Detachable Bookmark Card

 Bookmark Cards are making a comeback, and I can certainly see why. What an adorable surcee to give a sweet friend! What is a Surcee you ask?

Surcee  sometimes spelled "Cerci," or “surcy”  Most who use the word Surcee are from North Georgia or the Carolinas, but the term also found its way into Alabama and even Tennessee and Indiana.  I learned the word probably originated from the Scots verb “sussie,” meaning “to take trouble, to care, to bother oneself.” This probably came to Scotland from the French “souci,” meaning “care, trouble.” 

Here in the south it means a thoughtful, unexpected, unnecessary, & inexpensive gift. My Mom and Grandma always brought back Surcees to my brother and I whenever they went on a trip. We always looked forward to whatever treasures they'd bring back to us. I still have some of them: seashells from the Florida keys, Canadian coins from Quebec, or flower pod Grandma brought back from the Holy Land.

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Products Used:

GalleryBlooms Bundle 

Unbounded Love

 

Elements of Text

 Secret Sea Cardstock

BasicWhite

Beautiful Gallery DSP 

Secret Sea Ink Pad

HolePunch Assortment 

BasicBeige Ribbon 

TakeYour Pick Crafter Tips

PressedFlower Motifs  

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

Floating Elements Card

 

1/2" strips of DSP adhered to window sheet, 1/4" apart, arranged sequentially then diecut with Stylish Shapes Circle

Stamps	Unbouonded Love, Encircled in Nature bundles
Paper	Petunia Pop, Lost Lagoon, Basic White Thoughtful Journey DSP, Window Sheets
Ink	Petunia Pop, Lost Lagoon
Embellishments	Iridescent Foil Gems, Stampin' Blends
Tools	Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin' Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

This technique has a few different names: Floating Strips, Floating Elements or Floating Circle Technique. I've also seen it done a few different ways: 

• strips of different colors of cardstock popped up on a diecut circle, with strips of DSP adhered to vellum popped up on card front
• strips of DSP adhere to vellum, some random patterns, some sequential, 
• some floating elements on rectangles and some on circles
• strips of DSP placed sequentially on acetate popped up on card front

While reading about different variations, I decided to try using window sheets and a piece of DSP cut into strips and arranged sequentially so that you see the original design in the DSP. I got ideas and inspiration from Jessica Urrutia, Lorraine Cich, Josanna Cauler and Deb Smeak.

Using Bits and Pieces

 Yesterday I shared some cards made with the Layering Beauty bundle and stencils. Today I made a card with the pieces left after I cut out a flower. On the card below, the largest rose has been popped up. It was cut out with a die in set for just that single flower, which left a lot of good usable roses. I used them along with the Unbounded Love bundle. I adore the dies in that set! The card base is Berry Burst and the embossing folder is Exposed Brick.

Faux Silk with New Bundle

For this card I used the Faux Silk technique with the NEW Unbounded Love bundle that will be available in the NEW catalog tomorrow! Yay!

I've seen two different versions of the faux silk technique. For the card below, the images were stamped on Basic White cardstock, then the entire surface was covered with glue stick. Then white tissue paper was crinkled and spread out on the surface leaving plenty of wrinkles.

For this card stamp directly on the tissue paper and allow it to dry. Once dry, gently crinkle up the tissue paper. Then cover a piece of Whisper White card stock with glue stick and  gently smooth your tissue paper onto the card stock, leaving some crinkles. Let dry and then trim excess tissue paper from around card stock.