GALLERY BLOOMS BOOK BINDING CARD

Today’s card features the Gallery Blooms Bundle and Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper.  This card is a book binding card, which is where you score the left side of the card and adhere it to the back of the card so it opens up like a book.  I wanted to show this beautiful paper using a little different style than I normally go with and this is what I came up with…

The card base is Secret Sea cardstock cut to 4 ¼ x 11” and scored at 4 ¼ and 5 ½”.  I folded the card like normal at the 5 ½’ score line but then I folded it into a mountain fold (so it opens out) at the 4 ¼” score line.  I adhered the 1 ¼” piece to the back of the card.  I cut a piece of Cloud Cover cardstock to 1 x 4” and a piece of the DSP to ¾ x 3 ¾” and wrapped a piece of the ¼” White Ribbon around it and tied a bow in the center.  With that all done I added it to the left side of the card.  Next, I cut a piece of Cloud Cover cardstock to 4 x 4” and a piece of the DSP to 3 ¾ x 3 ¾” and adhered them to one another and then adhered that to the right side of the card.  I stamped the sentiment “Happy Birthday” onto a scrap of Cloud Cover cardstock that measured ½ x 2 ¼” in Secret Sea Ink, this stamp is from the Go To Greetings Stamp Set which is now retired.  I say all the time that we all have those sets, especially sentiment sets that are our go to stamps and that is great, use what you have and you love).  I added the sentiment to the front of the card with Mini Dimensionals.  I die cut three of the flowers from the Gallery Blooms dies out of scraps of Cloud Cover cardstock and tucked them down behind my sentiment (I cut a little off each of them to get the look I wanted).  Finally, I added three of the 25-27 In Color Flat Rounds to the card. 

For the inside of my card I cut a piece of Basic White cardstock to 4 x 4” and stamped one of the little flowers from the Gallery Blooms Bundle onto it using Secret Sea Ink.  I wanted to add just a little touch of additional color to the flowers so I used my Cloud Cover Stampin’ Write Marker (part of the 25-27 In Color Collection) to add just a touch of color along the edges. 

I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and more on my website at https://www.stampinup.com?demoid=2206796 or by clicking the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below.  Be sure to follow me at: 

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Product List

Gallery Blooms Bundle [165213]	Beautiful Gallery 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165196]	Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165624]	Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165621]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]
Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285]	2025–2027 In Color™ Stampin' Write Markers [165292]	White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Ribbon [165562]	2025–2027 In Color™ Flat Pearls [165192]	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]