I’ll admit that I’ve never been a ‘die-cut’ sort of person… not with card making, not with scrapbooking.  Maybe that’s because the only die-cuts I had ever seen were quite kiddie-looking.  Well looks like die-cuts have grown up a bit.  When Stampin’ Up! Australia brought out their die-cut blooms I thought I’d better check them out if I was going to be selling them and I’m so pleasantly surprised .  These die-cuts come in fresh funky flower shapes and are cut from Stampin’ Up!’s textured cardstock.  If you haven’t tried Stampin’ Up!’s textured cardstock, it’s very similar to Bazzill cardstock only it comes in Stampin’ Up!’s coordinated colour range.  So last night I took the plunge and made this card.

Notice anything? Huh? Huh?  No stamping.  OMG, no stamping.  Still, this card was really fun to make and I had so much fun that I’m going to make a heap more of these to send to friends.
So here’s the list of products I’ve used: (All products by Stampin’ Up! and available for purchase through me at angelasargeant@gmail.com)

Old Olive Textured Cardstock
Die-Cut Blooms (I used 3 flowers and a circle and layered them on top of each other)
Styled Silver Hodgepodge (that’s the awesome looking brad in the middle of the flower)
Sherbert Ribbon Originals – So Saffron (good way of using extra wide ribbons is to use them as a base to ‘ground’ a focal image)
Anchored Rub-ons (the ‘hello’ sentiment.  The rub-ons with one sheet of white and one sheet of black in the same pack)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (you can’t tell from the photo but I’ve mounted the flower so that it pops up from the card rather than sitting flat).
SNAIL Adhesive (to adhere the flowers together and to stick down the ribbon so it sits nice and flat on the card – although I did also secure the ribbon to the back of the inside of the card using some sticky tape)
That’s it for today   Hope everyone is having a lovely week