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The last nine masculine thank you card for the Senior Life Resources Northwest used some of the lovely watercolor looking paper from Momenta. It has some beautiful colors, the one I am highlight in the post is teal, but I also used green, turquoise, orange, and blue. All the papers were cut down to the size of an A2 cardbase and adhered to the front of a top folding card with dotliner adhesive.

Each card was stamped with the large sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Thankful Flowers, along with a secondary sentiment from the same stamp set and heat embossed either gold or silver, depending on the color of the cardstock.

I liked the way it looked but it needed a little more visual interest, so I decided to cut a thin frame using one of Ellen Hutson Essential Rectangle from mirror cardstock. It was just the added touch that was needed.

PRODUCTS USED:

I recently purchase Simon Says Stamp’s Detailed Rose. It included the outline of the rose and leaf as well as the base for each. I turned out as pretty as I thought it would.

I pulled out some textured paper from Paper Studio for the background of the images. I thought the texture would be enough, but after putting them together I felt like there needed to be some added depth to the flower petals and the center of the leaves.

I die cut a panel of Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock using the Memory Box Matinee Rectangle Die. I placed the flower and leaves to the rectangle to determine where to stamp the sentiment using VersaMark Ink and embossing it with gold embossing powder. Simon Says Stamp Big Mama Foam Tape was added to the back of the die cuts and then adhered to the top of the rectangle.

I like the look of adding visual interest to a white on white card with an embossing folder. I used the Cuttlebug Oxford Embossing Folder and embossed the front of a side folding cardbase. Simon Says Stamp’s Big Mama Foam Tape was added to the back of the matinee rectangle and then the focal image was adhered to the front.

The final embellishment was to scatter some gold confetti around the card front.

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Sometimes I like to create non traditional Christmas cards. There are soft pink poinsettias available at Christmas time and I decided to use that color on this card. I stamped the Christmas Rose Background onto ivory cardstock using Memento Luxe Angle Pink and heat embossed it clear. I then took that same ink, along with Memento Luxe Pear Tart and Delicata Golden Glitz to add a soft hue of color using a waterbrush. In real life it is very subtle but lovely.

I die cut the background with a scalloped rectangle and adhered it to a side folding ivory cardbase. I then stamped the beautiful sentiment onto ivory cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it gold. It too was cut with a smaller scalloped rectangle and adhered to the center of the card with sticky back foam.

I liked the card, but it just needed a little something more. I had ordered the Waffle Flower Poinsettia stamp, but it was taking a long time to arrive, so I went through my stash of dies and found a small poinsettia from Hero Arts. I die cut it from ivory cardstock. Blush of pink was added to the center of the petals and a little green to the leaves using Copic Markers. For the center of the flower I used gold mirror cardstock. Once the poinsettia die cut was assembled I adhered it in the open space at the top right of the sentiment and it was the perfect finishing touch.

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This is an very quick and easy card made from some pretty cardstock, a frame die, and a die cut sentiment.

I had this Echo Park Just Married Cardstock on hand for quite sometime and decided to use it for this card. I really like it because it is two-sided and you can really add some great visual interest by using both sides of the cardstock.

I recently purchase Altenew’s Frilly Frame and decided to use it on this card. It was die cut from gold mirror cardstock. I had to use a metal shim for it to cut through enough to remove all the details of the die. Next I used the same die and cut it from the flower side of the patterned paper, this became the center of the frame. Both were adhered together with a thin line of liquid glue on the edge of the frame and then adhered to the circle flower cutout.

A rectangle was cut 1/8″ smaller than a regular cardbase and adhered to a top folding A2 cardbase made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock.

Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back of the focal image which was adhered to the cardbase with liquid glue.

The “hi” was cut from the same gold mirror cardstock and some yellow sticky back foam, adhered together with liquid glue, and then adhered to the bottom of the card front with the same glue. The final embellishment was to add Nuvo Gloss White Crystal Drops to the center of the flowers and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

• My Favorite Things Happy Hellos
• Altenew Frilly Frame Die
• Altenew Adore You Leaf Dies
• Bo Bunny Back to Basics Beautiful You Cardstock
• Gina K. Designs Base Weight Ivory Cardstock
• Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock
• Nuvo Gloss White Crystal Drops
• My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle
• 3M ½” Foam Tape