Designer Paper Sale Alert!

 A reminder that in just a matter of days, the Designer Series Paper Sale will be over.   You have until October 31 to take advantage of the 15% discount on select paper.  I just opened my Snowflake Splenda designer paper (page 37 of mini catalog) and it is gorgeous.  It's one of those packs of paper that you don't want to cut into!!  To solve that dilemma, just order two packs!!  I also took advantage of the sale on the Artistry Blooms and love it too!  It's just a good background paper without a lot of busy-ness to it.  Another favorite of mine is Playful Patterns.  Both of these papers are in the Annual Catalog on page 148-149.

These are two cards I made using the Artistry Blooms paper.  The paper and the die made this card!!  I used the Many Layered Blossoms dies (pg 51, Annual Catty.)  For the card on the left, I used vellum paper for the blossom on the bottom with the Whisper White outline on the top.  For the card on the right, I used a piece of the Artistry Blooms designer paper to die cut the blossom on the bottom and Whisper White on the top blossom.  The easiest way to adhere the Whisper White piece is with the Adhesive Sheets (page 162).  Adhere the adhesive sheets to the back of your paper and run it through the Big Shot; then peel it off and stick it down!

BLOSSOMS IN BLOOM bundle

Enjoy these cards using the BLOSSOMS IN BLOOM bundle!  

I LIKE YOU A LOT CARD

4-1/4" x 5-1/2"  

1. Stamp flower center image repeatedly in Just Jade ink around edges of Just Jade card front.

2. Die cut large flower pieces from Calypso Coral and Whisper White Cardstock; layer and adhere to stamped card front.

3. Stamp sentiment in Bumblebee ink on Whisper White Cardstock (4-1/2" x 1/2"; 11.4 x 1.3 cm). Notch left and right ends of cardstock and adhere to card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.

4. Adhere Flowers for Every Season Gems to card.

PRODUCTS USED:

Blossoms in Bloom Bundle; Calypso Coral, Just Jade, and Whisper White Cardstock; Bumblebee and Just Jade Classic Stampin’ Pads; Flowers for Every Season Gems; Stampin' Dimensionals

 

THINKING OF YOU CARD

4-1/4" x 5-1/2" 

1. Stamp images in Bumblebee, Calypso Coral, and Just Jade ink on Whisper White Cardstock (4-1/8" x 5-3/8"; 10.5 x 13.7 cm). Stamp sentiment in Just Jade ink on Just Jade Cardstock (2-3/4" x 3/4"; 7 x 1.9 cm).

2. Die cut flower pieces from Calypso Coral and Whisper White Cardstock; layer and adhere to stamped cardstock.

3. Adhere Flowers for Every Season Gems to stamped cardstock; adhere entire piece to Whisper White card.

PRODUCTS USED:

Blossoms in Bloom Bundle; Calypso Coral, Just Jade, and Whisper White Cardstock; Bumblebee, Calypso Coral, and Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pads; Flowers for Every Season Gems; Stampin' Dimensionals

Press-N-Seal Tasteful Touches

I love this card!  I followed a tutorial by Andrea Walford and made a few little changes.   It's not as complicated as it looks!  I used the flower from Tasteful Touches and the sentiment from Blossoms In Bloom.

I stamped the flower image 5 times onto white cardstock using the following ink colors:  Gorgeous Grape, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Mango Medley and Granny Apple Green.  I then fussy cut each flower trying to cut as close to the edge as possible so not a lot of white shows.  Next I positioned the flowers where I wanted them on the card and then placed Press-n-Seal on top of the flowers, gently pressing the Press-n-Seal against the fussy cut flowers.  This is called the Press-n-Seal technique which I had never done before.  Press-n-Seal is a unique "like saran wrap but much better" product that makes this card much easier to make.  After arranging all the flowers on the card, I used Press-n-Seal to pick them all up at once.  This made it easy to stamp the leaves where I wanted them (with the help of my Stamparatus) and to apply adhesive to the back of everything and place it back into the original spot.  Such a time saver!  The leaves were stamped in the same color as the flowers but they were each stamped off once.  Using Tombow liquid glue, I adhered a 1/2" strip of gold foil paper to the right side.  Lay the Press'n'Seal flowers back on top of the stamped (leaves) cardstock panel.  Carefully pull back the Press'n'Seal off the flowers and put glue on all the flowers (except Grape).  Allow a few seconds for the glue to set up and then gently remove the Press'n'Seal.  Put a couple of Glue Dots for the gold thread in a spot under the Grape flower so it does not show.  Adhere the Grape flower with dimensionalds and add your text and a little bling.