Storybook friends fun fold card.

Don't you just love bunnies? I was in love with the Storybook Friends Suite as soon as I saw it. Here is a link to see all the fabulous products. https://www.stampinup.com/search/storybook%20friends?sort=relevance&ts=1743542415655. Besides eight cute animal stamps you get a house, a carrot patch and small cobblestone wall stamp. There are dies to cut out all eight animals and three cute little frames. I used one on this card. Since the panel with the rabbit sits forward and the two panels with the flowers sit back my scanner made the top look a little wonky. You can see in the second photo where it lays flat that it is not wonky. 

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I added a panel to the back side of card for a personal note or signature. 

 

Supplies used

Stamps: Storybook Friends

Ink: Early Espresso

Stampin’ Blends: light and dark Crumb Cake, light Blackberry Bliss, dark Petal Pink and color lifter

Paper: Lost Lagoon, Very Vanilla and White card stock. Thoughtful Journey designer series paper

Accessories: Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine, Storybook Friends Dies, Mixed Label dies, tear tape, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombo liquid glue, Paper trimmer, Paper snips

 

Cutting instructions:

Lost Lagoon cardstock:  card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 2”, 3 1/8”, 5 3/8” and 6 ½”, and scrap for frame

Very Vanilla cardstock:  2 1/8” x 5 3/8” for back of card, 1 /2” x 2 1/8” for inside the frame. Small scrap for sentiment

Thoughtful Journey designer series paper: cut two at 1 ¾” x 5 ¼”, cut one at 5 ¼” x 2” 3 ½” x 4 ¾”

White cardstock: small scrap to stamp bunny

 

Assembly instructions:

Cut card base out of Lost Lagoon, scoring at 2”, 3 1/8”, 5 3/8” and 6 ½”.  

1. Stamp bunny stamp on scrap of white cardstock. Color bunny with the light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend and highlight with dark Crumb Cake blend. I colored his bow with the light Blackberry Bliss blend. I then colored inside his ears with the dark Petal Pink (I should have used the light). I used the color lifter to remove some of the color on his tail and lighten the color in his ears. Die cut with coordinating Storybook Friends dies.

2. Stamp sentiment on a scrap of Vanilla cardstock and die cut using a die from the Mixed Labels die set.

3. Die cut frame from the Storybook Friends die set with Lost Lagoon card stock. You can cut another frame and save for another day to get the inside or just cut a vanilla scrap 1 /2” x 2 1/8”.  I attached the vanilla to the frame using tear tape. Lay down frame with Vanilla sitting inside and put half the tape on the Vanilla and half on the frame.

4. Glue the two smaller panels to the right and left side of the card, and add the larger piece flipped over to other side to center. Remove tape from frame and attach to center panel. Attach die cut sentiment to bottom of frame. Add bunny with Stampin’ Dimensionals with feet and ears slightly on the frame.

5. Stamp small bunny on the 2 1/8” x 5 3/8” panel. Color with Stampin’ Blends. Add additional sentiment if desired and sign. (Note: You want to sign the card before gluing down because of the bunny popped on the front.) Glue panel in the center of the back of the card.  

6. Stamp small bunny on the bottom left side of envelope or on the back flap. Your card is ready to send to a lucky recipient.  

Faith Collection card.

 Need a card for Eater? I have one for you here. This card features the Faith Collection stamp and die set and the great thing about it is that it is not hard to make.

Supplies used

Stamps: Faith Collection

Ink: Pecan Pie, Garden Green and Balmy Blue

Paper: Balmy Blue, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake and White card stock. Splendid Autumn designer series paper

Accessories: Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine, Faith Collection Dies, Meant to bee dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombo liquid glue, Paper trimmer, Paper snips

 

Cutting instructions:

Balmy Blue:  card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”

Pecan Pie: mat 3 ¾ x 5”, scrap for cross

Splendid Autumn designer series paper: 3 ½” x 4 ¾”

White: inside mat 5¼” x 4. scraps stamping and die cutting

Crumb Cake: scrap for inside of cross

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Cut card base out of Balmy Blue, score at 4 ¼” and fold. Using Balmy Blue ink and the left stamp stamp leaves all around the outer edge of card front, stamping off on a scrap first to get second generation ink (lighter)

2. Glue Pecan Pie (3 ¾ x 5”) mat to card base. Glue Splendid Autumn Designer paper (3 ½” x 4 ¾”) on top of Pecan Pie mat.

3. Stamp two leaves from stamp set using Garden Green ink pad on White card stock and die cut out using the Faith Collection die set. Die cut cross from Faith Collection using a scrap of Pecan Pie card stock.  Die cut 2 5/8: hexagon from the Meant to bee die set out of a white scrap.

4. Glue die cut cross on a scrap of Crumb Cake card stock and fussy cut out.

5. Glue hexagon to designer paper. Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop up cross and place at the bottom of the hexagon. Glue leaves down of each side of the cross (I tucked the one on the right behind the cross, I tucked to one of the left behind bottom of cross leaving the bottom leave sitting on top of the cross)

6. If I mat a card front then I like to also mat the inside of the card. So cut a second 3 ¾ x 5” Pecan Pie mat with a 3 ½” x 4 ¾” mat out of White card stock. Add sentiment if desired.

7. Stamp single leaf on the bottom left side of envelope or several across the back flap.

8. Your card is ready to send to a lucky recipient.  

 

 

 

 

 

Umbrella Days, paper piecing, Winter Meadow and Unbounded Beauty designer papers

Here is another Umbrella Days card, On this card instead of coloring in the lady and child I did paper piecing using designer series paper. Don't you just love the way the designer paper looks like a stormy sky especially with the rain drops stamp

For the inside I added two umbrellas using designer series paper 
 

 

Supplies used

Stamps: Umbrella Days

Ink: Momento Black, Misty Moonlight and Smokey Slate

Stampin’ Blends: Light and Dark Misty Moonlight, Ivory and Light Daffodil Delight

Stampin’ Write Markers: Black

Paper: Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake, and White card stock. Winter Meadow designer series paper (front panel and puddle), Unbounded beauty designer series paper (outfits and umbrellas)

Accessories: Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine, Umbrella Days Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombo liquid glue, Paper trimmer, Paper snips

 

Cutting instructions:

Misty Moonlight: card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”

Winter Meadow Designer paper: mat 5¼” x 4, scraps puddles

Unbounded beauty designer paper: scraps for outfits and umbrellas

White: inside mat 5¼” x 4. scraps for stamping and die cutting

Crumb Cake: scrap

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Cut card base out of Shy Misty Moonlight , score and fold.

2. Stamp sentiment using Misty Moonlight ink on the grey (stormy looking) designer series paper on the upper right of panel. Use Smokey Slate to add the rain drops (stamping off once) above, below and the side of the sentiment covering the whole panel (do not stamp raindrop on top of the sentiment), glue to card front.       

3. Stamp the lady and child from the Umbrella Days stamp set using Momento Black ink on white cardstock. Using Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blends color the pants on both the lady and child.  Bie cut both using the Umbrella days dies.

4. Stamp on designer paper the ladies coat and boots, then on coordinating paper her umbrella twice.  Stamp the childs coat and boots and umbrella (twice)  with a coordinating paper. A fussy cut the coats, umbrellas and the boots as I did not want a border around them. Use Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend and color in the ladies hair right over top of the designer paper if your pattern is light enough like mine is. If a darker pattern you might have to stamp the hair on white and fussy cut out. You could also stamp it on whatever color of cardstock you want the hair to be. Using  the black Stampin’ Write marker color the bottom for the bottom of the boots.  

5. Die cut two rain puddles using the Winter Meadow designer paper. Glue to front panel using Tombo Glue. Glue little girl on puddle under the sentiment. Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop lady up on second puddle.

6. Add the remaining two stamped and cut out umbrellas with die cut handles  using Tombo glue. Stamp sentiment if desired and glue to inside of card.

7. For the envelope add the child on the bottom left side or on the back. Color or just leave uncolored. 

Umbrella days colored with Stampin Blends

I had to drive for 2 ½ hours in the rain last weekend to get home from Stampin’ Up! On Stage in Raleigh, North Carolina. Luckly the first half of my trip was clear skies. I had already decided to stop half way home around 10:30 am to get gas and stretch my legs. Right around my scheduled stop time it starting pouring so hard I could barely see, so I decided to get off at the next exit which happed to be the exit for Bucky’s. The only issue there is a billion (or so it seemed) other people had the same idea. I walked around a little bit, picked up some snacks and a really cute bunny mug, got gas and was back on the road. The rest of the trip had light to somewhat heavy rain, but not so bad my windshield wipers couldn’t handle it.

Enough about me. Let me tell you about my card, inspired by my trip home.  The sentiment says “The storm will end and the son will shine again”. The stamp set I used was the Umbrella days stamp and die bundle. I love that the dies also include clouds and a raincoat for the dog stamp. I also really love the stamp that makes the rain. I will be adding another card with this set soon so check back. 

 Inside

I love that this die set has a little rain coat or sweater for the dog stamp. 

Supplies used

Stamps: Umbrella Days

Ink: Momento Black, Balmy Blue and Shy Shamrock

Stampin’ Blends: Light and Dark Real Red, Shy Shamrock and Balmy Blue, light Daffodil Delight, SU 600 (medium Natural tones)

Stampin’ Write Markers: Black and Real Red

Paper: Balmy Blue, Shy Shamrock, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight and White card stock,

Accessories: Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine, Umbrella Days Dies, Blending brush, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombo liquid glue, Paper trimmer, Paper snips

 

Cutting instructions:

Shy Shamrock: card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”

Balmy Blue: mat cut two 5 ¼” x 4

White: cut two 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”, scraps for stamping and die cutting

Crumb Cake: scrap

Daffodil Delight: scrap.

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Cut card base out of Shy Shamrock, score and fold. Add Balmy Blue mat on both the card front and the inside.

2. On white scrap paper stamp using Momento Black the lady with the umbrella, the dog and just the umbrella from the lady and umbrella stamp. Color with Stampin’ Blends. I used the black Stampin’ Write marker for the bottom of her boots and Real Red for the dog’s collar.

3. Die cut lady with umbrella and the dog. Die cut two clouds from white scraps. Die cut umbrella handle from Crumb Cake scrap. Die cut dogs rain coat from scrap of Daffodil Delight. Fussy cut second umbrella (for inside).

4. Stamp sentiment on white scrap using shy Shamrock ink and fussy cut out.

5. Using a blending brush lightly rub ink on the one white panel (make sure to tap brush on scrap paper and blend from off the paper onto paper. Do not over ink.

6. Use blending brush to add heavier blue ink to bottom on panel for rain puddle.

7. Stamp rain on card front using Balmy Blue, stamp off on scratch paper each time to get a lighter color. Lightly sponge Balmy blue ink on the clouds, just to get a little ink on the edges for contrast.

8. Glue sentiment and clouds on card with Tombo glue. Add Stampin’ dimensionals to girl with umbrella and pop up on card. Add panel to card front.

9. Stamp sentiment on white if desired and glue to inside of card. Apply Balmy blue ink to inside panel, but go even lighter than the card front. Glue umbrella handle, umbrella and dog to bottom left side of white panel and glue to inside of the card.

10.Stamp dog on the bottom left side of your envelope or on the back flap. Your card is ready to send. 

Thankful garden Hydrangia, Thankful Garden dies and decorative masks, Birchwood embossing folder, sanding two tone paper

I love hydrangeas so I loved this stamp set as soon as I saw it. You can stamp the image (there are two different flowers), then color in with Stampin' Blends, Watercolor pencils, or ink pad and blender brush. Another option is use the coordinating masks and blending brushes like I did in the two cards pictured. The background is Pool Party two toned paper embossed with the Birchwood 3D embossing folder then lightly sanded to show the white core of our two toned paper. 

 Depending on how much ink you blend in you can get the softer or darker version. There are three different masks for the flower petals and two for the leaves making the shading a breeze. 

For the inside of the card I added a small 1" piece of the embossed paper from the front of the card and an 1/4" strip of the Azure Afternoon cardstock to bring elements from the front of the card to the inside. 

Supplies used

Stamps: Thankful Garden and Memorable Blooms

Ink: Momento Black, Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon, Night of Navy, Shy Shamrock and Shaded Spruce

Paper: Night of Navy, Azure Afternoon and White card stock, Pool Party two toned paper

Accessories: Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine, Thankful Garden Dies and coordinating masks, Birchwood embossing folder and specialty plate, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombo liquid glue, Balmy Blue twine from the Baker’s twine three color pack, glue dot, Paper trimmer, Paper snips

 

Cutting instructions:

Night of Navy: card base 8 ½ x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”

Azure Afternoon: mat 5 ¼” 4, ¼” x 4 (inside)

Pool Party 2 tone: 5 1/8” x 3 7/8”

White: 4” x 5 ¼” (inside), 3 ¼” x 4 ¼” flower, scrap for sentiment

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Cut card base out of Night of Navy, score and fold. Add Azure Afternoon mat.

2. Cut both pieces of Pool Party two tone paper and emboss using the Birchwood 3D embossing folder and the specialty plate. Lightly sand to show white core. Glue to Azure mat.

3. Stamp hydrangea on white card stock using memento black ink. Use mask no. 1 to sponge with a blending brush with Balmy blue ink, marking notch to line up next masks. Use mask no. 2 to sponge Azure Afternoon, then Night of Navy (lightly)  with mask no. 3. Note: Be sure to start your sponging on the mask then move to opening, I prefer to sponge in a light circular motion.  Use Shy Shamrock on mask no. 4 and Shaded spruce (lightly)  with mask no. 5.

4. Stamp sentiment with Azure Afternoon ink on scrap white and trim down with trimmer or paper snips.

5. Add Stampin’ dimensionals to hydrangea and pop up on card, adding Tombo glue to bottom tip of stem. Glue sentiment on card with Tombo glue over top of a smidge on the bottom of the stem.

6. Tie a bow using bakers twine, Attach with a glue dot.

7. Stamp sentiment on white if desired and glue to inside of card. Add small embossed piece to bottom of white and add Azure strip right above embossed piece.

8. Emboss back flap of envelope and your card is ready to send.