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Hooray for Birthdays Bouquet Paper Pumpkin Card

August 30, 2026 No Comments

This card was made with supplies from the July Paper Pumpkin Hooray for Birthdays kit from Stampin’ Up with a few additions. It is a really pretty birthday card.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Melon Mambo card stock (Stampin’ Up)
Pink Graphed card base (July 2026 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
Hooray for Bithdays stamp set (July 2026 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
Cut-outs and stickers (July 2026 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
Basic Black Ink (Stampin’ Up)
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Melon Mambo card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. From the July 2026 Paper Pumpkin kit take one of the pink graphed card bases and cut two pieces to 4” x 5 ¼”. From a piece of white card stock cut a piece to 3 ½” x 4 ¾” for the inside of your card.

Take your Melon Mambo card base and one of the pink graphed pieces and adhere. Then find one of the oval pieces from the Paper Pumpkin kit and adhere to the center of the pink graphed paper. From the sticker sheet, take a “happy” sticker and adhere to the right side hanging slightly off the upper right of the white oval, and the “birthday” sticker doing the same below it.

From one of the cut-out sheets take one of the large stems and adhere to the right side of your white oval. Then take two large flowers, a medium and three smaller flowers and adhere around on your stems. Add center stickers to each flower in the appropriate size.

For the inside of your card adhere the second pink graphed piece to the back panel and then the white piece to it. In Basic Black ink stamp the “hugs and wishes” greeting stamp in the upper center of your white piece. Use one of the double leaf stamps and stamp in Old Olive ink in the lower left corner of your white piece and the daisy shaped stamp in Melon Mambo ink to the top of your leaf stem.

A great floral birthday card for anyone who loves bright colors.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Framed Florets Birthday Card

August 27, 2026 No Comments

I working on a card class with some of my workmates and one of them loves blue so I had to make a card with her colors and the Fitting Florets designer series paper from Stampin’ Up is perfect and so pretty. Then the Fitting Florets stamps and dies add the perfect greetings and accents.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Night of Navy card stock (Stampin’ Up)
Balmy Blue card stock (Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
Fitting Florets designer series paper (Retired Stampin’ Up)
Framed Florets stamp set and dies (Retired Stampin’ Up)
Night of Navy ink (Stampin’ Up)
Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Markers light and dark (Stampin’ Up)
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice

With a piece of Night of Navy card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and old in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. From a piece of Balmy Blue cut to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”. Take some white card stock and cut a piece for the inside of your card to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”. Now from the Fitting Florets designer series paper pack find the Night of Navy piece with the Balmy Blue and Evergreen flowers, cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”. Adhere the Balmy Blue piece to the front of your card base and then the floral piece to the front of the Balmy Blue piece.

From a spare piece of white card stock use the oval with the dashed boarder die and cut out. Also with some scrap white card stock stamp two of the large single flowers and two of the small single flowers in Night of Navy ink. Also stamp one of the larger flowers in the lower corner of the inside white piece for the inside of your card. Use the Balmy Blue light to color in the small flower and the main portion of the large flower and then the dark balmy blue to color the tips and center of the large flower. Use the dies to cut out he four single flowers, not the one on the inside piece. Use the sprig leaf die to cut out a white and a Night of Navy one.

Take the inside of the oval you cut and with Night of Navy ink stamp the “Wishes for a beautiful birthday” greeting in the upper center. Stamp the “for a special person on a special day” greeting on the upper center of the white piece for the inside of your card. Adhere the piece to the inside back of your card base.

Now let’s finish the front of the card, Adhere the oval frame to the center of your card and then adhere the greeting center into the center of the oval frame. Adhere the white sprig off center to the navy spring and then adhere to the left edge of your oval frame. The arrange the two large flowers and one of the smaller at the bottom of your oval and the fourth small flower to the top of your oval.

What a pretty birthday card for anyone special to you that you want to let them know they are.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Floral Pop-Up Gate Fold Card

August 25, 2026 No Comments

This pop-up gate fold card made with the Velvet Meadow designer series paper from Stampin’ Up is just adorable and such a surprise when you open the card. The addition of a bit of the Velveteen Assortment flocked pink paper adds a wonderful touch. Then I used the Flowering Meadow stamps and dies to complete it all.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Cloud Cover card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
Velveteen Assortment specialty paper (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
Velvet Meadow designer series paper (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
Flowering Meadow stamp set and dies (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
Cloud Cover Ink (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
Cloud Cover Linen Ribbon (Stampin’ Up)
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice

There is a bunch of cutting to start and then it all just goes together quick. Start with a piece of Cloud Cover card stock for your card base by cutting to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and score at 2 1/8” and 6 3/8” and fold each outside piece in. Now with your paper trimmer cut 1” down from the top on your center panel, and then 1” up from the bottom. Then score each of your 1” sections of the center at 4 1/4″ from the left end. The score the middle center panel at 3 1/8” and 5 3/8” in from the left side.

Now from white card stock cut:

Four panels to 2” x 5 3/8”
Four panels to 7/8” x 2”
One to 2 1/8” x 3 3/8”
Two panels to 7/8” x 3 3/8”

Floral paper from the Velvet Meadow designer series paper:

Four panels to 1 7/8” x 5 ¼”

From the Pink flocked paper from the Velveteen Assortment Specialty designer series paper pack cut:

Four panels to ¾” x 1 7/8”

From the Cloud Cover checked designer series paper from the Velvet Meadow pack cut:

Two panels to ¾” x 3 ½”

Now it is time to assemble, starting with the four white panels measuring 2” x 5 3/8” and the four floral panel, and here one of each together. With your card base open adhere one panel to the left side and one panel to the right side. Now fold your card closed. With the Cloud Cover Linen ribbon cut two pieces about 9” long and adhere one to the back left side of one of the panels and then adhere to the front left panel, and the do the same for the right side.

Now take the four white panels measuring 7/8” x 2” and the four pink panels and adhere together and then adhere one of each to each side of your top and bottom section of the center. Now adhere the two 7/8” x 3 5/8” white panels and the two Cloud Cover checked panels together and adhere to each side of the middle center panel. Then adhere the larger white piece left to the middle center panel.

From the Flowering Meadows stamp set stamp one of the sprigs in cloud cover ink on a scrap piece of white. Also stamp the “Thanks” greeting in Cloud Cover Ink and cut out as a label and do the same with the “for showing you care” greeting.

Cut out the sprig with the appropriate die and adhere to the lower left corner of the middle center panel. Now take the “for showing you care” label you cut and adhere to a Cloud Cover scrap and cut out the label with about a 1/8” edge. Adhere this label over the sprig across the bottom of your middle center panel.

Now take the “thanks” greeting and adhere to a scrap piece of Cloud Cover card stock and trim around your label with a 1/8” boarder. Adhere your label to the lower left corner on an angle. Tie a bow to hold your card closed.

What a lovely way to say thanks to someone you care about.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Violet Dreams Side Stepper Birthday Card

August 22, 2026 No Comments

I am calling this card a Side Stepper card as I cut a base for a stepper card, but it wasn’t the size I wanted and I didn’t want to throw it away, so I figured out another way to use it. This card uses the Violet Dreams designer series paper and the Framed Violets stamps and dies along with the Stitched Rectangle dies, all from Stampin’ Up.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Secret Sea card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
Violet Dreams designer series paper (July 2026 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
Framed Violets stamp set (July 2026 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
Stitched Rectangle dies (retired Stampin’ Up)
Secret Sea Ink (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
Adhesive-baked Blooms embellishments (July 2026 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Secret Sea card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 10 ¼” and score at 1 ¼”, 2 ½”, 4 ¼” and 6”. With the large section as your back, fold the next section in and then accordion fold from there to form your stepper card base. Use the 1 3/8” x 1 ¾” stitched rectangle die to cut another piece of Secret Sea card stock for your front label. From white card stock cut one of each of the following: 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”, 1 5/8” x 5 3/8”, 1 1/8” x 5 3/8” and 1 1/8” x 1 ½”. Then use the 3 1/8” x 4 ½” die to cut two pieces and then the 2” x 3 ¼” to cut another.

With the Violet Dreams designer series paper pack find the Secret Sea polka dot paper and the Secret Sea violets paper. From the polka dot paper cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼” and another to 1 ½” x 5 ¼”. Then use the 1 ½” x 3” stitched rectangle die to cut another piece. From the violet paper cut a piece to 1” x 5 ¼” and then use the stitched rectangle die measuring 2 ¾” x 4 1/8” to cut another violets piece.

Now let put this together, starting with your card base and the large 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” piece of white card stock and adhere to the back panel and the then adhere the 4” x 5 ¼” polka dot piece to the white piece. Take the 1 5/8” x 5 3/8” white strip and adhere the 1 ½” x 5 ¼” polka dot piece to that. Adhere this to the third panel of your card base, or the front middle section. Then take the 1 1/8” x 5 3/8” white strip and adhere the 1” x 5 ¼” violet piece to it, and then adhere that to the first front panel of your card base.

Now take one of the 3 1/8” x 4 ½” white stitched rectangle pieces and adhere the 2 ¾” x 4 1/8” violet stitched rectangle piece to it. Now close the middle panel and adhere the left about 1” to the middle panel with it centered on all sides. Take the second white 3 1/8” x 4 ½” white piece and adhere to the back center of the back panel, aligned with the center panel so that it doesn’t show. Adhere your small rectangle polka dot piece to the last white rectangle piece and adhere the left side about 1/4” to the front panel, centering over your middle panel.

Take the “happy birthday to you” greeting stamp from the Framed Violets stamp set and stamp on a piece of white piece you cut to 1 1/8” x 1 ½” in Secret Sea ink. Adhere it to the Secret Sea stitched rectangle measuring 1 3/8” x 1 ¾” and then adhere that to your front polka dot panel overhanging about ¾”. Add three of the Fresh Freesia floral embellishments from the Adhesive-backed Blooms embellishments around the front polka dot panel.

For the inside use a birthday greeting stamp of your choice, I use “wishing you the best today and always” greeting stamp which is an old wood block stamp from Stampin’ Up, but I don’t know the name of the set it came from.

For starting out as a mistake I love the way this card turned out and can’t wait to give it to a friend for their birthday.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Wild Bunch Koala Birthday Card

August 21, 2026 No Comments

This masculine birthday card using the Koala from the Wild Bunch stamp set from Stampin’ Up is a great card for anyone. The fern dies for the background from the Fern & Flora dies give it an added touch of nature.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Smokey Slate card stock (Stampin’ Up)
Peaceful Pine card stock (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
In Color Gingham Gallery designer series paper (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
Wild Bunch stamp set (June Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
Fern & Flora dies (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
Smokey Slate Ink (Stampin’ Up)
Smokey Slate Light and Dark Stampin’ Blends (Stampin’ Up)
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice
Pop dots

Cut a piece of Smokey Slate card stock to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. Cut another piece to 3 ¾” x 5” for your inside and a strip measuring 2” x 4”. Cut two pieces of Peaceful Pine card stock to 4” x 5 ¼” and a strip to 1 ¾” x 4”. From your In Color Gingham Gallery designer series paper find the Peaceful Pine paper and cut a piece to 3 ¾” x 5”.

Take the Smokey Slate strip and the Peaceful Pine strip and align one long endge and tear both together, it is a bit tough so if you can’t get them to tear together then do each individually, and then repeat with the other long edge. Adhere the Peaceful Pine strip dentered on the Smokey Slate strip. From a scrap piece of Smokey Slate card stock stamp two of the leafy pieces in Smokey Slate ink and cut out with the matching die. Then also cut one of the large leafy pieces from the Smokey Slate. From some Peaceful Pine card stock cut two of the medium leafy pieces and one of the medium fern pieces.

From some scrap white card stock stamp two of the Koala from the Wild Bunch stamp set in Smokey Slate ink. Use the Smokey Slate Dark Stampin’ Blends to color in the nose of each and the Smokey Slate Light Stampin’ Blends to color in all of the rest except for the inner part of the ears. Take the “happy birthday” greeting and stamp on a scrap piece of Smokey Slate in Smokey Slate ink, trim to a long banner and trim the right end into a banner end. Add some waves to your banner.

Take your card base and adhere one of the Peaceful Pine pieces to the front of the card and then the Peaceful Pine Gingham piece. Adhere your strip about ¾” up from the bottom. Adhere your “happy birthday” banner to the right center of your strip. Adhere your Smokey Slate large leaf cut-out to the left side and then one of each of the medium Peaceful Pine fern pieces over that and then the two stamped small fern pieces to the top of those. Then use pop dots to adhere your Koala over it all, including the left edge of the banner.

For the inside of your card adhere the Peaceful Pine piece to the back panel and then the Smokey Slate piece to that. In Smokey Slate ink stamp the “sending love” greeting and the “heart” below it in the upper center. Adhere the last fern leaf along the bottom and then adhere to second Koala over that.

A masculine card to wish someone a happy birthday.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Velvet Meadow Triple Pop-Up Card

August 19, 2026 No Comments

I have been seeing this triple pop-up card for a while, so I finally to the time to figure out measurements and get one made up. I used the Velvet Meadow designer series paper to make this card along with the Flowering Meadow stamps and dies from Stampin’ Up. It takes a bit of cutting but was fun to put together once I got everything cut.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Cloud Cover card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
Peaceful Pine card stock (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
Velvet Meadow designer series paper (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
Flowering Meadow stamp set and dies (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
Moody Palette Glossy Dots (January 2026 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
Cloud Cover Ink (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice
Pop dots

Cut the following:

Cloud Cover card stock:

4 ¼” x 5 ½” card base
4 ¼” x 6 ½” scored at ¼”, 1 ¼”, 2 ¼”, 4 ¼”, 5 ¼” and 6 ¼” for your center panel. From the center panel fold each side back, then the next panels forward and the ¼” panels back.
Cut two pieces to 3 ¾” x 4 ¼” for each side panel. Score at ¼” x 1”, 1 ¾” and 3 ½”. From the large panel fold each side back, and then on the 3 panel side fold the next panel forward and the ¼” panel back.

White card stock:

4 1/8” x 5 3/8” for back panel
1 7/8” x 4 1/8” for front center panel
Four pieces to 7/8” x 4 1/8” for the side panels of the center panel
Two pieces to 1 5/8” x 4 1/8” for each side panel front
Four pieces to 5/8” x 4 1/8” for each of the side panels folds
1 7/8” x 4 1/8” for the center back panel
Two pieces to 15/8” x 4 1/8 for the side back panels

Cloud Cover Flocked Floral DSP:

1 ¾” x 4” for the front center panel
1 ¾” x 4” for the center back panel
Two pieces to 1 ½” x 4” for the center back panel
½” x 4” for the back of the card

Cloud Cover checked DSP:

Four pieces ¾” x 4” for the center side panels
Two pieces to 1 ½” x 4” for the side front panels

Cloud Cover Dainty Floral DSP:

Four pieces to ½” x 4” for the side folds of the side panels

Take your 4 ¼” x 5 ½” Cloud Cover card base and adhere the 4” x 5 ¼” white piece. Then take the ½” x 4” floral flocked piece and adhere to the left side of the white piece in about 1/8”. Find the “so may reasons to celebrate” greeting from the flowering meadow stamp set and stamp in the center of the white piece in Cloud Cover ink. From a scrap piece of cloud cover cut two flowers from the Flowering Meadow dies and two stems from Peaceful Pink card stock. Cut the second stem off of both and adhere the flower to each stem and use one of the larger white dots from the Moody Palatte Glossy Dots as the flower center of each. Adhere one of the flowers to the right side of your floral strip toward the bottom.

Take the two side panels and adhere the two side panels on each and the large main panels. Take one of the side panels and put adhesive on the ¼” part to the end with the side panels and adhere to one of the ends of the card base. Then put adhesive on the other ¼” piece, fold up and then put down on your card base to adhere while folded up. Repeat for the other side panel on the other side of the card base.

Now take the center panel and adhere the four side panels and the center panel to the front. The put adhesive on both of the ¼” panels, fold up and adhere to the center section of your card base between the side panels. Now take your floral back panel pieces and each to their white pieces. Put adhesive on the back of each and slide inside each panel and adhere to cover your ¼” adhere pieces.

Take the other flower you cut and put together and adhere to the lower left of the front center panel. On a scrap piece of white card stock stamp the “cheering you on” greeting in Cloud Cover ink. Trim down to about 1/8” all the way around your greeting. Adhere over the lower part of your stem, centered on the front center panel on a slight angle.

This card is fairly thick, especially using this flocked paper but it is so pretty so I am happy to use a bit more postage as I know just who I am sending it to.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Hooray for Birthdays Happy Floral Card

August 16, 2026 No Comments

This card is made with supplies from the Hooray for Birthdays Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin’ Up. The stickers and cut outs make it a quick and easy card along with the Hooray for Birthday stamp set.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Black card stock (Stampin’ Up)
Pink grid card base (July 2026 Paper Pumpkink Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
Hooray for Birthdays stamp set (July 2026 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
Stickers and Cut-outs (July 2026 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
Basic Black Ink (Stampin’ Up)
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice
Pop dots

From a piece of Basic Black card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. From your Paper Pumpkin kit take one of the pink grid card bases and cut a piece to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” and another to 1” x 5 ¼”. Take a piece of white card stock and cut a piece to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”.

Take your large pink grid paper piece and adhere to the front of your card base. Take one of the “happy” stickers from the Paper Pumpkin kit and adhere in the upper right corner of the pink grid piece. Take one of the white labels and in Basic Black ink stamp the ‘birthday wishes” greeting. Adhere to a scrap piece of the pink grid paper and trim to fit around your label. Adhere your label slightly over your “happy” to the left side of your pink grid panel.

Take one of the long seven leaf and stem cut-out from your Paper Pumpkin kit, cut off one stem and leaves. Adhere to long leaf and stem piece to the bottom of your pink grid paper. Then pick out seven flowers from your cut-out sheets, all in the small to medium size and use the flower center stickers to give each flower the appropriate size flower center. Adhere each of the flowers to the top of the stems, some with pop dots and the rest directly on the card base.

For the inside of your card adhere the white piece to the back panel. Then adhere the pink grid strip you cut to the bottom of the white section leaving even edges all on three sides. Adhere the flower stem and leaves you cut off to the top of your pink grid piece in the left corner and then adhere the flower with flower center to the top of the steam. With some Basic Black ink stamp the “it’s your day!” greeting in the upper center of your white piece.

What a cute and cheery birthday card.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Fun for Fall Fall Y’all Card

August 15, 2026 No Comments

I have been waiting to get time to use this Fun for Fall stamp and die set from Stampin’ Up and finally got to it now that it is closer to Fall. It is so adorable, I used every die except for the sunflower, but I stamped that on the inside.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Basic Beige card stock (Stampin’ Up)
Golden Glow card stock (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
Peaceful Pine card stock (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
Choclate Chip card stock (retired Stampin’ Up)
Fun for Fall stamp set and dies (July Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
Choclate Chip Ink (retired Stampin’ Up)
Basic Black ink (Stampin’ Up)
Stampin’ Blends
- Golden Glow Light
- Golden Glow Dark
- Boho Blue Light
- Real Red Light
- Peaceful Pine Light
- Pecan Pie Light
- Smokey Slate Light
Paint Texture 3D Embossing Folder (retired Stampin’ Up) – don’t know the name
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice
Pop dots

From a piece of Basic Beige card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. Cut two more pieces to 4” x 5 ¼”. From Golden Glow card stock cut two pieces to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”. Run one of the 4” x 5 ¼” Basic Beige pieces through with your paint textured 3D embossing folder.

Take your card base and adhere one of the Golden Glow pieces and then your embossed piece to the front.

With your Chocolate Chip ink stamp two bales of hay on Golden Glow card stock and cut both out with the appropriate die. Also take the corn die that cut out 8 pieces at once and cut out one set from the Golden Glow. From your Peaceful Pine card stock cut out two of the corn stalks and adhere the pieces of corn to the back of each stalk. From some Chocolate Chip card stock cut out two fences. Then take a piece of Basic Beige and stamp the scarecrow and then the flag with the “happy fall yall” greeting stamped on it. Cut them out with the appropriate dies. Then with your Basic Black ink stamp one of each of the crows and cut them out with their matching dies.

Now time to color with your Stampin’ Blends. Color each of the crows with the Smokey Slate Light. Color the flag with the Golden Glow Light. For the scarecrow color the jeans and hat in Boho Blue Light. With the Real Red Light color the patches on the jeans and the hat and also the band on the hat and the bandana. With Peaceful Pine light color the grass. With the Golden Glow light color the straw for hands, feet and hair and then color the face in the Golden Glow dark. Use the Pecan Pie light to color the center patch on the jeans and the pole.

Now adhere your stalks of corn to the left side of your card front and then one of the fences over those with one of the crows to the left side of the fence bottom on pop dots and one of the straw bales to the right with pop dots. Adhere the other fence to the right side with the other hay bale using pop dots and top the hay bale with a crow also using pop dots and the other crow on top of one of the fence posts. Adhere the scarecrow to the center between the bales of hay using pop dots and then the flat over the right side hand with pop dots.

For the inside of the card adhere the other Golden Glow piece to the back panel and then the Basic Beige piece to that. Stamp the “hoping your day is wonderfall” greeting in Chocolate Chip ink in the upper center. Then stamp the sunflower and grass clump in the lower left corner. Color the grass with the Peaceful Pine Light Stampin’ Blends and the sunflower petal and center dot with the Golden Glow Light Stampin’ Blends.

Such an adorable card to send to anyone in the fall to wish them well.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Fern & Flora Diamond Stepper Card

August 13, 2026 No Comments

I have had this Diamond Stepper card written down as a planned outline for a while but finally decided this was the paper I wanted to use for this design because I could use the fern die cuts as some perfect accents. This design uses the Moonlit Flora designer series paper and the Fern & Flora stamp set from Stampin’ Up to show off this card.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Secret Sea card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
Mossy Meadow card stock (Stampin’ Up)
Old Olive card stock (Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
Moonlit Flora designer series paper (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
Fern & Flora stamp set and dies (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
Golden Glow Ink (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
Scoring board or scoring blade for your paper trimmer
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice
Pop dots

With a piece of Secret Sea card stock cut your card base to 4 ¼” x 10 ½” and score at 1 ¼”, 2 ½”, 4 ¼”, 6” and 8 ¼”. Starting with the small 1 ¼” end fold down and then the next small section up and accordion fold the rest forming your steps. Also cut three pieces to 3” x 3” for your diamonds. From some white card stock cut a piece to 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” for your back greeting panel. From the Moonlit Flora designer series paper pack find the Golden Glow piece with the small dotted triangles and then find three of the fern pieces that have Secret Sea in them, I used the two different pieces that had the golden glow flowers (one with the white moths) and then the piece with the white flowers. From the Golden Glow paper cut two pieces to 1 1/8” x 4 1/8”, two to 1 5/8” x 4 1/8” and two to 2 1/8” x 4 1/8”, then adhere each piece to the appropriate panels on the step or your card base.

From the fern papers, cut one of each of the fern pieces to 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” making sure you cut them to include what you want and that they are going the right direction for the pattern. To make sure I got what I wanted in the correct direction I laid one of my 3” secret sea pieces on and drew around it with a pen and then cut it out to the 2 7/8” square so the pen marks were then cut off. Adhere each of your fern pieces to your Secret Sea pieces.

From your Mossy Meadow card stock cut one of the large leaf pieces and two of the medium fern pieces and from Old Olive cut one of the other medium fern pieces and two of the fern fronds. From the piece of fern paper the has the smaller orange flowers use the matching die to cut out one of the floral sprigs. With your golden glow ink stamp the “you’re an amazing friend” greeting on a scrap piece of white card stock and trim around to a rectangle tag.

To assemble, take your card base and your diamonds and choose which diamond you would like for the back. Put adhesive in the bottom 1” of your diamond and adhere to the 5^th panel with the 6^th panel folded down, centered and measuring to about 5 ½” in height when your base is folded up. Then adhere to middle triangle the same way centering over your back triangle about ½” lower. Do the same for your front panel about ½” lower than that. Then adhere the Mossy Meadow large leaf and the Old Olive fern piece to the left side of the back diamond, one of the two Mossy Meadow medium fern leaves and one of the Old Olive fronds to the right side of the middle diamond and the orange flower cut out to the right side of the front panel. Then adhere the greeting to the left side of the front panel.

For the back panel take the white diamond and adhere to the back of the diamond on the back of your card. Adhere the two remaining fern pieces to the bottom slightly on your white diamond with the majority on the bottom Golden Glow panel. Stamp the “thankful for you” greeting in Golden Glow ink in the upper portion of your white diamond. The bottom portion of your white diamond may need to bend out so that your card will stand properly.

I love the colors of this card and all the ferns, dark but with some bright pops, and lovely to let a friend know how much they mean to you.

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Cards, Papercrafting

Violet Dreams 2-4-6-8 Birthday Card

August 11, 2026 No Comments

This card is made with Violet Dreams designer series paper and the Framed Violets stamps and dies, all from Stampin’ Up. It is called a 2-4-6-8 Card and has two decorated layers to open. The design came from my Stampin’ Up up-line and you can watch the video from August 6 on her Facebook page My Stampin’ Style or on her Youtube site.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Fresh Freesia card stock (Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
Violet Dreams designer series paper (July 2026 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
Framed Violets stamp set and dies (July 2026 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
Stitched Scalloped Oval die (retired Stampin’ Up)
Fresh Freesia Ink (Stampin’ Up)
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice

With a piece of Fresh Freesia card stock cut a card base to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. The from the Violet Dreams designer series paper pack find the Cloud Cover with the violets paper and cut a piece to 5 ¼” x 12, scoring at 2”, 4”, 6” and 8”. From the 2” side, fold the first piece down, then up, down and up again for form you folds. I adhered mine together to form two flaps as I like it better, but you can also leave them to open the full piece as long as the back of your paper matches the colors of your card. Adhere the back of the large panel to your Fresh Freesia card base.

Now using the scalloped oval die from Framed Violets cut one out of Fresh Freesia card stock and one of the oval out of white card stock. Then using a stitched scalloped oval die cut two for the flaps. From the Violet Dreams designer series paper find the piece that has the violet cut-outs and grab three of the purple full flowers and three of the buds or smaller flowers and two leaves.

From the Framed Violets stamp set, use the Fresh Freesia ink to stamp the “happy birthday to you” greeting on the left side of one of the small ovals and adhere a leaf and three of your cut-outs. On the second oval stamp the “sending love” greeting to the left side and adhere the other three flowers and leaf.

Adhere your large white oval to the Fresh Freesia scalloped oval and adhere to the back panel of your card. Adhere the Sending Love oval to the middle panel covering the bottom of your large white oval on the back panel. Then do the same with the “Happy birthday to you” oval on the front panel covering the upper portion of your large white oval.

A nice quick and easy card that will work with most designer series papers.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.