Blooms and Bliss Sympathy

One of the items I always am sad to see retire is the designer series paper.  I kind of get attached to some of them even though I know that there will be fun new ones coming in the new catalog.  This collection is one I will especially miss - the Blooms and Bliss designer series paper pack.  I just love the color combinations...If you would like to see the retiring list, you can go here...remember that the products are while supplies last. 

I chose to use a piece of this designer series paper in the background and then took a piece of Whisper White card stock and used the Blooms and Wishes stamp set to make a pattern with similar colors behind my sentiment.  The sentiment is from Flourishing Phrases and is stamped with Early Espresso ink.

Supplies:

Blooms and Wishes, Flourishing Phrases

Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Early Espresso ink

Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron, Whisper White card stock

Blooms and Bliss designer series paper

Mini Egg Cartons

I decided to decorate some mini egg cartons for my nieces for Easter and filled them with some fun surprises.  Each one is different, but they all have wrap around bands using designer series paper.

The first uses some Blooms and Bliss designer series paper and some retired lace trim.  The sentiment on all of them comes from the Easter Message stamp set.

The next one uses some Succulent Garden designer series paper along with a paper doily and gold binder clip.

Lastly, I used some Fruit Stand designer series paper, a lace doily, die cut hexagon (from the Build it framelits) and some pompom trim.

Supplies:

Easter Message

Watermelon Wonder, Sweet Sugarplum, Dapper Denim ink

Whisper White, Tip Top Taupe, Early Espresso, Pool Party card stock

mini egg cartons

3/8" metallic ribbon

paper doily

lace doily

pompom trim

gold binder clip

Build it Framelits

Succulent Garden, Fruit Stand and Blooms and Bliss dsp

Birthday Gift Box

I love making little gift boxes and decorating them although there are times I don't find enough time to do it.  These White Gift Boxes are a great solution for that - the box is ready to fold and assemble - all you have to do is decorate!

For this one, I used some Blooms and Bliss designer series paper for the outside and top of the box, then I added the acetate sleeve over the top of that. 

The doily and t-shirt are attached to the acetate...For the t-shirt, I stamped on Whisper White and colored it in with the Flirty Flamingo marker before adding the little flowers and basic rhinestones.

The top has another doily with a punched out piece of designer series paper behind it and a bow on top.

Supplies:

Custom Tee

Basic Black, Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo ink and markers

Whisper White card stock

Blooms and Bliss dsp

Sweet Sugarplum glitter ribbon

lace doiles

basic rhinestones

Dapper Denim ruched ribbon

T-shirt framelits

White gift box

Stitched Avant Garden

I have added this card to my Stamp A Stack rotation recently, it is one that is easy to put together since I have the pieces all cut out and ready to go. 

The flower image is from the Avant Garden stamp set (SAB 2017) and the sentiment comes from Flourishing Phrases.  I used the stitched shapes framelits and some Blooms and Bliss designer series paper as well.

Supplies:

Avant Garden (SAB 2017), Flourishing Phrases

Sweet Sugarplum, Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe ink

Whisper White, Mint Macaron card stock

Blooms and Bliss dsp

Stitched shapes framelits

November Stamp Club projects

I am a little slow in showing you my November Stamp Club projects, it has been a really busy month so far already trying to keep harvesting the crops (our season is really late because of way too much rain this summer and it is MUDDY in every field) before the snow flies. 

For the layout, I chose to use the Candy Cane Lane designer series paper and added a little Christmas trinket embellishment.

The first card uses the Work of Art stamp set and some Blooms and Bliss designer series paper.  There is also some texture made with the Large Polka dots folder.

Finally, I used some Floral Boutique designer series paper and the Thankful Thoughts stamp set on this card, adding a little burlap ribbon and white perfect accents to complete it.

Supplies:

Work of Art, Thankful Thoughts

Night of Navy, Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo, Sahara Sand, Early Espresso ink

Whisper White, Real Red, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Delightful Dijon, Night of Navy card stock

Large polka dots folder

perfect white accents

glitter ribbon

burlap ribbon

Christmas trinkets embellishments

Blooms and Bliss dsp

Candy Cane Lane dsp

Floral Boutique dsp

In Everything

This card came about because I had some scraps lying around that I wanted to use.  The Fabulous foil designer acetate in the background is the only piece that I didn't actually re cut to make the card though...

A couple layers of matted Blooms and Bliss designer series paper wrapped in some gold bakers twine from the Baker's twine trio pack sits behind the sentiment from the Suite Seasons stamp set.

Supplies:

Suite Seasons

Sweet Sugarplum ink

Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Mint Macaron card stock

Blooms and Bliss dsp

baker's twine trio pack

Fabulous foil designer acetate

Congrats

I have been trying to get back to using my Big Shot more often lately.  It isn't really that I don't use it, because I actually use it quite often, but I used to use it on just about all my projects and I have gotten away from that (which is ok too). 

On this card, I used the Sunshine Wishes thinlits for the flower and the "congrats" and then attached a piece of Peekaboo Peach card stock behind the flower outline and cut to so that there was no excess around the edges.

The background is a piece of Blooms and Bliss designer series paper and a delicate doily.  I added some Sweet Sugarplum 5/8" ruched ribbon and some white thick bakers twine over the top.

Supplies:

Peekaboo Peach, Basic Black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight card stock

Blooms and Bliss dsp

Sunshine Wishes thinlits

Sweet Sugarplum 5/8" ruched ribbon

thick white bakers twine

delicate doily

Wedding Gift Idea

Awhile ago, I shared a Christmas themed memory tray with you and promised to share another idea using the same type of tray.  This one is wedding themed, meant for the bride and groom to show off some pictures.

I chose to use the colors in the Blooms and Bliss designer series paper pack for the tray - Tip Top Taupe, Dapper Denim, Mint Macaron and Whisper White. 

The different rectangles are decorated with the designer series paper along with the Floral Phrases and Birthday Blossoms stamp sets.

I added a few little embellishments using enamel dots, basic rhinestones, In color doilies, delicate doilies and some retired floral rhinestone embellishments that were just on the clearance rack.

Supplies:

Floral Phrases, Birthday Blossoms

Dapper Denim, Mint Mararon, Tip Top Taupe ink

Whisper White, Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron, Dapper Denim card stock

Blooms and Bliss dsp

note tag punch

basic rhinestones

enamel dots

delicate doilies

in color doilies

Stroke of Genius

This is the card I made for one of my crafty little nieces (ok maybe not quite so little anymore!).  I used the Work of Art stamp set and added lots of splotches on the card base behind the layers and also on the easel. 

The easel was stamped and then hand cut using the paper snips and I added some Blooms and Bliss designer series paper behind it.

Supplies:

Work of Art

Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach, Soft Suede, Early Espresso ink

Whisper White, Crumb Cake card stock

Blooms and Bliss dsp

Helping Me Grow

Today I have not one, but two cards to share with you!  They both use the same stamp set - Helping Me Grow but have different looks.  One of them was used as a birthday card for my mom recently because she likes daisies.

I stamped the flower image on a piece of Whisper White that was embossed with the Brick Wall folder and then added a little color with markers.  I tore the edge of the card stock and added some Blooms and Bliss designer series paper behind it before matting that piece on some Dapper Denim card stock.

For the second card, I did the stamping and coloring the same, but I stamped it on a piece of Serene Scenery designer series paper and added some little accents to the corner of the card base along with some lace trim.

Supplies:

Helping Me Grow

Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive ink

Dapper Denim, Whisper White, Soft Sky card stock

lace trim

Serene Scenery dsp

Brick wall folder

Blooms and Bliss dsp

delicate doilies

First Day!

Summer vacation is officially over for my kids, today is the first day of school.  Last year I found these arrows at a craft store and altered them with designer series paper and letters/numbers.  You can see that post here...This year, I took the same arrows and altered the other side.

When I put them together last year I added the "grade" and number layers with Velcro so I could remove them and change things and I may do that another year, but I just decided to use different paper and colors this year.  A couple of the "grade" pieces are the same as last year that I just took off the other side.

For Hunter, I used the Halloween night specialty paper in the background (a sneak peek item from the Holiday catalog) because I liked the brick design.  The number on this and the other arrows is die cut using the Large Numbers framelits.

For Wyatt, I chose the apples from the Fruit stand collection of designer series paper and his letters are cut from the Large Letters framelits, this is the one that is different from last year because on the other side of this arrow I had used Very Vanilla instead of Whisper White card stock.

There is a little bit of burlap ribbon where I had a seam of designer series paper since the arrows are longer than 12 inches.

Lastly, Maddie's is done with Blooms and Bliss designer series paper and some ruched ribbon. 

I will probably share some photos with the kids holding these another day but thought I would share the concept now.

Supplies:

Blooms and Bliss, Halloween Nigh specialty, Fruit Stand designer series paper

Large Numbers and Large Letters framelits

Circles framelits

2 1/2" circle punch

Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies

Mod Podge

Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Basic Black, Emerald Envy, Tip Top Taupe, Pool Party card stock

5/8" Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon

burlap ribbon

Wooden arrows

August Stamp Club projects

This month I went about things a little differently with my stamp club projects.  I used the same designer series paper package for all the projects so all the projects coordinated.

Bliss and Blooms designer series paper is so much fun to work with and I love the fact that there are so many different colors in the same pack!

For the layout I chose to use the designer series paper with pinks and purples in it...

and for the cards I chose the greens and blues...

I just love the delicate doilies!  You can probably tell by how often I use them on my projects :)

Supplies:

Helping me Grow, Tin of Cards

Dapper Denim ink

Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Dapper Denim, Mint Macaron, Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum card stock

Bliss and Blooms dsp

Tags and Labels framelits

delicate doilies

burlap ribbon

2 1/2" circle punch

Live Laugh Love

I have been trying to find some good projects for my nieces to do when they come over for their annual 4H project day with me.  This is one of the things I thought they might have fun with. 

When Stampin' Up! had fabric, I played around with these hoops a little and had a few of them leftover.  I opened the hoop and carefully placed the designer series paper in between the two pieces, cutting around the circle leaving about 1/2" to 3/4".  Then, I tightened the hoops together as much as I was able to and trimmed any remaining edges on the back.

The decorating is pretty self explanatory, but I did take some White Perfect accents and add some color to them with markers.  Fearing that they might not dry well like that, I added some Wink of Stella glitter brush over the top so they also have a little sparkle!

Supplies:

Layering Love

Dapper Denim, Mint Macaron ink and markers

Whisper White, Dapper Denim card stock

2" and 2 1/2" circle punches

metallic thread

burlap ribbon

ruched ribbon 5/8" Dapper Denim

In color doilies

delicate doilies

Blooms and Bliss dsp

White perfect accents

Wink of Stella glitter brush