There are a lot of fun products in the Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog and one of them is the Rain Or Shine Suite Collection, especially the Rain or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper. Not only do some of the sheets have cute characters on them, as I used on this Rain or Shine Just For You Card, but each sheet has a touch of a glossy coating, even on the raindrops, to add a little shine and interest!
To make this card, I started with choosing one of the whimsical characters on the designer paper and it happened to be this brown bunny dancing in the rain! It is a killer to cut into this cute paper but it must be done! I cut out this bunny leaving as wide a margin as I could around him and tried to find a die to cut him out for the card. One circle die just missed on one side so I ended up just trimming him out with my Paper Trimmer into a rectangle. Next, I tried to find a diecut to layer my rectangle on but nothing was a perfect fit. When I tried turning this Stylish Shapes square die, I thought my bunny fit perfectly on the diecut and was a different look!
The card base is Flirty Flamingo cardstock as is the square layer under the bunny. The background layer of the card is the opposite side of the designer paper with the characters. That piece was difficult to cut and use since I knew the cute animals were on the other side not seeing the light of day! But those are the sacrifices we papercrafters have to make with double-sided paper!! I love the striped pattern so I had to use it! To help it stand out a bit I added a layer of Basic White first on the card base. I popped up this die cut with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then the bunny is adhered flat on the square.
The greeting is from the Celebrating You Stamp Set. I love a greeting like “Just For You” or “Thinking of You” because you can use that on SO many kinds of cards. This greeting is stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink and die cut with a banner die also in the Stylish Shapes Dies. It is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
For a finishing touch, I added two pinkish sequins in the Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins to the side corners of the square diecut. Although you can’t see it in the photo, the shiny coating is on the pink jacket of the bunny, on the raindrops, and outlining the rain puddle. The little flowers were also scattered on the designer paper with the characters so I cut some out by hand and adhered them on the sides of the rain puddle. I thought they added just another tiny little something to the design of the card.
Here is another card, my first card I made with this Suite, using the turtle and actually diecutting him using one of the many dies.
You really must check out the Rain or Shine Suite and choose all or some of the products for making fun and happy cards that not only will brighten the recipients day when they receive it but will brighten your day as you create these cards and projects with these products!