Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Sweet Strawberry Birthday

I love strawberries and this card makes me think of summertime.  I used to go pick strawberries in a field and make freezer jam.  It was so delicious!  My kids helped me pick but I think they ate more than they picked.  The Designer Series Paper is so beautiful but it comes as a Free Bundle if you spend $100 or more.  My club members made this card at our workshop and they loved it.  The background embossing is the 3D Ornate Floral Embossing Folder.  Here are my instructions:

1.     The base of the card is Poppy Parade cardstock cut at 4-1/4” x 11” and scored at 5-1/2” in the middle.

2.    The second layer is also Poppy Parade cardstock cut at 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” and inserted into the Ornate Embossing Folder and run through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine using Plates 1 and 4.  Adhere to the front of the card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

3.    The third layer is a strip of the Berry Delightful DSP cut at 2” x 5-1/2” and adhered to the middle of the front with Stampin’ Seal, or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

4.    Die-cut Garden Green cardstock with the 3” Layering Scallop Squares Dies.  Die-cut the Berry Delightful DSP with the 2-5/8” Square Layering Dies.  Layer together with adhesive. 

5.    Ink up the strawberry outline stamp with Poppy Parade ink and stamp on Whisper White cardstock.  Ink up the “fill in” stamp also with Poppy Parade ink on top of the first image to create two-step stamping.  Make two of them.  Do the same with the stems using Garden Green and Granny Apple Green inks.  Use the Strawberry Builder Punch to punch them out.

6.    Use Glue dots to attach the stem to the strawberries.  Glue the left strawberry down on the DSP with adhesive and pop up the second strawberry with Dimensionals and place on the right overlapping the first one.

7.    Put Dimensionals on the back of the layered squares and adhere to the upper part of the card centering over the center strip.

8.    Die cut a 2-1/8” Garden Green scallop oval using the Layering Ovals.  Die-cut a 2” Whisper White oval using the Stitched Shapes Framelits.  Ink up the sentiment “Just for You” with Garden Green ink and stamp on the Whisper White stitched oval.  Layer onto the scallop Garden Green oval.  Put Dimensionals on the back and adhere to the lower part of the DSP Panel.

9.    For the inside:  Cut Whisper White cardstock at 4” x 5-1/4”.   Ink up the sentiment “Happy Birthday You Sweet Thing” with Garden Green ink.  Stamp outline strawberry stamp on Poppy Parade cardstock.  Punch it out with the Strawberry Builder Punch.  Punch out a Garden Green stem.  Adhere with a Glue Dot to the strawberry and adhere to the inside of your card.







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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Hydrangea Haven with Glass Designer Acetate

 

The Hydrangea Hill Suite was the first thing I fell in love with the new 2021 January-June Mini Catalog.
I loved everything that came with it, the Hydrangea Haven Bundle, Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Designer Acetate, the Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, the Pastel Pearls, and the Hydrangea Hill DSP.  I love hydrangea flowers and I've made a few cards with them.  Here are the instructions on how I made this card.

Stamp Set:  Hydrangea Haven

Cardstock:  Seaside Spray, Whisper White, Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Designer Acetate,

Ink:  Memento Black, Seaside Spray, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green,

Other:  Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine, Hydrangea Dies, 3/8” Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, Pastel Pearls, Glue Dots, Blender Brush, Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue, Wink of Stella

 

1.      The base of the card is Seaside Spray cardstock cut at 4-1/4” x 11” and scored at 5-1/2” in the middle.

2.    The second layer is Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Designer Acetate cut at 4” x 5-1/4” and adhered to the base with Multipurpose Glue.

3.    Ink up the large Hydrangea stamp with Memento Black ink on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock.

4.    Ink up the stem/leaves stamp with Granny Apple Green ink and stamp directly on top of the first one.

5.    Take the small water-color stamp and ink it up with Seaside Spray ink and stamp directly on top of the hydrangea flower three times.  Then clean it off and do the same in Gorgeous Grape two times. 

6.    Take the Blender Brush in Seaside Spray to cover the entire hydrangea flower.

7.    Die-cut it out with the Hydrangea Dies and adhere with Dimensionals to a 3” x 4” Whisper White cardstock.  Layer onto 3-1/8” x 4-1/8” Seaside Spray Cardstock.

8.    Tie a bow with the Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon and add a Glue Dot to attach to the stem.  Add three Pastel Pearls.  Add Dimensionals to the back of the layers and attach at an angle on the card.

9.    Ink up the sentiment “I appreciate all the little things you do” and die-cut and then attach to the top right using Glue and a Dimensional.

10.  Add Wink of Stella to the Hydrangea.




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January–June 2021 Mini Catalog

Happy Birthday Chick

 

Hey Chick!  Have you seen the new Hey Chick and Happy Birthday Bundles?  They will be available on February 2 to customers as Bundles, but if you want just the new set (Hey Birthday Chick), it's in the January-June Mini on page 52.  
As a demo, I was able to order them this month (January 2021).  If you know someone who has a birthday coming up soon, these sets are great for that.  The Hey Chick set was a previously Sale-a-Bration set in 2017 and it is back to coordinate with the new Hey Birthday Chick Stamp Set.  I love them both and glad I still had my 2017 set.  Here is how I made my card:

Stamp Set:  Happy Birthday, Chick

Cardstock:  Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, Whisper White and Playing with Patterns DSP

Ink:  Memento Black, Night of Navy, Stampin’ Blends:  Pumpkin Pie, Balmy Blue, So Saffron

Other:  Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Chick Dies, Birthday Chick Dies, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal

 

1.     The base of the card is the Calypso Coral card stock cut at 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” and scored at 4-1/4” in the middle.

2.    The second layer is Night of Navy card stock cut at 3-1/2” x 4-3/4”.  The third layer is Playing with Patterns DSP cut at 3-1/4” x 4-1/2” and matted onto the Night of Navy layer with Adhesive

3.    The Whisper White layer is die cut from the largest rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.

4.    Ink up the egg stamp with Memento Black and stamp on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and stamp 6 times.  Ink up the chick with Memento Black ink and stamp once.  Color in with the Stampin’ Blend.

5.    Die cut the eggs and chick with the Chick Dies and Birthday Chick Dies.

6.    Use a Dimensional behind each one and adhere to the Stitched So Sweetly Whisper White rectangle as shown.

7.    Ink up the sentiment “Let’s Celebrate You” with Night of Navy ink on Calypso Coral card stock.  Trim it out with the Paper Snips and attach with Dimensionals.

8.    Attach to the Playing with Patterns DSP with Adhesive.





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Fall Pumpkins and Sunflowers card

Fall is in the air!  Yes, it is finally sweater weather here in Indiana.  It has been a hot summer, so it's nice to have cooler weather....