Saturday, April 4, 2026

CSF Saturday Blog Hop - Repetitive Backgrounds


Today's Create With Stamping Friends Saturday Hop theme is making a repetitive background using an image or greeting. One of the top items on my demonstrator preorder (from the upcoming May-Aug catalog) was the All Aflutter stamp and punch bundle because...butterflies!


I used the butterfly trio stamp for the repeating background with Golden Glow ink, stamped off once each time it was inked. Then the butterflies were stamped again with Memento ink, colored with the Golden Glow Stampin' Blends, punched with the coordinating punch, and popped up with dimensionals.


The DSP behind the butterflies was die cut with Scalloped Blooms Dies with one adhered to the card base with multipurpose glue and the top one popped up on dimensionals. 

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori de Groot at Loritamarie Crafts.




Stampin' Up! products used:
  • Stamps: All Aflutter Bundle*
  • Paper: Basic White, Golden Glow*, Bloom Boutique Specialty DSP*
  • Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Golden Glow*
  • Stampin' Blends Combos: Golden Glow*
  • Accessories: Scalloped Blooms Dies*, Stylish Shapes Dies, Opal Rounds Assortment
 * Coming in the May-Aug 2026 catalog!
 



Thursday, April 2, 2026

CSF Thursday Challenge - CSF914


This week's Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Challenge colors are Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, and Granny Apple Green. 

These lively, bright colors are perfect for floral images, so I put them to work on the beautiful Flowers Fair stamp. You can use it as a background stamp like I did last Saturday, or choose just part of the image, as I did here, to make a flower border.


The Crumb Cake stripe is part of the Brushed With Beauty DSP, and there's another pattern with the same colors that makes a great background! I stamped the greeting from A Round of Hellos directly on the DSP so it would circle the flower.


Since Stampin' Up! doesn't have a Crushed Curry Stampin' Blend set, the work-around is to layer Dark Darling Duckling and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends for a perfect curry!

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Saturday, March 28, 2026

CSF Saturday Blog Hop - Spring Has Sprung


Today's Create With Stamping Friends Saturday Hop theme is Spring Has Sprung, and I think it finally has, though we may get hit with another cold snap before Mother's Day. (Fingers crossed we don't!)

 
I chose the lovely Flowers Fair background stamp so that I could use all the SU purples on it because purple and yellow are so Spring-like. If you like to color, this stamp is so much fun! I've already colored more images to use on future cards.
 
And with Spring come the bees, which I am always happy to see busy on our fruit trees and blueberry bushes. So naturally I had to add lots of those little pollinators! 😊

 
That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori de Groot at Loritamarie Crafts.



Stampin' Up! products used:
  • Stamps: Flowers Fair, Easter Basket (greeting)
  • Paper: Basic White, Petunia Pop
  • Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
  • Stampin' Blends Combos: Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Petunia Pop, Berry Burst, Blackberry Bliss, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green
  • Accessories: Beautifully Celebrated Dies, Three Banner Punch, Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder, Tiny Bee Trinkets
 

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