P retty birthday card with coordinating envelope using Stampin' Up! products.
Project Recipe
Cut cardstock pieces to the following sizes using a Paper Trimmer:
- card from Poppy Parade Cardstock at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"
- 4" x 5-1/4" from Flirty Flamingo Cardstock
- 3-7/8" x 5-1/8"" from Whisper White Cardstock
- 2-3/4" x 3" from Flirty Flamingo Cardstock
- 2-3/4" x 3" from Poppy Parade Cardstock
- 1-3/4" x 2-1/4" from Flirty Flamingo Cardstock
- 1-3/4" x 2-1/4" from Poppy Parade Cardstock
- 1-1/4" x 4" from Old Olive Cardstock
- 1-1/4" x 3-1/2" from Basic Black Cardstock
- Whisper White Medium Envelope
Mount the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the Peaceful Moments Set on Block B. Ink it up with the Poppy Parade Ink Pad. Stamp it in the upper right corner of the white rectangle.
Adhere the stamped white rectangle to the 4" x 5-1/4" Flirty Flamingo rectangle and then to the front of the Poppy Parade card.
Pick out the large, open flower die and the small, open flower die from the Poppy Moments Dies. Put them on top of the Flirty Flamingo rectangles on a platform on your cutting and embossing tool. Run through the tool.
Pick out the large, detailed flower die and the small, detailed flower die from the Poppy Moments Dies. Put them on top of the Poppy Parade rectangles on a platform on your cutting and embossing tool. Run through the tool. Use the Take Your Pick Die Brush Tip and paper-piercing tool on the Take Your Pick to remove the pieces.
Use the Fine-Tip Glue Pen or Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the Poppy Parade detailed flower cut outs over the top of the solid Flirty Flamingo flower cut outs.
Pick out the 3 different spiky flower center dies from the Poppy Moments Dies. Put them on top of the Basic Black strip on a platform on your cutting and embossing tool. Make sure the dies do not overlap. Run through the tool. Use the Take Your Pick Die Brush Tip and paper-piercing tool on the Take Your Pick to remove the pieces.
Use the Fine-Tip Glue Pen or Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Mini Glue Dots to adhere the large round spiky flower center to the center of the large flower and then adhere the smaller round spiky flower center to the center of the first spiky center. Then, adhere the small, half spiky center to the center of the smaller flower.
Pick out the single, open leaf die, the set of two small leaves with a short stem die, and one of the sets of two small leaves dies from the Poppy Moments Dies. Put them on top of the Old Olive strip on a platform on your cutting and embossing tool. Make sure the dies do not overlap. Run through the tool. Use the Take Your Pick Die Brush Tip and paper-piercing tool on the Take Your Pick to remove the pieces.
WITHOUT ADHERING, lay the flowers and leaves on the front of the card in the lower left corner to get an idea for spacing and placement. The small flower should overlap the larger one on the lower right side by a bit. The leaves should all tuck under the flowers a bit.
One at a time, use the Fine-Tip Glue Pen or Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the leaves in place.
Use SNAIL Adhesive to adhere the large flower in place.
Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the small flower in place.
Use the putty tip of the Take Your Pick to pick out a large pink gem from the From My Heart Faceted Gems. Press the bottom of the gem to a Mini Glue Dot on the roll of glue dots. Then, adhere the gem to the front of the card in the center of the large flower.
Use the putty tip of the Take Your Pick to pick out 3 more red and pink gems from the From My Heart Faceted Gems. Press the bottom of the gems to a Mini Glue Dot on the roll of glue dots. As needed, squish the sides of the glue dot in so they are not sticking out over the edges of the gem. Then, adhere the gems randomly to the front of the card.
To decorate the envelope, place the envelope front side up on some Grid Paper to protect your work surface. Mount the grouping of small poppy flowers on stems image from the Painted Poppies Set on Block I. Use the brush tip of the Old Olive Marker to color in the stems and the brush tip of the Poppy Parade Marker to color in the flowers. Breathe on the stamp to moisten the ink and stamp the image in the lower left corner of the envelope front so the image goes off the left and bottom edges. Mount the small splatter image from the Painted Poppies Set on Block A. Ink it up with the Flirty Flamingo Ink Pad and stamp it over the tops of the stamped flowers multiple times after stamping off on Grid Paper. Remember to re-ink and stamp off each time. Let the images overlap and let some of them go off the edges of the envelope.