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Sweet Songbirds is adorable on this cute card!

We made this adorable card at my May card clubs; it features the Sweet Songbirds bundle and three new In Colors.

The new colors include Tahitian Tide (turquoise), Parakeet Party (green) and Sweet Sorbet (red) along with Soft Suede.  

I shot a video of the easy steps to create this card; I hope you watch it.  See it here or scroll down to watch it below. 

That neat cloud border is created with the Basic Border dies seen here.  I love these dies!! 

As you can see there are very few layers here; the stamped scene is all you need. 

See the Sweet Songbird bundle here.  The bird & wing are stamped on a separate piece of White CS and punched out.  They're popped up as well as the sign (done on Sahara Sand CS).  

Measurements:
• Tahitian Tide card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• White front 5 1/4" X 4", inside is 4 3/4" X 3 1/2", scraps for bird punches
• Sahara Sand scrap for hanging sign

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Tea Boutique card with a pocket for a tea bag of gift card!

Yesterday I shared the cute tea bag gift box below on the right.  Today I'll share details on the pretty card on the left.

Both projects feature the Cup of Tea bundle and the Tea Boutique designer paper seen here.  

The card is an easy fun fold where the card base is a quarter sheet of Fresh Freesia card stock.  The Garden Green piece is the part that opens and reveals the tea bag.  Of course the tea bag is optional and would work as a gift card holder also.  

Here are the measurements:

• Fresh Freesia card base 4 ¼” X 5 ½”, & 3 X 3” square for tea
• Garden Green 3 ¼” X 11” scored at 5 ½”
• Designer paper 3” X 5 ¼”
• White inside 3” X 5 ¼”

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Video tutorial for a Tea Bag gift box that holds 6 bags of tea!

On last Tuesday's live I made projects with the Tea Boutique suite.  If you missed it click here for the video and click here to get to my Facebook page. Follow me and you'll get notified when I am Live.  

This tea bag gift box is so cute!  It's about 3" X 4 1/2" and quite easy to make. I used the Cup of Tea bundle seen here for the stamped images and die-cuts. 

The Tea Boutique designer series paper seen here includes all of our newest in colors so it's bright and colorful. I chose to use Parakeet Party for the main box and accents of Fresh Freesia, Starry Sky & Orchid Oasis.

Here's a picture of the inside. There are two pieces of designer paper scored every 1/2" for the sides and card stock dividers between each fold for a tea bag.  

I used a new punch called the Lasting Label punch for the top corner detail.  I share how in the video; you'll look at your punches in a whole new way! 

 

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Joseph's Coat technique video with the Botanical Layers

We're making these cards tonight on Facebook Live here on my FB page!  It's a technique that will WOW you with it's magic.  

I chose to use the new Botanical Layers stamp set along with two new In Colors of Tahitian Tide & Parakeet Party.  I also added a bit of Bermuda Bay. 

The first step is to add color to a Basic White piece of card stock.  I used our Blending Brushes and added it randomly like this: 

The next step is to stamp your images onto this colored card stock using Versamark ink and heat emboss using Clear embossing powder.  I highly recommend using an embossing buddy; although Stampin' Up! does not currently have them in our catalog.  It prevents excess powder from adhering to your paper before you stamp and heat emboss.  

After your heat embossing dries you need just two things to make these colorful, magical technique.  A classic 'dark' color of ink - I used Memento Black.  And a tissue or paper towel.  

You will take your classic/water-based ink pad (Black Memento for me here) and rub the ink pad directly over the heat embossed card stock.  Because the ink is water-based it will not adhere to the heat embossed areas but WILL adhere to the background that is NOT heat embossed. 

Next use a tissue or soft paper towel to rub off excess ink to reveal your colorful design.  

Here are my two pieces before I finished my cards: 

 

Here are the measurements:

• Card base is 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"
• stamped layer is 4" X 3", Parakeet Party green is 3 1/4" X 4 1/4"
• 2 pieces DSP 2" X 1 1/2" and a greeting die-cut

In this photo you can see a bit of the shine on the leaves from the heat embossing.  It truly is magic!  Join me here tonight at 7:30 pm CT. 

 

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The Sending Smiles bundle is so versatile! Check out these two projects.

Last week I shared three projects with the Sending Smiles bundle seen here.  I think it's one of the best choices in the new Annual Catalog by Stampin' Up!  

I also wanted to use the Pretty Prints designer paper and chose the Bermuda Bay sheet in the package.  I also wanted to use one of the new In Colors and settled on Sweet Sorbet. 

Next I had to choose a coordinating color to soften these two vibrant colors and settled on Blushing Bride.  I was so surprised how well these colors combined!  

The next thing that inspired this layout was a card sketch we have been working on in my Flowerbug's Team group.  As you can see I changed the main image to be on the angle.  

Sketches are one of my favorite ways to get inspiration on card layouts. 

Measurements:

• Card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• DSP 4" square
• White 2 3/4" square
• Sweet Sorbet 2 7/8" square
• Glimmer paper strip 3/8" X 4 1/4"  

Can you see that the flowers are darker in the center and lighter on the outer petals?  I inked the flowers in Sweet Sorbet ink and stamped off once.  Then I used a sponge dauber to add more Sweet Sorbet ink to just the center.  You can see this technique in the video here.  

This next card was a make & take at my New Catalog Launch party a few weeks ago.  I wanted to have a cute but easy card they could make featuring our new In Colors.  

They were able to stamp the flowers easily and perfectly with the Stamparatus. You can see how it's done in the video below.  

One of my favorite thing about this bundle is how versatile the greetings are; so many possibilites! 

Measurements:

• Card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" scored at 2 1/8" & 4 1/4" 
• White layers are 3 3/4" X 5"
• Starry Sky is 3 7/8" X 5 1/8" 

And here's the video; click on the photo below to watch these two cards and one other too. 

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Sending Smiles card; a fabulous & versatile bundle with video

I made a bunch of these cards for a swap in April and also demonstrated it on FB Live last Tuesday here.  

I LOVE the colors of Parakeet Party & Orchid Oasis together.  This new lime color of Parakeet Party brightens up our color line and it works with blues & purples beautifully! 

The Sending Smiles bundle seen here is wonderful and was #1 on my list of 'must have's'.

I made three projects on last week's Facebook Live using this fabulous bundle.  See it here. 

I love the fact that they provided two sizes of the die-cut 'Sending'.  The larger one fits under the finer die-cut like seen on the card below.  But it also fits the stamped greeting image too.  So smart!  

You can create a variety of flowers with this bundle as you can see.  This flower can be falling like wisteria or growing up like these here; they remind me of grape hyacinth.  

Click here or on the photo below to watch the video for this card and TWO MORE as well. 

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An easy double flap fun fold layout with Pretty Prints DSP. A video, measurements and a gift card option!

I love fun fold cards that stay closed AND are easy for the recipient to figure out.  This double flap fancy fold card is just that!

We made them on Monday night's Stamp with Me Live.  You can watch the video here. 

These cards feature the Pretty Prints designer paper seen here.  It's NEW in the 2022-23 Stampin' Up! Annual catalog.  There are multiple prints all in these 4 colors - Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay and Evening Evergreen.  

I used two stamp sets here; both new in the new Annual catalog.  Good Feelings seen here and Botanical Layers seen here.  

One of my favorite things about this fun fold layout is that you can choose to fold or trim it off at the 1 1/2" mark.  Folding it inside creates a pocket for a gift card.  Trimming it off shortens it.  Your choice!  Or make a few of each like I did.  

The die-cut butterflies from Brilliant Wings dies add a pretty touch to these botanical cards. The lower butterfly is added just beyond the outside corner flap to anchor it closed.  So easy and keeps the card laying flat.  

Here's the video; just click on the photo below to watch it.  

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Nature's Prints in our new Tahitian Tide in color

I thought our new Tahitian Tide in color would pair well with Night of Navy and created this pretty card.  

I stamped the large leaf image on the Tahitian Tide layer for a background and used that same image again on the mail White layer and just a bit on the greeting too. 

I used it for many purposes in April - for my Flowerbug's Team make & takes, an online swap and for last week's FB Live video too.  

You can see the measurements in the photo below: 

I made two other projects using this pretty stamp & die bundle in the video.  Click here or scroll down. 

Click on the photo below to watch the video! 

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Cactus Cuties Fun Fold card in new In Colors! Measurements & video.

Last week's FB Live (seen here) included 3 fun fold cards with the Cactus Cuties bundle.  Here's the first one featuring all 5 of the brand new In Colors!

It's cute but actually a simple fun fold to make.  You can see the measurements below as well as the video here. 

The card base is the new Starry Sky on the card above and I switched it to the Orchid Oasis on the card below.  These two colors pair beautifully together!  I used the Parakeet Party (lime green) for the long strip and layers on the inside pieces.  

The Cactus Builder punch punches out multiple images; including the pot, two cactus and a flower.  

Aren't these new In Colors the best?!!  If you love them and want the 'works' click here to see my In Color bundle option.  It ends Saturday, May 7th!  

Click on the photo below to watch the video for this card and two more fun fold card layouts!  

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