June Sweet Stampede Blog Hop

Welcome to the June Sweet Stampede Blog Hop! This month we are using our favorite bundle to complete this sketch challenge!

This month I am playing with one of my new favorite bundles - Party Piggy! I needed some kids birthday cards and decided to give it a go with this challenge. 

For this fun card I used the Around It All Dies to cut the circles for the background out of the Celebrations Expressions Memories & More Card Pack and layered them on the Balmy Blue embossed background (Mini Corrugated Embossing Folder). I stamped the two pieces for the party pig image in Basic Gray ink on Bubble Bath cardstock and cut out with the coordinating dies. I used my Bubble Bath and Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends to do a bit of coloring. 

The cute party hat and little flag are also stamped from the Party Piggy stamp set in Memento ink and colored with Daffodil Delight, Bubble Bath and Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends. Dies for both images are included in the bundle. 

I adhered the body of the pig to the embossed background with Stampin' Dimensionals and then added his head with a WOBBLER. 

The sentiment is also included in the stamp set and added to finish up this cute birthday card. BUT it's not completely done until we add some fun bling!! The Starburst Sequins were the perfect addition.

For links to all of the included supplies please click on the main card photo above!

I hope you enjoyed this cute card! Please check out the next stop on the blog hop with Annette.  She has a really awesome project to share!

Sweet Stampede Blog Hop June 2025 Roll Call

Lisa Cunningham

Suzy Hinton

Heather Guerrero - You are here!

Annette Durbin

Patti Shanahan-Davidson

Happy Stamping!

Heather Guerrero

Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Visit my website or find me on Facebook

May Sweet Stampede Blog Hop

Welcome to the May Sweet Stampede Blog Hop! This month is both a sketch and a color challenge!

This month I am introducing one of the new Online Exclusive Bundles called Sunrise Sailing! A fun, new all occasion bundle that is great for masculine cards. Our theme this month also included some of the new In Colors. Timid Tiger, Darling Duck and Secret Sea. I also added some of the new Cloud Cover. 

For my background I used the Timid Tiger and Darling Duck cardstock on some the clear Window Sheets to do the Floating Cardstock Technique. If you look really close you can make it out. It was a little hard for me to photograph. I placed my strips across a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of window sheet and then cut it out with one of the rectangle dies from the Textured Notes Dies (currently one of my favorites)! I then popped it up on the Basic White cardstock with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The sailboat image is cut out with the coordinating dies from the Sunrise Sailing Bundle and the sentiment is stamped in Secret Sea ink. It was a really quick and simple card to put together. I hope you will give it a try!

Measurements:

•  Secret Sea  4-1/4" x 11", folded in half (card base)
•  Basic White cardstock layer: 4" x 5-1/4"
•  Strips: 1" x 4" Timid Tiger, 3/4" x 4" Timid Tiger and 1/2" x 4" Timid Tiger
•  Strips: 1" x 4" Darling Duck, 3/4" x 4" Darling Duck and 1/2" x 4" Darling Duck
•  Window Sheet 3-3/4" x 5"
•  Basic White cardstock for clouds 2-1/2" x 3", cut in half
•  Cloud Cover cardstock for stitched circle 2-3/4" x 2-3/4"
•  Secret Sea cardstock 4" x 2-1/2" for the sailboat pieces
•  Basic White cardstock 4" x 5-1/4" for interior layer

Please check out the next stop on the blog hop with Annette.  She has a really cute project to share!

Sweet Stampede Blog Hop May 2025 Roll Call

Lisa Cunningham

Rubina Pantoja

Patti Shanahan-Davidson

Suzy Hinton

Heather Guerrero - You are here!

Annette Durbin 

Erica Cerwin 

 Jana Lauer Edwards

Happy Stamping!

Heather Guerrero

Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Visit my website or find me on Facebook

 

April Sweet Stampede Blog Hop

Welcome to the April Sweet Stampede Blog Hop! We are back doing a sketch challenge again this month!

My project this month uses the Storybook Moments Designer Series Paper Pack and a sentiment from the Storybook Friends stamp set. 

This time I followed the sketch almost exactly as shown. I really liked it and didn't feel the need to make any big changes. That is what is so great about using sketches when designing your cards. 

And how cute is that little squirrel??? This Designer Series Paper comes with a whole sheet of cute critters to add to your cards and other projects. 

I used a scenic print piece of the DSP so it was placed on the Pecan Pie cardstock in pattern order after I cut the strips. The Lost Lagoon banner was cut in half down the middle and adhered to the card front so the banner ends lined up with the outside edges of the DSP. 

Hope you decide to give this sketch a try!

Measurements:

•  Calypso Coral  4-1/4" x 11", folded in half (card base)
•  Pecan Pie cardstock layer: 3-3/4" x 5"
•  Designer Series Paper layer (country home pattern) 3-1/2" x 4" card front (cut down to 3 strips; 1-1/4" x 3-1/2" (top), 1-1/4" 3-1/2" (middle) and 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" (bottom)
•  Lost Lagoon cardstock for banner 3/4" x 3-1/4", cut in half
•  Basic Beige cardstock for stitched square 2-3/4" x 2-3/4"
•  Basic Beige cardstock 4" x 5-1/4" for interior layer

You can click on the large full photo above for a list of all of the supplies used.

Please check out the next stop on the blog hop with Patti.  She has a fun project to share!

Sweet Stampede Blog Hop April 2025 Roll Call

Lisa Cunningham

Rubina Pantoja

Heather Guerrero - You are here! 

Patti Shanahan-Davidson

Suzy Hinton

Annette Durbin

Jana Lauer Edwards 

Erica Cerwin 

Happy Stamping!

Heather Guerrero

Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Visit my website or find me on Facebook

March Sweet Stampede Blog Hop

Welcome to the March Sweet Stampede Blog Hop! We are doing a color challenge this month using some of my favorite bright colors!

My project this month showcases some new product from the Online Exclusives.  It's called the All Around Bundle and it is so much fun!! The stamp set includes some bold sentiments and cute images and has a die set that include some of these cool wonky circles. It's a layering die set with 12 different sizes of these crazy circles from 3/4" to 5-1/2" in diameter. They would be perfect for scrapbooking some cute kids photos for sure!

I decided to go with the baby theme in the stamp set. There are not any dies that cut out the small images but they are really easy to tackle with a pair of snips. The colors we used are Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green. Did I tell you I LOVE the Brights? 

This card was so simple to make. I embossed the largest circle with the Dotted Circles 3D embossing folder and after I adhered that to the card front I just kept cutting and layering the different circles. 

I added BABY in some Granny Apple Green glimmer baby just because glittery letters are fun! Below is a close up of how cute the little baby bottles are and how simple they are to cut out.

Hope You enjoyed my project. You can click on the large full photo above for a list of all of the supplies used.

Measurements:

•  Basic White Thick cardstock  4-1/4" x 11", folded in half (card base)
•  Designer Series Paper layer (Brights Collection) scraps for circles
•  Daffodil Delight cardstock 4-1/4" x 5-1/2", for embossed circle
•  Basic White cardstock 4" x 5" for stamping and die-cutting sentiment and bottle images
•  Granny Apple Green Glimmer Paper 1" x 3" for die-cutting BABY

Please check out the next stop on the blog hop with Erica. She has a great project to share!

Sweet Stampede Blog Hop March 2025 Roll Call

Lisa Cunningham

Rubina Pantoja

Patti Shanahan-Davidson

Jana Lauer Edwards

Heather Guerrero - You are here!

Erica Cerwin

Suzy Hinton

Happy Stamping!

Heather Guerrero

Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Visit my website or find me on Facebook

February Sweet Stampede Blog Hop

Welcome to the February Sweet Stampede Blog Hop! We are doing a sketch challenge this month!

My project this month showcases some new product from the January Scrapbooking Brochure! I'm using the Everyday You and Me Bundle along with the Everyday Happiness Designer Series Paper. I love the combination of Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock and Wild Wheat in this DSP and I used the same colors to stamp the floral images for my card front.

As you can see this was a pretty simple card and I did make a couple of changes to the sketch layout. I love a good sketch and use them often as a starting point when designing the cards for my classes. If you haven't used one before you should give it a try! The nice thing about sketches is that you get to interpret them how you want so just have fun with it. 

Measurements:

•  Basic White Thick cardstock  4-1/4" x 11", folded in half (card base)
•  Designer Series Paper layer (wash print) 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" card front
•  Pretty Peacock cardstock layer 2-3/4" x 3", embossed
•  Designer Series Paper layer (strip print) 2-1/2" x 3-3/4"
•  Basic White cardstock 4" x 5" for stamping and die-cutting floral images
•  Lost Lagoon 1-1/4" x 3" for die-cutting sentiment label

You can click on the large full photo above for a list of all of the supplies used.

Please check out the next stop on the blog hop with Donna. She has a great project to share!

Sweet Stampede Blog Hop February 2025 Roll Call

Lisa Cunningham

Heather Guerrero - You are here!

Donna Schnees

Patti Shanahan-Davidson

Erica Cerwin

Suzy Hinton

Rubina Pantoja 

Jana Lauer Edwards 

Happy Stamping!

Heather Guerrero

Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Visit my website or find me on Facebook

January Sweet Stampede Blog Hop

Welcome to the new Sweet Stampede Blog Hop! The theme for this month is New Mini Catalog!

My project showcases the Memorable Blooms Bundle (#164826) from the new January - April 2025 Mini Catalog. It is a gorgeous new floral line art stamp set with really pretty sentiments that cover a bunch of different occasions. The coordinating dies cut out the floral images and there are also some extras that will add some really cool interest to your cards.

I used the large hexagon shaped die that is included to cut out the portion of the front of the card. I adhered an embossed piece of Fresh Freesia cardstock to the back side of the card front to fill in the opening. The Basic White die cut is another fun die included and I added that with small dabs of liquid glue to the front of the card.

The large floral image was stamped in Memento Ink and then I used my Light and Dark Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends to color the flowers and the Light and Dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends for the leaves. I like to use a little bit of Wink of Stella on my images to add some sparkle and sometimes it helps even out the coloring too. I love that there are some coordinating dies to cut out the images plus a fun greenery die cut that I adhered in Old Olive cardstock to the front of the card behind the floral image.

I added a heat embossed sentiment to the card as well as some of the new Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequins you can find in the new Sale-A-Bration Brochure that are FREE with a $60 purchase. Of course we needed a bow to finish it all off! I hope you enjoy the card I've shared. I thought it turned out quite lovely and can't wait to get it in the mail this week.

Measurements:

•  Soft Seafoam cardstock  4-1/4" x 11", folded in half (card base)
•  Fresh Freesia cardstock 4" x 5-1/4", embossed
•  Basic White cardstock 3-1/2" x 3-1/2", for die-cutting frame
•  Old Olive cardstock   2-1/2" x 4" for die-cutting foliage piece
•  Basic White cardstock 3" x 4" for stamping floral image
•  Fresh Freesia 1-1/4" x 2-1/2" for die-cutting sentiment label
•  Basic White Cardstock  4" x 5-1/4"  for interior layer

You can click on the large full photo above for a list of all of the supplies used.

Please check out the next stop on the blog hop with Erica. She has a great project to share!

Sweet Stampede Blog Hop January 2025 Roll Call

Lisa Cunningham

Heather Guerrero - You are here!

Erica Cerwin

Suzy Hinton

Rubina Pantoja

Donna Schnees

Happy Stamping!

Heather Guerrero

Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Visit my website or find me on Facebook

 

We Create Blog Hop - April Showers

 

The theme for this month's We Create Blog Hop is April Showers! We have all heard the saying "April showers bring May flowers" so I decided to share this card that I made as one of my swaps for OnStage in Houston last month. It showcases the Online Exclusives Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper. I love, love this DSP!! 

The Designer Series Paper is bright & fun and full of gorgeous floral images. The sheet of paper that I used works so well with this pieced card panel design. It's a simple card but I love the way it turned out. I added a sprinkling of the Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins amongst the floral images in the DSP and also on the embossed layer. 

I used the So Sincere stamp set for my sentiment. It has a great selection and beautiful fonts. It really has become one of my go to sets. 

Measurements:

•  Berry Burst  5-1/2" x 8-1/2", folded in half (card base)
•  Petal Pink 4-1/4" x 5-1/2", embossed
•  Designer Series Paper Layer 1-1/2" x 5-1/4"
•  Highland Heather Cardstock Layer  3" x 5-1/2" embossed
•  Designer Series Paper floral print 3" x 3-1/2" (then cut into 3 - 1" x 3-1/2" strips)
•  Basic White Cardstock 1-1/4" x 2-1/2" for die-cutting sentiment label
•  Basic White Cardstock  4" x 5-1/4"  for interior layer

Stampin' Supplies: Click on photo above for link to supply list

Hope you enjoyed my project...

Please check out the next stop on the blog hop with Lisa. She has a great project to share!

We Create Blog Hop April 2024 Roll Call

Kimberley Morris

Tricia Butts

Cheryl Curtis

Heather Guerrero - You are here!

Lisa Cunningham

Happy stamping!

Heather Guerrero
Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Visit my website or find me on Facebook