Nature’s Sweetness Suite Collection

My Birthday Notes Card

April 29, 2024 2 Comments

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Birthday Notes Card using the Nature’s Sweetness Suite Collection which includes the Notes of Nature Bundle, the Lovely & Sweet Bundle, the Nature’s Sweetness 12” x 12” Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Adhesive-Backed Cork Rounds all by Stampin’ Up! As I was exploring this gorgeous Suite, I ended up making 2 cards. I used one card for a swap, and this is the second card that I created. I will include a link to the other card at the end of this post. Some of these items are retiring! So, make sure you shop before they are gone!

The Details of My Birthday Notes Card

Like the other card, I thought it would be fun to continue the distressed field journal idea for my card front.

First, I stamped the Field Notes in Pecan Pie and added some distressing with the grunge stamp in Pebbled Path on the Basic White “page”. I added a Pecan Pie tab at the top and the die cut holes like a spiral notebook. To add a worn look to the “page”, I spritzed it with water and crumpled it. Then, by placing dimensionals in strategic locations on my unraveled “page”, I was able to keep a lot of dimension in it.

The sentiment was stamped in Pecan Pie, and I used a Pebbled Path label to make it pop from the “page”.

For this card, I decided to use the cross hatch and the text pieces of the DSP to create a booklet look behind my journal. To match the gold accents on the DSP I added a strip of gold foil on my base and die cut leaves on the Field Notes “page”.

The finishing touch was a scattering of Adhesive-Backed Cork Rounds that come in the Nature’s Sweetness Suite Collection.

Close Up of Field Journal Page — Close Up of Focal Point

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Notes of Nature Bundle (162640), Lovely & Sweet Bundle (162627)

Inks: Pecan Pie (161665), Pebbled Path (161648)

Paper: Pebbled Path (161722), Basic White (159276), Pecan Pie (161717), Gold Foil Sheets (132622), Nature’s Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper (162616)

Accessories: Adhesive-Backed Cork Rounds (162643), Stampin’ Spritzer (126185), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), water

Measurements:

Pecan Pie
- 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
- Scrap for Tab
Basic White (2 pieces):
- 3” x 4”
- Scrap for Sentiment
Pebbled Path
- Scrap for Label
Gold Foil Sheets:
- ¼” x 5 ¼”
- Scrap for Leaves
Nature’s Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper (2 pieces):
- 1” x 5 ¼”
- 3” x 5 ¼”

More Information on My Birthday Notes Card

To find out more about my other card using the Nature’s Sweetness Suite Collection, please click here or on the photo.

My Field Notes Card - a birthday card — My Field Notes Card

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My Field Notes Journal

March 26, 2024 2 Comments

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Field Notes Journal using the Nature’s Sweetness Suite Collection which includes the Notes of Nature Bundle, the Lovely & Sweet Bundle, the Nature’s Sweetness 12” x 12” Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Adhesive-Backed Cork Rounds all by Stampin’ Up! As I was exploring this gorgeous Suite, I ended up making 2 cards. I used this card for a swap, and I plan to share the other card at another time.

The Details of My Field Notes Journal

For my card, I thought it would be fun to create a distressed field journal of sorts for my card front with one of the pages “ripped out” filled with notes using the Notes of Nature Stamp Set. I even added a Pecan Pie tab at the top and the die cut holes like a spiral notebook.

First, I stamped the Field Notes in Pecan Pie and added some distressing with the grunge stamp in Pebbled Path on the Basic White “page”. To add a worn look to the “page”, I used a Blending Brush to brush some Pecan Pie ink along the edges.

Next, I stamped the crosshatch stamp in Pebbled Path in opposite corners on the card base for a tone-on-tone look. I thought that the Pecan Pie mat looked like the back of a leather covered notebook.

The sentiment was stamped in Pecan Pie, and I used a Pebbled Path label to make it pop from the “page”. The Basic White piece was also brushed with Pecan Pie ink for that worn look.

I love the beautiful Nature’s Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper with its gold accents. So, I decided to use different strips with the gold on my base. To match these strips, I die cut leaves in gold foil to give it unexpected shimmer to the Field Notes “pages”.