SEASIDE VIEW RETIREMENT CARD!

 Hi, Friends,

Just wanted to check in today and share with you a card I made recently.  It is a retirement card, but the sentiment could easily be changed to whatever you needed.  However, I liked the chair stamp for a retirement card--it evokes images of sitting by the beach, listening to the waves with a cold drink beside you and a good book to read!  

MY RECIPE:

     STAMPS:  Seaside View, Itty Bitty Greetings

     CARDSTOCK:

          Crumb Cake:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

          Misty Moonlight:  4 x 5-1/4

          Boho Indigo DSP:  3-7/8 x 3-7/8

          Boho Indigo DSP:  1-1/2 x 3-7/8

          SCRAPS:  Very Vanilla, Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake

          INSIDE:

               Misty Moonlight:  3-3/4 x 5

               Very Vanilla:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

     INK:  Misty Moonlight

     ACCESSORIES:  Stitched Shapes Dies, Circles Layering Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Misty Moonlight 2020-2021 In-Color Ribbon, Linen Thread, Metallic Pearls, Dimensionals

The inside of the card looks like this:

HOW I MADE IT:

1.  Use Misty Moonlight ink to stamp signature stamp on back of card base.

2.  Stamp trees on lower right corner of inside panel using Misty Moonlight ink.  

3.  Adhere inside cardstock panels together; adhere to inside of card base.

4.  Adhere Boho Indigo DSP to Misty Moonlight cardstock panel; adhere Misty Moonlight ribbon at "seam" of DSP.  Tie Linen Thread around the ribbon.  Adhere to front of card base.

5.  Use Misty Moonlight ink to stamp chair and bird images onto scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock.  TIP:  I put both the chair and the bird images onto one clear stamp and stamped them at the same time.  Use Stitched Shapes Dies and Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine to cut out the circle.

6.  Cut out a scalloped circle from a scrap of Misty Moonlight cardstock using the Circles Layering Dies and Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine.  

7.  Adhere the stamped Very Vanilla circle to the Misty Moonlight scalloped circle.

8.  Stamp sentiment onto scrap of Crumb Cake cardstock using Misty Moonlight ink.  Cut out using die from Stitched So Sweetly Dies and Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine.  

9.  Adhere sentiment to scalloped circle panel.

10.  Attach the scalloped circle panel to the front of the card base using dimensionals.

11.  Add Metallic Pearls to sentiment die cut (see sample for placement).

In case you are looking for the Boho Indigo DSP, look on page 9 of the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog.  It is part of the Boho Indigo Product Medley.  The Product Medley comes with a stamp set, die cuts, DSP, ribbon and other embellishments.  However, if you don't want all of that product, the Refill Kit (153925 $23.00) includes the DSP as well as some of the embellishments included in the larger kit.  It is a beautiful paper!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed the card I have shared with you.  Hope to be back soon with another awesome project!

Happy stamping,

Linda

ITTY BITTY GREETINGS PETAL PINK PRIZED PEONY!

Hi, Friends,

Hope you are having a wonderful Monday!  It is cloudy here and we had a few drops of rain.

Today I am sharing with you Project Three from the Peony Garden Suite Sampler:

This is a beautiful card in person, prettier than the picture.  Since I found my Wink of Stella, I am painting everything with it, and this flower is no different!  It is SO shimmery and shines when the light hits it!

MY RECIPE:

STAMPS:  Prized Peony, Itty Bitty Greetings

CARDSTOCK:

     Gray Granite:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

     Petal Pink:  4 x 5-1/4

     Peony Garden DSP:  2-1/2 x 5-1/8

     Whisper White:  1-1/2 x 5-1/8

     Gray Granite:  2-7/8 x 3-7/8

     Whisper White:  2-3/4 x 3-3/4

          SCRAPS:  Whisper White

               INSIDE:

                    Petal Pink:  3-3/4 x 5

                    Whisper White:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

INK:  Gray Granite

BLENDS:  Petal Pink, Old Olive (L), Daffodil Delight (D)

ACCESSORIES:  Peony Dies, Magnetic Platform, Big Shot, Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder, Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon, Elegant Faceted Gems, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

     

This image is easy to color.  I colored the leaves with the Old Olive (Light) marker, then added the Petal Pink (Dark) to the bottom of the petals.  I colored in the rest of the flower with the Petal Pink (Light) and left a bit of white showing.  I "painted" the flower with the Wink of Stella after it was colored in.

HOW I MADE IT:

1.  Use scoreboard to score the card base at 4-1/4.  Fold the card base at the fold line, then use a bone folder to burnish the fold, making a sharp crease.

2.  Use Gray Granite ink to stamp the signature stamp on the back of the card base.

3.  Stamp the decorative background image on the lower right corner of the inside panel using Gray Granite ink.

4.  Adhere the inside panels together; adhere to inside of card base.

5.  Emboss the long rectangle of Whisper White cardstock, using the Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder and the Big Shot.

6.  Adhere the Designer Series Paper to the left side of the Petal Pink cardstock.  Adhere the embossed Whisper White cardstock on the right side of the Petal Pink cardstock.  Adhere the Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon at the seam.  Adhere panel to front of card base.

7.  Use Gray Granite ink to stamp the sentiment on the lower right corner of the Whisper White cardstock.  Adhere the stamped panel to the Gray Granite cardstock.  Attach panel to the front of card base using dimensionals.

8.  Stamp flower image using Gray Granite ink onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock.  Color using markers.  Cut out using die and Big Shot.  Attach die cut flower image to front of card base using dimensionals.  "Paint" the flower image with clear Wink of Stella.

9.  Add Elegant Faceted Gems to each side of the stamped sentiment.  See sample for placement.

I hope you enjoyed this project and that it inspires you to create something beautiful and send it to someone special!

Happy stamping,
Linda