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Luv 2 Stamp Artisan Design Team · Terrific Tuesdays

Love From Me to You

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Do you ever see a stamp set and have your idea wheels immediately start turning? That’s precisely what happened to me as soon as I saw the Sending Love bundle in the January mini catalog. One of the things that I look for in a set is versatility. And while this bundle certainly lends itself easily to Valentine cards, there are a whole host of other occasions for which you can put this bundle to work. And I can’t wait for you to see all of the cute designs I’ve been able to create with this bundle!

Today’s card design revisits a favorite fun fold that I recently learned from fellow team member Patti Dolan. The Center Step fun fold is just so versatile that I find myself circling back to it often right now. I mean, look at how perfectly it shows off the Sending Love mailbox die!

So this card is built on a base of Real Red cardstock. I pulled out my Sale-a-Bration Most Adored designer series paper pack for the perfect combination of patterns for the center and side panels. I love that you have the choice between foiled and patterned designs and, while the pack also lends itself easily to Valentines, the patterns can be used for so many different occasions. I built the mailbox scene using the Sending Love dies and cardstock. These dies make it so easy to build a detailed scene in no time flat. I decided on a more traditional look for the mailbox so that the eye would be drawn to the mail bursting from the mailbox. And I especially love the one taking flight with the hearts gushing out. I used the flower die from the Bright Skies die set to make the vellum wings. Doesn’t that envelope just remind you of that being-in-love feeling?

Want to see other design ideas using the Sending Love bundle? Check out this week’s Terrific Tuesdays episode for more inspiration!

Products used in this design:
Real Red, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Basic White, vellum cardstock
Most Adored, One Horse Open Sleigh, Bright & Beautiful, More Dazzle, Rose Gold DSP
Sending Love stamps
Sending Love, Bright Skies dies
Blooming Pearls
Sequins trio
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Luv 2 Stamp Artisan Design Team · Terrific Tuesdays

Butterfly Thoughts

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We’re wrapping up our week of Painted Lavender designs with this stunning center step fun fold card. If you’ve been following me for a little while, you may remember that I learned this fun fold from fellow Luv 2 Stamp team member Patti Dolan.

This time, I tried a little something different with the assembly and decided to cut one solid portion for the center and narrow bottom panel, which gives you a t-shaped panel. While getting the measurements down and everything cut correctly was a little tricky, I do like the look of having that continuous panel. And speaking of tricky, can anyone spot my cutting mistake? 😉

The base of this card is a sheet of Pretty Peacock cardstock. The designer series paper is all from the Perennial Lavender pack. I chose two different patterns for both the front and inside sections of the card. The sentiment is from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set and stamped on vellum diecut using the Autumn Leaves die. The sentiment is matted by a Blackberry Bliss circle panel diecut using the Everyday Essentials dies. The sprig of lavender on the small step up panel is cut from Lost Lagoon and Blackberry Bliss cardstock using the Painted Lavender dies. A large paper butterfly serves as the focal image on the center panel and really draws the eye down to the sentiment.

Interested in seeing all of the designs we made this week using the Painted Lavender bundle? Check out Episode 9 of Terrific Tuesdays to see them all from start to finish!

Products used in today’s design:
Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss, vellum cardstock
Perennial Lavender DSP
Wonderful Thoughts stamps
Painted Lavender, Everyday Essentials, Autumn Leaves dies
Paper butterfly accents
Opaque faceted gems
Silver trim
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Happy Day

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This week we’ve been looking at a variety of ways to use the Painted Lavender stamps and dies to make wonderful projects. Today, we’re revisiting the foldout gift card holder fun fold with this bundle. Interested in trying it for yourself? Head on over to my Tutorials page to grab the PDF tutorial or click here.

This design is built on a quarter-panel of Pretty Peacock cardstock. One sheet of the Perennial Lavender designer paper provides the background mat and gift card pocket. A sheet of Lost Lagoon cardstock provides the foldout section. The front focal panel consists of a field of lavender stamped from the Painted Lavender stamp set onto Crumb Cake cardstock that has been diecut using the Thoughtful Expressions dies. The focal panel is matted in Pool Party that has also been diecut using the Thoughtful Expressions set. A banner of Pretty Peacock soft shimmer paper helps draw the eye to the focal panel and provide an extra pop of saturated color.

Don’t forget to dress up the inside of the foldout. This is super easy to accomplish with a gift card pocket from the same sheet of DSP and a decorative notch in the pocket provided by the Heartfelt Hexagon punch. The message panel, though plain, is punched up by using the Perennial Postage diecuts to give it some pizzazz.

You can find even more design inspiration in this week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays.

Products used in today’s featured design:
Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock soft shimmer paper
Perennial Lavender DSP
Thoughtful Expressions, Nested Essentials, Perennial Postage dies
So Sincere stamps
Heartfelt Hexagon punch
Lost Lagoon bordered ribbon
Sequins trio
Adhesive

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Wishing Peace

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Are you loving all of the design inspiration for using the new Painted Lavender bundle? I really love the entire suite of products that coordinates with this stamp and die bundle. And today we’re learning a new fun fold to show them all off.

This gorgeous fun fold is another one from Jackie Bolhuis over at Klompen Stampers. This fold combines a z-fold with a window card. And it looks far more complicated than it actually is, which I think is the beauty of it. One way to increase the versatility of this fun fold is to use different shapes to make the window panel. For instance, Jackie’s example uses a circle die but here I use the Thoughtful Expressions set. When you think about it, the possibilities are endless! You can download the full PDF tutorial over on my Tutorials page or click this link.

This card begins with a standard card base of Highland Heather. The inside z-fold panel is Gorgeous Grape cardstock. I chose two patterns of the Perennial Lavender designer series paper with the larger pattern on the card front and a smaller pattern for the two inside panels. The focal image is diecut using the Thoughtful Expressions dies. I adhered the front DSP panel before I diecut through and through. I simply flipped the inside piece over to use the solid Highland Heather side for the peek-through focal panel. On the smaller white vellum focal panel, I used the Painted Lavender stamps to create the small floral scene. The sentiment is from the Hills of Tuscany set and is stamped directly on top of the small panel. I adhered the butterfly directly to the DSP in a way that it looks like the butterfly is coming in to light on the tall sprig of lavender. A strip of iridescent ribbon on the bottom helps break up the pattern and draw the eye to center panel.

You can find even more inspiration for the Painted Lavender bundle in this week’s Terrific Tuesdays video.

Products used in today’s featured design:
Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Basic White cardstock
Perennial Lavender DSP
Painted Lavender, Perennial Postage, Hills of Tuscany stamps
Thoughtful Expressions dies
Paper butterflies
Iridescent ribbon
Blooming pearls
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Simply Marvelous

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This week is all about the Painted Lavender bundle, which includes a set of lavender stamp images and coordinating dies. This bundle pairs beautifully with a whole host of products. And I hope to show you a number of ways that you can use this bundle as we explore various projects this week. Today we’re using a fun fold to combine the Perennial Lavender designer series paper with the Painted Lavender dies.

This cut and twist fun fold design, that I learned from fellow Stampin’ Up demonstrator Jackie Bolhuis over at Klompen Stampers, is super easy to execute and always a great way to showcase any number of terrific products — from designer paper to stamp bundles. You can find the PDF tutorial for the cut and twist fun fold over on my Tutorials page or by clicking this link.

Here, we start with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I chose three separate patterns of the Perennial Lavender designer paper for this card, working my way from largest to smallest pattern as you move left to right. A strip of Lost Lagoon crinkle ribbon serves to break up the busy lavender patterns on the left. The sentiment from the Perennial Postage stamp set is stamped on a Very Vanilla panel and matted with a vellum panel to soften the contrast between the patterned paper and sentiment panel. Both are diecut using the Thoughtful Expressions dies. The lavender stems layered behind the sentiment panel add some visual interest and are cut from Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, and Lost Lagoon cardstock.

Check out this week’s Terrific Tuesdays video for even more inspiration using the Painted Lavender stamps and dies.

Products used in today’s featured design:
Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Very Vanilla, vellum cardstock
Perennial Lavender DSP
Perennial Postage stamps
Painted Lavender, Thoughtful Expressions dies
Lost Lagoon crinkle ribbon
Foil gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Luv 2 Stamp Artisan Design Team · Terrific Tuesdays

Amazing Things

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I have really enjoyed working with the Painted Lavender bundle in preparation for this week’s Terrific Tuesdays video. And for today’s bonus post, we use a masking technique to create this lovely fun fold.

The Painted Lavender bundle is part of a larger suite of products called Perennial Lavender, which includes the Perennial Postage bundle we worked with last week, along with the Perennial Lavender designer series paper, paper butterflies, and purple fine sparkle gems which are all a part of today’s featured card.

I wanted to try using the paper butterflies ask masks and decided that a peek-through z-fold would be the perfect way to showcase a masked section. We begin with a card base of Lost Lagoon. I chose the sheet of Perennial Lavender designer paper that includes both flowers and butterflies in a tight-knit pattern. White cardstock serves as the base for the inside of the card and the peek-through section of the card. I used a larger and smaller paper butterfly as masks and inked over them with sponge daubers and Blackberry Bliss ink directly on the inside card base on the peek-through section. To keep a nice, even border on the left of the butterflies, I used a strip of washi tape to keep the sponged section just where I wanted it. Each of the butterflies are then flipped over to the uninked side and adhered to the front of the card. The sentiment from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set is stamped on white cardstock diecut with the Nested Essentials dies. Two small butterflies from the Painted Lavender stamp set help draw the eye to the sentiment. Purple sparkle gems are scattered over the card front for pops of color and sparkle and to help the eye travel across the card design.

Interested in more inspiration for the Painted Lavender bundle? Check out this week’s Terrific Tuesdays episode for more designs!

Products used in this design:
Lost Lagoon, Basic White cardstock
Perennial Lavender DSP
Painted Lavender, Wonderful Thoughts stamps
Painted Lavender, Nested Essentials dies
Paper butterflies
Purple fine shimmer gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Heart Tied to Yours

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We’re exploring all the ways we can use the Painted Lavender bundle to make stunning card designs. One of things I love about this bundle is how it coordinates with so many Stampin’ Up! products. Today’s card design is a perfect example of how you can pull a whole host of products together into a cohesive design.

This card design sits atop a base of Gorgeous Grape cardstock. The backdrop for the focal section is tone-on-tone, but to make it stand apart, this panel is machine embossed using the beautiful Elegant Eucalyptus embossing folder. I love how the shape of the eucalyptus fronds perfectly coordinate with the lavender stems in the strip of Perennial Lavender designer series paper. To ensure that this strip of designer paper didn’t get lost in the background, it’s matted with a strip of Bubble Bath soft shimmer paper. This adds the perfect amount of eye relief and sparkle for the focal section. The sentiment is from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set and stamped on a vellum panel diecut using the Thoughtful Expressions dies. A few sprigs of lavender stems are diecut from Lost Lagoon cardstock using the Painted Lavender dies and tied together with some linen thread. A scattering of purple sparkle gems really draw the eye to the sentiment.

You can see a variety of other ways we used the Painted Lavender stamps and dies in this week’s Terrific Tuesdays video.

Products used in today’s featured design:
Gorgeous Grape, Lost Lagoon, vellum, Bubble Bath soft shimmer paper
Perennial Lavender DSP
Wonderful Thoughts stamps
Painted Lavender, Thoughtful Expressions dies
Linen thread
Fine shimmer gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Beyond Measure

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I often find that starting the design process with a particular layout in mind helps things come together faster. For me, that often means turning to my collection of sketches. I keep sketches in a few different places based on whether I saved it digitally or it’s hand-drawn.

Today’s card design began with a sketch that I recently saved in my digital sketch file. This sketch is from the lovely folks over at Freshly Made Sketches. If you’re ever looking for a great repository of sketch inspiration, you should check them out!

So this card begins with a base of Blackberry Bliss. I really love how it pulls out the subtle purples in the sheet of Delightfully Eclectic designer series paper that is the backdrop for this card. The little images are supposed to resemble a mini picture wall. The mats for each image are diecut using the Perennial Postage dies. A strip of rose gold and white striped ribbon provides a little grounding for the small image panels amongst the busy-ness of the floral patterned background. The focal sentiment is fussy cut to accentuate the word “loved” in the sentiment. Some fine shimmer gems are scattered across the card front to draw the eye across the design.

You can see this design come together in its entirety in this week’s Terrific Tuesdays video.

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Can’t Thank You Enough

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This week is all about the Perennial Postage bundle, which includes a set of sentiments and dies. I really love this bundle because it is so versatile, especially if you take a moment to think outside the box. Today’s card is a perfect example of taking a minute and realizing that those diecutting scraps on your craft table can make an awesome card!

This design began with the three narrow frames that were diecutting leftovers from other card designs. The combination of Mossy Meadow and Pebble Path are nice a neutral and allow you to go in just about any direction with the color palette. I decided to play up the neutrals and add an accent color with the pinky hues of copper and rose gold.

The base of this card is Early Espresso. The background paper is a sheet from the new Nature’s Sweetness paper pack, currently available in the new Winter Mini Catalog. This is the perfect backdrop because of its coordinating neutral color palette. The sentiment from the Perennial Postage stamp set is stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed using copper embossing powder. The sentiment panel is diecut using the coordinating Perennial Postage die. This panel is matted in Rose Gold specialty paper to accentuate the sentiment. A strip of Flirty Flamingo metallic ribbon behind the sentiment panel repeats the accent color and draws the eye to the sentiment. A scattering of copper brushed metallic dots finish things off perfectly.

Curious where the frames in today’s card design came from? Check out this week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays and see if you can find them.

Products used in today’s featured design:
Early Espresso, Basic White cardstock
Rose Gold, One Horse Open Sleigh, Nature’s Sweetness DSP
Perennial Postage stamps & dies
Copper embossing powder
Flirty Flamingo metallic ribbon
Brushed metallic dots
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Thank You Curtain Fold

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Today we’re revisiting a relatively new-to-me fun fold. One of our Luv to 2 Stamp team members shared this Curtain Fold with the group during the holidays, and I wanted to give it another try. The beauty of this fun fold is that it shows off both sides of a sheet of designer series paper, and for today’s card, I chose a sheet with a foil side for a little extra pizzazz.

A sheet of Pretty Peacock cardstock serves as the base for this card. The backdrop for the beautiful pleated fold is a sheet of the Tartan Foil paper, which is still available in my online store as an Online Exclusive. I love the pairing of the Lost Lagoon Tartan Foil with the Pretty Peacock because the tartan pattern really shows through with this color palette. The pleated fold is made with a sheet of the Nature’s Sweetness designer series paper and was actually the other portion of the sheet that I used for one of the Terrific Tuesday designs. The sentiment from Perennial Postage is stamped in Pretty Peacock and diecut with the coordinating Perennial Postage die. The sentiment panel is matted with a Pretty Peacock banner that is diecut using the Nested Essentials die with the extension method. A twist of gold trim and a scattering of Pretty Peacock and gold sequins add a touch of sparkle to draw the eye to the center fold and sentiment.

Interested in seeing the other designs we made together during this week’s Terrific Tuesdays episode? You can tune in here to catch it all.

Products used in today’s featured design:
Pretty Peacock, Basic White cardstock
Tartan Foil, Nature’s Sweetness DSP
Perennial Postage stamps & dies
Nested Essentials dies
Gold trim
Neutrals sequins, sequins trio
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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