Stationery Gift Set

 

This project has been a labor of love and I've had bunches of fun creating it! To make this stationery gift set, I followed a video tutorial by May May Made It. I used two product groups to create mine so that the images and colors would coordinate. The mini slimline cards are new to me and they are kinda cool y'all! I made mine a bit larger than May May did hers. I cut the cards 6-1/2" x 6-1/4" then scored at 3-1/4" which makes a 3-1/4" x 6-1/4" card. Needless to say, Stampin' Up! doesn't sell an envelope for that size card, but you can find them on Amazon.

My Bible Study Christmas Party we always have a Chinese Gift Exchange and this will be my gift this year. There are many different things you can include in the pockets of the tote. I chose a few different things than May May included in hers, and that's the cool thing... there are so many possibilities!

In my Stationery Tote I chose to include the following:

• Two different Post It Pad booklets
• Postage
• Bookmarks
• A calendar
• A collection of stamped sentiments with Tear and Tape on the back for easy attachment to the small slimline cards
• Six slimline cards and envelopes
• Eight A2 cards and envelopes
• A mini legal pad cover with pen and pocket
• Perpetual Birthday Calendar

Envelopes for Mini Slimline Cards https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Basics-Security-Self-Seal-Envelope/dp/B06X6B39G3/ref=sr_1_1?s=office-products&sr=1-1

May May's video tutorial of her Stationery Tote   https://youtu.be/WgH3pIaOgTI

Stampin Up! Products I used in my Stationery Tote: 

Beautiful Gallery Designer Paper https://www.stampinup.com/products/beautiful-gallery-6-x-6-15-2-x-15-2-cm-designer-series-paper?demoid=2109078

Gallery Blooms Bundle https://www.stampinup.com/products/gallery-blooms-bundle?demoid=2109078

Beautiful Motifs Dies https://www.stampinup.com/products/beautiful-motifs-dies?demoid=2109078

Pressed Flower Motifs https://www.stampinup.com/products/pressed-flower-motifs?demoid=2109078

Damask Designs Embossing Folder https://www.stampinup.com/products/damask-designs-embossing-folder?demoid=2109078

Basic Beige Classic Ribbon https://www.stampinup.com/products/basic-beige-3-8-1-cm-classic-ribbon?demoid=2109078

Woven Textures Designer Paper https://www.stampinup.com/products/woven-textures-12-x-12-30-5-x-30-5-cm-designer-series-paper?demoid=2109078

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Pockets have magnetic closures, this one holds postage as well as some greetings and sentiments with Tear and Tape on the back making it easy for the recipient to customize the mini slim line cards.

This pocket holds two mini post note pads

This center section has a compartment for a mini legal pad

Mini Legal Pad Folio

Inside legal pad folio

Folio has a pocket 

Folio Back... cause ya gotta decorate the back too!

Front Pocket Bookmark Card

 This is the last in my Bookmark Card series. I have two versions for you: Pretty Florals and Gallery Blooms. Aren't these papers gorgeous?

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Stampin' Class

 We had our monthly Stampin' Class today and it was such a joy to be with my stamping friends! I always have a good time with them:) We did it all: heat embossing, dry embossing, watercoloring, coloring with Stampin' Blends and we played with the new Metallic Rub-Ons. Those would be so pretty on Christmas cards!!  Stamp & Die Bundles as well as Patterned Papers listed above each photo are linked to my online store for ease in ordering.

The first two cards used the following supplies:

• Stamp Sets: Framed Scenes Bundle, Special Moments
• Cardstock and DSP: Basic White, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Woven Textures Designer Series Paper
• Ink pads: Early Espresso, Black StazOn
• Water Painter
• Exposed Brick Embossing Folder
• Watercolor Pencils
• Water Painter
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Self Adhesive Gems/Sequins
• Metallic Textures Rub-Ons

The card below was created with these supplies:

• Stamp Sets: Gallery Blooms Bundle, Go to Greetings (retired)
• Beautiful MotifsDies
• Paper: Basic Beige, Pecan Pie, Very Vanilla, Basic Black
• Ink Pads: Basic Beige, Calypso Coral, Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark
• Stampin' Blends
• Pressed Flower Motifs
• Linen Thread
• Foam Adhesive Strips or Stampin' Dimensionals
• Heat Tool
• White Embossing Powder
• Brick Wall Embossing Folder (retired)
• Classic Label Punch (retired)

I colored my flowers with Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends, but one of the ladies used Poppy Parade and was a knockout!!

The collage card below was created with the following:

• Stamp Sets: Textured Notes Bundle, Unbounded Love, Heartfelt Sympathy (retired)
• Cardstock and DSP: Basic White, Crumb Cake, Woven Textures Designer Series Paper
• Ink pads: Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Gray Granite
• Metallic Sequins
• Linen Thread
• Stampin' Dimensionals

Pleated Prism Fold

 I just love how this card turned out! The colors in this pattern of Designer Series Paper really sings to me. I'm a big fan of Petal Pink, then to pair it with Pecan Pie, oh my! [big swoon] My all time favorite color combos are blue and green, (actually blue and anything lol) pink and orange, and pink and brown. While I'm not picky about what shade of blue, because I love them all, I am picky about the shade of pink that I like. This pink with it's warm tones and a whisper of orange really does it for me, as does certain hot pink shades like Melon Mambo. When I was a little tomboy er little girl, my Mom kept pushing pink on me. I was not a fan of pink, much to her consternation, I adored BLUE. So it is high praise if I like a shade of pink.

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Gallery Blooms Bundle [#165213]

Pressed Flower Motifs [#165215]

Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper [#165196]

Pecan Pie Cardstock [#161717]

Pecan Pie Ink Pad [#161665]

Petal Pink Cardstock [#146985]

Petal Pink Ink Pad [#147108]

Very Vanilla Cardstock [#166784]

Stampin' Blends Petal Pink [#154893]

Stampin Blends Old Olive [#154892]

Wink of Stella [#141897]

Stampin' Dimensionals [#104440]

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  

Beautiful Gallery Fun Fold

 I call this fun fold Vertical Double Card Base, because that's what it looks like to me lol.

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Products Used:

Beautiful Gallery DSP [165196]

Gallery Blooms Stamp Set [165211] 

Pressed Flower Motifs [165215] 

Mossy Meadow Cardstock [147111]

Very Vanilla Cardstock [166784]

Pecan Pie Ink Pad [161665] 

Mossy Meadow Ink Pad [147111]

Early Espresso Ink Pad [147114]

June Stamping Class Part One

 This fun fold is so easy to make!  I used it in my local Stamping class this week. I've seen it around the internet called various things, but I call it the Mini Flap Fold. Such a unique name right? lol! These samples use products from two different suites. The first one is from Kintsugi Inspirations beginning on page 58, and the next two are from Beautiful Gallery beginning on page 52. With the sale going on this month, some of these items just sold out, but have no fear, the ships will arrive with more stock in July:) 

To make this fold, you need:

• 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" (card base)
• 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" score @ 3-1/4" (small card on front of card base)
• 5-3/4" x 3-1/4" (2 die cuts, second largest square from Stylish Shapes Die) You can use any other shape in place of dies, if desired
• DSP pattern A 4" x 5-1/4" (front of card base)
• DSP pattern B 2" x 4 " (front flap of small card)
• DSP pattern B 3" x 4" (inside small card)

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