Notes of Nature: Hello Tag

I had every intention of including this card in the Stamp Review Crew blog hop on Notes of Nature the other day, but circumstances conspired against me. I was able to take advantage of some quiet time to finish this (and some other projects).

Notes of Nature | Tags are my favorite!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

It’s always difficult for me to judge how “easy” or “quick” a card is; I fuss so much over the smallest details, like how to get that bow tied so it lays properly (usually I tie it with the card upside-down; I can’t explain that). But this card was easy enough that I’ve created a version for it for next month’s All-Occasions Stamp-a-Stack. (Are you registered yet?)

I’m looking ahead to the transition to the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog; the retirement list will be out way before I’m ready! I just hope this Distressed Gold 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper is not on that list. I love it!

Notes of Nature | Tags are my favorite!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I’ve said before how valuable a “speckle” image is to have in a set, and this is a perfect one. I use it when the background is just too plain (see this Notes of Nature card for an example) or, here, for a touch of bling. Don’t overthink where these dots are going to be, just stamp them!

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Notes of Nature: Just a Little Note

This is my card from yesterday’s Stamp Review Crew blog hop on Notes of Nature. If any two Stampin’ Up! colors play well together, consider Lost Lagoon and Pool Party. Of course, there aren’t just two, are there? Because I think Wild Wheat and gold are kindred spirits, too.

Notes of Nature | Softly Stippled | Nature's Sweetness | My card from the Stamp Review Crew blog hop of 2/19/2024.  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

So it was a given that I would pair the Softly Stippled DSP from Sale-A-Bration (rapidly drawing to a close!) and Nature’s Sweetness Specialty DSP, part of the Nature’s Sweetness Suite. That paper is quite stunning, with gold accents on one side of each of the six designs.

Notes of Nature | Softly Stippled | Nature's Sweetness | My card from the Stamp Review Crew blog hop of 2/19/2024.  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

If you’re wondering about the size of the die that cut the sentiment, it’s actually a taller die that I cut twice — once aligning and cutting just the lower part of the die where I wanted the bottom of the sentiment piece and then, nestling the die into the cuts already made, cutting the top.

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Stamp Review Crew: Notes of Nature

Greetings, stampers! I am so happy to welcome you to another Stamp Review Crew blog hop. This is another small hop — small in number, but big in ideas! (Click the banner above — or here — to see the bloggers participating today. Remember that unless a stamper’s blog has been deleted, you should be able to see every post for the Stamp Review Crew.) Today we’re taking a look at Notes of Nature, from the Stampin’ Up! January-April 2024 Mini Catalog:

Notes of Nature | Stampin' Up! 162640

You may be visiting me by way of Kim Fee’s blog, Simply Fairies. Kim’s wonderful work makes my heart sing!

Today’s card is more involved than some I’ve created, but I just had to combine these two beautiful colors and patterns with this wonderful sentiment. I love the collage look, but it doesn’t come easily to me. So to have all the elements of the Notes of Nature bundle is a dream.

Notes of Nature | Stamp Review Crew | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

This isn’t my only hop card — just the only one you’re seeing today! Please come back tomorrow for details on this card, and return later in the week for more Notes of Nature.

Now you’ll be visiting the blog of Ellen Woodbridge to see what she has done with Notes of Nature. Have fun!





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Adoring Hearts

Happy Valentine’s Day, with love! I have been making lots of these note cards since the beginning of the month, full of appreciation for those who support my business.

Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing Folder | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Breaking down the design into elements helped, and I could work on a pile of pieces in between other tasks (like laundry, for example!). But eventually, I just had to push myself to make sure these would arrive in time. Mission accomplished! Now to move on to the All-Occasions Stamp-a-Stack projects for next month and the development of a few other ideas.

Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing Folder | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I can’t imagine using anything but Adhesive Sheets to adhere this white overlay to the red heart. The Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing Folder is a very fun combination product to use — and amazing! For this project, however, I wasn’t embossing the heart, so I cut all the plain red hearts (9 at a time), then all the overlays (4 different patterns). Sitting on my worktable, at least for another day when I need to clear it off, are a handful of embossed hearts for another purpose!

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Perennial Postage: Big Hugs

I may not have invented this “recessed window” layout, but I am a huge fan! It is so fun to play with patterns — especially with all the Sale-A-Bration freebies — and sentiments to create the exact card you need. In fact, we are using this very layout for the February camp cards.

Perennial Postage | Big hugs in a little window!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

You will need:

  • A patterned panel with a cardstock mat (I use Thick Basic White when I want a mat that color). You need some body for that piece, because you will be using …
  • Plenty of Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • A sentiment square that is small enough to allow a significant margin.

You can use all kinds of shapes for the window and sentiment; I used the retired Layering Squares dies because there is no stitching or other distraction from the sentiment.

Perennial Postage | Big hugs in a little window!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

This twine (also retired) is heavier than our standard Baker’s Twine offerings. I stopped selling my retired twine because there’s always a color I can use for something. Like this.

This is a card for our neighbor next month. Happy birthday!

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Perennial Postage: Love and Best Wishes

Here is one of my cards from the Stamp Review Crew blog hop the other day featuring Perennial Postage. I’m sure you got a lot of great ideas from the other bloggers; it was fun for me to hop around later and comment on their creativity!

I think there was a time in the past couple of weeks when Softly Stippled was not available as a Sale-A-Bration freebie, but I checked last night and it is back in stock. It has to go down as one of my all-time favorite Designer Series Papers! It is perfect to use with the Perennial Postage bundle, or just about any sentiment set.

Perennial Postage | Softly Stippled | Coloring printed or stamped images can be so relaxing!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

I had to work to get the Fresh Freesia right in my photo, and then it changed the mat on the sides of the colored panel. Pebbled Path is a beautiful gray, not as brown as this shows.

Perennial Postage | Softly Stippled | Coloring printed or stamped images can be so relaxing!  Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Coloring printed or stamped images can be so relaxing … and I was so relaxed that I completely overlooked the mistake on this Softly Stippled panel. I colored that naked blossom after I saw this online (and how risky is that?), but luckily before I put the card in the mail!

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Register now for the next All-Occasions Stamp-a-Stack!

Registration for the March 2024 All-Occasions Stamp-a-Stack is now open — keep reading!

Gear up for all kinds of events with this all-occasions camp.  This is a “stamp-a-stack”:  come and make 10 all-occasions cards (several of the same or a variety) for just $22.  There will be six different designs to choose from in different styles, so you will have cards for everyone on your list. You’ll love using products from the Mini Catalog — it retires April 30!  The cards are designed to be completed quickly (in about 10 minutes or so) and have lots of interest but not a lot of fuss, to keep the cost low.  These cards can be mailed with no additional postage.  This event is perfect for the new stamper, as you will work at your own pace—invite a friend to join you!

Session 1: Thursday, March 21 — 6:30-9:30 p.m. (come any time)
Session 2: Friday, March 22 — 1:00-5:00 p.m. (come any time)
Session 3: Saturday, March 23 — 9:00 a.m. till noon (come any time)

Place:  My DeKalb home (322 Fairmont Dr— There are stairs to the lower level

Note that registration is limited to 10 stampers at each session and will close Tuesday, March 12, or when full.

Need more than ten?  Each additional card is $2, payable at the event.  I’ll supply envelopes and Stampin’ Dimensionals, but you need to bring your own scissors and adhesive (I suggest bringing several types and refills).

Paid registration of $22 must be received by Tuesday, March 12.  There are several ways to register, and each requires that you let me know which of the three sessions you are registering for.

  1. When we see each other, I can accept cash.
  2. You may send a check to me at 322 Fairmont Dr, DeKalb, IL 60115.
  3. Online, you may register via PayPal, below. If you are registering for more than one person (all attending the same session), choose the session, and then you can enter the quantity (number of registrations) after you click the Pay Now button.
Choose a session:
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Stamp Review Crew: Perennial Postage

Stamp Review Crew blog hop

Welcome again to another Stamp Review Crew blog hop on this first Monday of the month. Can a stamper have too many sentiment sets? Not this stamper, not yet! And so I’m happy we are working with Perennial Postage, a fabulous stamp set with equally fabulous dies in the bundle.

Perennial Postage bundle | Stampin' Up!  162608

Have you hopped with us before? Then you know blog hop posts are available even after the hop; click the banner at the top of this post to see the lineup for this hop. If you’re hopping in order, you just enjoyed the work of Ellen Woodbridge on her blog, and now here you are — many, many miles away in north central Illinois, USA!

Note that I will be posting my cards individually this week so I can give you some additional information and share the product lists.

After last week’s SRC blog hop, I posted a card using Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper (from the Sale-A-Bration brochure), which I colored with Stampin’ Blends markers (see the card here). I didn’t stop there and had fun experimenting with other colors before I used up every scrap of this pattern. I love most shades of purple, so I changed up the flowers a bit and used a different base for this birthday card:

Perennial Postage | Stamp Review Crew blog hop

We had not one, but two sunny days last week, so my thoughts are turning towards spring — temporarily, at least. If pale purple is lovely to think about, how about pink? This pattern from Delightfully Eclectic is one of my favorites, so I worked on perfecting my inset window layout for another birthday card.

https://heartfeltinkspiration.com/2024/02/02/go-to-greetings-softly-stippled/

Don’t forget to return here for details on my two cards this week!

Next up inspiring you is Holly Krautkremer of Rubber Redneck. Enjoy what she has for you!





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Go-To Greetings: Softly Stippled

Yesterday we took my SIL out to breakfast for her 89th birthday; this was her card. I originally intended it for the Stamp Review Crew blog hop, but I wanted those cards to be simple and easy, and this card was neither.

Go-To Greetings } Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

Not that I don’t love the way it turned out — I would make it again, and I had a wonderful time coloring all those flowers. Truthfully, I’m never sure where a leaf ends and a petal begins, so if you spot anything amiss, well, that’s nature for ya.

Go-To Greetings } Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

That piece of embossed vellum adds some softness to the design. I have always loved using vellum; it should be my middle name. What was my mother thinking????

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Softly Stippled: HB

You only have one 27th birthday, right? So I wanted to make a special card for the girlfriend of one of our grandsons. Melanie is an artist (as in, commissions), so I used the occasion of the Stamp Review Crew blog hop to create this.

Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper | Alphabet à la Mode | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

This is a simple layout, but the engineering aspects of the card had me gritting my teeth and scrapping some attempts. I flat adhered a piece of Basic White behind the die-cut patterned panel to support the many Stampin’ Dimensionals. That wasn’t the problem, but when I tried to line up the very sticky panel onto the card, oh my. What I should have done is adhere the patterned panel to a larger piece of the Pebbled Path patterned piece before it was on the card, then trimmed it. I’ll try that next time.

Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper | Alphabet à la Mode | Please click to read more! | Stampin' Up! | HeartfeltInkspiration.com | Debra Burgin

The placing of the letters would normally have been an issue for me (cursed be perfectionism!), but I just did my best.

I think all the drama was worth it– I am very pleased with the result and I hope Melanie enjoys this card!

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