Happy Tuesday, y’all! Back to work – hope your long weekend was relaxing. Or productive. Whichever you wanted it to be! 🙂 I got…part of my list done. At least the Christmas tree is put away for another year!
I had some help card making today.
Those lips just crack me up! I’m not sure what, exactly, he wanted right here. Some form of attention, no doubt. He got his picture taken, instead.
Okay – and I kissed his schnoozle.
How could I not?!? 🙂
The card he was trying to help me with is one I made as a contender to give to my friend for his wedding in February. I used the new Falling For You stamp set and some Falling in Love DSP, with the So Detailed Thinlits. Take a look-see:
My layout was – kind of loosely! – inspired by the sketch over at the Global Design Project.
And I used colors that I found in this week’s Cupcake Inspirations.
I started with a piece of the pretty Bokeh-inspired paper from the Falling in Love DSP, SNAILing it to a piece of Soft Sky card stock for the card front.
Then I started cutting out pieces for the art work and sentiment. First I stamped multiple flowers from the Falling For You stamp set in Sahara Sand on Very Vanilla. Using a rubbing-alchohol-filled Aqua Pen, I filled them all in with Blushing Bride ink. To add some depth, I added Calypso Coral with a Watercolor Pencil. Then I fussy cut them. I also stamped a few leaves from the So In Love stamp set in Sahara Sand – and fussy cut those as well.
I used the detailed leaf die from the Stylish Stems Framelits and cut a couple of Gold Glimmer Paper leaves. And, with the So Detailed Thinlits, I cut the middle “banner” from Soft Sky card stock.
Finally, using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, I stamped the Falling For You sentiment in Sahara Sand on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I edged the banner with a Soft Sky Stampin’ Write Marker.
I started building the art – using Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue and simply adding the pieces one at a time. After I adhered the So Detailed “banner”, I wrapped a piece of the new Gold 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon (free in the Sale-A-Bration catalog!) around the panel, securing it in back with scotch tape. I wrapped another short piece around it and tied it in a knot on the right end of the card.
Once everything was adhered in place, I added a Soft Sky and Blushing Bride heart from the Subtles Enamel Shapes. And the card front was done!
On the inside, I once again used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to add a second sentiment from Falling For You in Sahara Sand. Over that I added a few more flowers in stamped-off-once Blushing Bride.
I SNAILd the panel to a Soft Sky mat and into my Blushing Bride card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals, and the card was done!
For my Very Vanilla Medium Envelope, I added some Falling For You flowers and So in Love leaves in Blushing Bride and stamped-off-once Sahara Sand…
…and added more of the Falling in Love DSP to the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Falling For You is a beautiful stamp set – love the little flowers and the beautiful fonts of the sentiments. And it has Anniversary sentiments as well as the ones for a wedding! Hope you like!
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CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:
Blushing Bride Card Stock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, scored and folded at 4 1/4″)
Soft Sky Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner);So Detailed Thinlits die cut
Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner); 7/8″ x 3″ (sentiment)
Falling in Love DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); envelope flap
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So pretty!! I love the soft colors and those little flowers turned out perfectly. Great use of that die too! 🙂
Thanks, Amy! 🙂
Yep. Lips are a trip. And who wouldn’t kiss that freckly schnoozle??? The one at my house gets a lot of kisses too.
Oh…yeah…the card. Another lovely rendition. Choosing for your friend is going to be hard.
I know it does! The nose – gets a lot of kisses, that is! Thanks, Mom! 🙂
Lovely card!! Pretty, soft, and elegant:-) My daughter’s 80 lb. lab/shepherd “helps” me make cards by flipping my hand up with his schnoozle – usually because he wants me to put peanut butter in his kong. And I of course leap to my feet to do it lol!! (Reinforcing the behavior – oops!)
They are superb people trainers, for sure!! Thanks, Elisha! 😊
Just beautiful, Mary! 🙂
Thanks much, Jari! 🙂
Hi! Im a demonstrator from Australia, but i do it for myself and fundraising for YAPS (young animal protection society), love your cards but also tune in to hear how the ozzy in your life – Finn man, is doing. i have a standard chocolate poodle Lily, 10 1/2 now and she like Finn helps me with everything, including knowing when i need to stop work, with either that movement shown today or prescious wet (eek) nose pushes up under my writing hand. I work from home. Enjoy your day 💞
Hello, Helen! Thanks for taking time to stop by from Down Under (I bet you NEVER have anyone say that to you!). I think Standard Poodles are wonderful and your Lily sounds lovely. They sure do know how to get what they want, don’t they?!? Thanks for what you do with YAPS. 🙂
So pretty Mary – from the die cut to the ribbon to the glitter paper. Love!
Thanks so much, Jaimie! 🙂
Christmas finally got tucked away my attic over the weekend too. What a job! Your card is just beautiful, that designer paper is stunning. I love that you decorated the envelope too! Nice touch! Thanks so much for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations! Wendy DT
Yea – it’s WAY more fun getting it all out and decorating than it is to put it all away!! Thanks so much, Wendy! 🙂
Soft and elegant mary – perfect for a wedding! Thanks for playing at Global Design Project with us this week.
Thanks much, Paula – and thanks for stopping by! 🙂
What a lovely card! Perfect with this week’s colors. So glad you linked up to this week’s Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!
Thank you, Birgit! Appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations, good luck!!! Amy DT
Thank you so much, Amy! Appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Oh my gosh…what an incredible adorable helper you have! I’d be so distracted kissing that freckly schnoozle (too funny!) and spoiling and pampering that I’d never get cards made! Your card is lovely; one that the newlyweds will definitely cherish! So thrilled you shared this gem in the Cupcake Inspirations gallery!
~carol
Yes, I spend a lot of time kissing on him! Thanks much, Carol!! Appreciate you stopping by. 🙂
I really like the background bokeh on your card! So pretty! Thank you so much for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations!
Thanks much, Jen and thanks for coming by! 🙂
WOW! This is SO pretty! That DSP you used is so magical!!! I love all the details on the bottom, the tag, the ribbon, the gold leaves…gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing with us over at Cupcake Inspirations this week!
Oh – thank you so much for the kind words and for taking time to stop by, Naki! 🙂
There is something so beautiful and whimsical about your wedding card. I am loving the soft colors of this card and the subtle beauty. Thank you for joining us this week at Cupcake Inspiration.
Thanks so much! 🙂