Today’s card is a fun and different use of Dies. The Basic Borders Dies makes a fun edging, and in this case center, for a card. And best of all it is really quick and easy to do.
Dies
The fun little details down the center of the card are made using the Basic Borders Dies. It is usual to see these cute Dies used on an edge or as a layer, but this is a fun and fairly new way to use them. The best part is that when these Dies cut the paper the same design is on both edges. In this case it almost looks like a tear in fabric. I could see it being used as a path also. Achieving a different look from the norm is always a good thing.
Papers
The DSP is from the Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper. It is always sad when a catalog closes and we lose all of the beautiful paper. Of course I look forward to what new papers are coming. But this has been a package I found worked easily with so many stamp sets. Both of these pieces are from the Country Floral Lane.
To choose the card base and layer was so easy with the DSP. I went with soft colors and chose Mint Macaron for the card base and Balmy Blue for the Heart. Both they and the Ribbon of Petal Pink come from the papers.
Stamp and Punch
To emphasize the hearts in the DSP, I opted to use the larger of the Heart Punch Pack and the scalloped heart for my sentiment layer. The sweet sentiment comes from the Nature’s Print stamp set. All of the hearts seemed appropriate for the “Heartfelt” thank you!
Embellishments
The heart needed something to hold on to since the only thing on the front of the card was the paper. So I added a strip of the Petal Pink Soft Polyester Ribbon. A simple knot was all it needed as a finish. The final touch for the heart was to add one of the Heart Pearls. I love these adorable hearts. You cannot have too many of those. But I stuck with only one as a highlight.
Directions for Die Cut
To place the DSP on the front of the card I began with a piece of the blue and white DSP cut to 3 X 5 1/4. Using the Basic Borders Die I placed the die down the center and die cut. Beginning with a piece of Basic White cut 4 X 5 1/4, place the second piece of DSP, the pink one, to the center of the White. It is cut 2 1/4 X 5 1/4. Adhere it flush with the top and bottom. Next adhere the two other pieces on each side. They will be flush with left or right edge and top and bottom. I added a bit of glue towards the center but left the center edges loose for a 3D look.
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My love of cats is well known. And I purchase every cat set that Stampin’ Up! makes. However, this Love Cats is probably my favorite one yet. I know I have used it a few times, but here is one more!
Stamps
This silly cat may be my favorite from the Love Cats stamp set. He or she is so happy looking while flipped over. I have a 14 year old female cat that every afternoon, while telling us it is dinner time, chases her tail!
One of the things I love about these cats are that they are solid. So one ink and you have a great image. For this one I simply filled in the heart using Sweet Sorbet Stampin’ Blends. And that was all it took for the focal image.
Papers
To pair with the silly cat, I wanted a fun paper. All it took was pulling out the pack of Flowers & More Designer Series Paper. This is a Host reward paper in the Mini Catalog. The colors are all fun and bright which is my favorite generally. To pair with the bright, I pulled the brightest of the colors from the paper and went with Parakeet Party for the card base. And then another fun piece of the DSP for the cat layer that would coordinate with the first. These papers make it so easy.
Fold
This is a simple, but Fun Fold. Here is a photo of the open card.
Instead of the fold being at the top as is usual, I flipped the card and have the opening at the bottom. I have done some gift card holders with this orientation. But this card is just a card only.
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I love making cards and even the occasional sympathy card. They should be just as lovely and special as all of our cards. So this one, which is for a dear friend, was my first play with the Irresistible Blooms Bundle.
Stamps and Dies
The fun die in the center of this card is my most favorite from Stampin’ Up! right now. It is quite different from any other and really pops. The die is from the Irresistible Blooms Dies. I used the stamp set also, but it is on the inside of the card.
The front sentiment is one that fit my thoughts for this card perfectly. It is from the Potted Geranium stamp set. That set has some awesome sentiments and I will be sharing other cards with it soon.
Paper and Punches
The beautiful paper that is showing from behind the die cut is from the Hello Irresistible Designer Series Paper. That paper is simply beautiful! The different colors are amazing. And it has like an embossed resist look to it. This sheet showing is like it was sponged with soft pastels onto an embossed image. So very pretty!!!
The sentiment is stamped on the reverse of a paper in the same DSP pack. I love the soft Pastel look and went with all pastel colors actually. The card base is Soft Sea Foam card stock. And the layer is So Saffron. It is rare for me to use So Saffron but it is perfect in this case. Plus both of those colors are in that sponged look.
To finish the front of the card I needed something. Instead of die cutting leaves from the Die set. I used the Bough Punch. With a couple of Soft Sea Foam leaves and Petal Pink flower pieces it was complete.
Embellishments
The card is not finished without embellishments. So I miss -spoke above. By spreading some love with Enamel Dots, I was able to add a soft bling to the card. And since it is soft looking, I went a bit heavy on the bling! Those little round areas of the die cut just seemed to be calling for a little embellishment on each. But I did restrain myself and left a few empty.
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Today’s card is for the Make My Monday Challenge. The challenge is “P is for”. I came up with “Possible”. And used the fun Playing in the Rain for the card idea. Plus the card is a new to me Fun Fold! Woohoo!!!
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Stamps and Dies
The Playing In The Rain Bundle is such a fun one. Actually I used most of the Suite of products! The stamp set is utilized on the inside of the card, which I will share in a minute. The front stamping is the sentiment. This is from the Hand Penned stamp set. The Possible was exactly what I was looking for to complete the challenge. I stamped it twice, once in Memento Black Ink and the other in Mango Melody Ink. Because the words were so very close together, it was simpler to stamp twice and then carefully cut what was needed. To adhere them back together was then pretty easy.
The Die used is the turtle. I used a die to cut him from the DSP. As much as I love to color, I cannot really do better than the SU artists that created the paper! Oh how I wish I was that talented!! So I took the easier route and die cut him.
Papers
All of the papers are from the Rain or Shine Designer Series Paper. The checked pieces are the reverse of the daisy and sky sheet. That makes things really simple! I pulled the card base from the sky and then added a piece of Basic White to separate the DSP from the base.
Embellishments
The fun Loose Daisy Embellishments are so adorable! There are quite a lot of them in both yellow and white and in different sizes. They are not adhesive backed, but a little glue dot takes care of that easily. I scattered a few around on the left edge and then at the sentiment.
Fun Fold
I cased this Fun Fold from Connie Stewart. She calls it a Simple Twist card. I call it a Wow card! It may look like a Book Fold card, BUT….it has a Twist to it. Here is the open card.
This card is made like the book fold card that is scored and folded diagonally and stands up on the front. Except this one Twists! When it twists it turns from a vertical card into a portrait layout card with the front section now at the top of the open card. How fun is that??? I was so excited! And now you can see the stamps from the Playing In The Rain set that I used on the inside.
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