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Spring is always a great time to use flowers on a card so I've paired the upcoming Impressions Abloom bundle with the colors at the The Color Hues challenge; Lilac and Aqua which I've translated into Stampin' Up! colors Fresh Freesia and Coastal Cabana.
I started with a Fresh Freesia card base then cut a panel of Basic White with the Textured Notes dies. I used copy paper to cut a squoval shape with the Impressions Abloom dies and used that to mask off the center of the Basic White panel. Using a blending Brush and Coastal Cabana ink I added color to the outside edges of the card stock leaving a nice white space to frame out the flower (but not another layer which keeps the card a bit lighter if that's a concern).
The flowers are cut from Fresh Freesia card stock and the stem and leaf from Coastal Cabana. I used a small blending brush and a sponge dauber to add Fresh Freesia ink to the centers of the flowers to give them a bit more definition. The larger flower and leaf are adhered with dimensionals.
The sentiment is stamped in Coastal Cabana and I added a piece of Beautiful Bokeh DSP behind it and popped it on dimensionals. Some polka dot tulle ribbon is used to make a fork bow to accent the side of the sentiment and a few Riverside Irregular Pearls are added for some shine.
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Stamps: Impressions Abloom*
Ink: Fresh Freesia, Coastal Cabana
Paper: Fresh Freesia, Coastal Cabana, Basic White, Beautiful Bokeh DSP
Accessories: Impressions Abloom dies*, Textured Notes dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, Riverside Irregular Pearls (Online Exclusive), polka dot tulle ribbon (retired)
After being under the weather over the weekend I've found myself a bit behind on stuff around the house so I haven't gotten in the stamp room much but I do have a card I made last week before the bug hit me. I missed the deadline for entering it in the challenge gallery but the original color inspiration was from the Just Add Ink challenge. Yellow and gray are always a pretty combo but I admit that I get stuck on how to use them together sometimes. I went with the 'unlikely to occur in nature' theme and did a flower!
The upcoming new bundle Gallery Blooms is so pretty with some nice sized images so I decided to go clean and simple and kept the layers and extras to a minimum.
I started with a Basic White card base, then used a piece of Basic White to stamp the flower on it in Basic Gray. I tore off the edge of the panel and then added a strip of Country Lace DSP in a soft gray stripe pattern just peeking out.
I colored the leaves of the flowers in Smoky Slate Blends and then stamped another flower on scrap cardstock and colored those with Daffodil Delight and Lemon Lolly Blends and then fussy cut them. I popped the cut out flowers on dimensionals onto the card front. This is a great way to give an image dimension without die cutting the whole thing. It keeps most of the focus on the flowers.
The sentiment is from another upcoming set called Beautiful Motifs which is actually a part of the the same suite as the Gallery Blooms bundle so they complement each other nicely. I stamped it in Basic Gray and then cut it out with s simple label shape from the Unbounded Love dies.
Finally a few Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins are added to finish the card.
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Stamps: Gallery Blooms*, Beautiful Motifs*
Ink: Basic Gray
Blends: Smoky Slate light & dark, Daffodil Delight light, Lemon Lolly light & dark
Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Country Lace DSP
Accessories: dimensionals, Unbounded Love dies, Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins (retired)
I'm getting in under the wire to enter this card into the challenge gallery. The Inspired By challenge has this lovely inspiration photo (see the end of my post) with just gorgeous colors and/or a fun layout. I didn't stray at all from either the colors or layout, just flipped the stripes to the other side of the card. I thought it makes for a fun scrappy background and the colors seem to lend themselves to a guy card so that's what I'm going for.
Nothing to this one but scraps torn to different lengths, a white embossed sentiment on a black circle and a few sparkly black gems.
One thing I would do differently is to check to make sure all my scraps are squared up before adhering them to the card front. Somewhere along the way one of the layers isn't quite square and then the rest just send up a little slanted.
But I love cards that use up the skinny scraps that I just can't seem to part with and this one is as easy as can be! I added a birthday sentiment on the inside as I'm always low on guy birthday cards.
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Stamps: Sharing Loving Crafting
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Basic White thick, Basic Black, Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie
Accessories: Spotlight on Nature dies, dimensionals, Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems
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I was intending to post this card over the weekend and wish everyone a happy Easter but a head cold took me out starting Saturday afternoon. I had an event at church on Saturday morning then Alex had a soccer game in the early afternoon and once I got home I was whipped and Sunday wasn't much better. Instead of going to church and sharing my germs we watched the livestream which isn't the same but was definitely the responsible choice with the state that my sinuses were in! I rallied to make Easter dinner with help from the guys and then spent the rest of the day sitting with the tissue box close by. All that to say I hope you had a happy Easter if you celebrate and a beautiful weekend if you don't! I was inspired to make this card by the Just Us Girls challenge and their beautiful mood board. Such gorgeous colors!
The colors from the mood board match the colors from the retired Sunshine & Rainbows DSP back from Sale-a-Bration 2022! Good thing I'm a paper hoarder lol! I started with a Basic White thick card base, then cut a Basic White panel with the Textured Notes dies (fast becoming a favorite die set!). Next I added a strip of the DSP.
I'm so glad the Choose Happy stamp set is carrying over! It's such a cute set and it and the sweet little images come in handy when you just need that little "something" for a card! I stamped the bunny image 5 times in Basic Gray ink on Basic White cardstock. Pulling colors from the DSP I used my Blends markers to give the bunnies a bit of color and then fussy cut them. I popped them on dimensionals just on the edge of the DSP.
The sentiment is from the Storybook Friends stamp set. I thought it went perfectly with the sweet bunnies and fun color combo. It's stamped in Basic Gray. And a few adhesive-backed sequins finish off this simple card. I might have to reprise this one next for some of my Easter cards!
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Stamps: Choose Happy, Storybook Friends
Ink: Basic Gray
Blends: Flirty Flamingo, Petal Pink, Peach Pie, Granny Apple Green, Pool Party
Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Sunshine & Rainbows DSP (retired SAB)
Accessories: Textured Notes dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, sequins
I've started hosting a Kit Together night for my customers to gather and work on putting together kits or Paper Pumpkins. It fun to get together to chat and craft and all the design work is already done so there's no pressure. I've bought some new kits but I also have a small stack of really old Paper Pumpkin boxes that were never put together that I'm going to work on during these gatherings. The most recent Kit Together saw me doing the Lovely Little Wreath Paper Pumpkin kit from April 2016. It's embarrassing to have had this kit for so long just sitting on my shelf! But since it's spring I thought it was the perfect time to do it. The wreath came out really cute but I ended up with a bunch of extra pieces that were too good to just recycle so I made a card with them and added in some die cut flowers from the upcoming Impressions Abloom die set.
I started with a Mossy Meadow card base. Using another panel of Mossy Meadow I adhered the leftover strips of leaves that were used to make the original wreath across the panel and overlapped them until I ran out.
I used some of the leftover wide natural ribbon to cover the top of the leaf panel and then adhered it all to the card front.
The Impressions Abloom dies were used to die cut the flowers in Crushed Curry and Daffodil Delight and Very Vanilla for the centers. I arranged the flowers around the black tag (also a kit leftover) stamped with the kit stamp set in White craft ink.
I added a Very Vanilla baker's twine bow and some Adhesive-Backed Dots for Days in Crushed Curry. Like using up that pack of DSP last week, it was very satisfying to use up the leaves and some of the other supplies for this card.
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Stamps: Lovely Little Wreath (retired-Paper Pumpkin April 2016)
Ink: White craft
Paper: Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight Very Vanilla
Accessories: Impressions Abloom dies*, Adhesive-backed Dots for Days, dimensionals, Ribbon (retired-Paper Pumpkin April 2016), die cut leaf strips (retired-Paper Pumpkin April 2016), die cut tag (retired-Paper Pumpkin April 2016)
I recently spent a bit of time playing around with the upcoming new In Colors and the Notes & Totes bundle. I wanted to make some adorable LL Bean inspired tote bags and the new colors seemed like the perfect ones to use.
I used half of a tote bag other other day on this card and when you die cut 2 sets and adhere them together you get this cutie! It's about 3 1/2" wide but with the gusseted sides you can open it a bit wider. It's about 2 1/4" deep (not counting the handles).
I used Pecan Pie for the stitching and handles and stamped the pocket with the same color ink using one of the stamps in the set.
The Cloud Cover (light blue) ink was having some stability issues so it was not available when I did my preorder so I used the Secret Sea (dark blue) ink to stamp the pocket on the Cloud Cover tote and the contrast looks nice too.
Here I tucked some of the little goodies I bought at the demonstrator OnStage event so you can see that you can actually put things in the tote! The items might be a little bit top heavy but I got the tote to stand up with out too many issues. The totes would be perfect with some candies as name holders at a table and/or table favors. Add a little tissue paper and it's a wonderful way to gift a gift card when you want to do something different than a card. And to keep going with ideas, it would make a cute pocket on a scrapbook pages to tuck a journaling card into! So many ideas!
I hope you'll check out the Notes & Totes bundle when it becomes available in May!
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Stamps: Notes & Totes*
Ink: Strawberry Slush*, Timid Tiger*, Darling Duckling*, Secret Sea*
Paper: Pecan Pie, Basic White, Strawberry Slush*, Timid Tiger*, Darling Duckling*, Secret Sea*
Accessories: Notes & Totes dies
