Recently I was looking through my sample cards and realized that I had not posted this super cute card from my New Catalog Open House in May. So, I am showcasing the “Phrases & Frames”, one last time. Basically, I only used two of the frame dies from this new set of impressions dies. The rest of the card was pieced together with some Designer Series Paper and a greeting.
Honestly this card came together super quick. My color palette was Basic White, Pool Party and a touch of Calypso Coral. My folded card base was Basic White. Next I layered a beautiful striped pattern of Designer Series Paper from the “Beautiful Ordinary Life” pack. Both of the frames were die cut from Pool Party card stock. You can definitely see in my photo that the “Impressions Plate” adds quite a bit of texture and/or depth to these frame die cuts.
I used a birthday greeting found in the “Exciting Times” Bundle. To complete my card, I added a double strand “White Baker’s Twine” bow with a “Mini Glue Dot” to my card. Lastly, I added a few white adhesive-backed Sequins from my stash for a subtle touch of “bling”. I absolutely love the “happy” vibe of this this card. “Phrases & Frames” one last time and oh so easy!
Recently I had time to play with the “Paradise Garden” Bundle. You can find this great bundle in the OnLine Exclusives. The colors in the coordinating “Garden Party” Designer Series Paper are absolutely fabulous! This great bundle includes a hybrid embossing folder along with several coordinating die shapes. I have a few additional cards I will share in the coming weeks that feature some of the other beautiful colors in this Designer Series Paper.
For this card, I chose to work with Basic White and Shaded Spruce. I attached the embossed panel to a Basic White layer along with a coordinating DSP print. The leaf spray was stamped off with Shaded Spruce to give me a lighter version of the leaves. Next, I die cut the leaf spray and attached it to the card front with “Mini Glue Dots”.
For my greeting, I stamped the “Wishing you a lovely day” in Shaded Spruce and die cut with the hexagon shape. I trimmed down this shape along the raised border and then mounted it to the same die cut shape in Shaded Spruce. I attached the greeting to my card front with “Dimensionals”.
To complete my card, I added a double strand “White Baker’s Twine” Bow with a rolled up “Mini Glue Dot”. The last detail was to add a few “White Adhesive Backed Sequins” from my stash. Very difficult to capture in a photo, but I did add a bit of “Wink of Stella” Glitter Pen to the highlight areas on the leaves. Simple and easy, just my style!
Earlier this week, since July 4th was just around the corner, I decided to try and create a Red, White & Blue card to Celebrate America’s 250th! The Red, White & Blue part of this card was easy. However, I had to dig through my crafting stash to come up with something suitable for the “Stars & Stripes”. I managed to find an older retired die from Stampin’ Up! and this is where my crafting journey began!
My folded card base is Real Red along with Basic White and Blueberry Bushel. What’s great is that Stampin’ Up! offers several shades of Red and Blue, so you can pick your favorite color combination! My Blueberry Bushel panel was 4.25″ square and it cut it at an angle, 1.5″ in along the two opposing sides. I cut the swirls and stars die from a piece of “White Glimmer” Paper. The “Stitched Stars” Dies are retired, but I feel they really captured the celebratory feel for my card.
I managed to use all five of the “negative” star die cuts on my card. I chose to color the larger two stars with a “Blueberry Bushel Blends”. The greeting is from the “Round We Go” stamp set which I believe is retired. My only thought is that my greeting needed an exclamation point for some extra emphasis! The red stripes are just 1/4″ card stock strips. As an after thought, for the stripes, I should have used Red Glimmer Paper for a bit more sparkle! This was a fun challenge to create a Red, White & Blue card to honor our nation’s 250th Anniversary!
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