Good day all you lovely people. It's been an interesting bunch of days lately. Hope you all enjoyed the 4th of July festivities with picnics, fireworks, etc. Now that that's all over, it must be time to get back down to business making cards. What do you think? Today's card features the new Floral Charm Designer Series Paper that coordinates with the Charming Day stamp and die bundle. The whole suite of items is new in the Online Exclusive section of the SU! store. This Designer Paper has such pretty prints and they're all in colors that are right up my alley. Yes, they're all lovely pastels. Yum! I just want to continue to look at them and wrap them all around my house so I can enjoy them all the time. But that's impossible, so I guess we'll just have to cut into them and see what we can create!
This is the first card using this paper. I wanted the print to be the focal point so there is a good size piece front and center. Looking at this print, the first color that jumped out at me was the Petal Pink. So that will be used for the card base which measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". It's scored in half at 4 1/4" and folded.
The DSP print is cut at 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" square to be the focal point. I liked the look of Pretty Peacock cardstock as a great accent for the colors in the print. The dark color really highlights the pretty print. This was cut to 3 5/8" x 3 5/8" square. This gave me just a skinny bit of Pretty Peacock showing all around the DSP to frame the look.
The DSP print was attached to the Pretty Peacock cardstock using adhesive. For a pretty accent, a 4 1/2"- 5" strip of Petal Pink Metallic Edged Ribbon was wrapped around the layers and attached in the back with adhesive. Another length of ribbon was used to make a bow that was attached over the strip of ribbon using Mini Glue Dots. Yes, I know the ribbon is retired. Unfortunately, I don't get through the spools of ribbon in the allotted time while they're still current. They are way too beautiful to get rid of, so there you go. I'm still using those retired bits of ribbon and will most likely continue to do so.
Another cardstock color that looked great with the print was the new 2025-2027 InColor Cloud Cover. Doesn't this soft blueish/gray fit nicely? I just love this color! Okay, back to creating. I wanted a good bit of the Petal Pink showing on the card, so the Cloud Cover was cut a bit smaller than a regular layer. It measures 5" x 3 3/4".
I debated with myself about using an embossing folder on this layer, but decided I wanted a plainer look that wouldn't detract from the print. So, no embossing on this.
It was attached to the folded card base with adhesive. Then the print layers were attached to the card front making sure the top and two side edges were spaced evenly on the Cloud Cover layer. These were attached with adhesive also so all the card at this time is pretty flat.
I've been enjoying using the More Messages stamp and die set for my card sentiments lately. The single large stamp was inked with Pretty Peacock ink and stamped onto a piece of Basic White cardstock. Then the matching die cuts them all out at the same time. It's wonderful having 19 different die-cut sentiments ready to use that quickly. I just keep the rest in a little container then pick through and find just what I need when I need it. Now that's quite handy dandy.
The sentiment is attached in the open area in the bottom half of the card. For this, I used Dimensionals as I wanted it to stand out from the rest of the card.
For the touch of bling on this card, I chose a retired batch of gems - the Earth Tones Shimmer Gems. They just matched the Petal Pink portions of the card perfectly. If you don't have any of those in your treasure chest of gems, you might want to use either the pale pink or clear gems in the Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink Gems. They should work nicely. Or if you'd like to give the design a more vintage look, the Antique Pearls would look lovely here.
Just wanted to give you a small peek at all the lovely prints in the Floral Charm Designer Series Paper. Aren't they all lovely? I don't know which one to work with next! Decisions, decisions!
The whole Floral Charm Suite is just filled with wonderful items from the Charming Day stamp set and dies to the DSP, ribbon, and gems. I'm just loving this whole suite and can't get enough of it. If you like pastels and soft brights along with pretty florals, you're going to fall in love with this suite too.
Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
