Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you and your loved ones well.
As I mentioned in a post last month, Stampin' Up! is doing an early release of one the the suites in the next annual catalog which goes live in June. The Ornate Garden Suite features two stamp/die bundles, a 3D embossing folder, specialty designer series paper, a pair of ribbons and some really elegant Gilded Gems. While I pre-ordered the whole suite, it is important to note that each part of it is very capable of standing on its own, mixing it up with other favorites in your stamping collection. I'm planning to send a few more Easter cards this year so today lets look at some parts of the suite with the Easter Promise stamp set.
- In this first card I've just used the gold Gilded Gems to add the perfect finishing touch to my Easter Promise crocus card.
- The image is one that I gold embossed and then packed along with my blender pen and watercolor pencils when we vacationed in February.
- I used my Stitched Rectangle dies to cut the image before layering it over a strip of gold foil that I embossed the Subtles 3D embossing folder.
- Turn the foil 90 degrees and run it through a second time to get the woven texture.
- Here's a close-up of the embossing and gems:
These next two cards show off the ornate lace dies found in both the frames and borders die sets:
- I used a mix of Blends alcohol markers to color in the pretty floral spray from the Ornate Style stamp set: Granny Apple, Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody with just a touch of Pumpkin pie in the centers of the big flowers and Seaside Spray for a hint of background color.
- What do you think of the pretty eyelet like border?
- The gold foil patterned paper from Ornate Garden Specialty paper is easy to color so that the papers can coordinate with any color scheme you like. I used my Highland Heather Light Blends marker to color this border. There are also plenty of beautifully colored patterns to inspire you too!
- I used some Pearl Basic Jewels and polka dot tulle ribbon to finish off this card.
- This card features another crocus image that I colored with watercolor pencils.
- I cut it with the 4th smallest of the large set of nesting Stitched rectangles. this size fits perfectly in this pretty laced layer from the Ornate Frames dies. I'll be showing other rectangles from this same die set that are great with these frames - in future posts.
- Background DSP is from Subtles 6"x6".
- Hello! The greetings from Label Me Bold couldn't be easier to use.
- A nice, flat card since most of my cards will be mailed, not hand delivered this month!
Visit my gallery of Ornate Garden projects.
Check out Stampin' Up!'s video about this wonderful suite of products:
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