Here is a quick and easy background idea using the Stampin’ Up Blossoming Happiness dies.
Hello everyone – I look carefully at suites to make sure they are work my money. They have to be versatile and I really have to like everything in the bundle. The Hues of Happiness fit those requirements for me. Using the Blossoming Happiness dies I made a quick and easy background. This one was so easy with two cut panels for you card.
I was inspired by the challenge this week on the Facebook Group CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge. We were to CASE a card in the All Occasions section of the Annual Catalog. I chose to use the Petal Pink card on page 17.
The Blossoming Happiness dies not only cut out flowers there are also dies that you can use for a variety of elements on your cards.
I created 2 panels using the background die for the card. I did modify the layout slightly as the panels on the catalog card appeared to be the same size. The die is wider than what I figured out the panels to be so I adjusted the 3 to fit the card front. The flower was cut from the pattern paper using the coordinating die. Here is a close up of the card so you can see some of the details.
I did stamp the flower on the inside of the card and envelope and used alcohol markers to color them in.
Using your dies to make backgrounds is a great way to stretch the use of your products. Here is an idea where I used leaf dies and some color blending. Look at this idea where I used the dies in a unique way to create an interlocking squares background.
Measurements for the Stampin’ Up Blossoming Happiness dies quick and easy background idea
Card Base: Bermuda Bay 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″
Coastal Cabana: 4″ x 5 1/4″
Basic Black: 2 1/4″ x 4″ (2 pieces) and 5/8″ x 4″
Hues of Happiness pattern paper: scrap with flower to die cut
Let’s make it
- affix stamps to blocks
- fold and burnish the card base
- use the die from the Blossoming Happiness to die cut the 2 pieces of Basic Black – Note: I did do a second die cutting after the first as there was extra space on the end
- add one of the die cut Basic Black pieces to the top of the Coastal Cabana panel using glue
- add the second Basic Black piece to the bottom of the Coastal Cabana panel using glue
- take the 5/8″ x 4″ piece of Basic Black and stamp the sentiment and emboss it with White embossing powder
- add it to the card front between the 2 die cut panels leaving a small space between them
- attach the panel to the card front
- find the pattern paper that has the single flowers you can cut out and die cut one of the Coastal Cabana flowers
- use dimensionals to add the flower to the right hand side of the card front centering it top to bottom
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