Hello crafty friends!
After all the out-of-town AND out-of-country traveling, I’m finally settling down into my “normal” (if there is such a thing!) routine. In August, I went on a retreat, our yearly family vacation, a Congress in Boston, and then two lovely weeks in Spain with two of my energetic daughters. Whew! It was all wonderful!
Now I’m getting back to using my creativity with the Templates in the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog on page 22. My crafty friend Marilyn has been making them along with me. She’s a bit ahead of me, but I’ll try to catch up:-)
Here’s my take on Template 5. I used some retired DSP.
Here is the Template 5 on page 22 so you can compare them:
The above card is Marilyn’s. Love that Designer Series Paper!
The Templates given in the Annual Catalog don’t list measurements so I’ll supply the measurements I used for my card.
Directions:
Card Base (Soft Sea Foam): 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches; score & fold in landscape position at 4-1/4 inches to create card base
Layer 1 (Peach Pie cardstock): Cut 3-1/4 x 5 inches. With layer in portrait position, make pencil tic-mark along bottom edge and top edge at 1-5/8 inches. From bottom tic-mark draw light pencil line straight up to 1 inch on ruler. Rotate paper 180 degrees and do same on opposite edge. Use scissor to cut from bottom left corner up to middle tic-mark. Cut from right corner up to same middle tic-mark to remove the wedge. Rotate the cardstock and do same on opposite side. Your cut piece should look similar to my cut piece on my card. If you wish, you can run the layer through the Cut & Emboss Machine using an embossing folder. Adhere to card front, tilting a bit to the right.
Layer 2 (Expressions in Ink Designer Series Paper – retired): 3-1/2 x 3 inches. N.B. – If your paper has a definite orientation, note that the 3-1/2 length goes across the card front.
Greeting Layer (Basic White): 3-1/4 x 1 inches. I heat-embossed the birthday greeting on the white cardstock using gold embossing powder.
Melon Mambo cardstock: 3-3/8 x 1-1/8 inches to layer behind white greeting. Punch a little hole to string ribbon through and hand-cut the end with the hole, then put the knot in the ribbon. Use a few dimensions on the back to make it stand out on the card. (I used retired Melon Mambo ribbon.)
I took the basic rhinestone gems and colored them with my Dark Melon Mambo Blend to match the color in the Designer Paper. I adhered the rhinestones on the greeting label. Voila!
I did a little decoration on the inside layer, using the Round We Go Stamp set. The layer was Basic White and cut to 4 x 5-1/4 inches, decorated, and adhered to the inside of the card. Hope you like it!
Have a blessed day! Debbie
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