Artisan Extra! Charming Day Card Set!

You are going to ☆ ☆ ☆ FOR SURE ☆ ☆ ☆ want to check out this fun project that I am sharing with you today!  It is an ARTISAN EXTRA project that I made using the Charming Day Bundle and Fancy Borders Dies from Stampin' Up! & was posted on their social media pages a few weeks ago.  💕  I am so excited to share this project with you!  Spoiler alert ... at the bottom of this post I have a template to share so you can easily make your own!  

All supplies are from ©️ Stampin' Up!

Colors:  Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist, Basic White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Gold

Inks: Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist, Pecan Pie, Tuxedo Black Memento, VersaMark 

Cardstock/Papers: Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist, Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Gold Foil Sheets, Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper, Basic White Medium Envelopes

Stamps: Charming Day

Tools:  Charming Day Dies, Fancy Borders Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Damask Designs Embossing Folder, Mini Corrugated Embossing Folder, Glass & Gardens Embossing Folders, Water Painters, Heat Tool

Accessories: Basics WOW! Embossing Powder, Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder, Baker's Twine Essentials Pack, Holographic Resin Dots

Isn't she stunning!  There are so many fun details I want to share, so let's get started! 

This card holder is so easy and fun to make.  You just need ONE 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock for the folder!  (Obviously more to make the cards inside!  Hee.)  And it is so easy!  Remember:  The template is posted at the end of this post that you can save so you can make your own! 

For the closure, I used a 2" x 11" cardstock strip to make a belly band.  I lay the belly band down on my surface (stamped side face down) and place the card holder on top in the middle.  Then I just fold the belly band around the folder, so the cardstock meets at the top of the folder.  I do this because once I add my focal point, you don't see the "seam" of the cardstock and it looks seamless around the whole band! 

So pretty, huh?! These gorgeous die-cuts are so easy to make also! 

A few more fun tips and explanation:

    ❀ Die-cut the floral images from Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.  Then add your color with a Water Painter or paint brush and ink.  Use more water when you want a softer color.  

    ❀ After images have dried, splatter them with an ink color that is somewhat similar to gold.  I used Pecan Pie here.  Then quickly add Gold Embossing Powder and heat set for a fun gold splatter! 

    ❀ Two-Tone Cardstock is a dream!!!  Not only do you now have two shades of each Stampin' Up! color, but I love the white core!  Run it through an embossing folder and then lightly sand to add some fun texture! 

    ❀ The gold details adds so much fancy fun!  Simply use as a mat and add some die-cuts from Gold Foil Sheet to fancy it up! 

The the fun to the cards!  I LOVE LOVE the gold detail added to this card set!  It really makes it feel so fancy!  And with the Fancy Borders Dies, it was EXTRA fun and EASY to add some detail! 

How easy and fancy, right?!  But so special!  I really love the look this gives!  Let me show you a close up shot of all the cards: 

And of COURSE ... I had to stamp the envelopes too for this project! 

Well, what do you think?  Do you want to make your own?!  I love the black & white look here with pops of color.  But obviously, you could do this HOWEVER you wanted!  And I would love to see!  😍

Now as promised ... here is the template!  And for those of you that use Metric Measurements ... I have a template with cm listed! 🤟

AND THE METRIC MEASUREMENTS VERSION: 

I truly hope you enjoyed this project!  THANK YOU so much for visiting!  Please let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything at all!  I would be happy to help you with your papercrafting needs!  And if you need some FABULOUS new Stampin' Up! supplies, and live in the United States, I would be happy to help you with that also!  

Don't hesitate to reach out! 

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