August 2022 Stampin' Stray Duckling Blog Hop - Dies

 Welcome to the August Stampin' Stray Duckling Waddle!  Your place for great card making inspiration!

This month the challenge was to make a card using our wonderful die cuts that are available in both the 22-23 annual catalog and in our Winter Mini Catalog (July-December 2022 Mini Catalog).  I focused on something that is very exciting and will be available to you on 9/1/22!  It's called Perfect Partners and Stampin'Up is offering dies to sets found in the annual catalog that had no dies previously.  

You can see the flyer in the column to the right.  Remember...These are only available while supplies last or until 30 September, whichever comes first.  

As a demonstrator, I was able to purchase the Birthday Piggy bundle early on August 1st.  There are 18 dies with the set and not only do they cut out the piggies, but there is flowers, and bows and a wagon and all kind of cute things to decorate your piggy and your card with. 

Here is card #1 which is called a diorama card.  I thought the birthday piggies were perfect for this kind of layout. 

The place where you can write is on the back of the card.

My 2nd card:  In addition to the piggy dies, I used the fancy frame die in the annual catalog.  I thought it gave the pig some panache!

And lastly, who doesn't love a pig on a scooter!  I used the deckled frame dies from the annual catalog.  

All of these dies on the inside are from the Playful Piggy dies.  I may have gone a bit overboard with the dies.  

I had a lot of fun with these stamps and dies.  There are a lot of dies, a lot of little dies.  What I found useful was to just cut several at a time in different colors and keep them in a small dish on my desk.  When I was creating the cards, I just picked and experimented with all the die cuts.  

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope my cards inspired you!  The next stop on your Stray Duckling Waddle is:  Lori Helvick

Here is a list of everyone waddling today:

Nancy Legate
Sheryl Diemer⇦ You are here
Lori Helvick
Sue Boerner

Blessings,

Sheryl

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159173 $30.00

159253 $12.00

159204 $9.50

August 2022 Class is Now in Session!

Good evening all!

Here are the cards that we will be making in August at my classes:  I'm using stamping technique with baby wipes and we will be making a really pretty fun fold card as well.  We will be using a variety of new product from the Winter mini-catalog from Stampin'Up.  These cards are preparing you for fall and Halloween!

Class Dates and Time:

Friday, August 19th - 10am - 2pm

Sunday, August 21st - 1:30 - 5:00 pm

Friday, August 26th - 10am - 2pm

You will be making 2 cards each of 3 designs, with 1 bonus card.  All cards come with envelopes and recipes and supplies used to make the cards shown.  Cost is $25.  

Contact me at sdhesier1@gmail.com to register for class.  Bring your favorite adhesive and paper snips as well as something to drink, if you wish.

Hope to see you in class!

Blessings,

Sheryl

 

July Stampin' Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle - Let's Sale-a-Brate!

 Hi all!

We are back with another blog waddle that we hope inspires your creativity!

This month we will be showing you some of our favorite Sale-A-Bration product.  My hands down favorite it the  Hippest Hippos Stamp set and Coordinating dies (get each free for every $50 spent in Stampin'Up product )

Here are 2 cards that I made with this stamp set.  I just made one for my little 6 year old granddaughter for her birthday. I love the little umbrella!  And who doesn't love a hippo in a polka dot tutu!

I made a card similar to this for my granddaughters 6th birthday.

This one may look a bit familiar - I'm using this card for my July 2022 classes - it's a fun fold called a diamond easel card.  I got my inspiration from Dawn Griffith, a Stampin'Up demonstrator in Michigan.

  

The other Sale-a-bration stamp set that I absolutely love is called a Wonderful World - If you spend $100 you can get this stamp set and the coordinating 12 x 12 Designer Series paper.

Here is the card that I made.  This was designed by Linda Heller - I loved it so much that I C.A.S.E d it.

The stamp set is gorgeous.  It's a patent pending stamp type called Distinktive - the shading is beautiful.  I did find, however, that I got the best image if I inked up the stamp using sponge daubers - it made for much more subtle color.  This was a tip from Linda Heller, Stampin'Up demonstrator in North Carolina.  (here is her link )

This fold is called a double gate fold and it's a great way to use up all the Designer Series Paper that you've been hoarding. (Come on- I know your out there with your tons of DSP, like me!)You can also use card stock and cut the Designer Series paper to layer on top.  

Hope you enjoyed today's cards.  Your next stop is Lori Helvick

Here is a list of all our ducklings that are participating this month:

Kim Baker
Nancy Legate
Sheryl Diemer⇐ You are here!
Lori Helvick
Sue Boerner

Blessings,

Sheryl

July 2022 Class is Now in Session!

Greetings All!

Hope you are enjoying your 4th of July!  I’ve been busy planning out July card classes.  As you know by now, the new Winter mini-catalog from Stampin’Up is out as well as the new Sale-a-Bration brochure,  as of July 1st.  I have to be honest with you…I was not ready for this catalog.  I’ve barely wrapped my mind around the new annual catalog.  Plus, I don’t want to think about fall or Christmas, because it eventually involves cold weather and I am definitely not ready to even think about that yet!

I had a great deal of difficulty coming up with cards since I felt I should probably be featuring the Winter mini and someone did suggest doing Christmas in July.  Sorry…just can’t do it!  So I compromised..I desigend 2 cards from the annual catalog and 1 from the winter mini and 1 from the sale-a-bration catalog.  I can live with that!

So, here are the cards: I did one Fall, one Christmas and 2 fun fold cards.

There’s some fun stuff in this class.  There are 2 fun fold cards,( the hippo card- a diamond easel card,  and the Fall card- called a joy fold card)  you will learn how to mask (that’s how I got the tea cups to stack) and a very easy but elegant, Christmas card.  I just had to showcase the hippo stamp set which is free with a $50 purchase not including S&H and tax. Who doesn’t love a hippo in a polka dot tutu?   I’m a big fan of Fiona the little hippo living at the Cincinnati zoo.  In case you don’t know, Fiona was born 6 weeks premature - the smallest hippo to be born that survived.  Her story of survival was documented by the zoo and she really is a little miracle.  And of course she is as cute as can be.  I’ve never met her in person, but that is on my bucket list.

Here are the times and places for the July Classes:

Thursday, July 14th - 10am - 2pm - home of Bette Nelson

Friday, July 29th - 10am - 2pm - Morton Christian Church

Sunday, July 31st - 1:30pm - 5pm - my home

Let me know by Sunday, July 10th if you plan to attend one of my classes.  

Blessings,

Sheryl

June Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle - Masculine Cards

 

Hi all!

This month the Stray Ducklings will inspire you with masculine cards!  Unfortunately we don't do too many of these so they can be quite the challenge.  Fortunately, I was recently challenged to come up with 2 Father's Day cards for a class that I was giving...this was in addition to the cards I had already designed.  Not one to avoid a challenge, I put my mind into overdrive to come up with some cards.  Here is what I came up with...they actually turned out pretty nice!

The card above, I used the Home & Garden bundle, found in the January - June 2022 mini catalog (pg. 72).  The card base is Crumb cake and the embossed layer is real red.  I also used Heart & Home DSP, Tailor Made Tag Dies and Matte Black Dots.  I colored everything with Stampin'Blends.  This stamp set and dies is retiring on 6/30/22, so if you want them, you better get them now!

This card may be my favorite... so easy to put together and it's good for any occasion.    I used the Let's Set Sail Bundle (stamp set and punch) and the New Horizon 6x6 Designer Series Paper.  The Let's Set Sail bundle is being carried forward to the 2022 - 2023 annual catalog, but not the New Horizon DSP (which is amazing, by the way).  I used my layering circle dies and cut out the hole in the layered basic white card stock.  I used the same circle to cut out the Designer Series paper.  

I have a free PDF document that gives the receipe for both of these cards.  Click on the image below to access it and print.

Hope you enjoyed todays cards.  Your next stop on the blog waddle is:  Lori Helvick

Here is a list of everyone in the waddle this month:

Kim Baker
Nancy Legate
Sheryl Diemer
Lori Helvick
Sue Boerner

May you have a blessed day! - Sheryl

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Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $8.00	2-1/2" Circle Punch [120906] $18.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $35.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $4.25

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Home & Garden Bundle (English) [157919] $45.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $8.00	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $9.00	Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154886] $9.00
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $9.25	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Heart & Home 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157928] $11.50	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $22.00
Matte Black Dots [154284] $7.00	Linen Thread [104199] $5.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $4.25	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $125.00

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