Here is my card:
Card for PPA 94 using Love and Care level 2 hostess set. |
Close up of focal images and vellum butterflies |
Inside of card |
You may be wondering when my love affair with this stamp set will end...keep wondering! I just love the softness of the images and am having fun playing with them. This card really just sort of came together because of the images I was using. Here is how I put it together:
Starting with a river rock card base, I ran it through my Big Shot with the vintage wallpaper embossing folder. I sponged the edges of the card base with river rock ink. Setting that aside, I stamped the stem image randomly on a strip of always artichoke cardstock using ink of the same colour. All the images were stamped off once to keep the background subtle. I sponged all the edges in always artichoke ink. I then punched a strip of rose red cardstock using my dotted scalloped ribbon punch. I cut it to 5 1/2" and then adhered it to the top edge of the artichoke strip. I then took a piece of rose red seam binding ribbon and pulled the threads to gather it. I adhered it along the bottom edge of the artichoke piece. I then adhered the whole thing to the prepared card base. For the focal images, I stamped the stems in river rock, both full strength and stamped off, the flower in rose red, stamped off and the leaf in always artichoke stamped off. I stamped the images randomly all over a scrap of very vanilla textured cardstock and then punched out three 1 3/8" circles. I sponged the edges of all the circles and then layered them each on a 1 3/4" scalloped circle punched out of rose red cardstock. For added interest, I notched every other scallop with my paper snips. I adhered the circles to the card using dimensionals. The final touch was the butterflies that I cut from vellum paper using my beautiful wings embosslit and my Big Shot. I sponged them lightly in rose red ink and then adhered them using glue dots. I added some little pearls to each one.
You may be wondering where the sentiment is!! The answer is that I left it off. I made this card with the intent of sending it to a colleague who is recovering from back surgery. I thought the simple "Take Care" on the inside would suffice. Speaking of the inside, it is pretty easy to figure out what I did. The sentiment is stamped in always artichoke, full strength on a scrap of the leftover images from the front. I punched it out with my large oval punch and layered it on a scalloped oval. I again notched every other scallop. The rest you can figure out from the photos.
I can't wait for you to see the card I have for you tomorrow! I made it for my son's friend who is having a birthday party this week. It is such fun...stay tuned!!
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