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Botanical Blooms Birthday Card with Fun Front Edge

When I saw the Botanical Builders thinlits, I knew that while the flower dies were cute, the edgelits were awesome! That is the vine looking die that is long and skinny, because what it does is make cool edges for your cards! Just like this card here:

Now, I can’t take credit for this card design. See, I can also admit that while some dies and stamps inspire me with lots of my own ideas (Like the Sunburst die, which is why I put together that Online Class!) but these Botanical Builders dies are harder for me. I love pretty much everything I see with them, but I needed a kick in the pants to get my mojo going. So I turned to a crafter’s best friend – Google Image Search and Pinterest! I looked up cards to CASE to get started and just loved this one.

I had to guess a bit at how it went together, but I think it came out fine. In mine, I used the vine edgelit to cut off the bottom of the card front and then adhered the patterned paper to the inside of the card base (so that when you flip open the card, the paper stays put. It just gives cool shadows and dimension I thought. Or I could just be overthinking and I’ll go with it is just easier to have a big, solid, flat place to glue the paper that I don’t have to worry it can get pulled off.

Of course we had to get the flower in there and so we stamped with the Botanical Blooms stamp set and added the die cut flower. I even added some of the Gold Wink of Stella to the middle of the flower because, well, you know, everything is better with sparkle!

The thing that takes the most amount of time on this card is the flower, but otherwise it all comes together super quick. So, mix and match the edgelit with other designs and punches and you could have a card together in no time flat!

Product List

Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Bundle

$51.75

Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set

$26.00

Big Shot

$110.00

Precision Base Plate

$25.00

Big Shot Die Brush

$11.00

Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

$8.00

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad

$6.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

$6.50

Crushed Curry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$7.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$7.00

Cajun Craze 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$8.50

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

$7.00

May 24, 2016

Scallop Edged Reason to Smile

As I was working on cards for this month, I decided to grab my new Reason to Smile stamp set and start playing around again. I was inspired by how the edgelits were used in the latest catalog and some ribbon I had on my shelf and found this new-to-me color combination: Early Espresso, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, and River Rock. LOVE!

I love how this card looks in real life and so I decided to use it, not only for my class on Friday, but this will be one of the cards in this month’s Cards to Go program.

I’ll admit, this is my first time breaking out my scalloped edgelits. However, I love the subtle lacy look they give the bottom of this card. I also, started out without the extra layer of Whisper White (with the 3 flower images) and had a single flower image on the White cardstock below. But it just needed something and after playing around with a scrap piece of paper, I thought the sponged edge gave the card an interesting look.

I wanted to leave you with one last tip about ordering your Reason to Smile stamp set (for only $5!). If you are shopping online, you will need to look in the special offers box to add it to your order. So, make sure you have selected $50 in product into your shopping cart and then you should see a link to select whether you want to add in the Reason to smile stamp set and in wood or clear mount.

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Reason to Smile Edgelits Card Recipe
Stamps: Reason to Smile, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Calypso Coral marker, Lucky Limeade marker, Early Espresso, Soft Suede
Paper: Whisper White, River Rock, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade
Accessories: Big Shot, Adorning Accents edgelits, Early Espresso stitched grosgrain ribbon, sponge daubers

July 5, 2012

Paisley Petals Anniversary Card

This weekend my family and I headed out of town to Spokane, WA for my grandparent’s 65th anniversary. I think it is so awesome to see two people who have shared a life for 65 years and have so many interesting stories from their adventures along the way!

So, this when I found this sentiment from the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set in my scrap pile, I thought it was perfect for them:

I used this card to play with a few other tools and techniques as well. First was pulling out my new Edgelits that came out with the recent Occasions mini. I love that Edgelits allow you to cut a decorative edge wherever you want on your paper. So, I started out with cutting the edge of my Rich Razzleberry card base. Then I cut a piece of Paisley Petals designer paper with the same edge design. To give me this short card front:

TIP: If you are trying to make a layered piece like my card front, you may find that it is less stressful to cut a piece that is the right width and then after you cut your edge, measure how much of a border you want between your edges and then trim off your excess paper on the squared edge (like where the fold of the card is)

The other technique I wanted to play with was “fussy cutting”. I grabbed a piece of of the Paisley Petals designer paper and started cutting out some of the flowers from the paper pattern. Its funny, I think I like the flowers cut out better than in a full sheet of designer paper! Smile

So, I hope you have a wonderful weekend; I know I will have a great time with my extended family as we head to the big carousel in Riverfront Park. I’ll be back online later tonight though, so if you have order or project questions, I’ll be in touch then!

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May 19, 2012

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Botanical Blooms Birthday Card with Fun Front Edge

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Scallop Edged Reason to Smile

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Paisley Petals Anniversary Card

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