Lovely Friends Sneak Peek

Large greetings are really trendy right now, and the new Lovely Friends stamp set is tres chic! I love the greetings and ways that they can be combined. For this project I kept it simple, choosing to show off the gold patterned paper in Eastern Palace Specialty DSP (available in the Early Release bundles). The greeting is heat embossed in gold, then adhered to the Fresh Fig mat. These colors look so rich together!

I wanted to add some flowers, but had a tough time deciding which ones I liked the best, size-wise. I finally settled on the three smaller blossoms in Falling Flowers, because the May Flowers Framelits that match meant I didn't have to fussy-cut them. Yes, sometimes I'm lazy like that!

I had a gold die cut from the Flourish Thinlits in my bits box, which added an extra touch of shine. That box really is pretty useful sometimes!

The flowers were stamped in Fresh Fig on Whisper White cardstock, then I used a Blender Pen to pull some of the color into the image.

The two larger blossoms were popped up on dimensionals, and some Pearls Basic Jewels were added to the flower centers. Made for a quick and easy card!

Measurements
 Greeting: Whisper White 3-1/2" x 4-1/2"
 Mat: Fresh Fig 3-5/8" x 4-5/8"
 DSP: Eastern Palace 4' x 5-1/4"
 Card base: Fresh Fig 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored & folded at 4-1/4"

Product List

Lovely Friends Photopolymer Stamp Set

Falling Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Eastern Palace Starter Bundle

Eastern Palace Premier Bundle

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Fresh Fig 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad

Blender Pens

Versamark Pad

Heat Tool

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

Big Shot

May Flowers Framelits Dies

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

Fast Fuse Adhesive

Stampin' Dimensionals

Falling Flowers Bundle

You may have noticed that when I pull out a stamp set, I make a couple (or several) cards with it before putting it away. This is one example. I had stamped and embossed the swirl when I was starting the butterfly card, but decided not to use it for that card. So here was a swirl, waiting to be used. I hopped on Pinterest for inspiration, and this card struck me. I did change quite a few things, but you can see the basic design elements are there.

Did you know you can heat emboss any color you want? All you have to do is ink up your stamp with VersaMark ink first, and then with any dye ink. Stamp the image and cover immediately with clear embossing powder. Tap off excess powder and heat set it. Note: Make sure you clean your stamp each time you use it.... you do NOT want to stamp your VersaMark pad with dye ink still on the stamp!!!

As mentioned before, the Falling Flowers stamp set and coordinating May Flowers Framelits will be carried over to the new catalog, but not as a discounted bundle. That way Stampin' Up! can offer new bundles in the new catalog. I counted twenty-four bundles!!!

Are you excited about the upcoming catalog release? I sure am, especially since I get to preorder things starting on Tuesday! *Happy dance!* If you have placed an order with me in the past six months, I will be sending you the new catalog within the next two weeks, so be on the lookout!

Product List

Falling Flowers Clear-Mount Bundle

Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set 

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

Versamark Pad

Heat Tool

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

Big Shot

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

Stampin' Dimensionals

Tea Lace Paper Doilies (RETIRED)

Butterfly on Falling Flowers

I am happy to report that both the Falling Flowers stamp set and the Butterflies Thinlits are carrying over to the new catalog, yippee! The past few days I've been spending a lot of time outside getting things ready for the garden and have seen LOTS of butterflies (hooray for pollinators!), which was the inspiration for this card. We had some crazy rain last week so the garden was too mucky to do anything. Yesterday I went out to pull some weeds and see if any of the asparagus crowns that I planted are sending up shoots. I found one tiny wisp of a spear! I hope in another couple of years we will have enough to harvest.

Here's the "How To"
 Background: Sweet Sugarplum 4" x 5-1/4"
 DSP: Succulent Garden 1" x 4"
 Butterfly: Succulent Garden DSP and Vellum 2-1/2" x 3-1/2"
 Card base: Sweet Sugarplum 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored & folded at 4-1/4"

1. Cut DSP butterfly using Butterflies Thinlits and Vellum butterfly using Bold Butterfly Framelits. Adhere together with glue dots, add Pearls Basic Jewels and set aside.
2. Stamp swirl from Falling Flowers using VersaMark ink on background cardstock so that bottom of swirl is approx. 1-1/4" from bottom edge. Highlight with gel pen, chalk marker, or extra fine point Sharpie.*
3. Adhere DSP strip to bottom. Wrap a 5-1/2" length of ruched ribbon around and adhere ends to back, so that top of DSP is just barely covered.
4. Stamp greeting (retired greeting used here) in Rich Razzleberry ink.
5. For the bow, cut 2-1/2" ribbon, overlap ends 1/2" and fasten with a glue dot forming a loop. Lay it on the wrapped ribbon with the cut end centered behind the loop and tie in place with white baker's twine. Note: it helps to have an extra hand to hold it while you're tying. I like using these reverse tweezers.*
6. Adhere background to card base with dimensionals.
7. Adhere butterfly to card with dimensionals.

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Product List

Falling Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Succulent Garden Designer Series Paper

Versamark Pad

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad

Big Shot

Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies

Butterflies Thinlits Dies

Sweet Sugarplum 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon

Twine Baker's Whisper White

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

Stampin' Dimensionals

Glue Dots