It's #wowWednesday time again, and I am super excited to showcase this fun pull out card I made with the Fine Art Floral DSP and Pierced Blooms dies. They aren't part of the same suite of products, but like so many of Stampin' Up! products, I think they coordinate together beautifully.
I. Adore. The. Pierced Blooms Dies. There's no other way to say it!! The delicate stitching adds so much to the beautiful shapes, and with a whopping 25 dies included, it is so fast and easy to create multitudes of flowers in one fell swoop.
My window card today is a fancy fold that showcases the layers of flowers you can create so easily with these dies.
It's time for another Stamping Symphony Blog Hop! Our theme this month was to showcase the new Jan - June mini products, and there are TONS of new goodies in this catalogue!
The Pieced Blooms dies are the hidden gem in this catalogue. I didn't see them the first six or seven times through! But they are my most used item by far. I even organized my entire Spring Virtual Weekend Retreat around these dies, they add the most beautiful details to a project.
For this card I die cut a variety of the flowers from Petal Pink cardstock and sponged the centre of each flower with Rococo Rose ink.
Layered behind the flowers is a die cut from the Flowering Vine die set. Another easy to miss set in this chock-full catalogue, but one that has a mighty impact!
The pretty pierced label is also from the Pierced Blooms set--you seriously get so many dies!! The sentiment is from the Pretty Parasol set, which is in the annual catalogue but a new purchase for me. I have used this sentiment tons already.
For a final touch I always like to add some sparkle to the centre of my flowers, in this case I used rhinestones but there are some new Gilded Gems in the mini that are perfect for this purpose too.
I kept the inside of my card simple with a "happy birthday" sentiment from the new Oval Occasions set, and another die cut flower and stem. I've fallen in love with cutting the leaves out of white cardstock instead of green--it gives a very different, subtle and elegant look.
Barb
We're playing Tic Tac Toe at The Papers Players this week, and I almost forgot to share the card I made!
I went diagonal (because you always get the surprise win that way!), and included die-cuts, embossing, and blue on my card today.
I adore the Pierced Blooms dies so much I designed my Spring Virtual Weekend Retreat around them! They are beautiful in every colour, and depending on your colour combination you can get looks from subtle and elegant, to colourful and fun.
My flowers are die cut from Night of Navy, Pacific Point, and Balmy Blue cardstock, and I added Gilded Gems for their centres, with white piereced leaves. I love that this design could be customized to the favourite colour of the recipient.
The sentiment, "Hope your birthday is filled with beautiful things" is from the Flowering Cactus set, and I have used it a lot. It's just a great sentiment for a birthday. I tied some Night of Navy twine into a bow around my sentiment...this is a retired product but you can get the same look by colouring the current white twine with your Navy Blends. I then frayed the ends of the twine for a softer look.
I layered everything onto a white panel that I embossed with the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder...hard to see in the picture but in real life that 3D folder gives so much dimension.
Thanks for stopping by to see my project,
Barb