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.

Heartfelt Blooms Card

This is the second card from my January "Come Stamp With Me" class.  The photos of this card don't do it justice.  I give people the option to make more than one card with an additional cost.  Two participants in the class didn't think they would like this card from my photos.  When they saw it in person, they asked to make extras and thought of many occasions to be able to use this card.  I hope you like it too.

This is a simple card that makes an impression. For the 

front panel, using Sweet Sugarplum ink, stamp the

Heartfelt Blooms flower twice, 

slightly changing the direction of the stamp, on

the left side of panel.  The Thinking of You

is stamped on Vellum using Basic Black Archival

or Memento Black ink.  It is important to let 

the ink dry completely or it will smudge.

The silver foil frame is die cut using

SU Layering Ovals Framelits in the center

and SU Stitched Shapes Framelits for the frame.

The SU Shimmery Powder Pink ribbon is 

attached to the panel first, then pop-up

the sentiment frame using mini stampin' dimensionals.

The background panel is Retired from last year's

Sale-A-Bration catalog.  It was perfect for this card.

Another option would be SU Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

For the inside panel, stamp the Heartfelt Blooms 

floral stamp in bottom right corner going off the page.

The sentiment stamp is from SU Perennial Birthday

stamp set found in the Occasions Catalog.  You can

use other stamps which people in my class did to 

make this a Sympathy, Anniversary, Friendship,

Thank You, or Happy Birthday card.  You can

also change up the colors.  For the envelope,

stamp the floral in whatever pattern you want.

The Heartfelt Blooms stamp is a new photogenic

technique for stamps.  This is the first from Stampin' Up

and there will be more in the future.  I think the photo

above shows the beauty of this stamp and how it looks.

Supply List:

• SU Sweet Sugarplum cardstock -  5 ½ x 8 1/2  for the card base;

• SU Glimmer Paper -  5 ¼ x 4 for front background panel;

• SU Whisper White - 5 x 3 ¾ for front stamped panel and 5 ¼ x 4 for inside panel;

• SU Vellum Paper -  4 x 3 for the inside oval front sentiment;
• SU Silver Foil Paper -  5 x 4 for the outside oval frame on the front sentiment;
• SU Sweet Sugarplum and Basic Black Archival or Memento Black inks;

• SU Shimmery Powder Pink ribbon - 6 1/2''

Celebrate the New Year Class

For the next few days I will be posting the cards and project from my January "Come Stamp With Me" class.  The theme for this class was "Celebrate the New Year" with a focus on the Stampin' Up Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogs.  This first card is more of a masculine card, although it can be used for teens and women as well.  I love the color combination of Tranquil Tide, Night of Navy, and Very Vanilla. See the supply list below.

The front panel of the card is a technique using 

the die cut word, Celebrate as a background

that looks like the panel is embossed.

The Celebrate that is popped up is layered on 

Fun Foam.  All the die cut words are from the

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies available in the 

SU Sale-A-Bration catalog.  If you spend $100

on an order, you can get these dies free.

Note, these dies will also be available in the

2018-19 Annual Catalog that comes out in June.

The Night of Navy banner was made using the 

Banner Triple Punch.  The Designer Series Paper (DSP)

used in the background is 'True Gentleman' found in the 

Occasions Catalog.  

I gave two different options for the inside sentiment;

Happy Birthday and General Celebration theme.  You

could also use it for retirements, friendship, graduation, etc.

The scatter is done in Night of Navy ink and the sentiments in 

Tranquil Tide ink.  The stamps used are Picture Perfect Birthday

found in the Occasions catalog; Epic Celebrations found in the 

Sale-A-Bration catalog; and the Retired Gorgeous Grunge set.

There are many other stamps available that have similar scatter patterns.

Supply List:  

• SU Tranquil Tide cardstock - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 for the card base; 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 for the front panel; & 5x4 to die cut the 5 Celebration dies ( you can actually get away with 4 as the banner covers one completely);
• SU Night of Navy cardstock - 4 x 1 1/2 for the banner & small scrap to die cut the You;
• SU Very Vanilla cardstock - 5 1/4 x 4 for the inside panel of the card & 4 1/2 x 2 to die cut Amazing
• True Gentleman DSP - 5 1/4 x 4 for the front panel background & 6 1/4 x 2 1/4 to add to the flap of the Very Vanilla envelope
• Fun Foam 1/4'' thick - 5 x 1 1/2 to die cut Celebrate and pop it up on card front
• Very Vanilla envelope 
• SU Tranquil Tide and Night of Navy ink
• SU Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set and Epic Celebrations stamp set