Petal Passion Notecard

I fell in love with the Petal Passion Suite at On Stage in November and still find more ways to love it each day.  Here is a cute and simple notecard I made from the Petal Passion Suite.

I used the Whisper White Narrow Note Cards

from the Occasions Catalog

for the card base.  Then I used the

vine emboss folder from the Petal Pair

Embossing Folder on a 

4 1/2 x 1 piece of Whisper White.  I cut a

4 1/2 x 1 3/4 piece of the Petal Passion

DSP paper.  I lightly sponged Pool Party

on the DSP.  I adhered both of these pieces

together with the embossed piece on top of the DSP. 

I cut a 5" piece of the

Bermuda Bay Shimmer Ribbon from

the Sale-A-Bration Catalog and adhered it

with glue dots over the seam of the

two paper pieces.  Then I adhered this

piece to the front of the card. 

Using 1 3/8" Scallop punch found in

the Occasions Catalog,

I punched out the Pool Party back panel

for the bird.  I used the 1" circle punch

to create the white inner circle and glued

these two pieces together.

I stamped the bird in Basic Black, using Petal Palette

stamp set, on a piece of Whisper White.  I  die cut 

the bird using the Petals & More Thinlits.  Then I

lightly colored in the breast using the Light 

Pool Party SU Blend Pen.  I glued the bird

to the Pool Party & White Circle.  I added

this completed piece to the front

using SU Dimensionals for a little pop.

 

I lightly added some Wink of Stella to the

bird's breast for a little bling.  I didn't want to

add a sentiment to the front because I thought

it would make the front of the card too fussy.

I hope you enjoy this card and are inspired to 

create your own cards with your favorite

stamps, inks, dies, and paper.

Just Breathe Floral Card

This is the third card from my January "Come Stamp With Me" class.  The card is made using different techniques and the Stampin Blends Pens.  It combines products from the Occasions and Annual Catalog.  This card is a perfect card for those of you who like to color.  The card was inspired by Sandra Mastello, a SU Demonstrator from Australia.  I added and changed up a few things and it is her original design.

The card front is four layers:  1) the card base with the 

sentiment stamped & embossed on the top front,

Note: both sentiments are from the

Colorful Seasons stamp set in the Annual Catalog;

2) a silver foil panel that is adhered to the 

bottom of the card base;  3) a silver foil ribbon

that is attached to the back of the floral panel;

and 4) the embossed floral panel which is

adhered with stampin' dimensionals on top

of the silver foil on the bottom of the card.

The floral panel is embossed with the

 Petal Pair Embossing Folder

from the Petal Passion Suite in the Occasions Catalog

on Whisper White Thick cardstock,

using Memento Black ink to highlight the pattern. 

See photo below for what it looks like 

before it is colored and partially colored.

The bottom part of the embossed floral panel

is cut away either before or after you color 

in the flowers and leaves.

This is the inside of the card.  The flower is colored

and cut out of an extra embossed panel.

The envelope flap (shown below & hard to see)
is embossed (no ink) using the same
Petal Pair Embossing Folder.  It is an elegant look.

One of the embellishments that you can't see on

the card are Glitter Epoxy Shapes; dots and dew drops

on the front of the card by the sentiment and on

some of the flowers.  They add an extra pop on the card.

Supplies:

• Whisper White Thick:  5 ½ x 4 ¼ for card base and Floral Embossed piece, 5 ½ x 2 ¼
• Silver Foil:  5 ½ x 1, panel under the embossed flowers and 5 ½ x ½ ribbon piece to go behind the embossed flowers at the top
• Whisper White envelope with embossed flap
• Clear or Glitter epoxy dew drops
• Decorative Ribbon Border Punch
• Versamark Ink
• Silver Embossing Powder
• Colorful Seasons Stamp Set

Stampin’ Blends Pens:

• Light & Dark Cherry Cobbler for the Roses
• Light & Dark Calypso Coral for the large flowers and inside of pink flowers
• Light & Dark Pink Pirouette for the daisy-like flowers
• Light & Dark Daffodil Delight for the mums
• Light & Dark Pool Party for smallest flowers
• Light & Dark Old Olive for the leaves

You can use other colors when you color your flowers; some class participants used Rich Razzleberry and Bermuda Bay and did a darker, richer tone on the flowers.  They also discovered that when you flip the panel over there is a paler version of the panel.  Some of them used a couple of their reverse sides on their card.  They were beautiful.  Some used different flowers and colors for the inside flower.  Be creative and have fun making this card.