Spotlight on Nature, Thank You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another thank you card to share with you. What's fun with the placement of the words here is you can add any other wording you need and make it work. It can go across the flowers and still look great. Please read on to see how I made today's card. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Peach Pie card stock for the background layer. I textured it using the "Distressed Tile" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.

Next I cut the strips for the middle. The Basic White piece was cut at 1-3/4" x 5" and the Basic Black layer behind it was cut 2" x 5-1/4".  I textured the Basic White piece using the "Distressed Tile" embossing folder. I glued it to the Basic Black piece and then I glued that to the center of the card front.

The circles were cut next. They are from the "Spotlight on Nature" bundle. I used the largest ones of this design in the set. One on Basic Black card stock and one on Basic White card stock. 

The flower were stamped on the Basic White piece using black Memento ink. I also stamped the butterfly on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I fussy cut the butterfly out.

Using my Blends pens I colored in the butterfly and the flowers. I used both light and dark Pumpkin Pie,  dark Lemon Lolly and light and dark Granny Apple Green on the leaves and stems. I taped the two circles together. Glue was added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card leaving equal space at the top, bottom and left side.

The words are from the same set and were stamped using black Memento ink. I trimmed it to measure 5/8" x 2". I taped it to a scrap piece of Basic Black card stock and trimmed a border around it. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the front of the card, centering it on the strip.

I set the butterfly in place using Dimensionals and the card was done.

This was a fun card to make and I really love coloring with Blends pens!

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

Spotlight on Nature, Thank You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a thank you card to share with you. I found a card on Pinterest using this layout so I thought I'd give it a try. You can see that card here. There were no measurements so please read on to see how it was made. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock for the top layer. I textured it using the "Dotted Circles" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card. Tape doesn't seem to stick as well when there's lots of space on the back that doesn't touch the card base. I just play it safe and glue it.

Next I die cut the circles. They are from the "Spotlight on Nature" bundle. I cut the largest one using Basic Black card stock and the one with the dashes and dots was cut using Basic White card stock.

Using the bunch of leaves in the "Spotlight on Nature" set I stamped them twice using black Memento ink.

The butterfly was stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock using black Memento ink. I colored it in using both light and dark Flirty Flamingo Blends pens. I fussy cut it out. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set aside.

The circles were taped together and then glued to the front of the card. Then the butterfly was added. A checkered bow was tied and glued to the front.

The words are from the same bundle and were stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I trimmed it to 1-5/8" x 1-3/4". I angled the ends. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.

A few rhinestones were colored using the dark Flirty Flamingo Blends pen and set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a fun and easy card to make. I like playing with this set, especially the dies!

Thank you SO much for stopping by to see today's thank you card,
Wanda

Snowy Wonder, Snowy Scenes, Calendar Page, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Happy New Year to you all. Today I have a calendar page to share with you. A blogging friend of mine, Lynette shared her printout with me for the calendar pages. You can hop on over to her blog and get the download for the pages. And while you are there take a look at her wonderful cards too, she's got a lot of great cards for viewing and inspiration. I didn't have excel on my computer, we use Open Office and I did have to move some margins to get it to print right but it's not a big deal. Though I was unable to open the cutting instructions but I figured it out (close enough). My piece measures 4-3/4" x 3-3/8". Please read on to see how I made my calendar page.

After cutting the piece to measure 4-3/4" x 3-3/8" I cut a 3-1/8" x 2-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Snowy Scenes" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the upper part of the calendar. 

Using the same package of DSP I fussy cut the penguin and I used a matching die from the "Snowy Wonder" bundle to cut the snowman out. 

Dimensionals were added to the back of both pieces and they were set in place on top of the DSP.  And that was it, a super simple calendar page I can look at all month long. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's fun calendar page,
Wanda