PEACEFUL GARDEN SUITE-LET'S USE IT ALL!

Happy 4th of July!  

Today's card shows off a bit more of the versatility of the Peaceful Gardens Suite.  The sentiments in this suite can be used for several occasions -- not just Christmas.

For the first time this week I used the gorgeous Peaceful Greenery 3D Embossing Folder in this Suite.  It creates a perfect frame for the two layering label dies which I used in the center.

The frame was embossed using the mottled "cloud cover" Designer Series Paper (DSP).  This DSP seems to have a lot of "green" tones in it and it looks a lot more like Lost Lagoon to me.  So, I used Lost Lagoon ink and a sponge dauber to add ink to the raised surfaces of the embossed surface.  By adding the darker ink it increases the visual texture even more than embossing alone.  The front of the Lost Lagoon card base was covered with the plaid DSP design from the Peaceful Greenery DSP Collection.

I used another mottled Basic Beige DSP design for the sentiment and matted it with the "Soft Green" Glimmer Paper.  Both were die cut with dies from Peace on Earth dies.

There is ribbon included in the suite.  It is Misty Moonlight ribbon with a beautiful Silver Edge.  Since Misty Moonlight didn't really go with my "Lost Lagoon" color theme I used some Iridescent White Ribbon that I had in my stash.  The two Basic White stems were die cut with Peace on Earth Dies.  I added 3 of the Hues of Blue Flowers along the stems. 

The front and inside sentiments are from the Peace on Earth Stamp Set, so you can see that this set does have a nice variety of sentiments.  This Suite is definitely not just for Christmas.

Use this link to download a PDF Tutorial for today's sympathy card.

Because the Peaceful Garden Suite will not be available until the Fall Mini goes LIVE I am unable to provide LIVE links to the products.  The Fall Mini will be coming in September, but for future reference I have listed the products included the suite below.

Peaceful Garden Suite:  Item #165932

It includes:

Peace on Earth Bundle (Item #165925)

Peace on Earth Stamp Set (Item #165918)

Peace on Earth Dies (Item #165924)

Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper (Item #165917)

Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper (Item #165929)

Misty Moonlight & Silver Edged Ribbon (Item #165931)

Hues of Blue Flowers (Item #165930)

Peaceful Greenery 3D Embossing Folder (Item #165928)

As you can see this is a large Suite Collection as it includes many products.

The products I used that are currently available products are listed below.

PEACEFUL GARDEN AND LAYERING CIRCLES

Yay!  I now have two Christmas cards made for 2025. This card uses the Layering Circles Technique.

This is a fun technique to show off the beautiful Peaceful Gardens Designer Series Paper (DSP).

I used the Layering Circles Technique, and as I worked to write the tutorial I struggled to explain the steps, I decided it may be more effective to demonstrate via video so here is my video.  I hope it is clear, but if you have questions, please leave a comment, and I will do my best to answer.

I specifically explain the 4-circle Layering Circles Technique which I used on this card, but you can vary the number of circles.  The basics are the same.  You just may need to do a little analysis to determine  how many of each size circle you need.

Once the "swoosh" was completed with the layering circles, the rest of the card was quick & easy.  The most difficult part of this card was deciding which of the beautiful DSP designs to choose!

A benefit of the Layering Circles Technique is that you end up with two swooshes.  One swooshes from bottom left to top right (like this card) and the other swooshes from top left to bottom right.  The fact you get two for one makes it a great technique for Christmas cards because it is simple to make multiples!

If you download the tutorial, you will see what I did with my other swoosh!  So I'm happy!  I now have 3 Christmas Cards finished, and it is only July 2!

For the inside of today's card, I added a Secret Sea mat and stamped the Peace on Earth sentiment with Secret Sea.

Use this link to download the free tutorial.

Since the Peaceful Garden Suite is not yet available to purchase, I am unable to provide  direct links to the products, but here are the details for when the suite becomes available in the Fall Mini Catalog.

Peaceful Garden Suite:  Item #165932

It includes:

Peace on Earth Bundle (Item #165925)

Peace on Earth Stamp Set (Item #165918)

Peace on Earth Dies (Item #165924)

Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper (Item #165917)

Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper (Item #165929)

Misty Moonlight & Silver Edged Ribbon (Item #165931)

Hues of Blue Flowers (Item #165930)

Peaceful Greenery 3D Embossing Folder (Item #165928)

Currently available products used on this card are listed below.

Product List

Spotlight On Nature Dies [163580]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165624]	Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285]
Soft Waves 3 D Embossing Folder [164695]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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PEACEFUL DOVES

This week I'm going to give you a sneak peek of a new Suite Collection that will be available in the Fall Mini Catalog.

The Suite is called Peaceful Gardens.  It is not a Mega Suite, but it definitely includes a lot of awesome products.  The Products included in the Suite Collection are listed at the end of the post.

For today's card I used my Fairless Stampin' Flair Sketch #8.  

The choices from the Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper and the Specialty Glimmer paper that I selected probably don't show the sketch off as well as some other paper designs would, but I wanted my white doves to really pop and be the focus of the card.  

So, I used the stars with a Secret Sea background and the Secret Sea Glimmer Paper -- both of which are from the Peaceful Garden Collection Suite.

I include diagrams in the tutorial for the triangles of Glimmer Paper.  You can use this link to download the FREE PDF tutorial.

The doves were die cut with Peaceful Garden Dies.  The Peace on Earth Sentiment was also die cut with one of the two "label" dies included in the die set.  However, rather than using the whole die, only one end of the die was used to create a "flag".

Because the  "PEACE, LOVE & JOY" was too long to fit to the right of the decorative strip on the inside of the card, the masking technique was used to modify the sentiment to turn it into a two-line sentiment.

Since the Peaceful Garden Suite will not be available until the Fall Mini goes LIVE I am unable to provide LIVE links to the products.  The Fall Mini will be coming in September, but for future reference I have listed the products included the suite below.

Peaceful Garden Suite:  Item #165932

It includes:

Peace on Earth Bundle (Item #165925)

Peace on Earth Stamp Set (Item #165918)

Peace on Earth Dies (Item #165924)

Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper (Item #165917)

Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper (Item #165929)

Misty Moonlight & Silver Edged Ribbon (Item #165931)

Hues of Blue Flowers (Item #165930)

Peaceful Greenery 3D Embossing Folder (Item #165928)

As you can see this is a large Suite Collection as it includes many products.

The products I used that are currently available are shown below and these have active links to my Stampin' Up! store where you can see more details.

Product List

Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165624]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]

Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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BOHO LEAVES

So far, you have seen a couple of cards made with the rainbow and sun this week, so today I thought I would experiment with the leaf stem stamp.

As with the other cards this week, the first thing I reached for was the fun Boho Vibes Designer Series Paper.  As I pulled out the packet and started looking through it to choose which designs I would use, I thought about the word BOHO and wondered what it really means.  I mentally associate the word "Boho" with the 1960's, but I don't know why and wasn't even sure if that was accurate.  So, I decided to "Google it" (isn't that where we  get our information these days?), and see what Google had to say.

Google says that Boho style is an aesthetic that mixes different cultures and artistic expressions into an eclectic style. It refers to a person or style that is unconventional, artistic, and often associated with a free-spirited, nonconformist lifestyle.  Hmmm.  Kind of sounds like the 1960's doesn't it?

The main reason I purchased this Boho Vibes DSP is because it is different from most of the paper I already have.  I like the bold graphics and unique color combinations it has.  

The design I chose for my focal point was this large, bold, half-arch.  I matted it with Mossy Meadow and layered it over the Mossy Meadow DSP design.  The "trellis/screen" design of the DSP is definitely more subdued, but it lets the bold arches really pop.

I stamped the leaf stem twice with Mossy Meadow on Basic White.  I'm not sure if my Mossy Meadow ink pad was poorly inked or if it is the design of the stamp, but when I stamped the leaves I got a lot of nice color variation.  I suspect it was my ink pad because the stamp is not classified as a distINKtive stamp, nor does it look like one.  But I really like the variation on the color of the leaves.  

The sentiment from Sunshine Vibes was stamped with Mossy Meadow ink on Basic White cardstock.  It looked a little stark so I used a Light Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blend and swiped some color across each word.  Then I snipped it apart and adhered it over the fussy cut leaves with dimensionals.

The inside of the card is clean and simple with a strip of DSP matted to Mossy Meadow cardstock to add just a bit of decoration.

I matted the completed Basic White assembly to Daffodil Delight to brighten up the inside with a pop of color.

Use this link to download a tutorial with all the details.

The products used are shown below.

Product List

Sunshine Vibes Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165146]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Boho Vibes 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165144]
Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111]	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883]	Muted Palette Dots [165155]

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COLORFUL BOHO RAINBOW

On Monday I shared a very clean & simple card.  Today's card is definitely more colorful with lots more detail.

For this cute card I used the fun rainbow dies.  I die cut each rainbow "ring" from a different color and then adhered them to the solid Basic White die cut rainbow.  From top down the colors are Petal Pink, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight and Secret Sea.  These colors are from the Boho Vibes 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper (DSP).

I love all the different designs in the DSP.  I used 3 different patterns for my stationary set.  The background on the card front is a Petal Pink Design.  The decorative strip is a Secret Sea design, and the envelope flap design has nearly all the colors of the collection on it.

For the inside of the card I used a leftover strip from the card front to edge the bottom of the message layer and then matted the Basic White assembly to Secret Sea to make it pop.

Use this link to download a FREE TUTORIAL.

A list of the products used is shown below.  For additional information on any product, click on the image.  You will be taken to my Stampin' Up! store where you can learn more or make a purchase of your favorites.

SUNSHINE THANKS

This week I will be featuring the products from the Boho Vibes Suite Collection.  I found the Boho Vibes Designer Series Paper and the dies very interesting and unique.  So, I'm going to try to peak your interest is this new suite also.

I saw a card on Pinterest by Stamps-n-Lingers that I CASEd for today's simple card.  I also used some inspiration and ideas from Brandy Cox that I've been learning from her during the Quarterly Creativate Retreats.  Brandy's "style" often includes a lot of white and also sentiments that are wrapped across and around the front panel of the card.

This is a quick and easy card.  The rainbow is made with a single die which I die cut from Basic White cardstock.  Then I simply chose one of the colorful Boho Vibes DSP designs and adhered it behind the cut out area.

The sun peeking out from above the rainbow was the idea CASEd from Stamps-n-Lingers.

The sun is stamped in Cajun Craze which is one of the colors in the DSP.  It's sort of a unique color combination for a rainbow, isn't it?

On the inside of the card, I simply stamped another sun on the bottom edge of my message layer.

This card probably needs no further explanation, but since I always make tutorials for all my cards, you can use this link to download a copy.

A list of the products used is shown below.  It's a much shorter list than many of my cards, but I do like the simplicity and cleanness of the design of today's card.

Product List

Sunshine Vibes Bundle (English) [165152]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Boho Vibes 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165144]
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085]	Faux Glass Dots [164060]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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