Inter-Office Mail

 

This all started with the old inter-office mail closure.  

I really wanted to do a manila envelope, but couldn't make it work without the card ending up really huge.  So I gave up on the envelope, and kept the closure.  My second option was to create a background with texture.  I pulled out my old favorite Print Pattern (sadly retired for so many years!) started messing with it.  I ended up with Bumble Bee ink on So Saffron card stock.  Then wanting even more texture, I fussy cut the edges of the harlequin pattern, sponged them with More Mustard, then backed it with Bumble Bee card stock.

To do the closure, I first cut a quarter off the the Print Pattern background, reversed it and adhered it to a layer of Cajun Craze.  I cut two Cajun Craze circles with the 3/4" punch, then anchored them with two oversized brads to the card stock.  A piece of linen thread finished up the look!

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Tasteful Touches

$23.00

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Stamps:  Tasteful Touches, Field Journal, Print Pattern  (retired), Postage Due  (retired)

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, So Saffron, Bumblebee, Copper foil sheets

Ink:  Soft Suede, Flirty Flamingo, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Bumblebee, More Mustard  (retired), Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow, Not Quite Navy (retired)

Accessories:  Big Shot, Roses dies, Ornate Borders dies, Jumbo eyelets  (retired), Hodgepodge Hardware clip  (retired), Champagne Mist All-Purpose ink, water pen, Dimensionals, Spiral punch  (retired), 3/4" Circle punch, gold Wink of Stella, Earths beads  (retired), 3-Way Banner punch, Postage Stamp punch (retired), brads, sponges, white gel pen, linen thread

Pearled Peony

 

I've officially gone blind separating and adhering baby pearls (non-SU!), on top of piecing together the punched border pieces cut with the Ornate Borders dies. I'm totally digging Prized Peony with the Peony Garden dsp -- as unlikely as it originally seemed, Petal Pink and Gray Granite are so softly awesome together!  Since the colors are so soft, they invite added texture, such as beads, pearls, ribbon, mixed borders and frosting the petals of the peony with Frost White All Purpose Ink.

To further bring out the peony, I stamped two images in Gray Granite.  I watercolored both with Petal Pink and Flirty Flamingo, then cut out the petals that I would want to "pop up."  Those individual layers were curled with a bone folder, then I glued just the tiny piece that connects to the card stock -- no Dimensionals were harmed  in the creation of this peony!  

The finishing touches were to paint in highlights with the Frost White All-Purpose Ink and lowlights by watercoloring them in with Gray Granite under the petals.  I watercolored the center of the peony with Daffodil Delight and More Mustard, then  adhered beads in light and dark gold.  The leaves were stamped and watercolored in Gray Granite.

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Prized Peony

$24.00

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Ornate Layers dies

$37.00

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Peony Garden DSP

$11.50

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Stamps:  Prized Peony, Forever Blossoms

Paper:  Whisper White, Pale Pink, Gray Granite, Peony Garden dsp

Ink:  Gray Granite, Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard

Accessories:  Big Shot, Tufted embossing folder, Ornate Layers dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, Ornate Borders dies, champagne pearls (non-SU!), Frost White All-Purpose Ink, Earth beads (retired), Petal Pink striped organdy ribbon, Gray Granite shimmer ribbon, Dimensionals, Ticket-Corner punch (retired), water pen

Zany Zebras!

Zany Zebras is one of the new sets in the 2020-2021 Stampin' Up! annual catalog -- and I really love these little guys!  They're so happy!  Since my cute little fav set This Little Piggy retired, this zebra set will be perfect to take it's place.

A couple of things about this card.  One, the fence is made from the little 2-picket fence stamp in Grace's Garden.  I used my Stamp-a-ma-Jig and stamped it out until I had a long enough fence for my project. , then fussy cut it out with scissors.  Two, the clouds in the sky, are sponged on white card stock, using two punches from the scallop label punch.  Three, the tree started out with one of the leafless "stick" trees from In The Woods framelits.  I stamped out the little oak leaf from Beautiful Autumn with Crumb Cake ink, then used the oak leaf punch from the Autumn Punch Pack (SU! Holiday Mini) to make lots of little leaves. I then curled the tips of the leaves using a bone folder and layered the leaves to create the tree.

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Zany Zebras

$19.00

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Beautiful Autumn Bundle

$50.25

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Stamps:  Zany Zebras, Autumn Goodness, Banner Year, Beautiful Autumn, Grace's Garden

Paper:  Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Garden Green, So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Terracotta Tile, Cajun Craze, Copper Foil

Ink:  Black Memento, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Creamy Caramel (retired), Chocolate Chip (retired), Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, More Mustard (retired), Soft Sky, Terracotta Tile, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade (retired), Granny Apple Green

Accessories:  Big Shot, In The Woods framelits, Garden Gateway dies, Ornate Borders dies, Toile Tidings glitter enamel dots,  Sequins for Everything, Banners Pick-a-Punch, Dimensionals, Water Pen, sponges, Scallop Oval punch, Autumn Punch Pack, white gel pen