Stampin' Up! Wondrous Wreath & Blooming With Kindness
It's the third Monday of the month and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew. We are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators focused on sharing a ton of ideas featuring a single stamp set. This week it's a photopolymer set called Wondrous Wreath. You have likely come from Kerry Willard Bray's blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.
This was a work in progress until the end. Sometimes I start with a direction and hold true to course. And sometimes I take a detour and end up in a wondrous (no pun intended) unexpected place. The latter was the experience for this project. I hope you like the final destination! ;-)
Step by Step Tips:
- The card front was created using Baked Brown Sugar card stock, VersaMark® ink and White Stampin' Emboss powder. The card front is 3.75" x 5" - considerably smaller than the stamp image. I used my Stampn' Up! grid paper to position it perfectly. Trace the outline of the stamp centered on the grid paper and trace around the block. Next position the card in the center of the traced outline. Ink the stamp and stamp the image, aligning the edges of the stamp with the traced outline. Perfect!
- Photopolymer is the easiest medium to use when positioning images perfectly. I stamped Pistacio Pudding Classic Ink first and then created the accents in Garden Green. Next the flowers were positioned and stamped using VersaMark® and embossed using Calypso Coral Stampin' Emboss powder. I positioned the flowers so the little berries in the center were between the stamped leaves. This keeps the centers white!
- The bow was created by stamping three bows - one in Tangerine Tango and two in Calypso Coral. I cut off the tails from the two Calypso Coral bows and postiond them over the Tangerine Tango bow using a 2-way Glue Pen.
- The Sentiment was stamped on Shimmering White card stock using Garden Green Classic Ink. The ends were notched using the edge of one of the Feathers Framelits dies and then run through the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.
- The Shimmering White card stock perfectly matches the shimmer of the White embossing powder in the Hardwood background. Simple!
Great card! I love the hardwood stamp in the background and I love how you spruced up the bow!
Posted by: Martha Inchley | 03/01/2015 at 06:32 PM
Wonderful use of the bow image, and I love the rustic, worn look of the background. Great job!
Posted by: Heidi Baks | 02/17/2015 at 02:35 PM
Great job! I had to read how you did the bow. Love it!
Posted by: Theresa R | 02/16/2015 at 06:46 PM
Gorgeous card, Mike! That woodgrain background is spectacular!
Posted by: Yapha | 02/16/2015 at 08:46 AM
Hey Mike, lovely creation! You had me with the feather dies? I kept going back to see where they were... silly me, I kept looking for feathers. ;) it was right at the end your directions filled me in! Great design element! Love keeping the little berries white too.
TFS, hugs, Jess
Posted by: Jessica | 02/16/2015 at 08:39 AM
Beautiful! And, I love the way you made the bow!
Posted by: Jeanne Moss | 02/16/2015 at 07:43 AM
love the looks of your wreath; the bow looks looks like it completes the card. TFS!
Posted by: Sue Mac Donald | 02/16/2015 at 07:42 AM
LOVING it! LOVE ideas for using the 'wonderous wreath'.
Posted by: Terry | 02/16/2015 at 07:33 AM
Love the double bow! Your stamped wood background is wonderful! Beautiful card! And yep I detour all the time!
Posted by: linda callahan | 02/16/2015 at 06:50 AM
Mike, you rocked the bow! I love it, so clever. This would be a perfect card for my sister who was born on Christmas Eve. Going in the "Mike" file!
Posted by: Wendie | 02/16/2015 at 06:39 AM
What a lovely card you created! I think that bow is fabulous and the use of the feather frame lit on the sentiment panel has my wheels turning :)
Posted by: Lisa Young | 02/16/2015 at 06:39 AM
Your pretty wreath is perfectly framed with that lovely background! Wonderful!
Posted by: Jen Timko | 02/16/2015 at 05:24 AM
You definitely ended up in a great place, Mike! This is gorgeous. I love the double bow! Such a lovely card for any occasion!
Posted by: Dawn Tidd | 02/16/2015 at 04:39 AM
Beautiful, Mike! You are a genius at combining colors!!! I love the bow...it's so unique!
Posted by: Ann Schach | 02/15/2015 at 10:29 PM
Absolutely lovely Mike! Several things that I thought you used were a wonderful surprise....you created a great change in direction and it is extremely successful!
Posted by: Carol Carriveau | 02/15/2015 at 10:24 PM
What a stunning card Mike! Love the white ink on the Baked Brown Sugar! Looks fantastic! And I love the way you used the bow with all the layers! Very clever!
Posted by: Rochelle Blok | 02/15/2015 at 08:57 PM