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Winterly Tree Tops – Thinking of you Always

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Genevieve Valdes

Hey there! I can’t believe it’s July and soon it will be Christmas. So I decided to make a card with the Winterly Tree Tops bundle to give you a sneak peak of this beautiful bundle. Perfect for making Christmas cards or any other type of card. This bundle will be available in the September – December 2024 Mini catalog and available September 4.

My card is also inspired by the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge, I used the Winterly Tree Tops bundle, Nests of Winter DSP, Designer Tags and Distressed Tile 3D to create this ‘Thinking of You’ card.

I used retired Winter Meadow DSP for the background and used Soft Sea Foam card stock to die cut the tag and embossed it with Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder then added the coordinating Natural Tones Linen Thread to the ends of the tags. The birds are die cut from the coordinating Nests of Winter DSP. The sentiment is from the Winterly Tree Tops stamp set. The inside of the card I stamped the bird and colored it with watercolor pencils – Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Balmy Blue, Crushed Curry and Pecan Pie.

Visit Hand Stamped Sentiments and see more inspiration for this challenge.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted. To view or purchase products used to create this card. Click on the links below for more information and ordering.

Winterly Tree Tops Thinking of You Card

Card Size: 5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets/Bundles: Winterly Tree Tops Suite available September 4, 2024

Paper: Card Base: Basic White, Soft Sea Foam

Ink: Black Memento, Blueberry Bushel

Embellishments: Natural Tones Linen Thread (available Sept 4, 2024) Basic Rhinestones

Tools: Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, glue dots, mini-dimensionals

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Blue Inspirational Sketches

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Genevieve Valdes

It’s been awhile since I posted because I needed to focus on family and work and had to put crafting aside. However, it’s a new year and I am back with this card I created for Hand Stamped Sentiments first Inspiration challenge of the year. I used the Inspirational Sketched stamp set from the new mini catalog. 

I stamped the bird from the Inspirational Sketches stamp set with Memento Black and colored with Stampin’ Blends – Pool Party, Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight on a layer die cut from the Deckled Rectangle Dies. The sentiment is from the Excellent Eggs stamp set and stamped with Memento Black. The blue background paper is DSP is from the Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ pack. The ribbon is Night of Navy & Gold. I embellished with Brushed Metallic adhesive dots. The inside of the card I stamped the mushroom image in Blueberry Bushel.

Hand Stamped Sentiments #429

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All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted. To view or purchase products used to create this card. Click on the links below for more information and ordering

Thinking of You card and Measurements

Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets: Inspirational Sketches

Paper: Card Base: Basic White, 11″ x 4.25 scored in half 159276

Background layer: 6″ x 6″ Bright & Beautiful DSP

Ink: The bird and sentiment were stamped in Memento black 132708. The bird was colored with Stampin’ Blends – Pool Party, Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight. 

Embellishments: Brushed Metallic dots, Night of Navy & Gold Ribbon

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A Bird Ballad: Your friendship means the world to me

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Genevieve Valdes

I recently found out one of my dear friends whom I craft with often is moving away.  I’m happy for her but sad she;s leaving.  I created this card to give to her and let her know how important her friendship is to me.   I created this card with products from the Bird Ballad suite and inspired by the sketch challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge.

I primarily used the colors of Pool Party and Calypso Coral.  I used the Stampin’ Blends to color the bird, flowers and leaves.  I also used the Birds Ballad dsp.  I die cut the layer with the bird image with the Stitched Nested Labels Dies and used the decorative edge die on the bottom of the Pool Party layer.  I used pearls and 3/8″ Scalloped Lace Ribbon to embellish.  I used the retired ornate topper punch to create the tag and rounded the corners with retired corner punch.  The card came together pretty quickly.

Please visit Hand Stamped Sentiments to see more inspiration from their design team.

All Stampin’ Up! supplies below may be ordered from my website or email me to place your order.

All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Bird Ballad Friendship Card

Card Size:  5.50″ H x 4.25 W

Stamp Sets:  Free as a Bird cling stamp set

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Pool Party; Bird Ballad dsp

Ink:  Momento Black, Stampin’ Blends light and dark Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Old Olive

Accessories:  Stitched Nested Labels Dies, Basic Pearls, Very Vanilla 3/8″ Scalloped Lace trim, retired corner punch, retired ornate tag topper punch, white baker’s twine, retired Vintage Faceted buttons

 

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