It’s a sign of my age that while making these projects I was humming Peaches by The Stranglers and not the entirely different song of the same name by Justin Bieber. (In fact, I'm only aware of the latter because I Googled the former to check I had my facts straight.)
We had a peachy old time at my Crafty Friday class last week, once again held over Zoom. Some of my customers had expressed doubts about Stampin’ Up!'s You're a Peach Suite and Designer Series Paper but I pointed out that only four of the designs actually feature peaches, so they were won over.
And it was with this in mind that I decided to show
different versions of the same two cards, using peaches and flowers cut
out of the Designer Series Paper to provide options.
Then on the day itself, while they were busy fussy-cutting their images, I decided to stamp mine using the Sweet As a Peach stamp set, cutting them out using the Peach Dies.
I ended up with three sets of cards, showing the
versatility of this fabulous Suite. They show just how different
the same design can look if you change the Designer Series Paper.
I love these Genial Gems from the Hand-Penned Suite and they go well
with other suites, too. For instance, the Pale Papaya gems are perfect
for this peachy project. The Mint Macaron is pale enough to work ok but why compromise when the solution is staring you
in the face?
I coloured the Mint Macaron gems with a Dark Old
Olive Stampin’ Blend marker and achieved perfect coordination. I tried the Light but it wasn’t
as effective. If you have Stampin’ Blends (alcohol markers not water-based), you can always use them to
match your embellishments to your projects perfectly.
Here are the floral cards – without the cheesy peachy sentiment, you’d never know that these came from the You’re a Peach Suite. I’ve fussy-cut all those flowers out of the Designer Series Paper; I will be so glad to get back to in-person classes where we can ditch the fussy cutting!
These cards use exactly the same pack of paper but I’ve chosen to cut out peach images instead. They’re much easier to cut out than the flowers!
These cards were made using the Sweet As a Peach bundle (stamps and Peach dies) to create the images; this makes it even easier, and I love the shades of Pale Papaya and Calypso Coral on the stamped peaches.
The stamps are cleverly designed to give you different shades, with pale/white patches to give a more realistic image. To add even more shading to your peaches, ink first in Pale Papaya, then before stamping, add some Calypso Coral ink around the edges using a Sponge Dauber.
As for the fancy fold, it’s a double Z-fold and far easier to make than it looks. Basically you just repeat the fold of the outer card and stick it on the inside in the same formation. That’s a rubbish description, so feel free to download the class instructions from here.
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