Woolly Sheep Birthday Wishes AHSC #671

Here's this week's sketch challenge from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #671  

Here's My Card:

For today's cards I'm using some new products that were released the first of March by Stampin' Up!.  The Designer Series Paper I used on the top portion of this card is  called "Painted Illusions" and it was the Product of the Month release for February 2026. Trust me when I say I really didn't need another package of 12 x 12 paper, however as a $5.00 purchase it was a really good investment.  

The moment I saw the stamp bundle called Woolly Friends I wanted it, however I couldn't get it as a bundle because the punch that coordinates with the stamp set was sold out.  I decided to order it anyway, and I'm thrilled.  It's really not that difficult to fussy cut the cute images and since I'm a sucker for little farm animals  this set just rang all my bells. 

Supplies and Instructions: 

Stamps and Dies:

• Woolly Friends #166881 stamp set 
• Impressions Abloom die cut flowers #165610
• Framed Florets sentiment "Wishes for a Beautiful Birthday"
• Celebration Tag Dies (R)
• Label Dies (R) 

Cardstock and Designer Series Paper:

• Basic White 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for card based scored at 4 1/4"; 3" x 3" for Celebration Tag (only need one side), Scraps for sheep, 5" x 3 3/4" for inside matte. 
  
• Flirty Flamingo Mat 5 /3/8" x 4 1/8" and scraps for flowers and frame for sentiment
• Petal Pink 2" x 5 14" Embossed with Petal Pairings 1/2 size EF
• Painted Illusions DSP 2" x 5 1/4" for front matte and 5 1/4" x 4" for inside matte #167971

Ink:

• Flirty Flamingo
• Light Smokey Gray Blends
• Light and Dark So Saffron blends 

Accessories: 

• Petal Pairings Embossing Folder 
• Flirty flamingo self-adhesive dots 
• Dimensionals

Thanks you for visiting my blog and checking out my creations.  It means a lot to me to see old and new visitors and I do appreciate comments letting me know your thoughts on my rendition.  If you have time check out the design team and participants entries at the FMS blog site.  There are so many beautiful creations. 

Happy Stamping!
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Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

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Branching Out Masculine Birthday Card

Freshly Made Sketches #718 - designed by Amy, is the first sketch of this popular sketch challenge site for the New Year.  It's so clean and sleek, I found it frightening, however decided to dive in an see what I could come up with.  Here's their sketch which closes on  January 12th in the afternoon.

Here's My Card:

Because this sketch was intimidating to me because of its simplicity and clean and simple lines, I didn't want to overthink what to make.  I decided to look through stamp sets I'd purchased at the end of the year but not used, for inspiration. Here is my card:

This 18 piece photopolymer stamp set with 10 coordinating dies is called Branching Out.  I bought it as a bundle because I'd ran across a Christmas card I wanted to recreate.  Unfortunately I didn't have much time to play with it.

Now that I'm giving this set a try, I'm pretty excited.  It's going to be one of those sets with a lot of potential and can be used way beyond the holiday season.  It would be great for fall/winter masculine cards, sympathy and friendship cards to name a few. This particular card is in celebration of one of my guy friends who has a birthday coming up the end of January.   I hope he likes it. 

See those tiny little pine cones they are cut out with one of the coordinating die cuts and then sponged with a dauber to add some depth and detail. It was a great way to use up some Pecan Pie paper scraps.

Supplies and Instructions: 

Stamps and Dies:

• Branching out Bundle for pine branches, pine cones - stamped and die cut, and sentiments inside and front cover 

Card Stock and Designer Paper: 

• Pecan Pie for card Base 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• Early Espresso matte 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" and strip 1/4" x 5" for edge along DSP
• Sahara Sand (R) 5 1/4" x 4" - cut two one for front and one for inside mattes
• Country Bird House Designer Series Paper 

Ink: 

• Shaded Spruce
• Early Espresso
• Pecan Pie
• Pebbled Path 

Accessories: 

• Gold Self Adhesive Sequins 

I'm so excited I finally used the Branching Out bundle to make this card.  It's inspired me to explore more ways to use it.  I hope you liked this card and my take on the FMS 718 challenge.  I'd welcome your comments and or questions regarding how this card came together.  Thanks and see you again.  

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #662

 It's time for Atlantic Hearts first sketch challenge of 2026  digitalized by Michelle.  

Here's My Card:

I decided to make a feminine birthday card using the AHSC sketch.  

The inspiration for this card came from a package of ephemera called Easter Time Mix and Match Ephemera which will be available in the new January to April Stampin' Up! catalogue on January 6th, 2026.  The precut images feature beautiful subtle colours and I was really drawn to the combination of purples and yellow in the floral designs.

Supplies and Instructions:

Stamps and Dies:

• "Wishing You" is from an old Stampin' Up! birthday stamp set, that I can't locate the name for.
• "Happy Birthday" from Perennial Birthday 
• Impressions Abloom Dies for ovals

Cardstock and Designer Paper:

• 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Basic White for card base
• 3 x 4" Basic White for Oval 
• 5" x 3 3/4" Basic White for inside mat 
• 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" Daffodil Delight for front mat and 5 1/4"x 4" for inside mat
• Oval stitched frame cut from 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" Daffodil Delight 
• 5 1/4" x 4" Highland Heather embossed with Sequin embossing folder for front mat

Ink:

• Gorgeous Grape

Accessories:

• Easter Time Mix and Match Ephemera Pack #166984
• Shiny Self-Adhesive Lemon Lolly Sequins 
• Sequin retired SU Embossing folder 

Thanks for visiting my blog and checking out this sketch challenge.  I try to complete these sketch challenges on a weekly basis, so why not start the New Year off by following along and adding your own rendition.  The linky for this challenge ends on January 4th, 2026.  

HAPPY STAMPING

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Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006 

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Impressions Abloom Birthday Wishes - AHSC #637

It's time for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #637 latest sketch challenge.

I've been excited to try die cutting and using the flowers from the Impressions Abloom bundle, and this sketch gave me an opportunity to make a floral birthday greeting. 

 Here's My Card:

This card came together very quickly once I had chosen my designer paper and cardstock colours.   The Whisper White card base is a standard A2 size  8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4".  

I decided to add a strip of the designer paper to the mattes on the inside of the card.  It helped to ground the two floral images that were cut out with the Impressions Abloom dies.  

Stampin' Up! Supplies: 

Stamps and Dies: 

• Wishing You the Happiest Birthday Ever sentiment - from See You Later Alligator (R)
• Impressions Abloom Dies #165610
• Deckled Rectangle Dies # 159173

Cardstock/DSP:

• Basic Beige Cardstock 
• 5 3/8 x 4 1/4" matte - card front
• 4 1/2" x 3" for Deckled Rectangle matte - card front 
• 4" x 5 1/4" for inside matte
• Scraps for die cut flowers and leaves 
• Whisper White
• 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" for card base
• 3 3/4" x 2 1/2"  for Deckled Rectangle matte - card front
• 3 3/4" x 5" for inside matte
• scraps for flowers and leaves   
• Country Lace Designer Paper #163415 4" x 5 1/4" for matte on card front and a 3/4" x 4" strip for inside the card. 

Ink:

• Pebbled Path
• Wink of Stella Silver

Accessories: 

• Crumb Cake Taffeta Ribbon (R) 122966
• Opaque Faceted Gems Copper Clay
• Dimensionals
• Mini Glue Dots

Well that's it for today's birthday card.  I'd love to hear your thoughts on this card design.  I haven't used ribbon in a long time on my cards, so it was kind of fun to add and I think it made the card look quite posh.  What do you think?  Ribbon or no?  

HAPPY STAMPING!

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Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

Monochromatic Birthday Card FMS #688

  This weeks Freshly Made Sketch challenge is hosted by Jen B.  

Here's My Card: 

I'm a big fan of Lost Lagoon so I looked through my stash for papers in that colour.  I remembered the Timeless Plaid 6x6 paper pack had some Lost Lagoon designs and because these papers are double-sided it was really easy to find a coordinating piece of dsp to go with this sketch design.  

For the center focal I added the big birdhouse from Country Birdhouse.  I was able to use the same dsp for the front panel of the birdhouse by paper piecing it.  

Supplies: 

Stamps & Dies: 

• Country Birdhouse Stamps - sentiment "happy birthday".
• Country Birdhouse Dies - birdhouse, flowers, bird
• Birthday Sentiment inside card from "See You Later" Sale-a-bration stamp set(R) 

Cardstock & DSP:

• Whisper White 
• 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" card base scored at 4 1/4". 
• Inside Matte 3 5/8" x 5 1/4" 
• 2 scraps for sentiment and trim on birdhouse
• Lost Lagoon
• 5 1/4 x 2" for top matte on card front
• 5 1/4" x 1 3/4" for matte on bottom card front 
• Timeless Plaid DSP (R)
• 5 1/8" x 1 7/8" 
• 5 1/8" x 1 5/8"
• 2" x 2" scrap for front of birdhouse

Ink:

• Lost Lagoon ink and blends 
• Momento Black 

Accessories: 

• self adhesive backed lost lagoon gems
• dimensionals 

Well that's it for this week.  I hope you enjoyed this card, and will leave me a comment before you go.  

Happy Stamping!

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Monochromatic Strawberry Slush Birthday Card

Welcome to my blog. Today I'm showcasing an ultra feminine birthday card that combines both old and new Stampin' Up! products.  The sketch I'm using as the guideline for this card is from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #628, created by Michelle and digitalized by Brandi.  Here's the sketch:

Here's My Card:

The brush stroke stamp from Season of Chic is pretty large so I decided to make this card horizontally so I could get the spacing more evenly distributed.  I wanted a feminine card with a clean look even though there's a lot going on in the sketch.  

To achieve that I went for a monochromatic colour scheme and used one of the new incolours called Strawberry Slush.  This color was around several years ago, and I always liked it.  To achieve the gradient color swatching I stamped the first brush stroke full strength and then stamped off the second and  the third images.

Supplies:

Stamps and Dies: 

• Season of Chic #158810 - brush stroke image 
• Artistically Inked #154542 - Happy Birthday sentiment 
• Butterfly Gala #148580 - Butterflies 
• Textured Note Dies #165555

The brushstroke image in the retired Season of Chic stamp set is wonderful for creating backgrounds.

I used a retired stamp set called Butterfly Gala and its coordinating punch to stamp and cut out the butterflies.  

Cardstock:

• Whisper White 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" card base
• Whisper White cut two - front 5" x 3 3/4" and inside mattes
• Scrap for Textured Notes sentiment strip 3 3/4" x 1"
• Strawberry Slush cardstock 5 1/4 x 4" cut two for front and inside 

Ink:

• Strawberry Slush #165286 (NEW 2025/26 Incolor) 

Accessories:

• Dimensionals
• Butterfly Punch (R) - coordinates with Butterfly Gala Stamp Set 
• Basic Rhinestones
• Self-Adhesive Sequins 

Thanks for dropping by and checking out my sketch challenge  card today.  Make  sure you visit the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog and take a look at all the other entries and the design team cards.  Have a great week, and if you like my card leave me a comment, it really makes my day.  

HAPPY STAMPING!

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Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

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Sending Smiles Note of Thanks

This week I am pairing up two challenges.  The first is a sketch challenge from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge  created by Michelle and digitalized by Brandi.

The second challenge is from "The Paper Players" challenge blog, and the premise is to combine something old with something new.  

Across Canada there is the possibility of strike action by Canada Post employees sometime in mid-May, so I'm busy trying to get all my  birthday cards completed and mailed before that occurs.  I also wanted to make some note cards for folks I haven't been in touch with for a while so both of these challenges will work perfectly for my themes.  I'm starting with the note cards.  

Here's My Card:

Quite a while ago I purchased a beautiful stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Sending Smiles. It's retired now, but it's still a favourite on my list because of all the wonderful sentiments, the florals and the coordinating dies. 

I'm pairing the Sending Smiles floral design and sentiment with a brand new background stamp set called Elements of Text, one of Stampin' Ups! current while supplies last Online Exclusives.   

I wanted these cards to be easy mailers and clean and simple so I didn't die cut and add an overlay of daisies for the note cards.  

Supplies:

Stamps and Dies:

• Sending Smiles #158701 (R)
• Elements of Text #164774 (Online Exclusive)

Cardstock:

• Basic White card base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• Basic White Matte - 3 1/2" x 3 3/4" 
• Pecan Pie Matte - 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" 
• Granny Apple Green Matte 3 3/4" x 5"

Ink: 

• Crushed Curry
• Granny Apple Green
• Pecan Pie 

Accessories:

• Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins #16348

Thanks for dropping by today and I hope you'll come back again.  I'd love to hear your thoughts on this card.  

HAPPY STAMPING

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006