Quivk and easy cards with pattern paper scraps

 Big question are you a pattern paper holder? Or a you a stash buster? Well for many years I was a horder but lately I've been busting out cards using my pattern paper stash! But and this is the big one... I still have to save all the off cuts 🤣 They're just toooo gorgeous 😉. So what to do with all those gorgeous scraps 🤔 well on my recent Live at 5 over on my Facebook page I shared some quick and easy cards using some of those pattern paper scraps.

These are simple cards that use the leftover scraps from my pack of Floral Delight papers and Floral and Gingham vellums . 

I love the crisp and fresh look of the papers with their shades of yellow and orange.. perfect for anytime of the year.

The vellums that coordinate with the papers have the added advantage of being easy to hide adhesive due to the pattern and colours 😀.

If you'd like to see how the cards came together then watch the video here

Delightful Wishes card

 Want to turn a forsythia into an orchid?  Well I think I have with today's inspiration using the Delightful Wishes stamps.  All it took?... a change in colour palette! The translation took place by changing from yellows to lilac and pink!

By keeping the design simple and the colour palette simple too the end result is a clean and fresh looking card.

The simple addition of some simple scored lines on the white mat adds texture without distraction from the focal point. These are easily achieved with your trimmer and scoring tool or with a scoreboard or even a ruler and a score tool.

Keeping the sentiment simple on the front doesn't mean that you can't go to town on the inside though 😉. 

So what do you think has the forsythia turned into an orchid? 

Simply stunning Delightful Wishes cardwishes

Every year Stampin' Up! bring our 5 new colours. The colours are only around for 2 years and are in addition to their core colour families.  Called the  In-Color collection they are stand alone but work so well with lots of other members of the Stampin' Up! colour families . This year the 2025-2027 In-Color collection is made up of 5 beautiful colours that are sure to become favourites . As ever the colours have fun names. Cloud Cover is a soft grey/ pale blue . Darling Duckling a soft dusky yellow. Next is a colour who's name suggests green/blue Secret Sea.  Strawberry Slush is as the name suggests a beautiful pinky red. And finally Timid Tiger a gorgeous shade of orange. Over the next few weeks I'll be sharing projects using these gorgeous colours starting with today's inspiration.  

The card is created using the twig die from the Delightful Wishes dies. As soon as I saw this die I knew I'd be using it for more than just a twig!

I was drawn to using the new Secret Sea colour for this project because I wanted a simply stunning card and I think it turned out just so!

The card was created by die cutting the "twig' from a panel of Secret Sea cardstock.  Next I took a blending brush and added the same colour ink around all the cut surfaces.  Then die cut 2 "twigs" from gold foil. 

Adhere the cardstock pieces onto a card base made from the same Secret Sea colour cardstock.  Then carefully inlay the gold pieces into the gaps. 

The sentiment is from a stamp set called You are Remarkable.  This set has pretty images and wonderful inspirational sentiments. 

Save the pieces of the gold foil and Secret Sea twigs and use them to decorate the inside of the card.

So how do you view the "twig" die now? My first thoughts were lightning 🌩 and could be great for Halloween 🎃. 

My second thought was kintsugi. This is the Japanese art of fixing broken ceramics with precious metals in the belief that imperfections can be viewed as  an integral part of the history and value of a piece.

I love the stunning simplicity of this card. I think Secret Sea may be becoming a firm favourite of mine. What about you?

Delightful wishes best wishes card

 Did you know that you can create custom backgrounds for your cards with just stamps and inks? Well today's inspiration is a simple card made special by its custom background.  The background is created using  forsythia images created with the Delightful Wishes  stamp set. This beautiful photopolymer stamps set features 4 seperate stamps that line up to create the gorgeous forsythia image. This allows you to use any colour combinations you desire to create unique images.

At first glance you might be a little confused by what goes where but I have a short video to share with you at the end of this post that shows how I put them together. The stamps used are the bottom four of the above image.

Here is today's inspiration. 

The colour palette for this card is the inspired by a piece of textiles that caught my eye. 3 of the colours are from the upcoming 2025-2027 In-Color collection.  Called Timid Tiger,  Darling Duckling and a returning In-Color Strawberry Slush these three work so well together and were a great match along with shaded spruce add petal pink for the colours on the material. 

The wishing part of the sentiment is die cut from the coordinating Delightful Wishes dies. The die cut strawberry slush panel is dry embossed using the Mini corrugated 3d embossing folder . Just place your cardstock in the folder at an angle to get the diagonal ridges. 

Here is a short video sharing how I put them stamps together to make the forsythia image up.

Floral Delight suite fun fold card

 Monday afternoon is Live at 5 time for me over on my Facebook page here. (Just remember that's 5pm here in the UK 😉.) I'd love to have you join me . So is you don't already follow my Facebook page please do 😊. What do I do on my lives? Well it varies sometimes it's unboxing new kits other times it might be showcasing a stamp set or like yesterday's I made an easy fun fold. The fold is inspired by a video I spied by a lady called Diane Tuggle. In her video she used imperial measurements so I have adjusted them for us metric crafters.

For both the live and today's version I have used products from the Floral Delight suite. I have made so many beautiful projects using these products, there are more to come too 😍. 

For today's version I have used the hexagon dies from the Meant to Bee dies. Yesterday's uses the Everyday Arches dies but the fun fold will work  with all sorts of shapes, circles , florals, trees.... the list is as long as your imagination ✨️ 

This fun fold is called a freestanding pop up card. The only measurements you need are the for the card base. For piece one they are 10.5cm x 7.5cm scored at 2.5cm and 5cm.  Then for the second piece a piece of cardstock measuring 7.5cm x 7.5cm scored at 2.5cm and 5cm.  The only other dimensions you need to consider are those of the envelope you're using. Think about will the finished piece fit inside 🤔. 

I have used 3d foam to adhere the decoration on the card. The flowers were fussy cut from the beautiful Floral Delight pattern paper.  

Use up the pieces from the edges of the pattern papers to decorate the back of the card . This is where you will write your personal message. 

The card folds flat for posting and fits inside a C6 envelope. I have made so many projects using the adorable Tiny bee trinkets that I had to use some of the gorgeous Brushed brass butterflies to add a little something something to the project!

Here are both today's sample and the one made during my Facebook live yesterday. 

Here is the video showing how the project is made enjoy 😀

Delightful Wishes retro birthday card

 Yesterday I held my spring all day event. This event was an all day class filled with lots of great company, wonderful inspiration and creativity. The featured products were the gorgeous Floral Delight suite. It was just perfect for a spring event with it's beautiful shades of yellow colours and blossoms. The suite includes the Floral Delight  pattern papers, Floral and gingham vellums , the cutest Tiny bee trinkets and a gorgeous narrow yellow ribbon. 💛 🧡 💛 a true feast of spring for the eye!

Whilst everyone was creating their own beautiful projects I did a little Crafting myself! This suite is just so inspiring that I couldn't stop creating with it 😜. 

So today's project is one that was created as I sat with the amazing crafters and is influenced by their creativity. 

I'm calling this card a retro birthday card because the colour palette just reminded me of the browns, yellows and oranges of my childhood in the 70's . What do you think? Does it have a taste of the 70's in the colours? 

To create the texture on the yellow cardstock I first created a mask using one of the dies from the Delightful Wishes dies. I die cut it from a scrap of vellum but any thinner non porus medium will work such as thin acetate. 

I then took some embossing paste and using a palette knife swipped the paste through the the mask onto a piece of yellow cardstock. 

Repeating the process over the cardstock until it had the look I was after. Top tip when using embossing paste have a bowl of warm water to hand to wash your tools in immediately after using them. If you don't the paste doesn't come of and you risk ruining your tools. The paste dries quickly so it's best to have everything to hand before you start.

I used the embossed panel not only on the front of the card but on the inside too!

The combination of colours and texture with the satin ribbon and embossing paste give this project lots of va va voom.

The beautiful forsythia stamped image is achieve by stamping each part separately. I would recomend starting with the highlight of the blossoms first. Then use the blossom nside stamp, next the twig and finally the leaves. It sounds tricky but I promise it's not that bad as these stamps are photopolymer so easy to see through 😀. 

So does this card have retro vibes? Or is it just me 😅 ?

Storybook Moments fun fold card

 Small but perfectly cute today's inspiration maybe small in stature but it sure has the wow feature! I'm calling this fun fold a book diorama card.  Closed it lies flat but pops up to a beautiful diorama once open. It's made using the amazing Storybook Moments pattern papers and the amazing Storybook Friends stamps and the gorgeous dies that coordinate with them. 

The frames in these dies are just soo elegant 😍. The dies not only cut the stamped images but also some of the cute critters from the pattern papers , saving on the fussy cutting for those who aren't so keen 😉.

The front of this project shows how the addition of one of the elegant frames over a piece of pattern paper makes for a really pretty but oh so easy to create card front.

The card starts with a piece of cardstock measuring  10.5cm x 29.7cm scored at 1cm,10cm, 11cm, 20cm. Die cut or cut and appature in the center of the panel after the 1st scoreline, the 1cm one. Then reinforce all the folds starting at the 1cm scoreline.  The go mountain,  mountain,  mountain then valley.  The 1cm panel is adhered to the last panel next to the scoreline. So that it looks as below.

To secure the card I have wrapped a length of ribbon around the card covering it on the back with a mat of cardstock which can be decorated as desired.  I chose to use a 3d embossing folder called Distressed Tile.  Covering the ribbon on the back ensures it doesn't get lost.

Once opened the card shows off it's wow factor with its diorama appearance. I have decorated the inside with another of the gorgeous Storybook Friends die cut frames and another distressed tile embossed panel. 

A piece of pattern paper from the Storybook moments pack is adhered behind the appature. One of the cute critters is die cut from the pattern papers as well. 

 

I added another panel on the inside to write my message on that I also stamped my sentiment on and decorated with a little tone on tone stamping.

The overall size of this cute card is 10.5cm x 9.7cm , roughly 4¼" square. But it does fold flat and fit in a standard envelope!