The card I have to share with you today is similar to the one from yesterday in that it is very floral. That is not something I do many of. In the case of today’s card, it is really all about the Paper! The Fancy Flora Designer Series paper is amazing in both colors and look of texture.
Paper
The look of textured paint along with the bright colors of this DSP is like looking at a piece of art! All of the sheets in this Fancy Flora Designer Series paper are like this. They are amazing and beautiful. For this card I wanted to show off as much of the paper as I could. So I opted for a couple of flowers and a simple sentiment. The first choice was what colors to pull from the DSP. I chose Orchid Oasis as the card base with a layer of Calypso Coral as a thin layer. And I love how it looks!
Stamps
These two blue flowers may not quite look real. The blue was to pull from the paper and I love blue. So my card, my color of flowers. 🙂 These are from the Two Tone Flora Bundle. This stamp set has a few different sizes of flowers that are a two step stamping. And the Dies cut all of them. I used Orchid Oasis and Balmy Blue to create these gorgeous flowers. And the centers were colored using Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends. For the leaves, I stamped with Evening Evergreen and then colored in the open areas with Soft Succulent Stampin’ Blends.
The single flower by the sentiment is one of a cluster that I simply cut one away from. I only wanted one for the sentiment. This sentiment is not in the Two Tone Flora set. It is actually from one of the SAB sets. It is the Beautifully Happy stamp set. If you do not have this set, there are many similar sentiments that would work perfectly here. I fussy cut around the words because I did not want a bulky sentiment layer to cover more of the DSP. The single strip of Calypso Coral, along with the little flower, was all I needed to ground the sentiment.
Finishes
Between the raised flowers and the look of texture on the DSP, this card did not really need a lot of extras. But I could not go without adding a touch of bling. So a few scattering of Basic Pearls was the choice I made. They give a bit more elegance to that gorgeous paper.
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Today’s card is just a sweet card for anyone who needs Celebrating. We all can use that most days. This one is made with the Petal Park Bundle of beautiful flowers.
Stamps
The sweet flowers used in this card are from the Petal Park stamp set. And are cut using the Petal Park Punch. This is a two step stamp set. So the outline of the flowers and leaves are stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I wanted them to really stand out against the darker background of the papers. The inside of the flowers are stamped using Calypso Coral and the leaves are Soft Succulent. The flowers are three on a single stamp. So this was only two stamping to get all of these flowers. I did stamp the first one full strength and then stamped again onto the second image without re-inking. I love the softer look and how they pair together.
The sentiments are from the Sentimental Park Stamp set. This set has a variety of “build your own sentiment” type stamps. Personally I love this! And to mix the fonts makes me really happy. That is one of the things I love about most of Stampin’ Up!’s sentiments is the mix of fonts in one sentiment.
Dies and Punches
To complete the Petal Park Punch comment, it matches both the flowers and the leaves. Just turn the punch over and look at the punch side to see how best to stamp your images to line up with the punch. For the flowers, having the two larger ones on the bottom works perfectly. The leaves are individual. So I had to stamp five leaves to get what I wanted. By looking at the bottom of the punch, I knew which direction to angle them to easily punch out.
The sentiment layers are made with some of my favorite dies. These are both from the Scalloped Contours Dies. The scallops are in a few different sizes and the smaller white one fits a lot of sentiments and even stamped images. They are a staple to my Die Collection.
Paper and Colors
The beautiful, yet simple, DSP piece is from the Country Floral Designer Series Paper. It is one of the reverse sides. You know I love to use those lesser used papers. This one is pretty with soft colors that I wanted to highlight. My choice of the Calypso Coral , both full and stamped off strength is a shade darker than these flowers, but work wonderfully together. The card base is Mossy Meadow, which is a shade darker than the background. And the Mint Macaron scalloped layer is a shade lighter. All of the Stampin’ Up! colors really do work well together.
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Today’s project is part of a Fun Fold Hop. I hope you will continue on from me and share the love with the other designers. We all love comments and to know if you like our Fun Folds.
My card is a version of a fold I made a few years ago as Christmas cards. Not sure why I have waited this long to recreate it. The Friendly Gnomes and Lucky Clover were my inspiration for this fun card. They create a sweet Luck and Love card.
Stamps
You can see that I used a mix of the Friendly Gnomes and the Lucky Clover to create my little scene. The Friendly Gnomes are just so darn cute. I love the look of the gnomes and since I love to color it was a great choice for me. The Gnomes Dies from the Holiday Mini carried over and fit the little guys in this stamp set. Also the little flower on the step is from the Friendly Gnomes set. To give the Gnome a little background, I punched a piece of Petal Pink with the Decorative Label Punch. It gives some strength to him standing up.
I hate that the Clover Punch sold out so quickly. But it is really not needed if you use the stamp. As long as you don’t mind a bit of cutting, you are good to go. And the shape is such that it is not at all a detailed cut. I used both the large and the smaller clover. Giving the Gnome a little clover for his hat seemed to really tie the two together. The Good Luck and large clover are cut with the Label Me Fancy Punch. The sentiment is over to the right to leave room for the clover to hang on the left side. And the clover received a little extra love with a Heart Pearl in it’s center.
Papers and Colors
The DSP used is from the Annual Catalog paper Happy Forest Friends. The woodsy paper fit perfectly with the gnomes and clovers. I used two different sheets. In the photos above you can see that the closed card has two pieces of the woodsy paper. And the “step” is the second one showing a green forest floor look.
All of the other colors came from the woodsy paper. I went with Mossy Meadow for the card base, but softened that with Petal Pink as the layers. The heart and the Good Luck are both Calypso Coral, again pulled from the DSP.
Measurements
The Mossy Meadow card base is 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4 and 6 3/8. On the front, the Petal Pink layers are 2 pieces cut to 5 1/4 X 1 7/8. The 2 woodsy DSP pieces for the front are both 5 X 1 3/4. For a base on the inside of the card, there is a Petal Pink layer measuring 5 1/4 X 4. It has Basic White layer at the top cut 5 X 1 3/4 and then the grassy DSP piece is the same size. But the grassy piece is raised using Stampin’ Dimensionals. This allows the front fold to “stop” against it to hold the card in position. This is a super quick and easy card to put together as it is simple measurements. I hope you will give this a try!
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Today’s card is a Card, Tag, and Gift Card Holder. I love multiple use cards and this one is a pretty one using the By The Bay Designer Series paper. Plus who does not love a Pearl!!!
This project is my design for the Make My Monday Challenge Blog. The challenge is a Tag. I went a bit beyond that. You can click on the icon and go to the blog to see what the other designers have made. And you can join the challenge yourself.
Tag
My tag is made using the Mini Pocket Envelope Die. It is the perfect size for a gift card as you can see in the second photo. There is the main pocket die and several additional decorative pieces to go with it. I used one of them to create the sentiment layer. My sentiment is shorter than the die cut, but that was an easy fix. With it being scallops it was very simple to die cut, then place it back into the die with the end that needs shortening falling right into the scallops. Easy peasy and oh so cute.
Paper
This gorgeous DSP is from the By The Bay Designer Series Paper. I love the soft colors and then the pop of Gold and Starry Sky! They are all beautiful together. The tag is angled a bit to better see the little bit of the Petal Pink in the paper.
From another piece of this paper pack is where the sea shell came from. There is a stamp in the stamp set. But this goldish version was on the back side of one of the pieces of DSP. I fussy cut it out, which was really quick, and just added a bit of Petal Pink color to it. The pearl got some Wink of Stella to give it the shine it deserves.
Stamp
The sweet sentiment came from the Seaside Bay stamp set. I did not use the matching Dies. But I thought this sentiment went perfectly with the shell and pearl. It is stamped using the Starry Sky Ink which really pops. This is an adorable set of everything on the beach , matching Dies, and this beautiful perfect which coordinates all of the stamps.
Embellishments
To complete this project I went with shiny things. The ribbon on the gift card Tag is the Petal Pink soft Ribbon and has a touch of a sheen to it. I used an old 1/8″ hole punch to make a hole in the flap of the tag and fed the ribbon through.
The finishing touch is the pink pearl. This is a larger one that is in the Pastel Pearls pack from the Annual Catalog. It was the perfect finish to this card.
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It has taken me a while to breakout the In The Country stamp set. They can be very detailed or lightly colored and still be beautiful. I chose to share the old steps and flowers with you today.
Stamps
The single stamp used here is all it takes for a beautiful card. This image reminds me of a photo I took in Europe that I use as my phone screensaver. I wanted the flowers to pop as they are in my photo. The charm of old and fresh really appeal to me and I hope they do to you as well.
This building could be colored using a terracotta look or the gray stone as I have done. Coloring the flowers and greenery was really easy since they are pretty tiny. All I did was use the harder pen end of the Stampin’ Blends and dabbed the colors. One of my favorite things to photograph when traveling in Europe are the doors. I love the old ones but especially the brightly painted ones. So of course my door here had to really pop as well.
Dies
The Layering Diorama Dies seem to fit the old looking image well. It is like a torn page from a book. Personally, I love the odd shapes in this Die set. This shape mimics the shape of the steps, just with an added twist so to speak. And that bit of a twist allows the die cut image to very easily, and prettily, stand alone on the front of the card. That is another win in my book!
Paper and Ribbon
This rustic looking paper was a great find in looking for the appropriate paper for my image. It is a “back” side of one of the Delicate Desert Designer Series Paper pieces. I think it looks like a painted plaster or even a faded linen. Whatever it is supposed to be, I love the look of it. The gray is one I do not use as often as others. It is the Gray Granite card stock. But it is the perfect fit for this card.
To complete my card and to highlight the bright door, I opted for another touch of the Polished Pink. This is in the form of the Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon. I love this ribbon in all of it’s color options. It is really easy to work with. In going with my more simple and clean layout, I opted to not use a bow. The easy to do knot was the perfect chose I believe. And I know you will be shocked, but there is NO bling on this card! I can’t believe I refrained from bling!
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