All Adorned - a Case

As of today it is officially Spring although the temperature outside doesn't feel like it.  Last night the temperature was -13 degrees C.  Not only is it Spring, it is also St. Patrick's Day, a day to celebrate all things Irish.

We're also nearing the end of Sale-a-bration.

Today's card features one of the later stamp offers - All Adorned.  This stamp set was created to show case the Stamparatus.  See the Stampin' Up video below













Below is the card I created:

It's a 5" square  card with a Thick White Cardstock base, layered first with Early Espresso and then Granny Apple Green embossed with the Dot to Dot embossing folder.  The central art piece is adhered to this.

Art Piece:
Using the stamparatus, the corner stamp was used to stamp the 4 corners of a 3 3/4 by 3 3/4" piece of Blushing Bride cardstock using Blushing Bride ink. A tiny heart, was stamped in Granny Apple Green  in the space between the corner stamp.

In the center is a die cut from Eastern Medallion Thinlet Dies.  In the center of this, one of the larger images was stamped with Granny Apply Green, followed by a second image in Early Espresso

This piece was adhered to the stamped Blushing Bride piece using dimensionals.

Early Espresso was used to mat the art piece after which it was attached to an embossed piece of Granny apple Green .card stock.  This in turn is matted with Early Espresso which was added to the card base.

Rather than use the stamparatus to stamp the little heart between the corners I placed the stamp on an acrylic block and stamped the hearts between the corner pieces

After matting this piece with Early Espresso, it is adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  All Adorned
Inks:  Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Blushing Bride
Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso
Accessories:  Eastern Medallion Thinlet dies, Dot to Dot embossing folder, Classic Label Punch, Stamparatus, Dimensionals.

Enjoy Today - another catalogue sneak peak

This is the card I made for the team swap on Monday.

The card base is Fresh Fig layered with Very Vanilla and then Eastern Palace DSP.  At the bottom of he DSP I added a strip of the Eastern Gold Vinyl stickers. A large floral Eastern Gold Vinyl sticker was also added to the upper middle card front.  In the middle of that I added a hand made flower in the center of a Whisper White die cut (Eastern Medallion Thinlets)

The sentiment is from the Eastern Beauty stamp set.  It is stamped with Fresh Fig ink and die cut with the tag that is part of the Crate framelits.  A knot of vanilla/gold Baker's twine is added to the top of the tag.

Flower:  Pansy Punch, Botanical Builder Framelits, Flower shop framelits, Fresh Fig and Old Olive inks

Stamp: Eastern Beauty
Ink: Fresh Fig, Old Olive
Papers: Fresh Fig, Old Olive, Whisper White, Eastern Palace DSP, Very Vanilla, Basic Black
Accessories: Eastern Medallions Thinlets, Pansy Punch, Flower Shop, Crate thinlets, Vanilla/Gold Baker's twine, Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers. Botanical Builder Framelits

Eastern Palace Diamond Fold Card

This is one of the cards made at my team meeting on Monday night. I'm really getting to like this new suite coming in the new annual catalogue, the launch date of which is June 2.

For On Stage Toronto I made over 30 Diamond Fold cards so this was a natural extension for me.

Stamp: Eastern Beauty
Ink: Black Memento
Papers: Very Vanilla, Eastern Palace DSP, Gold Foil, Tranquil Tide
Accessories: Eastern Medallion Framelits, Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers

Eastern Beauty Project 2 - A Thank You Note card

Yesterday I gave you a sneak peak of a gift bag I made using some of the new products in the Eastern Palace Suite.

I also made a Thank You note card.

A 5 by 7" piece of Thick Very Vanilla card stock was scored at 3 1/2" to form a note card.

A 3 by 3" piece of Tranquil Tide cardstock was die cut using the Eastern Medallion Thinlet die. I curled the edges of the medallion up with my bone folder.  In order to display the lovely features of this die cut,  I matted it with a 3 1/4 by 3 1/4" piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock.  In the center of the medallion I adhered 2 gold vinyl stickers.

Before adhering this art piece to the card front, I  added another gold vinyl sticker to the right front of the card as well as a gold vinyl sticker on the bottom edge .  The art piece was adhered on the left side partially covering the vinyl sticker.

The gold embossed sentiment was first punched with a l" circle punch, matted with a slightly larger Tranquil Tide circle, and adhered to the card front in the middle of the gold vinyl sticker using a dimensional. 

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Eastern Beauty

Ink: Versa Mark

Papers: Thick Very Vanilla card stock, Daffodil Delight, Tranquil Tide

Accessories: Eastern Medallion Thinlet dies, Gold Vinyl stickers, 1" circle punch, Layering circles framelits, dimensionals, gold embossing powder.

Another sticker (sun?) was attached over the sentiment. 

Sneak Peak - Eastern Palace Suite Projects - Gift Bag

Last weekend I was at On Stage in Toronto, and had a wonderful time.  But before I left I had the opportunity to pre-order the Eastern Palace Suite projects. A couple of days ago, everything arrived.  Today I made some sample projects - some sneak peaks for you.

The first project, which I will post about today, is a medium gift bag made using the Gift Bag Punch board. 

Tomorrow I will describe how I made the Thank You note card.

To make the bag, I used 4 by 11" piece of  the new thick Very Vanilla cardstock and it was a delight to work with. Before putting the bag together I did a bit of decorating.

Two pieces of  Eastern Palace Designer Specialty DSP 2 3/4 by 5 7/8" were matted with 2 7/8 by 6" pieces of Tranquil Tide cardstock. Both are new items that will appear in the Annual catalogue launching June, 2017. These pieces were added to the front and back of the bag.

Gold natural trim (1/4") were inserted through the punched holes to hold the bag closed.

The decorative tag was made using a 2 by 4" of Tranquil Tide card stock, punched at one end with the scallop tag topper punch.  After randomly stamping it with Tranquil Tide ink, it was attached to the gift bag at an angle, with dimensionals.   A gold mini tassel was attached at the top of the tag.

The sentiment, gold embossed on a scrap of thick Very Vanilla cardstock, was die cut using the coordinating Eastern Medallion Thinlet dies and adhered, with dimensionals, to the right side of the tag and extending over the edge.

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Eastern Beauty

Ink: Tranquil Tide, Versa Mark

Papers: Thick Very Vanilla card stock, Tranquil Tide, Eastern Palace DSP

Accessories: Gift bag punch board, Gold embossing powder, Eastern Medallion Thinlet dies, Gold Mini Tassel, Linen thread, 1/4" natural gold trim, Scallop tag topper punch

Stay tuned for tomorrow's post - a Thank You note card.