Showing posts with label Forever Blossoms Stamp Set. Show all posts
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Global Design Project - Floral Theme Challenge #243 - Napkin Fold Birthday Card
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 Bridgwater, UK
Have you ever seen a napkin fold card before? They've been around for many years but I've only recently started making cards in this style. They are such fun and a real labour of love.
I am entering this project in the Global Design Project challenge #243. This weeks theme is floral!
To see more papercraft projects with a floral theme click here . Better still, you can enter yourself! The deadline for entries is Saturday 6th June.
There are lots of tutorials on the internet on how to make napkin fold cards. Honestly, they are much easier to make than they look! Why not have a go and use up some of your patterned paper stash!
I am considering making a YouTube video on how to make one using new patterned paper from the forthcoming Annual Catalogue. You can subscribe to my channel by clicking on the YouTube social media icon in the sidebar on the left hand side of my blog.
The combination of the colours Pool Party and Petal Pink in the patterned paper is just so lovely. So I used the same colour cardstock to layer the decoration in the centre of the card.
For the centre piece I used the Layering Oval Dies, adding flowers from the Forever Blossoms stamp set behind it.
For the sentiment I stamped 'Happy' using the Well Said stamp set and added a die cut of the word 'Birthday' using the Well Written Dies. I actually lost the dot for the 'i' in birthday, so I just used a Champagne Rhinestone instead.... genius! (if I can say so myself?)
I added Champagne Rhinestones into the centre of Petal Pink Adhesive Backed Sequins, then placed the sequins in all four corners.
I wrapped Petal Pink Organdy ribbon around the belly band, layering on top of the Pool Party patterned paper.
I die cut circles with the Layering Circle Dies and then used the Forever Blossoms and Itty Bitty Birthday Stamp Set to decorate it, adding some more sequins adorned with rhinestones to finish the look.
The finished card size is 6" by 6" and doesn't fit any standard envelope due to the depth of the card. So I dug out my trusty old Envelope Punch board and made a custom coordinating envelope. Perfect!
I placed a piece of paper in the centre of the envelope front and held it in place with some low tack tape (a sticky note would also suffice).
I inked my Forever Blossoms stamp with memento ink and stamped it over the two corners to get the effect you can see below. Like the flowers featured in the centre of the card and on the belly band, I lightly coloured the flowers and leaves with Pool Party and Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends.
I then removed the piece of paper and drew a line around the space using a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker and a ruler. A hand drawn line would also look great but I wasn't brave enough to do this.
The napkin fold card was entered into the Pinkies bingo challenge I've mentioned in recent posts into the categories Fancy Fold and Floral or Fauna. The envelope was also entered into Floral or Fauna and the Decorated Envelope category.
I hope you liked my napkin fold card and custom envelope that I've entered into the Global Design Project! I would love to hear from you, leave me a comment to let me know you stopped by!
Also don't forget to check out the gallery of cards featured in this weeks Global Design Project!
Forever Blossom Stamp Set & Cherry Blossom Die Bundle
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Petal Pink Organdy Ribbon
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Well Written Dies
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Itty Bitty Birthdays Stamp Set
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There are loads techniques you can use when creating handmade cards. This one is a classic example of Simple Stamping! No layers, no die cutting, no masking, no patterned paper!
Ok, so there is a teeny bit of blending using the Pool Party & Mint Macaron colour Stampin' Blends alcohol markers, but it was very simple and quick to do as I kept the colouring really light.
Just like the card I posted on Tuesday, I used the Forever Blossom Stamp Set and the Seriously the Best Stamp Set! I think it's great how there are many different ways you can use a stamp set to create totally different looking cards.
To embellish the card I stuck a few Basic Adhesive Backed Sequins (which are retiring from the catalogue next week) in the colour Soft Sea Foam. Then to add a bit of bling, I added a Rhinestone Basic Jewel in the centre of each sequin. I wish I'd thought of doing this sooner, such a pretty look!
Do you remember me mentioning last Saturday that we were set a creative challenge to complete a bingo card with 16 squares of different techniques? Well, this is the card I entered in the categories; 1) Single Layer and 2) Favourite Colour.
And in case you were wondering..... Pool Party is my favourite colour!
Forever Blossoms Stamp Set & Cherry Blossom Dies
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Seriously the Best Stamp Set
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Have you heard of happy mail? Quite simply, it's sending something lovely in the mail to bring happiness to the recipient! It's even better when it's a total surprise.
So that's what I did, I sent out some handmade cards to my fellow crafty friends to say hello and that I am looking forward to seeing them again when it's safe to do so!
I am planning on sending out some more happy mail next month to friends I haven't seen in a while. I'd love to send some out to a few of my blog readers. To enter, leave a comment below and I will randomly pick a few people to send a card to next month!
Each happy mail card I created was unique! They all followed the same template with varying colours and backgrounds. These are just a few examples.
I embossed the patterned paper with my fave embossing folder. It's called the Subtles embossing folder and it just gives the paper a linen paper look. I can't seem to stop using it, I love it that much!
I then stamped the flower from the Forever Blossoms stamp set in memento ink and lightly coloured it in using my palest Stampin' Blends alcohol markers, I left random bits of white on the petals and the leaves to achieve the look I wanted before cutting them out with the coordinating Cherry Blossom die.
I die cut a rectangle using the Rectangle Stitched Dies. The stitched effect around the edge is fab, you don't even have to get out the sewing machine!
I used my stamping placement tool - called the Stampin' Up! Stamapartus! - to stamp the sentiment onto the bottom right corner of the rectangle.
I find that when you stamp certain images or thick wording like the 'hello friend' in my card, the stamped image is not crisp and needs further stamping or stamping again. This can be nearly impossible to do freehand as you may not line it up exactly and if you have to stamp it again, you end up wasting lots of precious cardstock, which is totally not cool! Using the Stamapartus tool completely resolves this as you can stamp the image again and again to make sure the outcome is perfect! Helps people like me who have OCD tendencies! It took 3 stamps to get the sentiment to look this bold and I love it! If you want to know more about the Stamparatus, watch this video!
Which of these cards is your favourite? The blue card using the colour Seaside Spray is my personal favourite!
Forever Blossom Bundle
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Seriously the Best Stamp Set
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Stamparatus
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