Welcome to Week 9 of our Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Blog Hop, where we’re working our way through the Stampin’ Up! colour collection in alphabetical order. This week we’re celebrating the rich, vibrant Berry Burst.
Berry Burst is one of those colours that always makes a statement. Bright, cheerful and full of personality, it pairs beautifully with florals, making it the perfect choice for this feminine birthday card and matching custom envelope.
For this project, I created a Double Gatefold Card featuring the gorgeous Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape. If you haven’t tried this washi tape yet, it’s such a fun product to work with. Simply adhere it to Basic White card stock before die cutting with the coordinating Extraordinary Flora Dies, giving you beautifully detailed floral embellishments in minutes.
My card features:
- Berry Burst card stock base
- Moonlit Flora Designer Series Paper on the front gatefold panels
- Garden Poetry Designer Series Paper for the inside panels and matching custom envelope
- Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape adhered to Basic White card stock and die cut with the coordinating dies
- Framed All Around Stamp Set sentiment
- Layered Stylish Shapes Dies circles with a Berry Burst mat
- Berry Burst embellishments to finish the floral clusters
Normally I make cards in metric measurements to make the most of our Australian A4 card stock bases, but because this design uses more than half a sheet of A4 card stock and because I wanted to make a perfectly fitting custom envelope, I followed a US tutorial using imperial measurements for this project.
Start with an 11″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Berry Burst card stock and score at:
- 1-1/4″
- 3-3/8″
- 7-5/8″
- 9-3/4″
Cut Designer Series Paper for the four front panels and adhere to the card stock base.
- Front panels: 1-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ (Moonlit Flora DSP)
- Inside flaps: 2″ x 5-3/8″ (Garden Poetry DSP)
For the inside panel cut a piece of Basic White card stock and adhere to the card base: 4″ x 5-1/4″.
I created a 1″ belly band to hold the card flat, covering the front join with layered stitched circles with a Berry Burst mat. The front sentiment is from the Framed All Around Stamp Set.
This video shows how the card opens up.
Take a look at some more Berry Burst inspiration on our Insta Hop!
Our blog hop is now an Instagram hop but the good news is that you don’t need to have an Instagram account to view all of the other projects!
Simply go to my Insta handle in a new search engine window to follow the Instagram hop: @whatcathymade.
Next week we are showcasing Blackberry Bliss.
I hope you can join us then.
