Rooted in Nature-Fancy Fold Friday

Does this look really complicated to make?

When you hold both the sides and gently pull, then you start to see the message that is inside.

When the card is opened all the way you can see the message inside.
Come back next week and I will post a video showing how to make this card on Technique Tuesday.  

The featured set next week will be Animal Outing.  Have you seen it yet?  It is so cute and fun to use.

Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

$72.75

Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper

[146338]

$11.00

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

[141706]

$35.00

Rooted in nature-Template Thursday

I love following a template.  So, I have created 2 more cards with the same template.

Strip of Nature's Poem designer paper

Ribbon or accent piece on the paper

Focal piece

Saying on Wood Textures card stock

For the first card, a swap I received, the tall tree was used, along with some burlap ribbon, and an oval with the saying.  

All 3 cards have the same base of Crumb Cake.  This card has Grapefruit Grove as the second layer to coordinate with the colors in the strip of designer paper, 3 colors of the Nature's twine, and the saying on a banner made from Wood Textures designer paper.

I used the 3 pine trees as the accent pieces.

For the next card I turned the card to show how this template could be used in a different direction.  I decided not to have any trees on this card but to make an arrangement with the leaves.  And instead of ribbon I created 2 tiny strips of contrasting card stock.  

Does the saying look a little different from the stamp set?  There are two stamps that go together to say "Words are never enough, to thank you for all you do".  I decided to cut off the word to and leave just Thank you for all you do.

Come back tomorrow to see the Fun Fold for the week.  It is called the Diagonal Gate Card Fold.  


Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

$72.75

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

$11.00

Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper

[146338]

$11.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

[141487]

$7.00

Nature's Twine

[146342]

$9.00

Rooted in Nature-Wednesday Wow

  What part of this card jumps out at you?  For me it is the center image that is stamped on Copper Foil. This technique is called Black Ice, and this card was made by Arlen.

I love how she combined two stamp sets together and her collage background is the perfect background for the center of her card.

Black Ice...

1.Take a black stamp pad and press it at an angle from top to bottom of the foil.  You should see a streak of black.

2. Stamp the image you want on your card over this streak.

3. Dry this with a heat tool to avoid streaking in the next step.

4. Rub the foil all over with versa mark.

5. Coat this surface with Clear embossing powder.

You have now created your black ice focal point.

Tomorrow, I will share 3 cards made using the same template.

Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

$72.75

Sea Of Textures Clear-Mount Bundle

[148358]

$45.00

Copper Foil Sheets

[142020]

$4.00

Leaves Trinkets

[146343]

$8.00

Rooted in Nature-Technique Tuesday

What do you think I used to make this background? A stamp, no some bubble wrap.  In fact I used two different sizes of bubble wrap and my favorite Brusho.

1. Choose your bubble wrap-don't be afraid of those big bubbles.

2. Shake colors of Brusho on top of the bubble wrap.

3. Spritz water on top of the Brusho.

4. Press your card stock on top of the bubbles.

5. Now, create a card with your bubble wrap background.

For this card I actually used some small bubble wrap and then tried the large bubbles on top.  Gave a really neat look.

Tomorrow, I will share a WOW card that I received as a swap at a recent Butterfly Friends group.

Look for a youtube video later on today showing how to make a bubble wrap card background.


Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

$72.75

Brusho Crystal Colour

[144101]

$30.00

Rooted in Nature-Make it Simple Monday

 Do you love stamping with tree stamps?  I have always loved Lovely as a Tree, but fell in love with Rooted in Nature when I saw in the new Stampin'Up! catalog. And here's why......

1. The tree images are different from Lovely as a Tree.

2. They look real, like they were made off photographs.

3. Best of all they have framelits to cut them out.

Today is Make it Simple Monday.  So for this simple card I focused on...

1. Designer paper as the background-Nature's Poem

2. Stamp set for a simple image- Rooted in Nature

3. A focal point that says in all-Rooted in Nature.

This would be an easy card to duplicate or change up with different designer paper and stamp set.

Leave a comment this week and I will send you one of the featured cards.

Tomorrow I will be sharing a card using Brusho on Bubble wrap, and a video showing you how I made the bubble wrap background.

Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

$72.75

Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper

[146338]

$11.00

Blueberry Bushel-In color week

  Love this bright blue.  I guess I am a brights person.  All though to be truthful there are very few, if any, Stampin'Up! colors that I do not like and do not use.  

Are you curious where this flower came from?  It is from one of the hostess sets that are only available when you are the hostess.  The set is called Artfully Folded and features origami cranes and swans.  The flowers are an additional feature to the stamp set and seemed perfect for the card for today.

Did you know that you can use the ink that you stamped the image with to color the image?  I took a blender pen and touched the edge of the flowers and spread the ink out to add color to the inside of the flower.  You need to do this right after stamping before the ink totally dries.

I used one of the Petal Pair embossing folders to create a background on the card.

What a fun week this has been!  It helped me get used to the new in-colors.  Next week I will be featuring the Nature's Poem Suite and will start off with Make is Simple Monday.

Come back to see some more great cards using new products.  Don't forget...

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Product List

Artfully Folded Photopolymer Stamp Set

[146806]

$10.00

Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders

[145656]

$9.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

$12.00

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad

[147138]

$7.50

Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146968]

$8.50

Call Me Clover-In color week

 I am thinking this bright green will be great on Christmas cards.  One of the things I enjoy doing is using stamps to create a background on a card.  

I featured the Rooted in Nature stamp set for this card.  I was glad to see Lovely as a Tree still in our catalog.  Since I have been with Stampin'Up! for 15 years, I was around when it first came out.  Back then the only choice was wood mount stamps and we had to cut out our stamps before we could mount them.  Because of that I can see what year Lovely as a Tree came out.  Do you want to guess? 2001.  At that time the stickers you placed on the stamps let you know what year they came out.

When I saw Rooted in Nature I fell in love because to me the stamps look almost like photos and have more options that Lovely as a Tree does not have. And there are several framelits that will cut out the stamped images.  So, I see a place for both in my stamping.

I used 2 other new items on this card.

  -Detailed trio punch for the bottom corners of the card

  -Polka Dot tulle ribbon. This can be colored with markers, reinkers, blends but I decided to leave mine white as a contrast to the Clover.

Tomorrow I will feature the last in-color for the next two years, Blueberry Bushel.

Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

$72.75

Detailed Trio Punch

[146320]

$20.00

Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon

[146912]

$7.50

Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad

[147139]

$7.50

Call Me Clover 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146969]

$8.50

Pineapple Punch In-color week

  Isn't this a wonderful bright color?  Pineapple Punch. 

 One of the things I like to check out with a new catalog are the suites.  There are 14 suites in the 2018-2019 catalog.  They are listed on page 2 of the catalog. Each item that is a part of the suite coordinates and adds to the stamp that is featured.  I used a couple items on this card from the Share What You Love suite found on pages 176-178. 

 Last week on my blog I featured a lot of the items contained in the suite.  Check it out here.

I think the embossing folder which is called Lovely Floral is my favorite item in the suite.  Doesn't it make a wonderful background for this card?

Tomorrow's card will be made using Call Me Clover, my favorite in-color this year.  I have realized I really gravitate towards the greens.



Product List

Love What You Do Photopolymer Stamp Set

[148042]

$21.00

Lovely Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[148048]

$9.00

Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad

[147141]

$7.50

Pineapple Punch 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146971]

$8.50