This die-cut piece was already laying on my table and I was in a “red” mood so I was pleased how this Many Layered Blossoms Birthday Card came together. Real Red is one of my favorite Stampin’ Up! colors!
You won’t believe how simple this card is to make and yet it will look like you make an elegant, fancy card! That’s what die-cuts can do for you!
The card base is Shimmery White Cardstock, one of my favorite papers! It just barely has a glimmer to it, very subtle, but it is there and makes the paper look rich. It’s a must-have in your stash in my opinion! Then I added a layer of Real Red underneath another piece of Shimmery White.
I had previously used the Many Layered Blossoms Die to cut out this piece or Real Red. I think I was trying out my new Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine to see how it would handle a large and intricate die. So I had this stack of die cuts on my table! I just used the teeniest dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back of the blossoms and adhered it to the front of the card.
I stamped the greeting in Real Red Ink on a strip of Shimmery White and snipped the banner in with the pointy part of the Tailored Tag Punch. Then I layered this on a piece of Real Red.
That’s all there is to this card! If you want a change from Halloween or holiday cards, go back to this popular stamp set and die and make a card like this Many Layered Blossoms Birthday Card.
The latest cardmaking craze these days seem to be “slimline cards” so I made this Flowers For Every Season Monochromatic Slimline Card. Now I don’t really even know the exact details of a “slimline” card so maybe this technically isn’t one! But I made a long, narrow card as opposed to our normal 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card! This card is 3″ x 6″ so whatever it is called, that’s what I made!
The other day I was working with my Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper and realized all over again how pretty and bright it is and that I hadn’t used it in a long time. When I got out my paper to design a card, since the paper is 6″ x 6″ I thought, “Why not cut it in half and make a card out of a 6″ x 6” piece of cardstock folded in half?
The card base is Whisper White, as I said, cut at 6″ x 6″ and folded in half so that the card front is 3″ x 6″. I cut this blue pattern of the Flowers For Every Season designer paper the full 3″ x 6″. I debated about using ribbon, but decided to just use a 1/2″ strip of a dotted side of the designer paper instead.
I already had stamped the flower from the Tasteful Touches Stamp Set. I adhered the greeting flat on the card but I popped up the flower with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.
For a little bling, I couldn’t resist adding a few Misty Moonlight 2020-2022 In Color Enamel Dots. I think these have been very popular since they came out in the Annual Catalog! As I write this, they are on “Low Inventory” so get yours while you can! They work so well because they are small and fairly flat.
Try this different style of card, no matter what size you want to make it, as long as it will fit in an envelope you have! Of course you can always make your own envelope. I’ve made this kind of card years ago, so what goes around comes back around again! You can make a card like this a few inches longer and about an inch taller, but since I was working with 6″ x 6″ designer paper, this Flowers For Every Season Monochromatic Slimline Card was the perfect size for me.
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I don’t know what blossom or flower this is in this blueish color, but since it is art it can be anything, right? It all began with die-cutting some designer paper for the fuller layer underneath the outline layer but that didn’t seem to be what I was looking for. Sometimes if you original idea doesn’t work out, you just have to keep going and see what else you can come up with and that’s how this Blossoms In Bloom You Are Special Card came to be!
When you get right down to it, this card is pretty simple to make! The floral outline is die-cut with the Many Layered Blossoms Dies. The die is almost as big as the card front! If you think of it ahead of time, it would be a good idea to use the Adhesive Sheets on the cardstock before you die-cut it so that it will be like a giant sticker and you don’t have to worry about adhering it. I used teeny tiny dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue but it is a little tedious!
The card base is Pool Party Cardstock, which I didn’t choose until I had the front of the card made! The floral die-cut is Coastal Cabana Cardstock. To add some color, I stamped the blossoms in the Blossoms In Bloom Stamp Set in Pool Party Ink.
I think if you are making a card like this you need to take a minute to think about the direction you want things to lay out in since everything is so large. Since I had the outline die cut first, I laid that down on my card front to see which leaf was going at the top and which way everything was pointing. Then I would know pretty close how to stamp the blossom image that would go underneath the die. It’s not something you can plan perfectly, but just so you get things pretty much how they are going to fit in the end.
The front layer of the card is Shimmery White Cardstock because at first, I thought I might do some watercoloring. Shimmery White Cardstock holds up better to water than Whisper White Cardstock. Plus it is the prettiest paper with its very subtle glimmer. It’s a little more toward the ivory or off-white color than pure white but you can really use it for either way.
The greeting is stamped from the Tasteful Touches Stamp Set. I used the Lovely Labels Pick A Punch which makes two different fancy ends to several sizes of paper strips. You can punch a 1/2″, 3/4″ or 1″ strip of paper. Just stick the length of cardstock way into the punch to get the fancy end. If you want to be extra careful, turn the punch over before punching and make sure the strip is all the way in and centered how you want it. Sometimes a tiny wiggle can get it off-center. I also cut a layer with the same punch with just a wider strip of paper. For a little bling, I used one Clear Epoxy Droplet. I think it was the perfect little bit of pizzazz on the card!
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Here is another way to use the Blossoms in Bloom Stamp Set along with the Many Layered Blossoms Dies. You can purchase the stamp set and dies. Then you will be all set to make something like my Blossoms In Bloom You Are Special Card.
These Blossoms In Bloom sample cards are ones I made just playing around with some new Stampin’ Up! products. They are all coming soon in the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog, going live on Wednesday, June 3rd!
With these cards, I wasn’t really trying to make anything special. I just wanted to play with the stamp set and mainly the dies to see how things worked together. But I think they turned out pretty well!
The stamp set is called Blossoms In Bloom and is one of the Distinktive stamp sets. This is what Stampin’ Up! says about Distinktive Stamps:
“Get photo-realistic style images with Distinktive stamps, available only from Stampin’ Up!. Distinktive stamps have a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step. They’re available in red rubber and photopolymer; look for the Distinktive icon. Distinktive patent pending.”
It may look like you didn’t ink up the stamp properly, but just stamp and try it out! If you have too much ink, you won’t see all the detail that this kind of stamp is designed to give. It should look like there were several steps involved in stamping that image but in reality you only had to stamp once!
All that being said, I first stamped the one large image of about five flowers in a bunch. I used Blushing Bride Ink on Whisper White Cardstock. Then I die cut the blossoms image out of Blushing Bride Cardstock with the thinner outline die. These dies are called the Many Layered Blossoms Dies. You will be able to purchase the Blossoms In Bloom Stamp Set and the Many Layered Blossoms Dies in a Bundle and save 10% buying them together. It might take a second to line up the die-cut over the stamped image. You just have to get all areas lined up since the die-cut is so thin and flexible. I used the teeniest dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the die-cut over the stamped image and I didn’t make a mess! Or you can sponge on the glue over a Silicone Craft Sheet or scrap paper. I just got lucky!
Another purpose of mine in making these cards was to try out the new In Color 2020-2022 Magenta Madness. It’s quite a color, and I kind of wanted to see what would go with it. Since this die-cut image is very large I opted to just go with Magenta Madness as the card base and no other layers. I die cut Whisper White with the thin blossom outline and adhered that to the Magenta Madness card base. I think it is rather striking and elegant looking with the white against the bold color.
On my third card, I die-cut Magenta Madness with the thicker outline die from the Many Layered Blossoms Dies. It also makes a great looking card just on it’s own with no stamping underneath. I did stamp some black dots in the center of the flowers before adhering to the card with the stamp in the set. The card base is Magenta Madness with a Whisper White layer and then the Magenta Madness blossom die cut.
I haven’t put greetings on these cards yet as my main purpose was trying out Magenta Madness as a color and trying the new dies along with the stamp set.
There are lots of creative possibilities with these stamps and dies so be sure to check it out when it is time to order from the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog June 3rd!
