Birthday Four Panel Card

I've seen a lot of Four Panel cards on Pinterest and decided to try this fold for myself.  I used the tutorial by Dawn here.

Instead of doing a lot of stamping I used the Lots of Lovely DSP.

As the name implies this card has 4 panels, each decorated with a different design of the DSP. It is fan folded closed.

The base card is Whisper White, and you'll need a 12 by 12 piece to start.  Each panel is layered with Pool Party and then  the DSP.

The sentiments are from the stamp sets "Birthday Blossoms" and "Big on Birthdays"

The smallest panel is on the front and I decorated both the front and back of this panel.

Below you see the other side of the front panel and the panel beside it.

The flowers are either fussy cut from the DSP, or stamped, coloured with Stampin' Blends

and fussy cut using the stamp set "Birthday Blossoms"

Here's a close up of the flower I stamped and coloured.  I just love the new Stampin' Blends! I used  Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight markers, and after I cut them out I sponged the edges with Basic Gray ink and applied dimensional glitter to the center.

Opening the entire card -----

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Birthday Blossoms, Big on Birthdays

Inks:  Black Memento, Versa Mark, Stampin' Blend (Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight), Basic Gray

Papers:  Whisper White, Pool Party, Lots of Lovely DSP, Basic Black

Accessories:  Black Embossing Powder, Dimensionals glitter (non SU)

Flower Pot Card

I had some fun today making flowers using various stamp sets, and punches, some of which are retiring and some are not.
I had quite a number when I was done, so make a flower pot easel card, the template for which I got at my local craft store.

The card base is Cajun Craze cardstock, layered with Moroccan Series DSP.  I used a template from a local craft store to make this flower pot shaped easel card.

I stamped floral images from various stamp sets (Flower Shop, Grateful Bunch), punched some of the others using the Petite Petal Punch, Bunch Punch, the Scallop circle framelit, and Botanical Framelits. Some flowers were made into tiny roses, or a Chrysanthemum.  Most of the floral centers have pearls in them, but some have small brads.

The sentiment is from "Blossom Birthdays"

Here is the side view.

And a close up of the flowers:

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Grateful Bunch, Flower Shop, Birthday Blossoms
Inks: Daffodil Delight, Delightful Dijon, Old Olive, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Black Memento
Papers: Cajun Craze, Moroccan DSP, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Accessories: Petite Petal Punch, Bunch Punch, Botanical Framelits, Layering Circles framelits, Pearls, small brads

Comfort & Sympathy - SUO Challenges #172

"Thinking of You and Sympathy" are the topics of this week's classes, so the challenge at SUO is very timely. 
The challenge this week at SUO is to make a card for someone who is facing difficulties in life. I am making this card with a very special person in mind who is facing multiple medical difficulties.  As she has said many times, her calendar" looks like a medical convention".

She loves nature and flowers so that's what I put on the card.

I stamped the sentiment in the centre of a stitched die cut oval after which I adhered it to the Whisper White card front.

The cluster of small flowers were stamped over the edge of the oval and onto the card front. To color the flowers, the oval was removed and replaced later using dimensionals.

On a separate piece of Whisper White, I stamped a larger flower and two sets of leaves.  These were coloured with ink pads and a blender pen and fussy cut. The flower was added to the upper right of the oval, with the leaves added above and below the oval.

Some texture was added using second generation Tip Top Taupe ink.
Tiny pearls were added to the center of each small flower; a larger pearl to the center of the larger flower.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Birthday Blossoms, Gorgeous Grunge
Inks: Black Memento, Daffodil Delight, Delightful Dijon, Wild Wasabi, Cucumber Crush, Tip Top Taupe
Papers: Delightful Dijon Whisper White
Accessories:  Stitched oval framelit, dimensional, pearls

Dear Friend - Try Stampin' on Tuesday # 249

Another week, another challenge, and another sketch challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday
The theme was "The Holidays" but I chose not to use that theme, but instead make a card giving you a sneak peak at the New Occasions catalogue coming out in January.

 

• The base of this top fold card is Watermelon Wonder, layered with Whisper White embossed with the Decorative Dots embossing folder
• A strip of Birthday Bouquet DSP was adhered near the bottom

Flower

• The image was stamped with Black Memento on Whisper White anWonder, Marina Mist (for shading), Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight and Soft Suede.  The leaves were first coloured with Pear Pizzazz and then shaded with Old Olive.  
• Some glitter using the Wink of Stella Brush (clear) was added to various parts of the flower and embellishments.
• With a blender pen, tiny dots of the various colours in the flower and leaves were added around the flower.
• The image was die cut using the Circle Framelits, and attached to the card front using dimensionals.

• Embellishments:  The flowers were punched using the Blossom Bunch Punch - in Watermelon Wonder and then in Daffodil Delight.  They were layered together using a glue dot, and a metal rimmed pearl was placed in the center of each.  The leaf from the Flower Frenzy die (retired) was cut in Pear Pizzaz, trimmed, sponged with Old Olive and added to the back of each flower cluster with a glue dot.  They were added to the focal image with a glue dot.

 The sentiment is from the same stamp set, punched with the small oval punch and added to the top with both a dimensional and tombo.

Note:  All edges were sponged with Watercolor Wonder, except for the leaves were were sponged with Old Olive.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Birthday Blooms
Inks: Pink Pirouette, Watercolor Wonder, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Black Memento
Papers: Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White, Birthday Bouquet DSP, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight
Accessories: Decorative dots embossing folder, Circles Framelits, Fun Frenzy die, Blossom Bunch Punch, Metal rimmed pearls, Wink of Stella glitter brush (clear), Blender pen, glue dots, dimensionals, Small oval punch