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Hello Stamping Friends,

Hostess Code:  ZBP7XPBT

Have you been just thrilled with the new Annual Catalog?   I held a catalog launch the day the catalog went live and later in the month a Pansy Product Class to use the new Pansy Patch Stamp Set and Pansy Dies with the gorgeous Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper (DSP).

We made a card that used the dies to cut out pansies from the DSP,  a card using only the stamps, a gift card holder showcasing the Designer Series Paper (DSP) and a card using the dies to do awesome punch art— four cards, four different ways to use the bundle!

   Can we see the gift card holder first?

That is a beautiful one!  I cased one I saw on Lynn’s Locker changing up the greeting and cut outs and……

Pansy Petals Card #1 Gift Card Holder Showcasing the DSP

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Recipe:  Pansy Petals Card #1

• Base:  Blackberry Bliss, 4 1/4 X 11, scored at 5 1/2
• Layer:  Pansy Petals DSP, 4 X 5 1/2, die cut with the largest Scalloped Contour Die
  • cut out the middle with the 3rd smallest Scalloped Contour Die
• Greeting:  Basic White 3 1/2 X 3 1/2, stamp with the greeting from the Better Places stamp set and cut out with the Scalloped Contour Die that has the dots and dashes
• Pansies:  Pansy Petals DSP, die cut one large and one small pansy from the DSP with Pansy Dies
• Leaves:  Pansy Petals DSP, die cut three leaves, one of each color, from the DSP with Pansy Dies
• Card Holder:  Soft Succulent, 2 3/4 X 4, die cut with largest Scalloped Contour die
  • Adhere with tear and tape on sides and bottom as close to edge as possible
• Embellishment:  Flower Flourish with a rhinestone in the middle
• Ink:  Blackberry Bliss
• Stamps: Better Places hostess stamp set

Pansy Petals Card #2 with Die Cut pieces on Scalloped Contour Die Layer and then popped up on Designer Series Paper

Recipe – Pansy Petals Card #2

• Base:  Calypso coral, 11 X 4 1/4, scored at 5 1/2
• Layer 1:  Evening Evergreen, 4 1/8 X 5 3/8
• Layer 2:  Pansy Petals DSP, 4 X 5 1/4
• Top Layer:  Basic White, 4 X 2 3/4, die cut with 3rd from smallest Scalloped Contour Die
• Inside:  Basic White, 4 X 5 1/4
• Inside Strip:  Evening Evergreen, 1/8 X 5 1/4
• Flowers:
  • Top of leaves and stem:  Evening Evergreen, 2 X 2 1/2
  • Leaves:  Soft Succulent, 2 1/2 X 1 1/4
  • Edges of pansy, beard and inside of bud:  Calypso Coral, 3 1/2 X 2 1/4
  • Inside of petals at back of pansy and outside of bud:  Pale Papaya, 3 1/2 X 1 1/2
  • Largest petal of the pansy:  Basic White, 2 1/8 X 1 5/8

Note:  for those of you who may want to teach this class-  Save the above pieces with the cut outs already made for a template for your students to follow; glue to a basic black cardstock like this:

• Embellishments:  An Elegant Faceted Gem in the middle of the flower and a fussy cut bumble bee and inside flower
• Ink:  Evening Evergreen
• Stamp Set:  Pansy Patch
• Dies:  Pansy Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies

  ooohhh, I like this one best!

Not so fast, Sal, there are two more cards that we made.  The next one uses my favorite die set – the Curvy Dies and greetings from the Quite Curvy Stamp Set.  You can only get this for the next two days then it is gone gone gone.

Pansy Petals Card #3 using the Quite Curvy Stamp Set and Curvy Dies (on sale until June 30):

I love how the plain stripes and the very busy flowerdy DSP balance each other out.  I saw this combo on Aromas and Art.com with Su Mohr.  The inside bottom stripes are from the  cutout on the front so die cut the front carefully.

Recipe – Pansy Petals Card #3

• Base:  Thick Basic White, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
• Top Layer:  Pansy Petal DSP, 5 1/2 X 2 1/2, Cut with the Curvy Die on 5 1/2 length; the cut of the curve is 2 1/2″ down from the top on the left and 2″ down from the top on the right.
• Bottom Layer: Pansy Petal DSP-Stripes going vertical, 5 1/2 X 1 1/2; the cut of the curve is 3/4″ on the left and 1 1/4 ” on the right hand side.
• Pansy:  Pansy Petal DSP, Die cut one large pansy
• Leaves X 3 :  Soft Succulent, 1 X 3 1/2, Die cut three leaves- the die does the embossing of the veins!
  • Glue the leaves to the back of the pansy and pop it all up with dimensionals
• Embellishments:  Three of the Evening Evergreen In Color Jewels
• Ink:  Evening Evergreen
• Stamp Set:  Quite Curvy
• Dies:  Curvy Dies

Use the Stamparatus to position the curved sentiment from Quite Curvy between the two DSP sections on the front matching the curves of the DSP.  If you are concerned that you may not get it stamped correctly, temporarily adhere your top and bottom and then stamp so that you can add a piece of Basic White if you mess up.  With the stamparatus, I was able to draw the placement of the card on the grid sheet and the stamp was adhered to the plate with the correct curve.  No one had a problem getting it correct.

Pansy Petals Card #4, Stamping the Pansies and Leaves

Recipe – Pansy Petals Card #4

• Base:  Thick Basic White, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, Scored at 4 1/4
• Layer 1:  Pacific Point, 5 1/2 X 4 1/4, Cut with the largest Ornate Layer Die (Remember to put a folded piece of dryer sheet underneath your cardstock- it pulls out almost all the little dots so you don’t spend time pocking them out) Layer the dryer sheet, then the cardstock, then the die. Glue this layer directly to the base being careful not to get glue close to the holes.
• Top Layer:  Basic White, 3 3/8 X 4 7/8, This will be stamped and then popped up on the Ornate layer
• Embellishments:  Three of the Holiday Rhinestone gems
• Inks:  Pacific Point, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake
• Stamp Sets:  Pansy Patch for the front greeting, Encircled In Friendship greeting for the inside
• Dies:  Ornate Layers Dies

To stamp:

• Stamp your greeting first at the top so you know how close you can get with the large pansy, full strength in Pacific Point
• Use Pacific Point to ink up the full pansy images, STAMP OFF, then stamp, one large pansy a little left of center and two small pansies.  “Ink up, stamp off, stamp on”,,,,,,  “Ink up, stamp off, stamp on”. I have to sing that to remember!
• Position the bud so it is above the small pansy and yet not off the paper, ink up in Pacific Point, STAMP OFF, stamp on
• Ink up the detail shadowy stamps in full strength Pacific Point and stamp them over the images
• Using Night of Navy Ink stamp the little beards on the three pansies
• Using Daffodil Delight Ink stamp the centers on the pansies
• Use the Waterfront stamp set and Crumb Cake Ink to stamp the ground in the bottom 3/4″, or freehand with a blender pen
• Now MASK OFF  the pansies and the ground to stamp the greenery
• Using Garden Green Ink, ink and stamp the stem going to the bud
• Using Garden Green Ink, ink and then stamp the single stem three times coming down to the ground from the large pansy; one time stamping to the shorter pansy and twice to the taller pansy; use a garden green marker to soften where the edges of the stamp meet when you stamp multiple times
• Using Garden Green Ink, Ink up the small leaves full background, STAMP OFF, stamp on
• Using Garden Green full strength, ink up and stamp the detail shadows of the leaves
• Mine looked funny with the stem to the bud going out of a leaf so I masked the leaves and stamped a little stem between the leaves.

I really like how you made each card fold differently and the different color of pansy on each card, though I am rather shocked that you didn’t use ribbon on any of them.  

Variety is the spice of life, Sal, and I think we held to our motto of ‘bringing a pinch of creativity to spice up their crafting lives’!

Don’t forget the other pansy cards we made in a previous post- click their picture to go to that post for directions.  There’s ribbon on both of these, Sal!  I think I liked this sponged pansy best.

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And Joy’s swap card with the pansy:

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You now have a seven card collection of pansy cards!  If you feel overwhelmed with the number of dies check out this guide made by Gail Ellis of Blue Rose Paper Treasures.  Isn’t it great to have others to help us?!  Pinterest also has guides to different colors to use for the pansies.

July 1 is the start of the Designer Series Paper (DSP) sale and you can buy the Pansy Patch DSP at 15% off.  Here is a cute gif showing the other papers offered in this sale:

That makes me dizzy – may we have a list?

How about a picture and a list?

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Use Hostess Code:  ZBP7XPBT if you do decide to order and you will help me to buy prizes with hostess dollars for upcoming events. Check out the JJ Mini one more time to make sure you don’t miss anything.

I thank you most sincerely!

SAL,  Stamp A Lot, Smile A Little, and always be Salt And Light to those around you!

Karen