S oft and pretty encouragement or thinking of you card using Stampin' Up! products.
Project Recipe
Cut cardstock, designer paper, and shimmer vellum pieces to the following sizes using a Paper Trimmer:
- card from Soft Succulent Cardstock at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"
- 4" x 5-1/4" of one of the lighter colored patterns from the In Good Taste 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, cut so any pattern is horizontal on the horizontal rectangle
- 2-1/2" x 3-3/4" from Very Vanilla Cardstock
- 1-3/4" x 2-3/4" from Very Vanilla Cardstock
- 1-1/4" x 1-3/4" of Soft Succulent vellum from 2021-2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum
Adhere the piece of In Good Taste Designer Paper to the front of the Soft Succulent card.
Pick out the rectangle with filigree edges die that cuts out a rectangle that is 2" x 3-3/8" from the Ornate Layers Dies. Put it on top of the larger vanilla rectangle on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Run through the machine. Use the Take Your Pick Die Brush Tip and paper-piercing tool on the Take Your Pick to remove the pieces.
Tip: You may want to run it back and forth through the machine a few times to make sure all the little bits get cut out thoroughly.
As you are ready to stamp using the Love Of Leaves Set, place the cardstock on the Stampin' Pierce Mat. Using the mat will help you get a cleaner image each time you stamp. Put a piece of Grid Paper on top of the Mat to protect it from ink.
Mount the "hope changes everything" sentiment from the Love Of Leaves Set on Block H. Carefully press only the words "hope changes" to the edge of the open Soft Succulent Ink Pad. Stamp the words in the upper left corner of the horizontal Ornate Layers rectangle cut out. Clean the stamp using the Stampin' Scrub and Stampin' Mist Stamp Cleaner and/or Simply Shammy, but leave it on the block.
Carefully press only the word "everything" on the sentiment stamp on Block H to the edge of the open Soft Succulent Ink Pad. Stamp the word just below the previously stamped words on the Ornate Layers rectangle cut out so it is centered beneath them. Clean the stamp using the Stampin' Scrub and Stampin' Mist Stamp Cleaner and/or Simply Shammy.
Adhere the stamped Ornate Layers rectangle cut out to the front of the card in the lower right corner so the bottom and right edges are about 5/8" from the bottom and right edges of the card front.
Cut a 4-1/2" piece of the Mint Macaron 1/2" Soft Velvet Ribbon so it has a sharp angle on each end.
Put a 3" strip of Tear & Tape Adhesive horizontally on the front of the card so it covers the bottom of the solid area of the Ornate Layers rectangle cut out just below the words. Remove the protective backing and adhere the ribbon strip to the adhesive horizontally as shown.
Mount the small heart shaped leaf image from the Love Of Leaves Set on Block B. Ink it up with the Mint Macaron Ink Pad. Stamp once onto Grid Paper. WITHOUT RE-INKING, stamp it on one end of the remaining vanilla strip so the stem is pointing down. Clean the stamp with the Stampin' Scrub and Stampin' Mist Stamp Cleaner and/or Simply Shammy, but leave it on the block.
Re-ink the small heart shaped leaf image on Block B, but this time use the Soft Succulent Ink Pad. Stamp it on the other end of the remaining vanilla strip so the stem is pointing down. Clean the stamp with the Stampin' Scrub and Stampin' Mist Stamp Cleaner and/or Simply Shammy.
Pick out the small, open, heart-shaped leaf die from the Stitched Leaves Dies. Put it on top of one of the stamped small, heart-shaped leaf images on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Pick out the matching, solid, heart-shaped leaf die from the Stitched Leaves Dies. Put it on top of the stamped small, heart-shaped leaf image so it is inside the open die. Run through the machine. Leave both dies out.
Note: The solid die doesn't really cut anything out. Instead, it will add vein texture to the interior of the leaf by dry embossing them in place.
Place both dies on top of the remaining stamped small, heart-shaped leaf image in the same way. Run through the machine. Leave both dies out.
Note: The solid die doesn't really cut anything out. Instead, it will add vein texture to the interior of the leaf by dry embossing them in place.
Place both dies on top of the small rectangle of Soft Succulent shimmer vellum in the same way. Run through the machine.
Note: The solid die doesn't really cut anything out. Instead, it will add vein texture to the interior of the leaf by dry embossing them in place.
WITHOUT ADHERING, lay the three leaf cut outs on the card front so they overlap each other, the ribbon, and the right side of the Ornate Layers rectangle cut out as shown to figure out spacing and placement.
Carefully adhere the leaf cut outs in place using Stampin' Seal and Stampin' Dimensionals.
Use the mini spatula on the Take Your Pick to carefully peel up two small Soft Succulent jewels from the sheet of 2021-2023 In Color Jewels making sure that you get the adhesive backings as well. Adhere them one over the other in the upper left corner of the card front.