Layers of Beauty

CS193 – Layers of Beauty

May 13, 2025 By Connie | 1 Comment

It’s a new month and a new theme for our Creatively Simple challenge!

SUNRISE SAILING

Last week I did a watercolor background, for this week I switched to watercolor coloring on my card using the Layer of Beauty Bundle! I started watercoloring with the flowers and my watercolor painter wasn’t working correctly so they turned out darker than I liked. I added some contrast by using the Layers of Beauty Stencil for the center darker portion!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Petunia Pop cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic White cardstock was stamped with the greeting across the top in Petunia Pop Ink, then added to the front of the base card.
A 4 x 4 piece of Cute As Can Bee (Online Exclusive) Designer Paper was cut on the diagonal across the top and then added to the bottom of the Basic White cardstock.
The Layers of Beauty roses were stamped with Memento Black Ink on Basic White cardstock and watercolored with Petunia Pop, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight Inks using a water brush.
The Layers of Beauty Stencil was used to add darker Highland Heather Ink to the centers.
It was cut with the Die and a portion of it trimmed away to fit better on my card. It was popped up on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Old Olive cardstock was cut with two of the stand-alone leaf dies and added under the flower cluster.
A trio of pink Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink Gems were added to the background.

The watercoloring actually went pretty fast so I think this still qualifies as a “simple” card! OK, check out Debbie’s new Creatively Simple card over on Create with Stamping Friends!

Supplies:

Stamps: Layers of Beauty
Inks: Memento Black, Petunia Pop, Highland Heather, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
Cardstock: Basic White, Petunia Pop
Designer Paper: Cute as Can Bee 12×12
Accessories: Layers of Beauty Dies, Layers of Beauty Stencils, Strawberry Slush and Pretty In Pink Gems, Water Painter, Adhesives

Enjoy using the festive shapes in Stampin' Up!'s HOMEMADE TREATS BUNDLE to create our fun, baking-theme cards and favors in this Collection! The oven mitt, rolling pin, candy canes, cookie dough and cutouts create some extra special touches on your projects just for the Christmas holidays! We've combined the HOMEMADE TREATS BUNDLE with the holiday inspired CHRISTMAS TAGS & MORE 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for SIX projects...TWO regular cards, TWO special-fold cards, and TWO small favor ideas to hold a special treat for friends and neighbors! See more details HERE!

Embrace the earthy beauty of nature with Stampin' Up!'s BRANCHING OUT BUNDLE. The life-like pine branches, berries, and pinecones images will bring a little of the outside to your indoors! Plus, the nested frames in the BRANCHING OUT DIES have accents of stitched trim to make them even more special. Add one of the special everyday greetings to finish off your special card or project. We've combined the BRANCHING OUT BUNDLE with the elegant hand-painted backgrounds in the SEASON OF ELEGANCE 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER with beautiful foil touches in neutral and Christmas colors. You'll get step-by-step tutorials for SIX projects...FOUR cards and TWO small gift/decor ideas perfect to showcase the beauty of the season. See more details HERE!

Be a little bold this Christmas stamping and accessorizing with the contemporary designs in the MODERN CHRISTMAS SUITE of products! You are sure to be on trend with the ORNAMENTAL CHRISTMAS BUNDLE and the classic trees, stars and ornament images! We've combined the ORNAMENTAL CHRISTMAS BUNDLE with the gold foil accents in the MODERN CHRISTMAS 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER for eye-catching designs! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for SIX projects...FOUR cards and TWO gift card holder ideas perfect to showcase the beauty of the season. See more details HERE!

IM341 – Layers of Beauty

July 15, 2024 By Connie | 2 Comments

Welcome to our Create with Stamping Friends Inspiration Monday challenges. This week’s inspiration challenge is a yummy cupcake! Wouldn’t you like to see that on your plate for your birthday?

LAYERS OF BEAUTY

I’m actually shocked on how much I pull out my Layers of Beauty Stamp Set! This time I only used a portion of the large image for the rose on the top of my cupcake and I colored it with Stampin’ Blends! I was even more surprised that I have NO current cupcake images in all the stamp sets I own! I need to look into that!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Soft Sea Foam cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
A 3-3/4 x 5 layer of Unbounded Beauty Designer Paper was added on top.
The circle from Spotlight on Nature Dies was cut from Smoky Slate cardstock and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I used the rosette maker Round We Go Die for the cupcake liner; a portion was cut from Unbounded Beauty DSP and the sides were angled. It was added to the circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The cupcake was hand-cut from Very Vanilla cardstock and added behind the top of the cupcake liner.
The smallest rose from Layers of Beauty was stamped with Memento Black Ink on Basic White cardstock and colored with Petunia Pop and Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends. It was hand-cut and added to the top of the cupcake with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Three of the leaf clusters were cut with the Layers of Beauty Die from Soft Sea Foam cardstock and added around the sides of the cupcake liner and behind the flower.
Hello from Unbounded Love Stamp Set was stamped on Soft Sea Foam cardstock with Memento Black Ink and cut with the Layers of Beauty tag die.
Two pink Shiny Sequins were added to the liner to finish it off.

You don’t know how I struggled making this card, but it worked! OK, check out Debbie’s Inspiration Monday card over on Create with Stamping Friends!

Supplies:
Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Unbounded Love
Inks: Memento Black
Blends: Petunia Pink Combo, Soft Sea Foam Combo
Cardstock: Basic White, Very Vanilla, Soft Sea Foam, Smoky Slate, Unbounded Beauty 12×12 Designer Paper
Accessories: Spotlight on Nature Dies, Round We Go Dies, Shiny Adhesive Backed Sequins (Online Exclusive), Adhesives

CSF Saturday Blog Hop – “Hunt for Red October”

July 6, 2024 By Connie | Leave a Comment

It’s Saturday and time for our Create with Stamping Friends Blog Hop. This month we will be using the colors in movie titles to inspire our cards. This week our movie theme is “Hunt for Red October”. Cards with predominantly red in them!

LAYERS OF BEAUTY

The masks with the Layers of Beauty stamps make it SO easy to color! I didn’t even use the dies from the bundle. I also only used two colors…Poppy Parade and Basic Beige to get the depth of color on the roses and the leaves!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Poppy Parade cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
A 3-3/4 x 5 layer of Basic Beige cardstock was added on top.
The 3-1/2 x 4-3/4 layer of Basic White cardstock was stamped with the roses in Memento Black Ink in the lower right corner.
The masks were used with Poppy Parade Ink for the roses and Basic Beige Inks for leaves.
The white was added to the Basic Beige layer.
The Basic Beige tag was cut with the Greetings of the Season die and stamped with the Simply Said greeting in Memento Black Ink.
Some Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon was tied thru the hole in the tag, then the tag added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
A trio of black Sparkle Gems were added to the background.

This card came together really quickly! OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Stamping Friends website, then on to creative Debbie Henderson, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Simply Said
Inks: Memento Black, Poppy Parade, Basic Beige
Cardstock: Basic White, Basic Beige, Poppy Parade
Accessories: Layers of Beauty Masks, Greetings of the Season Dies, Black & Very Vanilla Large Gingham, Sparkle Dots, Adhesives

CSF Saturday Blog Hop – Forever Love

June 8, 2024 By Connie | 1 Comment

It’s Saturday and time for our Create with Stamping Friends Blog Hop. This week our theme is “Forever Love”. Lots of people seem to get married in June (my son and brother included!) Let’s show off our wedding and anniversary cards!

LAYERS OF BEAUTY

Although this stamp image looks time consuming to color…it really isn’t! The masks make it SO simple by adding color a section at a time! This greeting would be wonderful for my husband’s anniversary card (and he doesn’t mind flowers!)

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Flirty Flamingo cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Lemon Lolly cardstock is embossed with the So Swirly Embossing Folder and added to the base card.
The Layers of Beauty flower was stamped with Memento Black Ink on 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 layer of Basic White cardstock. The masks were used to add Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Petunia Pop, Lemon Lime Twist and Old Olive Inks with Blending Brushes. It was cut with the Layers of Beauty Die and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Some Flirty Flamingo Baker’s Twine Three Pack was looped several times and then added to the flower.
The greeting from Layers of Beauty stamp set was stamped with Memento Black Ink on a 1/2 x 4 strip of Basic White and the ends cut at an angle.
A trio of pink Tinsel Gems Four Pack were added to the background.

OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Stamping Friends website, then on to creative Debbie Henderson, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Layers of Beauty
Inks: Memento Black, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Lemon Lime Twist, Petunia Pop, Flirty Flamingo
Cardstock: Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories: Layers of Beauty Dies, So Swirly Embossing Folder, Baker’s Twine Three Pack, Tinsel Gems Four Pack, Blending Brushes, Adhesives

CSF Saturday Blog Hop – Neutrals Palette

May 4, 2024 By Connie | Leave a Comment

It’s Saturday and time for our Create with Stamping Friends Blog Hop. This week our theme is “Neutrals Color Palette”. Our Design Team will use only whites, grays, ivory, browns or black on their cards this week!

LAYERS OF BEAUTY

I haven’t made a “vintage” looking card for a LONG time! I thought the Layers of Beauty stamp set would be perfect for this week’s theme.

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 new Basic Beige cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Pecan Pie cardstock was embossed with the new Eyelet Embossing Folder and the edges roughed up and curled. It was adhered on the front.
The large flower cluster from Layers of Beauty was stamped with Pecan Pie Ink on Basic Beige cardstock and cut with the Layers of Beauty Die. It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals and some of the edges curled up.
The extra leaves were cut with the dies from Basic White cardstock and adhered behind the main image.
The tag from the Layers of Beauty Dies was cut from both Pecan Pie and Basic White cardstock. The Basic White was stamped with the “hello” image from Unbounded Love stamp set in Pecan Pie Ink. They were adhered together with a Mini Stampin’ Dimensional.
The tags were tied with Linen Thread tied in a bow on the front with big loops and long tails.

I’m really happy with how this turned out! I “may” be using this idea for my Stampin’ Up! Incentive Trip swaps…have to get working on those! By the time you read this, I’m on my way home from the trip. I bet we have an AWESOME time! OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Stamping Friends website, then on to creative Debbie Henderson, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Unbounded Love, Layers of Beauty
Inks: Pecan Pie
Cardstock: Basic White, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie
Accessories: Flowers of Beauty Dies, Eyelet Embossing Folder, Linen Thread, Adhesives

CSF814 – Layers of Beauty

April 18, 2024 By Connie | Leave a Comment

It’s Thursday and you know that means it is time for a Create with Stamping Friends Thursday Challenge. We are picking our own favorite color combination this week AND adding a little sparkle! Right now my favorite color is yellow, so I combined it with the awesome new Petunia Pop pink color and Lemon Lime Twist green! LOVE how it turned out!

LAYERS OF BEAUTY

I just got this new Layers of Beauty bundle and couldn’t wait to ink it up! On this card, I used Stampin’ Blends to color my flowers, but on a second card I’ll show later, I did use the stencils that are bundled with this set! Stencils are quite the rage again. I can remember stenciling my walls when I was first married!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Petunia Pop cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic White was added on top.
The large rose flowers were stamped with Memento Black Ink on Basic White cardstock and colored with Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist and Petunia Pop Stampin’ Blends, then cut with the Layers of Beauty Dies.
A 1/4 x 3 strip of Petunia Pop In Color Glimmer Paper was added behind the greeting stamped with Memento Black Ink on Petunia Pop cardstock. It was cut with the Everyday Details Die, then added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
A trio of In Color Resin Dots were added to the background.

LOVE these colors together! OK, go check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did with this challenge over on Create with Stamping Friends.

Supplies:
Stamps: Layers of Beauty
Ink: Memento Black
Blends: Petunia Pop, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist
Cardstock: Basic White, Petunia Pop, In Color Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Layers of Beauty Dies, Everyday Details Dies, In Color Resin Dots, Adhesives