Mediterranean Blooms Meets Sweet Citrus

 Now that my Cards-by-Mail have been received by my customers, I thought I would show you the cards they are making.  

The first one features the beautiful Mediterranean Blooms Designer Series Paper, which will be available for purchase on May 1st.  

The Daffodil Delight layer is embosses with the soon-to-be-retired Sweet Citrus hybrid embossing folder, one of my favorites!  

Another retiring product:  the Garden Green frame was cut with the Scalloped Contours dies, and then the DSP was layered onto it.

It was fun to bring in the little lemon, one of the dies in the Simply Sparkling set.  It tied into the paper so well!

The retiring products sale is in full swing, with many items already gone.  If you have been waiting to place an order, you may not want to wait any longer!  

Product List

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119683]

$10.00

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102584]

$10.00

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

[159229]

$9.00

Scalloped Contours Dies

[155560]

$35.00

Sweet Citrus Hybrid Embossing Folder

[160644]

$33.00

Simply Sparkling Dies

[162870]

$28.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Sweet Citrus and Mediterranean Blooms

 When I won the gorgeous new designer series paper, Mediterranean Blooms, at OnStage in Houston, I immediately thought of one of my favorite stamp sets, Sweet Citrus.  So what did I make?

The background paper is rather busy (but beautiful!) so I added a piece of Vellum cardstock over it to mute it a little.  

And check out the greeting:

Did you know you can emboss in all our colors?  I first inked up the stamp with Garden Green ink, and using my Misty stamp positioner, stamped the greeting twice.  Then I cleaned my stamp, leaving everything in place, and re-inked it with Versamark.  Once stamped I added Clear embossing powder and heated it with my heat tool, and voila!  A beautiful, embossed greeting in Garden Green!

And then there's those lemons - OMG, one of my favorite stamp/die combinations!  Inked in Crushed Curry and Daffodil Delight, the images were stamped, then cut AND embossed at the same time with the hybrid embossing folder.  Genius!  

This card came together so nicely, using old and new.  And I know this DSP is going to become one of my favorites!  

Heads up - Sweet Citrus is on the retiring list, so if this is a set you've been craving, don't delay.  It will be gone before we know it!  

Product List

Sweet Citrus Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[160641]

$23.00

Sweet Citrus Bundle (English)

[160645]

$49.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$9.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$9.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Lemon Lolly Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161673]

$10.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$10.00

Lemon Lolly 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161720]

$10.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119683]

$10.00

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101856]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109130]

$6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$31.00

Sweet Citrus Hybrid Embossing Folder

[160644]

$33.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins

[163484]

$7.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.75

Good Feeling Lemons

I know, lemons don't "feel good" (and they really don't taste good by themselves, either).  But when you combine them with other ingredients, they can be great!  So when I combined mine with Good Feelings (the stamp set), look what I made:

Fun?  You bet!

My granddaughter just returned from a school trip to Italy (I'm SO jealous!).  And she brought me the cutest Christmas ornament - a lemon from Sorrento.  I love it!  And had to make her a thank you card.

I still had a piece of the now-retired Tea Boutique patterned paper, and it was perfect for my card.  So I cut it from 6" x 6" to 4" x 5-1/4" and mounted it to a piece of Garden Green cardstock.  This was adhered to a Thick Basic White card base.

But I had a 2" strip left over and didn't want to waste it, so I made little "wings" for under my greeting panel.  

They are all popped up:

Do you love that greeting panel?

I stamped "thank you" from Good Feelings and then added some lemons and leaves from Sweet Citrus.  And yes!  Those lemons are part of a 4-piece stamp (4 lemons on one stamp) so I had to selectively ink just the full lemon.  

And inside:

Some more "selective inking" of the lemon slices.  I love how this came out!

Sweet Citrus added to Good Feelings - what a great combo!  

Product List

Good Feelings Cling Stamp Set (English)

[158737]

$24.00

Sweet Citrus Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[160641]

$23.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$9.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$9.00

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102584]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

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

[159229]

$9.00

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$35.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins

[160387]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25