Hello Reader,

If you loved yesterday’s exclusive card sketch, you’re going to love today’s project! I’m sharing a fresh “Hello Friend” card idea created with the beautiful NEW Stampin’ Up! Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection (January 2026), and yes… there’s a FREE step-by-step tutorial included so you can recreate it with confidence. This clean and simple layout is perfect for showcasing designer paper, a sweet sentiment, and just the right finishing touches!

NEW product spotlight: lovely blossoms suite collection

If you love soft florals with a crisp, modern feel, you’re going to adore the NEW Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection! This coordinating collection makes it easy to create elegant, nature-inspired cards and paper crafts with matching stamps, dies, Designer Series Paper, ribbon, embellishments, and an embossing folder that adds the prettiest texture. The color palette is perfection too: Cloud Cover, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Petal Pink, and Secret Sea. Just add ink, cardstock, and adhesive and you’re ready to create!

measure & cut (from bottom to top):

card base:

• Basic White Thick Cardstock: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4

layers (before die-cutting):

• Lovely Blossoms Designer Series Paper: 5 x 3 3/4
• Secret Sea Two-Tone Cardstock: 4 1/2 x 3 1/4
• Lovely Blossoms Designer Series Paper: 4 1/4 x 3
• Secret Sea Two-Tone Cardstock: 2 x 2 (die-cuts)
• Basic White Cardstock: 2 3/4 x 1/2
• Lovely Blossoms Designer Series Paper: 5 1/2 x 1/2 (interior)

stamp (clear blocks or stamp positioning tool):

• Stamp the sentiment (Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set) in Secret Sea Classic Ink onto the Basic White sentiment layer.
• Stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment in Secret Sea Classic Ink on the inside of the card as shown.

crop, cut, assemble, adhere & embellish:

• Burnish the fold of the card base with a Bone Folder.
• Adhere the Designer Series Paper layer to the card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
• Layer and adhere the Designer Series Paper and Two-Tone Cardstock together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.
• Use a Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) to crop the sentiment and the Secret Sea leaves with the coordinating Lovely Arrangements dies.

• Adhere the leaves as shown with Stampin' Dimensionals.
• Tie a bow of Linen Thread and adhere tucked under the sentiment with a Mini Glue Dot.
• Adhere the sentiment as shown with Stampin' Dimensionals.
• Adhere the Designer Series Paper strip to the inside of the card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
• Embellish with Secret Sea Moody Palette Glossy Dots.