Priscilla's Papercrafts: Sweet Strawberry

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Sweet Birthday

With all the excitement of the new January -June 2022 Mini Catalog, it's easy to overlook some of the wonderful items from the Annual book. But when I needed a birthday card for my sweet niece, I reached for Sweet Strawberry:

I truly had no idea where I was going with this card. I only knew I wanted to feature some of the fabulous black and white patterned papers available in the host offering, Pattern Party patterned paper. This incredible collection of papers (you get 48- 12" x 12" sheets) has colored designs on one side and black/white designs on the back. LOVE!

And I was also hankering to use the Basic Borders dies, which I had purchased but done nothing with...YET! So that's where I started.

And I saw a fun fold that I wanted to try; at least I thought it was a fun fold, but once I started playing with the cardstock, I realized that the card I had seen wasn't a fold at all, but just layered papers to make it look like one. So I had to come up with my own design.

I knew I would need a focal point where the card closed and these little strawberries were perfect! Stamped and punched with the coordinating punch, I layered them on a Layering Circle of Basic White, on top of a Melon Mambo scalloped circle.

Now for the card:

I started with a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece of cardstock, scored at 2-3/4" and 7". This gave me a 2-3/4" flap and a 1-1/2" flap on either side of the 4-1/4" (standard size card) piece in the middle.

I covered the 2-3/4" x 5-1/2" end with the black-dotted design and cut two pieces of 5-1/2" x 2-1/2" of the white-dotted design with the Basic Borders die. These were adhered to the shorter flap, giving me a longer piece to overlap the front of the card.

I used some mini-magnets to close the card.

This card took me WAY longer to create than I thought it would, but once I figured out my measurements, I was really happy with the way it turned out.

How long do you usually take to make a card? Are you a "quick and easy" type of creator? Or are you comfortable sitting down and figuring out how to make something new, regardless of the time it takes to make it?

Me? I'm usually more of the "quick and easy" type, but when I'm creating for someone special, I will take all the time I need to get it right. And I think I nailed it on this one!

Don't forget the Annual Catalog - there are many gems in there for your creating pleasure!

Product List

Sweet Strawberry Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154394]

$18.00

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set

[154542]

$24.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$7.50

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$7.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$7.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$7.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$7.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$7.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$9.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154885]

$9.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper

[155426]

$18.00

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

[159229]

$8.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

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

[115320]

$8.75

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]

$29.00

Layering Circles Dies

[151770]

$35.00

Harvest Dies

[156504]

$38.00

Strawberry Builder Punch

[154239]

$18.00

Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[150457]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Thursday, February 25, 2021

There's Still Time

There's still time to get in on the wonderful FREE products offered during the best "sale" of the year - Sale-A-Bration! But time is running out!

One of my favorite items featured in the SAB Catalog is the Berry Blessings and Berry Delightful patterned paper. This duo comes with a $100 qualifying order, a bit pricey to be sure, but if your wish list is anything like mine, you are sure to have enough to qualify AND get a FREE stamp set with coordinating paper!

I featured some of this paper on another card last week, and decided (since I still had some basket material left) to create a similar, yet different card:

Yes, another berry basket! This time I added Berry Delightful corners (using the Stitched Triangle dies) and a rounded handle (Layering Circle dies), along with the strawberries. I thought about using raspberries (from the Berry Blessings set) but didn't feel like fussy-cutting them all! 😁 So I opted to use the Strawberry Builder Punch with the berries from Sweet Strawberry.

Sweet Strawberry is a set from the January - June Mini Catalog and will be with us until May. But that great plaid paper is only around until Sunday, when Sale-a-Bration ends.