FREE Wonderful World Bundle
Wonderful World
Those of you that follow my blog know how much I love my garden and flowers so of course I had to get my hands on the FREE (with a $100 purchase) lovely Wonderful World Bundle!! Just loveliness through & through!
I absolutely love the Wonderful World Designer Series Paper (DSP) in the bundle, and could hardly wait to get my hands on it! I decided to pair it with the Go To Greetings from the 2022-23 Annual Catalog to see how far I could get with just the paper and verses (minimal stamping). The DSP colors includes Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Mossy Meadow, Orchid Oasis, Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand, and Starry Sky. Amazingly, I was able to create 17 cards in just one evening. DSP & verse cards are the BOMB when cranking out card quantity.
Thank You
I was very pleased with the look of these cards, using the Basic White Thick CS for the base on the bottom right card, and used the Mossy Meadow CS for the top left card.
For the bottom right card, after scoring my Basic White CS, I left it open and placed one of the Basic Borders (curved die) from the top right corner to where the end would land on the spine of the bottom left and ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. The spine of the card was still attached, so used my Paper Trimmer to finish the cut, then used the cut portion for the top left card. Before doing anything more on the card, I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow Ink, leaving enough room for the flower circles.
For the remaining of the card front, I used a 5-1/2”x4-1/4” piece of Mossy Meadow CS, layering a 5-1/4”x4” piece of DSP and gluing them together. I placed the two layers into the card, held it down, the opened up the white die cut portion and placing Stampin’ Dimensionals on the inside. When closing it, the white front adheres to the DSP layer with the dimensionals.
One sheet of the DSP has these sweet little images that I cut out using a 1-3/4” circle punch (retired), alternating rows with the Rectangular Postage Punch (for next card set below). I layered the circle with the small scalloped Layering Circle die cut piece of the Mossy Meadow CS, popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals, and accented with the Brushed Brass Butterflies. Simple & Beautiful!
After making 4 of the above cards, I still had so many of these lovely circle punched flowers left, so decided to make a square card. I used a 5-1/4”x10-1/2” piece of Basic White Thick CS, scored at 5-1/4”. For the band, I used a 5-1/4”x1-1/2” piece of coordinating DSP and a 5-1/4”x1-3/8” piece of Starry Sky CS, glued with a length of the White 1/4” Crinkled Seam Binding, tied in a bow.
I used 9 of the coordinating circle punched pieces layered on Mossy Meadow CS, die cut with the small scalloped Layering Circle Dies, all popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals and evenly spaced. The sentiment was stamped on Basic White CS with the Starry Sky ink using the Go To Greetings (so lovely), fussy cut and layered on a scrap of Starry Sky CS, and fussy cut again to avoid covering up any of the flowers. The final touch was the Starry Sky 2022-24 In Color Matte Decorative Dots.
Just a Note
The sheet with the small flower images was so pretty, but I found that I could not use just the Rectangular Postage Punch, and so alternated rows with the 1-3/4” circle punch. The beautiful DSP makes gorgeous cards so easy! This card used Starry Sky for the card base, using an 8-1/2”x5-1/2” piece, scored at 4-1/4”. For both cards, I used 2-1/4”, 2-1/2” & 2-3/8” alternating strips of cardstock in Starry Sky, Basic White, and Mossy Meadow (4-1/4” wide for vertical card & 5-1/2” wide for the horizontal card). After adhering the punched out rectangles, to the top layer, I wrapped White 1/4” Crinkled Seam Binding around and tied it into a bow. The verses were stamped in both Starry Sky and Mossy Meadow ink, fussy cut and popped up with Stampin Dimensionals. The last element added was the Starry Sky 2022-24 In Color Matte Decorative Dots.
Happy Birthday
Typically I do not have the time for fussy cutting and It would be wonderful if I had the Scan & Cut machine to do my fussy cutting for me, but me and my snips had an evening of it (it can be very soothing to relax, think or listen to a favorite book). I even cut out most of the flowers on the edges.
All of these card used Basic White Thick CS for the base, same measurements as the above card. I used a 5-1/2”x3” piece of DSP, and a 5-1/2”x1-1/2” of the reverse side for the left side edge.
I overlapped the DSP, gluing it together, then I used Tear & Tape, wrapping the ends behind the DSP and wrapping the White 3/4” Frayed Ribbon around the backside. Glue the ribbon wrapped DSP to the card base.
Take a 1”x4” piece of Basic White CS and using the Go To Greetings, stamp the sentiments in Mossy Meadow and then punch one or two ends with the Banner Pick A Punch. Pop up with Stampin’ Dimensionals, then tuck in flowers as desired, also Stampin Dimensionals. I tucked flowers that were edge pieces behind other flowers or the ribbon. I used the 2021-23 In Color Opal Rounds in yellow for the final element.
For these cards, I again used the Basic White Thick CS. I used a 4-1/8”x5-3/8” piece of Mossy Meadow CS with a layer of 4”-5-1/4” DSP. Before gluing down the DSP & CS layer, I wrapped a ribbon around and tied a bow. I added a 3” die cut piece of Basic White, using the Stylish Shapes Dies, popped up with Stampin Dimensionals, then tucking one edge under the ribbon. I used a 1”x4” strip of Basic White CS for the sentiment, same as the prior card, then added the fussy cut flower, popping it up on Stampin Dimensionals.
I used the 2021-23 In Color Opal Rounds in pink or yellow for the embellishment.
The cards to the left are just like the cards above, with the exception of using a Starry Sky CS, a Blending Brush to add a little Starry Sky ink to the die cut circle before adding the fussy cut flower (so pretty), and I used a smaller sentiment from the Go To Greeting and used the Stylish Shaped banner to die cut it out.
I then used the Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels for the embellishment. These are my favorite! Which one is yours?
