Gallery Blooms Shaker Birthday Card
May 18, 2025
Hi there
Today I'm sharing one of the cards from my May in-person class. I've used the Stampin' Up! Gallery Blooms Bundle to create an elegant card that would be suitable for mutliple occasions, but I chose a birthday greeting this time.
The Gallery Blooms Bundle is new in the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue and is part of the Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection. There are 2 bundles, an embossing folder, patterned paper and embellishments for a fabulous coordinating collection of products. As the title implies, this collection is reminiscent of an art gallery with landscapes, oil paintings, Victorian-style motifs and frames. It would lend itself very well to vintage style cards and scrapbook pages.
My card has a simple layout with the smaller of the two frames from the Gallery Blooms Dies as the focus in Gorgeous Grape and lots of white space. The beautiful floral image was coloured with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers and there is a coordinating die to crop the image. I love how the die cuts out the small white spaces around the stems so you can see the background. This extra level of detail is something I hope we will see a lot more in the future.
The card has been stepped up by turning the frame into a shaker element with the lovely (and sadly, retired) Loose Silver Sequins for some pretty sparkle. The birthday greeting is from the (retired) Express Yourself stamp set, stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and cropped with the banner from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I tucked it under the stem of the floral image so it extends a little over the frame. The bow in the White 1/4" Ribbon on the stem of the flower is the finishing touch. This ribbon is soft with a lovely texture and ties really well.
For the inside, there is a Highland Heather mat for the writing panel. In the bottom corner I have added the white Queen Anne's Lace die cut from the Beautiful Motifs Dies behind the smaller floral image coloured with Stampin' Blends.
In this photo, you can see more of the detail from the pretty design in the background from the Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder, which is also new in the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue.
Project Details | |
Stamps | Gallery Blooms, Express Yourself (retired) |
Card stock & Papers | Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Window Sheet |
Ink | Early Espresso, Gorgeous Grape |
Accessories | White 1/4" Ribbon, Loose Silver Sequins (retired) |
Tools | Stylish Shapes Dies, Gallery Blooms Dies, Beautiful Motifs Dies, Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin' Blends (Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green) |
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