Simply Said, Charming Day, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a simple 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 "Damask Design" embossing folder. I glued that to the front of the card.

Next the rose was made. Using the die from the "Charming Day" bundle I cut one of Granny Apple Green card stock and one of Real Red card stock. I cut the stem part of the red piece and glued the head of the flower on top of the green one. Then I took my dark Real Red Blends pen and colored over the cut lines the die cut made. Using the dark Granny Apple Green Blends pen I colored over the lines the die cut made and I set it aside.

I took a 2" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic Black card stock and textured it using the "Corrugated" embossing folder. I LOVE that folder and I will keep it forever. I'm considering getting rid of my Fiskars corrugated tool that I thought I was going to keep forever! After texturing the piece I cut it to 4-1/4" long. I glued it to the card base about 5/8" from the top, bottom and fold. 

Then the flower was added on top of the black piece. It was glued on and centered as much as I could by eyeing it. Sometimes eyeing things looks better than actually getting the perfectly centered. If it looks good to your eye, then it's good!

The "hello" is from the "Simply Said" set and was stamped using black Memento ink. I cut it out using the die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. The Real Red layer behind it was cut using a 1-3/8" circle die I had that is retired. I taped the circles together, added Dimensionals to the back and set it in place on the front of the card. And the card was done.

I thought about adding some embellishments but I thought I'd just leave it as it was. It's got a simple and clean look to it.

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

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

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a 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 2" x 5" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the floral embossing folder from the "Glass Garden" set. There's two long folders in that set. I glued it to a 5-1/4" x 2-1/4" piece of Coastal Cabana card stock. I taped that to the left side of the card about 1/4" from the top, bottom and fold. 

The circles were cut next and are from the "Stylish Shapes" set. I used the second largest one for the Costal Cabana one and the third largest for the Basic White one. I taped the circles together. 

Next I piled on the flowers. They are from the "Extraordinary Flora" roll of Washi tape. I cut a section off the roll, the purplish section and I affixed it to a piece of Basic White card stock. Then I cut the pieces out using the matching die. Then I proceeded to arrange them.

I cut a piece of double-sided tape and laid it face up. Then I stuck the bottom left leaf branch down first. The large flower with leaves was added  next and then the double flowers. I tucked in the remaining pieces and added a single flower to the other three flowers. I turned the piece over and added Dimensionals. Lots of Dimensionals. I made sure they were covering where pieces overlaid each other. Once I got the piece covered enough I removed the backing from the Dimensionals and set the piece in place on the circles. 

I laid the circle on top of the card to see where it would look the best. Before taping it down I stamped the "hello" from the "Simply Said" set using Coastal Cabana ink.  Then the circle was taped down and the card was done.

This was a very fun card to make. I love that washi tape. I have SO much washi tape left. The roll has 66 sections and it's going to take a while to use up all of them!  What's fun with them too is, here I used Coastal Cabana for the layers and other times I've used Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia, and Petunia Pop. It's all in the mood I'm in that determines the color layers! LOL   It was easy to make and I'd love to make more!

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

Painterly Pears, Choose Happy, Friendship Card, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. I thought it was such a pretty card that I had to make one with what supplies I had. You can see the original card by clicking here. 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 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 "Forever Plaid" embossing folder. I then trimmed it to 4" x 5-1/4". I glued that to the front of the card base.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Painterly Pears" 12" x 12" package. I cut a strip to measure 5-1/4" x 1". I glued that to the left side of the card covering the textured piece.

The pears are from the same package of DSP and were fussy cut. I didn't buy the dies for the paper, I just wanted the paper so I have to fussy cut. But that's okay, it doesn't take that long with these images. I cut the large pear and the stem with leaves, the double pears with leaves and I cut around the pink flower cluster.

The "hello" is from the "Choose Happy" set and was stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I just took my scissors and cut around the word. It ended up measuring 1/2" x 7/8".

To assemble the card I took a piece of black ribbon that I had in my stash and cut to measure 7". I folded it in half to form the loop at the top. Then I stapled it in the center to hold it in place. I trimmed the ends and then added some glue dots to the back. In between the glue does I added some glue to make sure it will stay!

The large pear was added using Dimensionals and the stem was added with Dimensionals on the leaves and a little bit of glue on the bottom of the stem. I set it in place on top of the pear.

The little pink flowers were added next. I Dimensional was added to the lower flower and glue to the right edges of the other two flowers.

Then the pair of pears was added. Again, glue was added where the left pear sits on top of the large pear and a Dimensional on the right pear and small Dimensional between the stems of the pears. It's in the white area of those stems.

The "hello" was added next using 2 small Dimensionals.

I didn't have any Mossy Meadow embellishments so I colored a couple of white Candy Dots (retired) using my dark  Mossy Meadow Blends pen. I set them in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

I do like how this card turned out. I had most of the supplies and what I substituted worked just fine. I could see myself making another one like this sometime in the near future.

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

Painterly Pears, Simply Said, Friendship Card, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see the original card here. I changed it a bit due to not having all the same products. I did what I could with what I had. Please read on to see how I made today's card. 

The card technique or fun fold here is the "Book Fold". It's super easy to do too. I cut my Basic Black card stock on the 8-1/2" side. Once cut it measured 4-1/4" x 11".  I scored it in the middle at 5-1/2, as usual. Then I score one inch on each side. So the scores are at 6-1/2", 5-1/2" and 4-1/2".  Fold the card in half and burnish the fold line using a bone folder. You want a nice crisp fold. I opened the card and folded the top part back on the 4-1/2" fold, just like you are opening a card. I added glue to the one inch area and closed the card. I set it aside to dry. 

Next I cut the Granny Apple Green card stock. The left strip measures 4-1/8" x 7/8" and the larger piece measures 4-1/8" x 4-3/8". 

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Painterly Pears" 12" x 12" package. I used a scrap piece for the strip. It measured 4" x 3/4". I taped it to the Granny Apple Green strip. The larger piece of DSP measures 4" x 3-1/2".  I taped that piece to the larger Granny Apple Green piece. Then I taped the strip to the front of the card.

As for the larger piece, I needed to add the circle before attaching it to the front of the card. I had used the retired "Spotlight on Nature" bundle and cut it using the largest die on Basic White card stock. I taped it to the front of the card about 1" from the top of the DSP and 1" from the side of the DSP. 

The pears were fussy cut because I only bought the DSP and not the stamp set/bundle. The bundle has the matching dies but these images are very easy to fussy cut so I went that route, plus I had bought way too many stamp sets to play with and I didn't dare get another.  Once fussy cut I laid them on the circle and noticed that the circle was too bright. I didn't have the dies to cut the other elements around the pears so I thought I'd just take a toothbrush (the husbands, not mine *winks*) and tapped on some Crushed Curry ink. I think Peach Pie might have been a better choice after I had put the card together. Once the color was added to the circle I set the large pear and stem on the left in place using tape. Then  the second large pear and stem was added with Dimensionals. The small pair of pears was added using Dimensionals on the left side and a bit of tape where it would be touching the large pear.

I had fussy cut some of the flowers from the same sheet the pears were on and I glued them to the front of the card.

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink on Basic White card stock. I used a 1-1/2" circle punch on the word piece. I set it in place using Dimensionals. I also added a couple of flowers to it too.

The flowers were nice but they needed a little something so I added some small pearls to the center of each one and the card was done.

I did have fun making this card. It's something I don't think I would make again but I do like how it turned out.

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

Painterly Pears, Simply Said, Just a Note, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

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

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) used here is from the "Painterly Pears" 12" x 12" package. I had made a card using this paper a few days ago and I cut another piece from that same sheet. 

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 Mossy Meadow for the large layer.

The DSP measures 3-3/4" x 5". I stamped the word from the "Simply Said" set using Mossy Meadow ink. Then I taped this piece to the Mossy Meadow piece and that was then taped to the front of the card.

When I had cut the large pair on the card I made the other day and there was a small pear on the piece I had cut off. I didn't want to put it in the scrap bin so I thought I'd just fussy cut it. I didn't buy the dies that go with the DSP, and I don't know if there is a die for the small pear but I do know there's one for the large pear. I added a Dimensional behind the little pear and added it to the front of the card. The image has two pears together and I set it on the one that closely matched the pear I had cut. And that was all I did to make this card.

This was such a quick card to make and even fussy cutting was quick and easy because there wasn't a lot of jagged edges to cut around.

It was fun to just whip up a card in a flash. Sometimes you just need to do that and other times you need to play with lots of layers or pieces! I LOVE layers!

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

Simply Said, Fully Flowering Ephemeras, Friendship Card, Thinking of You 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 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I trimmed it to measure 4" x 5-1/4" and I glued it to the front of the card.

Next I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Subtles" 6" x 6" stack. I used the "Petal Pink color. The piece measures 3-3/4" x 1-3/4". I glued it to the front of the card about 1-5/8" from the top edge.

Using the "Stylish Shapes" die set, I cut a circle using the largest die. 

The flowers and leaves are from the fun "Fully Flowering" ephemera pack. I laid them out on the circle to see where I could add some words. That's when I decided that this was going to be a friendship or thinking of you card. 

The "hello" came from the "Simply Said" set and it was stamped using Garden Green ink. I glued the circle to the front of the card. I tried to get it centered on the left and right and then centered it from the top and bottom of the piece of DSP. The top of my circle ended up being 7/8" from the top edge of the card.

The flowers were added next. I picked out two flowers and one of the leaves. The leaves were from the same sheet as the big flower. I cut it apart because it was a bit too long and this way I could make it look like I had two sets of leaves. 

Dimensionals were added to the back of the large flower. I slipped the other flower piece under the large flower a bit and then the leaves. Some of the pieces caught a bit of the Dimensionals but some parts didn't so I lifted it up a bit and added some glue. 

For a bit of sparkle, I had some pink rhinestones so I added three to the card and the card was done.

Such a quick and easy card to make and I do like how it turned out. There's lots of flowers and leaves in that package and I hope to fine a way to use them that's just as creative as this one was. Wish me luck on that!

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

Charming Day, Simply Said, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a simple 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 bottom.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Berry Burst card stock for the layer. I taped it to the front of the card.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package was cut at 3-3/4" x 5" and then I cut that piece in half at 2-1/8". I taped one piece on the left side and I flipped the piece over and taped it to the other side.

I had an oval leftover from making a card using the ring that was die cut. I'm not very good at explaining that, am I? Look at the card here. I cut the center oval piece using one die from the "Impressions Abloom" bundle and the other oval die is for the ring. A visual usually works better for me. So when you use the die that creates the ring you end up with an oval. I put them in my stash of parts. Well, today I actually used something from that stash! YAY me! I textured that piece using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.

The flowers from the "Charming Day" bundle were stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I colored it using my light and dark Shaded Spruce and Berry Burst Blends pens. Then I cut it out using the matching die. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.

The "hello" is from the "Simply Said" set and was stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I fussy cut around the word and then glued it on the oval.

I thought the oval needed some embellishments so I found some retired Candy Dots that matched close enough and used them on the piece and the card was finished.

This was a fun, quick and easy card to make. I love it when I can use up some of the things I have sitting around here.

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

Charming Day, Simply Said, Friendship Card, Note Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a friendship/note card to share with you. It's quick and easy to make. Please read on to see how it went together.

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 Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Perennial Lavender" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card.

Next I stamped the flower image from the "Charming Day" bundle using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. I colored the flowers in using both light and dark Highland Heather Blends pens. The leaves were colored in using both light and dark Lost Lagoon Blends pens. I don't think I've ever used Lost Lagoon for the color of leaves before but it works so well here. Once colored, I cut them out using the matching die. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the bottom left corner of the card.

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Lost Lagoon ink. They were cut out using the die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. The layer behind it was cut using a 1-7/8" circle die (retired). I taped the 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 thought about adding some embellishments but the background is a bit too busy for that. I think any embellishment would get lost in all that business. It looks fine the way it is. It was a fun, quick and easy card to make.

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

Simply Said, Perennial Lavender, Friendship Card, Note Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a 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 bottom and the fold is on the top.

I cut a 2" x 5-1/4" piece of Lost Lagoon card stock and textured it using the "Damask Designs" embossing folder. I chose 2" because the piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Perennial Lavender" 12" x 12" package measured 3" x 5-1/4".  I wanted to use that piece of DSP but it didn't cover the whole front of the card. So I thought the Lost Lagoon card stock would make up the difference. But first it needed some texture. 

I glued the textured piece in place first and then the DSP was glued on top of that.

This piece of DSP had a nice open space on the right for some wording. Using Basic White card stock I stamped the words from the "Simply Said" set using Gorgeous Grape ink. I cut them out using a die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. Then I used a 1-7/8" circle die (retired) for the layer.  I taped the two layers together, added Dimensionals to the back and set the piece in place on the front of the card.

I added a couple of brass butterflies to the front and the card was done.

It's a simple card but has a nice look to it. I was glad I was able to use up that piece of DSP.

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

Charming Day, Floral Charm, Simply Said, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a 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 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. It was trimmed to 4" x 5-1/4". I glued it to the front of the card.

A 1-3/4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package was cut and then glued to the front of the card about 1/2" from the fold.

Using a piece of Basic White card stock, the oval piece is from the "Impressions Abound" bundle. 

Next I stamped the flowers piece from the "Charming Day" bundle using black Memento ink on a piece of Basic White card stock. I colored the flowers in using both light and dark Pumpkin Pie Blends pens and the light Cajun Craze pen for details. The leaves are colored in using both light and dark Old Olive Blends pens. The flowers were then cut out using the matching die.

I laid piece on top of the oval so I could see how much space I had to stamp the words. I ended up using the "hello" from the "Simply Said" set. They were stamped using Old Olive ink.

The oval piece was glued in place about 1/2" from the right side and equal spacing on the top and bottom. It's not completely centered from left to right because I wanted some of the DSP to show.

The flower piece was set in place using Dimensionals. I had some enamel dots that I had gotten at a retired stamp sale. The header wasn't on them so I don't know the name. I just know they are retired. The color was close enough so I used them.

This was such a fun, quick and easy card to make and I can see myself making more like this in the future.

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

Charming Day, Simply Said, Perennial Lavender, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a 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. The large Basic White layer on top of it measures 4" x 5-1/4", it was taped in place.

The smaller Basic White layer measures 3" x 4-1/4". 

A 3" x 2-1/8" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Perennial Lavender" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the bottom of the Basic White piece.

I took some linen thread and wrapped it around the center of the piece three times and I tied a knot. I left the tails long so I could trim them.

I stamped the flower from the "Charming Day" bundle using black Memento ink on a piece of Basic White card stock. I colored the flowers in using both light and dark Highland Heather Blends pens. And for the leaves I used both light and dark Old Olive Blends pens. This is SO much easier coloring than using markers. I cut the flowers out using the matching die. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set aside.

The "hello" is from the "Simply Said" set and was stamped using Gorgeous Grape ink. Dimensionals were added to the back of the piece and it was centered on the front of the card.

The flower piece was then added. The linen ends were trimmed and a little brass butterfly was added.  And the card was done.

I do like how it turned out, it was quick and easy to make and it turned out better than what I had envisioned.  

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

Cute as Can Bee, Charming Day, Friendship Card, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a friendship/thinking of you type 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 Daffodil Delight card stock and textured it using the "So Swirly" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Cute as Can Bee" 12" x 12" package. It measures 3-3/4" x 2-3/8". It was glued to the front of the card leaving 1/4" around the top, bottom and left side.

The hexagons were cut using the dies in the "Meant to Bee" bundle. A Basic Black and a Basic White were cut. Before taping them together I punched out the black circle using the 1-3/8" punch.  After taping them together I centered the piece on the front of the card and then glued it in place.

The bee is from the same "Cute as Can Bee" DSP and was fussy cut. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.  

The words are from the "Charming Day" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I cut it out using the second smallest die in the "Stylish Shapes" set. I taped it to the black circle and then that was placed on the front of the card using Dimensionals. And the card was done!

This was a fun card to make and I just love those little bees in that package of DSP!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beautiful Gallery, Thinking of you, Friendship, Sympathy Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I thought I would make a card using an image from the "Beautiful Gallery" 6" x 6" stack. Please read on to see how I made this card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Beige card stock. That's a color I have hardly used. This card opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. 

I cut a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Pecan Pie card stock for the layer.  Using the third smallest circle from the "Stylish Shapes" set for the word layer. I cut it from the center of the Pecan Pie layer.

A 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Basic Beige was cut for the top large layer. I textured it using the "Corrugated" embossing folder and then I trimmed it to 3-7/8" x 5-1/8. I glued it to the Pecan Pie layer and then that was taped to the card base.

The picture is from a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Beautiful Gallery" 6" x 6" stack. I cut it to 2-7/8" x 3-1/2" and the Pecan Pie layer behind it was cut at 3" x 3-5/8".  I taped the DSP to the Pecan Pie layer and then I glued that to the front of the card.

I die cut the circles, one from the Pecan Pie card stock as stated above and one from a scrap piece of Basic Beige card stock. I used the next size smaller in the "Stylish Shapes" set. I didn't stamp any words on it because I don't know what I want to use this card for. I'm not really seeing what it's staying. Sympathy? Hello? Thinking of you? What do you see?

For a final touch I added some retired "Polish Dots" that I had on hand. I'm trying to use up all of the embellishments I have here before I can justify buying any new ones.

This was a very quick and simple card to make.

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

Notes & Totes, Beautiful Gallery, Just a Note Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a "just a note" card to share with you. This card could also be used as a friendship or thinking of you card. Please read on to see how I made it.

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

I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Beautiful Gallery" 6" x 6" stack at 5" x 3-3/4".  I taped that to a 5-1/4" x 4" piece of Old Olive. Before taping the DSP to it I punched out the hexagon piece using the "Heartfelt Hexagon" punch. I cut that 2" piece in half and set it aside. After taping the DSP to the Old Olive piece I taped that to the front of the card.

The words are from the "Notes & Totes" set and I stamped them using black Memento ink on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock.  I punched them out using the "Heartfelt Hexagon" punch. I taped the Old Olive hexagon pieces to the back of the vanilla hexagon piece. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

How simple and quick was that? And pretty too!

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

Florals in Bloom Simply Said, Pretty Florals, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a very pretty friendship card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see the original card here. I did change it a bit because I didn't have the exact items used in the card. I made due with what I had. There is a video to help assemble the card but there's no measurements given so I had to wing it. Please read on to see how I made today's card. 

The base of my crd is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. I usually use Basic White for my base layer, mostly because I have a ton of it and I also don't have to cut a separate piece for the inside of the card. The card opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 5-/8" x 4-1/8" piece of Petunia Pop card stock. I textured it using the "Damask Details" embossing folder.  Before gluing it to the card base, I cut a 1-1/8" strip of Basic Black card stock. I glued it at an angle on the textured piece and then trimmed the sides. Once that was done I glued the textured piece to the card base.

Next I cut the Designer Series Paper (DSP). The black piece came from the "Botanical Textures" 12" x 12" package. And for the flowered piece I uses "Florals in Bloom" 12" x 12" package. The black piece was cut at 2-1/2" x 5" and the floral piece was cut at 3" x 4".  I taped the two pieces of DSP together.

The circle is from the "Spotlight on Nature" bundle. I used the largest circle in the die set. This is retired now but I still had the bundle in my stash.  I taped it to the DSP and trimmed the right side. A 5" piece of ribbon was taped to the piece. The ends are taped to the backside. Another piece of ribbon was slipped under the taped piece and a knot was tied. I waited until the flowers were added before I trimmed the ends of the ribbon.

The flowers are from the "Florals in Bloom" DSP. There's a matching die in the "Pretty Florals" bundle for the large flower. I cut one and I fussy cut the other two flowers and leaves. I set the large flower in place using Dimensionals and I taped the other pieces in place. 

I used the "hello" from the "Simply Said" set and stamped it using black Memento ink. 

I glued the DSP layers to the front of the card and the card was done.

This was such a pretty card and I really like how it turned out even though it's not exactly like the original card. I just LOVE those flowers. There's not that many large flowers on the sheet of DSP but there are two sheets so I can see more cards similar to this in the near future.

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