Blue and White themed Thank You card

For March, the theme set for the Tech 4 Stampers blog hop is ‘Blue and White’.

I designed my card using lots of new Online Exclusive products. Check out all online exclusives here.

To make this card;

To create my card I used the colours Misty Moonlight and Basic white throughout.

The card base is a standard base (half an A4 sheet, folded at 10.5cm. Using the new Mini Corrugated 3D embossing folder on a piece of 10×14.4cm basic white card orientating the stripes to go vertically on my card. I mounted it flat onto my card base using Stampin’ Seal – I find this stick better than wet glue on uneven surfaces. (There is certainly nothing ‘mini’ about this embossing folder – it is a 6″x6″ folder!!)

I then took a smaller piece of basic white card (8×12.9cm). Again using the corrugated embossing folder, I took my Misty Moonlight ink pad and this time I swiped it along the top section of the inside of the embossing folder, thus applying a layer of ink to it. I then placed my basic white card onto the bottom section of the embossing folder, ensuring the stripes would now run horizontally. Carefully I closed the embossing folder and ran it through my cut and emboss machine. This then puts ink into the ‘divots’ of the card but leaves the rest of the card white.

I mounted the blue and white striped layer onto a layer of Misty Moonlight card measuring 8.5×13.4cm, again using Stampin’ Seal and then then ran some bakers twine around the centre of this layer before I mounted it. I then used Dimensionals to adhere the blue and white striped layer at a jaunty angle onto the plain white corrugated base.

Framed Scenes stamps and Dies

The Lighthouse comes from the new Framed Scenes cling stamp set (online exclusive), and was stamped onto a small piece of Basic White card with Misty Moonlight ink. I used the smaller of the 2 ovals from the co-ordinating Framed Scenes dies to cut out the stamped image, and then used the larger oval dies from the same set to cut a Misty Moonlight card layer to mount the stamped image on.

The simple ‘thanks’ was from a set from the annual catalogue called Best Family Ever. (This stamp set is one that I’m sure I will keep long after its retired from the annual catalogue!) I’m often in need of a ‘Thank you’ card, so the opportunity to use this as the sentiment for my card was perfect, so, I stamped the ‘thanks’ in Misty moonlight onto a strip of white card and then snipped the end at a jaunty angle before adding dimensionals and adhereing it to my card base.

To finish I took some Iridescent Basic Pearls and using a Misty Moonlight blender pen, I coloured 3 of the pearls and then I left them to dry for a few minutes before adding them to my card front. I also added a white insert into the centre of the card.

Hope you have enjoyed my project and hope you will click on the link to see what others who have taken aprt in this Blog Hop have created.

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‘Love’ card for the Tech4Stampers bloghop

‘Love’ card for the Tech4Stampers bloghop

Each month a lovely group of talented Stampin’Up! take part in a themed bloghop….its a great way to share our creativity with lots of people and hope you will follow the ‘hop’ by clicking on the links below. Some months I join in, but not always…..depending on other committments.

The theme for this months Bloghop is Love

I used the sentiment from Best Butterflies stamps and dies from the Give it a Whirl set for my card, and the colour palette of Sweet Sorbet and Parakeet Party. There is a full list of products that I used at the bottom of this post.

My card is inspired by my lovely friend, who is always bright and colourful and loves her ‘bling’.

The central panel is die cut using one of the Basic Border dies on a 5 1/2cm panel of designer series paper (DSP), from the Butterfly Kisses paper selection.

The back layer is using DSP from The Tea Boutique and the gorgeous Sweet Sorbet colour which I also used for the stamping on the front, inside and on the back panel.

I also added a panel of DSP to the inside of the card, but before adhering in place, I die cut 2 hearts from the edge of the panel, and then die cut a large heart in Sweet Sorbet and a smaller heart in Fresh Freesia and once the panel was stuck in place, I inlaid these hearts into the pre-cut ‘gaps’.

I die cut more hearts to embellish the front of the envelope, and then stamped on the back of the card with one of Stampin’ Up!s copyright stamped images. ‘Made with Love’ was very apt!!¬

I do love this years In colors and in particular, the lovely vivid Parakeet Party green and Sweet Sorbet. I used some of the Parakeet Party Metallic woven ribbon to embellish with a bow. I also added some Incolor Matte dots,

I do hope you enjoyed looking at my creation and it would be great if you could leave a comment – I love to read them! Don’t forget to support other demo’s by hopping over to their blogs using the links below;

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