Stampin Up Morning Meadow Hostess Stamp Set

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Beverly

I have for you a quick and simple Thank You card that you can create in about ten minutes. The card features the new Stampin’ Up! Morning Meadow Hostess Stamp Set that can be purchased for $10 with a qualifying order.

Supplies for the Stampin Up Morning Meadow Hostess Stamp Set Thank You Card:

Stamp Set: Stampin Up Morning Meadow Hostess Stamp Set (129678)

Stampin Up Morning Meadow Hostess Stamp Set

Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe Card Stock (131298), Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock (131296), and Whisper White Card Stock (100730)

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Ink (131176) and Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink (131174)

Accessories: Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003), Pearl Basic Jewels (119247), Stamping Sponges (101610), and Adhesive of your choice

Stampin Up Morning Meadow Hostess Stamp Set

Instructions for the Stampin Up Morning Meadow Hostess Stamp Set Thank You Card:

1. Cut an 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Crisp Cantaloupe card stock and fold in the middle for the card base.

2. Cut a 5-1/4″ x 4″ piece of Baked Brown Sugar card stock and sponge the edges with matching ink.

3. With the small rectangle accent from the Apothecary Accents Framelits, cut an accent from Crisp Cantaloupe Card Stock. Sponge the edges with matching ink.

4. Lay the rectangle accent on a small piece of Whisper White Card Stock and trace along the INSIDE of the accent. Cut out the accent and stamp on it the sentiment, “Thank You”, in Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink (the sentiment is also from the Morning Meadow Hostess Stamp Set). Sponge the edges with Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Ink.

5. Lay the rectangle accent onto a small piece of Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock and trace along the OUTSIDE of the accent. Cut out the accent and sponge it with matching ink.

6. Cut a 5″ x 3-3/4″ piece of Whisper White Card Stock. Ink the floral stamp from the Morning Meadow Hostess Stamp Set with Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Ink. Randomly stamp the image around the edges of the card stock (I stamped the image twice before re-inking). Sponge the edges with Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Ink.

7. Adhere the Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock to the card base.

8. Adhere the Whisper White Card Stock to the Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock.

9. Adhere the Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock accent onto the center of the Whisper White stamped card stock.

10. Adhere the Whisper White accent with the sentiment onto the Crisp Cantaloupe accent.

11. Add foam adhesive to the back of the of the sentiment and mat, and adhere it to the Baked Brown Sugar accent.

12. Use a permanent peach marker to color two pearls and add them to the sentiment.

13. Randomly adhere the smallest pearls in the center of some of the flowers.

There is so much more that could be added to this card, and the colors certainly can be substituted. You may want to change the center piece with the sentiment by using other framelits and sentiments. Regardless, ENJOY!

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs

by

Beverly Polen

Morning Meadow Hostess Stamp Set

STAMPIN UP MORNING MEADOW HOSTESS STAMP SET

Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set – Stampin’ Up!

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Beverly

Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set – Stampin’ Up!

Today’s greeting card features the Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set – Stampin’ Up!(123759 – catalog item number – clear mount). I love butterflies, so the Papillon Potpourri is one of my favorite stamp sets.

The card base is made with a piece of the new In-Color Strawberry Slush Card Stock. Using VersaMark Ink (102283), I stamped a background stamp onto the card front. It was covered with White Embossing Powder (109132 – catalog item number) and heat set. (I love any kind of embossing).

I think the butterflies in the above picture of the card appear to be hovering over the card with their shadow showing underneath. I have to give the credit for the effect to my camera (lol). Oh, wait….maybe it was the person behind the camera creating the effect. Regardless, I think those wonderful Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430 – catalog item number) played a role as well! Don’t you just love the 3-D effect on greeting cards?

Look closely at the layers on the card. You also may want to look at the card front in the picture below. It appears as though I cut out the pieces using a framelit from the Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003 – catalog item number). Well, my framelit doesn’t have the two “bump outs” on it, does yours?

I did use the framelit from the Apothecary Accents, but I did not use it to cut out the paper that forms the layers.

How often do you start making a card with one intent and then the card ends up being completely different? That’s what happened on my card.

I first stamped the butterflies from the Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set onto a 3-1/2″ x 4-3/4″ piece of Whisper White Card Stock. I had planned to add some other elements to that piece of card stock, but then I wasn’t happy with it.

I wondered if I had a framelit that would fit around the butterflies, and if so, I would use that to cut out the piece. Well, the framelits that I have are either too big or small. As usual, I didn’t let that defeat me. I wanted to use the Apothecary Accents framelit, so I decided to lay it around the butterflies and trace around the inside with a pencil. I couldn’t trace across the two small butterflies, so I decided to go around them. I “fussy cut” out the framelit, which resulted in the two bump outs. You needed to know all of this, right?

I then traced the outside of the framelit onto a piece of Strawberry Slush Card Stock, allowing for the bump outs. As for the bottom layer that is the Pool Party design from the Quatrefancy Specialty Designer Series Paper (130141), I free-handed it.

Notice the little flowers at the top right and bottom left of the Whisper White Card Stock. They are from a stamp in the Hostess Morning Meadow Stamp Set.

I hope you enjoyed the card and my rambling. You can leave a comment by clicking on the “chat bubble” at the right of the post’s title. I love to get comments!