cheerful daisies everyday arches simply stamped card

cheerful daisies everyday arches simply stamped card

Today’s simple white card is a favorite of mine – using the dies from Everyday Arches and Cheerful Daisies. Every coloring with blending brushes in Lemon Lime Twist and Summer Splash hues!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
4″ x 5 1/4″ for the Everyday Arches die
scraps for the Cheerful Daisies dies

Cut the three flowers and leaves die apart. Die cut the three flower details dies and the feathery twig. Adhere the detailed dies on top of the corresponding flowers.
Using Blending Brushes in Lemon Lime Twist and Summer Splash ink and color the center of the Everyday Arches die.
Stamp the birthday sentiment in Summer Splash ink at the top of the Everyday Arches die.
Adhere 5 Rhinestones Basic Jewels around the Everyday Arches die.
Adhere the die onto the Basic White CS Base.
Adhere the large flower in the upper right corner of the die.
Adhere the smaller flower below the large daisy. Adhere the leaf under the large daisy die.
Adhere the twig in the lower left hand corner.
Adhere the smallest flower die above the twig.

This simple card with it’s subtle pop of colors and lots of white space is an elegant birthday card. I love the simple stamping look of this card!

Try a white card with a subtle pop of color for your next project! Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

woven gate strip card

woven gate strip card

I love finding new ways to use my strips! Today is a strip weaving example.

Measurements:
BASE: Lemon Lime Twist 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
scrap for sentiment piece and branch die
Basic White strips (14) 1/2″ x 11″
Lemon Lolly scrap for daisy dies

Lay 6 strips side by side on a flat surface.

Weave the first strip through the six alternating above and below the strips laying horizontally.
Weave the second vertical strip in the opposite way than the first strip (my first strip starting on the left hand side starts above then below and alternates from there then the second strip starts below the first horizontal strip on the left and alternates above, below, above etc.)
Continue this alternating pattern until you have eight strips criss-crossing the six original strips!
Turn the weaving over to the back side and using Tear & Tape make a rectangle around the outer strips.
Cut the strips on the small sides (6 strip sides) down to about 1/2-3/4 of an inch.
Take off the Taer & Tape release paper on one side and bend the tabs inward and adhere to the Tear & Tape.
Place another piece of Tear & Tape over the folded tabs and peel off the release paper.
Bend the outside bottom strip up over the side tabs to help hold them securely in place.
Finish the other short side following those same steps – release the Tear & Tape, bend the tabs in to adhere and then add more Tear & Tape and secure the bottom strip over the tabs.
Cut the middle bottom strips to about 1/2″ in length hang over and remove the release paper and adhere inward. (cover any exposed tape with a spare strip if you are planning on embossing as I did so that you do not get Tape on the inside of your embossing folder. Leave the last Tear & Tape strip sealed until after the embossing)
Cut the top strips into points that resemble the tops of garden gate wood.
Using Crumb Cake ink and a blending brush add ink to the gate.
I embossed my finished gate in the 3D Exposed Brick embossing folder.
Remove the top Tear & Tape release paper add more Stampin’ Seal to the back of the gate and add to the Lemon Lime Twist card base.
Add a sentiment in shaded spruce to the Nested Essentials die and add Cheerful Daisies dies to embellish the front of the gate.
I added the green Adhesive-backed Glitter Sequins from the new September to December mini catalog for the finishing touch of sparkle!
What ideas and ways to use your 1/2″ strip scraps do you come up with – let me know!

Now go and create some art of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

more color mondays – blueberry bushel, mambo melon, and granny apple green

more color mondays – blueberry bushel, mambo melon, and granny apple green

Welcome to More Color Mondays – we explore different color combinations and over on my Facebook business page you can share your artwork with everyone in the comment section of today’s Facebook post!

By now you probably know I am a Brights girls – or when I started stamping over 22 years ago I was a BOLD BRIGHTS girl from the very start!
I also love the look of color blocking and this card has it all!

Measurements:
BASE: Blueberry Bushel 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
DSP Layer: Gorgeous Gingham 4″ x 5 1/4″
Basic White layers: (3) 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″
Colored CS: 1 of each color Blueberry Bushel,
Mambo Melon and Granny Apple Green
1 3/8″ x 3 3/8″
Scrap Blueberry bushel and Basic White for the
sentiment you choose and scrap white for the
daisy die cuts

Stamp the outline and the daisy fill in in each individual color: Blueberry Bushel, Mambo Melon and Granny Apple Green. Die cut each.
Using the new Cheery Patterns embossing folders, emboss in the Mini Stampin’ Cut and Emboss two of one pattern and one of the other – both are so cute it was hard to decide!

Then adhere to the Basic White mattes.

Adhere the same color flower to the upper embossed area of each color.
Adhere the Gorgeous Gingham DSP to the Blueberry Bushel card base.
Adhere the flower embossed sections equidistant to each other – the easiest way to do this is to place the Blueberry Bushel in the middle of the card first and then adhere the two outside sections second and third.
Stamp the sentiment of your choice I chose the Birthday sentiment from the Charming Sentiments stamp set and matted it with the Blueberry Bushel. Pop up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and place below the flower sections.
Add embellishments I chose the Ombre Matte Decorative Dots and placed them around the sentiment piece.

I love this bright and happy card!

Try this color combination soon and upload your photo to the comment section of the September 4th, 2023 facebook post!

Get ready for the launch of the new mini catalog on Wednesday the 6th! Join me back here for all the details on Wednesday!

Now go and create some art of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

fresh as a daisy one sheet wonder cards

fresh as a daisy one sheet wonder cards

In the package of Fresh As A Daisy Designer Series Paper is an unusual page of mixed images. This one sheet wonder offers easy card making in a snap and I thought I would give you some ideas for this 12″ x 12″ paper. I have made eight cards from one sheet and additional card bases, ribbons and embellishments and a few extra scrap pieces for some sentiments!

Below is the original DSP sheet.

I found the easiest way to cut the sheet apart is to start at the top and cut the top section off 4 inch section right below the pink daisies and Wild Wheat bamboo section on Pretty Peacock.
Then revolve the paper and cut off the right hand side section with the Boho Blue dotted section and the daisies on the Wild Wheat background. Then cut apart the last two sections directly above the sky scene.
Now cut all the individual sections apart. You will have ten sections and I combined some of the smaller sections to create the eight cards.
I cut the small green section into 1/2″ strips and adhered one to each side of the pink daisy square and added it to a Shaded Spruce card base. I stamped the birthday sentiment from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set and added some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels to finish this easy card!
Next I cut the Boho Blue polka dotted section into 1/2″ strips and cut the daisies on the Copper Clay background in half. I made two cards with these pieces, adhering the strips on either side of the daisies sections and adding them to varying card bases.
I added Boho Blue ribbon to the first card and the 2023-2025 In Color Dots in the matching Copper Clay to finish this one.
This one is slightly different – adding the section directly to the Boho Blue layer and stamping the sentiment You Made My Day directly to that layer. I mixed and matched the In Color Dots using both prominent colors of Boho Blue and the Copper Clay.
This next card was super simple adding the section directly to an Early Espresso base and wrapping the Wild Wheat ribbon around the section before adhering to the base. I added a sentiment on Basic White scrap and added some Wild Wheat In Color Dots to finish.
The larger scenic images make designing a card super simple – doing all the work for you! I layered the sky scene onto a Boho Blue piece of cardstock and stamped the smaller flowers in Wild Wheat around the sentiment, with the Brushed Brass Butterflies finishing off this easy card!
Blending Brushes did all the work on this card, using a scrap of Basic White I stamped the sentiment in Pretty Peacock and added the same ink to the edges. I filled in the middle with Wild Wheat and adhered it to the middle of the card over the Bamboo image of DSP. I adhered two daisy die cuts to either edge of the sentiment piece and Brushed Brass Butterflies to finish!
This next card uses the last section of Boho Blue dotted paper and the Yellow striped paper.
I stamped the smaller flower cluster in Boho Blue ink around the sentiment and adhered the blue section to the left side added it to a Boho Blue layer and adhered all to a Crushed Curry base with a Boho Blue ribbon and Wild Wheat In Color Dots.
On the last card I used a base of Moody Mauve and matted both the Pebbled Path section and the Moody Mauve daisy section onto Pebbled Path cardstock. I stamped the smaller flower image and a sentiment from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set and popped it up over the two sections on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Adding Pebbled Path ribbon and In Color Dots pulls it all together for eight cards that let the DSP do all the work for you!

Hope you try this one sheet wonder technique soon and go create some artwork of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

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smoky slate, flirty flamingo, sweet sorbet – more color monday color challenge

smoky slate, flirty flamingo, sweet sorbet – more color monday color challenge

Color challenges are always fun for me – stretching your creativity to fit a pre-defined challenge, whether it be color or a card sketch pushes your mind to come up with new ideas, new combinations! I love that challenge! I hope you are playing along and challenging yourself too! If you made a card with these colors feel free to post your artwork on today’s Facebook post in the comment section! Who knows you might inspire someone with your art!

Today I decided to post multiple ideas with this color theme instead of one card with more specific details on how to make it!

The first card features the new Sweet Citrus bundle and this is one of our hybrid embossing folders that can also die cut images at the same time as it embosses them!

I stamped the three citrus in ruby grapefruit colors – first with Flirty Flamingo and then brushed the edges with a blending brush and Sweet Sorbet ink. I embossed and die cut the images in the hybrid folder. I also embossed a 4″ x 5 1/4″ Smoky Slate layer in the embossing folder. I stamoed the zesty birthday sentiment in Sweet Sorbet on Sweet Sorbet cardstock and die cut with the large banner from the Stylish Shapes die set. Assembled the card and used th Sweet Sorbet Stampin’ Blends to color faceted dots to match the card. I placed the layer on a Flirty Flamingo base card and wrapped the Smoky Slate layer with Glittered white Organdy ribbon.
I stamped the large daisy outline stamp in Smoky Slate on a Basic white 4″ x 5 1/4″ layer Blended the corner with Sweet Sorbet ink. I blended the base flower in Sweet Sorbet and the detailed die in Flirty Flamingo ink, and pooped that layer onto the base flower with Stampin’ Dimensionals cut thin. I stamped the flower center in Smoky Slate before adhering the detailed die onto the base. I stamped the leaves randomly in Smoky Slate, adhere the flower to the card center and added Iridescent Pastel Gems to finish the card!
Here is a close up shot of the Wink of Stella glitter pen the pictures do not do the sparkle justice – trust me on that! This is the GREATEST WAY to add mess free sparkle to any project!!!
Her is the final color challenge project! Hope you try a new color combination – go out of your comfort zone and try something new!