Picture Gallery Card - Hand Stamped Sentiment #319

This card was made for the Inspiration Challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments at this location

I call my creation the picture gallery card because it reminds me of different sizes of picture frames clustered together on a wall.  The design was inspired by the above picture.

To make the template in which the design elements will be added, I placed 2 sizes of stitched rectangle dies and 2 sizes of layering square framelits on a piece of Early Espresso card stock and die cut them with the Big Shot. This is added to an identical sized piece of Woodgrain DSP using dimensionals.

In the larger rectangle at the top left,  I placed a bouquet of Blushing Bride flowers on die cut Mossy Meadow stems die cut using the Bouquet Bunch dies. A bow made using the braided linen thread was added to the top part of the stem. This bouquet was placed at an angle with one end of the bouquet under the frame and the other end slightly over.  The bouquet extending over the end of the card was snipped off.

In the smaller adjacent square  is placed the sentiment "Hello"  from "Good Morning Magnolia". This sentiment is stamped with Early Espresso ink on Whisper White card stock and made into banner notched at both ends. The edges were sponged with Crumb Cake ink before it was adhered in the square at an angle using dimensionals, 

In the rectangle frame in the lower right a vase of flowers is created using the Varied Vase stamp set and die cuts using Bouquet Bunch dies.  The outline of the vase is stamped using Black Memento ink and then filled with Crumb Cake ink.  After fussy cutting, the edges were sponged and the other die cut stems and were adhered to the wrong side of the vase. This was then added to the frame using dimensionals.  Three flowers stamped using Flirty Flamingo ink was adhered randomly on the stem and a tiny pearl added to each flower center.

In the smallest square an identical size of Whisper White is die cut and placed in the square.  Two Flirty Flamingo flowers with leaves were then added.

The completed frame was added to a Flirty Flamingo card front with dimensionals.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Beautiful Bouquet, Varied Vases, Good Morning Magnolia

Inks:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Mossy Meadow

Papers:  Blushing Bride, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Flirty Flamingo, Woodgrain DSP

Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle dies, Laying Square dies, Bouquet Bunch dies, Pearls, Braided Linen Thread, Dimensionals

Birthday in a Circle - Hand Stamped Sentiment #305

This sketch with Hand Stamped Sentiments #205 immediately inspired me to pick up my Stamparatus  and create this card.

I don't usually make birthday cards using Basic Black , but I loved the contrast of the black with the Highland Heather which I used to color the flowers in the art piece.  It also contrasts nicely with the mainly Highland Heather pattern of the Botanical Butterfly DSP which I use on the top of the card front behind the art piece.

Using a template in my Stamparatus, I stamped the small flower from the Lovely Lattice stamp in a circle. 

 I then coloured each flower with Stampin' Blends (Highland Heather both light and dark, and Granny Apple Green both light and dark, with Daffodil Delight and a fine tip black pen for the flower center).  Tiny green pearls were added to the center of each flower.

The square art piece was then die cut with a layering circle framelit and matted with a Highland Heather scallop circle to form the art piece.

 The sentiment in the center, from "Beautiful Bouquet", was stamped in Highland Heather and then die cut with a layering circle framelit,  It was matted with a  Highland Heather scallop circle and the two circles were adhered together using dimensionals and  then adhered to the center.

Using the new duo butterfly punch, I punched a butterfly from the Botanical Butterfly DSP,  After applying some clear Wink of Stella glitter on the wings I added I to the art piece.  Look carefully because the butterfly camouflages' well

A row of light green pearls were placed under the sentiment and a number of the pearls were randomly placed on the card front.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Lovely Lattice, Beautiful Bouquet

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

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Highland Heather, Botanical Butterfly DSP

Accessories:  Duo Butterfly punch, Small pale green pearls (non SU), Dimensionals, Layering Circles Framelits, Clear Wink of Stella

Statement of the Heart Shaker Card - a catalogue sneak peak

It's been a while since I've made a shaker card and the stamp set "Statement of the Heart" lends itself well to that technique.  I've also had a request to do a class on shaker cards in 2 weeks time so this was a perfect time to refresh my memory.

Using the Hearts Framelits, I die cut an aperture large enough in the Bundle of Love DSP, so the entire sentiment would be visible.  Some Window sheet was adhered on wrong side,

On a separate piece of Very Vanilla card stock the sentiment was stamped with the assistance of the Stamparatus. The heart was coloured with a red marker.

After adding some tiny glitter pearls (non SU) as shaker elements, the two layers were adhered together to form a shaker.

Some 3/8" Very Vanilla stitched satin ribbon and a bow was adhered to the left side of the card before the two layers were added together.

Die cut flowers from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set and coordinating Bouquet Bunch framelits were used to decorate around the heart.  The colours were kept soft and muted, using Blushing Bride and Soft Sky on the flowers, and leaving the leaves in Very Vanilla.  Small pearls were added to the center of each flower.

To finish the card I added some Clear Wink of Stella to each bloom.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Statement of the Heart, Beautiful Bouquet

Inks:  Black Memento, Blushing Bride, Soft Sky

Papers:  Very Vanilla, Bundle of Love DSP

Accessories:  Hearts Framelits, Bouquet Bunch Framelits, Glitter pearls (non SU), Foam tape, Window Sheet, 3/8" Very Vanilla stitched ribbon, pearls, Clear Wink of Stella

You Move Me - a Pop Up Butterfly Card - in Retiring Colors

Somehow 2 years go by too fast, and the following  In-Colors are about to retire the end of this month:  Emerald Envy, Dapper Denim, Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo, and Peek-a-boo Peach.

Fortunately one of these colors is going to remain as a new member of  one of the color families.

In this pop up Birthday Day card,  I use all of these In-Colors  - plus I bring back a retired DSP to help coordinate them.(Playful Palette DSP)

The card base is Basic Black card stock, layered with Whisper White, and then the Playful Palette DSP.

On the card front I adhere a window frame die cut in Basic Black with some Vellum adhered behind it (this prevents the images from getting lost in the pattern of the DSP) 

All images were stamped using the Stamparatus and die cut using the Move Me Thinlets. At the top of the window is a cluster of  tropical flowers stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink with Basic Black centers.  The leaf was stamped with Emerald Envy ink.  I stamped the Hummingbird using Emerald Envy and Dapper Denim ink.  A tiny Peek-a- boo Peach butterfly is seen hovering at the base of the window.

This focal piece is added to the card front using dimensionals.  Below is a close up.

The sentiment, stamped in Dapper Denim, using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set, was die cut using the layering oval framelits and added to the window sill with dimensionals.

Opening the card reveals a string of 5 double die cut butterflies adhered in such a way as to pop open and closed in an accordion manner.

Each butterfly consists of a Basic Black base and a more intricate inner layer die cut in each of the In-Colors. These layers are adhered together only at their bodies.

The paired butterflies are adhered together at their upper wing tip of the Basic Black butterfly only (I used glue dots but other adhesives could be used as well.  Only the two butterflies at each end are adhered to the inside of each side of the card - and then only by half the back wing, and at an angle.  This leaves the rest of the butterflies floating free.

Each half of the inside of the card is first layered with Whisper White card stock, and then I added a  window frame which I die cut using the DSP ( the reverse side although I used the original pattern for the sill.  I attached the butterflies to the window frame on each side.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  You Move Me, Beautiful Bouquet

Inks:  Black Memento, Sweet Sugarplum, Emerald Envy, Peek-a-boo Peach, Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum, Emerald Envy, Peek-a-boo Peach, Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo, Vellum, Playful Palette DSP

Accessories:  Move Me Thinlet Dies, Layering Oval Framelits, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Window frame Thinlet Die

Thanks a Bunch (of Spring Flowers) Hand Stamped Sentiments #288

I had a walk around my garden this morning just to see what I could see.  And I was amazed to see growth emerging from under ground.  Even though the spring has been very cold the perennials have decided that it is time for them to start growing.  I can hardly wait for them to bloom and bring some colour to my back yard.

Which brings me to the Inspiration Challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments .......and yes, a bright spring-like card.

There's more than one way to make a Wood grain background!  One can stamp using a background stamp, emboss with a wood grain embossing folder followed by sponging or brayering,  or one can just use Wood grain DSP. Finally, the method I chose,  one can add ink directly to a woodgrain embossing folder, insert a piece of card stock in it and put it through the Big Shot.

A window opening was die cut using the Window framelit placed sideways on this "barn" front.  I added an identical size of Crumb Cake cardstock behind this die cut layer so that I could reattach the die cut window frame (using foam tape) which now has some window sheet attached to its back. This has almost an "eclipse" effect.

Because the window was die cut sideways, the window sill was too small for the bottom of the window, so I die cut 2 of them and adhered them together to make one longer one and this formed the base for the spring floral bouquet.

Various flowers (and leaves)  were stamped and die cut using the Beautiful Bouquet, Tranquil Tulip and Petal Palette stamp sets and arranged on this extended window sill selecting the colors from the Inspiration picture above.  The flower -covered  sill was adhered to the bottom of the window with some foam tape - and a sentiment tucked into the flowers at the side.

To complete the picture, I added a  bird from the Petal Palette stamp set placing it on top of the yellow flower.

This card layer was added to a Pool Party card front.

I feel more spring-like already.

Supplied Used:

Stamps:  Beautiful Bouquet, Tranquil Tulip, Petal Palette

Inks:  Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzelberry, Old Olive, Berry Burst

Papers:  Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Garden Green, Blushing Bride, Berry Burst

Accessories:  Wood grain embossing folder, Windows framelit, Eloquent Bunch framelits, Petals and more thinlet dies, Window sheet, foam tape, dimensionals. liquid pearls (for center of flowers)

Beautiful Bouquet with Retiring Colors

Another day and another card depicting some retiring colours part of Stampin' Up's colour revamp.  Today's colours:  Rose Red and Pink Pirouette and I also include Glimmer Paper and the Post Edge punch.  Always Artichoke was the topic yesterday and is included today as well.

The base card is Rose Red, layered with Whisper White then Pink Pirouette DSP embossed with the Sparkle embossing folder (returning).

In the middle is a strip of Rose Red card stock which has a strip of Iridescent glimmer paper punched with the ticket edge punch.

On a Lots of Label die cut, I built a bouquet of flowers die cut using the Beautiful Bouquet Framelits.  Some were die cut using Rose Red card stock; some with Pink Pirouette.  The Pink Pirouette flowers were sponged with Perfect Plum ink (also retiring) to give it some depth. All flowers had Clear Wink of Stella applied. The stem is Always Artichoke.

 At the base of the flowers I added a bow made with the 1/4" White Organza ribbon, and then added a tag with "Hello" stamped with Rose Red ink and a small rhinestone at the top.

I added a few fallen flowers at the bottom of the die cut label.  The focal image was then added to the card front with dimensionals.

Retiring Items:

Colours:  Rose Red, Pink Pirouette

Inks:  Perfect Plum, Rose Red

Papers:  Iridescent Glimmer Paper in addition to above

Accessories:  1/4" White Organza ribbon, Ticket Edge Punch

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Beautiful Bouquet

Inks:  Rose Red, Perfect Plum

Papers:  Rose Red, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Iridescent Glimmer Paper, Always Artichoke

Accessories:  Sparkle embossing folder, Ticket Edge Punch, Beautiful Bouquet framelits, Rhinestones, dimensionals, Lots of labels framelits 1/4" White Organza ribbon