Blossoms in Bloom Congratulations!

One of the teacher assistants I work very closely with won Support Person of the Year at my school campus!  I'm thrilled for her - she works so hard and helps me out more than she knows.  I'm very grateful to her and tell her often.

I actually had the card base stamped, and just added a few fun things for her and will present this to her when we're back at school.

I actually made 6 or 7 of these panels.  I just love our new In-Colors so much!  I set up the largest blooms stamp on my Stamparatus and then after the main image was stamped, added in the smaller images with their individual colors with smaller blocks.  The greetings are popped with dimensionals and the ribbon is adhered with a glue dot.

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Blossoms In Bloom Bundle (English) [154123] $60.25	Blossoms In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152684] $22.00	Many Messages Bundle [156272] $50.25
2020–2022 In Color Enamel Dots [152480] $8.00	Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad [153117] $7.50	Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad [153115] $7.50
Just Jade 1/4" (6.4 Mm) 2020–2022 In Color Ribbon [153621] $6.00	Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad [153114] $7.50	Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116] $7.50

Split Card Design - New Technique

I saw this technique on Pinterest and watched a couple of You Tube videos.  It's a really easy technique!  Really Easy!
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 Here you can see the colors I used.  The first thing I did was stamp all the flowers and leaves.  I used the stamp set To a Wild Rose.  It's a 2 step stamp though it's actually 3 steps to stamp the entire flower.  I just used the outline and detail.  I didn't stamp the entire background piece.

 After each piece was die cut, I took a piece of Whisper White and cut it to 5 1/4 inches by 8 1/2 inches.  The video I watched said to draw a line down the center of this piece.  I scored it so I wouldn't have pencil on my background piece.

 

Overlapping this center line, using the Tombow Mono Liquid glue, adhere the flowers and leaves in a collage type look.   When you have a well-covered piece, use a guillotine cutter (a slide cutter won't work here) to slice the design in half.  Cut the "empty" edge so that the card is 4 inches wide.

 Here you can see the mounted and finished cards placed together they way I had them glued up.  Below it shows them split to make 2 cards.

 Ultimately I glued up two pieces of cardstock and because of the Split Card technique, I ended up with 4 cards which is what I needed.

 We'll be doing this at my next club meeting.  I'm actually using these as Thank you cards for my club members!  I always mean to make Thank You notes to go with their orders, and then I get busy and forget.  This time I'm ready!

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Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $8.75	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $7.50	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $7.50
Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad [126952] $6.50	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $7.50	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $7.50
To A Wild Rose Bundle [151073] $54.00	Around The Corner Photopolymer Stamp Set [147464] $16.00	Parcels & Petals Cling Stamp Set [149317] $21.00

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Mail A Card Monday!

It's Monday morning!  Do you have your cards ready to go today for #mailacardMonday?

After working on this project for a week, I quickly realized I didn't have enough cards that weren't birthday cards to send out in the mail!

SO I did a #loveitchopit session and cut up the rest of my pack of the Gingham Gala paper.  I used mat size cuts 4" by 5 1/4".

I used the scraps cut off the DSP to stamp and punch out the vases.  I merged the two stamp sets to add in all the flowers.  The orchids have tiny rhinestones on the three largest, and I used the Gingham Gala sequins to add more sparkle.

 Above shows the Balmy Blue Gingham, and below you can see the Grapefruit Grove Gingham paper.

The 'a little note' greeting comes from the Butterfly Gala stamp set, and the "Thinking of You" is from the Treat Time stamp set.

 Here you have the Daffodil Delight Gingham, and below is the Highland Heather gingham.

 I also used the strips for decorating the insides of the cards.

I got 18 cards out of the last of my Gingham paper.  Using the whole pack, you could get 40 cards!  I just used what I had left to make these 18. 

Contact me, and I'll show you how easy these very pretty cards are to make!


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Varied Vases Photopolymer Bundle [148381] $39.50	Vibrant Vases Photopolymer Stamp Set [148656] $17.00	Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set [148580] $21.00	Treat Time Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146626] $18.00
Gingham Gala 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148554] $11.00	Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins [148561] $7.50	Delicate Lace Edgelits Dies [147053] $29.00	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $8.50
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $7.50	Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146972] $8.50	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $7.50	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119683] $8.50
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $7.50	Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $8.50	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $7.50	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $5.00