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

STAMPIN' UP! PAINTED LAVENDER FRIENDSHIP CARD

The new Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper is possibly my favourite paper EVER, from Stampin' Up!  Orchid Oasis is one of the colours listed as being included in the designs, so I made a card for my personal challenge to use Orchid Oasis.  I don't think it is the right purple to use with these papers, but I don't hate how it came out.  

I cut a panel of one of the gorgeous patterned papers, and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink before matting it on a piece of Basic White card.  These pieces were then layered onto a piece of Orchid Oasis card, and Crumb Cake card base.

I used an Everyday Details Die to cut three circles - one each from a couple of the Crumb Cake paper designs, and one from Basic White card.  Using a sponge dauber, I inked the edges of each circle.

The top right circle was decorated with a cluster of floral "bits" - an Orchid Oasis die-cut sprig, a Crumb Cake die-cut sprig, and another die-cut piece that had first been stamped in Orchid Oasis ink directly onto the same DSP as used in the bottom circle. (I had die-cut another Crumb Cake piece, so I snipped off the stem of the stamped flowers, and glued the flowers onto a plain Crumb Cake stem.)

The stems of the three sprigs are anchored by the bottom die-cut circle, and a bow made from Orchid Oasis Baker's Twine.  I white heat-embossed a little butterfly on Orchid Oasis card, and added that to the circle's edge.

Looking at it now, given my time over I would probably colour the middle stem a little darker, with a Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends marker ... and I'd add a gem or three to the butterfly. 

On the Basic White die-cut circle, I stamped a couple of the floral images from Painted Lavender, using Crumb Cake and Fresh Freesia inks.  I "stamped off" each time, onto scrap paper, to make the inked images a little less than full strength.  Finally, I stamped the sentiment, from Hooray For Surprises, over the top in Orchid Oasis ink.

Inside the card, I added a Basic White card panel, decorated with a vertical strip of the same paper that's on the front of the card.

Listed below are all the products I used to make this 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

Hooray For Surprises Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162851] $35.00	Painted Lavender Bundle [162597] $81.75	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $17.50	Orchid Oasis A4 Cardstock [159265] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50
Perennial Lavender 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162593] $21.75	Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad [159214] $15.75	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $15.75	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $15.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75
Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $54.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Everyday Details Dies [162864] $60.00	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25
2022–2024 In Color Baker's Twine Pack [159195] $27.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $10.25