STAMPIN' UP! BERRY BURST ANNIVERSARY CARD FEATURING RINGED WITH NATURE

 

This week's Colour Creations blog hop is all about Berry Burst, one of the beautiful colours from the past that has been recently reintroduced into Stampin' Up!'s range.

I have been building up my stash of birthday and baby cards, and now need to work on other occasions, including anniversary cards.  As well as the colour challenge, my personal challenge was to use the Ringed With Nature stamp set, and Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder (and dies).  I've had them for ages, but rarely use them.  I have to say, I love how all the "bits" came together.

I started off by embossing a Basic Gray card panel with one of the  Basics 3D embossing folders.  I matted this layer onto a slightly larger piece of Smoky Slate card.

Using the Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder (the largest die fits inside the folder, to be used to cut and emboss in one pass through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine), I created the Smoky Slate wood-look pieces that I glued across the top half of the Basic Gray panel.

I stamped three flowers in Berry Burst ink, and fussy cut them using Paper Snips.  Foliage was cut  from Berry Burst, Basic Gray and Basic White card scraps, using dies from the Tree Rings set.

The flower centres are decorated with silver Festive Pearls, and I added some Adhesive-Backed Sequins, which in real life have pinkish tones to complement Berry Burst.

Both parts of the sentiment are from Ringed With Nature.  "Thinking of You" was stamped in Basic Gray ink on Basic White card.  "Happy Anniversary" was white heat-embossed on Berry Burst card, and both sentiments were cut using Something Fancy Dies.

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Next up on tonight's blog hop is Rachel Woollard.  If you click on the graphic below, you'll be taken to her blog:

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a comprehensive list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a fantastic job of co-ordinating our weekly Colour Creations shares every week.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Ringed With Nature Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [159883] $41.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $17.50	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50
Berry Burst A4 Cardstock [144249] $17.50	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [147143] $15.75	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $15.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Basics 3 D Embossing Folders [161598] $53.00
Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder [159888] $65.00	Something Fancy Dies [160424] $49.00	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25	Festive Pearls [159963] $12.25	Adhesive Backed Sequins Trio [161206] $14.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75