CAS Love & Sympathy- Another Card for the Fusion 2 Challenge :-)

Hi again Stampers!

Here is the second card that I created for this week’s Fusion #2 Card Challenge- this card was a quick and easy to create using their fabulous inspiration photo.

Again, if you have not had the time to stop by their site yet, I would encourage you to do so—they have a very talented Design Team and numerous entries for additional inspiration!!   

To create this card:

Using Masking Tape, apply the tape (sticky side down) unto the So Saffron Classic Ink pad and then onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Repeat with the tape being applied to the cardstock at a different angle. 

Lightly ink the Musical Score background stamp using Basic Gray Classic Ink and apply randomly over the So Saffron inked area.

Create two masks for the flowers using sticky notes and stamp the floral images in a spray (masking so the edges will not overlap). 

Add a bit of distressing with the Gorgeous Grunge splatter and line stamp (inked with Basic Gray Classic Ink) and a few shadows to the flowers using the Stampin’ Write Sahara Sand marker.

Use the So Saffron Stampin’ Write marker to add color to the flower petals and the Chalk Marker to add a few highlights to the flower center and petals.

Stamp the sentiment from Love & Sympathy using Basic Gray Classic Ink, trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Basic Gray Cardstock.  Add to the Whisper White card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Stamp three butterflies from Papillon Potpourri using Basic Black Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and punch out using the corresponding Elegant Butterfly Punch.  Adhere to the card front- for finishing touches, add Pearls to the bodies of the butterfly and corner of the card. 

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri, Petite Petals, Love & Sympathy, Gorgeous Grunge, Musical Score background

Ink: Basic Black, Basic Gray, So Saffron; Stampin’ Write Marker- So Saffron, Sahara Sand; Chalk Marker

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Gray

Accessories: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Pearls, Masking Tape

Thanks again for stopping by!  Have a wonderful Tuesday!!

Let Us Rejoice- More Roses for Two Challenges :-)

Hi Stampers!

I wanted to create a few cards for this week’s Fusion #2 Card Challenge- I just love the inspiration photo as well as their sketch and for this first card, decided to use the new Spiral Floral Die along with a few more rolled roses (hope you are not getting tired of the roses yet :-)).    I used the colors from the photo and followed the sketch (although a bit loosely) and since this card has texture, it also qualifies as my second entry into the Card Concept#2Challenge (not sure if this would be considered Clean and Layered or Classy and Elegant) :-)). 

If you have not had the time to stop by either site yet, I would encourage you to do so—both challenge sites have a very talented Design Teams and many entries for their challenges!  Just another example of how you can interpret a sketch and photo inspiration so differently not to mention the theme of texture....

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock using the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.  Cut into half and mount onto a piece of Basic Gray cardstock.

Adhere the horizontal strip of Designer Series Paper (DSP) to a piece of Basic Gray cardstock- I used a piece of retired Sycamore Street DSP and added scrap strips of Basic Gray cardstock to the top and bottom (to give the illusion of being mounted onto a whole piece of Basic Gray cardstock- love my scraps!)

Stamp the sentiment using Basic Black Classic Ink (this sentiment is from the retired set- Say It With Scriptures) and cut out using the Big Shot™ with the Window Frames Collection Framelits™.  Cut an additional frame from the same size framelit™ and mount behind the sentiment (split the frame in half vertically and mount- the flowers and leaves will hide the small gap).

Add the double satin ribbon bow (ribbon from my stash) to the card and adhere the DSP panel under the sentiment.

To create the roses:

The large yellow rose was created from Crushed Curry cardstock using the Big Shot™ and the new Spiral Floral Originals™ Die.  After cutting the floral spiral with the die, use the Crimper Tool to crimp (run through the Crimper Tool twice) and roll up starting from the outside.  Adhere the bottom portion to hold the flower shape in place using a Hot Glue Gun.

The medium size roses were created with the 2 3/8” Scallop Circle-punch two form Basic Gray cardstock and one from Crushed Curry cardstock.  Starting on the outside, cut a wavy spiral towards the center, crimp twice with the retired Crimping Tool and start to roll up from the outside edge toward the center.  Again, hold in place using the Hot Glue Gun or Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive. 

Take the same steps as above for the smallest rose, use the 1 ¾” Scallop Circle Punch to punch out one scallop circle from Whisper White cardstock and use the same instructions above for completing the rose.  If needed, here is a basic written tutorial at Splitcoaststampers for the rolled roses. 

View to show the height of the new Spiral Floral Die 

Use the Bird Builder Punch to punch out the leaves from Basic Gray cardstock.  Adhere the roses and leaves to the sentiment panel using either a Hot Glue Gun and/or Mini Glue Dots (or Tombow Multi-Purpose).

Stamp Sets: Say It With Scripture

Ink: Basic Black

Paper/Cardstock:  Basic Gray, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, retired Sycamore Street DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Window Frame Collection Framelits™, Punches- 2 3/8”, 1 ¾”, 1 ¼” Scallop Circle, Bird Builder;  Satin Ribbon (from my stash), Hot Glue Gun (optional)

Just a note- the flowers on this card are very dimensional so I would definitely recommend either hand delivery or mailing in a small box (or one of our Wood Mount cases). 

Thanks again for visiting- I will be posting my second card for this challenge in a few minutes!!  

SUO89 One Layer Card- People Like You

Hi Stampers! 

It’s time for a new SU-Only Challenge and the SUO89 Challengeis “One Layer ”.  I must confess that I struggle with only one layer cards but decided to use the new stamp, People Like You (perfect for one layer :-))

I hope that you will be able to take the time to visit us andcheck out the rest of the Design Team samples- so many great ideas and we are looking forward to seeing your SU! Only One Layer creations in our gallery!

To create this card:

On a piece of Whisper White cardstock, stamp the People Like You image using Early Espresso Classic Ink and also stamp the image onto pieces of scrap paper or sticky notes (to use as a mask).

Using the AquaPainter™ with Pool Party Classic Ink, apply a watercolor wash around the flower, stem and sentiment.  Allow to air dry (or, you can speed up the process as I did using your Heat Tool).

Lightly and randomly ink the En Francais background stamp with Early Espresso Classic Ink and mask the flowers before stamping over the watercolored background.  

Color the flowers using Stampin’ Write markers- first using Pink Pirouette, then Calypso Coral.   Once dry, create a few shadows with the Sahara Sand marker and when that has dried, highlight with the Chalk Marker.

Soften with a damp AquaPainter™ over the background and sentiment, add additional highlights as needed and finish off the card by stamping the splatter image from Gorgeous Grunge using Early Espresso Classic Ink (stamped off first). 

Stamp Sets: People Like You, En Francais, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Early Espresso, Pool Party;  Stampin’ Write Markers- Pink Pirouette, Calypso Coral, Sahara Sand; Chalk Marker

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White

Accessories: AquaPainter™

I will have to try a few more One Layer Cards so I can become more comfortable with this style- hope to see your creations in our SUO89 Gallery!

Thanks again for visiting- have a fabulous week!!  

Love You with Roses, Burlap, Ribbon and Lace!!

Hi Stampers! 

I am so thankful that I had a chance to play around in my stamp room this weekend- Saturday, a few friends and I had the privilege of creating cards that will be sent to several families that are dealing with many challenges (this was truly a blessing for us to create the cards and pray for these families).  I will not be sharing these cards since we want to make sure the families have their privacy, but I hope they enjoy them as much as we had fun making them!

Today I was able to finish up the card that I started for the PPA189 Pals Paper Arts SketchChallenge along with the Card Concept#2 Challenge to use texture. I created another Shabby Chic style card and added roses, ribbons, burlap and lace for texture (not to mention the distressing)- what a combination :-) !  

If you have not visited either site yet, I sincerely hope you will take the time to do so.  Both sites have fantastic Design Teams not to mention all of the entries for the challenges- so much inspiration!

To create this card:

Ink the sentiment from the retired set, Short and Sweet using Soft Suede Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of the retired Designer Series Paper (DSP), Beau Chateau.  Trim and cut the banner points using the Hexagon Punch (or you could cut by hand).

Cut a rectangular piece of the Beau Chateau DSP for the front rectangle of the sketch (making sure that you have the rooster image in the rectangle toward the right hand side).  Use the Distressing Tool (gently) to distress the paper and adhere to a piece of Soft Suede cardstock.  Use a Sponge Dauber with Soft Suede Classic Ink to lightly ink around the edges and on the design to “antique” the paper a bit.  Adhere the entire panel onto a piece of Pink Pirouette and lightly sponge additional Soft Suede over the Pink Pirouette layer as well.

Cut the chicken wire piece of Beau Chateau approx. 4” x 5 ¼” and distress with the Distressing Tool and by hand.  Adhere to a piece of Soft Suede cardstock (approx. 1/8” larger than the DSP layer.  Use the Sponge Dauber to apply Soft Suede Classic Ink over the edges and interior of the panel (to “age” the paper a bit).

Trim another piece in the Beau Chateau DSP series and adhere to a piece of Soft Suede (distressing the edges and sponging in the same manner as noted above).  Add this vertical panel to the background layer per the sketch and adhere the horizontal strip of Burlap Ribbon tucking the ends behind the background layer. 

Tuck a few scraps of the lace from the retired Artisan Embellishments kit under the Burlap Ribbon (I used my Glue Gun to adhere to the burlap).

To create the roses:

The larger roses are created with the 2 3/8” Scallop Circle-punch one each from Pink Pirouette and Marina Mist cardstock.  Starting on the outside, cut a wavy spiral towards the center, crimp twice with the retired Crimping Tool and start to roll up from the outside edge toward the center.  I have been using my Hot Glue Gun to finish up the roses but you could use the Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive. 

Take the same steps as above for the smaller roses- on this card, two each from the Pink Pirouette and Marina Mist cardstock using the 1 ¾” Scallop Circle Punch and two from Marina Mist cardstock only using the 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punch.     Here is a written tutorial atSplitcoaststampers to show the basic idea :-)

Use the Bird Builder Punch to punch out the leaves from Soft Suede cardstock.  Adhere the roses and leaves to the rooster panel using either a Hot Glue Gun and/or Mini Glue Dots (or Tombow Multi-Purpose).

 Add the triple satin ribbon bow (ribbon from my stash) to the card and adhere the rooster panel and sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.  Add the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Short and Sweet

Ink: Soft Suede

Paper/Cardstock:  Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, retired Beau Chateau DSP

Accessories: Punches- 2 3/8”, 1 ¾”, 1 ¼” Scallop Circle, Sponge Dauber, Distressing Tool, 1 ¼” Burlap Ribbon, Artisan Embellishments Kit (Lace scraps), Pearls,  Stampin’ Dimensionals®, Hot Glue Gun (optional)

Just a note- the flowers on this card are dimensional so I would recommend either hand delivery or mailing in a small box (or one of our Wood Mount cases). 

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

DD87 True Friends

Hi Stampers! 

This week’s DD87 “Black Tie” Dynamic Duo Challenge combines BasicBlack with Melon Mambo and  I incorporated the Splitcoaststampers SC471 Sketch Challenge along with this week's colors.  These colors remind me of several friends who just love pink and so I created this card  with them in mind :-)  I also incorporated the Splitcoaststampers SC471 Sketch Challenge along with this week's colors

Again, I hope that you will find the time to stop by and check out the rest of the Dynamic Duos Design Team projects and create a project of your own using this week’s colors - we would love to have you join us!!

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Anne Marie Hile

Annette Elliott

Angel Johns

Caroline Bredeson

Cindy Brumbaugh

Holly Endress

JoAnn Burnham

Julie Gearinger

Michelle Bala

Sarah Fleming 

Tenia Nelson

To create this quick, easy “hybrid” card:

Using My Digital Studio (MDS), open a new blank 8.5x11 document and insert the stamp brush set from Friendly Words.  Re-size a bit and print out onto Whisper White cardstock.  Use the Big Shot™ with the Oval Collection Framelits™ to cut out the sentiment and cut out another oval using Basic Black cardstock.  Split the Basic Black oval in half to adhere behind the sentiment layer.

Using Melon Mambo Classic Ink, stamp the flower from Flower Shop onto Whisper White cardstock.  Cut out by hand and using the Sanding Block, lightly sand the edges.  Use the Pansy Punch to punch out a piece of Basic Black cardstock and mount the stamped flower onto the Basic Black punched flower using Mini Glue Dots.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Pretty Prints Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss the top half of a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim to approx. 3 3 ¾” x 5” and set aside.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock (emboss twice) and cut apart leaving a portion of the Whisper White to adhere to the next layer.

Adhere the Needlepoint embossed border to a piece of Basic Black cardstock (I use just a scrap strip at the top).  Adhere a piece of Melon Mambo Designer Series Paper (DSP) to two strips of Basic Black cardstock at the top and bottom (or an entire panel of Basic Black cardstock- I have so many scraps that I try to use them first).  Add the second Needlepoint embossed layer to complete the background panel. 

Adhere the Melon Mambo DSP/embossed panel to the Pretty Print embossed panel and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim to approx. 1/8” around the edges and mount onto a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock and again onto the Whisper White card base.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Square Framelits™ to cut out a piece of Whisper White cardstock and a larger square of Basic Black cardstock.   Add a few Basic Black leaves (created with the Bird Builder Punch) using Mini Glue Dots to the Whisper White square.  Add the stamped flower punched piece and adhere to the square as well with Mini Glue Dots. 

Add the sentiment oval layer onto the card and the floral square using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.  

Create the little polka dot banner using the new Banner Punch (I used a retired SU! background paper) and adhere the little heart along with the Pearl.  Add to the upper corner of the card.

Adhere the entire panel to the Whisper White card base and add the Pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Flower Shop, Friendly Words (MDS version)

Ink: Melon Mambo, Printer Ink- Black

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo Designer Series Paper (DSP), retired background paper

Accessories: Big Shot™, Square and Oval Collections Framelits™, Needlepoint and Pretty Print Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Punches- Bird Builder, Pansy, Banner, Pearls

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you will find the time to join us at the Dynamic Duos this week! 

"Love is in the Air" - Two Challenges in One

Hi Stampers! 

This week’s DD86 “Subtly Yours” Dynamic Duo Challenge combines Pool Party with Pink Pirouette.  

This color combination reminded me of "romance" and with Valentine’s Day approaching, I decided to create a vintage “shabby Chic” card using the Stampin’ RoyaltySR210 Challenge Photo for inspiration.  

I hope that you will stop by and check out the rest of the Dynamic Duos Design Team projects and create a project of your own using this week’s colors - we would love to have you join us!!

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Anne Marie Hile

Annette Elliott

Angel Johns

Caroline Bredeson

Cindy Brumbaugh

Holly Endress

JoAnn Burnham

Julie Gearinger

Michelle Bala

Sarah Fleming 

Tenia Nelson

To create this card:

Ink the background stamp, En Francais using Crumb Cake Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. Add additional accents using the Best of Shelli stamp set inked with Pool Party Classic Ink and distress with the Distressing Tool.   Apply Crumb Cake Classic Ink using a Sponge Dauber and adhere to a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock.

On a piece of Etcetera Designer Series Paper (DSP), stamp the splatter stamp, Off the Grid background and the line stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Pink Pirouette Classic Ink.  Distress the edges using the Distressing Tool and apply Crumb Cake Classic Ink to the edges. Tear the edge diagonally and adhere to the distressed Very Vanilla background.

Distress the piece of Fan Fair DSP (the pink advertisement with the lacy edge) and sponge Crumb Cake Classic Ink over the edges.  Adhere to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Punch the scalloped circles from Pink Pirouette cardstock using Scallop Circle Punches- the two larger flowers are created with the 2 3/8” Scallop Circle Punch and three smaller flowers with the 1 ¾”,  Scallop Circle Punch. 

Use the retired Crimper Tool to crimp the paper (or you can just scrunch it up by hand to break up the fibers) and use the Bone Folder to curve the scalloped edge a bit before proceeding to the next step. 

Once you feel the flower is “distressed” enough, manually spiral cut from the outside edge of the scallop toward the center.   Start to roll the flower from the outside and roll the spiral tightly toward the center.  Apply Multi-Purpose Adhesive to the center piece to hold the flower in shape or you can use a Hot Glue Gun- here is a writtentutorial at Splitcoaststampers to show the basic idea.   Once all of your flowers are created, lightly sponge Crumb Cake Classic Ink onto the edges to distress a bit more.

Use the Bird Builder Punch to punch out the leaves from Crumb Cake Cardstock and create a triple bow using the ½” Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon.

Adhere the flowers, leaves and ribbon bow to the card front (I continued to use the Hot Glue Gun but you could use Mini Glue Dots).   Add the Antique Brad to the center of the bow.

Adhere a piece of lace scrap to the back of the Love tag (both were from the retired Artisan Embellishment Kit).   Stamp the With Love sentiment from Field Flowers using Crumb Cake Classic Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock, trim and punch the banner points using the Hexagon Punch.  Lightly sponge Crumb Cake Classic Ink along the edges.

Add the sentiment banner and embellished Love Tag to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.   Add the Pearls to the tag, banner and lower corner to finish off the card.   

Stamp Sets: Best of Shelli, En Francais, Field Flowers, Gorgeous Grunge, Off the Grid

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Crumb Cake

Paper/Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Designer Series Paper- Etcetera, retired Fan Fair

Accessories: Punches- Scallop Circle 2 ¾” and  1 ¾”, Bird Builder, Hexagon; Sponge Dauber, ½” Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon, Antique Brad, Stampin’ Dimensionals™, Hot Glue Gun (optional)

Since the flowers are dimensional on this card, I would most likely recommend hand delivery or mailing in a padded envelope with tissue paper wrapped around the card to protect the flowers.   

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you will find the time to join us at the Dynamic Duos this week! 

Happy 14th Birthday! A Cool Truck for a Cool Kid :-)

Hi Stampers! 

Time sure flies by and my nephew will be 14 in a few days!  We will be celebrating his birthday this weekend and I wanted to share the card I created for him using the CQC224 ColourQ Challenge along with the Seize the Sketch STS#11 Sketch and the Seize the Birthday 2014 #2 Challenge option “Coloring”.   

Again, I hope that you have had a chance to check out all three sites- wonderful examples from all!

To create this card (I chose to use MDS but you could stamp the images versus print):

In My Digital Studio (MDS), open a blank 8.5 x 11 custom page and insert the truck and sentiment images to be printed- the truck is from Countryside and the sentiment is from Hugs and Wishes.  Arrange the images on the blank page leaving room for cutting out by hand, etc. ( I generally fill the page with additional images before I print on my printer).

Print out onto Whisper White cardstock and color the truck image using Stampin’ Write markers in Pool Party and adding shadows with the AquaPainter™ and Island Indigo Classic Ink.  Color the apples using the retired Poppy Parade Stampin’ Write marker, the shadows under the truck using the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write marker.  Add a few shadows using the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Deco Labels Framelits™ to cut out the truck image along with another label the same size from retired Poppy Parade cardstock.  Using your trimmer, cut the truck image and the Poppy Parade cardstock Deco label in half and adhere the truck image onto the top half of the Poppy Parade label (trim off the points of the Poppy Parade label before adhering the focal image).   Add the lower half of the Poppy Parade Deco Label and use the retired Color Spritzer Tool to add distressing with the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write marker. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Chevron Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Pool Party cardstock, the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Island Indigo cardstock and the Herringbone Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a scrap piece of Basic Gray cardstock. 

Mount the embossed Pool Party onto a piece of retired Poppy Parade cardstock.  Add the embossed layer of Island Indigo cardstock at the bottom and adhere the focal image.

Trim the Basic Gray embossed layer and add the banner points using the Hexagon Punch.  Adhere the trimmed strip of I Am Designer Series Paper (DSP)- also using the Hexagon Punch to create the banner and add the entire layered banner onto the card, covering the seam of the Deco Label and Island Indigo.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Typeset Alphabet Bigz™ Die to cut out the one and four from Poppy Parade cardstock.

   

Add the sentiment and numbers using Stampin’ Dimensionals™ to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Countryside, Hugs and Wishes- all MDS versions

Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write markers- Basic Gray, Island Indigo, Sahara Sand, retired Poppy Parade

Paper: Whisper White, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Basic Gray, I Am Me DSP, retired Poppy Parade

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Deco Labels Framelits™, Typeset Alphabets Bigz™ Die, Chevron, Herringbone, Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, XL Oval Punch, retired Color Spritzer Tool

Thanks again for stopping by!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend (I know we will :-))- God Bless!

SUO88 Beautiful People Like You

Hi Stampers! 

It’s time for the SUO88 SU-Only Challenge- with the arrival of the new Occasions Mini and Sale-A-Bration, our theme is “Fun with New Toys”. 

I decided to use the new Floral Spiral Die along with a few other new “toys” and incorporated the color scheme with a brand new challenge site, The Card Concept.  I chose to go with the style I feel the most comfortable creating, Shabby Chic but I may enter again with another style in the future :-) 

If you have not visited either site yet, I hope you will do so.  My fellow Design Teammates have created a wonderful array of samples of the “New Toys” and The Card Concept has a gorgeous line-up as well.

To create this card:

With the new Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, create a tag from Very Vanilla cardstock (it is difficult to see the top of the tag since I had so much fun with the roses- lol! :-)).   Using Early Espresso Classic Ink, repeatedly stamp the script image from Notable Notions (“stamping off” first before stamping onto the tag for a lighter image). 

To distress the tag, use a Sponge Dauber to lightly sponge Crumb Cake Classic Ink over the edges and round the corners with the Envelope Punch Board.

Using Early Espresso Classic Ink, stamp the new People Like You onto Very Vanilla cardstock and use the Decorative Label Punch to punch out the sentiment (saving the flower portion for a later project).   Punch another piece using the Decorative Label Punch from Early Espresso cardstock and layer behind the sentiment image (first cut in half vertically and trim off the excess points on the sides so it will only show at the top and bottom).

Use the Big Shot™ with the new Scalloped Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Crumb Cake Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the Fancy Fan Whisper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Early Espresso DSP.  Lightly sand both with the Sanding Block and mount onto a piece of Early Espresso cardstock.

Add the ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon strip to cover the seam of the DSP.  Adhere the tag and sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and mount the entire panel onto your card base.

Use the Big Shot™ with the new Spiral Floral Originals™ Die to cut a large flower from Pink Pirouette cardstock.  Use the retired Crimper Tool to crimp the paper (or you can just scrunch it up by hand to break up the fibers) and use the Bone Folder to curve the scalloped edge a bit before proceeding to the next step. 

Once you feel the flower is “distressed” enough, manually roll the spiral tightly (starting on the outside smallest strip area) and continue to roll/wrap the cardstock around the spiral toward the center.  Apply Multi-Purpose Adhesive to the center piece to hold the flower in shape or you can use a Hot Glue Gun (I recently dusted my Hot Glue Gun off and am using it more frequently with our Silicone Pad).   If needed, here is the written tutorial atSplitcoaststampers to show the basic idea of the rolled flower.  

On the smaller scallop circle pieces, manually cut your spiral toward the center of each piece (I usually cut a wavy spiral) and repeat the same steps as above.  Once all of your flowers are created, lightly sponge Crumb Cake Classic Ink onto the edges to distress a bit more.

Use the Bird Builder Punch to punch out the leaves from Early Espresso Cardstock and create a triple bow using the ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon.

Adhere the flowers, leaves and ribbon bow to the card front (I continued to use the Hot Glue Gun since it was already heated up:-)) to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets: People Like You, Notable Notions

Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Paper/Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso, Designer Series Paper- Crumb Cake and Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot™, Scallop and Fancy Fan Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Spiral Floral Originals™ Die, Punches- 2 ¾”, 1 ¾”, 1 ¼” , Decorative Label and Bird Builder, Envelope Punch Board, Sanding Block, Sponge Dauber, ½” Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals™, Hot Glue Gun (optional)

Since the flowers are so dimensional on this card, I would most likely recommend hand delivery or mailing in a small box (or one of our Wood Mount cases). 

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you will find the time to visit us and enter your project into the SU-Only SUO88 “Fun with New Toys” Challenge.  

FM142 Formal Red Dress Birthday

Hi Again Stampers!

While I had the colors out for this week’s PPA187 Pals Paper Arts Challenge, I decided to create a second card with the PPA187colors, the FMS118 Sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and The Friday Mashup! FM142 Theme Challenge-Birthdays.  

Again, I hope you have the time to check out all three sites- so much inspiration!

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ along with Beautifully Barogue Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock.   Emboss a piece of Soft Sky cardstock( layered onto Real Red cardstock strips) using the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and adhere to the embossed Whisper White panel.

Stamp the sentiment from Wetlands using Real Red Classic Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and create the banner points using the Hexagon Punch.  Mount the sentiment onto the Soft Sky layer, add the 5/8” Organza Ribbon Bow and add the entire panel to the Real Red cardbase.

Use the Big Shot™ along with the Dress Up Framelits™ to cut the dress shape from a piece of Soft Sky cardstock and retired Acrylic Sheet with Flocked Accents (from Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP).  FYI- I had to hand cut the acrylic sheet to finish off the dress since the material would not cut all the way through with the framelit™.

Layer the flocked acrylic piece over the Soft Sky dress cut-out and add to the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.   Add the Pearl to the center of the dress and the Real Red rolled flower to finish off the card :-)

Stamp Sets: Wetlands

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Soft Sky, retired Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Big Shot™, Beautifully Baroque and Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Hexagon Punch, Pearl, 5/8” Organza Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by- I hope you have a great Monday!!