LET’S celebrate

Today’s card features the Splendid Thoughts Bundle and the Splendid Day Designer Series Paper.  The color that I am highlighting is Fresh Freesia which is one of my favorites.  I love this Designer Series Paper especially the beautiful foiled pieces. 

Here is what I came up with…

The card base is Fresh Freesia cardstock that is cut to 5 ½ x 8 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”.  I cut a layer of Basic White that measured 4 x 5 ¼” and then I ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the Stitched Greenery Die (I love this stitched leaves affect as a layer because it adds so much interest to projects).  Next, I cut a piece of the Splendid Day Designer Series Paper using one of the Layering Circles Dies (I added this to my basic white layer and cut it off straight where it overlapped that layer to make a partial circle cut).  Next, I took a scrap of Fresh Freesia cardstock and cut the little flowers and leaves from the dies in the Splendid Thoughts Bundle and added it to my basic white layer as well over lapping my partial circle. 

To finish off my card I die cut a half circle from the same die set out of Basic White cardstock and stamped my sentiment “LET’S celebrate” onto it using Fresh Freesia ink.  I popped this up using Dimensionals for added interest.  The final embellishment was to wrap the basic white layer with Fresh Freesia Open Weave Ribbon and tie a nice bow before adhering the layer to the card base. 

I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below. 

Happy Crafting!!!

Product List

Splendid Thoughts Bundle (English) [159677]	Splendid Day 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159666]	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611]
Stitched Greenery Die [155451]	Layering Circles Dies [151770]	Fresh Freesia 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155615]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

3D Wisteria Wishes Card

I really love the new Wisteria Wishes bundle and I wanted to showcase its potential in a card that was a little more 3D than many I do.  I saw a card something like this that Lauri Seki had created so I just added my own touches to it to make it mine and I am very happy with the results.  Here is what I came up with…

The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock that is cut to 5 ½ x 8 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”.  I cut an additional piece of Crumb Cake cardstock to 3 ¼ x 4 ¾” and then I took my Brick and Mortar 3D Embossing Folder and inked it up using Soft Suede ink.  I placed that piece of Crumb Cake cardstock inside the folder and ran it through my Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine which resulted in my bricks having that nice inked effect (when done just rinse the folder out under some water and dry it off).  I attached this piece to the center front of my card base.  I then cut another piece of the Crumb Cake cardstock this time to 4 1/8 x 5 3/8” and I used my Stitched Rectangle Dies to cut the center of it out resulting in the look of a window.  I popped this up on the front of the card using Dimensionals. 

Then I went to work on my flowers and leaves.  I used the dies from the bundle to cut the flowers out of Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape cardstock cutting each of the two sized from each color cardstock.  I adhered the smaller of the two on top of the larger changing the colors so that it waws more of a 3D affect.  I then die cut three of the branches with leaves out of Pear Pizzazz cardstock.  I cut these apart so I could arrange them across the top and down a little on the left of the top of my card and then adhered them to the card.  Next, I added the Wisteria flowers using some Dimensionals.  I stamped my sentiment (also from the bundle) onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock using Gorgeous Grape ink and die cut that using one of the Stylish Shape Dies (now these dies are becoming a go to set for me but if you don’t have them you could simply cut the sentiment out in the shape of a rectangle or use any die or punch you have that is the right size).  I adhered this right to the front of my card overlapping my wisteria.  For a final embellishment I created a four layer bow out of Linen Tread and adhered it to the top left corner of the card using a Mini Glue Dot. 

I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below. 

Happy Crafting!!! 

Product List

Wisteria Wishes Bundle (English) [158860]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953]	Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986]	Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146987]	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131201]
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650]	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115]	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099]	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]
Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643]	Linen Thread [104199]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Vintage Christmas

I decided to order the Vintage Christmas Stamp since I already owned the Bottled Happiness Bundle and the punch coordinates with both stamp sets so I get twice the bang for my crafting dollar (I get very happy when this happens).  So I decided to make a Christmas card using the set for today’s share.

So here is what I came up with…

The card base is Old Olive cardstock cut to 4 ¼ x 11” and scored at 5 ½” (I like to change up how my cards open).  I added a layer of Designer Series Paper from the Design A Daydream paper pack (this package can be earned as a hostess reward and it includes 48 sheets of DSP which is a huge package but you could use any DSP you like) it measured 4 x 5 ¼”.  Next I cut out circles using the Layering Circles Dies, I used the largest scalloped circle die to cut out my Old Olive layer and the largest of the regular circles to cut out my Very Vanilla circle.  Once I had those cut out, I stamped the shorter rounder of the two bottles directly onto the Very Vanilla circle using Old Olive ink.  I stamped the second taller and thinner bottle onto a scrap piece of Very Vanilla cardstock using Crumb Cake Ink and I punched it out using the coordinating punch, I popped this bottle up on the Very Vanilla circle using Dimensionals.

Once that was done, I adhered the two circles together and added them to the center of my card using Dimensionals.  Next, I stamped the sentiment “Happy Holidays” onto a scrap of Basic White cardsock using Poppy Parade ink and three of the little pine bows using Garden Green Ink and then I fussy cut out all four of them.  I placed a piece of the Gold and Vanilla 3/8” Satin Edged Ribbon across my bottle using some Mini Glue Dots and then added my sentiment and pine bows over it. 

I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below. 

Happy Crafting!!!

Product List

Vintage Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [159781]	Vintage Bottle Punch [158689]	Design A Daydream 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper [159161]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650]	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090]	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116]	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089]
Layering Circles Dies [151770]	Gold & Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Satin Edged Ribbon [159555]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

I am back home

 Well I have returned home from Italy and what an amazing trip that was.  I just wanted to share a few pics with everyone (we took nearly 400 so I am going to just share a few), so here you go...

St. Peters Square, St. Peters Basilica, the Vatican

The Colosseum

The Roman Forum 

Positano Italy (Amalfi Coast)

What an amazing experience this was.  We traveled in everyway you can imagine to do and see all we did in 2.5 weeks.  Plain, automobile, train (even one that did over 200 mph), boat, you name it.  We saw so much and experienced so much it is hard to describe just how amazing it all was.  

 

Joyful Flurry Gift Tag

Today I created a gift tag using the Joyful Flurry Bundle that coordinates with the card I showed you on August 6^th.  I actually cased this tag from the July – December mini catalog but I did change up the colors so that it would coordinate with my card.   

So here is what I came up with…

The base of the tag is Evening Evergreen cardstock that measures 2 ½ x 4 ½” and I did flag the bottom of it.  Next, I cut a piece of Soft Succulent cardstock to 2 ¾ x 3 ½ and rounded the corners (I used the trio punch which is now retired but I think most of us have a corner rounder in our stashes).  I used one of the partial cutting snowflake dies from the bundle and placed it to the left center of my layer.  I then stamped different snowflakes from the stamp set all over the piece using Soft Succulent Ink and then added Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the center of the larger ones.  I adhered these two pieces together and cut a slit in the top for my ribbon (you could use a hole punch or anything you have to do this). 

I stamped my sentiment using one of the stamps it the bundle onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock using Evening Evergreen Ink and I die cut it using one of the dies in the bundle that is the perfect size for the sentiment.  I added a piece of the White Glittered Organdy Ribbon behind it just to give it a little pop and then I added it to the front of my tag using Mini Dimensionals.  To finish my tag I ran a piece of the Soft Succulent Satin Shimmer Ribbon through the slit in the tag and tied it shut with a bow using a piece of the White Bakers Twine.   I will add a piece of Basic White cardstock to the back with a to and from on it before I use it.   

I hope you enjoy this little tag I certainly enjoyed making it.  I always love it when I can create items that coordinate and Stampin’ Up! makes that so easy to do.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below. 

Happy Crafting!!!

Product List

Joyful Flurry Bundle (English) [159812]	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574]	Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576]
Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475]	Soft Succulent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Satin Shimmer Ribbon [158133]	White 3/8'' (1 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon [156408]
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]