I love the new poppies products in the new Stampin’ Up Mini Catalog. I’m using a bunch of the products here. Take a look and let me know what you think!

I like to dress up the envelope flap with coordinating paper.

I added a coordinating stamp to the front of the envelope.

Here’s a close up showing off the rhinestones, birthday sentiment and punches.

Don’t forget the inside of the card too!

Goodies used in making this card:

Peaceful Moments stamp set

Painted Poppies stamp set

Memento Black Ink

Peaceful Poppies designer series paper

Poppy Parade cardstock

Old Olive cardstock

Whisper White cardstock

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Label Me Fancy Punch

Label Me Lovely Punch

Keeping it crafty!

Happy Birthday...celebrate with a refreshing drink!

January 8, 2020 Cecilia Stephens

I hope you enjoy this card. It’s never to early to start getting your stash of birthday cards done. Here’s a cute adult birthday card. I hope this card inspires you. If you like Stampin’ Up and are interested in any of the products considering checking out my online store HERE. Otherwise, please know that you can always use what you already have to create something similar.

Consider decorating the inside of your envelopes with paper that coordinates with the card and/or stamps used on the card…

I just love what a few dimensionals can do to a card…

Don’t forget to decorate the inside of your cards when you get a chance. I little scrap of paper can make all the difference tying it all together…

Supplies: (1) Stamps: Sip Sip Hooray, Sending You Thoughts. (2) Ink: Memento Black, So Saffron, Coastal Cabana. (3) Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper (DSP). (4) Dies: Layered Circles.

Directions: Front of Card - (1) Use a piece of Whisper White cardstock for a A2 card base. (2) Cut Night of Navy cardstock to 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”. (3) Cut a piece of Birthday Bonanza DSP to 4” x 5-1/4”. (4) Layer Birthday Bonanza DSP on top of Night of Navy cardstock. (5) Attach the base layer (#4) to the white A2 card base. (6) Cut a piece of Night of Navy scrap to 1” x 5-3/8”. (7) Cut a piece of Birthday Bonanza DSP to 3/4” x 5-3/8”. (8) Attached the Birthday Bonanza DSP strip to the Night of Navy strip. (9) Attach the strip (#8 )to the bottom half of the card. (10) Use the Layered Circle dies circle (you choose the size) and corresponding scalloped circle to cut the plain circle with some Whisper White cardstock scrap and the scalloped circle in Night of Navy cardstock scraps. (11) Stamp the champagne and martini glasses to the white circle in Momento Black Ink. (12) Stamp the drinks liquid in So Saffron (champagne) and Coastal Cabana (martini). (13) Stamp the “Happy Birthday” sentiment inside the circle. (14) Layer the white stamped circle to the Night of Navy scalloped circle die and adhere to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Directions: Inside of Card - (1) Copy the steps in #6, 7 and 8 above and adhere to the bottom of the inside of the card. (2) Stamp the sentiment (“Another Sensational Year of You”) in Momento Black Ink above the strip adhered in step #1.

Keep it crafty friends!

I'll Drink to That!

January 1, 2020 Cecilia Stephens

Welcome to a new year at Tradefish Designs. I hope this #SimpleStamping project inspires you to start getting crafty for 2020.

Remember to consider stamping the front and/or back of your envelope to give the recipient a hint at what’s inside!

Here is my first card of the year. I combine two stamp sets in a simply stamping (#SimpleStamping) project. I love have clean and clear it is…all the details are below (along with more fun photos).

I hope you’ve enjoyed my card. I have a photo of the stamp sets used below as well as a full list of supplies and directions to make the card yourself. I hope you all have a wonderful and craft new year!!!

Supplies: (1) Stamps: Sip Sip Hooray (“I’ll Drink to That”), Sending You Thoughts (“Congratulations”). (2) Paper: Whisper White, Balmy Blue. (3) Ink: Momento Black, Balmy Blue, Pear Pizzazz. (4) Stampin’ Blends: Light Olive. (5) Dies: Sip Sip Hooray dies - olives on skewer. All the supplies used in this project are from Stampin’ Up. If you are interested in purchasing any of them feel free to shop at my STORE or reach out to me via email at tradefishdesigns@gmail.com.

Directions: Card Front - (1) Use a Whisper White A2 card base. (2) Cut Balmy Blue cardstock to 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”. (3) Cut Whisper White cardstock to 4”x5-1/4”. (4) Stamp martini glass, olive pick and sentiment in Momento Black Ink. (5) Stamp the drink liquid with Balmy Blue. (6) Stamp the greenery in Pear Pizzazz Ink. (7) Color the olives with light olive Stampin’ Blend. (8) Adhere what cardstock with stamped images to the Balmy Blue cardstock. (9) Adhere the white/balmy blue layers to the card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Directions: Inside Card - (1) Stamp “Congratulations” inside the card with Moment Black Inc. (2) Stamp the olive skewer in Momento Black Ink on a scrap piece of paper. (3) Color the olives in using the Light Olive Stampin’ Blend marker. (4) Using a die cut machine, die cut the olives on a skewer with the dies that coordinate with the stamp set. (5) Adhere the olive die cut inside the card next to the sentiment.

Happy New Years Crafters!

May the warmth of Christmas fill each corner of your heart and home...

December 16, 2019 Cecilia Stephens

Hello Crafters,

I have a Christmas card that I made at a crop event at the beach in November. I make MANY Christmas cards each year. I make them for a charitable organization to thank large donors for their support throughout the year. I also design and make our family Christmas cards. Finally, I make an assortment of cards for my husband to distribute to his team at work. This year I also made an assortment of cards just for fun. This card is one of them…enjoy!

This card uses a bunch of my Stampin’ Up supplies. The stamp set is retired but if you want to recreate thes card design you can substitute any holiday sentiment you already have in your stamp stash. The designer paper is Night Before Christmas from the current Holiday Catalog. The Holiday Catalog is only good through January 2nd so it you see something you like please don’t wait to place an order!

Here’s a close up at an angle so you can see the textures and dimension of the card. I hope you enjoy this simple card and come back tomorrow for another holiday card.

What Stampin’ Up products I used to make this card…

IF you want to purchase any of the items ABOVE please feel free to visit MY WEBSITE and use the following host code: 3XGZA7HB

If you place an order you can use the Host Code above in the Special Offers section of the shopping bag. Please only use this code if your order is under $150. If your order is above $150 you can select hostess benefits on your order.

Happy Crafting!