It took me a little longer to come up with this Lily Impressions Birthday Card, I have to admit. This was my first try with all the “Lily” products in the Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration Brochure and I found it a little difficult at first to use everything together. Not everything fits together perfectly, which is fine, but you just have to play with it and not expect everything to line up!
Once I really looked through the Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper, I thought it was beautiful and I couldn’t wait to make something with it. I chose the pattern that you see on the card, layered on Petal Pink (not a coordinating color but I liked it) and Blackberry Bliss for the card base. This designer paper does have a LONG list of coordinating colors!
The three flowers are all stamped with the Lovely Lily Pad Stamp Set. They are stamped on Petal Pink with Flirty Flamingo Ink. There is a stamp that you can use to “color in” the large flower but it doesn’t fit the shape exactly. But that’s okay! It just gives a different look! You could also stamp the flower and color it in yourself if you want it to be exact. The Lily Pad Dies don’t fit everything exactly either! AND some of the stamps are reversible so you can stamp the solid shape, clean the stamp, then turn it over on the block and stamp with the detailed image. To earn the Lily Pad Dies, you must spend $100, but just $50 for each of the stamp set and paper.
Watch the Stampin’ Up! video below to get an idea of how everything works from Shannon at the Home Office!
On this card, I popped up the large lily and glued down the smaller flowers flat. Then I die cut and added some Garden Green leaves. For a greeting, I chose “Happy Birthday” from the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set in the Occasions Mini Catalog. I stamped this in Flirty Flamingo and die cut with a shape in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies also in the Occasions Catalog. I wanted a bit of a layer but there isn’t a die for layering, so I just die cut a second one out of Flirty Flamingo Cardstock, cut it in half horizontally, and very carefully layered it under the greeting with just a tiny margin showing.
For the inside, since the Blackberry Bliss is so dark, you can add a Whisper White layer for stamping a greeting or writing a personal message, but I just grabbed a layer of Petal Pink and put that inside. And since I had an outline die cut leftover from my trials, I glued that to the inside corner for a little decoration.
If you feel like working with some really artistic paper, stamps and dies, I recommend all these Lily products available during Sale-A-Bration. You will make some beautiful cards with even just the Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper! But if you get all of the products, just play and experiment and see what you come up with!
