Just Peachy Flowers

A piece of Peach Pie In Color DSP was lying on my desk and so it has been added to this card too - circles on circles.

Inspiration for colouring the teapot and flowers from Country Flowers has come totally from the Full of Life DSP.

 I've shared images of the main components used to make this set of cards, in case you are wanting to make similar cards.

 

Country Flowers Bundle

Full of Life DSP

Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder

 Stampin' Up! are promoting Bonus Days from 3rd July to 31 July. For every $90 you spend, you will receive a code to use in August to receive $9 off. You can use multiples of codes on the same order.

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums, and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

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Two Ways With Coloured Squares

Using a similar piece of Full of Life DSP for both these cards you can still achieve a different look. The same urn or bucket has been used with one coloured in and the other stamped on the denim-like paper from Country Lace DSP.

A small stamp from the Country Flowers stamps was stamped on some of the squares for added interest and this time colour was added to the word from Thoughtful Moments HEF with ink and a blending brush.

The second card has almost a card front-sized piece of DSP, although the squares were the guide for the size of this card front.

 If you are needing to replenish your stamping supplies, this may be a good month to do it.

Stampin' Up! are promoting Bonus Days from 3rd July to 31 July. For every $90 you spend, you will receive a code to use in August to receive $9 off. You can use multiples of codes on the same order.

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums, and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

Country Flowers stamp/die bundle

Full of Life DSP

Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder

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Country Flowers In The Pink

This is a simple design using a leftover strip of Full of Life DSP from another card front with the join covered with Petunia Pop ribbon.

The flower stamp from Country Flowers Bundle was stamped along one side of the card front, beginning with the middle image so it was balanced. Finally, with the colouring of sentiment and flowers finished using Stampin' Blends, we have a finished card.

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums, and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

Stampin' Up! are promoting Bonus Days from 3rd July to 31 July. For every $90 you spend, you will receive a code to use in August to receive $9 off. You can use multiples of codes on the same order.

 

Country Flowers stamp/die bundle

Full of Life 6" X 6" DSP

Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder

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Green & Leafy Country Flowers

Full Of Life DSP is a 6" X 6" pack of 48 different sheets of paper. I'm thinking there are probably 6 each of 8 designs, but it may also be 4 of 12 designs as there do seem to be a lot of variations. I have made a bunch of cards to share over the next little while.

 

Restricting myself to the Country Flowers Bundle and this paper, along with a bunch of sentiments using the Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder & Die was an enjoyable challenge this weekend.

Colouring with Stampin' Blends is probably the most enjoyable activity, and I love these images from Country Flowers. It was fun to experiment with shading the words too.

 Stampin' Up! are promoting Bonus Days from 3rd July to 31 July. For every $90 you spend, you will receive a code to use in August to receive $9 off. You can use multiples of codes on the same order.

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums, and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder

Full of Life 6" X 6" DSP

Country Flowers Bundle

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Great American Crafting Cruise Swaps

On 17th June Kathryn and I boarded Quantum of the Seas to join a total of 32 crafters, some with non-stamping friends in tow, but my hubby was happy to stay home for this one. Crafting with like-minded folk is just so much fun, and we were keen to participate in the fun of swapping cards too. You make a card for all participants including yourself, so 32 for this swap.

After you have decided on your design, the best way to tackle the task is to treat it as a production line.

Step 2: Cut the label from centre of matt.

Step 1: lay out 8 sheets of A4 Basic White and take to it with ink and brayer! I used all 5 In Colours for the background. I love the effect of the colours overlapping and used it in a card which I made earlier to introduce the In Colors. You can see it here.

Step 2: Night of Navy was used for the matt & label and I was economical and die cut the labels from the matt.

Step 3: cut, score & fold 32 card bases in Basic Beige.

Step 4: Brayer 'Hello' from the Thoughtful Moments folder & die cut. This required the cutting of strips of white card to fit.

Step 5: More die cutting, this time Petunia Pop or Pretty in Pink In Color Glimmer paper for another 'hello' using the Thoughtful Moments dies.

Step 6: Cut ribbon about the width of the palm of your hand (4-5"), trim the selvedges off, tie a knot in the middle and proceed to fray the ribbon to create a tassel.

Step 7: attach ribbon to bottom of label with a glue dot, add Dimensionals at each end of the label. Ribbon and glimmer paper are colour matched.

Step 8:  Layer 'hello' staggered slightly to show a shadow effect. Glue layer together then add to label. Place leaves partially under label, scatter flowers and rhinestones around.

 Step 9: Mass producing card insides. Cut 8 sheets of Basic white into 32 pieces and stamp. To make this easier I mounted both stamps from Country Flowers onto the one block.

Every card was slightly different, and yet somewhat the same. Thanks for dropping by, I'd love to hear what you like (or don't like) about these cards.

Happy crafting.

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Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums, and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.