Just to Say Thank you

Materials needed:

Field Flowers stamp set SU (122762)

Greetings from March Paper Pumpkin kit SU

Bermuda Bay card stock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2'

Summer Smooches patterned paper 4 x 5 1/4"

White card stock

Bermuda Bay ink
Strawberry Slush ink
Primrose Petals ink
Gumball Green ink
Doily
3/16" Corner punch
Stampin' Dimenionals

I put the flowers on the stem on dimenionals so they would pop better.

Lily Hybrid Birthday

Materials needed:
Darling Buds-Lilies from Daisy Trail
Wisteria Wonder card stock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
3/8" Striped Organdy Melon Mambo ribbon (#129293)
2 1/2" Circle Punch
Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430)

1. Print the lilies and frame from the digikit. Cut them out. Punch out the circle birthday greeting with the circle punch.
2. Wrap the ribbon around the Wistria Wonder card stock and tie in a knot on the front.
3.Place Stampin' dimensionals on the back of the birthday circle. Peel the backings off and adhere it to the center of the frame from the Daisy Trails digikit. Cut out the other lily that you  printed. Adhere it to the top right of the Wisteria Wonder, overlapping the ribbon.
4. Adhere the framed greeting on the left side of the card, overlapping the lilies some.
5. Adhere the card front to a card base and send out some love.

Birthday Flowers Gate Fold card

Don't you love to get flowers for your birthday? I do. In fact, I love to get flowers any time of the year for any occasion or for no occasion at all. Here are some flowers to put on your birthday card. I also like to include some flowers on the envelope to give the receiver a sneek peek.

Materials needed:
Raspberry Ripple cardstock 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"
Old Olive Polka Dot Parade patterned paper (#126902) 2 pieces 1 7/8 x 5 1/4", 1 piece 2 5/8 x 4"
Whisper White cardstock 2 1/2 x 3 3/4", extra for stamped images
Flower Shop stamp set (#130942)
Raspberry Ripple 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon (#126845)
Raspberry Ripple In Color ink
Pansy punch (#130698)
Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430)

1. Cut your papers to the dimensions listed above. Lay aside.
2. Stamp 4 flower images with Raspberry Ripple ink using a stamp from Flower Shop stamp set. Punch each of these out with the Pansy punch. Lay aside.
3.Score and fold your Raspberry Ripple cardstock at 4 1/4". You can score your cardstock for the side folds but I get a better fit when I fold each side to the center fold and crease. Fold the side to touch the center fold and crease. Do this on both sides.

 

4. Cut 2 pieces of ribbon 3" each. Place adhesive on the back and adhere to the Old Olive patterned paper about 1" from the bottom. Wrap the ends around to the back.

5.Place adhesive on the backs of the patterned paper and center on each of the side folds. You will have a Raspberry Ripple border all the way around each piece.

 

6. Place Stampin' Dimensionals on no more than 2 petals of each of 3 flowers. Peel the paper backing off and place so that the dimensionals are only on one side of the card fold.

 

Place a flower on the top and bottom on the left side. Place the third flower in the center of the right side. Refer to the picture to see how it should be. The flowers will not be adhered all the way across the card. You want to allow it to open in the center.
7. Now you can decorate the inside of the card. When you use a dark cardstock for your base card, it is difficult for a  stamped greeting to be read. On this card I cut a piece of Old Olive Polka Dot paper 2 5/8 x 4" and a piece of white cardstock 2 1/2 x 3 3/4". Layer the white on the patterned paper. Stamp your greeting on the white and adhere the patterned paper to the inside of the card. This also helps to cover up the fold that you created when you made the gate fold of the card.

I added the fourth flower image to the bottom right of the greeting. This still gives you plenty of room for a personal note and your signature.
8. I love to have my envelopes look pretty too so I often stamp on the front or back of the envie with a stamp from the set that I'm using. I stamp 2 or 3 times on the bottom left of the envie and once on the bottom right. Sometimes I'll stamp on the back flap also. Be sure to leave plenty of room in the envie for the address and postage.

Triple Birthday Flowers

If you've been watching my blog for any amount of time, you know that I do lots of birthday cards! I send birthday cards to the senior citizens at my church and also cards to the members of my TOPS group. IMO, it's always fun to get something in the mail that shows someone thought of you. Well, here's another birthday card for a sunny August.


Materials needed:
Basic Gray cardstock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
Pacific Point cardstock 4 x 5 1/4"
Bermuda Bay cardstock 2 1/4 x 4"
Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock 2 1/4 x 3 1/2"
Patterns Pack II (retired #114325) or other patterned papers
3/8" Striped Organdy Ribbon Marina Mist (#129292)
Secret Garden Framelits Dies (#129372)
Pacific Point ink
On Your Birthday stamp set (retired #111664)
Modern Label punch (#119849)
Candy Dots Brights (#130931)
Stampin Dimensionals (#104430)

This is a super easy card to make.
1. Adhere your ribbon to the Crisp Cantalupe cardstock and wrap the ends around to the back of the cardstock.
2. Layer the cardstock pieces on the card with adhesive as shown in the picture.
3. Pop the flowers out of patterned paper with the Secret Garden Framelits dies and your Big Shot.
4. Place a Candy Dot in the center of each flower. Adhere the flowers on the cardstock with the flowers slightly overlapping. For the 3rd flower use Stampin Dimensionals to pop it up a bit and give your card some dimension.
5. Attach it to your base card and you are ready to send it to your birthday friends!

Window Curtain card

I have been having such fun playing with my Twitterpated Designer Fabric (#125412). I've always loved fabric, just not so crazy about sewing! When I was in the classroom, I would buy yards of fabric to use on my bulletin boards for the background. I always thought they looked so much nicer than just the big sheets of butcher paper that was in the work room. Well, now, thanks to the SU! designers, I get to play with fabric on my cards.

For this card, I wanted to give the idea of a window curtain or valance across the top. I cut a piece of fabric about 2" wide and 12" long. Using a running gather stitch, I loosely gathered the fabric at the top. I attached it with my Sticky Strip (#104294) to the background paper of the card and then added a scalloped piece of cardstock on top of that. I cut a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock to 1 1/2 x 5 1/2" and punched one edge with the Scallop Edge Border punch(#119882). Putting that on top of the fabric covered up my not so neat stitches and gave it the look of a cornice across the top of the window.

The greeting and the leaves are from the Just Believe stamp set (#120453) and cut out with the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punch (#119854). The background paper is from the Brights Collection (#117155) paper stack.

The dimensional flowers are made from Marina Mist and Mambo Melon cardstock. Check out my tutorial on paper flowers for directions. I added a couple of drops of Crystal Effects (#101055) to give the flowers the dewdrop look.

Remember, any time that you make larger dimensional flowers like these, not only will they require a larger envelope or box but they require extra postage to mail. Check with your post office for current rates.

Birthday Flowers

Every woman loves flowers or at least, I do! Here are some 2 step stamped flowers stamped from an older set that is not available any more. SU! has a number of 2 step flowers that could be used. Field Flowers (#122762) is a fun set that has some really pretty flowers. Stamp them and cut them out. Use a few Stampin' Dimensionals to pop 2 of the flowers up. Add some cute ribbon. I used Ice Cream Parlor(#123613) to make both horitizonal and vertical strips. A greeting stamped and punced with the Modern Label punch(#119849) can be placed on the top right to set it off. The edges of the punced label are inked and a cute botton added and you're done.

Happy Thoughts

How fun has this Blog Hop been! I've loved looking at all the super ideas my fellow Glitter Queens have had on their blogs! And did you see Dee's watering can made with the petite purse die? Just too cute! And Tamara's milk carton die house was adorable too. Everyone's creations are just so fab. I can't wait to try some of the myself! If you've missed any, be sure to go back and check them out.

How often do you think of friends far away? Some I think of often; others not so much. It depends on how much they mean to me, of course. I made this card for those friends that I think of often.

1. Start with a piece of patterned paper 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" from Summer Smooches (#125409) paper pack. This will be your background piece.

2. Cut a piece of Primrose Petals cardstock to 4 x 5." Use the Scallop Trim Border(#118402) punch to punch all the way around the cardstock.

3. Cut a piece of Gumball Green cardstock to 3 x 4." Use the Scallop Edge Border(#119882) to punch all the way around this one.

4. Place the scalloped Gumball Green cardstock piece in the Stripes(#123128) Textured Impressions embossing folder and run it through the Big Shot machine.

5. Layer these on top of each other and apply adhesive to the back of the 2 cardstocks.

6. Cut a strip of Gumball Green 3/8" Satin Stitched (#126848) ribbon about 5" long. Tie a knot in the middle of the strip. Apply adhesive to the back and press it near the bottom of the card overlapping the Primrose Petals cardstock. Wrap the ends of the ribbon around to the back.

7. Use some of the same patterned paper that you are using for your background paper to make the banner and the butterfly. Place the patterned paper on the Framelits Bitty Banners (#129267) and run it through the Big Shot to cut out the large and the small banner. Flip the small banner over so that the opposite side of the patterned paper is showing. Carefully stamp a greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes (#115370) on to the small banner. Put adhesive on the back of the small banner and adhere it to the larger banner. Adhere this to the top left of the Gumball Green cardstock.

8. Use the same patterned paper to make a butterfly with the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die(#114507). Place the smaller butterfly on top of the larger one with the patterned paper reversed like you see in the picture. Make a paper bead(see tomorrow's tutorial) and cover with Crystal Effects (#101055) to go in the center of the butterfly.

9. Before your adhere the butterfly,  stamp a floral image from Field Flowers(#122762) with Primrose Petals classic ink and a seed pod from the same set in Summer Starfruit classic ink. Cut them both out. Place the seed pod on top of the floral image with a Stampin' Dimensional (#104430). Adhere the flower to the center left of the Gumball Green cardstock.

10. Stamp the saying from the Field Flowers set on white cardstock with Primrose Petals classic ink. Cut around it and adhere it to the center of the green cardstock.

11. Adhere the butterfly to the bottom right corner of the card front overlapping the cardstock and ribbon. Trim off any part of the butterfly wings that stick out from the card front.

12. Choose a large button from the Bright Designer Button Collection(#119747). Run a small piece of thread or floss through the holes and tie 2 knots to hold it in place. Put  3 glue dots (#103683) on the back of the button and place it on the top right of the Primrose Petals cardstock.

13. Adhere the card front to your card base and write a note or stamp a greeting on the inside.

Ok, this is the last day of our Blog Hop. Be sure to check out what Anji has for you today. here

Hummingbird

Sorry I don't have a project or technique for you today. The truth is that I've been super busy. Between grandchildren, church & my garden, I'm doing good to have time to even think. I even had to start putting up my summer crookneck squash this week. I mean, I love fresh squash but how many days in a row can you eat it! lol Hope you enjoy this card.

1. The background paper for this card was made using the waxed paper technique. To see how to do this click here.

2. The floral image and the hummingbird is from the Elements of Style(#120045) stamp set. The hummingbird is stamp with Melon Mambo classic ink and cut out around the outside edges of the image.


3. The floral image was colored with Melon Mambo, Pixie Pink, Old Olive and Wild Wasabi Stampin' Write Markers. To see how to stamp multiple colors with one stamp click here.

4. Tie 1/2" Old Olive striped grosgrain ribbon(#113883) around the card in a knot. Adjust the ribbon so that the knot is in the upper 1/4 of the card.

5. Adhere your colored image overlapping the ribbon. Place the hummingbird so that is beak is near one of the flowers. Use Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430) on the back of the bird so that he pops above the flowers.

6. The "Thanks" greeting is from Perfect Punches (#120516) stamp set in Melon Mambo classic ink. It was punched out with the scallop oval (#119856) punch. One of the advantages of using SU! punches with SU! stamps is that so many of them go together. It's much easier to use the punch to cut something like this out than it is to use your scissors!

7. Again, this was popped up with some Stampin' Dimensionals on the back.

8. Now adhere the entire card front to your card base and you are ready for a super stamped greeting on the inside or one of your own handwritten greetings.

Garden background look

The background on this card looks a bit like an out of focus picture of leaves, etc in a garden. We have the in focus plants at the front with our stamped image. This background texture was made with the waxed paper technique that I posted on this past Saturday. For this card then, make a background with Certainly Celery and Old Olive using the waxed paper technique.

Cut a piece of blue from the Brights Collection(#117155) cut 5 1/2 x 1 1/2." Adhere it to the left side of the background cardstock.

Stamp an image in Old Olive from the Just Believe(#120453) set on Whisper White cardstock. Cut loosely around the outside of the image. Adhere it above the blue paper, covering the edge a bit.

Cut a piece of 1/2" Marina Mist scallop dots ribbon(#122986) to about 6." Adhere it to the card covering the bottom edge of the image. Wrap the ends around to the back of the card.

Use the brush end of your Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Marina Mist Stampin' Write markers to color directly onto your stamp. Give the stamp of huff/breath of air to freshen the ink. Stamp onto your white cardstock.

Cut this image out. Place SU! Dimensionals(#104430) on the back and adhere over the ribbon and the other image. Be sure to just overlap the image slightly so that both will show.

Stamp the circle image with Old Olive cardstock. Color the flowers with your Marina Mist marker. Use your 1" circle punch(#119868) to pop out the image. Adhere it to your card on the right about 1/3 of the way from the top of the card.

Adhere this to your 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" card base. Add your greeting or a note to the inside.

Flower Garden

I just love building a flower garden whether it's in my back yard...

or in my scrap room...

This flower garden was built using stamps from the Flower Fest set (#122280). If you use the unmounted stamps(like I often do), be sure you get some of the clear mount blocks (#118486, 118485, etc). i also used a bunch of my punches as this set was sized to work easily with many of our SU! punches. You don't have to use the punches to do this card. You can just cut each flower by hand but having the punches makes it go much faster! The punches that I used on this card are:
2 3/8" Scallop Circle (118874)
1 3/4" Scallop Circle (119854)
5 Petal Flower (#119880)
Butterfly (#119848)
Fancy Flower (#1189073)
1 3/8" Circle (#119860)
Modern Label (#119849)and
Word Window (#119857)
The colors of cardstock that I used for this are:
Certainly Celery 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
Rich Razzleberry
Wisteria Wonder In Color
Daffodil Delight
Melon Mambo
I used Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Classic ink.
1. I used the Certainly Celery for my card background.
2. I used Rich Razzleberry Classic ink to stamp all of my flowers, even the ones on Rich Razzleberry cardstock. You can stamp the flowers however looks good to you. I stamped the leaves with Old Olive ink on Old Olive cardstock. I also used the 5 petalflower punch to punch some extra leaves out of the Old Olive cardstock.
Be sure you stamp and punch out a butterfly also.
3. After you have all of your flowers, leaves & butterfly stamped & punched out or cut out, begin arranging the on your card until you are satisfied with your look. Arrange the leaves on the bottom card & place the flowers over them. You'll want the taller leaves to show out the top.
4. After you've decided where you want the flowers, start sticking them down with your adhesive. Let them overlap in areas and also overlap the leaves. You'll want to let the leaves show some but the main part is the flower show. Use Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430) on the backs of 2 or 3 flowers and the butterfly to give your card some dimension.
5. Before you put the butterfly on, you will want to make and attach some antenna for it. I used some wire that I've had on hand for years now but you could also you thin strips of black paper. Attach the to the back of the butterfly. I used double glue dots (dots on top & underneath the wire). Use glue dots (#103683) to attach the white beads to the top, center of the butterfly. Then peel the paper off the Dimensionals and place your butterfly on your flower garden. I placed mine a bit off center near the top right.
6. Depending on what you plan to use this for, you can then add a greeting. I stamped "happy birthday" from Teeny Tiny Wishes (#115370) with Rich Razzleberry ink on Daffodil Delight cardstock. The Teeny Tiny Wishes set has 24 different greetings that you can use for almost any occasion!
7. I punched out my greeting with my Word Window punch. I then punched out of Old Olive cardstock with the Modern Label (#119849) punch. I put the greeting on top of the label. Then I punched holes with my hand held circle punch. I attached it to the lower left using brads from the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack (#127279) that you can get free during the Sale-a-Bration promotion. (Until March 31)
8. I mounted that on Whisper White cardstock to complete my card and put a birthday greeting on the inside of the card.
9. As I've mentioned before, I don't like "naked" envelopes, so I used Rich Razzleberry ink to stamp some of the flowers from the set on the front of the envelope. As long as you leave the address and return address area clear, you can stamp all over your card. The Post Office doesn't care, as long as the info they need is where it belongs.

I use the Medium Whisper White envelopes (#107301) that SU! has because I've found them to be the perfect fit for my cards. A few years ago, I could get the right size envelope in many local stores. The past year or so, they have gotten really hard to find. All I find around here are just too big to really look good. SU! also has square envelopes and other sizes. Tomorrow, I will have a tutorial on stamping dominoes to make cool coasters.

Take a look at the cool ideas that Bridgett has for you today! Stamping with Bridgett