creating art with marilyn

The latest addition to the Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up! is a fun one! With the Celebrate Today Magnet Board Kit, you can create and customize your very own magnet board with included stickers to organize daily tasks and sentiments of positive affirmations. Since when have daily chores looked so cute?

Celebrate Today Magnet Board Kit Details:

• Kit includes one framed magnet board
• Includes sticker sheets (1 sentiment sticker sheet in the following languages: Dutch, English, French, and German), double-sided cards, and double-sided paper to decorate with
• Includes six magnet clips and two pocket envelopes to attach things to your board
• Finished magnet board size (inside of frame): 12″ x 12″
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Mint Macaron, Smoky Slate
• Item 159335
• Kit price – $34

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I am so pleased my card was picked as one of the top Favs in the Festive Friday Challenge. I used the Inspiring Canopy Dies and the Mountain Air and the Nature’s Beauty Stamp Set. I brushed the branch clusters with Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow and a touch of Daffodil Delight. To see what products I used and the instructions read more

I’m so excited to be able to participate in Kylie’s Monthly International Highlight Blog Hop once again. There are Demonstrators from all over the World participating in this Blog Hop. Today I’m playing with the Daffodil Daydream Bundle from the new Mini Catalogue. I love daffodils and this Bundle is so much fun to play with. At first it looks very intimidating but with a little playing you will soon find out how much fun it can be! I also played with the Simply Marbleous Designer Series Paper from the Sale A Bration brochure.To see what products I used and how I created it read more.

I used the Inspiring Canopy die set, the Mountain Air stamp set and the Nature’s Beauty stamp set.

This is a close up of the top of the trees. I really like how they turned out. I have never used this die before so it was an experiment to try and make a canopy for the trees. I die cut lots of the leaf canopy pieces out in Basic White and used my Blending brushes and brushed each die piece with Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow and then a little Daffodil Delight to add some yellow highlights.

Instructions to create my card:

1. Using Basic White card stock I die cut several of the canopy pieces from the Inspiring Canopy die set.
2. With the Blending Brushes, I brushed each piece of the canopy with Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow and for a little yellow highlight, I added a little Daffodil Delight after I was finished with all the greens.
3. The tree trunks were die cut in Soft Suede card stock, and then using a Sponge Dauber I added some Soft Suede ink to the trunks.
4. To give dimension to the leaf canopy I popped each piece up with a Mini Dimensional. I didn’t use a lot of dimensionals because I wanted to leave enough room to be able to put a leaf group underneath a previous piece if I needed to and not interfer with a dimensional.
5. The card base is Basic White card stock cut at 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″.
6. Using Blending Brushes, I sponged a sky in Balmy Blue, a light brushing of little Flirty Flamingo and then some Misty Moonlight.
7. I used the tree line stamp from the Mountain Air stamp set and stamped them on the horizon in Old Olive.
8. I then used a blending brush and brushed some Balmy Blue for the water below the tree line.
9. I added a little Pear Pizzazz under the water to create a shore line.
10. With the Nature’s Beauty stamp set I stamped some twigs in Tuxedo Black and some grass in Old Olive.
11. I used dimensionals and popped up the trees on the card base.
12. On a scrape piece of Basic White, I stamped the rabbit and colored it with Light and Dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends and then fussy cut it out. I popped it up with Mini Dimensionals.

Inspiring Canopy Dies [155963] $44.00	Mountain Air Photopolymer Stamp Set [151610] $27.00	Nature's Beauty Cling Stamp Set [150528] $29.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25
Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $12.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $10.25	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $10.25	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $10.25
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $10.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $10.25	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $10.25	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $10.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $12.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25	Sponge Daubers [133773] $7.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50

Welcome to Canada Inks Up Blog Hop for January 2022. We are a group of Canadian Demonstrators, that are sharing our ideas in hope to inspire you. This month’s theme is something from the 2022 Jan to Jun Mini Catalogue.This mini catalogue is full of great products so it was hard to pick a favourite. Today I’m using the Ranunculus Romance stamp set and using it in great technique.

This stamp set has some great elements to make a vintage card or an embossed resist card. I am doing an embossed resist technique and also using Misty Moonlight and Balmy Blue for the colors on my card.

This is a closeup of the White Embossed flower, the Misty Moonlight flowers and some of the shading on the card.

Here are the instructions and the products I used to make my card:

1. I started with a Basic White card stock layer that measured 4″x 5 1/4″
2. I stamped the Ranunculus flower from the Ranunculus Romance Stamp Set in Versamark and stamped it randomly on my card stock.
3. I sprinkled White Embossing Powder over the Versamark images and heat set them
4. I stamped the other flower, the script and the Paris emblem randomly in Misty Moonlight making sure to go off the card stock to give it more appeal to the card
5. I took a Blending Brush and brushed a little Balmy Blue over the white embossed flowers and the card leaving some white areas
6. I took another Blending Brush and lightly brushed the white areas with Misty Moonlight. Since this is such a dark color I didn’t add too much Misty Moonlight
7. When I was happy with the results I took a tissue and wiped off the ink from the White Embossed Flowers, this made them show up whiter
8. I layered this to a Misty Moonlight card base cut at 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″
9. On a separate piece of Basic White card stock I stamped the Ranunculus Flower in Misty Moonlight and die cut it using the Ranunculus Dies
10. I stamped the sentiment Just For You in Misty Moonlight and die cut it using the smallest Tailored Tag Dies
11. I cut a piece of Misty Moonlight card stock 1″ x 4″ and glued it directly to the card
12. Attach the sentiment tag to the Misty Moonlight strip with Stampin Seal
13. Add the die cut flower to the Misty Moonlight strip with dimensionals
14. Tie a double bow with the White 1/4″ Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon and attach it with a glue dot to the flower
15. Add three Silver Metallic Pearls to the Misty Moonlight strip and two other pearls randomly on the card

Ranunculus Romance Cling Stamp Set (English) [157968] $32.00	Ranunculus Dies [157976] $44.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $30.00	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081] $12.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $10.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $24.00
Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $10.25	Metallic Pearls [146282] $9.50	Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $82.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

The New 2022 January to June Mini Catalogue is here and will be available to order from on January 4th. If you would like to get the New Mini Catalogue please fill out this form and I will send you a catalogue right away.

Instructions to create my card:

1. Balmy Blue card base cut at 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4
2. Basic White layer is 4 x 5 1/4. This has been embossed using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing folder
3. Adhere the embossed Basic White layer to the card base using liquid glue
4. Cut a piece of the Balmy Blue 6 x 6 Designer Series Assorted Paper 1 1/4 x 4 and attach it near the bottom of the card with liquid glue
5. Stamp the small flower image from the Blessing At Home stamp set in Memento Black and color it using the Stampin Blends in light and dark Balmy Blue for the large flowers, light and dark Petal Pink for the small flowers, light and dark Old Olive for the leaves and light and dark Daffodil Delight for the centers of the flowers
6. Die cut the image using the Flowers At Home Dies
7. Cut a piece of Balmy Blue card stock that is 2 1/2 x 3 3/4
8. Layer another piece of Pale Papaya card stock that is cut at 2 1/4 x 3 5/8 and glue it to the Balmy Blue piece of card stock
9. Layer a piece of Basic White card stock that is 2 1/8 x 3 1/2 to the Pale Papaya layer with liquid glue
10. Attach the flowers using dimensionals to the Basic White layer
11. Color a piece of the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon with the dark Balmy Blue Stampin Blends
12. Tie the ribbon into a small bow and attach it to the flowers using a glue dot
13. Color 3 of the Basic Pearls with the dark Balmy Blue Stampin Up Blends and place them on your card

Now that you have seen my card hop over to see all the other great Demonstrators and their cards.

• Kylie Bertucci – Australia  
• Simone Kleine – Germany
• Liane Gorny – Germany  
• Kim Baker – Kim’s Kreative Korner USA  
• Kathi Ondus – Simply Kards by Kathi – USA  
• Robbie Susan Chandler-Florida, USA  
• Melva Peters – Stamping With Melva (Canada)  
• Beth McCullough – Stamping Mom – USA  
• Theresa McEntee-USA  
• Kim Kroeker – Stampin’ with Kim Arlene – Canada  
• Marilyn Pearen-Creating Art With Marilyn-Canada