Today’s cards were made using the emboss resist technique and blending brushes. The emboss resist technique is easy to do, but it adds a whole lot of “WOW” to a card. Using the blending brushes to add color to the focal panel adds another little bit of pizzazz!
The cards were created using the PRIZED PEONY stamp set. This stamp set is found in the Stampin’ Up!®️ 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. The cards have the same layout; the focal panel dimensions are a bit different from card to card, and one card is in portrait orientation. I have listed the supplies and cutting measurements for each card below the individual card’s picture. Page down for the Emboss Resist Video Tutorial.
PRIZED PEONY
MELON MAMBO CARD
SUPPLIES FOR THIS CARD:
* Melon Mambo card base
* Basic White for focal panel - 4 3/4” x 3 1/2” and a piece cut at 5” x 3 3/4” for inside the card.
* Basic Black cut at 5” x 3 3/4” for mat
* Inks: Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Balmy Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versa Mark and white embossing powder
* Blending brushes
* Adhesive
* The greeting is from the BIGGEST WISHES stamp set. (Annual Catalog)
SOFT SEA FOAM CARD
SUPPLIES FOR THIS CARD:
* Soft Sea Foam card base
* Basic White cardstock - 2 pieces cut at 5” x 3 3/4” one for the focal panel and one for inside the card.
* Pale Papaya cut at 5 1/4” x 4” for mat
* Inks - Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Versa Mark and white embossing powder.
* Blending brushes
* Adhesive
FRESH FREESIA CARD
SUPPLIES FOR THIS CARD:
* Fresh Freesia card base
* Basic White cardstock cut at 4 3/4” x 3 1/2” for focal panel and a piece cut at 5” x 3 3/4” for the inside of the card.
* Basic Black cardstock cut at 5” x 3 3/4” for mat.
* inks - Soft Sea Foam, Fresh Freesia, Pool Party, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versa Mark and white embossing powder.
* Adhesive
* The greeting is from the PANSY PATCH stamp set. (Annual Catalog)
EMBOSS RESIST + BLENDING BRUSHES TECHNIQUE VIDEO
The card made in the video is the Melon Mambo card except the focal panel (Basic White cardstock) is cut at 5” x 3 3/4” and the Basic Black mat is 5 1/8” x 3 7/8”.
I have one more version of this card to share with you. I added ribbon to two corners of the card. Why? Well…I dropped a blending brush, and it left a spot of Bumblebee ink right on the top left corner of the focal panel! The ribbon covered up that little issue perfectly!
OLD OLIVE CARD
SUPPLIES FOR THIS CARD:
* Old Olive card base.
* Basic White cardstock - 2 pieces cut at 5” x 3 3/4” one for the focal panel and one for the inside.
* Bumblebee cardstock cut at 5 1/8” x 3 7/8” for mat.
*Inks - Old Olive, Bumblebee, Balmy Blue, Versa Mark and white embossing powder.
* Blending Brushes
* Ribbon - 2 pieces 4”-5” long (the Old Olive ribbon I used is retired). I used Scotch tape to hold the ribbon in place.
* Adhesive
* The greeting is from BIGGEST WISH stamp set. (Annual Catalog)
That’s all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by. Until next time…
Stampin’ Up!®️ offers a gorgeous floral suite called Peony Garden. (Pages 82-84 of the annual catalog.) The suite includes the Prized Peony stamp set bundled with the matching dies, beautiful DSP, vellum doilies, Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon (very elegant), faceted gems, and the Dainty Diamonds 3-D embossing folder. Every element of the suite is so pretty! The minute I saw this suite I knew it was a must have for me for three reasons. First the peony was my dad’s favorite flower. We had a row of peony bushes growing in our yard along side the garage when I was growing up. Secondly, the peony is the state flower of Indiana - the state where I was born and raised, and proudly call home. Lastly, the stamp set is simply beautiful!
As much as I love the stamp set - and the entire suite of products, there is just one problem; the pronunciation of the word peony! According to Webster’s Dictionary the word is pronounced
PEE - UH - KNEE. Some pronounce it PEE - OH - KNEE. Here in my neck of the woods we call the flower a PIE - KNEE! Why, I have no clue! It’s just what we do - could have something to do with our Southeastern Indiana Hoosier drawl. Who knows? However one chooses to pronounce the name, the flowers are beautiful in real life, and in the stamped version!
Here is a look at the stamp set and the dies.
As you can see there are dies for cutting out stamped images, and dies to cut out and assemble a 3D peony for your cards and other projects.
Here are two cards I made using the Prized Peony stamp set, Peony Dies, and various other elements from the Suite.
For this card I use the large floral image for my focal point. I stamped the image on Whisper White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and added a bit of color to the flower with Petal Pink and Old Olive Stampin’ Blend markers. The card base is Gray Granite topped with a piece of the Peony Garden DSP. The floral image is on dimensionals on another piece of the DSP and mounted on a mat of Gray Granite cardstock with a piece of the Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon tied around it. To finish the card I stamped the happy birthday greeting (from Four Season Floral set - found in the Make Beautiful Things beginner brochure) using Gray Granite ink.
The card base for this card is Smoky Slate. I embossed it using the Dainty Fiamonds 3-D embossing folder. I used one of the pretty vellum doilies, and used the dies to make the peony and the leaves. The peony is Melon Mambo sponged with Magenta Madness. The leaves are Old Olive with Garden Green.I added a few pearls, and the happy birthday sentiment. The sentiment is from the Four Seasons Floral stamp set, stamped with Melon Mambo ink on Smoky Slate cardstock, and cut it out with one of the Stitched Shapes dies.
No matter how you pronounce the name, the products that make up the Peony Garden Suite will inspire you to create beautiful cards for many occasions. I hope my cards have provided you with your own greatinkspirations.
Until next time...
Stamp Happy
Kim
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