Simply Zinnia, Simply Said, Note or Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a friendship/just a note card to share with you. I will be sending this off in the mail tomorrow to a friend who's been so busy and is feeling worn out. I hope this cheers her up. I do not sign the cards. I put then in an envelope and then put that in a larger envelope and mail it off (with a little note on a separate piece of paper). When I saw this card on Pinterest I thought it would be a perfect one to help cheer her up. You can see the original card here. There were no instructions on how to make it so I had to wing it. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It was cut in half on the short side of the sheet so once cut it measured 4-1/4" x 11".  

A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Cajun Craze card stock and Basic White card stock was cut. The Cajun Craze piece was taped to the front of the card.

The Basic White piece was stamped on using the zinnia image from the "Simply Zinnia" bundle using Crushed Curry ink. There's also a dotted image in the set that was used on the open spaces. Then I textured it using the "Distressed Tile" embossing folder. I didn't buy the zinnia folder, it was pretty but I was thinking it would retire too soon so I used what I had. After texturing it I cut it down to 3-3/4" x 5". I glued this piece on top of the Cajun Craze piece. 

Next came the fun part, the cutting of all the pieces. I used Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Garden Green and Basic White for the pieces. I assembled them all individually and then added them to the front of the card. I added the Crushed Curry one first, then the Cajun Craze one using a Dimensional behind each one. The Garden Green pieces were added next and the little star/buds were glued in place. 

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using black Memento ink. I cut them using the third smallest stitched circle die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. I took my Cajun Craze marker and colored the edge. I had actually colored it using the "Crushed Curry" marker but it was too light so I colored over it. I was going to use my Blends pen but there was no Crushed Curry one, that's why I used a marker. Then I had to use the Cajun Craze marker because I thought the Blends pen might react differently to it. Did you really need to know all of that?  LOL  The word piece was set in place with Dimensionals and the card was done. Now to get it addressed and off in the mail for my friend.

This was a fun card to make, I do love gluing all of those pieces together. I think it's the details on it that make it more worthwhile to put together.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's note/friendship card,
Wanda