Happy Hibiscus, Best Family Ever" Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Happy Hibiscus" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card base.

Next I cut the pieces of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Unbounded Beauty" 12" x  12" package. The back piece was cut at 2" x 2" and the top piece at 1-1/2" x 2". I taped the pieces together with the right sides lining up with each other. I glued this to the front of the card.

The flowers are from the "Happy Hibiscus" bundle and were stamped using Crushed Curry for the outline image and were colored in using both light and dark Daffodil Delight Blends pens. Then I put them in the embossing folder along with the matching die and cut and textured them at the same time. I went over them with Wink of Stella and fit them together to where I thought they looked best. I taped them together on the back then Dimensionals were added. I set the piece in place on top of the card front.

The leaves were cut using the die in the bundle on some Garden Green card stock. I cut three, added glue to the back and slipped them under the flowers.

The words are from the "Best Family Ever" set and were stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I trimmed them to measure 1/2" x 2-1/4". Dimensionals were added to the back and set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a fun and easy card to make. 

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Happy Hibiscus, Adventurous Sky, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see that card by clicking here. I just thought it was so pretty that I had to give it a try. There's instructions in the link on how it was made. I pretty much followed it. Please read on to see how I put it together since I did make a few changes.

My card starts off with a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. I cut a 5-3/8" x 4-1/8" piece of Petal Pink card stock and taped it to the card base. On top of that is a 5-1/4" x 4" piece of Basic White card stock and that was taped to the Petal Pink piece. And on top of that is a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) that's from the "Regal Distressed Patterns" 12" x 12" package. It measures 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" and was taped to the Basic White piece.

Next the Petal Pink strips were cut. They measure 1/2" x 4-3/4". You need two of them. I stamped the words from the "Adventurous Sky" bundle using Versa Mark and I embossed them using gold embossing powder. I taped them to the front of the card. It about 3/8" from the bottom edge of the card. 

Then the flowers were made. They are from the "Happy Hibiscus" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. Color them first. These were colored using the following Blends pens Daffodil Delight (D), Cajun Craze (L) and Flirty Flamingo (D). Now the piece is lined up in the "Happy Hibiscus" embossing folder along with the die and they are textured and cut at the same time. The mistake I did making my card was I colored after I textured and the texture is not as deep as I would have liked it to be.  But that's okay, I plan to make another one this weekend to practice with this hybrid embossing folder. 

The leaves were stamped than then colored in using Granny Apple Green (D) and Old Olive (L).  An Old Olive card stock leave was die cut too. 

A couple of strips of tape were added where the flowers are going to go and 24" of gold thread was wound around the area. 

I used glue to put the flowers and leaves in place. The large flower went first, then the second largest and then the smallest. Once they were set up enough I added the Old Olive card stock leaf and then tucked in the other leaves.

A couple of brass butterflies were added and the card was done. 

I'm pleased with the way it turned out but will be much happier with my second attempt this weekend.

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Enduring Beauty, Labeled With Love, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I have a lot of January birthday coming up! Please read on to see how I made the card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Distressed Tile" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card base.

Next I stamped the floral image from the "Enduing Beauty" bundle  using black Memento ink.  I colored the images in using the matching masks. They are numbered and you just line them up, ink up your Blending Brush and scrub on the color. I used Petunia Pop and Rich Razzleberry for the flowers and Old Olive for the greens. I did use a light brushing of Rich Razzleberry on the leaves and then colored over them with the Old Olive. It gave them a richer look. 

Once the coloring part was done I cut the piece out using the matching die. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the lower part of the card.

The words are from the "Labeled With Love" set and were stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I cut them out using a die from the "Spotlight on Nature" bundle. I set them in place using Dimensionals and the card was done.

This is such a fun card to make. I love the stencils. They make it look like you are perfect at coloring! Shhhh, don't tell anyone how easy it was, let them be impressed!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Enduring Beauty, Labeled With Love, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I found the layout on Pinterest. You can see the original card here. Please read on to see how I put this card together.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Crumb Cake card stock that was textured using the "Distressed Tile" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.

Next I cut a 3-1/2" x 4-3/4" piece of Basic White for the top layer.

The flowers are from the "Enduring Beauty" bundle. I stamped the image using black Memento ink. Then I got my Blending Brushes and ink pads out. I used Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive inks. There are masks in the bundle and they are numbered. You just line up the parts on the mask and scrub on the color. I tape my masks down with removable tape and I did tape down my stamped image so it wouldn't move on me while I was adding the color. A little tip here. If you're going to use the masks to color your flowers, make more than one. You're getting them all inked up so why not. You have to rinse them off when you are done. I make 8 but only colored 4. I'll color the other 4 some other day. I did color the leaves though so all I will need to color is the flowers.

Looking at the original card, I cut the flower in half and taped the bottom piece in place. On the upper piece I used Dimensionals. I did click through the link to the blog and it shows the piece cut in half plus there were a little bundle of flowers cut off too. I did cut them but since I put my wording in the middle I could have left the flowers. Next time I'll check first! But it's still pretty without them.

Once the flowers were added I stamped the words from the "Labeled With Love" set using black Memento ink. 

I glued the flower piece on top of the textured Crumb Cake piece and the card was done.

This was a fun card to make. I love how elegant it looks.

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Happy Hibiscus, Labeled With Love, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I found it on Pinterest but I changed it a bit. You can see the original card here. Please read on to see how I put it together.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Real Red card stock. I cut two pieces of Basic White card stock at 4" x 5-1/4".  I taped one to the inside and the other I textured using the "Happy Hibiscus" hybrid embossing folder. I glued that to the front of the card.

I stamped the flowers using the "Happy Hibiscus" stamp. Then I die cut them using the matching die. I also textured them by putting them in the matching embossing folder. Once I finished the texturing I colored the flower using both light and dark Real Red Blends pen and the dark Daffodil Delight pen for the center of two of the flowers.

Leaves were die cut using Old Olive card stock.

The words are from the "Labeled With Love" set using black Memento ink. I cut them out using the circle die in the "Happy Hibiscus" bundle. 

Dimensionals were used behind the larger flower and the word circle. I set the other pieces in place using glue.

I had colored some small rhinestones using my dark Real Red Blends pen and I set them in place on the front of the card.  And the card was done.

This was a fun card to make and I REALLY love all the red.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Happy Hibiscus, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock that was textured using the "Happy Hibiscus" hybrid embossing folder. I glued it to the card base.

Next I took another piece of Basic White card stock and embossed it with the same folder. Then I cut out the flowers with the matching die. I'm not really sure how this die and folder are supposed to work together. Once they were cut they were a bit flat so I put them back in the folder. They just slid into place so I didn't have to be concerned about double embossing on them. Once they were embossed (again) I took my Blending Brushes and brushed on some Bubble Bath ink first and then on then on the very edges I brushed on some Flirty Flamingo. I used my dark Lemon Lolly Blends pen and colored the centers of the flowers.

The leaves were die cut and then colored by brushing on some Granny Apple Green ink.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the large flower. I set it in place but I didn't push it down to secure it. I needed it loose so I could slip the other elements under it as needed. I glued the flowers and then the leaves were added last.

The words were done on my computer. They were just sitting around on my worktable and I thought I'd just use them. Had I not used them I would have used the words from the "Simply Said" set.

This was a very fun, quick and easy card to make. I love the soft look of it.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Spotlight on Nature, Thank You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another thank you card to share with you. What's fun with the placement of the words here is you can add any other wording you need and make it work. It can go across the flowers and still look great. Please read on to see how I made today's card. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Peach Pie card stock for the background layer. I textured it using the "Distressed Tile" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.

Next I cut the strips for the middle. The Basic White piece was cut at 1-3/4" x 5" and the Basic Black layer behind it was cut 2" x 5-1/4".  I textured the Basic White piece using the "Distressed Tile" embossing folder. I glued it to the Basic Black piece and then I glued that to the center of the card front.

The circles were cut next. They are from the "Spotlight on Nature" bundle. I used the largest ones of this design in the set. One on Basic Black card stock and one on Basic White card stock. 

The flower were stamped on the Basic White piece using black Memento ink. I also stamped the butterfly on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I fussy cut the butterfly out.

Using my Blends pens I colored in the butterfly and the flowers. I used both light and dark Pumpkin Pie,  dark Lemon Lolly and light and dark Granny Apple Green on the leaves and stems. I taped the two circles together. Glue was added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card leaving equal space at the top, bottom and left side.

The words are from the same set and were stamped using black Memento ink. I trimmed it to measure 5/8" x 2". I taped it to a scrap piece of Basic Black card stock and trimmed a border around it. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the front of the card, centering it on the strip.

I set the butterfly in place using Dimensionals and the card was done.

This was a fun card to make and I really love coloring with Blends pens!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's thank you card,
Wanda

Spotlight on Nature, Thank You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a thank you card to share with you. I found a card on Pinterest using this layout so I thought I'd give it a try. You can see that card here. There were no measurements so please read on to see how it was made. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock for the top layer. I textured it using the "Dotted Circles" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card. Tape doesn't seem to stick as well when there's lots of space on the back that doesn't touch the card base. I just play it safe and glue it.

Next I die cut the circles. They are from the "Spotlight on Nature" bundle. I cut the largest one using Basic Black card stock and the one with the dashes and dots was cut using Basic White card stock.

Using the bunch of leaves in the "Spotlight on Nature" set I stamped them twice using black Memento ink.

The butterfly was stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock using black Memento ink. I colored it in using both light and dark Flirty Flamingo Blends pens. I fussy cut it out. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set aside.

The circles were taped together and then glued to the front of the card. Then the butterfly was added. A checkered bow was tied and glued to the front.

The words are from the same bundle and were stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I trimmed it to 1-5/8" x 1-3/4". I angled the ends. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.

A few rhinestones were colored using the dark Flirty Flamingo Blends pen and set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a fun and easy card to make. I like playing with this set, especially the dies!

Thank you SO much for stopping by to see today's thank you card,
Wanda

Snowy Wonder, Snowy Scenes, Calendar Page, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Happy New Year to you all. Today I have a calendar page to share with you. A blogging friend of mine, Lynette shared her printout with me for the calendar pages. You can hop on over to her blog and get the download for the pages. And while you are there take a look at her wonderful cards too, she's got a lot of great cards for viewing and inspiration. I didn't have excel on my computer, we use Open Office and I did have to move some margins to get it to print right but it's not a big deal. Though I was unable to open the cutting instructions but I figured it out (close enough). My piece measures 4-3/4" x 3-3/8". Please read on to see how I made my calendar page.

After cutting the piece to measure 4-3/4" x 3-3/8" I cut a 3-1/8" x 2-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Snowy Scenes" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the upper part of the calendar. 

Using the same package of DSP I fussy cut the penguin and I used a matching die from the "Snowy Wonder" bundle to cut the snowman out. 

Dimensionals were added to the back of both pieces and they were set in place on top of the DSP.  And that was it, a super simple calendar page I can look at all month long. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's fun calendar page,
Wanda

Happy Hibiscus, Simply Said, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. I have a few things to get ready for a couple of friends who are coming over to celebrate New Year's Eve with us but I thought I'd post a card first. I needed a break and card making is SO relaxing for me. I found this card on Pinterest and you can see it here. There were no instructions so please read on to see how I put it together.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. On top of that is a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock that was textured using the "Happy Hibiscus" hybrid embossing folder. This is a fun folder because the dies in the "Happy Hibiscus" bundle has a die that matches the flowers. How fun is that? After embossing I glued the piece to the front of the card.

The flowers were stamped next. I used Crushed Curry for the outline and Daffodil Delight for the solid part. The leaves were done using Shaded Spruce for the outline and Old Olive for the solid part. I die cut the pieces out, plus I die cut three white flowers at the same time.

Dimensionals were added to the two larger flowers and they were set in place on the front of the card. I glued the smaller one in place.

Next came the leaves, they were tucked in and set in place with Dimensionals.

The tiny white ones were added using a dot of glue. Each of the flowers got a crystal rhinestone.

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Old Olive ink. I used the die from the "Happy Hibiscus" bundle to cut them out. They were set in place using Dimensionals and the card was done.

This was a very fun and easy card to make. I love the yellow on white, it's such a soft looking card.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Regal Floral, Labeled With Love, Regal Winter, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. This time of the year is when you are done making Christmas cards and have to play with the other set you have until you can order from the new mini and Sale-a-Bration catalog AND then wait for the items to arrive. So in the meantime I am playing with sets I bought that I hadn't played with much. Today I have a birthday card to share with you using the "Regal Floral" bundle. Please read on to see how the card was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Berry Burst for the layer. On top of that is a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Pretty Peacock that was textured using the "Distressed Tile" embossing folder. 

A 5" x 1-3/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Regal Winter" 12" x 12" package was cut for the strip on the left. I also cut a 5" x 1/2" strip of Berry Burst for the right edge of the DSP strip. I wanted to give it that look of looking like it was layered all around. Now if you are more efficient than I am you can cut your DSP and the strip, tape them together as I did but the textured Pretty Peacock piece could be cut at 1-7/8" x 5". I glued down the Pretty Peacock piece and then I glued the strip to the top of that piece.

I cut a 3" x 3" piece of Berry Burst, a 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" piece of Pretty Peacock and a 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" piece of Basic White for the top three layers. On the Basic White piece I stamped the words from the "Labeled with Love" bundle. The three pieces were taped together and glued to the front of the card.

Next I stamped the flowers and greenery. The flowers are from the "Regal Floral" bundle and were stamped using Berry Burst ink. One set of leaves were stamped using Pretty Peacock ink and the other was stamped using Blackberry Bliss ink. I cut them out using the matching dies in the bundle. I added a little tape to the bottom of the stems and set them in place behind the flowers. I thought the piece needed something so I used my Wink of Stella pen and colored over each leaf and petal. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the bottom right area of the square layered piece.

I thought the flowers needed something in the centers so I found some enamel dots from the "It's My Party" package (dating back to 2016 - VERY retired!) and I set one of the pink colored dots in the center of each flower. They blended in well and I was glad I was able to use them. I have a lot more to use and I have a lot more cards to make so there's hope for that package yet! LOL

This was a fun and simple card to make. I'm sure it will brighten the day of the one who receives it.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Regal Floral, Labeled With Love, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a simple yet elegant looking birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I textured a 1-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece of Basic White card stock using the "Distressed Tile" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card about 1" from the fold

Next I cut the rectangles, they are from the "Nested Essentials" set. I used the second and third rectangles. I taped them together on the Basic White card stock using some post it tape. Once cut I added pieces of Dimensionals to the back and I set it aside.

Using the second rectangle die I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Regal Winter" 12" x 12" package. I trimmed it where the dotted lines were so it wouldn't show behind the Basic White framed piece. 

The words came next. They are from the "Labeled with Love" bundle and were stamped using Pretty Peacock ink.

The backing was removed from the framed piece and set it on top of the DSP. I did have a little hanging over but I just trimmed it off. Then I glued this in place 1/2" from the fold and 1-1/8" from the top edge. And that was it, the card was done.

So quick and easy to do. And a bit of elegance too!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Happy Hibiscus, Countryside Corners, Unbounded Love, Sympathy Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I was in need of a sympathy card.  Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Shaded Spruce card stock stock and textured is using the "Happy Hibiscus" embossing folder. Then I trimmed it to 4" x 5-1/4". I glued it to the front of the card base.

Next I stamped the flower images from the "Happy Hibiscus" bundle using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. I colored the flowers using light and dark Powder Pink Blends pens, dark Pumpkin Pie, and light Daffodil Delight. The leaf was colored in using the light and dark Granny Apple Green Blends pens. I cut them out using the matching dies.

Then I cut the Shaded Spruce and Basic White pieces using the "Countryside Corners" dies. I stamped the words from the "Unbounded Love" bundle and black Memento ink. I taped it to the Shaded Spruce piece.

The "Happy Hibiscus" bundle has a circle die so I cut two of Basic White and taped them to the opposite corners of the "Countryside Corners" piece. 

I set the flowers in place using Dimensionals and then I added Dimensionals to the back of the whole thing and centered it as much as I could by eyeing it. 

A brass butterfly was added to give it a more peaceful look.

This was a touch card to make. It was easy but the reason made it tough.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's sympathy card,
Wanda

Regal Floral, Happy Hibiscus, Thank You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that I found on the internet. I was searching for a card using the "Regal Floral" bundle, a set I had purchased but hadn't used yet because I bought too many fun sets and played with them instead.  I was in need of a thank you card for our neighbors who watched out cat while we were out of town for a few days.  They just love him and were glad to take care of him for us. You can see the original card here. 

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. Once cut it measured 4-1/4" x 11". It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock and textured it using the "Distressed Tile" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.

Next I too a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Regal Winter" 12" x 12" package.  I cut it at 2" x 4-1/4" and I cut a piece of Basic White for the layer that measures 2-1/4" x 4-1/2". I glued that to the front of the card about 1/2" from the left edge and the top and bottom.

Then I worked on the focal piece. I cut a piece of Basic White card stock 2"x 3-1/4".  I stamped the greenery on it from the "Regal Flora" bundle using Shaded Spruce ink. There's two different images in the Shaded Spruce. 

I stamped on the dots using Blackberry Bliss ink that was stamped off once. I did that on three different places on that piece. I taped this to a 2-1/4" x 3-1/2" piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card about 1-1/8" from the left side and 1" from the top and bottom.

The flowers were stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock using Blackberry Bliss ink. I cut them out using the die from the bundle. I thought it was too dark so I took my Wink of Stella pen and colored over the flowers. Dimensionals were added to the back where they would be touching the panel.  And that was it, the card was done. 

I thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Thank You card,
Wanda