The soft, coordinating patterns from Stampin’ Up!’s Inked Botanicals Designer Series Paper were cropped with the Nested Essentials Dies. True Love! The Nested Essentials Dies landed on the list of My Favorite Things from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog!
WHAT I LOVE ! The long, skinny sentiment adds both a message and a design element. It was created using the Wonderful Thoughts Bundle (Stamp Set & Coordinating Dies).
NEED SKETCH INSPIRATION? The layout of today’s thank you card was inspired by the newest addition to my Stampin’ Pretty Sketchbook, Sketch #71, which I shared on Tuesday!
Enjoy FREE sketch ideas with coordinating project tutorials in my Stampin’ Pretty Sketchbook here.
free designer series paper color resources
WHAT COLOR IS THAT? I offer FREE designer series paper coordinating color charts that make the art of choosing colors, coordination and creating simple cards even easier.
my simple card tutorial
CUT YOUR CARD STOCK – DIMENSIONS:
- Very Vanilla Thick Card Stock:
- Card Base – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
- Very Vanilla Card Stock
- Layer – 5 1/2 x 3
- Die-Cut Sentiment- 4 3/4 x 1/2 (before die-cutting)
- Inked Botanicals 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper
- Layer – 5 1/2 x 3 1/2
- Die-cut Flags – 5 1/2 x 3 (dots), 5 x 2 1/4 (flowers)(before die-cutting)
- Envelope Flap – 5 3/4 x 2 1/4
PROJECT TUTORIAL:
Begin by burnishing the fold of the Very Vanilla Thick card base with a Bone Folder.
Layer and adhere the Very Vanilla and Inked Botanicals layer together and to the card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Use a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) and the 1 5/8 x 2 3/8 Nested Essentials flag die to crop the dots Inked Botanicals Designer Series Paper (Qty 3).
Use a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) and the 1 1/8 x 1 3/4 Nested Essentials flag die to crop the floral Inked Botanicals Designer Series Paper (Qty 3).
Adhere the flags together and to the card as shown with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Loop a bow of Vanilla Baker’s Twine Essentials and adhere to the flag die-cut with a Mini Glue Dot.
Use a Clear Block H to stamp the sentiment (Wonderful Thoughts Stamp Set) in Calypso Coral Classic Ink.
Crop with a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) and the coordinating Wonderful Thoughts dies.
Adhere to the floral die-cuts with snipped-to-size Stampin’ Dimensionals.
POP OF PERSONALITY! Embellish with Calypso Coral Ombre Matte Decorative Dots.
PERFECT POLISH! Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the Designer Series Paper to the outside flap of a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope. You can see my video demonstration with tips on adding designer paper to an envelope flap here.
stampin’ up! product spotlight!
The Wonderful Thoughts Bundle and Nested Essentials Dies are part of My Favorite Things from the 2023-2024 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. You can read all about what makes them My Favorite Things here
oh, so pretty card idea!
OH, SO PRETTY! The simple note card above also uses the same products as the card for today. You can see the original blog post and project tutorial for this card here.
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Love this layout! Beautiful card!❤
Mary, this card is so bright and beautiful. I love the sketch with the three flags across. Enjoy your day!