Peaceful Season--#tgifc330

Sometimes all you need to make a beautiful card is a beautiful piece of designer series paper and a greeting.  My idea for this project was to add two stamped and die cut images and maybe some sequins or silver cord.  It was just too much. I wanted a peaceful feeling and that came from the paper and greeting alone.  So  I put away the extra "stuff":

The card is a 5-3/4" square with a Smoky Slate card base and a piece of designer series paper from the Peaceful Place collection (#156394).  The greeting is from the Peaceful Cabin stamp set (#156395).  It was stamped in Basic Gray directly on the paper using my Stamparatus (#146276).  This large card needed it's own handmade envelope created with white paper and a strip of another pattern from the Peaceful Place paper collection.

This card was made for this week's Inspiration Challenge from TGIF Challenges.  The inspiration is the July to December 2021 Mini Catalog.  If you need some inspiration for your recent Stampin' Up! purchases from this catalog, checkout the TGIF Challenges blog here.

Have a great week!

--Sara Nell 

Enjoy Peace--#tgifc326

This week our challenge from the TGIF Challenges team is to create a decorated envelope.  I came into my stamping room with a pretty floral covered envelope in mind but that's not what happened.  I pulled out my Peaceful Place designer series paper pack (#156394, available beginning August 3), turned on my Brandon Lake gospel album, House of Miracles, and created in the peace of His presence.  

I created the 6-1/2" x 4" envelope out of one of the paper patterns in Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Basic Black and Silver.  I used a long retired envelope template with a rounded flap on one end.  The envelope was wrapped in silver Metallic Mesh ribbon (# 153550) which holds the flap on the back of the envelope closed.  

The greeting is from the Peaceful Cabin stamp set (#156395, available beginning August 3).  It was stamped in Versamark on Basic Gray card stock, heat embossed with Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder (Metallics set, #155555), and then die cut using a Tasteful Labels die (#152886).  

The envelope is decorated with Pearl Basic Jewels (#144219) and Wonderful Snowflakes (#156340, available beginning August  3).  This envelope will be used for a gift card and note during the Christmas holidays. I'll be making more of them!

If you want to up your envelope game, head over to the TGIF Challenges Blog here for lots of inspiration.

May you find and enjoy peace today!

--Sara Nell