Party Alphabet dies – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

Slimline Baby Eclipse card

4 January, 20261 January, 2026 craftwithkate

The Party Alphabet dies are perfect for celebrating a new baby into the world and how cute is this one?!!!

Wendy Lee, a demonstrator in the USA, shared one and I just had to case it. I used the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder for mine, along with the Flower Garden Foils Specialty Paper for the shadow/eclipse effect. These papers are in the last chance section of the online store. The little bear is from the Valentine Kisses bundle.

Be sure to check out Wendy’s video on her blog (https://creativeleeyours.com/)

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Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Flowers, Handmade Cards, Markers for Colouring, Online Exclusives, Stampin' Up!, Techniques & Tutorials

Lost Lagoon: Sunflowers Black Out Embossing Technique

26 November, 20253 November, 2025 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instahop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 30 – Lost Lagoon

This handmade card features the Sunflowers 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers and some die sets; Branching Out and Party Alphabet.

After embossing a piece of Basic White cardstock, turn it over and colour the debossed side with your Darling Duckling, Lost Lagoon and Pecan Pie markers. Take the Secret Sea inkpad and gently drag it across the entire surface to create the black out, then sit it aside to dry. Doesn’t it make those flowers pop?!!!

This piece is mounted onto some Brushed Metallic cardstock then onto a Lost Lagoon card base. A label is diecut from Lost Lagoon card using the Branching Out dies and the ‘H’ ‘B’ is diecut from the Floral Delight Designer Series Paper using the Party Alphabet dies. The sentiment is from the new Banner Sayings Bundle, comprising a stamp set and the Three Banner Punch.

On the inside, I added more of the Branching Out cut dies to frame the message panel and added the greenery which is part of the dies pack. These are covered in Wink of Stella so the are glittery!

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for Melon Mambo inspiration.

Product List @stampinupofficial
Stamps: Banner Sayings*
Dies: Branching Out, Party Alphabet
Ink: Secret Sea
Cardstock/Designer Paper: Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Floral Delight DSP, Brushed Metallic, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Stampin’ Blends Markers: Darling Duckling, Lost Lagoon, Pecan Pie
Other: Three Banner Punch, Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder, Wink of Stella, 2025-2027 In Color™ Flat Pearls, Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy, Heat Tool.
can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Handmade Cards, Masculine, Stampin' Up!

Crumb Cake: Slimline Milestone Birthday Pop Up card

27 August, 202513 August, 2025 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instahop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 17 – Crumb Cake

This handmade slimline card features the Party Alphabet dies and some of the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons.

I love using the colour combination of Crumb Cake with the bold Secret Sea. Those Metallic Rub-Ons are so easy to use by gently rubbing with your finger and they are super shiny.

The letters are cut twice in both colours and offset to mimic a shadow. I repeated the same process when stamping the sentiment [Layered Thoughts] on the inside. The Alphabet A La Mode dies were used to create the milestone birthday, and these are placed on the pop-up arch feature.

The mechanism is just a narrow strip of cardstock scored at 2cm intervals to create a box shape, then adhered into the centre scoreline of the card. The arches are then adhered to the mechanism.