Always and Forever - SUO Challenges # 239

The challenge at SUO this time is "Designer's Choice" which means its up to me to decide what to create.

Over the holidays I had some time to play with the Heritage Dies and Embossing Folders while making samples of the new stamp sets in the upcoming Mini Catalogue.

I combined the "Forever Blossoms" stamp sets with the Heritage Die and Embossing Folder to make this Anniversary Card.

The card base of Highland Heather card stock is layered with Petal Pink card stock embossed with the Parisian 3D Embossing Folder. A 1/8" strip of gold foil was added to each side of the embossed piece.

In the center is adhered (with dimensionals) a gold foil rectangle first die cut with the Heritage Die and then embossed with the Heritage embossing folder. In the center of this is a piece of Lily Impressions DSP slightly larger than the opening.

The flowers, from "Forever Blossoms"were  coloured with Highland Heather Stampin' Blends; the leaves and stems with Granny Apple Green after which they were die cut with the           die.  The centers were coloured with Daffodil Delight after which some tiny yellow beads were added with an adhesive. Glitter Crystal Effects applied to the flowers make them pop.

These flowers were adhered on this embossed frame using dimensionals as indicated in the picture.

An extra flower and leaf was added to the upper right frame.

The gold embossed sentiment, die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly die, is added to the card frame with dimensionals.   Champagne rhinestones were added to the die cut piece.

A double bow made with the 3/8" metallic edged Petal Pink ribbon was added to the lower  left embossed frame.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Forever Blossom

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight)

Versa Mark

Papers:  Whisper White, Highland Heather, Petal Pink, Gold Foil, Lily Impressions DSP

Accessories:  Parisian Embossing Folder, Champagne Rhinestones, Sweetly Stitched Label Dies, Gold Embossing Powder, 3/8" Metallic Edged Petal Pink ribbon, Dimensionals, Glitter Crystal Effects, Micro beads (non SU), Forever Blossom die

A Wobbly Birthday - another Mini Catalogue Sneak Peak & SAB stamp

For this card I stamped a second Little Ladybug, fussy cut it and place a wobble behind it. This made for a rough landing on the single flower that this time was coloured with a Highland Heather Stampin' Blend.

The coloured images were die cut with the new Stitched So Sweetly Die and matted with a slightly larger piece of Rich Razzelberry card stock.

This was added to a Rich Razzelberry card stock base with dimensonals, which is layered first with Whisper White card stock,  and then the new Peaceful Poppies DSP.

The sentiment is from "Happy Birthday to You", stamped in Rich Razzelberry ink on Whisper White, matted with Rich Razzelberry card stock, and mounted to the card front with dimensionals.

To finish the card, some Shimmer Crystal Effects was applied to the flower alone, giving it a shiny appearance.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Little Ladybug, Happy Birthday to You
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends
Papers:  Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White, Peaceful Poppies DSP
Accessories:  Small wobble, Dimensionals, Shimmer Crystal Effects

A Silhouette Adventure

Isn't it amazing that when you look closely at both sides of the DSP you begin to see all sorts of different possibilities.

When I looked at the reverse side of one of the Perennial Essence DSP I saw a  beautiful night sky with fireworks going off in the distance and an idea was born.

This is what I came up with:

When I saw this pattern of the Perennial Essence DSP I knew that the silhouettes against this night sky would be perfect.

Two children, one pointing to the sky and the other playing a flute, were black embossed on this background.  The area around them was die cut with a stitched rectangle die and a Basic Black frame was placed around this panel.  This made it look like the children were standing in the doorway looking up to the sky.

I adhered this framed panel to a larger piece of the same DSP, and added 3 glitter die cuts which resemble bursting fireworks.  These I coloured with the Dark Petal Pink Stampin' Blend - just to make them  blend in a better. Strips of Basic Black card stock were also added along both long edges of this DSP.

The sentiment "Adventure" was die cut using Blushing Bride glimmer paper with a Sweet Silhouette die.  It was adhered to a piece of vellum card stock notched at both ends and then to the card front at an angle over the bottom of the image panel.

This entire unit was added to a Whisper White card stock layer which was adhered to a Basic Black card base

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Silhouette Scenes
Inks:  Versa Mark, Dark Petal Pink Blendability
Papers:  Basic black, Whisper White, Perennial Essence DSP, Vellum card stock, Blushing Bride glimmer paper, Dazzling diamonds glimmer paper
Accessories:  Black embossing powder, Sweet Silhouette dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies

Winter Woods in Vanilla and Gold - a case

There are a number of examples of this card design, using the Winter Woods stamp set and coordinating framelits, on Pinterest - some made using gold foil, some using silver foil. Personally, I find Vanilla and Gold an elegant combination and I'd like to thank Mary Fish for her lovely card, which I was able to case thanks to her wonderful tutorial.

Thick Very Vanilla card stock was used as the card base upon which I placed a layer of Gold card stock. In the center I adhered a smaller piece of regular weight Very Vanilla card stock, upon which  the rest of the card is built.

Two trees were die cut in Very Vanilla, using the coordinating framelits.  The second tree is slightly smaller and has 3D branches on it.  Once die cut I used a stylus to curl these branches out a bit.

After adhering the two trees together (next time I would use mini dimensionals) I applied clear Wink of Stella around the edges of the larger tree as well as the 3D branches of the smaller tree.

The sentiment was gold embossed and attached to the underside of the tree with a couple of dimensionals.

Using the curved die strip, I shaped a piece of Very Vanilla card stock which I had embossed with the Gently Falling embossing folder.  This was adhered to some Vellum, which was added to some Very Vanilla card stock cut slightly larger than the Very Vanilla card stock.

I tied a 3/8" gold edged ribbon around the Very Vanilla, & Vellum and tied it in a bow at the right edge.

Dimensionals were used to add the tree to the card front and the card is done.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Winter Wood

Ink: Versa Mark

Papers:  Thick Very Vanilla, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil, Vellum

Accessories:  3/8" gold edged ribbon, Gently Falling embossing folder, In the Woods Framelits, Clear Wink of Stella, Gold embossing powder, dimensionals.

Thanks for Being Mine - a Valentine Card

Yesterday, when I was set up at the local hospital, a school teacher saw the heart cup treats that I had made (even though the heart cups have been retired), and she ordered 60 for her students.  At first I was in a quandry, because I didn't think I had 60 heart cups.  But a good customer of mine had 3 boxes and with my 3 I had enough.  So, I started cutting the various paper pieces, including the DSP, and not wanting to waste anything, I made a card using the remnants.
Here is what I came up with:

The Real Red cardstock that I had left over - just strips of it really, but it was wide enough to use the 1" square punch on, so I punched 12, but used 9 on this card.  The remainder will be used inside the card.
Then, using the small curly label punch, I punched the same number from the remnants of the DSP, and attached them to the Real Red squares.
However, a Valentine card has to have bling, so using the Itty bitty heart punch, out came the Red Glimmer paper, and I happily punched 12 glittery red hearts.  Some were attached to the DSP with tombo glue, but about 4 of them were attached using dimensionals.
I did the same attaching the now completed squares - some glued directly onto the Whisper White card stock, and some attached with dimensionals.  I alternated.

The sentiment is from "Love you to the Moon" (retired)

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