Stamper at Heart: Flowers

Sunday, April 7, 2024

Just Bee-cause

Hello Friends

My supply of cards is running a little low so I thought I would make one that could be used for multiple occasions such as thinking of you, miss you, just because and so on. I did a fancy fold that I have done in the past that I just love. I am featuring two dies: Bee Gnome and Flowers.

Background photo by FreePiks

Design Steps: (Here is a link to a video that I used to make the base https://www.pinterest.com/pin/443534263317816376/ )

1. Start with a piece of white card stock measuring 10 x 6 3/4. Score at 3, 4 1/2, 6, 7 1/2

2. Fold the flap back along the 6 inch score. Place a ruler at the bottom along the fold and use a pencil to mark small dots at 1/2, 1 3/4, 2, 3 1/4, 3 1/2, 4 3/4, 5, 6 1/2

3. Place your card into a paper cutter and cut from the dots to the closest score line as shown above

4. When you have completed the cuts fold as shown below

5. To cover the panels cut 2 black pieces 6 3/8 x 2 3/4, 2 white pieces 6 1/4 x 2 1/2, 1 black piece 6 3/8 x 1 1/4 and 1 white piece 6 1/4 x 1 1/8

6. I used a honeycomb stencil to decorate the white panels and 2 colors of yellow ink

7. I then splattered the panels with the darker yellow ink

8. Glue the panels together and then add to the white card base

9. Glue down the 8 black rectangles as shown above

10. Use the Flowers and the Bee Gnome dies and cut out the pieces

11. Shade the pieces and then assemble

12. Stamp the sentiment and layer onto black card stock. Decorate with front as shown above. Cut out the letters in yellow and shade then add to the card. Finish adding the flowers and bees and your card is complete

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Thanks so much for stopping by! And I will see you next Thursday.

Blessings and Take Care

Saturday, July 9, 2022

Daisy Birthday Wishes

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends,

We have a new release and it is just plain adorable. It is called Strawberries and Bees perfect for those fun summertime cards. There are 16 designs in this new collection and you can get the individual dies for 30% off right now! This sale will not last so shop today to get the incredible savings.

Here is my card for today using the new release die Flowers and a fancy fold. The idea for the fancy fold design is from Sharon Hashimoto Burkert. I just loved her card so I had to give it a try.

Design Steps:

1. For the fancy fold part of the card use a piece of black card stock 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 3", 5 1/2", 8", 9 1/2"

2. The base of the card is a piece of black card stock 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" and white card stock embossed with a honey comb 4" x 5 1/4". The decorative pieces for the fancy fold are as follows: two pieces cut at 1 1/4" x 4" (black checked and butterfly paper) one at 2 1/4" x 4" (teal flower paper) one at 1/2" x 4" (yellow checked) and white cut at 2 1/4" x 4" and 2 3/4" x 4". The belly band is black 1 1/2" x 9 1/2"

3. Glue the white honey comb card stock to the black base, glue the butterfly paper to the first flap, next is the black checked DP, 3rd panel is the teal flower DP, next two panels are the white and finally next to the white on the last panel add the strip of yellow checked DP

4. Fold your fancy fold piece and glue it to the card base and then place the belly band around the card and glue the band together

5. Using the Flowers die cut out 3 of the Daisies in white, 3 centers in yellow, and 4 leaves in green. Assemble the flowers using a fine tip glue. Using the 2nd from the smallest Scalloped Oval cut it out in yellow. Using the 2nd from the smallest Pierced Oval cut it out in white. Stamp the right side of the white oval with Happy Birthday and then glue to the yellow oval

6. Place your belly band around the card and glue down the sentiment oval to the right on the band. Glue one of the flowers just below the belly band and the other two flowers on the belly band as shown in the pictures above and below. Stamp the inside of your card and it is complete