August Card Ministry

 Here are three birthday cards we are making for the church staff to send to our Sensational Seniors. I hear such lovely compliments from the staff and those who have received cards that we make for them. I'm so blessed to have such wonderful ladies to come each month and create for this wonderful ministry.

Materials:

• Stamp Sets: Unbounded Love, Flowers Of Beauty

• Ink Pads: Blackberry Bliss, Basic Beige, Petunia Pop

• Cardstocks: Thoughtful Journey DSP, Basic White, Basic Beige

• Brick Stencils

• Blending Brush

• Mini Dimensionals

• Classic Label Punch

Preparation:

• Basic Beige 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 scored @ 4-1/4 (card base)

• Basic White 3-5/8 x 4-7/8

• Thoughtful Journey DSP 3-3/4 x 5

• (2) Thoughtful Journey DSP 2 x 3-3/4 (diecut)

• Basic White 1 x 3-1/4 (greeting)

Assemble Card:

1. Use Blending Brush and Basic Beige Ink with brick stencil on 3-5/8 x 4-7/8 Basic White cs

2. Glue stenciled background to DSP

3. Adhere those layers with Dimensionals to a Basic Beige card base

4. Stamp the sentiment “hello” in Blackberry Bliss Ink, cut with Unbounded Love Die, and attach with Dimensionals

Materials:

• Stamp Sets: Adventurous Sky

• Ink Pads: Night of Navy

• Cardstocks: Basic White Thick, Night of Navy, Copper Clay, Gold Foil, Take To The Sky DSP

• Stylish Shapes Dies

Preparation:

• Thick Basic White 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 scored @ 4-1/4 (card base)

• Night of Navy 4 x 5-1/4

• Basic White 3-3/4 x 5

• Copper pattern DSP 5 x 2-1/2

• Copper Clay 3-1/4 x 3-1/4 (largest circle diecut)

• Night of Navy 1-3/4 x 4 (fuselage)

• Gold Foil 2 x 4 (wings/wheels & propeller)

Assemble Card:

1. Glue navy panel to white card front

2. Stamp rivet pattern on top right and bottom left of 3-3/4 x 5 Basic White panel, then glue to navy panel

3. Glue DSP to center of stamped white panel

4. Diecut largest circle from Copper Clay and stamp greeting in Night of Navy ink, then glue on center of DSP

5. Diecut fuselage in Navy cs and wings and propeller from gold foil

6. Glue plane pieces to Copper circle at upwards angle

7. Inside: stamp birthday in copper ink, sentiment in navy ink and plane in navy

Materials:

• Stamp Sets: Simply Zinnias, Christian Birthdays

• Ink Pads: Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green

• Cardstocks: Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly, Flowering Zinnias DSP

• Zinnias 3D Embossing Folder

Preparation:

• Granny Apple Green 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 scored @ 4-1/4 (card base)

• Granny Apple Green 3 x 3-7/8

• Basic White (2) 4 x 5-1/4 (one for inside, one for outside border layer)

• Basic White 2-3/4 x 3-7/8 (embossed layer)

• DSP (2) 1-1/4 x 3-7/8

• Daffodil Delight 1 x 1 (oval center diecut)

• Lemon Lolly 1-1/4 x 1-1/4 (center ring diecut)

• Melon Mambo 2 x 4-1/4 (2 flowers diecut)

• Melon Mambo 1 x 2 (buds diecut)

• Granny Apple Green 2 x 4 (diecuts: leaf, stem, and bud stem/leaf)

Assemble Card:

1. Emboss 2-3/4 x 3-7/8 piece of Basic White with Zinnias EF

2. Diecut pieces and glue together

3. Glue white panel to card front and DSP to each end leaving border.

4. Glue embossed layer to Granny Apple layer then glue on top of DSP.

5. Glue flowers to embossed layer

6. Stamp greeting and glue to card front

7. Inside: stamp sentiment in Granny Apple and flower in Melon Mambo ink

Flowers For Their Garden

 How about a sweet gift to send or give to someone? Some flower seeds in a pretty floral card?  How about Zinnias? Stampin' Up!'s colors are so bright and vibrant and there are so many colors in the Zinnia DSP you can make loads of choices. 

1. Old Olive card base: 5-1/2 x 11 scored @ 4-1/4 and 8-1/2 on the long side. To cut the diagonal off the small side, make a tick mark 1" from the edge. Cut from the tick mark to the corner.   
2. Basic White both sides inside and mat on cover: 4 x 5-1/4 (3)
3. Basic White mat for small cover piece(left side): 2-1/4 x 5-1/4 make a tick mark 7/8" from the edge, then cut from the tick mark to the corner.
4. Basic White greeting label
5. Cover DSP mat 3-7/8 x 5-1/8
6. DSP mat on small left side of cover 2-1/8 x 5-1/8 make a tick mark at 3/4" from the edge then cut from tick mark to the corner.
7. DSP pocket for seed packet 1-1/2 x 4
8. Pop up small flower with mini Dimensionals cut in half, place on the right side leaving the left 'open' for the small flap to catch inside for closure.

While waiting for the UPS man to bring my Zinnia DSP, I made this one with the Painted Lavender DSP.

Floral Friday

 Simply Zinnias again! It's spring I'm the South and were are deep in flower season. I have always loved flowers of any kind almost any color. I'm so lucky that my husband has a green thumb our yard looks like a garden you'd pay to visit. He has flowers everywhere. And naturally when it comes to stamping I love flowers.

These cards use the Simply Zinnias bundle which are new Online Exclusives.

Zany Zinnias

 The Simply Zinnias bundle is from the Online Exclusives. I love detailed flower dies, and this one is gorgeous! It's also great because it doesn't have as many fussy little pieces to cut out as some other sets have had.

The first card is a fun fold, made with Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Flirty Flamingo, and Lemon Lolly. The DSP is from SALE-A-BRATION.

This second card is a pull out with an easel attached to the back for display. I used the tutorial Barb Mulikin make a couple years ago, substituting the Simply Zinnias dies and adding an easel on the back. My easel is 2 x 8-1/2 scored at 3 in., 6 in., 7 in., and 8 inches. Fold the score lines the same way, and glue the 1/2" tab at the end. Then, fold the score line next to that the other direction so you have a mountain fold for the standing part. Glue it on to the back of the card and you're done.