Flowers for Every Season

I recently had a creative swap challenge with my Team, we needed to pick a suite from the catalogue and create a card project using the elements in that suite. I chose the Flowers for All Seasons Suite (pg 10-11 of Annual Catty) to create with because sadly, I have had all of these supplies and had not used them since I got them in May/June. Who can relate?

I will admit, when a new catalogue is released I go a little crazy ordering everything that inspires me! But there are only so many hours in the day to craft, so sometimes awesome stuff like this product suite sit on my shelf not getting any love!

I did add in a few elements from outside of this suite, the sentiment and the die to cut it out. The sentiment is from Lovely You (pg 22) and the dies are the Tasteful Labels dies (pg 179). I also used the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder on the white card front layer.

I actually chose a bit of a softer color palette as well for my card than what is showcased in the catalogue as well. I wanted something that felt peaceful and relaxing unlike the bold colors of the suite. I started by choosing the flower collection I liked in the Jar of Flowers stamp set. There are 4 options and I liked this one because it felt the fullest. I chose to color it with some soft Stampin’ Blends in Purple Posy, Highland Heather, Pink Pirouette (retired I know, sad face), Pool Party, Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green. There are no dies with this stamp set, just the cutest jar punch! So you will have to hand cut any of the bloom images.

Creating the ‘shaker’ part of this card took a few steps. After I ran the Whisper White card stock through the Tasteful Textiles embossing folder I used the jar punch to create the shaker space. I added in the Mason Jar Shaker Dome (pg 158). I dropped a few of the Flowers for Every Season gems inside the dome. I wanted it to look like there was water in the shaker dome so I used my Water Painter brush and Pool Party ink to swipe some color on scrap white card stock. I then stamped the stems and coloured them with the Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends. I punched this out with the Jar Punch and added it into the space created by the dome. Now this will not seal this shaker dome up, you will need to use another piece of scrap paper (3 x 2.5 should do it) to seal this up after you take off the adhesive strip around the shaker dome.

I decided to add a few white sprigs from the Sunflowers dies as it helped fill in the flower arrangement. I also had to double stack my Dimensionals on the back of the flowers to get them to sit up high enough to match the Mason Jar dome. The rim of the jar is stamped in Grey Granite and hand cut. I added it on with Glue Dots.

I really really love how these cards turned out, especially because I had to make 14 of them! It was actually a relaxing way to spend my weekend, colouring and fussy cutting!

Let's Celebrate YOU

I decided to create not one but FIVE cards that highlight our new In Color collection. I have given little sneak peeks of the colors and now I present to you a fun way to create a card collection. It is also nice to have these on display or to share at your in person classes so that people can see first hand how rich and delightful these colors are.

Once again I used the new catalogue for design inspiration and created these cards. It has been a challenge because we don’t have the new ink pads to work with, so using black and white as the work arounds has been a great option.

The card bases feature the Tin Tile 3D embossing folder. The card is cut to your standards size 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 however I trimmed 1 inch off of the front panel to have a peekaboo strip of DSP show through along the side. This was a great way to add in the coordinating DSP and showcase the new designs in the 6x6 stack. I used the Ornate Layers Dies in the same card stock color as the front panel and cut a layer of Whisper White for the top. I stamped the large sunflower with Staz On from the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set. It was important to have a large image that could pop in just black ink on this piece. The sentiment is from the same stamp set stamped and embossed with white on Basic Black card stock. I added a little oversized bow behind the sentiments with the gold metallic trim from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack.

I added a gilded gem to the center of each sunflower too for a little something extra!

Each different card showcases a little strip of the new 6x6 DSP stack, it is a great way to showcase these new patterns.

Notice that all of the little bits are not out of the Ornate Layers Dies? Sometimes I embrace that, after all these cards were made by hand not on a machine!

I think the woodgrain pattern in the new 6x6 collections is my favourite!

Country Sunflowers

I hope you have been enjoying my “A Card a Day in May” challenge. This is a personal challenge that set for myself to stretch my creative wings! It has been a source of excitement for me every day, getting into my craft room, expanding my blogging skills, and finding joy in this time of quarantine.

My 26th card features the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set again (I couldn’t resist) and this time I coloured it with Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede and Bronze Stampin’ Blends.

The card base is Soft Suede and I ran the Whisper White Layer through the Coastal Weave embossing folder. Sadly it is not carrying over into the new catalogue :(. I used a 2 1/2 circle punch to create a bit of a peek-a-boo window to layer a piece of the In Good Taste DSP behind. I chose one of the soft light natural wood pieces of DSP. I wrapped a bit of linen thread around the window for a bit of rustic feel.

The sentiment comes from the ‘A Wish for Everything’ Bundle which will be available in the new catalogue.

I felt like colouring the sunflower in this way gave it a bit of rustic or country feel

Celebrate Sunshine

Okay, here is my first official sneak peek card of some new fantastic products coming out in the Idea Book & Catalogue on June 3rd! I absolutely LOVE this Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle. It is a stamp set with coordinating dies that is just so fabulous! This might be my favourite card yet for my “A Card a Day In May” challenge, card # 10.

Let’s talk what is NEW on this card! The stamp set of course, both the image and phrase are from the same set, Celebrate Sunflowers. I used a piece of Designer Series Paper from the In Good Taste collection which features 24 sheets of photographic DSP. You will fall in love. I added in some Faux Suede Trim in Early Espresso. It does in fact have a suede feel to it! The wooden elements are also new and are called the In Good Taste Elements. The Old Olive leaf sprigs are cut from the Sunflowers Dies.

I coloured the large sunflower from the stamp set with my Stampin’ Blends. I used So Saffron, Mango Melody, Soft Suede and Bronze. I think Bronze is the secret weapon here. It looks really great blended with yellow. The sentiment is cut using the Label Me Fancy punch currently available and carrying over into the new catalogue.

I cut the white layering edge with a die from the Ornate Layers Dies to give it a bit of interest.

I love everything about this card and I hope you can take the design layout of this card and create something with stamps and supplies that you have on hand.

I think these colors just look dreamy together! I can see a lot of colouring in my future with this stamp set and color combination!

I hope you love this card as much as I do and are willing to invest in this bundle!