CSF Saturday Blog Hop - Favorite Jan-Apr DSP

Today's Create With Stamping Friends Saturday Hop theme is our favorite DSP from the new catalog or new Online Exclusives. Right now my favorite is the Lovely & Beautiful Specialty DSP. This particular pattern brings back happy memories of my great grandmother....I'm sure she had an apron with this print, or something very similar. She also loved African Violets, so I chose Fragrant Layers for the flowers.

The DSP was matted on Basic Black and adhered to the card base. The floral image was stamped and colored with Stampin' Blends, then a layer of Vellum was added using Adhesive Sheets. Adhesive sheets are perfect for adhering vellum without any obvious glue or Stampin' Seal spots showing. (The vellum softened the image and helped the heat-embossed greeting to stand out more.) It was also matted on Basic Black and popped up on the background DSP. Iridescent Pearls added a little shine and texture.

Measurements

• Card base: Basic White 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored/folded at 4-1/4"
• DSP:  Lovely & Beautiful 3-3/4" x 5"
• Mat: Basic Black 3-7/8" x 5-1/8"
• Image: Basic White 2-1/2" x 3-1/2"
• Mat: Basic Black 2-5/8" x 3-5/8" 

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori de Groot at Loritamarie Crafts.

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Stamps: Fragrant Layers, With You in Mind (greeting)
• Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Lovely & Beautiful Specialty DSP, Vellum Specialty Paper
• Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, VersaMark
• Stampin' Blends Combos: Fresh Freesia, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
• Accessories: Adhesive Sheets, Iridescent Pearls, Basics Wow! Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Product List

Fragrant Layers Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[167150]

With You In Mind Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164747]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

Lovely & Beautiful 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[166957]

Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[167099]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[155518]

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154892]

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

Adhesive Sheets

[152334]

Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels

[158987]

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165679]

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

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CSF Thursday Challenge - CSF902

This week's Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Challenge is a color challenge perfect for Valentine's Day:

I cut one of the large Lovely Doilies into quarters and adhered two pieces to the left side of 4" x 5-1/2" Bubble Bath cardstock, which was then adhered to the Poppy Parade card base.

The large heart die was used to cut Flirty Flamingo cardstock, and some scraps of Poppy Parade were used to cut the smaller heart and XO. One of the banner dies included in the die set was used for the Flirty Flamingo-stamped greeting with a cute little Bubble Bath bow added..

Product List

Endless Love Bundle (English)

[167062]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

Bubble Bath 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161718]

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141416]

Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119793]

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad

[161664]

Lovely Doilies

[167104]

Bubble Bath 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Faux Linen Ribbon

[167075]

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CSF Saturday Blog Hop - Fave New Jan-Apr Bundle

Updated! Today's Create With Stamping Friends Saturday Hop (first of the year!) theme is our favorite new Jan-Apr bundle OR January Online Exclusive bundle. I do like several bundles from each offering, but I chose an Online Exclusive called Fragrant Layers for today's card.

First, a piece of DSP was embossed with the All in a Row folder and adhered to the card base. Next, the "frame" was cut from Basic White (measurements given below). Then the floral image was stamped and filled with the filler stamps, with the centers of the flowers colored with Peach Pie Stampin' Blends. A light Lemon Lolly Stampin' Blend added the background color around the flowers.

The frame was laid over the image and aligned, then I lightly traced around the outside with a pencil and trimmed just inside the pencil marks to make the image fit behind the frame.

 

Measurements

• Card base: Basic White 4-1/4" x 11", scored/folded at 5-1/2"
• Frame: Basic White 2-3/4" x 3-3/4" 

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori de Groot at Loritamarie Crafts.

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Stamps: Fragrant Layers Bundle (January Online Exclusive)
• Paper: Basic White, Lovely & Beautiful Specialty DSP (January Online Exclusive)
• Ink:  Tuxedo Black Memento, Fresh Freesia, Granny Apple Green
• Stampin' Blends Combos: Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly
• Accessories: All in a Row Embossing Folder (Jan-Apr catalog), Antique Pearls, Baker's Twine Essentials Pack