Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Another Botanical Card!

Another Botanical Card!

One of the nice bonuses to Stampin' Up designer paper is the fact it is double sided.  To take advantage of this I created this card with a fun fold to show off the other side of the paper.

Below is a list of the ingredients to make this card along with step by step and a video.  I think you get such a great bang for you buck on the Botanical Builder bundle.  It is item # 140819 and a total of $51.75.  The price also allows you to get a free item of your choice during Sale-A-Bration time!
So you can really maximize that $.

Hope you enjoy this card!

Item
Item#
Cost
Botanical Gardens Cardstock Pack
140584
$7.00
Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper
140583
$11.00
Botanical Die + Stamp Set
140625
$33
Whisper White Card Stock
100730
$8.50
Triple Banner Punch
138292
$23.00
Botanical Gardens Velum Stack
141019
 *
Perfect Pairings stamp set
141258
 *
Crystal Effects
101055
$6.25
Hello Honey Stamp Pad
133643
$6.50
 *Sale-A-Bration item, free with a $50 purchase.

Cut:
Card Base: Hello Honey (8 ½ x 11 cut in half)
Botanical DSP cut to 5 1/8 x 3 7/8”
Velum cut to 3 X 3 squares
Whisper White cut to 1 ½ x 5” then use triple banner punch to notch one end.


1.       Stamp Happy Day from the Perfect Pairings stamp set in Hello Honey on bottom edge of whisper white tag.
2.       Cut flower using Bigshot from the Cajun Craze card stock and one flower using hello honey cardstock.  Glue these together.
3.       Blue square of velum in the top right of card front.
4.       Place whisper white tag about ½” from the top lining the right edges up with the edge of card.
5.       Using bone folder score the top right corner of the DSP and secure using glue.  Place this on card front take care to make sure not to cover up the  “Happy Day” saying.
6.       Secure flower at corner of DSP card stock.


Monday, January 25, 2016

Botanicals

Botanical

I love seeing colors used together that I wouldn't normally put together myself.  The Botanical Designer Paper in the new Occasions Catalog does just that. Below you will find one card my club did using this stamp set and matching designer paper.  The Botanical line combines one of my favorite greens Mossy Meadow (the other fav is Wild Wasabi), Hello Honey and an unexpected Cajun Craze.  I hadn't really looked at this color much until now.  Feel free to message me and I can pull together a kit for you to make this card!


Item
Item#
Cost
Soft Suede Card Stock
115318
$7.00
Mossy Meadow Card Stock
133676
$7.00
Botanical Die + Stamp Set
140819
$51.75
Whisper White Card Stock (Spare piece)
100730
$8.50
Scalloped Tag Topper Punch
133324
$23.00
Large Oval Punch
119855
$16.00
Linen Thread
104199
$4.50
Sprinkles of Life Stamp Set (sentiment)
139971
$21
Mossy Meadow Stamp Pad
133645
$6.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
132708
$6.00

Cut:
Card Base:  one half of 8 ½ x 11” soft suede
Mossy Meadow card stock: one piece cut to 4 7/8 X 3 5/8, another cut 1 ½” x 4” then trip ends using tag punch.
Oval from whisper white card stock
Botanical DSP cut 1 4 ¾ x 3 ½”
1.       Using Mossy Meadow Stamp Pad stamp the               leaf center onto the corresponding leaves. 
2.       Using the Tuxedo Black pad stamp the center of the flowers using the corresponding stamps.           
3.       Glue Botanical DSP onto Mossy Meadow card stock to form base of card.
4.       Using Mossy Meadow ink stamp sentiment from Sprinkles of Life onto whisper white oval.
5.       Wrap linen thread around mossy meadow tag and secure using glue.
6.       Glue oval onto tag
7.       Glue Mossy Meadow & DSP onto card front.
8.       Glue tag at the center of the Botanical DSP and glue onto card.