Good Monday morning stamping friends, welcome to a new week. It’s the last full week of April. I’m really hoping when May arrives the warm weather stays.

I played with another new bundle for today’s card. This one is perfect for making masculine cards. Here’s my card for today.

I used the new Stampin’ Up! Relaxing Waterside Bundle along with the Waterside Retreat Designer Series Paper and Stylish Shapes Dies for my card today.

Adhere a panel of Waterside Retreat DSP to the front of a Misty Moonlight card base.

On a panel of Basic White, stamp the Adirondak chair image from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set in Early Espresso Ink, the sea grass images in Crumb Cake Ink, the cup and book in Tuxedo Black Ink and the seagulls in Basic Gray Ink. Color the images with Crumb Cake, Golden Glow and Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blends Markers. Cut all the images out using the Relaxing Waterside Dies. Cut the cattail dies s from the Relaxing Waterside Dies from a panel of Old Olive Two-tone cardstock and the tops in crumb Cake Two-Tone cardstock. Adhere the die cut pieces to the card front with Glue Dots and Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Stamp the sentiment from Relaxing Waterside stamp set in Early Espresso Ink on a panel of Basic White. cut the image out using the banner die from the Stylish Shapes Dies. Adhere the sentiment to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Add a Misty Moonlight dot from the Strawberry & Dots to the sentiment.

Stamp the sentiment from Relaxing Waterside stamp set in Early Espresso Ink on a panel of Basic White. Stamp the sea grass images from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set in Crumb Cake Ink on the bottom of the panel multiple times. Adhere the Basic White panel to a Misty Moonlight Two-Tone cardstock mat then to the inside of the Misty Moonlight card base.

Decorate a Basic White Medium Envelope to finish your card. Stamp the sea grass image from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set in Crumb Cake Ink on the envelope front. Adhere a panel of Waterside Retreat DSP to the envelope flap.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you like my card and will give it a try. Happy Stamping!!

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Last 2 Weeks to order my May-August 2026 Catalog & May 2026 Online Exclusive Product Shares

It’s that time again. The new May -August 2026 Catalog will be arriving in your mailbox real soon and you’re going to want all that beautiful Designer Series Paper, Ribbon and/or Embellishments. My May – August 2026 Catalog and May Online Exclusive Product Shares are open for ordering. You can order just the DSP share, just the Two-Tone cardstock share, just the Ribbon share or just the Embellishment share, or you can have it all!! Click Here to order.

I’m offering a Designer Series Paper Share, Two-Tone Cardstock Share, Ribbon Share & Embellishment Share from the May – August 2026 Catalog, along with the upcoming May 2026 Online Exclusives and I’d love to have you join!!  I’m placing my share order early on May 5th and I’m going to use the expedited shipping option so I should be able to have the shares cut, bundled and back out to you during the week of May 11th. Wouldn’t you love to have all of the gorgeous new Designer Series Papers in the Stampin’ Up! May-August 2026 Catalog and the upcoming May 2026 Online Exclusives?  What is a Paper Share you ask? It’s a sample of each of the new Designer Series Papers from the Catalog and Online Exclusives. Shares give you a good working sample of all of the papers so that you can decide which ones to order in full packs!  If you were to purchase all of the DSP in the new Catalog and Online Exclusives, it would cost you over $300.00 plus shipping.

New Designer Series Paper Share – $50.00 plus $10.00 for Priority Mail Shipping

How my shares work:  I order full packs of all of the Designer Series Papers listed below, I cut them into 6″ X 6″ pieces (or 6″ X 12″ pieces for double shares) and give you one panel of each design from each pack on the list.  I pack up the paper in a cellophane bag with labels listing the Name, Item # and Colors in the pack and mail it back out to you just as quickly as I can!  

New Designer Series Paper Share – $50.00 plus $10.00 for Priority Mail shipping

You will receive one 6×6 sheet of each design from the following DSP packs (the number after the name indicates how many 6×6 sheets of that paper pack you will receive):

• Artisan Sketched Garden (6)
• Basics Painted Patterns (6)
• Beautiful Ordinary Life (6)
• Bloom Boutique Specialty (6)
• Brights Painted patterns (20)
• Everyday Essentials Mix & Match (6)
• Luxe White Specialty (3)
• Moonlit Flora (6)
• Neutrals Painted Patterns (20)
• Paper Medley Mix Ins (6)
• Regals Painted Patterns (20)
• Scenic Coast 6×6 Specialty (8)
• Subtle Painted Patterns (20)
• Vally in Bloom (6)
• Velvet Meadow Specialty (6)
• Waterside Retreat (6)
• 2026-2028 In-Color Painted Patterns (10)
• 2026-2028 In-Color Pearlized (5)
• Sunset Shimmer Vellum (3)
• Velveteen Assortment (3)
• Silly Old Bear OLE (6)

In all, you’ll receive 178 – 6” x 6” sheets of designer or specialty paper!

Double Designer Series Paper Share – $100.00 Plus $10.00 Priority Mail Shipping

As a gift from me for ordering a Double Share of Designer Series Paper, I will include a Meant To Be Mix & Match Ephemera Pack #167700. This gift is only for ordering a Double DSP Share.

Two-Tone Cardstock Share

Do you likethe Two-Tone Cardstock but don’t want to buy a whole pack? You can add a share of the 3 different Two-Tone Cardstock packs for an additional $4.50 or purchase them separately for $4.50 + $10 Priority Shipping

You will receive one 6×6 sheet of each color from each of the packs (the number after the name indicates how many 6×6 sheets of that paper pack you will receive):

• Extraordinary Life (6)
• Heirloom Boutique (6)
• Life In Bloom (6)

In all, you’ll receive 18 – 6” x 6” sheets of cardstock!

Double Share of the Two-Tone Cardstock – $9.00 plus $10.00 Priority Mail Shipping

If you’d like double shares of the designer paper or cardstock, I’m offering those too!  I’ll cut the 12″ x 12″ sheets into 6″ × 12″ so that you’ll be able to get 3 full A2 size card fronts from each sheet and you’ll get double sheets of the 6″ x 6″ since they’re already precut.

Ribbon Share – $11.25 plus $10.00 Priority Mail Shipping

All ribbons will come individually wrapped and labeled with the name and number of the product.

One-Fourth of a Roll of each:

• Barely Blush 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon
• Crisp Cantaloupe 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon
• Golden Glow 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon
• Hydrangea Hue 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon
• Peaceful Pine 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon

Double Ribbon Share – $22.50 Plus $10.00 Priority Mail Shipping and you will be getting 1/2 of the roll or each ribbon.

Embellishment Share – $14.00 plus $10.00 Priority Mail Shipping

I’m also offering an Embellishment Share. I will divide the embellishments up and package them in a cello bag with the name and number for easy ordering, just like I do with the paper and ribbon.

You will receive (approximate # listed:

• Array of Dots (24)
• Dewdrops Embellishments (36)
• Dreamy Flowers (24)
• Loose Anchor Trinkets (4)
• Shimmer Dots (36)
• Sunset Sparkle Sequins (40)
• 2026-2028 In-Color Butterflies (36)
• 2026-2028 In-Color Dots (20)

Double Share of the Embellishments – $28.00 plus $10.00 Priority Mail Shipping

Anyone is welcome to join in my shares (please note, I can only ship to addresses within the US).  To make ordering the shares a little easier, I have created a form for you to submit, that way you can order any combination of shares you want. Click Here for the form. I will send out PayPal Invoices by May 3rd.

Deadline to sign up for my share is Saturday May 3rd at 5:00 PM ET.

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Basic White Cardstock 4″ x 5 1/4″(artwork), 1″ x 3″(sentiment), 3 3/4″ x 5″(inner liner)
• Misty Moonlight Cardstock 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″(card base scored & folded at 4 1/4″)
• Waterside Retreat Designer Series Paper 4″ x 5 1/2″(card front), 2 1/4″ x 6″(envelope)
• Crumb Cake Two-Tone Cardstock 1″ x 1″(die cut)
• Misty Moonlight Two-tone Cardstock 4″ x 5 1/4″(inner liner mat)
• Old Olive Two-Tone Cardstock 1″ x 4″(die cuts)

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