Cards, Papercrafting

Mixed Floral Tulips Card

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I wanted to use the oval die with dots from the Impressions Abloom dies to create a window for the tulips from the Mixed Florals stamps so created this card to send to a friend, so here is the results.   

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Petal Pink card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Granny Apple Green card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Mixed Media Florals designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • Mixed Florals Stamps and Dies (Stampin’ Up)
  • Mixed Labels Stamps and Dies (Stampin’ Up)
  • Impressions Abloom Oval Die (Stampin’ Up)
  • Black StazOn ink
  • Stampin’ Blends Markers (Stampin’ Up)
    • Petal Pink Light and Dark
    • Calypso Coral Light
    • Granny Apple Green Dark
  • Scoring board or paper trimmer scoring blade
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

Take a piece of Petal Pink card stock and cut it to 4 ¼” x 11”, scored at 5 ½” and folded in half.  Cut another piece to 3 ½” x 4 ¾”.  With your white card stock cut a piece for the inside of your card measuring 4” x 5 ¼”.  Find the green leafy piece of card stock that has the mini pink flowers and cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”. 

With the oval dotted die from the Impressions Abloom dies and the Petal Pink piece you cut to 3 ½” x 4 ¾” and cut the oval out of the center. 

Take a spare piece of white card stock, your Black StazOn in and the large tulips stamp from the Mixed Florals set and stamp.  With your Stampin’ Blends use the light Petal Pink to color the tulips and then the dark to highlight.  Use the Granny Apple Green to color the stems and leaves and the Calypso Coral to color the small flowers.  Use the die to cut out the colored image.  Take your piece of Granny Apple green paper and cut out two of the large leaves background with the die from the Mixed Florals dies. 

Find your designer series paper piece you cut and adhere it to the front of your Petal Pink card base.  Take the frame you cut the oval from and insert the dotted oval you cut into the center as you are going to use both pieces.  Arrange the tulips in your oval window where you like it making sure it all fits within the card size and adhere the bottom of the tulips to the back of your oval.  Then arrange and adhere the two grass cut-outs behind the tulips to your liking, again making sure it all fits within your card size, and adhere those to the back of the oval piece as well.  Now adhere your oval piece to the front of your card. 

With a spare piece of white card stock stamp the “For a great friend” greeting and cut out with the medium label die in the Mixed Labels dies.  Adhere to the lower left of your card front with pop dots to set it up a bit to stand out. 

For the inside take the white card stock piece you cut and stamp the “Just a not to let you know you’re on my mind” greeting from the Mixed Labels stamp set with the Black StazOn ink toward the top and then the dainty flower stamp in the lower left corner.  Use your Calypso Coral Light Stampin’ Blends to color in the flowers and your Granny Apple Green Dark Stampin’s Blends to outline the stems.  Adhere to the inside of your card.

You now have a cheerful, lovely card to send to a friend to let them know your are thinking of them. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Impressions Abloom Sunflower Thank You Card

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This pretty sunflower thank you card, made with the Floral Impressions designer series paper and the Impressions Abloom stamp and dies from Stampin’ Up make a quick and easy card. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Crushed Curry card Stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Pecan Pie card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Floral Impressions designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • Impressions Abloom stamp and dies set (Stampin’ Up)
  • Crushed Curry ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Darling Duckling Stampin’ Blends Light (Stampin’ Up)
  • Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Dark (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop Dots

With your Crushed Curry card stock cut a card base to 4 ¼” x 8 ½” and fold in half.  Find the sunflower paper from the Floral Impression designer series paper pack and cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”.  From the white card stock cut a piece to 3” x 3” and another to 4” x 5 ¼”. 

With your Impressions Abloom dies cut three of the large sunflower with the die and center impression die from some spare Crushed Curry card stock.  From a piece of Pecan Pie card stock cut four of the smaller size centers with the die and center impression die.  From a spare piece of white card stock cut a white medium flower with the die and center impression die.  Then take a spare piece of the sunflower paper and cut out three of the leaves, or takes a piece of Garden Green cards stock and the leaf die and center impression die and cut. 

Take the four flower centers your and the dark Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends pen and ink around the edges of each.  Take the light Darling Duckling Stampin’ Blends pen and your four flowers and color all of the impressions cuts as a highlight.  Glue the flower centers into the center of each flower. 

With the 3” x 3” piece of white card stock and the Crushed Curry ink stamp the “Thanks “ greeting and stamp that on a diagonal toward the upper corner.  Take the 4” x 5 ¼” piece and stamp the “I appreciate you” greeting with the Crushed Curry ink.

Adhere the 3” x 3” piece in the upper right corner of your card front.  Then adhere the three other corners of the sunflower designer series paper.  Then fold down the upper right corner that is over the white piece and adhere down.  Glue two of your sunflowers, one white flower and the three leaves onto the folded down flap. 

Adhere your “I appreciate you” piece to the inside of your card and adhere the last sunflower to the lower left corner. 

This gives you a bright, cheerful sunflower thank you card. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Impressions Abloom Easel Card

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I was excited to use this new Stampin’ Up Online Exclusive set called Impressions Abloom suite.  It uses a few of the new In Colors, this card is made with the new Strawberry Slush In Color.  I am already in love with this new color as it isn’t pale but it also isn’t really bright. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Strawberry Slush card stock (Stampin’ Up 2025-2027 In Colors)
  • White card stock
  • Vellum
  • Floral Impressions designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • Impressions Abloom stamp set and dies (Stampin’ Up)
  • Strawberry Slush ink (Stampin’ Up 2025-2027 In Colors)
  • Strawberry Slush and Pretty In Pink Gems
  • Scoring board or paper trimmer scoring blade
  • Paper trimmer
  • Scissors
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

To start this card you need to take your Strawberry Slush card stock and cut a card base to 4 ¼” x 11”, folded in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  From your Floral Impressions designer series paper, find the Strawberry Slush floret piece that has the small florals on the other side which is needed as well.  Cut two pieces of this paper to 4” x 5 ¼”.  Adhere the Strawberry Slush floret piece to the front of your card base, make sure you only put adhesive around the edges as you will have to be able to slide your vellum piece in.  Use your scoring board or scoring blade and score the front portion in half, scored at 2 ¾” and folded.  Now take the other oval die that has the dotted edge, cut an oval in the middle of your card front.  Keep both of the edge pieces. 

With your white card stock cut and oval with the Impressions Abloom dies oval without the decorative dots.  With your vellum cut a piece to 3 3/8” x 4 ½”, then with the same oval die cut halfway down leaving the bottom portion in tacked.   Cut the top portion of the vellum outside. 

 The hardest part is to then get your card stock and Strawberry Slush card front to split apart so you can insert the piece of vellum in between them.  Get the vellum inserted and centered.  Take the Strawberry Slush dotted oval edge from when you cut your front ovel and adhere to the vellum, inserting it into your oval with the front laying flat so it is all lined up.  Then take the Strawberry Slush floret piece and adhere to the back of your vellum oval. 

Now from your Floral Impressions designer series paper pack find the piece that has all the different florals from the pack on one and with the two pinks on the left side cut out three different larger flowers with stems, three of the lighter pink daisy flowers and three of the small Strawberry Slush flowers (or you can use stamps and dies to cut out flowers from the Impressions Abloom dies if you prefer not to have to “fussy cut” the flowers like I did).  Arrange these around your oval on the front of your card for decoration.

For the inside of your card take the floral piece you cut to 4” x 5 ¼” and adhere to the inside of your card.  Then take the white card stock oval and the “Thanks” and “so very much” stamps and stamp them centered on the oval.  Put adhesive on the back of your oval and put it into the oval from your card base (behind the vellum) to align and then close your card on to it.  Now add three of the smaller Strawberry Slush embellishments below your greeting for the folded card front to be able to stand against.  

You now have a great card to give to someone you appreciate for what they do for you.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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