I have a friend that just had surgery so I needed to make a card to cheer her up. I also thought this would be a great time to play with some new items I had gotten lately. It's always fun to get out something new and figure out what to create with it for the very first time.
I chose to make a very sweet and simple card this time. With the soft pinks and grays it's very feminine and soft. It almost has a romantic look going on. (Maybe it would be a really pretty wedding or anniversary card - just thinking here.) It started out with a card base of Petal Pink cardstock, cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and folded in half. I still have some pretty Peony Garden Designer Paper that just retired and thought it would be a good subtle layer here. Before attaching it to the card front, I punched the corners first with the Detailed Trio Punch. I actually used two of the three punches to get the rounded corners and the little eyelet cutout. This seemed like a nice touch for the look I wanted. Then I wrapped some 1/4" White Grosgrain Ribbon around it, and attached it to the card base using MultiPurpose Liquid Glue. I also made a small bow and set it aside for when I decided where to attach it.
The next step was deciding on the color of the stems I would be die-cutting with the Meadow Dies. I just love these silhouette stems! There are six different flower stems along with a butterfly and a couple different tags. So sweet! To keep the look really soft, I chose Gray Granite and more Petal Pink cardstock to cut with these dies. I trimmed the ends just a little on them because I wanted them a little shorter.
The sentiment is from the Lovely You stamp set which has lots of sentiments to choose from that fit so many different needs. I tend to use them quite a bit myself. The sentiment was stamped on Basic White cardstock using Gray Granite ink. This was then die cut using the smallest circle from the Tasteful Labels Dies. Love the cute little edging on this! The other circle in the die set cut out the Petal Pink stitched circle to layer under the white. Aren't they sweet together?
I attached the two Gray Granite die-cut stems over the white ribbon using MultiPurpose Liquid Glue. Then the Petal Pink stem was attached with Mini Dimensionals under each flower. Next up was the layered sentiment which was attached with more Mini Dimensionals. The Gray Granite butterfly was also attached with Mini Dimenisonals.
Last up was attaching the small bow of white ribbon. This was attached to the side and over the ribbon using Mini Glue Dots to finish it all up.
That's all there was to it. Nice and sweet and quick too! I think it took longer to write this post than to make the card! *huge grins* Hope my friend likes the card and it cheers her up. I think that's one of my favorite things to do now - walk to our mailbox to see if there are any cards there. If it brightens my day, I'm sure others feel the same way. So I've been going all out to make sure I send out cards to different people each week. Some weeks it might only be a card or two, but other weeks I keep the mailman busy! Why don't you share some love and also some of your talents by sending out cards to your friends? It might surprise them, but I'm sure it will make their day!
Thanks to all of you that have ordered already this month. I really appreciate you! If you are planning on ordering this month, please use the Host Code for May if your order is under $150. I thank you so much for this and will be sending out cards again at the beginning of next month. Love you guys!
Stamping hugs and inky wishes,
Sharon
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