Darling Details: Happy Birthday

When I made this card, I pretty much immediately created something similar for camp this month. And here it is, sporting a hobnail-glass dots background, happy and darling!

Darling Details | I played this "sweet," but changing the colors and the embossed panel will turn this card into something (almost) totally different!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Have you ever wondered why using a foam mat under your work is useful when stamping with a photopolymer stamp, but not necessarily always? It’s clear (hah!) that those stamps do not have their own foam “padding,” unlike red rubber stamps. With a solid image, like the stamp for the “filler” of the flower, you want to be able to press firmly and evenly. Without a pad under the scrap, there’s a good chance the stamped image would have been missing areas (even taking into account that it is not a totally solid image to begin with).

However, generally speaking, using a line image doesn’t present a problem with obtaining a good stamped impression. Take the flower outline on this card: all those lines will hit the paper equally (assuming your stamping surface is solid). Ditto with the leaf outline and filler and the sentiment. So I rarely use a pad underneath my work when stamping line images.

For the flower on this card, we stamped the outline first in Berry Burst ink (I usually start with the darker image of a two-step image) on a Basic White scrap. Placing a foam pad under the Grid Paper, we inked up the filler image in Berry Burst and stamped off directly on the Grid Paper. With the Basic White scrap placed on the Grid Paper (and the foam pad still underneath), we stamped the filler over the stamped outline image.

I hope this makes sense; feel free to ask me to clarify anything I’ve said. But here are a couple more points:

  • But does it cause a problem if you use a pad for line images? No, so if it’s easier, consistently use a pad.
  • What do I use for a pad? For years I have used a foam-backed vinyl placemat. As you can imagine, the foam is not very thick, just enough to allow you to get some pressure when you stamp. The design on the placemat is quite horrid, but I think I paid $1 for it — and cut it into four pieces! If you can find one (perhaps at a dollar store), it’s worth the dollar! Or $1.25.
Darling Details | I played this "sweet," but changing the colors and the embossed panel will turn this card into something (almost) totally different!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I played this June camp card “sweet,” but changing the colors and the embossed panel will turn this into something (almost) totally different!

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Free shipping 6/21 only!

What a surprise! Tomorrow (June 21) only, earn free shipping on orders of $75 US (before tax)!  But it lasts for just 24 hours, so plan ahead:

  • All order types qualify for this promotion (customer, demonstrator, workshop, and online).
  • Free shipping applies after the qualifying amount has been met.
  • The minimum qualifying amount to receive free shipping is $75 USD (before tax).
  • Free shipping only applies during the 24-hour period the promotion is live; this means that the order must be opened and closed between 12:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. (MT) on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
  • With the exception of a one-time monthly Paper Pumpkin subscription, all Stampin’ Up! products qualify for the promotion. That includes the Designer Series Paper in this month’s promotion!
  • Prepaid 3-, 6-, or 12-month Paper Pumpkin subscriptions are eligible for FREE shipping under the same rules as all other Stampin’ Up! items during the promotion.
  • The free shipping promotion does not cover the additional cost of expedited shipping.
  • Please keep in mind that with any product launch, the distribution center may fall behind our typical shipping time frames. In such cases, we will do all we can to return to our regular service levels as quickly as possible.
  • Place an order with me of at least $75 (before tax) and earn Double Burgin Bucks (read about the Burgin Bucks program here). Thank you!
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Next week is camp week in June!

I am almost ready to welcome stampers to June camps — will you be stamping with us?

Monday, June 12 (2nd Monday) — 6:15-8:45 p.m. — at Camille’s home (3532 S Woodlawn Rd, Rochelle) — note change in location.
Thursday, June 15 — 1:00-4:00 p.m. — at my home (322 Fairmont Dr, DeKalb).

Stamp camps – creative workshops using rubber stamps, ink, and paper — are open to anyone who is interested, whether experienced or new to this paper crafting hobby.  You’ll always find friendly and helpful stampers who will welcome you.

To register, contact me by Sunday, June 11, so I can be sure to have enough materials.  Pre-payment is not required.  Your $15 fee covers all supplies and materials for four projects, envelopes for cards, and printed instructions with pictures.  Make one additional set of projects for just $5 more — let me know when you register so I am prepared.  Remember to bring your own adhesive and scissors.

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Garage sale tomorrow!

Get ready to shop for the stamp set, accessory, or paper crafting tool of your dreams at the 2023 edition of this annual event!

Thursday, June 8, 2:00-7:00
615 Emmert Dr, Sycamore

Hundreds of retired Stampin’ Up! products will be available, thanks to the clean-out efforts of some of the Heartfelt Inkspiration team, and offered at no more than half of the original price. In fact, Stampin’ Up! products that retired prior to the 2021-2022 catalog year will be offered at even bigger discounts!

Cash or cash apps only — no checks will be accepted. Rest up for some serious bargain shopping!

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Cheerful Daisies: Brightest Birthday

Is there anything more darling than this frame? It’s darling, but not too sweet, even though it brings to mind some of my favorite accessories when I was (much) younger. I’m still emotionally vulnerable around scallops and eyelets and stitching.

Cheerful Daisies | Using a Vellum overlay gives you two shades of Boho Blue, just like that!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

To create a different tone of Boho Blue, I layered a slightly smaller panel of Vellum Basics dots.

Cheerful Daisies | Using a Vellum overlay gives you two shades of Boho Blue, just like that!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

People are taking some serious stands on one of the 2023-2025 In Colors: there doesn’t seem to be much middle ground on Wild Wheat! Count me among those who love it. Here, I stamped the daisy outline in Wild Wheat and stamped the “filler” in stamped-off Daffodil Delight. That didn’t hurt much, did it? {wink}

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Starter Kit +

It’s a fabulous time to join Stampin’ Up! This month, new team members will get even more FREE products in their customizable Starter Kit. Between 1–30 June, those who sign up can get $125 USD $155 USD worth of products for only $99 USD + free business supplies + free shipping + all the fun being a part of Stampin’ Up! 

Want to know more about joining Stampin’ Up!? Read my Join me! page to learn more!

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Designer Series Paper sale begins tomorrow!

We all love beautiful Designer Series Paper, and in June, you can enjoy a 15% discount on select Designer Series Papers from the new 2023–2024 Annual Catalog and Online Exclusives.  Whether you’re a scrapbooker, a card maker, or simply a paper lover, this is a great time to stock up and save on gorgeous paper so you have artistic and versatile paper designs on hand for your next projects!  Click the graphic below to see the two-page pdf file with the specifics of this one-month promotion that begins tomorrow! (I’d love your order at my online storefront!)

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Circle Sayings: Celebrate

It’s a fact: I send most of the birthday cards I make to women. And yet, there are guys I know who deserve a birthday card, too! (I’m on the verge of needing a whole slew of them.) It’s just sometimes a challenge to make a guy card that will do. I always run it by my guy to make sure he would sign it. This one passed.

Circle Sayings is a stamp set loaded with possibilities. It is part of a bundle — one of a few bundles that has as its “other half” a punch, instead of a set of dies. The 2⅜” Circle Punch is certainly useful, but I have to tell you that if you have the now-retired Layering Circles dies, there is one in that set the same size as this punch.

Circle Sayings | My idea of an unfussy guy birthday card!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I must point out that the cupcake was fussy cut only because it was much easier to get it straight and centered, I think. We stamped the Celebrate circle and punched it out, then colored and flat adhered the cupcake to the circle.

Circle Sayings | My idea of an unfussy guy birthday card!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

For this May camp card, I chose two colors that are new in the Stampin’ Up! 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. Or, more correctly, are new again. You know, returning from a period of time in the Retired Zone. I don’t remember loving Lost Lagoon when it was an In Color several years ago, but this time I can barely put it away. Stampers, you’ll see it again at camp this month!

In addition to Lost Lagoon’s best friend, Pretty Peacock, the other non-neutral color here is Pumpkin Pie. The complementary color of blue is orange, so this is an easy color combo to use.

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Darling Details: Thank You

Last week I shared how immediately smitten I was with the “hobnail-glass dots” folder from the Basics 3D Embossing Folders Set (available in the Online Exclusives area of my Stampin’ Up! online storefront). I knew I had to create a card with an embossed white panel, so I made a bunch of note cards that got sent (along with a gift) to stampers who earned Stampin’ Rewards — what we used to call “host benefits” — during the last catalog year. Not a single one of them had a home party; they either held a “book party” (wherein other stampers placed their orders using the workshop’s Host Code) or earned Stampin’ Rewards as a result of their own qualifying order (a minimum of $150 in product, before S/H and tax).

Darling Details | Notecards are always fun for me to create, because I can focus on one impactful image, like this one.  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

This note card was an opportunity to use new products from the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. I had a fun time inking up Darling Details; both the flower outline and “filler” are in Berry Burst ink, but the filler was stamped off first. These photopolymer stamps benefit from a foam pad under your work; make sure when you stamp off the foam pad is also under the Grid Paper or scratch paper so the ink is evenly removed from the stamp.

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1" (2.5 Cm) Circle Punch
1″ (2.5 Cm) Circle Punch
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Seasonal Branches: Sending an Abundance of …

When there is a new bundle that offers elements spanning the seasons, I’m usually all in! Seasonal Branches has not disappointed me, although I did have to adjust my design for this May camp card because my first attempt was way too fussy.

Seasonal Branches | When there is a bundle offering elements that span the seasons, I'm in!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

This is fussy enough, considering there are two die-cut branches (using an adhesive sheet is essential) and all those flowers! I did the stamping and die cutting of dozens and dozens of flowers — or, rather, I die cut first and then stamped, using a Stamparatus technique I call “stamping in the hole.” It’s easier to watch my video than to write out the steps, so here you go:

Of course, these little flowers are not two-step images, but you get the idea. One thing I failed to point out in the video is that you are not securing the die-cut piece on the Stamparatus with magnets or any other way. Instead, the negative cardstock piece (the result of die-cutting one flower) acts as a frame for the flower, keeping it in place.

Did you notice the background panel? This was the first time I used one of the Foursquare Decorative Masks — so useful and fun!

Seasonal Branches | When there is a bundle offering elements that span the seasons, I'm in!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Wondering about the phrase on the front of this card? Inside it says, “Happy Birthday Wishes”!

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