Mosaic Mood DSP another catalogue sneak peak

Let me say up front - this DSP is not available for purchase until the new catalogue goes live June 3 - but purchase it you will want to.

With the exception of the sentiment, thi entire card is made either die cutting or fussy cutting images from this mosaic looking DSP. The mosaic design and images of birds, flowers, and fauna has shiny elements (embossing) on one side of each piece of paper.

This 5 by 5" card has a Whisper White base, layered first with Mosaic DSP (terracotta pattern), and then Whisper White.

All the elements of this card - the humming bird, butterflies and leaves were fussy cut from different patterns of the Mosaic Moo DSP.  The circle in the center is die cut using a layering circle die and adhered to the patterned circle .

Terracotta Tile ink was used to stamp the sentiment from "Painted Glass" onto a piece of Whisper White matted with Mosaic Mood DSP.  It was flagged at one end and added to the card front using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Painted Glass
Ink:  Terracotta Tile
Papers:  Whisper White, Mosaic Madness DSP, Dimensionals

Fun Fold Tropical Escape Birthday

This is a really a fun fold. It allows you to show off some off any of our beautiful DSP  For today's card I used the Tropical Escape DSP and even made an embellishment from images in the paper.

In the above picture the card is closed but you can see the beautiful embellishment.  Opening up the card reveals the different patterns in the DSP.

Here's how to make this fun fold:

• Start with a 5 1/2 by 10 1/2" piece of Thick Whisper White card stock
• Score at 5 1/2, 6 3/4, 8 and 9 1/4.  Starting at the left side, fold as follows:  mountain, valley, mountain and valley.  Burnish with a bone folder
• Add DSP matted with Basic Black  and the Whisper White using the following measurements:

Basic Black card stock:  

(1) 4 1/4 by 5 1/4"

(2) 2 1/8 by 5 1/4

(2) 1 1/8 by 5 1/4"

DSP (Tropical Escape)

(1) 4 by 5"

(2) 2 by 5

(2) 1 by 5

Whisper White

(1) 1 3/4 by 5 1/4

Make the embellishment:

Cut 3 palm leaves and 3 flowers (pink) from the DSP.

Punch a 1 1/4" scallop circle which will be the base for the leaves and flowers

Sponge leaves with Granny Apple Green ink ; the flowers with Petal Pink ink.

Using an Emerald Green marker, make markings on the inside of each flower.

Shape the leaves and the flowers.

Using a hot glue gun (you can use tombo if you wish) attach the leaves to the scallop circle base and cluster the flowers at the base of the leaves. Add a black rhinestone to the center of each flower.

Adhere to only half of the first mountain fold from the center.  The embellishment should extend over the edge. ( see first picture)

Die cut a  Delicate Lace Edgelit in Granny Apple green and adhere to first panel. 

• The sentiment, stamped with Black Memento, was die cut using the rectangular, notched framelit from "Farmhouse Christmas"
• Stamp birthday sentiment from "Bunch of Blossoms"

Close the card and wrap a 5/8" white polka do ribbon around the end fold the keep the card closed.  An alternative would be to make a belly band.

Supplied Used:

Stamps:  Painted Glass, Bunch of Blossoms

Inks:  Black Memento, Granny Apple Green, Petal Pink, Emerald Green Marker, Stampin Up Blends

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Basic Black, Tropical Escape DSP, Granny Apple Green

Accessories:  Stained Glass Thinlets, Delicate Lace Edgelits, Festive Farmhouse Framelit Dies, Black Rhinestones, 5/8" white organza polka dot ribbon

Tent Grace Glass Vellum Sympathy card

This unique card fold would make a wonderful birthday or thank you card, but I chose to make it a sympathy card.  The card stands alone and because I am using the Grace Vellum paper,  a battery operated tea candle can be inserted in the card.

I used the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers  here for directions on how to make this card

The front of this 5 by 10 card was embossed with the Striped Scallop embossing folder (Pg. 223 Annual Catalogue) and then a rectangular aperture was die cut using the Layering Square framelits (Pg. 218).

The Grace Glass Vellum piece, after coloring with blends, was adhered in this aperture.  On both sides a strip of one of the delicate lace edgelits (Pg. 217) was added.

On the inside I added a 5 by 4" piece of Whisper White card stock scored at 1,2,3" on the 4" side (which is mountain and valley folded) adhering it to the front and back of the card.

On the left side 2 branches of Garden green sprigs punched using the "Sprig punch". Three Petal Pink flowers punched with the retired Petite flower punch were added randomly along these sprigs.  A rhinestone was placed in the center of each flower.

The sentiment is from the Painted Glass stamp set.

Supplies used:

Stamp:  Painted Glass

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin Up Blends

Papers:  Whisper White, Grace Vellum, Petal Pink, Garden Green

Accessories:  Layering square framelits, Striped Scallop embossing folder, Delicate Lace Edgelits, Sprig punch, Petite Flower punch (retired), rhinestones

Birds on a Wire Birthday - a partial case

When my husband and I were first married we had a parakeet for a pet - a bright yellow one.  He was our pet and we were very fond of him - and he knew it.
He learned to open his cage, walk along the door and flip upside down and occasionally fly around the room.
When my daughter arrived he became jealous and when he opened the cage he flew out of the open back door - something he had never done.
We never saw him again.

When I saw these birds on a wire on the Graceful Vellum paper on Pg. 188 of the Annual catalogue , it brought me back to this time. The card was partially cased from a card I saw on Pinterest.

After colouring the birds using the new blends, I reduced the size of the vellum to 3 1/2 by 4 1/2 and adhered it to Whisper White card stock of the same size.  The Sizzix adhesive sheets are perfect for adhering vellum.  Just remove the top cover, stick the vellum over the sticky surface press down and whalla  you can now adhere the vellum to the card stock. This was matted to Basic Black and then Granny Apple Green using dimensionals.  Finally these layers were added to a Basic Black card base.

I added some branches at both upper corners that were punched in Granny Apple Green using the new sprig punch (Pg. 29 Holiday catalogue)

The sentiment is from the coordinating stamp set "Painted Glass".  It is stamped on Whisper White, matted first with Granny Apply Green and then Basic Black.  Dimensionals were used on the bottom only, and tombo on the upper sentiment.

After all these years I still miss that bird.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp:  Painted Glass

Inks:  Black Memento, Blends

Papers:  Graceful Vellum, Whisper White, Basic Black, Granny Apple Green

Accessories:  Sprig punch, Sizzix adhesive sheets, Dimensionals