Hi!
Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Leah’s blog.
I took inspiration for this card from the sketch at CASE This Sketch this week (see below).
Here are the essentials.....
DSP is Botanical Gardens from the new Occasions catalogue. I love this print of mint flowers.
I used a retired edgelit die cut to give me the curve, only because I can’t cut with scissors artistically.
The DSP panel (prior to slicing in half) is about 4 cms shorter than the base card and 1/2 cm narrower. How short your floating DSP panel is really depends on how much space your sentiment needs in the middle so experiment with scrap paper first. :)
To float the DSP over the card....you may use dimensionals BUT...you will need a LOT to create a sturdy layer so what I did was this....you know the cardboard backing that comes with the glimmer paper and foil papers?....well I cut that to the same size as my DSP and stuck that on with Fast Fuse Adhesive.....it is sturdy and won’t bend and gives a lovely appearance that the DSP is floating over the card.
I used the Botanical Builder Framelit Dies for my flower. Mossy Meadow for the leaves (rule of 3 people!), Rose Red for the flower (sponged around the edges and curled).
The middle of my flower is the Crushed Curry paper from the Cotton Paper Assortment (Annual catalogue). It looks AMAZING on flowers. I cut two of the same framelit and layered them.
The final finishes to the flower are some Wink of Stella (Clear) on the Rose Red leaves and a Mint Macaron flower from the In Color Blossom Accents pack.
Glue Dots hold the layers of the flower together.
The sentiment is from Build A Birthday. Unless you already have a curved sentiment stamp, reach for a photopolymer greeting stamp.....curve it onto your acrylic block....stamp. Voila - you have a curved sentiment!
Important...stamp your greeting BEFORE you adhere your floating DSP...you may want to put some pencil guide marks in first.
Envelope - created using the Envelope Punch Board and the In Color Envelope Paper. I made the envelope slightly bigger than normal to allow for the leaves off the side of the card. I stamped this with the coordinating Botanical Blooms stamps from the Occasions catalogue.
Here is our colour palette:
Here is the cool sketch this week from CASE This Sketch:
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Stamp -Build a Birthday, Botanical Blooms
Ink - Mossy Meadow, Rose Red, Mint Macaron
Cardstock - Thick Whisper White, Botanical Garden DSP, Mossy Meadow, Rose Red, Cotton Paper Assortment
Accessories - In Color Blossom Accent, Wink of Stella Clear
Tools - Stampin’ Trimmer, SNAIL, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Botanical Builder Framelit Dies, Envelope Punch Board, Fast Fuse Adhesive
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