Stampin’ Up! Lots of Springtime Petals Wreath

Well, hidey-ho, my peeps!!  Friday arrived quickly, thanks to the miracle of a Monday holiday!  Gotta love it!

I found out yesterday evening that a friend of mine had been in the hospital the past couple of days – with a flu-like illness (but not “the flu”!).  Fortunately, she (and her baby! 🙂 ) are fine and have been sent home.  But, since I’m not there to administer a hug in person, I thought I’d send her one in paper-and-ink!

So, I pulled together some of my favorite Springtime Foils Specialty DSP, a few leaves from Petals & More, and a couple of sweet sentiments from the Hanging Garden and Lots of Love stamp sets.  Take a look-see:

The inspiration for this card came from the photo in the Fusion challenge this week.

I started with some of the Springtime Foils Specialty DSP and colored several roses and leaves with my Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive Light and Dark Stampin’ Blends.  Then I fussy cut them all.  

I pulled out my Petals & More Thinlits and cut some flowers and leaves from Whisper White and Lemon Lime Twist card stock.

To create the wreath, I cut two circle shapes from the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits – one each in Crumb Cake and Soft Suede card stock.

To build the card, I embossed a panel of Basic Gray card stock in the Pinewood Planks Dynamic TIEF and Fast Fuse’d it to a Lemon Lime Twist mat.  The next layer is a Lots of Labels die cut (it’s the next-to-largest die in the set), also cut from Basic Gray and embossed in Pinewood Planks.  I sponged the edges with Basic Gray Archival Ink to add a little depth.  Then I popped it onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I laid out my wreath and decorations and took a picture of it with my phone. This is a great trick when you’re trying to create an arrangement and finally get it just right!  🙂

I used Liquid Glue to adhere the two wreath shapes, then continued to build the arrangement with the Glue.  The yellow flower is popped up with Dimensionals.

Once the wreath was built, I stamped a sentiment from the Hanging Garden stamp set in Calypso Coral on Whisper White and cut it out with the banner die in Petals & More.  I edged it with my Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Write Marker and used Liquid Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals to nestle it into the flowers.

I added some Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes to the flowers and leaves and a few Lemon Lime Twist Tutti-Frutti Adhesive Backed Sequins and the card front was done!

On the inside, I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to add a sweet (and straight-up perfect, huh?!?) sentiment from the Lots of Love stamp set in Calypso Coral to a Whisper White panel.  I added a couple of Hanging Garden butterflies in Daffodil Delight.

I Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Lemon Lime Twist mat and into my Basic Gray card base, adhered the card front with Fast Fuse, and the card was done.

On the front of my Whisper White Medium Envelope, I added a flutter of Hanging Garden butterflies in Daffodil Delight…

…and added a couple more to the envelope flap.  The flower you see in the picture is a leftover sticker from the February Paper Pumpkin kit (I shared it on Wednesday – you can check it out right here) – I’ll use it as a little flap-sticker after I put the card inside!

Et Voila!  I hope this will bring her a smile and help her to feel 100% right quick!  Don’t be afraid to look around thru your stash for the perfect sentiment(s), y’all!  Mix and match and get the card just how you want it – in this case Hanging Garden and the Lots of Love sets let me say exactly what I wanted to say.  And the Springtime Foils Specialty DSP (one of the new Sale-A-Bration goodies – available free with a $50 purchase) provides the perfect cheery backdrop!  Hope you like!

TTFN

Mary  

P.S.  After you check out the Wildflower Wishes Paper Pumpkin kit – just go on ahead and get subscribed!  I know the March kit is going to be awesome!

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