Ending the Week Right Before Valentine's Day

This week I used the Country Bouquet Suite. Very simple cards but elegant for anyone you love on Valentine's Day. I used Pool Party and Shimmery White cardstock. The DSP is the Country Floral Lane that comes with the suite. I only used 1 piece. I also used the Loose Daisy embellishments with a Pool Party ribbon bow. I punched out the hearts with the heart punch that comes with the set in Shimmery White. It punches out a big heart, little heart and leaves. I brushed on some Pool Party to give them a little color and stamped with Pool Party. Then glued them the way I wanted them and put them up on dimensionals. The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches scored at 4 1/4 inches. The first Pool Party layer is 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches and the DSP layer is 5 1/4 x 4 inches. The inside layers are the same dimensions as the front. The little hearts on the inside are stamped in Just Jade. 

This card is Blushing Bride, Pool Party, and Shimmery White cardstock. The base of Blushing Bride is 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches scored at 4 1/4 inches. The first two layers are 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches and 4 x 5 1/4 inches. The inside layers are the same dimensions. The heart stamped on the front is two different stamps that come in the set, the flowers are stamped in Fresh Freesia twice and the leaves are stamped in Just Jade. The words are stamped in Pool Party and the hearts on the inside are Fresh Freesia. DSP on the front is 4 inches long and I just cut them to make the image equidistant on top and bottom. My cards always come out really simple but I really like these two cards. 

Valentine's Day Country Bouquet

I made another card with the Country Bouquet stamps. The card pieces are from a make and take that I received for an event that I was at. The base is in Blushing Bride and measures 4 1/4 x 11 inches scored at 5 1/2 inches. The Basic White pieces are 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches and the top one is 3 3/4 x 5 inches. The inside layers are the same dimensions. The inside DSP layer is 3 3/4 x 7/16 inches and the silver piece is 3 3/4 x 1/4 inches. 

I stamped in Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz. The bow is Pale Papaya. The heart on the front is 2 stamps that come in the stamp set. Since the stamps are polymer they are pretty easy to eye the placement of lining up the stamps. This is a super simple card and only 2 colors. 

 

Country Bouquet

 Someone is ready to Stamp with me. This week we are playing with the Country Bouquet Suite. I'm sorry to say that this suite is on the low inventory list. Valentine's Day is next week so I did want to make some Valentine's Day cards. Personally I don't really celebrate the holiday but the cards are pretty. I also was really excited to use this set because this set can make really pretty anniversary cards or just tell someone that you love them. This week I had a little helper. 

My daughter was all set to help make a card with this set. I used a make and take set that I received. I decided to substitute this set for the card.

The cardstock is Blushing Bride, Basic White and Shimmery White. The silver scallops on the front is a die from the Penned Flowers dies. The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches scored at 4 1/4 inches. The Basic White layers are 5 x 3 3/4 inches and 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches. The DSP layer is 4 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches. The silver scallop was cut to the size of the paper, you'll have to trim a little of it off. I embossed the double heart stamp and the outline heart in silver embossing powder. I used the punch that comes with the set to cut the hearts out. You have to be careful when you stamp then cut them out because the punch has leaves on the sides that will cut off the image if you want to stamp more than 1 at a time. I then glued them together the way I wanted them and put them up on dimensionals. Then I embossed a sentiment with silver and put it on the open space to break up all the white. 

The inside layers are 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches and 4 7/8 x 3 5/8 inches. The DSP is 4 7/8 x 1/4 inch the silver piece is the same dimensions and then I took the little hearts from the set and stamped them in blushing bride.