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Monday, January 2, 2023

HD Peony Promise - Oh So Sweet

Today I have 6 cards made using the last set of the Hunkydory Peony Promise kit - a set called Oh So Sweet.  Here's what the set looked like:

As you can see, the basic set was 2 sheets of printed card stock (called Adorable Scoreable - AS), and a sheet of foiled die cuts.  In addition to this, I used a few cut outs from the coordinating little book pages (LB).  Here's a picture of all 6 cards:

Below is a closeup look at each:

Card #1:

This first card, a slimline, has a background cut from the border edge of one of the AS pieces.  The frame and focal were from the die cut sheet - with the focal added with foam tape.  The sentiment stamped and heat embossed in silver was stamped (JustRite Grand Sentiments) on a plain colored scrap of AS and matted with silver poster board.

Inside:


Inside the remaining piece of the border AS from the front was cut to form borders top and bottom.  The sentiment was stamped using a Crafter's Companion Compendium stamp from the set called Thinking of You.

Card #2:

Lavender card stock from my stash forms the background of this card - embossed with Decor Circles from Teresa Collins.  A scrap of silver poster board forms a border near the bottom of the card - along with a die cut sentiment from the set.  For the focal, I used a die cut frame from the die cut sheet to frame a portion from one of the AS sheets.  The butterfly was a sticker from my stash.

Inside:

Scraps of the embossed card stock from the front, forms borders top and bottom - along with scraps of silver poster board.  The cupcake is a cut out from a LB page.  A stamped sentiment (Crafter's Companion Compendium from the page Thank You) completes the inside.

Card #3:

The main part of this card is another piece of AS - with a frame cut from a piece of plain colored AS from my stash (Spellbinder's Dies from 5x7 Matting Basics).  The die cut sentiment was matted on another scrap of the plain colored AS, which was matted with the silver poster board.  I added a stamped sentiment using a JustRite stamp from their Ever After Antique Labels One set.  A butterfly sticker from my stash completed the look.

Inside:

A die cut rectangle (inside of frame from the front) formed the main part of the inside.  A scrap of the AS forms a border - with a die cut and butterfly sticker from my stash decorating it.  "Innies" of border stickers from my stash form a butterfly trail.  The stamped sentiments are from Crafter's Companion's Compendium - the first from the page called Celebrate, the 2nd from Birthday-Female.

Card #4:

This is a smaller card - a bit larger than an A2.  The card front was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder called Swiss Dots.  A silver strip forms a bit of a border.  The focal was a die cut from the set, the sentiment a cut out from a LB page, and the butterfly was a sticker from my stash.

Inside:

Scraps of the AS & silver poster board forms the bottom border - along with a die cut sentiment.  The stamped sentiment is another from Crafter's Companion Compendium - this time the sheet called Heartfelt.

Card #5:

This card was made to meet several challenges - a sketch challenge, use of octagons, and TTT (embossing, shiny, vellum).  A piece of the AS forms the background for this card (I die cut pieces from it where they'd be hidden behind the added octagons and saved them for the next card).  Octagons were die cut (Stitched Octagons from Creative Dies Designs) from plain white, some of the AS, and the embossed lavender scraps from the previous cards.  The focal, frame, and first sentiment were all from the die cut sheet.  The frame was cut down a bit to fit - and then backed with pink vellum.  The 2nd sentiment was cut from a LB page & then matted with silver poster board from my stash.

Inside:

The border was created with a piece of AS and two cut outs from the LB.  The stamped sentiment was made using another of the Crafter's Companion Compendium from the page called Birthday - Female.

Card #6:

This final card was inspired by the same sketch as the last one - and uses the hexagons cut from the previous card - matted with silver.  The frame was also die cut from silver poster board.  The background was a plain white card stock - embossed with Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots and then inked with two colors of distress inks (Picked Raspberry and Dusty Concord).  Then I added the die cut focal and frame (from the die cut sheets - frame turned on end).  The sentiment is fussy cut from a LB page - then matted with silver poster board.  The final element is another butterfly sticker from my stash.

Inside:

This embossed inside page came with one of my Crafter's Companion Compendium pages - and I stamped a message using one of those sheets - the one called Birthday-Female.

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