Pierced Blooms

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Susan Horr

Now that Christmas is over I can start posting different cards. Don’t get me wrong. I love Christmas and I love making Christmas cards but after a couple of months of it, I am ready for something different. Speaking of different, the new 2022 January – June Mini Catalog is going to be live on January 4th. It is filled with so many great products for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Spring and more. Stampin’ Up!® did a great job putting different things in this upcoming catalog that will make everyone happy. You are going to love it. In the meantime I am using some of the products in the 2021/2022 Annual Catalog that have been neglected since the holiday mini came out.

I used a set of dies for this called called Pierced Blooms. It does have a coordinating stamp set called In Bloom although I did not use it on this card. The dies are so much fun, they can speak for themselves. The colors I used on this card are all bright and happy colors (in my opinion). They are Polished Pink, Mango Melody, Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight. This card would cheer anyone up when it is dark and cold outside for another 3-4 months.

I cut all the flowers and leaves out and adhered them to a 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ piece of Basic White cardstock. I layered that on top of a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of Daffodil Delight and a Polished Pink card base. I popped up the flower centers using Dimensionals. I added some Playing With Patterns Resin Dots. The sentiment is from Pinkfresh.

Product List

[154312]

$37.00

In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154380]

$17.00

Playing With Patterns Resin Dots

[152467]

$8.00

Stitched Greenery & Pierced Blooms

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Stitched Greenery

This is the third card we made at our stamp meeting a couple of weeks ago. Look at the background of this card. I just love it! It is a new die that is in the Stampin’ Up!® 2021/2022 Annual Catalog called Stitched Greenery. It doesn’t cut out a shape. It only cuts all those beautiful stitched leaves out of the background of a piece of card stock. I think it is fun and elegant and really adds some interest to the background of your card. Below is a close up.

I decided to pair the Stitched Greenery die with the Pierced Blooms dies. Pierced Blooms is a set of 25 dies that cut out flowers, leaves, a stem, a bow and the label we used on this card. I first cut a piece of Basic White card stock using the Stitched Greenery die. Then I cut out the flowers in Polish Pink, the centers of the flowers in Daffodil Delight and the stems and leaves in Granny Apple Green card stock. I layered all of them on top of the Stitched Greenery Basic White piece of card stock using Multipurpose Glue and then layered that on a Polished Pink card base.

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from the Biggest Wish stamp set in Granny Apple Green Ink and cut it out using the label die from the Pierced Blooms die set. I adhered that using Stampin’ Up!® Dimensionals.

That Stitched Greenery die is going to be one of my favorites so you will probably see it a lot on my blog.

Polished Pink

Daffodil Delight

Granny Apple Green

Product List

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[155052]

$17.00

Stitched Greenery Die

[155451]

$32.00

Pierced Blooms Dies

[154312]

$37.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Pierced Blooms & Color & Contour

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Pierced Blooms

I have a favorite day of the year. It is when all the trees have new leaves, the early flowers are beginning to bloom and the world is this amazing green color. It is not quite as bright as Granny Apple Green but it is pretty close. It is more like a mixture of Garden Green and Granny Apple Green. Stampin’ Up!® should make it a color! It always hits me when I am driving and I begin to notice the colors. It is my favorite day because, one it is beautiful and two, spring has arrived. That means warm days are ahead. One of the best things about moving to Nashville is I will get TWO favorite days. In Nashville this day was May 1st. At the cottage it won’t be until the end of May so I get to enjoy it all over again.

Of course, the month of May is exciting in other ways too. The new Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalog beings so I get to play with new products. The card I made today uses a new stamp set called Color & Contour and the coordinating dies called Scalloped Contours. I think this is one of my favorite bundles because I just love the new dies in this bundle.

To make this card I first cut the Basic White background using the largest Scalloped Contour die. Then I embossed it using the Tasteful Textiles 3D Embossing Folder. I layered that onto a Pale Papaya card base. Then I cut out the flowers and stems using The Pierced Blooms dies in Pale Papaya, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo and Shaded Spruce card stock. I adhered them using Multipurpose Glue and Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment in Flirty Flamingo ink and cut it out using another die from the Pierced Blooms set. I backed that with a piece of Flirty Flamingo card stock I had cut out using the same die and then cutting it in two.

There is a great promotion going on now. Order $250 worth of merchandise and get an extra $25 in hostess benefits. It can be done though a workshop or individual orders!

Product List

Scalloped Contours Dies

[155560]

$35.00

Pierced Blooms Dies

[154312]

$37.00

Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder

[152718]

$9.00

Pierced Blooms

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Pierced Blooms

This is the last week of the Stampin’ Up!® Sale-a-bration. There are so many fun products in the SAB catalog that you can get for free with a qualifying order until February 28th. Then these products will no longer be available (free or otherwise).

One of the best products in the 2021 SAB Catalog is the Designer Series Paper Called Oh So Ombre. This pack has 48 sheets of double sided paper. One side has a design and the other side is just plain except the color is darker on the top and gradually turns lighter towards the bottom. I used it for this card so you can see how it looks. I love this paper. It really adds a lot of interest to a card.

Another new favorite product I have are the dies called Pierced Blooms. This die set is in the 2021 January – June Mini Catalog has 25 dies in all. There are flowers in all different shapes and sizes, as well as different leaves, a stem and a bow. Everything has stitching in it except the stem and the bow. These dies are part of a bundle that includes a stamp set called In Bloom and you can save 10% by purchasing them together.

To make this card I first layered a piece of the Oh So Ombre Designer Series Paper on a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock. I layered them on top of a Basic White card base. I cut out the flowers using Daffodil Delight cardstock and the leaves in Granny Apple Green. Lastly I cut the flower centers out of Bermuda Bay cardstock. The sentiment is from the stamp set called Lots Of Heart. This set is also in the 2021 January – June Mini Catalog

Don’t forget there is only one week left of Sale-a-bration! It is the best time of year in the Stampin’ Up!® world. You get FREE products with a qualifying order and there are many to choose from. It is also the best time to join my Stampin’ Up! family. For $99 you can pick $125 worth of products from the Annual or Spring Catalogs. Plus you get

A an assortment of six 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper packs
Free business supplies
Free shipping!!

Click on the Join Now button to the right or feel free to contact me for more information.

Product List

[156208]

$48.50

Pierced Blooms Dies

[154312]

$37.00

Lots Of Heart Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154348]

$17.00

Oh So Ombre 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[155225]

$0.00

In Bloom

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Susan Horr

I probably should not admit this but sometimes when I am deciding my big pre-order I will look at a stamp set and not put it on my must have list the first time around. Then I look at the coordinating dies (in this case they are called Pierced Blooms) and sometimes that puts it back on my list. This was the case with the In Bloom Bundle. The stamp set is very nice but I had to have those dies. Anything with stitching makes me happy and these dies have stitching on almost all of them! I just think they are adorable!

This card made me happy too because I love the bright colors in it. As you can see it is mostly using the Pierced Blooms dies. Only the sentiment is from the In Bloom stamp set. I first cut all the flowers, the centers and the leaves out using the dies. I cut much more than I really needed before deciding what to use. I do that all the time which means I have pieces and pieces of cut shapes in a container that I can use later (when I remember to!). I adhered the die cuts to a piece of Basic White cardstock using Multipurpose Glue and Stampin Dimensionals. Then I stamped the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape Ink and punched it out using the Banners Pick A Punch.

Now, another fun die set I saw was the Stitched With Whimsey Dies. I also knew I had to have those the first time I saw them. They do not cut out the rectangle shapes. They only cut the stitching around the outside of a piece of cardstock that you have already cut. I love the crazy stitching they make. It reminds me of how I sew! I made a dress once in high school that would have looked awesome if I had one shoulder about four inches shorter than the other and if you didn’t look too closely at the seams! Luckily I only got graded on how it looked on the table and not on me!

Anyway, here is a close up of the the Stitched With Whimsey dies did on the Gorgeous Grape background.

Aren’t they cute?!?

Don’t forget it is Sale-a-bration time! It is the best time of year in the Stampin’ Up!® world. You get FREE products with a qualifying order and there are many to choose from. It is also the best time to join my Stampin’ Up! family. For $99 you can pick $125 worth of products from the Annual or Spring Catalogs. Plus you get