Elegantly Said Stand Alone Card

 I love fun folds as they provide a wonderful way to show case DSP. For this stand alone card I showcase the Elegantly Said DSP.

The 5 1/2 by 8 1/2" Basic Gray card stock base is scored at 2, 3 1/4" 5 1/4" &6 1/4". The scored lines are folded as a Valley, Mountain, Mountain, and Valley folds to form a stand alone card.

The 2 end pieces, and middle scored area are layered with  Very Vanilla card stock as well as two different patterns of the Elegantly Said DSP.

For the center piece, the Basic White measures 2 by 5 1/4"

DSP  (Pattern 2):   1 5/8  by 5" . A 1/4 by 5 1/4" strip of copper foil was added to the underside of the DSP before it was added to the Basic White.

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Two floral images were embossed with copper embossing powder on a 3 1/2 by 2 1/4" of Very Vanilla.  This was matted with 3 3/4 by 2 1/2" of copper foil and added to a Basic Gray  die cut using the largest of the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. This was added centered on the middle panel.

Below this is a smaller sentiment piece.  The sentiment on this 3 by 3/4" Very Vanilla piece is embossed with copper embossing powder, matted with 3 1/4 by 1" Copper Foil, and added to 3 1/2 by 1 1/4" Basic Gray card stock. It is adhered below the art piece on the center panel.

Gilded gems were added randomly over the art piece and sentiment panel.  As we 1/4" copper trim (retired) made into a double bow was added to the bottom of the art piece with a glue dot.

 

Supplies:

Stamp:  Elegantly Said

Inks:  Versa mark

Papers:  Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Copper Foil, Elegantly Said DSP

Accessories:  Copper Embossing powder, Gilded Gems, 1/4" Copper Trim, Stitched So Sweetly Die

Birthday Horizontal Front Panel Fun Fold Card (and a video)- Hand Stamped Sentiments #360

 The challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments has some wonderful spring/Easter colours.  Below is the card I made. Scroll down to the bottom to check out a video on how to make the basic card fold.

The colours of the challenge are below:

To make the card, I first made my own designer paper using the colours above and the Pretty Perennial stamp set on a piece of Basic White card stock.

The basic card is a Horizontal Front Panel Fun Fold. There are many tutorials on You Tube and Pinterest for this fun fold, but the one I found most helpful was done by Jan B here . The measurements and score lines for the fun fold are as follows:

• Pear Pizzazz card stock 5 1/2 by 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4, 5 1/4, 7 & 8 on the 8 1/2" side
• Pear Pizzazz card stock 3 3/4 by 4 1/4" scored at 2 3/4 & 3 3/4 on the 4 1/4" side.
• Basic White  5 1/4 by 4"      DSP  5 by 3 3/4"   For back of  main fold.
• Basic White 5 1/4 by 1 3/4"  DSP 5 by 1 1/2" For front lower panel
• Basic White 3 1/2 by 2 1/2"   DSP 3 1/4 by 2 1/4" For the front panel
• Basic White die cut with the largest of the Stitched So Sweetly die - art piece
• The following stamped die cuts:  1 large flower stamped with Highland Heather; 3 medium flowers stamped with So Saffron ink; 1 large and 3 medium floral overlays; l large Pear Pizzazz stem and leaf.  The overlays are adhered to their floral counter parts before being added to the art piece as shown in the picture. Highland Heather pearls are added to the center of each flower.
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• The completed art piece is adhered to the front panel of the Fun Fold.
• Some Basic White ribbon (1/8") was coloured with a Highland Heather stamp'n blend, tied into a double bow and added to the lower corner of the art piece.
• Two little butterflies and a Ladybug are also added.
• Sentiment stamped with Highland Heather and trimmed all around; second part of sentiment stamped with Black Memento

After the card is put together this is what it looks like from the side:

Supplies Use:

Stamp:  Pretty Perennial

Inks:  Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron, Highland Heather, Black Memento, Highland Heather Stamp'n Blend

Papers:  Pear Pizzazz, Basic White

Accessories:  Perennial Petal dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Pastel Pearls, Ladybug embellishment, Dimensionals, 1/8" Basic White ribbon coloured with Highland Heather blend

Wrapped in Bouquet

 When I first saw this stamp set I was fascinated by it but quickly realized that working with this stamp would require a different approach. Stamping this image the traditional way resulted in a black and white image - until I realized that I could stamp it in the traditional way, just use a different colour of ink - Basic Gray.

This resulted in an image that could be coloured using Stampin' Blend markers.

So after stamping with Basic Gray, I coloured the flowers with both the dark and light shades of the following colours:  Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, and Gorgeous Grape.  The leaves were coloured with both shades of Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.

The bouquet was filled with die cut foliage stems in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.

The newspaper bouquet was stamped with Basic Gray ink using the Stamparatus and then die cut.   I then added Basic Gray ink over both the front and back of this die cut piece using one of the new blender brushes.  Then I folded it into a bouquet using the scored lines as a guide.

The completed bouquet of flowers was then added to the folded newspaper.  To stabilize both pieces I placed a strip of card stock behind it extending into the folded newspaper.

The newsprint stamp was stamped twice close together using Basic Gray ink, and die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly die.  As before, I applied some Basic Gray ink over this piece using a blender brush.

This piece was added to an embossed layer of the new pearlized paper, which in turn was added to a Daffodil Delight layer on a Pear Pizzazz top folding card base.

To add a touch of gold I added some 3/8" Fine Art ribbon around the center of the card as well as a bow near the base of the flower bundle.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Wrapped Bouquet

Inks:  Basic Gray, Stampin' Blends (Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow)

Papers:  Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Pearlized Specialty Paper, Basic White, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow

Accessories:  Wrapped Flower Dies, Stitched So Sweetly die, 3/8" Fine Art Ribbon, Fine Art Embossing Folder, Dimensionals