Priscilla's Papercrafts: June 2025

Monday, June 30, 2025

Party Banners

Have you seen the new Party Banners dies? Wowsa! SO BIG! They are perfect for creating banners of differing sizes, but they can also make cards. Wanna see?

I recently participated in a card swap with demonstrators around the country. I wanted to use the dies to make a card, so I started experimenting.

Here's my first try:

I made a shaker card incorporating the Party Alphabet dies with the Party Banner dies. Although I liked the way it came out, it was a lot of work to line up the "happy BIRTHDAY" from Choose Happy under the cut-out letters.

So on to sample 2:

I kinda thought I was on to something here - cutting the banners in three coordinating colors and adding a cut-out in the center to feature a stamped image from Encircled with Love. But it seemed to be missing something...

So one more try (it's only paper, right? 😒). This time I chose a different image from Encircled with Love, one with a bolder background. I stamped it in Pretty Peacock ink, and cut the banners with Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon and Pool Party for a pretty monochrome look.

Each layer has a hole in the center - I used graduated sizes of the Stylish Shapes dies to cut them, laying my stamped image right inside the smaller hole. The layers are popped up on Dimensionals to lift them above the stamped image.

And did you note the embossing on the Pool Party layer? One of the Glass & Gardens embossing folders (there are two in the package) created this pretty detail.

And finally, the leaves on the front to coordinate with the leaves on the stamp, along with the tiny flowers - cut with the Impressions Abloom dies.

Sometimes it takes awhile to get just the card I want out of my head and into my hands...and I usually succeed, even though I may go through a few iterations first. Does that happen to you?

Product List

Encircled With Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[165338]

$20.00

Choose Happy Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163701]

$21.00

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$9.00

Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad

[165286]

$9.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$9.00

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150880]

$14.00

Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133679]

$14.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]

$14.00

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115320]

$14.00

Strawberry Slush 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165625]

$14.00

Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163793]

$14.00

Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165301]

$12.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Party Banners Dies

[165264]

$40.00

Impressions Abloom Dies

[165610]

$34.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Party Alphabet Dies

[165263]

$99.00

Glass & Gardens Embossing Folders

[165597]

$9.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$6.00

Strawberry Slush 3/8" (1 Cm) Faux Linen Ribbon

[165274]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Friday, June 20, 2025

Gate Fold Grad Card

I have mentioned that I had two granddaughters graduating this month, one from high school (see my last post) and the other from college. Today I'll show you the card I made for the college grad:

Izzie graduated from California State University at San Marcos. The school colors are royal blue and white. So I pulled some Blueberry Bushel card stock and went to town.

This is a gate-fold card; I started with a 5-1/2"x 8-1/2" piece of cardstock (Thick Basic White) and scored it at 2-1/8" from either end. This gave me a standard-sized card that opens in the middle. I wanted it to look like her gown.

Izzie wore a white collar (it actually had the word "management" on one side, which I free-handed later on the card), so after adding textured Blueberry Bushel strips to the two front sides, I adhered the white "collar". This held the card closed, as the white circle slipped under each side.

To make the cap, I simply cut a small square of Basic Black, placed it as a "diamond" and added a tassel cut from one of the Birthday Celebrations dies.

The numbers were also cut with the Birthday Celebration dies using White cardstock on Foam Adhesive Sheets.

I used some old retired dies for the inside.

And once I thought I was done, I looked at a photo and realized she was wearing a lai, so I added one:

Sending congratulations and best wishes to Izzie as she awaits a call from a job interview...it even has benefits! 😊

Product List

Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146968]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$17.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$14.00

Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155613]

$14.00

Lemon Lolly 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161720]

$14.00

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115320]

$14.00

Strawberry Slush 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165625]

$14.00

Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163793]

$14.00

Birthday Celebration Dies

[164598]

$27.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Foam Adhesive Sheets

[152815]

$8.25

Saturday, June 14, 2025

Graduation Day

One of my granddaughters just graduated from high school, and now I can share the card I CASED for her. Unfortunately I never took note of the demo who created the original card, so I can't tell you who it was, but she made a great card:

The school colors for Sophie were Teal, Black and White. I dug out a piece of Tahitian Tide (a retired In Color from the last two years) and paired it with a little silver foil for extra oomph!

The Birthday Celebrations dies were the perfect way to create the banner/tassels and the numbers, which were mounted to a Stylish Shapes banner that was cut in half.

The Wanted to Say dies cut the "celebrate" and the stars, for which I used Silver Foil. It looks great against the black!