Beth's Paper Cuts

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

Darling Dinos Bundle (English)

[164735]

$40.50

Darling Dinos Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164728]

$21.00

Darling Dinos Dies

[164734]

$24.00

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115320]

$11.50

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]

$11.50

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144245]

$11.50

Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163775]

$12.50

Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153112]

$11.00

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154897]

$11.00

Summer Splash Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[163826]

$11.00

Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161682]

$11.00

Mini Alphabet Dies

[162934]

$31.00

Heartfelt Hexagon Punch

[162888]

$23.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$9.00

Summer Splash Classic Stampin Pad

[163809]

$9.00

Friday, March 14, 2025

St. Patrick's Day card

OK, there are no stamps here, but I wanted to share it anyway. This card is a fun one and it uses Watercolors. I did mount the image onto my Garden Green Cardstock from Stampin' Up! :)

Some of you know that I teach a watercolor class at my local Park District and we painted a clover field last week. I usually make a mini version of the painting too. Sometimes people finish early and the mini version is a fun way to get a little more practice in. I thought I would share it since my Stampin' friends are also creative people and might like ti give it a try. You can paint it with some of you Stampin' Inks, or if you have some watercolors, you can use those too.

Here is a little How to video:

Let me know in the video comments if you give it a try!

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Only Three More Days of Sale-a-Bration

Earn free products with every $60 spent. Choose from exclusive products released for this promotion only, or some favorites from the Annual Catalog! There are papers, stamps, dies, ribbon and more!

OR....

join! Get a great discount on your favorite craft supplies, and a fantastic deal on the Starter Kit. For the Starter kit you get to choose $125 worth of products but pay only $99! But during Sale-a-Bration, you can choose option 1, two packs of markers in your color family choice and an exclusive stamp set, or option 2, and additional $30 in free products.

I would love to have you join my group. Please contact me with any questions, or click here to get started.

Monday, February 24, 2025

Super Simple Pocket Card

Hi Stampin' Friends! I made this super simple Pocket Card for a Team Card Swap and also for my last Stamp Camp. For the Team Swap our theme was to showcase some Designer Series Paper. As I looked at my paper stash I found this paper pack that I hadn't used yet called To Market. Staring at the pack I saw a bunch of veggies, and while they where cute, they were not my thing and I think that's why I kept passing over this pack. But I remember buying it and wanting it, so I opened it up to see the rest of the papers and I remembered why. This paper has some really fun plaids and florals, as well as a wood grain paper. Now I remembered why I bought it. The poor paper has sat unused for far too long, so finally it was going to get it's day to shine. The Pocket Card uses several of the fun patters. This paper pack made it really easy to mix and match the patterns.

Here is a look at the smaller card from the pocket.

And the inside of the card.

I have a full how to tutorial with measurements for this Simple Pocket card on my YouTube channel.

I used the Sentimental Park Stamp Set for this card. This is a great set to have on hand because the set has sentiments for so many occasions. Some people at Stamp Camp used the Thanks as I showed on my example, and some changed it up for a Birthday card by using the Let's Celebrate on the outside and putting the Happy Birthday on this inside. This set also has a Happy Anniversary stamp, which is harder to find.