Happy Saturday to you. Disclaimer first - if you're only looking for current items, visit with an open mind today. I've used retired cardstock, ribbon, gems. Just look at the overall picture and you can see it in lots of other colors instead. Now on to the cards and the design.
Hope you're enjoying your weekend and maybe catching up on a few things. I've been immersed in making sympathy cards to create a little stash because I've been going through them too fast lately. I always find this task hard to do, especially when it's needed right then. Since that's out of the way for a little while I hope, it was time to move on to something fun and new. I love playing with new stamps for the first time when there are many possibilities out there, but I'm just not sure where to start. Sometimes for my first attempt with a new set, I'll grab some cardstock from my retired stash in case I make something that is really ugly. This time I liked the cards so much I'm sharing them with you anyway using an old favorite - Pear Pizzazz cardstock. Remember that color? Using it again reminded me of how much I miss it. Anyway, these ideas will have to hold you until I get around to creating with current colors.
Since I was cutting the cardstock to measure 11" x 4 1/4", I decided to make two. The cardstock was scored at 5 1/2" and folded in half. I had planned on making the cards with the fold on the top but changed my mind as I went along.
Another piece of cardstock was cut to 5 1/4" x 4" for a layer on top. This was embossed with the Beautiful Pattern 3D Embossing Folder. This gives the layer a very subtle texture to enhance the design.
Using the die set, I started with the circle with three leaves inside. This cut a layer of Old Olive cardstock. Behind this layer there is a layer of Pear Pizzazz that is cut with the circle with many leafy branches. This totally got lost on the card base, so an open circle was cut from Basic Beige cardstock. This tends to have a greenish tint to it when I look at it, so it seemed to be the perfect backing piece.
Before attaching these three layers together, I used a Sponge Dauber and a little bit of Old Olive ink to darken the leaves of the top layer. Now they stood out better from the other leafy layer. The three layers were attached together with touches of Tombow MultiPurpose Liquid Glue. To keep the inner Basic Beige layer connected with the others, I added a few Dimensionals around the edges to catch both layers together.
While I was doing the die-cutting, I also cut several each of the two different sizes of flower dies from Two-Tone Petal Pink and Two-Tone Pretty in Pink cardstocks. I also cut several of the two different open-work leaf dies from Old Olive cardstock. Now I had lots of pieces to work with to create these cards.
When putting the designs together, I started by mixing up the larger flowers with the different color centers, then spreading the pieces across the design area until I liked the look. The circle layers are attached to the front with Dimensionals. Then the extra leaves are tucked in underneath to peek out. The large flower is added with a Dimensional and smaller flowers are tucked in flat around it.
The sentiments for both of these cards are from the More Messages stamp and die set that is retired. I was just looking for skinny sentiments that wouldn't cover too much of the design, and these worked fine.
The first card made was the upper one shown with no ribbon. I used pink gems on this because the pink seemed more dominant on the card.
The second card has a Petal Pink ribbon with copper edging added to it. I think this made it look so much fancier and more girlie. This time the peach gems were used to pick up the Petal Pink color more than the Pretty in Pink.
Either way, I love how these cards turned out and I'll definitely be playing with the Springtime Scenes stamp and die bundle again soon. I love the layered look of the leaves in the circle. Maybe next time I'll have to try each layer by itself instead of together. We'll see.
Have you spent time perusing the new Online Exclusive items? The Springtime Scenes bundle is one of the new items and so much fun. If this one isn't your cup of tea, I'm sure you'll find something else that calls out to you. Happy shopping!
Thanks for stopping in here to see what I've been creating. Hope you were inspired to get stamping too. Be sure to let me know what you've been creating lately. I find it so relaxing and fulfilling to start with a stamp set and paper and end up with a card (or more!) when I'm done. So very satisfying!
Happy stamping and creating,
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