If you want a quick card to make, this Quick and Easy Petal Promenade Floral Birthday Card might be one you would like to make to give someone! It’s just designer paper, card stock, ribbon and a stamped greeting.
This beautiful Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper is one of the free items available during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 purchase. Remember, Sale-A-Bration comes to a screeching halt on March 31. Be sure to use the specific Sale-A-Bration product number for any of the Annual Catalog choices that were recently added to Sale-A-Bration.
This paper was designed by purchasing REAL flowers, bringing them into the Stampin’ Up! home office, photographing the flowers and then doing some photoshopping (like to omit little spiders on the flowers!) to design the actual sheets of paper. I always love finding out behind-the-scenes stories! And I have to say the paper is beautiful for making cards and other projects.
My card starts with a card base of Whisper White Card Stock with a layer of the same. The designer paper is cut 3 1/12″ x 4″ with a layer underneath of Petal Pink Card Stock. You could even make the designer paper piece a bit smaller. Before adhering, I tied the Whisper White 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon around the designer paper. The greeting is stamped from the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set, a beautiful
And while we are on the subject of flowers, I took these photos of our azaleas at our house in full bloom! They are amazing in person! I thought I better get some photos before a storm or heavy rain comes through! The deep pink azalea bush on the corner of the house by the crepe myrtle tree is just HUGE! The blossoms are gorgeous!
Spring is right around the corner and so is the end of Sale-A-Bration! The frog framelits and the cupcake framelits have sold out so get in the store and make sure you get what you want before the end of Sale-A-Bration!