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Artistically Inked Birthday Card

Hello Stampin' Friends. Welcome to the June Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. You are currently visiting me, Susan Edwards from South Carolina in the USA. I hope you enjoy my Artistically Inked Birthday card today.

For today's card I used the newly released Artistically Inked Bundle and coordinating Designer Series Paper. I love everything about this bundle! The abstract flowers, the cute stamps, the wonderful die cuts, and the gorgeous paper.

My card may look a bit busy, but it was actually a well thought out design. I began by stamping three of the largest rose circle stamps, masking where they overlap. To that I added smaller flowers and leaves. I then fussy cut stamping out.

I used two pieces of designer series paper, the polished pink with the gold highlights, and the gold and white stripe, as a background. I ran the polished pink print through my cut and emboss machine with the Painted Textures embossing folder.

I used gold laser cut embellishments from the Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack, both background geometric shapes, and the gold leaves. I used a second embossing folder with the leaves, again to add texture.

I finished my card with the Happy Birthday banner, a splattering of Ephemera sequins, and a fun bow. I hope that you have enjoyed my card today and that I have inspired you & brightened your day. Please see the list below and continue on the blog hop. Thank you for hopping by.

Product List

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set

[154542]

$24.00

Expressions In Ink 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[155464]

$15.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$8.25

Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[155712]

$7.50

Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad

[155778]

$7.50

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147109]

$7.50

Expressions In Ink Ephemera Pack

[155465]

$7.00

Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder

[152702]

$9.00

Gilded Gems

[152478]

$7.00

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The Magic and Wonder of the Holidays

Christmas · Poinsettia Petals · Stampin' Up!

Hello Stampin' Friends. This is me, still trying to catch up my scrapbooks. I have been sitting on these photos for 3.5 years. I decided that it was truly time to get them booked.

I love these sweet photos of Jude's second Christmas (he was only an infant the year before) and his big sister showing him everything on Gramma and GranDoug's tree. I just happened to be in the right spot to capture the children early in the morning, still in their PJs, shortly after our tree when up.

For these two pages I used the Poinsettia Dies, the big scallop border die and the largest scallop edge rectangle die from the Color and Contour Bundle, and the Tailor Made Tag Dies - three of my favorite die sets on one double page layout! I used Real Red ink and cardstock along with Blushing Bride cardstock. And of course, white cardstock.

I used our Blending Brushes and the Real Read Ink and brushed some color onto the background (the 12 x 12 -inch white cardstock). I did this on both pages, aiming for opposite corners.

One of the tricks I utilized was shortening the length of a die. For the photo of Jude and Avaleigh playing (above), I used the fill side die cut and trimmed the photo to fit the die. For the bottom photo I trimmed the photo to the width of the die, but then I repositioned the die make the frame shorter to fit the photo. You can do this with almost any die.

I used double layered Tailor Made Tags in Real Red and White for my title and my journaling. The stamping on title tag looks a bit odd in the photo, but not so much in real life. For the journaling, I measured the die and using MS Word, I created a text box to match the tag measurements. I typed in my journaling and printed onto Vellum. I cut the vellum with the same tag die and layered the vellum over the white.

I finished this layout with White dot ribbon, 1/4-inch seam binding ribbon, and Genial Gems.

Thanks for stopping by today. I will be back soon with another project to share.

Product List

Poinsettia Dies

[153522]

$36.00

Scalloped Contours Dies

[155560]

$35.00

Tailor Made Tags Dies

[155563]

$22.00

Basic White 12 X12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

[159231]

$7.75

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102482]

$8.75

Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[131198]

$8.75

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$7.50

Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

[151326]

$7.50

Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon

[146912]

$7.50

Genial Gems

[155500]

$8.00

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Quiet Meadow Floral Card

Quiet Meadow · Stampin' Up!

Hello Stampin' Friends. Sometimes we all need a Quite Meadow in our lives. A place to calm down, breathe deeply, find peace, and restore our energy. I often find that Quiet Meadow feeling in my craft room. Seriously! I can spend hours in there enjoying my favorite hobby, making cards and scrapbook pages, gifts and shareables. So how fitting that Stampin' Up! named this beautiful set Quiet Meadow?

I used only the Quiet Meadow dies and cardstock to create this card (the sentiment is from a different stamp set). I went old school and ripped my paper (!), roughed the edges, and created layers. Somehow, I find this card peaceful - even with the Night of Navy color added.

Earlier this month (or was it late last month?) I used these same dies and created the card below. I used our new Linen Specialty DSP as a background. I gently added Pale Papaya ink to the background with a blending brush. As you can see, some of the cardstock I cut was water colored, and some was plain. I like subtle look of this card, too.

If you have not already done so, please consider following me on Instagram (spartansus). I try to post there daily! Thank you for stopping by today.

Product List

Meadow Dies

[155852]

$38.00

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

[155681]

$6.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$8.25

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

$8.75

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]

$8.75

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$11.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

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Make N Take with Color & Contour Bundle

Color and Contour Bundle · Pale Papaya · Stampin' Up!

Hello Stampin' Friends. Earlier this month I attended my first Stampin' Up! Retreat since January 2020! I met with my SU upline and peers in Sumter, SC for a weekend of stampin', laughter, and much needed girlfriend time. Among the many things we did, our upline had a surprise pack of Make-n-Take cards for us to craft. And this lovely card was the first.

The card base is Pale Papaya cardstock. To that we layered a rectangle of Pattern Party (Hostess) Designer Series Paper. Atop that is a strip of Night of Navy cardstock that was embossed to add texture. Next a strip of Pale Papaya woven ribbon, followed by the scallop edged stamped sentiment tag. We stamped and cut the floral stem from the Color & Contour bundle and finished the card with In-Color gems.

I love the cards my upline designs. We have very different stamping and designing styles, but her cards always appeal to me. I hope that you might like this card also.

Thanks for stopping by today.

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