MEDITERRANEAN BLOOMS – Page 2 – mmm…Stampin' Time

As the title says, today I have a TIP to share with you.

For my card today I wanted to cut a Garden Green leafy frame and fill it with a cut piece of Designer Series Paper.

My first tip is to use ADHESIVE SHEETS because it makes it so much easier, and less sticky, than using Multipurpose Glue.

The first time I made this card I placed the leafy frame on the Lemon Lolly cardbase. BIG MISTAKE! When I tried to position the DSP piece inside the frame it would not ‘fit’ because the frame had shifted slightly.

Time to start again!

TIP: Place the die cut Designer Series Paper on the card front first. Then position the frame around it.

And, of course, using the Adhesive Sheets makes this so much easier.

I stamped the sentiment, from the Citrus Blooms stamp set, using Garden Green and then stamped the small diamonds image twice.

The greeting was then cut using one of the banner dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I trimmed the left hand end of the banner.

After adding a folded length of white Diagonal Trim, I placed Stampin’ Dimensionals behind the banner and added it to the card front.

I used the same DSP to finish the card insert and envelope. Then I coloured some Adhesive-backed Sequins, from the Trio pack, and finished the card.

I hope today’s tip helps with your future projects.

Drop back tomorrow for a new project.

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

Citrus Blooms Cling Stamp Set (English) [163286] $46.00	Citrus Blooms Dies [163294] $75.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $53.00	Mediterranean Blooms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163284] $21.75	Petal Pink & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Diagonal Trim Combo Pack [163417] $17.50
Adhesive Backed Sequins Trio [161206] $14.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $20.25	Lemon Lolly A4 Cardstock [161729] $20.25	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $15.75
Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' Pad [161666] $15.75	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $19.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $20.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $49.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $19.25

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This week I have made new projects to share with you, using the MEDITTERANEAN BLOOMS SUITE COLLECTION.

My thoughts about this suite went to Italy! I remember when I was in Sorrento seeing the beautiful blues of the Meditteranean Sea, groves of citrus, aged olive trees and local Lemoncello brewers.

One of the amazing things about travelling is storing these memories and remembering them when we see, hear or smell something that triggers them. Sometimes those memories are recorded.

Today’s project is a memory keeping project.

When Rob and I travelled earlier this year, I took more than my usual share of photos. These scrapbooking pages feature some of the flowers I saw.

One day soon I hope that I learn how to take a straight photo of a scrapbook page.

For both of the scrap pages I used a 12″x 12″ Night of Navy card and added one of the designs from the Meditteranean Blloms Designer Series Paper. The paper was trimmed down to 11″x 11″.

The DSP design features small flowers which is perfect for these pages.

Each of the photos was cut using the Citrus Blooms Dies. For the centre photo, I cut the Basic White leafy frame and placed it over the photo using Adhesive Sheet.

The Mini Alphabet Dies were used to cut the title letters. I used adhesive sheets to secure the title.

Each of the photos have a small journalling tab attached, I used the Keeping Tabs punch and cut each in half and stapled them in place (yes, I still have my retired Stampin’ Up! stapler)

The final elements for each page were white flowers from the Petal Park Builder Punch.

The photos were all glued into place with the PHOTO SAFE Tombow Multipurpose Glue.

Tomorrow I have a simple technique 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.

Product List

Citrus Blooms Dies [163294] $75.00	Mediterranean Blooms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163284] $21.75	Petal Park Builder Punch [160576] $42.00	Keeping Tabs Punch [163538] $41.00	Mini Alphabet Dies [162934] $54.00
Alphabet à La Mode Dies [160750] $74.00	Neutrals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock [147003] $23.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $20.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $49.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00