Perennial Lavender Fun Fold Card

April 27, 2024April 27, 2024 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

Today’s card features products from the Perennial Lavender mega suite from the soon-to-be-retired January-April Mini Catalog. The good news is that all of the products in this suite, with the exception of the Perennial Postage stamp set, are carrying over into the new 2024-2025 Annual Catalog, including the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper. It isn’t often that Stampin’ Up! carries over DSP! The Painted Lavender bundle will not be sold as a bundle in the new catalog. You will be able to purchase the stamp set and dies separately. If this bundle is still on your wish list, you might want to take advantage of saving 10% on the bundle now.

Here is how I created this fun fold card.

Card base – cut a piece of Gorgeous Grape cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score at 5 1/2″, fold and crease sharply with a bone folder.
Cut a piece of the Perennial Lavender DSP at 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and run through a die cutting machine with the largest die from the Perennial Postage die set and adhere to card front.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 2 1/4″ x 4″. Stamp the stems with Pretty Peacock ink. Stamp large lavender spray with Gorgeous Grape ink. Stamp spray again with Highland Heather ink over the Gorgeous Grape spray. Adhere to a piece of Highland Heather cardstock cut at 2 3/8″ x 4 1/8″.

Cut two pieces of DSP at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to both sides on the inside of the card. Cut a strip of Basic White cardstock at 1″ x 11″. Score at 2 3/4″, 5 1/2″ and 8 1/4″. Crease all folds very sharply with a bone folder.
Run a thin line of liquid glue at the top of the 11″ strip. Open card and center the strip in the middle. Line up the top of the strip with the top of the card and adhere. Run a thin line of liquid glue at the bottom of the strip. Line up the strip with the bottom of the card and adhere.
Cut four pieces of Highland Heather cardstock at 2 1/4″ x 2 1/4″each and four pieces of Basic White cardstock at 2″ x 2″ each.
On the first piece of Basic White, stamp the grass image with Pretty Peacock ink. Stamp the butterflies with Fresh Freesia ink.
On the second piece of Basic White, stamp the thin lavender spring several times with Gorgeous Grape ink and alternating with Highland Heather ink.
On the third piece of Basic White, stamp the small flower spray with Highland Heather ink.
On the fourth piece, stamp a greeting from the Perennial Postage stamp set or leave it blank and write in your own note.
Adhere the four stamped images to the four squares of Highland Heather cardstock.
Adhere the four squares to the strip, running a thin line of liquid glue in the middle of each square. Don’t apply glue to the entire square otherwise the fold won’t work properly.

This is what the fold looks like when the card is opened.

To finish off the card, fold the card and crease again very sharply with a bone folder. Adhere the stamped floral spray piece to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Adhere a few of the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems to the card front. Make bow and adhere to floral spray with a Mini Glue Dot. I used a piece of retired Gorgeous Grape ribbon from my ribbon stash.

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There are only four days remaining before the 2023-2024 catalog and the January-April Mini Catalog are retired. Save up to 60% on selected products, while supplies last.

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Click on the catalog cover to view the list of retiring products from the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog.

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These are the five new and yummy 2024-2026 In Colors. I look at them as more saturated pastels and I LOVE them because they are bright and fresh!

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Product List

Perennial Lavender Suite Collection (English) [162613] $126.50	Painted Lavender Photopolymer Stamp Set [162594] $20.00	Perennial Postage Bundle (English) [162608] $51.25
Perennial Postage Cling Stamp Set (English) [162598] $24.00	Perennial Postage Dies [162607] $33.00	Perennial Lavender 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162593] $12.50
Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146987] $10.00	Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50
Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $9.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $9.00	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $9.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $9.00	Purple Fine Shimmer Gems [162611] $8.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Paper Snips [103579] $11.00
Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50

Most Adored Book Fold Card

February 21, 2024February 20, 2024 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

Today’s card features the Most Adored Specialty Designer Series Paper, one of the free items you can earn with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration. While I used this paper to make a Valentine’s Day card, you can use this paper for other occasions. I used the red and pink designs on one side of several papers but the other sides are gold foil and white. There are only 9 days remaining for you to earn this paper before this year’s Sale-A-Bration promotion ends.

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – cut a piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″. Score at 4 1/4 and 5 1/2″. Fold and sharply crease score lines with a bone folder. Adhere the 1 1/4″ fold section to the card base so that it opens up like a book.
Cut a piece of the Most Adored Specialty Designer Series Paper at 4″ square. Cut another piece of DSP at 1″ x 4″. Adhere both pieces to card front.
Die cut or punch out nine 1″ circles with Basic White cardstock and one 1 1/4″ circle with Real Red cardstock. I never got rid of any of the circle punches Stampin’ Up! has sold in the past so I was able to punch everything out. You can use any nested circle dies as well.
Stamp greeting with Real Red ink on one of the Basic White circles and adhere to the Real Red circle. I used the Love You greeting from the Season of Chic stamp set because it fit perfectly in the circle.

Cut three different 1 1/2″ strips of the DSP and either punch out eight hearts with any heart punch or dies in your collection that will fit within the circles. I used dies from a long-retired set of heart shaped dies. Hearts are one of my favorite shapes, so I always keep them.
Adhere the hearts to the circles. Lay the circles out on the card front, three circles per row, and when you like how the arrangement looks, adhere them down.

Cut piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″x4″. Stamp small hearts from the Bee Mine Valentine stamp set two times with Real Red ink in upper right corner. Stamp Valentine’s greeting with Real Red ink. Adhere to inside of card.
Cut a piece of ribbon or bakers twine and tie around card front. I used two different colors of retired bakers twine on my card.

Most Adored Specialty Designer Series Paper Item #162976 Free with $50 Purchase

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Product List

Bee My Valentine Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162547] $21.00	Season Of Chic Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158810] $27.00	Most Adored 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162976] $16.50
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416] $10.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $9.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00
Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Paper Snips [103579] $11.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50

Simply Sparkling Fun Fold Card

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

Today’s card is one of two cards we made in one of my recent classes and it features the Simply Sparkling Bundle. This fun stamp set and dies were introduced as Online Exclusives in November. There are so many ways to get creative with the stamps and I think it works well for both feminine and masculine cards. You can use it either as a soda can or a beer can.

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – cut a piece of Pool Party cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″ and score at 5 1/2″. Cut 4″ off one side and fold at the score line. With the remaining 4″ piece, cut one piece at 1 1/2″. This will be used for the bottom of the card.
Cut four strips of the polka dot pattern paper from the Lighter Than Air DSP at 1 1/4″ x 4″. I was looking through my DSP for something that would look like bubbles and thought this looked great. Adhere to the card fronts and inside pieces.
Cut a piece of Lemon Lolly cardstock at 2 7/8″ x 4 1/4″. Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 2 5/8″ x 4″. Run through embossing folder with the circle folder from the Cheery Patterns Embossing Folder. This set of folders was in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog and was still current when I made the card, however, it is now retired. You can substitute it with the dot folder in the Basics 3D Embossing Folder set which is still available as an Online Exclusive. Adhere to Lemon Lolly piece.

Run the can die through your die cutting machine with a piece of the Lemon Lolly and white flower pattern paper from the Bright and Beautiful DSP cut at 2 1/2″ x 3″. Cut a 2″ square piece of the holographic paper from the Holographic Trio Specialty Paper in the annual catalog. Run through die cutting machine with the top and bottom can dies. Adhere to the can piece.
Stamp greeting on can with Memento Black Ink. Adhere can to Lemon Lolly piece.
Stamp the lemon image with Memento Black ink onto a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock. Color with Dark Lemon Lolly, Dark Daffodil Delight and Light and Dark Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends. Run through die cutting machine with the lemon die.
Stamp straw with Flirty Flamingo ink on scrap piece of Basic White cardstock and run through die cutting machine with the straw die. Adhere the lemon and straw to the can. Add a bit of bling. I used the Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins, also recently retired, but any sparkly gems would work just fine!

Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Stamp birthday greeting and lemon image with Memento Black ink. Make sure that both the greeting (no matter what greeting you use) and lemon images are stamped so that they don’t stick out when the front flap is closed. Color the lemon with the Lemon Lolly and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. Adhere to inside of card.

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Kits Collection

Two new kits have been added to the Kits Collection and are available for purchase in my online store.

Rock Legend $14.00 Item #163272

Kit contains supplies to make 8 cards, 4 each of two different designs. Finished card size is 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. Coordinating colors are: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Real Red.

Panda Friends $14.00 Item #163273

Kit contains supplies to make 8 cards, 4 each of two different designs. There are two finished card sizes, 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Coordinating colors are: Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, Poppy Parade. So cute! we had a panda bear stamp set as part of Sale-A-Bration a few years ago and it was way popular, so it is nice to see this kit!

Paper Pumpkin

Sweet Springtime is the February Paper Pumpkin Kit. The kit includes 9 projects, 3 each of 3 different designs. It includes printed cards, coordinating envelopes, gift boxes, precut paper pieces, bakers twine embellishments and an Early Espresso ink spot. The coordinating colors are: Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Berry Burst, Crumb Cake. You can also purchase a coordinating die set, Love of Spring, $12.00, Item #164396 in the online store. You can purchase a subscription to Paper Pumpkin in my online store.

Place an online order between $50 and $149 and use this host code for January. You will receive a free gift from me the following month. If your order is $150 or more DO NOT use the host code. You will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards.

Product List

Simply Sparkling Bundle (English) [162871] $43.00	Simply Sparkling Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162866] $20.00	Simply Sparkling Dies [162870] $28.00
Lighter Than Air 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162747] $12.50	Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161449] $12.50	Holographic Trio 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [161744] $10.00
Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924] $10.00	Lemon Lolly 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161720] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.50	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $9.00	Lemon Lolly Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161673] $10.00
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $10.00	Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161682] $10.00	Cheery Patterns Embossing Folders [162287] $8.50
Basics 3 D Embossing Folders [161598] $30.00	Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins [162029] $8.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50

Softly Sophisticated Fun Fold

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

Today’s card features several new Sale-A-Bration products. Sale-A-Bration runs through February 29. For every $50 or $100 purchase you make you get to select exclusive free items. I used the Softly Sophisticated Bundle which includes a stamp set and an embossing folder, free with a $100 purchase. I also used the Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper, free with a $50 purchase. I have used this fun fold many times because it is a nice way to feature smaller stamped images as well as embossing folders.

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – cut a piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. Score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder. Cut off a 1 1/2″ piece from the front side of the cardstock and trim it down to 1 1/2″ x 5 1/4″. You will use this strip for the embossing.
Cut a piece of DSP at 2 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to card front.
Run the 1 1/2″ strip through a die cutting & embossing machine with the Softly Sophisticated embossing folder.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Adhere the embossed piece to the right edge.
Cut a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock at 3 1/2″ x 3″ and score at 1/2″ with the long side at the top of your trimmer. Fold on score line and give a sharp crease with a bone folder. Run a line of liquid glue or adhesive along the 1/2″ side. Center this piece in the middle on the back side of the Basic White cardstock piece and adhere.

Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 2 3/4″ square. Stamp the leaf image with Parakeet Party ink. Stamp the flowers with Lost Lagoon ink. I decided to stamp a few speckled images to fill in some of the blank white spaces so I used a stamp from the Queen Bee stamp set and stamped with Pretty Peacock ink. Stamp the birthday greeting from the Go To Greetings stamp set with Pretty Peacock ink. Adhere to the Lost Lagoon front flap.

For the inside greeting I used one of the greetings from the Layering Leaves stamp set and stamped with Pretty Peacock ink. I stamped a leaf image from this set with Parakeet Party ink in the lower left corner. Adhere to inside of card and close the card so that the flap overlaps the front of the card.
Add a bit of bling to the front of the card. I used a few of the green sequins from the Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins which were in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog. They are now retired.

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* Durable, reusable
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Product List

Softly Sophisticated Bundle (English) [162947] $23.75	Layering Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161277] $24.00	Go To Greetings Cling Stamp Set (English) [158763] $24.00
Queen Bee Cling Stamp Set (English) [160476] $23.00	Flight & Airy 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162977] $12.50	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880] $10.00
Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $9.00
Parakeet Party Classic Stampin' Pad [159208] $9.00	Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins [162029] $8.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50

Forever Forest Z Fold Card

December 29, 2023December 28, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

Today’s card features the Forever Forest Bundle and Winter Meadows Designer Series Paper from the 2023 Holiday Mini Catalog. This is my last post featuring products from this catalog, which will be retired as of January 3, 2024. The Forever Forest Bundle will be retiring, however, the Winter Meadows DSP will be carrying over either into an upcoming catalog or as an online exclusive. Sometimes I have an idea and a vision of what my completed card will look like, but it doesn’t always turn out this way. I’m glad that it was not the case for this card – I think it came out even better than how I pictured it! I apologize for the quality of the photos. I had a hard time with the lighting as I’m still working through adjusting to new lights in my renovated space, which is where I take my pictures.

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – Cut a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score at 5 1/2″, fold and crease sharply with a bone folder
Z Fold – Cut a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock at 4″ x 10 1/4″. Score at 2 1/2″ and 5 1/2″ , fold at score lines and crease sharply.
Cut a piece of Lost Lagoon background paper from the Winter Meadows DSP at 3 3/4″ x 5″ and adhere to the 5 1/4″ section of the Smoky Slate fold. Cut a piece of the Lost Lagoon tree paper at 2 1/4″ x 3 3/4″ and adhere to the bottom flap of the Smoky Slate fold.
Stamp the five-tree image in Lost Lagoon ink on piece of Basic White cardstock measuring 2 1/2″ x 3 3/4″. Run through die cutting machine with coordinating die. Add shimmer with Wink of Stella. Adhere to top of the bottom fold so that the tree tops extend past the fold.
Stamp greeting on scrap piece of Basic White cardstock. I used the Merry Christmas greeting from the Brightest Glow stamp set, which is available in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. This is a great go-to stamp set for Christmas & Seasonal Greetings. Run through die cutting machine with die from Something Fancy Dies. Adhere to bottom flap over the tree trunks.

Use the three largest single tree dies. Cut one of the largest, two of the second largest and one of of the third largest. Use a small blending brush and lightly brush Smoky Slate ink around the edges of all of the trees. Continue to build up the ink until you get the ink dark enough that you can see that it has accented the trees. Brush with Wink Stella.
Cut a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock at 3 1/4″ x 4″ and run through die cutting machine with the mountain die. Position the die on the cardstock so that the largest peaks are cut out.
Adhere trees to the Lost Lagoon background DSP piece. Adhere mountain die cut at the bottom of the inner Z fold, so that the mountain tops overlap the bottoms of the trees.
Run the small moon die through the die cutting machine with a scrap piece of Silver Foil paper and adhere on tree piece. Adhere a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels for some additional bling.
Adhere the Z fold piece to the Lost Lagoon card base.

For the inside greeting, cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Stamp with a greeting from the Brightest Glow stamp set with Lost Lagoon ink. Stamp large tree image with Lost Lagoon ink in bottom corner. Adhere to the inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today! Wishing you a very Happy New Year and all the best in 2024!

Place an online order between $50 and $149 and use this host code for December. You will receive a free gift from me the following month. If your order is $150 or more DO NOT use the host code. You will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards.

Product List

Forever Forest Bundle [162058] $56.50	Forever Forest Cling Stamp Set [162054] $26.00	Brightest Glow Cling Stamp Set (English) [159542] $25.00
Forever Forest Dies [162057] $37.00	Something Fancy Dies [160424] $28.00	Winter Meadow 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162133] $12.50
Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [163096] $10.00	Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679] $10.00	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202] $10.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161678] $9.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $9.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.00	Small Blending Brushes [160518] $12.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00
Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50

Celebrate the Miracle

December 18, 2023December 17, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

I’m back again after another long break. Wishing my Jewish friends and customers a very belated Happy Chanukah! I’ve been busy making cards for the last two months but haven’t had time to do any blogging. I recently finished a major renovation project in my living room and dining room which affected my annual holiday card workshops due to the chaos going on around me. I usually begin my workshops in early November but had to push them back a few weeks. My last workshop was yesterday and now I can finally start getting back into more normal routines. I will be blogging my holiday cards for the next two weeks.

Here are photos of my living room and dining room. My home is over 100 years old and the downstairs floors, steps going upstairs and upstairs hallway were covered with old white carpet that was here when I bought the home 18 years ago. I had the carpet removed and wood floors were refinished to their original state. Paint job, all new furniture in both rooms and new light fixtures. I can’t believe it is my house! I’m looking forward to the fun part, shopping around for accessories, after the new year!

I held one Chanukah card workshop using the beautiful new and very long-awaited Stampin’ Up! stamp set, Celebrate the Miracle, and even managed to get my cards mailed out on time. I did three different cards. No instructions for how I made the card, however I have listed the cutting measurements for each. Supplies used are at the end of this post.

Cutting measurements

Night of Navy cardstock – cut one piece at 5 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ and score at 2 1/4″; cut one piece at 4 1/4″ x 6″ and score at 3″.
Very Vanilla cardstock- cut one piece at 3″ x 4″ and one piece at 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″
Shining Brightly DSP- cut two pieces at 2″ x 5 1/4″

Cutting measurements

Night of Navy cardstock – cut one piece at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ and score at 4 1/4″; cut one piece at 3 3/4″ x 4 1/4″; cut one piece at 2 5/8″ x 3 3/8″
Very Vanilla cardstock – cut one piece at 4″ x 5 1/4″; cut one piece at 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″
Shining Brightly DSP – Cut one piece at 4″ x 5 1/4″; cut one piece at 3 1/2″ x 4″

Cutting Measurements

Cut one piece of Pebbled Path cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″and score at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″
Cut one piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 4″ and 4 pieces at 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″
Cut four pieces of Boho Blue cardstock at 1 5/8″
Cut one piece of Pebbled Path Tartan Foil Specialty DSP at 4″ x 4″ and one piece at 1″ x 4″

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Product List

Celebrate The Miracle Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165131] $24.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $10.00	Pebbled Path 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161722] $10.00
Boho Blue 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161724] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $10.50
Shining Brightly 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162378] $10.00	Tartan Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162332] $10.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $9.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $9.00	Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [161650] $9.00	Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad [161648] $9.00
Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $18.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins [161627] $7.50
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Textured Floral Explosion Card

October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

Today’s card features the Textured Floral Bundle. I’ve been wanting to make an explosion card for quite some time and decided to give it a go with this project. I used the Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper which was in the January-April Mini Catalog and is now retired. I try not to use many retired products in my projects, however I thought it would make a pretty background for the flowers as well as the explosion piece inside the card.

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – cut a piece of Fresh Freesia cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score at 5 1/2″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
Cut a piece of the Fancy Flora DSP at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to card front.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 3 1/2″ x 5″ and run through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the 2nd largest Countryside Corners die. Use the stamp with splotches to stamp around the edges with Fresh Freesia ink. Stamp off each time before stamping onto the cardstock.
Stamp flowers and leaves on piece of Basic White cardstock with Fresh Freesia, Balmy Blue, Pool Party and Lemon Lime Twist inks. Stamp stamens with Orchid Oasis ink. Run through Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with coordinating Textured Florals Dies. Cut a scrap piece of Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and run through machine with the leaf die. Adhere all die cut pieces to the Countryside Corners piece.

To make the inside explosion piece, either cut a 6″x6″ piece from a 12″x12″ piece of DSP or use a piece from a 6″x6″ pack of DSP. Score at 3″ horizontally and vertically. Score diagonally from the upper right corner to the lower left corner. Fold along score lines, creasing with a bone folder. Fold the diagonal creases out (mountain) and then fold the entire piece into a square, as shown in the photos.

Adhere the explosion piece to the inside of the card. The square should have the folds at the top and the open edges at the bottom. Add adhesive to the top and bottom square. Center the top of the folded piece up against the inside of the card score line. The left and right corners of the square should be touching the edges of the card base. Close the card to adhere the piece to the inside panels.

Cut two Basic White squares at 2 3/4″ square. Stamp greeting on one of the squares and stamp small flower image on the other square. Adhere to the DSP.
Adhere Countryside Corners collage piece to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Add a few gems from the Tinsel Gems Three Pack for a bit of bling.

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