Flowerbug's Inkspot

Frosted Floral Pocket Fun Fold card; use both sides of your designer paper!!

Everyone at the Fall Getaway Retreat on Saturday fell in love with this pocket fun-fold card!  They loved how the pocket showed off both sides of this pretty Frosted Floral specialty designer series paper. 

Cut your designer paper at 4" X 10 1/2" and score it at 5 1/4" & 9 1/4". Fold it on the score lines and adhere it to your 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. It's not adhered at the sides at all.  The Navy Baker's Twine holds the sides together keeping the pocket secure.  

The pocket insert layers are 3 3/4" X 5" in Navy and 3 1/2" X 4 3/4" in Whisper White.  

 

The punches are 1 3/4" circle and the Pretty Label punch. Be sure to wrap the twine around the designer paper before you add it to the card base.  

 

 

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First Frost Bundle; Featured Product of the Week!

Frosted Floral Suite; Have you noticed the beautiful First Frost stamp set and dies bundle yet?  It's just gorgeous!  

The gals at our Fall Getaway Retreat received lots of new products from the Frosted Floral suite.  They fell in love with so much of it; but especially the stamp bundle and Frosted Floral Specialty Designer paper.  Each and EVERY sheet of this paper, front and back, is shimmery! 

Here's one of the pretty cards they made: 

Isn't that a unique card front?  The die-cut oval connects the top and bottom of the card with a peak through to the inside. 

This card shows off both sides of this gorgeous Specialty Designer paper. 

A few features on this card:

1. I colored the 1/8" white ribbon with our light Blackberry Bliss Blends marker.
2. The image was colored with Mint and Blackberry Stampin' Write markers and die-cut with the coordinating framelit.  Then I colored the blooms with the Wink of Stella pen.  It adds the shimmer and blends the ink a bit at the same time! 
3. The greeting is from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set. 

Measurements:

• Mint - 4 1/4" X 8 3/4", scored at 5 1/2"; lower piece is 1 1/4" X 4 1/4"
• Designer paper - upper is 3" X 4", lower is 1" X 4"
• Ovals from the Ovals Collection - the largest two smooth & Scalloped oval framelits 

 

Special of the Week!

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My birthday is this week Friday and I want to send YOU a card; or maybe 5!!!!

 

Any orders (online or local) over $30 placed from today through September will receive

5 free hand made cards from me! Use this hostess code: G3DKS9BU

 

Order online here and don't forget to check out the Clearance Rack while you're shopping!

 

Holiday Catalog; Flourish Filigree Easel Card in Copper!

Continuing with my Holiday Catalog projects!

Here's a card I made for an online swap I participated in.   The stamp set is called Flourish Filigree and it was not on my list at all!  But when I really looked at the greetings and the large filigree image I knew it would be beautiful and versatile!  AND the greetings fit two of my favorite punches; the Pretty Label and the Tailored Tag punches.

I chose to use one of my favorite rich colors; Shaded Spruce.  It is such a deep, beautiful green and I think it works wonderfully with copper.  And luckily enough we have a few ribbons that include Shaded Spruce, Vanilla and Copper!  They're in the annual catalog; Tea Room and Metallic ribbons on page 201. 

Details:

1. I stamped the greeting on Very Vanilla CS and used the Tailored Tag punch.
2. I punched a Copper Foil piece and cut it in half horizontally to layer it onto the Vanilla piece
3. I colored two of our pearls with the Bronze Blends marker to get 'copper' pearls.
4. For the ribbons, I tied the Shaded Spruce ribbon around a shorter piece of Vanilla/Copper ribbon and adhered it with a mini glue dot. 

Here are the measurements for this pretty card: 

• Vanilla 5 1/4" X 8", scored at 2", 4" and 8",  3 5/8" X 4 7/8" for the front easel, a scrap for the Tailored Tag greeting punch and 1" X 2 1/2" for the lower greeting
• Shaded Spruce 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" for the back, 3 1/2" X 4 3/4" for the front and 1 1/4" X 2 3/4" for the greeting layer
• Copper scraps for the Tailored Tag punch

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Fun Fold card with the Tropical Chic Bundle with video

This card was a hit with my Club gals this month!  

It features the Tropical Chic bundle with the Tropical Escape designer series paper.  The unique fold makes the most of both! 

I made three versions for my club gals; they could pick from Thank You to Birthday.  I'll also share a new trick for the Tailored Tag punch that ramps up the  versatility of this punch a few notches! 

Watch my quick video to get all of my tips to make this pretty, fun-fold card.

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with your thank you card! 

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Measurements:

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  Whisper White 4 1/4" X 11" scored at 2 1/4" & 7 3/4", 2 7/8" square for leaf frame die-cut
  Blushing Bride 4" X 3 1/2"
  Tropical Escape 2" X 4"
  Granny Apple Green 3" square 

Tropical Chic - Product of the week!!

Product of the week!  It's the Tropical Chic Bundle

This pretty card is 'similar' to the cards we're making at my August card clubs. It's a super easy yet fun fold! 

Here I used the new Shaded Spruce & Granny Apple Green with this fun Tropical bundle. The stamps are awesome but the framelits are the bomb!  I've got two videos coming out this week using this unique bundle with lots of great tips coming up!

Measurements:

• White main card 4 1/4" X 11", scored at 2 1/4" & 7 3/4"
• Shaded Spruce layer is 3 1/2" X 4"
• Tropical Escape DSP is 4" X 2"
• White die-cut square 2 7/8"
• Granny Apple square 3" 

 

Darling Label Punch Fun Fold card

Who knew?!  I'm loving the Darling Label punch box!

Here's a fun fold card I made with the Brights designer paper stack in Coastal Cabana, Black and White. 

Just trim 1 1/4" from one edge of your 4 1/4" X 11" main card. Use that piece as a 'hinge' for the greeting flap. I hid the end of it under the 1" strip of designer paper.

**See the Darling Label punch board and the other items I used here below. 

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Remember that August is Bonus Days month - get a $5 coupon

for each $50 you order to use in September.

Plus you get a free ink pad of your choice from me for each $50 you order

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