Butterfly Hello - Paper Craft Crew Challenge #420

 This card was made for the Vertical Challenge with the Paper Craft Crew Challenge #420 .

Since butterflies seem to be popular right now, I decided to resurrect the Botanical Butterfly DSP, a retired SAB item, and punch some of them using the retiring Butterfly duet punch.

And, I altered the sketch so that rather than square focal features I used layered circles.

So, here's my card"

The top folding Basic Black card base was layered with a Black and White polka dot pattern from the True Love DSP.

Five different butterflies were punched from the (retired SAB) Botanical Butterfly DSP using the soon to be retired Butterfly duet punch.  In addition, a small butterfly was punched from the body of another butterfly again using the butterfly duet punch (the small butterfly option). 

Six 1 1/4" Basic Black circles were punched as well as six smaller 1 3/8" Basic White ones.  The two were adhered together and added to the card front equidistant from one another. The larger butterflies were adhered to 5 of the circles.  On the remaining circle I added the sentiment (Forever Fern) which was stamped on a rectangle sentiment strip. Above that was added the smaller butterfly; below it a bow made with a 1/4" Calypso Coral ribbon (Ornate bundle).

And of course, no card is complete without bling. so a rhinestone was added to each butterfly making sure there was an odd number.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Forever Fern (sentiment)

Ink:  Basic Black (for sentiment)

Papers:  Basic Black, Basic White, True Love DSP, retired Botanical Butterfly DSP

Accessories:  Punches:  1 1/4" and  1 3/8" circle, Butterfly Duet, rhinestones, 1/4" Calypso Coral ribbon

Forever Fern Christmas - Hand Stamped Sentiments #350

 For the sketch challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments #350, I made a slim line Christmas card featuring the Forever Fern bundle.

The card base is 9 by 7" scored at 3 1/2" to form a 3 1/2 by 9" slim line card. The second DSP layer is 3 1/4 by 8 3/4", followed by a Whisper White art piece of 3 by 8 1/2".

Normally the Forever Fern stamp set would not be used for designing Christmas cards, but I like to maximize the use of my stamps.

So, for this card, I created a festive cluster near the top of a a Whisper White card front using the sketch as a guide. The lower part of the card front was embossed with the Greenery embossing folder, with a strip of gold foil paper left over from another project adhered to the top of the embossed area.

To make the festive cluster, some die cuts stamped in Rich Razzelberry, Pear Pizzazz, and Shaded Spruce were added around a Pretty Peacock stitched die cut circle that extends over the edge of the card and trimmed off.  To make the cluster  more festive, I added some gold precut greenery accents from the Forever Gold Laser-cut Specialty Paper as well as two pine cones die cut with the Beautiful Boughs dies.

A sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas stamped with Pretty Peacock ink on a smaller stitched die cut circle was added to the larger circle using dimensionals.

To finish the cluster, a double bow made using the double sided Pretty Peacock/Old Olive ribbon was added at the top of the pine cones. Coloured rhinestones were added randomly on the card front. The white spaces were stamped in Crumb Cake ink using the dot stamp from the Peaceful Bough stamp set.

The completed card front was added to some Forever Greenery DSP (stripes) and then added to a Pretty Peacock card stock base.

The white spaces were filled in using Crumb Cake ink and the  dot stamp from the Peaceful Boughs stamp set.

Inside:

The card fits into a regular business envelope or a custom envelope can be made.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Itty Bitty Christmas, Forever Fern, Peaceful Bough

Inks:  Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake, Shady Spruce, Rich Razzelberry, Pear Pizzazz

Papers:  Pretty Peacock, Forever Greenery DSP, Gold Foil, Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper accents, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede.

Accessories:  Greenery Embossing Folder, Beautiful Bough dies, Forever Flourishing Dies, Noble Peacock rhinestones, Stitched circle dies, dimensionals, 1/4" double sided Pretty Peacock/Old Olive ribbon

More of You - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #464

This card was made using the sketch challenge at Try Stampin on Tuesday #464 here

 This 5 by 5" square top folding card has a Seaside Spray card stock base.  Layered on that is Whisper White followed by Playing with Patterns DSP.  Both the Whisper White and DSP do not go all the way to the bottom of the card, but stop short about an inch from the bottom,

At the bottom edge is placed a die cut piece of Seaside Spray card stock; above that is a 1/4" 

shimmer Seaside Spray ribbon and bow.

In the upper left corner is an offset Whisper White die cut circle.  Placed in the circle are two flowers from Tasteful Touches colored with Seaside Spray Stampin Blends with Daffodil Delight in the center.  For added texture some Sunshine Flower Soft was added to the flower centers.  Both flowers were fussy cut and added to the circle using dimensionals.

For the leaves Garden Green was used to stamp them, and they were die cut using the fern dies.  A vellum leaf was also die cut.  The leaves from "Forever Fern" were tucked under each flower.

The sentiment is from "Free as a Bird", stamped in Misty Moonlight, and added to the right of the circle.

To finish the card, some In Color 2019 - 2021 Faceted Dots were added randomly and clear Wink of Stella applies to the flower petals.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Tasteful Touches, Free as a Bird, Forever Ferns
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin Blends (Seaside Spray, Daffodil Delight, Misty Moonlight), Garden Green
Papers:  Seaside Spray, Whisper White, Playing with Patterns DSP, Vellum
Accessories:  Ornate border die, 1/4" glimmer Seaside Spray ribbon, Layering Circle die, Sunshine Flower Soft (non SU), In Color 2019-2021 Faceted dots, Clear Wink of Stella, Dimesionals, Forever Flourish dies

Watercolour Blossoms and Blooms

I can't seem to get enough of the Blossoms and Blooms stamp set.  There are so many ways to create beautiful cards.
Today I used my stamparatus and spritzer to create a watercolour look.

1. Start with a piece of Whisper White cardstock 3 3/4 by 5”
2. Place on Stamparatus
3. Position stamp on glass plate
4. Add Rocco Rose ink to stamp.  Spritz lightly with water
5. Stamp.
5. Clean stamp.
6.Using a sponge or finger dauber add Rich Razzelberry ink to the centers of the flowers only.
7. Spritz lightly and stamp.  Clean stamp.
8. Using a finger dauber add Blackberry Bliss to the flower centers taking care to stay in the centers.      Spritz and stamp.
    Stamp centers of flowers with Daffodil Delight
9. Repeat for leaves.  Stamp first with Pear Pizzaz followed by Old Olive
10.  Add 3 small flowers stamping and spritzing first with Balmy Blue and then Pacific Point
11. Fill in white spaces using Crumb Cake and splatter stamp from Forever Fern.

Stamp sentiment with Rich Razzelberry ink and die cut with the Tasteful Label Dies. Using another die, die a label with Vellum

Add sentiment label with Vellum label and adhere to card front over ribbon.

Mat with Rocco Rose card stock and before adhering to Pear Pizzazz card base add some ribbon near bottom.
Ribbon is Whisper White stamped with a leaf stamp and Pear Pizzazz ink.

Finish card by adding Guilded Gems.

Supplies Used
Stamps:  Blossoms and Blooms, Forever Fern
Inks: Rocco Rose, Rich Razzelberry, Blackberry Bliss, Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Pacific, Point, pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Crumb Cake
Papers: Whisper White, Rocco Rose,Vellum, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Stamparatus, Spritzer, Tasteful Label Dies,1/4” Whisper White ribbon,Guilded Gems

Forever Fern and clear block stamping -Paper Craft Crew Color Challenge #382

Clear block stamping is a technique I had almost forgotten about but I was playing with it last week and thought it would be perfect to try for the colour challenge with the Paper Craft Crew Challenge .
The colours:  yellow, blue, pink and green reminded me of the new 2020-2022 In Colours (Misty Moonight, Magenta Madness, Just Jade, and Bumblebee),  so they were used for this challenge.

Misty Moonlight,  Bumblebee, and Magenta Madness ink was directly applied to a H clear block, spritzed with water, and then stamped onto a piece of Whisper White card stock.  Once dry, the dot stamp from Forever Fern was used to add some Misty Moonlight ink randomly over the colour panel.

After cutting out the panel with the SU trimmer, it was matted with some Just Jade card stock, and adhered to a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of Whisper White card stock embossed with the Delicate Diamond embossing folder, near the left side.

A large leaf  was die cut from Just Jade card stock using a Forever Flourishing die and adhered at an angle across the colourful panel with a 1/4" gingham Bumblebee bow  adhered to the stem. 

A sentiment,  matted with Bumblebee card stock, is added near the card bottom.

To finish the card, some Misty Moonlight embellishments were added.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Forever Fern

Inks:  Misty Moonight, Bumblebee, Magenta Madness, Just Jade, Black Memento

Papers:  Misty Moonlight, Magenta Madness, Whisper White, Just Jade

Accessories:  H Block, Spritzer, Delicate Diamond embossing folder, In Color embellishments, Forever Flourishing Die, 1/4" Bumblebee gingham ribbon

Single layer Thank You card -Hand Stamped Sentiments #342

As I have mentioned frequently I don’t participate in colour challenges- usually.... Unless the colours speak to me, which of course is unscientific and cannot be proven.  However, I’m sticking to my story.

The colour challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments #341 is for the following colours: Pool Party, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay. Did you picture ferns?

Using those colours I decided to do a technique I haven't done for a while - clear block stamping.

A "D" block, inked with Pool Party ink, is spritzed lightly with water and stamped onto a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of Whisper White towards the top half.  After it was dry, two images from "Forever Fern" were stamped over this background - the larger one with Bermuda Bay; the other with Mint Macaron. Some Bermuda Bay "dots" were added to the background - another stamp from the Forever Fern stamp set. The sentiment, stamped in Bermuda Bay, is from "Positive Thoughts"

To fit in with the colour scheme, a 1/4" Whisper White ribbon is coloured with a Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blend, tied into a bow and added at the junction of the two stems with a glue dot.

This Whisper White layer is matted with Mint Macaron card stock, and this in turn is added to a Bermuda Bay card base.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Forever Fern, Positive Thoughts
Inks:  Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blend
Papers:  Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron, Whisper White
Accessories:  D Block, Spritzer with water, 1/4" Whisper White ribbon

Forever Fern - Another Catalogue Sneak Peak

These sneak peaks can be a real tease can't they?  Well, it's only 5 more days and you'll be able to order your own new products, whether it's Forever Fern or another stamp set.

For today's card, I am using the following new products:  Forever Fern and Forever Flourishing Dies in a pop up container card.

Usually I make a card by starting on the outside, but in this case I started on the inside of the Whisper White card base, even before scoring at the 4 1/4" mark.

Using the fern stamp and Pretty Peacock ink, I stamped this image twice, once on each side of the potential mid point.  These images would look like they were part of the pop up.  After stamping, the card base was scored at 4 1/4" and the fold burnished well.

The pop up flower pot was made by scoring a 2 by 8" piece of Crumb Cake embossed with the Pinewood Plank Embossing Folder at 2, 4, and 6 ".  These score lines were burnished well.  A 1/2 by 4" piece of Crumb cake scored at 1" each end and burnished well, with the folds going in the opposite directions.  This piece will be added to the inside like a pop up box card and the other die cuts added to this.

This folded crumb cake pop up is added to the inside at the bottom as shown in the picture.

Other leaf images were stamped in Old Olive, Pretty Peacock, or Shaded Spruce on a separate piece of Whisper White, and die cut.  Two of the pieces were adhered handing over the side of the container, and the others were added with glue dots to the inner strip.

The sentiment, is stamped on the inside beside the pop up using Shaded Spruce ink.

For the card front, I first emboss a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of Whisper White with the Heritage Embossing Folder.  In the center of that I adhere a die cut Fern Leaf and add a bow made with Whisper White polka dot organza ribbon. This is matted with Shaded Spruce card stock and added to the card front.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Forever Fern

Inks:  Proud Peacock, Shaded Spruce, Old Olive

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Shaded Spruce

Accessories:  Heritage Embossing folder, 5/8" White Polka dot Organza ribbon, Pinewood Plank embossing folder, Forever Flourishing Dies

Something Old and Something New - a catalogue sneak peak - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #458

The new Annual Catalogue goes live on June 3, 2020 -  about 10 days from now. So, today's card will provide you with a sneak peak of some of the upcoming new products.

For this sketch challenge with Try Stampin on Tuesday #458, I combined something old - some DSP that is about to retire - with something new - a stamp set "Forever Fern".  For the optional theme of texture, I used the new "Tasteful Texture 3D Embossing Folder".

The focal image is a Whisper White tag punched with the Angle Topper Punch and then embossed with the new Tasteful Texture 3D Embossing Folder. Mossy Meadow ink was used to sponge the edges of this tag.

On a separate piece of Whisper White, the image of the Fern Leaf was stamped  with Mossy Meadow ink and then die cut with the coordinating "Forever Flourish Die".  Dimensionals adhered this die cut leaf to the tag which was  then added to the card front also using dimensionals. At the bottom of the tag was added a sentiment stamped on a strip of Whisper White notched at both ends.  At the top I added a triple bow made with the 1/4" Whisper White crumpled Seam Binding.

Some retired faceted dots are added to the bottom of the tag.

The card base is Soft Sea Foam card stock layered with Mossy Meadow card stock, and then Garden Lane DSP.  At the top and bottom of this card front I added some 1/8" Whisper White ribbon coloured with a Mossy Meadow marker.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Forever Fern

Inks:  Mossy Meadow, Mossy Meadow marker

Papers:  Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Garden Lane DSP

Accessories:  Angle Topper Punch, Forever Flourish Die, Tasteful Texture Embossing Folder, 1/4" Whisper White crumpled Seam Binding, 1/8" Stitched Whisper White ribbon, Dimensionals, Faceted dots, bow maker