Triple Time Baby Card!

If you are looking for a fun twist on layering your cards then the Triple Time stamping technique is just what you need!  You can use it for any type of card including birthday, thank you, and sympathy.  However, today I used it to create a fun baby card!  It is also a great way to showcase a background stamp, you know those stamps that measure approximately 5" x 6".  Tammy & I chose this as our focus for our Teach it Tuesday this week.  

This week's homemade baby cards used both the Painted Stripes stamp set & the Cutest Onesie bundle.  The rest of the items used are listed below. 

Details for the cards:

• Card Base: 

        Baby Girl: 11" x 4 1/4" scored at 5 1/2" 
        Baby Boy: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" 

• Layer #1:  White 4" x 5 1/4" 
• Layer #2:  Colored card stock  3 1/4" x 4 1/2"
• Layer #3: White 3" x 4 1/4"
• Layer #4: Colored card stock  2 1/4" x 3 1/4"
• Layer #5: White 2" x 3" 
• Sentiment: Colored card stock 1/4" x 2 1/4" 
• Interior: 4" x 5 1/4" 

I invite you to watch the video to see tips on coloring the stamp to create the ombre effect, creating the border on the inside of the card.  There are also some other fun tips on using the large background stamps and holding the white layers of card stock together while stamping the images. 

Check out Tammy's beautiful Triple Time thank you card on her Teach it Tuesday YouTube playlist and scroll to the bottom! She has a fun alternative way to place her layers. 

List of all supplies I used for both projects I shared in the video:

A Charming Red, White & Blue Card

Happy Anniversary! Well that is happy 1st anniversary to the weekly Teach it Tuesday with Tammy & Jennie Facebook lives we have been collaborating on.  Can't believe it was a year ago today that we did our first ever Teach it Tuesday, and because it was a few days before the 4th of July we used the color combo of red, white and blue for our cards.  Well, Tammy and I decided it would be fun to go with the same color combination this year too!  After all what color combination when you live in the good ol' USA and the week of the you nation's 249th birthday! 

This year I used a combination dies and stamps from three different bundles.  The journey to making this card is unlike any other that I remember.  When I started the process I had a totally different stamp set on my crafting table and it wasn't flowers. LOL I finally decided to use the new Charming Day bundle. 

Details for the card:

• Card base: 11" x 4 1/4" 
• Layer #1: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"  (die cut largest rectangle)
• Layer #2: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" (to die cut out the flower)
• Interior: White 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" (die cut largest rectangle)

Tammy's patriotic card is truly stunning so check it out on her Teach it Tuesday YouTube playlist and scroll to the bottom!

Supplies Used

 

Make a Memory Scrapbooking Kit Ideas!

Did you know that Stampin' Up! has added a scrapbooking kit to their Kits Collection?  Well, they did and it is called Make a Memory Scrapbooking Kit! I love to get more bang for my buck and I have found that the scrapbooking kits from Stampin' Up! give me just that; this kit doesn't disappoint in that area.  This kit has so much to play with that you can create both cards and scrapbook pages with it.  Here is a list of what you get with this one kit:

• 12 - 12" x 12" pattern card stock
• 20 - 6" x 4" pattern cards (think Memories & More)
• 3 - 12" x 12" sheets of ephemera pieces
• 4 - 12" 12" sticker pages 1 is leaves and the other 3 are sentiments (1 English, 1 German and 1 French)
• 2 - 12" x12" card stock borders you can cut to any width or length you choose

During my Teach it Tuesday with Tammy & Jennie I shared with my viewers how to follow the directions, well almost (I did go a little rogue) to create a scrapbook page as well as use some of the pieces of the kit to create a beautiful, but simple card. 

Details for these project:

Scrapbook page:  Everything is from the kit.

Card: 11" x 4 1/4" Pretty Peacock, 6" x 4" panel from the kit, 5 1/4" x 4" Basic White for interior

Tammy's kit made some beautiful cards.  She showed how to make the 3 cards as outlined in the directions and then made 2 beautiful alternate cards from the kit. You can head over to her Teach it Tuesday YouTube playlist and scroll to the bottom!

Product I used: 

DIY Two Tone Cardstock Gift Box

 A couple of weeks ago late one night I found myself needing a couple of small boxes for some scones I was giving to two co-workers.  It was the end of the school year and the end of my long term substitute job.  As a small group we loved snacking and so I made some of my lemon blueberry scones.  So what did I do at 9:00 pm?  I perused Pinterest of course!  I found this fun box by Holly of Ribbons & Glue.  When I make the boxes I used some of my retired pattern paper but a few days ago I thought, "How fun would it be to stamp my own pattern on the two-tone card stock?"  In my opinion the two-tone card stock worked better because it is a bit sturdier than the pattern paper.  

This box uses almost an entire piece of 12" x 12" card stock with very little waste.  And with the way I made this box I was able to use a piece of the scrap for the tag which means even less waste! My kind of project. :) 

You can use any 12" x 12" paper; pattern paper, card stock or the two-tone card stock which in terms of weight falls between the regular DSP and the card stock. 

Basic supplies for the box:

• 12" x 12" paper (pattern paper, two-tone card stock or regular card stock)
• Score at 3" & 9" along one side then turn once and score again at 1", 3 1/2", 6 1/2" and 9"
• Tear & Tape
• Scoring/Cutting Tool

More specific details for each box are below the video which gives you tips and tricks for putting this box together.  

Two-Tone Card Stock Box - video (Links to product below)

• 12" x 12" Pool Party two-tone card stock
• Round We Go (Last Chance list)
• Bright Borders
• To the Point Punch
• Pretty Peacock Ink
• 1/4" White Diagonal Ribbon (Last Chance list)

Perennial Lavender Box (Links to product below)

• Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper 
• Basic Beige Classic Ribbon
• Highland Heather Stampin' Blend (dark)
• Tear & Tape

    * Tip if you are using directional patter paper make sure your 1" score line is at the bottom of the paper.

Everyday Arches Birthday Box (Links to product below)

• 12" x 12" Willow White
• Everyday Arches Stamp set
• Memento Black, Granny Apple Green, Strawberry Slush and Lemon Lolly Ink
• Stampin' Blends: Strawberry Slush, Blueberry Bushel & Color Lifter
• Strawberry Slush Faux Linen Ribbon

 * Tip - To get the overlapped image you will need to fold the top and bottom flaps according to the steps below before stamping. See steps/images below.

P.S.  the images below are from a box that I accidently smeared ink on and therefore started over. 

Step #1 - Make sure your 12" x 12" is laying with the inside of the box facing up with the 1" score mark at the top and the 9" at the bottom. 

Step #2 - Fold up at the 9" score line.

Step #3 - Fold down at the 3" score line.

                          

To check out Tammy's fun 3D Tote for you can head over to her Teach it Tuesday YouTube playlist and scroll to the bottom!

Product used in these 3 boxes

Kintsugi Mojo

 What do you get when you combine my new favorite suite, Kintsugi Inspirations, and a Mojo card sketch?  You get my creation for Teach it Tuesday with Tammy & Jennie on June 3rd.  

This is such a classic and elegant suite but what really drew me to it was those blues!  OH M GEEEE! I love, love, love the blues with Petal Pink.  The sketch that Tammy and I used is also amazing!  

Check these two versions of the same sketch and suite.  I did almost the exact same thing with both cards just changed up the vases.  Let me know which card you like the one with the two bowls or the one with the bowl and tall vase?  

Details:

• Card base:  8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• Layer #1: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" (used embossing folder)
• Layer #2: 3" x 4 1/2"
• Layer #3: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" 
• Layer #4: 4" x 4" (stamped images then die cut out)
• Layer #5: 2 1/2" x 1/2" used for sentiment
• Layer #6: 1" x 1" (cut flag/banner)
• Interior: 4" x 5 1/4" 

To hear my tips for making the flag/banner shape and other ideas you can watch my video. 

To check out Tammy's beautiful cards using this sketch you can head over to her Teach it Tuesday YouTube playlist and scroll to the bottom!

Supplies Used:

Scrapbooking with Sketches

During this month's Teach it Tuesday's our Scrapbook Trio wanted to share with you how we used the new scrapbook sketches found on page 28 of the new 2025-2026 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.  We also wanted to highlight how you can use other Stampin' Up! product other than the pre-packaged scrapbooking kits to create your memory keeping pages.  

I chose to use the beautiful Perennial Lavender pattern paper and the Textured Notes dies to create my layout.

                              

 

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Video:

Check out Scrapbook Trio Replays!

To see all of our past scrapbook videos on our YouTube Playlists for January - April 2025 click on the links below!

Jennie Fetz Scrapbook Layout Playlist
Tammy Civello Scrapbook Layout Playlist
Patty Bennett Scrapbook Layout Playlist

Supplies used for these pages:

Beautiful Blues Card Kits! Quick, Easy & Elegant Cards

In the past I have shared with you that when I need to get my creativity or stamping mojo back I used card sketches.  There is another tool I use to help me....Stampin' Up! Card Kits!  These are wonderful go to crafts and gifts for those who want to dip their toes into the world of card making or reignite their creative fire.  I enjoy the kits but there are times when I absolutely LOVE the kits.  This kit that Tammy and I are using for our Teach it Tuesday is one that I fell in love with as soon as I saw it in the catalog and then fell even more in love with it when I started using it.  The Beautiful Blues card kit is perfect, especially if you love the color blue!  

These cards are both fun and beautiful on their own when you follow the included instructions.  However, if you love to take the card bases, punch out dies, stamps and embellishments and tweak the cards a bit, that is fun too!  In my video below you will find two cards I made using this kit.  One is following the instructions and the second is using the same card base and creating an "alternative".  I hope you find inspiration and joy!  

Details:

Card #1 & #2 - Original Designs 

White cards with blue flowers and blue card with white flowers follow the provided instructions.

Card #3 - Alternate Design

• Card base: 11" x 4 1/4" thick white card stock scored at 5 1/2"
• Layer #1: 4" x 5 1/4"  Night of Navy
• Layer #2: Kit card base white with blue flowers (cut down to 4" x 5 1/4")
• Interior:  Flap from coordinating envelope

For tips and trick to make your own cards, original designs or alternate designs, check out the video!

To check out Tammy's beautiful card and sampler you can head over to her Teach it Tuesday YouTube playlist and scroll to the bottom!

Supplies used: