Fragrant Layers, Banner Sayings, Note Card, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I tried my hand at scrubbing in colors using blending brushes.  Please read on to see how I made this card.

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 Fresh Freesia card stock for the largest layer. Then I cut a 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" piece of Balmy Blue card stock. I taped the two layers together and set them aside.

Next I cut a 3-1/2" x 4-3/4" piece of Basic White card stock. I took the die from the "Fragrant Layers" bundle and centered it on the piece. Then it was die cut. 

I cut a 3" x 4-1/2" piece of Basic White and this is where the fun began. I started with Daffodil Delight and scrubbed in some color where the center of the flowers would be. I would set the top layer on this piece so I could see where I needed to add the colors. I used Fresh Freesia next for the flowers and then Granny Apple Green for the leaves. Once those were done I added Balmy Blue in all the open areas. I thought the piece looked kind of cool without the framed piece so I thought I'd take a pic and show you how it looked after adding the colors. 

I added tape to the solid part on the back of the piece. Then I added glue to the other parts with a toothpick. That was not so fun but what I ended up doing was making a nice size puddle and set the toothpick on top at an angle so the glue was not just at the tip but along the toothpick side. Then I tapped the glue in place and it went pretty fast and the glue didn't dry before I was able to set it in place over the colored area. 

I added more tape to the back of the piece and set it in place on top of the Balmy Blue piece. Then that was taped to the front of the card.

The words are from the "Banner Sayings" bundle and were cut out using a die in that bundle. I also cut a Granny Apple Green piece that matched the shape of the word piece. I cut it down the middle and taped each piece to the back of the word piece.  The word piece was set in place using Dimensionals and the card was done.

This was fun to do but not so fun that I would make a lot of these!  Maybe one or two more in the near future but for now, no!  

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