Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch

Hello again,

Today I was challenging myself again, this time to use colours I don't use very much, but when I do use them I wonder why I don’t use them more often. The colours are Sahara Sand and Blushing Bride.

The base card and card front are Very Vanilla (#106550). I stamped the image from the Woven Heirlooms stamp set (#c149306) on the top and bottom of the card front with Sahara Sand ink (#147117). I also sponged the edges with Sahara Sand ink.

I punched 3 Rectangular Postage Stamps (#152709) from Champagne Foil Sheet (#144748), then embossed these with the Tin Tile 3D Embossing Folder (#151801). I attached these to Sahara Sand card (#121695) cut slightly bigger than the punched rectangles. The Very Vanilla 3/8” Scalloped Lace Trim (#149593) was wrapped around the card front. I stamped 3 butterflies from the Positive Thoughts stamp set (#151490) with Sahara Sand ink and another 3 with Blushing Bride ink (#147100). The Sahara Sand butterflies were attached to the Foil Sheet, then the Blushing Bride butterflies were added on top with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#1144108).

I attached a piece of Blushing Bride card (#131287) to the Foam Adhesive Sheets (#152815), then cut “birthday wishes” using dies from the Well Written Dies (#151816). The Foam Adhesive Sheets are double sided adhesive foam sheets and great for adding depth and dimension to your project. The little hearts are also cut with a die from the Well Written Dies, using Blushing Bride card and glued to the card with the Fine-Tip Glue Pen (#138309). 

I coloured the Pearl Basic Jewels (#144219) with Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends (#154906) and attached them to the butterflies.

Have a great day!!

lesleyjendra.stampinup.net

lesleyjendra@bigpond.com.au

Peony Garden Designer Series Paper

Hello friends,

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I love how most of the papers have a more patterned and vibrant colour on one side and more subtle on the reverse, which allows for so much variety when making cards or using on a scrapbook page. I have chosen the more subtle designs from the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper (#152483) on this card today.

I matted the smaller piece of DSP with Balmy Blue card (#147007), then attached this to another piece of DSP. I wrapped a piece of the 1-1/2” Metallic Mesh Ribbon (#153550) around the card front then attached this to the Whisper White card base (#106549). I stamped the images from the Garden Shed stamp set (#c149247) using Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708). These were the coloured with the following Stampin’ Blends - Balmy Blue (#154830), Smokey Slate (#154904), Daffodil Delight (#154883), Crumb Cake (#154882), Soft Suede (#154906), Flirty Flamingo (#154884), Highland Heather (#154887) Purple Posy (#154896) and Granny Apple Green (#154885). These images were punched with the Rectangular Postage Stamp punch (#152709). The sentiment from the Borders Abound stamp set (#152627) was stamped with Balmy Blue ink (#147105) and cut with a Stitched Rectangles Die (#151820). I attached the sentiment and punched images with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) then added the Rhinestone Basic Jewels (#144220) to finish the card.

Have a great weekend!!

lesleyjendra.stampinup.net

lesleyjendra@bigpond.com.au

Butterfly Gala

Hi & welcome everyone,

Most people know that I love butterflies, so thought I would use some on todays card.

The Whisper White cardfront (#106549) was dry embossed with the beautiful Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder (#152702), then attached to Gold Foil Sheet (#132622). To conserve specialty papers like this Gold Foil you can cut a piece from the middle for later use, as you are only needing to see the outside part once the cardfront is attached. This was then attached to the Whisper White base card. Using the Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch (#152709), I punched the Crushed Curry card (#131288), Calypso Coral card (#124392), Coastal Cabana card (#131302) and Purple Posy card (#150887). I stamped 3 Butterflies from the Butterfly Gala stamp set (#148580). The large and small butterflies are stamped as1 image but when punched with the Butterfly Duet Punch (#148523) the 2 different shapes punch separately. The butterflies were stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder (#109129) and set with the Heat Tool (#129056). “Happy Birthday” is from the Many Mates stamp set (#152633) and also gold embossed. I cut this with one of the Stitched Rectangles dies (#151820). The die was too long so after cutting once, I re-positioned the die to cut it for a shorter length. The butterflies and sentiment were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The small butterflies were coloured with So Saffron Stampin Blends (#154905), Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends (#154881) and Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends (#154889), and these were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683). A small Gilded Gem (#152478) was attached to each butterfly.

Hope you can have a crafty day.

lesleyjendra.stampinup.net

lesleyjendra@bigpond.com.au