I have a fun mix of products for today’s card. The “sweet” treats of watermelons and cherries is mixed together for a perfect blend.
Stamps
The cute little watermelon, along with the stem and the slice of watermelon, are from the Sale-A-Bration set Watercolor Melon. This set has different images and no sentiments. Personally, I love the shaded and distressed look of the images. A great example of this is the whole watermelon. I stamped it using Garden Green on to Basic White card stock. That was all I did and the variation in colors is perfect! For the slice I stamped the rind with the Garden Green and the flesh with Sweet Sorbet. The addition of the seeds is with Early Espresso.
The sentiment is from the Annual Catalog stamp set Sweetest Cherries. The Sweet is stamped with the Sweet Sorbet and the other sentiment part with Early Espresso. I think it fit great with the watermelon. To make it fit my layout, I fussy cut the sentiment and adhered it with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Papers
The card base is Early Espresso to match the sentiment and the watermelon seeds. The Basic White layer helps the red DSP layer to pop and matches the focal layer. The red DSP is from the Sale-A-Bration paper Most Adored Designer Series Paper. And the green is from the Poetic Expressions Designer Series Paper from the Mini Catalog.
Finishes
To add some earthy texture, I used Linen Thread to wrap around the layers. I love how great Linen Thread is to work with and it goes with anything. The other final touch is a bit of bling. Except this bling is some more sweetness. I added a trio of red hearts from the Adhesive Hearts & Flowers embellishments.
Measurements
The card base is 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4. The Basic White layer is cut to 5 1/4 X 4. Another White strip for stamping is 5 1/8 X 2 1/4. For the red DSP, it is 5 1/8 X 3 7/8 with the green DSP at 5 1/8 X 2 3/4. The Linen Thread is wrapped around all of the layers with a bow added with a glue dot.
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My card to share today is made from the negative of the Adoring Hearts from a few days ago. And is paired with a fabulous new Online Exclusive.
Adoring Hearts
The strip of hearts is part of the negative from the card I posted on February 5th. You can see that card here. You do the embossing and cutting with just a 6X6 piece of card stock. And you end up with 9 hearts and the sheet with 9 hearts cut out. I used one strip of the sheet for this card. You can see the close up details below. I love the little hearts and it shows that this negative was intended to be used!
Stamps
The lovely Happy Birthday is a new Online Exclusive that will be available on March 5 to customers. All of the images are script like this. And it has a long tail on each end of the sentiment. Because of where I wanted to place it, I masked part of the tail on each end. These sentiments will be wonderful for making quick cards where the sentiment is the star of the show. And the inside sentiment, you will see below, is from the awesome Charming Sentiments set.
Papers
The DSP is as much the star of this card as the stamp and die cut is. I have used two pieces from the Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper from Sale-A-Bration. The strip behind the open hearts is a soft look that I love. But the birds are really the focal piece. I almost feel like I am cheating by not having to stamp and color the images. The soft colors made choosing a base color a little difficult. But I opted for Bubble Bath. As I was putting the card together I thought how well this card would work for a baby card as well with the soft colors.
Punch and Finishes
The birds are punched using the Decorative Circle Punch. I also punched a Bubble Bath layer and sandwiched the two pieces together. This is a Fun Fold, and I will show the rest of the card in a minute, it needed to be stronger than only the DSP thickness. By sandwiching it together, it does not detract from the birds. And to finish off the card I added the Iridescent Foil Gems for some Bling!
Measurements
This is a Fun Fold and a very simple one. Plus it can hold a gift card as well. I love that option! Here is the open view.
The card base of Bubble Bath is cut to 5 1/2 X 8 1/2. It is scored at 2 1/2 and 6 1/2. Fold and burnish on the score lines. Both fold to the inside. I folded up the 6 1/2 score and used Tear & Tape on each end to create the pocket. That is the hard part of the card! LOL!! The inside Basic White is 4 1/2 X 3 3/4, and a gift card will slide in their as well. The front strip is Basic White at 5 1/2 X 2, with DSP at 5 1/2 X 1 1/2. The strip of the die cut is 5 1/2 X 1 3/4. And the bottom sentiment White is also 5 1/2 X 2.
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Today I am sharing a fun Slim Line card with the Ice Cream Swirl Bundle as a Valentine Card. What could be better than ice cream and your sweetheart? Maybe more ice cream?? LOL!!!
Bundles and Stamps
The star of this card is the Ice Cream Swirl Bundle. I love the ice cream cone! The dies are amazing and so simple to layer. Since my husband likes vanilla ice cream, it was simple to use Basic White for the ice cream. The base is a solid piece with the more swirled look layered on top. It gives a great 3D look to the ice cream. And the cone has definition build into the die. An Easy Peasy layer.
The stamp part of the bundle is on the inside of the card. But I did add another great Valentine set for the front sentiment. The For You is from the Country Bouquet stamp set in the Annual Catalog. I wanted just a small tag for the ice cream cone.
Punches
This card is fairly simple looking but utilized a variety of products. There are two stamp sets and one die set mentioned above. And then I used two separate punches. The sweet hearts are from the Bee Builder Punch. The larger heart is used to punch the bee wings, and the smaller ones are for the antenna. I was thrilled when Stampin’ Up! showed those extra uses for the punch!
The second punch is for the tag. It is the Best Label Punch. This little guy is a favorite for simple little tags like this one. I use it fairly often for sweet and little sentiments. Adding the ribbon may seem a little odd on an ice cream cone. I call that creative license! LOL!!!
Papers
The fun hearts paper is from the Bee Mine Designer pack. Fun but not overly girly. I paired it with Real Red card base and just a layer of Basic White. Of course the hearts are Real Red as well. I consider the hearts as my bling on this card. And I know that is shocking. But I was being conservative.
Measurements
Since this is a slim line that I have not used in a while, I have measurements for you. The card base is 8 1/2 X 7 and scored and folded at 3 1/2. The White layer is 8 1/4 X 3 1/4. I cut two of those, one for front and one for inside. And the DSP is 8 X 3. I hope you will give a slim line a shot!
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A sweet appreciation card is what I have to share today. It stars a few Sale-A-Bration items that add definition and fun to the card.
Stamp Bundle
The sweet background for this card is made with DSP, that I will get to in a minute, and the gorgeous Embossing Folder that is part of the Softly Sophisticated Bundle. This is a Sale-A-Bration Bundle. You can see the fun design the embossing folder leaves. It works great with the variegated color in the DSP.
The stamps from this bundle are what created the flowers in the focal center. The greenery is one stamp and the flowers another. To create this scene I stamped twice. Actually I die cut the shape prior to stamping. This made it easier to fill the area than to try to gauge how much space I had.
Focal Layers
There are two focal points on this card and they actually work well together. The first is the floral area. The Softly Sophisticated flowers are die cut using the second largest of the Thoughtful Expressions Dies from the Mini Catalog. These are a bundle in the Mini Catalog. I love both of the layering shapes in this die set. They are both unique shapes and multiples of each.
The second focal point is the tag. This tag is from the Designer Tags Dies. It is a die set in the Annual Catalog. The sentiment is part of the Softly Sophisticated stamp set also.
Papers
The papers on this card are minimal. I used Basic White Thick card stock for the card base as I wanted the focal layers to pop. And the fun variegated blue is from the Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper, a Sale-A-Bration paper. It is one of the reverse sides of the birds.
Finishes
The focal layers are raised with Stampin’ Dimensionals and layered over each other. I used the White Baker’s Twine colored with a Boho Blue Stampin’ Write Marker to make the little bow. This needed a small bow and coloring Bakers Twine is an easy way to do that. The final touch is a scattering of Iridescent Pearls.
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Today’s card is a fairly “clean” card. At least for me anyway. It stars the Delicate Forest stamp set and is a two tone card.
Stamps
This simple, and perfect, little tree is just enough to work on this card. It is from the Delicate Forest stamp set. This is a Bundle set, but I only utilized the stamps. I wanted a quick and easy, and ended with Quick, Easy, and Clean all in one. Clean is not something I can say very often. I like layers and texture.
The sentiment is also from the stamp set. The boldness of the letters is a bit of contrast to the softer tree. For the inside of the card, which I show a bit further down, I also added a small stamp of trees. The inside sentiment is absent as this could be a “wait and see what you need” type card regarding that sentiment.
Layers
The idea from the beginning was the two tone card. So I began with Basic White, and this is the regular weight. Next is the layer of Boho Blue. Followed by another Basic White. Then I wrapped the two layers with the Boho Blue Ribbon. I was being a little different for me and added a layer to the inside. By using the regular weight Basic White, it was fine to add another layer without making it too thick. Here is a view of the inside.
Finishes
The Boho Blue Ribbon, with the simple knot, is part of the finishes. But I also added a trio of the Boho Blue Dots from the Rainbow Dots. Keeping the blue theme ties everything together.
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The card today begins with the gorgeous Gold Foiled Flowers Cards and Envelopes in the Mini Catalog. When you have this as the base, the card is so easy to build.
Card Base
The card base is a pre-made card with a gorgeous matching envelope. Envelopes can be just as pretty as the cards and this one is. It has a lacy rose edging along the flap. Having a pre-made card base makes everything else easy. And when it is gold foiled you have a really nice starting point. I decided to go a bit outside of the box and do some highlighting on one area of the card. This idea is also shown on page 14 of the Mini Catalog. I chose to color in some of the images using Stampin’ Blends.
Stamp Bundle
The stamps and dies used are from the Thoughtful Expressions Bundle. I love the hummingbird and tried coloring it from a photo a friend took. My colors are not nearly bright enough, but the softer seems to go with the other colors here. All of the little floral is from the die set as well. As is the sentiment layers. These shapes are a new layering favorite!
Sentiment
The sentiment is from a separate stamp set. It is the Everyday Details. I chose this one for flexibility. This card could work for a variety of occasions. I tend to not not add an inside sentiment until I know who I am giving the card to. This is a special card with all of the gold foil.
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