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Wild Bunch Koala Birthday Card

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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

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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. 

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Hooray for Birthdays Happy Floral Card

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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. 

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Fun for Fall Fall Y’all Card

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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. 

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Fern & Flora Diamond Stepper Card

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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 5th panel with the 6th 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.

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

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Violet Dreams 2-4-6-8 Birthday Card

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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. 

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Waterside Retreat Pop-Up Card

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This Waterside Retreat suite from Stampin’ Up is just relaxing and you can just imagine most of the scenes made with it.  This card uses the Waterside Retreat designer series paper for the seagulls and wood grains and then the Relaxing Waterside stamps and dies for the accents. 

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

  • Gray Granite card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Waterside Retreat designer series paper (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
  • Relaxing Waterside stamp set and dies (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
  • Basic Gray or Gray Granite Ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

From you Gray Granite card stock cut a card base to 4 ¼” x 7 ½” and score at 1”, 2”, 5 ½” and 6 ½” and then from the center fold each side in toward the center and then each end out.  Cut another piece to 1 ¼” x 5 ½”.  From your white card stock cut a piece to 3 3/8” x 4 1/8” for the back of your card.  Then from your Waterside Retreat designer series paper pack find the white wood grain paper and the blue sky with gulls paper.  Cut a piece of the seagull paper to 3 3/8” x 4 1/8”.  From the wood grain paper cut four pieces to 7/8” x 4 1/8” with the grain running vertically and one piece to 1 1/8” x 5 3/8” with the grain running horizontally. 

With some scrap pieces of your Gray Granite and your Basic Gray or Gray Granite ink, stamp one of the chairs, one of the large grasses and two of the smaller grass pieces and cut out with the matching dies. 

For this card you need to do the back first to make it easier.  Take your piece of white card stock and the “have a great birthday” greeting from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set and with your Basic Gray or Gray Grainte ink stamp in the upper center.  Then stamp a seagull as desired.  Adhere to the center back of your card base. 

To assemble, start by adhering your seagull piece to the inside center of your card base.  Then adhere two of the wood grain vertical pieces to the left two panels and the other two on the right panels.  Adhere your long horizontal wood grain piece to the Gray Granite piece and then adhere the left side of that to the left front panel of your card about 1/8” up from the bottom.  Then adhere the other side to the right front panel.  Now adhere your chair to the left side front and lower panel and adhere one of the smaller grass pieces to the left side of the chair.  Then adhere your large grass piece to the right front panel and the second small piece to the left of that.  Stamp the “today is your day” greeting and cut out into a rectangle and adhere with pop dots over the grasses. 

A relaxing way 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. 

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Wild Bunch Snail Hi Friend Card

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A pretty way to send a hello to any friend using the Wild Bunch stamp set from Stampin’ Up along with the Boutique Blossoms and Scalloped Blooms stamps and dies.  And the floral paper from Bloom Boutique designer series paper pack was the perfect match. 

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

  • Barely Blush card stock (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Crisp Cantaloupe card stock (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Wild Wheat card stock (retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Bloom Boutique designer series paper (2026 Annual Catalog Stamping’ Up)
  • Boutique Blossoms dies (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
  • Wild Bunch stamp set (June 2026 Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
  • Scalloped Blooms dies (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
  • Wild Wheat Ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Barely Blush light Stampin’ Blends (Stampin’ Up)
  • Wild Wheat light and dark Stampin’ Blends (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

For your card base cut a piece of Barely Blush card stock to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Cut another piece to 4” x 5 ¼” for the inside of your card.  Cut two pieces of Crisp Cantaloupe card stock to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”.  Then from the Bloom Boutique designer series paper find the piece with the Barely Blush background and the gold and Crisp Cantaloupe flowers, and cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”. 

Take a scalloped die with the stitched edge and cut one out of Barely Blush and one out of Crisp Cantaloupe.  Then take the flower die from Boutique Blooms dies and cut three from Barely Blush and one from Crisp Cantaloupe.  Then take the 3-leaf die and cut two from a scrap piece of Wild Wheat card stock and cut them apart into individual leaves.

Take the scalloped circle you cut from Barely Blush and the snail stamp and “hi friend” greeting stamp and stamp in Wild Wheat ink.  Use the Wild Wheat Light Stampin’ Blend pen to color in the snail body.  Use the Wild Wheat Dark Stampin’ Blend to make the eyes and mouth darker.  Then use the Barely Blush Light Stampin’ Blend to color in the snail shell. 

Adhere one of the Crisp Cantaloupe pieces to the front of your Barely Blush card base and then the floral piece to the front of that.  Now take your stamped Barely Blush scalloped circle with pop-dots to the lower right corner.  Adhere two of the Barely Blush and the Crisp Cantaloupe flower with pop dots around the upper left portion of your scalloped circle and then adhere five of the Wild Wheat leave around to your liking.

For the inside of your card adhere the Crisp Cantaloupe piece and then the Barely Blush piece to the inside back panel of your card.  Then take the Crisp Cantaloupe scalloped circle and stamp the “sending love” greeting along with the heart in your Wild Wheat ink and adhere in the upper center of the inside of your card.  Adhere the last Barely Blush flower and Wild Wheat leaf to the lower right section of your scalloped circle. 

An adorable card using the Wild Bunch stamp set to tell a friend you are thinking of them. 

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

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Hooray for Birthdays Floral Paper Pumpkin Card

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This Hooray for Birthdays Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin’ Up is just adorable with all the flower cut-outs and word stickers.  A quick way to make a bunch of birthday cards.  The Hooray for Birthdays stamp set is a great addition. 

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

  • Darling Ducklin card stock (2025-2027 In Colors Stampin’ Up)
  • Baisc Black card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Paper Melody designer series paper (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
  • Hooray for Birthdays Paper Pumpkin stamp set (July 2026 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
  • Hooray for Birthdays Paper Pumpkin cut-outs (July 2026 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’s Up)
  • Decorative rectangle die
  • Basic Black Ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

Take a piece of Darling Ducking card stock and cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half.  From some Basic Black card stock cut two pieces to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”.  From your Paper Melody designer series paper pack find the Darling Duckling with the triangle design and cut two pieces to 4” x 5 ¼”.  From a piece of white card stock use a decorative rectangle die to cut out a piece for your inside, I used one that measured about 3 ½” x 4 ¾” and had the rounded in corners. 

Take your Darling Duckling card base and adhere one of the black pieces to the front and then your decorative Darling Duckling designer series paper piece to the front of that.  The take one of the “D” shaped pieces that came in the kit and Adhere toward the left side in about 1/8” and centered between the top and bottom.  Take one of the curved leaf cut-outs and trim off one leaf from the center and then adhere to the upper rounded portion of your “D”.  Adhere one large and two of the medium flower cut-outs over the leaves and adhere the appropriate size flower centers from the sticker sheet.  Take three of the smaller size flowers and the leaf you cut off and adhere them to the bottom curve of your “D” and add the flower center stickers in the smaller sizes. 

Take a scrap piece of white card stock and in Basic Black ink stamp the “it’s your day” greeting on one of the white banner cut-outs.  Adhere to a scrap piece of Basic Black card stock and trip to size leaving a small boarder.  Adhere one of the Hooray stickers below the upper flowers on your “D” with the “y” hanging off the edge.  Then adhere your “it’s your day” label below and slightly to the left edge.  Adhere one of the smallest flowers to the left side of the label and add one of the flower center stickers. 

For the inside adhere your Basic Black piece to the back panel and then the decorative Darling Duckling designer series paper and then the decorative white piece to that.  Stamp the “birthday wishes” greeting in Basic Black ink in the upper center of your white piece.  Decorate the lower left corner with one large and one smaller flower and add the flower center stickers to them. 

Such a pretty cheerful birthday card to let anyone know you are thinking of them on 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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Boutique Blooms Floral Center Fold Card

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The dainty florals with the gold accents in this Bloom Boutique designer series paper pack make some beautiful cards, including this one.  Then the stamps and dies in the Boutique Blooms and also Scalloped Blooms sets that go with this suite make the perfect accents. 

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

  • Crisp Cantaloupe card stock (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Bloom Boutique designer series paper (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
  • Boutique Blossoms stamp set and dies (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
  • Scalloped Blooms stamp set and dies (2026 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
  • Crisp Cantaloupe Ink (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Peaceful Pine ink (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

With a piece of Crisp Cantaloupe card stock cut it to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and score at 1 3/8” and 4 ¼”.  Fold your card base in half and then fold the small score piece to the front.  Take some white card stock cut three pieces to 2 ¾” x 5 3/8” and then two pieces to 1 ¼” x 5 3/8”.  From the Bloom Boutique designer series paper pack find the Crisp Cantaloupe speckled paper and also the soft pink with dainty Crisp Cantaloupe and gold flowers.  From the speckled paper cut two pieces to 2 5/8” x 5 ¼”.  Then from the floral paper cut two pieces to 1 1/8” x 5 ¼”. 

Adhere your floral strips to the white strips and the two speckled pieces to two of the three white pieces.  Take one of the speckled pieces and adhere to the front panel behind the small, folded strip.  Then adhere one of the floral strips to the front small strip.  Then open the card and adhere the second speckled piece to the second panel, the white piece to the left on the third panel and then the floral strip to the right of the white piece. 

From the Scalloped Blooms dies find the unstitched die measuring about 3 ¼” and then the next size down stitched die.  From Crisp Cantaloupe card stock cut out the larger one and then the smaller one from some white card stock.  With Crisp Cantaloupe ink stamp the “happy birthday” greeting  from the Scalloped Blooms stamps toward the upper section of the white piece.  Adhere to the Crisp Cantaloupe scalloped circle. 

Take the daisy looking flower stamps, there will be two, and with your Crisp Cantaloupe ink you are going stamp three of them, starting with the fill in stamp which I stamped off before I stamped so that it wasn’t full color, and then stamp the outline in full ink over each.  Then take the flower bud stamp and stamp two by stamping off the background and then stamping over in the full outline.  Now with your Peaceful Pine ink and the three leaf stamps, stamp two by stamping off the background and then stamping in full for the outline.  I left one of the three leaves whole and the other I cut into three individual leaves.   

Take two of the large flowers and adhere at the bottom of your scalloped circles and then one of the buds in the upper left along with the full three leaves and then two of the other leaves on the right side to your liking.  Then take the other flower and adhere to the bottom of the inside white panel with the other bud sticking out from the left and the third leaf from the right.  Use Crisp Cantaloupe ink and a greeting of your choice (I used an old Stampin’ Up wood block greeting that I don’t know the name of) to stamp on the inside. 

A cheery bright birthday card to anyone would love to receive.

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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