Have a Peachy Day

Don’t the peaches on this card remind you of warm summer days? Maybe some peach cobbler baking in the oven though it’s so hot outside?? YUM!! (Ice cream too please!)

 

This is my favorite print from the You’re a Peach Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack. I added the scallop edge (from the Peony Dies set) then a bit of the striped DSP also from the You’re a Peach DSP pack. 

 

The sentiment is inked with craft white on Calypso Coral and is from the coordinating Sweet as a Peach set. The fun really begins inside and on the envelope though…

I inked the peach stamp using Pale Papaya. Then I added some dimension by using a sponge dauber and some Calypso Coral ink. I tapped the sponge dauber onto the ink pad lightly, then tapped the sponge dauber directly on my stamp, right on top of the Pale Papaya ink along one edge of the stamp. Then I stamped the image onto some Basic White. Wow, what fun! Then I repeated the steps and stamped the back of the envelope too. I perhaps could have used a darker color instead or in addition to Calypso Coral to get more depth and definition, but I was quite happy with the results. 

 

Hope you've enjoyed this post and that it inspires you to be creative! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day. 

Pick of the Crop June 2022 Paper Pumpkin Alternatives

 

Have you heard about the Paper Pumpkin monthly subscription kit from Stampin’UP!? It has all the supplies you need to create all the projects in the kit. Usually it has supplies to make 9 cards (but it changes up a little each month) and each month is a different theme. For example, September’s kit is usually about Halloween treat packages. And October and November are usually related to the Christmas holidays. Other than the theme, the exact contents of each kit are a surprise and there are so many ideas shared on the Internet for alternate designs to make with the kit’s contents. (Let me know if you are intrigued to learn more about it…)

I had a ton of fun with this particular kit from June 2022. The (farmers) market is always a fun place to go in the summer so when the theme of this kit was announced, I absolutely had to get it! 

I tend to NOT do the cards as designed in these kits and usually do alternative designs. So it takes me a while before I figure out what I want to do. It only took 2 months this time!

This first card I made (above) is a side step design based on Stampin’Up! demonstrator Vy Tran’s blog post (find it here: https://www.craftingdailydose.com/post/pick-of-the-crop). I added a basket of lavender on the front-most step on the side, more lavender on the second “step” and some grass behind the cart’s wheels. Oh and I cut the awning off and re-attached them using dimensionals so that the cart roof was raised slightly off from the card base. 

 

The second card (above) is a Z-Fold of a picnic blanket and all! Most of the parts of this card were included in the kit except for the wine bottle and wine glass, which came from my stash of stamps. When you open the card, you see the wine glass on the other side of the picnic blanket

The third card (above) was made from the kit pretty much as intended. 

The kit usually comes with extra die cuts - this time there was an extra market cart (among other extra die cuts). I used it on a background of a brick wall (using the Brick and Mortar 3D embossing folder).

And there were still more pieces leftover but ...I need to move on. I hope I pick it up again next spring when I eagerly await the summer farmers’ markets to start up again…

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed my creations from the June 2022 Paper Pumpkin kit & have a great day!

Hues of Happiness Simple Fun Fold

I love love love this Designer Series Paper (DSP) called Hues of Happiness! This simple fun fold is an easy way to create a quick card that shows off the gorgeous paper!

I started with a white sheet of heavy cardstock for the base and added a mat of mint macaron card stock. I then added an 8.25” x 3.5” piece of the DSP which was scored at 4.75”. Add a label with a sentiment, embellish it as desired and there you have a simple fun fold!

 

Here I used Magenta Madness ink for the Happy Birthday sentiment, which is from the Flowing Flowers stamp set. The dies for the labels are from the Hippo And Friends die set and the Melon Mambo flower was created  using the bloom punch. This is the card opened:

 

On the envelope, I stamped one of the florals from the Happiness Abounds photopolymer stamp set, also in Magenta Madness. 

If you don’t have a lot of time to figure out a design but need a card quick and have some gorgeous double sided printed paper, this layout is simply wonderful!

Thanks for stopping by…have an awesome day!

Standing pop-up card Crane of Fortune

I needed a special Thank You card and made this elegant beauty! What I love about the design is that it folds flat and fits into a standard A2 envelope. The Specialty DSP used is the Symbols of Fortune, which is retiring at the end of this month -- so grab it while you can at https://www.stampinup.com/products/symbols-of-fortune-specialty-designer-series-paper?demoid=2239522 The card base is Granite Gray with layered mats of Petal Pink. The gingko are cut from Gold Foil sheets using the Good Fortune Dies.  

And on the back, I’ve added a white scalloped panel with the tall strand of gingko leaves in gold along the left edge, leaving the right portion to write a personalized thank you message.

I based this card on my fellow demonstrator and friend Ronnie Johnson's blog post. You can see it here with all the measurements and directions: https://craftwithronnie.blogspot.com/2022/04/crane-of-fortune-fun-fold.html 

If you purchase any of the supplies used to make this card from my Stampin'Up! shop (https://PaperFunTogether.stampinup.net)  this month (June 2022), please use the host code VWUUGPYJ when you check out. But if your order is more than $150, please do not use the host code  and be prepared to choose an extra 10% of products immediately, free with your order from Stampin'Up!

Are you inspired to create? I hope so! And have a wonderful day….

 

Softly romantic Flowing Flowers

 

 I absolutely adore this stamp set! I created these Thank You cards for my recent card workshop…I needed something quick and yet still something that showed off these wonderful stamps. This is a Distinktive (Patent Pending) stamp set; it has a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step, creating photo-realistic images. When paired with softer colors, it gives a gorgeous soft romantic feel with two pearls as the finishing touch.

It's difficult to see in a photo but the ones on the left have been embossed with the retired Scripty 3D folder. And they otherwise only differ based on adhering the top layer straight, or off-angled. The card base is standard A2 at 5.25 x 4.25”. The green mat is Soft Succulent and the flowers are stamped in Polished Pink with the leaves in Garden Green. The sentiment also comes from the same Flowing Flowers stamp set.

The right most two cards are the same design as well, with a slight difference in ink color. The upper right card is stamped in Polished Pink and Garden Green while the card on the lower right is stamped using the retired color Regal Rose and Garden Green. These  cards also have an additional layer of the larger flower in the stamp set stamped and fussy cut by hand, and adhered to the center. I left one card with the extra flower flat, while I curled the petal edges on the second to give it more dimension.

If you love this stamp set too and wish to purchase it, it’s retiring at the end of June and will no longer be available after that. Please check out the set at: https://www.stampinup.com/products/flowing-flowers-cling-stamp-set?demoid=2239522

 

Hope these cards inspire you to be creative !  And thanks for stopping by…

Crane of Fortune & Symbols of Fortune

Happy Memorial Day! Where does time fly to...it's already the end of May! Today I have not one, not two but three cards to share with you. They are all created using the Crane Of Fortune stamp set, coordinating Good Fortune Dies and the Symbols of Fortune Specialty Designer Series Paper.  I've had this stamp/die bundle for a while and yet I was hesitant to start creating with it…it’s so elegant with lots of gold foil! But I'm glad I finally did! I'm holding classes featuring the following three cards in June so if you're local to Portland OR and are interested in an in-person class, let me know! On to the first card:

The card base here is Petal Pink and the gorgeous focal is the crane stamped in Basic Gray. I’ve added a strip of gold behind the sentiment and a leaf die cut from the die set. The sentiment is also from the Crane of Fortune stamp set. 

Second is a Basic Black card base with a Mint Macaron mat that has been dry embossed using the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder. I love dry embossing the mat as it adds interest, without competing with the focal element. Here the focal is an image from the DSP pack, mounted on black. The sentiment and its die cut are from the same bundle and I’ve embellished it with gold die cuts also from the same set.

The third card we’ll make during the workshop has a card base in Basic White which measures 7.5 x 5.5  --- an inch shorter than the usual card base. I’ve added a mat in gold and then the floral DSP. The gingko die cut in gold embellishes the card front and the sentiment says it all!

 

Here is a photo of the stamp set and corresponding dies.

Hope you’ve enjoyed these card designs. If interested, you can purchase supplies and tools to make this card from my Stampin’UP! shop at https://PaperFunTogether.stampinup.net  And if you’re local and interested in joining the workshop, please contact me!

PS This Stamp set is retiring at the end of June, as well as the Specialty Designer Series Paper used for these cards. If interested in purchasing these, they are available until the end of June or while quantities last! Please use the shopping link above.

 

Hope you are inspired to create! Have a wonderful day!

Cathy

Uniquely Artistic - Thank you Card in Bermuda and Heather

Hello there. Happy Monday! I’m sharing a card made with a new stamp set called Uniquely Artistic. First of all, I find a title like that a little intimidating as I’m crafty but don’t consider myself artistic. (Okay, I am nitpicking on the definition of a word…I will let that one go.) I’ve had this stamp set a few months and this is my first attempt at using it. And I don’t remember the last time I’ve used Bermuda Bay, although I love the color! I was trying to mimic the look and feel of a card I made ages ago that was teal and lavender with an old Stampin’UP! set called Petal Parade. I no longer have the card but I loved it and so, I’m sure the look isn’t anything like THAT card, but I’m using similar colors. So here are some photos:

 

 

The Basic White card base is the standard 8.5x5.5” scored at 4.25” to create a 4.25x5.5” card (A2 size). I added a mat layer of Bermuda Bay card stock measuring 4 x 5.25”.  The top Basic White layer is 3.75x5”.

 

It's stamped quite simply with the tall branch & leaf in Bermuda Bay along the left edge and again along the bottom. A single leaf it stamped in the corner. Then using a craft knife, I actually CUT a partial outline of a leaf here and there along the stem. The leaves I partially cut were curled by hand. Hope you can see it in the photo below:

On a scrap piece of paper, I stamped the main floral image in Highland Heather twice, and fussy cut them, staying close to the edge of the stamped design. Then I cut into the flower along the petal lines, but not all the way through so that it stayed in one piece. I rolled the edges of the petals in various directions to give the petals lots of dimension. I repeated this with the second flower and then I adhered them together slightly offset, and then onto the stamped piece. 

The “Thank you” sentiment comes from the Flowing Flowers stamp set and I finished the front of the card off with Pearl Basic Jewels.  Last but not least, I attached the top piece to the Bermuda Bay layer using dimensionals. I loved the resulting clean lines and look but thought it turned out quite elegant too. 

Here's the stamp set with my card design:

 

 

Hope you enjoyed this card design and that it inspires you to create. If interested, you can purchase supplies and tools to make this card from my Stampin’UP! shop at https://PaperFunTogether.stampinup.net 

Have a wonderful day!

Cathy

Bamboo Beauty Friendship Card

Happy Saturday! Hope you’re enjoying your weekend. Today I’m sharing another simple card design that I made multiples of recently to donate to a card sale fundraiser for a local senior lunch program. 

I first used a blending brush and Pacific Point ink on a panel of Basic White card stock to create a light blue background. I then used two stamps from the Bamboo Beauty set and Garden Green ink to stamp the bamboo and leaves. Next I stamped the “friendship” kanji in Poppy Parade ink. I matted the focal panel on Basic Black then stamped the sentiment on a scrap piece of Basic White using Basic Gray ink and punched it out using the Timeless Label punch (now retired). I punched a  second label in Poppy Parade card stock and adhered it behind the sentiment to create a bottom/side border that matched the ink used for the “friendship” kanji. The sentiment label was adhered using foam dimensionals to raise it off the card base. Last but not least, I added a pearl from the Pearl Basic Jewels package.

 I used my Stamparatus tool to make it easy to stamp multiples of this card front for donation.

These are some quick directions, if you’d like more detailed steps, please contact me using the form on the right margin. You can also purchase supplies and tools to make this card from my Stampin’UP! shop at https://PaperFunTogether.stampinup.net

Thanks for stopping by!

Your Biggest Fan & Hey Sports Fan

Know any baseball fans? Here are some fun cards made very simply and with few supplies: using only a fun sporty baseball themed Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack called Hey Sports Fan and Your Biggest Fan stamp set that goes with it. Other than the card bases and layered mats, everything was either cut out from the paper pack OR stamped and fussy cut using fine tip scissors. Here are three quick cards I made with them:

The card below uses a fun banner as the background and a strip of the baseball stitching print on the bottom is the reverse side of one of the sheets in this DSP pack. The ticket designs were stamped, as well as the sentiments. I simply adhered them to the card base, with the larger design attached to a base of Misty Moonlight cardstock and fussy cut close to the design edges. I attached it to the card base using dimensionals. 

The next card has the baseball bat print as background. I simply cut the bottom 1.5” off and flipped it over to show the yellow stars. The two “ticket” shaped elements were simply fussy cut from one of the printed sheets in this DSP. The banner was stamped on Pear Pizzaz card stock using Mossy Meadow ink and fussy cut out. Then it was adhered using dimensionals. 

The third card used yet another of the printed designs, which I also cut at 1.5” from the bottom and flipped before adhering it to the card base. Both of the small ticket elements were fussy cut from the one printed sheet that is covereed with them and the focal sentiment was stamped and die cut using a die from the recently retired Hippo and Friends Dies set. The “shadow” of the die cut is Misty Moonlight as well as the mat on a Very Vanilla base.

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!