Special Reason

I decided it was time to use some products that I've been overlooking a bit.

The colours are Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry and Mint Macaron

Outside of Christmas, I don't usually use a lot of sparkly paper but the colours in the Glimmer Paper Assortment pack (available in the second release of  Sale-A-Bration products - free with a purchase of $90) really caught my eye!

Here I've combined the Sweet Sugarplum Glimmer Paper with Rich Razzleberry cardstock to create the flower with the Stylish Stems Framelits.  I had great fun piecing the petals together - I love puzzles!  I cut the Swirly Scribbles Thinlit with the Mint Macaron glimmer Paper.

Save 10% by buying the matching stamps and framelits as a bundle - this one is called the Special Reason Bundle

One of the great things about the Irresistably Floral Specialty Designer Series Paper (apart from the beautiful designs!) is that the can be coloured to match any Stampin' Up cardstock.  For this card, I sponged the paper with Sweet Sugarplum ink.

A matching flower inside completes the card

The inside of the card is decorated with stamps from the matching Special Reason set.  To soften the flower a little, after stamping with Sweet Sugarplum ink, I ran my aqua painter over the individual petals.  I picked up a little Mint Macaron ink with the aqua painter to darken the centre of the flower.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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

Special Reason Clear-Mount Bundle

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Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

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Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Irresistibly Floral Designer Series Specialty Paper

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

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Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

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Sponge Brayers

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Hey, Chick Housewarming Card

I made this card for the amazing Kylie & Bruno Bertucci who have moved to their new house.

Two chickens (OK - one should be a rooster!) in their new coop!

It's a little bit quirky (and I hope they don't think I regard them as a couple of chooks!) but I wanted to make something a little bit different for them and I do love the images in the Hey, Chick stamp set (FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a $90 purchase!).

The paper (from the Urban Underground pack) reminds me a bit of chicken wire.  I wanted to keep the colour scheme simple and the Delightful Dijon pops nicely against the simple black and silver.  

The chickens are heat embossed, one in white and one in clear, on Basic Black cardstock and then bleached.  I used the Layering Squares framelits to cut out the white chicken and added a Delightful Dijon frame cut with two of the Layering Squares.  I fussy cut the black chicken and added it with Stampin' Dimensionals (because no card should go to Bruno without dimensionals!).

This label has a beautiful shape that really suits the Brushwork Alphabet letters

The inside of the card is decorated with a small piece of paper from the same Urban Underground pack, to which I added the Basic Black and Delightful Dijon layers cut with dies from the Stylish Stems framelits.  The final step was to use Basic Black ink to add their initials (K&B) using the Brushwork Alphabet stamp set

Thank you for visiting.  
'Til next time!
Stephanie

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Project Highlights this week (on Kylie's blog!).  To see the other great cards and vote for your favourites, click here. 

Product List  - To visit my online store, click on a product image below (Australian Residents only) 

Hey Chick Clear Mount Stamp Set

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Brushwork Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Banners For You Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

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Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Stylish Stems Framelits Dies

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Layering Squares Framelits Dies

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Versamark Pad

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White Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Embossing Buddy

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Heat Tool

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock

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Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock

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