Showing posts with label Friends for Life Bundle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends for Life Bundle. Show all posts

Friday, April 11, 2025

FRIENDS AND FULL OF LIFE

For my last card this week, I am using the Full of Life Designer Series Paper (DSP) which is probably one of my favorite DSP designs ever!  This paper is part of the Full of Life Suite that includes the Friends for Life Stamp Set and Dies.

This paper is bright with colorful and fun patterns, and it just makes me smile.  For today's card I used my FSF Sketch # 6.

I love combining sketches and designer series paper.  Watch my Learning with Friends Template Time video to see other ideas for this sketch.

Sketches are a great source of inspiration when your creative mojo is in a slump.  They are often also a great way to show off various patterns from a DSP collection because they frequently have multiple layers in different shapes.

For this card I used three different patterns from the Full of Life DSP.  Now, remember!  A sketch is a "guide"; an "inspiration".  If you choose, you can use the sketch literally, or you can modify it so it better suits whatever stamps or paper you are using.

For my card today, I kept the same basic layout as is shown in the sketch, but I added Basic Black Mats to the rectangular element and the flag element.  I also modified the size of the circle so my die cut heart would fit.  With a larger circle, I needed to increase the size of the rectangle a bit, but that is OK.  It is a sketch!  It is not necessarily meant to be an exact pattern to follow.

The sketch above does show dimensions, but you can also download a free tutorial  at this link to see how I modified them to better adapt them to my card.


For the inside of my card I reverted to my go-to solution -- a simple strip of DSP matted with the color of the card base.  

I also wanted to use leftover scraps for my envelop flap, but none of the scraps of the designs I used were quite large enough to cover the complete flap.  So rather than cut into a new piece of DSP (Yes, it is a favorite, so I'm hoarding it!), I used two scraps and added a narrow strip of black to cover the seam where they meet.  It works, don't you think?


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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

BIRTHDAY FRIENDS FOR LIFE

Today's Friends for Life card is made with a beautiful watercolor embossed vellum background.

Isn't this a pretty background?  This is a fun technique where the only "skill" you need is to be able to "scribble"!  We can all do that, right?

Watch my Learning with Friends video to see how fun and easy it is.

For my background, I used the Dashing Designs Embossing Folder and Smokey Slate, Petunia Pop and Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends.

If you like this embossing folder as much as I do, you are going to want to order it quickly as it is on the Last Chance List.  So, once it is sold out, it will be gone forever.  

When your background is completed and dry adhere the Vellum to a piece of Basic White cardstock to make the colors POP.  In the video I show you the best way to adhere Vellum to cardstock so that the adhesive doesn't show through the vellum.  Someone showed me this trick many years ago.  It's a great trick to know because who wants to see their adhesive showing through the vellum?  No one!

The front of the card was quick and easy to complete.  I used two dies from Friends for Life to make the Petunia Pop leaf and the Basic Black scripty friend.  For the friend script I die cut 3 layers to make the "friend" a bit thicker.  And this time I even remembered to use my adhesive sheets so it was easy to layer the die cuts.  

Then the Friends for Life Happy Birthday sentiment was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Basic White cardstock and die cut with a Perennial Postage die.  Next a little more scribbling with a Light Balmy Blue Stampin' Blend added just a bit of color to the sentiment.  This is a great trick to tone down a stark white sentiment when it just looks way too bright for the surrounding soft colors on the card.  

For the inside of the card, I stamped the leaf in Petunia Pop ink and the sentiment with Black Memento ink.  It's a very simple inside design--but never naked or forgotten!

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

A list of the products used is shown below.  Click on any image to learn more.  

Remember, we are in the largest Last Chance time of year at Stampin' Up! as we eagerly await the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalog.  All Last Chance Products are available while supplies last.  Once the sell out they will be gone forever!


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Monday, April 7, 2025

TWO POCKETS OF WILDFLOWERS

This week I will be featuring the Friends for Life stamp set and dies.  This bundle is part of the Full of Life Suite of products in the 24-25 Annual Catalog.  These products are also on the Last Chance list so once they sell out, they will be gone forever.  So, let's give this set some love this week!

Today's card is a Double Pocket Fun Fold Card.  This is one of the easiest Fun Folds you will ever find.  It is made from one sheet of 8-1/2" x 11" Designer Series Paper (DSP).  I showed how to make the Fun Fold on a recent Learning with Friends.  If  you missed the video you can always watch the replay.  I think it will be worth your time so you can see just how easy the Double Pocket card is to make.


Since it is so easy to make the Fun Fold portion of the card you will have plenty of time to "decorate" it to your hearts content.  Afterall, isn't decorating a card the most fun part of the process?


This Fun Fold was made with the Wildly Flowering DSP which is part of another Suite that also found its way to the Last Chance List.


I decorated the front of the card using die cuts made from both the Friends for Life Bundle and the Wildflower Designs Bundle.  The card for the pocket was made with a brand new OnLine Exclusive called Textured Notes Dies.  Love these!


For the inside of the card I decided to decorate both sides.  On the left side I used the pretty open-work heart die from Friends for Life to make the white heart, and for the right side I layered the two "friend" script dies.

The card for the pocket was stamped with Moody Mauve Hearts and the Friends for Life "Love You" stamp.  It seemed like it was still missing something, so I stamped over it with the "swoosh" stamp using Wild Wheat ink that was stamped-off TWICE.  This was exactly the little pop of color that the panel needed.

I hope you will try to make one of these simple fun folds.  My main hint for this Double Pocket Fun Fold is that non-directional Designer Series Paper works best.  If you use directional paper, some areas are going to be upside down or sideways.  Check out the video for more information.


A list of the products used is shown below, but remember, several are on the Last Chance List so they are only available while supplies last.  But remember -- even though I would love to have you purchase products from me -- my best advice is to USE WHAT YOU HAVE!

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