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Christi Waite, Christi's Creative Crew

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Christi

Celebrate with me!! I just celebrated my 18 year anniversary as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator AND...today is my birthday!!

I've seen so many people making caricatures of themselves & their business with CHATGPT so I thought that I would give it a try!!

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Beautiful Gallery 6x6 Designer Paper Fun Fold

Thursday, February 26, 2026

At our monthly team meetings we end our night with a Make & Take. Usually a card that features a fun fold, or sometimes using a new designer paper or product.

At our February team meeting I decided to show them how to make this card that was inspired by France Martin

Measurements

Card Base 8 ½” x 5 ½” score at 4 ¼” OR 11″ x 4 ¼” score at 5 ½”.
Layer to adhere the designer paper to 4 ⅛” x 5 ⅜.”
Designer paper 6 x 6 cut at 5 ¼”, keep the ¾” for inside, will need to trim for the top or side. The remaining 5 ¼” x 6 cut 2 @ 1 ¾” x 5 ¼” and one at 2 ½” x 5 ¼”.
I used the Beautiful Gallery 6x6 Designer Paper
The "Hello" comes from the Thoughtful Moments 3D Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies
What's great about the Hybrid Embossing Folders is that you can use it as a regular embossing folder, and you can use it to die cut the words out. I don't use it as much as I should, but everyone loved this card and a couple of my team members had already tried this fold.
FOR EVERY ORDER PLACED IN FEBRUARY, I WILL PUT YOUR NAME INTO A DRAWING AND THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE THE BEAUTIFULLY CELEBRATED BUNDLE (A $53 VALUE)
I LOVE THESE DIES ESPECIALLY, AND THOSE CORNER DIES ARE SO PERFECT FOR CARD MAKING AND SCRAPBOOKING
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Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Have an amazing day!
Christi

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Feathered Fun

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

FEATHERED FUN was one of those stamp sets that I for sure wanted to get right away when the annual catalog came out last May, and it has sat on my shelf and not gotten much use. How sad.

But when I saw this slim line card by Stacey Marsh (who is/was on the 2025 Artisan Design Team) I knew that I wanted to make this card up for my friend, Jackie, who has a cockatoo named Squiggy. She will love all these cute little birdies on her birthday card this year.

A slim line card generally measures 8-1/2" x 7" scored at 3-1/2"

Stacey doesn't give any instructions so I used the little branches from LIFETIME OF LOVE (in Pecan Pie) and the leaves from LAYERS OF BEAUTY in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.

The colors of Stampin' Blends that I used are: Tahitian Tide, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade, Timid Tiger & Highland Heather.

For the sentiment I pulled out the HANDMADE & HEARTFELT stamp set that came with a kit. (and is still available)

FOR EVERY ORDER PLACED IN FEBRUARY, I WILL PUT YOUR NAME INTO A DRAWING AND THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE THE BEAUTIFULLY CELEBRATED BUNDLE (A $53 VALUE)

I LOVE THESE DIES ESPECIALLY, AND THOSE CORNER DIES ARE SO PERFECT FOR CARD MAKING AND SCRAPBOOKING

CURRENT CATALOGS

You can also shop online for MANY other products that are not found in the printed copy.

EXAMPLES to check out...

*the scrapbooking options

*the online exclusives (Sometimes I find myself liking these better that what I see in the printed catalog so don't miss out because you don't like to shop on line)

*the LAST CHANCE List

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

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Christi Waite, Christi's Creative Crew

Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Have an amazing day!

Christi

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Beautiful Gallery Hinge Card

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Here are 4 cards made with the same layout using the BEAUTIFUL GALLERY Designer Paper, with a fun flip flap greeting.

I chose to use the HANDMADE & HEARTFELT 'Happy Birthday' stamp for all of the cards to keep them uniform, but my Tuesday stampers are allowed to change up the sentiment for whatever they need.

I do not know who was the inspiration was for these cards and I had no instructions so here are the measurements that I came up with for the cards that I made:

Base: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" scored at 4-1/4" then cut 1-1/4" off from one side.

On the 1-1/4" piece that you cut off, you will cut off 1" and then score at 1" for the hinge. You will tuck this hinge under the inside Basic White.

Use the DAMASK Embossing Folder (or the folder of your choice) to emboss the front part of your base

Layers: 4-3/4" x 3-1/2" Designer Paper: 4-1/2" x 3-1/4"

Basic White for the inside: 4" x 5-1/4" and 1" x 31/4" for the sentiment

Basic Beige ribbon

FOR EVERY ORDER PLACED IN FEBRUARY, I WILL PUT YOUR NAME INTO A DRAWING AND THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE THE BEAUTIFULLY CELEBRATED BUNDLE (A $53 VALUE)

I LOVE THESE DIES ESPECIALLY, AND THOSE CORNER DIES ARE SO PERFECT FOR CARD MAKING AND SCRAPBOOKING

CURRENT CATALOGS

You can also shop online for MANY other products that are not found in the printed copy.

EXAMPLES to check out...

*the scrapbooking options

*the online exclusives (Sometimes I find myself liking these better that what I see in the printed catalog so don't miss out because you don't like to shop on line)

*the LAST CHANCE List

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

Shop the Last Chance List - Save up to 60%

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Christi Waite, Christi's Creative Crew

Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Have an amazing day!

Christi

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Blessed Beginnings

Monday, February 23, 2026

Today's card features the new BLESSED BEGINNINGS Bundle

And although the front says "Thinking of you" I do have an Easter Greeting for the inside.

Old Olive card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Balmy Blue card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

You can use a Blending Brush to apply Balmy Blue ink to the smaller panel of Basic White card if you like, and the ‘ground’ was stamped with Crumb Cake ink.

The tree and a bush were stamped on the right-hand side of the panel using Basic Gray ink. The tree was colored with Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Pens and the bush with Old Olive Stampin' Blends Pens. The panel was then glued to the Balmy Blue layer and then to the Old Olive card base.

The church, 2 trees and 2 bushes were stamped on a scrap of Basic White card stock; then cut out using the Blessed Beginnings Dies.

The church was colored with the following Stampin' Blends Pens – Lemon Lolly, Crumb Cake and Gray Granite. The trees were colored same as those above. These were added to the card front with either glue or Dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped using the Tractor & Co stamp set with Basic Gray ink onto scrap Basic White card, trimmed it down, flagged the ends and added it to the card front.

Note: This card is just a tad bit bigger than our standard 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" when finished so I supplied my stampers with a bit larger envelope that I found at our local craft store.

This card was Inspired by the talented Mo Rootes from the UK

FOR EVERY ORDER PLACED IN FEBRUARY, I WILL PUT YOUR NAME INTO A DRAWING AND THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE THE BEAUTIFULLY CELEBRATED BUNDLE (A $53 VALUE)

I LOVE THESE DIES ESPECIALLY, AND THOSE CORNER DIES ARE SO PERFECT FOR CARD MAKING AND SCRAPBOOKING
Are you a kit person?

Stampin' Up! has two new kits available this month

CURRENT CATALOGS

You can also shop online for MANY other products that are not found in the printed copy.

EXAMPLES to check out...

*the scrapbooking options

*the online exclusives (Sometimes I find myself liking these better that what I see in the printed catalog so don't miss out because you don't like to shop on line)

*the LAST CHANCE List

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

Shop the Last Chance List - Save up to 60%

Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin HERE

Click HERE to shop with me

Christi Waite, Christi's Creative Crew