Hello there and welcome to our January edition of the We Bee Stamping Team Blog Hop. This month we're focusing on Sale-A-Bration and the January through June Mini catalog.
I have a Diagonal Easel card for you today.
From the moment I opened the new January - June Mini and saw the gorgeous Hydrangea Hill DSP (available January 5th), I knew I had to have it. Blue and purple are my favorite colors and there are plenty of both colors throughout this beautiful paper. Add a fun fold to the mix and it gets even prettier!
The card folds nice and flat for mailing.
My dragonfly was stamped from the Dragonfly Garden bundle (available January 5th) with Staz On on vellum then I colored underneath with Stampin Blends after using the punch to punch it out.
That pretty ribbon is the gold-metallic edged ribbon. I colored it purple with my Highland Heather Dark Blends.
The colors under the dragonfly's wings are so subtle that you can barely see them, but I added Wink of Stella to make it shimmer :)
The small dragonfly was punched out from a bigger dragonfly then I used a black Stampin' Write marker to outline the wings. The flower it's sitting on is from the Basket of Blooms stamp set and punched out with the Small Blooms punch.
The inside.
Of course the envelope needed a pretty image with some bling bling too!
This card went together much faster than anticipated and I just love the results.
I hope you like it too!
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Hello there! I have a fun card for you today that features the upcoming Dragonfly Garden Suite that will be available in the January through June mini catalog.
I embossed a piece of Whisper White with the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder then wrapped a piece of Seaside Spray metallic ribbon around it and adhered it to a Bermuda Bay card base. I added a piece of 1½"x 5" Dandy Garden 6x6 DSP (coming soon!) to the front. I stamped "you are an..." to a ½" strip of Whisper White in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and punched it with the Lovely Labels Pick A Punch then I punched a piece of ¾" Soft Sea Foam with the other side of the Lovely Labels Pick A Punch and layered then sentiment on top. I added 2 Artistry Blooms adhesive-backed sequins and popped the sentiment piece up on dimensionals then adhered it to the card front.
Pretty card on it's own right? But wait, check out the fun that happens when you open it!
The video shows it even better.
Fun huh?!!!
It's super easy too! This is how I made the inside piece. I took a 5¼"x 8" piece of Whisper White, scored it at 4" and folded it.
Then I marked it in pencil at 1" from the fold both horizontally and vertically. Score between those two marks then bend the score line back and forth a couple of times to loosen it.
Pop that corner forward and Viola! you have your pop-up mechanism! Easy peasy right?
This is what it should look like closed before you adhere it inside your card base.
Line it up with the card base
Add strong adhesive (I used Stampin' Seal +) then close the front of the card base over the top.
Flip the card over and open the back then add your strong adhesive to that and close.
TA DA!!!
The bundle includes the stamp set and punch for $36.75. They will be available on January 5th. Don't forget to add them to your wishlist!
As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
