cards – Flowerbugs Inkspot

Country Wreaths & Christmas Barn card ideas by the Flowerbug’s

October 28, 2022

This week I've been proud to share my Team Christmas card swaps from our October swap event. I am thrilled with the quality of our swaps each and every month!

Today's projects feature some pretty bundles in the 2022 Holiday catalog by Stampin' Up! First is a fabulous card by Candy with the Cottage Wreaths bundle.

Her colors include Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, White & Crumb Cake.

Details:

It's an easy fun fold card; she trimmed off 1" on the right side of her card front to reveal the Lights Aglow DSP on the inside edge.
She textured the Crumb Cake layer with the Timber 3D embossing folder.
Silver 3/8" edge ribbon and Festive Pearls are the embellishments

Next is a book binding fun fold card by Mary; she also featured the Country Wreaths bundle.

A book binding card is made by adding an extra score line to your 4 1/4" X 11" card. Score at 4 1/4" and 5 1/2".

The DSP layers are 3/4" X 3 7/8" and 3 7/8" square. Red layers are 7/8" X 4" and 4" square.

She used the Gingham Cottage DSP on her card front and Real Red & Garden Green card stock.

~~~

Lastly today is a beautiful scene made by Roxann with the Christmas Barn bundle seen here.

Her colors include Cherry Cobbler, White & Mossy Meadow. She used Blends markers to color the images and our new Very Best Trio tag punch on the corners.

Here's her inside view:

Stay tuned for more incredible swap cards by my Team.

*Love swapping? Or maybe you like discounted products? Consider joining my Flowerbug's Team! The Starter Kit has bonus free dollars this month! Check it out below:

~~~

October Specials

Starter Kit special! Get $155 in product for just $99

click here

~~~

Order online here

Host code link: SVBHWRCY

Get a free embellishment from me with online orders over $50!

Earn free products with my loyalty rewards!

Click here to download yours and earn a $50 shopping spree!

All Posts

Birthday ‘Tackle’ Treat box with video tutorial & measurements!

July 17, 2023
I was so inspired by the 'Tackle' box Candace created for her 'Artist of the Month' projects I had to try making one. She made hers with the Gone Fishing suite. And she made this project up herself – she's incredible with box designs! I decided to recreate it on a video and share it with you.

Isn't it amazing? I thought it would be really challenging to make, but with her box as my starting point it wasn't bad at all. And the Gone Fishing dies make the 'window' front a breeze.

I chose to use Berry Burst as my box color because I wanted it to be bright and happy for a Birthday gift. I went to the dollar store and found some fun candy treats to add. I put the loose candies in small baggies I had on hand.

The box is quite easy to put together. After scoring the box lid, be sure to die-cut the 'window' using the Gone Fishing die. Then you adhere it to a window sheet and add to the inside front of the box lid.

I notched the tabs before adhering.
- top of box 6 1/4 X 7 1/2" score 1" on all sides
- bottom of box 6 1/8" X 7 3/8" score at 1" on all sides
- window sheet 4 1/8" X 5 1/4"
- left inside divider (two compartments) is 1 7/8" X 6 3/4" score at 2 3/4", 3 1/2" & 4 1/4"
- right inside divider (three compartments) is 2 1/8" X 8 1/4" scored at 2", 2 3/4", 3 1/2", 5 1/8", 5 7/8" & 6 5/8"
- inside bottom – add under the two divided sections; 5 1/4" X 5 5/8" score at 1 7/8", 2 5/8" & 3 3/8". (It's shown vertically in the photo below)
Watch the video to see how these sections go together.

You can see the Gone Fishing bundle here. *They're currently out of stock but should be back in late August.

I chose the Circle Sayings bundle for my greeting tag. *see it here It's quite a versatile set and pairing it with the coordinating 2 2/8" circle punch was so smart of Stampin' Up! *I added a die-cut stitched Lemon Lime Twist circle from the Stylish Shapes dies.

You can watch the video on this project here. It's the last project. Or click on the photo below to watch it below. *Remember to follow me on either my FB page here (Tuesday Live videos) or my YouTube channel here.

~~~

July Specials:

Bonus Days!

Get a $5 coupon for each $50 order you place in July. Use the coupon in August!

Clearance Rack update!

See all items available here

NEW Online Exclusives will be available

See them all here

~~~

Plus my monthly special for online orders:

Get a free card kit & a new Beautifully Happy stamp set

with online orders over $65; must use a host code.

*current host code: MY4YDGEM
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Comment *
Name *

Email *

Website

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Tomorrow is the last day – Inventory Reduction Sale; get a free stamp set in your package!

July 15, 2023

There are just 2 days left of my Inventory reduction sale!

I have excess of 5 previous card kits to go so I'm offering a special through tomorrow, Sunday, July 16th.

I'll add a free stamp set (retired but new) to your package with the purchase

of any 2 or more pre-cut kits in my Shop.

*see them all here

Leave a Reply Cancel reply
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Comment *
Name *

Email *

Website

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Three more background ideas on these Team swap cards

July 14, 2023

Our Flowerbug's Team card swap theme was to create our own backgrounds. I shared three cards yesterday and here are three more:

Yellow is the underlying color on each of these swaps which is a perfect color for summertime. First is a pretty card in a blue & yellow combo by Candy.

She stamped the Timeless Tile background stamp and then textured it with an embossing folder. She also used the Bottled Happiness stamp set. Her colors include Misty Moonlight & Daffodil Delight. Such a beautiful card!

~~~

Next is a card made by Jacki with the Hello Ladybug stamp set & Ladybug Builder punch.

She stamped her background with the daisy image in the stamp set, heat embossing it with White embossing powder. It sure pops on the Black card stock! She added Daffodil Delight & White card stock for a poppin' color combo.

I LOVE her bumble bee! She used the punch for the body (adding Daffodil Delight strips to the Black body) and the wings are punched from Window Sheets. So clever and fun.

~~~

Next is another pretty card made by Paula. She featured the Petal Park, Two-Tone Flora and Timeless Arrangements stamp sets.

Her colors include Daffodil Delight, Black, White & Old Olive, stamped off. She added a few Brass Butterflies and our Black & White gingham ribbon.

I'll share the rest of our swaps next week. Have a great weekend!

~~~

Tomorrow is the last day of my special offer on my card kits to go.

*Buy two past kits and I'll add a new/retired stamp set to your package. There are 7 choices! Go here to shop.

~~~

July Specials:

Bonus Days!

Get a $5 coupon for each $50 order you place in July. Use the coupon in August!

There's a Clearance Rack update!

See all items available here

NEW Online Exclusives

See them all here

~~~

My monthly special for online orders:

Get a free card kit & a new Beautifully Happy stamp set

with online orders over $65; must use a host code.

*current host code: MY4YDGEM

Leave a Reply Cancel reply
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Comment *
Name *

Email *

Website

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.