Beth's Paper Cuts

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

New Starter Kit Special

Yay! A new Join Deal! If you have ever thought about Joining Stampin' Up!, or you have in the past and have been waiting for a good deal to get back in, now is the time! With the start of the new Annual Catalog comes a new Join Deal! You get to choose any $165 dollars worth of products and pay only $99. That's $66 worth of FREE items, of your choice. There are lots of fun new stamps, dies, papers and more, so it will be hard to choose! But don't worry because once you join, you get a 20% discount until the end of September to give it a test run! If you purchase or sell $300 in that time, then you go forward until the end of the year. There are no forced purchases, no sneak deliveries for you to have to remember to cancel, no obligation of any kind. While you are trying it out, join in some fun and supportive online communities to share ideas and gain some creative confidence. You can also learn ways to make a little supplemental income if you want. You will get early looks at new products and the chance to purchase before they go live. There are fun challenges and some online and in person events throughout the year as well. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you have. You can click here to get started and learn more.

Monday, May 5, 2025

Cap and Gown Repeat Post

It's that time of year again!

This is a repeat post but I noticed that the video was getting some views on YouTube and so I thought I would post it again since Graduations are happening all around the US this month!

I made these cards when my oldest son was graduating from College last year and we had quite a few other family and friends graduating as well.

These are easy to customize with different color tassels or caps to go with the various school colors that the grads may have.

This one holds a gift card! Perfect for adding a check or cash too.

Video for this card can be found on my YouTube Channel.

Here's a link to the products used:

Product List

Cap & Gown Cling Stamp Set (English)

[162810]

$23.00

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

[121045]

$11.50

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$11.00

Wanted To Say Dies

[161594]

$39.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$5.00

Basic Black Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

[147942]

$9.00

Stampin’ Blends Light Combo Pack

[159465]

$11.00

Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo

[159462]

$11.00

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165679]

$21.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$32.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins

[161627]

$7.50

Friday, May 2, 2025

Gallery Blooms Center Pop-Out card

Hi Stamping Friends! Today I want to share a fun fold card. This is a Center Panel Pop Out card. It's a simple fun fold with just a few extra score lines and slits.

It's hard to see what it looks like in a flat image like a photo so I have taken a couple at different angles.

The center panel seems to float above the card.

The card doesn't open in the traditional way, so there is an added panel to the back for writing a greeting and signing your name.

For this card I used the new Gallery Blooms stamp set and dies. The dies cut out all the stamped images, AND they also come with two sizes of frame cuts out and additional leaves and greenery dies.

There is a whole suite of products for this set with designer series paper, an embossing folder and even another coordinating stamp set sentiments and more dies. Be sure to check out the Beautiful Gallery Suite when the new Catalog goes live on May 6th.

I loved the flower images for their use in coloring techniques. Of course the first technique I had to do was watercoloring. I embossed the image in Black Embossing Powder and then colored the flower with Peach Pie and Mossy Meadow ink.

Here is a link to my How To video for this card:

Friday, April 18, 2025

New Rewards Program

A New Rewards Program launched this week!

In the past, you needed to purchase $150 in order to start earning rewards on your purchases. Now, you earn on orders of only $20 or more! The % is still the same, 10%, but you don't have to spend so much to get the benefits! YAY! Another difference is that your reward can accrue. In the past, a $150 order gave you $15. You had to spend the reward right then. Now you spend the rewards later, so you can accrue rewards and get something bigger down the road. Points expire in a year. When you log into the Stampin' Up! site with your account email, you will be able to see how many reward dollars you have and even when they will expire, so you don't lose any because you don't remember when you placed orders. There is a video to watch if you have questions, or you can email me :)

Sunday, April 6, 2025

You Are Remarkable stamp set

I spent a couple fun afternoons playing with this new stamp set. It's called 'You Are Remarkable'. I really like stamps that I can use with coloring techniques and this one really fits that bill. The large flower image is great to color with markers, colored pencils, or watercolor techniques. The stamp set also comes with filler stamps so you can actually just use the filler stamps to color in the image. So many options!

Here is a sample from the Online store. I love how they stamped the flower on Basic Beige card stock. So often I think I need to use white when coloring in an image, but the Basic Beige looks great with the soft colors on top.

For this card I made one using the outline stamp and then another version just using the filler stamps without the outline.

How to for this card linked below.

For this card I used Stampin' Up! watercolor pencils. I love using the white pencil on Crumb Cake cardstock, so I had to try that out. I also made a version in Pink.

This simple side step card is a fun one and easier than you would think. I like that it's different than a standard card but not too hard and still mails in a regular envelope. I made a how to video for this card with measurements and some tips.

Product List

You Are Remarkable Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[165445]

$20.00

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

[163793]

$11.50

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

$11.50

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

[120953]

$11.50

Pretty In Pink 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon

[163784]

$7.50

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1

[161700]

$18.00

2024–2026 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163777]

$12.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Country Lace 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163415]

$12.50

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Darling Dinos

Hi Everyone! Today I am sharing a card that I made for a swap over two months ago!! I kept meaning to share and then life got super busy! I really love the Darling Dinos stamp. It is one I would have gravitated toward years ago when my kids were little. I had a period of time when most of the stamps I purchased looked like this, line art made for kids. As my children got older I stopped purchasing these more kid like sets. Recently, I needed a card for one of my friends little boys. I was looking at my sets, and I had some little girly things left, but that's it. When the Darling Dinos set came out, I thought it would be a nice set to add to my collection because while my boys liked dinosaurs, my daughter also liked them.

This set features three different dinosaurs and a variety of additional images to create a theme, such as a birthday balloon, party hat, flower, rock, bow tie, top hat and more.

I like the nice variety of sentiments too! My favorite is the stamp that says "Roar Means......In Dinosaur" all on one stamp, with a space to add "I love you" or " Happy Birthday" in the center to complete the sentence.

For this card I decided to go with Melon Mambo as my base color, but you can do something like this with the color combo of your choice. Here I used Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Coastal Cabana, and Lemon Lime Twist. I colored the images with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers.

I used the Mini Alphabet dies to cut out the work "Roar!" To add further details, I used the Fine Tip Glue Pen to add adhesive to the top of the letters to give them an enameled look.

Here is a look at the sentiment I was talking about earlier. The "Roar Means in Dinosaur" is one stamp with a gap in it so that you can add the I love you or happy birthday to the center. Such a clever design.

I love the look of the pennant going past the side of the card. To make it more envelope friendly, I trimmed the card down on the side to 3 3/4 so that when the pennant is added, the measurement adds to 4 1/4.

I used the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch to notch the Pumpkin Pie piece.

You can see a full how to with measurements on my YouTube channel.

Here are some photos from the catalog. You can see how some of the other fun pieces are used. The die set comes with additional items such as the fun cracked egg you see in the lower left card.

Product List