Hello, Crafters.
Do you remember when I started blogging way back when? I started by giving myself weekly challenges. If I remember correctly, the first challenge was to make a Father’s Day card every day. I’m not planning to make this a regular event, but just for this week, I have a challenge for myself. The challenge is to make a new card each day that uses an image or sentiment that I’ve prepared for a previous project, but didn’t get round to using!
I’ll allow myself to add extras, maybe a sentiment or an extra image, as long as my card uses one prepared image or sentiment. You’ve probably guessed that I’m building up quite a collection of unused images and sentiments! Do you find you build up a collection of these as well? Maybe you’d like to challenge yourself and play along with me!
To create today’s card I stamped and painted three of the large outline flowers from the Floral Essence Stamp Set. My original plan was to have all three cards on the front of my card but I decided they were just too big for that! I used the third flower for the inside of my card. I used the three petal flower stamp in the set for the leaves. I’ve seen a card made using these flowers and it looks like this is what the crafter had done on her card. It’s a great idea!
I painted the flowers using the Light and Dark Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends, and the leaves in Old Olive. The sentiment is from Floral Essence, but I thought it was rather small in comparison to the sentiment. After I had die cut it with the no. 2 square Stitched Shape Die, I layered it onto a scalloped square of Rococo Rose. It still needed extra so I die-cut a no. 3 square Stitched Shape Die in Whisper White.
The Basket Weave used to be my favourite Dynamic Embossing Folder, but I haven’t used it for quite a little while because we have so many fabulous 3D Embossing Folders to choose from now! Just by way of a change, I punched half inch circles from our Gold Foil Cardstock for the centres of the three flowers!
Although I was able to punch the three petal flowers i.e. the leaves, with a punch, I had to fussy cut the flowers. I used Dimensionals to adhere the sentiment in the middle of the card front first, and then adhered the flowers with Dimensionals. I’m pleased with the finished card as I think it’s quite simple but striking! Some of the photographs look darker on the right-hand side because one of my desk lamps broke today! Sometimes I don’t know my own strength!! Othman went online and has ordered me a new one which will be – hopefully – JanB-proof! LOL!
I hope you had a great weekend, and hope you have an equally great week. I look forward to being back with you tomorrow, and in the meantime, happy crafting.
JanB. xx
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I noticed when I looked in the catalog that you do not have a die cutting machine for sale under stampin Up brand. Is there a die cutting machine that you recommend? I am relatively new to this and learning everyday. I enjoyed your posts during your trip and look for you every evening at 1:05 when you appear on my desktop. Your cards are lovely and your explanations are always so well thought out it makes it easy for someone like me to follow along. Would you please let me know what you think is best in a die cutting machine. Thank you
Hi, Barbara. We stopped selling the Stampin’ Up! branded Big Shot when the last Annual catalogue retired on 3rd June 2019! Stampin’ Up! are currently working on their own die-cutting machine, but at present, they cannot give us an expected arrival date. The most important thing for you to consider is that when SU launched their own stamp placement product – the Stamparatus – it was, and still is, the best on the market! We haven’t been given any insider knowledge about the new machine, but if SU follow the same path they did with the Stamparatus, their die cutting machine will be the best on the market. However, if I was in your shoes, I’d buy a machine for now (I’m not very patient!), and another one when SU launch theirs, assuming it is the best! (I’d sell the first machine on eBay to recoup some of the cost!) My favourite machine is, and always has been – so far – the Sizzix Big Shot. I’d suggest you shop around on eBay and Amazon to get a good deal. I don’t know where you live, but if you’re in the US, I understand that one of your crafting stores frequently have coupons to download that give you big savings. I hope this has been a help for you, and please let me know how you get on! Happy crafting, JanB. xx