Showing posts with label Stitched So Sweetly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stitched So Sweetly. Show all posts

Tuesday, 5 May 2020

Playing with Poppies

Hello friends.

I thought it was time I shared some poppy cards with you all.  The 3 designs I've featured in today's blog post, were cards that my class ladies made back in February this year.

 Here is my first card.


This is such a sweet little card, it is a simple circle easel design.  These easy fun fold cards can be made in almost any shape. I have seen ovals, squares, rectangles and heart shaped ones. And I've also seen double and triple easel cards.
My card was made using the largest of the scalloped circles from the Layering Circles dies, and then layering cardstock and DSP in different sized Stitched Shapes circles.  The stamped sentiment was cropped with a scalloped rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly dies, matted and then added to a larger scalloped rectangle.


I love stamping on the envelope too! And as you can see, the card folds neatly to fit inside.

My next card is a Pop-Out Curvy fun fold.


I found this design on Pinterest.  Unfortunately, I don't know who to give credit to for the original idea.
When I first saw this, I couldn't work out how it would fold into an envelope until I realised that you don't fold it.  It lies flat inside - very clever!
All of the floral prints in the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper are gorgeous.  For my class, I had enough ladies so that each of the patterns were used.  And I can tell you that all of the cards looked fantastic!  I wish I had taken a photo of them all to show you.

This was our third fun fold card.


This card is stunning and I love its simple design and easy fold.
I first saw this design on the YouTube channel of Mixed Up Craft, and it's called a Pop-Out Gate Fold card by Samantha Clayton.


One thing I really love about all of these fun fold cards is how easily they fold flat.

***At the time of publishing this blog post, the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper was still available to purchase from the Last Chance Products list.***


Thank you for stopping by.  I hope these fun fold cards have inspired you to create some too.


If you are leaving me a comment below, thank you so much.
I read and appreciate them all. 💗

See you next time. 😘



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Thursday, 16 April 2020

AWH Team - April Creative Showcase - Mother's Day



Hello friends, and welcome to this month's Monthly Creative Showcase with the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! Team.

The theme for this month's showcase is Mother's Day.
The Art With Heart team are hoping to share a little Mother's Day love and inspiration with you all tonight.

I have a couple of projects to show you and here is the first one - my card.


Stampin' Up! have on early release from the new Annual Catalogue for 2020-2021, a new suite called Ornate Garden. This beautiful suite of coordinating products is available to purchase now for customers and demonstrators alike.
With it's floral elements in the Designer Series Paper and the embossing folder, stamp sets and dies, it was the perfect choice for me to create my Mother's Day projects.


I decided to revisit a panel card design that I first tried at Christmas time last year. I think it suits this card nicely. I fluked the lighting in the above photo, and I'm pleased that it really defined the look of the embossing.


The sentiment is from the Timeless Tulips stamp set. I stamped this in Early Espresso and cropped with a die from the Stitched So Sweetly die set. The Ornate Garden suite also includes a combo pack of ribbon, but I decided to use some of our Terracotta Tile scalloped linen ribbon. Also included in the suite is a pack of gold gilded gems, and I used one here for a tiny touch of bling.


 Inside the card, I simply layered a piece of Whisper White onto a piece of the DSP that was cropped with a die from the Ornate Layers dies.

My second project was a matching bookmark.


To stop the edges of the bookmark from getting worn, I added a piece of window sheet.
The sentiment is from one of the two stamp sets in the Ornate Garden suite.

Ornate Garden Suite Collection from Stampin' Up!



That's it from me - thank you for stopping by.

I am really looking forward to seeing the other projects on tonight's hop, so join with me now and let's hop over to the blog of the lovely and talented Michele Taylor, to see what she has created for our Mother's Day theme.


If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, below is the list of tonight's participants.


If you're leaving me a comment below, thank you so much.
I read and appreciate them all. 💗


See you next time.....