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A SENTIMENTAL ROSE

Hello and welcome to today’s post. Thanks for popping by.

My project is a second card inspired by the Sentimental Rose Card Kit.

Today’s card is based on the ‘thank you’ card in the top right hand corner of the image above.

This card also let’s me show a way to use Embossing Folders for this week’s Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop.

I started by recreating the soft, watercolour wash using Flirty Flamingo, So Saffron and Soft Succulent. Then I used the new Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder to add texture to a piece of Shimmery White cardstock. The next step was to flick the brush end of the same colour Stampin’ Blends to achieve some great splatter effect.

After the embossed layer was attached to the card front, I stamped the rose image three times – without reinking it. When the three floral layers were cut, scrunched and glued together it was attached to a Square Vellum Doily and popped up on the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I cut a length of Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon, cut it in half and tied a double bow, using some Silver Simply Elegant Trim to secure it. A Mini Glue Dot was used to attach it to the card front. The birthday greeting was stamped in Soft Succulent and was cut using one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies.

The finaI step was to stamp the rose on the card insert and envelope.

Make sure you pop on over to see what the other Freshly Brewed Projects team has created to share with you:

Now I have another very pretty birthday card to add to the birthday box. Who would you give this card to?

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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INSPIRED BY A KIT

Hello and welcome. Thanks for popping by to see today’s project.

I am about to restart my Coffee & Card classes at a local cafe. It has been a number of weeks since I postponed them for my surgery and recovery. I am so pleased that I now feel confident enough to walk to the class carrying our supplies.

This first get together will feature the Sentimental Rose Card Kit. I want to introduce these ladies to the new range of Stampin’ Up!® Card Kits and go back to some stamping basics. There are three cards for each participant to make.

In preparation for the class, I made three sample cards following the instructions in the kit.

Inspired by the cards in kits, I decided to take inspiration from them to create other cards. This is one way that I can show my beginning stampers future possibilities.

The first of these cards focuses on the So Saffron and Soft Succulent ‘Congratulations’ card.

My first step was to use one of the new Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks and a Blending Brush to create the pattern in So Saffron on So Saffron cardstock. Then I took a piece of Shimmery White cardstock to apply the two colours using a Water Painter to create a similar effect. I used the same coloured Stampin’ Blends to flick colour speckles oner the water colouring. This panel was secured on the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I used the Sentimental Rose flower to stamp the image three times using So Saffron on Shimmery White cardstock. The three flowers were then fussy cut to achieve the three layers you can see on the card front. Each layer was gently scrunched and then layered together. The leaves were stamped using Soft Succulent ink, fussy cut and adhered to the back of one of the flowers. The second flower was trimmed along the right-hand edge. Both flowers were then adhered to the card front. Each flower then had some Clear Wink of Stella painted on the petals to add some gorgeous shimmer.

The birthday greeting was stamped and trimmed down before attachng it to the card front. As you know, if you have been following my posts, Istamped the rose on the card insert and envelope. Finally, I coloured some Pearl Basic Jewels using my dark Soft Succulent Stampin’ Blend.

I love the way that I can use different Stampin’ Up!® products in so many different projects. This makes my craftroom stash so versatile and great value!

This is a perfect birthday card for someone who loves flowers and yellow. Do you know someone like that?

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
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TIME FOR A GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT COLOUR CHALLENGE – TAKE 2

Hello and thank you being here, again, today. I am so pleased that you are popping by to see what my latest, latest project is.

As I mentioned recently, my new Sunday posts will be a project from the Global Design Project’s weekly challenges. And, if you saw my earlier post today you will know that I made two amazing projects for the challenge but I only used two of the three colours. The third colour should have been Seaside Spray but I used Soft Sea Foam – I know, how wrong can you be. And yet, I posted and confessed my mistake. An hour later, I decided that I still wanted to participate – so, here is the card I have just finished ‘throwing’ together.

I grabbed the Enjoy the Moment Stamp Set from my shelf and the challenge colour ink pads – Sahara Sand, Seaside Spray and So Saffron, as well as the reinkers. I very quickly decided to use the Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper so that I could do some messy water colouring. I stamped the images, using the Saddle Brown StazOn ink pad – each image was stamped off twice before the image was stamped onto the water colour paper.

Each image was water coloured with minimal water on the paper. The small amount of green was achieved after combining 5 drops of So Saffron with 2 drops of Seaside Spray. When the images were dry I went back and added some direct colour to create distinct lines and edges.

When each image had dried, I used the Rectangular Postage Punch to create each ‘space’. There are elements of this card that I would refine a second time around – but, it’s not too bad for a project made an hour before the Challenge (and 25 minutes from finishing this post).

Phew, I think this last ‘minute’ card has come together fairly well. And, I am still chuckling that my first effort had one of the colours totally wrong – I think my signature hashtag should be #keepingitreal – what do you think?

I hope that you like it.

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]
$17.00