Painterly Pears, Impressions Abloom, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I thought I'd take a little break from Halloween cards (though I do need to make more) and make a friendship card. I found it on Pinterest and I thought I'd give it a try with the materials I had. It's not exactly like the original card but it's still pretty. You can see the original card by clicking here. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Painterly Pears" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card.

Next using the oval die from the "Impressions Abloom" bundle, I cut it from another piece of DSP from the same package. I taped that to the front of the card. I centered it on the sides and left the bottom area a little longer. The top is about 5/8" from the top edge and about 5/8" from each side.

The pear and pink flowers are from another sheet in the same package of DSP.  I fussy cut them because I didn't buy the bundle, just the DSP.

The leaves are from the "Impressions Abloom" and were cut using Basic White for the smaller ones and Mossy Meadow for the ones on a stem.  

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Versa Mark on a scrap piece of Mossy Meadow card stock. I sprinkled white embossing powder over it and heat set it. Then I cut it out using the smallest die in the "Nested Essentials" die set.

I taped the word piece down first. It's about 1-1/4" from the bottom of the card edge and 1/4" from the right side. 

Dimensionals were added to the back of the pear and it was lightly set in place on the front of the card. I did not press down on it because I needed to slip the leaves under it. 

A little glue was added to the ends of the leaves and they were slipped under the pear. The Mossy Meadow stem on the right had the end of the stem and last leaf cut off, it was just too long to fit on the card the way I had the pear set. But I did use that leaf on the bottom part of the pear on top of the two little white leaves. 

I had fussy cut the pretty Petal Pink flower cluster from another piece of DSP and set in place on the card, tucking a little bit of it under the pear. I did add Dimensionals under the flowers that were showing.

I added a little bit of glue to the end of the pear stem and little Dimensionals under the two leaves and I set it in place on top of the pear.

I had some retired "Candy Dots" and I set them in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a fun, quick and easy card to make. It had a little bit of fussy cutting but I didn't mind it because there was something fun on tv to watch so it makes fussy cutting go by faster!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a super easy Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I used a piece of scrap Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Spooky Sweets" 12" x 12" package. It measures 2-1/2" x 5". I taped it to a piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock that measures 2-3/4" x 5-1/4" and then I taped that to the front of the card about 1/4" from the top, bottom and fold.

The white piece is cut from a sheet in the same package of DSP. I snipped the corners. A bottle from that same package was popped out and taped to the white piece. The spider piece was another one that was popped out. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on top of the bottle. Dimensionals were added to the back of the white piece and it was set aside.

The words are from the "Spooky Halloween"  bundle and were stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock using black Memento ink. I trimmed the piece to measure 2-3/8" x 1-1/8". The Pumpkin Pie layer was cut at 2-1/2" x 1-3/8".  I taped the two pieces together. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place at the top of the card. I centered it as much as I could by eyeing it.

The white piece was added next, it's about 3/8" up from the bottom edge and 1/4" from the right edge

I die cut three Basic Black bats using the die in the "Spooky Halloween" bundle. Dimensionals were added to the back and they were set in place using Dimensionals. 

I added some Wink of Stella to the bats and to the spider and the card was done.

This was such a quick and easy card to make and I got to use a large scrap piece of DSP in my quest to use up that package. (Bound and determined!!! - wish me luck!).

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another fun Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock and stamped the bats on it from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle. I used black Memento in to do that and I just randomly stamped them all over the piece. I taped that piece to the front of the card base.

I had two scrap pieces of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. They measured 4" x 1-1/2" and the Basic Black layer behind it measures 4-1'4" x 1-3/4". I taped the pieces together. I taped the left one to the front of the card on first. It's about 1/4" from the top and from the fold. 

The second strip was taped down about 1" down from the top and 1-1/4" from the fold. 

I popped out the cauldron from a fun sheet in the DSP package. I also popped out the candy corns and bats. 

Using my x-acto knife I cut a slit in the cauldron and taped the candy corns in place. I added Dimensionals to the cauldron and set it in place on the front of the card. It's about 3/4" from the bottom edge of the card and 3/4" from the right side. Once the cauldron was set in place I added a candy corn to the bottom right using a Dimensional.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the bats and they were set in place.

The word is from the same "Spooky Halloween" bundle and was stamped using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. I fussy cut it, added Dimensionals to the back and set it in place on the upper part of the card. And the card was done.

This was a very fun card to make. It's quick and easy too! 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another Halloween card to share with you. I'm on a quest to use up that 12" x 12" Spooky Sweet package of Designer Series Paper (DSP). I think it would be a first! It would probably get used up faster if I made more than one of each card I do. Anyway, read on to see how I made this card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of the DSP and taped it to the front of the card.

I was thrilled when I was able to use one of those tags that came on a sheet in the package. There's LOTS of tags in there and I thought they would be something that would probably just remain in the package with the rest of the scraps.  I took the green on with the two candies and cut a Basic Black layer for it. My layer measures 2-1/4" x 2-2/4".  I taped the two pieces together and set them aside.

I decided to use the cat image from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle for a change. I used the dog a lot and will probably use it a bit more since I had stamped and cut a few out the last time I used it.  I used my light Blends pens to color it in. I used Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie, Granny Apple Green and Berry Burst. Once the character was colored I added Dimensionals to the back and set it in place on the green rectangle piece.

The piece was laid on top of the card to see where the words were going to go. Normally I would stamp the words before taping the DSP down but I thought I was going to stamp the words on a separate piece of card stock and add them but I decided to stamp directly onto the DSP. The words are from the same "Spooky Halloween" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink.  Then I taped that piece to the upper left of the card about 1/4" from the fold and the top edge. 

I wasn't sure what to do about the right side until I remembered there is a bat die in the bundle. SO I die cut them and used 3 for my card. I set them in place using Dimensionals. 

The card needed something more so I took my Wink of Stella pen and colored everything black on the card, including going over the words and black candies. It was a nice touch and the card was done.

This was a fun and quick card to make. The kiddies will think it's cute too!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how I made it.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

On the front I taped a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. 

Inside that same package is a sheet (2 sheets) full of precut images. Just pop them out and use them. I popped out quite a few for my card.

Once the characters were added using Dimensionals, I colored them with Wink of Stella. I felt the card could use some sparkle. I even added it to the ghosts.

I stamped "Happy Halloween" on the inside using black Memento ink. The words are from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle.

This is such a super quick and easy card to make. I got to use a lot of pieces from that sheet.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Floral Charm, Impressions Abloom, Get Well Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that used scraps sitting around on my worktable. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

The top piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) is from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package. It measures 2" x 5-1/4". So that left me 2" on the bottom to fill so I took a piece of Basic White card stock cut 2" x 5-1/4" and I textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I taped the DSP in place and glued the textured piece in place.

The floral panel was another piece in the package, it measures 4" x 2-3/4".  I taped it to a 4-1/4" x 3" piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock. It was set in place on the front of the card using Dimensionals. I centered it as well as I could by eyeing it. 

The words were done on my computer. That piece was sitting on my worktable. I thought I'd use it before it got damaged. I believe it was cut out using the "Spotlight on Nature" dies. It was a while ago that I had cut them but I'm positive that was the set used. I set them in place using Dimentionals on the upper part of the circle where it would be touching the DSP. 

I thought the card could use something else so I die cut a Basic White and Mossy Meadow leaves from the "Impressions Abloom" bundle. I taped the two together at the bottom stems, added a little glue and slipped them under the word piece.

It was nice to use up things sitting on my worktable and scraps! This is a very simple layout too. I hope to use it again on future cards.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's get well card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog.  Today I have a Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside of the card.

Next I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package and taped it to the front on the card.

On top of that is a 3-5/8" x 4-7/8" piece of Basic Black card stock and on top of that is another piece of DSP that measures 3-1/2" x 4-3/4".  

The three strips of DSP measure 1" x 2-1/2" and the DSP panel below the strips measures 1-7/8" x 3-1/4".  I taped the strips in place and the panel was set aside. It needed words but I needed to know where I was going to put them and that depended on the characters I was going to add.

I die cut the house from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle using Basic Black card stock. I also cut one of Basic White card stock because I wanted to color the windows in. I was able to leave the 6 little windows in the die. I colored them right in the die using my dark Highland Heather Blends pen. I traced the house on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock and trimmed most of it away. I glued it to the back of the house. I put a little puddle of glue on a scrap piece of paper. I took a toothpick and touched it to the glue and then touched it to the 6 little windows. I set the die on top of the Basic Black house and pushed the little windows in place. I had some other pieces still stuck in the die and I had colored them and glued them in place too. Some of the edges of the little windows had to be touched up but once on the black house the marker didn't show up if it touched the edges. Once all the pieces were in place I added Dimensionals to the back and set it aside. 

The character from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle was stamped using black Memento ink and colored in using both light and dark Blends pens. I used Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie and Petunia Pop.  Actually I didn't use Petunia Pop because I don't purchase the in-colors pens. I used my ink pad and a Blender pen. Dimensionals were added behind the character and it was laid on top of the card to see where the words would go.

The words are from the same "Spooky Halloween" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink on the gray panel. The panel was then taped in place. 

I set the house in place first. The highest roof is about 3/4" from the top edge of the card and about 1/2" from the fold on the side roof that's sticking out. 

The character was added next and I thought the card was done. So I die cut a black bat and set it in place using a small Dimensional and the card was complete.

This was a very fun card to make. When I stamped the character, there was room for 4 images on my piece of card stock so I stamped and cut out 4. And as I colored the one I colored the other three so they are ready for future cards. I like the colors used on the character so I think it will be fun to use it on other cards. And now they are all ready to be added to a new card!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

The Right Words, Beautiful Gallery, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog.  While looking through my 6" x 6" stacks of Designer Series Papers (DSP) I ran across an image that had been cut in half. I had used the other half in a card a while back but saved this half for a future card. And today I thought I'd use up that piece so it's out of the stack. Now what to do with it.

I used the 5th largest die in the "Everyday Arches" set to cut the image out. It barely fit. The image is from the "Beautiful Gallery" stack. I stamped the words from "The Right Words" set using Early Expresso ink. Then I used the 4th largest die to cut the Early Expresso layer out. I taped the two pieces together.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Early Expresso card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic Beige card stock and textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.

A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic Beige was cut and taped to the inside.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the arched layers and it was set in place on the center of the card. I just eyed it. I figure if it looks centered to my eyes, it's close enough! 

I had some (retired) Candy Dots that I set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was such a quick and easy card to make. The font on the words was just perfect for the image, it just seemed to fit.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's thinking of you card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see the original card by clicking here. I thought it was such a cute card and it has SO many layers and you all know I love layers! Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside of the card.

The layers are as follows. The Pumpkin Pie one measures 4" x 5-1/4". The Daffodil Delight one measures 3-3/4" x 5" and the Petunia Pop one measures 3-1/2" x 4-3/4".  Before taping them together I cut the moon out using a 1-5/8" circle die.  I stamped the bats from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle. I set the moon aside. Once the layers were taped together I taped them to the front of the card.

Next I gathered all the pieces from the Designer Series Paper (DSP) package that I would need. They are from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. I was thrilled that the card used a couple of pieces that I had no idea what to do with, especially the black ribbon end piece. That piece was trimmed close to the white lines. I tried to do it on my paper cutter but ended up fussy cutting it. And the white piece behind the character was trimmed at the upper corners.

A piece of DSP was cut at 2-1/4" x 3-1/2" and taped to the Petunia Pop piece. It's about 7/8" from the top edge of the Petunia Pop piece. Next I taped the ribbon piece down. It's about 1/4" from the left edge.

The white piece that was snipped at the corners was added next. It just barely covers the white line on the right of the strip and it lines up with the top edge of the DSP.

A fence was cut from a die in the "Spooky Halloween" bundle using Basic Black card stock. I glued it to the front of the card about 1/4" up and 1/4" over from the right and bottom edges of the Petunia Pop piece.

The moon was glued on next.

The words are from the same bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of Petunia Pop. Though I think you could stamp them in the center of the large layer and get by with it not showing. I cut them out using the second smallest die in the "Countryside Corners" set. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place above the white piece and about 1/4" from the Petunia Pop edge.

The character was stamped using black Memento ink and cut out using the matching die in the bundle. I also stamped and cut out the pumpkin. I colored the character using Blends pens. I used both light and dark in the following colors, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green and Petunia Pop. Dimensionals were added to the back of the character and the pumpkin and they were set in place on the front of the card. 

I didn't have the stars on the left like the ones used on the original card so I took out some glow in the dark bats I had (retired) and set three of them on the card.  And the card was done.

It's just too darn cute! It's SO colorful too! Now can you see why I just had to make it? I'm anxious to see how bright the bats glow!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

 Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see the original card by clicking here. I changed it a little. There were no measurements in the video that was linked to the original pic so I had to guess.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock for the inside. And a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Smoky Slate card stock for the layer on the outside.

On the Smoky Slate piece I stamped the bats from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle using black Memento ink. And using Smoky Slate ink I stamped the star looking images. Then I taped that to the card base. 

Next I cut the Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. This is a super fun package of adorable Halloween themed papers. My piece of DSP measures 3" x 2-1/2".  The Basic Black layer behind the DSP measures 3-1/8" x 2-5/8". Before taping the two pieces together I cut the house from the center of the Basic Black piece. 

The house die is from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle and after cutting I added a piece of custom cut Lemon Lolly card stock and glued it to the back of the house to make it look like the lights are on.  Yup, every light in the house!!

I added Wink of Stella to the roofs on the house and then set the house in place on top of the DSP using Dimensionals.

The DSP was then taped to the Basic Black layer. Dimensionals were added to the back and the house was set in place on top of the DSP layer. Then Dimensionals were added to the back of that and set aside.

I set the piece on top of the front of the card to see where to add the words. The words are from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink.

I had some stars from a package that now has no name on it. They are in different colors so I took my dark black Blends pen and colored it and set it in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a fun card to make and I just LOVE that DSP, it's too stinkin' cute!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Sentimental Framing, Florals in Bloom, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a thinking of you card to share with you. Please read on to se how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured  it using the "Exposed Brick embossing folder. I glued that to the front of the card.

Next I cut two pieces of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Florals in Bloom" 12" x 12" package. The piece on the right was cut at 2-3/4" x 2-1/2".  The Pumpkin Pie layer behind it measures 3" x 2-3/4".  The strip on the right is the backside of the DSP and was cut at 2" x 4-1/4".  I taped the DSP to the card stock. 

I glued the long strip in place on the left and then I glued the other one on top.

The words are from the "Sentimental Framing" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink. I cut them out using the second largest die in the "Stylish Shapes" set. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the front of the card.

I took a sticker from the "Memories in Bloom" sticker sheet and affixed it to the top of the word circle. I added a small pearl to the center of the flower and the card was done.

This was a very quick and easy card to make. I like the colors of the DSP too.

Thank you SO very much for taking you time to stop in and see today's thinking of you card,
Wanda

Simply Said, Floral Charm, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a thinking of you card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Exposed Brick" embossing folder. I glued that to the front.

The Cajun Craze piece was cut at 4-1/2" x 3-1/4". On top of that is a 4-1/4" x 3" piece of Basic White card stock. I taped that to the Cajun Craze piece.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) used to make the 3/4" x 4" strips were from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package. The center Cajun Craze piece was textured using the "Glass Garden" folder and was cut at 1" x 4".  I taped the DSP pieces in place first and then I glued the Cajun Craze piece in place.

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. I cut them out using the smallest die from the "Countryside Corners" set. I gut the piece so the words were more to the left. I used Cajun Craze card stock for the layer behind the word piece. I used the retired "Timeless Label" punch. I had grabbed the wrong punch and I didn't notice it till after everything was taped and glued in place. Oh well, it still looks good. I taped the word piece to the Cajun Craze punched piece. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card. 

I fussy cut a flower and two leaves from the same package of DSP. Dimensionals were added behind the flower. I pressed the ends of the leaves in to the Dimensionals and then I set the flower in place.  And the card was done.

This was a fun card and I really like this layout. It's fun and different. It's got lots of layers, which is what I LOVE.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's thinking of you card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a fun Halloween card to share with you. I found it on Pinterest. You can see the original card by clicking here. I did change it a little. Please read on to see how it was made. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Pumpkin Pie card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

Using a piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card.

I used the third largest die in the "Stylish Shapes" set and colored it a Highland Heather ink and my Blending brush. 

The rest of the pieces on the card are from the same package of DSP.

On the green rectangle piece I stamped the "Happy Halloween" using black Memento ink. I taped it on the upper right of the card about 3/8" from the top and 1/2" from the right side.

Just below the green piece the black ribbon piece was taped in place.

The circle was taped over the end of the black piece. It's about 1/4" from the left and bottom edges.

The broom was taped down next.

I stamped the little character from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle using black Memento ink. I cut it out using the matching die. Using both light and dark Pumpkin Pie and Highland Heather Blends pens I colored it in. I used my black marker to color in the hands, tail, nose and bridge of the nose. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the end of the broom.

I added a small Dimensional to the candy corn and bat and set it in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was such a fun, quick and easy card to make. I loved it that I could use several of the elements in the package of DSP.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,

Wanda

Charming Day, Floral Charm, Sentimental Framing, Thank You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a thank you card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Blackberry Bliss card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

I cut a quarter sheet of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I trimmed it to 4" x 5-1/4" and glued it to the front of the card with equal spacing all around.

Next I cut my Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package. The pieces measure 2" x 4" and two cut at 1" x 4".  The two pieces on the sides are the backside of the center piece.

I glued the center piece in place first. It's about 1-3/4" from either side. Then the other two strips were glued in place on each side of the center piece.

The words are from the "Sentimental Framing" bundle. I die cut the piece first and then stamped the words. If you stamp the words first you won't be able to see them through the metal plate. They were stamped on Basic White card stock using Blackberry Bliss ink. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the center of the card. 

I had die cut a couple of leaf sets from the "Charming Day" bundle using Mossy Meadow card stock. Glue was added on the last two leaves and set in place under the upper left corner of the word piece. And the card was done.

This was a fun, quick and easy card to make. It's a great way to use up some smaller pieces of DSP!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's thank you card,
Wanda

Delightful Wishes, Charming Day, Get Well Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a beautiful get well card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. There is a link to the blog where it came from if you click on the Pinterst photo. You can see the original card by clicking here. There was not enough details on how the card was made. Please read on to see how I put this card together.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Blackberry Bliss. A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock was cut and taped to the inside.

Then I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package. I taped that to the front of the card.

The Basic White banner piece was cut next. I used the 9th largest die from the "Party Banners" die set. I stamped the "you well" words from the "Delightful Wishes" bundle. They were stamped about 1/2" up from the middle point of the banner piece. I used Blackberry Bliss ink on the words.

Next I stamped the flowers from the "Charming Day" bundle. I cut them out with the matching dies. They were colored using the light and dark "Mossy Meadow" Blends pens on the leaves. The smaller flower was colored in using both light and dark "Fresh Freesia" Blends pens. The largest flower was colored in using the light and dark "Berry Burst" Blends pens and the flower next to it was colored in using both light and dark "Blackberry Bliss" Blends pens. 

I cut two leaf sets using Mossy Meadow card stock.

The words are from the "Delightful Wishes" bundle. I cut the "wishing" out of Basic White card stock that was adhered to a double sided sticky sheet. This made it easer for me to stick it to the background piece. That background piece was cut using Blackberry Bliss card stock. When adding the "wishing" I remembered to keep the little dots for the "i's".  

I taped the banner piece in place on the front of the card about 3/4" on both sides and top.

The flowers were added using Dimensionals. I didn't press down on them yet because I needed to slip the leaf clusters under. I did add a little bit of glue to the end of each leaf cluster and then slipped them under the flowers. I pressed down on the flowers.

The words were added next I cut pieces of Dimensionals and added them to the "wish" part and glue to the "ing" part. I set the piece in place across the front.

I had some Mossy Meadow Candy Dots (retire) and I added them to the front. I still have a lot of dots left and need to use them up. 

This was not only a fun card to make but a very gorgeous card. Can you see why I had to make one? My friend is going to love it. Off it goes in the mail tomorrow.

Thank you SO very much for stopping by to see today's get well card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a quick and easy Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. This particular piece actually has an oval frame with a bat on each end printed on it. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it and as I was putting it back in the stack of pieces I cut I had set the house scene on top and thought it would make a fun layer. So there's my fun layer.

The house scene was trimmed to measure 3-1/2" x 4-5/8".  I taped that to the first piece of DSP and then I taped that to the front of the card.

The hippo, bat and candy corn are from another sheet in the package that you just pop out. They are pre-cut and already colored for you. Such a deal!  If you need a card quick, this is the way to go! I added these three pieces using Dimensionals.

I also added some Wink of Stella to the bat, the bag in the hippos hands, the candy corn, the pumpkin on the porch and the light fixture. And the card was done.

This was such a fun and super quick and easy card to make!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Charming Day, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see the original card by clicking here. Please read on to see how it was made

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Petunia Pink card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

A 5-3/8" x 4-1/8" piece of Basic Beige card stock was cut for the largest layer.  On top of that layer is a piece of Petunia Pop card stock that was textured using the "Damask Design" embossing folder and then trimmed to measure 4" x 5-1/4".  

Using the 4th largest die in the "Everyday Arches" set, I cut it from the center of the largest layer of Basic Beige card stock. Once cut I glued the textured Petunia Pop piece to it and then taped that to the front of the card.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package and was cut using the 5th largest arched die. Then it was taped to the Basic Beige arched piece.

The flower was cut next. It's from the "Charming Day" bundle. I cut one of Mossy Meadow card stock and one of Petunia Pop card stock. I trimmed the bottom part of the Petunia Pop piece so it looked like it's sitting on the stem. I also cut a Mossy Meadow branch image. 

I colored the leaves using Crumb Cake ink and my Blending brush. For the flower I used Petunia Pop ink and my Blending brush. I had taken a scrap piece of copier paper and slipped it under the slits on the flower and only bushed on ink in those places. It took a few minutes to do but it was worth it, it gave it a more detailed look. 

I glued the Petunia Pop flower over the Mossy Meadow flower. Then I glued the branch to the bottom of the flower stem. I turned it over and added little dots of glue where the leaves touched the stem in other spots. 

The words are from the same set and were stamped using Petunia Pop ink on Basic White card stock and then fussy cut. I added Dimensionals behind it and set it aside.

I set the arched pieces in place using Dimensionals. I centered it as much as I could by eyeing it. 

I tied a large linen thread bow and using a small glue dot I stuck it to the back of the flower at an angel. I added glue to the flower and tiny dots to some of the leaves and stems and set the flower in place. The words were added using Dimensionals. And the card was done. 

I'm not thrilled the way the bow ended up, I should have looked at it more before I stuck it down. It bothered me so much that I was able to gently peel back the flower and remove the bow. I reshaped the bow because I distorted it when I removed it and I placed it back under the flower so the bows looked more even on each side. YAY for being able to fix it!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Halloween Sweets, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I'm going to share with you another Halloween card I made using the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper (DSP). Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside. 

The gray DSP was cut at 4" x 5-1/4" and taped to the front of the card.

A piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock was cut at 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" and on top of that is a 4-1/4" x 3" piece of my favorite DSP from the "Spooky Sweet" package. 

I cut a frame using two dies from the "Nested Essentials" die set on Basic Black card stock.

The pumpkins and crow image are from the same package of DSP.

Using the smaller of the two rectangle dies I cut an opening in the upper part of the candied piece of DSP. The black frame was glued in place around the opening.

I took a piece of DSP and glued it to the back of the frame opening. 

Then the piece was taped to the Pumpkin Pie layer and that was taped to the front of the card.

The words are from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink. I cut them out to measure 1-1/8' x 2-3/8". Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card. 

I set the pumpkins and crow piece in place using Dimensionals and set it in place in the rectangle opening.

I thought the words could use something so I popped out a couple of candy corns and glued them to the word piece and the card was done.

This was another fun, quick and easy Halloween card to make.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a fun Halloween card to share with you.  Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card.

The Basic Black layer was cut at 4-3/4" x 3-1/2". On top of that I taped the three strips of DSP and the larger panel at the bottom. The strips measure 2-1/2" x 1" each and the bottom panel measures 2" x 3-1/4". I taped those pieces in place. 

I used the third circle in the "Stylish Shapes" dies on a scrap piece of Basic Black card stock. 

The cute character is from the DSP and it just pops out from a sheet of fun images. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the black circle.

The words were stamped next and they are from the "Spooky Halloween " bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink. 

Tape was added to the black circle and it was set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was another quick and easy Halloween card to make. I am really loving that cute DSP on the top part of this card!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweets, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Pumpkin Pie card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic Black card stock and textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I tapped on the raised parts with my white stamp pad. I did heat set it to dry because I'm impatient. I glued it to the front of the card.

The next layer is a 3-1/4" x 4-1/2" piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock. On top of that is a 3" x 4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. I taped that to the Pumpkin Pie piece. I also added to strips of the DSP that measure 3" x 3/4". I taped them about 1-1/4" from the top of the gray DSP and 1-1/4" from the bottom of the gray DSP.

The Basic Black layer was cut at 2" x 3-7/8". The orange image with the skull is one of the tag pieces from the same package of DSP. I taped it to the Basic Black piece. Dimensionals were added behind that piece and it was set in place on the center of the card. I just eyed it. If you just lightly set it on top you can move it around a lot easier than if you pressed down on it. 

The cauldron is from the same package of DSP and was set in place using Dimensionals.  

I stamped the "Happy Halloween" from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle on the inside using black Memento ink and the card was done.

This was such a fun and quick card to make, even with all of those layers and pieces.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

Next I cut one of the panels from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12"package of Designer Series Paper (DSP) and I taped it to the front of the card. This package has a lot of fun elements to it. There's two sheets of fun door to door scenery plus a few other images. And there's two sheets of punch out images. Plus other sheets of Halloween fun! It's a great pack filled with lots of fun!

The hippo mummy is from the punch out images. Well, not exactly punch out, they are pre-cut and you just push them through the sheet and they pop out. How simple and fun is that? I added Dimensionals behind it and set it in place on the front of the card.

The words are from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle and were stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock using black Memento ink. I trimmed it to 2-3/8" x 1-1/16".  Then I layered with a piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock that measured 2-5/8" x 1-3/16".  After taping the layers together, I added Dimensionals to the back and set it in place on the upper left corner of the card. It's about 1/2" from the top edge and 3/8" from the fold.

There are several bats to pop out on that same fun sheet. I added a Dimensional to the right side of the wing and tape to the other side and set it in place.  And the card was done.

This was a very fun, quick and easy card to make. And there's more images on that sheet to have fun with.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Charming Day, Simply Said, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another card to share with you using the "Charming Day" bundle. Please read on to see how it was made. I saw this card on Pinterest and I made a few little changes to it. You can see the original card by clicking here. 

Since we are in September, I thought I'd use more fall colors with this set, so I chose Pumpkin Pie and Mossy Meadow.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut the Basic White card stock at 3-3/4" x 5".  I stamped the double flower image on the left side twice. Then I stamped the single flower on a sperate piece of card stock using black Memento ink. I die cut the smaller flower from the "Charming Day" bundle.

I colored the flowers using both light and dark Pumpkin Pie Blends pen. The leaves were colored in using both light and dark Mossy Meadow Blends pen. The center of the single flower was colored in using the light Daffodil Delight Blends pen.

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink. 

A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock was cut for the layer. I taped the Basic White piece to the Pumpkin Pie piece and then taped that to the front of the card base.

The single flower was added using Dimensionals. 

A few colored pearls were added and the card was done.

You can't go wrong coloring with Blends. They make you look like you know how to color! LOL I just kind of scribble the colors on, go around the centers with the darker color and go back with the lighter color to blend in the darker one. It's fun and easy. 

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's thinking of you card,
Wanda

The Right Words, Charming Day, Elements of Text, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that has been on my bucket list for quite some time now. Today I was actually able to find time to sit down and work on it. You can see the original card by clicking here. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 5-3/8" x 5-1/8" piece of Crumb Cake card stock for the top layer. I taped it in place on the front of the card.

Next I cut a 5" x 3-3/4" piece of Crumb Cake for the top layer. I stamped the word circle from the "Elements of Text" set. I stamped off once using Crumb Cake ink. Then I used the splatter stamp in the same set but I stamped off two times because only once was a bit too dark. Using my blending brush I brushed the edges with Early Espresso ink.

I die cut the leaves from the "Charming Day" bundle. There's a long set and a small cluster. I cut two of each. Then using the blending brush with the Early Espresso ink I brushed it over all the die cut pieces.

The floral image is from the same bundle and was stamped using Early Espresso ink. I colored the leaves with both light and dark Crumb Cake Blends and the flowers with both light and dark Petal Pink Blends. Dimensionals were added to the back.

I added some tape to the area that the flowers would be covering so I could stick the leaves in place. I took the floral piece and hovered over the area and set the leaves in place. Once the leaves were in place I trimmed a little bit of the stems because they seemed to be piled up in the center. Then I stamped the words. They are from "The Right Words" set and were stamped using Early Espresso ink. The piece was then taped to the front of the card.

The floral piece was added next and I stuck on some retired Polished Glass pieces and the card was finished.

The original card had the top piece set in place with Dimensionals but I thought it would be too thick to mail so I just popped up the flowers only. Either way it's a pretty card. See why I just had to make one?

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Charming Day, Simply Said, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I glued that to the front of the card.

Next I cut a 3" x 3" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package. I cut that piece in half on the diagonal. I glued that to the upper left and lower right corners about 1/8" from the edge of the embossed piece.

I also cut a 3" x 4" piece of DSP for the large panel. A 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" piece of Timid Tiger card stock was cut for the layer. I taped the two pieces together and then taped that to the front of the card. I centered it as much as I could by eyeing it. 

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink. The "Labeled with Love" die was used to cut them out. I also cut a Timid Tiger label too. I cut that in half and taped each half to the top and bottom edge of the word piece. Dimensionals were added to the back.

The flower is from the "Charming Day" bundle and was cut using a scrap piece of Timid Tiger. I didn't buy the Blends pens so I just took my light Pumpkin Pie Blends pen and colored over the cut lines to give it some depth. 

I lightly set the word piece in place. A little glue was added behind the flower on the larger solid parts and it was slipped under the word piece and set in place. I pressed down on the word piece to secure it.

A little brass butterfly was added to the word piece and the card was done.

This was a super quick and easy card to make. It uses up some scrap pieces of DSP too!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

The Right Words, Painterly Pears, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I found it on Pinterest and you can see it by clicking here.  Please read on to see how I put this card together.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.

Using the "Everyday Arches" dies I cut the two pieces. The Night of Navy piece was cut using the third largest die. And using the 4th largest die I cut the Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Painterly Pears" 12" x 12" package. I taped the two pieces together, leaving about 1/2" distance between the left edge of the DSP and the left edge of the Night of Navy piece.

The words are from "The Right Words" set and were stamped on a 5/8" x 2-1/2" piece of Basic White card stock using Night of Navy ink.  I snipped the ends at an angle. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card about 1-5/8" from the bottom edge of the card base.

I tied a double bow using some linen thread and glued the knot to the front of the card and the card was done.

This was such a super easy card to make. I wanted to make it because of the DSP. It's from the sheet that I found the most difficult to work with.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Painterly Pears, The Right Words, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a pretty card to share with you that I found here at Clair Daly's site. I LOVE following her blog. She's a great stamper plus she's from Australia and I LOVE listing to her accent!

The base of this card is a folded half-sheet of Mossy Meadow card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside of the card.

A 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Basic Black card stock was cut for the largest layer. On top of that is a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Painterly Pears" 12" x 12" package. This piece of DSP in particular was what drew me to the card in my hunt for one using that exact paper. I find it difficult to work with and was thrilled to find such a lovely card using it. I taped this to the Basic Black piece and then that was taped to the card base.

Next I textured a piece of Basic Black card stock using the "Damask Design" embossing folder. I tapped my Whisper White ink pad across it so the ink touched the raised parts. I heat set it because this ink takes a while to dry. I should have remembered that and I had remembered I would have made this piece first. Once dry I trimmed it to 2" x 5-1/4" and I glued it to the front of the card about 5/8" from the fold.

The pears on the original card were stamped. I didn't purchase the stamp set but I did buy the DSP. I fussy cut two pears and two pear stems with leaves. I glued the stems to the top are of the pears. Dimensionals were added to the back of the left pair and it was set in place on the front of the card. Dimensionals were also added to the right pear but not on the area that sits on top of the first pear.

I tied a double bow using some linen thread and I set it aside.

The words are from "The Right Words" set and were stamped using versa mark on Basic Black card stock and then sprinkled with white embossing powder. I heat set the powder. I trimmed the piece to measure 3/8" x 2-1/4". Dimensionals were added to the back. 

I added a dot of glue on the knot of the bow and set it in place on the pear. Then I added the word piece and the card was done.

Isn't it pretty? Can you see why I just had to make it? I kind of want to just keep it and not use it! LOL

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Painterly Pears, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. I changed it just a little. You can see the original card by clicking here. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Mossy Meadow card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and tape it to the inside.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) used here is from the "Painterly Pairs" 12" x 12" package. I cut the large piece at 4" x 5-1/4" and I taped it to the front of the card base.

The next largest piece of DSP (the white with the little yellow flowers) was cut at 3-7/8" x 3-7/8".  The Mossy Meadow layer behind it was cut at  4" x 3". I didn't pay attention to how it was taped to the front of the card so I had to trim off the Mossy Meadow layer on the left side. If you don't want to do any trimming then cut your card stock at 4" x 15/16".  I just found it easier to trim it off. After trimming I taped it to the left side of the card, centering it as much as I could by eyeing it.

The pear imaged piece was cut at 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" and was taped to a 2-7/8" x 2-13/16" piece of Mossy Meadow card stock. Again here I just cut my piece at 2-7/8" x 2-7/8" and I trimmed off the Mossy Meadow edge on the right side. Then I taped it to the right side and centered it as much as I could by eyeing it.

Next I stamped the words from the "Simply Said" set using Mossy Meadow ink on Basic White card stock. They were punched out using the "Labeled with Love" punch. I also punched another piece using Mossy Meadow card stock. I cut that piece down the middle and taped each piece to the back of the word piece at the top and bottom to give the illusion of a duplicate layer. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card. It's centered in the middle but is off to the left.

I tied a white bow using some retired ribbon. I glued it to the word piece and the card was done. 

This was a fun card to make. I LOVE all the layers. I enjoyed using several pieces of DSP on one card.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Simply Said, Beautiful Gallery, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Very Vanilla card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 3-7/8" x 5-1/4" piece of Petal Pink card stock. On top of that is a piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Beautiful Gallery" 6" x 6" stack. The DSP measures 3-3/4" x 5".  I cut the strips to measure 1-1/4" each. I cut mine by cutting the piece in half and then cutting those pieces in half. It just worked easier for me than cutting the strips one after the other.

The strips were taped on the Petal Pink piece leaving a 1/16" space between them. I taped the top and bottom strips on first and then the center two. This way you can make sure you get better spacing. Once taped in place I taped the whole piece on the front of the card.

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink. I stamped them on a scrap piece of Very Vanilla card stock and punched them out using the "Labeled With Love" punch. I also punched out a Petal Pink one for the layer. I cut that piece in half and taped each half to the word piece. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a super quick and easy card to make and I like how it turned out.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Charming Day, Floral Charm, Labeled With Love, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock for the layer. I textured it using the "Exposed Brick" embossing folder. I glued that to the front of the card.

Next I cut a 3" x 4" piece of Basic White for the focal layer.

I textured a piece of Basic White card stock using the "Damask Design" embossing folder and I cut it a 4" x 1 and 1/2" x 4".

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package and I cut the piece to measure 7/8" x 4".  I glued the textured pieces in place on the 3" x 4" piece and then the orange piece of DSP was added last. This way you can get the spacing better. I could have moved my textured pieces inward a bit but it still looks nice the way it is.

The flower is from the "Charming Day" bundle. I stamped it using black Memento ink and cut it using the coordinating die.  I colored the piece using my Blends pens. I used both light and dark Mossy Meadow and Pumpkin Pie and the center was colored with the dark Daffodil Delight pen.

I cut a 3/8" x 2-3/4" piece of Timid Tiger card stock for the small strip.

The words are from the "Labeled With Love" (retired) set. I didn't have current birthday wording that was small enough for the area I wanted it in. I punched the words out using the 1-3/4" circle punch. I made sure the words were as far up and to the right as I could go without cutting them off.

I added tape to the back of the strip but I didn't press down on it after setting it on top of the larger strips. It's about 1-1/4" up from the bottom edge of the 3" x 4" piece. I set the word piece on top to see how much of the bottom part of the circle I would need to trim off. After trimming it off I added tape to the back and slipped it under the strip. I pressed down on both the circle and the strip.

Glue was added to the flower and it was set in place on the front of the card.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the 3" x 4" piece and it was set on the front of the card centering it as much as I could by eying it.  And the card was done.

I thought about adding some bling to the card but I decided I liked the clean look to it.

This was a fun card to make and anytime I can color with Blends I'm happy!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Charming Day, Floral Charm, Thank You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a thank you card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see the original card by clicking here.  Please read on to see how the card was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Timid Tiger card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I stamped the leaves on the front using Cloud Cover ink and the image from the "Charming Day" bundle. 

The circles from the "Stylish Shapes" set were cut next. I cut the Mossy Meadow ones using the first three circle dies. I used the second third and fourth for the Designer Series Paper (DSP) that is from the "Floral Charm" 12" x 12" package. Two were cut from the orange sheet and on the backside the circle on the right was cut. 

Two branches were cut from Mossy Meadow card stock and were set aside.

The focal image was stamped using black Memento ink. I colored it in using my light and dark Mossy Meadow Blends pens and I used the Timid Tiger ink pad and a Blending pen to color in the flowers. I didn't buy the Blends in the in-colors so I just use my Blending pen and make do. Once the coloring was done I cut the piece out using the matching die.

The words are from the same bundle and were stamped using Night of Navy ink. I chose this image because it was the last stamp in the set that I have not used yet. It's the first time in a long time that I've actually used every image in a set! I cut them out using the die in the "Stylish Shapes" set. 

To assemble the card I first taped the circles together and then taped them to the front of the card.

The branches were cut off at the bottom and a little glue was added to the parts that will be hidden under the floral image. Once those were glued down the focal image was set in place using Dimensionals.

The words were set in place using Dimensionals and for a final touch I added some (retired) candy dots to the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a very fun card to make. I have always liked circles on cards, it keeps your eyes moving around the card instead of being fixed at one spot. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's thank you card,
Wanda