Something new in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog 2021-22 is the Linen Paper that I used on this Art Gallery Linen Flower Birthday Card. Does this card have a different look to it than regular stamping? I think we all have lots of experimenting to do with this new product! I didn’t know such a think existed! And wait until you hear one of the features of this special paper!
The Linen Specialty Paper (155681) is on page 136, the first of the photos of products on that page. It’s easy to miss! So far I know you can stamp on it, die cut it, and blend ink on it. We will have to experiment with different colors, maybe using the Stamparatus so you can repeat the stamping to make it darker maybe, see what colors look good on the linen or not and more!
To make this card, I was pretty sure the ink color was going to turn out lighter than on regular paper. It doesn’t stamp quite as heavily as on paper, because this is fabric paper! The texture is going to keep the ink from being really smooth. I used Melon Mambo ink for the flower in the Art Gallery Stamp Set and Old Olive for the stem and leaves thinking these would be dark enough to show up well. I think the Melon Mambo stamped a little shade darker than it would have on paper. Just a different look! Then just die-cut it with the coordinating Floral Gallery Dies. The Linen Paper die-cuts just as nicely as paper, at least this first time!
The background I chose to put the flower on is Basic White die-cut with the Scalloped Contours Dies. These new dies will be very popular. And I didn’t even have to glue down the linen flower! The Linen Specialty Paper comes with adhesive on the back! After die-cutting, just carefully peel off the backing and you can adhere your die-cut linen piece wherever you want it! You probably should lay it out it out first to see exactly where you want to adhere it. If parts of your pieces are very thin, like this flower stem, just handle it carefully and try to place the larger parts where you want them first and then the skinnier areas.
The card base is Melon Mambo to match the flower, although, as I said, the stamped color looks slightly different than the cardstock. But it’s very close. Maybe it looked darker when I first stamped it than later on. The greeting is in the Art Gallery Stamp Set. In the end I decided to just keep the whole card simple, to focus on the linen flower. I tried all kinds and colors of designer paper as a layer under the die-cut scalloped piece and nothing looked right. I thought about added some jewels or embellishments and that didn’t seem right either! So in the end, I just left the card simple! Sometimes you have to know when to stop!
Here is a close-up of my card so you can see the Linen Specialty Paper better.
How many more days until the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog goes live? One!!! Tomorrow, May 4th is the day! Supposedly there will be no down time so if you want to order in the middle of the night you may be able to. However, on a new launch like this, LOTS of people like to order right away and the website will probably be a little wonky! If it crashes on you or the little thing just spins and spins, just keep trying until you catch it at the right moment….or come back a little later! It will likely be a busy day!
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