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Basket of Blooms Greeting Card

Regular Greeting Cards

25 Aug

Hello, Crafters.

Yesterday I took some relaxing time to do some fussy cutting for today’s card! It wasn’t my original plan because I was hoping to use the small flowers that can be punched out with the Small Blossom Punch. It’s the one that was carried forward from Sale-a-bration earlier this year but I decided I preferred the flower that has a stem attached to it.

It means that I now have six Gorgeous Grape punched flowers for both of the designs! I’ll be using them in future projects so they won’t be wasted! I used my Stamparatus and the step technique to stamp all the flowers. I mounted the two stamps and inked them both at the same time and because they are less than an inch wide, I was able to move the plate along one notch at a time and stamp again.

Using this technique meant that within a couple of minutes I stamped twelve flowers perfectly. When I realised these flowers weren’t really what I had in my mind for today’s card I took another plate and attached the other two stamps and used the step technique again but this time I had to move the plate along two notches each time.

I stamped the basket and coloured it with Light and Dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends. After painting all over using the Light Blend I used the Dark Blends on all the areas where the artist had put shadow lines. After giving the ink a few seconds for the alcohol to evaporate I coloured the darker areas. Again, after the alcohol had evaporated I went back with the Light Blend to blend the light and dark together.

After I had the basket out, to arrange my flowers and leaves, I used some temporary adhesive along a small part of the reverse side of the basket and put it in position on the Whisper White Cardstock (CS) oval I had prepared earlier. It was very easy to adhere the fussy cut leaves and flowers in the positions I wanted them to be, once the basket was stopped from moving around!

I chose the sentiment OF ALL THE BLOSSOMS IN LIFE’S GARDEN, FRIENDSHIP IS THE MOST FRAGRANT which is from Grace’s Garden Stamp Set. After stamping it onto a piece of Whisper White CS I die-cut it using the no 2 die from the oblong stitched dies in the Hippo & Friends Dies. By the way, I used the no 4 oval die from the Stitched Shapes Dies for the Whisper White oval I mounted the basket of flowers onto.

I embossed the top Gorgeous Grape layer using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and put my card and layers together. To decorate the front of the card, I put some Shimmery Crystal Effects in the centres of all the flowers and then painted all the flowers and the leaves using my Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Pen.

I found some retired Gorgeous Grape Glitter Enamel Dots in my stash so I added three of different sizes in a vertical line in the top right-hand corner and three more the same in a horizontal line in the bottom left-hand corner. Finally, I added three of the smallest size in random positions on the image oval. Both the image and the sentiment have been adhered to the card front on Dimensionals.

I haven’t decorated the inside of the card except for adding a middle layer of Whisper White CS – the jury is out on what I want to do! That’s it from me today and I look forward to being back with you tomorrow. In the meantime, take care and stay safe. Happy crafting.

JanB. xx

 Products used for this project: please click on any of the links to be taken to my 24/7 online Stampin’ Up! shop. The Hostess Code for AUGUST 2020 is GP4JNSXV. Thank you. xx

Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock

Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock
[147011]
£8.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00

Basket Of Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set

Basket Of Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set
[153305]
£16.00

Grace's Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

Grace’s Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[151513]
£17.00

Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

Subtle 3D Embossing Folder
[151775]
£9.25

Hippo Happiness Bundle (English)

Hippo Happiness Bundle (English)
[154080]
£45.00

Stitched Shapes Dies

Stitched Shapes Dies
[152323]
£28.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill
[133456]
£4.75

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154882]
£8.50

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

Brights Stampin’ Write Markers
[147157]
£27.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush
[141897]
£7.50

Shimmery Crystal Effects

Shimmery Crystal Effects
[150892]
£4.75

Stamparatus

Stamparatus
[148187]
£46.00

Simply Shammy

Simply Shammy
[147042]
£7.50

Paper Trimmer

Paper Trimmer
[152392]
£23.00

Paper Snips

Paper Snips
[103579]
£9.25

Take Your Pick

Take Your Pick
[144107]
£9.00

Bone Folder

Bone Folder
[102300]
£6.50

Grid Paper

Grid Paper
[130148]
£11.75

Small Grid Paper

Small Grid Paper
[149621]
£6.00

Silicone Craft Sheet

Silicone Craft Sheet
[127853]
£5.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[154974]
£4.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin’ Dimensionals
[104430]
£3.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
[144108]
£3.75

Cardstock Layer Sizes: A4

Card base 8¼” x 5¾” scored and folded at 4 1/8”

Middle layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5½”

Top layer: 2 pieces 3¾” x 5 3/8”

Cardstock Layer Sizes: Letter-size

Card base 8½” x 5½” scored and folded at 4¼”

Middle layer: 2 pieces 4” x 5¼”

Top layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”



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  1. Mary-Ann (Mal) Lynch says

    August 25, 2020 at 8:56 am

    YEAH YEAH YEAH, Jan. I am back on air and receiving your blog emails now. So happy. Lovely card also. XX M

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    • Jan says

      August 25, 2020 at 12:13 pm

      If fabulous to have you back, Mal. A big thank you to the fourteen-year-old young man who helped you out! xx

      Reply
  2. Billie Williams says

    August 25, 2020 at 11:15 am

    Very pretty – I am passionate for purple! Your cards always look clean and professional!

    Reply
    • Jan says

      August 25, 2020 at 12:14 pm

      Many thanks, Billie. I like purple, too but I have to be careful or I’ll use it all the time! LOL! xx

      Reply

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