Monday 29 June 2015

Sunshine, Silhouette & Striplet Class Cards

On Saturday I ran a 'Sunshine, Silhouette & Striplet' card making class in a room I hired at Martha & Daisy's in Burgess Hill.  I'm so happy to say that everything went very well indeed and I'll definitely book the room again for more classes.  The staff were so friendly and helpful and I had a lovely bunch of eight ladies so it was a very rewarding, happy day!

This first card uses a sun rays stencil to create a background, a silhouette stamp and a lovely sentiment.  I used Smoothies egg sponges to stencil Mustard Seed, Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks through the stencil.  I trimmed the stencilled panel to size, inked the edges with Spiced Marmalade ink, added the ribbons, matted onto a black CS layer and glued that to the front of a 5 3/4" square white card base.


Here's the inside of the card and the envelope with more of that wonderful wheat stamp.


The next card uses a fabulous Sue Wilson Striplet die and lush pink Bazzill Bling CS.  I love the Sue Wilson dies and while the large, very elaborate and ornate card designs made with them are beautiful and elegant they really aren't my thing.  So when I use the Sue Wilson dies I tend to keep the card design fairly clean to allow the fancy die cut design to shine.  

Striplet die sets have two dies, an inner die that cuts the fancy border and an outer frame die.  I used just the inner Regal Striplet die to cut the border from a panel of 'In the Pink' Bazzill Bling CS.  I trimmed it to size, popped it up onto a square of 'Feather Boa' Bazzill Bling CS and mounted that onto a 5 3/4" square white card base. I die cut the Floral Corner and stamped and die cut the sentiment tag.  The dark pink mat under the white sentiment tag started out as a fancy tag shape but I didn't like that it was too long and didn't look right covering part of the cut out Striplet design.  So I snipped off the fancy ends - but they were put to one side and didn't go to waste!  I placed tiny 3D foam dots under the Floral Corner die cut shape to pop it up, I popped up the sentiment and added a few rhinestones to finish the front.


Here's the inside and the envelope.  I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of  SU! Pretty in Pink CS, trimmed it to size, rounded the corners, glued it in place and added the fancy ends I'd snipped off from the pink tag earlier.  The Spellbinders 'Floral Corner' set contains two dies, the fancy corner and an open flower die.  I layered an open flower on punched circles and added a rhinestone to the flower centre to decorate the envelope flap.


Next up is another sunshine card made with the SU! 'Kinda Eclectic' set.  I layered the Very Vanilla stamped panel onto a mat of Melon Mambo CS and glued that to the front of an Old Olive A6 sized card base.  I've used Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo and Mossy Meadow inks.  I stamped some images full strength and stamped off for some other images.  I stamped and punched the butterflies, glued them in place, folded the wings up and added rhinestones to the bodies.  To complete the card front I sprinkled on a few Bermuda Bay sequins.


Here's the inside and envelope - I love that pretty leaf stamp!


For the last card I used the Regal Striplet die again but die cut twice, cutting just part of the design out at the top and bottom so leaving a space for a stamped sentiment.  I popped up the Pool Party layer onto the Night of Navy A6 card base.  I stamped and punched the butterfly and added aqua pearls to it to finish the card front.


Here's the inside and the envelope with more stamped butterflies.  


I'm so glad that the class went well and that everyone was happy with the venue.  I'll be running a 'One Layout, Four Cards' class next time and once I know my work schedule I'll arrange a class date.  

Supplies for 'Sunshine of Life' card:
Stamps: Woodware 'Wheat' set, sentiment from Inkylicious
CS: Craftwork Cards large square white card blank, SU! Basic Black
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Tim Holtz Mustard Seed, Wild Honey & Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks
Tools: That Special Touch 'Sunrise' mask, Creative Expressions Smoothies ink blending sponges, sponge dauber
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Basic Black satin ribbon, black & white gingham ribbon


Supplies for Striplet Happy Birthday card:
Stamps: SU! 'Happiest Birthday Wishes' set, Hero Arts 'Fabulous Birthday'
CS: Craftwork Cards large square white card blank, 'In the Pink' & 'Feather Boa' Bazzill Bling, SU! Pretty in Pink & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Early Espresso
Tools: Creative Expressions Sue Wilson 'Regal' Striplet die set, Spellbinders D Lites 'Floral Corner' die set, Spellbinders Shapeabilities 'Fancy Framed Tags Two' die set, X Cut corner rounder punch, circle punches
Embellishments & accessories: SU! rhinestone jewels, 3D foam tape


Supplies for Sunshine Kindness card:
Stamps: SU! 'Kinda Eclectic' set
CS: SU! Melon Mambo, Old Olive & Very Vanilla
Ink: SU! Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Mossy Meadow & Old Olive
Tools: SU! 'Bitty Butterfly' punch
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Bermuda Bay sequin trim, SU! rhinestone jewels


Supplies for Striplet Butterfly thank you card:
Stamps: Hero Arts 'Messages with Flourish' clear set, SU! 'Kinda Eclectic' set
CS: SU! Night of Navy, Pool Party & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Night of Navy
Tools: Creative Expressions Sue Wilson 'Regal' Striplet die set, SU! 'Elegant Butterfly' punch
Embellishments & accessories: aqua pearls, 3D foam tape & pads 


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Friday 26 June 2015

Triple Scoops Birthday Card

Jan and Wendy came over last Saturday to make a card and I introduced them to one of my new SU! sets 'Sprinkles of Life'.  Whoever designed this set is very clever - clouds, trees, cupcakes and ice creams all from one set - absolute genius!  For each 'Sprinkles of Life' set sold,  SU! will donate £2 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities so it's a good set to have in more ways than one!  I love the cornet stamp so I just had to make my first card with the set an ice cream card - and a triple scoop ice cream card at that!

I started off by making a Pink Pirouette A6 sized card base and then I made my ice cream.  I stamped in Chocolate Chip ink onto Very Vanilla, Mint Macaron and Pink Pirouette CS and punched out the three scoops with the Tree Builder punch that goes with the stamp set.  I stamped the cornet in Delightful Dijon ink onto So Saffron CS and fussy cut it making sure to leave some CS at the top to stick my scoops to.  I inked the edges of the scoops and the cornet very lightly with Chocolate Chip ink.  I stamped the candle image twice onto Chocolate Chip CS using Early Espresso ink and fussy cut them.  I cut a slit in the Very Vanilla scoop and inserted the candles upside down so they look like '99' chocolate Flakes!

The SU! 'English Garden' pack of patterned paper is SO pretty, I glued a strip of one of the papers plus a Whisper White CS panel to a layer of Chocolate Chip CS.  I stamped, matted and layered and popped up the sentiment element and also popped up the ice cream.  That sentiment is perfect!  I stamped three Petite Petals flowers using Pretty in Pink, Mint Macaron and So Saffron inks, punched them out, shaped them and glued them to the card front.  The three tiny Chocolate Chip flowers in the flower centres were cut out from the Tree Builder punch.  I punched three Chocolate Chip CS circles, shaped them into a dome and popped them up with tiny 3D foam pads.  I added rhinestones to the flower centres to complete the card front.


Here's the inside and the envelope.  I love that sentiment from the SU! 'Birthday Blossoms' set!


This was such a fun card to put together and it received a very gratifying reaction from Jan and Wendy when they saw it!  It's so nice when my friends love a card I've designed - warm fuzzies all round!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! 'Sprinkles of Life', 'Petite Petals' & 'Birthday Blossoms' sets
CS: SU! Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Mint Macaron & Whisper White

Patterned paper: SU! 'English Garden' DSP
Ink: SU! Delightful Dijon, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Mint Macaron & So Saffron
Tools: SU! 'Tree Builder', 'Petite Petals' & circle punches, flower shaping tool & moulding mat
Embellishments & accessories: SU! rhinestone jewels, Dimensionals, tiny 3D foam dots


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Wednesday 24 June 2015

Two Good Luck Cards

When the Glitter Pot retail shop closed Zack and Beth lost their jobs and I wanted to wish them both well for the future.  I shall miss them both, they were so helpful and friendly, they always did their best to help my class days run smoothly and always did it with a smile.  I worked in the shop to help out a few days here and there over the last few months and they were so patient in sorting me out when I mucked things up at the till or couldn't find things when picking orders!  When I shopped as a customer we always had a chat and a chuckle - a couple of real sweethearts!

For Zack's card I used my typewriter stamp and die set and went for an office stationery look.  I glued a piece of lined paper to white CS, cut it to size and punched the edges so it looked like a page torn from a note book.  I inked the page and the sheet of paper in the typewriter with SU! Smoky Slate ink.  I added the staples and mini clips and popped up the typewriter.


For the inside of the card I used a typewriter alphabet set to stamp the 'Good Luck!' sentiment.  Using my envelope punch board I made an envelope and added a die cut name label.


Beth's card was made using popped up poppy postage panels (I do so love a bit of alliteration!)  I die cut the poppies three times using black, green and red CS and I glued the green shapes over the top of the black shapes, offsetting them slightly.  I snipped the red poppy flowers, offset them also and glued the poppies to the die cut postage panels.  I really love the shadow effect when you offset die cut shapes against a black shape and I thought I'd give the sentiment the shadow effect too.  I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig stamp positioner to ensure perfect placement of my green stamped sentiment slightly offset from my previously stamped black sentiment.  I popped all three postage panels up and added three black jewels to complete the card front.


Here's a closer look at the shadow stamped sentiment.


Usually, I adhere a white or cream panel on the inside of a coloured card base but the die cut postage panel I didn't use on the front seemed perfect to go inside.  I made sure to write my message in black ink!  I also made an envelope for Beth's card, using dotty red paper and a die cut name label.


Supplies for typewriter card:
Stamps: Marianne Designs 'Typewriter' stamps & dies combo set, PaperMania 'Typewriter Alphabet' set
CS: PaperMania A6 white card blank, SU! Basic Black & Whisper White, Bazzill Bling 'Black Tie', silver mirri, page from a lined notebook

Patterned paper: Authentique Crush 'Impression Ledger & Typewriter Damask'
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Smoky Slate
Tools: Marianne Designs 'Typewriter' dies & stamps combo set, SU! 'Spiral Border' punch, Envelope Punch Board, star punch, Spellbinders Shapeabilities 'Fancy Framed Tags Two' die set, sponge dauber
Embellishments & accessories: SU! 'Clips Assortment', stapler, silver nailheads, 3D foam tape 


Supplies for poppies card:
Stamps: Rubber Stampede 'Good Luck'
CS: SU! Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black & Whisper White

Patterned paper: SU! Real Red 'Polka Dot Parade'
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Wild Wasabi
Tools: Memory Box 'Postage Set', 'Row of Poppies' & 'Prim Poppy' dies, Spellbinders Shapeabilities 'Fancy Framed Tags Two' die set, Envelope Punch Board, SU! Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
Embellishments & accessories: Doodlebug Beetle Black Jewels, SU! Wild Wasabi Candy Dots, 3D foam tape 


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Monday 22 June 2015

Blossoms Gift Tag

What a miserable day - on the upside it's perfect crafting weather!  I'll be in my craft room today creating cards and prepping for my 'Sunshine, Silhouette & Striplet' class that I'm running on Saturday.  I loved running classes at the Glitter Pot and was extremely disappointed with the news that the retail shop was closing.  The shop closed on Saturday, I visited with some friends for a final shop and it was quite emotional, we're really going to miss the shop and the wonderful staff!  I knew a lot of ladies were going to miss attending classes at the Glitter Pot so I decided to find a venue in Burgess Hill so I could carry on running classes myself.  I'm hiring a room at Martha & Daisy's and have just booked the one class for now.  I'm hoping that all goes well on Saturday and that we're all happy with the venue and then I can book more classes there.  I've just been offered a part time job at Wilko in Burgess Hill which may well mean I don't have many Saturdays free but I'm hoping I can run some on Sundays and the occasional week day.  It's all happening for me at the moment - exciting times!

So today I'm sharing a gift tag I made to go on a birthday gift for my good friend Jan.  I'd just received a Stampin' Up! delivery and had to use one of my new supplies - the gorgeous 'Birthday Blossoms' stamp set.  I stamped the flower cluster image in Real Red ink as a background onto Whisper White CS, cut it out with a cross stitch rectangle die, inked the edges with Soft Sky ink and layered it onto a mat of Soft Sky CS.  I die cut a larger cross stitch rectangle from Real Red CS, adhered the Soft Sky mat to that and added a white die cut rectangle to the back.  I then punched a hole and added the ribbons.  I stamped the three flowers on Soft Sky CS using Baja Breeze ink and stamped the leaves in Pear Pizzazz CS using Mossy Meadow ink.  I inked the edges of the flowers and leaves, punched the flowers, fussy cut the leaves and attached them to the front of the tag, popping the three flowers up.  I added a red sparkly dome sticker to each flower centre and added a blue sparkly dome sticker to the red gingham bow.


Here's the back of the tag.


Here's the tag attached to the gift.


I hope Jan liked the tag, it gave a sneak peek as to what was inside the wrapping - a wood mount 'Birthday Blossoms' stamp set!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! 'Birthday Blossoms' set, Hobby Art 'Sentiments' clear set
CS: SU! Real Red, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Real Red, Soft Sky, Baja Breeze & Mossy Meadow
Tools: Memory Box 'Cross Stitched Frame' rectangle dies, SU! 'Pansy' punch, Crop-A-Dile, sponge daubers
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Real Red satin ribbon, red & white gingham ribbon, PaperMania shimmer dome stickers, SU! Dimensionals


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Thursday 18 June 2015

Lake Pine Tree Scene Best Wishes Card

Sally Holmes has incredible cards made with Inkylicious ink duster brushes on her Crafty Salutations blog.  I love Sally's tranquil lake scene card and she very helpfully made a video tutorial which can be found HERE.  I needed a belated birthday card for a male and I thought this card would fit the bill perfectly.  I got out my brushes, inks and stamps and had a very therapeutic play in my craft room!  Hmmm, I need way more practise to get to Sally's standard but at least I gave it a go - huge thanks to Sally for the inspiration and the how to!


Here's the inside of the card and the envelope flap.



Supplies:
Stamps: Inkylicious 'Northern Pine' & 'Oriental Awakening' sets, Hobby Art 'Sentiments' clear set
CS: SU! Basic Black, Smoky Slate & Whisper White
Ink: Memento Dandelion, Lilac Posies, Grape Jelly & Tuxedo Black
Tools: Inkylicious ink duster brushes, Spellbinders Labels 4 die set, circle punches, sponge dauber, craft mat & water spritzer bottle
Embellishments & accessories: silver nailheads


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Friday 12 June 2015

Sparkly Butterfly Happy Birthday Wishes Card

This is the second birthday card I've made for my friend Jan - this one will be given to her by her hubby Alan.  Jan loves butterflies and I happen to know that she will be receiving this Penny Black 'Social Butterfly' stamp set as a birthday gift from a friend.  I thought Jan might appreciate seeing a card made with the set!

I wanted a classy and elegant look and the colour combo of Elegant Eggplant, silver and white helped with that I think.  I embossed the pearly white CS panel with the 'Splendour' embossing folder, layered that onto a mat of Elegant Eggplant CS and I added the strip of ribbon.  I layered that panel onto a mat of silver pearly CS which I glued to the front of an Elegant Eggplant 5 3/4" square card base.   I stamped the butterfly in Elegant Eggplant ink onto a piece of Whisper White CS, applied a piece of double sided adhesive sheet over the top, peeled off the backing paper and sprinkled SU! Dazzling Diamonds glitter all over the piece.  I placed a plain sheet of paper over the glittered image and rubbed firmly to ensure the glitter adhered well to the double sided adhesive sheet.  I fussy cut the butterfly, glued the body flat to the card but placed Dimensionals under the wings.  I stamped the four butterfly corner images, fussy cut them and glued them in place.  I stamped, die cut and popped up the sentiment element and added a few rhinestones to finish the front of the card.


Oh my goodness, that butterfly is sparkly!  Here's a closer look.



Here's the inside of the card and the envelope flap.  I love those butterfly corners so I added those on the inside too along with a stamped sentiment and a stamped and fussy cut dragonfly.  For the envelope flap I punched circles and added a stamped and fussy cut butterfly.


 As 'Jan' is a short name I thought the sweet little oval fancy tag dies would make a suitable name label for the front of the envelope!


Hopefully, both of the birthday cards I've made for Jan will be well received!

Supplies:
Stamps: Penny Black 'Social Butterfly' set, SU! 'Simply Sketched' set, Hero Arts 'Messages With Flourish' clear set
CS: SU! Elegant Eggplant & Whisper White, Centura Pearl Snow White - Hint of Silver CS, silver pearly CS
Ink: SU! Elegant Eggplant
Tools: Embossalicious 'Splendour' 6" x 6" embossing folder, Spellbinders Shapeabilities 'Fancy Framed Tags Two' die set, Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Petite Ovals' die, 1 3/4" & 2" circle punches
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, rhinestone jewels & Dimensionals


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Wednesday 10 June 2015

Peonies Pivoting Accordion Birthday Card

I've had my 'Accordion Fancy Label' Pop It Ups dies out again to make a pivoting accordion card for Jan's birthday.  Recently I succumbed to temptation and got the Sue Wilson Creative Expressions 'Shaded Peony' stamps and matching 'Perfect Peony Complete Petals' dies so I used those for the first time - they're beautiful!

My starting point for the card was to choose some cheerful, pretty papers and I used a selection from the Penny Black 'Painted Blooms' 6" x 6" pad and opted to make the card base from SU! So Saffron CS.  I got busy stamping, die cutting and daubering and assembled all my elements before gluing and putting the card together.


Here's the first pivoting panel. I layered three stamped and die cut flowers together and popped them up.  I added a sweet Pumpkin Pie flower shaped button to the flower centre.


Here's the central pivoting panel.  I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink onto a label fussy cut from a piece of the Painted Blooms paper.  I popped up the label and added some rhinestones to a few of the flowers.


Here's the third pivoting panel with another popped up flower.  This flower has a Rose Red flower shaped button in the centre.


I decorated the back of the pivoting panels.  The back of the first panel is visible when the card is folded flat so I added the pink scalloped edge pieces to that panel to pretty it up a little.


Because I'd popped up elements on all three panels of the card it's quite dimensional and doesn't fit easily inside an envelope.  I used a box envelope and decorated the front panel.  I inked the edges of a whole sheet of the pink butterfly paper with Melon Mambo ink before gluing it to the front of the box.  I fussy cut the double butterflies from a green sheet of the paper and glued those on top of the pink ones, making sure to lift the wings up a bit.  I used the fab 'Invisible Alpha' stamp set from Altenew to stamp the name on the label.  I placed SU! brad bases into the holes of the label, glued a rhinestone to each brad base and popped the label up.


So that's the card Jan will be getting from us and I'm now working on the card that her hubby Alan will be giving her.  That one is quite an elegant little number featuring butterflies.  Stay tuned, it will be appearing here on the blog soon!

Supplies:
Stamps: Sue Wilson Creative Expressions 'Shaded Peony' cling set, Personal Impressions Medium & Large Everyday Messages clear sets, Altenew 'Invisible Alpha' clear set
CS: SU! So Saffron & Whisper White

Patterned paper: Penny Black 'Painted Blooms' 6" x 6" paper pad
Ink: SU! Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Mossy Meadow & Pumpkin Pie
Tools: Elizabeth Craft Designs 'Accordion Fancy Label' & 'Fancy Frame Edges' Pop It Ups dies, sponge daubers
Embellishments & accessories: SU! flower shaped buttons, brad bases, rhinestone jewels & Dimensionals


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Monday 8 June 2015

Flower Patch Birthday Step Panel Card

Whilst browsing the web a week or so ago I came across a step panel card made by Dawn Griffiths.  Dawn has a video ON THIS BLOG POST showing how to make a step panel card.  A fancy fold card but simple to put together and it folds flat to go in an envelope so I thought I'd give it a go!  I used the same stamp set as Dawn - SU!'s Flower Patch - but I opted to use some of the new SU! In Colours - Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron and Cucumber Crush.

The card base was made with Watermelon Wonder CS and I layered the stamped piece onto a mat of Mint Macaron CS.  I stamped the larger flowers in Watermelon Wonder ink (1st and 2nd generation stamping), the leaves in Cucumber Crush (1st and 2nd generation stamping) and for the medium flower I used Mint Macaron with Soft Suede ink for the centre.  I punched the sentiment layer with the new SU! Banner Triple punch, popped that up and I also popped up the flowers and leaves on the step panel.  I just had to add some of the lush Watermelon Wonder lacy ribbon!  Rhinestone centres for the flowers completed the card front.


Here's a photo from a slightly different angle.


Here's a side view.  My card wouldn't stay up, it kept tilting forward.  I made a Watermelon Wonder CS sleeve, slid that inside the bottom step and that remedied the situation.


Here's the back panel of the card.


Here's the card together with the envelope.  I used the Banner Triple punch to cut all three widths of banner to decorate the envelope front.


I gave this to Margaret, one of my card group ladies, for her birthday and it was very well received!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! 'Flower Patch' & 'Blooming with Kindness' sets
CS: SU! Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron, Cucumber Crush & Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper
Ink: SU! Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron, Cucumber Crush & Soft Suede
Tools: SU! 'Flower Fair' Framelits dies, Banner Triple punch, Simply Scored

Embellishments & accessories: SU! Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Trim, Rhinestone Jewels, Dimensionals 

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Friday 5 June 2015

June 2015 Card Group Projects

We got together on Thursday for our June card group meeting and a very happy, relaxed afternoon was had by all with lots of merriment and laughter!  As per usual, I made three cards for the ladies to make.

This is our sixth card in the set we're making to go in a box.  The background inking was done with Wild Honey and Worn Lipstick distress inks.


Here's the inside of the card and the envelope.


This next card uses a newly acquired Penny Black stamp set called 'Every Happiness'.  The foliage images, burlap strip and blue, green and brown combo make it an ideal masculine card.  I stamped the Very Vanilla panel with a weave pattern background stamp in Crumb Cake ink, inked the edges with Early Espresso ink, glued that to the Lost Lagoon card base, adhered the burlap strip and stamped the sentiment.  A bit odd I know - but I love the smell of the burlap!  I used Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz and Baked Brown Sugar inks to stamp the three tiles and I stamped the SU! 'French Script'  background stamp over all three tiles in Early Espresso ink.  After fussy cutting the tiles I inked the edges with Early Espresso ink and popped up each tile.  I punched Early Espresso circles and stacked three together for dimension before gluing the stacks of circles to the card.   


Here's a closer look at the overstamped tiles - I do love a bit of layered stamping!  


Here's the inside of  the card and the envelope.


The last card is based on this one I made back in November 2014 - I just tweaked the design a bit.  I glued a Rich Razzleberry panel to the front of a 5 1/4" white card base.  I stamped the flourish, label shape and sentiment onto a piece of Whisper White CS and die cut the cross stitched rectangle plus a larger Pistachio Pudding cross stitched rectangle layer.  I used my newest toy - the SU! Banner Triple punch - to make the three flagged banners.  This tool allows you to cut three widths of flagged banners (1", 1 1/2" and 2") using just the one punch - ingenious!  For this card I cut three 1" wide banners, embossed them with a swirly embossing folder, glued them in place and adhered the stamped panel over the top.  I then used Blackberry Bliss ink to stamp the large flower and I inked the smaller flower with Blackberry Bliss ink and stamped out four flowers without re-inking to get the different shades.  I punched out the flowers, snipped between the petals, shaped each flower and adhered them to the card - popping up the larger flower.  I placed a rhinestone jewel on each flower centre to finish the front.  


Here's the inside of the card and the envelope with another sentiment and some elegant Mossy Meadow stamped swirls.


Supplies for 'With Love' card:
Stamps: SU! 'Garden Silhouettes' & 'Live Your Dream' sets, Waltzingmouse Stamps 'Say It with Style' set
CS: PaperMania white A6 card blank
Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Ranger Tim Holtz Wild Honey & Worn Lipstick Distress Inks
Tools: Memory Box 'Cross Stitched Frame Border' rectangle die, Inkylicious ink duster brushes


Supplies for 'wishing you every happiness' card:
Stamps: Penny Black 'Every Happiness' set, SU! 'French Script' background stamp, Cornish Heritage Farms 'Weave Background' stamp
CS: SU! Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso & Very Vanilla 

Patterned paper: Die Cuts With A View 6" x 6" Burlap paper stack
Ink: SU! Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake & Early Espresso
Tools: X Cut 3/8" circle punch, sponge dauber
Embellishments & accessories: 3D foam tape


Supplies for 'Happy Birthday Wishes' card:
Stamps: SU! 'Everything Eleanor', 'Flower Shop', 'Petite Petals' & 'Simply Sketched' sets, Penny Black 'Lovely Day'
CS: PaperMania square white card blank, SU! Rich Razzleberry, Pistachio Pudding, Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Pistachio Pudding, Blackberry Bliss & Mossy Meadow
Tools: Memory Box 'Cross Stitched Frame' rectangle dies, SU! 'Pansy', 'Petite Petals' & 'Banner Triple' punches, Cuttlebug 'D'vine Swirl' embossing folder
Embellishments & accessories: SU! rhinestone jewels, Dimensionals



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