from my ink pad to yours: Parisian Blossoms Suite

May 01, 2020

May Basket?

Happy May Day!

Earlier this morning I sent out a Happy May Day text to my somewhat far flung children, reminding them of their elementary school days when we brought back the idea of leaving small paper baskets of treats - as I had once been taught by my own mother. We started delivering these during the first year in the smaller community and their friends were somewhat baffled by the strange containers of treats that showed up at their front doors. It wasn't long, though, before others started joining in and we kept it going for a few years before they kind of outgrew the idea.

This little bag/May Day basket is sort of a spin off from yesterday's Mother's Day Card.

Once again I tapped the (Parisian Flourish 3D) embossing folder with my White craft ink pad. I usually tap the inside side with the Stampin' Up Logo. This puts the whitened area in the background. I can imagine that you could switch up your colors of ink and paper to get a "tooled leather" look. I used these since they were in a stash I had done previously. Oftentimes when I get a new folder with will ink it up with white and try it on many different colors before cleaning off the folder. I confess to having quite a stash of these...
I cut two die cuts with the purse bag die from the Dressed to Impress Bundle. I was a cautious about going over the folds with my bone folder (#102300) before folding since the embossing makes the cardstock a little more fragile.
You will want to use tear and tape to make sure your bag holds well.
I decorated my bag with Seaside Spray flowers, also from the Dressed to Impress Bundle. I used the Seaside Spray Combo along with the Night of Navy Light Blends Marker. Other colors were Mango Melody Combo, Soft Seafoam Combo with just a bit of Light Mossy Meadow.

If only I had thought to make a few of these soon enough to mail them off before today!

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January 14, 2020

Parisian Beauty Trio

Today I'm hosting the color challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. Since I'm very impressed with Pantone's choice for color of the year (and I'm more than a little in love with Stampin' Up!'s In Color, Blueberry Bushel) I chose Blueberry Bushel + Seaside Spray + Whisper White as my colors and added in the option of using sky as dessert. In the course of coming up with my design team card I managed to create 3 cards with the Parisian Blossoms Suite:

The middle card with the blended sky is the one I eventually used for the challenge. Like other blended background cards I've shared in the past this one has refill inks mixed with white craft inks applied to Whisper White cardstock with sponge daubers. I've actually tried some of those make up blenders and find that the sponge daubers are easier to use and put less pressure on my wrists.

I trimmed off just a bit so I could have a vertical border which is accented with a tiny strip of Blueberry Bushel Foil paper which can be found in the Noble Peacock Suite. Sometimes the 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" format feels a bit boxy to me. It's still such a convenient size to use so I give it a little more vertical look by often incorporating vertical borders.
Sparkle Glimmer paper used to die cut the detailed Eiffel tower gives a little bling as does the Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewel which has carried over from the Holiday catalog. Aren't you glad? - I think this package has a lovely color assortment that is useful all year round. Find out more by clicking on it in the supply list.

This color challenge also allows players to add colors from Stampin' Up!'s neutral collection so I wanted to do a softer card with challenge colors by adding in a little Gray Granite.
The "cherry blossom" image is stamped with Gray Granite ink and colored with the Seaside Spray Blends Combo with a few Light Light of Navy Light Blends accents. I've always thought of the Night of Navy Light as being pretty close to Blueberry Bushel...
I used my white craft pad to apply ink directly to the Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder before running it through the Big Shot with the Gray Granite cardstock. Hint: apply the ink to the inside of the folder on the side with the Stampin' Up Label. While it's perfectly fine to use the other side fro something different, using the label side will usually get you what is considered the right side.
I used the Seaside Spray Blends Combo to color the 1/4" white seam binding from the Peaceful Poppies Suite. I first colored the whole 8" strip with the light color and then just added a little of the darker color along one edge. This helps to give it a hand dyed look.

The Eiffel tower die is so detailed and pretty and it was fun to try it in all sorts of papers, so I had enough pieces to make quite a few cards.

This one uses both the Noble Peacock Foil and the Specialty DSP. The foil is used for the tower and I used vertical borders of the specialty DSP which also comes in Blueberry Bushel and is foiled with at pattern. The flower is from the Parisian Blossoms Bundle.

I hope to be back soon to give you a sneak peak at some of the Peaceful Poppies Suite cards I've been working on. That suite is featured in my customer on hostess gifts for January.

I so appreciate your time as you visit my blog. Let me know what you think and come back again soon! Feel free to ask questions if something isn't clear.

Chris

If you place a minimum $50 (US) order using the January host code, 9WGCESDS, I will send you a free package including the Peaceful Poppies Elements that will be featured in coming projects. US customers only. Customers placing an order smaller than $50 will still receive my thank you card.

If you place a $150 or greater order please don't use the hostess code. You will still receive the gifts but you will also get your own hostess benefits.

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