You Make Me Smile – Layers of Beauty

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#516) Sketch. Today?  The card can be found on page 144 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog. 

CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You are welcome to choose how you create.

I really like this card and short of changing colors and sentiments, I kept it pretty much the same.  It is a really nice beginner’s card with a few upgrades by employing a few tools that you may have at your disposal.

The colors were inspired by Color Throwdown (#834) and translated to Stampin’ Up! Colors for the #CreativeChallengeSU for June and shared with Inkspirational (#343) as their mood board sported similar colors.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Coastal Cabana cardstock.
• Accent Mat: (3½” x 4¼”) Timid Tiger cardstock.
• Card Front: (3½” x 4¼”) Coastal Cabana Smooshed patterned piece of paper from the 2025/2026 Brights Collection Designer Series Paper pack.
  • The paper was die-cut with Partial Leaf die from the Gallery Blooms Dies set.
• Decoration – Flowers: (4” x 2”) Basic White cardstock pieces colored using Blending Brushes with Shaded Spruce and Timid Tiger inks.
  • The Queen Anne’s Lace die, also from the Gallery Blooms Dies set, was used to die-cut the Flowers.
• Sentiment Circle: (2” x 2”) Shaded Spruce cardstock scrap die-cut with the (1⅝”) Stitched Circle die from the Stylish Shapes Dies set.
  • The sentiment, you make my heart smile, from the Layers of Beauty stamp set was mounted to the stamping block in curves and stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with White Embossing Powder.
• Sentiment Label: Basic White cardstock scrap.
  • The sentiment, just a note, from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set was stamped with Timid Tiger ink and closely trimmed and snipped on the diagonal.  Finished size: (2¼” x ⅜”).

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch, and the Sentiment Circle was popped up with Dimensionals.  A few Timid Tiger 2025/2027 In-Color Flat Pearls were added for a bit of bling.

Do you like this color combination?  I think the Timid Tiger color gives it a little pop.

I am looking forward to seeing what you will create with the Case-ing Tuesday sketch.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

I am also sharing this card with Paper Craft Crew (#624), as they are looking for a Catalog Case.

Need a card? Ask me and I can create one for you.  Want the supplies to create your own, let me know and I can help you with that too!

Like this card? Want to make one similar?
I would LOVE to be your Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States, you can order your paper crafting supplies from my on-line store.  It is so easy. THANK YOU!

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