Month: October 2019

Gingerbread House Centre-Step Card

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My Gingerbread House Centre-Step Card
My Gingerbread House Centre-Step Card

Today I am sharing with you my Gingerbread House Centre-Step Card using the Yummy Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set and the Cuckoo Clock Dies to create a fun winter scene. This card uses a fun-fold called a centre-step and looks very impressive when the card is open. There is a link to the centre-fold template at the end of this document.

Side View of My Gingerbread House Centre-Step Card
Side View of My Gingerbread House Centre-Step Card

I thought the Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper with all the snow people would be perfect to create my scene. There was a lot of colouring involved in this card, but I love to colour and had fun making it!

Flat view of my Gingerbread House Card
Flat view of my Gingerbread House Card

Supplies:

Stamp: Yummy Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set (150501)

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (147084), Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad (147115)

Paper: Coastal Cabana (131297), Real Red (102482), Whisper White (100730)

Accessories:  Big Shot (143263), Cuckoo Clock Dies (149632), Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper (150393), Real Red Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends (147935), Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack (147273), Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends (147938), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack (144603), Pool Party Light Stampin’ Blends Marker (144595), Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush (141897), Bone Folder (102300), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Coastal Cabana: 4 ¼” x 11” (see template)
  • Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper:
    • 2 pieces 4 ½” x 1” (snow people)
    • 4 ½” x 2 ¼” (falling snow for base of card)
    • 4 ¼” x 1” (snowbank from the larger snow people on DSP)
  • Real Red: 2 ¼” x 1”
  • Whisper White:
    • 2” x 1” (sentiment)
    • 3 ½” x 3 ½” (for gingerbread house)
    • scraps for trees

Instructions:

  1. Centre and stamp “Wishing you a …Christmas” in Soft Suede on the Whisper White.
  2. Stamp “yummy” in Real Red between the Soft Suede sentiment.
  3. Adhere the stamped sentiment to the Real Red cardstock.
  4. Stamp the gingerbread house and trees in Tuxedo Black Memento.
  5. Colour with the Blends the gingerbread house and trees.
  6. Use Wink of Stella on the peppermint candies and gumdrops.
  7. Cut the house and trees out with the Big Shot using the Cuckoo Clock Dies.
  8. Cut and score the base according to the template provided at end of this document.
  9. Attach the 2 pieces with snow people DSP (4 ½” x 1”) on the side panels of the card base with snail.
  10. Attach the snowbank DSP (4 ¼” x 1”) on the bottom card base panel.
  11. With snail, attach the falling snow DSP to the centre panel of the card base.
  12. Add the die cut ginger house to the centre panel with dimensionals.
  13. Attach the trees with dimensionals. Two in front of gingerbread house and 2 on side panels.
  14. Add the sentiment to the centre panel with dimensionals.

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Gingerbread House Card!

For a template on how to create a centre-step card, please click on the image.

Here is my Centre-Step Card Template with measurements for cutting and scoring your card base.
Centre-Step Card Template

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Pressed Petals Card

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My Pressed Petal Card
My Pressed Petal Card

Today I am sharing with you my beautiful Pressed Petals Card that I made for a friend’s birthday using the Pressed Petals Suite. I love how the Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper has photographic images of real pressed petals. So, I thought it would be appropriate to have a piece of vellum overlay like you would when you pressed real flowers in a book.

For the beautiful flower, I used the Pressed Petals Specialty Washi Tape to peel-and-stick flower petals together. What a unique and beautiful product! One tip is to use the Embossing Buddy on the back of the petals once you have created your flower. This will alleviate any stickiness that remains from the washi tape. I used the Perennial Essence Floral Centers for the centre of my flower, but I wanted it to match the centres of the flowers on the DSP. So, I dabbed it onto my Early Espresso Ink Pad to make it dark brown before adding it to my flower. A Mossy Meadow leaf die cut from the Wild Rose Dies completes the flower.

The Assembly of my Flower for my Pressed Petal Card
The Assembly of my Flower for my Pressed Petal Card

I couldn’t resist making a double bow with the Mossy Meadow Linen Thread from the Magnolia Lane Ribbon Combo Pack and some Linen Thread to string a leaf from the Bird Ballad Trinkets. A strip of the other washi tape from the Pressed Petals Specialty Washi Tape and a piece of Very Vanilla Scalloped Lace Trim line the top of the card. A scattering of pearls adds a nice finishing touch! 

My Focal Point Up of Flower and Sentiment Up Close
My Focal Point Up Close

Supplies:

Stamp:  Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set (Photopolymer 143666)

Ink: Merry Merlot Classic Stampin’ Pad (147112), Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad(147114)

Paper: Mossy Meadow (133676), Very Vanilla (101650), Merry Merlot (146979), Crumb Cake (120953)

Accessories:  Big Shot (143263), Petal Labels Dies (149635), Wild Rose Dies (149547), Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper (149500), Vellum Cardstock (101856), Pressed Petals Specialty Washi Tape (149585), Perennial Essence Floral Centers (149442 ), 1″ Circle Punch (119868), Magnolia Lane Ribbon Combo Pack (149485), Very Vanilla Scalloped Lace Trim (149593), Bird Ballad Trinkets (150457), Pearl Basic Jewels (144219), Embossing Buddy (103083), Bone Folder (102300), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements: 

  • Crumb Cake: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” 
  • Merry Merlot: 5 3/8” x 4 1/8”
  • Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper: 5 ¼” x 4”
  • Vellum Cardstock: 5 ¼” x 4”
  • Mossy Meadow: 2 pieces at 3 ¼” x 2” (for frame) and 2” x 2” (for leaf)
  • Very Vanilla: 2 pieces at 2 ½” x 1 ¼” (for sentiment) and 1 ½” x 1 ½” (for flower base)

Instructions:

  1. Stamp the sentiment in Merry Merlot on Very Vanilla.
  2. Cut it out with the Big Shot using the oval die from the Petal Labels Dies.
  3. Using the Big Shot, die cut the Mossy Meadow card stock with the matching Petal Labels Die.
  4. Adhere the sentiment and frame together.
  5. On the Big Shot, die cut the leaf from the Wild Rose Dies in Mossy Meadow.
  6. Punch the smaller Very Vanilla piece with 1″ circle punch.
  7. Using the punched circle as the base, layer 9 washi tape petals to create a flower.
  8. Add the die cut leaves to the bottom of the flower with glue dots.
  9. Take a floral centre from Perennial Essence Floral Centers and dab it into Early Espresso Ink Pad to colour it. Place in center of flower.
  10. Take Embossing Buddy and tap it to the bottom of the flower to remove any unwanted stickiness.
  11. Attach the vellum to the Pressed Petals Specialty DSP at the top with snail.
  12. Add a strip of washi tape to the top of the vellum.
  13. Add the Very Vanilla Scalloped Lace Trim underneath the washi tape.
  14. Fold the piece of Crumb Cake card stock in half to form the card base.
  15. Attach the Merry Merlot piece to the front of the card base.
  16. Attach the Pressed Petals Specialty DSP with vellum to the Merry Merlot.
  17. With dimensionals, attach the sentiment to the front of the card.
  18. Add the flower with glue dots to the vellum.
  19. String the trinket from the Bird Ballad Suite with the Mossy Meadow Twine and Linen Thread and tie into a bow. Tuck in trinket under flower with glue dots.
  20. Scatter 5 pearls on the front.

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Pressed Petals Card!

You will find the items listed above in my online store at:
https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/default.aspx?dbwsdemoid=2103981.

Thankful Cardinal Card

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Cardinal Thankful Card using the Stampin' Up! Toile Christmas Bundle
Cardinal Thankful Card using the
Stampin’ Up! Toile Christmas Bundle

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian Carding Buddies! Thought I would share a card using the Cardinal from the Toile Christmas Bundle for a Thankful Cardinal Card. I had a lot of fun colouring him with my Blends!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Toile Christmas (cling 150469), Country Home (Photopolymer 147678)

Inks:  Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad (147111)

Paper: Mossy Meadow (133676), Whisper White (100730), Cajun Craze (119684), Real Red (102482)

Accessories:  Big Shot (143263), Toile Christmas Bundle (cling 152367), Woodland Embossing Folder (139673 ), Bone Folder (102300), Stitched Nested Labels Dies (149638), Real Red Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends (147935), Basic Black Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends (147942), Cajun Craze Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends (147931), Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels (150457), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements: 

  • Cajun Craze: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” 
  • Mossy Meadow: 5 ¼” x 4”
  • Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper: 2 pieces at 3” x 4”
  • Whisper White: 2 pieces at 2 ¼” x 3 ¾” (sentiment) and 2 ¼” x 4 ½” (cardinal)
  • Real Red: 2 ½” x 4 ¼”
  • Scraps of Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Cajun Craze

Instructions:

  1. Stamp the cardinal in Tuxedo Black Memento on Whisper White.
  2. Using the Blends colour the cardinal.
  3. On the Big Shot, cut out the cardinal using the matching cardinal die from the Toile Christmas Bundle.
  4. Run the Mossy Meadow CS with the Woodland Embossing Folder through the Big Shot.
  5. Use the third largest nested die to cut the Real Red CS.
  6. Stamp the sentiment in Mossy Meadow on the Whisper White CS and die cut it using the fourth largest nested die.
  7. Using the scraps, die cut 2 branches of each colour.
  8. Fold the piece of Cajun Craze card stock in half to form the card base.
  9. Attach the embossed Mossy Meadow piece to the front of the card base.
  10. Use glue dots to attach the branches to the back of the Real Red CS.
  11. Attach the sentiment to the Real Red piece.
  12. Attach the sentiment piece with dimensionals to the front of the card.
  13. Tuck in cardinal and adhere with dimensionals.
  14. Add 5 Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels in various colours scattered on the front.

For Further Info:

You will find the items listed above in my online store at:
https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/default.aspx?dbwsdemoid=2103981.

Double Point Card Tutorial

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I have been asked to provide a Double Point Card Tutorial. So, here it is. There are lots of little surprises in this double point card. You get to lift the stitched nested labels to see the first sentiment and then you get to open the actual card to find another one! To learn how I made this double point card, please read further!!

Noble Peacock Double Point Card
Noble Peacock Double Point Card

Supplies:

Stamps:  Royal Peacock Bundle (cling 151100)

Inks: Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad (150083), Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin’ Pad (147138)

Paper: Blueberry Bushel (146968), Whisper White (100730), Noble Peacock Specialty Designer Series Paper (149493), Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper (149100)

Accessories:  Big Shot (143263), Royal Peacock Bundle (151100), Bone Folder (102300), Stitched Nested Labels Dies (149638), Night Of Navy Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack (144040), Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends (147938), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Blueberry Bushel: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” 
  • Whisper White: 2 pieces at 5 ¼” x 4”
  • Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper: 2 pieces at 3” x 4”
  • Whisper White (for peacock): 5 ½” x 2¾”
  • Noble Peacock Specialty Designer Series Paper: 4¾”” x 2¾”

Instructions:

On the Big Shot, cut out the second largest nested die from the Noble Peacock Specialty Designer Series Paper using the Stitched Nested Labels Dies

Stamp the sentiment “so very proud of you” in Blueberry Bushel in the centre of one of the 4″ by 5 1/4″ piece of whisper white cardstock.

On the other 4″ by 5 1/4″ piece of whisper white cardstock, stamp the other sentiment in the centre, “Here’s to…new adventures” in Blueberry Bushel.

Stamp the Peacock in Pretty Peacock onto the Whisper White card stock.

Stamp the tail feathers in Blueberry Bushel by lining it up with the peacock’s feathers.

Colour the peacock with the Night of Navy and Shaded Spruce Blends.

On the Big Shot, cut out the peacock using the peacock outline from the Detailed Peacock Dies.

Score the Perennial Essence DSP at 1” on the long side. Then fold the corners down to meet just above  the score line.

Folding of the Point for a Double Point Card
Folding of the Point for a Double Point Card

Adhere the 1″ by 4″ piece under the “Proud of you” 4″ by 5 1/4″ piece of whisper white cardstock.

Fold the piece of Blueberry Bushel card stock in half to form the card base.

Attach “Proud of you” piece to the front of the card base.

Front of Noble Peacock Double Point Card
Front of Noble Peacock Double Point Card

Attach the peacock with dimensionals to the Stitched Nest piece.

Add the Stitched Nest piece to the top point with dimensionals.

If you like, add a Velcro closure to the bottom point to help keep it closed when standing up.

Attach the other stamped Whisper White card stock to the inside of card base.

Inside of Noble Peacock Double Point Card
Inside of Noble Peacock Double Point Card

For Further Info:

I hope you found this Double Point Card Tutorial useful.