Design a “Golden” Lovely & Sweet Sympathy Card

The large floral focal point of today’s sympathy card shows how beautifully the die (Lovely & Sweet) crops the gold floral image in the coordinating Nature’s Sweetness Designer Series Paper (DSP).  No stamping or embossing needed for the image!  I was thrilled when the Lovely & Sweet stamp set, dies and coordinating Nature’s Sweetness Designer Series Paper (DSP) carried over to the new Annual catalog.

WHAT I LOVE!  Bring on the gold!  I tied many gold elements together for a rich, coordinated result.  Elements include a mix of three different gold “embossed” patterns of Nature’s Sweetness Designer Series Paper (one is on the envelope), Gold Foil as a mat and to die cut the three gold stems (Lovely & Sweet die) and gold sequined “bling. The Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins include brown, copper, gold silver.

stampin’ pretty sketch inspiration

NEED SKETCH INSPIRATION?  The layout of today’s thank you card was inspired by the newest addition to my Stampin’ Pretty Sketchbook, Sketch #92 shown above!

Enjoy FREE sketch ideas with coordinating project tutorials in my Stampin’ Pretty Sketchbook here. 

my simple card tutorial

cut your card stock – dimensions:

• Pebbled Path Card Stock:
  • Card Base – 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2 (top)
  • Die-Cut Tab – 1 x 2 (before die-cutting)
• Gold Foil:
  • Layer – 4 x 5 1/4
  • Layer – 3 x 3 3/4
  • Die-Cut Stems – 1 x 1 1/2 (before die-cutting)
• Basic White Card Stock:
  • Stamped & Die-Cut Sentiment – 3 x 1 1/4 (before die-cutting)
• Nature’s Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper:
  • Layer – 3 3/4 x 5
  • Layer – 2 3/4 x 3 1/2
  • Die-Cut Floral Image
  • Envelope Flap – 5 3/4 x 2 1/2 (before snipping)

project tutorial:

Burnish the fold of the Pebbled Path card base with a Bone Folder.

Layer and adhere the Nature’s Sweetness Designer Series Paper layers to the coordinating Gold Foil layers with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

Adhere the large layer to the card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and the smaller layer as shown with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Use a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) to crop the piece of Pebbled Path card stock with the Lovely & Sweet tab die.

Adhere to the card base as shown with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

Use a  Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) and the Lovely & Sweet stem die to crop 3 stems from the Gold Foil layer and the floral image from the Nature’s Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Adhere the cropped floral image as shown with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the three stems with Mini Glue Dots.

Use a Mini MISTI stamp tool to position and stamp the sentiment in Pebbled Path Classic Ink onto the Basic White layer. Watch my 1 Minute to WOW video: The Magic of the Mini MISTI for a quick product demonstration here.

Use a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) and the Something Fancy banner die to crop the sentiment twice to size. Watch my 1 Minute to WOW! Video Tutorial on how to resize a sentiment die-cut here.

Adhere as shown with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

POP OF PERSONALITY! Embellish with 6 gold Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins.

PERFECT POLISH! Adhere the 5 3/4 x 2 1/2 Designer Series Paper to the Basic White Note Card envelope flap with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Add glue to the flap. Flip to the inside of the flap and carefully snip away the excess with Paper Snips. Learn how with my 1 Minute to WOW video here.

oh, so pretty card idea!

oh, so pretty! The card above also showcases the beauty of the Nature’s Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper.

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