Framed Florets: Blackberry Birthday

It was such a joy to make my friend’s birthday card with the new Framed Florets bundle. Having a little time to color and play with the design made for a lovely morning downstairs.

Framed Florets | If "pretty" is the way you roll, Framed Florets is the bundle for you!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

If “pretty” is the way you roll, Framed Florets is a great bundle for you! Don’t forget the elements of the Fitting Florets Collection that are only available while they last. (If you missed it, yesterday’s post contains the details.)

I couldn’t resist another gold frame (like the one here), and I accented the flowers with Wink of Stella to add more glimmer.

Framed Florets | If "pretty" is the way you roll, Framed Florets is the bundle for you!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

You may be surprised to see Soft Suede ink in the product list below. I don’t always use Memento Tuxedo Black to stamp images I will color using Stampin’ Blends; it can be a little severe. In this case, I planned to create an autumnal spray of flowers, so I thought Soft Suede would work better. Instead, I opened my paper drawer and saw a color that I haven’t used lately. Blackberry Bliss was my new choice, and if I had started with that, I might have stamped in Basic Gray or even Smoky Slate. Unless you’re doing a lot of blending over the lines of the images, you can use our Classic Ink for stamping.

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Introducing the Fitting Florets Collection

Add just the right touch of elegance to any occasion, including Christmas and seasonal celebrations, with the sweet Fitting Florets Collection. From color schemes to sentiments and embellishments to dies, these unique products blend together so that your cards and crafts fit whatever occasion you might need. Send birthday wishes, express your gratitude, or spread Christmas cheer — with so many options to mix and match, you’ll be set all year, no matter the celebration!

Starting today, November 1, 2022, you can order items from this collection — as the entire Fitting Florets Collection, as the Framed Florets bundle, or separately. No limits apply during this sales period, but note that some products are only available while supplies last. Click the image below to see a pdf chart with details about the products in this collection.

For an overview of this collection, watch this Stampin’ Up! corporate video:


I used two of these products on this Christmas card — watch for another sample tomorrow!

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Stamp Review Crew: Cottage Wreaths

Hello! Yes, we are squeezing in one more Stamp Review Crew blog hop this month — this one with a look at the photopolymer Cottage Wreaths stamp set and its coordinating Country Wreaths Dies. What a wonderful, versatile bundle!

If you have hopped with the Stamp Review Crew before, you know that you can click the banner at the top of this post (or here) to see the list of blogs on this hop. And, unless blogs or posts have moved or been discontinued, the links to specific hop posts will be there! That means you can hop at your leisure, taking all the inspiration you can and creating your own projects with this set. If you’re hopping in order, you’ve just enjoyed Mike Funke’s work at his blog, Stampin-Style. ETA: It looks like Typepad is having issues, and Mike’s post isn’t completely working. You may have to return to his hop post later.

The seasonal options in this set are very appealing to me, and I love the image that creates the fuller wreath — as opposed to the “twiggy” wreath, which I also love, but not for this card! I wanted to use the rich colors of autumn that remind me of a tapestry shot through with gold thread. I created the stamped wreath with those colors using the baby wipe technique (also for the leaves inside the card). Over this is a die-cut wreath in Distressed Gold Specialty Paper, now back in stock.

Cottage Wreaths | This stamped wreath is paired with a die-cut overlay of Distressed Gold Specialty Paper.  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I designed this Christmas wreath card for the October Jingle Jump while keeping this hop in mind. It’s simple (my goal for JJ cards), with a snowy layer die cut from White Glimmer paper. That sparkle is echoed in the beautiful Festive Foils angled panel. (For an additional Cottage Wreaths Christmas design, from the August Jingle Jump, click here.)

Cottage Wreaths | This stamped wreath is paired with a die-cut overlay of White Glimmer Paper.  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I appreciate your visit here! For details on today’s cards, please come back later this week when I will have additional pictures and a list of products used. Note that the Country Wreaths Dies are not able to be ordered until (estimated) the week of November 7; this means the bundle is also not available until that time.

Your next stop on the hop is With a Bow on Top, the blog of Lou Kitzelman. Have fun there!





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Celebrate with Tags: Be Jolly

For a bundle with a ton of versatility, you can’t go wrong with Celebrate with Tags! Christmas, birthday, love — so many reasons to create something with the Celebrate with Tags set and its coordinating dies, Celebrations Tags. Here is another card from the Jingle Jump in August.

Celebrate with Tags | Celebrations Tag dies | For a bundle with a ton of versatility, you can't go wrong with Celebrate with Tags!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I have yet to use the dies to create a folded tag for a sweet note or window. Instead, I have trimmed the die cut at the scoreline to create a one-dimensional tag. This one was embossed for additional holiday cheer.

Celebrate with Tags | Celebrations Tag dies | For a bundle with a ton of versatility, you can't go wrong with Celebrate with Tags!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Funny thing about this retired Real Red ribbon: for an event a few years ago, I accidentally ordered three times the amount I estimated for a project, forgetting I needed to know the number of yards, not feet. I was generous with the amount to begin with, so to see all those spools in the box from Stampin’ Up! was a shock. I’m not sure I will ever run out of it. Luckily, it ties like a dream and is a color that will never leave us!

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Leaves of Holly: Christmas Wishes

I forgot about this August Jingle Jump card until I was reviewing my posting list, so this is a second bonus card for the Leaves of Holly blog hop with the Stamp Review Crew.

Leaves of Holly | A simple card, made impressive with dramatic colors.  (And the rhinestones don't hurt, either!)  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

This is a simple card — evergreen boughs and holly leaves — made impressive with dramatic colors. (And the red rhinestones don’t hurt, either!) It’s not often that I add layer upon layer and a handful of die cuts to my cards, but particularly not for the Jingle Jump projects. Do you think you could complete this card in ten minutes, if the card base, Mossy Mossy Meadow mat, and Pear Pizzazz panel were already cut for you?

Leaves of Holly | A simple card, made impressive with dramatic colors.  (And the rhinestones don't hurt, either!)  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

This label die with attached holly leaves is beautiful, isn’t it? I have to admit I was initially puzzled by the die cut that creates the back of those two leaves, but it’s genius. Stamping the sentiment on the label is so easy because of the clear photopolymer stamp.

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Leaves of Holly: Season’s Greetings

Here is a bonus Leaves of Holly card, from August’s Jingle Jump. I think this blue, Seaside Spray, is one of my all-time favorite Stampin’ Up! shades of blue. So when it retired a few years ago, I stocked up. It was perfect for this card (although it looks a bit purple here).

Leaves of Holly | The iciness of the blue card base is perfect for this wintery card.  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I have used different Festive Pearls on several Jingle Jump cards this year, adding up to several hundred! I’m sure it’s not my fault that inventory is low on this product; hopefully, it won’t go into an “unavailable” status again.

Leaves of Holly | The iciness of the blue card base is perfect for this wintery card.  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

With all the sparkle and iciness going on, I couldn’t resist a bow in this coordinating (and also retired) twine. The ribbon on yesterday’s card was knotted, then attached with a Glue Dot, but here I actually did tie the bow around the stems of the leaves — after the leaves were adhered to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. That acts like a third hand, in a manner of speaking.

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Leaves of Holly: Peace

My second card of the Leaves of Holly blog hop with the Stamp Review Crew is this one. I called it Frosted Holly because of the die-cut overlay on the holly leaf, cut from white Glimmer Paper (part of the Real Red & White 6″ x 6″ Glimmer Paper pack in the current Mini Catalog).

Although I wanted a subtle holly background on yesterday’s card, here I went a little bolder. This is Soft Succulent ink at “full strength” (not stamped off) on a Soft Succulent panel.

Leaves of Holly | The frosted effect on this holly leaf is an overlay of White Glimmer Paper (part of a pack of red and white).  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

In addition to the frosted holly leaf, I added some iciness in the form of embossed vellum — one of my favorite elements to give a wintery feel.

Leaves of Holly | The frosted effect on this holly leaf is an overlay of White Glimmer Paper (part of a pack of red and white).  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

A bit of sheer ribbon knotted around the leaf stem adds some more shimmer. (Truthfully, I knotted the ribbon first and affixed it to the stem with a Glue Dot, but I think it’s a successful illusion.)

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Leaves of Holly: Noel

I have such great memories of Christmas shopping at the grand old department stores in downtown Chicago (complete with train travel, a fabulous lunch, and freezing weather) that each year I try to evoke that experience with an elegant Christmas design like this one.

Leaves of Holly | Framed & Festive | A classic Christmas card with a sneak peek!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Because Pear Pizzazz ink is so much lighter than this Mossy Meadow card base, I expected my background to be nearly invisible. But this combination actually gave me the tapestry feeling I wanted.

For the holly berries, I used Cherry Cobbler ink on Real Red cardstock, then brushed them with Wink of Stella. That echoes the shimmer in the antiqued, old-world oval frame. Although the Distressed Gold 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper has a holiday feel, that paper is actually in the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog on page 139. I must not be the only stamper in love with it, because it is currently not available to be ordered. It is expected to be back in stock the week of November 7. Set yourself a reminder.

Leaves of Holly | Framed & Festive | A classic Christmas card with a sneak peek!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

You may be looking through the catalogs for the stamp set that contains the Noel image, but stop. It’s part of the Fitting Florets Collection, which demonstrators may preorder this month. Customers will be able to order it on November 1, and I’ll give you the full details before then.

The short story is that this new collection has items (including the stamp set called Framed & Festive that I used on this card) that will be available only while supplies last. The bundle with this beautiful frame (and much more) is Framed Florets. These dies and the coordinating stamp set will be in the next Mini Catalog beginning January 5, 2023.

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Stamp Review Crew: Leaves of Holly

Hello and welcome to today’s Stamp Review Crew blog hop! Today’s featured set is Leaves of Holly, a wonderful set (and bundle) from the Stampin’ Up! July-December 2022 Mini Catalog. The Stamp Review Crew has a bunch of stampers, but only three of us are participating today. You may have come here via Mike Funke’s blog, Stampin-Style. I would describe Mike’s style as C&S (clean and simple). What do you think?

I have been working on designs for this weekend’s Jingle Jump, so this bundle has seen a lot of activity. For this hop, I began stamping a lot of backgrounds with the smaller of the two “open” holly images, tone on tone. I have several of these experiments in my Unfinished Objects box ready for additional designs!

I wanted to keep this card, Noel Holly, classic and elegant, and the easiest way to do that was to use traditional colors and the wonderful Distressed Gold 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog. (When my stampin’ buddy Elizabeth said she couldn’t get enough of this paper, I had to find out why!) To keep the background from competing with the other elements, I stamped the leaf in Pear Pizzazz ink on the Mossy Meadow card base.

Leaves of Holly | Stamp Review Crew blog hop | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

You may notice some new details on that card — I’ll be posting additional pictures and complete details of my cards later this week (and a bonus card!), so please come back tomorrow.

You can see another background experiment with my next card, Frosted Holly. This background is Soft Succulent ink on Soft Succulent cardstock.

Leaves of Holly | Stamp Review Crew blog hop | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Looking at the holly leaf, you may not be able to tell just how sparkly the Glimmer Paper is. It is from the Real Red & White 6″ x 6″ Glimmer Paper pack in the current Mini. I have used quite a bit of this paper; it is absolutely snow white, not iridescent like earlier Glimmer Paper — quite fabulous!

A bundle with a holly image or two is an essential Christmas element in my stamping area; I hope you feel the same! In December, the Stamp Review Crew will be featuring Merriest Moments, a bundle with a more petite holly leaf. Be sure to watch for that hop on December 18.

Thank you so much for visiting me here at Heartfelt Inkspiration. Your next stop is Heart’s Delight Cards, the blog of Cindy Elam. Enjoy your time there!





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Fond of Autumn: Birthday Wishes

When I bought the Fond of Autumn bundle, I knew I would love using the stamp set (hello coloring!), but I didn’t really grasp the versatility of the Autumn Bouquet dies:

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When you look at this photo, don’t forget that you are looking at the dies upside down — it’s easiest to understand how they work to see it this way first.

This is the card I made with the Fond of Autumn bundle. (You can see I used the single flower image inside the card, but you can’t see that I also stamped the Birthday Wishes image from Amazing Year in Night of Navy ink.)

Fond of Autumn | Beautiful images and versatile dies combine for one terrific bundle!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I think it’s pretty clear that I used the two big dies at the top of the picture to get this doily-like, Crumb Cake piece. The die on the left is the outline, and the one on the right is the detail. You can cut this “doily” using both dies simultaneously.

Using only the detail die will give you a pierced effect, as seen on the sample (where it was used twice) on page 52 of the Mini Catalog. That’s a very cool effect, isn’t it?

Now, suppose you want to use that wonderful, big stamped image. That outline die will also cut around it, as you’d expect … but the die directly below it (same size) in the picture cuts around the image and splits up the image into four parts! And I thought you’d have to cut them out by hand! Let’s look closer:

Fond of Autumn | Beautiful images and versatile dies combine for one terrific bundle!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Here are the four parts:

  1. The leaves and berries (I am calling them blueberries) at the top.
  2. The leaves and berries at the bottom.
  3. The uncolored oak leaves (and hidden acorns).
  4. The three flowers, leaves, and small cluster of berries adhered over the oak leaves.

If I wanted to go totally autumn, I could just color and die cut the oak leaves and acorn section. It’s genius!

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