STAMPIN' UP! FLORAL SQUARES BRIGHT GLIMMER CARD

I was reminded, when creating my card for last night's Colour Creations blog hop, just how much my mood can be lifted by playing with colour.  Being in lockdown can be extremely draining, and deflating; being able to create in my craft room is a real sanity-saver!

Another of my recent birthday gifts was the sweet Floral Squares Dies.  Here is the first card I have created with them:

I started out thinking I was going to create a black and white card with these dies.  Well, that soon changed, didn't it?!  I first cut out one each of the frames from the dotty paper (black dots on a white background), from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper pack.  I was going to mat them on black, but it looked too dark, so I chose a background panel of Basic White card, embossed with a Checks & Dots embossing folder.

A bright (ha ha) idea came to me, to use Rainbow Glimmer Paper for the flowers.  Each frame, as you can see, has a different floral design inside.  I cut the flowers from different coloured scraps I had of  Rainbow Glimmer Paper.  They looked so pretty, I decided to also cut foliage from the Rainbow Glimmer Paper; Granny Apple Green sparkles just look so happy, don't they?!  I snipped the leaves and stems so I could paper-piece them inside the dotty paper frames.  After I'd adhered the foliage, I added my beautiful bright flowers.  Here's a close-up of a few of them:

The sentiment, from the Peaceful Moments stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink on a piece of Basic Black card.  I heat-embossed it, with white embossing powder, and my heat tool, then cut it out using one of the rectangular Picture This Dies.

Using the sweet scalloped border die, from the Penned Flowers Dies, I cut a horizontal strip of Rainbow Glimmer Paper.  This delineates the embossed white background from the panel of dotty (black with white spots) paper, also from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper pack.  The bow is White Crinkled Seam Binding, coloured using the Light Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends marker.  As a finishing touch to my card, I added a tiny flower, with a Holiday Rhinestone in the centre.

I just love how this card turned out, despite deviating miles from my original plan.  The Floral Squares Dies are great fun to play with.

Listed below are 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.  NB:  The Pattern Party Designer Series Paper cannot be bought, but can be earned for free as a Stampin' Reward, with a qualifying order.

Product List

Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595] $37.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Rainbow Glimmer Paper [153056] $10.50	Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper [155426] $31.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Floral Squares Dies [155961] $47.00	Penned Flowers Dies [155557] $52.00	Picture This Dies [155559] $59.00	Checks & Dots Embossing Folders [155432] $14.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $13.00	Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154878] $15.50	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels [150457] $10.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00

STAMPIN' UP! PLENTIFUL PLANTS BIRTHDAY CARD

My darling daughter-in-law is 25 today.  Here is the card I made for Tanikka, using seven (!) sets of dies, and an embossing folder.  Did anyone else start making cards because it would "save so much money"?  😂  It's just as well this beautiful hobby brings us so much joy!

I started with a Pool Party card base, and added a layer of Basic White card.  I then embossed another Basic White panel with the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder.

The horizontal strip across the front of the card is a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock, on which I used the Stitched Greenery Die.  I tucked a Basic Borders die cut, in Crumb Cake card, underneath that.

The sentiment, from the Peaceful Moments stamp set, was white heat-embossed on a scrap of Coastal Cabana card.  I used a Beautiful Trees Die to cut it out.  The numbers were cut from a piece of Pool Party card decorated with the Stitched Greenery Die.  (I attached Foam Adhesive Sheet to the piece of card before die-cutting it.)  Afterwards, I used my Pool Party Stampin' Blends markers to create a subtle ombre effect on the numbers.

The flower pot was stamped in Pool Party ink on a concrete-patterned piece of paper from the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP pack.  The plants in the pot were die-cut from another piece of paper in that same pack.

Here's a closer look at the embossed background, and the hanging plants and bird.  The bird was cut from a Baby Clothes Die, and the heart was cut out from Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper (just retired), using a Birds & More Die.

I have listed below all the products 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

Plentiful Plants Bundle (English) [155688] $83.50	Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595] $37.00	Clear Block C [118486] $12.00	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $15.25	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Bloom Where You're Planted 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155696] $20.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $13.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894] $15.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Baby Clothes Dies [155471] $45.00
Stitched Greenery Die [155451] $56.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00	Beautiful Trees Dies [155840] $63.00	Birds & More Dies [152721] $59.00	Basic Borders Dies [155558] $50.00
Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $17.50	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00
Foam Adhesive Sheets [152815] $14.00