This Month's Projects at-a-glance

 Project  Notes 

CARDSTOCKS/PAPERS:  

■  Old Olive cardstock (CS)

■  Pretty in Pink CS

■  a striped or diamond designer paper (DP)

STAMP SET:

■  Flowers:  "Inspired By Nature"

■  Background:  "Sanded"

■  Sentiment:  I don't know which one this is, but any sentiment that fits inside the punch shape you want works!

SUPPLIES:

■  Brads (eyelets would be pretty, too)

■  5/8"brown grosgrain (or satin) ribbon ribbon

■  Dimensionals for raising up panels

TOOLS:  

■  large (not "wide") oval punch for the sentiment

■  paper piercing tool and pad (to punch holes for the brads to go through)

INSTRUCTIONS:  

The Card & Envelope:

1)  Cut all your cardstock and DP pieces, as well as your ribbon.

2)  Stamp the background of the Old Olive card piece using the "Sanded" background stamp.  (This is best done by setting the stamp wood side down and rubber side up on the table in front of you, pat the stamp pad all over it thoroughly inking it up, then place your card (folded) face down on the stamp, holding on to one side and pressing with your fingers over every square inch of the other side; then reversing and thoroughly pressing down on every bit of the other side, holding it steady with your other hand.  (We have done this numerous times at class, so this is the same thing; not anything different, in case it sounds like it is.)  Because "Sanded" is not as wide as your cardstock, you will need to make your seam in the least conspicuous place ~ which is under the brown ribbon.  So plan ~ and stamp ~ accordingly.

3)  Set  both of your white cardstock pieces side by side in front of you on your workspace.  Using Watercolor Wonder crayons, color the tall narrow flower on the stamp.  Hold a spray bottle about a foot away from the stamp (and away from the table and anything you don't want to get wet!) and lightly spray the stamp.  Stamp your first impression immediately onto the tall white piece, and then immediately after stamp the second impression onto the right side of the other shorter wider piece, as shown above.  Note:  There is no one right way to do this; these are just directions for making what you see in this picture.

4)  Next ink up the other two flowers on the stamp, as in 3, (stamping off one of the flowers in the lower left corner), and complete the shorter wider multiple-flower piece.  You could even stamp off onto the envelope (5-1/2" square) at the same time you stamp off that lower-left corner flower; just position the envelope right next to the wide white piece, arranging them so that one flower stamps onto the envelope, and one onto that lower left corner of the white card piece. 

THE TIE:   Tie the ribbon as directed in the tutorial on this web page, doing it to one side since, as you can see in the picture, the tie is not centered.  There are actually two ways to do this (both are on that same page).  The first is the one I used here, but either works!

Put the rest of the card together as shown in the picture!

 Project  Notes

For directions, colors, supplies, and dimensions,

see this page at Splitcoast Stampers:

 Project  Notes 

For directions, colors, supplies, and dimensions,

see this page at Splitcoast Stampers: