Having cards on hand is one of the best outcomes from doing a blog. To maintain my “on hand” status, I like to do a variety of cards. Today’s card is a “Note” card, but a full size one! Using the Cactus Cuties Bundle make this a Fun time as well.
There is definitely no rule about Note Cards being plain. My version has a bit of bright and shiny to it.
Stamps & Punches
This adorable cactus stamp set is aptly named. It is called the Cactus Cuties. And better yet, it is a Punch Bundle. These are my favorites! After stamping the three different cactus fillers for the pots, I decided to punch the pots from DSP. There are a couple of stamps for different pots, but I wanted them to shine. Additionally, the Just A Note stamp is part of this cute stamp set.
The pink flowers are a stamp and part of the punch as well. However, I simply punched them from cardstock. I wanted bright to go with the darker greens. After choosing the bright pink, I decided it would work perfectly as the cad base as well. Sadly one of the pink flowers fell off of the cactus and is laying on the edge of the pot. LOL! A bit of whimsy in the card.
Paper and Dies
The flower pot and the layer of DSP both are from the Simply Elegant Designer Series Paper. This pack of gorgeous silver and gold paper had not been utilized in quite a while. It was time to bring it out. Paired with the largest of the Scalloped Contours Dies for the layer, it really adds some unexpected shine. These Dies are really a favorite due to the different scallops on the various sizes.
The Layers
The Magenta Madness base card is cut 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4. For the layer, the largest of the Scalloped Contours Dies was used. And the White stamped layer is 3 X 4 3/8. The flower pots are punched and added with Stampin’ Dimensionals, as are the pink flowers.
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Welcome to InKing Royalty’s March Blog Hop! As we prepare for Spring, flowers are always on our minds. We are sharing flower-themed projects with you today and hope you love them! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
One of my favorite flowers are Hydrangea. I love these gorgeous snowballs of color. My favorites are the ones with purples and blues. And that is what I have created for you today.
Stamps and Dies
My hydrangea snowball may have a bit more blue than is normal. Creating it was a fun with a mix of different blues and purples. The flower is stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored with the various Stampin’ Blends. For the leaves and stem I went with Just Jade as the color. And being a bit different, I went with a “floating” sentiment layer. The sentiment layer is from the set and then die cut with a die from the Hydrangea Dies. It has a perforated border, so I used the Highland Heather Stampin’ Write Marker to go around the perforations to give a touch of a color border.
DSP and Vellum
The more prominent layer is the blue from the Sweet Symmetry Designer Series paper. This is to pull the blue from the flower. As does the Highland Heather as the card base and layer. And to give just a bit more of a dimension, I went with the Layering Vellum from the Mini Catalog. This piece is the one with the white writing on it. All of these are gorgeous. Adding this bit of vellum, and allowing it to curl on the edges, gives a little more depth to the card.
Finishing Touches
To pair something with the Just Jade of the leaves and stem, I went with the Just Jade & Gold Ribbon. This is wonderful and soft ribbon. It is so easy to work with. Which is where the idea to use it as a frame of sorts came from. Because it is so soft, it was easy to lay across the corners and tape down on the back. And to match the gold in the ribbon, the Brushed Brass Butterfly was almost a given. It looks perfect flying up next to the big flower.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
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There have been so many wonderful cards made using the Ladybug since it’s debut. Today’s card is a fun one I created that looks nothing like a ladybug. This one is very festive!
Ladybug Punch
Saying this card is a Ladybug card is a bit of a confusing statement. Yes, I used the Ladybug Punch, but I do not believe that my sweet little bug is anything like a Ladybug. And that is the fun of making cards and creating. To use unusual colors we can make the intended use into something all our own. By punching the bug from two different pieces of bright DSP, it is a totally new looking bug.
Designer Series Paper
The DSP I used is all from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper. It is a Host Reward in the Annual Catalog. And it is an awesome deal for the amount of paper you get. There are 48 sheets of double sided DSP. And there are 4 each of the 12 double sided pieces. Getting twice the amount of paper as is in a regular package of DSP is exciting. So I used three different pieces. And the wonderful thing is that they coordinate beautifully together.
Stamp Set
The lovely sentiment is from the Rainbow of Happiness stamp set. This sentiment is so lovely and works for a variety of occasions. I thought it paired wonderfully with the bright Bug I created. Additionally, the little hearts I used are also in the stamp set. They add just a soft touch to the strip and next to the sentiment.
Final Touches
If you do not recognize the White Doily, that is because it is the reverse side of the different color ones in the Heart & Home Doilies. Using the white on the back gives them quite a bit of extra use. And they are easy to color with any type of sponging or blending. Finally I had to give the little bug some additional detail. The Holiday Rhinestones include the gold ones I used for eyes. They seem to fit the Bumblebee color of the card base. And add a touch of bling as well. That is always a win!
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Today’s project is a Color Mix. I chose Purple, Yellow, and Blue as the basis for a card. Doing this was easy with Hand Penned DSP and the Honeybee Home Bundle.
This card is also my idea for the Make My Monday Challenge. To be different, I went with the three colors. It is pretty easy using DSP. I hope you will play along with this challenge over at Make My Monday. Just click on the photo to be taken to the page.
Colors
Since the challenge was Purple,Blue, & Yellow, I looked for DSP that contains those to make it simple. They were found in abundance in the Hand Penned Designer Series Paper. To further show this gorgeous paper, I chose to use three different sheets from the pack. The Misty Moonlight for blue is a no brainer to me. That is my favorite current color. So it became the card base. The large layer of DSP contains all of the needed colors. Then the two smaller are the purple and yellow. Easy as can be!
Stamps and Dies
Since I needed an image that would easily fit on the smaller layer, I looked for single flower stems. The perfect one came in the form of this one from Honeybee Home. And with a matching Die to cut it out, I was thrilled. There were more than one stamp I could have used, but this matched some of the flowers in the large piece of DSP.
Finishing Touches
Even with the layers of beautiful paper, the card needed something extra. So I added two something extras. The Misty Moonlight, or it may be Night of Navy, twine is from the Sports Fan Twine Pack. It was simple to slip under the flower stem and tie a little bow. For the Bling of the card, I found the Rhinestone Waves Jewels! Oh My!! These are various shades of blue and into a light green. There are quite a lot more than a normal Jewel pack. And they come in varying sizes. I think that is a huge bonus. The yellow layer received three of the darkest blue in three different sizes. That was the Finishing Touch.
I hope you will check out today’s challenge and see what the other design team members have made from my crazy idea of these three colors.
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My project for today is a gift tag. Using Flowing Flowers stamp, Sports Event dies, Hearts, and Doilies make a quick and easy project. This one is for my customers who earned my Shopping Award with my Blue Star Perks. You can read about my Perks at the bottom where this month’s Host Code is located. And also the full information regarding my Perks is under the menu bar with Shop / Perks.
Stamps
The single stamp used on today’s tag is from the Flowing Flowers stamp set. All of the sentiments in this set have this type of Font. These are some of my favorite sentiments and partly because of the font style. It is stamped using Real Red Ink onto Basic White cardstock.
Punches
For me grabbing a punch is one of the quickest ways to make a card. I love all of the Stampin’ Up! punches. The hearts I have used here are a pair. They are the perfect size for quite a lot of the sentiments, or a small stamped image. Thankfully the smaller one was perfect for the Thank You!
Dies
And the base of the tag is a die from the Sports Event Die set. They pair with the Your Biggest Fan stamp set. And they are part of the Hey Sports Fan Suite of products. So there are quite a lot of products they can work with. However, I didn’t use any of those products for my tag, except the tag itself. So now you can see another use for this Die set. Plus it is a perfect size!
Embellishments, etc.
The doily is from the Heart & Home Doilies. There are three different colors in the package. And I chose the Misty Moonlight. The tag needed something besides more red. And I could add the Cotton Ribbon Combo of Misty Moonlight as well. Continuing the Misty Moonlight a bit further, I added one of the 2020-2022 In Color Gems . I love how all of these pieces make a quick tag. And they are not ones that you would normally think of as pairing.
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The Waves Of Inspiration Bundle is paired with a Fun Fold as my project today. The Angle Book Fold along with gorgeous colors of paper are a great match.
Fun Fold
The Angle Book Fold card is one I cased from Mary Deatherage. It is pretty quick and easy and works with so many stamp sets. The bonus of it laying flat for mailing is a happy thing. Here is a picture of it standing up.
*Note: I dropped the sentiment tag and it stuck in the wrong spot. Needing to get the photography finished for a class, I went ahead and took the picture with it not angled properly. It is fixed now and I will add another photo later. The tag should be parallel to the standing up section. Those darn dimensionals stick really well when you don’t want them to!!!
Measurments:
The card base is Sahara Sand that is cut 4 1/4 X 11, and scored at 5 1/2 and 6 3/4.
After scoring the two above, rotate the cardstock to the 6 3/4 score end. Place the top right corner in the scoring channel, hold it in place, and rotate the bottom of the card at the 6 3/4 score line in the scoring channel. You are scoring that far right section from top right to bottom left.
Fold and burnish on all of the score lines. Fold the card on the 5 1/2 score line. Adhere the area between to 5 1/2 and 6 3/4 to the back of the card. This is the Book Fold.
To create the standing section, open the card and fold on the diagonal score line.
The cardstock layers are 1 1/8 X 4 1/8 and 4 1/8 X 4 1/8
The DSP layers are 1 X 4 and 4 X 4
The inside White layer is 4 1/8 X 4 1/8
Adhere the DSP to the cardstock layers.
Adhere the narrow pieces to the book fold section.
Adhere the square layer piece to only the bottom angle of the front of the card. The top remains loose so the card can stand up.
To hold the angle open, create your sentiment and add it with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Decide where you want the stand up section to be and place your sentiment up against it.
Stamps and Dies
As I mentioned in the beginning, this is the Waves of Inspiration Bundle. I have a photo at the bottom of the page which you can click on. Click on it and it takes you to a PDF and shows all of these products. The stamps and dies will be in the next Annual Catalog. However, the extra products are during this special release and while supplies last. All of the colors in this suite are amazing! And the Blue Foils are over the top gorgeous!!
DSP
The DSP is from the Waves of The Ocean Designer Series Paper. It is part of this early release. All of the sheets are watercolor looking and were actually made by Stampin’ Up! Artists and then photographed. Designer Series Paper has become a huge favorite of mine and these are wonderful mixes of blues. There are also some Sahara Sand, Calypso Coral and White mixed in.
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This month, the theme is Cute Critters. We really hope that you will be inspired by all the amazing creations the Pals are sharing with you! As you hop from blog to blog, we would love for you to leave a comment. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
I am not sure that my crane is actually a cute critter. However, I see them at the park where I walk and have to stop and admire their grace and beauty.
Stamps
This is such a simple card that I actually only used one stamp from the Crane of Fortune stamp set on the front of the card. To allow the Crane to shine the one stamp, the paper, and the embellishments are all that I used here. The crane was stamped using Gray Granite Ink. Where I walk there are a couple of ponds and there are a couple of cranes as well. One is white and one is a very light gray. At least those are the colors I see. There could be multiples of each one. Enjoying their beauty enhances the walk.
Paper
The gorgeous DSP used is from the Symbol of Fortune Designer Series Paper. One side of the paper has gold foil highlights and the other side is beautiful pieces like the one I chose to highlight. This piece reminds me of elegant wallpaper. The Stampin’ Up! artists are amazing! Additionally, all of the colors were pulled from the piece of DSP. They are Crumb Cake, Soft Succulent, and Calypso Coral.
Embellishments
In deciding on final highlights for the crane, I looked through a variety of embellishments. The one that continued to jump up was the Brushed Brass Butterflies. And there are butterflies in the DSP. For the final touch I used the Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon. This is a beautiful and easy to work with ribbon.
More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on April 13th. Our theme will be Fabulous Flowers when our Design Team creates a project using any of the many beautiful flowers in our catalogs.
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All of my daffodils are in bloom , and for me, that means Spring is around the corner. Today’s card is bit of a fun fold with a daffodil for the beauty.
Stamps
The gorgeous daffodil highlighting the front of this Fun Fold is from the Daffodil Daydreams Bundle. There are dies that make layered daffodils, which are outstanding. But I wanted just a single and more simple one for this card. The single flower is stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored with Stampin’ Blends. As an accent, the butterfly was stamped and colored as well.
After die cutting the flower and butterfly, they are added with Stampin’ Dimensionals for depth. And of course they required a bit of bling. So each received a single Rhinestone. To finish off the flower, I tied a bow using the Cotton Ribbon Combo of the Blushing Bride. This is a great width of ribbon and being cotton it is very easy to work with!
Paper
I apologize for using a retired DSP here. The card was made at the end of Sale-A-Bration and then didn’t get posted. It is the Daffodil Afternoon Designer Series Paper. However, there are so many gorgeous papers from Stampin’ Up!, that I am sure several would work just as well.
Measurements
This is a fun fold that I have seen a few times. The flap can be placed anywhere on the front of the card for different looks. I placed it towards the left side this time.
Daffodil Delight is cut to 4 1/4 X 5 1/2
DSP is cut to 4 X 5 1/4
The flap is Daffodil Delight cut to 2 1/4 X 10 1/2, scored at 5 1/4
The flap DSP is cut to 2 X 5
The inside White is cut to 2 X 5
Fold and burnish the Daffodil strip of cardstock and adhere to the base layer, placing in your choice of locations. Adhere it with an equal border at the top and bottom. Layer the large DSP over top of the bottom layer of the flap. Then adhere the strip of DSP to the front of the flap. Decorate with the flower and butterfly. Stamp the greeting on the White layer and adhere to the inside. Be careful that it is in alignment with the top of the fold so it is not seen when the flap is closed.
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I have another quick and easy card to share today. This one uses the Abstract Beauty Designer Series Paper like i did a few weeks ago with the ice cream cone. Fun and easy.
Paper
A fairly common theme for me is to have the DSP as the star of the card. This one is that way. The unusual size of 4 X 6 in the Abstract Beauty Designer Series Paper is not a negative in my opinion. It is the perfect layer for a card with just a bit of extra. In the case of this card, I got two cards from one piece of the paper.
It was a hard decision of what color or colors to pull from the DSP. Blushing Bride one chosen as the card base for a softer look. You know how much I use Smoky Slate, so of course it had to be a layer. The DSP is cut to 3 7/8 X 5 1/8 and then angle cut. As I said above, you get two pieces from one. All you have to do is layer the DSP onto a 3 7/8 X 5 1/8 piece of Basic White, and do a bit of stamping. Although I don’t adhere the DSP until after I have finished stamping. It is more of a placement for the stamps, but I don’t want to accidentally stamp on it!
Stamps
All of the stamps are from the fun and very different stamp set titled Lucky You. The sentiments are all like the one I used in that they are a reverse. Going with Black ink was a chance I took because of the background. It was chosen as a color that would stand out, And it was not included as much as some of the others in the DSP. All of the additional stampings are from the stamp set and are colors pulled from the paper. Even the overlapping of the stamped images was to copy the paper.
I hope you will give this stamp set another look. It was not a first choice for me. But I love it, especially paired with the Abstract Beauty Designer Series Paper.
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A child’s Birthday card is not one of the normal cards I make. But my sweet little cousin turned 2 this week so I had to make him a card. The card was a mix of Catch You Later and Party Puffins. Such Fun!
Stamps
As I said, this card is a mix of products. The monkeys are from the Catch You Later stamp set in the Mini Catalog. Hanging from a tree is perfect and adorable. They are stamped with Early Espresso and colored using Stampin’ Blends. For the banner sentiment I used the Banner Pick A Punch with the sentiment from Party Puffins. And the number 2 is from a long retired die set. But you always need something like that, especially for children and anniversaries.
Paper
A perfect addition for the monkeys I thought was the wood grain DSP. It is a piece from the Beauty of The Earth Designer Series paper. And the Pear Pizzaz matches the leaves on the tree limb. But the blue was just a color I felt looked right. I chose Pacific Point for a brighter blue and I believe it works with the other colors. Having the number in Pacific Point helps it to stand out a bit. My idea was for it to be hanging from the monkey’s tail, so squint your eyes if you do not quite see it like that ! LOL!!!
Inside View
The inside of the card needed some fun as well. Here is a view of that.
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