This month’s assignment for the 2024 Artisan Design Team of Stampin’ Up! was to create projects using the Perennial Lavender Suite. I created two cards, using the beautiful, elements in the suite.

Perennial Lavender Suite
The first card has a Lost Lagoon card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″, topped with a frame cut from Perennial Lavender Designer Paper. I used the largest, and third largest Perennial Postage Dies to make the frame, which I attached to the card front with Dimensionals. I made use of the long, “left-over” strips of Dimensionals to give it extra support.
Prior to attaching the frame, I glued a checked pattern of Perennial Lavender DSP to the card front, 3″ X 4 1/2″.
The bouquet was cut with Painted Lavender Dies from four colors of cardstock: Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Shaded Spruce, and Lost Lagoon. After cutting, I tied the stems with Linen Thread, and glued the middle in place, leaving the ends free.
“Thank you for your friendship” is from the Perennial Postage Stamp Set, stamped in Shaded Spruce Ink on Lost Lagoon Cardstock, cut with a Sending Die, and attached with Dimensionals.
The second card has a Thick Basic White card base, 8 1/2″ X 4 1/4″, folded at 4 1/4″, making a square card. I used a Perennial Postage Die to cut three squares of Perennial Lavender DSP, and one square of Basic White Cardstock.
Before gluing the four, perforated squares to the card front, I stamped the sentiment on the white square in Gorgeous Grape Ink. “Happy Mother’s Day” is from the Perennial Postage Stamp Set.
Next, I colored a butterfly, from the Paper Butterfly Accents Pack, using Gorgeous Grape Ink and a Blending Brush. After coloring, I glued the body, and lifted the wings of the butterfly for dimension.
The final touch was adding three, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems. Aren’t they pretty?
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Home from Hawaii. Aloha!
Sorry, that the title refers to a Blog Hop; the hop is on Instagram. Clicking @aromasandart will take you there.
Your card was very nice and was looking forward to seeing what the others had done, but got too frustratedas all the links you posted for the blog hop are for Instagram accounts, not blogs. To find the posts, you have to check their Instagram post for their blog link and then seartch through their blog as it opens to their main page, not the actual post for the hop. Very frustraating….why did you not link to the actual blog post since it’s a blog hop?
Hi Patricia,
I understand your frustration, because it’s an Instagram hop. It’s the first time I’ve done blog hops this way. I’ll see if we can find a way to connect to their blogs, rather than just their Instagram home pages.
Appreciate your response. Maybe the terminology should be an instagram hop, and not blog hop, so people would know what to expect.
Yes, good idea. From now on, I won’t mention the hop on my blog.
I love these cards and the stamp set.
Thank you for showing how that die cut works with the
two flower stems. I have the set and was curious how
the cut worked.
Thank you. Great pictures of your vacation too
Thank you, Mary Katherine! Always happy to help!
Su, I love these beautiful cards using Perennial Lavender Suite! So pretty! Welcome Home from your wonderful getaway! Enjoy your weekend!
Thank you, Hilda! Hawaii was wonderful!