December 18, 2022 – Luv 2 Stamp Blog Hop
Welcome to the Luv 2 Stamp Group’s 2022 Blog Hop! We’re excited to share projects with you again this year. We hope to inspire you to create beautiful new projects. Each month we will have a different theme based on the next month’s celebrations, using Stampin’ Up! products.
Once you’re done with each post, scroll down to the bottom and you’ll see a list of Blog Hop participants. You can click on their name to go to their post or you can click the NEXT button to go to the next post in line. Happy crafting! This month’s theme is “New Products.”

Something “Simply” Fancy Thank You Card

The products for todays blog hop are all from our upcoming January – April 2023 Mini Catalog. I love getting a new catalog. It’s like Christmas morning for me. I love seeing the new products and designing projects with them.

As soon as I saw this piece of designer series paper (DSP), I knew it would be GREAT as the base of a card. I love the laid back style and the colors. It’s perfect for a masculine or feminine card.

This “Fancy Flora” DSP is 48 double sided sheets of awesomeness! There are so many colors here to coordinate with our cardstock and ink. It’s really very versatile and is great when you want to “let the DSP do the work” on your projects, just as I did on this one.

The stamp set I chose for this card is one of my new FAVORITES! “Something Fancy” is a set of all sentiments. I love the mix of fonts, giving it both a clean and whimsical look.

With 1/2 a sheet of Basic White and 1/4 sheet of Early Espresso cardstock, 1 sheet of this 6″ x 6″ DSP, and couple of cardstock scraps, it’s easy to see you don’t need to spend a lot of money on products to make beautiful cards. This card is truly “Simple Stamping.” Paper and stamps. No added products needed to get this “simply elegant” look.

Side Fold Card
Finished size: 4 1/4” W x  5 1/2″ H

The products used are:

  • Something Fancy Stamp Set
  • Cardstock: Basic White, Early Espresso, Soft Succulent
  • DSP: Fancy Flora
  • Ink: Early Espresso Stampin’ Pad
  • Adhesive: Seal+
  • Scotch Tape

To duplicate this card, products used, measurements and a link to an instructional video are below.

Imperial Measurements

  • Card Base: Basic White Cardstock – 4 1/4″ W x 5 1/2″ H scored & folded in half at 4 1/4″”
  • Layer 1: Early Espresso Cardstock – 4 1/8″ W x 5 3/8″ H
  • Layer 2: Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper – 4″ W x 5 1/4″ H
  • Layer 3: Soft Succulent Cardstock (scrap) – 1 1/2″ W x 3 3/4″ H
  • Layer 4: Basic White Cardstock (scrap) – 1 3/8″ W x 3 5/8″ H

Project Tutorial

Step 1 – Cut the Basic White cardstock to size and score and fold at 4 1/4″ to make the card base. Use your Bone Folder to burnish the folded side to get a crisp fold. TIP: Burnishing with the Bone Folder can sometimes leave a shine on the cardstock. For the reason, I always burnish on what will be the back of the card base.

Step 2 – Cut the Early Espresso cardstock to size.

Step 3 – Choose a piece of designer series paper from the Fancy Flora 6″ x 6″ DSP pack and cut it to size, preserving how you want the front of the card to look. For example: On the piece I used, I cut off part of both sides and then from the bottom. I wanted there to be some “white space” both at the top and on the right hand side.

Step 4 – Choose the following two stamps from the Something Fancy Stamp Set: “NOTHING fancy JUST love” and “thank you.”

Step 5 – Cover the word “love” with Scotch Tape.

Step 6 – Using the Early Espresso Stampin’ Pad, ink up the stamp, remove the Scotch Tape, and stamp it onto your scrap piece of Basic White cardstock, toward the top. It should now say “NOTHING fancy JUST”.

Step 7 – Using the Early Espresso Stampin’ Pad, ink up the “thank you” stamp and align it just under what you have stamped and stamp it on the Basic White cardstock. They should flow together like they’re one sentiment.

Step 8 – Cut off the bottom of the Basic White sentiment tag at an angle.

Step 9 – Using your adhesive, glue the Basic White sentiment tag to the Soft Succulent scrap cardstock.

Step 10 – Cut off the bottom of the Soft Succulent at the same angle as the Basic White, but leave a little bit of an edge.

Step 11 – Using your adhesive, glue the Early Espresso cardstock to the top of your card base.

Step 12 – Using your adhesive, glue the DSP to the top of the Early Espresso cardstock.

Step 13 – Using your adhesive, glue your sentiment tag to the front of the DSP layer, inside about 3/4″ in from the left hand side, flush with the top of the DSP.


Christy Frank-CA
Laurie Bradshaw-CA
Teri West-AK
Wendy Varron-MD
Kurstan del Rosario-CA
Jo Anne Hewins-NC
Taleena Koch-WA (you are here)

Products Used

Product List Coming January 5, 2023

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I’d love to be yours!  Start by clicking this link to get started!

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