sentiment suite thinking of you

Happy Tuesday, friends! Laurie is joining us today with some brand new inspiration using an older set from our lineup – I always love seeing fresh takes on some of our classics!

I’m also popping in with the second sneak peek of our Handiwork collection which is coming to the shop on Friday! I’m so excited about all of the fun things in this collection…I had so much fun designing them, and even more fun creating with them! What does your little eye spy in today’s peek?

We’ll be back tomorrow to kick off two days of reveals and projects from the team!

Now let’s hear from Laurie about the project she’s sharing today…

Hello Greetery friends! It’s Laurie Willison here with another clean and simple card. I love taking the gorgeous Greetery elements and making them pop. I absolutely love the window in the Fresh Air Stamp Set. The little scene it creates is perfect for an occasion but I love how it works for a Thinking of You card.

To create this card, I used the brick layered stamps from the Fresh Air set for the background, onto a piece of white cardstock. After stamping, I die cut the panel with the Crimped Frame Die. I stamped the sentiment from Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You, along the bottom in black ink. With a layer of fun foam behind the crimped panel, I added it to a white card base.

Next, I stamped and die cut the window and popped it up on foam squares. I love adding dimension with foam tape, foam squares or even fun foam to make card fronts come to life. Last, to keep it nice and simple, I stamped and die cut the floral swag and added it to the window.

You know I love keeping it clean and simple but for those of you who do amazing things with detail, here are a few….

Tips for adding in more details:

Adding in some blue or even gray ink blending directly on the card base would be great to separate the window from the surrounding white space.
Adding a larger die cut sentiment to the card front would make for a very elegant look.
Replace the white card base with a colored cardstock for more color variation.
Make a 3 layer bifold card with added florals to create a fun interactive card with the window as your centerpiece.

I am so glad you stopped by today. If you are inspired to create a clean and simple card, or by any of today’s tips, please tag me when you share over on Instagram! I love to see all your creations! IG @laurie_willison

Happy long weekend! I hope there are crafty plans in place. 🙂 Kelly’s here to jumpstart your weekend with a gorgeous project using our new Reflections set…

Hello and welcome to this week’s TGIF feature! It’s Kelly here today sharing a fun shaped tri-fold design with a belly band! I’m enamored with the new Reflections stamp/die set and couldn’t wait to try using it for this tri-fold design! It was easy to put together, but DID require a little planning. I’m hoping that I can walk you through step-by-step easily so you can try your own!

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To begin, I cut two panels from white cardstock measuring 4 ¼ by 5 ½ inches and then die cut the outline using the new Reflections die. I die cut one a little further down on the panel and one up a little bit higher so that when the card is assembled, it gives the realistic illusion of a forest. Once the two panels were cut, I went ahead and stamped both panels using assorted Distress Oxide inks. As you can see on the panel on the right, I varied the shore line to keep it visually interesting.

Once that was done, I was able to get the base for my tri-fold design put together. I cut a piece of Kraft cardstock measuring 5 ½ by 11. The two panels that fold in measure 3 ½ inches, but I ended up cutting them as I will explain in the next steps, but you’ll want to begin with these measurements. I placed the first panel on the left fold butted right up against the bottom and corner and then carefully placed the die directly around the trees, and secured it with washi tape. Once it was secure, I removed the stamped portion and ran it through my die cut machine. You’ll repeat this for the second flap, but you’ll need to leave it hanging off the edge of your die cut machine so it doesn’t cut through the back of the card. It might seem confusing reading it, but when you go to make your card, you’ll understand!

I used an Exacto Knife and a ruler to remove the pieces that I didn’t need along the fold. From there, I went ahead and glued the two stamped panels in place, using the die cut portion of the Kraft base as my guide. From there, you will see that you have pieces hanging over the edge that will need to be cut straight with your paper trimmer. Once I had it all squared up, I got to work on the inside!

I die cut the middle size of the Crimped Frames and added some blue ink blending around the edges for a sky. I stamped the sentiment, which is from the Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You stamp set, directly onto the panel. The smaller sentiment at the top AND the sentiment for the belly band are from the same set. I used the Sentiment Suite: Basics die for the little banner piece at the top. The belly band is just a strip of the same Kraft cardstock with the sentiment stamped in the middle and then scored slightly larger than the width of the card so it can easily slide off and on.

I finished off the card by adding some watercolor details to the trees, sand, and water. While I don’t enjoy needing Sympathy cards, I do like having a few on hand. I really like this particular stamp set for a sympathy card because flowers, etc. aren’t always the perfect choice, even if we want them to be (wink!). Thanks for joining me today and I hope you get a chance to try your own shaped tri-fold design!

sentiment suite thinking of you

Fresh Air Thinking of You with Laurie + Handiwork Sneak Peek #2

TGIF – Reflections Tri-fold with Kelly