Don't you love it when you need a card idea fast, and Pinterest provides the perfect one--and you didn't have to spend hours searching the boards? The usual visit to Pinterest might require a snack and drink before you begin, but that wasn't the case for me last night. I needed a cheery card to send to a cousin who hasn't been feeling well for a couple of weeks. I knew that I wanted to use the cute turtle from Stampin' Up!'s Back on Your Feet stamp set, and this is what the front of my card looked like:
Too playful with that flower spray? I'll admit that the two images don't seem to pair all that well, but I wasn't so turned off to the idea that I omitted the sickly turtle. Hopefully, this card will make my cousin smile, and I'm sure the inside will lift her eyebrows--and maybe her spirits!
Is this not the cutest pop-up flower box? The creative genius was France Martin, and I loved her idea to stamp the flower spray on the inside of the card before adhering the pop-up box. She may have stamped hers using green ink, but I used black and then colored the flowers and leaves with Coastal Cabana, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, and Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Markers. The Flourish dies were used to cut assorted shapes from Lovely Lipstick, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, and Pear Pizzazz cardstock to fill the pop-up box, which was a piece of Soft Suede cardstock. I used Soft Suede ink to stamp the Birch background image on the box, which I thought added a lot, and then adhered the decorative die-cut strip from Whisper White cardstock.
This is not the last pop-up flower box that I will make, and I'm pleased to have yet another fun use for the Flourishing Phrases stamp set and Flourish dies!
Want me to make one of these cards for you? When you order the stamp set and dies AND use my current hostess code (located in top left sidebar), I will make one of these cards to send to you!
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| Flourishing Phrases Stamp Set |
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| Flourish Dies |
1 comment:
Too cute. Love it.
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