Saturday, January 24, 2026

CSF Saturday Blog Hop - Masculine Love


Today's Create With Stamping Friends Saturday Hop theme is Masculine Love. It's hard for me to not go all frilly and feminine with Valentine's cards, but the Gears & Textures dies really helped me get over that!


On a Basic Gray card base I adhered some Made With Love DSP, then used another pattern from that pack to made the double heart stripe matted on the Textured Metallic strip.


Then it was just a matter of cutting lots of gears and rearranging them until I was satisfied with the layout. I used a heart (from the heart cluster) in Endless Love for the center of the popped up gear, and the XO from the coordinating die set. I think I'm going to write "You move me" inside. (Wild thing, you make my heart sing...) 😁

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: Endless Love Bundle
  • Paper: Basic White, Basic Gray, Made With Love DSP, Textured Metallic Specialty Paper 
  • Ink:  Poppy Parade
  • Accessories: Gears & Textures Dies


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Thursday, January 22, 2026

CSF Thursday Challenge - CSF904


This week's Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Challenge are the colors Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, and Peach Pie.

I'm really trying to influence Mother Nature with this card, but she is not cooperating AT ALL. 😠 We are forecast to get the biggest snow in years this weekend, followed by extreme cold, which means the snow is going to stick around. Booo!


I used the Easter Basket bundle for my card, stamping, coloring, and die cutting the flowers, then adding the die cut Crumb Cake basket to hold them. The (second largest) Branching Out die cut label was lightly colored by blending on Peach Pie for a warm glow. It was popped up over the 2" x 5-1/4" Peach Pie strip and Lovely Stripes embossed Balmy Blue background.


I hope y'all stay safe and warm in the upcoming storm! 


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Saturday, January 17, 2026

CSF Saturday Blog Hop - All About Love


Today's Create With Stamping Friends Saturday Hop theme is all about love. The Endless Love bundle and Made With Love DSP found on page 31 of the new catalog are chock full of love!

I started with some of the tiny heart patterned DSP and matted it on Real Red before adhering to the card base. Then I stamped the heart clusters using Flirty Flamingo stamped off once onto the center panel. It was also matted on Real Red and popped up on the card base.


Next the Real Red heart and gold foil arrows were die cut. I trimmed off the part of the heart that was meant to be a tag and glued the arrows on, then popped it up on the center panel. The greeting was stamped in Real Red and punched, and also popped up.


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.
 
Measurements
  • Card base: Basic White 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored/folded at 4-1/4"
  • Background DSP: Made With Love 3-3/4" x 5"
  • Mat: Real Red 4" x 5-1/4"
  • Stamped panel: Basic White 2-1/2" x 3-3/4"
  • Mat: Real Red 2-3/4" x 4" 


Stampin' Up! products used:
  • Stamps: Endless Love Bundle
  • Paper: Basic White, Real Red, Gold Foil Sheets, Made With Love DSP
  • Ink: Real Red, Flirty Flamingo
  • Accessories: Three Banner Punch
 


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