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How was your weekend, my joyful friends?  Ours was not packed with events but it was full of relaxing activities, mostly due to the rainy and cloudy weather.  Don't you just love those kinds of weekends?  Lots of reading, lots of baking and cooking, then out for some excellent pizza with my parents.  My dad likes to pass along non-fiction books after he's finished with them and he had another great one for me - The Heirs of The Founders by H.W. Brands.  I just finished The Splendid and The Vile by Erik Larson and am currently on Churchill's Trials but Larry Arnd.  I did pick up a couple fictional novels to read in-between.  The non-fiction books can get intellectually heavy and so I like to mix it up with lighter fare every now and then.  I've parked myself on the couch with a book and read for 12 hours straight way too many times to count - bookworm would accurately describe me!

ON TO STAMPING!  My team leader recently mailed us a challenge packet that had some pieces of Designer Series Paper, ribbon, and gems.  We were to make a card from the packet pieces and post it to the team page.  I LOVE when she does this!  I made 3 cards total and I'm posting the supplies and measurements below each card, so read on!

I saw this idea from Elizabeth Price of Seeing InkSpots and had to do it!  You use the Playful Alphabet letter dies (page 178 of the Annual Catalog) to die-cut an embossed piece of Whisper White cardstock.  You then attach it on top of any Designer Series Paper and all that wonderful pattern shows through!  BUT, I don't have the Playful Alphabet letter dies.  I do, however, own the Little Letters dies from years ago and they are exactly the same size and Playful Alphabet and the font is very similar. 

Calypso Coral cardstock - 4-1/2"x11", scored and folded in half at 5-1/2"

Playing With Patterns Designer Series Paper - 5-3/8"x4-1/8"

Whisper White cardstock - 4-1/2"x3"

Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder - emboss the Whisper White piece before die-cutting

Playful Alphabet dies - either this die set or the retired Little Letters dies will work fine.  Both alphabets are the same size and of a block font.

Bumblebee Ribbon

Gold Glimmer Paper - I thought this was still available but it retired with the last catalog!  Gold Foil paper would be a good substitute.

Balloon Bouquet Punch

 

Cinnamon Cider cardstock - 4-1/4"x11", scored and folded in half at 5-1/2"

Whisper White cardstock - 4-1/2"x3"

So Saffron cardstock - to punch flowers

Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper - 5-3/8"x4-1/8"

Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder - emboss the Whisper White piece before die-cutting

Playful Alphabet dies - either this die set or the retired Little Letters dies will work fine.  Both alphabets are the same size and of a block font.

Cinnamon Cider Ribbon 

Small Bloom Punch - after you've glued on the flowers, scrunch them up with your fingernails.  It's okay if the paper splits!  All that texture will add so much to your card!

Gilded Gems

Misty Moonlight cardstock - 4-1/4"x11", scored and folded in half at 5-1/2"

Whisper White cardstock - 4-1/2"x3"

Night Of Navy cardstock - to punch flowers

Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper - 5-3/8"x4-1/8"

Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder - emboss the Whisper White piece before die-cutting

Playful Alphabet dies - either this die set or the retired Little Letters dies will work fine.  Both alphabets are the same size and of a block font.

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack - separate the twine to get the Whisper White piece

Small Bloom Punch - after you've glued on the flowers, scrunch them up with your fingernails.  It's okay if the paper splits!  All that texture will add so much to your card!

Gilded Gems

***Just think of all the sentiments you could die-cut with this technique - Love You, For You, With Sympathy, Thanks, You Are My Joy, Gather - my head is spinning with all the possibilities!  And then when I think of all the beautiful Designer Series Paper Stampin' Up! has......I think I'll be stamping ALL DAY****

What greetings would you die-cut?  What Designer Series Paper would you use?  Let me know in the comments!💕

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Fun With Pleased As Punch DSP and Small Bloom Punch

Let's jump right in to today's project!  I love this sketch from Splitcoaststampers because it's perfect for using my Designer Series Paper in large pieces.  I'm definitely not a paper hoarder and yet I still have so much to use because so many pretty ones keep coming out!  In fact, just yesterday I ordered the two new Sale-A-Bration paper packs (So Very Vellum and Flowering Foils)!

I pulled out the fantastically upbeat and cheerful Pleased As Punch Designer Series Paper for this card.  Those rainbow stripes just GRAB me and I LOVE that they are not the typical ROY G BIV.  The adorable sentiment is from Under My Umbrella, a set in the Mini Catalog.    

I used the Small Bloom Punch to make a pile of flowers in Mango Melody, Coastal Cabana, and Petal Pink.  To get their wonderfully textured look, try this trick: put the flowers on a Stampin' Pierce Mat and press down in their centers with either a pencil eraser or retracted ball-point pen tip.  Then scrunch the flowers in your hands repeatedly until they are textured as you like.  The cardstock may even split but that just adds to the look!

Aren't the patterns in this pack so fun?    The Small Bloom Punch punches out the flowers you see on the 4th sheet from the right.  You can also use the Tulip Builder Punch, Umbrella Builder Punch, and Heart Punch Pack with this paper.

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