STAMPIN' UP! FRIENDSHIP CARD IN POOL PARTY

 

Every week, a group of us - all Stampin' Up! demonstrators in Australia - create with Stampin' Up! colours, and share our projects in a blog hop.  We're working our way through all the colours, in alphabetical order, and this week we're featuring Pool Party.

Here's the card I created with this beautiful colour, using quite a mish-mash of products!  I've teamed Pool Party with Crumb Cake and Basic White.

The beautiful background papers - both the linen-look panel and the floral panel - are from the Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper pack.  This paper is a FREE product, able to be earned with a $90+ product order before the end of February.

Here are some close-ups of the details on my card.  On a Basic White circle, cut using Everyday Details Dies, I stamped in Pool Party ink the irregular grid pattern from the Notes of Nature stamp set.  Over the top of this, I stamped the sentiment (from Perennial Postage) in Crumb Cake ink, stamping it four times to get great depth of colour.

The little butterfly is a stamp from Perennial Postage.  After stamping it in Pool Party ink on Basic White card, I cut it out using the co-ordinating die.

The Basic White and Crumb Cake leafy stems were cut using Notes of Nature dies.  I used Paper Snips to shorten them, as the full size of each die-cut extends right down the length of a card front.  I added a few little flowers that I fussy-cut from Softly Stippled DSP.  The Pool Party embellishments on my card are Opaque Faceted Gems, that are another freebie on offer with a $90+ purchase, up until the end of this month.

I stamped the "Field Notes" from Notes of Nature, in Crumb Cake ink on Pool Party card.  I then cropped this piece with a Perennial Postage die.  Check out the embossed "franking" that I added to this piece, using a sweet little embossing die from the Perennial Postage Dies pack.  Hopefully you can see the butterfly impression, that I co-ordinated with the stamped butterfly on the sentiment circle.

Pool Party ink was sponged around the edges of the die-cut card piece, before I attached it with Stampin' Dimensionals to my card front.  

Pool Party Crinkle Ribbon was wrapped around the layers on the front of my card, and I used Glue Dots to attach a bow to finish off.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Tina Gillespie:  

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 every week of co-ordinating our Colour Creations shares.

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.  NB:  The prices next to the Softly Stippled DSP, and Opaque Faceted Gems, are indicative of value only.  They cannot be bought - only earned for free with a qualifying order this month.

Product List

Perennial Postage Bundle (English) [162608] $90.00	Notes Of Nature Bundle (English) [162640] $81.75	Painted Lavender Bundle [162597] $81.75	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $17.50
Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50	Softly Stippled 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162975] $21.75	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $15.75	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $15.75
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Everyday Details Dies [162864] $60.00	Pool Party 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Crinkle Ribbon [162980] $0.00	Opaque Faceted Gems [162979] $14.00	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25
Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $12.25	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50