Good morning, y’all! It’s Thursday – which means it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop. We’ve got a sketch challenge to work with (my fave!) and I’m excited to see what everyone brings to the table. I just know you’re going to see a ton of awesome-ness on the hop today!
In the current catalog, we have a great bundle called Enduring Beauty – it has a stamp set, dies and five masks that you can use to color the beautiful flowers in the set. In the NEW 2024-2025 Annual Catalog – we’ve got ANOTHER such bundle – this one called…Layers of Beauty. And boy, is that the right name for it! I used that – plus some Cane Weave 3D Embossing to make today’s thank you card. Take a look-see:
And – here’s our sketch!
So – this card did…not…end up where it started. The final result is due to me…borking it a bit. Read on!
I started by stamping the gorgeous large floral image from the new Layers of Beauty stamp set – which you can pick up on 1 May! – in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ piece of Basic White cardstock. In the original plan, I was going to be all like…”one layer” – not a lot of “extra” stuff. Stamp – color – mat – sentiment. Boom. But…cardmakers plan and God laughs, huh?? 😎
I stamped the image in the corners of the panel – basically like you see below.
Then – I put the Layers of Beauty masks in place – one at a time, in numerical order – lining the mask openings with the stamped image. Using Small Blending Brushes, I added color as follows:
– Mask 1: Daffodil Delight on the roses/buds and Pretty in Pink on the small daisy-flowers.
– Mask 2: Pretty in Pink (that’s on the small daisy-flowers) and Calypso Coral (on the roses/buds)
– Mask 3: All Daffodil Delight
– Mask 4: Granny Apple Green
– Mask 5: Garden Green
I did each corner. And then – on about the third mask on the second corner – I stuck my Blending Brush in the wrong ink pad and, since I didn’t realize it, made a totally disgusting…mud-brown flower. Note: don’t be like me. CLOSE those darned pads up after you’re done. Or – stick them WAY out the way!
So…time to re-think. I stamped the image again in the corner of another Basic White panel – and colored it using the masks. This time I didn’t screw up!
I now had two images – colored right – in the corners of two panels. What to do….
I decided to cut out the two images – which I did with the big die in the bundled Layers of Beauty die set. Being that they were ALREADY on corners – they were ready to add to a THIRD panel.
But – it needed a little sumpin’ sumpin so…I embossed the Basic White panel in the Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder. Then I matted it on Granny Apple Green for the card front.
I popped the two corner florals into place with Stampin’ Dimensionals! Boom (finally)!
I stamped the Layers of Beauty sentiment in Garden Green on a piece of Basic White and cut it with a Stylish Shapes banner die.
I adhered a little Lemon Lolly Baker’s Twine bow with a Glue Dot – then adhered the sentiment over top using Liquid Glue on the right end and a Stampin’ Dimensionals on the left end.
I added some Lemon Lolly Rainbow Adhesive-backed Dots and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped the little floral from Layers of Beauty in Tuxedo Black in two corners of a Basic White panel. I colored it with the Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Granny Apple Green mat and into my Garden Green card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the Layers of Beauty floral on the front…
…and again on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Oh – Layers of Beauty is such a beautiful bundle! With stamped images (and so-pretty sentiments) and the coordinating masks – you can make the most gorgeous floral “arrangements”! And then…cut them right out with the bundled Layers of Beauty dies! I actually LOVE how my screw up pushed me a little further – using the die to cut the flowers out of the corner was a super-easy and effective way to fix the problem – and having them popped over the Cane Weave embossed panel….well. I love it!
I hope you like! Are you excited – and adding this one to your gotta-have it list?! 😎
If you’d like to recreate this project, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below!
I’ve also created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of the products used to create this project. You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:
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M
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Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Garden Green Cardstock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base – scored and folded at 4 1/4″)
Granny Apple Green Cardstock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (x2 – mat for card front and inner liner)
Basic White Cardstock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (x2 – card front and inner liner); Stylish Shapes banner die (sentiment); Layers of Beauty stamped/die cut florals
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