Bloom Where You're Planted Suite featured on Facebook Live Sunday, July 18, 2021

 

It’s Christmas in July! Each week in July I’m featuring a stamp set/suite in the Annual Catalog.  I’m creating one card using the set as intended and then I’m using parts of the set or the matching dies to create a Christmas Card. These cards were featured on my Facebook Live on July 18 2021 and feature the Bloom Where You’re Planted Suite featured on pages 80 and 81 of the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog

 

 

Biggest Thanks Card

 

Supplies:
 
Stamps:  Plentiful Plants
Ink:  Evening Evergreen
Cardstock:  Thick Basic White – one piece cut to 8 ½” x 5 ½” and scored at 4 ¼” for the card base
Evening Evergreen – two pieces; one piece cut to 4” x 5 ¼” and one scrap 1” x 1 ½”
Crumb Cake – One piece cut to 2” x 4”
Just Jade – one scrap 1 ½” x 2”
Cinnamon Cider – one scrap 1” x ½”
Designer Series Paper (DSP):  Bloom Where You’re Planted –
Pattern One: two pieces; one piece cut to 3 ¾” x 5” and one piece cut to ¾” x 4” (see photo for pattern used)
Pattern Two: (the pattern with the empty pots on it) one piece that contains the image of the terracotta pot for the hanging basket
Accessories:  Adhesive of choice, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Perfect Plants Dies, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals. Tombow Multi-Purpose Glue. 

1.    Adhere the 3 ¾” x 4” piece of Pattern One DSP to the 4” x 5 ¼” piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock.  Use Evening Evergreen ink to Stamp the sentiment on the lower left corner of this piece.

2.     Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine to cut the macramé basket from Crumb Cake cardstock, two of the “grass” looking dies from the Just Jade cardstock scrap and one of the “grass” looking dies from the Evening Evergreen cardstock scrap, one of the smallest half-round pots from the Cinnamon Cider cardstock scrap, and a Terra Cotta pot from the DSP with the empty pots.

3.    Adhere the Terra to the macramé basket then adhere the two “grass” looking Just Jade dies and the one “grass” looking Evening Evergreen die cuts to the back of the pot. (see photo for placement).  Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the hanging pot to the upper left hand side of the DSP/Evening Evergreen piece.  Cut a 6” piece of Linen Thread and thread through the top of the hanging pot, bringing the ends to the back of the DSP/Evening Evergreen piece and then adhere this to the card front.

4.    For the inside of the card (sorry, sent the cards off before taking a photo of the inside but it is shown in the video), adhere the ¾” x 4” piece of DSP to the lower portion of the inside of the card.  Use Evening Evergreen ink to stamp the aloe Vera (or it could be Mother-In-Law’s Tongue, I’m not sure) directly above the right side of the DSP.  Place the small half round pot directly below the plant and then used Evening Evergreen Ink to stamp the “Thank You” sentiment on the top center of the inside of the card.

5.    Send to someone who deserves your “Biggest Thanks”!

 

 Christmas Ornament Card

 

 

Supplies:
 
Stamps:  None – this is an all die cut card!
Cardstock:  Evening Evergreen – one piece cut to 8 ½” x 5 ½” and scored at 4 ¼” for the card bas
Misty Moonlight – one piece cut to 3 5/8” x 3 5/8”
Window Sheet – one piece cut to 3 ½” x 3 ½”
Basic White - one piece cut to 4” x 5 ¼”
Copper Foil Sheets - one piece cut to 3” x 4”
Designer Series Paper (DSP):  Tidings of Christmas–
Pattern One – one piece cut to 3 ½” x 3 ½”
Pattern Two – seven pieces – one piece cut to 4” x 5 ¼”, four pieces cut to ½” x 3 ½” and one piece cut to ¾” x 4”
Pattern Three – one piece cut to ½” x 3 ½” (see photo for patterns used)
Accessories:  Adhesive of choice, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Circles dies, Word Wishes Dies, Adhesive Sheets, Evening Evergreen 3/8” Open Weave Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, grid paper
Technique:  Floating Dies

 Directions: 

1.    Adhere the 4” x 5 ¼” piece of Pattern Two DSP to the front of the card base. 

2.    Adhere the 3 ½” x 3 ½” piece of Pattern One DSP to the 3 5/8” x 3 5/8” piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock then adhere this piece to the top portion of the card front (see photo for placement)

3.    Place the 3 1/3” x 3 ½” piece of Window Sheet onto your grid paper.  Adhere the Pattern Three piece of DSP to the very center (each piece of DSP with cover two lines of squares on the grid paper)  Skip one row of the squares below this piece and then adhere one piece of the Pattern Two DSP.  Skip another row and adhere one more piece of the Pattern Two DSP this time flipping the DSP to the opposite side.  Repeat this pattern above the Pattern Three DSP.   Use the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the 3” smooth edged circle from the Layering Circles dies to cut a circle from the Window Sheet/DSP piece. 

4.    Apply Adhesive Sheet to the back of the 3” x 4” piece of Copper Foil Sheet. Use the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the Word Wishes dies to cut “Merry” and “Christmas”.  Use the leftovers of the Copper Foil Sheet and the Perfect Plants dies to cut the die that looks like an ornament top (see photo below for die used)

5.    Remove the backing from the Words and the Ornament toper and place on the die cut circle (see photo for placement).  On the back of the die cut circle, place Stampin’ Dimensionals only on the areas where the DSP is.  Remove the backing from the Dimensionals and adhere the “Ornament” to the card front.

6.    Tie a bow with the Evening Evergreen 3/8” Open Weave Ribbon and adhere to the top of the ornament using a Mini Glue Dot.

7.    Adhere the remaining ¾” x 4” piece of Pattern Two DSP to the bottom of the 4” x 5 ¼” piece of Basic White cardstock and then adhere to the inside of the card.

8.    Voila!  Another Christmas card done!!! 

If you are having problems visualizing these directions, remember you can see them created step-by-step on my Facebook Live from July 18th   HERE.  Enjoy these projects and please share them with a special friend! 

Remember, if you would like to purchase any of the supplies to make these cards, just click the “Shop Now” button above to be taken to my Online Store.  Be sure to use the Host Code (also listed above) if your order is under $150 (if your order is over $150 be sure to take advantage of the Host Rewards offered by Stampin’ Up!)

 

See you on Sunday, July 25th at 2pm on my next Facebook Live!