Flower Shop or Secret Garden?

There are two great flower stamp sets out right now and it is very hard to decide which one I like best, so I'll let you see what you think.  One set coordinates with the Pansy Punch (130698) and one set coordinates with Secret Garden Framelits (129372).

Personally, I love both sets, but I have to say I love the ease of using the punch so much better.  

I saw this version with the Secret Garden on Susan Itell's Blog Simple Stampin' - Thank You Susan!!  I love how it turned out and then I tried it again with the Flower Shop Set.

Here is Secret Garden using Secret Garden Framelits:

Here is Flower Shop using the Pansy Punch and the Bird Builder Punch (for the leaves):

Here you can see the top layer a bit better, see the curves of the flower petals. 

Here you can see my helper (Buster), trying to flatten the flowers as he wants my attention or something to snack on, I'm not sure!

Here are the details.  It really is a very easy card to put together.

Card Stock:  Whisper White, Rose Red, Garden Green
Stamps:  Secret Garden (w-131940 / c-129144), Flower Shop (w-130939 / c-130942), Lots of Thanks (w-129687 / c-129690)
Ink:  Rose Red Stamp Pad, Garden Green Stampin' Write Pen
Extras:  Secret Garden Framelits (129372), Pansy Punch (130698), Bird Builder Punch (117191)

A little tip for putting the nice thin line of Garden Green ink on just perfectly.  This is the first thing you want to do before putting any flowers on or stamping the sentiment.  Take your piece of Whisper White card stock and line it up on a line on your grid paper.  Line a ruler up on the grid line one up from the bottom and carefully draw your line nice and straight using the writing end of the pen.  Do this on all four sides and you have a perfectly lined card!

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Thanks for looking in today!  Happy Sunday!

~ Donna

Natural Composition DSP with Secret Garden

Have you tried the Natural Composition paper yet?  It took me a while to see what it was all about and now that I see how beautiful it is, I plan to be using it more.

Here's a beautiful card (with a few of my own changes) that I saw on Beth's Paper Cuts.  Since I don't have all the awesome 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim yet, I had to change the color to Strawberry Slush and I used Secret Garden Stamps and Framelits. I wish you could see the Dazzling Diamonds a bit better, it just didn't photograph very well.

Here's the details:

• Begin with Soft Suede (I think Baked Brown Sugar would look great too) - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4"
• Cut a piece of Natural Composition DSP (126917)  5" x 3".  This DSP has several patterns to it, so be sure to pick the one with the flowers.
• Punch a circle with the 2 1/2" Circle Punch (120906)
• Using Sticky Strip (104294) attach a piece to the long side of the DSP and then attach a 5" piece of 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim in Strawberry Slush (130023)
• Cut a 2 7/8" square of Whisper White (to go behind the circle you punched) and pop it up (or back) with Stampin' Dimensionals (104430) from the DSP
• Stamp your flower of choice from Secret Garden (w-131940 / c-129144) with Strawberry Slush Ink onto Strawberry Slush card stock.
• Die cut the flowers using Secret Garden Framelits (129372)
• Punch leaves from the Bird Builder Punch (117191) from Pear Pizzazz card stock
• Use Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up the DSP from the base card.
• Stamp sentiment using Itty Bitty Banners (w-132022 / c-126257) and Die Cut with Bitty Banners Framelits (129267)
• Use Dazzling Diamonds to decorate the flowers - be sure to let it dry completely!

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Happy Monday!

~ Donna

Secret Garden Bright and Fresh

Here's another pretty card using Secret Garden stamps and framelits with the Gingham Garden DSP.  I love the bright colors that go with this card.  The sentiments come from the Remembering Your Birthday stamp set.

Here's how it all comes together:

• Begin with a base of Daffodil Delight - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4".
• The second layer begins with Whisper White - 5 1/4" x 4".
• Cut the larger piece of Gingham Garden DSP (129310) - 4" x 1 3/4" and the smaller piece - 4" x 3/4"
• Attach both to the Whisper White and run through the Big Shot (113439) using Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (117335).
• Attach to the Daffodil Delight card base.
• Stamp the solid flowers from Secret Garden Stamps (w-131940 / c-129144) using Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo.
• Die cut the flowers using the Big Shot and Secret Garden framelits (129372).
• Pop up flowers with Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
• Punch leaves with the Bird Builder Punch (117191) or use the leaves stamp from Secret Garden and the matching framelits.
• Stamp sentiment on Whisper White
• Punch sentiment with the Decorative Label Punch (120907). Punch an additional Decorative Label in Melon Mambo. 
• Cut the Melon Mambo in half and place it behind the sentiment, trimming off any excess that peeks out.
• Add Large Pearl Basic Jewels (125577) to the center of the flowers.
• Cut an additional Whisper White for stamping the inside sentiment - 5 1/4" x 4".

Well, that looks like a LOT of work, but really, it's very simple.

Thank you for looking in today.  Welcome to Friday and the weekend ahead!

~ Donna

Secret Gingham Garden

It occurred to me that I haven't played much with my Secret Garden stamp set or framelits yet, so out they came!  This can be done with so many of our colors but this is what I picked for this round.

This was fun to do.  Details below.

• Begin with Pear Pizzazz - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4"
• Daffodil Delight - 5 1/4" x 4"
• Whisper White - 5" x 3 3/4"
• Melon Mambo - 4 7/8" x 1 7/8"
• Gingham Garden DSP - 4 3/4" x 1 3/4"
• Stamp flower of choice from Secret Garden with Black StazOn onto Whisper White, Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight.
• Using Stampin' Write Markers highlight the flowers.
• Using the Secret Garden Framelits (129372), die cut the flowers.
• The leaves are from the Bird Builder Punch (117191).  The Secret Garden Stamps and Framelits has a leaf but I had extra from the Bird Builder to use up. 
• Pop up the flowers with Stampin Dimensionals (104430).
• Add a little bling with Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246)
• Stamp sentiment from Chalk Talk (w-130631 / c-130634)
• Punch out sentiment with the Extra Large Oval (119859)

Have fun making this one.  Share what you make, I'd love to see your designs.

Thanks for looking in today.

~ Donna

Embossing Buddy - The Best Buddy Ever!

Did you know that the Embossing Buddy is your very best buddy ever when it's time to heat emboss with embossing powder?  I was skeptical at first, but after making a couple of really awful attempts without it, I've decided to never use my embossing powders and heat gun without my Embossing Buddy!

Here's a sample of how different a project can be with and without using our EB.  The flowers on the left were stamped with VersaMark, powdered and heated after using the Embossing Buddy.  The flowers on the right were just stamped, powdered and heated without the Embossing Buddy.  You can clearly see the extra powder that didn't shake or tap off before heating and ended up being a permanent part of the flowers.  

Luckily, I'll be using the Framelits that go to this set and they will eliminate the "overspray" (for lack of a better term!) in my final product.

Come back tomorrow to see the pretty cards that were made with the flowers from Secret Garden (w-129141 / c-129144) below.

Today's Recipe:
Embossing Buddy (103083)
Vellum Card Stock (101856)
VersaMark Pad (102283)
White Embossing Powder (109132)
Heat Tool (129053)

Thank you for checking in today. Only two more days (May 31st) and we can all begin ordering from the new catalog!  I can hardly wait to start whittling down my list.  Yayyy!

Happy Tuesday!

~ Donna