I say that because we made two cards and then I walked them through how to make a "card in a box". They left with the instructions and the box-part of the card and then I presented them with a challenge: to finish it on their own. I can't wait to see what everybody creates!
The first card we made was this easy and fun card:
Using punches made this a fast card to do! The largest punch we used was the Pansy punch.
Then we stamped the small flower from the new Petite Petals stamp set (which you can find in the Occasions mini catalog). We used Calypso Coral Ink to match the card base. Next, we punched out the flower using the new matching Petite Flower punch. You can get the stamp set and punch as a bundle and save 15%!
We finished it off by stamping a sentiment from Sassy Salutations in Pacific Point ink.
The main piece of white card stock and the small petite flower were "popped up" using Dimensionals.
The final touch was adding a Candy Dot to the center of each petite punched flower. I love this embellishment! They look like brads but they are just flat "brad heads" and have adhesive already on the back of them. What makes it even better is that when you buy a pack (they come in packs of color families), you get 10 of each color! (Shown below are the Brights candy dots)
One of the perks of being a Demonstrator is that we get a magazine every other month from Stampin' Up! It is full of business pointers, product info, and creative projects, so we are never at a loss for how to run our business or for what to create !
The second card we made was CASEd directly from the Stamping Success magazine. It was from an article that spotlighted the work of a Canadian demonstrator, Alison Okamitsu.
We did some heat embossing and dry embossing with the Big Shot (you can see the dots on the Brushed Gold card stock). The Modern Label punched-piece (Coastal Cabana) was simply cut in half so it appears to be longer behind the white circle. The embellishments on this card are: a vintage faceted button, linen thread, ruffle trim ribbon (Coastal Cabana) and burlap ribbon.
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