Thoughtful Expressions – Stampin' in the Meadows

Good Morning! The Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Expressions stamp set has beautiful images, but today I focused on the great sentiments and paired it with the beautiful Thoughtful Journey 6″ x 6″ designer series paper to make a sympathy card. You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

I adhered a strip of pretty Thoughtful Designs specialty 6″ x 6″ designer series paper to the front of a Wild Wheat card base with liquid glue. I adhered a pretty panel of Thougthful Journey 6″ x 6″ DSP on top of it with liquid glue.

I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Expressions stamp set in Versamark ink on a Mossy Meadow panel. I sprinkled it with white embossing powder and shook off the excess. I heated it until it was bright and shiny and cut it out with the long label die from the Autumn Leaves dies.

I adhered a length of Petunia Pop ribbon to the card with Stampin’ Seal and adhered the label on top with dimensionals. I finished the card with three brass birds.

For the inside of the card, I the flower sprig from the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Expressions stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a Basic White panel. I colored the flowers with light Petunia Pop Stampin’ Blend and the leaves with light Mossy Meadow. I stamped the sentiment using Mossy Meadow ink and trimmed the side with DSP. I adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

Sympathy cards are hard to make and the sentiments in the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Expressions stamp set are simple and pretty. Paired with pretty designer series paper, it becomes easier.

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Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Wild Wheat – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base, scored at 5-1/2″
Mossy Meadow – 1-1/2″ x 3″ (label)
Basic White – 4″ x 5-1/4″ x 4″ (inside panel)
Thoughtful Designs specialty DSP – 1″ x 5-1/4″
Thoughtful Journey 6″ x 6″ DSP – 3-1/2″ x 4-3/4″ (front background), 1/2″ x 5-1/4″ (inside trim)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

Thoughtful Expressions Cling Stamp Set (English)

[162815]

$25.00

Autumn Leaves Dies

[162185]

$38.00

Thoughtful Journey 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163303]

$12.50

Thoughtful Designs 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[163317]

$11.00

Wild Wheat 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161725]

$11.50

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133676]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$9.00

Petunia Pop Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[163828]

$11.00

Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154890]

$11.00

Petunia Pop 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon

[163785]

$7.50

Adhesive Backed Dragonflies & Birds

[162743]

$8.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Good Morning! The Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Expressions bundle pretty floral images and sentiments with wonderful dies. I used it with the Poetic Expressions designer series paper for a friendship card. You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

I adhered a panel of Poetic Expressions designer series paper to the front of a Boho Blue card base with liquid glue. I adhered another panel of the DSP to a Boho Blue mat and adhered it to the card with liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Expressions stamp set using Pebbled Path ink on Basic White and cut it out with a rectangular die from the Everyday Details dies. I adhered the label to the card with dimensionals.

I stamped the floral bouquet from the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Expressions stamp set in Pebbled Path ink on Basic White and colored the leaves with light light Old Olive and light Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blends. I colored the flower centers with the light Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend and the petals with the light Calypso Coral Blend. I colored the base of the petals with the dark Calypso Coral Blend and the used the light pen to blend the shades. I cut the bouquet out with the coordinating die. I also used the dies to cut two flowers from Petal Pink and two long leaf clusters and one short one from Old Olive.

I adhered the leaf clusters and flowers to the card with glue dots and made a bow from Petal Pink ribbon. I adhered the bow with a glue dot and popped the floral cluster on top with dimensionals. I finished the card with Petal Pink glitter dots.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment and flower from the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Expressions stamp set in Pebbled Path ink on Basic White. I colored the flower the same as the flowers on the card front and trimmed the bottom of the panel with DSP. I adhered it to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

I used the die from the Everyday Details dies to keep the angular look to the card. But I think afterwards, it would have been fine with the graceful curves of the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Expressions dies. I love both of those die sets!! Do you have a favorite?

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Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Boho Blue – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base, scored at 5-1/2″, 2-1/8″ x 4-5/8″ (DSP mat)
Petal Pink – 1-1/2″ x 3″ (die cut flowers)
Old Olive – 1″ x 5″ (die cut leaves)
Basic White – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (inside panel), 2-1/2″ x 4″ (label), 2-1/2″ x 2-3/4″ (floral bouquet)
Poetic Expressions DSP – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (front background), 2″ x 4-2/2″ (accent panel), 1/2″ x 3-3/4″ (inside trim)