Today where I live in PA it is blustery and very, very cold. Windchill's making it feel -2. We had snow overnight making the roads a little tricky this morning. I was to meet friends early for a birthday breakfast but we decided to postpone. Such a bummer. I can't wait for Spring! I am not a winter girl at all and get so disappointed when plans need to change because of snow or ice.
I thought I would share the card I made to give to my friend for her birthday. I used the Flowering Fields stamp set which is a Free! selection ( with a qualifying order ) from the Sale - A - Bration brochure. There is coordinating Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper as well. You can view THIS POST to see the details.
Tips for Making This Card
- My card base is a piece of Sahara Sand cardstock cut 4-1/4 x 11.
- I stamped all over on a 5 x 4 piece of Elegant Eggplant cardstock using Whisper White Craft Ink, sponged the edges lightly and then cut the piece at 3".
- I used dimensionals to adhere the two pieces onto my card base leaving space between them.
- On a piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock, I stamped the flowers multiple times using the Archival Basic Black ink pad. This is a permanent ink which is perfect for a lined image that is to be colored in.
- Using my Aqua Painter I colored the flowers in Perfect Plum, Eggplant Envy and Garden Green for the leaves.
- This was layered onto a Sahara Sand piece of cardstock.
- Before adhering this piece onto the card base, I tied a piece of Wisteria Wonder Seam Binding around it. I was pleased with how the Eggplant and Wisteria colors looked together.
- I stamped the sentiment which comes from the Birthday Blooms stamp set and then cut around it, sponged the edges with Elegant Eggplant ink and adhered using dimensionl's.
- It does not show in my pictures, but I used the Clear Wink of Stella on the flowers which add a little sparkle!
- I do love how this card turned and think my friend will love it too!
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