We’re Here for You Card

The fall colors with this card turned out great, they just blend together with the Thoughtful Journey designer series paper. Then adding the Prairie Grass stamp set from Stampin’ Up just added to it.

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

Cajan Craze card stock (Stampin’ Up)
Peach Pie card stock (Stampin’ Up)
Thoughtful Journey designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
Prairie Grass stamp set (August 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
Cajan Craze ink (Stampin’ Up)
Paper trimmer
Scoring board or blade for trimmer
Adhesive of choice

From Cajan Craze card stock cut a card base to 4 ¼” x 11” and fold in half to form your card base. Then cut another piece to 1” x 11” and score at ½”, 5 ½” and 10 ½” and fold all in. Cut four pieces to 2 ¼” x 3”. From the Peach Pie card stock cut two pieces to 2” x 2 ¾”.

From the Thoughtful Journey designer series paper pack find two of the peach sky with Cajan Craze grass and then two pieces with the peachy lake and Cajan Craze and white landscape. With the Peach sky with Cajan Craze grass cut a piece to 4” x 5 ½” for the front of your card and then from the other piece cut two to 2” x 2 ¾” of the Cajan Craze grassy area. From the two peachy lake pieces cut to 4” x 5 ¼” for the inside background of your card.

With your Prairie Grass stamp set and Cajan Craze ink, stamp three of the medium grass stamps (slightly stamped off so they are not so dark). With the “So very sorry” stamp and the Cajan Craze ink and stamp in the upper right corner. Adhere to the front of your card base.

For the inside of your card start with adhering the two peach lake pieces, one to the top portion and one to the bottom portion. Take your two Peach Pie pieces and Cajan Craze ink and stamp one of the small grass stamps (stamped off lightly) to the left side of one and to the right side of the other. On the one where you stamped the grass to the left also stamp in Cajan Craze ink the “You’re not alone I’m here for you” greeting to the right side.

Adhere your two stamped Peach Pie pieces and your two Thoughtful Journey pieces to the four pieces of Cajan Craze. Adhere one of your grass pieces and then your Peach Pie greeting piece to the upper portion of your of the strip and the other two to the lower portion. Now adhere the top of your strip to the top of the inside of your card, aligned with the designer series paper, then adhere to the bottom, aligned with the bottom of the designer series paper.

This gives a lovely card to add a little cheer to someone’s day who is having a tough time or has had a loss in their life.

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All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

The Gangs All Meer (Meerkat) Shadowbox Card

I think this card is just adorable and these little meerkats are so cute. Thiis shadowbox card is an easy design and so quick to make and was the perfect design for The Gangs All Meer stamp set from Stampin’ Up.

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

Old Olive card stock (Stampin’ Up)
Basic Beige card stock (Stampin’ Up)
Impressions Abloom designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
The Gangs All Meer stamp set (Stampin’ Up)
Black StazOn ink (Stampin’ Up)
Stampin’ Blends
- Old Olive Light (cactus and lizard) and Dark (lizard spots)
- Bubble Bath Light (cactus flowers)
- Crumb Cake Light (ground) and Dark (two meerkats in group)
- Pecan Pie Light (three meerkats in group and individual meerkats)
Decaled Circles dies
Scoring board or paper trimmer scoring blade
Paper trimmer
Scissors
Adhesive of choice
Mini pop dots

With your Old Olive card stock cut two pieces to 4 ¼” x 5 ½” and score each at ½”, 1”, 4 ½” and 5” and then fold the outside score up and the second score down. From the Basic Beige card stock cut two pieces to 3 3/8” x 4 1/8” and a third piece to 3” x 3 ¾”. The from the Impressions Abloom designer series paper find the Old Olive piece with the stripes and dots, cut two pieces to 3 ¼” x 4”.

With one of the Old Olive scored pieces, adhere one of the Basic Beige pieces measuring 3 3/8” x 4 1/8” adhere to the popped-up center between your score marks. Then adhere one of the striped pieces. From the Decaled Circles dies find the one measuring just over 2 ¾” and cut out a circle with your die cut machine toward the top center.

Take the other Basic Beige piece measuring 3 3/8” x 4 1/8” and adhere to the under center of the second popped up piece of Old Olive. With the group of meerkats from The Gangs All Meer stamp set and your Black StazOn ink and stamp toward the top so it will align nicely through your decaled circle window. Use the Light Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blend to color three of the meerkats, the Dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend to color the other two meerkats and the Crumb Cake Light Stampin’ Blend to color the ground. On a spare piece of Basic Beige card stock stamp the cactus, lizard and the two individual meerkats in the Black StazOn ink. Use all the Stampin’ Blends suggested to color all of these and then use a pair of scissors to cut them out.

Adhere the cut-out cactus to the lower left of your card with it hanging over the edge of the circle cut out slightly, and then with mini pop dots adhere the individual standing meerkat over the left side of the cactus. Adhere the other peeping meerkat to the right side. Adhere the lizard with a mini pop dot just below your group so that it will show through the circle. Adhere the ends of your Old Olive card bases together to form your shadowbox.

Adhere your last piece of Basic Beige to the last piece of striped designer series paper. Stamp the “We’re Here for You” stamp to the upper center of the Basic Beige piece and stamp the cactus to the lower left and color with your Stampin’ Blends.

There you now have this cute card to encourage a friend or family member and give then a cheerful boost with these little meerkats.

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All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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The Gangs All Meer (Meerkat) Shadowbox Card