Author: mmmstampintime

Hello my crafty friends. Thank you for popping by to see my latest project.

Today’s project is for the current Colour INKspiration challenge #CI105.

It would too easy to make a card featuring flowers because of this gorgeous colour combination. So I decided to try something different.

I cut 1/4″ and 1/2″ strips of Fresh Freesia, Mango Melody and Old Olive card so that I could create a floating strips card.

I used the Stitched Stars Dies the cut several different sized stars. Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to ‘float’ them above the embossed base layer. The new Star-Crossed Embossing Folder was used to create the stars background.

The birthday greeting was cut using the Birthday Chick Dies and Foam Adhesive Sheets.

The party hat and birthday cake images are from the Party Puffins Stamp Set. I fussy cut and coloured them to coordinate.

The birthday cake was stamped on the card insert and then coloured. I added one of the stars to the front of the envelope. After I took these photos I went back and added some Clear Wink of Stella to the cake and hat.

I achieved the ‘not a flower in sight’ idea and am so happy with the end result.

This is a really cheerful birthday card. Who would you send it to?

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Party Puffins Cling Stamp Set [155054] $35.00	Birthday Chick Dies (English) [158200] $47.00	Stitched Stars Dies [150653] $66.00	Star Crossed Embossing Folder [156567] $13.00
Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock [155614] $15.25	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $15.50	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $15.50	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $52.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Very Vanilla C6 Envelopes [106589] $13.00

Hello to each of you who pop by, either regularly or for the first time. I amvery grateful to each of you and I hope that my project inspires you.

Today I am featuring one of the FREE Sale-a-bration stamp sets, Delicate Dahlias. I used the Distinktive stamp for the feature image of this card. The two smaller floral images were used to stamp the two background layers of the card, one for each layer.

This card has a very simple layout which is great for inexperienced card makers. The Blackberry Bliss card base was stamped with one of smaller flower images using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. The slightly smaller Blackberry Bliss layer was stamped with the other small floral image in black as well. The black is quite subtle against this rich purple colour.

The smaller layer had Black Stampin’ Dimensionals added to pop it up, adding dimension to the card.

I stamped the main Dahlia image using Blackberry Bliss on Basic White card. I used the same colour combination for the sentiment which is also from the Delicate Dahlias Stamp Set. Both of these Basic White pieces were trimmed down to ‘fit’ the space of the card front.

The sentiment was positioned over a strip of Basic Black card.

One of the smaller floral images was stamped on the card insert and envelope. A few Matte Black Dots were then added to the front of the card.

I know that this is THE CARD YOU DON’T REALLY WANT TO NEED and yet it is always timely to have at least one on hand because we never know what life will throw our way.

I prefer to have some sympathy cards on hand because I don’t want to need to make one when I hear such news. Are you like me? Do you have some on hand? Or, do you make them as you need them?

I will try to share a more uplifting project tomorrow.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Delicate Dahlias Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156601] $0.00	Matte Black Dots [154284] $12.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock [133682] $15.25	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $10.50	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello again! I am so pleased that you have popped by today.

Today’s post features a stamp set from the 2021 – 2022 Annual Catalogue and a FREE coordinating die set from the 2021 August – September Sale-a-bration Brochure.

Say hello to the Shaded Summer Stamp Set and the Summer Shadows Dies.

For this project I decided to use subtle colours – Petal Pink and Soft Sea Foam, as well as Basic White.

After I prepared the card base, I used white Stampin’ Emboss Powder to heat emboss the floral images on a smaller panel of Soft Sea Foam cardstock. Then I heat embossed the same images several times on to a piece of Petal Pink card. Then I fussy cut several of the flowers so that they could be adhered over the white flowers. I used Multi Purpose Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals to do this.

The birthday greeting is from the Shaded Summer Stamp Set and it was also heat embossed in white. It was cut using this die from the Seasonal Labels Dies.

I took a length of Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon into two slender widths before swirling and adhering them behind the greeting layer. Stampin’ Dimensionals were popped behind this label and then positioned on the front of the card.

The floral images were stamped on the card insert and envelope. Then I added Clear Wink of Stella to the Petal Pink flowers to add a little glimmer to the card.

Although I don’t put every product that I use in this last photo, in my posts, I do get to feature some of the key ones. And, of course, at the end of each post I present a graphic of almost everything I use.

Is there someone special you would send this birthday card to? I think I will keep this card for one of my nieces’ birthdays.

Util tomorrow, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Shaded Summer Cling Stamp Set [155783] $40.00	Summer Shadows Dies [156618] $0.00	Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $66.00	Petal Pink 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Organdy Striped Ribbon [149441] $14.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $15.25	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $15.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00
Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00