Sweet Strawberry Card

Good morning! Today I am hopping with my team, the Stampin' Birds.

After a couple of taster sessions last year, I held my first regular Card Making and Cake morning a couple of weeks ago (very important not to confuse this with Cake Making, which I am rubbish at). The majority of the attendees are beginners so I have been trying to design cards which are fairly straightforward to put together but which will gradually increase their skill level as the months go on. This is one of the cards we made, incorporating stamping, stamping off, punching and a fun book fold design.

Sadly the DSP that I used is no longer available, but this card could easily be recreated by stamping your own DSP or using some of the Brights DSP.

Supplies

29.6 x 10.5cm piece Pacific Point cardstock, scored at 11.5cm and 14.8cm on the long edge

9.9 x 10.9cm piece Basic White cardstock x 2

9.9 x 2.7cm piece Sweet Strawberry DSP

Scrap of Pacific Point cardstock

Scrap of Basic White cardstock

Scrap of Sweet Strawberry DSP

 

Equipment

Sweet Strawberry stamp set

Poppy Parade ink pad

Granny Apple Green ink pad

Glue

Dimensionals

Instructions

Take one piece of white cardstock and stamp your sentiment in the top left corner using Poppy Parade ink. Next, using Granny Apple Green ink, create a background of leaves using the stamping off technique.

Using the scrap of white cardstock, stamp two strawberries using Poppy Parade ink. The middle of the strawberry should be stamped using the stamping off technique to make it lighter in colour. Do the same with two leaves and the Granny Apple Green ink.

With the strawberry punch, punch out the strawberries and leaves.

Punch a 2.25 inch circle from the scrap of DSP.

Punch a 2.5 inch circle from the scrap of Pacific Point. Your card is now ready for assembly.

Fold and burnish the base card along the score lines, then add glue inside the card between the two score lines to create the book fold effect.

Using the above picture as a guide, adhere the stamped panel and the DSP to the front of the card.

Adhere the DSP circle and the strawberries to the Pacific Point circle, then attach the whole thing to the front of the card using Dimensionals.

Finally take the other white panel, stamp a sentiment on it if you wish, and glue it inside the card.

The sentiment could easily be changed to make a bright and cheerful card for any occasion.

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