The August Paper Pumpkin Kit is a special one to help you express your creativity while showing some of the everyday heroes in your life how much you appreciate them!
In these recent days, we see a lot of essential people that we might not have thought of in that way.
Lately, it’s become especially clear who the everyday heroes are—they’ve always surrounded us! Teachers, doctors, hairdressers, nurses, delivery workers, cashiers, and even our friends, kids, and family members go above and beyond to enrich our lives. These people are truly the world’s greatest at what they do!
Celebrate and appreciate the everyday heroes in your life with the August Paper Pumpkin Kit. The cards included in this kit are specifically designed for celebrating life’s champions!
ABOUT THE AUGUST KIT
Name: World’s Greatest
Details:
Kit contains enough supplies to create nine cards and coordinating envelopes. Card size: 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” Envelope size: 4-1/2” x 5-3/4” Coordinating Colors: Bumblebee, gold, Mint Macaron, Pacific Point, Soft Suede, white The kit’s stamp set includes Distinktive stamps.
Be sure to get subscribed to the August 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit from July 11 to August 10 at paperpumpkin.com! Choose my name, Karen Fontinelle.
This started out not to be a card! I was going to stamp a sunflower and die cut it and decorate a glass votive candle holder. The sunflower was going to be a little large for that project and when I laid it down on the table I thought it would look pretty on a card. That is how this Highland Heather Sunflower Thank You Card came to be! Don’t be afraid t change your mind from your original idea!
I decided to make my sunflower a different color than yellow, so I happened to choose Highland Heather for the color. I stamped the largest sunflower in theCelebrate SunflowersStamp Set in Highland Heather Ink. I die cut that sunflower, as well as the outline, with the Sunflowers Dies also out of Highland Heather Cardstock. I didn’t know if this would be enough contrast or not, but I liked it. I added the die-cut center out of Bumblebee cardstock.
The leaves are stamped in Granny Apple Green Ink on the same color cardstock, then die cut. The leafy stems are cut out of Garden Green Cardstock. The sunflower is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and then I slid the leaves partially underneath. The greeting is also in the stamp set and is stamped in Highland Heather ink. The card base is Highland Heather.
In spite of not planning to even make this card, I was really pleased with it and may even copy myself and make some more, maybe in different colors! We are artists and can be creative with whatever we make!
The sunflower’s name comes from its tendency to face toward the sun. I didn’t even think of any symbolism about the sunflower, but I’ve read that it can symbolize adoration and loyalty. And it may mean something a little different across other cultures. Apparently it is an easy plant to grow because it is heat and drought tolerant and grows in the summer. If heat is good for sunflowers, I could be growing sunflowers filling my whole backyard because it is so hot here in Houston!!
I also stamped a Whisper White layer for inside the card with the smaller sunflower in the set just with Highland Heather Ink. That makes it easier to stamp or write a message inside the card on white instead of purple. While I had the stamp and ink out, I also stamped a corner of the envelope to make it pretty as well! Hopefully the envelope will not get separated from the card and I’ll remember to use it!
If you like sunflowers, this is a popular stamp set so check it out in the Online Store. And if you like the Sunflower Dies as well, you can buy both the stamp set and dies in the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle at a 10% discount.
If you like to stamp and color, this Prized Peony Saying Hello Card is really an easy card to make! I did use the masking technique to cover the large peony while I stamped the smaller flowers on the side. Since I love coloring with the Stampin’ Blends markers, for me this is an easy and relaxing card to make! If you don’t like coloring, you could do the same by stamping the flowers in the same or different colors rather than black ink and then do not color them in.
The card base is Flirty Flamingo and after stamping the card, I opted to add a layer of Granny Apple Green Cardstock as a layer under the Whisper White to blend in with the card better since I had used Granny Apple Green on the card.
I stamped the large peony and then stamped it on a “sticky note” being sure to get part of the stamped flower over the sticky area on the back to help hold it over the stamped flower on the card. After stamping on the sticky note, I cut out the flower right on the lines or just barely inside to use this as a mask. After stamping the large flower on the card, I stuck this mask over the flower so I could stamp the side flowers and my stamp would land on the paper mask and not stamp over my original stamped flower.
I stamped the flowers in Memento Ink and then colored in with several Stampin’ Blends Markers. I used both the Light and Dark of Flirty Flamingo on the flower, Granny Apple Green for the few leaves, and a dab of Daffodil Delight for the flower centers. Just to fill in a little white space, I scribbled a little Granny Apple Green beyond the leaves and flowers or in between.
I wanted a large greeting on the card so I simply stamped this one directly on the card front. It is from the Tasteful Touches Stamp Set, which has several very nice greetings to use. There is enough room on this card that I could have stamped it on cardstock and layered it on another piece. I could also have added some sequins or dots so an extra little embellishment, but I kept it simple this time!
You can see how I just stamped the very large peony on THIS CARD in just a colored ink and didn’t have to color it in. It still produced a pretty card doing it this way, so if you don’t like coloring, don’t let that deter you from getting this very lovely Prized Peony Stamp Set and perhaps the Bundle. You will be able to get very creative with this stamp set and perhaps the entire Peony Garden Suite making cards similar to my Prized Peony Saying Hello Card.
I had saved a magazine photo from YEARS ago with a card like this Colorful Lollipop Greeting Card. It has survived the purging of the file of torn out magazine pages, mostly scrapbook page ideas, several times so I finally decided to leave it out on my coffee table so maybe I would finally make it someday soon. Well, the day came and I made a card with this cute lollipop made out of circles!
There weren’t any super specific instructions on how to make this but I thought it would be easy enough to figure out. It’s a great way to use up some scraps of cardstock or even designer paper or mix the two.
You can use various sizes of circles, whatever suits your fancy and fits on your card. I used a 1″ Circle Punch (retired) but you could use something larger or larger die cuts. I just chose a bunch of colors of cardstock that looked good together.
It may seem a little difficult to get the circles placed correctly in a circle to form the lollipop. It might help you to put a pencil dot on your card where you want the center of the lollipop to be and you can kind of arrange the circles around that. When you get to the last circle in the lollipop, tuck it under the beginning circle, otherwise the two pieces on either side of that first circle will overlap it. So you want the last circle to tuck under it.
Use the Multipurpose Liquid Glue to just dab in between the circles to adhere them together into the lollipop shape. That glue gives you a little “wiggle time” to get the circles shaped the way you want them. After you get the lollipop formed, you can either glue it down directly onto the card front or pop it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals® or cut down some Foam Adhesive Strips to fit.
If you have a real lollipop stick, that would be fun to use or just cut a very thin strip of cardstock. I had a white one but of course it didn’t show up against this white cardstock so I just use a strip of Bumblebee Cardstock instead. Then I tied a bow of Bumblebee Gingham Trim and adhered it to the stick with a Mini Glue Dot.
For the greeting, I thought this one in the So Sentimental Stamp Set was perfect! I stamped it in Magenta Madness Ink and die cut with a die in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Then I die-cut another piece out of Magenta Madness that was smaller and I just cut it in half so I could use each end under the greeting to help it stand out from the Whisper White card layer.
I also thought it would be fun to stamp the little confetti stamp around the card in different colors to fill in all the white space. I just used some of the lollipop colors. The card base is Magenta Madness with a layer of Soft Sea Foam cardstock.
This is certainly a fun card to make and something different. It would be fun to make a few and make them into birthday cards or just “Hello” cards to send to a friend to brighten their day! Who wouldn’t be happy to receive this special Colorful Lollipop Greeting Card card?!
If you get some or all of this Peony Garden Suite, you will have so many ways to create that you will come up with many kinds of cards and projects like this simple Prized Peony Die-Cut Flower Card.
For this card, I wanted to stamp the flower, color in, and then die cut it! I stamped the flower from the Prized Peony Stamp Set in Memento Ink and colored in the flower and bud with Petal Pink Stampin’ Blend Markers plus Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blend Markers for the leaves. Then I cut it out with the Peony Dies.
My original idea was to use the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper just in a basic card design way using one side of a pattern of designer paper on half the card and the other side of paper on the lower half (or so), with maybe a ribbon across the seam where the papers join or overlap a little. I thought I would use this gray pattern plus the pink floral design on the other side – but then I decided I liked using just the gray pattern for the card layer! You never know what you will really come up with once you start making a card!
The card base is Gray Granite with the designer paper adhered to the front. I had already colored and die cut the peony flower, but I thought maybe it needed some background to help it stand out. I looked through my dies and choose the largest rectangle in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. That would have been fine as is, but I wanted to try out the Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder so I embossed the die cut. It was very pretty!
Before adhering the embossed piece to the card, I wrapped a piece of the pretty Petal Pink 5/8″ Organdy Striped Ribbon around near the bottom. Then I adhered the peony using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and placed it underneath the ribbon. For the final touch, I tied on a small piece of ribbon just in a knot in the center. I didn’t even want to add a greeting.
Inside, since the cardstock was gray, I added a Whisper White layer inside the card, stamping and coloring one of the small flowers in the stamp set in the bottom corner. It has such a pretty vintage floral look! Now I can stamp a greeting inside the card or write my own note or personal message when I want to use the card. Be sure to check out my first card using the Prized Peony Stamp Set in this post yesterday.
Stamping and coloring the peony is another step to take but is easy enough, even the coloring, and certainly the die-cutting. Then I just used a piece behind the flower to help showcase the peony and added a ribbon to my Prized Peony Die-Cut Flower Card.
This Prized Peony Monochromatic Petal Pink Card is hot off the press! Just opened my order with this stamp set and paper in it and got to work, amid a few other interruptions!
The card base is Petal Pink to match the ink. It is actually lighter in color than in this photograph although the ink is fairly dark. Maybe I just have a juicy ink pad at the moment. I simply stamped the peony in the Prized Peony Stamp Set and the greeting in the same stamp set and cut down the cardstock a little to make it smaller. Then it was layered on a piece of Petal Pink Cardstock.
I looked through the pretty patterns of the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper and choose this one with a small Petal Pink floral print. It provides some interest and is good for the small amount of design that is actually going to show around the stamped peony.
I opted not to add any ribbon on the card wrapped around the peony piece, but after I had the card all made, of course, I couldn’t resist adding some of the new Elegant Faceted Gems. You can feel the facets on them. They are very pretty.
That’s how easy it is to make a monochromatic card with this stamp set, cardstock, and designer paper. You can also purchase the Prized Peony Bundle which includes the stamp set and Peony Dies and you save 10% on the price! Even if you purchase the entire Suite, you will still be getting the discounted price on the Bundle.
If I would have chosen to use the dies, I could have die cut this entire stamped flower and mounted it maybe with Stampin’ Dimensionals on the card to pop it up. This is going to be a beautiful stamp set to play with! If you order it or order the dies, look up some videos online of how to use the “pieces” of the flower to make it layered. You will wonder at first what on earth to do with the pieces that don’t look like anything, but they simply layer together to make something that looks like a 3D flower if you kind of shade the edges of the petals or pop them up with Dimensionals underneath or just have the pieces layered flat on the card which will still be impressive!
Start out with something easy like this Prized Peony Monochromatic Petal Pink Card. Just stamp the large peony in a colored ink or in black and then color in or sponge on some color. I think this stamp set will make beautiful cards with some basic simple stamping or you can make something extremely impressive to the recipient with easy steps for you to make it! Just play and have fun with this peony!
Just a few more days to sign up to get the July Paper Pumpkin Kit in the mail! This one looks really interesting! It is definitely summertime where I live so this kit really fits right in! But you have to be a Paper Pumpkin subscriber by Friday, July 10th!
Celebrate the magic of summer nights with the Summer Nights Paper Pumpkin Kit! In this exclusive fun-filled kit, you’ll unbox enough supplies to create nine postcard-style cards, coordinating envelopes, and die-cut tealight bags.
What’s even more spectacular about July’s kit is the add-on you can purchase along with it! The Summer Nights Add-On includes 24 card bases and envelopes in coordinating Summer Nights designs. This add-on is perfect for helping you expand the Summer Nights creative experience beyond the Paper Pumpkin kit. Between the add-on and the leftover supplies from your Summer Nights kit, you will be crafting a summer night worth celebrating all month long!
***Order the Summer Nights Add-On starting 1 July in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store, perhaps with your regular order. Subscribe first and then purchase the Add-On.
While supplies last.
ABOUT THE JULY KIT
Kit contains enough supplies to create nine postcards and coordinating envelopes, as well as nine die-cut tealight bags.
Card size: 4” x 5-1/4” (10.2 x 13.3 cm) Envelope size: 4-1/2” x 5-3/4” (11.4 x 14.6 cm) Coordinating Colors: Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Costal Cabana, Night of Navy
The Paper Pumpkin kit does not require the add-on to create completed projects.
ABOUT THE SUMMER NIGHTS ADD-ON
Contains 24 preprinted card bases and coordinating envelopes.
Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm) Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm) The Summer Nights Add-On is not required to complete the Paper Pumpkin kit projects.
Note: During demonstrator product testing, we learned that the Summer Nights Add-On could make at least 20 additional cards when combined with the leftover pieces from the Summer Nights kit.
Don’t delay! You must be a current subscriber in order to purchase the Add-On Kit.
***In case you are wondering, I don’t think the little fairy light strings are not included in the kit but you could use them perhaps in the bags or you can use flameless tea lights. Set the bags out on the porch or patio while you are sitting out in the evening watching fireflies!
This is my personal link below so you don’t have to put in my name. However, if you are working with another Demonstrator, then go to www.PaperPumpkin.com and find his or her name.
This Jar of Flowers Daisies Card was fun and easy to make, especially when it matched so nicely with the designer paper I already had on an unfinished card. Sometimes your creative card ideas can just come from the pile of stuff on your table!!
The card base is Whisper White Cardstock with a layer of the new In Color, Magenta Madness, which I am loving! It’s a little shocking when you first see it in person but it grows on you! Then I had added a strip of daisies in the Flowers For Every Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper and adhered a piece of Magenta Madness 1/4″ Ribbon, plus tied on a bow. I already had this card made to this point except for the bow when I found it on my desk and thought I should just finish it off!
I stamped the jar in the Jar of Flowers Stamp Set in Memento Ink and colored in some water with the Light Pool Party Stampin’ Blend. I also stamped the flower stems and colored those with the Old Olive Stampin’ Blend with some shading of Mossy Meadow. Then the jar was punched out with the Jar Punch. I always forget there aren’t dies with this stamp set for the flowers!
For the flowers, since the designer paper had daisies on it, I used the Medium Daisy Punch to punch out six daisies so I would have two daisies layered for each flower. I glued these two layers together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue but then popped them up (the two front daisies) with Stampin’ Dimensionals® on the card. I decided to add some little lines in pink on each petal to copy the designer paper. I just used one of my Stampin’ Blends but you could also use a Stampin’ Write Marker or not do it at all! I also used my Perennial Essence Floral Centers (retired) in the center.
The jar is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals with the two front flowers, as I mentioned. the third daisy in the back , at the top, is just glued right onto the card front.
Besides not having much room, I liked the card as is and decided to even try to add a greeting. You don’t have to on every card although we usually do. But we don’t have to!
It’s flower season in the heat of summer so try out that Flowers For Every Season DSP and flower stamps or the flower dies and daisy punches! Soon we will be starting on holiday projects! Yikes!
This 4th of July Treat Pouch is an easy project to make with just a square piece of designer paper or cardstock. And covering chocolate nuggets is one of my favorite things to do for a treat!
I had forgotten I made this Uncle Sam 4th of July Patriotic Favor until I got my 4th of July decorations out! You can make this whole thing out of a paper towel roll or chips container, just covering it with paper, and then decorate with Uncle Sam! Or just make Uncle Sam and decorate and decorate something else!
Look through your flower stamp sets and see it you have one that will resemble fireworks like this Flower Patch 4th of July Fireworks Card! These are some old stamps in the Flower Patch Stamp Set (retired) but you can substitute many other things!
I always liked this idea of making firecrackers out of just strips of cardstock or designer paper, then put a little piece of twine or Linen Thread coming out of the top. These, of course, are the only safe kind of fireworks to have! Try this Happy 4th of July! Happy Independence Day! card with whatever paper and stamps you have!
We have lots of ways to make a card like this 4th of July Patriotic Wreath Card with Swirly Scribbles. We have other ways to make the circle wreath or even just punch or die-cut leaves or sprigs or whatever you have to fill in the wreath. On top of the wreath just put flowers or stars or both! You can add some embellishments like Rhinestones or glitter dots, etc. for a little bit of bling and sparkle!
And last but not least, find a way to make an American flag like on this 4th of July Flag Card. Use whatever designer paper you have or cardstock or stamp something. You could make some flags and adhere them to skewers or dowel sticks or even toothpicks and use for a decoration on your table or on top of cupcakes!
I hope you enjoy these past ideas! Have a safe and Happy 4th of July!
This card, Hand-Drawn Blooms Birthday Card For July 4th, could be a birthday card for someone this month or you could think of it as a birthday card for our country while we celebrate Independence Day on Saturday. Do you know someone with a July 4th birthday?
This new Hand-Drawn Blooms Stamp Set comes with an amazing large die plus a few small flowers and I had played with the die and greetings a little bit, but I hadn’t used this stamp of a lovely flower bouquet. The bouquet is actually two parts, the main bouquet and then the bottom part with a bow and the flower stems.
I stamped the two pieces of the bouquet with Memento Ink and then colored in the flowers and leaves with Stampin’ Blends. Actually I was going to use my Watercolor Pencils but I couldn’t find the set I wanted to use! But I love using the Stampin’ Blends. I primarily tried to use red and blue flowers for the 4th of July with a little yellow. I didn’t try at all to be perfect in my coloring, and you would be surprised how quickly you can actually color in most of those flowers. Since they are so small they look difficult, but since they are small you only need a dot or swipe of color to color them in! I just kind of drew over the stems with a swipe of Granny Apple Green with the small tip of the marker. Again, not perfect, but overall the whole thing looks fine!
The birthday greeting comes in the stamp set. Both lines of words are on one stamp, so just stamp it and then cut it out with the Banner Blooms Dies. Since you really only want to cut out the words, use a smaller piece of paper that fits right where the banner area is, otherwise, the die will cut all of the paper you put under it.
This card has a Real Red card base with a layer of Pacific Point blue. I just made narrow margins on this card so it is more difficult to see in the photo. The greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added two red Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel Dots (retired) from the Holiday Catalog last year. I couldn’t stop myself so I added some of the smallest Gold Glitter Enamel Dots around the bouquet. Be careful, once you use one of those Gold Glitter Dots, you can’t stop!
Of course most of the time that you would make this card you probably wouldn’t be thinking about the 4th of July! But you can use these floral bouquet for many occasions and in many color schemes!
Let’s celebrate with this Stitched Stars 4th of July Patriotic Card because that special day when we celebrate our country is coming up on Saturday! It seems amazing that it is July already! The weather outside does tell me that it is July, though! This year we aren’t having our fireworks displays here so we just have to create our own fireworks by making cards and other 4th of July projects! Use them for decorations in your home!
This red, white, and blue card is designed to make us think of fireworks and patriotism for our country with colors and gleam from the foil paper. The card base is my favorite color, Real Red, with a blue layer of one of the new In Colors, Misty Moonlight. Night of Navy would be another good choice or even Pacific Point. The stars are arranged on a layer of Whisper White.
The stars are all die-cut with the Stitched Stars Dies which first came out in the last holiday catalog. There was also a coordinating stamp set, So Many Stars, in case you still have that. That stamp set retired but the dies survived! I have always said stars, whether stamps or dies are so handy to have to all kinds of congratulatory or celebratory cards and projects.
I die-cut the “flourish” in the die set out of bothGold Foiland Silver Foil Sheets and saved all the stars that poked out of that. That way I could adhere the gold foil flourish to the front of the card and also use the silver foil stars on the card. Then I also die-cut a few red and blue stars out of the set to add to the card. If I would think ahead, it would be a good idea to use Adhesive Sheets before die-cutting on the back of the paper so they would already have adhesive on the back like a sticker. Then there would be no messy glueing with the Multipurpose Liquid Glue! But if you are really careful and put the teeny tiniest dots of glue on these thin lines, you can use it successfully.
The greeting is from the Many Mates Stamp Set, which I’m finding I turn to a lot for sentiments since it has such a good assortment! You might want to add it to your list! The greeting is stamped with the Misty Moonlight In Color Ink and layered on a scrap of Real Red punched at one end with the Lovely Labels Pick A Punch.
I added a Gold Glitter Enamel Dot to the punched piece, but I couldn’t stop myself! I added some more to the card area around the stars with the next larger size of dots. I think that was the finishing touch!
And to help celebrate July, Stampin’ Up! ‘s newest promotion started today, Bonus Days! With every $50 you spend in July, you will receive an email with a coupon code for $5 off in August! No limit! If you spend $100, for example, you will get two coupon codes in an email for $5 each to use on your order in August. Stampin’ Up! will automatically send you the email with your codes right away so be sure to watch for it or even check your spam folder for it. If you don’t receive it after a reasonable time, then let me know and I’ll check with Stampin’ Up! or you can always call yourself. You might consider printing out the emails or writing down the codes you receive so that you will have a “backup”!
Today, June 30th, is the last day to take advantage of the great offer of an EXTRA $25 in Stampin’ Rewards with an order of $250 or more! If you have a long list for the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog, you might want to take advantage of this offer today! To begin with, you would earn $25 in regular Stampin’ Rewards with a $250 order and then you would get to spend an extra $25 on top of that! So with a $250 order or more, you get to choose $50 in free merchandise right away on your Stampin’ Rewards!
You can collect orders from some friends to get a large enough order, or think ahead to the holidays! Maybe there is a card kit or craft supplies that anyone can use like ribbon, scissors, adhesive, or notecards that you can give as a gift! And don’t forget to shop the Clearance Rack if you need a little more to add!
If you have thought about becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and starting your own business, today is the last day to take advantage of the Pick a Free Bundle Promotion! Any day is a good day to join Stampin’ Up! but if you want a little extra in your Starter Kit, do it today!
To become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, you simply purchase the Starter Kit for $99, but you choose $125 worth of product to put in it! You also receive catalogs and business supplies and a Paper Pumpkin Kit. And today you will also choose a Bundle for your kit!
Click HERE to read about joining and then feel free to ask me any questions! If you would like to sign up under a Demonstrator local to you, click on “Find a Demonstrator” in the top black bar. Otherwise, I can help you from afar!
It’s never too early to start on Christmas cards and this one is the first of the season! It’s easy to get started on holiday cards like this Christmas Card With Flowers For Every Season with this poinsettia paper pattern and Christmas stamp sets in the Annual Catalog.
It’s amazing that the Flowers For Every Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper has a holiday pattern of poinsettias in the package! Just three days ago was 6 months until Christmas Day so I should have made this card for that day!
The card base is Just Jade, one of the new In Colors and one that coordinates with this designer paper. There is a layer of Poppy Parade with a piece of designer paper covering just part of the Poppy Parade. The designer paper layer is 5 1/4″ x 2 3/4″.
Before adhering the designer paper and Poppy Parade layer to the card base, I added a strip of Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon around the edge of the designer paper.
The greeting stamped on the Poppy Parade at the bottom is from the Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set in the Annual Catalog. You could stamp this on another piece of cardstock and layer it or even heat emboss it in gold, but I went for the simple method!
After adhering the layer to the Just Jade, I tied a bow with the ribbon and adhered it with Mini Glue Dots to the ribbon. You could also put it in the center of the card
This is just a very simple card to get started on the holidays! It’s quick and easy and you can make several cards with the four sheets of this paper in the package.
One of my favorite things to do in stamping is to stamp….randomly all over the paper! That repetitive stamping just feels good for the soul! This card didn’t entirely have that feel because I colored the main flower stamp with markers before stamping, so it wasn’t ink pad….stamp….ink pad….stamp. It was color the flower, color the stem, huff (breathe) on it, stamp and repeat! But the little flowers were stamped from the ink pad!
The card base is Granny Apple Green and I used Shimmery White Cardstock for the card front. Shimmery White is my all-time favorite cardstock! It has that shimmer that you can barely see but when you do see it, it is very pretty and subtle. It stands up to watercolor better than regular Whisper White, too.
The floral stamping is done with the Lovely You Stamp Set. You might think that this stamp set is all about the pretty greetings, but as you can see, you can use the flowers as well as the leaves and stems in the set to make cards.
The large flowers and stems are colored with Stampin’ Write markers instead of ink. This is the technique that is good to use when you want different colors on one stamp. I colored the flower with Melon Mambo and the stem with Granny Apple Green. Be sure you huff or breathe on the stamp to moisten the ink before stamping. Using markers gives just a little lighter look to the image.
Next I stamped just a few Daffodil Delight little flowers. Maybe I didn’t clean off my stamp very well or else my Mango Melody ink pad was a little off somehow because I got mostly multi-colored flowers instead of solid Mango! I really liked that accidental shading, though!!
I did have to remind myself to “stop” once I thought I was liking the look of all the stamping. It’s always tempting to keep going, but sometimes you have to know when to stop!
The greeting is stamped from the Lovely You Stamp Set also. A good variety of sentiments to choose from in such a pretty font! I stamped it on a 3/4″ strip of Shimmery White Cardstock and used the new Lovely Labels Pick A Punch to punch one end. Then I cut a 1″ strip of Melon Mambo Cardstock to be the layer under the greeting. If the 1″ wide strip doesn’t fit well in the punch, just trim it down a hair to get it to fit.
Since I didn’t have Melon Mambo ribbon which would have been my first choice, I used the Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Ruched Ribbon to tie a very small bow to put on the greeting. I even moved it in a little bit off the very edge so maybe you can still see the decorative end from the punch! I just used a Mini Glue Dot to adhere the bow.
And then I wanted just a tiny bit more, so I adhered a few sequins! These are the Artistry Blooms Sequins which are great because they already have adhesive on the back! They come in four colors so don’t think the color on the top of the package is the only one. I just used the smallest sequins on the card to just add a little sparkle with out taking away from the flowers.
You can purchase the Lovely You Bundle which includes the stamp set and the new punch! I’m liking the punch so you should check it out! Not everything has to be super fancy so try out some basic stamping like I did on this Lovely You Floral Stamped Card For a Friend.
