Hello, Crafters.
Each day when I start planning a card for my blog I normally have something in mind or which direction I want to go in. Yesterday, all I knew was that I wanted to use a stamp set in the new Mini Catalogue that I haven’t used yet! I started having a look through my new Mini Catalogue because I have marked the stamp sets I’ve bought. Although the Last A Lifetime is full of meaningful sentiments, I decided I’d like to do something with the flowers!
I enjoy painting with Blends, so I chose my colour scheme from the Blends I have, and I stamped two images on Whisper White Cardstock (CS) using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. After I checked the mauve/purple colours I chose Rich Razzleberry, and had a look to see what Designer Series Paper (DSP) I had in this colour. Fortunately, I found this beautiful spotted design in the Peaceful Poppies DSP. At this point, I wasn’t planning to use it as a layer!
Other Blends I used for my images include Dark Daffodil Delight for the centres of the flowers, Light & Dark Mossy Meadow for the leaves, and Dark Purple Posy for the cotton ball flowers. The matching die set for this stamp set is called Lasting Elegance and includes a die for my image, as well as a die for a smaller flower image in the stamp set.
I found a top Whisper White CS layer in my box that had already been embossed with the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder. I cut it down to 3¼” x 4 7/8”, and then cut two pieces of the Rich Razzleberry DSP to my regular size of 3 7/8″ x 5½”. Next, I thought I’d use one image together with a sentiment, but when I went through all my stamp sets, I saw the birthday sentiment in the Beautiful Day Stamp Set that looked as if it would fit the top layer side to side.
After stamping the sentiment on a wide strip of Whisper White CS using Rich Razzleberry Ink, I die-cut it using the number 3 slim die from the Stitched Rectangle Dies. I was so pleased to see it fitted beautifully! My design then fell into place, with the sentiment in the centre and one image above it and the other one below. I made a card base in Whisper White CS, a layer of the Peaceful Poppies DSP and the embossed Whisper White CS for the top layer.
I adhered the sentiment and two images using Dimensionals. I added another DSP layer and a plain Whisper White CS layer inside the card. To decorate this top layer I stamped, coloured and die-cut the small flower image six times Three fitted beautifully across the top and three on the bottom. I didn’t notice it while I was working on my card, but I noticed that the top layers, inside and out, had a line of dots on the DSP on all four sides of the top layer! I couldn’t have planned it better!
To finish off my card I added three Basic Rhinestone Jewels on the front of the card, in the top right-hand corner. Next, I took two strands of Whisper White Baker’s Twine and tied it into a bow. I adhered it to the lower part of the sentiment on the left-hand side using a Glue Dot. I trimmed the tails of the bow, and kept them long so that the strands would separate to “advertise” that it is a double bow!
I’m very pleased with how this card came together; it has been a real pleasure working on it! That’s it from me today. I look forward to being back with you tomorrow, and in the meantime, happy crafting.
JanB. xx
Cardstock Layer Sizes: Card base 8¼” x 5¾” scored and folded at 4 1/8” First layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5½” Top layer: 2 pieces 3¾” x 5 3/8”
Products used for this project: please click on any link to be taken to my 24/7 online Stampin’ Up! shop. January 2020 Hostess Code is NCFPAHXQ Thank you. xx
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Jan. You do AMAZING cards! Love 💕 this cards. Everything about it. The colors the design is awesome. Tfs
Inky hugs,
Terry~~
Many thanks for your very kind words, Terry. xx
Jan, this is an absolutely beautiful card!
I love every element you added to it💜
Thank you so very much for sharing.
Jan, this is a beautiful card. The razzelberry just stands out.
I am inspired to do this in a card class that I have coming in February.
Thank you for all your post. They are wonderful and very inspiring.
Many thanks, Nancy. I’m so pleased it’s inspired you for your forthcoming class! xx
This is my card Jan. This is just the cats meow. I surely do love the colors as purple is my favorite. But the design and all the sparkle. Yup, a marvelous, beautiful, wonderful, etc. card. TYFS
Many thanks, Claire. I had no idea what I was going to do for yesterday’s card, so I’m very lucky it turned out well! xx
Jan, this is a really elegant card and I just adore the inside panel. I am not a spot person, but I really like this paper as it is quite striking in the cards overall design. XX M (Blue Mountains had another short rain cloud yday).
Many thanks, Mal. I was really pleased with how this card came together. I was amazed when I noticed I had a line of dots on all sides of the Whisper White top layer! Many thanks for keeping me updated about the Blue Mountains. I haven’t heard from her, so I assume my sister is fine! xx
Jan, they are expecting rain (perhaps drizzle but they say rain) over the weekend too. I am keeping your Family in my meditations. Blessings Mal
Bless you, Mal! xx💖xx