Ornamental Envelope Bundle meets Plaid Tidings Designers series paper

 Well, here they are. The first Christmas cards of 2020 have been made. Honestly, I did not get the Ornamental Envelope stamp set for the ornament stamps; I got it for the elements you can use on and with the envelopes and dies. The dies are nothing short of GORGEOUS. They cut envelope liners with spectacular details.  The bundle is affordable and so versatile for every type of card and season. Several years ago, Stampin' Up! had envelope liner dies that I kept putting off purchasing. I never bought them and I have kicked myself ever since. HOWEVER, with these dies, I am thankful I have redeemed myself and gotten something even better. More about those at a later date. Today is all about the stamp set and the matching dies....and that paper, WOW! The plaids are great for Christmas, no doubt. BUT, they are for any season for any gender, for any stamp set. The colors highlight a lot of the in colors beautifully. AND as my touch of nostalgia, the sentiment is from a wooden set called Circle of Friendship. In 2008, a friend of mine made me a card with one of the stamps as the sentiment. I wasn't stamping at all back then, but I thought that element was so wonderful. I hadn't seen anything like that card, EVER. I started making cards the following year, and bought that stamp set as one of my first. It has a special place in my heart and my collection. 

Product List

Ornamental Envelopes Bundle

[155168]

$47.50

Seaside Spray 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon

[149707]

$8.00

Bumblebee 1/4" (6.4 Mm) 2020–2022 In Color Ribbon

[153622]

$6.00

Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock

[153077]

$8.75

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146981]

$8.75

Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119685]

$8.75

Magenta Madness 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153080]

$8.75

Seaside Spray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150883]

$8.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$6.00

Product List

Plaid Tidings 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[153527]

$11.50

Celebrate Sunflowers!

 Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set and dies are so much fun and so versatile, Just by changing the color way and textures, we can have a whole new look. Here are three examples of using the stamp set and dies and even the same layout, but with a variety of colors and textures. For a bit of nostalgia, I used a layout from an old SU! Ideas and Product catalog from 2009! Word of advice: NEVER toss out your old catalogs! They can jump your Mojo with card designs and color ways!

Card stock and Ink/marker: Bumblebee, Whisper White, Basic Black, and Smokey Slate 

Embossing: Versamark, Black and White embossing Powder

Designer Series Paper scraps from 2020-2022 In color DSP and retired Golden Honey DSP

Sentiment from Floral Essence stamp set

Embossing Folder: Parisian Flourish 3D

Dies: Stitched Rectangles (to make the corner piece)

Embellishments: Basic Rhinestones

Cardstock, markers, and Inks: Bumblebee, Just Jade, Soft Suede, Pretty Peacock

DSP: 2020-2022 In color DSP scrap and Plaid Tidings

Additional Stamp set: Under My Umbrella

All other items used same as other image

Cardstock , markers, and Inks: Misty Moonlight, Bumblebee, Just Jade, Early Espresso

DSP: Flowers for every season and 2020-2022 In color DSP

Embossing Folder: Subtle 3D

Use Product code and shop in my store!

Paper Pumpkin Add on cards

I ordered the add on cards for July Paper Pumpkin since they were very inexpensive and looked pretty interesting from the advertisement. Well, I now have ordered two more sets. They are wonderful! You can't make the backgrounds "from scratch" as pretty as they are and certainly not for the price. The envelopes alone are worth it! Here are a few examples of some of the projects I've created using them. The July Paper Pumpkin kit was extraordinary. They have really stepped up their "game" in products and design. There were a lot of supplies left over for me to use on the add-on cards to stretch the kit itself. The stamps was fabulous as well. The add-on cards will be great to use for Christmas cards; I am envisioning snowflakes and even perhaps a manger scene. 

Blackberry Bliss and Purple Posey are  pretty together. I am so sad that Purple Posey was not available much this past year. It is really a gorgeous color. I sponged a little Smokey slate on the green area since it was a more vibrant color than the rest of the card. I initially thought I would make the deer (Nature's Beauty stamp set) a silhouette image and black it out totally. I changed my mind after I stamped it and saw the detail in the image; it was too pretty to cover it all up. The SU! blends worked well over the already printed background.  I pulled in Snow Front for the other images. I used a fine tip white gel pen from Sakura for the snow details. I had just received Tasteful Touches stamp set, so I used a sentiment from it. I really love that set and look forward to using it more. 

The Mountain Air stamp set and dies are great to use with these backgrounds . Choosing the color way is the only challenging part. I sponged on the die cuts heavier than I should have though. I used the Ornate Thanks sentiment set . For the inside, I went with the Guy PP stamp set. It was perfect, especially for the recipient I have in mind. 

The sentiment for the following card was from Hold On To Hope, a retired set from 2019. Of course you knew I would have a "nostalgic" element somewhere ! I also used a 3/4" circle punch for the moon on this card; the 1 inch  I used on the other cards just overtook the rest of the images. 

With Paper Pumpkin, the stamp sets re usually small, but they are always great quality. I keep them by year, in a large stamp case on my desk in case I need a quick sentiment or image. I catalog the stamp sets in an index card file that I keep close at hand in my center desk drawer.