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A WEDDING GIFT FOR MY NEPHEW & HIS FIANCE

Monday posts are usually related to memory keeping. Today’s is about the start of new memories. My nephew, Will, is marrying his fiance, Madison, in September on a beach in Noosa.

After we received our invitation I contacted him and asked if would like me to create ‘thank you’ cards for them to send to their guests as a part of our wedding gift to them. I was delighted when they accepted my offer.

I created five different cards and asked them to tell me what style, layout, colours, textures, embellishments and greeting that they wanted.

They let me know that they wanted card #1 – my first and favourite design.

A week later, and after lots and lots of die cutting and embossing, I packed the 55 cards needed into decorated boxes and sent posted them.

I am looking forward to joining them, firends and family, in mid-September.

The basic recipe for this card – Thick Basic White card base; Peaceful Pine background layer; a Soft Waves embossed Thick Basic White layer; 8 Boutique Blossoms Die cut leaf stems in Basic White, Peaceful Pine and vellum; Words & Wishes die cut ‘thank you’ in Peaceful Pine & Basic White; and, white Shimmering Dots.

Will and Madison have 50 guests, so I made 55 cards – if they are anything like me, there will be some messy writing or errors.

I repurposed some empty kit boxes so that it looked like I was sending a gift.

Now for the tally – 55 Thick Basic White card bases, 55 Peaceful Pine background layers, 55 embossed Basic White layers, 445 die cut leaf stems (8 per card), 220 separate die cuts to create 55 ‘thank you’ greetings, 165 white Shimmering Dots, 55 x 24″ lengths of Linen Thread, and 55 envelopes.

I’m sure that I am not the only person who has created a gift of love for someone in their life.

This project is a way for me to show my nephew that we are still connected in a very meaningful way.

It is wonderful that my paper crafting can allow me to do this.

Toomorrow I will start sharing some projects using the Waterside Retreat Suite.

Until then, happy stamping and memorykeeping.

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FRIDAY FUN – A NOTEBOOK & A WINDOW GIFT BOX

I don’t have a Fun Fold card for you today but two other fun projects to share.

As I mentioned at the beginning of the week, I wanted to highlight the Velvet Meadow Specialty Designer Series Paper.

I knew as soon as I saw the DSP that I wanted to cover a notebook and I did!

I bought a two pack of A5 notebooks and used one of them as the base for this project.

The front and back flaps were covered with these DSP panels.

After carefully folding in the overlaps, I adhered them down. Then I added a panel of Berry Burst card inside the front and back notebook flaps.

I used the wonderful new Simple Alphabet Stamp Set to create the title for my notebook – “noted”.

The title was stamped in Peaceful Pine on Basic White card and was then cut using one of the Branching Out Dies.

This was then adhered to a Berry Burst panel that was cut using the next larger die.

A length of Berry Burst Shiny Ribbon was secrued to the back of the notebook and then wrapped around to create a securely tied bow.

The title label was then attached over the ribbon using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

My last project for the week is a decorated scallop window box.

For this project I cut a panel of the flocked DSP and cut out a scallop to coordinate with the window box.

Then I cut a Berry Burst scalloped layer.

After I adhered these layers to the top of the box I began decorating.

I used the Flowering Meadows Dies and the Velveteen Assortment Specialty Paper to create the flowers and leaves to decorate the top of the window box.

After stamping, punching and attaching the greeting I tied a small bow using the Bubble Bath Faux Linen Ribbon.

I hope that you have liked my projects this week – leave a message to let me know.

Next week I will feature another amazing new suite collection.

Until then, happy stamping and memory keeping.

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3D THURSDAY & 3 DIFFERENT SIZED MILK CARTONS

Today I have three decorated milk cartons to share with you.

They are all 2″x 2″ but vary in height. The smaller one is 1 3/4″, the medium is 2 3/4″ and the larger is 3 3/4″.

They also vary in base colour and the choice of Designer Series Paper.

The smaller milk carton has a Cloud Cover base; the medium has a Peaceful Pine base and the larger has a Daffodil Delight base.

Each of the milk cartons have coordinating Velvet Meadow Specialty Designer Series Paper attached.

Each of the greetings were stamped in coordinating colours and cut out using the 3 Banner Punch.

Each sentiment was then added to a panel cut using one of the Scalloped Blooms Dies.

Each milk carton was secured using three different ribbons – white Baker’s Twine, Berry Burst Shiny Ribbon and Peaceful Pine Bordered Ribbon.

The finishing touch was to add some of the Dreamy Flowers embellishments to the front of each carton.

Tomorrow I have a stationery project to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and memory keeping.

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