Hey there! Hope you're doing well this Friday. Had lots of fun going out to dinner and then back home to play games with family. Have you ever played a game called Pit? It's loud and crazy and the six of us had so much fun. Guess who ended up with a negative score. Uhhh, yes. That would be me. For some reason I just couldn't get anything to work right last night, but I still had a blast. I so enjoyed spending my birthday with my favorite people!!
This card didn't quite work out like I thought it would, but I still like it anyway. I think I'll need to revisit this idea again. There's a window in the front flap, and another in the inside flap. I like the double window, but I think I'd like to use a thinner rectangle die for the window. And maybe wider cardstock too. We'll see...
This card idea started out with a piece of Basic White cardstock that was cut to 5 1/2" x 11". The scoring was at 4 1/4" and 8 1/2". A 5 1/4" x 4" layer of the Heart & Home 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper was attached to the card front using adhesive. Love that vintage-looking print! Unfortunately, it is being retired. Too bad, it has some lovely prints. Since it's in the January - June Mini Catalog, you still have to June 30th to order this! Yay!!
The Rectangle Stitched Framelits were used to die-cut the rectangle window in the front flap. Then it was marked on the inside flap with a pencil so I'd know where to place the same Framelit for the inside cut to match up.
While the card was closed to check on placement, the sentiment from the new Wisteria Wishes stamp set was used. The two sentiments were stamped in Night of Navy ink one underneath the other. Since it's a Photopolymer set, it's easy to get the stamps lined up the way you want.
The floral stem from the Honeybee Home set was stamped on the piece of Basic White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The coloring was done with Stampin' Blends: So Saffron Light and Dark, Daffodil Delight Light, Soft Seafoam Light and Dark. After coloring, it was die-cut using the coordinating dies from the Honeybee Blooms Die set.
These flowers were too pale by themselves, so two of the Meadow Dies were used. The floral stem cut out a piece of Night of Navy CS, and the twig cut out Silver Foil. Together, putting these behind the colored flowers was enough of a contrast to work. The two Meadow stems were attached flat with adhesive, and the flowers used Mini Dimensionals to pop them up.
About 6" of one of the gorgeous new ribbons was used to make a small bow. These new ribbons are 1/8" wide Metallic Woven and come in the new 2022-2024 In Colors. I used the Starry Sky color and think it works well with the Night of Navy on the card. It was attached over the stems with a Mini Glue Dot.
Here you can see the inside of the card better. I stamped the floral stem again, but this time with Night of Navy ink. This is off to the side. My thoughts are that I'd write a note on the left side of the card. Guess it'll be just a short note because there's not much space.
When I was using the Meadow Dies, I also cut a butterfly in Night of Navy. It was attached inside the window area for an accent using a Mini Glue Dot.
The very last addition was the three rhinestones. I used my favorites of course - the 2021-2023 In Color Jewels. These are the Pale Papaya color, but as you can see, they blend in very well with the yellows on the flowers. Have I mentioned how much I'm going to miss these jewels? I did stock up on another pack, just because I love them so much!
That's it for today's post. Hope you like the idea and make something similar yourself. I love the look of blue and yellow together and adding in the pretty vintage-looking DSP - it just makes me happy. Thanks for stopping in again. I'm trying to keep the posts coming on a regular basis. Some days I do much better than others in that regard. But hang with me, I've been playing with some new sets and those posts are coming soon. Looking forward to sharing all my favorites with you! Some of you have been sending me texts and/or emails to show me what you've been making. I Love It!! Send more when you can. It's so fun to see what you're doing too!
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Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
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