Introducing Fitting Florets Collection

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Hi there! Have you seen the Brand New Fitting Florets Collection from Stampin’ Up!? if not check below all the gorgeous new products included in this collection! 

Fitting Florets Collection

This is a beautiful collection that includes a gorgeous Designer Series Paper (DSP) that can help you create cards for Christmas or Spring! Very Versatile! 

It also includes a bundle and a stamp set, with sentiments that you can use for multiple occasions, making them both a must-have; plus the die set has a great new set of oval dies perfect for your cards! 

And finally there are also Gold Gems to coordinate with this suite! All the products are just so well coordinated, that I am sure, you will love to play with them. 

To showcase the new Fitting Florets Collection, I decided to make some fun folds.   So lets get started!

Fun Folds featuring the Fitting Florets Collection 

As you can see below the DSP is just perfect for your projects! The colors in this paper pack coordinate beautifully allowing you to mix and match to get so many options!  I share below the ones that I used for these cards! 

Three Fun Fold cards featuring the Fitting Florets Collection

Color Combinations

As mention above I used the the designer series paper as inspiration to get the color combinations. 

Below you can see the three different Color Combos that I used for my cards

 

 

If you ever struggle with coming up with color combinations, just look at your designer series paper and pick 2-4 colors from there! You will see how your cards will look great every single time. 

Fun Fold Cards Details 

Below you can see a close up on these beautiful Fun Folds featuring the brand new items from the Fitting Florets Collection! All of them are super easy to make!  

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Fun Fold card featuring the Fitting Florets Collection     Fun Fold card featuring the Fitting Florets Collection

Video Tutorial 

And as usual, here is the video tutorial for you to see how to make these cards step by step. 

I hope you enjoyed the video and cards! and if you are interested below you can check out the supply list for these cards! 

Blog Hop

Please know that this post is part of a blog hop where fellow demonstrators are featuring the Fitting Florets Collection! Make sure you visit all participating blogs to get more ideas and inspiration with this new collection 

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The Supply List

You can see below the full list of Items I used to make these cards, if you click on the images below it will take you to my online store where you can purchase any of these items. I truly appreciate your continuous support  🥰

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Eden’s Garden Collection – Friendship Cards

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Wanting to get some inspiration using the brand new Eden’s Garden Collection? if so then you are in the right place as I will be sharing with you three gorgeous cards showcasing the gorgeous designer series paper in this collection of product. 

But before we start, please know that today’s post is part of an amazing blog hop with fellow demonstrators around the world.  So I know you will enjoy watching all the projects presented in this hop. 

Make sure you hop with us today, as you will get lots of inspiration!  so let’s get started!

Eden’s Garden Collection

As I was mentioning before, my projects today feature a brand new designer series paper from the Eden’s Garden Collection. 

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This collection has a limited edition designer series paper (DSP) and cotton paper that are just gorgeous! These are in deep shades of green with hits of gold foil, making it look so elegant in your projects!

You can see all the products included in this collection in the pictures above.. But for my projects today I decided to focus on the designer series paper, cause I really fall in love with it. 

Not to mention, this DSP goes really well with a favorite set of mine, the “Forever Fern” stamp set and its coordinated dies. So I couldn’t resist and made three gorgeous Friendship cards. 

Friendship Cards

How to make three gorgeous friendship cards using the Eden's Garden collection with the Forever Fern set.

Are these cards not gorgeous, the DSP really works well with the images from the Forever Fern Stamp set and coordinated dies. Even better because of the gold foil details in the DSP, you can see the cards work well with the Gold Shimmer Ribbon, which has become a favorite of mine!

Color Combination

As you know, I love using the DSP as my source of inspiration for my cards, and today was not an exception. You can see below the color combo that I picked. 

I just love how well these colors coordinated.. Do you use as well the DSP as your inspiration? Share with me what do you use to get color combination ideas, I would love to know. 

Eden’s Garden & Forever Fern Cards Details 

Below you can see a close up to all the cards, and if you are interested you can see the below video tutorial to learn how to make these cards. I am sure you will enjoy watching the video tutorial.

How to make three gorgeous friendship cards using the Eden's Garden collection with the Forever Fern set.       How to make three gorgeous friendship cards using the Eden's Garden collection with the Forever Fern set.

How to make three gorgeous friendship cards using the Eden's Garden collection with the Forever Fern set. 

Want more Card ideas with the Eden’s Garden Collection?

If you love the Eden’s Garden Collection, and want to get even more card ideas, then consider subscribing to my monthly card class. 

The December Card Kit is featuring all the products in this collection, and will include enough materials to make 5 gorgeous Friendship cards.

Last day to subscribe to get the December kit is December 7th, so make sure you subscribe before then. 

You can read more about my monthly card club HERE, as there are other perks just by joining my monthly card club.  

If you are not in the US or just want to get the tutorial only option of this card kit, you can purchase it at my tutorial shop, or just click here.

The Video Tutorial

Watch the video tutorial below to learn how to make these cards step by step. I go over measurements and other tips to make these gorgeous friendship cards. Also below you will find the full supply list to make these cards, you can click at the images to purchase any of the items I featured in this video tutorial. I really appreciate your support! 

Blog Hop Line-up

As mentioned at the beginning of the post, this post is part of an awesome blog hop with my fellow demonstrators around the world so make sure you visit all participating blogs to get lots of inspiration. 

you can find the full line up below

The Supply List

You can see below the full list of Items I used to make these cards, if you click on the images below it will take you to my online store where you can purchase any of these items. I truly appreciate your continuous support  🥰

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An Easy Fun Fold Card for a Thank You note

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Are you into easy fun fold cards to make? I know I love to incorporate fun folds for my cards, however I also look for the ones that are easy to make as I don’t have too much time to be doing one single card in hours..

So when I find easy fun folds you can hear me squeal in my craft room.. Even better if it maximizes my cardstock! 

But before we start, I want to make sure you know this post is part of an amazing blog hop, where demonstrators around the globe are sharing thank you cards! so please hop with us and visit all participating blogs, I am sure you will get lots of inspiration. 

So without further ado, let’s get started!

Easy Fun Fold Card

As mentioned above, for my thank you card, I wanted to use and easy fun fold. Mainly because this adds a little of a WOW to your card, and it doesn’t take forever to make.  

See below how this card looks. Is this not a beautiful Thank you cards? Who would want to get one of this cards in the mail? Right? 

Easy Fun fold to make for a Thank you card.

As far as the construction of this fun fold card, the base of this card uses one piece of cardstock that is 4 1/4″ x 11″, you score it at 5 1/2″ and then you cut a 2 3/4″ piece from the long side, to have a piece that is 4 1/4″ x 2 3/4″ which is the one that goes on the front as the top layer.  (You can watch the video tutorial below) 

Then you just need to cut 2 pieces of DSP. In my sample the one on the flap of the card is 2 5/8″ x 4 1/8″ and the second piece (dots pattern) is 2 1/2″ x 4″. 

For the inside I use a 5″ x 3 3/4″ basic white cardstock. And then I just embellished the front with the flowers as well as the bow and the sentiment using the Flowers of Friendship bundle. 

To finish off the card, I colored the rhinestones with stamping blends in daffodil delight and add them to my card front as well as the flowers, and then add a bow using the Polished Pink open weave ribbon. 

Color Combination 

For this card I decided to use the following color combination 

Since I was using the Party Pattern designer series paper, and I wanted to use the Black and White pattern, I knew I wanted to use the pink to pop some color in my card. 

I love how well these colors go together, and I have use this color combo in several on my cards. 

You can see this post where I shared three cards using this color combo but with the Timeless Tulips stamp set (which is one of my favorite sets). As you will see in that post, is that this color combo works really well when you want to use flowers.  

Video Tutorial 

As usual you can check the following video tutorial where you can see how this card was made step by step, as well as measurements.  You will see how easy this fun fold is to put together that you will want make this fun fold over and over again.

 

Blog hop Line Up!

As mentioned above this post is part of a blog hop where demonstrators around the world will be sharing Thank you Card ideas to inspired you!  So make sure you visit all participating blogs, as I am sure you will get lots of ideas for your next crafting project!

Below is the full line up of participants.  

The Supply List

You can see below the full list of Items I used to make these cards, if you click on the images below it will take you to my online store where you can purchase any of these items. I truly appreciate your continuous support  🥰

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Meet the Color & Contour Bundle from Stampin’ Up!

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Today I want to share a fun fold using the Color & Contour Bundle from Stampin’ Up!

But before we start, please know that this post is part of an amazing blog hop. The theme of this blog is all about florals. So visit all participating blogs as I am sure you will get lots of cards ideas for your next project!

Color & Contour Bundle from Stampin’ Up!

As mentioned at the beginning today project features the Color & Contour Bundle. This bundle is a brand new one in the new catalog.

As you can see below the stamp set has line images as well as bold images add color to the line images.  I definitely love this about this set as it gives lots of alternatives for techniques.  For instance today I will be coloring the images with alcohol markers, but you can choose to do water coloring as well .

Color & Contour Bundle

The other thing I want you to notice is the gorgeous coordinating die set! this is amazing to create labels! You know I love labels as these always helps me when following sketches! so I am excited to see these dies. 

Every single rectangle in this set, has a different embellishing mark, like dots or stitch marks or little holes.. They all look really nice. 

Plus this die set has as well a border die that will surely be a hit in cardmaking! 

All in all, I love this bundle! 

Easy Fun Fold

But as I was mentioning at the beginning, today I wanted to share an easy fun fold with you. See below how this one looks. 

Learn how to make an easy fun fold with the Color & Contour Bundle from Stampin' Up!

Below you can see the video tutorial so you can see step by step how to make this one.. the base on this card is a long card base of 4 1/4″ x 11″ and then cut a 3 1/4″ from one end.  You would need to score at 5 1/2′ and then from the 3 1/4″ left over piece, you can trim it to 2 1/4″.  These would be the pieces you need for the base, as well as a rectangle die cut from the bundle. 

The rest is just embellishing it. So make sure you watch the video tutorial to follow along how to make it. 

As far as the flower, I decided to color using the stampin’ blends a.k.a. alcohol markers.  And for the Designer Series Paper (DSP) I used a sheet from the Pansy Petals DSP. 

I wanted to feature one of the new in colors – Pale Papaya, and this DSP has a nice gingham patter with several of the in colors, so I knew it would be perfect. 

And for embellishments I used the open weave ribbon in Pale Papaya. 

As you can see everything looks so well coordinated. This is so easy, when you use Stampin’ Up! products as everything color coordinate beautifully, making your card making very easy when it comes to color. 

The Video Tutorial 

As mentioned above, here is the video tutorial where you can see step by step. Also at the end of this post you will see the full supply list for this card. So if you want to get any of these items just click on the pictures and these will take you to my online store. Be sure to use the host code shown on the right of this post.  

The Blog Hop Line Up! 

And as mentioned before, this post is part of a blog hop where we are showcasing projects with a floral them. Make sure you visit all of the participating blogs. 

Below you will find the full line up or you can click on the button below to go to the next blog. 

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Angie McKenzie  ●  Libby Fens  ●  Jo Blackman

Karen Henderson  ●  Jan Musselman  ● Mo Rootes

Terry Hamilton  ●  Tricia Butts  ●  Deb Macdowell

 Leonie Stuart  ●  Narelle Fasulo  ●  Danielle Kassing

Shel Anderson  ●   Teri West  ●  Vicki Milyard

Jill Chapman  ●  Melissa Faust  ●  Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Susan Webster  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Susan Simpson

Annette Ball  ●  JoAnn Pollock  ●  Melissa Gifford

Linda Moore  ●  Cheryl Hamilton  ●  Rochelle Laird-Smith

Satomi Wellard  ●  Alejandra Gomez  ●  Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Ann Krucek  ●  Aurélie Fabre  ●  Elaine de Montmorency

Thanks for stopping by! 

The Supply List

You can see below the full list of Items I used to make these cards, if you click on the images below it will take you to my online store where you can purchase any of these items. I truly appreciate your continuous support  🥰

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So consider joining my team during this time! I know you will love it!  

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Card Ideas using the Fine Art Floral Suite!

blog hop banner Have you been trying to come up with card ideas using the Fine Art Floral Suite? If so, then you will love this post as I am sharing tons of tips of how to use the products in this suite. 

If you don’t know which suite I am talking about, this is one of the brand new suites that Stampin Up! just released this month! You can watch the video below that I prepared for another event where I showed all the beautiful projects on this suite.. 

This is a 15 min video where I go over a few tips. However down below I will share the actual video tutorial for all the cards I am showing today.

You will learn the step by step process on how to use the Gilded leafing as well as how to color your stamps with markers to get two tone images! so make sur you watch that video tutorial as well!! I know you will love all the tips I share!

But before I continue please know that this post is part of a blog hop!!! where a lot of my fellow demonstrators will share samples using something new! so be sure to blog hop with us as I know you will get a lot of inspiration to keep you crafting for a while! Believe me the line up in this blog hop is amazing and will not disappoint you!  

So let’s get started! 

Card Ideas using the Fine Art Floral Suite!

A lot of times I hear from others they find it hard to come up with card ideas. They love the products but once they have them, they just don’t know what to do or where to start.

With this in mind, I thought it would be a good idea to share with you the process I use to come up with card ideas when using a suite. 

So here is the process:

  1. Select a suite that you want to use. 
    • If you don’t have a full suite then select a paper pack, a ribbon spool that would coordinate, as well as some gems or rhinestones and a stamp set!
  2. Pick a sheet from the paper pack you want to use 
  3. Look for color combinations from the patterned paper you selected in step #2
  4. Pull cardstock in the colors you selected for your color combo 
  5. Think of what you will use as your focal point 
    • In my cards you will see that I wanted to highlight the stamped images as I wanted to showcase some stamping techniques, but this can be die cuts, stickers, etc.
  6. Look for sketches that will fit best your focal point
  7. Have fun putting together your cards!

You can see how easy this process is! believe me, try it out and let me know what you think.. I promise you that if you ever struggled coming up with card ideas this process will help a ton! 

If you to want to get even more details on how to come up with your own card ideas every single time, with ease and confidence then you might want to join my Card Making 101 program. This program will help you eliminate all frustrations to truly enjoy your precious crafting time!  This program is not open at the moment but you can join the wait list to know when it opens up again! 

Ok, so here are the cards I made using the Fine Art Floral Suite.

Are these not gorgeous??  l honestly love them all!! 

Card ideas using the Fine Art Floral Suite

The Color Combination 

The colors in these cards would not have been my typical pick however, because I follow the process above I always end up with so many color combination ideas to try out every single time!  

So here it is the color combo!!

So modern and so different of what I would have picked! but I love how these colors came together in my cards!

 

Give it a try my friend. Next time you are putting your cards together, make sure you pick colors from the patterned paper and you will see how easy it is to come up with so many color combination ideas!

Card Sketches & Other Details

Below you will see the sketches I used as well as other details. As mentioned before you will see below the full video tutorial to learn exactly how to make each of these cards step by step.  So make sure you watch the video tutorial below!

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For this card my focal point was the larger flower mainly because I wanted to play with the Gilded Leafing!! oh my goodness, this new product is amazing and will help you get a gold foil with a soft texture in your projects. It is easy to use, but there are a few tips I shared to help you get the best results with this product in the video tutorial below.

Additionally, this is an easy fun fold! Believe me this card is truly a wow card.. and best of all it is super easy to make!

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For these next cards I wanted to showcase the two step stamping images, as well as sharing how to get two tone images when coloring your stamps with markers. this is an easy technique that will give you a wow factor every single time!

For the card above I used Calypso Coral for the flowers, but you can see below I used Bumble Bee for the flowers. So imagine all the color combinations you can create with this beautiful set!

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So here you have it, three easy card ideas using the Fine Art Floral Suite from Stampin’ Up!. You can see how this suite can help you create as many cards in no time.  Let me know what you think? is the Fine Art Floral Suite a favorite of yours? What other suites are high on your wishlist? leave me a comment below, I really want to know.. 😁

 Paper Share Party!! last day to sign up is January 17 2021And if you love making cards with patterned paper and you cant wait to get all the new papers available in this new catalog, you might want to consider getting into my Paper Share Party! 

On this event, not only would you be getting a quarter of all the new paper packs (9) and specialty packs (4) but also you will be getting 9 make & takes where each of them features one of these paper packs!! so you will get lots of ideas on how to create cards using patterned paper!! I know you will love this event..

if I peaked your interest you can read more about this event here.  And if you want to join right away then email me to send you the registration link.  Last day to register is January 17th.

I will have this event later on available for the online only access on my tutorial store, so if you are reading this after the deadline to sign up for the event and are interested in this event, you can check my tutorial store to get the online version there.. (this would be after the event on 1/30/2021)

The Video Tutorial 

As promised, here is the video tutorial where you can see step by step how to make these cards. I show how to use the Gilded Leafing and how to color the stamps using markers to get two tone images as well as how to make a fun fold for one of the cards! so you will get a ton of ideas! I know you will enjoy this video tutorial! 

Blog Hop Line up 

And as I mentioned before today I am participating in a blog hop to showcase something new!!! , so make sure you visit all participant blogs as you will get a ton of inspiration!! 

You can click on the button below to go to the next blog or you can click the links below where you can see all participating blogs!!! 

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Angie McKenzie  ●  Jo Blackman  ●  Jan Musselman 

Tricia Butts  ●  Shel Anderson  ●  Libby Fens 

Gez Carpenter  ●  Sue Allen  ●  Karen Henderson

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Mo Rootes

Linda Moore  ●  Annette Ball  ●  Jill Chapman

Ann Krucek  ●  Susan Webster  ●  JoAnn Pollock

Narelle Fasulo  ●  Terry Hamilton  ●  Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Susan Simpson  ●  Danielle Kassing  ●  Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Ilse van Vliet  ●  Cheryll Miller  ●  Rochelle Laird-Smith

Teri West  ● Chris Smith  ●  Melissa Gifford

Vicki Milyard  ●  Anne Marie Hile  ●  Aurélie Fabre 

Mikaela Titheridge  ●  Alejandra Gomez (YOU ARE HERE)

The Supply List

You can see below the full list of Items I used to make these cards, if you click on the images below it will take you to my online store where you can purchase any of these items. I truly appreciate your continuous support  🥰

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Easy Fun Fold Christmas Cards to make.

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Are you still working on last minute Christmas cards??? if so you are in for a treat as I am sharing here three easy fun fold Christmas card ideas that I know you will love!!! 

But before we start, let me tell you that this post is part of the Joy of Sets Blog Hop which theme this month is Christmas cards based on a song!! how cool is that right???

So if you want to get some inspiration for Christmas cards, you are in the right place… There will be lots of ideas when you visit all the participating blogs!!  so let’s get started shall we!!!

Easy Fun Fold Christmas Cards to make!!

When I read the description about this blog hop’s theme being Christmas cards inspired by Christmas songs, I quickly thought of the Peace & Joy Bundle, as this one would go really well for the Joy to the World song.

This song is one of my favorites!!

It always puts me in the mood when it comes to Christmas holiday spirit!! and so I thought it would be awesome to create a few cards with that sentiment in my cards!!

Not to mention that with this year being such a “particular” year to say the least, I thought it would be great to send these cards to all my loved ones.  After all we all need a little bit of Joy in our lives, and in our world… Don’t you think?

Easy Fun Folds for Christmas Cards

So here are the cards I designed for this theme!! and what is even better these are all Easy Fun Fold Christmas cards that you can me in no time!! believe me…

At the end of this post you will se the video tutorial where I would share with you all the measurements and how to make them step by step.. 

Color Combination

The color combo I used for these fun fold cards follow the colors on the designer series paper, as usual.. This is the easies way to come up with as many color combinations as you want!! Give it a try! 

Fun Fold Card Details 

Below is a close up for the Fun Fold Christmas cards so you can see better all the details of these cards..

Oh and by the way, the first red card below is actually a great gift card holder, so If you want to send a gift to that special person, this would be the perfect card!! 

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The Video Tutorial

Here is the video tutorial where I show you the step by step on how to make these cards, so make sure to watch it to get all the measurements and all the instructions. I am sure you will see how easy these fun fold cards are to make.  

If you want even more ideas for easy Christmas cards you can see the following posts, where I share even more cards and video tutorials to help you finish all your Christmas cards. 

Plus I have a lot more tutorials on my tutorial store, so you can even get more ideas for inspiration.  Majority of my card classes are PDF files with pictures of the projects as well as the measurements of the paper, and links to video tutorials.  I prefer to deliver my classes with video tutorials because I know I can share with you even more tips than I can share writing. 

Not to mention you can see step by step how everything is done. You can check all the card classes available on my Tutorial Store here

The Blog Hop Line-Up!

And as mentioned at the beginning, this post is part of a blog hop where the group will be showing lots of Christmas Cards inspired by a song!! so make sure you click on the NEXT button or on the list below to continue seeing all the blogs participating.. 

Thanks a lot for taking time to visit!! 

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Angie McKenzie

Annette Ball

Narelle Fasulo

Pia Gerhardt

Tricia Butts

Libby Fens

Fiona Whitehead

Susan Webster

JoAnn Pollock

Gez Carpenter

Mo Rootes

Jill Chapman

Sue Allen

Brenda Nelson

Allie Gomez

Linda A. Moore

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