The base of the 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 Pretty Peacock card stock for the layer. On that piece I stamped the larger flower from the "Wildflower Designs" bundle using Pretty Peacock ink. I cut and stamped two. This is one of those two-fer cards. Once you cut the DSP you can use the other part to make another card. Why not?
The DSP was cut at 3-3/4" x 5". I made a mark about 3" on the left and 2-1/4" on the right. I cut it from mark to mark. I taped it to the Pretty Peacock piece.
A 1/4" x 4-1/2" strip of Pretty Peacock was cut to lay across the area at the edge of the DSP. It gave it a nice border look.
The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped on a piece of Basic White card stock using Pretty Peacock ink. You can use whatever words for whatever occasion you need as long as they fit inside that area, it's a very versatile layout. I cut them out using the largest die from the "Nested Essentials" set.
Now came the problem I encountered. What to put at the bottom of that die cut piece. First I stamped a small flower from the "Wildflower Designs" bundle. I used Pretty Peacock ink on Basic White card stock and I cut it out with the matching die. I didn't really like how blah it looked so I colored it using my Blending Pen and some Pretty Peacock ink. Well, that was even worse. Then I thought a die cut solid card stock flower would be cute. So I got out my "Heart Shaped" bundle and cut out the flower from it. I didn't like that either. And in that set was the branch piece you see on the card. I thought that looked the best so I went with it. I glued it in place. Dimensionals were added to the back and I set it in place on the front of the card after I taped the Pretty Peacock large layer down. Once the word piece was set in place I added a little "Brass Butterfly" to the piece and the card was done.
I took a pic of both cards. I like the one on the left better. The one on the right I had to trim a bit of the DSP because I wasn't careful with it and I messed up the edge. SO I trimmed it a bit and was still able to use it.
Even with the struggle of what to put on that open area, it was a fun card to make. I love the rich colors.
Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda
1 comment:
Now that Easter cards are finished, I am determined to get back to using up a lot of retired dsp. I'm with you.....sometimes I have ordered two packages and then wonder "what was I thinking!". That is a fun layout you used!
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