CQC151 Full of Blessings

Hi Stampers!

I decided to create a card this evening and with fall on the horizon here on the East Coast, I chose to use the CQC151 ColourQ colors- they seemed so "fall-like" to me.

This is another quick, easy CAS card:

Use Basic Black Classic Ink to stamp the focal image onto Whisper White cardstock.  Watercolor the image with the Aqua Painter (I used the ink from the Tempting Turquoise and Pumpkin Pie pads) and colored the bird and a few shadows with the Gray Watercolor Pencil.

Center the Apothecary Accents Framelit™ over the image and cut using the Big Shot™.  Cut another piece using Basic Black cardstock and layer behind the watercolored image (I cut the label die piece in half). 

Punch a hole in the corners, attach the 5/8” Black Stain Ribbon and the Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Button Brad (both are retired). 

Layer over Basic Gray Designer Series Paper (retired Hostess Level I pack) and a Whisper White layer cut with the Adorning Accents Edgelit™ and embossed with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder ( stamp the sentiment before adhering to the layers).   Layer a piece of Pumpkin Pie DSP under the Adorning Accents layer and mount onto Basic Black Cardstock.

Add the 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon bow to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Full of Blessings

Ink: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, SU! Gray Watercolor Pencil

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Basic Gray DSP (retired Hostess Level I pack)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Apothecary Accents Framelit™ , Adorning Accents Edgelit™ , Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Button Brads (retired), 5/8” Basic Black Satin Ribbon (retired) 

Thanks again for dropping in for a visit- I hope all of you have a blessed week!

"Paper Pieced" Pinto for The Paper Players

Hi Stampers!           

                                                                                                    

This week has been an unusual week with a lot of computer issues at work and sporadic connections at home – difficult to get our work done but it gives me a break from the computer and time to stamp :-)

This week the PP109 Challenge at The Paper Players is "Paper Piecing" (not to be confused with Paper Piercing).  Paper piecing is one technique that I do not use that often- not sure why, I love the results that I see on all of the Design Team projects as well as the other entries so I may have to try this one more often :-).

I decided to pull out a new favorite stamp set, Horse Frontier.  I have several women (and young ladies) in my life that love horses so when this set came out this year, I knew that I would have to own it.

To create this card:

Using Early Espresso Classic Ink, stamp the horse image on your patterned paper (two different colors if you want to create a pinto type horse or sometimes they are referred to as a "Paint" ).   I used Comfort Café (the brown tweed piece) and the Whisper White Designer Series paper from the current Neutrals paper stack (the one with small words – you can barely see them).

Carefully cut out the horse image from the brown DSP and set aside.  With the White DSP, cut pieces to resemble the pinto spots, tail, mane and “boots’).  I used Two Way Glue to adhere to the brown horse image matching up the stamped lines (fyi- this was the most time consuming part of this card so I am not sure if I would describe this technique for me as "simple"- easy but took a bit of time  :-)

I stamped the grass area onto the Lucky Limeade Poppy designed paper in the Floral District DSP and cut out the area for the horse ‘s hooves and feathered the grass a bit.

Close-Up of Horse "Paper Piecing" 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Large Scallop Edgelit™ to cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Emboss with the Big Shot™ and the Delicate Accents Lace Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Stamp the Estrucan Elegance Jumbo Wheel with Early Espresso Classic Ink (lightly stamping off a bit of the ink) and stamp onto your background paper – I used a piece of the retired Bella Chateou DSP.   Emboss this panel with the Big Shot™ and  the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (the image side was accidentally on the reverse side of the EF but I think it worked better for this card). 

Adhere the background to the embossed lace edge piece of Whisper White.  Adhere the horse and grass image using SU! Dimensionals.  Add the 5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon bow and little tag sentiments to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Horse Frontier, Estrucan Elegance (Jumbo Wheel), Tiny Tags

 Ink: Early Espresso

Paper:  Whisper White, Early Espresso, DSP- Comfort Café, Floral District, retired Bella Chateau

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan and Delicate Accents (Lace) Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Paper Snips, Jewelry Tag Punch, SU! Dimensionals,  5/8” Early Espresso Satin Ribbon (retired)

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you like my take on paper piecing :-).  As I  mentioned above, it was a bit time consuming gluing all of the little pieces but I did have fun!  I hope all of you have a great week stamping and creating!

Friendship- CAS with Butterflies

Hi Stampers!

While I had the Daydream Jumbo Wheel in my hand, I wanted to create one more Clean and Simple (CAS) card and decided to use the crisp and bright colors in the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC214 ColorChallenge. 

If you have not had the time to visit their site, I would highly recommend it.  The Design Team samples are wonderful and so diverse and the entries are as well.

To create this easy CAS card:

Ink the Daydream Jumbo Wheel using Midnight Muse Classic Ink and stamp or roll onto Whisper White cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Gumball Green Core’dinations Specialty Paper and sand the embossing to expose the lighter core (FYI- just a friendly warning- this paper creates a lot of "fuzz" that you could save and make your own version of flower soft:-)).  

Also with the Big Shot™ cut a piece of Whisper White and Daffodil Delight with the Adorning Accents Edgelits™ and emboss with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Layer the Daydream panel onto Midnight Muse and the embossed curved panels (adding the sentiment before adhering to the Gumball Green embossed background).  

Stamp the butterflies using Midnight Muse Classic Ink onto Whisper White, punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and also punch two butterflies from Midnight Muse cardstock (for the shadow layer). 

Add the butterflies to the panel, the ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon triple bow and Rhinestones to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Daydream Jumbo Wheel, Best of Everything

Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green Core’dinations Specialty Paper

Ink: Midnight Muse

Accessories: Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Fancy Fan and Adorning Accents, Adorning Accents Edgelit™,  Large Oval Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Rhinestones, ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope you like this card- have fun stamping this week and God Bless! 

A Vintage Merry Christmas

Hi Again Stampers!

I had a few minutes this evening in my craft room and decided to create another Christmas card using the HSSTC131 Hand Stamped Sentiments Vintage Theme Challenge- if you have not already had a chance to do so, stop by their site to see the wonderful creations from their Design Team as well as the other entries.

Originally I had signed up for the Splitcoaststampers CCC12 Christmas Card Challenge with the goal to create 25 cards a month and I am extremely behind schedule.  I believe what is hampering my progress is the idea of duplicating 25 cards:-).  There are no restrictions that they have to be all the same design,  so for the next month or so, I am going to try to create 5-6 Christmas cards a week (possibly all different designs) and see if this is a better way for me to meet my commitment....there, I said it out loud so you can hold me accountable :-)

To create this card:

Stamp the focal image using Basic Black Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  Color the image using SU! Watercolor Pencils with the Aqua Painter and once dry, distress the edges with the Distressing Tool along with your fingernail.  

Use a Sponge Dauber to lightly sponge Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso ink to “antique” the image and “spritz” with the Soft Suede marker and the Color Spritzing Tool.  Mount onto Early Espresso cardstock and distress the edges to mimic the focal panel.

With the Big Shot™ emboss a piece of DSP and a small piece of Early Espresso cardstock with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (I used a retired piece from this past year’s Sale-A-Bration "SAB").  Lightly sand the DSP with the Sanding Block to expose the white core.

Ink the interior smooth side of the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and emboss a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Assemble the back panel with the embossed pieces.  Add the Very Vanilla border cut with the Finishing Touches  Edgelits™ die,  string pearls, ½” Very Vanilla Seam Binding triple bow and punched oval with sentiment/pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Winter Memories, Bells and Boughs

 Ink: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Paper: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Retired DSP (SAB 2012)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan and Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Finishing Touches Edgelits™, SU! Watercolor Pencils, Aqua Painter, Sponge Daubers, X-Large Oval Punch, Distressing Tool, Color Spritzer Tool, SU! Soft Suede Marker, ½” Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Pearls

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a wonderful week and God Bless!

CQC150 Butterfly "Thanks"

Hi Stampers!

I hope all of you are having a great weekend!  I wanted to take some time this evening to create a CAS thank you card using the colors from the ColourQ CQC150 Challenge (I seem to always need a "thank you" card).  If you have a chance check out the ColourQ site- all of the Design Team cards are so different and inspirational not to mention all of the other entries submitted for the challenge ! :-)

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock and emboss another piece of Whisper White with the Delicate Designs Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Cut the edge of the lace embossed borders with the Large Scallop Edgelits™ Die and mount the lace borders below the Lacy Brocade embossed piece.

Add the Bermuda Bay Grosgrain Ribbon (retired) and adhere the entire panel onto a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock.  Ink the sentiment with the Bermuda Bay marker and stamp on the lower right hand corner and mount onto Bermuda Bay cardstock (retired).

Use Stampin’ Write markers in Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight and Bermuda Bay(retired) to color in the Daydream Jumbo Wheel.  “Huff” on the image to re-moisten the ink on the wheel and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.

Cut the Daydream image out using the Big Shot™ and the Apothecary Accents Framelits™ Die .  Trim the lower end to create the tag, add the grosgrain ribbon and seam binding ribbon bow with the brad.

Use the Elegant Butterfly Punch to punch out three butterflies from embossed Poppy Parade DSP (lightly sand with the Sanding Block prior to punching the butterflies).

Add the tag to the card using SU! Dimensionals and the butterflies with Mini Glue Dots.   Apply pearls to the ribbon and butterflies to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Daydream (Jumbo Wheel), A Word for You

Ink: Stampin’ Write Markers- Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, BermudaBay (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay and Poppy Parade DSP(retired)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Delicate Designs and Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Large Scallop Edgelits™, Apothecary Accents Framelits™, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Pearls, 1/2” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Bermuda Bay Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Brad (retired SAB)

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful week!

PP108 Christmas Blessings

Hi Stampers!                

                                                                                               

The weeks are flying by this summer and before you know it, it will be Fall and then Christmas.  I am very behind on my Splitcoaststampers challenge for Christmas cards and thought I would take a moment this evening to create a very simple card using the PP108 Ann's Color Challenge from my good friends at The PaperPlayers. If you have not had a chance yet, stop by and visit their site- all of the cards that the Design Team created are gorgeous as well as the many other entries that were submitted (inspiration to last months :-)) 

To create this card:

Tear a piece of scrap paper for your “horizon” mask and use a Sponge Dauber with Not Quite Navy Classic Ink to apply the layers of the light to dark blue areas (mimicking fog and snow). 

Stamp the trees from Lovely As A Tree using the mask to cover some of the lower branches and trunks and stamp off before stamping the trees for the background (gradually allowing darker ink as you come forward in the scene).

Once you are pleased with your snow scene, trim to size and mount onto Not Quite Navy and again onto Cherry Cobbler.

I added the Cherry Cobbler Photo Corners (embossed with the new Lacy Brocade EF) to hide a blemish from where I thought I would add a pearl :-)).   I might still add a pearl or two later...or glitter (although I have trouble photographing glitter and not sure if the recipients would appreciate it:-)

Add the ½” Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Triple Bow in the lower corner, stamp the sentiment with Cherry Cobbler onto Crumb Cake and mount all onto Cherry Cobbler to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Lovely As A Tree, More Merry Messages

 Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy

Paper:  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Sponge Daubers, Photo Corner Punch (retired),  ½” Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding

Now, I have to decide if I want to use this design for my additional 24 cards (my original  monthly quoto was 25 cards and I am seven months behind schedule- oh no!)

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you are well and that you are finding time to have some fun stamping and creating!

081112 Swap Card- Joyful Hearts Meeting

Hi Stampers!

I have been busy stamping and finally can share at least one of the projects with you :-).

This card was created for the swap that we held at our SU! Quarterly Meeting- a great time with my upline, Cindy Fodor (she is fantastic) and my fellow demonstrators!  I love getting together and sharing ideas- if you have ever thought of joining Stampin’ Up! now is as great time!  

For $ 99.00 you can chose the Starter Kit (pick $125.00 worth of product- your choice of stamps, etc.).  Join and work it as a business or just join to receive the discount- you can do it "your way".   If interested in joining my team, check out the details on my SU! website !  Click on the upper right hand tab (Join Now) for all of the details or the small tab at the top Contact Me and I can contact you regarding more information:-)

This card front was easy to duplicate to create the 26 needed for the swap today:-)

To create this card:

Use a sponge dauber to apply Crumb Cake Classic Ink onto the raised portion of the Holiday Frame Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.  Insert a piece of Whisper White cardstock and emboss with the Big Shot™. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Adorning Accents Framelits™ to cut the piece of Wisteria Wonder cardstock. 

Ink the interior of the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and emboss the Wisteria Wonder Framelit™ cut in the above step. 

Use the Decorative Label Punch to punch out a piece of Early Espresso cardstock and emboss with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.  Cut the punched piece in half horizontally and adhere to the back of the Wisteria Wonder Framelit™.  Adhere the Framelit™ assembly to the embossed Whisper White background with SU! Dimensionals. 

Stamp the sentiment from Petite Pairs using Early Espresso Classic Ink onto Whisper White and use a Sponge Dauber with Crumb Cake ink along the edges.  Punch out with the 1 ¼” Circle Punch and layer onto a circle punched from Early Espresso using the 1 3/8” Circle Punch.  Mount to the Framelit™ assembly with SU! Dimensionals.

Stamp the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri using Early Espresso Classic Ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock.  Punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch.  Use the Aqua Painter to apply a thin coat of Frost White Shimmer Paint to the butterflies.  

Tie the small ribbon bow using ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding and adhere the bow along with the butterflies to the Framelit™ assembly using Mini Glue Dots.  

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri, Petite Pairs

Cardstock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Wisteria Wonder

Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Holiday Frame, Lacy Brocade, Adorning Accents Framelit™, Punches- Decorative Label, Elegant Butterfly  Punch, 1 ¼” and 1 3/8” Circle, Sponge Dauber, ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by!  Have a wonderful weekend- God Bless! 

Feathered Frontier- Birthday for a Friend :-)

Hi Again Stampers!

I have one more card that I can now share (my friend should have received it in the mail by now for her birthday). 

She loves horses and as soon as I saw the new sets, Horse Frontier and Fine Feathers, I knew that I had this card in mind for her birthday. 

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Argyle Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of DSP (I used the retired DSP- Well Worn for the blue and the Early Espresso was from a few years ago- not sure of the name).  

Lightly sand with the Sanding Block to bring out the white core and distress the edges a bit with your fingernail (be careful, once you sand the DSP it can become fragile).

Layer the panels onto Early Espresso cardstock and add the embossed piece of Early Espresso (I used the Square Lattice EF) and the punched layer with the Pinking Hearts Border Punch (I antiqued this piece of Whisper White with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink).

Add the knotted Hemp Twine (retired- why did they retire this wonderful twine?) and mount again onto Whisper White (“antique” with the Sponge Daubers and Crumb Cake Classic Ink). 

Using Basic Black Classic Ink, stamp the horse image onto Crumb Cake cardstock and color with SU! Watercolor pencils and the Aqua Painter.  Once you are pleased with the watercoloring, use the white pencil to bring out highlights and spritz with the Color Spritzer Tool and Early Espresso marker.

Tear the edges by hand and lightly sponge Soft Suede and Early Espresso ink to distress the edges and give the “Faux Burned” look.  

Now for the feathers :-)  Stamp the feathers using Basic Black onto Whisper White cardstock and color with the SU! Watercolor pencils and the Aqua Painter until the desired effect is achieved.  

Fussy cut the feathers out using your paper snips and also snip along the edges of each feather to achieve a “feathered” look… takes some time but well worth it (they really look real :-))

Use the Piercing Tool to punch a hole near the front area of the horse, glue the feathers together and onto the horse panel and to finish off the card, add the sentiment and Antique Brad.

Stamp Sets:  Horse Frontier, Fine Feathers, Teeny Tiny Wishes

 Ink: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, SU! Watercolor Pencils, SU! Marker- Early Espresso

Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, retired DSP

 Accessories:  Big Shot™, Argyle and Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Sponge Daubers, Sanding Block,  Pinking Hearts Border and Word Window Punches, Piercing Tool, Color Spritzer Tool, Antique Brad, Hemp Twine (retired)

Thanks again for stopping by and don’t forget that August 5^th is Friendship Day!  I hope all of you have a wonderful week celebrating friendship and if you have time, come join us in the August SU! Creative Crew Challenge at Splitcoaststampers!  

August 2012 SU! Creative Crew - Friendship

Hi Stampers! 

August is here and another month (and with a bit of sadness since my four month term now ends) with the Splitcoaststamper’s  Creative Crew! 

Again, we are hoping that you will join us this month by creating a project and uploading it to the Splitcoaststampers SU! CreativeCrew Gallery- believe me, it is a lot of fun!  When you upload, make sure that you use the keywords that are highlighted in bold so we can all see your projects and comment (SUO- Stampin’ Up! Only and SUM= SU! Mostly)-

The theme this month is “Celebrate Friendship”!!  Did you know that August 5th  is International Friendship Day?   As John Lennon said, "I get by with a little help from my friends!"

CCREW0812DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- DSP/Color Focus: Celebrate the end of summer with a blast of bright colors from Summer Smooches DSP.  Don’t worry if you do not have the new DSP yet- just use any of the colors: Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo, Real Red, Tangerine Tango and Whisper White.

CCREW0812CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Catalog focus: This month, we're focusing on brads! So many choices: mini, metallic, colored, antique, glimmer or printed! 

CCREW0812HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Holiday focus: Make a “flip-flop” card for your friend (no, it is not in the shape of a flip flop- this is another special fold)! Never made one before (this was my first time)- here is the link to the Splitcoaststampers tutorial.

CCREW0812SF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Scrapbook focus: Create a scrapbook page or project that showcases your special friend using the sketch below.

Here are the projects that I created this month:

I have several for the CCREW0812DF DSP Focus:

Card#1- Friendship is a Great Place

Using Sponge Daubers apply Daffodil Delight and Tangerine Tango Classic Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock (determine the width that you desire- I masked the paper and used an area a bit higher that the stamp image).  Stamp the images using Rich Razzelberry Classic Ink and trim to size.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Adorning Accents Edgelits™ Dies and cut a piece from Whisper White and the Summer Smooches DSP.  Emboss the edge using the Adorning Accents Folder.  

Layer onto Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White and DSP (Tangerine Tango DSP was embossed with the new Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.

Finish off with the stamped and punched butterflies, sentiment and Rhinestones. 

Stamp Sets:  Best of Everything, Papillon Potpourri

Paper:  Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Summer Smooches DSP

 Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan and Adorning Accents™ Embossing Folders, Sponge Daubers, Elegant Butterfly and Large Oval Punch, Rhinestones

Card#2- Fabulous Friend

This is a quick easy card- use the reverse side of the piece of DSP that you used in the card above for the bottom curved layer.

Ink the stamp using Stampin’ Write markers in Rich Razzleberry and Lucky Limeade. Mount onto Lucky Limeade and add the satin bow.

Emboss a piece of Rich Razzleberry with the Square Lattice Textured™ (I punched a circle using the 2 ½” Circle Punch before embossing) and emboss a piece of Whisper White with the Fancy Fan EF (I love this folder! :-)).

Layer the pieces and add the sentiment and pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Just Believe, Fabulous Phrases

Paper:  Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Summer Smooches DSP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Stampin’ Write Markers- Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan ™ Embossing Folder, Modern Label Punch, Pearls, 5/8” Rich Razzleberry Satin Ribbon (retired)

Front of card (easel closed)

Card #3- “You Are A Blessing” Easel Card

Using Real Red Classic Ink, stamp the floral/butterfly image and sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock.

Layer the Summer Smooches DSP onto Real Red cardstock, layer the punched circle focal image – add the ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding bow.

Layer onto the embossed Whisper White panel, add the punched butterflies and pearls to finish off the front panel of the card.

Create the lower panel of the easel card, add the coordinating paper with the punched border and pearls, and the punched flower for the center of the bow.

Easel open :-)

Stamp Sets:  Serene Silhouettes, Blessings from Heaven

Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Summer Smooches DSP

 Ink: Real Red

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Chevron  Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, 1 3/8” Circle, Boho Blossom and Elegant Butterfly Punches, Pearls, ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon

CCREW0812CF Catalog focus- Friend to Friend

This card was another quick one since it was created using mostly scraps from the previous projects.

Layer the DSP with the embossed Whisper White panels, add the focal image accent created from the Adorning Accents Framelits™  Die with the brads and bow and you are done! 

Stamp Sets:  Serene Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper:  Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Summer Smooches DSP

 Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan and Delicate Designs Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Adorning Accents Framelits™  Die, Punches- 1 3/8” Circle, Word Window and Modern Label, Pearls, 3/8” Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, 3/8” Brights Glimmer Brads

CCREW0812HF Holiday focus- “Heaven Knows You’re Special”

I have to admit when I first saw that we were going to create a flip-flop card, I thought it would be one of those cute cards that look like flip-flops but come to find out, there is a special fold that you can create called the “Flip-Flop” card –see the Splitcoaststampers tutorial here.  

I used Whisper White as the base and covered it with embossed Island Indigo cardstock (embossed with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder). 

Create the central panel using Sponge Daubers with Daffodil Delight Classic Ink and stamp the floral images using Island Indigo Classic Ink.  Layer onto Whisper White and add the embossed Daffodil Delight cardstock panel.  Insert the Designer Framelit™ edge between the front and back panel, add the pearls and the ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon bow with the Antique Brad. 

Open to see the front panel

Stamp the sentiment onto a panel created similar to the background paper, add to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Stippled Blossoms, Blessings from Heaven

Paper:  Whisper White, Island Indigo

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo

View of the inside panel (back of the flip-flop)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Fancy Fan  and Square LatticeTextured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Finishing Touches Edgelits™, Punches- 1 3/8” Circle, Word Window and Modern Label, Pearls, ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon, Antique Brad  

Fair Warning- this was a fun card to create but time consuming….next time, I would most likely not cover the Whisper White with the embossed panels (this is what took the most time).

Thanks again for stopping by!  Even though we have not met personally, I feel that we are friends- so give yourself a “hug” from me!  Have a great week and celebrate one of your friends this month- God Bless!