CCM Saturday Hop - Evergreen

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is shades of green and two of the new In Colors, Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent, are perfect for this! I used both on this card, along with other new goodies and some old favorites. This birthday card would work for a man or a woman!

I began with an Evening Evergreen card base and added a Tasteful Textile 3D embossed white background (3-3/4" x 5"). The scalloped background for the Evening Evergreen fern frond was cut with one of the Scalloped Contours Dies from Soft Succulent cardstock.

The greeting was stamped in Evening Evergreen and then cut with another die from the Scalloped Contours Dies and popped up on dimensionals over a loop of gold cord (Simply Elegant Trim). A few Genial Gems completed the card.

That's my share for today. Now click the Next button to jump to Libby Fens at Libby Stamps, or the Back button to see what Mary Brown at Stamper Camper's Corner has made!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Elegantly Said Cling Stamp Set
• Basic White, Evening Evergreen, and Soft Succulent Cardstock
• Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad
• Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
• Scalloped Contour Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies
  
• Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder
• Simply Elegant Trim, Genial Gems
• Liquid Multipurpose Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals
  

 

 

Tutorial Tuesday - Floating & Fluttering

Isn't this just gorgeous?! I'm so fortunate to be a part of such a talented group of demonstrators who are willing to share with others! Busy day today, so I'll keep it short.... have a lovely week!

Supplies:
•    Stamp Sets: Floating and Fluttering (154424), Free as a Bird (149468)
•    Cardstock: Pool Party (122924), Basic White (159276), Calypso Coral (122925), So Saffron (105118)
•    Ink:  Pool Party (147106), So Saffron (147109), Calypso Coral (147101), Memento Black (132708), VersaMark (102283)
•    Tools & Accessories: Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine (149653), Fluttering Dies (154318), Ornate Layers Dies (152726) Opal Rounds (154289), Lovely Labels Pick a Punch (152883), Stampin’ Emboss Powder White (109132), Heat Tool (129053), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813)
•    DSP:  Fine Art Floral Design Series Paper (154558)

Measurements:  
•    Card Base: Pool Party 8 ½” x 5 ½”, score at 4 ¼”
•    Cardstock #2: Basic White 5 ¼” x 4”, 4 ½” x 3 ½”, ¾” x 3” for stamping sentiment
•    Cardstock #3: Pool Party 2” x 2” for stamping, 1” x 4” for sentiment
•    Cardstock #4: So Saffron 2” x 2” for stamping
•    Cardstock #5:  Calypso Coral 2” x 2” for stamping
•    Design Paper:  Fine Art Floral Design Series Paper ½” x 4” six strips of coordinating colors.

Instructions:
•    Adhere Basic White Cardstock to the Pool Party Card Base using Stampin’ Seal.
•    Cut 6 stripes of the Fine Art Floral DSP each ½” x 4” using the textured colored side of the DSP.  Adhere the six strips to the Basic White cardstock with Stampin’ Seal. 
•    Using the second largest rectangle die from the Ornate Layers Dies and cut from Basic White piece 4 ½’ X 3 ½”.
•    With Pool Party Ink, So Saffron Ink and Calypso Coral Ink use the Blending Brushes to apply the ink blending as you work across the die cut layer.  Center and adhere to the Basic White card stock centering over the strips of DSP with Stampin’ Seal.
•    Using the large group of Butterfly stamp in the set, begin by masking off all of the design except for the largest butterfly.  Apply Versamark to stamp and then remove masking and stamp on the Pool Parry cardstock.  Apply White Embossing Powder to the stamped cardstock and then heat with the Heat Tool.  Repeat the process on the So Saffron and Calypso Coral cardstock.
•    Using the large outline butterfly die from the Fluttering Dies, cut out each butterfly then adhere to ornate layer in the appropriate color areas with Mini Dimensionals.
•    Using Memento Black Ink, Free as a Bird stamp set and the ¾” x 3” Basic White piece, stamp the sentiment.  Using the Lovely Labels Punch, punch the design on each end of the sentiment. 
•    With the 1” strip of Pool Party punch both ends of the strip making sure it is sized right for the sentiment strip.  Adhere the sentiment strip to the Pool Party strip with Stampin’ Seal.  Apply Dimensionals to the back side and place centered on the Ornate Layer. 
•    Apply Opal Rounds to the front of the card. 

Product List

Floating & Fluttering Photopolymer Stamp Set

Free As A Bird Cling Stamp Set

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Fine Art Floral 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Versamark Pad

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Fluttering Dies

Ornate Layers Dies

Lovely Labels Pick A Punch

Opal Rounds

Stampin' Seal

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

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The Control Freaks Flower Garden

This month's tour theme is Flower Garden - my favorite theme! But a funny thing happened on the way to the tour (I'll tell you about it at the end). If you just landed here from Tami's blog welcome! Weren't her projects amazing? Follow the links at the end of each page to go on to the next stop on the hop. There are nine of us today, so you should see lots of inspiration!

My first card features the Hand-Penned Petals bundle, with a scalloped die cut from the Color & Contour bundle used next. Pale Papaya and Granny Apple Green are just so soft and pretty in real life.

Some Open Weave Ribbon and 2021-2023 In Color Jewels added the perfect feminine touch. (I'm sad that the Subtle 3D embossing folder is retiring May 3rd. I use it a LOT.)

The next card features the Color & Contour bundle, with a few other new goodies as well. I love the pop of Polished Pink against the black & white of True Love DSP.

The die-cut curve was made with the Basic Borders Dies and the twine is from two new packs - Baker's Twine Essentials Pack (five neutrals!) and Simply Elegant Trim (gold & silver cord).

And those tiny little flowers! Sooo adorable, and just perfect for a little something extra!

So....this afternoon I knew we had a hop scheduled, but I knew it was about flowers and I thought, "No prob! I have lots of floral images to play with, including some new goodies, so I can knock out a few cards in a few hours." Then I went to the chicken coop to gather eggs and throw the girls a treat. While I was there, I decided to straighten the feed room a bit. Next thing I knew, three hours had gone by, it was two hours until deadline, I still needed to feed the fur kids, cook supper for my husband, come up with a design, take pics and write a blog post. EEEEK! So, even though I had lots of ideas swirling in my noggin, these two were all I could pull off, given the time frame!

Up next is Melissa Davies, at the Rubber Funatics. She's going to knock your socks off, I'm sure!