As I looked through the Last Chance Products to see what retiring products were still available I saw this designer paper and ended up, unplanned, making all these cards plus one more I saved for tomorrow! These are the Bloom Where You’re Planted Fun Cards to Make! They WERE fun to make and I only have the paper, not the dies or stamp set. My little Paper Snips were perfect for all the cutting I did.
The card bases were made with either Evening Evergreen cardstock with Just Jade or Soft Succulent on the green ones. The other two were made with a card base of Cinnamon Cider. I just looked through the Bloom Where You’re Planted Designer Series Paper and inspiration came! So many cute plants, pots, and backgrounds to use! All the plants and pots are hand-cut with my Paper Snips. I don’t try to be perfect AT ALL. If there are a bunch of little leaves, I just wiggle my scissors back and forth as I go along the sides. For the larger leaves, I may trim closer around each leaf but not necessarily in between or all the way down to the pot. They say turn the paper, not your scissors. Some people say they hate to cut things out but it’s a mindless activity you can do while watching TV or just sitting at your craft table. If you don’t try to be perfect it is not that hard! So let go of perfectionism! In fact, years ago at a Stampin’ Up! convention, they suggested when cutting out images leave just a small margin around the image, that way you don’t have to be perfect! And sometimes it helps the cut out image stand out from the background better. Do what makes you happy!
Some of the plants are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and especially the Mini Dimensionals. Others are adhered flat on the card front. For the greetings, I chose some from the Celebrating You Stamp Set and some from the Enjoy the Moment Stamp Set. (retiring and discounted!). I used various die cuts, I think Scalloped Contours Dies, Stitched Rectangles, and Tasteful Labels Dies (retiring and discounted!). Some are stamped directly on the paper with Evening Evergreen Ink.
Here is another card, similar style to all of these, that I made a while back.
Not many days left to get the remaining retiring products! The Last Chance List ends May 2!