Mother’s Day Bouquets

8/17/22 CAS Weekly Favorite at Splitcoast Stampers!

Hi everybody! I have a couple more commissioned Mother’s Day cards to share this afternoon which I scheduled a good piece out from this morning’s post. We’re out of pocket for a couple days and I didn’t want you to get bored, lol! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I created these two cards the same day as the Mother’s Day Wreath card that I shared a couple weeks ago since I had the Sizzix Festive Repeat Thinlits out. I really love the effect the apertures have on the front of a card!

I cut a standard A2 top-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory 80# cardstock and ran the bases through the Big Shot with one of the dies from the Sizzix Festive Repeat Thinlits set, leaving a few of the tiny bits in the apertures (as I did with the Mother’s Day Wreath card) for a little interest. I backed the apertures with a panel of blue cardstock and added a stamped, colored and die cut vase of flowers from the Pretty Pink Posh Mother’s Day stamp set to each card front. I stamped the sentiment in black ink and added a few tiny iridescent gemstones to finish off the card fronts.

I cut the inside panels from Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory 80# cardstock, stamped a Clearly Besotted sentiment (two different ones) on each one in black ink and layered the panels on the blue cardstock. Kept the insides very simple.

And one more peek… so loving how these turned out! The lady who commissioned me to make all these Mother’s Day cards to sell in her store said these two were among the first ones bought up by the customers, lol! ;)

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory 80# cardstock, Stampin’ Up Pacific Point cardstock
Stamps: Pretty Pink Posh Mother’s Day stamp set, Clearly Besotted One In A Million stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Nuvo alcohol markers- 379, 381, 405, 427, 449, 450, 451, 393, 415, 416; Posca white paint pen
Dies/Punches: Pretty Pink Posh Mother’s Day die set, Sizzix Festive Repeat Thinlits
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Big Shot, MISTI stamp tool, Scotch ATG, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Darice iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing these cards and you’re not getting too awfully tired of seeing Mother’s Day cards – I still have a few more to share but I’ll spread ’em out! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Hey Beautiful, Happy Birthday

Hi everybody! Happy Tuesday and I hope, if you’re still in the working world, that your Monday was fantastic! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I have a very cool hybrid card sample to share with you this morning that I created for the Prickley Pear Stamps Spring 2021 Release! I used the stunning Sketched Florals – Wisteria stamp set to create this unique birthday card! I’ve created a variety of acetate-front cards over the years and always enjoy making them, and this is one that I created a duplicate of for a friend who is going through a hard time.

This card, although I’m thrilled with how it turned out, was very hard to photograph to get the full gist of what it looks like. I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock and Grafix Craft Plastic. I stamped the image from the Sketched Florals – Wisteria stamp set on the Solar White panel and colored it with alcohol markers and an almost-dried-out fine point Pitt Artist pen. I’ve had this set of fine point Pitts for over five years, I’m sure, and I’m down to four now because they are drying out. Wah-wah. After assembling the card base, I used the CUTplorations ‘beautiful’ Word Die to die cut the sentiment from CutCardStock Basis 80# Dark Purple cardstock and adhered it to the acetate. I stamped a partial sentiment (the word Hey) from one of the sentiments in the Magical Enchanted Day stamp set, die cut it with a small oval scalloped die and adhered it just above the ‘beautiful’ die cut. This completed the front. For the ‘inside’, I created a digital sentiment on the computer, trimmed it into a narrow strip, and adhered it across the bottom so it was hidden behind the ‘beautiful’ die cut – which you can’t really see too well in these photos. I couldn’t take a lying-flat shot because the lights in the lightbox made the acetate shine, lol!

I embellished the back of the card with a strip of Prima patterned paper and a narrow strip of CutCardStock Basis 80# Dark Purple cardstock, and stamped another sentiment from the Magical Enchanted Day stamp set in dark purple ink. Really loving how this turned out!

Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Sketched Florals – Wisteria stamp set
Magical Enchanted Day stamp set

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Basis 80# Dark Purple cardstock, Prima Meadow Lark 6×6 Collection
Ink: Memento Elderberry ink; Nuvo alcohol markers- 416, 434, 436, 439, 441; Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen fine point May Green
Dies/Punches: CUTplorations ‘beautiful’ Word Die, Spellbinders Lacy Ovals die
Accessories: Grafix Craft Plastic, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, MISTI stamp tool, Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! If you’d like to save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps, use the coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog that’s in the process of being revived and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

celebrate

Happy Monday, everybody! The weekend sure went by fast, and here’s to a wonderful week ahead for all of you! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! The fun over at Prickley Pear Stamps is still going strong so I’m back this morning to share another sample I created for the Spring 2021 Release! I used the oh so gorgeous Sketched Florals – Poppy stamp set to create this pretty birthday card! I thought the patterned papers complimented the image beautifully!

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock along with some coordinating patterned paper layers. Unfortunately I received a defective stamp so I only had a portion of the image to work with, but I didn’t let that stop me. I cut the portion I was able to use with a die from the Wacky Waves Nesting Dies, colored it with alcohol markers, and built the focal image with patterned paper, CutCardStock Basis 80# Red cardstock and CutCardStock Curious Metallic 111# Night cardstock wacky waves die cuts. I placed the die cut sentiment from CUTplorations Skinny Sentiments, cut from the red cardstock, beneath the focal image. The final touch were tiny dots of Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops on the front panel. Despite the defective stamp issue, I love how this turned out!

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips of the poppy patterned paper and CutCardStock Curious Metallic 111# Night cardstock used on the front, stamped the sentiment from the Prickley Pear Stamps Scalloped Oval 4-Floral stamp set in black ink, and layered the panel on CutCardStock Basis 80# Red cardstock.

Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Sketched Florals – Poppy stamp set
Wacky Waves Nesting Dies
Scalloped Oval 4-Floral stamp set

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Basis 80# Red cardstock, CutCardStock Curious Metallic 111# Night cardstock, Crafter’s Companion Verity Rose and Floral Delight 6×6 paper pads
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Nuvo alcohol markers- 379, 392, 405, 416; Spectrum Noir alcohol marker- BG3
Dies/Punches: CUTplorations Skinny Sentiments
Accessories: MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Eyelet Outlet Red Glitter Washi Tape, Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! If you’d like to save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps, use the coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog that’s in the process of being revived and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

happy FALL

Hi friends! I hope you had a fabulous weekend – they sure go by fast, don’t they?! Several weeks ago I shared that I’m guest designing over the next three months for Make The Cards Challenge and I’m back to share another inspiration project! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I created this pretty Fall slimline card for MTCC #17 – Color Challenge! Fall is my favorite time of the year because of the colors, the crisp cool weather, and the wonderful sights, sounds and smells!

This graphic screams Fall to me with this gorgeous color palette, so that’s the direction I went! No brainer! ;)

I created my preferred slimline card base size of 9″ x 3-3/4″ (because it fits so nicely in a #10 business envelope) from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock and layering panels from a pretty leaf patterned paper and gold foil cardstock. I die cut stitched rectangles and stitched alphabet letters from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock along with leaves stamped in brown ink on the four colors of cardstock. The round gold foil cardstock elements were negative space leftovers from another project that I had out on my desk thinking that I might use them on another project, and Voila! They came in pretty handy for this card! ;) Once everything was assembled and adhered in place, I stamped ‘happy’ in brown ink on a scrap of white cardstock, trimmed it and adhered it in the upper left quadrant.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips of patterned paper and cardstock, stamped the sentiment and leaf in brown ink and layered the panel on dark orange cardstock.

And one more peek… such a fun challenge with an amazingly gorgeous color palette!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Adobo textured 4×6 cardstock, Stampin’ Up Crushed Curry, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie cardstock; Hygloss Gold Foil cardstock, Stampin’ Up Into the Woods DSP
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Vintage Leaves, Lighthearted Leaves and endless Birthday Wishes stamp sets
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa ink
Dies/Punches: My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1 Die-namics and In Stitches Alphabet Die-namics, Stampin’ Up Vintage Leaves die set
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, MISTI stamp tool, Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us this week! We can’t wait to see your project using these gorgeous colors! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Toolbox Love

Howdy peeps! I hope you’re having a fabulous weekend! We have gotten some much-needed rain but it has passed and left us with gorgeous blue skies! So absolutely no complaints here! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’m back this morning to share a masculine card sample I created for the Prickley Pear Stamps Spring 2021 Release using the super cool I Love You Toolbox And All stamp set which I paired with the Tools Background stamp for a fabulous Valentine!

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding landscape card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with layers from CutCardStock Basis 80# Red cardstock and CutCardStock 80# Shadow Gray cardstock, and a woodgrain patterned paper panel on which I stamped the various tools from the Tools Background stamp in gray ink. I stamped the bold sentiment from the I Love You Toolbox And All stamp set on a scrap piece of Solar white cardstock in gray ink, cut it with a stitched oval die and layered it on a slightly larger Basis Red stitched oval die cut.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips of the stamped tools background, CutCardStock Basis 80# Red cardstock and CutCardStock 80# Shadow Gray cardstock. I stamped the sentiment in gray ink and layered the panel on Basis Red cardstock.

Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
I Love You Toolbox And All stamp set
Tools Background stamp

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Basis 80# Red cardstock, CutCardStock 80# Shadow Gray cardstock, My Mind’s Eye Tangerine 6×6 paper pad
Ink: Memento Gray Flannel ink
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Oval Layers
Accessories: Scotch ATG, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! If you’d like to save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps, use the coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog that’s in the process of being revived and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Flowers for beautiful you

Hi friends! A super Happy Saturday to you! Hope you have something fun (but safe) planned this weekend! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’ve popped in this morning to share another sample I created for the Prickley Pear Stamps Spring 2021 Release! I’ve had the best time creating with these amazing new sketched florals, super sweet praying Tess, and the masculine stamps! Be sure to check them out! I’ve had handwritten instructions for a new fun fold in my arsenal for several months now, called a double easel fold, which I saw in a newsletter from Sharon Armstrong, a SU Demonstrator in Texas, so I decided to try it out. It’s super easy and oh, I love it! This card features the gorgeous Sketched Florals – Lilac stamp set which I paired with the Flowers for Beautiful You stamp set!

I cut the card base and layering panels from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# cardstock and CutCardStock Pop-Tone 65# Grape Jelly cardstock. I stamped the full image on the Solar White layering panel and a partial image on a scrap piece of Solar White cardstock, and colored them with Bic Mark-Its. I used those markers this time because I really liked the purples in the set for this image. I trimmed the colored images, stamped the sentiments and layered them on the purple cardstock panels.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock as well and embellished it with strips of CutCardStock Basis 80# Dark Purple cardstock and CutCardStock Pop-Tone 65# Grape Jelly cardstock, stamped the sentiment in black ink and layered the panel on the lighter purple cardstock.

Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Sketched Florals – Lilac stamp set
Flowers for Beautiful You stamp set

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone 65# Grape Jelly cardstock, CutCardStock Basis 80# Dark Purple cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Bic Mark-Its- Polynesian Purple, Plumtastic Purple, Yellow Blaze, Forest Green, Key Lime
Accessories: MISTI stamp tool, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! If you’d like to save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps, use the coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog that’s in the process of being revived and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

feline good

Hi everyone! Well, is it officially Springtime yet where you are?! The weather here is absolutely gorgeous and it’s so hard to stay focused! And the days are going by so fast! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’m happy to be back on the Eyelet Outlet blog today with another awesome DT inspiration project! I created a sweet love you just because card featuring some of the newest brads in the store along with some amazing wide washi tape, enamel hearts and white pearl bling! This would make the perfect Valentine card, too!

I cut a standard A2 size top folding card base from Neenah Classic Linen 100# Solar White cardstock and rounded the bottom right corner. I covered a strip of Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock with Fox & Flowers Washi Tape and adhered it to the left side of the card base. I cut stitched rectangles from Papertrey Ink Autumn Rose cardstock and Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock along with a stitched oval from CutCardStock Royal Sundance Linen 80# Burgundy cardstock, and layered them together. I stamped the sentiment in white StazOn ink, added two Feline Brads and a Pink Enamel Heart, and adhered the piece to the card front. The finishing touch was adding some White Pearl Bling.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips of burgundy and rose cardstock, stamped the sentiment in dark brown ink and layered the panel on the burgundy cardstock.

One more look… love, love, love! This would make a totally awesome Valentine for the hubs. After all, we are crazy cat people with ten felines that allow us to live with them, lol! ;)

Eyelet Outlet products used:
Feline Brads
Fox & Flowers Washi Tape
Pink Enamel Hearts
White Pearl Bling

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Linen 100# Solar White cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Royal Sundance Linen 80# Burgundy cardstock, Papertrey Ink Autumn Rose cardstock
Stamps: The Project Bin Feline Good stamp set
Ink: StazOn Cotton White ink, Memento Espresso Truffle ink
Dies/Punches: Kadomaru Pro corner rounder, Memory Box Stitched Rectangle Layers and Stitched Oval Layers dies
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project! Be sure to check out all the fun goodies at Eyelet Outlet! I can already see you drooling, lol! Be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ Eyelet Outlet Facebook Page to keep up with news and sales, and while you’re at it, join the Eyelet Outlet Fans Facebook group for lots of creative inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Thank You note card

Hey peeps, Happy Friday! It’s dreary and rainy here (but we really need the rain) and it’s a beautiful day anyway! And you know where I’ll be… inside crafting, lol! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I have another sample to share that I created for the Prickley Pear Stamps Spring 2021 Release! Be sure to check out the gorgeous array of new sketched florals, sweet praying Tess, and the tool-related stamps for masculine cards! They are all fabulous! I created a pretty ‘thank you’ note card featuring the gorgeous Sketched Florals – Rose stamp set colored with Karin Brushmarkers. I’ve had the Karin markers for quite a while and have only used them a couple times. They are water-based and the colors are so bold and beautiful! I really would love to learn to use them as watercolors with blending, etc. on watercolor paper… so I’ve made this a (hopefully) short-term goal! ;)

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock along with layering panels from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone Black Licorice cardstock, CutCardStock Habanero cardstock. I stamped the image from the Sketched Florals – Rose stamp set on Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, hit it with the heat tool to set the ink, and colored it with Lush Green, Olive Green, Lime Green and Red from the Karin Brushmarker Pro 72 Marker Mega Box. I layered the panels, added the inner portion of the Shadow Words – Thank You die sentiment and adhered the piece to the card front. The finishing touch was the addition of several small white flat-back pearls.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with leftover strips of CutCardStock Habanero cardstock and CutCardStock Pop-Tone Black Licorice cardstock. I layered the panel on the Habanero cardstock and adhered it to the card base. Since this is a note card, I left the inside blank.

Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Sketched Florals – Rose stamp set
Karin Brushmarker Pro 72 Marker Mega Box
Shadow Words – Thank You die

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone Black Licorice cardstock, CutCardStock Habanero cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Accessories: MISTI stamp tool, Milwaukee heat tool, Gemini Junior, Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Darice small white flat-back pearls

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! If you’d like to save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps, use the coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog that’s in the process of being revived and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Thank You tower fold

Hi everybody! How is your Thursday going? Great, I hope… not much longer till the weekend is here! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’ve popped in to share one of several samples I created for the Prickley Pear Stamps Spring 2021 Release! You won’t believe the gorgeous selection of sketched florals, adorable praying Tess, and even a couple sets for the guys, so be sure to check them out and stay tuned for more pretties! You know me and fun folds, and I saw another great one in a recent Splitcoast Stampers newsletter that I’m sure I’ll be making again and again! The tutorial is HERE if you’re interested. This one is called a tower fold and I’ve used the stunning Sketched Florals – Sunflowers stamp set which I think looks amazing on this thank you card!

I cut the tower fold card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock and embellished it with coordinating patterned paper and cardstock panels. I stamped the image from the Sketched Florals – Sunflowers stamp set twice on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# cardstock, colored both with alcohol markers, trimmed the portion of each image I needed for the front and back panels of the card, and layered them on cardstock panels. I adhered the front panel, stamped the sentiment from Oak & Maple Leaf 2 stamp set beneath the image, and added several tiny yellow gemstones.

Here’s a shot of the back with another sentiment from the Oak & Maple Leaf 2 stamp set – and it’s just as pretty as the front, lol! ;)

And one more peek from a different angle… such a gorgeous stamp set and fabulous fold! I’ve already made another one, lol, which you’ll see a little later on!

Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Sketched Florals – Sunflowers stamp set
Oak & Maple Leaf 2 stamp set

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock, Stampin’ Up Delightful Dijon cardstock, Stampin’ Up Delightful Dijon double-sided paper from the 2015-2017 DSP Stack
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle ink; Nuvo alcohol markers- 389, 391, 405, 416, 420, 465, 466
Accessories: MISTI stamp tool, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Darice tiny yellow gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! If you’d like to save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps, use the coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog that’s in the process of being revived and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

you’re my very favorite

Hi everyone! Well, another Thursday has rolled around and I hope you’re having a great week! I’m stoked to be back on the CutCardStock blog today with an awesome DT inspiration project featuring more of the amazing Basis cardstock that’s on sale this month! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I absolutely love this cardstock and have used quite a few colors of it in the project I’m sharing with you today. I created a fun cafe sign with a little flower box! This is my own design that would make an adorable card set to mass produce to give as a gift! There’s a tad bit of dimension but not too much to mail!

This is a super easy design that just required cutting a landscape rectangle out of the bottom of the Basis Natural 110# cardstock card base to create the cafe sign legs. I cut layers from Basis Teal 80# cardstock for the front, back and flower box, and stamped the woodgrain design on all of the layers in dark teal ink. I cut three flower box layers which I adhered on top of each other for a little dimension. I cut two framed rectangle pieces from Gold Glitter 74# cardstock and Basis Aqua 80# cardstock, keeping the thin gold glitter frame and the larger aqua rectangle and adhering them to the front, and then stamped the sentiment in the dark teal ink. I cut a variety of flower layers from Basis Dark Purple 80# cardstock and Basis Gold 80# cardstock, Basis Magenta 80# cardstock and Basis Pink 80# cardstock, Basis Blue 80# cardstock and Basis Medium Blue 80# cardstock, and Basis Dark Red 80# cardstock and Basis Red 80# cardstock and adhered them together. I cut two grass layers from Basis Green 80# cardstock and punched some leaves from Pop-Tone Gumdrop Green cardstock and Pop-Tone Jellybean Green cardstock. I arranged the flowers and leaves on the grass in the flower box, and popped one of the flowers up on a Darice Double-Sided Adhesive Foam Circle. The finishing touch was adding a few iridescent gemstones. Super happy with how this turned out!

And here’s the shot of the back that I initially forgot to take a photo of.

I kept the inside simple with a die cut sentiment on layered light and dark teal panels.

CutCardStock products used:
Basis Natural 110# cardstock
Basis Teal 80# cardstock
Basis Aqua 80# cardstock
Basis Dark Purple 80# cardstock
Basis Gold 80# cardstock
Basis Magenta 80# cardstock
Basis Pink 80# cardstock
Basis Blue 80# cardstock
Basis Medium Blue 80# cardstock
Basis Dark Red 80# cardstock
Basis Red 80# cardstock
Basis Green 80# cardstock
Gold Glitter 74# cardstock
Pop-Tone Gumdrop Green cardstock
Pop-Tone Jellybean Green cardstock
Darice Double-Sided Adhesive Foam Circles

Other products used:
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Hardwood background stamp, Prickley Pear Stamps Blobby Flowers 2 stamp set
Ink: Catherine Pooler All That Jazz ink
Dies/Punches: Sizzix Geo Floral Frame Thinlits, Precious Marieke Grass Border die, Prickley Pear Stamps Blobby Flowers die set, Stampin’ Up Leaf Punch, CUTplorations Skinny Sentiments die
Accessories: Big Shot, MISTI stamp tool, Bearly Art precision craft glue, ScraPerfect iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out all the awesome cardstock and other goodies at CutCardStock (adhesives, labels, stickers, pens, watercolors and ribbon to name a few). And head on over to the CutCardStock Facebook Page for more inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig