SUOC#276 - Favourite Stampset Current/retired

 

Omgoodness it's time for the SUOC#276  and this time it was to use your favourite stampset whether it is current or retired, and I'm so pleased to say that one of my favourites has actually carried over to the new catalogue YAYYYY this makes me so happy. So it had to be done and I had to use it and use some of the new colours and dsp.

I've used a normal size card base but I've cut it so that it opens from the side instead of the bottom, just means you cut the short side of an A4 sheet of card and score on the long side instead of the other way round!

I've used Pale Papaya for the card base and the inside of card layer and then I've used a piece White cardstock and a smaller piece of the beautiful Hand Penned dsp for the front of card layers. 

The lovely die cut rectangle was cut out using the Nature's thoughts dies along with everything else that has been stamped and die cut.

For the Evening Evergreen pieces under the corners of the rectangle I've cut 1" square pieces (2) and then cut them both into triangles before attaching to the reverse side of it using glue. To give this section more depth but not adding dimensionals I've cut a second rectangle out and then attached it to the reverse side of the first one, sandwiching the green corners in between them both and then glued this flat to the card front.

The ferns have been stamped using Soft Succculents ink in first and second generation, this can be done before the rectangle is glued to the card front, but to be honest I just did it when it was attached. The butterfly is stamped using Pale Papapay ink straight onto the rectangel using second generation ink and then first generation for the one tha is die cut out and attached over the other one using glue.

It gives a very soft shadow look to the butterfly.

The feathers I stamped in second generation Garden Green ink, die cut out. The flower is Pool Party ink first generation stamping, this is the only thing I attached to the card front usinga dimensional, and then I just tucked the feathers underneath after giving thema curve using the Bone Folder.

The sentiment is stamped using Evening Evergreen and then using the Snips I've cut them out so they are all individual words, curved two of them with the Bone Folder and glued them all into place.

All that was left for me to do then was to add a few of the really beautiful In Color jewels and the card was finished.

I loved how this card finished up, but then this is one of my absolute favourite stampsets and as I've already said I'm so happy it carried over into the new catalogue!

Hope you enjoyed my card for today and would love if you popped over and took a look at all of the wonderful creations from the other design team members over on SUOC#276

they always have such amazing creations for us all to get some inspiration from, and as always I'd love if you joined in with the challenge yourselves and shared what you create using your favourite stampset.

Huge Crafty Hugs

Natalie x

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Positive Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [151490] £20.00	Nature's Thoughts Dies [153586] £27.00	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571] £6.50
Hand Penned 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155499] £10.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] £9.00	Pale Papaya A4 Cardstock [155669] £8.25
Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] £7.00	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] £8.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] £7.00
Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] £7.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] £7.00	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] £7.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] £56.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] £23.00	Bone Folder [102300] £6.50
Paper Snips [103579] £9.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £4.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75

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Sweet as a Peach - To a sweet friend card

 

Hi everyone and welcome to another Craftalong Tuesday! 

Over the last few days I've been having so much fun playing with the beautiful 'Sweet as a Peach' bundle and the very pretty dsp that goes with it, I'm really loving the softness of this set, the colours are exquisite and the patterns on the papers are just so great to create with, I think you're going to love them as much as I do!

The card I've created for todays project also incorporates the 'Basic Borders' dies which are a great set of dies to have in your stash, and the '3D Macrame' embossing folder. So let's get started with the card..................

Materials needed:

Basic white thick cardstock

1 piece 5 7/8" x 8 1/4" scored on the longside at 4 1/8" - cardbase

Scrap pieces for stamping and die cutting  3 x peaches/leaves and 1 x sentiment

1 piece 2 3/8" x 3 7/8" for the inside of card stamped layer

Pale Papaya cardstock

1 piece 2 1/4" x 5 7/8" for the front of card embossed layer

Pear Pizzazz cardstock

1 piece approx 1" x 5 7/8" for the front of card die cut layer

Calypso Coral cardstock

Small scrap piece for the sentiment layer

You're a Peach dsp

1 piece approx 2 7/8" x 5 7/8" for front of card die cut layer

1 piece 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" for the inside of card layer

Pale Papaya ribbon

2 pieces approx 3" for the front of card - these are folded in half

2021-2023 In color jewels

3 for front of card

Card Instructions

1. Fold and burnish the cardbase.

2. Glue the inside dsp layer, and the embossed front of card layer on to the card base.

3. Using the scallop edged border die cut one of the edges on both of the card and dsp piece for the front of the card layers. Glue them both together leaving a small piece of the cardstock showing at the bottom.

4. Glue the embossed front of card piece to the bottom of the card base.

5. Glue the dsp/cardstock section onto the top section of the front of card,  but leave the die cut edges unglued as this makes it look like it's got more body to it.

6. Stamp the peach images onto the scrap card using Pale Papaya ink and then use Calypso Coral ink 2nd generation over the top, and then die cut them out. 

7. Stamp the leaves using Pear Pizzazz ink and die cut these out too.

8. Glue the leaves to the reverse side of the peaches and attach to the front of the card using dimensionals. Tuck the ribbon pieces folded in half, under the peaches and attach using glue dots.

9. Stamp the sentiment using Calypso Coral ink and die cut this and the Calypso Coral card piece out using the small banner die in the bundle. Cut the Calypso Coral one in half and then glue these pieces to the reverse side of the sentiment giving a small border showing along both of the long edges.

10. Attach the sentiment to the card front using dimensionals and add 3 jewels. 

11. Stamp the inside layer using the flower images, Pear Pizzazz ink for the leaves and stem image 1st generation ink and Calypso Coral ink for the flowers 2nd generation ink. For the flower centres use 1st generation ink.

12. Glue the inside of card layer in to place and the card is finished.

Hope you enjoyed todays project, I loved the way the border die gives the card the effect of being the front of a clutch bag or purse and the Macrame 3D EF really gives a lovely pattern to finish the card off. Thankyou so much for popping on and having a look at my blog I really do appreciate it. 

Take care until next time

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Natalie xx

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Sweet As A Peach Bundle (English) [155823] £34.00	You're A Peach 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155686] £10.75	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571] £6.50
Pale Papaya 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155672] £6.50	Macrame 3 D Embossing Folder [155435] £8.25	Basic Borders Dies [155558] £27.00
Layering Circles Dies [151770] £33.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] £7.75	Pale Papaya A4 Cardstock [155669] £8.25
Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] £7.00	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] £8.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] £7.00
Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] £8.25	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] £7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75
Mini Glue Dots [103683] £5.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £4.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] £112.00
Bone Folder [102300] £6.50	Paper Snips [103579] £9.25	Paper Trimmer [152392] £23.00
Take Your Pick [144107] £9.00

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Color & Contour/Tailor Made Tag Card

Today I have something a little bit different for you. I've recently taken part in a UK/Europe Pre-order Card swap with some of my fellow demonstrators and this is the card I designed to send out to 14 of them. This was organised by a lovely demonstrator called Barbara Maynard, who very kindly distributed all of the cards amongst us all, thankyou so much for doing this Barbara.  I will in the next few days share with you all the beautiful cards that I receive from all of the other lovely ladies that took part. 

For my design I wanted to show off all of the new In colours, but not all on the same card, so I designed the same card using all of the different colours each on their own!

I used the really gorgeous bundle called 'Color & Contour' which was available on the pre-order from the new catalogue and I have to say it very quickly became one of my favourite bundles, the effect you get using the stamps is as though you have done watercolouring, which incidentally I'm no good at, but infact it's just stamping, amazing stampset to use!!!

So here is a quick run down on how I designed the cards.........

Card Instructions

1. Fold and burnish the thick white cardbase.

2. Stamp the images on the front of the cardbase using second generation ink.

3. Die cut the white tag and the inside of card element, leave the dies on the cut out pieces and using a blending brush apply ink onto the two pieces, lift dies off when finished and give the die a clean.

Soft succulent

4. For the inside of the card element for each card, stamp the flower image as shown onto the bottom right corner, the outline image is first generation ink and the inner is second generation.

5. Glue the inside coloured layer to the card and then glue the stamped and inked element on top flat.

6. Stamp two more of the flower images onto scrap white card just as you did for the inside of card flower, die cut them out.

7. Die cut the vellum tag and then using a tiny amount of glue adhere together with the white tag, tie the white baker's twine through the tags and finish with a bow. Using dimensionals attach the tags to the front of the card.

8. Stamp the sentiment onto scrap white card and then cut the words out so they are seperate from each other.

9. Glue one of the die cut flowers onto the tags and attach the other one using a dimensional. Glue all of the words flat onto the tags, and then attach one o the jewels.

Evening evergreen

Pale papaya

Fresh freesia

Polished pink

I really enjoyed making these cards for my fellow demonstrators it was such fun creating them, I hope the ladies liked what I made for them and had as much fun designing their cards for all of us?

Thanks for popping on to my blog and having a look I really appreciate it take care see you all again very soon with all of the other lovely cards to share from the other ladies.

Huge Crafty Hugs

Natalie x

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Color & Contour Bundle (English) [158356] £47.50	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] £20.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] £7.75
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] £9.00	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571] £6.50	2021–2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum [155616] £11.25
Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] £10.25	2021–2023 In Color A4 Cardstock [155644] £8.25	2021–2023 In Color Classic Stampin' Pad [155638] £31.50
Paper Snips [103579] £9.25	Blending Brushes [153611] £11.25	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] £112.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] £23.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £4.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75
Clear Block B [117147] £5.50	Clear Block C [118486] £6.50	Take Your Pick [144107] £9.00

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