Thanks a Bunch Card with Sweet Citrus Bundle

Thanks a Bunch Card with Sweet Citrus Bundle

sweet citrus photo for project tutorial

Create this beautiful thank you card using the Sweet Citrus Bundle with a Hybrid Embossing Folder by Stampin’ Up!

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Measurements: 

  • Thick Basic White: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
  • Basic White: 4-1/4” x 4-1/4” for stamping limes; 2-3/4” x 4-1/4” for stamping flowers and greeting
  • Old Olive: 3-5/8” x 4-7/8”
  • Parakeet Party: 3-1/2” x 4-3/4”
  • Vellum: 2-3/4” x 4”
  • White Twine: 8”
  • Iridescent Rhinestones: x2

Instructions:

  1. Using the Stamparatus, stamp the outline image of the limes in old olive. Line up the centers of the limes and then stamp using parakeet party.
  2. Position the die to cut the limes into the embossing folder until it locks into place and then position the stamped images in behind, lining them up. Run it through so that it embosses and cuts at the same time.
  3. Run the parakeet party cardstock through with the embossing folder.
  4. Add the embossed cardstock to the old olive layer and that to the card front.
  5. Stamp the greeting using calypso coral ink onto the scrap of white and then die cut using the 1-3/4” circle from the stylish shapes dies.
  6. Stamp the flowers using calypso coral ink and the flower centers using soft suede. Die cut.
  7. Create your cluster on the piece of vellum. The half lime, greeting and larges flower are popped up using dimensionals. Everything else is flat.
  8. Once your cluster is attached the vellum, adhere it to the card front.
  9. Tie a bow with the white twine and add it to the card front using a mini glue dot.
  10. Add the two rhinestones.
  11. I had a half lime slice left that I added to the inside of the card.

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Thank You Card with Irresistible Blooms Bundle

Thank You Card with Irresistible Blooms Bundle

Irresistible Blooms Bundle by Stampin Up! Hello Irresistible DSP. Laura Milligan Id Rather Bee Stampin

A gorgeous thank you card using the all-new online exclusive Irresistible Blooms Bundle and Hello, Irresistible Designer Series Paper!

Measurements: 

  • Soft Sea Foam: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
  • Basic White: 3” x 4 ¾”
  • Designer Series Paper: 4” x 1” (2 pieces)
  • Designer Series Paper: 2 flower images

Instructions:

  1. Fold the Soft Sea Foam cardstock on score line to create card base.
  2. Glue the two strips of DSP to the card front – top and bottom
  3. Stamp the leaves in Soft Sea Foam on the left side of the Basic White.
  4. Stamp some of the blotches in Flirty Flaming to the right of the leaves.
  5. Stamp the sentiment in Night of Navy on lower right corner.
  6. Cut out two flower images from the DSP using the coordinating dies.
  7. Pop up the flowers with Stampin’ Dimensionals on top of the leaves.
  8. Glue the stamp piece to the middle of the card based in between the DSP strips.
  9. Add some Loose Frosted Dots to finish the card.

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A Thank You Card with Petal Park by Stampin’ Up!

A Thank You Card with Petal Park by Stampin’ Up!

Petal Park Thank You Card for Stamp and Share Crew Tutorials - Laura Milligan Id Rather Bee Stampin'

A bright and beautiful thank you card with a fun edge!  This card uses the Petal Park Bundle (below) from the Stampin’ Up! 2023 Spring Mini Catalog!

Petal Park Bundle by Stampin' Up!

Measurements: 

  • Basic Black Card Stock: 4 1/4” x 5 1/2”
  • Thick White Card Stock: 5 1/4” x 8”, scraps for flower images

Instructions:

  1. Score Thick White CS at 4” along the 8” edge; fold and burnish. Stamp the front flap of the card with line-art leaf images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, leaving an approximate 1 1/4” border of white at the bottom.  Trim along the bottom edge of the stamped images.
  2. Stamp Thick White CS with four sets of line-art flower images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
  3. Color each set of flowers and the leaf images as desired with Watercolor Pencils, blending the coordinating colors together with a Color Lifter Stampin’ Blend. Punch or trim out all of the flowers.
  4. Add texture to the top of the front flap of the card along the fold line with an embossing folder.
  5. Stamp the inside bottom right corner of the card with sentiment of choice in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, making sure that the sentiment is not covered by the front flap of the card when closed.
  6. Glue flowers to the front of the card, mounting the top three flowers with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  7. Glue three flowers to the inside back of the card around the sentiment. Pay attention to how the flower placement will affect the overall look on the front when the card is closed.
  8. Randomly glue rhinestones within the stamped flower and leaf design on the card front.

 

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A Bouquet of Love Thank You Card

A Bouquet of Love Thank You Card

2022-12 Bouquet of Thanks card PS Project Tutorial Shared by Laura Milligan

Sharing a pretty card today using the lovely A Bouquet of Love stamp set.  This is a quick and easy, yet beautiful card!

The Designer Series Paper is a host only paper – it’s a big 12 x 12 Paper Stack – with 48 beautiful sheets of DSP.   Placing a large order? Consider selecting this as part of your host rewards!

Measurements: 

  • Soft Suede CS: 4-1/4″ x 11″, scored in half at 5-1/2″
  • DSP: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
  • Daffodil Delight CS: scrap for the sentiment
  • Basic White CS: 4″ x 5-1/4″

Instructions:

  1. Burnish the fold in the card base with a Bone Folder.
  2. Die cut the center from the DSP layer.
  3. Stamp the bouquet image in Soft Suede ink onto the DSP center
  4. Stamp the sentiment portion of the image onto the scrap of Daffodil Delight CS, then fussy cut the banner with Paper Snips.
  5. Adhere the DSP frame onto the front of the card base with Foam Adhesive Strips.
  6. Glue the sentiment over the stamped DSP.
  7. Glue the DSP center onto the front of the card base, inside the frame.
  8. Cut Tear & Tape to about 3-3/8” long, fold it in half, and apply the skinny strip onto the DSP layer.
  9. Cut twine to about 3-1/2” and lay it on the Tear & Tape. Tuck the ends of the twine under the frame.
  10. Tie another piece of twine in a bow and adhere it using a couple Mini Glue Dots.
  11. Glue the Basic White CS onto the inside of the card base.

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Video Tutorial – Easter Bunny Paired with Thanks a Bunch!

Video Tutorial – Easter Bunny Paired with Thanks a Bunch!

Love you a Bunch Card with Thanks a Bunch and Easter Bunny Bundle by Stampin' Up! Laura Milligan Id Rather Bee Stampin

For this week’s Facebook Live, I made a Love You a Bunch Card by pairing the Thanks A Bunch Sale-a-bration Stamp Set with the Easter Bunny Bundle!

I think these two stamp sets compliment each other so well!  Carrots and bunnies are a good match, right?  The Thanks a Bunch set that is all about carrots has some fun word sentiments and can be earned for free with a $50 product purchase during Saleabration – which is going on now – and ends Feb. 28.

 

Watch the replay here:

Laura Milligan YouTube Thumbnail Stampin Up! Thanks a Bunch with Easter Bunny Bundle

Isn’t this bunny the cutest?  I stamped her in Crumb Cake ink and punched her with coordinating Easter Bunny Punch, and then dressed her up with a little Easter  “corsage” of flowers and ribbon.  I have fond memories of Easter when I was growing up – my grandparents would always give my sister and I corsages to wear to church on Easter morning.   While this card isn’t Easter themed at all, it just brought back a fond memory of my childhood!  Here’s a close up look at her:

A Fun Card with Thanks a Bunch and Easter Bunny Bundle by Stampin' Up! Laura Milligan Id Rather Bee Stampin

I think she is pretty cute paired with the carrots, and the plaid Designer Series paper, and hope you agree!

 


 

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A Thanks Card with Forever Flourishing Dies by Stampin’ Up!

A Thanks Card with Forever Flourishing Dies by Stampin’ Up!

forever flourishing photo

Create this colorful fall thank you card using the Forever Flourishing and Amazing Thanks Dies by Stampin’ Up!

Measurements:

  • Soft Suede Card Stock: 8-1/2” x 5-1/2”, scrap for “thanks”
  • Pumpkin Pie Card Stock: 4” x 5-1/4”, scrap for leaves
  • Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3-13/16” x 5-1/16”, 4” x 5-1/4”, scrap for “thanks” shadow.
  • Old Olive Card Stock: Scrap for leaves
  • Crumb Cake Card Stock: 1-3/4” x 4”, scrap for leaves
  • Daffodil Delight Card Stock: Scrap for leaves
  • Ribbon: 12”

Instructions:

  1. Fold a 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” piece of Soft Suede CS in half to create a card base. Glue a 4” x 5-1/4” piece of Very Vanilla CS to the back inside of the card base.
  2. Die-cut and punch a variety of leaf shapes using Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, and Pumpkin Pie CS. Randomly glue the leaf shapes to a 3-13/16” x 5-1/16” piece of Very Vanilla CS with Multipurpose Liquid Glue; allow to dry completely.  Using the large fern die-cut, add texture to the front of the card stock piece by dry embossing in several locations.  The “sandwich” for dry embossing using a die-cut is: Plate #1, plate #2, card stock piece facing upwards, die-cut facing down, Silicone Craft Sheet, and plate #4.  Glue the embossed card to the center of the 4” x 5-1/4” piece of Pumpkin Pie CS.  Mount to the center front of the card base.
  3. Die-cut “thanks” from a piece of Soft Suede CS and a shadow “thanks from a piece of Very Vanilla CS. Glue the die-cuts together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  Mount to the center top of a 1-3/4” x 4” piece of Crumb Cake CS.  Wrap a piece of ribbon around the card stock below the thanks die-cuts and tie a knot; trim ribbon ends.  Glue the card stock piece to the card front slightly above center.
  4. Randomly add Gold sequins to the card front.
  5. Add a couple of die-cut leaves to the bottom right corner of the Very Vanilla CS piece on the inside of the card. 

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Please contact me with any questions!  I’d love to have you join my “We’d Rather Bee Stampin'” team!

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