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reate a card fit for any occasion.
The landscape background highlights the Above the Clouds balloon elements.
Project Recipe
The card base is the Balmy Blue A4 cardstock
You need TWO sheets
Sheet 1 - On short edge cut at 14.9 cm
Score on long edge at 1cm; 11.5cm; 12.5cm; 23cm & 24cm
Using the Rectangular Stitched Dies, the largest being #1, select #3 and place this on the panel closest to the 1cm score line and run it through your Die Cutting machine
Sheet 2 - cut one mat 14.9cm x 10.5cm
Whisper White A4 Cardstock - you need TWO sheets
Cut THREE pieces 14.4cm x 10cm
One is to be stamped with the landscape and adhered inside the 'box'
One is for the 'inside frame'
One is for the front mat
Cut TWO 14.9cm x 10.5cm
One of these is for stamping the Balloons onto
One is for the inside of the 'cover'
Stamping the Landscape
On one of the Whisper White mats, sponge the lower third with Garden Green ink.
Take a piece of scrap cardstock and make a 'cloud' mask using the Pretty Label punch. Sponge the upper third with Balmy Blue ink and the mask, sponge a 'cloudscape'
Using the Waterfront stamp set, create a landscape of hills (Garden Green Stamped off), water/horizon (Balmy Blue) and trees (Garden Green stamp/stamp again)
Stamp the outline of the small balloons twice and then stamp infill using THREE ink colours of your choice
The Balloons - these are a Two-Step Stamp
On another Whisper White mat, with your chosen colours or Memento Black, stamp FIVE large balloons - position them so the basket end is at the card edge so it will match the punch.
Choose THREE ink colours for the Balloon (second step stamping) to fill the stamped image
Punch the Balloons out
Stamp FIVE baskets (Outline and fill with Soft Suede) and punch out
Adhere the landscape onto the panel nearest the 'long flap' which will be on the left hand-side .
On the remaining Whisper White mat, place it behind on the back of the aperture and pencil mark the corners. Holding it in place, turn it over and mark the corners of the die cut aperature.
Centre the Rectangular Stitched Dies #4 within the marked area and run it through your Die Cutting machine.
With the right side of the frame facing you, apply Liquid adhesive to the outside edge of the frame
Stick this to the BACK side of the Balmy Blue aperture, matching it to the corner marks
Stick one balloon onto the landscape and tuck one between the frames and one on the lower corner of the frame
Adhere the Balmy Blue mat to the front, lining it up at the hinge line
Stamp and decorate the Whisper White Mat and adhere to the front.
Adhere the other white mat to the inside of cover (this hides the 'flap'
Place Tear 'n' Tape on the 1cm flap - don't remove the backing yet! Align the cut edge with the score line of the front flap, the 1cm flap may need to be trimmed so that it fits within the 'spine' of the card. Once you know it fits, stick it down.