Tagged: pattern paper

January 14, 2013

Secret Garden, Ciao Baby!, Love Card

I decided on a peek-a-boo card today. Coordinating framelits make it soooo super-dooper easy to do. Unlike punches you can place and cut your framelit shape anywhere on the cardstock. Super handy! Right?!

Also, I photographed this on the stand because I adhered the pattern paper on the inside of the card and cut the wide scallop edge from the front of the card, so if I had photographed it open the scallop edge would have been resting on the surface and you wouldn’t be able to see the lovely little flower pattern below. And that would be a crying shame!

In addition to the little flowers paper below the scallop, I used the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Pack for the leaves and the flower too. The leaves were punched from the Bird Builder Punch and the flower was stamped and cut with the Secret Garden stamp and framelit.

Here’s the easy-peasy way to get your peek-a-boo flower to match up perfectly inside your card. It isn’t rocket science, I swear. Just place and cut with your framelit where you want your opening in the front cardstock. Then stamp your flower on cardstock or pattern paper (in this case print pack) and cut it out with the same framelit. Then place adhesive on the back of your flower, close your card front and adhere the flower through the opening onto the inside of the card. Simple!

Here’s another angle. The love tag was simply stamped from the Caio, Baby! stamp set on Pool Party cardstock and punched out with the Petite Curly Label Punch (available FREE with a Sale-a-bration order Jan. 22nd).

And this is what you see when you open the card. I cut the pattern paper with the scallop framelit also. And “Oh happy day!” is another sneak peek from a Sale-a-bration stamp set, Bloomin’ Marvelous.

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Enjoy! Julie

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set and Framelit Bundle: Secret Garden* wood-mount #131100 clear-mount #131099

Stamps: Bloomin’ Marvelous**, Ciao Baby!* wood-mount #129645 clear-mount #129648

Ink: Raspberry Ripple #126859, Midnight Muse #126860

Paper: Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Pack* #129312, Pool Party cardstock #122924, Chocolate Chip cardstock #102128, Whisper White cardstock #100730

Extras: Big Shot Die-cutting Machine #113439, Large Scallop Edgelit #127019, Bird Builder Punch #117191, Petite Curly Label Punch**

*Spring Catalog

**Sale-a-bration exclusive product, available FREE on Jan 22nd.

January 7, 2013

A Simple Butterfly Thank you Card

After Christmas we all need more thank you cards to show appreciation for all the wonderful gifts and favors we received over the holidays. And clean and simple cards are a must when you want to make a more than just one!

I simply folded my Whisper White cardstock base before punching the scallop along the bottom. I used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool to add a couple of scored lines above the scallop. Be sure and score the back of the card to have the raised edge on the card front. 🙂

The scallop circle was punched from the Summer Smooch Designer Series paper and layered with a matching Tangerine Tango circle. I punched the butterfly out twice with the Elegant Butterfly punch; once from the Summer Smooches dsp and once from Lucky Limeade.

I trimmed off a sliver of Daffodil Delight to add antennae and topped the butterfly with a rhinestone. I curled the butterfly wings with my bone folder and used Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the center of the butterfly to the punched circles. (Glue dots would work well for this too.)

With the butterfly accent ready to go I was able to stamp the “So Kind of You” sentiment from the Sweet Essentials stamp set in Island Indigo.

To attach the 1″ dsp strip under the scallop just right, I opened the card, lined it up the tulip strip with the bottom edge of the back, added glue to the underside of the scallop and closed the card so that the scallop was perfectly placed on the dsp strip. That sounds more complicated than it is, but hopefully, you get the idea.

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Enjoy! Julie

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Sweet Essentials wood-mounted #126455, clear-mounted #126457

Ink: Island Indigo #126986

Paper: Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper #125409, Whisper White cardstock #100730

Extras: Elegant Butterfly Punch #127526, Scallop Circle Punch #119854, 1-3/8″ Circle Punch #119860, Scallop Edge Border Punch #119882, Rhinestone Basic Jewels #119246, Simply Scored Scoring Tool #122334, Multipurpose Liquid Glue #110755

January 4, 2013

Congratulations on Your Graduation!

My son-in-law Chris recently graduated from college! A fantastic accomplishment, and we are so happy for him and his family! This is the card that I created to acknowledge this great achievement. I kept it masculine with earthy colors and images.

To create this masculine congratulations card, I started with a card base of Natural Composition Specialty paper cut 4-1/4″ x 11″ and scored at 5-1/2″. The Natural Composition dsp has a cardstock weight so it’s perfect for a card base. I paid special attention to the orientation of the embossed lines of this paper before I trimmed the card base out.

The leaves stamp is from the Summer Silhouettes stamp set and I stamped the left side first in Summer Starfruit and then in Always Artichoke.

I used the strip of paper left over from cutting out the card base to create this tag. I stamped “congratulations” from the Sweet Sentiments stamp set on the backside of the embossed paper and then punched the ends of the tag with the Curly Label punch. I added a bit of Linen Thread to the tag before adhering it to the card base with dimensionals.

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Enjoy, Julie

summer silhouettes congratulations graduation card

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Summer Silhouettes wood-mount #126445 clear-mount #125447

Ink: Summer Starfruit #126991, Always Artichoke #126972

Paper: Natural Composition Specialty dsp #126917

Extras: Linen Thread #104199, Curly Label Punch #119851, Stampin’ Dimensionals #104430

December 27, 2012

Happy Anniversary!

This past week my daughter and her husband celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary, and this is the Papillon Potpourri anniversary card I made for them. I saw a card in the Paper Crafters magazine that became the inspiration for this card.

I used the First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper. This neutral ‘encyclopedia’ pattern paper is super easy to customize. I brayered Baja Breeze ink on it and stamped Happy Anniversary in Night Quite Navy to personlize the paper.

The butterflies were stamped on Comfort Cafe dsp and punched out with the Elegant Butterfly punch. The punch only punches out the body so I stamped it again and trimmed around the body and antanae of the second set to adhere to the back of the butterfly.

The butterfly alight on the tag was punched, folded and adhered to the corner. I thread the button with linen thread and frayed it with the blade of my paper snips. Glue dots are perfect for securely adhering the butterflies and button.

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Enjoy! Julie

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri wood-#123757 clear-#123759, Teeny Tiny Wishes wood-#115370 clear-#127802

Ink: Midnight Muse #126860, Basic Black #126980, Baja Breeze #126960

Designer Series Paper: Comfort Cafe #126898, First Edition #121878, Natural Composition #126917

Extras: Elegant Butterfly Punch #127526, Designer Label Punch #120907, Buttons #119747, Linen Thread #104199, Glue Dots #103683

December 23, 2012

Merry Christmas Trees in Review

Christmas Trees have certainly been a theme this holiday season on StampingJulie.com. I’m a little sad to see Christmas coming to an end. I can’t tell you how much fun I have had making Christmas projects to share with you. And with the end of the holiday season comes the end of the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog.

Here’s some of the highlights of the Christmas tree cards I’ve shared with you this season:

Just a folded Christmas tree and lots of glittery sprays!! Shimmer Folded Christmas Tree Card

A ruffle Christmas tree card made with lots of punched and layered Christmas paper scallops. Pennant Ruffle Christmas Tree Card

Definitely one of my favorite Christmas tree cards. Lovely as a Tree Starry Night Christmas Tree Card and video tutorial.

Another folded Christmas tree card with non-traditional colors. Folded Christmas Tree Card and video tutorial.

Another favorite! I love the feel of the paper: it’s so rich feeling after embossing and heat embossing with sparkle. And the tree is cut out of the background with the green polka dot paper peeking out from behind. Glittery Paper Christmas Tree Card

And the matching gift card from the scraps of the last card. Holiday Collection Gift Card

This little gift card that fits in the envelope made from the Scallop Envelope Bigz Die was the beginning of the folded Christmas tree craze! Joyous Celebrations Folded Christmas Tree card

That’s the parade of Christmas trees in review!!

Merry Christmas! Julie