Create With Stamping With Friends Creatively Simple 150

Sending Happy Thoughts!

Good morning and welcome to a Summer theme for Creatively Simple at Create With Stamping Friends!

I chose to use the Wildflower Designs for today’s card. I had a little blunder last week for our Saturday Blog Hop where we featured project using blue’s. I ended up forgetting that I had already created my blues card HERE so I had an extra project. The flower I used for the main image is a summery flower so I opted to use the card for today’s challenge.

The dies in this bundle I just love! I love the shape and the stitching around the edges. If you keep reading, I show you a tip when diecutting:

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

• Stamps: Wildflower Designs
• Inks: Misty Moonlight
• Cardstock: Pool Party, Basic White
• Designer Paper: Country Woods
• Tools & Accessories: Wildflower Designs Dies, Opal Rounds Assortment, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Blender Pens

Before I list the recipe for today’s card, I wanted to show you a little tip I used to save on my designer paper. Because I am using a larger layer glued to the card base and I knew most of the center would be covered with other layers, I used a smaller die to cut a hole in the center. You can see the hole in the 2nd photo when I glued the designer paper to the card base with the card base color peeking through.

The hole disappears when I add the larger diecut over it. Once I glued all of my layers together to complete my card, the hole was covered and I gained an additional layer for my card. Neat huh?

Card Recipe:

• Card Base: Pool Party Cardstock 11 x 4-1/4. Score and fold at 5-1/2.
• Layer 2: Country Woods Designer Paper 5-1/4 x 4. Cut a hole in the center with the die that measures 3 x 1-7/8. Set this shape aside to use later. Glue designer paper to card base.
• Layer 3: Use the large die that measures 5 x 3-3/8 to cut the two layers. Glue the outside layer flat to card front and the middle section with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Layer 4: Glue the die shape used to cut the hole in the designer paper to card front about 1″ from the left side.
• Flower: Stamp the flower image on Basic White Cardstock with Misty Moonlight Ink. Use a Blender Pen to color the flowers with the inked lines. Glue to label shape with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Sentiment: Stamp the sentiment on Pool Party Cardstock 3-1/4 x 5/8 using Misty Moonlight Ink. Cut the ends into a banner shape with Paper Snips. Glue over the flower with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Bling: Add Opal Rounds Assortment to the background.

Make sure you visit Create With Stamping Friends to see what Connie created for our team this week and visit our tutorial page to see our newest Collection: