It’s time for Christmas in July with the recently released “Jolly Holly” Bundle! You can find this great bundle in the On-Line Exclusives. Part of this bundle includes the “Jolly Holly Embossing Folder” along with some additional coordinating dies. This is a “hybrid embossing folder” which partially die cuts out around the holly leaves. What a super cool feature!
My color palette for this card was Soft Sea Foam, Garden Green, Real Red and White. It was challenging to keep this card fairly simple as it did involve a few different steps.
Here are the details…
First, I embossed/die cut with the hybrid embossing folder. Next, I drew vertical pencil lines on my panel, but NOT on the embossed leaves portion. This served as my guide to trim away the extra card stock and allow the holly leaves to overlap onto my Garden Green folded card base. Once I trimmed away the excess, I lifted the leaves (one or two at a time) and tucked a scrap of paper under them. This allowed me to add the Garden Green color with a “Blending Brush” to only the embossed leaves. Regardless, it was challenging to not get the Garden Green ink on the other areas of my die cut panel.
I used Real Red“Blends” to color the berries. This is a bit tricky because the ink absorbs into the card stock and spreads rather quickly. For this step, I chose to dab on dots of color little by little. However, if you look closely, you can tell the “Blends” do have a tendency to bleed a bit. Next time, I’ll be a bit more light handed with the color, LOL!
Once the red berries had dried a bit, I added “Wink of Stella” so that they would have a subtle shimmer to them. I’m not a great photographer and this detail is always hard to capture in a photo. Lastly, I added a “Red/White Baker’s Twine” Bow to my card with a “Mini Glue Dot”. Honestly, this card is quite pretty IRL!
As I was creating cards for my Open House, I used the NEW “Pressed Flowers” Embossing Folder with yet another greeting from the “More Messages” Bundle. This NEW embossing folder is absolutely beautiful! You can see from my card this was such a super easy card, but very striking! I have used the “More Messages” Bundle for several of my last posts.
Both the “Pressed Flowers” Embossing Folder along with the “More Messages” Bundle can be found in the On-Line Exclusives on the Stampin’ Up! website. Both of these products are so easy to work with. Love that I inked and stamped the “More Messages” once and die cut all the words with the single coordinating die. Then, I had enough greetings to make ten cards and I still have several remaining greetings left for a few more cards. How awesome is that?
For this card, my color palette was Basic White and Secret Sea (a NEW In Color). Just a bit of layering and some “Dimensionals” for the greeting. However, there is one detail that is difficult to capture in a photo. I randomly added “Wink of Stella” to about half of the small embossed flowers so they have that subtle shimmer. It’s so pretty when the light catches that shimmer. Quite elegant IRL and I absolutely love how easy this card was to create!
For my Open House, I created a card layout using the “NEW 2025-2027 In Colors”. I managed to include the new “In Color DSP” patterns along with the “Pretty Florals” Bundle. My attendees could chose between the Strawberry Slush or Timid Tiger flowers along with different color mats die cut from the “Textured Notes” Dies. Also, I offered several different pattern prints in different In Colors for their cards.
Above are my two card creations. As you can see, the exact same layout, just different mat layers and DSP colors/prints. Each of my attendees got to die cut the “More Messages” Bundle which I had pre-stamped ahead of time in Secret Sea. This allowed each person to chose their colors, DSP prints and greeting used on their card. Everyone was able to take home the extra greetings from the “More Messages” bundle for future use.
The flowers on both cards are raised up on “Dimensionals“. On the Strawberry Slush version, I added a twine bow for an extra bit of texture. All three of the die cut flowers have a touch of “Wink of Stella” on them for a subtle shimmer. To complete each card, I added three of the “2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls”. These “Flat Pearls” have a nice iridescent shine to them and they are fairly flat so they don’t add a lot of bulk to your card. This was a simple card and my customers enjoyed being able to select the colors and prints they liked. Everyone’s cards turned out beautifully!
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