Impressions Abloom, Simply Said, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. I changed it a bit to suit my supplies and needs. The original card can be found here. Please read on to see how it was made. There were no instructions so I had to use my best guess.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a  4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Perennial Lavender" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card base.

Next I cut the Basic White oval using the die from the "Impressions Abloom" bundle. 

The flowers are from that same bundle and were stamped using Gorgeous Grape for the details and Highland Heather for the solid part of the flowers. The centers were stamped using Pecan Pie ink. 

The leaves were cut next. I used Granny Apple Green card stock and the dies from the same bundle. 

I laid the flowers on the oval so I could see where the wording would go. I used the "hello" from the "Simply Said" set and it was stamped using Gorgeous Grape ink.

The flowers were added next. I started with the large flower on the left. I used a few dots of glue on the center area of the flower. The second large flower was set in place using a Dimensional on the center and the smaller flower had a small Dimensional added to the center. Once the flowers were in place the greenery was added.

I removed the bottom leaf from the long stem of leaves. I added a little glue to the bottom leaves and stem and slipped it under the large lower flower. I took the leaf I cut off and added a little glue to the end and slipped it under the large flower. The two other fan looking leaves were glued in place under the large flowers.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the oval and it was set in place on the front of the card.

I didn't like how bright the center of the flowers looked so I took my Wink of Stella pen and colored it in. It picked up a bit of the Pecan Pie color and it toned down the brightness of the white.

I had some retired dots from the "Halloween Night" package. It's what I had that matched and I need to use up my stash.

This was a fun card to make and I do like how it turned out.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Simply Said, Impressions Abloom, Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see the original card here. This will open up to a new window so you won't lose your place here. I changed the card a little. There was no link to the original post so I just winged it. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Highland Heather card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock for the inside and then I cut another one for the outside. I taped the inside piece in place. On the other piece, I textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder.  I glued that to the front of the card. I placed it under my stamping mat to help keep it flat while I worked on the other parts of the card.

The ovals were cut next. The Basic White one was cut first and the words from the "Simply Said" set were stamped on it using black Memento ink.

The other oval is a frame piece. It was cut from Highland Heather card stock. It's very thin and it was glued to the Basic White oval. I was surprised that I got it on the oval straight with one try! I used the mono glue so I could move things around a bit if I had to but fortunately this time I didn't have to! I moved it aside to set up.

In the meantime I took a strip from the "Extraordinary Flora" washi tape roll and stuck it to a piece of Basic White card stock. Using the matching die I cut the pieces out. 

I glued the oval to the front of the card and then I began adding the flowers. For the bottom area I started out with the large flower. I added it using a Dimensional. I didn't press down on the piece because I thought I would need to slip other pieces under it. As a rule of thumb I never press down on items with Dimensionals on it because I may have to move them or slip elements under them. Next I slipped the long piece of greenery under the flower. The leaves to the left of the long one was added next and then the lighter green one. The flower piece is actually three pieces. It's one of the daisy pieces like on top but I wanted more color on it so I glued two flowers to it.

For the top part I started out with the piece with the flower on it. It was set on the piece using a Dimensional. I slipped the yellowish leaves under the bottom leaf. Then the daisies were slipped under the upper leaf. The darker green leaves were added, they were slipped under the daisies. I took one of the larger single flowers and added a Dimensional to the back and placed it over the flower that was with the two leaves. A smaller flower was added just under that flower.

Three rhinestones were added to the oval and the card was done.

This is such a pretty card and I love how it turned out.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape, Layers of Beauty, Anniversary Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a much better card to share with you than the one I posted yesterday! I can't get enough of the "Extraordinary Flora" washi tape. I found this card on Pinterest. You can see the original here, it will open to a new window so you can come back here easily. I did change it a bit to suit the materials I had on hand. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens at the bottom and the fold is at the top. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. 

I cut a 6" piece of ribbon (retired) and taped the ends to the back of the embossed piece. Then I glued that piece to the front of the card base. I set it under my stamping mat while I worked on the other parts of the card.

The words are from the "Layers of Beauty" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I cut them out using the third rectangle die in the "Stylish Shapes" set. 

Next I took out my little baggie of pieces that were left over from die cutting out numerous sections of the "Extraordinary Flora" washi tape roll. I actually had all the pieces so I didn't need to cut another section and have even more pieces to add to the baggie! The card uses 6 pieces of the washi tape images.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the word piece and it was centered on the front of the card. I just eyed it as best as I could. But if you like to measure, it's 1-5/8" from the side edges and from the fold and bottom edge. 

The flowers were added next. I used glue to put the top flower on as best as I could. Since my wording was different, I didn't have a lot of space to glue the images. The leaves behind it were trimmed down a bit so it would fit under the word piece without having to move any Dimensionals. It too was glued in place.

For the bottom flowers and greenery, I added the top greenery piece first and then there was a smaller one that kind of looked like the top one but it only has 3 leaves, was glued around the bottom corner area. I had it stick out more because again, I didn't have a lot of room on the word piece for adding my flowers. I did have to pull the lower leaf piece down a bit once the flower was glued in place so it would show more. That is the advantage of using the mono glue. The little flower was glued in place and that part was done.

I had some retired "Polished Dots" in my stash so I added three of them to the card and the card was done.

I really like the looks of this card. It was SO fun to make and it made a perfect anniversary card.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's anniversary card,
Wanda

The Right Words, Thoughtful Journey, Sympathy Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a sympathy card to share with you. This card was not what I had in mind when I started working on it. But you know that I share the good, the bad and the ugly with you. I feel like this sympathy card needs a sympathy card. Hopefully you can improve on it. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock that was textured using the "Damask Design" embossing folder was glued to the front of the card base. 

I cut a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Thoughtful Journey" 6" x 6" stack was glued to the front of the card.

The words are from "The Right Words" set and were stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I fussy cut around the words and set them in place using Dimensionals. 

I thought the card looked pretty blah so I added some orangish glass embellishments. It didn't help but there was not much else I could do to save this card. I think it was destined to be ugly from the very beginning.  But it is what it is and it's here!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's sympathy card,
Wanda

Thoughtful Journey, Simply Said, Friendship, Note Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a quick and easy friendship card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Petunia Pop card stock for the layer. On top of that is a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Thoughtful Journey" 6" x 6" stack. These stacks are so much fun to use. There's lots of different images and lots of pages per stack.  

The DSP was taped to the Petunia Pop piece and that was taped to the front of the card.

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink. I cut them out using the round die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. I wanted a layer behind it but nothing too big. The next size circle in that set was just too big so I found my 1-3/4" punch and punched out the circle from a scrap piece of Petunia Pop.  You can also punch out the circle from the Petunia Pop layer before you tape the layers together.

I taped the word piece to the Petunia Pop layer. Dimensionals were added to the back and the card was done.

This was such a quick card to make. I was going to just use the DSP alone but I thought it really needed a layer. Plus it felt like it was just too simple without layers, though it still did look nice. 

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship/note card,
Wanda

Simply Said, Extraordinary Flora, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today's card has a few pieces to it but it did go together pretty fast. Please read on to see how I made it.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 3" x 4-1/4" piece of Basic White for the large layer. On top of that layer are three strips of Basic White card stock that was textured using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. After embossing it I cut the pieces at 4" x 1", 4" x 7/8" and 4" x 1/2". I glued them to the large layer and then that was taped to the front of the card.

Using the two smaller dies from the "Stylish Shapes" set, I cut them using Basic White card stock. I taped the little one to the larger one. I added Dimensionals to the back and set it in place on the front of the card about 1/2" from the top edge and 1/4" from the fold. 

A flower from the "Extraordinary Flora" washi tape roll was set on the rectangles using Dimensionals. I had some parts leftover from cutting a section of them from a previous card. I have a little baggie full of parts! 

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Gorgeous Grape ink. They were in the stamp set and I thought I'd use it. It blended in well enough with the color of the flowers. It set in place using Dimensionals.

This was a fun card to make and would make a great wedding, get well, thinking of you or thank you card too.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Impressions Abloom, Simply Said, Extraordinary Flora, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a super quick and easy card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Strawberry Slush card stock for the layer. I used my 1-3/8" punch and punched out three circles from the center area of that piece.

The Basic White layer measured 3-3/4" x 5" and was textured using the "Exposed Brick" embossing folder. I glued that to the Strawberry Slush piece and then that was taped to the front of the card. 

Using the second smallest die in the "Stylish Shapes" set I cut three circles. One of them I stamped the "hello" from the "Simply Said" set using Garden Green ink. I taped the white circles to the strawberry circles. Dimensionals were added to the back of the "hello" one. 

The flowers are from the "Extraordinary Flora" washi tape roll. I put the section I was using on a piece of Basic White card stock and then cut them out using the matching die. I popped the flowers up using two small Dimensionals on each one. 

The circles with the flowers were glued in place about 3/4" from the edge of the card and 5/8" from the fold. The "hello" circle as centered as much as I could by eyeing it. It's about 5/8" from the side edge of the card and 2" from the top and bottom edges.

I thought the card could use a little something in those empty spots so I cut the flowers from the "Impressions Abloom" bundle using a scrap piece of Strawberry Slush card stock. It looked okay but it still needed something else. I was going to add Wink of Stella but decided to just add some tiny pearls and that's just what it needed. It's sweet and simple.

This was a fun card to make and so very quick.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Impressions Abloom, The Right Words, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Fresh Freesia card stock for the layer. On top of that is a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Basic White card stock. First I cut the hole on the left side using the largest die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. Once the circle was cut I textured the piece using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. Then I glued that to the Fresh Freesia piece. Then that was taped to the card base.

The flowers came next. They are from the "Impressions Abloom" bundle and were cut using Basic White, Daffodil Delight and Garden Green card stock. Using my blending brush I scrubbed on some Fresh Freesia ink on the center are of the white flowers. Then the Daffodil Delight centeres were glued in place. I glued the double stem on the front of the card. I took the top two leaves off the branch of four leaves and I glued them in place. The bottom flower was taped in place and the top one was added using a Dimensional. 

The words are from the "Right Words" set and were stamped using Garden Green ink. I cut them out using the die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. I also cut a Garden Green piece using the same die. I cut that die in half down the center and I taped the pieces to the top and bottom of the word piece. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.

At this point I thought the card was done but that upper right area just needed something. SO I took the flower die from the "Impressions Abloom" bundle and cut them out. The one die cuts out three flowers at a time. Nice! Makes it quicker! I used Fresh Freesia ink for those little flowers. I glued them in place but the card still needed something.

I took my Wink of Stella pen and added a bit of sparkle to the center of the big flowers and I colored the little flowers with it. It looked good but still needed something more. I dug out my tiny pearls and added one to each little flower and the card was done!

This was such a fun card to make and I do like how it turned out.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Peaceful Pier, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a thinking of you card to share with you. I found the card on Pinterest and I changed it a bit. You can see the original card here. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

I cut a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Strawberry Slush card stock for the largest layer. On top of that is a 4" x 2-5/8" piece of Pretty in Pink card stock and a 4" x 2-5/8" piece of Basic White card stock.

The Pretty in Pink card stock was textured using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I glued that to the left side and the Basic White piece was taped to the right side.

The center focal piece was cut as follows. The largest layer is a 3" x 3" piece of Strawberry Slush. On top of that is a 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" piece of Pretty in Pink card stock and on top of that is a 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" piece of Basic White card stock. 

On the Basic White square I added the flowers from the "Extraordinary Flora" washi tape roll. I laid the strip out on a piece of Basic White card stock and then using the matching die, I cut them out. I placed them on the piece using glue. I did change the layout there a bit too. 

I set the square on top of the card front for placement of the words. The words are from the "Peaceful Pier" set and were stamped using black Memento ink.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the square layers and then it was set in the front of the card centering it using the lines where the Pretty in Pink and Basic White pieces line up. I got those two pieces butted up to each other so well that you couldn't see any gaps. And did that matter? NO, it did not. It was all covered by the layered squares. Usually, when it does matter I don't always get it exact but this time I did and no one can see it! LOL  Okay, done whining. LOL 

Using glue, I added some glass raindrops that I had and the card was done. 

I opted to make it a regular card instead of a fancy fold because the ones receiving it won't understand the concept of the diamond being part of the opening. Plus my diamond is centered. I didn't want to move it over to the right because I thought the words would look squished. This way it gave nice spacing in front and in back of the words. 

It was a fun card to make and I am pleased with the way it turned out.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's thinking of you card,
Wanda

Beautiful Gallery, Simply Said, Friendship, Note Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a friendship/note card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold was on the left. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I glued that to the front of the card.

Next I cut my piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Beautiful Gallery" 6" x 6" stack. It was leftover from the card I made on June 29th.  It was sitting on my worktable (because I rarely put anything away) and I thought I'd make a card using it. I cut the piece to measure 3" x 4".  For the layer behind the DSP, I cut a 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" piece of Mossy Meadow card stock. I taped the two pieces together and then glued that to the front of the card. I prefer to glue anything that comes in contact with textured card stock because tape doesn't always stick. 

The words were stamped next. Using the "Simply Said" set I stamped them using Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I cut them out using a die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. The Mossy Meadow circle measures 1-7/8". I taped the two layers together. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the front of the card.  And the card was done.

I was so glad I was able to use up that leftover piece of DSP (before it got ruined) and make a quick and easy card with it.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship/note card,
Wanda

Impressions Abloom, Simply Said, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a simple birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Exposed Brick" embossing folder. Then I turned it over and made 8 score lines starting at the 1" mark on my scoring board. I scored every 1/8". I added glue to the back and set the piece in place on the front of the card.

Using Granny Apple Green card stock I cut the stem from the "Impressions Abloom" bundle.  Using the same bundle I cut two flowers using Lemon Lolly card stock and for the center of the flowers I cut them using Basic White card stock. I took my blending brush and scrubbed on some Pecan Pie ink. I thought Pecan Pie card stock would be too dark. 

Before gluing the flower centers in place I took another blending brush and scrubbed on some Daffodil Delight ink to the center of the flowers. Leaving them plain made them look washed out. The centers were glued in place and a little Wink of Stella was added to them.

I glued the stems in place starting with the bottom of the stem on the 6th score line about 1" up from the bottom edge of the card and the left stem is about 1" from the fold. Once that was glued in place I glued one flower in place and the other was set in place using a Dimensional. 

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using black Memento ink. I found this in the stamp container. I must have had extras. It was die cut too. The die is from the "Heart Shaped" set from the Sale-a-Brations earlier in the year. I set the words in place using Dimensionals. 

I thought about adding some embellishments but I opted to just leave it clean and simple.

This was a fun card to make and I love how quickly it went together.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda 

Simply Said, Beautiful Gallery, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Beige card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 1-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece of Basic Beige and textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. Then I trimmed it to 1-1/2" x 5-1/4". I taped it to the left side of the card.

Next I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Beautiful Gallery" 6" x 6" stack. I cut it to measure 3" x 5-1/4". I taped that to the front of the card. I did overlap the textured piece a bit but that was my plan. I didn't want to just add a strip and hope there were no gaps. This way I was positive there would be no gaps. 

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap piece of Basic Beige card stock. I cut them out using the "Labeled With Love" punch. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.

For my embellishments, I used some glass raindrops I found in my stash. Those things are pretty old! But they are still useful! 

A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock was added to the inside and the card was done.

This is such a quick, easy and pretty card.

Thank you for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Simply Said, Impressions Abloom, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I found the bulk of the card on Pinterest. You can see that card here. It will open up to a new window. Please read on to see how it was put together. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Corrugated" embossing folder. Then I cut it to 3-3/4" x 5".  I glued it to the front of the card with equal spacing all around.

The flowers are from the "Impressions Abloom" bundle. I cut the stems and leaves using Granny Apple Green card stock and the flowers from Lemon Lolly card stock. Using Daffodil Delight ink and my blending brush, I scrubbed the ink on the bottoms of the large flowers and over the entire tiny flowers. I also added Wink of Stella on the tiny flowers. 

The words are from the "Simply Said" set using Granny Apple Green ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I cut them out using the "Labeled With Love" punch. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set aside. 

I glued the flower stems on first and then the leaf cluster was glued in place.

The flowers were added to the stems and the three tiny flowers were glued in place around the card. I couldn't find any yellow embellishments so that's why I cut the little flowers. You need to do what works and work with what you have on hand, right?

The word piece was set in place on the right.

Taking some white baker's twine, I wrapped it around two fingers (in figure 8's) and tied them in the center. I glued that to the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a very quick card to make and I love how bright and cheery it is.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Simply Said, Extraordinary Flora, Note or Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a note card to share with you. I found it on Instagram. You can see the original card by clicking here. A new window will open. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 2-1/2" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Brights" 6" x 6" stack. I taped it to the left side of the card front.

The words were stamped next. They are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I cut them out using the 4th circle die in the "Stylish Shapes" set. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set aside.

Next I cut the flowers from the "Extraordinary Flora" Washi tape strip. I added the strip to a piece of Basic White card stock and then cut them out using the matching die. 

I glued the pieces in place on the upper part first. Then the word piece was added and then the last 4 pieces. And the card was done.

Mine is a bit different than the original because I didn't have all of the same parts but I made it work. I did forget to add some bling to the card. I may add a few pearls or some retired dots or I may just leave it as it is since the DSP is speckled.

This was a fun card to make and SO quick too!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's note/friendship card,
Wanda