Have a Swingin" Valentines Day

A perfect card, Marbled Elegance Designer Series Paper and a swinging element.

Here is how it opens. Get the brads and Take your Pick Tool and Accessory Pack out of your craft stash. 

Cutting Directions

Basic White: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, (2) 3 1/4 x 4 1/2, 1 x 3 to die cut label and scrap to stamp a flower and leaves

Marbled Elegance Designer Series Paper: Pattern 1 - 5 1/4 x 4

Marbled Elegance Designer Series Paper: Pattern 2 - 3 x 4 1/4

Gold Foil: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 to die cut lacy heart, 1 3/8 circle punch

Assembly

Stamp the sentiment on one of the Basic White rectangles in Tuxedo Black Ink, stamp the flower in Real Red over the sentiment. On the scrap stamp a Real Red flower and Old Olive leaves, these can be fussy cut or die cut.

Adhere DSP Pattern 1 to the Basic White base, adhere the sentiment piece to the center of the card base. 

Adhere DSP Pattern 2 to the other Basic White rectangle. Put a Stampin' Pierce Mat under the card base, lay the DSP Pattern 2 piece over the top and top with the Gold Foil circle. With the pieceing tool of your Take Your Pick Tool, make a whole in the upper left corner. Attach the three pieces together with a brad from your stash. Cover the brad with the flower using Multi-Purpose Glue, adhere the leaves under the flower.

Stamp a sentiment on the label. Put Stampin' Seal on the back of the God Foil die cut heart, loop Gold Twisted Thread on the top and attach to the card front. Attach the label with Dimensionals over the heart. 

Finish the card with Heart Sequins. 

Now you are ready to share your love!!

Cindy Loen

Product List

Hearts Of Elegance Bundle (English)

[164916]

$50.25

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$9.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$9.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Adhesive Backed Heart Sequins

[164920]

$8.50

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$5.00

Marbled Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164919]

$16.50

Gold Twisted Thread

[164603]

$7.50

Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Embossing Folder

[164879]

$42.00

Stampin' Pierce Mat

[126199]

$5.00

Take Your Pick

[144107]

$12.00

Take Your Pick Crafter Tips

[161602]

$21.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$12.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Frosted Forest

 When I spotted this card idea, I grabbed my embossing paste to make a sample, you get the look of a snow-covered tree. The fun fold is a nice bonus for the card.

Let's start with the cutting instructions

Mossy Meadow: (2) 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, score one piece at 1 3/8 and 2 3/4

Basic White: (2) 2 1/4 x 4

Old Olive: 2 3/4 x 4 1/4

Gold Foil: 2 1/2 x 4

Season of Green & Gold Designer Series Paper: (2) 1 1/4 x 4

Assembly

Adhere the DSP strips to the sides of the unscored Mossy Meadow Cardstock, leaving a border around the outside edges. 

Fold and burnish the scored piece of Mossy Mead, adhere the wider section between the DSP strips. Form a Z fold that looks like this. 

 Stamp the sentiment on a piece of the Basic White in Mossy Meadow ink. Adhere to the inside of the card base.

Adhere the Gold Foil Cardstock to the Old Olive Cardstock, then attach this piece to the right side only of the Z fold. 

Attach a little piece of Stampin' Seal to the back side of other piece of Basic White Cardstock and attach to Grid Paper. Stamp the tree in Mossy Meadow on the Basic White, then cover with Mask A, making index marks on the Grid Paper, so that you can align the other masks. Fill in the area with Old Olive Ink and a Blending Brush. Remove Mask A and put on Mask B, matching alignment marks. Fill in this area with Mossy Meadow Ink and a Blending Brush. Remove this mask. Give this ink a minute or two to dry or hit it with the heat tool so that the ink does not bleed into the Embossing Paste. Cover the tree with Mask C and open the Shimmer White Embossing Paste, with one of the Palette Knives scoop a little bit of the Paste onto the Mask and smooth out. Remove this mask and clean it and the Palette Knife with water quickly that the paste does not dry on them.  Allow this to dry before fussy cutting it out. 

Put a line of Stampin' Seal on each side the back of the tree, loop the Gold Twisted Thread on the back and attach to the card with Dimensionals.

Finish the card by topping the tree with Cherry Cobbler Berry Gems.

Here is the card open to add your greetings.

Such a pretty card to send to someone!

Cindy Loen

Product List

Frosted Forest Bundle (English)

[164137]

$64.75

Greetings Of The Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164325]

$25.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$9.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$9.00

Small Blending Brushes

[160518]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100702]

$11.50

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133676]

$11.50

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$5.00

Season Of Green & Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164324]

$16.50

Shimmery White Embossing Paste

[145645]

$10.00

Gold Twisted Thread

[164603]

$7.50

Cherry Cobbler & Pearl Adhesive Backed Berries

[164119]

$9.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$12.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

A Simple Christmas Greeting

This simple patchwork quilt look provides an easy way to use the scraps of any favorite Designer Series Paper by cutting 1 x 1 squares from three patterns. Isn't it amazing that Stampin' Up! paper pack contain coordinating patterns and colors. 

Saturday when we were making this card, my friends that also quilt had "difficulties" since the 1-inch squares are not "perfectly" cut. This card comes together quickly.

Cutting Instructions

Thick Basic White: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, score at 4 1/4

Poppy Parade: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2

Basic White: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4, 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 (die cut label), 3 1/4 x 2 (stamp and die cut pine bough) 

Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper: select 3 patterns and cut 3 1-inch squares of each pattern

Assembly

Adhere the 1-inch squares to the Basic White square, leaving a thin border around the squares. Adhere this piece the Poppy Parade square and attach this to the folded card base.

Stamp the full pine bough in stamped off Garden Green and the thinner pine bough on top using Shaded Spruce ink. Die cut, then attach to the card front.

Stamp the sentiment in Poppy Parade on the oval label. Tie a piece of Gold Twisted Thread through the hole in the label and tie into a bow. Use Dimensionals to adhere this to the card front. 

All you need to finish off the card is writing a note inside the card, address an envelope and one Christmas card is ready for the mail.

Any Designer Series Paper and sentiment can be used to make this card your own.

Cindy Loen

Product List

Golden Greenery Bundle

[164117]

$56.50

Greetings Of The Season Bundle (English)

[164113]

$51.25

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

[147050]

$9.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$9.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$9.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$11.25

Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119793]

$8.75

Sentimental Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164209]

$12.50

Gold Twisted Thread

[164603]

$7.50

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$12.00