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Layers of Beauty Celebrate Card

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Layers of Beauty Celebrate Card

Although I started out planning to make a different card with some extra diecut flowers I had lying on the table, I changed my mind and decided I wanted to color with the new Stampin’ Blends in the In Colors. And something pretty to color would be the floral stamp in this Layers of Beauty Celebrate Card. This would make a pretty Mother’s Day card (Sunday!) or a card for almost any occasion. It’s great to use the one big die to cut out the flowers!

This card starts with a card base of Summer Splash Cardstock. (I sure wish they wouldn’t have picked two colors so close together in tone that I can’t tell them apart!) I added a layer of Basic White to set off the designer paper I picked for the top layer. This is in the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper and is the paper that is a wash of Pretty in Pink, white, and Peach Pie. It makes a fairly solid background but with just a subtle “wash” of colors.

The big grouping of flowers is in the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set. As I mentioned, the Layers of Beauty Dies are great to have to cut out this large floral piece. If you purchase the Bundle, you will save 10%…PLUS this Bundle includes the Decorative Masks! You will find the Bundle on page 57 of the new Annual Catalog. The Bundle price is listed in the bottom pink border around the samples at the top of the page. (This new catalog is a bit of a scavenger hunt!). The Layers of Beauty Bundle (163519) is priced at $56.50 instead of the full price for all three products at $63.00.

The flowers are stamped with Memento Ink and then colored in with some new In Color Stampin’ Blends. I used Pretty in Pink Light on the roses plus a few daisies and added a few scribbles of Peach Pie as well to the roses. Then I even added a little more of the Dark Pretty in Pink on the roses. The purple daisies are Petunia Pop and the leaves are Shy Shamrock, both Dark and Light. I colored in the whole piece, then diecut and figured out which way the flowers would fit on the card. I just glued it flat but you could pop it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is in the Simply Said Stamp Set. The stamp says “Let’s Celebrate” but I inked up only the Celebrate word with Pretty in Pink. After I had it cut to the length I wanted the greeting to be, I inked up the edges just a little bit by placing each edge on the ink pad to pick up a little ink. This helps it to stand out a little bit on the card. I popped this up with two Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For some optional bling, I added three Iridescent Foil Gems on the card. Change the greeting to whichever one you like for your recipient or occasion. With a little coloring, this is an easy card for anyone to make!

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Textured Floral Mother’s Day Card

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Make this card, the Textured Floral Mother’s Day Card, for someone special to you on Mother’s Day or add a greeting for whatever occasion you need. You can do some stamping and some diecutting and then you can design your card!

I tried to make this card with mainly the new In Colors 2024-2026. I chose Pretty in Pink for the card base with a Basic White cardstock for the layer. I stamped quite a few flowers and leaves from the Textured Floral Stamp Set and then diecut them with the Textured Floral Dies. I wanted to have plenty to choose from when I put the card together.

The large flower is stamped in Pretty in Pink ink, and the smaller flowers in Petunia Pop ink and Peach Pie ink. The leaves are stamped in Shy Shamrock ink. The diecut foliage at the top is cut from Summer Splash Cardstock, just to get that color in!

The greeting is stamped in Pretty in Pink Ink and is in the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set. I didn’t leave much space for a greeting on this card so I had to choose something rather small. Even if you don’t have a “Happy Mother’s Day” greeting, you can use other ones that would still be fitting for your mother, grandmother, aunt, or whoever you are sending a card to. In this case, this “Grateful For You” greeting, appropriate for a mother, was still just a tiny bit too big even after I cut all around it. So I just cut off the “for you” and made it work! Maybe you will plan better than I did, or start with your greeting and fit the flowers around the greeting.

I loved using the new In Color 2024-2026 Shimmer Gems on this card! They are so pretty in color and have that faceted top. I used the Pretty in Pink, the Peach Pie, and the Shy Shamrock colors of gems.

You can use a different floral stamp set and dies to make a card similar to this one. Use what you have because you probably have something, maybe even this former Textured Floral Bundle. In the new catalog, the stamp sets that are returning from previous catalogs appear in the new catalog in the “Encore” section, starting on page 74 and going through page 80.

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12 so get your card(s) made and I hope you receive some cards, too!

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Pansy Patch Card For a Special Day

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Pansy Patch Card For a Special Day

This card is an easy way to make pansies if you don’t want to bother with the smaller die-cut pieces, and this Pansy Patch Card For a Special Day is perfect for Mother’s Day! Add whatever greeting you like or need for the card and it will be perfect for almost any occasion.

To make the pansy, just use the Pansy Dies to cut out the one large and two smaller pansy petals in Basic White. You could also use light colors of cardstock and still do what I did also. I used the Blending Brush along the edges of the pansy petals to color just/mostly the edges and then assembled them. I happened to use Mango Melody, but it is very light so it almost matches the paper in the background that is another color. The leaves and flower stem for the bud are Granny Apple Green. Even the two pieces of the flower bud are Basic White with just a bit of ink blended on them. If you don’t have the new Blending Brushes (so soft!) use a piece of a Stamping Sponge that you probably already have or a Sponge Dauber.

Actually, I was undecided on how I wanted to use one of the pretty Pansy Petals Designer Paper on the card. The design I have just kind of accidentally happened! I used the Bumblebee pattern for the main layer on the card and was going to die-cut a rectangle piece out of some colored cardstock. But I also wondered about the opposite side of the paper which had all these small pansies. I laid a scrap of it down on the card just to place the die-cut pansy on top and see how it would look with it but not necessarily behind it and I liked the look as it was! The pansy still stood out well enough against the print, especially when I popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is stamped with part of the stamp in the Hand-Drawn Blooms Stamp Set and then die-cut with just the middle portion of the Banner Blooms Die where the greeting would go. Then I just trimmed the stamped banner piece away from the rest of the bouquet die-cut and flagged the plain end.

This is actually a pretty easy card to make for Mother’s Day or to send on any day!

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Bird Ballad Laser-Cut Mother’s Day Card

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Bird Ballad Laser-Cut Mother's Day Card

Mother’s Day is coming on Sunday so if you need to make a card, you might take some inspiration from this Bird Ballad Laser-Cut Mother’s Day Card. Part of the beauty of this card is the fancy laser-cut design but all you have to do is open the pretty tin that the cards and envelopes come in! Then decorate a little bit without taking away from the beauty of the laser-cut design.

The Bird Ballad Laser-Cut Cards and Tin are on the retiring list and you will find it in the Last-Chance category of the Stampin’ Up! Online Store. It is even discounted so a great deal! Not only will you have the pretty cards ready to use plus the envelopes with a fancy flap, but you will have the tin to save for yourself or give as a gift, maybe with some laser-cut cards inside!

If you want to add color to the laser design, you can do it one of two ways. On this card, I adhered the Petal Pink cardstock to the inside of the card front. This piece is cut just a bit smaller than the card front so that I could use the Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere inside the narrow outer frame of the laser-cut front and a few tiny dots in the center of the card. The other easier way is to adhere the Petal Pink cardstock to the inside of the card and let the laser-cut front be completely open.

To decorate the card, I wanted to use the pretty Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper before it retires. I think this paper is so pretty, sometimes both sides of it! I used the 2 1/4″ Circle Punch to punch the little bird and branch. Then I went to my Big Shot and used the Stitched Shapes Dies to die-cut a Petal Pink layer. I think I should have just used a regular circle die-cut because the punched image didn’t fit perfectly in between the stitching, as it turned out. But that’s okay! No one will notice except you and me! For the Mint Macaron layer, I used a scalloped Layering Circles Die. I think it is just enough without covering too much of the laser-cut design.

Then choose a greeting. If you are making a Mother’s Day card, you will find this greeting in the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set. You can make this same card for a birthday, congratulations, sympathy, or thinking of you. Just change the greeting or even leave off a greeting if you just want to write a personal note inside. Not every single card has to have a greeting or sentiment on the front!

Here is an example of another card I made last summer using the laser-cut cards.

The Bird Ballad Designer Paper is on the Last-Chance List and is discounted, so get some while you can or restock your stash! While supplies last, of course! I used to hear of people who would keep three packages of the same favorite designer paper on hand…..one package to use now, one to use later, and one to hang on to so they would always have some! The more supplies I accumulate, the more I think it is better to use up what you have because there will always be MORE new things! And we always want the new things! However, I do really think this Bird Ballad Paper is very pretty, one of my favorites!

A bonus is that not only do you get the tin to save and use, but you get pretty envelopes for your laser-cut cards. One thing you can do to make an envelope even prettier is to cover the flap with designer paper! I just took a scrap that would cover the whole flap, spread the Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the outside of the flap and placed the paper on the flap, lined up with the top edge. Then I just cut off the excess from the underside of the flap.

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Happy Mother’s Day Bird Ballad Floral Card

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Happy Mother's Day Bird Ballad Floral Card

Mother’s Day is coming up in just a week, on Sunday, May 10th, so it’s time to make any Mother’s Day cards that you need, like this Happy Mother’s Day Bird Ballad Floral Card. Whether you are still lucky enough to have your mother to send a card or a mother-in-law, grandmother, daughter, aunt, whomever, it’s time to make some cards!

This is a pretty simple card design so you won’t have any trouble making a card like this one. I already decided I wanted to use the Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper, which is retiring and is discounted as I write this! It’s beautiful paper, I hate to see it go, so get yours (or get more!) while you can! It will only be available until June 2, while supplies last.

The card base is Calypso Coral Cardstock and there is a layer of Old Olive underneath the Bird Ballad DSP. I thought the Old Olive helped set off the designer paper. I chose the lovely floral pattern of paper. I have always really liked this pattern! There just are lots of good papers in the Bird Ballad DSP!

The Old Olive ribbon is from the Ornate Garden Suite. It comes in a combo pack with a Terracotta Tile color. I tied the bow separately and adhered it with Mini Glue Dots.

The greeting is from the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set. This same card, colors, and paper could be used for lots of other occasions, you can just change the greeting.

I used the Stitched So Sweetly Dies to die cut the greeting and also the layer underneath the greeting. The Calypso Coral layer actually has most of it hidden, with only the top and bottom curved parts showing!

With Mother’s Day next Sunday, it’s time to make a card or more than one card, especially if you need to mail them. If the card gets there early, the recipient will just have more time to enjoy it!

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Thinking of You Card With Perennial Essence Paper

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Thinking of You Card With Perennial Essence Paper

The other day I was looking through the Perennial Essence Designer Paper and was reminded how beautiful it is so I came up with this Thinking of You Card With Perennial Essence Paper. It’s a basic simple card design, you can make this card with an even easier look. It just depends on how you want to design your card.

The Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper is designed with handpainted impressionistic images. While you might think that isn’t your cup of tea, when you see the paper it really is beautiful and the paper has so many coordinating colors. For this card, I chose the beautiful white flowers that coordinate with Petal Pink, for one color. I used Petal Pink as the card base with a layer of Whisper White in between the colored cardstock and the designer paper.

The Perennial Essence Designer Paper is even discounted in price in the Last-Chance Products! Usually, you can count on almost all designer paper to be retired to make room for new patterns in the new catalog!

Before adhering the designer paper to the cardstock, I adhered some Petal Pink 1/4″ Metallic Edge Ribbon around the side of the designer paper. I tied the bow separately and stuck it on with Mini Glue Dots. That’s a little easier getting it oriented exactly how you want it rather than tying it onto the ribbon.

For the greeting, you can choose almost anything! If you are lucky enough to have a mother or grandmother to send a Mother’s Day card to, this card would be lovely. Actually you could even use this greeting if you didn’t have a Mother’s Day greeting. And with the world in the situation it is in right now, this card and greeting is perfect to send to almost anyone in our lives, because who are we not thinking of with all of our heart? This greeting is in the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set. I am so glad this set is carried over to the new catalog!

The greeting is stamped on Whisper White Cardstock in Petal Pink Ink and die cut with one of the rectangle dies in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. As I write this, these dies are “Unorderable” but they should be available soon. And they will be in the new catalog! I like these dies! Then the greeting is layered on another Petal Pink die cut from the same set. And I couldn’t resist adding a little bit of bling in the empty space! I added two Petal Pink Rhinestone Jewels to the top and bottom of the die-cut. These pink rhinestones of various shapes are in the Last-Chance products at a discounted price!

Mother’s Day is coming May 10th so get ready by making a card like this Thinking of You Card With Perennial Essence Paper or change the greeting for almost any other occasion.