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Inspired by You

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Happy Tuesday, crafty friends! We enjoyed a very restful day off yesterday. We got to enjoy a bonus day off doing things together as a family, which is always nice. And it was a beautifully sunny day, so we got to enjoy time outside before we get another round of arctic air.

This week, we’re using patterns and textures to help our sentiments really shine. And today we’re pairing up the lovely Bloom Impressions Sale-a-Bration paper with the Inspiring Snapdragons bundle for this encouragement card.

We started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I used both sides of the sheet of Bloom Impressions paper for the patterned element. Using the Inspiring Snapdragons dies, we create two stems. I used Fresh Freesia and Petunia Pop as the base colors and then the Fresh Freesia glimmer paper as the detail piece on top. The sprig of grass is cut from Shaded Spruce. They’re all adhered to the base with layers of dimensionals. The sentiment from Inspiring Snapdragons is stamped in BlackBerry Bliss on white cardstock and then cut out with the large banner die from Greetings of the Season (but could also be cut with paper snips). A bow of Fresh Freesia seam binding ribbon and Blackberry Bliss & Gold metallic ribbon finish off the sentiment panel which is adhered across the card front using dimensionals. Some purple sequins add a touch of sparkle and help the eye move across the design.

Tomorrow things will take flight as we continue this fun pattern & sentiment series. I hope you’ll stop in.

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Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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Petunia Pop 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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Bloom Impressions 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
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Three Color Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
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Inspiring Snapdragons Bundle (English)
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Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad
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Blackberry Bliss & Gold 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Textured Ribbon
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Fresh Freesia 3/8" (1 Cm) Seam Binding Ribbon
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Purple Adhesive Backed Sequins
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Botanicals · sketches

Flower for a Friend

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We’re rounding out our week of designs using the Stampin’ Up! Inspiring Snapdragons bundle, which includes coordinating cling stamps and dies. Today, we have a clean and simple design that was inspired by a sketch from my sketchbook.

We get started with a base of Shy Shamrock cardstock. I also cut a quarter-sheet of Shy Shamrock and then embossed using the Cute Crochet embossing folder. The embossed quarter panel is then trimmed down to be 1/4-inch smaller than the standard card front. The panel is adhered to the card front using dimensionals. I next diecut the middle-sized snapdragon from white cardstock using the Inspiring Snapdragons dies. Using Pretty in Pink and Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends, I colored the decorative layer of the snapdragon. I used a glue pen to apply adhesive to the decorative layer and adhere it to the snapdragon base. The sentiment is diecut from Shy Shamrock glimmer paper and Basic White cardstock using the Friends for Life dies. I used a glue pen to apply adhesive and adhere to the two sentiment layers together.

To assemble the focal section of the card, I began with a glue dot in the center of the card. I cut linen thread and made a decorative faux bow and used the glue dot to hold it in place. Using dimensionals, I next adhered the snapdragon over the linen thread and then the sentiment over the snapdragon blossom. To ensure the sentiment stands above everything else, the dimensional layer is doubled. I finished things off with a scattering of Shy Shamrock shimmer gems.

I really love this card design because it’s super simple to make and replicate quickly, but it looks like a million bucks. If you have other sentiment diecuts in your stash, you could easily substitute a different one for a multitude of occasions.

Next week, we’ll be focusing on the Friends for Life bundle. I hope you’ll pop in and see how many different ways we can use this fabulous bundle!

Products used in today’s design:
Shy Shamrock, Basic White cardstock
In Color glimmer paper
Inspiring Snapdragons, Friends for Life dies
Cute Crochet embossing folder
Stampin’ Blends
In Color shimmer gems
Linen thread
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Botanicals · SU! Promotions

Best of Luck

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Our product focus this week is Stampin’ Up!’s Inspiring Snapdragons bundle, which includes a coordinating cling stamp and die set. We’ve explored using the stamps and dies together and independently in this week’s designs. Today’s card is pairing a sketch from my sketch book with Inspiring Snapdragons stamps and several of the new In Colors.

We get started with a card base of Summer Splash cardstock. The decorative element behind the focal panel consists of a mat of Petunia Pop In Color glimmer paper and Petunia Pop cardstock that has been machine embossed using the Cute Crochet embossing folder. The focal panel is matted with a trio of Summer Splash cardstock, Summer Splash In Color glimmer paper, and a sheet of Unbounded Beauty designer paper. The focal panel is white cardstock diecut using the Radiating Stitches dies on which I then stamped the smallest snapdragon in a combination of Shy Shamrock and Petunia Pop. The dragonflies are stamped in Smoky Slate on white cardstock and diecut using the coordinating Inspiring Snapdragons dies. I covered the wings in Wink of Stella for a little realistic shimmer. Each dragonfly is suspended in air with a dimensional. The sentiment panel is diecut from Petunia Pop cardstock using the Spotlight on Nature dies and then the sentiment from Unbounded Love is stamped tone-on-tone in the center. I tucked Summer Splash bordered ribbon and white diagonal trim behind the sentiment panel. For some extra pops of sparkly color, I added In Color shimmer gems across the card front.

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Tomorrow we’re closing out our Inspiring Snapdragons series with a clean and simple design. I hope you’ll pop in and check it out!

Products used in today’s design:
Shy Shamrock, Petunia Pop, Basic White cardstock
Unbounded Beauty, In Color glimmer DSP
Inspiring Snapdragons, Unbounded Love stamps
Inspiring Snapdragons, Radiating Stitches, Spotlight on Nature dies
Cute Crochet embossing folder
Wink of Stella
Bordered ribbon, diagonal trim
In Color shimmer gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Botanicals · L2S Group Instahop

Hey, You’ve Got This

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Happy Thursday, friends. I don’t know if you guys have had crazy weather this week, but here in North Texas, we’ve had some big thunderstorms over the last week. The one we experienced on Monday has closed school for the remainder of the school year due to damage sustained to campuses and buildings across the district. I have to say that it’s the craziest wind I’ve experienced in a long time! Today’s card theme is getting through tough times. And there are certainly some folks who have had tough times this week with damage from the storms.

This week, we’ve been exploring all the ways we can use the Inspiring Snapdragons stamps and dies to make beautiful cards. Today, we’re using the dies to build a scene. And I gained color inspiration from Mother Nature herself. When you’re working with a set, especially botanical sets, do you ever look for photos of the plants to find inspiration? I love doing this when I’m looking to create art that imitates life, and that’s precisely how I put together the colors of these snapdragon blooms.

We start our card with a base of Flirty Flamingo cardstock. The background for the image panel consists of a mat of Peach Pie cardstock and a piece of Unbounded Beauty designer series paper. I slid a large strip of Peach Pie In Color glimmer paper behind the image panel for sparkle and a bit of blingy drama. The snapdragon blooms are a combination of Melon Mambo, Petunia Pop, Pretty in Pink, Basic White, Daffodil Delight, and Peach Pie and are all diecut using the Inspiring Snapdragons dies. I layered the blooms to give the illusion of a stand of snapdragons in the garden. The blades of grass are cut from Shy Shamrock cardstock and are scattered in amongst the snapdragon blooms. The sentiment panel consists of a strip of Peach Pie and a tab of white cardstock punched using the Heartfelt Hexagon punch. “Hey” from the Saying Hey stamp set is stamped tone-on-tone on the Peach Pie strip, while the “you’ve got this” from Unbounded Love is stamped in Flirty Flamingo on the white hexagon half-tab. I used Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie shiny sequins to add pops of sparkle across the card front and a large paper butterfly to really draw the eye in to the sentiment panel.

Today’s card is a part of the Luv 2 Stamp Group Instagram Hop. Click here to head over to my Instagram feed and check out what the other demos in our L2S Group have created for you today!

Products used in today’s card:
Flirty Flamingo, Peach Pie, Petunia Pop, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink, Shy Shamrock, Basic White cardstock
Unbounded Beauty, In Color glimmer DSP
Inspiring Snapdragons dies
Saying Hey, Unbounded Love stamps
Shiny sequins
Paper butterfly
Dimensionals
Adhesives
Heartfelt Hexagon punch

Botanicals · sketches

Hi, Friend

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Howdy, friends! Thanks for popping by today for another look at the Inspiring Snapdragons stamps and dies bundle. Snapdragons were one of my Granny’s favorite seasonal flowers. She had the best green thumb when it came to snapdragons. I, however, did not inherit that part of her gardening skills. I have the worst luck with snapdragons, even though I enjoy them a lot. *grin*

We’re revisiting our sketch from yesterday … with a little twist. The fun thing about sketches is that they give you a place to start with design and give you the flexibility to adapt them. And today’s card is a perfect example of adapting, where I scaled down and adjusted the placement of the image panel to allow more of my background panel to show.

So let’s get started on today’s card. We begin with a base of Pretty in Pink cardstock. The background panel is a sheet of Meandering Meadow designer series paper. I chose a sheet that had flowers that, to me, had similar shape and look to snapdragons. I tied silver & white trim around the designer paper panel before adhering to the card base.

The image panel is a base of white cardstock diecut using the Everyday Details dies. I chose to make several snapdragons in the pink color family to really pull the pink blossoms forward in the background paper. I used a combination of cardstock and glimmer paper for the snapdragon blooms, including Berry Burst, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, white, and Petunia Pop. Each blossom consists of two layers—a base and detail layer. I adhered the snapdragon blossoms to the image panel and varied the height of each using dimensionals. The image panel is adhered to the background layer using dimensionals.

The sentiment panel is cut from white cardstock using the Spotlight on Nature dies. The sentiment from Wonderful Thoughts is stamped in black in the center. The sentiment panel mat is diecut from Pretty in Pink using a larger die from the Spotlight on Nature die set. The layers are adhered using dimensionals and then affixed to the card front using stacked dimensionals to ensure the sentiment panel stands above the layered snapdragons. I added a dragonfly cut from In Color glimmer paper above the snapdragon blossoms and then finished things off with iridescent foil gems.

I hope you’ll pop in tomorrow to see how we can use this fabulous bundle to build a scene! You won’t want to miss it.

Products used in today’s card:
Pretty in Pink, Petunia Pop, Melon Mambo, Basic White cardstock
Meandering Meadow, In Color glimmer DSP
Wonderful Thoughts stamps
Inspiring Snapdragons, Everyday Details, Spotlight on Nature dies
Silver & white trim
Iridescent foil gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Botanicals · sketches

Snapdragon Love

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This week, we’re going to be working with the Inspiring Snapdragons bundle by Stampin’ Up! This bundle includes cling stamps and coordinating dies. We’ll be looking at all of the ways that we can use these stamps and dies, both together and apart, to create beautiful cards.

And today’s card is based on a sketch from my sketch book. When I come across a great card, I typically take a screenshot and add it to my inspiration folder. Sometimes I am saving a card because I’m inspired by product usage, but a lot of times, I’m saving it as inspiration for layout when using products from my own stash. I often share with you guys when I found inspiration for a layout but don’t usually include a sketch. I have begun converting awesome layouts into digital sketches and thought I would begin sharing them with you as I use them. Love a sketch? Please feel free to save it to your own sketch collection.

Today’s card starts with Pretty in Pink cardstock. The patterned background layer is a sheet of the Unbounded Beauty designer series paper. For the image panel, I started with a sheet of white cardstock diecut using the Everyday Details dies. The image panel mat is diecut from Petunia Pop In Color Glimmer paper using the Deckled Rectangles dies. On the white panel, I stamped the two smaller snapdragon images using Bubble Bath, Pretty in Pink, and Petunia Pop ink. I then adhered the two panels together using my adhesive runner.

Next, I diecut the sentiment panel and mat. The sentiment panel mat is diecut from white glimmer paper and the sentiment panel itself is diecut from white cardstock using nesting circles from the Spotlight on Nature dies. The sentiment is from the Country Flowers set. I first stamped the word “sending” in black ink towards the top of the blank sentiment panel. Then I stamped “love” in Petunia Pop underneath, allowing part of the L to overlap the word “sending.” Adhere these two panels together with adhesive. TIP: To prevent stamping any portion of the word “sending” while stamping the remaining portion of your sentiment, I covered it with a piece of tape — any tape will do. I have tried cleaning my stamp in between stamping portions, but I still manage to get a ghost image of the previously inked portion. And I’ve found the taping method to be the most effective way to prevent that.

To finish things off, adhere the image panel on the top-right portion of the card. Tie sheer ribbon around the bottom third of the card, covering the bottom of the image panel. I chose to tie the sheer ribbon in a knot, but a bow could also work. Next, adhere the sentiment panel over the ribbon and bottom-left portion of the image panel using dimensionals. I added a gold glimmer dragonfly and In Color resin dots to finish things off.

Tomorrow, we’re going to take our sketch for another spin with a little variation. I hope you’ll pop in and let me know what you think!

Products used in today’ card:
Pretty in Pink, Basic White cardstock
Unbounded Beauty, In Color Glimmer DSP
Inspiring Snapdragons, Country Flowers stamps
Iridescent striped trim
In Color resin dots
Dimensionals
Adhesives