Shabby Chic Handmade Cards with a Bit of Glam

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Have you seen the Nature's Sweetness suite? It's an amazing super-sized suite that is absolutely gorgeous!! I love the shabby chic look of the patterned paper that has gold accents on one side. The suite has two stamp sets with coordinating dies, a faux-suede cord, and adhesive-backed cork rounds. One of the great things about this suite is that both of the stamp sets have images and sentiments. So you can use the stamps separately or combine the sets.

If you love this suite as much as I do, make sure to register for the Stamping Cross Country Online Retreat. We'll be using the Notes of Nature bundle for 4 of the projects.

I shared some beautiful cards using this stamp set during this week's Thursday Night Live. If you missed it, you can catch the replay below. Just click read more. You'll also find the supply list for the cards and lots more photos. Ok, on y go! Let's get stamping.

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Video Tutorial for a Shabby Chic Card

Here's the video tutorial for the shabby chic card below. Plus, I shared how to use the brayer to add color to one of the patterned papers. If you missed it, you'll definitely want to check out the fully video. 

Lots of Glam on this Collaged Card

This is the card that I shared how to make during the video tutorial. It has so much glam!! Check out that gorgeous leafy gold patterned paper. This paper started out gold and white, but I added a little Lemon Lime Twist to give it a different look. 

Instead of using the faux-suede cord that comes with the suite, I used the Pecan Pie Center Stripe Ribbon which is only available online. But it works beautifully with this suite. 

Complete Supply List for this Glam Card

CASE the Catalog to Make a Beautiful Leafy Card

There are so many fabulous sample card designs in the Stampin' Up!®️ catalogs. You can use these designs in your own cardmaking. CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything. The designs are there to give you ideas for you to recreate. You can also change the design by using different colors, different stamps, or other differences.

​ I fell in love with one of the cards on page 43 of the January-April Mini Catalog. In the Mini Catalog, they used the suite to create this design. I decided to recreate it with the Masterfully Made Designer Series Paper in Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon. And let me tell you, I love how my changes turned out!

Complete Supply List for this CASEd Card

Supply List for this Lovely & Sweet Card

Lovely and Sweet Card with Colored Patterned Paper

Would you believe me if I told you that the almond branch on this card wasn't stamped? Yup, that's right, I didn't stamp the focal image on this card. The awesome Lovely & Sweet dies cut out some of the images in the Nature's Sweetness patterned paper. I cut it out and then colored it with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. It's a little hard to see, but the image was printed with gold so it shimmers.

Some of the layers on this card were done with the patterned paper as well. I love the way a really busy patterned paper looks as a teeny tiny border. And it adds a little more glam to this shabby chic card.

A Shabby Chic Note to Say Hello

This last card is fairly simply, but still shabby chic with a collage look. I tore some of the patterned paper and brushed the edges with Pebbled Path ink. I cut some of the leaves from one of the pieces of the Nature's Sweetness patterned paper that was predominately gold. I added these under the sentiment. 

Supply List for this Little Note

Need supplies to make these cards yourself? 

If you need anything to create these handmade cards, simply click the buttons above to see the complete supply list for the card. Then, uncheck the items you don't need and click "Add to Cart."

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