Greetings!
Today's card featuring the Season's Blessings bundle started out as the flowers I stamped on Basic White cardstock and wasn't sure I liked. So I put them and the leaves aside while I worked on other combinations. Since I already had flowers and leaves stamped and die cut, I thought I'd play and see what I could come up with.
I have to say I love the finished result! What's even more surprising is that there is no Designer Series Paper used which is highly unusual for me lately. I wanted the basket of flowers to stand out from the background and after trying a few things settled on the Vellum cardstock. This lovely label shape from the Seasonal Labels dies was the perfect solution! The combination of the Soft Succulent embossed layer over the Evening Evergreen card base is a beautiful background for this basket of Poinsettias. These two colors are so gorgeous together!
Where did I get this "Merry Christmas"? It's actually from two stamp sets. The Merry comes from the Christmas to Remember stamp set and the Christmas comes from the Words of Cheer stamp set. This is what happens when multiple Christmas/Holiday stamp sets are out at one time and I'm trying to find the greeting to accompany my image. Do you ever do that?
Gather Your Supplies:
- Season's Blessings Bundle (Save 10% when purchasing stamp set & dies with bundle item#)
- Christmas To Remember Stamp Set
- Words of Cheer Stamp Set
- Evening Evergreen cardstock
- 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored and folded at 4-1/4"
- Soft Succulent cardstock
- 5-1/4" x 4"
- scrap for label
- Vellum cardstock
- Basic White cardstock
- 4-1/4" x 5-1/5" (or scraps for all the die cut flowers, leaves and basket)
- Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad
- Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad
- Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad
- Evening Evergreen 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon - 20"
- Matte Decorative Dots
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Here's How It's Made:
Emboss Soft Succulent cardstock panel with Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. Wrap and tie Evening Evergreen ribbon into a bow around the panel, then adhere to card front.
Die cut Vellum cardstock with largest label die from Seasonal Labels dies.
Ink Poinsettia's with Cherry Cobbler, stamp off lightly and stamp onto Basic White (2 small and 1 large). Die cut. Ink Leaves with Evening Evergreen and stamp onto Basic White (2 pair) and 1pr of rounded leaf stem. Die cut.
Ink basket with Crumb Cake, stamp and die cut.
Position basket near bottom of vellum label. Cut leaves apart to make positioning easier with flowers, overlapping as needed for finished bouquet look. Adhere to vellum. Position finished piece on left side of card front over ribbon. Adhere using Stampin' Seal behind basket and flowers so adhesive isn't visible through vellum.
Ink "Merry" from Christmas to Remember set and stamp onto Soft Succulent. Ink "Christmas" from Words of Cheer set and position below "Merry" and stamp. Insert into Label Me Lovely Punch with greeting near top edge of scalloped part of punch. Punch. Insert again with scalloped edge matching scalloped edge of punch and punch again to get the small label. Adhere using Stampin' Dimensionals. See pics below (I used Basic White cardstock so it's easy to see)
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Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you're inspired to gather your supplies and get creative!
Have a beautiful day! 😊
Beverly J
The vellum die cut is perfect for putting the focus on the plant. Plus, great idea for the punch - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you Dawn!
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