Take Two Tuesday: Notes & Totes Card and Gift Card Holder

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Welcome to Take Two Tuesday. For this week’s project, I created a card and coordinating gift card holder using the Notes & Totes dies along with the Storybook Moments DSP. They turned out exactly as I envisioned they would. And let me tell you, this almost never happens!

Here, take a look…

Here’s the details…

Crumb Cake card base: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4

Very Vanilla card stock: 5 3/8 x 4 1/8

Timeless Plaid DSP: 5 3/8 x 1/2

Crumb Cake strip: 5 3/8 x 1/4

The bag is created using the Notes & Totes dies and patterns from the Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper along with Crumb Cake card stock. To make the tote bag sturdier, I first cut it with Crumb Cake card stock and then again with DSP and glued them together. Obviously, I only had to cut one side for the card front.

I filled the bag with vegetables die cuts from the Storybook Moments DSP. No die cutting on my part as they just punched out from the paper included in the DSP collection! Most of the veggies are popped up with dimensionals.

The little sentiment is from the retired So Sentimental stamp set and tied to the handle with linen thread. The enamel dots are from long-ago retired embellishments. I have an over-abundance of retired embellishments that come in handy for many projects.

The bag is created the same way as the bag on the card front, except with the added pocket on the front. The sentiment here is from the retired Cup of Tea stamp set and was the perfect size to add to the pocket. I absolutely love these dies and the wonderful little bags they create. Here’s a photo of another card I created with the Notes & Totes dies. The details for this card can be found HERE.

I think I could make these totes all day!! I would love to know what you think of them and if you have them, are you enjoying them as much as I am?

Thanks for taking time to check our my Take Two Tuesday. I’ll be back tomorrow with Karen Hallam to re-ignite our Cross Country stamping adventure. I hope you’ll come back for that, too!

Take care,

Rosanne

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Fun Fold Friday: Tucked Fun Fold Birthday

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It’s been such fun following along and participating in Jeanie Stark’s weekly Mystery Monday challenge. I’m enjoying learning new fun folds along with seeing Jeanie’s and other’s cards. It’s something I look forward to each week. And today’s fold may be my favorite so far…it’s called a Tucked Fun Fold. It was very quick to put together but surely doesn’t look that way. Jeanie’s directions were very straightforward and easy to follow. If you haven’t already, why not give Mystery Monday a try.

Instead of re-inventing the wheel, you can find all the measurements HERE on Jeanie’s blog, as well as seeing her beautiful cards.

My card features the Storybook Moments and Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper on a Basic Beige card base. Both of these DSP’s can be found in the Storybook Moments Suite. The front panel is embossed with the Eyelet 3D embossing folder. And the sentiment is stamped and cut from the Wonderful Thoughts bundle.

I feel like opening this card is like drawing back a curtain to reveal the inside…

The inside sentiment is from a Gina K stamp set.

I had a lot of fun with this fold and know that I’ll be trying it again very soon! My sister’s birthday is later this month and I think I’ll send this to her, as we both enjoy growing vegetables. I used to have a fairly large vegetable garden but when we downsized several years ago, no longer have the space. So both my sister and I have “back deck” gardens, where we grow our vegetables in pots. And I must say, her deck garden is thriving much more than mine this year so I think she’ll enjoy this card.

I hope that you’re heading into an enjoyable weekend. It’s truly the dog days of summer here in PA with all the heat, humidity and storms but I know we are luckier than so many other states, so I’m not complaining, just thankful. I’m also thankful that you took the time to stop by!

Take care,

Rosanne

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Way Back Wednesday: From Feathers to Pears

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You may have noticed that I’m trying a little something new on the blog. I’ve given each day a theme. It’s given me some direction for each post and is making my card making a little more intentional, along with a little challenge to keep within the parameters of the theme. For today’s theme, I’m going back into my “archives” and pulling a card to revamp using current products.

So let’s start off with the original “way back” card. And when I say way back, this card was the first card I posted on the blog in May, 2015. You can see the post HERE.

I loved those feathers! I also like this layout .

And here’s my updated version…using the new Online Exclusive, Perfectly Pears bundle.

The original card was a standard A2 card. However, my updated card is a white Notecard. I thought the little pear image was more proportionately suitable to a smaller card.

Here’s the measurements...order is from the card base up

Card Base: Basic White Notecard 3 1/2 x 5

Old Olive card stock: 3 3/8 x 4 7/8

Painterly Pears DSP: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4

Old Olive card stock: 4 x 2 3/4

Painterly Peats DSP: 3 7/8 x 2 5/8

Basic White card stock: 2 x 2 1/2

a few little details…

All stamps and dies are from the Perfectly Pears bundle.

The splatters and sentiment are stamped with Crumb Cake ink.

The pears are colored using a variety of current and retired Stampin’ Blends.

Low Profile Sparkle Dots embellish the sentiment label.

This was a fun exercise. I know I’m going to enjoy going back in time each Wednesday to revisit an old card and make it “new” again. I hope you’ll enjoy that, too!

Thanks for stopping in today!

Rosanne

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Monday Blues: Peaceful Garden Sympathy

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Good Monday Morning! I’m starting off the week with the blues…not a blue mood just a couple of blue cards. My favorite color is blue, so I thought it would be fun to create a blue card each Monday. And hopefully, put a new spin on the Monday Morning Blues.

A week ago last Saturday, I got together with my good friend and upline, Jeanie Stark to participate in the SU’s Creativity Now event. The event featured the new Peace on Earth suite of products that you’ll be able to purchase tomorrow. One of the cards presented was a pretty sympathy card here….sorry for the grainy photo but this came off of the SU website.

I decided to add a few more layers to my card, because I do love layers! And then created a second card using a few different products from the same Peace on Earth bundle.

This is a very beautiful suite and can be used in many different ways and for many different occasions. I especially love the dove dies.

Here’s the details….

Each card begins with a Basic White card base: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4, colored cardstock panel: 5 3/8 x 4 1/8, (3) colored cardstock strips: 3 5/8 x 7/8 and (3) DSP strips: 3 1/2 x 3/4. The colors I used for both cards are Cloud Cover and Misty Moonlight.

For the card below…cut Misty Moonlight cardstock at 3 5/8 x 1 7/8 and a Basic White piece at 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 and glue together. Stamp a sentiment on this panel, leaving room for the foliage die cut.

Space each panel evenly over the card front, gluing the thin strips and popping the sentiment panel with dimensionals.

Add the die cut foliage and linen bow to the sentiment panel.

For the card below...cut and layer two labels from the Peace on Earth dies. Stamp a sentiment.

Die-cut a dove, also from the Peace on Earth dies and glue to the sentiment panel.

I really like this card layout as it would lend itself to many different occasion cards depending on the patterned paper and sentiments you used.

Be sure to check out this new suite of products in my online store when they become available tomorrow.

Thanks for starting the week here with me and I hope these cards help beat the Monday Blues!

Take care,

Rosanne