Sunburst die off-cut with Rose Wonder Centre

I love the combination of yellow and grey

I promised I'd show you what I did with the off-cuts of the Sunburst Thinlit Die from this card - and here's the first of them.

I carefully put a little bit of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back of the sunburst pieces and placed it down onto a pre-cut piece of decorative paper (in this case from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack).  

When the glue was dry, I trimmed the edges and placed the panel on a layer of Basic Gray cardstock which I then adhered to my So Saffron card.

I had a Rose Wonder flower left from a previous project and decided to put it on this card!  Then I stamped and cut some leaves using Smoky Slate card, Basic Grey ink and the Botanical Builder framelits.  

Someone that I know and respect is retiring shortly, so I added a greeting from Teeny Tiny Sentiments and the banner from Bloomin' Love with I cut out with a die from the Large Numbers Framelits. 

A bit of Wink of Stella finishes the card

On Friday I'll be showing you what I did with the remaining Basic Black off-cut!

'Til then
Stephanie

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Rose Garden Tri-fold card

Fresh garden colours in the Wildflower Fields paper

In need of a Tri-Fold card sample for one of my classes, I made this one featuring the Rose Garden Framelits and the beautiful FREE Sale-A-Bration paper - Wildflower Fields (with a $90 purchase).

I won't add to the proliferation of tutorials for Tri-Fold cards here but, if by chance you aren't familiar with this fold, you will be able to find many great tutorials through good old Google!

I didn't layer the yellow horizontal panels but for all the other panels, I have layered the printed paper onto Hello Honey cardstock.

I cut the Rose Garden flowers and leaves several times in varying shades: So Saffron, Crushed Curry and Delightful Dijon for the flower and Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive for the leaves.  Then I did a little mix and match paper piecing.

Roses from any angle!

The small flowers are cut with one of the Botanical Builder framelits.

I stamped the frame from Rose Wonder in Cherry Cobbler ink onto Whisper White cardstock, added the birthday greeting in black ink and then cut it with one of the Rose Garden framelits.  I layered this onto a label cut with a Lots of Labels framelit - extended in length using this method.

I stamped one of the greetings from the Tag Talk stamp set in black onto Whisper White cardstock and punched it out with the matching Label Bracket Punch.  I then layered this on to Hello Honey cardstock cut with a Deco Label Framelit and edged with black ink and a sponge dauber.

If you look carefully, you'll see that I supported the right hand flower and leaves with a strip of acetate just in case the leaves couldn't handle the folding and unfolding.  To do this, I positioned the acetate prior to sticking down my designer paper.

If you'd like to purchase any of the products I used in this project - just click on the image below.

'Til next time
Stephanie

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Botanical Blooms Bundle

Woohoo - today's the day that everyone can get their favourite products from the new Occasions Catalogue AND get a FREE Sale-A-Bration product with every $90 spend!

If you haven't yet seen all the mouth-droolingly gorgeous new products, click here to see the PDF version of the Occasions Catalogue and here to see the fantastic selection of FREE Sale-A-Bration products that can be earned.

Today I've had tremendous fun with the Botanical Blooms Bundle!

The label and greeting are from the Rose Wonder Bundle

I was inspired by the Global Design Project challenge set by Brian King to use these three colours. 

Just click on the image to join in the challenge or see the other great entries

I'll confess that at first glance I wasn't very inspired by the colour choice! But after a bit of thought I realised that green and pink are perfect for flowers and crumb cake could become a garden wall.  Thanks Brian - it really was a great challenge.

I've really fallen hard for the Botanicals Blooms bundle because they all work perfectly with each other and they're so versatile!  I can see a lot of mixing and matching going on with this set!  The best bit for me, though, is that it's so easy to make a pretty design with them - it almost "builds" itself!

The inside of the card.

I stamped some flowers from the Botanical Blooms set inside the card and the greeting is from a free Sale-A-Bration set called Perfect Pairings (141261 for the clear stamps), which I love for it's bold but elegant sentiments.

I hope you enjoyed this card.

'Til next time

Stephanie

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog