Wildflower Fields Birthday

I absolutely loved Patsy Waggoner's Party with Cake card on Tuesday. I loved the layout, the color scheme, and the stamp set.  Unfortunately, I do not have that stamp set or the Cherry on Top DSP yet. Ironically, my Stampin' Up! box arrived later that afternoon!

I CASED the layout instead. I wanted to showcase the Wildflower Fields DSP from the 2016 Sale-A-Bration catalog. It's bright, floral, and cheery. I'm ready to usher in the Spring weather!

I was not completely satisfied with the first attempts at the center stamp and sentiment. It is really darling, but it looked too busy with the DSP. I turned it into a 3" x 3" card instead.

I ultimately used the Balloon Celebration stamp set and the Grateful Bunch stamp set with the Wildflower Fields DSP instead. This is what I came up with.

The color scheme for this card was Old Olive, Hello Honey, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, and Basic Black. This card is sure to bring some birthday delight!

I appreciate you stopping by!
Beth

Wild Flower Fields Card Project Supply List
Stamps	Balloon Celebration Grateful Bunch
Paper	Whisper White Cardstock Old Olive Cardstock Hello Honey Cardstock Calypso Coral Cardstock Wild Flower Fields Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink	Stayz On Black Ink Pad Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Marker Hello Honey Stampin’ Write Marker
Embellishments	Basic Rhinestones
Tools	Stampin’ Trimmer Bone Folder Clear Acrylic Block D Grid Paper Stampin’ Mist Cleaner Stampin’ Scrub SNAIL Adhesive Banner Punch
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Grateful Bunch Thank You

With yesterday's card bases, let's create a springtime thank you card. This project features a cheerful stamp set from the Occasions 2016 catalog called Grateful Bunch. This is a fantastic stamp set for springtime and summertime projects.

This one layer card uses a simple masking technique with sticky notes to make the stamped rectangular band. A greeting is added to the bottom and to the inside of the card.

Choose one of your card bases. It can be either the horizontally folded base or the vertically folded base. Both will work. Place a piece of grid paper on your work surface. Grid paper will help to line up your card base to ensure that the masked area is straight and help to measure the space between the masks.

Masking covers the area you don't want to be stamped. Masking can be used to make a shape and to stamp only a portion of an image. Choose materials that are easy to remove and that will not damage the finished project. For this card, I used a roll of sticky notes. You can use square or rectangular sticky notes as well. Make sure what you use is long enough to cover the width of the card base plus some extra on either side to keep the card base straight and in one place.

Place a length of sticky notes 1" from the bottom of the card base. Place a second length of sticky notes 1.5" from the top of the first mask (or 2.5" from the bottom of the card base). Press along the sticky note to firmly adhere it to the card base. You will stamp between the two masks to make the rectangular band.

Take another length of sticky note and stamp the trio of daisies (in any color of ink).

Cut out each daisy, leaving a bit of space around each petal.

These daisies will also act as a mask. All three daisies are on one stamp, but I only want to stamp one daisy at a time. I don't want the other two daisies to show. Whatever I don't want to stamp, I want to block with these daisy masks.

Stamp the leaves first. Press the section of leaves you want to stamp directly into the ink pad and stamp on your card base. Then starting placing the daisies.

In the photo above, I wanted to stamp the little daisy but not the other two. Because these stamps are photopolymer, I can see right through them to line up the mask perfectly. I hover over where I want the little daisy to go, slide the two larger daisy masks underneath, and press down. Lift up and remove the daisy masks. Only the little daisy is stamped.

Keeping stamping and masking until you have filled the rectangular band to your liking.

Once you are finished, remove all of the masks. Stamp your greeting (you are totally awesome) underneath the side right of your rectangular band. Stamp your second greeting (and I am totally grateful) on the inside of the card. Well done!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

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