Hello, welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month our Design Team is showcasing “Gifts From the Garden.” We hope you enjoy and will be inspired by them! Don’t forget to leave comments! We love hearing from you. At the end of my post, you will find the full line-up to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
I took the theme of our hop literally for today’s project. I made a flower bouquet using the Jar of Flowers Bundle.
My background is from the Brights 6X6 Designer Series Paper. I chose to go with the wood look in Poppy Parade. The Granny Apple Green is also used in the bouquet and works perfectly with the brightness of the DSP.
I love the Jar punch and the Mason Jar Shaker Domes. They remind me of the old Ball or Mason jars that we used for a variety of things when I was a child. They were always the vase of choice for pretty garden flowers. The ShakerDomes really add the look of the real jar of flowers. I did stamp behind the dome to give the water illusion, as well as added the stems from the flowers. I did not add any shaker items to my flowers.
The flowers are from the Jar of Flowers Bundle as well. I stamped, colored, and then fussy cut the flower arrangement. The flowers are raised using Stampin’ Dimensionals for some added depth. The flowers at the top of the jar are curved a bit. I used my bone folder to bend them a little so it looks like they are hanging over the edge of the rim. I also added a few of the Gilded Gems to the center of the sunflowers.
The finishing touch is the linen thread wrapped around the jar. I added the bow to hold the tag. The tag is from the Ornate Frames dies, although you cannot really see the tag top from the photo. My “Love” is from the Field of Flowersstamp set.
More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Mark your calendars for our next blog hop, which will be August 12th when our theme is “My Happiest Season.” The Design Team will showcase projects inspired by their favorite seasonal time of the year. Don’t miss the fun! Until then, please stay safe and have fun in your craft room
The Ornate Garden bundles and Designer Series Paper were available as a sneak peek before the annual catalog debuted last month. I have used them in several posts. Today’s card is one of the beautiful gold embossed floral pieces from the DSP.
This card was a fun one to make. I got to do a lot of coloring! I used a variety of Stampin’ Blends for my fun coloring. And I decided after adding the ornate border, that I wasn’t even going to give this card a front sentiment. I believe it stands alone quite well.
The ornate background is the Ornate Layers Dies. I die cut it from Gold Foil paper. The ornate layer has a center piece as well. So I cut my colored piece down to the correct size and simply adhered it with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Sometimes it is difficult to adhere to the foil papers.
The base of this card is the new Just Jade. I am growing more and more fond of this color. It seems to have worked with every color I have placed with it.. Woohoo on this new color!
I rarely do a No Sentiment card, but am happy with this one. I hope you like it as well. Please come back tomorrow for the Pals July Blog Hop! We will go live at 0530 ET.
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I had too much fun over the weekend and failed to get my post for today set up. Sorry I am late! I have a #simplestamping card for you today. It is stamps, paper, and ink.
This stamp set is perfect for more simple stamping. It is the Queen Anne’s Lace stamp set. I love the flower. It is a two step flower. I stamped the stem with Granny Apple Green and then stamped the flowers with Magenta Madness. Because this is a photopolymer set, it is very easy to see through the stamp to line up where the flowers need to be.
For the sentiment, which is part of the stamp set, I stamped first with Magenta Madness. I then got the idea to stamp also with the Granny Apple Green. I simply eyeballed it to line up. Again it was easy because of the photopolymer. However, two Thanks just did not seem right, so I added the third which seemed be just right.
I was having so much fun with this stamp and the #simplestamping that I decided to do a Note card version.
The main difference with the Note Card version is the added layer of Magenta Madness, since the note card is white. And I only stamped one Thanks. I used Memento Tuxedo Black to make it pop against the bright colors.
These card are not my normal cards. I usually have more layers and embellishements. But these are also so fun to make. I love when they sort of “stand on their own” without the additions.
I would love to see your #simplestamping! Thank you for stopping in this morining. I hope your week is a good one.
Bonus Days is back and that means it’s time for you to start earning coupon codes to redeem in August! If you need a refresher on this promotion, here’s how it works: For every $50 USD you spend 1 July–3 August 2020 (before shipping and tax), you earn a $5 USD Bonus Days coupon code that can be redeemed 4–31 August 2020. When you place a qualifying order, you will receive an email containing the code. SAVE the email!!! There is no way to retrieve it later. So print it and put it with your catalog or on your calendar to redeem in August. There is no limit to the number of coupon codes you can get. WooHoo!
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I made a patriotic birthday card to share with you for July 4th. Since it is considered the birthday of our country I felt it was appropriate.
The Happy Birthday is from the Monogram Messages stamp set. I stamped the H and B along with the happy and birthday. They are cut out or with the happy birthday, cut with the Classic Label Punch and then reinserted to make the banner tips.
The background was something I did a while back and has been laying on my desk. I was practicing watercoling with watercolor paper and reinkers. I had previously made the red stripes. I saw the piece when I was trying to think of a patriotic card to make. So all I had to do was go back and add the blue stripes. It isn’t perfect, but then neither am I 🙂
I do love the versatility of this Monogram Messages set and hope you will give it a second look. I really have not seen but a few samples with it. Thank you for stopping in today and I hope you can enjoy the weekend.
Bonus Days is back and that means it’s time for you to start earning coupon codes to redeem in August! If you need a refresher on this promotion, here’s how it works: For every $50 USD you spend 1 July–3 August 2020 (before shipping and tax), you earn a $5 USD Bonus Days coupon code that can be redeemed 4–31 August 2020. When you place a qualifying order, you will receive an email containing the code. SAVE the email!!! There is no way to retrieve it later. So print it and put it with your catalog or on your calendar to redeem in August. There is no limit to the number of coupon codes you can get. WooHoo!
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It seems I have a lot of friends with summer birthdays. That is awesome though, because we have such great summery stamp sets. For today’s card, I have CASED the catalog. CASE can be defined a couple of ways. It originally was Copy And Share Everything. I like to thing of it as Copy the idea, layout, stamp set, then make it your own – then Share.
I CASED this from page 13 of the annual catalog. I used the same products, just didn’t stamp the same and changed the sentiment.
I stamped the sunflowers with Crumb Cake Ink on Crumb Cake Card Stock. I then used something I cannot even remember when I used it last. I colored with the Watercolor Pencils! I colored the flowers with a couple of different orange, yellow and white using the Blender Pen after each color. I remember when the watercolor pencils were the main coloring method. It was nice to break them out again.
The sentiment is stamped using Versamark Ink on Soft Suede Card stock. I used White Embossing Powder and the Heat Tool to emboss the sentiment. The bow is a couple of strands of linen thread. Even though you cannot see it from the photo, the strands of thread are wrapped around the card beneath the sentiment as well.
For a finishing touch, I added a few of the Elegant Faceted Gems. These are so pretty. They are very soft colors where most of the dots and gems are pretty bold. I felt like soft went well with this card.
Thank you for stopping by today! I greatly appreciate it and love to hear from you. Also, let me know if you have any questions regarding the Bonus Days special.
Bonus Days is back and that means it’s time for you to start earning coupon codes to redeem in August! If you need a refresher on this promotion, here’s how it works: For every $50 USD you spend 1 July–3 August 2020 (before shipping and tax), you earn a $5 USD Bonus Days coupon code that can be redeemed 4–31 August 2020. When you place a qualifying order, you will receive an email containing the code. SAVE the email!!! There is no way to retrieve it later. So print it and put it with your catalog or on your calendar to redeem in August. There is no limit to the number of coupon codes you can get. WooHoo!
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My July Host Code is AHTQERJB. Please use this code for orders under $150.00. I will have a small perk for those with orders over $50.00
I have a tone on tone card to share today. But first I want to let you know about the BONUS DAYS special for July. (Can you believe that we are in July? YIKES!! ) The Bonus Days is explained at the bottom of my post. But basically it is that for every $50.00 you spend July 1 – August 3, you receive a $5.00 coupon code that can be used from August 4 – 31. Please read all of the information at the bottom.
So now on to to my card. I am sharing my first card using the Tasteful Touches Bundle.
I went with a Tone on Tone color scheme. All except the white card stock and ribbon is shades of blue. And all of the stamps are from the Tasteful Touches stamp set. You know I love cards made from just one set.
The background is the Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder. I stamped the images prior to embossing. Also, I obviously did not pay attention to the folder direction. I ended up with the raised sections on the back. After looking at it though, I decided I liked the “indented” look just as well. So a new look from the embossing folder!
The blues I used are Pacific Point as the card base, with a layer of Whisper White to have the next color stand out more. The embossed layer is Balmy Blue card stock. The inks are Pacific Point, Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, and Pretty Peacock. The Pretty Peacock may not technically be a blue, but I love it, so it is an honorary one! 🙂
The strip of ribbon is from the Flowers For Every Season Ribbon pack. I felt the need for a little more depth but didn’t want to add a bow.
The sentiment layer is a different look as well. I stamped and die cut the sentiment. I then turned the die over and used a pen to draw around the outside of the die. I then fussy cut just inside the pen line to get a background for the sentiment. This layer is finished off with a Frosted & Clear Epoxy Dot. I added a couple to the center of the flower for good measure.
Thank you for stopping in today. I really appreciate it. Please let me know if you have any questions about Bonus Days! I would love to assist you.
Bonus Days is back and that means it’s time for you to start earning coupon codes to redeem in August! If you need a refresher on this promotion, here’s how it works: For every $50 USD you spend 1 July–3 August 2020 (before shipping and tax), you earn a $5 USD Bonus Days coupon code that can be redeemed 4–31 August 2020. When you place a qualifying order, you will receive an email containing the code. SAVE the email!!! There is no way to retrieve it later. So print it and put it with your catalog or on your calendar to redeem in August. There is no limit to the number of coupon codes you can get. WooHoo!
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My July Host Code is AHTQERJB. Please use this code for orders under $150.00. I will have a small perk for those with orders over $50.00
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