Shaded Spruce panel, but I love the inside!

Last one – back to Florals in Bloom. You can see the little splatters on the Deckle Circle – I learned that tapping your inky paint brush with the bone folder instead of your finger gives a finer, broader distribution of splatters. I brushed the edges of the circles with a bit of ink, too, since I was too lazy to go find the dies and cut colored card stock mats.

Ready to cut up some DSP and set up your assembly line? If you need anything, you’ll surely find it in the Online Store. Chop Chop!!

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LAST CHANCE FOR FRUIT SALAD

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The Fruit Salad Designer Series Paper pack was one of my favorite Sale-a-bration 2025 choices, and it’s back for an encore in the current Last Chance refresh. I’m not usually a bright-and-bold colors girl, but I love these papers.

  • Stamps: Spring Corners (hurry, it’s in LOW INVENTORY)
  • Color Palette: Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green
  • Accessories: Fruit Salad DSP – everything else is retired

I am on a mission to clear out some of the retired bits and pieces that are lurking around my craft studio. I have a ridiculous number of embellishment packs with a dozen or so pieces left, so forgive me for using them up. There are HEAPS of dots in the Online Store – take a look if you don’t trust me.

I cut these pieces of DSP into 1 7/8″ x 2 1/2″ rectangles and matted them with 2″ x 2 5/8″ card stock layers. They make a perfect grid, in my very humble opinion. I used just two papers but used both A and B sides. Chopped up the sentiment with my snips and called it good!

Fruit Salad DSP is on sale for just $7.50. Get a couple of packs while you’re there. Your future self will thank you.

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SNAPPING UP LAST CHANCE DEALS

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The LAST CHANCE list updated this week and holy smokes! For the first time, past Sale-a-bration products are available. One of my favorites is the Toadstool Gardens DSP, and I made a quick card to highlight some of the great designs in the pack.

  • Stamps: Terrific Toadstools
  • Color Palette: Basic White, Timid Tiger, Gray Granite, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green
  • Accessories: Toadstool Gardens DSP, Toadstool Builder Punch, Simply Scoring Tool, Blender Pen, Stampin’ Write Markers, Stampin’ Dimensionals

One of the things I love about this pack is that it has bold, bright designs paired with softer, tone-on-tone patterns. I’ve used 4 different papers for this simple card, and there are plenty of other options to choose from.

I inked the toadstool cap with Timid Tiger and removed the ink from the frilly underside bits (no idea what they’re called, too lazy to search.) I used a Stampin’ Write Marker to replace that color with Gray Granite, which mirrors the coloring in the DSP. Super easy, but one of those little touches that make a card special.

Have a little fun with this paper even if you don’t have the Terrific Toadstools bundle – it would be almost as easy to fussy cut a toadstool from the paper to replicate this card. But don’t wait too long to do your Last Chance shopping: it’s called Last Chance for a reason!

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Using up the Stash Part II

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Are you ready to see the last few clipboards?  Ready or not, here they come:

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Sweet Pea DSP pack and that fabulous paper that I hoarded…with Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood Red…you remember!

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These are oldies but goodies…I think the front one might be Urban Garden and the back one…well it had River Rock in it and it was all these glorious baroque designs and I really loved it and…

You don’t really need the names, do you?

Using up the stash

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I’ve stashed a lot of DSP in my craft room (that’s Designer Series Paper in Stampin’ Up! shorthand.)  Some of it I loved so much I wouldn’t use – flat out hoarding.  Some of it I just couldn’t get inspired, and some of it I just plain forgot I had it.

I decided to use some of it up to make clipboards for my club members.

Clipboards 1

This is the Sweet Pea DSP pack from the Occasions Mini catalog and something else that you will be totally surprised to learn I cannot remember the name of.  And yes, that is bad grammar but some days it just goes that way!

Clipboards 2

These are both from the Sweet Pea DSP, though I’m pretty sure that Saffron paper is from last year’s SAB.

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One more Sweet Pea…and the one behind it (the one with the funny light reflection from my camera) was called…hmmm…Afternoon Tea?  Not sure, but I remember it has Groovy Guava in it so you know it’s “vintage”.

I’ll share more another day.