This week I’ve been focusing on the Regal Winter designer paper in the Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalog. This paper is beautiful and, just like it’s name, very “regal”. I love the colors of the paper — I do tend to navigate toward the Regal family of papers and inks anyway most of the time, but that’s probably why I love it so much!
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Today’s card is the card in the bottom left corner — the Triple Panel card. I’m thinking you can guess that the reason it’s called a Triple Panel Card (that might be my own “terminology”) is because it has 3 panels, nearly even width.
The card base is Basic Black, measuring 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, and scored at 4-1/4″. That’s the usual card base measurement for a card front: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″.
The cardstock mat is Cherry Cobbler, measuring 4″ x 5-1/4″. That also is a pretty standard mat measurement. I then cut a piece of the Regal Winter DSP at 3-5/8″ x 4-3/4″. The card above is actually cut at 3-3/4″ x 4-3/4″ but I decided that, by cutting down the height of the panels by 1/8″, I could add a more evenly spaced top-bottom-left/right margin, meaning that the space between the 3 panels would be slightly less and more pleasing to the eye. I cut 1-5/8″ off of each side of the DSP, leaving a 1-1/2″ center panel. Although it’s not absolutely even, it’s pretty close!
Check out the lovely ribbon! It’s the new Cherry Cobbler & Gold 1/4″ Satin Ribbon and it’s bee-u-ti-full!! I do wish it was slightly wider, but that’s my only complaint! I LOVE it! It adds a layer of “ooo” and “ahh” to the card I think! I tried to loosely loop it under the label, but ended up tying a loopy bow instead.
The layer on top is from the Christmas Labels die set. It’s kind of cool, but I wish it didn’t separate with the bulk of the bow knot beneath it. Another label that would work really well is from the Cheerful Daisies die set if you want a “solid” label. I stamped the label with Cherry Cobbler ink using the So Sincere stamp set. There are any number of stamps/sentiments that would work with this label/card, meaning that the sky’s the limit for uses for this card!
I was thinking that the flower inside of the card is from the Regal Flora stamp set, but I honestly think that I ended up grabbing the Textured Floral flower stamp instead. Again, I wanted to make sure I stamped something inside … no naked insides or naked envelopes, right?! I used Cherry Cobbler and Petal Pink ink to stamp the flowers.
Oh yes, the finishing touch on this elegant card are the new Drusy Dots. I’m not sure what Drusy means, but I love the sparkle!
Thanks for checking out the card!
Stamping Hugs from my “lamp”,
