The Joy of Stampin' with Rachael: May 2025

Friday, May 30, 2025

Fun Fold Friday- Poppin' By Pop Up Card

Fun Fold Friday with Poppin' By Bundle!

This card has some "extra" pop to it and was made for Demo Swap Challenge!

*This card was 100% inspired by Laura Milligan with a few switch ups and additions

Here was the rules for the card:

✔Use Brights Colors

✔A Holiday Card

✔Pop Up Card

✔Blending Brush

✔Stencil

I thought this card would be great as a Father's Day card with the play on "pop" or honestly for anyone who loves popcorn.

I created a "popcorn" stencil from the dies and used my Blending Brush to blend the shape and color in the die cut popcorn.

The Fun Fold comes from using the Nested Essentials Rounded Rectangle Die to cut just cut half of the shape. Watch my video to see how I did that.

This little popcorn man is what steals the show. Between his adorable classes or his huge shoes, he is so cute! Watch my video to see how I make the popcorn buttered instead of red like the bucket.

Visit my online store for all of the supplies for this card.

Product List

Poppin' By Bundle (English) [165489] $34.00	Nested Essentials Dies [161597] $34.00	Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119793] $8.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780] $14.00	Turtle Y Cute 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165221] $12.50
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $9.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $9.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Blending Brushes [153611] $15.00	Neutral Matte Dots [165561] $8.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $130.00

Measurements

Poppy Parade: 4 1/4" x 11" scored @ 5 1/2" & 2 3/4"

Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4", 4" x 4" (die cut)

Basic Black: 2" x 3"

DSP: 4" x 2 1/2"

Steps

Measure, score, and cut your paper.
Die cut 2 of the Nested Essentials largest rectangle in Basic White and one of each of the popcorn dies. *Save the negative from the popcorn dies to use as a stencil.
Die cut in Basic Black 2 film strips, shoes and glasses.
Die cut the Poppy Parade cardbase using the largest rectangle from the Nested Essential dies. Place the die in the middle of the 2 3/4" score line and only place the Stampin' Cut & Emboss plate on the bottom of the cardbase to the score line. See video.
Fold up the card base and stamp "pop" 5 times in Poppy Parade.
Stamp in Poppy Parade the popcorn man and stamp it in Daffodil Delight. Die cut them both out. Cut off the shoes of the Daffodil Delight and cut of the popcorn from the Poppy Parade. Glue them together. Glue on the glasses and shoes.
Use the popcorn stencil to the top left of the 4" x 5 1/4" Basic White with the Blending Brush and Daffodil Delight. Use the Blending Blush on the die cut popcorn to add butter. Glue to the DSP to the bottom of the Basic White and glue to the inside of the card. Stamp "pop" in Poppy Parade over the stencil popcorn.
Stamp in Daffodil Delight onto the Basic White Nested Essentials the fun popcorn and the saying "No one's butter than you". Glue to the inside of the cardbase matching to spot that was die cut on the cardbase.
On the other Nested Essentials Basic White glue the film pieces and attach the popcorn man with Dimensionals. Glue to the front of the cardbase (see video).
Embellish: Glue one popcorn to the card front and add the two others with Dimensionals. Add 3 Basic Black dots around the popcorn guy.

Video

Happy Stampin' Everyone!!!

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

New at SU! Blog Hop- Cap & Gown In Colors

Welcome to the NEW AT SU! Blog hop! We are a group of Stampin’ Up! Independent Demonstrators from around the world who are full of creative paper crafting ideas to share with you and get you crafting! We are showing you today some ideas with the

2025-2027 In Colors

I'm Rachael Coon with the Joy of Stampin' with Rachael and I used the Cap & Gown stamp set with the Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder.

Here is a FUN Graduation card idea! I needed to make a graduation card for the masses and wanted to have LOTS of colors and just not the color of the school they attended.

From left to right here are the names of the New In Colors in embossed strips:

Darling Duckling

Cloud Cover

Strawberry Slush (a returning color)

Secret Sea

Timid Tiger

I made sure to do stamping in the inside to feature the In Colors with grad caps!

I can't decide which is my favorite yet, but I do love them all together!

Because I like to give gift cards for Graduates, I made an easy peasy

DSP Pocket to hold the gift card!

I always give a "fun" amount to represent the year.

Example: Year 2025 they get $20.25 on the gift card.

The Cloud Cover ink pad isn't available right not, and so I left it out of this card, BUT I could have used my Stampin' Write Markers and made the cap in Cloud Cover that way.

I hope you've enjoyed this In Color Graduation Card and continue hopping to see even more ideas using the New In Colors! Up next is De Kijkkast from the Netherlands!!!

I am happy to answer any questions about the techniques shown here! Please contact your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator to make a product purchase. If you do not have a demonstrator, you can use the links below to order products from me or join my team.

Product List

Cap & Gown Cling Stamp Set (English) [162810] $23.00	Nested Essentials Dies [161597] $34.00	2025–2027 In Color™ 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165623] $14.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780] $14.00	Florals In Bloom 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet (English) [166643] $17.00
Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285] $9.00	Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad [165286] $9.00	Timid Tiger Classic Stampin' Pad [165278] $9.00	Darling Duckling Classic Stampin' Pad [165277] $9.00	2024 2026 In Color™ Flat Pearls [165266] $8.50
Joined Together 3 D Embossing Folder [165170] $10.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $130.00

Measurements

Strawberry Slush: 4 1/4" x 11" scored @ 5 1/2", 1" x 3"

Secret Sea: 4" x 5 /14", 1" x 3"

Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4" (inside), 4" x 2 1/2" (die cut)

Darling Duckling, Cloud Cover, Timid Tiger: 1" x 3"

DSP: 3 3/4" x 5", 4 1/4" x 1 1/2" (pocket)

May 2025 Rewards

As a thank you for ordering here are MY rewards!

💚 Spend $15 and get the May Layout Love pdf
💚 Spend at least $50 and get my Happy Mail Gift & Card
💚Spend $20 and receive Stampin’ Rewards from Stampin' UP!

Happy Stampin' Everyone!!!

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Stampin' Unicorns New Catalog Swaps

I've swapped again! This time I was part of the Stampin' Unicorn, Elizabeth Giles, card swap!

I met her at Onstage this past March and loved swapping through her!

Most of these swaps showcase New Products from the Annual Stampin' UP! Catalog that came out in May! I tried to divide them up into different category for easy finding and including shorts for each set to show off the inside!

Cute Swaps