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Magnificent Magenta Peonies

Hello friends! As promised on Thursday, I am back today to show case the 3D portion of the Peony Dies. blossom on the card and on the book mark were cut with the dies. There are five pieces to the dies, four petal pieces and a stamen. The way you assemble the dies is much easier than it looks.

For this card I used the Flowers and More Cards and Envelope set, the Magenta Madness card. I cut a white scallop edged rectangle with the Stitched So Sweetly dies, and stamped and cut greenery from Forever Fern. I used a punch to create the sentiment tag and stamped it with a phrase from the Prized Peony stamp set. I finished the card with Magenta Madness ribbon and faceted gems.

I used two different coloring techniques on the two flowers. I have a favorite, do you? I made the book marker first and I used an aqua painter brush and magenta ink to color the petals. For the card, I used a soft makeup brush and the magenta ink to color the petals. I was very impressed with how the ink spread using the makeup brush. Much easier more smooth than a dauber.

Thanks for stopping by today. The products used to create these two items are all linked below.

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The Stunning Peony Garden Suite

Hello friends! I am back today to showcase Peony Garden Suite from Stampin' Up! When I first saw the 2020-2021 Annual catalog, this was the first suite that I knew I had to have. I love Peonies! They are one of my top three favorite flowers. And while there is no way to do justice to their splendor in real life, this stamp and die set comes close.

The stamp set, Prized Peony, includes 10 cling stamps, including the large bloom featured here, two additional blooms, leaves, and four phrases. The die set is HUGE. I includes dies to cut each of the blooms and leaves, a pretty border die, as well as a complete second set of dies to create 3D Peonies and leaves (I will show this part of the suite in my next blog post on Saturday).

The Peony Garden Suite also includes stunning pink and gray print 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper, shimmer ribbon, square vellum doilies, elegant faceted gems, and the dainty diamonds embossing folder (used on card #2).

The card above showcases the colors of this suite with the pink and gray prints papers. I stamped the flower image in Memento Ink and used Stampin' Up!'s Stampin' Blends alcohol markers to color. The sentiment is also from the Prized Peony stamp set. The scalloped edge was created using the border die included in the Peonies dies. I finished the card with the shimmer ribbon and the faceted gems.

My second card today features the same peony stamp. I stamped the image onto vellum and carefully colored it with Stampin' Blends. I cut out the bloom with the dies, then I cut the bloom outline a second time in Purple Posy cardstock and adhered the two layers together.

I used one of the other to peony blooms in the stamp set along with Gray Granite ink, and stamped a background onto Whisper White cardstock. I cut the edge of the cardstock with the border die, then embossed with the Dainty Diamonds embossing folder.

I finished this card with a vellum and purple posy layered rectangle mat, shimmer ribbon, and faceted gems. I added a generic Happy Birthday sentiment.

In coming days I will be sharing more from this suite. I hope you comeback and take a peek.

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Birds and Branches Bundle

Birds and Branches Bundle · Card · Stampin' Up!

Hello friends! I hope your summer is going well. I ventured out to Target yesterday for the first time since February. I was disappointed in both their selection of patriotic decor and the number of customers not wearing face masks. So, am back to being my hermit-like self.

Today I am going to share the new Birds and Branches bundle. I am going to confess that when I first saw this bundle I thought, "Huh. More birds." But as I have used this bundle, I have grown to truly love it (funny how that happens). What I like best are: The two layer stamp for the birds, that there are two birds and they face opposite directions, the circle cut out die - and that it just fits the largest scalloped circle die, and the detailed stamps and dies in the set. That's a lot to like!

The first card features both the cut out circle die and the cute little bird. Forever Greenery was used to add some additional branches and berries to the card.

The second card uses the same elements as the first, but includes "more." More stamping, more foliage, more color, more texture.

My final card for today is again very like the first two. I did not use the circle branch die, but did add a die cut stitched circle. I stamped this bird in a deeper brown.

I will have more bird and branches cards to share in the near future, including one in an international blog hop in early July. In the meantime, I still have three more new bundles to showcase in the coming week.

Please remember that we have a FABULOUS joining special. IF you have ever considered becoming a SU consultant, NOW is the time. You get to select $125 in merchandise for only $99, and you get to select a free bundle.

We also have a great hostess credit special. When your order/orders reach $250 in sales, you will receive and extra $25 in free credit, bringing your free total to $50!