You're My Everything

Hello, Crafters.

Today I did something I've wanted to do for a long time, but have

 always been a bit scared  because it's IT related! But I was

 given some guidance by Brenda Quintana who's a delightful US

 demonstrator I met on the Alaskan cruise. 

With Brenda's guidance and my IT Manager aka Hubby, I'm now 

a subscriber to These Are My Stamps (TAMS), and hopefully at

 the end of today's blog you'll see the products I've used for today's

 card, all of which are linked to my Online Stampin' Up! Shop! 

Because we were trying to sort out TAMS yesterday evening, I 

decided to make a quick card for today's blog, but as you know, 

quick cards and me just don't go together! LOL! I knew I wanted to 

use one of the stunning designs in the Petal Promenade Designer

 Series Paper (DSP), but that's as far as my idea went.

 Yesterday's video showed how I made the cards and box using

 the "frames" design in this pack of DSP, so I thought about 

reversing that idea and having the design in the middle with the 

frame on the outside! I took the Delightfully Detailed Detailed Laser 

Cut DSP out because I knew that had some designs which were

 made with the idea that they would be big enough for a top layer.

 I was so pleased to see that one of the designs was actually a

 frame - obviously I'd seen this before but had forgotten about it.

 I eventually cut it to a size that would fit a UK card front, and cut 

the DSP to the same size, and adhered the two together. 

Next I adhered this to the card front, and stamped the outline

 flower from the Beautiful Promenade Stamp Set, using Blushing 

Bride Ink on Whisper White Cardstock (CS). I stamped the inside 

of the flower with the stripe flower stamp, and fussy cut it without

 leaving a white edge around it. 

When I laid the flower on the card front I decided the flower really

 needed to have a whte edging around it, so I stamped and fussy

 cut another flower leaving a white edge. This one looked much

 better, so I stamped the sentiment, which is from the same stamp

 set as the flowers,  in the centre of the flower using Fresh Fig Ink. 

So far, so good; a delightfully quick card to make, but then I decided

 to add one small pearl to each hole arround the inside of the frame.

 I'm still using the Basic Pearls I stocked up on when Stampin' Up!

 announced they were being retired last year, (I believe) and

 would be released in a new format. 

The old format included three strips of pearls that were all joined

 together, so I had to cut them apart, which was quite

 straightforward  until some of the Pearls decided to stick to my

 non-stick scissors! How can this be?  I don't know, but it was

 time-consuming adhering all these Pearls on. But I'm pleased

 I did as I'm very happy with the result!

That's it from me today. I hope you like today's "quick" card, and will think

 about giving it a try. In the meantime, until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.

Product List

Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper [146913] £10.25	Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper [146907] £13.00	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] £8.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £9.00
Beautiful Promenade Photopolymer Stamp Set [146842] £20.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] £7.00	Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad [147144] £7.00	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] £4.75