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This week I have chosen the Gumball Greetings Bundle to feature for my schedule of projects.

My pre-order, from the upcoming 2022 – 2023 Annual Catalogue, arrived yesterday afternoon! I’ll try to do an unboxing Facebook Live over the weekend to give you a bit of a sneak peek.

Both boxes weighed a total of 35 kilograms – thank goodness we have a trolley in our apartment building.

Okay – let’s see some #simplestamping projects using stamps, ink and cardstock.

The gumball machine is made up of three seperate images. Fortunately, the stamps are photopolymer. This means that it is easy to see exactly where you are stamping and each image can be aligned accurately.

I used the Tuxedo Black Memento and Flirty Flamingo inks to stamp the images for this super simple cards.

For this card I simply added the Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Write Marker™ to colour some of the areas of the gumball machine.

For the next card, I added some Designer Series Paper and dies.

The striped paper is from the Pattern Party DSP.

After stamping the gumball machine elements, I used the Gumball Machine Dies to cut each of them. Then I connected them using Stampin’ Dimensionals to have it pop up off the card front.

The sentiment was stamped on a small piece of Basic White cardstock.

Tomorrow I will share two stepped up versions of this card with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Gumball Greetings Bundle [157648] $72.25	Gumball Greetings Photopolymer Stamp Set [157646] $32.00	Gumball Machine Dies [157647] $49.00	Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes [159232] $12.25	Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper [155426] $31.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $52.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00

For today’s Friday Fun Fold card I decided to use the same colours that were from the #GDP337 Challenge this week.

The fun fold today is a waterfall card. I thought it would be perfect for the pot and cactus image sizes.

For the background I used the Stacked Stone Stamp and my Stamparatus. I used all three colours to stamp this image. After I stamped each colour, the stamp was cleaned and the Basic White panel moved slightly to fill the white spaces.

The next step was to create the waterfall mechanism. I cut a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock 8-3/4″x 2-1/2″ and scored it at 2-1/2″, 3″, 3-1/2″ and 4″

I cut four Blushing Bride 2-1/2″ squares and one rectangle measuring 4-1/2″x 2-1/2″. Then I cut four Basic White 2-3/8″ squares and one rectangle 4-3/8″x 3-7/8″.

I stamped a variety of pot and cactus images to adhere to the Blushing Bride squares.

To add these squares to the waterfall mechanism, I added strips of Tear & Tape to each of the 1/2″ scored spaces.

The rectangular stamped piece was added last.

The bottom section of the ‘just a note’ square was glued to a 1″ strip of Soft Sea Foam cardstock. To fix the mechanism in place, I added Stampin’ Seal+ to the Soft Sea Foam strip either side of the Blushing Bride squares.

During my Facebook Live today (07/04/22), I made another waterfall card.

Tomorrow is #simplestamping – I hope that you can join me.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Cactus Cuties Bundle [158058] $54.75	Cactus Cuties Photopolymer Stamp Set [158056] $30.00	Stacked Stone Cling Background Stamp [152556] $30.00	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $13.00	Opal Rounds [154289] $13.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] $15.25	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $15.25	So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611] $15.25	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $13.00
Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $13.00	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [147109] $13.00	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154902] $15.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Originally I hoped to share a gift box with you today.Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a small potted cactus to make a gift box for. Instead I made an easel card because, at least, when standing it does qualify as 3D.

The Cinnamon Cider card base is a perfect match for the brick paper from the Bloom Where You’re Planted 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper. Before attaching the calendar to the front I added a strip of the same paper around a pen and secured it under the calendar.

The pot and cactus were stamped and fussy cut. Then a length of Linen Thread was wrapped around the plant and tied in a bow.

The message, from the Cactus Cuties Stamp Set, is perfect for this project.

So, we agree that this is not a box but it’s still a great little project.

These calendar and notepad easel cards are so quick and easy to make.

Tomorrow I have a fun fold card to share.

until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Cactus Cuties Bundle [158058] $54.75	Cactus Cuties Photopolymer Stamp Set [158056] $30.00	Bloom Where You're Planted 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155696] $20.00	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Cinnamon Cider A4 Cardstock [153083] $15.25	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $13.00	Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad [153115] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00