Shabby Postcard from Paris

I was inspired by the floral stem from Forever Blossoms, a new set to be offered in the new Stampin' Up! Occasions mini catalog. Which led to the layered Eiffel Tower from Parisian Beauty and the Parisian dies.  Which led to a very rustic and distressed piece of white card stock cut using the Stitched Lace die, then wet and rolled with my fingers until the fibers released. Which led to the pulling out of some of my fav retired SU! sets -- Post Card and Postage due.  Which led to an abuse of pearls and ribbon...

I like a shabby, distressed look -- what can I say?

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Parisian Blossoms Suite

153934

$133.50

All products are Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise noted 

Stamps:  Parisian Beauty, Forever Blossoms, Postage Due, Post Card 

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Soft Suede 

Ink:  Black Memento, Soft Suede, Petal Pink, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive 

Accessories:  Big Shot, Stitched Lace dies, Parisian dies, metallic brads, pearl embellishments, Aquapainter, sponges, Petal Pink organdy striped ribbon, Gold shimmer ribbon, postage stamp punch,  Ticket Corner punch, Dimensionals

Botanical Prints

Also a new set from the Stampin' Up Occasions Mini Catalog, you can either buy the cling Botanicals Print, or you can buy the whole Botanicals Product Medley,  which contains stamps, Designer Series Paper, Dies and Accessories to take you wherever you creativity sends you.  This medley includes 6"x6" double-sided designs, die-cut accents, laser cut overlays, Old Olive twin ribbon, Botanical Prints dies and 12 little copper bumblebees to accent your work.  All in all, a great product suite for your creativity!

This card starts with a base of Pretty Peacock, Pool Party and Terracotta Tile floral DSP.  Layered on top of that, I have a wisp of Pool Party around a 2 1/4" square of white card stock, which I sponged clouds with Pool Party and using the oval scallop mask,  I think that it adds a nice little bit of dimension to the whole.

The four corners of the central layer have a triangle die-cut from Crushed Curry, using the Botanical Prints  dies.  There are two of the floral sprigs, a copper bumblebee and a Pool Party seam binding bow to finish it off.

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Botanical Prints Product Medley
151301

$70.00

All products used are Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise noted 

Stamps:  Botanical Prints, Forever Blossoms 

Paper:  Whisper White, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Botanical Prints DSP 

Ink:  Memento Black, Calypso Coral, Terracotta Tile, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Pool Party

Accessories:  Big Shot, Botanical Prints dies, Candy Dot brads, Dimensionals, Aquapainter, Pool Party seam binding, Gold shimmer ribbon, sponges, scalloped oval punch

Grace's Garden

This is a new set from the upcoming SU! Occasions mini catalog -- 

Grace's Garden!  Although I love making seasonal Holiday cards, it's always nice to get back to a lighter palette and spring flowers.  Grace's Garden can come bundled with the Garden Gateway dies, to give your creativity a custom look.

For the wall, I overlaid the Brick Wall Textured Impressions folder with Crumb Cake ink to give it some dimension.  I cut out the garden gateway with the U-shaped die, then added a cloudscape behind it, where I sponged Pool Party onto white card stock using a mask.  The mask was made with two scallop oval punchies, with the ends adhered together.

The picket fence and gate I stamped out then fussy cut to give more dimension to the piece.  I also cut the gate so that it would open down the middle, and burnished the edges with my bone folder for nice, clean lines.  The rest of the flowers were stamped, watercolored and adhered being the fence with craft glue, and in front of the fence with Diminsionals.

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Grace's Garden

153789

47.50

All products used at Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise noted. 

Stamps:  Grace's Garden 

Paper:  Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather 

Ink:  Black Memento, Crumb Cake, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Cool Cabana Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard 

Accessories:  Big Shot, Garden Gateway dies, Brick Wall Textured Impressions Folder, Ticket Corner punch, Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Aquapainter, Dimensionals, Sponges, Oval scallop punch