Hello, my crafty friends, Life has been a little weird lately. I have had some dental things I have been with, now I am having to deal with some health issues. But anyway, I am here today.
I was going to focus on the free stamp set "thanks a bunch", but sale-a-bration is over and this stamp set is no longer available. But I still wanted to share these cards with you just in case you were able to get it before it was over.
Stampin' Up is doing a new thing. They are called "exclusives". these are items that can only be seen online. The bundle I am featuring today is called "Irresistible Blooms". This set has some extra dies besides just the ones that cut out the stamped images. As you can see from the pictures above, the circle cut out is one of those dies. So, let's get started with today's card. I used Flirty Flamingo card stock for my card base today. It's cut at 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4. Then a flirty flamingo piece of card stock was cut at 5 1/4x4. Take the circle die from the bundle and place it on the upper part of the flirty flamingo paper and die cut it using the mini stampin' cut machine. Next you will use the background stamp and some flirty flamingo ink and stamp round the circle and the bottom. Cut a piece DSP at 4x4. Adhere that to the upper front of your card base. Using dimenionals adhere the piece of card stock you just cut the circle on, to the front of the card over the DSP to form a window. Now on another piece of basic white card stock we are going to do some heat embossing. With versa mark ink we are going to stamp one large flower, one small flower and three of the double leaves. Then you are going to put some embossing powder on all of the versa marked images. Now with your heat tool you will carefully heat and melt the embossed images until they are smooth and shiny. Now comes the fun, using your blending brushes you are going to apply ink to your embossed flowers and leaves. Start in the middle of your flowers and apply your ink, darker in the middle. On the leaves start at the bottom and work your way up. With a tissue gently wipe off the top of the images to get the extra ink off. Now you will die cut those pieces out and adhere, using dimenionals and glue, to your card front as shone in the above picture. I used a banner tag from the "stylish shapes" dies to stamp my sentiment on, I used a sentiment from the bundle. Adhere that to the lower right corner of your card front. Next you are going to place your embellishments on. I used the "loose frosted dots" that coordinate with this bundle. On the inside of your card cut a piece of basic white card stock at 4x4 1/2 and adhere that to the inside of your card. If you want to stamp some flowers or another sentiment on it, do it before you adhere it to the inside. You may also stamp on your envelope to match it to your beautiful card.
THINGS I USED...
irresistible blooms bundle #161150
hello, irresistible 6x6 DSP #161139
Loose frosted dots #161153
flirty flamingo card stock #141416
basic white card stock #159276
daffodil delight ink #147094
flirty flamingo ink #147052
stampin' dimenionals #104430
multipurpose glue #110755
blending brushes #153611
mini die cut machine #150673
paper trimmer #152392
if you need any of these supplies you can go to... ruthgonzales.stampinup.net
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed making this card.
Ruth Gonzales, your Stampin' Up Demonstrator
