Pressed Petals Gratitude Journal

Today I am continuing my look back at the Designer Series Papers in the 2019-20 Annual Catalog, and have come to pages 72-74, the Pressed Petals Suite. I have used this paper several times in my card making, which I will refer to later, but today I thought I would use it in a different way. I have covered a small notebook with it and created a Pressed Petal Gratitude Journal.

These notebooks are available on Amazon. They measure about 5-1/2″x 3-1/2″ and have a plain kraft-colored cover.

I cut a piece of Pressed Petals, the leafy print, at 7-1/4″x 5-1/2″. Then I rounded the corners to match the shape of the books, and glued it front to back to cover the whole book.

To decorate it, I cut a Mossy Meadow Stitched Rectangle, 4″x 2-5/8″. Then I cut two Very Vanilla rectangles, each one size smaller than the previous. From Waterfront, I stamped the mountain in Highland Heather and the sun in So Saffron. I used sponge daubers to ink up the stamps to give a lighter shade.

Tip: Stamparatus!

Next I lined up my two Vanilla pieces in my Stamparatus, put the mountain stamp over the first image, removed the top piece and stamped the mountain again on the bottom. I don’t know if that made any sense to you, but you can see the result is a continuous image of the mountain across both rectangles.

The sentiment I chose is from Enjoy Life, a perfect one for a gratitude journal! I stamped it with Mossy Meadow ink and added two tiny Highland Heather butterflies, cut from the Butterfly Beauty Dies.

Here are a few of the cards I have made in the past with Pressed Petals. To see the original posts, click on the pictures, and you will be transported back in time! 🙂

I hope you’ve enjoyed this “look back” at Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper. You get 24 sheets of this gorgeous paper for $14.50. You can order it HERE. The Washi Tape that you see on a couple of my cards (the 3-D flowers) is on sale for $5.25/2 rolls.

I’ll be back tomorrow with a project with another pack of DSP. If you are interested in picking up some of these soon-to-retire products, now would be a good time. They will be available only while supplies last. Shop HERE! And thank you!

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Product List

Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper [149500] $14.50	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133676] $8.75	Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101650] $9.75
Highland Heather 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146986] $8.75	Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [146386] $17.00	Enjoy Life Photopolymer Stamp Set [148190] $25.00
Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $35.00	Butterfly Beauty Dies [148536] $39.00	Detailed Trio Punch [146320] $20.00
Stamparatus [146276] $49.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $5.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad [147111] $7.50
Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Pad [147103] $7.50	So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad [147109] $7.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00