Priscilla's Papercrafts: Bloom & Grow

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Monday, April 27, 2020

Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights Winners Hop

Today I'm thrilled to be hopping with 10 other crafters, all winners in Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights contest from earlier this month. Kylie is an extremely talented Stampin' UP! demonstrator, and each month hosts a contest where paper crafters from around the world submit their creations for a blog hop. As noted, I was delighted to have had enough votes on my card to be invited to participate today.

The theme of the hop is "Thanks", and here is my card:

I rarely have a tendency to use soft, muted colors, but these stamps just call for "soft and pretty". Bloom and Grow is a stamp set of pretty flower arrangements, and the Budding Blooms dies make them easy to cut out.

Using my Stamparatus, I stamped the floral design in Crumb Cake ink on Whisper White cardstock, and then stamped it again with Versamark Ink. Using the Stamparatus ensures that my image will be stamped the second time directly on top of my first image. Then I embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder - can you see the shine? It was easy to color within the lines with my Stampin' Blends. Then the image was cut with the dies.

Layers, layers, layers...Crumb Cake base, with a skinny Whisper White layer. Then Petal Pink, embossed with the Brick & Mortar folder (I inked the inside of the folder with Crumb Cake ink for a little extra dimension), followed by a strip of Whisper White embossed with the Subtle embossing folder. But wait! Prior to laying down the white strip I ran a ribbon around the card and through a hole on the strip, tying a bow to the left of the greeting.

A few extra leaves and some vellum sprigs were added for a little fullness.

I think "soft and muted" may be growing on me...

Thanks for visiting. Please be sure to follow the link below and see what the other winners have created.

Product List

Bloom & Grow Photopolymer Stamp Set

[149229]

$26.00

Timeless Tropical Cling Stamp Set (English)

[151497]

$23.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$7.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147272]

$9.00

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147278]

$9.00

Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147283]

$9.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$8.75

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101856]

$10.00

Budding Blooms Dies

[149548]

$33.00

Bouquet Bunch Dies

[143659]

$30.00

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143706]

$10.00

Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder

[149643]

$10.00

Petal Pink 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Organdy Striped Ribbon

[149441]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Share What You Love Artisan Pearls

[146927]

$6.00

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Forever and For Always

I wanted a special card for my son and daughter-in-law's anniversary, and made this:

Matt and Sarah met while country line dancing. She was in college, he was still a senior in high school. But somehow they stayed together all through his college years (love is funny like that) and eventually married. At their wedding, in a tribute to Sarah's grandma, who always loved to watch them line dance, but who had passed away, they danced a solo line dance to Shania Twain's "Forever and For Always". So when I saw this sentiment in the Itty Bitty Greetings set, I knew it was meant for them. I just needed a special card to highlight it.

Perennial Essence is the beautiful background paper. I love the muted colors and painted flowers. It's mounted onto a Highland Heather layer, and then on the Gorgeous Grape base.

And oh! That frame! The Heirloom Embossing folders and dies make such lovely frames! This one is in Purple Posy, and I mounted it with Dimensionals.

The flowers are stamped in Tuxedo Black and colored with Stampin' Blends. I stamped the purple flower again, and cut out the inside, layering it over the original flower. And I stuffed in some sprigs in Vanilla, Grape and Soft Sea Foam to add a little fullness. The flowers also got a touch of Wink of Stella. So pretty.

Happy Anniversary kids! You certainly are each others "forever and for always"!

Product List

Bloom & Grow Photopolymer Stamp Set

[149229]

$26.00

Bloom & Grow Bundle

[151069]

$53.00

Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146667]

$36.00

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147276]

$9.00

So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[149557]

$9.00

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[148059]

$9.00

Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper

[149100]

$11.50

Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146986]

$8.75

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146987]

$8.75

Purple Posy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150881]

$8.75

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101650]

$9.75

Budding Blooms Dies

[149548]

$33.00

Heirloom Frames Dies And 3D Embossing Folder

[152325]

$29.00

Noble Peacock Rhinestones

[149494]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$8.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$10.00

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Happy Mother's Day (and a Sneak Peek)

Happy Mother's Day to all my mom friends. I get to spend the day with my son and grandson, part of the reason my husband and I just moved to Oregon. My daughter-in-law is on a business trip, so the guys are coming to visit.

Here's a quick little pretty that I put together last evening. I only recently got my craft room put together enough to create a card, and I had two boxes of new products waiting for a little love. So even though I'm going to be late with my cards, I made a few for my daughter and daughters-in-law.

When I went to OnStage last month, I saw this new set, Bloom and Grow, and the coordinating dies, Budding Blooms. And I had an idea that just needed to get out of my head and onto paper.

There are two dies that cut a small scalloped line. The sample shows it being used to cut two borders, but I had another idea. I made a pocket.

This is essentially a card that doesn't open - it pulls a tag out of the pocket.

I made a flat base of Mint Macaron cut to 4-1/4" x 5-1/2". I cut the scallops in the middle of a piece of 4" x 5-1/4" Whisper White. I also stamped a few of the smaller stamps across the bottom of the card, using So Saffron and Mint Macaron inks.

Then I stamped two of the floral borders an a piece of scrap Whisper White, and colored them with Stampin' Blends. When done, they were cut using the matching dies.

I cut a piece of Mint Macaron to 3"x 3-1/2" to slip into the pocket. The Whisper White piece was adhered to the card base using Stampin' Dimensionals. The small Mint Macaron piece was slipped into the pocket and then I adhered the floral borders using Stampin' Dimensionals. All it needed was a ribbon (new Mint Macaron 1/4" Textile ribbon, coming 6/4) and a sentiment, from Itty Bitty Greetings and punched with the Classic Label punch.

Another Mother's Day card will be late, but I know my daughters will appreciate them, none-the-less.

Product List

Bloom & Grow Photopolymer Stamp Set

[149229]

$26.00

Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146667]

$36.00