Botanical Hello

I love using my Big Shot and all of the
wonderful framelits and thinlits that
Stampin’ Up! carries.  Today’s card features
one of my favorite flower items.
These pretty flowers were cut out using the
Botanical Builders Thinlits.
I really like this color combo too — Calypso Coral
So Saffron, Soft Suede and Temping Turquoise.
Check it out — there’s no stamping on this card front.
It’s all Big Shot!!!
Botanical Hello logoThe card base is Calypso Coral with a layer of
Whisper White and then a layer of the Fancy Foil Designer Vellum.
The gold diagonal stripe coordinates well with the Soft Suede.

Next is a layer of Whisper White that has been embossed
using the Softly Falling embossing folder.
Hello is cut from Soft Suede using the Hello You Thinlits
and attached to the card front using Fine Tip Glue Pen.

The flowers are cut out and added to the card front
in different layers with dimensionals added here and there.
And the finishing touch is a couple of pearls added
for flower centers.

What an adorable card!!!

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Awesomely Artistic Lots of Labels

I took tons of pictures at On Stage last week.
One of my favorite stamp sets in the current Annual Catalog
is Awesomely Artistic.
You can create such beautiful cards.
Just out this one I saw on the display boards.
Awesomely Artistic logo
I love how soft this card looks.
The card base is So Saffron with a layer of
Crumb Cake that have been stamped with the
small splotches stamp from the set and Crumb Cake ink.

Next they cut out two layer of the Lots of Labels framelits.
One in Basic Black and one in Whisper White.

The pretty flowers are stamped in the corner of the
Whisper White label with Memento ink — they also
stamped Friend with the Memento ink.

A butterfly from Papillon Potpourri stamp set
was stamped with Memento ink and colored in
with the Calypso Coral marker.
A little bling was added on the butterfly.

This card is great for many occasions,
just to tell someone you are thinking about them.

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In the Meadow Fun Fold

Do you struggle designing cards for the men in your life!
I sure do — sometimes just a bit of nature will do the trick.
Today’s card was the second choice from my Fun Folds Class.
This card features the In the Meadow stamp set
and the Botanical Gardens designer paper.
In the Meadow
I started with a piece of Basic Black cardstock — 5 1/2″ x 8 1/4″
Scored are 1 3/4″, 2 3/4″, 5 1/2″, 6 1/2

I added strips of the Botanical Gardens designer paper.
1.  green pieces are 1 1/2″ x 5 1/4″
2.  black piece is 2 1/2″ x 5 1/4″

Layers are:
Black — 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″
Mossy Meadow — 4″ x 4″
Black — 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″
Smoky Slate — 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

I used Timeless Textures stamp set with
Mossy Meadow ink to stamp around the four sides
of the Mossy Meadow square.

I stamped the deer with Memento Black ink.
Then I used another stamp from Timeless Textures
with Smoky Slate ink to stamp over the deer
on the Smoky Slate carstock (I wanted to add a bit of texture).

I attached the 4 1/4″ square to the card front with dimensionals.
I also used dimensionals to attach the 2 3/4″ black square.

I added a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock 2 1/2″ x 5 1/4″
to the back of the card to stamp and write your message.
In the Meadow Inside
I had two different greetings from Sunburst Sayings stamp set
for everyone to choose the greeting they wanted inside their card.
They could stamp Happy Birthday to You or You Brighten My Day.

I think this card works for a masculine birthday, thank you
or even Father’s Day.

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