Heart Punch Pack

Two-Tone Flora With Love

February 3, 2023

Two-Tone Flora Card Class, Card 3

I have been enjoying all the flowers in the Two-Tone Flora Bundle this week. For the last card from my Weekly Card Class From ME, Two-Tone Flora With Love, I added hearts to my flowers for a perfect love themed card.

Missed the other cards in this series? Click here to see Card #1; and click here to see Card #2. They are all very different and very fabulous.

Love That Packs A Punch

I love cardmaking and rubber stamping! I also love using lots of different products on my cards. Besides the Two-Tone Flora Stamp Set and Two-Tone Flora Dies, I chose a few punches to help make this card over the top amazing.

While the new Country Bouquet Punch is not currently available due to back-order issues, you can depend upon the Heart Punch Pack in the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog by Stampin’ Up! to take care of your punched heart needs.

I adore that this is a 2-pack of punches. These punches work perfectly together, with the scallop edge heart slightly larger than the classic shaped heart. In my Two-Tone Flora With Love Card, I layered them together as such. Of course, they can be used separately too!

BOUGH PUNCH

The Bough Punch is probably my favorite and most reached for punch right now. I think adding a few leaves or sprigs to cards is classic and a great way to achieve an artful look. Check out how I used this punch in a completely masculine card here!

And I find that using a punch in papercrafting is a quick and easy solution to adding extra elements in. In this Two-Tone Flora With Love Card, I punched leaves in White Cardstock to add some brightness to the pink and red majority color palette.

Stamp, Emboss, Embellish

This gorgeous Two-Tone Flora With Love Card is bursting with sweet crafting techniques. From the two-step stamping to create flowers using the Two-Tone Flora Stamp Set, to the background stamping technique on the card base, it is easy to add similar ink colors to achieve a cohesive design.

There are other design elements on this card that bring it together too: the Elegant Eucalyptus Embossing Folder, the Gold Fine Shimmer Paper, and the Gold Shimmer Ribbon all play an important part. I finished off my card with the 2022-2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots (which happens to be my FREE gift to you with a $50 order using my Host Code this week, along with the card kits from this class!).

Get Your Two-Tone Flora Card Class From ME

Card kits from the weekly online class using the Two-Tone Flora Bundle.

This Two-Tone Flora Hello Card is the final card in my featured class this week. If you would like to see the video from my online class, click this link. For more details on what is in this week’s class from Maine and how to get yours, click here.

I will be sharing a few more bonus cards from my Two-Tone Flora Card Class. If you love the Two-Tone Flora Bundle, you may want to check out the February Cardmaker Collective Club. Be sure to check back here or follow me, The Maine Stamper, on FaceBook, for more cardmaking inspiration and ideas.

Two-Tone Flora Card Class

January 30, 2023

Cards made with the Two-Tone Flora Bundle.

Welcome to your weekly Card Class From ME! This week, I am using the Two-Tone Flora Bundle, which is found on page 16 of the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog by Stampin’ Up!. This fabulous bundle is part of the Fancy Flora Suite, and there are lots of fancy things about it!

Looking for similar fancy card classes with me? Click here for the Something Fancy Card Class.

The Two-Tone Flora Bundle

There are a lot of great things about the Two-Tone Flora Bundle. Let’s break down the stamp set and the dies…

Two-Tone Flora Stamp Set

The Two-Tone Flora Stamp Set is all about the flowers! Now, there are a couple of leafy options, but other than that, just flowers. No sentiments. No other imagery.

And these aren’t just any flowers. They are two-step photopolymer stamps. That means you use 2 different stamps to create one rich looking image, by overlaying the ink cohesively. During my weekly Card Class From ME, I talked about how these stamps work together. Watch my Two-Tone Flora Card Class here.

Floral stamped images from the Two-Tone Flora stamp set.

Two-Tone Flora Dies

The Two-Tone Flora Dies are just as fantastic as the stamp set they coordinate with. With these dies, you will be able to die cut every flower and leafy image in the Two-Tone Flora Stamp Set.

But there is more to this die set than just the outline shape dies. Did you see the large background intricate die? There are many uses to explore, from using it as a background, to trimming out flowers to use individually, to creating a stencil with the die cut.

Live Card Making Class On Monday

Every Monday at 8pm EST, I am live with your weekly card making class on my FaceBook page, The Maine Stamper. I create 3 beautiful cards and share tips and techniques along the way. This class serves as your tutorial when you receive your card kits in the mail and need to put them together.

Get Your Card Kits For Free

Yes, FREE. You will receive 2 each of 3 card designs (for a total of 6 card kits!) when you place an order of $35+ (before tax and shipping) in my online stamping store using Host Code DYA7BFBR thru February 3, 2023. The card kits will be mailed on the Monday following the live class.

Want more details about what is in these kits? Check my blog post here for more info.

Get Your Embellishments For FREE Too

When you bump your order to $50 (before tax and shipping), I will send you the card kits AND a FREE pack of the embellishments ($8 value) I used on my cards. For the Two-Tone Flora Card Class, I used the 2022-2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots. These fun adhesive-backed embellishments come in 5 colors: Sweet Sorbet, Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky and Orchid Oasis.

Your Card Class From ME Awaits

The Two-Tone Flora Card Class will be featured during my FaceBook Live on Monday, January 30 at 8pm EST. I hope you join me to see how easy it is to put your card kits together. If you miss the live, catch the replay on FaceBook or my YouTube Channel, The Maine Stamper.

I look forward to getting your weekly card kits from Maine in the mail to you. And I know you will be looking forward to receiving them and creating gorgeous works of paper crafted art!

Magical Gnome Gift Card

January 26, 2023

Friendly Gnomes Card Class, Card 3

For the last Friendly Gnomes card in my weekly Card Class From ME, I pulled out all the stops to make this one magical gnome card. Besides being an adorable card to look at, this one is fun to play with too! Want to see the previous card from my weekly class? Click here.

The magic in this card is the addition of the Mini Pocket Envelope to the design. While it could be used to hold a gift card or even cash, it also houses a sweet little gnome and a fancy heart. And the best part…the gnome and heart are removable!

Mini Pocket Envelope

Besides the Friendly Gnomes Stamp Set and Gnomes Dies, the cute paper envelope is not to be missed. While most may think this item belongs on the inside of a card, I say when it looks this good, decorate the front instead.

DESIGNER TIP: If you don’t plan on placing a gift card in this pocket, shorten the opening with some adhesive before closing the pocket envelope up. That way your gnome and heart won’t slide to the bottom and will stay closer to the top to peek out.

I chose the Dandy Designs Sale-A-Bration paper pack for the sweet designs for this card. (Also sweet, the paper is FREE with an order over $100). With fun colors like Pool Party, Granny Apple Green and Fresh Freesia, this color combo is easy to pull off.

Gnome Sweet Gnome Card

Punch A Bunch

For this final card in my weekly card class, I also relied heavily on my punches. Although Stampin’ Up! no longer sells Circle Punches, I still have and use mine. I find it much quicker than getting out the Layering Circles Dies and sending cardstock thru my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

But, Stampin’ Up! does have a current fabulous Heart Punch Pack. These large heart punches work together to form a scallop layer heart that may be used behind a regular shaped heart. In fact, this is seen in the pull-out heart feature shown in the photo above.

Colorful Gnome

Just like the other Friendly Gnomes in this card series, I used my Stampin’ Blends for quick and easy coloring. First, I stamped my images from the Friendly Gnomes Stamp Set using Memento Black Ink. Then I made sure to have some scrap paper behind my images, because the blends really saturate the paper.

Here is the color palette I used for my gnome:

HAT/SHOES: Pool Party (Light and Dark)

SKIN: SU 800

HAIR: Dark Daffodil Delight

JUMPER: Fresh Freesia (Light and Dark)

FLOWER: Light Fresh Freesia/ Light Daffodil Delight

Here is the color palette I used for my mushroom:

UPPER CAP: Fresh Freesia (Light and Dark)

LOWER CAP: Dark Old Olive

STEM: Light Old Olive

DOOR/WINDOW: Pool Party (Light and Dark)

Get Your Friendly Gnomes Card Class From ME

While this is the last card in my featured class this week, I hope you agree it is a magical gnome card. If you would like to see the video from my online class, click this link . For more details on what is in this week’s class from Maine and how to get yours, click here.

I will be sharing more cards from the Friendly Gnomes Card Class (in the form of alternate cards and bonus cards) as this week goes on. Be sure to check back here or follow me, The Maine Stamper, on FaceBook for more card making inspiration.