I’ve had several play sessions with this amazing “Country Birdhouse” Bundle and it is truly so much fun to work with! My first card shown HERE, was super simple and used the NEW color BasicBeige. My second card shown HERE, was a “Notecard” sized card and was basically constructed mainly with the “dies” in this bundle. This time around I chose to again piece together my birdhouse with DSP from the “Country Woods”Designer Series Papers. This card is a standard A2 sized card.
The background on this card is a print from the “Country Woods” DSP. As a note, I die cut the “birdhouse” outline and used that piece of heavy white cardstock to build my birdhouse on. Very similar to one of my previous cards, but I chose slightly different colored “trim” pieces for this birdhouse. Also, I placed this birdhouse on the “wrought iron” looking post. Leaves and flowers from this “die” bundle were added for a bit more interest. The bird is placed so that it appears he is “perched” on the small birdhouse post.
Honestly, this card couldn’t have been any simpler, my favorite kind of card! This “Country Birdhouse” Bundle is definitely one of my favorite NEW bundles in the Annual Catalog!
As a reminder, there are two days left to take advantage of the DSP Sale! Save 15% on DSP found in the Annual Catalog through the end of August. The next exciting news is that the September – December Mini Catalogdebuts very soon on September 4th! Lots of great NEW products for creating your Fall and Christmas season projects!
I just received my Mini Catalog pre-order and had time to play with the NEW “Sophisticated Sled” Bundle. I love that this stamp set has great images and many of them have coordinating dies! The first image I chose to work with was the foliage spray and the awesome leaf swag die cut. I combined these two pieces for the focal point of my card.
First, I created a “frame” with a die from the “Everyday Details” Dies using a print from the “Season of Green & Gold” Specialty DSP. This fabulous die makes a border of small dots around the frame cut out, such a nice added detail! Two layers of the leaf swag were cut, one in Old Olive and the other in Mossy Meadow. Then I stamped the “foliage spray” image in “Memento Black” Ink and colored with “Stampin’ Blends”.
The greeting from the “Sophisticated Sled” stamp set was also stamped in “Memento Black” Ink. I added a “Cherry Cobbler & Gold” Ribbon Bow to the foliage spray with a “Mini Glue Dot“. This ribbon will be available in the upcoming Mini Catalog that begins on September 4th. I placed the “foliage spray” die on “Stampin’ Dimensionals”. Lastly, for one last bit of detail, I added “Wink of Stella” to the berries on the spray. Basically, a super simple card with the NEW “Sophisticated Sled Bundle”! This “bundle” is actually available NOW in the Stampin’ Up! on-line store under “On-Line Exclusives”.
First, my apologies for not posting my second set of “Notecards and Envelopes” made with the “Thoughtful Journey DSP” sooner. We drove to Decatur, IL so my hubs could attend his 50th High School Reunion! A few days of reunion festivities and then visiting with some family and we are finally back home! This set of “Notecards and Envelopes” are very similar to the ones I previously posted, HERE.
Basically, this set of “Notecards and Envelopes” are almost identical to the previous set I made. I let the “Thoughtful Journey” DSP decide my color palette. I cut the 6×6 DSP into two panels with the “Stitched Rectangle” Dies. One of the cards used Petunia Pop for a contrast layer. The second card used Peach Pie for the contrast layer. For both cards, I also used the “Deckled Rectangles” for the Mossy Meadow layer.
The “Thanks” greeting is from the “Thoughtful Wishes” stamp set. I am not positive, but I believe the shaped die is from a retired set of dies. Basically, a super simple set of Notecards and Envelopes where the DSP does the heavy lifting! Personally, I think both sets of Notecards and Envelopes are very pretty!
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