Brushed With Beauty, Peaceful Pier, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. It was all of those different sized strips that caught my eye and I just had to give that a try. You can see the original card by clicking here. There were no instructions so I had to wing it and that's why mine looks a little different than the original. 

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 started out cutting my strips. I had watched the video and the placement of her card stock. She was measuring in centimeters (UGH) so I flipped my ruler over and began! The whole piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Brushed With Beauty" 12" x 12" package measures 7-1/2cm x 10 cm.  The pieces are cut at 1cm, 1-1/2cm, 2cm, 2-1/2cm, and 3cm.  That's the worst part of the card because I did the rest in inches!  I'm sure you've survived the metric episode! I did!!! LOL

A 4-3/4" x 3-1/3" piece of Basic White card stock was cut for the layer the strips will be taped to. The video showed the strips being taped from largest at the top to smallest at the bottom. I didn't pay attention so mine is the opposite but it really doesn't matter, either one looks good. 

I taped the top piece in place and to keep my spaces spaces even, I took a round toothpick and butted it up to the strip and I butted the next one up to the other side of the toothpick. I held the toothpick in place as I did this so it stayed straight and was firmly set on the edge of the prior strip.  I did not press down on the strips until I was done setting them all in place, just in case they were a little off on one end. I did have to adjust my last two strips on one side and I was able to do that easily.

Once the strips were in place I stamped the words from the "Peaceful Pier" using black Memento ink.

The piece was then taped to a 5" x 3-3/8" piece of Mossy Meadow card stock. Dimenisonals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

It's pretty simple once you have all the measurements. And now you do!

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