The beautiful All Things Fabulous Bundle is one of my favorite bundles in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. I introduced you to it last week in this blog post. Today I’m sharing another card I made with the beautiful All Things Fabulous Bundle.
I started with a card base of Purple Posy cardstock 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″. Then I cut out a piece of one of the patterns in the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper using the largest rectangle of the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I adhered this to the cardfront. One of the dies in the All Things Fabulous Bundle creates that lacy die-cut from Pear Pizzazz cardstock.
The All Things Fabulous stamp set is a three step stamp set. Normally you would use three different colors of ink to stamp it. Stampin’ Up! only has two Lighter shades of purple inks so I used the Highland Heather ink stamped off once for the lightest shade, the same ink not stamped off, and finally Gorgeous Grape for the darkest ink. I stamped the leaves with Mossy Meadow ink so they would contrast nicely with the Pear Pizzazz die-cut.
When all the stamping was done, I cut the images out with their corresponding dies from the Fabulous Florals Dies. I used Gorgeous Grape ink to stamp the greeting on the card base. I added a piece of the Old Olive ribbon from the All The Trimmings Ribbon Combo pack found in the Holiday catalog. This ribbon has a beautiful gold metallic edge. The two rhinestone gems came from the retired Noble Peacock adhesive rhinestone gems.
I know you would be able to make beautiful cards and 3D products with this bundle. To order the supplies I used in this card except for the retired rhinestones, click on the photo. You will be taken to a shopping cart in my online store. Deselect the items you may already have then click add all to my cart. Easy peasy! Remember this is my birthday month and I’m celebrating by giving YOU the gift of the Snowflake Adhesive-backed Embellishments on pg 29 of the Holiday catalog when you place an order with me by the end of the month.
The stunning All Things Fabulous Bundle (154112) enables you to make beautiful floral cards and decorate 3D items. This bundle includes a set of 26 photopolymer stamps and is a 3-step stamp set. This gives you the ability to create a wonderful sense of depth to the flowers. With so many stamps, it is easy to get confused as to how to use them all. Let me share some things I have discovered to make it easier for you.
The stamp case insert has the three stamps for each flower
grouped together in a line. That is helpful. The clear plastic sheet the stamps
stick to not only has the stamped image of the stamp but also has the three
stamps to use labelled in very tiny, almost microscopic print along with an
arrow showing the direction the stamp faces to line up with each stamp of the
series. Honestly, I did not see the tiny print even after someone said it was
there. I thought the labelling was missing on my set. Finally, I was able to
see it when I got the light to reflect just right off the plastic sheet. I have
created a cheat sheet for you with the labeling and direction arrows
hand-written so even aging eyes like mine can see them. I also found
positioning the dies a little challenging at first so I have included the die
to use next to each set of stamps. I hope this cheat sheet will help you as
much as it has helped me. I keep it close by so I can see the positioning of
each stamp. See photo 2.
On a side note, I though 4a and 5a were leaves with 4b and
5b being flowers to nest with the leaves. After several tries, it dawned on me
that 4a and 4b were a two-step flower with 4c being the stem. The same is true
for 5a, 5b, and 5c.
In 3-step stamping, ink the stamp with the least detail with
the lightest color stamp, the next greater detail with the next darker ink, and
the stamp with the greatest detail with the darkest ink. Sometimes it helps to
stamp off once one of the colors to create a nice gradation of depth of color.
Use the lines and spaces on each successive stamp in a series to guide in
placement of each stamp. Have fun experimenting with different color
combinations while practicing placement of the stamps. See photo 3 with some of
the combinations I really like.
TO MAKE THE STUNNING ALL THINGS FABULOUS BUNDLE CARD
Supplies: Stamp sets – All Things Fabulous, Forever Fern (speckles stamp)
Inks – Combo 1 for rose – Petal Pink, Blushing Bride, Rococo Rose Combo 2 for rose – Purple Posy (retired), Highland Heather*, Gorgeous Grape Combo for flower 5 – Balmy Blue, Pacific Point Pear Pizzazz, Cinnamon Cider *since Purple Posy ink is retired, use Highland Heather ink stamped off once for first layer
Cardstock – Whisper White 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored and folded for card base, 5” x 3 ¾”, scraps for large flowers and label; Pacific Point 5 ¼” x 4”, Mossy Meadow 5” x 2”
Instructions: 1. Adhere Pacific Point CS to card base with Stampin’ Seal 2. Randomly stamp small flowers and leaves on 5” x 3 ¾” Whisper White piece. Hint – Place all three leaf stamps on D acrylic block and only have to stamp it twice on this layer. 3. Fill in blank spaces with the speckles stamp using Cinnamon Cider ink. Then adhere this layer to card front. 4. Cut the Mossy Meadow CS out with the beautiful lattice die. Adhere it to the card front with a bit of Stampin’ Seal. 5. Stamp the greeting on Whisper White CS with Pear Pizzazz ink. 6.Use the next to smallest skinny rectangle to cut out the greeting. However, the label will be too wide and cover too much of the Mossy Meadow diecut. Make the label thinner by placing the die on the CS so that one edge of the die is close to the stamped image and run through the die-cutting machine. Place the resulting label back in the die matching the stitching on the ends and cutting off part of the width of the label. 7. Adhere the label to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. 8. Stamp the rose series of stamps that are open at the top on scraps of Whisper White CS once with the Combo 1 of inks and once with the Combo 2. Cut out with the matching die. Add to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. 9. Stamp the flower 5 series with Balmy Blue and Pacific Point inks and cut out with die. Add to card front by corner of label with Stampin’ Mini Dimensional.
Order this stunning All Things Fabulous Bundle and follow along as I share different samples using this bundle in the next few blog posts. I will also be featuring it on this coming Friday’s FaceBook Live at 3 pm on my Soggy Stamper Facebook page.
