Tuesday, August 21, 2018

This Friendship card features the Petal Palette stamp set and coordinating Petals & More Thinlits Dies from Stampin' Up!.  One of the birds (blue) on the card requires stamping a reverse image.  I have used Flirty Flamingo and Dapper Denim cardstock and ink.  This is an A2 size card.

Material List:
-Stamp Sets:  Petal Palette, Marbled
-Dies: Petals & More Thinlits, Layering Oval Framelits
-Inks:  Dapper Denim
-Cardstock:  Dapper Denim, Soft Sky, Flirty Flamingo, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White
-Embellishments:  Rhinestones, Enamel Shapes
-Extra Tools: Silicone Craft Sheet
-Basics: Paper Trimmer, Adhesive Tape Runner, Tombow Glue,   Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Scissors,  Big Shot
 
-Card Base:  Dapper Denim A2 Card (Folded Size 5-1/2" x 4-1/4")
-Soft Sky Bottom Base Mat:  (5-1/4" x 4")
-Whisper White Top Mat:  (5" x 3-3/4")
-Scraps of Pear Pizzazz, Flirty Flamingo, Dapper Denim
-Scrap piece of Whisper White to stamp the sentiment

Directions:
--Cut a sheet of Dapper Denim in half (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") & fold in half for Card Base.
--Cut the top and bottom mats to size per list.
--Stamp the Whisper White top mat with the Marbled stamp using Soft Sky Ink.
--Stamp the bird from Petal Palette on a scrap piece of Flirty Flamingo CS using Flirty Flamingo ink.  Die cut using the coordinating Thinlit.
--Die cut a 2nd bird from a scrap piece of Dapper Denim.  Turn over the piece and then stamp a mirror image of the bird using Dapper Denim ink & Silicone Craft Sheet. 
--Stamp the sentiment on a scrap piece of Whisper White CS using Dapper Denim ink, and then die cut using appropriately sized oval from Layering Ovals Framelits.
--Die cut an appropriately sized scalloped oval from a scrap of Flirty Flamingo using Layering Oval Framelits and glue under the stamped oval.
--Die cut the 3 branch/leaves sets from scraps of Pear Pizzazz.
--Then die cut a 2nd set of the flowers branches - 1 from a scrap piece of  Dapper Denim, the other from Flirty Flamingo - to be used to fill in  the flowers as shown..
--Glue the 3 branch/leaves sets onto the top mat as shown.
--Glue in the colored sections of the flowers.
--Pop-up the birds and the sentiment ovals using dimensionals.
--Attach some Enamel Shapes as shown & also rhinestones for eyes on the 2 birds..
--Attach White Mat to Soft Sky Bottom Mat & then both to the Dapper Denim Card Base using tape runner.


Mirror image:  Stamp image on Silicone Craft Sheet & then lay the stamped image onto your cardstock to create the reverse image or the cardstock onto the stamped image - whichever works best for you.