Just a Note with Notes & Totes

Greetings my stamping friends! I have been wanting to play with a new bundle from the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog for a while now and I finally was able to get myself organized enough to actually make a card.

I have had the Notes & Totes Bundle for a few weeks now and have seen so many cute projects created by other demonstrators. I pulled it out last night and I could not reason out how to use the dies (I think I was just really tired, actually) so I looked for something to help guide me on YouTube and I found a video by a fellow demonstrator in Minnesota, Rachel Tessman. Here is the card she made that I used as inspiration for my project (note that my photo is taken of her card as displayed on my laptop screen so it is a little on the blurry side).

Sadly I did not have the Extraordinary Floral Washi Tape (due to be back in stock on July 21), so I changed the theme of my card but used her layout. Here is my card.

I took a second photo with the flash on so that you could see the Wink of Stella glitter on the star fish and nautilus shells.

I simply applied Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon and Darling Duckling ink to a piece of Basic White cardstock that was 4.25″ x 5.50″ to create the beach, ocean and sunny sky using Blending Brushes. I stamped in Crumb Cake the little pebbles from the stamp set in the sandy area to give it some dimension. When I was finished with blending the ink, I cut 1/8″ off of all four sides so that the finished piece is 4.00″ x 5.25″ (this removes the dark edges from the blending brush hitting the edge of the cardstock).

Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of this card:

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$17.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$14.00

Notes & Totes Bundle (English)

[165241]

$52.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$9.00

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161678]

$9.00

Darling Duckling Classic Stampin' Pad

[165277]

$9.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$15.00

Iridescent Foil Gems

[162842]

$8.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$5.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$9.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

You can order any of the products you may need by clicking on the thumbnails above which will redirect you to the Online Store. Please note that the Notes & Totes bundle is not orderable at this time, but it is expected to be back in stock by July 28. If you have any questions regarding the products I used or the design of this card, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper. Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda