Welcome to Team B’s turn for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #644! Starting the creative process with a sketch invites individual takes on the sketch, and this one is no different. This challenge is a weekly event, and we’d all love for you to play along with the sketches and then post your creations to the challenge gallery.
Here’s my Coneflower Celebrations card:
This is a pretty straightforward z-fold card. If you can score and trim paper, this fun fold is for you!
As always with a fun fold card, I will be adding this to the Creative Creases Challenge where the theme is always Anything Goes with a Fun Fold.
Measurements:
- The Gorgeous Grape base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 2-1/8 and 4-1/4 inches
- Trim a piece of Darling Duckling 6 x 6 inch DSP (designer series paper) to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the card front
- You need another piece of Darling Duckling DSP trimmed to 2-1/2 by 6 inches for the envelope flap, which needs to be adhered and trimmed
- Punch a 1-inch circle from the Fresh Freesia DSP for the envelope seal, and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker
- Trim a piece of Fresh Freesia 6 x 6 inch DSP to 201/2 by 5-3/8 inches for the panel on the front of the card
- Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-2/8 inches for the inside of the card
- You will also need another piece of white cardstock for the stem, leaves, center of the flower, and the sentiment
- I already had the butterfly cropped for another project and decided to use it here.
Putting the Card Together:
- I stamped everything using Momento Tuxedo Black ink
- Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces together
- Stamp the flower on Fresh Freesia cardstock and color using the multiple layers of the Fresh Freesia blends combo
- Stamp the stem and leaves, then color using the Old Olive blends combo
- After stamping the center of the flower, I colored it using Daffodil Delight and Darling Duckling blends combos
- The inside and outside sentiments come from the Coneflower Celebrations stamp set
- Use the coordinating Coneflower Celebration dies to crop the flower, center, stem, and leaves
- Crop the outside sentiment using a banner from the Stylish Shapes die set
- Adhere the center to the top of the flower
- Add dimensionals to the back of all the flower pieces and the senteiment banner
- Adhere the Fresh Freesia DSP to the Darling Duckling DSP
- Add glue to just the left back side of the Darling Duckling DSP, then adhere to the Gorgeous Grape base
- Adhere the white inside cardstock to the base of the card
- Adhere the butterfly near the sentiment
- Position the coneflower pieces and adhere using the dimensionals
- Add a loopy loop bow from Darling Duckling ribbon using mini-glue dots
- Add the sentiment on top of the loopy loop bow
- With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal
The Loopy Loop Bow:
I was able to watch Mary Deatherage’s, from Stamps -n- Lingers, Perfectly Pears tutorial. In that video, she showed her loopy-loop bow. That’s what I used for the front of my card. I’m bow-challenged and this technique allows me to relatively easily add ribbon without adding the bulk of a tied bow. If you’ve never seen her videos, you owe it to yourself to watch them. I think she’s the Queen of the Collage. Gorgeous cards!!
Thanks for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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