Slimline Pansy Petals Suite Card

 I haven't made a slimline card in awhile and I was looking to use some of the fabulous Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper. Some of it is so intense that it doesn't work on a smaller card, but the larger 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" dimensions of a slimline card seem to be the right proportion for the intensity of design.

I'm actually using the sketch of the last Freshly Made Sketches challenge, but of course I didn't get this posted in time for the deadline, needing to post my Monday Morning Live project instead. But I really like the simplicity and classic lines so thought I'd use it anyway.

Here's a closer look at my design:

• Centered in the 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" Thick Basic White card front is a 7 3/4" x 2 3/4" piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock and centered on that is a 7 1/2" x 2 1/2" piece of Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper.
• Across the bottom about a 1/2" from the bottom is a piece of Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon.
• The die cut pansies are made using the Pansy Dies from Thick Basic White, Pale Papaya, Fresh Freesia and Bumblebee cardstock. The leaves are from Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen.
• The sentiment is from the Ornate Thanks stamp set and stamped in Evening Evergreen on Basic White cardstock. It's trimmed on either side of the sentiment and the ends are punched with the Lovely Labels Pick-a-Punch.

June's Paper Pumpkin Kit looks amazing! I can hardly wait to get it! It coordinates with the Expressions in Ink Suite, and since that Specialty Designer Series Paper in not even orderable right now because it's so backordered, if you get this kit at least you'll be able to get some materials that are along the same lines! But to get it, you have to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin by June 10, and the way the Expressions in Ink went on backorder so fast, I'm thinking the sooner you subscribe, the better! Don't worry, it's so easy to manage your subscription, pausing or stopping whenever you want to online! Here's a link to use: Paper Pumpkin

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Ornate Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [149471] $24.00	Pansy Petals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155807] $15.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $11.25	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $12.00	Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776] $12.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613] $12.00	Pale Papaya 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155668] $12.00	Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock [153077] $12.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $10.25
Evening Evergreen 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155573] $9.50	Lovely Labels Pick A Punch [152883] $31.00	Pansy Dies [155680] $44.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

Ornate Thank You

Every once in a while, I'll get out a pack of Note Cards & Envelopes and mass produce some thank you cards for my customers to go in their orders. Often, Paper Pumpkin kits meet my needs for these, but the last kit was for Birthday Cards and I used this month's adorable kit for my Team rewards, so it was time to mass produce again. This time I got out my Ornate Thanks stamp set and another die set in the same Ornate Garden Suite, but not the one bundled with that particular stamp set. I used the Ornate Layers Dies.

And I really love the limited but beautiful palette of the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper with the Petal Pink, Gray Granite and Basic Gray and I decided to put it all together to make some elegant thank you cards.

• I added a 3 3/8" x 4 7/8" piece of the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper to each Note Card front. I only used either Petal Pink or Gray Granite designs.
• I die cut Gray Granite or Petal Pink panels using the Ornate Layers dies. I used Gray Granite on top of Petal Pink DSP and vice versa.
• I stamped the sentiment from the Ornate Thanks stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on the front of each panel and adhered them to the card front.
• I used the 1/4" Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon to tie a small bow and attached one to each card front using a Glue Dot.

 Just a reminder that registration for this class is due today! To register click HERE.

Today is the last day to earn a Bonus Days Coupon before you can begin to Redeem them tomorrow!

And tomorrow The 2020 Aug/Dec Mini Catalogue will go live and you will be able to order all that yummy holiday product! Make sure to call me with your orders, or go to my Online Store and order yourself! Use my August Hostcode   W6NNJ4DX  for a free gift from me.

You'll notice tomorrow that the Online Store looks different. That's because it has undergone a complete overhaul and is, in fact, a whole new site. Here is what you can look forward to from this new site:

* All-new design and shopping experience.  

* More intuitive navigation and product organization logic. 

* New filter and sort options. 

* Improved photography and product display. 

* A much improved, mobile-friendly shopping experience. 

* A simpler and easier checkout process. 

* Inventory Status Report integration (i.e., customers will have a quick, visual indication regarding the inventory levels of any product).

And the good news is that it's already been tried and tested in the UK for several months and they worked all the bugs out for us, so the transition should be fairly smooth.

What you need to know and do:

If you have an account, your password and information will still be good, but if your computer has stored the password for the site for you, your computer won't recognize this as the same site. Therefore, you need to find your password and write it down so that you can use it in the new site and then you can get your computer to save it for you again.

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store. 

Product List

Ornate Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [149471] $24.00	Ornate Thanks Bundle (English) [154115] $63.00	Peony Garden Designer Series Paper [152483] $15.75	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527] $9.50	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $12.00
Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $12.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Gray Granite 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon [152463] $9.50	Ornate Layers Dies [152726] $50.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

Ornate Garden Suite

I hope you enjoyed your Easter holiday even if you couldn't get out to a service or get together with extended family for a meal. We watched our church's wonderful Easter service online this morning and had a very noisy and interactive visit with all our kids and grandkids via Messenger today. I miss them so much! But I can't help but think about all the people who are stuck quarantining alone! How the hours must stretch out endlessly for them. I wonder how we could make life more happy for those people?

I finally caved and purchased some of the Ornate Garden Suite last week and it arrived just before the weekend. I decided to get it out and play with it yesterday. Here's what I managed to create:

• I struggled a bit getting the elegant bits and pieces of this suite to play nicely together. Each die and stamp is beautiful but they don't necessarily fit well together, at least with my taste in stamping. I figure that they will make great accessories for other stamp and die sets.
• I used one of the beautiful edge dies to make an ornate edge that allows the card insert to show through. This particular edge die can also create a kind of die cut ribbon as it has an extra edge die that allows you to cut through the cardstock on both sides, to make a narrow strip with the rose design, which you could add to the top of a contrasting piece of cardstock or go for texture in tone on tone.
• The ornate rectangle dies do not make frames so you need to add layers. I struggled to find some shape to add to the middle that I could do some stamping on. I used one of the Stitched Rectangle dies, but had to lengthen it by not cutting the bottom edge and extending the die and recutting to make it longer.
• The images are from the Ornate Style stamp set. The single daisy was stamped, then masked and stamped over a couple of times. When the mask was removed, it looked as though the other two were behind it. I coloured them in with Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo. The center was Mango Melody Combo.
• The sentiments are from the Ornate thanks stamp set and are stamped in Soft Suede.

If you registered for my April Online Technique Class, you should have your materials by the end of the day and just a reminder to watch my Facebook Live Class tomorrow night at 7 pm on my Playing with Papercrafting Facebook page. After that it will be available on a limited access YouTube video with the link emailed out to everyone who registered. That way, you can complete the projects when you choose. Make sure you contact me if there turn out to be any supplies you need to complete your projects.

 If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Ornate Style Cling Stamp Set [152572] $29.00	Ornate Style Bundle [154119] $71.00	Ornate Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [149471] $24.00	Ornate Thanks Bundle (English) [154115] $63.00	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $12.00
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $13.25	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $10.25	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147272] $12.00
Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147945] $12.00	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [148059] $12.00	Ornate Borders Dies [152724] $46.00	Ornate Layers Dies [152726] $50.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $48.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50