One of my FAVORITE new suites that will debut in the upcoming Jan-April 2023 Mini Catalog on January 5th is titled By the Bay. It features the following five products: Seaside Bay Stamp Set, Seaside Bay Dies, By the Bay Specialty Designer Paper, Balmy Blue & White Variegated Ribbon, and Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls.
The designer paper in this By the Bay Suite is 6″ x 6″ in size. AND it’s super pretty! So I had to put together a 3-Panel Scenery Z-Fold Card with it to show off all 6″ of it!
Measurements…
- Balmy Blue Cardstock
- 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored at 1-1/4” and 4-1/4”
- Basic White Cardstock
- 1-13/16” (or just over 1-3/4”) x 5-1/4”
- Die-cut circle
- By the Bay Designer Paper
- 6” wide x 5-1/4” tall – cut into 3 sections 2-1/4” wide, 1-5/8” wide and 2-1/8” wide
- Night of Navy Cardstock
- Die-cut scalloped circle
- Balmy Blue & White Variegated Ribbon
- 21″
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Stamp the oyster image. Then color with Blends Markers. I used the Night of Navy Blends Marker to make the pearl image smaller by filling it in with lines that looked like more of the shading. Then I used the Balmy Blue and Petal Pink Blends to color in the rest so it coordinated with the oysters in the designer paper. The purpose of making the pearl image smaller was to accommodate the Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearl embellishment that I placed on top (which is a bit smaller than the pearl in the stamp image.
Fold the card base. Tie on the ribbon. Then add the cardstock and designer paper layers…
The layers of the card were put together in the same order and with the same tips I’ve shared in the past for these fun fold cards. In fact, you can watch my recent Online Paper Crafting Class this past Wednesday to see an extended/wider version of this 3-Panel Scenery Z-Fold Card (that shows off a 5-1/4″ x 8-1/2″ piece of designer paper) and for the assembly tips needed (which are the same).
Here is another version – similar but with a different sheet from that pack.
The two designer papers are similar, but the one with the lighter background has pearl foiling on some of the oyster images. You can see the sheen in this first photo below.
I hope you enjoyed this peek at new products that will be available soon.
Thanks to the enthusiasm of Nick’s girlfriend Jaylene, we’ve been in the kitchen a lot lately here at our house. Nick, Jaylene and I set aside two days for baking Christmas cookies and have now have finished (and decorated) 6 batches.
Because of Jaylene’s excitement (and shopping), the kids have also kept up the tradition of decorating gingerbread houses. Sadly she and Nick used up the “glue-like” frosting that comes with the gingerbread kits on other parts of their houses before assembling. So their beautiful creations collapsed. They ended up getting a bit silly towards the end of that evening – piled pieces from both of their houses and loaded on the extras.
Luke learned from their mistake and decorated his a few days later. Ta-da!
Sadly these things never get eaten up. I guess the fun is in making them anyway. Hahaha!
STAMP-N-STORAGE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
I’m excited to share Stamp-n-Storage’s 12 Days of Christmas Specials which starts today, Monday, December 12, 2022. Each day will feature a different craft storage solution with an exclusive discount. Click here to visit their website. Specials will post by 9 AM Central Time each day for these next 12 days.
PLEASE NOTE: Orders placed after December 15 are not guaranteed to arrived before Christmas.
LOVE TREATS KIT ADDED
This month’s Love Treats Kit comes with everything you need to make sweet, homemade crafts and spread the love this season! This new kit is part of the Kits Collection and is now available as of December 7, 2022.
- Cost is $21 USD
- Use item number 161127 when ordering
- Click here to watch the unboxing video by Sara Douglass
- Kit details:
- 20 treat boxes measuring 3″ x 2″ x 15/16″ (7.6 x 5.08 x 2.3 cm)
- One photopolymer love-themed stamp set
- One Basic Gray Ink Spot
- Different die-cut stickers with heart designs
- Coordinating colors include Petal Pink and Soft Succulent
- Building the 20 treat boxes takes less than 60 minutes to complete
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STAMP-N-STORAGE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
Looking for storage solutions? Check out Stamp-n-Storage’s 12 Days of Christmas Specials! Each day features a different craft storage solution with an exclusive discount. Click here to visit their website. Orders placed after December 15 are not guaranteed to arrived before Christmas.
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS – SOME UP TO 60% OFF
Say goodbye to retiring products from the 2022 July-December Mini Catalog. Click here for more information and to access the list of products leaving and the list of products carrying over. Click here to shop these retiring products online.
FITTING FLORETS!
Oh such beautiful new products! These exclusive and early release products are now available! Click here to download an informative flyer. Click here to view a video showcasing this new Fitting Florets product. Click here and scroll down for more details on this promotion. Click here to shop what’s left of these in my online store.
LOVE TREATS KIT ADDED
This month’s Love Treats Kit comes with everything you need to make sweet, homemade crafts and spread the love this season! This new kit is part of the Kits Collection and is now available. Click here and scroll down for more details.
A PEEK AT JANUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
Seal your love this season with the Key to My Heart Paper Pumpkin Kit! This month’s kit represents the tradition of locking a padlock on a bridge to symbolize unbreakable love. It comes with everything you need (including special padlock and key die cuts) to make 9 darling love-themed cards—3 each of 3 designs. So, no matter who your dance partner or dinner date is, you can make something heartfelt for them this season. Plus, this month there is a special optional add-on… heart-shaped treat boxes. These Heart Boxes (#162417) are easy to put together and are only available while supplies. Coordinating colors: Calypso Coral, Fresh Freesia, Mango Melody, Petal Pink, Gold Foil… Ink spot: Fresh Freesia
If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by January 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS
I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve December 2022 Hues Of Happiness SuiteTutorials which are now available. CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the a suite from the upcoming Jan-April 2023 Mini Catalog will be available January 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
This DSP works beautifully for this 3 panel Z fold card!
The SU artists did a great job designing this pretty paper.