Gift of Love - Hostess set

Gift of love is one of the new Hostess sets.  It's a two step stamping set with a beautiful flower and some really useful greetings in a beautiful font.

Hostess set, Gift of Love

 

This is a Basic Gray card layered with Peakaboo Peach (one of the new In Colours), some more Basic Gray, then Cucumber Crush with a piece of Affectionately Yours DSP.

For the flower, I stamped the leaves first using Pear Pizzazz ink on Whisper White cardstock, then added some shading with a variety of green Stampin' Write markers until I was satisfied with the effect.  I then stamped the flowers with Peakaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo (another new In Colour) then shaded with matching  Stampin' Write Markers.  

I masked the stem and leaf then stamped some dots in Old Olive ink with one of the stamps in the Perfectly Wrapped set (although not much of it showed in the end!).

I trimmed the corners of my flower panel by cutting each corner separately with one of the dies from the Tags & Labels framelits set.

I wrapped a piece of the new Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon around the panel then stuck the panel to the front of the card.

I dyed a length of Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine Peakaboo Peach (by soaking it in a few drops of ink refill with a little water in a plastic container) and threaded it through a large Classy Designer Button before using a dimensional to attach the button to the card.

If you host a party (including online) you can use the Stampin' Rewards you earn to buy any Catalogue Product or the exclusive hostess-only items, such as Gift of Love

'Til next time

Stephanie

Product List - To shop in my online store, click on one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141796]

Tags & Labels Framelits Dies

[138282]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[131180]

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

[141398]

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[141403]

Flirty Flamingo 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon

[141426]

Perfectly Wrapped Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141960]

Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock

[141422]

Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper

[141632]

Whisper White Thick Baker's Twine

[141688]

Pun Intended - Hostess Stamp Set

I had a very strange experience this morning!

I was quickly flicking through my social media when I was stopped in my tracks by a very familiar-looking card using the Pun Intended and Thoughtful Banners stamp sets and Pop of Pink DSP.  It was very confusing because whilst I had made and photographed my card, I knew that I hadn't yet posted it anywhere!

Then I looked again, saw the subtle differences and realised that Bille Moan and I are clearly on the same wavelength because it was her card that I was looking at, not mine!

So then I was in a quandrary - do I still finish and publish my post or not?!  As you can see - I decided to post.  If at least two of us have had a similar idea at the same time, it must be a good idea - right?!

It's a bit busy but I think it holds together

The layers are all Pop of Pink DSP.

The stamp set is one of the new hostess sets - Pun Intended - stamped in Basic Black onto Whisper White cardstock.

The camera panel and Basic Black Matt for it are cut with two of the Tags & Labels framelits.  I trimmed the end of a dark strip of DSP with the Banner Triple Punch and stuck it to the back of this layer.

The Picture Perfect greeting was stamped onto a narrow strip of Whisper White cardstock and then I used one of the Project Life Cards & Labels framelits to trim each end (separately).

I stamped two of the banners from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set, curved the greeting Snappy Birthday to fit and stamped it into one of the banners.  I hand cut just inside the lines of that banner and then trimmed the ends to a bit of a curve.  The other banner I cut with the matching punch (I bought both as a bundle and saved 10%), sponged with Melon Mambo and then attached the greeting.



The picked out some pink sequins from the Brights Sequins Assortment and adhered three of them directly to the top panel (which is more white than black) with the Fine Tip Glue Pen.

I stuck White Perfect Accents onto the panels that were more black than white and then used the Fine Tip Glue Pen to stick the sequins (upside down) to the top of those white accents.  I felt the sequins would get lost if I glued them directly to the dark DSP.

I didn't have any Melon Mambo ribbon, although I thought I did!  I really wanted to add a Melon Mambo bow above the camera.  So I broke off a length of Pop of Pink washi tape, folded it into a very narrow strip and made a bow with that.

'Til next time
Stephanie


Product List: To shop in my online store - click on one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

Tags & Labels Framelits Dies

[138282]

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

Brights Sequin Assortment

[138389]

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

White Perfect Accents

[138416]

Basic Black 12" X 12" Card Stock

[124267]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[126948]