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Irresistible Blooms Lemon Lime Twist Monochromatic Card

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Make a bright and happy card with one of the bright new colors in our Color Refresh at Stampin’ Up!, the Irresistible Blooms Lemon Lime Twist Monochromatic Card. It’s easy when you use one color of ink and paper!

This card uses the Irresistible Blooms Stamp Set and the Irresistible Blooms Dies. You can buy both together and save 10% by purchasing the Irresistible Blooms Bundle. The flowers and leaves are all stamped with Lemon Lime Twist Ink on Basic White and then die cut. There are two different sizes of dies for the flowers and two sets of leaves. If you don’t have the dies, it is easy enough to cut them out by hand.

The greeting is in the Irresistible Blooms Stamp Set and is die-cut with a stitched circle in the Stylish Shapes Dies.

The card base is Basic White. The card layer uses two different patterns of the Brights 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. They are cut at 5 1/4″ x 4″ as you would for any layer on a card but then cut diagonally in half to make two different designs. Be sure to check before you cut the paper if you want the patterns to go a certain way.

After the designer paper is in place and you have stamped and diecut all the flowers and leaves, lay them out on the card to get an idea of where you want everything to be placed. You can pop up some of the flowers or leaves on Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere the rest flat on the card. You just want the adhesive to not extend completely to the edges of the flowers so that you can tuck the leaves in underneath where you want them. The greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For a finishing touch, I added some Irridescent Rhinestone Jewels to the card front. On the inside, I added a flower and some leaves in the corner or I could have just stamped them to match the front of the card.

You could make this same card but make the flowers and leaves different colors, but I think monochromatic cards look very nice and are easy! Try your hand at a card like this one with this pretty stamp set and bright and happy designer paper!

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Zoo Crew Book Fold Card

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Zoo Crew Book Fold Card

This Zoo Crew Book Fold Card is something just a little bit different to make! There is a card design called a Book Fold. Instead of the entire front of the card opening, there is an additional scored line to the left on the card front and that 1 1 /4″ section is glued or tied down so that only part of the card front opens. Just something a little different and interesting!

Cut a piece of cardstock for the card base that is 11″ x 4 1/4″. Basically, cut a piece of cardstock in half lengthwise. With that piece of cardstock horizontal in your Paper Trimmer or Scoring Tool, score at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″. It should look something like this:

Book Fold Card Paper Scoring

In this card design, you are creating a “hinge” where the card opens rather than at the normal fold line. That section of the hinge will be glued down so that it won’t open on the fold line but on that additional score line.

You will also need a 1″ x 4″ piece of designer paper (or stamped piece) to adhere to the front of that narrow hinge area and a 4″ x 4″ piece of designer paper (or stamped piece of plain cardstock) for the front section of the card. On the inside of the card, you can add a piece of Basic White if the card is dark for your stamped or written message. You can cut it at 4″ x 4″ or longer to fit underneath the hinge area before it is adhered.

You can adhere that hinge area with glue or Stampin’ Seal OR you can punch two holes and tie it shut with ribbon or twine.

For this card, I used Basic Black cardstock for the card base and one of my favorites, the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper to decorate the card. The 1″ x 4″ piece on the hinge side is the black & white side of one of the designer papers. Before adhering to that section, I wrapped a piece of ribbon around it first and then tied on a bow.

For the card front, I added a 4″ x 4″ background piece of Whisper White, stamped with a few music notes in the Zany Zoo Stamp Set. For the overhead valance and curtains on the side of the stage for the dancers, I used Lemon Lolly cardstock, die cut using the Zany Zoo Dies. You can purchase the stamp set and dies in a Bundle and save 10%! And save 15% on the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper during June! For a little something on the top valance, I used a retired white gel pen to draw in some “folds” or “pleats” (just straight lines!).

The dancers are cut from the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper and are partially colored but I added a bit more color to some of them with my Stampin’ Blends. I love to color with those but leaving the characters plain would be fine too! I drew a little spiral under the center dancer to show that she had leaped up in the air! The other two dancers are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Just a fun card to make with a little different design! Try your hand on one of these Book Fold cards next time you are crafting!

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Time Is Getting Short On The Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Sale!

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Time is getting short to take advantage of the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Sale on select papers during the month of June! Amazingly, we are already past the middle of June!! You have this week and most of next to order the Designer Paper you want!

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FLYER LISTING ALL THE PAPERS!

  • There is no limit to how many packages of Designer Series Paper may be purchased during this promotion.
  • Only select Designer Series Papers are available at a 15% discount during this promotion. Please reference the table below to see the papers included in the sale.
  • Orders must be placed—and closed—during the promotion period for the 15% discount to apply.
  • Designer Series Paper ordered as part of a Starter Kit or with Stampin’ Rewards qualifies for the 15% discount.
  • Designer Series Papers are from the new 2023–2024 Annual Catalog (p. 129–132) and Online Exclusives.
  • Click on the chart below or HERE.
Designer Paper Sale June 2023 Listing

Notice that the big, 48-sheet pack of designer paper, Delightfully Eclectic 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, is on the list!! It seems expensive, but you get a lifetime of paper at 15% off, so it’s a great deal! Interesting and different patterns, like pretzels, (one of my favorite foods), an alphabet, swans, ledger paper, flowers, stripes, everything!

The Sale ENDS FRIDAY JUNE 30th!

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A Dad Card For Father’s Day

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Dad Card For Father's Day

Sunday is Father’s Day so make sure you have a card ready for the special man/men in your life! Here is a super simple Dad Card For Father’s Day.

The card base is Blueberry Bushel, one of the returning colors in the Stampin’ Up! Color Refresh in May. I liked this layer of Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper with the little stars for this card. The stars have the ombre effect as you go down the card. I cut the paper the full length of the card but narrower. It’s 5 1/2″ x 3 1/4″. Before adhering it to the card base, I added a piece of the Night of Navy 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon around the bottom of the card and tied a knot onto the ribbon separately. After attaching the ribbon, I adhered the this piece to the card base.

I used the Alphabet A La Mode Dies to cut out the word “DAD”. I used Blueberry Bushel cardstock for the letters. Now, if you don’t have this alphabet die set, see if you have some other alphabet set that you could stamp. If you do, stamp on Basic White cardstock, either for the whole word or each letter. You could cut rectangles for each letter so that the stamping would show up on the card.

If you wanted to, you could add some punched or die cut additional stars on the card.

That’s all there is to this card, so if you need a last-minute Father’s Day card, perhaps this card will give you some ideas or you can simply copy it!

Bright & Beautiful Diagonal Birthday Card

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Bright & Beautiful Diagonal Birthday Card

Make this Bright & Beautiful Diagonal Birthday Card for anyone’s birthday! The paper makes it festive and bright and of course, who doesn’t love a cupcake?

This Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper is a great package to own. You can purchase it at a 15% discount right now through June 30th! It has bright and beautiful colors and designs, just like the name says! So many coordinating colors with this paper, also. Some papers are like ombre-dipped shades, then there are stars, dots, diagonal stripes, circles, confetti, and more. Use it for cards or scrapbooking. For sure, the papers go well for making birthday cards.

The card base is Bubble Bath cardstock. If you want to have some stamped images on the side without designer paper, be sure to do that before you add the designer paper. I just stamped the cupcake from the Circle Sayings Stamp Set in Bubble Bath ink on the Bubble Bath cardstock. That gives a watermarked look, the same as if you used Versamark ink instead. It just adds a little interest rather than the blank cardstock on that side.

To cut the designer paper on the diagonal, first decide what size you want it to be. If you want it to fit corner to corner, completely against the fold of the card and all the way to the bottom of the card, then cut a piece of designer paper 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″, the exact size of the card. Then cut it diagonally from corner to corner with your Paper Trimmer. Put the top left corner of the designer paper even with the Paper Trimmer cutting track while also putting the lower right corner of the paper also even with the cutting track. That puts your paper on the diagonal. To avoid tearing the corners when you start cutting, place the cutting blade up into the paper, then back down to the corner, and then go up to the top, or vice versa. That takes some of the pressure off that pointy corner of the paper with the cutting blade jamming into it.

If you want the card to have the usual margin, cut the paper at 4″ x 5 1/4″, then adhere it 1/8″ off the fold and from the bottom as you would normally do. Either way is fine, or even smaller, depending on your design.

For the center greeting, I stamped the words and the cupcake from the Circle Sayings Stamp Set on Basic White with Bubble Bath ink. I punched it out, which was very close, with the 2″ Circle Punch. I wanted to use the 2 3/8″ Circle Punch for a layer of Bubble Bath so I had to use the 2″ Circle Punch. It worked fine!

I added Stampin’ Seal to the back of the greeting circle so that I could wind the Gold & Vanilla 3/8″ Satin Edged Ribbon back and forth behind it, and then I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to hold down the ribbon and to pop up the greeting in the center of the card. I liked the touch of gold on a festive birthday card!

And what birthday card would be complete without some bling? I used the Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins here and there on the cupcake and card to some sparkle. I have used these sequins a lot, maybe because the colors go with a lot and because they already have adhesive on them, unlike sequins we used to have that we had to glue down ourselves.

You can use this same card design with the other images in the Circle Sayings Stamp Set or even use some other greetings and dies. Here is another card I made recently using the same paper and stamp set, but with a few differences.

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Here’s the New July Paper Pumpkin 2023

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Say hello to summer and get crafting under the sun with this month’s Paper Pumpkin kit! With beach designs, fun accordion-fold cards, along with sentiments to support, encourage, say hello, and more, wave at those you love through uplifting cards and send family and friends oceans of kind words all summer long!

Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription, so you will find the gift of a Paper Pumpkin Kit to yourself in your mailbox each month! Usually, it is a kit to make cards, but it can be something else. All the supplies for the project are included in the box, even wrapped in tissue paper just like a gift! No risk, no obligation to continue for any length of time. Skip a month now and then if you need to. Stampin’ Up! guarantees each kit.

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ABOUT THE KIT
Name: Fun in the Sun

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Azure Afternoon, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Pool Party

This kit includes:

  • All the supplies you need to create 9 cards with fun accordion folds: 3 each of 3 designs; and coordinating envelopes.
  • An all-occasion stamp set to send friends and family words of encouragement, support, and kindness.
  • Iridescent Sequin Embellishments
  • 1 Classic Stampin’ Spot: Daffodil Delight.
  • Summertime Ephemera pieces, labels, and paper pieces.
  • Adhesive Dots and Tear & Tape Adhesive.
  • Completed card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″

This looks like a fun Paper Pumpkin Kit to me! If you have skipped any months recently, make sure your account is active so that you will receive this kit mid-July.

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Zoo Crew Father’s Day Card

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Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper Father's Day Card

If you are looking for a whimsical card for Father’s Day, this Zoo Crew Father’s Day Card might do! If you don’t have “official” masculine stamp sets, look through your stash because you will find something you can use! Maybe just change the colors to make a card look more masculine if that’s what you want.

I thought it would be fun to try to make a Father’s Day card using the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper with all its cute, whimsical characters. Depending on who you are giving the card to, the page with the celebratory animals, like for a birthday, might work the best. But if you have a hiker, camper, or outdoorsman, the page with those images would be perfect.

This elephant holding a colorful banner seemed like it would work for a Father’s Day card. I diecut the elephant with a die in the Something Fancy Dies. Then I layered it on two Deckled Rectangle die cuts, one in Pumpkin Pie cardstock and one in Pool Party cardstock.

Once I decided on this scalloped wavy line pattern for the card background, I decided to color each line with a color in the elephant’s banner. I used Stampin’ Blends in Lemon Lolly, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist, and Pumpkin Pie. I really like the look of the colored lines. The elephant is colored with the Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends.

After layering the elephant and the two rectangle layers together, I popped it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. For the greeting, I used one in the Zany Zoo Stamp Set and then die cut with the hexagon shape die in the Something Fancy Dies. I stamped it a little off-center by accident, but since “there are no mistakes in stamping” I just added a few black Classic Matte Dots.

If you need a Father’s Day card for Sunday, you don’t need everything to be masculine and specific for Father’s Day. See what you have and just choose something you can use. It’s the thought that counts!

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Melon Mambo Daisies Birthday Card

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Melon Mambo Daisies Birthday Card

Sometimes it’s fun to stamp your own images on a card instead of using die cuts or designer paper! It’s like getting back to basics and it feels so good to have that stamp in your hand and stamp over and over!

This card is very simple. I chose a Melon Mambo cardstock card base with a Basic White layer. Of course, stamp the white layer before adhering!

I used the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set to stamp three of the largest daisies and then filled in the rest of the space with the smaller outline daisy stamp. For the flower centers, I used Daffodil Delight ink. There is a smaller flower center stamp and a larger one. Of course, flowers need leaves, so I inked up the leaf stamp with Granny Apple Green ink and filled in wherever I could.

The ribbon tied around the card is the Lemon Lime in the Ribbon Duo Combo Pack. To make the bow a little more substantial, I used two strands of ribbon and tied a bow.

The greeting is in the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set and is stamped in Melon Mambo ink. It is diecut with the small banner die in the Countryside Corners Dies. For a final touch, I added several pink Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins.

This is just a fun, simple card to make and good to have on hand for birthdays or other occasions!

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Countryside Inn Z-Fold Card

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Countryside Inn Z-Fold Card

This Countryside Inn Z-Fold Card uses both the paper and the dies in the Countryside Inn Suite Collection, and the Z-Fold design just kicks it up a notch! I like to make Z-Fold cards because they are so easy and look like you really make something extra special!

The Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper has four colors of blue and white. For this card base, I chose Balmy Blue cardstock. To make the z-fold, make the card base as usual so that the front measures 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″. On the front of the card, you will score down the center at 2 1/8″. Then fold the right edge of the card front back on itself. If you look down from the top, you will see the card base is in the shape of a Z. So basically, fold the front half of the card, back on itself.

To add designer paper (or a stamped design) to that folded back left side of the card front, cut the paper at 2″ x 5 3/8″. That gives that narrow margin. If you want the usual margin, cut the designer paper at 1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″. The inside is Basic White with a strip of the same designer paper along the edge.

To decorate the card, I used the Countryside Corners Dies. I cut the larger piece out of Misty Moonlight cardstock, but you could use Night of Navy or Boho Blue. The next layer is cut out of a different pattern of the same designer paper. For the center, I diecut a piece of Basic White.

For the center piece, the trick was to find a greeting that would fit a vertical piece like I had. However, I could have also stamped a greeting that would just go horizontally across the white center. The greeting is in the Charming Sentiments Stamp Set and is stamped in Misty Moonlight ink.

To decorate the top, I used a die in the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut out the big flower in another pattern of the Countryside Inn DSP. To jazz it up a little, I added the Night of Navy 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon back and forth behind it and popped it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. I also added a tiny little pearl.

To adhere this center piece to the card, remember to only put adhesive on the left half that will be glued to the Z-Fold. Try to center it as much as possible. Then if you want to stamp a greeting on the inside of the card, try to hide it behind this piece.

Here is what the inside of the card looks like.

Countryside Inn Z-Fold Card Inside

The Countryside Inn Designer Paper and all the papers on pages 130-132 in the new Annual Catalog are discounted by 15% during the month of June! Don’t let that sale slip by! You can search online under “Specials” on the top greenish bar.

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Countryside Corners Multicolor Card

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Countryside Corners Multicolor Card

When you think outside the blue box, you might come up with a Countryside Corners Multicolor Card like this one! If you are familiar with the new Countryside Inn Suite Collection, the Countryside Corners Bundle, or the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper, you know the main colors are blue and white. There are four different colors of blue in this paper! As much as we like blue, sometimes it takes a shift in thinking to realize, “Oh, I could use some other colors besides blue to make cards with this set!”

With summer on the way, I thought I would look at some Stampin’ Up! color suggestions, and I chose to use Poppy Parade, Lemon Lolly, and Lemon Lime Twist, plus Basic White. Nice bright colors instead of blue….not that there is anything wrong with blue!

The card base is Basic White with a layer of Poppy Parade. Even though I have had the Countryside Corners Stamp Set all this time, I hadn’t used it yet! Actually, it is not a stamp set, it is one stamp! You might think that each design would be a separate ring in the stamp design, but it isn’t, which is a little perplexing at first. You can ink the stamp all in one color or you can use Stampin’ Write Markers to color each ring or border with a different color.

What you can do for these layers is stamp the whole stamp on different pieces of cardstock and then you can die cut each color in whatever way you like. For this card, I stamped the whole stamp with Lemon Lime Twist ink on Lemon Lime Twist cardstock. I also stamped with Lemon Lolly ink on a piece of Lemon Lolly cardstock. I used two dies to cut out just that single design of the Lemon Lolly cardstock, which is then adhered onto the Lemon Lime Twist large, whole stamped piece. I tried out a couple of things for the center but decided on stamping Poppy Parade ink on Basic White and die-cutting that centerpiece. Then I chose a greeting from the Sentimental Park Stamp Set and stamped it in the center in Poppy Parade ink. That center piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For a finishing touch, I added a Lemon Lime Twist ribbon, found in the Ribbon Duo Combo Pack. I tied a small bow and attached it with a Mini Glue Dot. I think maybe some bling in the form of gems, rhinestones, or sequins might be fun on this card, but I was undecided! Sometimes you have to know when to stop when you are creating something!

If you have this Countryside Corners Bundle (stamp set and dies), try out some different color combinations and see what you can create!

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Hello, Irresistible Floral Birthday Card

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Hello, Irresistible Floral Birthday Card

I seem to be quite taken with this paper lately, even though it’s not one of the brand-new products, but there is something about it! I made this Hello, Irresistible Floral Birthday Card mostly with die-cutting the elements on the card.

This is the Hello, Irresistible 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, available as an Online Exclusive in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store. This means you won’t find the paper in the catalog, but it can be purchased online for as long as it is available. If you like this paper, you can purchase it at a 15% discount during the month of June on the Designer Series Paper Sale! The patterns are all so soft and pretty!

In making this card, I chose a card base of Flirty Flamingo, but I also added a layer of Petal Pink. I couldn’t decide which color to use so I used both! Next, there is a layer of designer paper. There are so many pretty patterns to choose from. I liked this color-washed linear design to be the background for the flowers.

What really inspired this card was the die-cut vertical piece on the left side of the card. I already had it in my pile of scraps that I didn’t use one other time, so I carefully adhered it to the card on those dots. You might not notice, but I decided to punch out some Vellum Cardstock circles, one with the 2 3/8″ Circle Punch and two with the 2″ Circle Punch. I put the largest circle near the bottom of the card and the other two above.

You can stamp flowers and leaves if you like from the Irresistible Blooms Stamp Set or you can die cut them right out of the designer paper! There are large and small outline flower dies plus a couple of different leaf dies. It is so fun when you can cut out the designs from the paper. Then I just played around with the flowers and leaves until I was happy with the placement and glued them down. The bottom flower is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is stamped on a piece of designer paper in a Soft Sea Foam color in Soft Sea Foam ink. The greeting is in the Go-To Greetings Stamp Set. I used a narrow banner die in the Stylish Shapes Dies to make a thin banner for the sentiment without covering up too much of the flowers.

For a finishing touch, I adhered several of the Petal Pink sequins randomly on the card in the Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins. I really like these sequins, three different colors, and different sizes.

Here is another card I made using the Hello, Irresistible Paper.

Take advantage of the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Sale while you can!

Hello, Irresistible Floral Birthday Card Closeup

New Boho Beach Kit in the Kit Collection!

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Kit Collection Boho Beach Kit Info

If you love the beach or are going to the beach this summer, you might love this new kit in the Stampin’ Up! Kit Collection! It’s called the Boho Beach Kit, and as you can see, it evokes images of the beach, the water, vacation, and relaxation……what more could you need?!

Did you notice the very interesting background on the cards? It’s an acrylic-poured paint art style that was used for a marbled color effect. My niece showed me some artwork she was doing with this method a few years ago and it looked so fun I wished I could have zapped myself right over there to play, too! You don’t have to make the background yourself, though, the cards are already printed with this design! Easy peasy!

DETAILS
This month’s kit includes:

  • Enough supplies to create 8 cards—4 each of 2 designs
  • 8 coordinating envelopes
  • Boho Beach photopolymer stamp set
  • One Pecan Pie Ink Spot
  • Printed card bases, printed die cuts, adhesive, embellishments, and a clear block
  • Finished card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm)
  • Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon, Pecan Pie, Pool Party, Wild Wheat

Play with the new In Color, Wild Wheat, and try out one of the new Core Colors, Pecan Pie, plus a returning one, Lost Lagoon!

These kits are not the same as Paper Pumpkin Kits. Very similar in that they are kits, but Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription kit and you may or may not be able to purchase one later after it is mailed out. The Stampin’ Up! Kit Collection, however, is in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store and as long as they aren’t sold out, you can purchase them anytime. You can choose between Card Kits and Craft Kits.

Kit Collection Boho Beach Kit photos

Watch Sara Douglass show the kit and how she makes her cards!

This Boho Beach Kit goes LIVE today so you can purchase it right away in the

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Hello, Irresistible Hello Card

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Sometimes all you have to do is spy one of your scraps to get a card idea! That’s how this Hello, Irresistible Hello Card came about. I spotted a diecut scrap and was going to use the other side of this piece of designer paper, but when I turned the paper over, I decided to use this floral side instead! So you never know what you might come up with!

I used the Hello, Irresistible 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper on the front of this card. You might miss this paper because it is not in the new Annual Catalog. It is one of the Online Exclusives in the Online Store. The important thing is it is one of the select papers on the Stampin’ Up! Designer Paper Sale going on right now during the entire month of June! The whole package of 48 sheets of paper is very pretty. It has digitally hand drawn botanical and floral images plus color washes.

The card base is Flirty Flamingo. I decided to make the designer paper the full length of the card and center it so it is cut at 5 1/2″ x 2 3/4″. I thought it would be pretty to put a layer of Basic White cardstock behind it to accent the white images of the flowers, but I made it narrow. It is cut at 5 1/2″ x 3″.

Before adhering anything, I wrapped a piece of the pink ribbon in the Ribbon Duo Combo Pack around the bottom of the designer paper. I put it pretty low so as not to cover up the flowers. I tied a little bow separately and adhered it to the ribbon with a Mini Glue Dot. Then I assembled the card.

The greeting is stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink on Basic White from the Irresistible Blooms Stamp Set and diecut with a banner die in the Stylish Shapes Dies. Since I didn’t want the banner as long as it was, I tried an idea I saw recently. I cut off the ends of the banner and put Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back of the greeting. Don’t put them all the way to the ends so you have space. After adhering the greeting, I put Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the backs of the two end pieces I had cut off and adhered them flat on the card but slid underneath the popped-up greeting a little bit. That shortens the whole thing and just gives a little different look to your card!

Sometimes I don’t think about adding some sparkly jewels to my card until after I take the photo, but you certainly could add some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels to this card! That would be very pretty!

Don’t forget the Designer Paper Sale this month! Save 15% on select papers, and this is one of them!

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