Dainty Flowers DSP

I have to say this is my all time favorite Sale-a-bration freebie EVER!  The paper is forgeous and I love the oval wreath sheets and the full size flower fields paper that you can cut into 6 images and make perfect layering for an A2 card.  geneous I tell you.

I had enough to give everyone in my class a piece of this to make the card.  The basecard is whisper white thick embossed with the new Cane Weave 3D embossing folder- totally Gorgeous! Add a layer of Fresh Freesia (taking the cue from the colors in the paper- totally easy) - then cut the piece of DSP into shape you want.  Here I was sending a birthday card to my mom so I used the sentiment from the old stampset In Bloom once of my all time favorite sets (retired) - would you believe with all the cards I make every year I still forget to send a card to my mom?  shame on me- but I did make it this year- she sent a picture of this card to the family showing that I sent her a card!)  but for class I used the Thinking of You from Season of Chic stamped on the diecut from the label die from Nature's print set.  Butr use whatever sentiment that works for you.

The paper is so gorgeous you need almost nothing else. The Cane Weave 3D die is absolutely beautiful.  Pop up the sentiment using the dimensionals.  Add some sparkle here and there with crystal jewels and a stunning card.....

 

Country Bouquest Valentine variation

 variation on the card we made in class using the heart frame from the Framedd florets die.

the basecard is real red. diecut the heart frame from the Framed Florets die set using whisper white cardstock. stamp the heart image from Country Bouquet in real red and mint macaron and handcut and mount on the white cardstock with heart frame diecut. Stamp the small hearts using mint macaron and flirty flamingo and punch out.  Stamp the sentiment with versamark on real red cardstock and emboss using white embossing powder. 

mount on card using dimensionals as shown.

Country Bouquet Valentine

 this is the card we made for my January Stampin' with Lynda class. 

basecard is real red with a layer of whisper white embossed with Time worn type embossing folder. Tie the Real Red stitched ribbon around the white cardstock piece as shown.

Diecut a layer of Mint macaron using using stylish Shaped die.  the little white banner is from the same set.  add a layer of DSP  on top.

stamp the heart image using the Real Red and Mint macaron ink and handcut.  stamp the 2 little hearts in Flirty flamingo and Mint macaron and punch out using coordinated punch.  Diecut the banner and stamp the sentiment in red.

Inside the card is a white liner cardstock that says happy Valentine's day in real red.  Enjoy!

Happy New Year

Time got away from me and all my plans to get my Christmas cards out before Christmas did not come to fruition- I got many out but then Christmas was over and I still had a bunch of cards I had to make to get out so I decided to convert them into New Year's cards so it would be appropriate for the timing. 

see the December 25th post for details on the base popup and the building dies.  

Happy New Year sentiment from Brightest Glow stampset

The fireworks are from MFT stamps fireworks set except for the one that pops out over the top which is from Stampin' Up's July Fourth set retired many moons ago that I still kept - embossed with detail white embossing powder and the with gold embossing powder.

The snowman was from the stampin Up Hearts come home stampset and die (retired) and I colored his hat and eyes and buttons with basic black marker and flirty flamingo for the nose- the Many Marvelous Markers are water based and have a brush o one side and such a fine tip on the other side that it worked beautifully for the detail work that this snowman needed.

The houses and buildings are exactly the same as my Christmas card.

Shout out for the Snowfall Accents Puffy paint from Stampin' Up to add snow accents to the buildings and to the card- I bought so many bottles and they were on sale to boot- hopefully theywill bring it back for the next year holiday season - but ended up using only one bottle for all of my 100 cards which is amazing!

I did sprinkle on the  Stampin Up dazzling diamonds glitter (retired) after I applied the Snowfall accents before I heated it up and it made it hard and dry and it was fantastically 

beautiful-  so this is a technique I will certainly use in the future for Winter cards to come.  Happy New Year everybody!