Hello everyone! Here we are back with another card using the new Fitting Florets Collection. And this time there's an added bonus of it being a fun-fold card too. To make it even better, I have two versions of the card also. This is another design that Connie and I both made our version of the same layout. Hope you like.
Here's my version of the card. The card base is smaller than usual, 4 1/4" x 8 1/2". It's scored in half with the fold to the left side. Then it's scored from the top right corner to the bottom left folded corner of the front flap of the card. I think you can see the scored fold in the picture. My thumb nail is right near the bottom corner fold. The card base is Evening Evergreen to match the Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper.
The 'heart frame' die was used to die-cut a piece of Silver Foil paper that measures about 4" x 4 1/2". This die actually doesn't cut either an inside oval or an outside one - just the tiny hearts in the oval shape. After die-cutting, I used Paper Snips to follow the edge of the die to cut out an oval frame. Then I used the smaller of the other two oval dies to cut out both a Polished Pink cardstock frame and a Basic White inset. I'm left with a white frame and pink inset for another project.
In the center of the white inset was stamped a sentiment from the Framed Florets Bundle using Evening Evergreen ink. Then the Polished Pink frame was attached in the center of the silver foil oval using adhesive. The inset was also attached to the center of the frame with adhesive.
One of the flowers in the set was stamped with Polished Pink ink on Basic White cardstock. Two of the leaf clusters were also stamped on white with Evening Evergreen ink. I used a Water Brush and extra ink to do a little watercolor on them before die-cutting them with the matching dies.
A tall leaf spray was die-cut from Evening Evergreen cardstock and an extra spray of leaves was die-cut from Balmy Blue cardstock. I'm sorry I forgot to write down what I was using as I went along and can't figure out what die set was used for the Balmy Blue piece. I would guess that any similar bitty piece would work just fine. These pieces were all attached to the frame, most with adhesive, but the flower has a Dimensional behind it.
The ovals are attached to the front of the card only on the bottom section by using adhesive. Make sure the adhesive doesn't go above the fold or the card won't stand up as shown.
To finish the card, a 4" x 4" piece of Fitting Florets DSP was attached inside the card. The sentiment was stamped on a 1/2" piece of Basic White cardstock using Evening Evergreen ink. It was trimmed then layered onto a Polished Pink piece to frame it. This was attached inside the card using Dimensionals. It's at just the right angle to catch the front flap on the card and allow it to stand upright. Cute, huh?! The final touch is the little Festive Pearls in Cherry Cobbler color tucked into the design. Now, on to Connie's version of this card.
As you can see, many differences here starting out with the card base color of Night of Navy. She also added two half pieces of 4" x 4" paper - one in Balmy Blue and one is the matching DSP. The Balmy Blue cardstock has tone-on-tone stamping with one of the little sprigs in the stamp set. These two pieces were added to either side of the diagonal fold.
Connie did not use the hearts oval die like I did. She did use the Silver Foil for the smaller frame and Basic White for the inset on this design. The words are from the Framed & Festive set that is part of the Collection and it's stamped in Night of Navy ink.
She added the leafy spray die-cut from Night of Navy cardstock. She also had a bitty die-cut of Balmy Blue and a smaller one from Silver Foil that are added for interest.
Last picture shows the inside of the card and has it standing upright. The sentiment comes from the Framed & Festive set also. It's stamped on Basic White with Night of Navy ink and then framed with Polished Pink.
The inside of the card has the same print as the front of the card to carry the design inside. The sentiment is attached with Dimensionals.
As the finishing touch, she added several pink dots to match the design of the DSP print. A slightly different take on a Christmas card, don't you think? But lovely just the same.
So, there you have it. We have used the same layout on the cards we made and that's about all that is the same about them. Have fun making your own version of our fun-fold card. I'm sure you'll come up with something wonderful and uniquely yours!
If you're enjoying seeing the possibilities of this Fitting Florets Collection, consider purchasing this for yourself. Or you might want to get only the parts of it that appeal to you. Either way it works. The fun ideas just keep flowing and hopefully I'll have more ideas to share for using this Collection in the future. If you're ordering soon, please consider using the Host Code shown at the top of the post. Thanks for stopping by again to see what's happening. Love to hear from you!
Happy stamping and creating!
Sharon
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