Thursday, August 23, 2018

This Thank You card was made using the August Paper Pumpkin kit, Blissful Blooms, from Stampin' Up!. This kit comes with stamps, an ink cube, card bases, envelopes and much more - to make 10 cards designed by the Paper Pumpkin team.  But this card is an alternative that I made based on a great layout from a card sketch provided by Dawn Griffith.  This is an A2 size card.

Material List:
-Stamp Sets:  Paper Pumpkin Blissful Blooms
-Dies: Layering Oval Framelits, Stitched Label Framelits
-Inks:  Old Olive, Pineapple Punch, Black
-Cardstock: Pineapple Punch, Blackberry Bliss, Old Olive, Whisper White
-Basics: Paper Trimmer, Adhesive Tape Runner, Tombow -Glue,   Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Scissors,  Big Shot
 
-Card Base:  Whisper White A2 Card (Folded Size 5-1/2" x 4-1/4")
-Pineapple Punch Bottom Base Mat:  (5-1/4" x 4")
-Blackberry Bliss Banner: (1-1/2" x 4-3/4")
-3 DSP Pcs: Cut in order  (1"  x 3-1/4" )(1-1/2" x -3-1/4")(1"  x 3-1/4" )
-Old Olive Mats: 2 (1-1/8"  x 3-3/8" ) 1 (1-5/8"" x -3-3/8")
-Scraps of Whisper White & Blackberry Bliss for Flower Circles
-Scrap piece of Whisper White to stamp the sentiment

Directions:
--Cut the bottom mat to size per list.
--Cut the DSP, Old Olive & Blackberry Bliss pieces per list.
--Glue the DSP to the Old Olive Mats.
--Flag cut the bottom of the Blackberry Bliss as shown.
--Stamp the flower from the kit in Pineapple Punch ink.  Stamp the centers with black ink.
--Die Cut the flowers using appropriately sized oval.
--Die Cut mats for the flowers using appropriately sized scalloped oval.
--Attach the Blackberry Bliss banner to Pineapple Punch base mat using tape runner as shown.
--Attach the DSP mats using tape runner as shown.
--Pop-up the flower circles using dimensionals as shown.
--Stamp a scrap of Whisper White with the sentiment.
--Die cut sentiment with label die from Stitched Label Framelits.
--Attach the sentiment using dimensionals.
--Attach Pineapple Punch Mat to the Card Base using tape runner.

Here are a couple of other color schemes: