Two Linked Together Cards

 Hello friends.  Coming to you from the frozen, but still lovely South Carolina.  The temps hit a high of 27 degrees today and there's snow in the forecast.  Hmm, does that sound right for the south?  I don't think so.  It's a good thing I packed my snuggly warm winter jacket and gloves when we moved.  Oh, yes, there it is - snowing out there as I write. It was definitely chilly when I was out doing errands this morning.  So, this afternoon, I figured it would be a good day to make some spring feeling cards and that's what I did.

Here are the two cards I made with the awesome lattice die from the Linked Together Bundle.  This is one of the new items in the Jan-April Mini Catalog.  It intrigued me when I saw it and had to have it for my creating.  I love the openwork dies and the lovely backdrop they leave to build your creations.  I love florals too, so this set has it all - word stamps along with the lattice, flowers, and stems dies.  What fun.  Let the creating begin! 

I saw a card created by Mary Anne Cowan last week that inspired me to leave my hearts on the shelf and play with something else for a while.  The Soft Sea Foam card is based on her designs with some changes just because I can't help myself.  The yellow and olive card is the next one I made.  Let's take a closer look at each of them.

Since I made this first, this is the one we'll dissect first.  The card base is Soft Sea Foam that measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2".  It's scored and folded in half.  There is a layer of Basic White next that is 5 1/4" x 4".  Then a layer of the Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper comes next.  It measures 5 1/8" x 4 7/8".  The DSP is attached to the white layer with adhesive.  Then both of these are attached to the folded card base with adhesive.  Looking at the finished card, I think I'd like it better if I'd attached the white layer with Dimensionals instead.  Just a thought.

The Soft Sea Foam lattice was cut next.  I added a piece of Adhesive Sheets under the area to be cut.  After cutting, I easily placed this onto the center of the card.

Next was cutting the stems and flowers with the dies included in this set.  There are two different sized stems and two different choices for flowers too.  Old Olive cardstock was my choice for the color of the stems.  Several of each size were cut to have available.  

I only die-cut the smaller flowers in Basic White cardstock for this card.  The die cuts four flowers at the same time, but again I cut more to have on hand.   I never know exactly how many flowers are needed for a card until I start placing them.  It's always better to have extra instead of not enough as far as I'm concerned.

The stems were placed and attached with tiny dots of "green glue" along the stems.  The flowers were slightly "cupped" in my hand, then placed on the stems with a Mini Glue Dot on the center back of each.

The sentiment here comes from the Unbounded Love set.  It's stamped on Soft Sea Foam cardstock with Old Olive ink.  There's a matching die in the Unbounded Love die set that cut it.  I also used the same die to cut a Basic White label.  When cut, the label is two pieces, the center and the frame around it.  I took the white frame and added Dimensionals to the back, then tucked the seafoam piece inside where it rested on the edges of the Dimensionals too.  This holds both pieces in place together.  Then it was attached to the card front.

A silver bow was made from the Gold & Silver Trim duo.  It's a nice thin size to fit with the more delicate stems and flowers.  It's attached with a Mini Glue Dot that's rolled to fit behind it.  A tiny Iridescent Pearl was added to the center of each flower to finish.

On to the next card with the bright and sunny Daffodil Delight details.

This card looks similar, but with a good number of changes though.  This time I started with a Basic White base.  The first layer is Old Olive.  It measures 5 1/4" x 4".  The next layer is a 5 1/8" x 3 7/8" piece of the Floral Delight Designer Series Paper.  I love this tiny print for a pretty background.  

The lattice from the Linked Together set was cut from Old Olive cardstock this time.  After laying this against the DSP print, I decided it needed some vellum to soften the look.  The Graceful Greenery Vellum pack had the perfect vellum.  It has smudges of white printed on the vellum.  This is so pretty and looked great on this design softening the design but still allowing it to show through.  These two pieces were attached to the center of the card front with adhesive on just the outer edges of the pieces.

Another change on this card is the oval that's cut from Basic White cardstock.  The die is from the Linked Together set.  It's a good backdrop for the flowers and stems.  Before adding them, one of the cool scripty stamps from the Elements of Text stamp set was added.  It's stamped with Crumb Cake ink that was off-stamped before stamping on the oval to keep it very soft.

After stamping, more stems were die-cut from Old Olive cardstock.  The different flowers were all cut from Daffodil Delight cardstock to brighten the card.  The stems are attached with adhesive and the flowers with Mini Glue Dots.  Two of the larger flowers were added to the right bottom corner too.

The sentiment comes from the Unbounded Love set.  This set has so many great sentiments and I keep gravitating towards it lately.  This time it's stamped on a 5/8" strip of Basic White using Old Olive ink.  The ends were trimmed with Paper Snips.  It's attached to the card front with Mini Dimensionals.

There is a bow made with the Daffodil Delight 1/8" Ribbon that's added.  It's attached with a rolled Mini Glue Dot to hold in place.  The gems are two different sizes of the Low-Profile Gems in the golden tone.  The smaller ones are attached to the small flowers and the larger size are added to the two daisies.

Well, there you have it.  Hope you enjoyed a little taste of spring amid these freezing temperatures.  Two ideas using the new Linked Together Bundle and also a little look at the Elements of Text stamp which makes a wonderful background.

If you'd like to order any of these items, I'd love to be your demonstrator.  When you place an order, it would be very nice if you'd use the Host Code at the top of this post.  Any questions, feel free to call and leave a message and I'll get back to you.

Don't forget about Sale-a-bration going on right now.  Just a reminder that the base purchase is $60 to earn a free Sale-a-bration item.  There are so many fun items to choose from that it's sometimes hard to decide!  What a problem!  😄

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon