Beth's Paper Cuts

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Flowers Fair Stamp set and the Spotlight Technique

Hi Stamping Friends. Today I am sharing a card with the new Flowers Fair Stamp Set. I love this stamp!! It is one very large stamp. I knew when I first saw it that the stamp would be great for many coloring techniques and I love to color. For my first coloring session with the stamp I chose Watercolor Pencils!! I love these. I love that I can blend the colors and choose to use them with or without water. I also love that I can color on Crumb Cake and many other colors of cardstock. This is because the pigment of the pencils sits on top of the paper, where as the markers or ink would blend into the paper, changing the colors and making them duller and darker.

I used these cards for a swap, so I had to make twenty of them. I then thought, wow that is a lot of coloring!! Then I remembered the Spotlight Technique. The spotlight technique is where you highlight only a section of a larger image or pattern, where stamped or in Designer Series Paper. You can use dies or punches to create these highlighted areas. For this card I choose a Heart shape die from the Endless Love dies from Stampin' Up!

I started by stamping on Basic White cardstock with Memento Ink. I then die cut the heart. I used Stampin' Up! Watercolor Pencils in Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and Coastal Cabana.

I made a card base with Bubble Bath and cut a smaller heart in Bubble Bath, also from the Endless Love dies. I used some 1/8 Bubble Bath Ribbon and small adhesive pearls for embellishments.

I used dimensionals to pop up the hearts to set them even more apart from the background.

In keeping with the heart theme, I used sentiments from the Friendly Foliage stamp set.

After creating the first card I remember how much I really like coloring on Crumb Cake Cardstock and decided to see what that would look like. I decided to Heat Emboss with Black Embossing Powder the image on this version. I used the same colored pencils, omitting the Coastal Cabana.

I added some Wink of Stella splatter as well.

The sentiments on this version come from the Framed All Around stamp set.

I used a masking technique to get just the small grouping of flowers for the inside of the card.

I have a video that shows two ways to mask off areas of the stamp.

This is such a pretty stamp set and I see a lot of coloring with it in my future.

Product List

Flowers Fair Photopolymer Stamp Set

[167217]

$23.00

Framed All Around Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[167221]

$20.00

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1

[161700]

$18.00

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2

[149014]

$14.00

Bubble Bath 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Faux Linen Ribbon

[167075]

$8.00

Endless Love Dies

[167061]

$33.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$14.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Bubble Bath 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161718]

$14.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165679]

$21.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$32.00

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Final 2 Days of the Stampin Potioner Deal Ends March 2

We are down to the final days of the Exclusive Join Deal that gives you the new Stampin' Positioner FREE when you join Stampin Up! Until March 2nd, Purchase the $99 Starter kit and get the new Stampin' Positioner added in your kit free. For the $99, you get to choose ANY $125 worth of products. The kit also ships free. Once you join you get a 20% off discount on all the products you love. You get this discount for a full quarter and try it out. There are no further obligations, so if you don't want to purchase any thing further that is ok. You'll have access to the Demonstrator side of the Stampin' Up! website through June, so you can do a test drive and see what you want to do. You can simply drop after June or if you make the minimum purchases or sales you can stay further. It's up to you. You can be your only customer, or you can sell to a few friends you craft with, be their own personal demonstrator, or you can start your own business and host classes or workshops, make a blog or videos, what ever you like. My favorite part is the community of friends that I have met at events and Official Stampin' Up Gatherings or casual get togethers.

I made a little video for this new to Stampin' Up! product, you can see it here:

Click here to get started and choose your $125 in products.

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Fluttering Garden Paper Pumpkin kit

Take a look at what's coming next month for Paper Pumpkin! The Fluttering Garden kit will make 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs. It will also come with an extra Stamp Set! That means you will get 2 stamp sets with this kit. March is an anniversary month for Paper Pumpkin so they usually give a little bit more with this kit. I think those Hummingbirds look so pretty so I am sure this kit will be beautiful.

To get this kit, you need to subscribe by March 10th.

When you are a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber you also get access to the Past kits and refills page. Here you can purchase kits you've missed or pick up some refills.

Here is a look at what is currently available. You can see that there are full kits and some refills. The Easter kit is only refills this year, but you can still get the kit and add some sentiment stamps from your stash. You'll notice there are some full dies as well. These are just add-ons and not needed for the kits. The dies are made to go with the themes of the kits and are a fun way to keep using your stamps once your kit components are used up. One of the great things about Stampin' Up! is product and color coordination, so you know that you will be able to purchase cardstock and ribbon, ink and embellishments, to go with any of your kits is you want to change them up. There is a Facebook Page called Paper Pumpkin fan club where people use their kits in so many fun ways. One person always turns theirs into fun scrapbook pages.

Subscribing is easy, click this link and choose to get a 3 or 6 or even a 12 month pre-paid subscription, or you can choose to 'pay as you go' and get billed each month. Once subscribed you can skip a month or two when you need to, or even add a kit if you know its a month you'll want more of.

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Cake Day!

The Cake Day stamp set and dies has just been added to the Last Chance List! That means that it is retiring and now only available 'while supplies last'. I think this set is super cute, so I thought I would share some of the cards I made with it.

We made this cute Cake Shaped card at Stamp Camp a few months back. When I made this card, I also cut out a ton of various pieces from the die set from some scraps I had on my desk. I like to do this with sets, if I am gong to have it out and cutting one, I may as well cut more, right?

The dies for this set are really fun. Notice that the cake slice is a card all by itself! It has a score down the middle so you can use it as is, or cut it for a simpler single sided cake slice.

Here I've used just the candles and the Make a Wish stamp!

For this card, I focused on the Macarons!

My daughter and I made Macarons a few times while at home during Covid. They didn't look great, but they sure tasted great! Making these cards made we want to give it another try! These were chocolate and raspberry.

For the card below I used the the folded cake, but I mounted it on a flat full size card base.

The cake slice still opens up!

For this card I just used half the cake and mounted it onto a fully opening card base.

I kept my cards pretty simple, but you can just go crazy and add all sorts of elements. Take a look at this sample from Stampin' Up!

Here is a video where I show all the different dies and elements to this really fun set.

The Cake Day stamps and dies are only available for a limited time, while supplies last, do don't wait too long!

Product List

Cake Day Bundle (English)

[168007]

$54.00

Cake Day Dies

[167037]

$36.00

Cake Day Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[167033]

$24.00

Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163793]

$14.00

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150880]

$14.00

Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161717]

$14.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119686]

$14.00

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$5.00

Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144243]

$14.00

Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133679]

$14.00

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

New products have been added to the Last Chance list

More items have been added to the Last Chance List, and new discounts have been applied to items that were left from last month. Check out the deals here! https://www.stampinup.com/categories/specials/last-chance-products?demoid=95176

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Sweet Jar stamp and paper punch bundle from Stampin' Up!

I really like a stamp and punch bundle. Punching shapes out of paper is oddly satisfying for me, so fun! I don't think I've ever passed on a stamp and punch bundle, maybe once. The Sweet Jar bundle is really fun because you can use it for a variety of occasions. Here I am using it for Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day.

I stared with a 'Postcard' base, meaning that the larger base does not open up. The smaller piece on top is the part that opens. I used Crumb Cake cardstock and a pretty gingham patterned paper from the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper pack. The smaller card on top is 8 by 3 inches, scored at 4 inches. I added a piece of Basic white to the outside and inside. The outside piece is embossed with the new Beautiful Pattern Embossing Folder. On the inside I stamped my greeting. I used Bubble Bath as my pink for the ink, paper and ribbon.

The card for the St. Patrick's Day version is the same, but I changed the orientation of the smaller card panel, attaching it horizontally instead of in portrait style.

And here is a peek at the inside.

This stamp set is super fun. Fill the jar with hearts and clover but also cookies! I guess the cookies could also be medicine for a get well but I think the intention is to stamp them in something like a Crumb Cake or Pecan Pie ink and then add the speckles for chips in Early Espresso ink. Super cute set for sure.

Stampin' Up! also added another stamp set to coordinate with the Sweet Jar stamp set called Jar of Joy. This is a great add-on for the holidays. Fill the jar with a snowman or some cookies. I've used this set for Shaker Cards and it is really fun for that as well. The Jar of Joy stamps was a Holiday release and only available while supplies last.

Check out my How To Video here:

To add the little hearts coming out of the jar I used a heart themed die cut set called Endless Love. I used Silver Foil paper to punch out the lid of the jar.