Priscilla's Papercrafts: A Sweet Box of Cards

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

A Sweet Box of Cards

Have you ever seen a card and decided to re-create it? That's how this little box of cards came about. But more about that in a minute.

First the box:

That paper! Dandy Designs is a great SAB item. With a $100 purchase, you can choose this huge pack of paper - 48 sheets of 12" x 12" double-sided paper (4 sheets of each design--12 designs in all). And the colors are scrumptious: Balmy Blue, Calypso Coral, Fresh Freesia, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody and Petal Pink. This pack could see you through an entire year of card-making or scrap-booking!

So what's inside?

I saw a card on the Stampin' UP! demo Facebook page that got me started:

This simple card uses the Decorative Borders stamp set (featured in the January - April 2023 Mini Catalog). The sample I saw used this large stamp (the floral vine) with a block from Watercolor Shapes stamped over it - I loved it! And I have the Watercolor Shapes, but had not yet shown it any love...So I stamped my block in Mango Melody and used one of the coordinating papers in the Dandy Designs pack as a layer.

And then I started thinking - what if I colored the flowers?

So I tried again, and this time I used Mint Macaron in the background; then I stamped the vine image a second time and fussy-cut the flowers after coloring them with Fresh Freesia Blends.

And used another pattern from Dandy Designs for the layer under the top panel. Pretty!

Now I was really feelin' creative, so I persevered:

Using another vine-like image from the set, I tried again, this time using the ovals from Watercolor Shapes.

And one more:

Essentially the same card, but stepped up to include the Blends-colored vine, Timeworn Type embossing and a few jewels.

So then I had these:

I decided to package them all up, with coordinating envelopes, and created the box.

Someone will be getting a little "box of happy" one of these days! And all because a demonstrator inspired me with one card.

The Mini Catalog is live, and Sale-a-Bration is going on now. Be sure to grab your FREE items when you place your orders - it's the best time of the Stampin' UP! year!

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