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sneak peak – nature walk suite card

by nataliegramleystamps | Dec 24, 2025 | card samples, color theory, Designer Series Paper, die cutting, my favorites, sneak peak, techniques

Today’s blog post is a gorgeous monochromatic SNEAK PEAK card from the Nature Walk Suite Collection of products and I didn’t even use half of the cool things in this Suite! This is a beautiful suite for Nature’s lovers and a great set for making masculine cards with ease!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Pretty Peacock CS: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″, 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″
for the leaf die
Vellum CS: 2″ x 5 1/4″, scrap for circle die
DSP: 4″ x 5 1/4″ 1 1/2″ x 4″

Using a Basic White BASE eliminates the need for an extra Basic White layer on the inside with darker colored cardstock colors.

I adhered the 4″ x 5 1/4″ DSP to the Pretty Peacock layer.

There is a very cool cross hatch patterned die in the Nature’s Symphony die set that cuts a pattern into the cardstock without totally cutting it off the cardstock layer. I die cut this patter into opposite corners of the 2″ x 51/4″ piece of vellum cardstock.

I adhered the 1 1/2″ piece of DSP to the front of the vellum and then I could add adhesive under the DSP to attach both pieces.

Attaching Vellum can be tricky because it is translucent. Because you can partially see through the material that means you usually can see the mode of adhesion too!

TIP: There are several ways around this!

1. Hiding the adhesive under non translucent paper attached to the vellum as I did in this example!
2. Hiding glue dots under wisely placed embellishments!
3. Adding Multipurpose liquid glue with a sponge or Q-tip to the entire back of the vellum
4. If you emboss vellum it creates a pattern and makes the vellum white and a little less translucent making it easier to hide adhesive as you will see I did to attach the sentiment piece!

Using a scrap of vellum stamp the sentiment from the Nature’s Symphony stamp set in Pretty Peacock ink.

I die cut the leaf die from the Nature’s Symphony die set in Pretty Peacock cardstock and mounted it with glue to the right-hand side of the card.

I die cut a circle around the sentiment from the Spotlight on Nature dies and using a silicone mat I squeezed a dollop of Multipurpose Liquid Glue onto the silicone matte and applied glue around the embossed edges of the circle die where it is less likely to show and attached the die to the center of the card above the leaf die and DSP layer.

I used the Balmy Blue gingham ribbon – did you know you can take any light colored ribbon and color it with darker Stampin’ Blends?
I love this technique! You can color coordinate ribbon to any project with the coordinating Stampin’ Blend!

Place Tear-n-Tape on the lower back edges of the Pretty Peacock and wrap the colored ribbon around the front of the layer attaching it on the tape on the back of the Pretty Peacock layer.

Then glue the layer onto the card front.

Using the Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blends, color the Iridescent Pearls for a coordinated embellishment look!

I added five colored pearls to the card.

I added one larger and one small on either side of the sentiment piece and then added the last small one to the dot on the “i” in “smile”.

On this version I added the fifth pearl to the right of the sentiment end.

Which do you like better?

Try adding vellum to your cards for an elevated and elegant look – now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

REMINDER: the SNEAK PEAK items in the Nature Walk Suite Collection and the Balmy Blue Gingham ribbon are only available to demonstrators and in starter kits until January 6th so there will not be photo links below until they are released.

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150880]

$14.00

Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[167099]

$10.00

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$9.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$12.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$12.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$15.00

Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154895]

$9.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels

[158987]

$7.50

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simply elegant suite card – coloring foil DSP and ribbon

by nataliegramleystamps | May 5, 2021 | card samples, techniques

The Simply Elegant Suite is just that – SIMPLY ELEGANT!!! The Suite (#155764) comes with one of each of the following items: Elegantly Suite Bundle (#155753) (which is the the Elegantly Said stamp set (#155095) and the Elegant Tag punch (#155762)), the Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series Paper (Specialty because one side of each of the 6 designs is metallic foiled!), and Simply Elegant Trim (#155766) ordering made simple with just one item number!
This card uses the Stamp set, Punch and DSP paper to create – well, a Simply Elegant thank you card!

Measurements:
*Cinnamon Cider (#153078)
Cardstock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″
*Basic White Cardstock (#159276) : scraps for
embossing and the tag punch
* Simply Elegant DSP:L cut to 4″ x 5 1/4″ and
4″ x 1/2″ piece for the inside of the card
* 16″ piece of Pale Papaya Open Weave ribbon
(#155672)

Using a blending Brush (#153611) in Cinnamon Cider ink (#153114) add color to the gold foiled white background DSP. When desired tone is reached adhere to the base Cinnamon Cider Cardstock.

With a Basic White scrap punch out the Elegant tag punch.

Stamp the corner image in the Cinnamon Cider ink and stamp off 1-2 times and stamp the lightened image onto the edge of the tag.

Stamp the sentiment full strength onto the tag, using the blending brush add a little color to the edges and pop up on dimensionals, placing it in the lower right hand side of the card.

Using the other scrap piece of Basic White cardstock stamp the flower image twice in Versamark and pour the Gold Embossing powder and heat set it with the Stampin’ Heat Tool.

Fussy Cut the flowers and layer them under the tag on the front of the card.

Open up the card and stamp in Cinnamon Cider ink the corner stamp in the upper right hand corner, the sentiment in the middle and then adhere the 4″ x 1/2″ sheet of DSP paper that is colored in the same way as the larger piece to the bottom of the card inside!

Using a Blender Brush place the new Pale Papaya Open Weave ribbon on the ink pad, apply pressure and pull the ribbon through the space below the blending brush- dragging it across the ink pad surface – do this on both sides to color both sides evenly.