Lovely & Lasting, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

I love the look of the panel cards but I often struggle with getting them lined up right.  Today I thought I'd try one with a solid background and just tape the panels down instead of layering them and placing them that way. This way was SO much easier.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. This card opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Pretty Flowers" embossing folder.  It will be  glued to the front of the card base.  Don't glue it yet. I always share why I use glue, it's because the textured areas don't seem to have enough flat space to make good contact. It might stick with tape but then again, it might not. I don't want to take any chances, so I just use glue.

Next I cut a 3-3/4" x 4" piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock for the back layer. Then I cut the strips of Designer Series Paper from the "Awash in Beauty" 12" x 12" package. I cut it at 3-3/4" x 1-1/8".  I taped those strips to the Cherry Cobbler piece. Then the Cherry Cobbler piece was glued to the textured piece of card stock. Lining up the left, top, and right sides. I took some Cherry Cobbler ribbon that I had and wrapped it around the front. My piece was about 5-1/2" long. I taped the ends to the back of the textured piece using scotch tape. Then I glued the textured piece to the card base. 

The words are from the "Lovely & Lasting" set and were stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink. I die cut them using the 4th largest stitched circle from the "Stylish Shapes" die set. I also die cut a Cherry Cobbler circle using the 5th largest circle die from the "Layering Circles" die set. I taped the circles together and added Dimensionals to the back. I set the circle in place on the center area of the ribbon and the card was done. I was going to add a bow to the side of the circle on top of the ribbon piece but I liked the simple look of the card so I left it. But you can always dress it up a bit more if you'd like.

This was a fun, quick, and easy card to make. I like doing the panels this way and found it a whole lot less stressful!!

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