Priscilla's Papercrafts: Flowing Flowers

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Sneak Peek Sun Prints

My Sneak Peek Week continues and today I'm offering cards made with gorgeous paper!

Sun Prints is a new designer paper; it comes in 12" x 12", with 2 sheets each of 6 double-sided designs (12 sheets in all). The colors include Night of Navy, Gray Granite and Pacific Point. And it's beautiful!

I decided to go simple and let the paper do the talking:

These cards came together in minutes, but looks like I spent hours on them. I merely cut the patterned paper to 4" x 5-1/4" and heat-embossed a greeting. Then I layered them on Basic White and Night of Navy. Let's take a closer look:

This got a sentiment from Flowing Flowers, a set that is soon retiring. But the fonts for the greetings are lovely! It's heat-embossed with White Embossing Powder, after stamping it in Versamark ink. Once mounted, I just added three Classic Matte Dots in white.

Then:

Same idea, but with a greeting from Artistically Inked, and only two Classic Matte Dots.

And finally:

A birthday card, with a greeting from Paradise Palms.

If you like quick and easy cards that are still stunning, check out Sun Prints when the 2022-23 Annual Catalog goes live on May 3rd. You won't be disappointed!

Did you see this? One day only, Thursday, April 21, FREE shipping on any order over $75 (before tax). Now is a great time to complete your shopping list from the current Annual Catalog or the January - June 2022 Mini Catalog. Or stock up on paper and adhesives! Why pay shipping costs when you don't have to?

Do you need a new catalog?

I'd love to be your Stampin' UP! demonstrator! Contact me to see how you can get a FREE 2022-23 Annual Catalog!

Product List

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set

[154542]

$24.00

Flowing Flowers Cling Stamp Set

[157880]

$25.00

Paradise Palms Cling Stamp Set (English)

[157716]

$23.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

$8.75

Classic Matte Dots

[158146]

$7.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Saturday, April 2, 2022

Drowning in Paper!

Help! I've got tons of beautiful Designer Series Paper and just ordered some more from the Stampin' UP! 2022-23 Annual Catalog pre-order. What to do?

I decided to take a fellow demo's advice (Kylie Bertucci is from Australia) and "love it, chop it!" She advocates cutting up your pretty papers so you use them and don't just hoard them (to enjoy looking at them but never putting them to use - like, who does that? ✋).

So...the other night I realized I had a number of almost-used-up paper packs that each contained 1-2 full-size, 12" x 12" pieces. Choosing the lovely Expressions in Ink paper, I started by cutting one of them into 4" strips, then cutting those down to 5-1/4", leaving me with a six pieces that would be perfect for a card front. Then I got busy:

These gorgeous cards just about made themselves! The beautiful gold veining in each piece is stunning! Let's look at each.

First is the patterned paper mounted on a Shaded Spruce card base after heat embossing the greeting from Artistically Inked. All it needed was a knot of Gold Shimmer Ribbon, and this elegant card was done!

Here's a second, also using Shaded Spruce for the card base, with gold-embossed greeting from Sweet as a Peach. This one got Gold Glitter Dots for embellishment:

Possibly my favorite, another sentiment from Flowing Flowers, mounted on Old Olive, and includes the Glitter Dots:

Here's a another Flowing Flowers sentiment:

For those of you lucky enough to score the FREE Sale-a-Bration set, Special Moments - I love the understated elegance of this sentiment:

And finally, one more terrific font from Flowing Flowers:

Since I need a hostess gift for a dinner party I'm attending tonight, I thought this would be perfect:

I had one more piece of the paper, on which I embossed the "thank you" and trimmed it to fit inside an Acetate Card Box, tied up with a gold bow.