For today’s card I took a shot at creating a “floating” card using the Glad Press & Seal technique. To start, the flower from the Forever Blossoms stamp set is inked with Versamark and stamped on Shimmery White Cardstock several times and then embossed with Gold Embossing Powder with the Heat Tool. Blushing Bride and… [Read More]
2019-2020 Annual Catalog
Flourishing Phrases Floral Card
While perusing last year’s 30th Anniversary Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog, I came across a card on page 18. Since the Flourishing Phrases stamp set and Flourish Thinlits are retiring on June 2nd, I wanted to get one more card done using them. I improvised with the Subtles 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper and used… [Read More]
To A Wild Rose – Step It Up Cards
Last night I created this “Step It Up” sequence of cards using the To A Wild Rose stamp set and Wild Rose Dies. This happens to be one of my favorite stamp sets to play with and I have been using it a lot lately. I came across one of my Stampin Success* magazines from… [Read More]
Pull Tab Flip Card Technique
This week, the Inspire.Create.Challenge has a new challenge #069 and they are showcasing the Pull Tab Flip Card that is inspired by Liz Yuille. On my Facebook live last night I created this Pull Tab Flip Card. After researching a few YouTube videos I decided to give this technique a try. For the base I started with the retiring… [Read More]
Band Together – For You Friend
For today’s card I used the Band Together stamp set to create the beautiful flower. The flowers were stamped with Memento Black Ink on Whisper White Thick Cardstock and then colored with the Petal Pink Blends (Light & Dark) and the Old Olive Blends (light & dark). The center of the flower was colored with the… [Read More]
Pressed Petals – 12 x 12 Scrapbook Layout
For today’s project I created a one page scrapbook layout. The Pressed Petals Designer Series Paper (DSP) lends itself well to a vintage layout. I took my que for this layout from the Pressed Petals DSP to create the floral section. I also used a few different die sets to create the sprigs along with… [Read More]
Bloom & Grow / Watercoloring
On tonight’s “FB Live” I featured the Bloom & Grow stamp set along with the Budding Blooms dies to create this card. I used the Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper to create the watercolored stripes with the Aqua Painter as well as to color the flowers which were stamped with Black StazOn and then cut with the… [Read More]
Forever Blossoms
What do you think of this combination of stamp sets? Forever Blossoms, Buffalo Check and Perennial Birthday. When you look at the stamp sets you would not think they could make a beautiful card together, but I do think that they do. I’ve put them together to create a bit of a “country” feel to… [Read More]