This Bloom Impressions Hello Card was fun to make with three new things in my Stampin’ Up! order I got last night! No, four new things! It is basically a simple card but the pretty designer paper and the alphabet make it.
We really are running out of time now for Sale-A-Bration! A week from today will be the last day to earn free product with every $60 purchase. If you blink, you might miss it! Stampin’ Up! even added some extra products from the Annual Catalog you can choose from plus the ones in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.
The card base is Coastal Cabana cardstock and the lovely very floral paper is the Blossom Impressions Designer Series Paper, a freebie in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure on page 11. There are at least 5 more coordinating colors in the paper than are shown in the SAB Brochure. That’s why I picked Coastal Cabana. The designer paper is cut at the usual, 4″ x 5 1/4″.
I wanted to use the Alphabet a la Mode Dies that I just got FREE in my order. Unfortunately, I see right now that they are unavailable so I don’t know if they will get more in to earn them during Sale-A-Bration. But you can use other alphabets or stamps to make a similar card. I cut a piece of Basic White at 1 3/4″ x 3 3/4″. I checked first to make sure my letters to spell out “Hello” would fit on that piece.
Here is the BEST TIP for this or probably any alphabet: Before you diecut, put a piece of Adhesive Sheets on the back of the cardstock so that you turn the letters into stickers. No messy glueing on those narrow pieces. I used Coastal Cabana cardstock for my letters.
Since the white rectangle looked like it needed “something”, I used a Coastal Cabana Stampin’ Write Marker, the tip end, to draw little lines and dots around the edge of the rectangle. You can do it freehand. I used a thin ruler just to make straight lines. But you can make curvy lines so they don’t have to be straight!
For some embellishment on the card, I tied around a piece of my new White 1/4″ Ribbon coming soon in the Online Exclusives and tied a separate bow which is adhered with Mini Glue Dots. I couldn’t resist adding some of the new Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequins, FREE in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure on page 11. Even though the name says purple, you can use them with lots of things because they are actually four different colors – Berry Burst, Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia and White.