Enjoy Your Special Day - a Different Corner Pop Up Card

Now that I have made several corner pop up cards, I have discovered a different corner pop up card - made by turning the card up side down. There are many tutorials on how to make these cards.  Here is a link to one of them here

I used thick Whisper White card stock as the base.  The remainder of this card is decorated with Magnolia DSP matted with Mossy Meadow card stock.

Score an 8 1/4 by 8 1/4" piece of card stock at 4 1/8", turn and score at 4 1/8" again.  Without removing the card stock from the trimmer cut along the score line up to the middle.
Score one of the upper squares diagonally.
Fold in half, fold the triangle inward, and overlap the two square pieces.  Adhere them together.  The scored triangular piece becomes the base of the card.

The right upper square is matted with Mossy Meadow with Magnolia Lane DSP (pattern 1) on top.  A Mossy Meadow banner is placed down the middle, and the sentiment, stamped in Black Memento and die cut with a Stitched Die is added about half way up.  The small bunch of flowers and the leaves, coloured with Stampin' blends is from the Blooms & Grow stamp set.

The right side is decorated in a similar manner, and a square of Whisper White is added for a written personal message.

For the bottom triangularly scored square, the Mossy Meadow and DSP (Pattern 2) is cut into 2 triangles before adhering together, and then added to each triangle.

The sentiment piece, from "Blooms & Grow" is matted with Mossy Meadow.  The corners of both pieces are rounded with a corner rounder punch. The piece is adhered to the base at the right side only so the it tucks up inside when the card closes.  A Magnolia bloom, die cut from the DSP decorated the upper right corner.

To close the card, the scored base folds inward pulling up the sentiment.

The size of the closed card is 4 1/8" square.  It is matted with Mossy Meadow and pattern 3 of the Magnolia Lane DSP.

The sentiment, stamped with Soft Suede and Versa Mark, is embossed with Clear Embossing powder, then die cut with the Stitched Label die.  Before adhering this label to the front, some Petal Pink Organza ribbon is added to the front and back and will be used to keep the card closed.  An alternative is a belly band.

Two flowers decorate the front.  They are made by punching Petal Pink card stock using the Four Petal Flower punch, and die cutting the flower centers using the Magnolia Lane dies.  After adhering the center to the flower, each flower is spritzed and scrunched in my hand.  After gently unscrunching them (leaving lots of wrinkles in) they are adhered to the card front.

The front was completed by adding some petal pink self adhesive sequins.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Stitched All Around , Bloom & Grow

Inks:  Versa Mark, Soft Suede, Black Memento, Stamping Blends

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Regular Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Magnolia Lane DSP, Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Stitched Label dies, Magnolia Memory Dies, Budding Bloom dies,Corner Rounder Punch, Four Petal Flower punch, Magnolia dies, 5/8" Petal Pink organza ribbon, dimensionals, Clear embossing powder, Self adhesive sequins

To a Wonderful Couple - SUO Challenge #223

This was card was made for the SUO Challenge "Think Spring" .
One has to think very hard to conjure up Spring, at least in Southern Ontario.  We've had a lot of rain, and below average temperatures and although this was planting weekend I had my winter woollies on to do so.

June is the month of weddings, so for this challenge I made a wedding card, using a new bundle from the soon-to-go live new Annual Catalogue - Verdant Garden and the coordinating Garden Lane DSP.

The vine-like image from "Verdant Garden" was stamped in each corner of a piece of Whisper White, after which a strip of Garden Lane DSP with a notched end was added in the center. This was adhered to a Petal Pink layer and then onto a Pear Pizzazz card front.

The sentiment, stamped in Pear Pizzazz and embossed with clear embossing powder, was punched with the Tailored Tag punch.  This was matted with Pear Pizzazz card stock before adding it to the card front using dimensionals.

Three 'buds' were stamped, coloured with Stampin' Blends and fussy cut.   Three extra leaves were also die cut in Pear Pizzazz card stock, using the Magnolia Memory dies.  The buds and leaves were arranged around the punched sentiment.

Quite by accident I discovered that heat (from a heat tool) applied to the Petal Pink Organza ribbon  causes the ribbon to crinkle.  This crinkled ribbon was adhered under the sentiment.

To finish the card, Clear Wink of Stella was applied to the 'buds' and rhinestones added to the card front.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Verdant Garden
Inks:  Pear Pizzazz, Versa Mark, Stampin' Blends (Petal Pink, Pear Pizzazz), Black Memento
Papers:  Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Petal Pink, Garden Lane DSP
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Tailored Tag Punch, Magnolia Memory Dies, 5/8" Petal Pink Organdy ribbon, Dimensionals, Clear Wink of Stella, Rhinestones, Triple Punch

Hello Enjoy Today Another Magnolia Card

The Magnolia DSP is absolutely gorgeous!
Quite by accident I discovered that one of the dies can be used to die cut one of the Magnolia flowers directly from the DSP.

Below is the card I made using these die cuts

The base card is a top fold Basic Black, layered first with Whisper White and then Magnolia Lane DSP which had been matted with Mossy Meadow card stock.

Some Mossy Meadow Baker's twine was wrapped around the DSP/Mossy Meadow piece before it was adhered to the card front.

The art piece is a rectangle of Whisper White with a Balmy Blue washed background.  A Basic Black stitched frame encases this background.

The  sentiment is Black embossed on the lower part, and three die cut Magnolia buds are adhered with dimensionals at the top.

This art piece is adhered to the card front at an angle.

On the inside I place a strip of DSP as well as another floral die cut.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Good Morning Magnolia

Inks:  Black Memento, Versa Mark, Balmy Blue

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Magnolia Lane DSP

Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Magnolia Memory Dies, Mossy Meadow Baker's Twine, Dimensionals, Black Embossing Powder, Aqua painter

Good Morning Magnolia

Finally, we're experiencing some Spring weather!
A sure sign of Spring is the appearance of Magnolia blossoms and today I'm using one of the bundles in the new Annual catalogue available June 4, the lovely Magnolia bundle.  I just love the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set with its coordinating Magnolia Memory dies and wonderful DSP.

The Magnolia was coloured with Stampin' Blends - Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive. Some of the areas on the leaves had the colour lightened using the Color Lifter.  The flower was then die cut with the coordinating dies and added to a Basic Black card front the bottom of which had been die cut with a decorative edge piece.   A second decorative edge was die cut in Old Olive and adhered just below the Basic Black edge. This was added to a Petal Pink card base.

Striped Petal Pink Organza ribbon and bow was added below the flower

This bundle is available June 4

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Good Morning Magnolia
Inks: Black Memento, Stampin Blends combo colours:  Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Petal Pink, Soft Suede
Papers:  Petal Pink, Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive
Accessories: Magnolia Memory Dies, Color Lifter, 5/8" striped Petal Pink Organdy ribbon, dimensionals
Papers:  Petal Pink, Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White
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