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Wildflower Birthday Cake Cut-Out Card

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This adorable card is so easy to make and hardly even requires stamping, it is mainly using the cut-outs that come with the Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper pack from Stampin’ Up’s January-April 2025 Mini catalog.  It comes with the normal double-sided paper and then two sheets to cut-outs as well. 

To create this card you just need a few things:

  • White card stock
  • Peach Pie card stock
  • Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper pack
  • Peach Pie ink pad
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop-Dots

To start cut your Peach Pie card stock into 4 ¼” x 11” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Then cut another piece of the Peach Pie card stock to 2 ¾” x 4 ¼”.  Now take your piece of white card stock and cut two pieces to 4” x 5 ¼” and another to 2 ½” x 4”.  The last is to take a piece of the Peach Pie Daisy paper from your Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper pack and cut a piece 3 ¾” x 5”.  That takes care of all the cutting.

Let’s build our layers for the front of the card.  Take your card base and adhere one of the 4” x 5 ¼” pieces of white card stock to the front of the card.  Then adhere your Peach Pie Daisy piece of card stock onto the white.  Add the 2 ¾” x 4 ¼” piece of Peach Pie card stock and then lastly the 2 ½” x 4” white piece of card stock.  From the Wildflower Birthday pack take the larger peach cake cut-out from one of your pieces, along with one of the very small flower groupings and one of the cupcakes, I used the one with the peach paper and teal frosting. 

First, take the small flower cut-out and adhere it to the cake base for decoration, then take the cake cut-out and add Pop-Dots to the back of the cake and adhere it to the center of the top white piece of card stock to finish the front of your card.


Take the last piece of white card stock for the inside of your card and adhere the cupcake to the lower right corner.  For the inside greeting I used the Delightful Wishes stamp and die set where I took my Peach Pie ink and stamped “wishing” onto a piece of white card stock and then took the wishing die and cut out my stamped wishing.  I adhered that to the top of the white card stock inside piece.  Finally, I stamped “you a happy birthday” under the wishing die cut greeting.  Now adhere your white inside piece to the inside of your card.

Wasn’t that easy and quick, and it is such a cute card. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also ,if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Legendary Ride Authentic You Card

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The Legendary Ride Authentic You birthday card is a fun card for the men in your life or for women who also enjoy motorcycles.  This black and white car showcases the motorcycle.

Other items you will need are the following:

  • Legendary Ride stamp set
  • Legendary Ride die set or scissors
  • Basic Black card stock
  • Smokey Slate card stock
  • White card stock
  • Tire tread paper from the Legendary Rides paper pack
  • Basic Black ink pad
  • Metal Plate 3D embossing folder
  • Black or silver embellishment
  • Paper trimmer
  • Your preferred adhesive
  • Pop dots adhesive
  • A stamp block
  • Scissors

For the card base take a piece of basic black card stock and cut in half to 4 ¼” x 11” and then fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Then cut a pieces of white card stock to measure 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” for the front and a second to 4” x 5 ¼” for the inside.  You will also need a piece of Smokey Slate card stock cut to 4” x 5 ¼”.  Take the Tire tread paper and cut a piece to 2” x 4” and another to 1” x 4 ¼”. 

Using the Metal Plate 3D embossing folder and the cut piece of Smokey Slate and emboss it.  Adhere the piece of Smokey Slate to the front larger piece of White card stock.  Then adhere this to the Basic Black card front.  Now adhere the 2” x 4” piece of Tire Tread paper piece about a ½” or so down on the Smokey Slate embossed piece on the card front. 

From the Legendary Ride stamp set, stamp the “Authentic You” stamp onto a piece of white card stock with Basic Black ink.  Use the label die to cut a label.  Adhere a black or silver embellishment to each side of the label for decoration.  Put pop dots on the back of the label and adhere to the center of the Tire Tread paper. 

Use another piece of White card stock and use your Basic Black ink pad to stamp the motorcycle from the Legendary Rides stamp set.  Use the motorcycle die or scissors if you don’t have the die set to cut out the bike.  Add pop dots to the back of the stamped motorcycle and adhere to the center of the bottom part of the grey on the card, about ¾” up from the bottom of the embossed Smokey Slate. 

On the white card stock you cut for the inside of the card, adhere the 1” x 4 ¼” Tire Tread piece about ¼” up on the bottom.  Take your Basic Black ink pad and the “Ride on it’s your birthday” stamp and stamp it toward the top of the white inside piece.  Now adhere this to the inside of the card. 

Enjoy this fun card.

All photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Citrus Blooms Lemon Upside-Down Double Z-Fold Card

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Z-fold cards are so fun and adorable, and this Double Z-fold card is even better and more fun as you can decorate across the second z-fold and\or on the card layers.  This design takes that normal Double Z-Fold and flips it upside down as the second, smaller z-fold is usually toward the bottom.  This makes it perfect for making cards with decorations that hang down.

You will need the following supplies to make this card:

  • Night of Navy card stock
  • White card stock
  • Mediterranean Blooms designer series paper
    • Two different blue pieces, one with a larger print and one with a smaller print
  • Citrus Blooms stamp set
  • Scissors to cut out images
  • Paper trimmer
  • Night of Navy ink pad
  • Your preferred adhesive

For the card base cut an 8 ½” x 11” piece of Night of Navy card stock to 8 ½” x 5 ½”.  Take one piece and fold it in half to measure 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Then take the top panel and fold it back again so the front panel measures 2 1/8” x 4 ¼” which forms your first Z-fold.  Take the larger print blue designer series paper and cut two strips to 2” x 5 ¼” and adhere these to the two small flaps of your Z-fold card.  Cut a piece of white card stock to 4” x 5 ¼” and adhere that to the back panel of your card. 

Then take other half of Night of Navy card stock and cut a piece to 1 ¾” x 8 ½”.  Now take the smaller blue print designer series paper and cut a strip to measure 1 ½” x 8 ¼”.   Adhere the smaller print designer series paper to the center of the Night of Navy card stock.  Now fold this strip in half to measure 1 ¾” x 4 ¼” with the floral side out.  Take the bottom portion and fold the blue print designer series paper to each other to form your other Z-fold going the opposite direction measuring 1 ¾” x 2 1/8”. 

Adhere the two Z-folds together by putting adhesive on the outer half of the under side of the long portion of the strip , make sure you don’t get the adhesive to far or your Z-fold will stick together.  Then put glue on the bottom of the strip half fold and adhere that to the bottom part of your card.  You now have your Double Z-fold. 

Now it is time to do the decorations for the card.  Take the lemon designer series paper and use your scissors to cut out the large double lemons grouping and then single lemon.  Adhere the single lemon to the back portion of the card hanging off the smaller strip Z-fold.  Take the large grouping and put adhesive on one half that will stick to the front of the card and then also a bit at the top to stick to the strip, but make sure there isn’t any adhesive that is going to hang out the back that will stick your card together.    

The last thing to do is to add your greeting.  I used the “wishing you the brightest birthday” stamp, stamped it in Night of Navy ink and stamped it on the white background on the back of the card in the space next to the lemons to make sure it wouldn’t show when the card was closed. 

I also made this card in yellow with the oranges out of the same Mediterranean Blooms designer series paper pack which you can see at Citrus Blooms Upside-Down Double Z-Fold Card – Welcome or you can visit my blog at www.daisychaingfun.com to see that post and many other ideas as well. 

If you are interested in purchasing any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Refreshed Beauty Cards

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These cards are so easy to make, the paper does all the work using the Refeshed Beauty designer series papers from the Stampin-Up online exclusives in 2025.  I bought this paper pack just for this piece of paper.  It makes all three cards really easy, and a total of 6 with this one 12” x 12” piece of paper and some card stock. 

You will need the following supplies to make all 3 cards:

  • One 8 ½” x 11” Flirty Flamingo card stock
  • Two 8 ½” x 11” Peach Pie card stock
  • The peach floral piece of designer series paper from the Refreshed Beauty paper pack
  • Thoughtful Expressions stamp set
  • Flirty Flamingo ink pad
  • Paper timmer
  • Your preferred adhesive

Cut a piece of Flirty Flamingo card stock and a piece of Peach Pie card stock in half in either direction.  Fold one of the Flirty Flamingo halves and two of the Peach Pie halves in half to form your card base of 4 ¼” x 5 ½” size. 


Now cut two Flirty Flamingo and one Peach Pie piece into a background piece measuring 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”.  Then take your 12” x 12” piece of designer series paper and cut one of the floral sections to 5 ¼” x 12”.  I suggestion you cut for the top first so you are not cutting flowers off and are leaving enough plain space at the top to stamp a greeting if you choose to.  Then cut a bit off the bottom to make the 5 ¼” x 12” piece.  Then cut that into three 4” x 5 ¼” pieces. 

Get your Flirty Flamingo ink pad and your stamp set.  Choose your word stamps to use.  You can stamp them directly onto the floral designer series paper, or you can stamp them onto a small piece of Peach Pie to make a label.  For the label version stamp it onto a piece 1” x 2” with a background piece of Flirty Flamingo cut to 1 1/8” x 2 1/8”.  I made one with a label which I placed toward the bottom (shown below) and two stamped directly onto the paper stamped at the top on a plain section of the paper.

Adhere your three floral designer series paper pieces to the three background pieces you cut earlier, and then adhere the background to the front of your cards of the opposite color.  If you made any labels then adhere them together and to your card placed where looks the best. 

On the card base that is made from Flirty Flamingo, you will probably want to cut a piece of Peach Pie or White paper for an inside piece for your note and signature.  You can also stamp another word stamp in here if preferred. 

These were really fun and quick to make, with just a bit of cutting and stamping.  I hope you enjoy the design.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Refreshed Beauty Z-Fold Card

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This lovely Z-Fold card is made using the Refreshed Beauty designer series paper from Stampin’ Up online exclusives from early 2025. 

Other items you will need for making this card are the following:

  • Granny Apple Green ink pad
  • Stamp Set for a greeting (I used Cheerful Daisies)
  • A stamp block
  • Dies for labels (I used Sentimental Park dies)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Your preferred adhesive
  • Pop Dot adhesive


For the card base I used Peach Pie cardstock.  This is cut to 4 ¼” x 11” then folded in half to make a card of 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Now fold the front portion in half again making the front 2 ¾” x 4 ¼” with the back remaining the 4 ¼” x 5 ½”, this gives you the Z-fold. 

Then cut a piece of designer series paper (the yellow with birds) to 4” x 5 ¼” and two other pieces of designer series paper (I used the peach and a piece of the green with flowers) 2 ½” x 4 ¼”. 

Take your card base, adhere the large piece of your designer series paper (yellow piece with the birds) centered on the back of your card base.  Adhere the two other smaller pieces of designer series paper to the front (piece chevron) and the center (green floral) section of your card. 

Die cut out two labels from white and a background label from Peach Pie card stock.  If you don’t have dies or a die cut machine then just cut some rectangular pieces that will layer.  For the front, stamp your greeting of choice (mine was “wishing you the brightest birthday from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set) with the Granny Apple Green ink on one of the white labels and adhere to the background label piece. 

Turn your label over and place pop dots on the right half of your greeting label and adhere the popped dot portion to your front, centered in full card when closed.  Then place your other white label on the back portion of your card for signature space but make sure it is also centered and doesn’t show when you close your card.  You can also add an inside greeting if you choose, just make sure to leave enough room to sign the card. 

Your card is now finished and ready to send to a friend for a birthday surprise.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Citrus Blooms Upside-Down Double Z-Fold Card

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Double Z-fold cards are one of my favorites to make and can be so fun to decorate.  This design takes that normal Double Z-Fold and flips it upside down as the second, smaller z-fold is usually toward the bottom.  This makes it perfect for things like the oranges to hang down.

You will need the following supplies to make this card:

  • Daffodil Delight card stock
  • Old Olive card stock
  • White card stock
  • Mediterranean Blooms designer series paper
    • A piece of the tiny yellow flower print
    • A piece of the large oranges piece
  • Citrus Blooms stamp set
  • Citrus Blooms die set or a pair of scissors to cut out images
  • Old Olive ink pad
  • Paper trimmer
  • Your preferred adhesive

For the card base but an 8 ½” x 11” piece of Daffodil Delight card stock to 8 ½” x 5 ½”.  Take one piece and fold it in half to measure 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Then take the top panel and fold it back again so the front panel measures 2 1/8” x 4 ¼” which forms your first Z-fold.  Take the tiny yellow floral designer series paper and cut two strips to 2” x 5 ¼” and adhere these to the two small flaps of your Z-fold card.  Cut a piece of white card stock to 4” x 5 ¼” and adhere that to the back panel of your card. 

Then take your Old Olive card stock and cut a piece to 1 ¾” x 8 ½”.  Now take the tiny yellow flower designer series paper and cut a strip to measure 1 ½” x 8 ¼”.   Adhere the tiny yellow flower designer series paper to the center of the Old Olive card stock.  Now fold this strip in half to measure 1 ¾” x 4 ¼” with the floral side out.  Take the bottom portion and fold the florals to each other to form your other Z-fold going the opposite direction measuring 1 ¾” x 2 1/8”. 

Adhere the two Z-folds together by putting adhesive on the outer half of the under side of the long portion of the old olive , make sure you don’t get the adhesive to far or your Z-fold will stick together.  Then put glue on the bottom of the Old Olive half fold and adhere that to the bottom part of your card.  You now have your Double Z-fold. 

Now it is time to do the decorations for the card.  Take the large orange designer series paper and either use the two large orange dies or scissors to cut out the largest oranges grouping and then single orange.  Then also the small flower dies or scissors to cut out a few extra blossoms.  Adhere the single orange to the back portion of the card hanging off the smaller strip Z-fold.  Take the large grouping and put adhesive on one half that will stick to the front of the card and then also a bit at the top to stick to the strip, but make sure there isn’t any that is going to hang out the back that will stick your card together.  Now take the cut out blossoms and adhere them around on the front with pop-dots to make them stand off the card a bit. 

The last thing to do is to add your greeting.  I used the “you’re the best kind of person” stamp, stamped it in Old Olvie ink and stamped it on the card in the lower right corner below the single orange, but you need to stamp it with the card closed to make sure you get it into the right spot so it doesn’t get partially covered when your card is closed.  The other option is to stamp it to the inside so it doesn’t show until you open the card, but again you need to make sure you stamp it in a spot to be sure it doesn’t show when the card is closed. 

I also made this card in the blue papers in the same Mediterranean Blooms designer series paper pack and then used lemons instead of the oranges.  Visit my blog at www.daisychaingfun.com to see that post and many other ideas as well. 

If you are interested in purchasing any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Friendly Seagulls

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The Friendly Seagulls stamp set from the 2025 Stampin’ Up Sale-A-Bration sets is just so fun.  It has three adorable seagull stamps and some cute sayings to go along with it.  I used the “I love you more than french fries” but you can swap the french fries out for chips as well and then there is a chips stamp to use instead of the french fries.  However, I liked the french fries because you could color it and make it stand out more, plus who doesn’t love french fries. 

For the card base I used Crumb Cake cardstock to look like the color of sand.  This is cut to 5 ½” x 8 ½” then folded in half to make a card measuring 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Then I cut two pieces of white card stock to measure 4” x 5 ¼”, one for the front and one for the inside.  Then you will also need a piece of Crumb Cake card stock cut to 1” x 2” and a piece of white card stock cut to ¾” x 1 ¾”, these are for the word label.

Other items you will need are the following:

  • Blending Brushes
  • Ink Pads
    • Jet Black Staz-On Ink Pad or similar
    • Smoky Slate Ink Pad
    • Boho Blue Ink Pad
    • Crumb Cake Ink Pad
  • Stampin’ Blends Pens
    • Smoky Slate Light Stampin’ Blends Pens
    • Smoky Slate Dark Stampin’ Blends Pens
    • Crumb Cake Light Stampin’ Blends Pens
    • Crumb Cake Dark Stampin’ Blends Pens
    • Peach Pie Light Stampin’ Blends Pens
    • Real Red Light Stampin’ Blends Pens
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Your preferred adhiesive
  • A stamp block
  • Scissors

Take one of the cut pieces of white card stock, your blending brushes and the Smokey Slate, Boho Blue and Crumb Cake ink pads.  I started with Smoky Slate and blended it lightly for the start of the sky.  Then I changed over to the Boho Blue and lightly blended over into the gray for the sky and then much darker for the water.  Finally blended with the Crumb Cake to build the color for the sand.  This forms your background for the front of your card.

I took a spare piece of white card stock and stamped the seagull with the french fries in his mouth with the Jet Black Staz-On ink.  Then I stamped the french fries in the holder in the Jet Black Staz-On ink.  Now take the second piece of card stock that you cut for the inside and stamp one of the other two seagulls in the lower right-hand corner in the Jet Black ink as well. 

Gather your Stampin Blends pens.  I used the light Smoky Slate to color the wings and tale of the french fry seagull and the inside seagull’s wings as well.  Then the dark Smoky Slate I used to color the strips on the wings for both seagulls.  Then color the feet and beak of both seagulls with the light Peach Pie.  I then took the light Crumb Cake to color the french fries, the dark Crumb Cake to color the burger on the fry package and the light Real Red to color the french fry package. 

Use your scissors to cut out the french fries and the seagull with the fries in his mouth.  Adhere them to the sandy area of the sheet you created with your blending brushes for the front background.  Then take your Crumb Cake ink and the shells stamp and stamp shells in the sand, I did one on each side of the seagull.  Then take your Smoky Slate ink and the flying birds stamp and stamp that in the sky area, I also stamped those twice.  Be sure to leave space for where you want to put your greeting. 

Now stamp your “I love you more than French Fries” greeting in the Jet Black ink onto the white label piece you cut that is ¾” x 1 ¾”.  Adhere that to the Crumb Cake piece you cut 1” x 2” and then adhere that to your card front.  Adhere your card front to your card.  Then adhere your inside white piece with the seagull stamped on it to the inside of your card.  You are all done and I hope you love it as much I did. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501

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