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FLOATING FLOWERS

Hello – thanks for popping by. If you’re new to my posts, I’m Michele Miller and I live in Kangaroo Point, Queenlsand, Australia. I’ve been an Independent Stampin’ Up!© for just over 8 years and love what I do.

I usually share a new post each day with my latest projects. They are usually cards and 3D projects, although I plan to start sharing some scrapbooking/ memory keeping projects very soon (it’s been a long time since I actively scrapped). If you have been popping by regularly, you will know that over the past couple of weeks I haven’t posted as regularly because I have been recovering from a knee replacement but I’m “back” now!

Today’s project is another one using the You’re a Peach Suite, focussing on the Designer Series Paper.

I made a split front card so that I could create a cascade of fussy cut ‘floating’ flowers. I started by stamping the floral stamp, in Pale Papaya, down through the centre diagonal of the card front. Then, after cutting the DSP, it was adhered to the card front.

I used Mini Glue Dots to attach the flowers The greeting was stamped in Pear Pizzazz, cut using my Mini Trimmer and popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

A few 2021-2023 In Colour Jewels were added for a touch of bling. Strips of the DSP were used to finish the card insert and envelope. This is quite a simple card to make yet quite pretty. I think that it will make a lovely thank you card for someone. What do you think?

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.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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FRESHLY BREWED PROJECT

Hello and thank you for popping by. I hope you like today’s project.

It has been wonderful getting back into a creative routine. I made three projects yesterday but did not quite get around to posting them, so that’s what I’m doing today.

May be an image of coffee cup and text that says 'Freshly Brewed PROJEGTS'

It is Wednesday, so it’s time to post my Freshly Brewed Project blog hop card. This week’s theme is Case the Catalogue.

I focussed on the You’re a Peach Suite on pages 60-61.

There is a slight difference between the two cards. Can you see it?

The peaches were coloured using Calpso Coral and Pale Papaya. I inked the stamp directly onto the Pale Papaya stamp pad and then applied the Calypso Coral around the outer edge and through the centre of the peach using a sponge dauber. The leaves were stamped in Pear Pizzazz. Then I used the dies to cut the stamped images. These two paper desings are found on the same sheet of You’re a Peach Designer Series Paper. I used some of the blue spot paper to decorate the flap of the envelope and the card insert.

One of the amazing things about each of the Stampin’ Up!© catalogues is the incredible inspiration it provides. Every page has project after project that we can copy or adapt. This card was so quick and easy to CASe.

Make sure you pop over and see what the Freshly Brewed team has cased.

Happy stamping … and caseing.

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.

Product List
Peach Dies
[155829]
$40.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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PEACHY KEEN

Hello and welcome. If you’re new to my blog, I am so pleased that you have popped by. If you’ve popped by before, I appreciate that you have returned.

I am slowly catching up on my crafting and posts – and, hope to be ‘on time’ very soon (I try to schedule my posts at 9am each day).

Over the next few days I plan to share projects using the You’re a Peach Suite Collection.

YOU'RE A PEACH SUITE COLLECTION (ENGLISH)

For this project, I was inspired by my daughters’ love of Peach Iced Tea. So, I went looking for something that I could make a gift box for. Thank goodness for T2 products – I found their Packs a Peach tea bags. Now I must admit I thought the packaging wasn’t awful, but I also knew that I could create something just a little more special. The teabags are in super-cute triangular bags and there are 10 bags in the packet.

T2 Packs A Peach Tea Bags 10 pack | Woolworths
T2 Tea - Packs a Peach Tea Bag - Choice Pharmacy

The box they come in is larger than the box I made.

I chose three core colours, that coordinate with the You’re a Peach Designer Series Paper, for this gift box – Calypus Coral, Pale Papaya and Pear Pizzazz. Then I added some Basic White and White Vellum. The gift box base measured 9-3/8″x 8-3/4″ and was scored in at 3″ along all four sides. The lid measured 8-3/8″x 7-3/4″ and was scored at 2-5/16″ along all four sides – this ensures the lid is just a little larger than the base so that it fits over the base easily.

The DSP for the lid was cut 2-1/4″ high for all four panels and then 3-1/4″ for the front and back and 2-5/8″ for each of the sides. The DSP for the base was cut 2-7/8″ high for all four panels and then 3-1/4″ for the front and back and 2-5/8″ for each of the sides.

I used one of the Scalloped Contour Dies to cut Pear Pizzazz and White Vellum layers for the box top. The die was too wide for the top but I was able to reposition the die to make the finished layer narrower. The Pear Pizzazz layer was then stamped with the leaves and stems image from the Sweet As A Peach Stamp Set. A few drops of Multipurpose Glue were placed on this layer before the vellum was attached. The glue was hidden as soon as the peaches and flowers were adhered onto the vellum, using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The flowers and peaches were stamped using both Calypso Coral (stamped off) and Pale Papaya. I cut five double leaves in Pear Pizzazz and attached them with Mini Glue Dots.

The sentiments were stamped in Pear Pizzazz and Calypso Coral. The ‘Thanks for being as’ was cut using a die from from the Peach Dies and the ‘sweet as a peach’ was cut using one of the Scalloped Contours Dies. The final touches included adding Clear Wink of Stella onto the peaches and flowers, and then adding some of the Pale Papaya 2021-2023 In Colour Jewels.

These are some of the products I used for this gift box. Which ones do you have on your wishlist?

Who would you give this peach tea gift box to?

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.

Product List
Peach Dies
[155829]
$40.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00