Thursday, July 15, 2021

Plentiful Plants

What do you do when you make a mistake with cardstock cutting or scoring? 

I had a piece of Soft Succulent paper sitting on my desk.  It measured 6-3/4" x 4" and was scored at 5-1/4" (I had tried a fun-fold card, and cut/scored my paper the wrong way).   I hate to let anything go to waste, so I decided to try to figure out how to use it on a card.  Here's my answer:


At first I was thinking I would use the flap at the top to open my card, but as I got working with the patterned paper, I realized that wouldn't work.  


So I added two coordinating pieces of the Bloom Where You're Planted designer paper and then used a few Dimensionals to close the flap.  


The images were stamped and cut with the Perfect Plants dies, and added to the card.   I used some Linen Thread to "suspend" the hanging plant.  The I mounted it all to a piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock, cut 4-1/4" x 11" and scored at 5-1/2" to create the actual card.  I finished with a greeting, stamped directly on the card, and some Sequins for Everything scattered on the front.


I'm so glad I kept that "mistake" piece of cardstock!  You never know what you can do with your leftovers unless you try working with them...and I love how this came out!  


 


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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Let the Paper Do the Talking

 Have you seen the gorgeous Expressions in Ink designer series paper?  If you visit my blog, you probably have, because it is truly my FAVORITE paper EVER!  The patterns, splattered with gold foil highlights, are fabulous, and the colors are so beautiful.  😍

So when designing a card for my FIRST In Person Card Club in over a year (!!!), I couldn't help but choose this paper to feature for one of the cards.  And here is the card:


Sweet perfection...

No sentiment, simple and perfect just as is!


A piece of the patterned paper behind a Basic White frame (cut using two nesting Stitched Rectangle dies) and popped up on some Polished Pink cardstock for a pop of color against the Thick Basic White card base.  


The detailed leaves were cut from Gold Foil with the Artistic dies.  They are tucked behind the frame at the bottom, and layered over the frame on the side.  And anchored with a bow of Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon.


I made two cards, different only in that the floral pattern was cut from different parts of the sheet of paper.





Perfect simplicity!  



There are many lovely patterned papers in the new Annual Catalog, and for the month of July you can get a selection of papers at a discount of 15%.  It's a great time to stock up on these beautiful papers for your creative projects.  


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Sunday, July 11, 2021

Am I Square?

I waited until my second round of ordering from the new Annual Catalog before purchasing this stamp set, All Squared Away.  I loved the dies, but the stamp set didn't really excite me.  But when ordering this time around something made me enter the product number for the bundle (saving me 10%!), and I'm SO glad I did!  Look:


LOVE!  💖   The square stamps and all the greetings are just wonderful!

OK, first of all, I love bright colors.  So I first cut the four Floral Squares Dies using Granny Apple Green cardstock.  Then I cut the coordinating flowers (it's so cool that they fit right over the die-cut shapes) in more bright colors.  


But those background squares...SO fun!!  I used my Stamparatus and lined up all four stamps so I could just stamp them one time.  By pushing them together, they stamp with just enough of a border that you can add the die cut squares right over the top.  


The Tasteful Labels dies gave me the perfect circle for my greeting.  


This is a 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" square card.  It's a birthday card for my oldest granddaughter, Isabella, who turns 19 tomorrow!  

I had one Magenta Madness flower left, so...


Isn't this just the happiest card?  I can't wait to try it in other colors.  Very soon...

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