I was wondering around on YouTube the other day and
stumbled onto some videos from Teri Polock of the United Kingdom. I loved her style and found a couple projects
I wanted to try. Well here comes the
challenge, to figure out from centimeters to inches to get the look I
wanted. After some trial and more than
one error I finally figured it out. Thanks
to Teri for some great inspiration.
The first photo shows the card all folded up and ready
to mail, the second shows it set up with the front panel tucked under the
sentiment circle for display and the third photo shows the card opened up.
This card has lots of pieces so it worked better for
me to cut everything out and then stamp and assemble. The card base is Bumble Bee cardstock that is
cut 4 ¼ x 11” and scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”.
There is a mat cut from Bumble Bee cardstock that measures 3 x 4
¼”. There are also mats cut from Old
Olive cardstock and they measure 4 x 5 ¼” and 4 x 2 ½”.
The Whisper White cardstock mats were cut from pieces that measured 3 ¼ x 4 ¼” and
cut out with the largest of the rectangle dies from the Stitched So Sweetly Die
set, a piece that measured 2 ¾ x 4” that was cut out with the second largest of
the rectangles from that same set, I cut one piece that measured 2 ½ x 4 ½” and
I die cut the smallest circle from the Stitched Shapes die (save the rest of
this piece for some stamping we will be doing later. I die cut the smallest of the scalloped
circles from the Layering Circles dies out of a piece of 2 x 2” Bumble Bee
cardstock. And the final pieces are cut
from the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper. I cut the first piece out of the daisy floral
design and it measured 5 1/8 x 3 7/8”, and the second piece from the old olive
with the beautiful metallic design that measured 3 7/8 x 2 3/8”.
Wow, that is a bunch of cutting for sure. So now let’s stamp. I stamped the sentiment “hello” from the
Beauty Abounds stamp set onto the top of the small stitched circle using Old
Olive Ink. I then stamped my floral flourish
(from that same stamp set) onto the left side of my largest Whisper White
stitched rectangle using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I stamped the larger of the two small
butterflies from that same stamp set onto the bottom right corner of the second
largest of the Whisper White stitched rectangle. Now comes that left-over Whisper White that
you had after you cut out the stitched circle.
Stamp three small and one large of the smaller butterflies from the
collection and die cut them using the coordinating Butterfly Beauty Dies. I colored mine butterflies and my flourish in
with Stampin’ Blends (colors listed below).
Once I had my butterflies all colored, I shaped them a little using my
bone folder and attached them to the front panel and one small one to the small
Whisper White scalloped circle.
Assembly time.
Fold your first score line at 2 ¾” into a mountain fold and your second
score line at 5 ½” into a valley fold (burnish well with the bone folder). Attach your DSP to the appropriate mats and
then attach those to the card. Now attach
the largest Whisper White Stitched rectangle to the Bumble Bee Mat. This will be attached to the bottom of the
card front centered on that mountain fold.
Now attach your little circle (mat the stitched Whisper White on onto
the scalloped Bumble Bee one) by attaching a dimensional right at the top of
the circle only and attaching this to the top of the card on the back that has
the floral DSP. Once this is done attach
your stitched rectangle to the inside bottom of the inside of the card being
sure to center it and verify that it will be hidden from the outside by the
larger rectangle. For my final
embellishment I added three of the Champaign Rhinestone Jewels. I know this sounds complicated but other than
a lot of cutting it really is a pretty simple design once you figure it out.
I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making
it and I hope you will give this style of card a try, it is well worth the
work. As always you can find the
supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net
or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the
supplies listed5 ½” below.
Happy Crafting!!!
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