Priscilla's Papercrafts: Potted Succulents

Friday, February 17, 2023

Happy Sparkles

I love pairing old with new, and this card combines them in a beautiful way.

I had pulled out the gorgeous Fine Shimmer 12" x 12" paper pack, and discovered a partially used piece of Fresh Freesia. So I decided to use it, cutting it with the large die from Potted Succulents. This was mounted on a piece of Gorgeous Grape cardstock to show the contrast, then added to a Fresh Freesia base.

I'm trying to capture the shimmer of this paper - I hope you can catch it!

The rest of the card was super easy! I merely die cut flowers from the Hues of Happiness patterned paper (the Blossoming Happiness dies matches so many of the flowers in the paper) and added them to a Basic White Layering Circle stamped with a stamp from Happiness Abounds. Simple, and beautiful!

The Fine Shimmer paper is available in the January - April 2023 Mini Catalog...don't miss it!

Product List

Happiness Abounds Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[159238]

$23.00

Happiness Abounds Bundle (English)

[158824]

$49.50

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

[147099]

$8.00

Fine Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Paper Pack

[160428]

$10.00

Hues Of Happiness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[158822]

$12.00

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

[146987]

$9.25

Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155613]

$9.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.25

Blossoming Happiness Dies

[158823]

$32.00

Potted Succulents Dies

[154330]

$39.00

Layering Circles Dies

[151770]

$35.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$125.00

Glossy Dots Assortment

[158827]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Another "What's On the Desk?"

My Ink Masters demonstrator team challenged each other to a "what's on the desk?" card-making contest, so of course I had to participate! I looked around my desk and saw lots of rainbow pieces from the Brilliant Rainbows dies (left overs from a class I just held), but something else had just been added - a die cut from the Potted Succulents dies.

A customer had contacted me about her die; she was having difficulty getting it cut out all the way. So I took a few pieces of cardstock and experimented so I could give her ideas on how to get it to cut better. But then I had a Granny Apple Green, a Melon Mambo and a Daffodil Delight cut out sitting on my desk. What to do?

How about this?

Since I had all the pieces from the dies, I decided to combine them! I adhered the Granny Apple Green die cut to a piece of Basic Black. And then I merely filled in the pieces (tedious!) right into the spaces. But I love the way it came out. AND I happened to have a Basic Black Stitched Rectangle negative space (I had used the rectangle and had the "frame" left) sitting on my desk too, so...

I popped it up over the flowers.

The greeting is from Friends are Like Seashells, stamped in Tuxedo Black on Granny Apple Green (I used my Stamparatus, as I wanted the letters to be very dark - stamped it three times).