August 2021 Stray Duckling Blog Waddle - A New Sale-a-Bration!

 Welcome friends to another Stampin' Stray Duckling inspirational blog waddle!

This month we are celebrating the new 2021 Holiday Mini Catalog from Stampin'Up and the second Sale-a-Bration this year!  

Here is the card that I made...it's a cute fun fold with lots of layers:  I was inspired by Alejandra Gomez,  Stampin'Up demonstrator.  Here is a link to her video.  https://youtu.be/ai6smQsbISU

I fell in love withe the cute little penguins, found on page 33 of the Holiday Mini Catalog (aka July-December Mini Catalog).  Here is what the stamp set looks like.  It also has a coordinating punch! When you purchase both, you save 10%!

Here is a look at the paper - It's in the Sale-a-Bration catalog and available with a $50 order and while supplies last.  One sheet of penguins can be punched out to make your card creations even easier!  There's even more cute animals like a fox and polar bear,  that can be cut out as well.  

You can have a free download of the recipe for this card.  It has all the measurements and supplies.  

Your next stop will be Nancy's blog :Nancy Legate

Here is a list of all the ducklings that are particpating:

Kim Baker
Sheryl Diemer
Nancy Legate
Debbie Widener
Lori Helvick
Sue Boerner

Hope you enjoyed today's card.  

Blessings,

Sheryl

July Stray Duckling Blog Waddle - Summer

 Hello again!  Welcome to another inspirational Blog Waddle by the Stray Ducklings of Central Illinois!

This month's theme is anything that means summer to us.  For me, it's birthdays!  We have SOOO many birthdays in June, July, August and September...June 28th, youngest granddaughter, July 11th, my oldest granddaughter, July 12th- my oldest son, July 18th, my husband, July 28th my youngest son, July 29th my grandson.  My dad's birthday was also on July 29th.  August 3rd, my brother-in-law, August 13th another grandson, August 24th, my daughter-in-law and in September on the 7th and 13th - 2 more grandsons.  Wow!

So I'm going to show you some birthday cards that I have made for various grandchildren, children,  and acquaintances.  

Here is the first one:  A little Puffin and tie Die... made with the delightful 2021 in-colors of Polished Pink and Fresh Freesia.  

The second card, I actually sent to my aunt who turned 92 in May.  I just wanted to remind her that she is still a spring chicken!

The third card is a fun fold flip card and using one of my favoirte stamp sets and punches - sweet ice cream!

I want to show you is one I made for my 5 year old granddaughter.  It's a diamond pop-up card and believe it or not, she was impressed...warning - I used a retired stamp set.

The last card is what I made for my 9 year old granddaughter.  My first pet was a turtle...his name was Wiggles.  Here's to you Wiggles and Maelyn!

Well, that's about it.  Hope you enjoyed my endless summer birthday cards.  Youe next hop will be to Nancy Legate

Here is a list of all the Stray Duckling Bloggers:

Kim Baker
Sheryl Diemer
Nancy Legate
Lori Helvick
Sue Boerner

Have a blessed day!

Sheryl

July Class is Now in Session - Sign up today!

 Hi All!

I'm continuing this month with the one-sheet wonder cards and it just so happens to coincide with the DSP sale that Stampin'Up is having now.  See the link on the right side column for details... or click on the images at the bottom of my post.  

This month I'm doing what is called a Double Wonder - This originated with Shannon West our DMV for the Great Lakes Area with Stampin'Up.  She did a zoom meeting last year showing us how to use 2 coordinating 6 x 12 sheets of designer series paper to make 11 cards with 4 different layouts.  You can make 11 cards very quickly - they are simple and really cute.  Then one of the Central Illinois Stampin'Up demonstrators, Julie Davison, wrote out detailed instructions - great resource and then did a You Tube video showing how to put the cards together.  Check it out here.   And here is her blog post showing the cards in detail....

So this month I used this concept and created cards using the beautiful new DSP - In Symmetry.  The card bases are some of the colors found in the paper:  Night of Navy, Bumble Bee and Just Jade.  Stamp and punch out greetings, cut your dsp, and add a bit of ribbon and you have 11 beautiful, easy to make cards.  

I'm offering my class on either Tuesday, July 27th - 10am - 2pm, or Friday, same time.  Since we are making 11 cards with envelopes, the cost for the class and kit is $30.  Be sure to contact me to sign up.  Space is limited. 

Thanks for stopping by today...Hope you have a wonderful day stamping!

Blessings,

Sheryl

June 2021 Class is in Session! 6x6 One Sheet Wonder

 Hello All!

I'm back at it with my monthly classes.  Those who have been vaccinated are feeling safer to venture out and are eager to start making cards again.   Since it's been a little while since we have gotten together, I thought I would keep it simple.  So I thought why not do a 6x6 one sheet wonder which makes 6 cards?  

I scoured pinterest and found a beautiful set of cards designed by Patricia Dominicci at www.    jumpingintostamping.com.  I copied it exactly because it was so beautiful.

Here are the cards:

I've written the instructions and wrote in detail on how to cut the DSP (Pansy Petals) and the layering card stock (Evening Evergreen).  These are easy and quick to assemble.  

The bonus card I took the design from Lynn Dunn and made a book binder card using the lovely Hand Penned Suite:

What suprised me was how easy it was to do the 2 step stamping.  I think the card is really stunning.  Plus, it uses 4 x 4 and 1 x 4 designer series paper...very economical with no waste!  I finished the card using the white bakers twine and the beautiful genial gems.  Another very easy, but stunning card.  Anyone receiving this will be wowed. 

In summary, you will be making 7 cards with envelopes - cost is still only $20.  Please contact me if you are interested in attending.  I look forward to seeing you!

Blessings,

Sheryl

Monday Mystery Card Revealed!

 Hi All!

I'm a member of the Stray Ducklings and during COVID, one of our duckies, Nancy, decided that we should try and do a "mystery" card every Monday night...to keep in touch with one another and to keep our skills sharpened.  This has been going on for over a year and we are still doing it...mainly because we have such fun talking and creating together.

Anyway, this last Monday, we had a sort of mystery card sketch.  Nancy gave us the dimensions of the card and we had to come up with the color combination and the stamps to use.  This is what I came up with:

I used the "What's Cooking" stamp set, new in the 2021-22 annual catalog.  I love it!  The color combination I saw on another demonstrator's blog, so I gave it a try.  I also used the Pattern Party pack of DSP which is a hostess reward.  

Not satisfied, I went back to the ol' drafting table today and changed it slightly - changed the way the colors were combined (reversed them), changed the embossing folder and added some bling.  Here is what I came up with:

I think I like the 2nd version better?  What do you think?  

Let me know by leaving a comment.  

That's all for today...May you recognize the many blessings in your life today.

Sheryl

June 2021 Stray Duckling Blog Waddle - New Catalog

 Hi All!

This month we are featuring cards made with product from the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalog.  

I selected the Hand Penned Stamp set along with the Penned Flowers Dies and the gorgeous Hand Penned Designer Series Paper.  Wow this is a beautiful set which would be appropriate for almost any occassion.  

I CASE'd this card from Lynn Dunn of stamptasticdesigns.com.  She creates some fantastic cards.  This one really caught my eye and I'm featuring it as the bonus card in my June Class. 

This is a fun fold called a Book Binding.  I cut the paper 4-1/4 x 11 and scored at 4-1/4 and 5-1/2.  I glued the are between the two score lines down and what was left was a 4-1/4 x 4-1/4 area.  I cut the DSP at 4 x 4 for the large part of the front and then for the "binding" part, I cut a 1 x 4" piece of DSP.  Since this is 12 x 12, the measurements work out without any waste!  My kind of card!

I stamped the outline of the flowers in Memento Tuxedo black and stamped the flowers with Daffodile Delight and Highland Heather.  The leaves are Garden Green.  I finished off the card with some white twine and the Geniel Gems.  This card can be made in either landscape or portrait.  

Here is the link to Lynn's post about this card.  She also has a video that shows how she made it.  She shows how to make this card not only with 4-1/4 x 11, but also both landscape and portrait using 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 card stock.  

Thanks for stopping by.  The next blog you will want to visit is  Nancy Legate

Here is a list of all the ducklings who are participating.

Kim Baker
Sheryl Diemer
Nancy Legate
Debbie Widener
Lori Helvick
Sue Boerner 

Have a blessed day!

Sheryl

Last Chance List for January - June 2021 Mini Catalog

 The 2021 January - June Mini catalog is going to go away at the end of this month.  If you've had a wish list, now is the time to get what you want before it's gone.  Plus, there are some real bargains being offered.  Here is the list of all that is retiring (some of products are in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog, just not bundled priced anymore).    To order, you can click on any image.  Contact me if you have any questions or would like me to submit your order.

Have fun!

Blessings,

Sheryl