Floral Phrases Gate Card

This card is entered into this week's Crazy Crafters Project Highlights.  Click here to see the other great projects and vote for your favourites.

Stampin' Up have really excelled themselves with all the really beautiful papers in the Catalogue this year and I love them all - but this would have to be my favourite!  This Floral Boutique paper is simply stunning - it needs very little else!

I made this card for my my lovely team-member, Satomi, to celebrate her latest achievements.  It can be a bit daunting to make a card for someone so talented - so I whipped out the Floral Boutique Suite (matching paper, stamp set, dies and washi tape) and the card pretty much made itself!

Navy and white is such a classic combination - Dapper Denim adds a little warmth

I made the 6" gatefold card by cutting a 12" square piece of Night of Navy cardstock in half to 12" x 6" and scored it at 3" and 9".

I cut the layers to the size I wanted and then cut them in half.  When adhering them, I lined them up against the inside edge so that they would retain the look of square layers on the closed card.

For the belly band closure, I cut a piece of Night of Navy card to 12" x 2" and folded it around the card, leaving a small gap at the front.  I added a length of Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon and then covered the gap with the small Night of Navy and Whisper White Layering Squares panel, decorated with Dapper Denim flowers cut with the Botanical Builder Framelits).  I added a Dapper Denim bow.

I cut my squares of DSP to size and then cut them in half to adhere to the card front.

For the inside, I cut a 5.5" square piece of Whisper White card.  I used Night of Navy ink and stamped with the Floral Phrases stamp set.  I stamped the patterned edge at the bottom with full strength ink but stamped off before adding the edging to the top.

All the papers in this gorgeous DSP pack are beautiful and mix and match so well!

I cut more of the gorgeous paper for the side panels - two pieces measuring 5.5" x 2.5".  I added a length of the Dapper Denim ribbon before sticking it to the card base.  I added a heart-shaped Enamel Shape (in Night of Navy from the Regals pack) to each end of the ribbon and some more Night of Navy and Dapper Denim flowers which White Perfect Accents centres.

This card is in this week's Crazy Crafters' Project Highlights - do visit to look at the other great projects and vote for your favourites.

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time

Stephanie

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Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper

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Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

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Dapper Denim 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon

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Night Of Navy 12" X 12" Card Stock

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Layering Squares Framelits Dies

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Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

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Regals Enamel Dots

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White Perfect Accents

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Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

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So long Stippled Blossoms

Welcome to our April Blog Hop, you should have arrived here from the lovely Angela Lorenz.  This month it's all about celebrating (and maybe mourning a little) the great products that will be retiring soon. 

Card closed

Stippled Blossoms was one of the first Stampin' Up! sets I purchased and I love and use it just as much today as I did then. This really is one of my all-time favourites and I'm so sad to see it go.  I've combined it here with the retiring In-Colours: Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Baked Brown Sugar and Coastal Cabana - weren't they great colours!

Double Gate Fold

This card also includes the retiring punches: Small Oval and Artisan Label as well as retiring framelets: Apothecary Accents (another firm favourite of mine) and Bitty Banners.

Just to continue the retiring theme, I've also used the retiring background Dictionary stamp.

Fully open

Other retiring products featured in this card are the Label Love stamp set, Flower Frenzy Bigz die and the  Petite Pairs stamp set.

Remember, the retiring products are selling at up to 50% discount but are only available until 2nd June (while stocks last), so if there's something you like on the list of retiring products - don't hesitate - jump in and get yourself a bargain now.

I hope you've enjoyed your visit here.  When you've finished, remember to click the "Next" button to move on to visit the next Crazy Crafter, the very talented Sue Wdowik who has done an excellent organisational job as our host this month.

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New Saleabration Products

Thanks for joining us on this Crazy Crafters Blog Hop.  We hope you'll pick up some useful tips and  inspiration.

What is Saleabration? For a short time only, it's an opportunity to get a special product FREE with every $90 spent!

Possibly one of the most important tips that we can share with you this month is the reminder that Saleabration is sadly coming to and end so if you like the Saleabration items - don't delay as they won't be available after 31st March.

Sheer perfection vellum, teamed with Butterfly Thinlet Die

Something I really like about the four bonus Saleabration items is that they go together really well. The Sheer Perfection Vellum Stack is a perfect match with the Nature's Perfection stamp set but also works very well with the For Being You stamp set - as well as many other stamp sets in the Stampin' Up! collection!  The In-Colour Accessory Pack is also very versatile.

I've been enjoying these new products a lot - as you'll have noticed, since my last two Posts also featured these products!  I really love that vellum!

This gate fold card has panels of Sheer Perfection vellum on the outside, coloured with Classic Inks and a Blender Pen.  The closure features the Butterfly thinlet die.  A sprinkling of Rhinestone Basic Jewels & Itty Bitty Accents punch cuts add dimension.

Sentiments from Love and Sympathy stamp set

The inside of the card has a panel I stamped with the Nature's Perfection stamp set, using the masking technique - also coloured with Classic Inks and a blender pen.

Easel Card closed

Unfortunately, I seem to be making a lot of Sympathy cards at the moment.  The next one is an easel card using Sheer Perfection vellum and flowers I made with the Flower Shop stamp set and Pansy punch.  

Easel card open

Then, I coloured in one piece of the vellum using the Stampin' Write Markers, and made two really quick cards with it.
One card has a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Sentiments punched out with the Word Window Punch and layered using the Modern Label Punch.  The other is embellished with dimensional flowers.

Sheer Perfection vellum takes on different looks
depending on the colour of the cardstock
behind it.

The pale pink flowers take their colour from the
Strawberry Slush cardstock behind the vellum

The final card I made is definitely not my favourite!  I think I had a bit of a reaction to making so many sympathy cards that it's rather too blingy!  I used a mix of Stampin' Up! Rhinestone Jewels and some "other" rhinestones I had in my craft room that were different shapes and colours. I found this really interesting because putting them together really highlighted the superior quality and shine of the Stampin' Up! rhinestones!  I stamped the butterflies from the Nature's Perfection stamp set onto Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and coloured them in with a blender pen.

On this card (I think I threw everything at it!) is the Bow Builder Punch, Finishing Touches Edgelets, Pool Party ribbon, Sheer Perfection Vellum and For Being You stamp set.

Sheer Perfection vellum, For Being You, Nature's Perfection

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