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Botanical Gardens DSP

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I’m definitely guilty of hoarding DSP; I think this is only the second time that I’ve used this pattern from the Botanical Gardens DSP and it retires in only 11 days. I think I’ll be making some multiples soon.

Stampin' Up! Botanical Gardens DSP and Greetings Thinlits

When I made this card at the weekend, the Greetings thinlits were still available but having just checked the retiring list, they are gone – sorry about that. Hopefully you have something else that could work. The Botanical Gardens DSP is still available though.

I wanted to have a wide border around the DSP to really have your eye drawn to the gorgeous paper and then I added a very skinny black border (just 1/8 inch bigger in both dimensions) to make the DSP really pop. The base is in old olive.  I cut out the cheers with the Greeting thinlits and cajun craze card stock and used my 2 way glue pen (retiring but still available – I grabbed an extra one because it’s so great for adhering skinny words) to add that to an appropriate gap between the beautiful birds of paradise flowers.

I decided to continue to feature the cajun craze colour in the DSP and lined the envelope with one of my last remaining pieces of the cajun craze backgrounds DSP. I think I mentioned that I hoard DSP? The backgrounds stack retired LAST year!

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See you tomorrow,

Liz

Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

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This card was created solely because I wanted to play with the botanical builder framelits dies, and the elegant leaf in particular. I cut it out with a piece of mint macaron card stock, just to see how it looked and then went hunting through my stash of DSP to find something that would work.

Stampin' Up! Botanical Builder Framelits Dies and Botanical Gardens DSP and Enjoy the little things

I ended up with the coordinating Botanical Gardens DSP which I got as part of a bundle with the dies (there’s also a stamp set in the bundle although I didn’t use it today but if you’re going to buy the DSP and the dies, it makes sense). It was a simple matter to cut the DSP to the same size as the mint macaron was (before I used the die on it). My Enjoy the little things sentiment comes from the set of the same name and this was the first time that I’ve used it. I don’t know why it took this long, it’s a very versatile set with lots of different typefaces. Fun. I stamped the sentiment in basic black but it wasn’t quite black enough so I used my stampin’ write basic black marker to darken it. I’ve also used the same DSP to line the outside of the envelope flap – just add it with the multipurpose glue and snip around the edges.

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See you tomorrow,

Liz

Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper

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The Sunburst Sayings and thinlits die was a bundle that was delivered at the end of last week and another thing that I had to play with immediately rather than going to bed! I also got the Botanical Gardens designer vellum stack which is one of the freebies in the Sale-a-bration catalogue and it matches the Botanical Gardens DSP.

Stampin' Up! Botanical Gardens DSP and Sunburst thinlits die and Sunburst sayings and Botanical Gardens designer vellum stack

I used the sunburst thinlits die to cut out the vellum and then cut out the piece of DSP to match. I stuck the vellum down with the multipurpose glue in the middle where I was going to have the sentiment and then flipped the DSP over and started trimming. I’d done three sides before I realised that I should’ve left the ends and folded them over the paper and glued then on the back of the DSP. Instead I put tiny drops of the glue, using a paper piercing tool, onto the vellum where there was stamping. It worked pretty well and it’s hard to see which of the four sides is folded under. Which side do you think is folded?

I then stamped the sentiment from the Sunburst Sayings, which I got in a bundle with the die and saved 15%. Gotta love that. I cut this out with the coordinating 1 1/4 inch circle punch and then cut a matching mossy meadow mat using the circles collection framelits dies and my big shot. I like how it gave me a narrower border than using two of the nested circles framelits. I popped the sentiment circles up on dimensionals and then glued this to a mossy meadow card base.

I also cut another piece of the DSP and glued it to the back flap of the envelope and then trimmed the excess with my paper snips. It’s a quick and easy way to dress up the envelope. I don’t think I’ve sent out a “naked” envelope in over a year now!

By the way, it’s the right hand side of the card which had the vellum folded under.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Botanical Gardens DSP

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Here’s another birthday card and it’s showcasing a new paper, the Botanical Gardens DSP which you can order starting tomorrow. The birds of paradise on this paper are so striking that, once again, I don’t want to cover them up too much.

Stampin' Up! Botanical Gardens DSP

It’s a very straight forward card, once you have your DSP. I cut the paper to 4″ by 5 1/4″ so you could make 6 cards from one piece of DSP – as long as you don’t use as much as I did decorating the envelope. But running out of DSP is not something that’s ever happened to me – or ever likely to so I don’t worry about using DSP to decorate the envelopes.

The colours on this piece of paper are basic black, mint macaron, old olive and cajun craze – I chose the last two for the mat and card although I wavered over which to make the mat and which the card. In the end though, an old olive mat mimicked the vertical stripes too much. The sentiment is from my current favourite set for birthday sentiments, Birthday Blossoms and stamped in the basic black archival ink. The placement of the sentiment and its mat took a little thought. Luckily I hadn’t glued it together when my brother commented that I really shouldn’t hide one of the flowers (the one to the left of the sentiment was half covered) so I was able to trim the two cardstocks a little. Having the sentiment “fall” off the right hand side of the DSP somehow balanced everything nicely and meant that the old olive vertical stripe was lined up with the left hand edge of the old olive sentiment layer.

I made this card whilst deliberating over my first card for the design team over at CAS Colours & Sketches which will debut on Thursday. It’s a colour challenge and I am finding it a challenge. So far I’ve made two cards inspired by the colours although they did not both end up following the rules. So I’ll be sharing those later in the week.

See you tomorrow,

Liz