Subtle Flowers

#stampinup    #saleabration2016   There are so many sweet stamp sets in the 2016 Sale-a-Bration brochure, but I think that the "Flowering Fields" set might be my favorite. I may have mentioned before that I don't like to color, but the images on the flowers in this set are small and don't require a lot of the "finesse" that makes really good coloring seem dimensional. The flowers in the "Flowering Fields" set can be colored with just a little splash of color.

My card is copied from a similar card I saw on the Song of My Heart Stampers blog. The original artist is "Lori" (I don't know her last name). Lori won the Song of My Heart Stampers swap with her card and you can certainly see why!! My card is a little different because I wanted to use a little more color and the Pool Party Glimmer Ribbon from the Occasions catalog.

I started with a 3-1/4" x 5-3/8" piece of Shimmery White Card Stock. I stamped three of the flowers from the "Flowering Fields" set in Basic Black Archival Ink. The Shimmery White Card Stock is perfect for water coloring! I used Blender Pens to pick up colors squeezed into the lid of So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder, Blushing Bride, and Pear Pizzazz ink pads.

I added a quarter of a Tea Lace Paper Doily to the bottom of the Shimmery White piece before adhering it to a 3.5" x 4" piece of Pear Pizzazz Card Stock. I adhered this to a 3-3/4" x 4-1/4" piece of Lost Lagoon. I wrapped this all with a length of Pool Party Glimmer Ribbon. I adhered the assembly onto a Crumb Cake card base, cut lengthwise, using Stampin' Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from one of my favorite stamp sets in the annual catalog--"Watercolor Wishes." You can only get this set in the all-inclusive "Watercolor Wishes Kit," which is an awesome kit in and of itself. I used Basic Black Archival Ink for the sentiment.

I'm loving this sweetly, subtle card and I'm grateful for the inspiration from Lori!!

tams# 5873

Product List

Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Pool Party 3/8" (1 Cm) Glitter Ribbon [140561] $5.50	Blender Pens [102845] $10.00	Tea Lace Paper Doilies [129399] $3.00
Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101910] $8.00	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131201] $7.00	Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679] $7.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $7.00
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180] $6.50	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172] $6.50	Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [126985] $6.50	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957] $6.50
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $7.00	Watercolor Wishes Card Kit [140406] $35.00	Flowering Fields Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141303] $0.00

Winter Thank You Card

#stampinup   Well, it's my last month on the Splitcoast Stampers Creative Crew. I've enjoyed my time and I've been inspired to step up my game a bit to create and show inspiring projects.  Over the next 4 days, I'll be sharing my December projects with you.

For our holiday focused project, our challenge was to make a thank you card showcasing our favorite fun fold. I've always really like the joy fold card. Please click on the link to go to the SCS tutorial. It's a really easy fold and makes a great card.

I started with a couple of coordinating sheets of Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper. I love the Soft Sky and Mossy Meadow combination--plus the sheets I chose are winter scenes and are perfect for a winter thank you!

My card base is a 4-1/4" x 8-1/2" piece of Mossy Meadow card stock. I adhered two pieces of the Season of Cheer DSP according to the instructions in the tutorial. The inner card is a 3" x 8" piece of Soft Sky card stock. On the outside, I stamped a sentiment from the "One Big Meaning" stamp set in Mossy Meadow. I added the evergreen tree from the "Festival of Trees" stamp set in Mossy Meadow. On the inside, I stamped another evergreen and another sentiment from the "One Big Meaning" set. On both the inside and outside, I added a strip of Night of Navy striped Washi Tape from the Watercolor Wishes card kit--even after making ALL the cards in the kit, I have plenty of this great washi tape leftover!!

To hold the card closed, I stamped the same evergreen tree in Mossy Meadow onto a scrap of Mossy Meadow card stock and punched it out with the Tree Punch. I adhered the tree to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Here's the outside of the card, closed. See how the Soft Sky piece tucks under the evergreen?

Here's the inside of the card.

If you want to make your own winter thank you cards, you can click on the items in the list below and you'll go straight to my online store. The Season of Cheer DSP is retiring in just a few short weeks, so get it before it sells out!
 

tams# 5008

Product List

One Big Meaning Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139420] $19.00	Festival Of Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set [135059] $16.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [133645] $6.50	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676] $7.00
Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203] $7.00	Season Of Cheer Designer Series Paper [139590] $11.00	Tree Punch [135859] $18.00	Simply Scored [122334] $30.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Watercolor Wishes Card Kit [140406] $35.00