How to use the Baby Blossoms for larger pieces of art

The Baby Blossoms set is ideal for small single flowers to adorn a topper, but it's also fantastic for creating a major piece of background paper artwork.

I'm always in need of little gift boxes for my hostess treats and door prizes and this is one that I made recently when my MIL asked for a recap of this little box design. The random pattern of small flowers easily fills this larger space.

Recipe

Stamp sets: Baby Blossoms, Afterthoughts (sentiment)

Cardstock: Confetti White, Marina Mist

Ink: Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight

Punches: Scallop Trim Border, 2" x 1-3/8" Oval

6mm Grosgrain Ribbon: Marina Mist

Tools: Crop-a-dile, Stamp-a-ma-jig

The box is the 2-5-7-10 box from the tutorial over on Splitcoaststampers here. I wanted a pale colour to use as the base for the box for the flowers but wanted a more substantial card weight than Whisper White or Very Vanilla and so opted for Confetti White which is quite a thick card. After cutting and scoring the box base from the Confetti White, I stamped it all over with a mixture of the small flowers and leaves. I used Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue and So Saffron inks with the most "filled in/complete" flowers (which are the base images). Leaves were added in between these using Pear Pizzazz ink. Then, using a stamp-a-ma-jig I went over the original flowers and added the "detail" images with Regal Rose (stamped off once to get a paler shade), Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight inks. The box lid was punched with the Scallop Trim Border and a further Scallop Trim Border of Marina Mist was added behind it before the box was assembled. Marina Mist was threaded into the box lid closure holes made by the Crop-a-dile. The frame from the Baby Blossoms set was stamped onto Marina Mist and Confetti White card using Marina Mist ink. The sentiment and the flower were added to the inside of the Confetti White frame using the Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement. After hand-cutting the Marina Mist frame and popping up on the box front with dimensionals, the sentiment was punched out with the 2" x 1-3/8" Oval and also popped up on dimensionals.

Here you can see a little more of the flowers:

Thanks for stopping by.

Sara xx

A Spring card with lots of cake

Hope that you've had a relaxing bank holiday.

I had a great time with Jan and Joanne yesterday, planning where we'll stay for the SU! convention. We've decided on the Sequoia Lodge and travelling there by train and Eurostar. There'll be a whole bunch of us demos on the Eurostar and there have already been some comparisons of it ending up like the train to Hogwarts. Heehee, I feel sorry for the non-demos that end up on the train with us, it's likely to be a giddy journey. Don't forget that there's still time for you to join us, just take a look at joining my team here.

Jan brought me an absolutely gorgeous distressed card when she stopped by. You can see it on her blog here. I must get my distressing tools out again soon.

But for now I've gone for a more clean and simple look using an old favourite card fold that I was reminded of when browsing the SUDSOL pattern library:

Recipe

Stamp sets: Itty Bitty Bits, Cute by the Inch, Cupcakes

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler

Punches: Petal Card, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, 1/2" Circle

The card blank is a 10" x 5" base of Crumb Cake, cut and folded into a Spring Card. The front was matted with So Saffron and Cherry Cobbler. Using Chocolate Chip ink, the cupcake image from the Cute by the Inch (level 2 hostess) set, was stamped onto Very Vanilla card, cut out and adhered to the centre of a Petal Card punched from Crumb Cake card. This was folded closed and adhered to the card front. The cuppa and the cupcake from the Itty Bitty Bits set were stamped onto Very Vanilla card using Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip inks. These were all then punched with the Circle from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack. Cuppas were matted onto 1/2" Circles of So Saffron card and cupcakes were matted onto 1/2" Circles of Crumb Cake card and then all were adhered direct to the card front spacing them evenly around the edges. Small triangular mats of Very Vanilla card were stamped with the Cupcakes wheel using Chocolate Chip ink before adhering them to the base of the card front.

Here's the little Petal Card opened up:

And (because I got pulled up recently for not making inserts, lol) here's the "inside":

Recipe (inside)

Stamp sets: Itty Bitty Bits, Afterthoughts

Cardstock: Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler

The sentiment was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink onto Very Vanilla card and then the cuppa and the cupcakes from the Itty Bitty Bits were stamped at the points of the diamond with Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip inks.

Enjoy the rest of your holiday.

Sara xx

A birthday cake card for the Mojo Monday challenge

Much as I love my new Big Shot and all the dies and embossing folders, it's nice to do some plain stamping now and again too. I hadn't actually planned it that way, it just sort of came together when I worked on the sketch for this week's Mojo Monday challenge:

Here's my take on it:

Recipe

Stamp sets: On a Pedestal, Afterthoughts

Cardstock: Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Ink: Rose Red

Markers: Rose Red, Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie

DSP: Subtles Patterns Stack

Punches: Scallop Edge Border, Fancy Flower, 1-3/4" Circle, Jewelry Tag

Seam Binding Ribbon: Rose Red

Other: Subtles Brads

The card base is an A6 portrait of Perfect Plum. The birthday cake was built up by stamping the pedestal with Rose Red ink onto Whisper White card and then using markers direct to stamp together with the stamp-a-ma-jig to add the other elements. This image was matted onto Perfect Plum card and then adhered direct to mats of Pretty in Pink DSP and Whisper White card that had been punched with the Scallop Edge Border along the bottom. Rose Red ribbon was wrapped around the layers. The cherry was stamped onto Whisper White card and punched with the Jewelry Tag. A brad was used to secure a faux bow and the tag over the top of the wrapped ribbon. Two Fancy Flowers were punched from Pretty in Pink and Perfect Plum, adhered together and popped up on dimensionals on the card front. The sentiment from the Afterthoughts set was coloured with markers, stamped onto Whisper White card, punched with the 1-3/4" Circle and then popped up on dimensionals in the centre of the Fancy Flowers.

Hope you like it.

Sara xx

My own card to my MIL with a perched bird

As promised, here is the card that I made for my MIL's birthday at the weekend. I also went with Melon Mambo and Black, I'd actually forgotten what DH had used (I showed his card yesterday) but luckily they didn't turn out too similar. It's a lovely bright combo and I went with an easel card to make it a bit special.

Recipe

Stamp sets: Punch Potpourri (Level 1 hostess), Sincere Salutations

Cardstock: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Ink: Versamark, Melon Mambo

DSP: Brights Patterns Stack, Neutrals Patterns Stack

Punches: Scallop Circle, 1-3/8" Circle, Two-step Bird, Scallop Trim Border

Polka-dot Grosgrain Ribbon: Melon Mambo (retired offer)

3mm Taffeta Ribbon: Basic Black, Whisper White

Other: Dazzling Diamonds, White EP, Basic Rhinestones

The blank easel card is Melon Mambo and the card front is Basic Black. Melon Mambo and Basic Black Patterns DSP were adhered to the top and bottom of the card front and a 1-3/8" Circle punched from the top right corner. The same Circle was punched from Basic Black card, centred within the Scallop Circle and punched again to get the trim to adhere over the aperture. Using Melon Mambo ink, I stamped the bird onto Whisper White card and punched it out with the Two-step Bird. Dazzling Diamonds were added over the swirls on the bird's breast and a rhinestone for the eye. A plain bird of Melon Mambo was punched out with the Bird punch and the layers were adhered over the front and back of the aperture on the card front. The sentiment was stamped in Versamark onto Basic Black card, heat embossed with White EP and punched with the 1-3/8" Circle. It was matted onto a Scallop Circle of Melon Mambo and popped up on dimensionals in the opposite corner of the card front. Narrow strips of Melon Mambo and Basic Black card were punched with the Scallop Trim Border. The melon was wrapped with 3mm Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon. I dyed a small length of Whisper White ribbon to match my card by dragging it over my ink pad, trapped between the pad and a sponge. Once dry I wrapped that around my Basic Black Trim and adhered them both to the card front. Sticky Strip was placed across the centre of the card front and the Polka-dot ribbon gathered onto it before securing on the reverse. The entire card front was adhered direct to the bottom half of the easel card blank front.

The bird has a bit of bling when viewed up close.

And here's a view of it propped open to show the inside:

Recipe (inside)

Stamp sets: Afterthoughts (Level 1 hostess)

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Ink: Versamark

DSP: Brights Patterns Stack

Punches: Scallop Square

Other: Black EP

A mat of Whisper White had a strip of Melon Mambo Patterns DSP adhered to it. The sentiment was stamped in Versamark onto Melon Mambo card and heat embossed with Black EP. It was then punched with the Square Scallop and popped up on dimensionals onto the decorative strip.

This was the matching box that I showed on our blog hop on Sunday. And inside ...

... some brads and ribbons for MIL to use on her own projects.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sara xx