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WELL, WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEDNESDAY?

Great news this week … all Stampin’ Up! kits are discounted by up to 30% for the month of October!

Today I have a super simple card to share with you.

It features the Frames & Flowers Designer Series Paper.

This card started with a Pretty Peacock card base.

Then I cut four 1 3/4″ square panels from the Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock designed paper.

I adhered each of these four panels to the card front with Multipurpose Glue.

The centre space was filled with a 3 3/4″ x 1 3/8″ panel of the DSP design on the reverse side of the corner panels.

Before adding the centre panel to the card front; I coloured, wrapped and tied a bow using a length of the Iridescent Striped Trim.

The greeting, from the Unbounded Love Stamp Set, was stamped using Pretty Peacock ink on to Petal Pink card. Then it was cut using one of the does from the Unbounded Love Dies set.

I added a strip of the DSP to the card insert and one of the die cut elements to the back of the envelope.

Finally, I added some of the smaller Pretty Peacock Blooming Pearls to the card.

Tomorrow I have a 3d project to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00
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TODAY IS TUESDAY & IT’S TIME FOR SOME TIPS AND TECHNIQUES

I think that one of the best tips that I can ever share is:

TIP: Use any of the Stampin’ Up! catalogues as a source of inspiration. The concept artist team, at Stampin’ Up!, are SO creative and their ideas can be found on every page of every catalogue.

my project today was inspired by one of the 22 card templates that can be found on page 22 of the 2024 -2025 Annual Catalogue.

For today’s card, I was inspired by the template from the second row and second from the left.

I knew that I could use the amazing, new White Core Two-Tone Cardstock to easily tear the card and create a really effective white torn edge.

After preparing the Early Espresso cardbase, I added a panel of the Designer Series Paper.

Then I cut strips of the new White Core, Two-tone Card and began to tear away the edges to create the layers you can see. The layers were adhered together and then added to the bottom ot the DSP layer.

I used two the dies form the Nested Essentials Dies to cut the two banner elements that I added to the top, right-hand corner of the card.

Before adding these to the card front, I coloured a length of Iridescent Striped Ribbon using the Light Pumpkin Pie Blends pen. I cut it in half and looped it under the banner pieces.

I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach the banner pieces to the card front.

To decorate the card front, I added three of the die cut flowers from the Frames & Flowers pack.

I attached some of the DSP to the card insert and back of the envelope.

Finally, I coloured some fo the Iridescent Basic Pearls Jewels with the Light Pumpkin Pie Blends pen.

Tomorrow I have a new project to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00
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IT’S MONDAY & THAT MEANS IT IS TIME TO HIGHLIGHT SOME STAMIN’ UP! PRODUCTS

This week I will be featuring the FRAMES & FLOWERS SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER.

My first project is a home decor piece.

On a recent trip to Ikea, I stocked up on shadow box frames.

The frame measures 14 1/2″ x 14 1/2″ and the internal decorated section is 9″ x 9″.

I started with a Pretty Peacock card base and then added a panel of the Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock DSP. This was followed by a DSP panel of Petal Pink and Pumpkin Pie. The final colour panel was the slightly mottled Lost Lagoon paper.

Before building up the design in the centre of the frame, I added two more leaf and floral elements to the top and bottom of the white matte layer.

I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the two die-cut corner pieces and then positioned on them on diagonal corners.

Then I added one of the ‘square’ floral frames in the centre of the panel.

Using the Humble Home Stamp Set, I stamped a Pumpkin Pie house with an Early Espresso roof, door and windows. Then I punched this house out and placed it over the floral panel.

I added Adhesive Sheets to a piece of Pretty Peacock card and die cut the letters for the “HOME SWEET HOME” sentiment.

To finish this decor project, I added a punched heart to the house and Clear Wink of Stella to the flowers in the die-cut elements.

Finally, I addedsome of the small Pretty Peacock gems from the Blooming Pearls pack.

I hope that you like my decor project as much as I do.

Tomorrow I have a great card to share with you that was inspired by one of card layouts from page 22 of the 2024 – 2025 Annual Catalogue and the new white core Two Tone Scrapbooking card.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00