Apple Harvest Greatest Gift

Hello and welcome back! It was so nice to get back to stamping tonight -- I've been stuck in the spare bedroom of my house for the last week with COVID. I'm still not feeling quite up to par but getting back into my craft room is definitely good for my mood! Anyhoo, here's today's card:

I created this for the challenges at Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches.

I stamped the flowers, apple, and sentiment with Early Espresso, then colored in the apple and flowers with Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' Blends. The apple is popped up on a die cut square and the flower squares were backed with Early Espresso cardstock to make them stand out a bit better. A few red rhinestones were added in the corners for some sparkle.

 This was a pretty quick and easy card to put together.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Apple Harvest

Paper - Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock; Very Vanilla, Real Red, and Early Espresso Cardstock; Gingham Cottage DSP

Ink - Early Espresso; Stampin' Blends: Real Red Dark and Light, Old Olive Dark and Light, Natural Deep (SU 200)

Accessories - Red Rhinestones Basic Jewels

Tools - Big Shot, Apple Blossoms Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Multupurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

PP 440, WWYS 218 & SIP 198 - Butterfly Gala

Hello and welcome back! It's been waaaaaaay too long since I posted but I was inspired this week by a couple of challenges.

I have several packages of this Botanical Butterfly paper from Sale-A-Bration, but hadn't yet opened it. When I saw that the colored butterflies matched the ones on the black and white paper, I knew I had to do this. The colored butterfly is simply fussy cut and layered on top! I glued down the center and popped up the wings with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. The trickiest part of this technique was figuring out where to cut the black and white paper so the colored butterfly would be well placed on the card front.

As you can see, there are lots of options depending on how you cut the paper. I also added some of the Gingham Gala ribbon from Sale-A-Bration to coordinate with the colored butterfly. 

Another trick I used was to edge the cut out butterfly with the Basic Black Stampin' Write marker to eliminate the white edge of the paper and to cover up any mistakes in my fussy cutting.

I think I'll be cutting some more of these butterflies tonight just to be prepared for the many cards I need to catch up on!

I'm entering these cards in the challenges at The Paper Players, What Will You Stamp?, and Stamp Ink Paper.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi



Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Butterfly Gala
Paper - Whisper White Thick Cardstock, Basic Black and Whisper White Cardstock, Botanical Butterfly DSP (retired)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight, Grapefruit Grove, Highland Heather
Accessories - Gingham Gala Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack (retired)
Tools - SNAIL, Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals 

SIP 118 & PCC 261 - Thank You Gift Box

Hello and welcome back! Today's project is for the "anything but a card" challenge at Stamp Ink Paper and the color challenge at Paper Craft Crew.

And here is today's project:

I've had this stamp set for almost a year and had not yet inked it up, so the SIP challenge offered the perfect opportunity. I have to say that the colors in the PCC challenge were not something I would have come up with on my own, so this project was a bit of a stretch!

I used Cajun Craze cardstock to create the box, added the Lemon Lime Twist in the ribbon, stamping, and inserts inside the box, and stamped the main part of the sentiment in Tranquil Tide.  I also added some stamping on the sides of the box with Tranquil Tide, but didn't stamp until the box was already assembled, so that didn't go as well as I'd hoped. Note to self: plan all stamping BEFORE assembly! :)

I popped up the sentiment on top of the box and threaded the ribbon underneath and tied the bow. The center of the sentiment was fussy cut and popped up with the Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. I love these little buggers!

Technique tip - To round the corners on the sentiment piece, I used the punch on the back side of the Envelope Punch Board.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi



Supplies used:

Stamp set - Window Shopping
Paper - Cajun Craze, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White cardstock
Ink - Lemon Lime Twist, Tranquil Tide
Accessories - Lemon Lime Twist Finely Woven Ribbon
Tools - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Window Box Thinlits, Envelope Punch Board, Multi-purpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

TGIFC#109 & PP#346 - Faux Dry Embossing

Hello and welcome back! Today's card is for two challenges - the inspiration challenge at TGIFC and the sketch challenge at the Paper Players.

Here is today's card:

I spent way too much time browsing on Pinterest today and found a wonderful technique video from Alisa Tilsner for faux dry embossing. With all of the dragonfly inspiration from Rochelle Blok, I thought this would be the perfect way to try it out!

I created my card base from Smoky Slate cardstock and then die cut 7 of the small dragonflies from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits and glued them onto the card front using the Tombow glue. I lined them up diagonally like Alisa suggests in her video. I was able to use some of the parts I cut off to fill in the empty spaces. Then I just added a banner of Pink Pirouette, a sentiment from Eastern Beauty, and a little sparkle with some Silver Glimmer Paper. It's a pretty simple card, but it packs a lot of punch, don't you think?

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

--Cindi



Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Eastern Beauty
Paper - Smoky Slate, Pink Pirouette, and Whisper White cardstock, Silver Glimmer Paper
Ink - Basic Gray Archival
Tools - Big Shot, Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits, Layering Squares Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Banner Triple Punch, Tombow Multi Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals