Good Sunday friend! Hope your day has been relaxing and refreshing so far. Today I thought I'd do things a little differently for you. Instead of focusing on a particular stamp set, it's going to be a layout that's easy to do and works with so many different stamps and papers. Then you can use this idea over and over again and still have your cards look different. Let's get going...
For this post, I'll be giving you the dimensions for layering before getting into the card itself. You'll need to cut one each of these layers for your card.
card base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
color layer - 5" x 3 1/2"
dark color - 3 3/4" x 2 1/2"
top layer - 3 1/4" x 2 3/4"
For this card, I stamped the branchy stamp from the True Beauty set in each of the four corners, so it's not too plain when the other layers are added. I stamped Fresh Freesia ink onto Fresh Freesia cardstock on this card. This layer was added to the card base with adhesive.
I did the stamping on the white layer next. The sentiment comes from the Botanical Layers stamp set. That is stamped in Fresh Freesia ink in the top corner. The same branchy stamp that was used on the other layer was stamped here with Sahara Sand ink. It was stamped twice (without re-inking) to fill in the background a bit. The white layer was then attached over the Garden Green layer with adhesive. This was attached to the center of the card front using Dimensionals.
Next, I stamped the two leaves from the True Beauty set in Garden Green ink onto a piece of Basic White. Also stamped a rose from the same set using Fresh Freesia ink onto the Basic White piece. Both of these were die-cut using the coordinating Organic Beauty die set. They were arranged on the white layer as desired. The leaves were attached with adhesive partially off the white layer. The rose was attached with Dimensionals to pop.
A bow made from the 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon in Fresh Freesia was added to the corner. It's attached with a Mini Glue Dot.
Three of the 2021-2023 In Color Opal Rounds were added to the design for a touch of subtle bling.
You can see how easy it is to use this card recipe. Now each card you make with these directions can look very different by changing the colors used and the stamps and dies too. The possibilities are almost endless.
This card uses the same recipe, but changes the colors and stamps used like I mentioned. The stamp set used here is Art Gallery for the floral images and Eden's Garden for the sentiment. The colors are Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral and Old Olive for the cardstock. Ink colors used are Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, and Old Olive. The ribbon in the Pale Papaya version of the same ribbon used on the first card. I also changed the position of the ribbon. For bling, I used some iridescent peachy sequins from a few years back.
Hope you like this different way of sharing ideas. I've used this layout recipe many times over the years, even for Christmas cards. Every time I bring it out again, I remember how much I liked it before! Thanks for stopping by to share some time with me. It's always great to have you here visiting.
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Have a very blessed Sunday!
Sharon
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