Sunday, July 30, 2017

This is what I think is a totally awesome card, that will go to a totally awesome friend.  The flowers from the Stampin' Up! Flower Shop stamp set were stamped directly on the card with Berry Burst ink. I used their Aqua Painters, for the first time ever, to highlight the centers of the flowers. The butterfly was cut from the largest of their Butterflies Thinlets Dies. The sentiment is from their Grateful Bunch stamp set and was mounted on oval mats I cut with my Cricut Explore Air 2. Some rhinestones were used to embellish the centers of the flowers and butterfly body.
A trio of cards using Colorful Seasons stamp set and Seasonal Layers Thinlets Dies from Stampin Up. This card was pinterest inspired and CASEd from Lolly and Sand.  When I first got the dies I took scraps and cut out lots of the branches, Adirondack chairs, and blossoms.  I do this often so that then I just have to put the cards together.  Especially when I find a layout that I like. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.  See some alternate color choices below.  The background stamp that I used is Hampton Arts PS0875.
This card for me is all about the colors.  Again I am using one of my favorite combinations of ink - Stampin' Up's Rich Razzleberry  and Bermuda Bay with the Daisy Delight stamp set and Daisy punch.  The daisy is made with 2 pieces, rotating the upper flower petals to align them.  I used these two colors to match a piece of DSP I had in my stash and used a coordinating strip and mat.  No sentiment on this one, which allows me use the card for any special occasion.  Simple enough to create - the majority of my time is making the perfect color match. Card Size A7.
Lots of blue on my latest card made with flowers from Stampin' Up's Flower Shop stamp set and Pansy Punch using their Pacific Point ink. The flowers were embellished with a little bit of bling and some clear Wink of Stella.  The leaves are from the Flower Patch stamp set and offer some nice contract with the white edging.  The triple mats for the sentiment were cut on my Cricut Explore Air 2 and stamped using Hero Arts stamp set CL582.
Something a little different - a card with a die cut container on it to hold some flowers. I used my favorite flowers from the Stampin' Up Flower Shop stamp set and coordinating Pansy Punch with Daffodil Delight ink to fill the cup. which was cut on my Cricut Explore Air 2. Their Design Space images offer lots of possibilities so use your imagination. And of course you could simply hand cut a shape. The Cup has a tole design on it which was drawn on the paper.  You can barely see it so I filled in the design with Wink of Stella's clear shimmer pen and highlighted the flowers as well. The sentiment was created in design space. All attached to a coordinating DSP.  I really like this style and know I will be trying lots of other options in the future.

Here's a slightly different version using goldtone cardstock for vase and flowers:





A simple Sympathy card using flowers made using Stampin' Up! Flower Shop stamp set and Pansy punch with Tempting Turquoise ink.  The "you're in my thoughts" sentiment is from Hero Arts stamp set #CL351.  The sentiment mats were cut on my Cricut Explore Air 2. All mounted on a strip of embossed paper made with Cricut Cuttlebug "Honeycomb" embossing folder.
Just when I was thinking I couldn't possibly come up with another card using Stampin' Up's Flower Shop stamp set with coordinating Pansy Punch - well here you go.  I love this combination of Rich Razzleberry and Bermuda Bay inks. The background stamp came in a Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit from last fall - what a nice surprise.  And I love the pearl flower centers.  I think it added a nice touch.  The sentiment stamp was from Hero Arts stamp set CL351 and added to a mat I cut on my Cricut Explore Air 2.
A simple card to make, using the Stampin' Up! Flower Shop stamp set with coordinating Pansy Punch. The flowers were stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and applied to a Cricut Cuttlebug "Honeycomb" embossed background strip.  The pieces were layered on DSP.  The sentiment from Stampabilities Great Phrases stamp set was stamped in Stampin' Up's Rich Razzleberry ink. The great thing about this card is any coordinating card stocks and DSP can be used to make this card in a jiffy. Following is another similar card.

This is my first card using the new Stampin' Up! Colorful Seasons stamp set and the coordinating Seasonal Layers Thinlets Dies from the 2017-18 annual catalog.  Don't you just love the Adirondack chair.  The tree was two of the die cuts from the set - actually two branches joined together as they were attached to the card mat.  The blossoms are from the same die set and the sentiment from the above stamp set. 
The wonderful daisies on this card were created using Stampin' Up's Daisy Delight stamp set & Daisy Punch and Pacific Point ink and then applied to DSP. Embellished with a couple of small butterflies punched using the Stampin' Up! Bitty Butterfly punch. The sentiment is from Recollections 296511stamp set on a mat cut on my Cricut Explore Air.
This sympathy card highlights embossed flowers stamped and punched with Stampin' Up's Flower Shop stamp set and Pansy Punch.  I used Versamark watermark stamp pad ink combined with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder which I heat set using my Wagner heat tool. I was very pleased with the results.  The card mat was embossed using a Darice embossing folder. And finished off with several tiny butterflies stamped with Stampin' Up's Papillion Potpourri stamp set using their Bermuda Bay ink and a sentiment from Recollections stamp set 296511. Card Size A7.
A Happy Birthday butterfly card.  The flowers here were stamped with the Stampin' Up! Flower Shop stamp set using Daffodil Delight ink and cut with their Pansy punch.  A double layer butterfly cut with their Butterflies Thinlets Dies and embellished with some pearls add a special touch.  The leaves were die cut on my Cricut Explore Air 2. The sentiment stamped from Hero Arts CL582 stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Card size A7.

Here's another somewhat similar card using a DSP background paper..

Another card using flowers created using Stampin' Up Flower Shop and Pansy Punch.  And if you have been pinning my cards posted on pinterest and reading my other blog posts its pretty obvious that I love these products as I find them so versatile for making cards.  This time I used their Tangerine Tango ink.  The card mat was embossed using a Darice embossing folder. The sentiment mat was cut using my Cricut Explore Air and then stamped using a sentiment from Stampin' Up's Balloon Adventures.
My first attempt heat embossing on Vellum!  I used Stampin' Up's Flower Shop stamp set and Pansy punch with Lemon Lime Twist ink to stamp the flowers.  Then used clear WOW embossing powder to add the raised effect.  Overall the process worked well but the vellum was quite thin and the petals curled a bit - I may have left the heat gun on the flowers for too long. But still a very nice effect.  The leaves were stamped using Stampin' Up Old Olive ink and Hampton Art's SC0749 stamp set.  The die cuts for the sentiments mats were cut using my Cricut Explore Air in Cricut Design Space and stamped with  sayin from Recollections #296511 set.
This card is a combination of  flowers stamped and punched using Stampin' Up's Flower Shop & Petite Petals stamp sets with the coordinating Pansy and Petite Petals punches using Tempting Turquoise and Daffodil Delight inks..  The sentiment is from their Balloon Adventures stamp set.  The top and bottom sections of the card mat were embossed using Anna Griffin's "Diamond Tree" border. 
Flower Shop stamp set and Pansy Punch from Stampin' Up was used to create the flowers for this series of cards. Tangerine Tango ink was used for this first card.  The detailed background is a print and cut image from Cricut Design Space. Some of the flowers have been embellished with rhinestones and pearls.  Sentiment on this card was stamped with Hero Arts CL351 stamp set.  Card sizes A7.

Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise inks were used for these other versions. Sentiments were added to the print and cut image in Cricut design space and printed with the Cricut Explore Air.


And here are a few other similarly styled card examples:






The flowers on this card were created using Stampin' Up's Flower Shop and Petite Petals stamp set, and Pansy and Petite Petals Punches with Peekaboo Peach ink.   The foliage background on the card mat was a print and cut image that was imported from Google images into Cricut Design space. The sentiment is from Stampabilities Card Phrases stamp set. Card size A7.
All the flowers on this card were created using Stampin' Up's Daisy Delight stamp set & Daisy Punch and Melon Mambo and Berry Burst inks.  The foliage background on the card mat was a print and cut image that was imported from Google images into Cricut Design space. The sentiment is from Hero Arts CL582 stamp set.
These three cards were created using Stampin' Up's Flower Shop and Petite Petals stamp sets and the coordinating Pansy and Petite Petals punches. The stamps are inked and then "stamped off" one or more times on a scrap piece of paper before stamping directly onto the card mat.  I used Rich Razzleberry and Tempting Turquoise inks for this card. The flowers were layered and popped up using dimensionals.  The sentiment is from Stampabilities "Card Phrases" stamp set.

I used the same stamping off method for this card in various ink colors and card stock colors.  The petals of the flowers were curled upward and then  applied the glue only to the center of the backs of the flowers when attaching them to the card.  Card size A7.


And here's another similar card.  This one accented with some butterflies stamped from the Papillion Potpourri stamp set and Elegant Butterfly punch using Stampin' Up! Rich Razzleberry and Dafodil Delight inks.  The sentiment on the card was created in Cricut design Space as a print and cut.