You're never more than a thought away

I'm taking the Stretch Your Stamps class from Online Card Classes.  Yesterday's lesson was using background stamps and there were 5 different cards made using the same background stamp.  I'm unable to make the first card - I needed to use Cut N Dry Felt to make my own ink pad - so it will  have to wait until later. The second card was to stamp the background stamp and using a die to cut up the stamped image then piece it together.  I'm close with my card as I cut 1" squares and pieced the two colors of card stock back together.

I first cut my cardstock down to size of my block, then inked and stamped my image onto both colors of cardstock.



I cut my image down to 4" x 4 1/4" on this card. 

I cut my image down to3 3/4" x 4" on this card. 



Here's both cards together. 

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2 cards made for OWH.

Recipe:
Paper: Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze, White, Vellum
Ink: Stampin' Up - Wild Wabasi, Brocade Blue
Punch: Stampin' Up - Curly Label Punch
Stamps: Stampin' Up - Whimsical Words, Delicate Doilies, Hello Doily
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug - Polka Dots
Misc: 1/8" ribbon, adhesive, pop up dots, Paper Cutter.

Happiness Always

I took a few minutes to make a couple of cards.  All of the flowers, leaves and the bird and butterfly are stamped and punched from my scrap pile.

I pulled out a few different shades of pink, orange and yellow cardstock.  I then stamped one color of pink ink on all of the pink card stock.  I did this for all the pinks then repeated the process for all of the orange and yellows.  After I was done stamping I started punching the flowers out.   



I embossed the white cardstock with the the Stylized Flowers embossing and the second piece with the Polka Dot embossing folders. I cut them half and attached them to my pattern paper. I added ribbon then my sentiment.

I stamped and punched out the bird then stamped the butterfly.  I don't have this butterfly punch so I hand cut him out and added a little bit of stickles to hom. I added a few leaves behind the bird and butterfly the started adding the flowers. 

After everything was in place I used Glossy Accents to attach the bead to the center of each flower.  To finish the inside of the card I used the Swirling lace punch on a piece of the pattern paper.


Cutting Instructions:
Card Base:  11 x 4 1/4 scored at 5 1/2
Pattern paper: 5 1/4 x 4
White: 5 x 3 3/4 then cut at 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 for two card.

Recipe:
Paper: Scraps of cardstock in pink, yellow and orange, green,white, browns, Scraps of pattern paper
Stamp: Stampin' Up - Punch Potpourri and Whimsical Words
Ink: Stampin' Up - Rose Red, Razzleberry, Riding Hood Red, Melon Mambo, Cherry Cobbler, Tangerine Tango, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Dusty Durango; Versa Magic - Coffee Bean, Midnight Blue
Punch: Martha Stewart - Branch punch, Swirling Lace Edge Punch; Stampin' Up - 2 Step Bird punch, Boho Blossoms, Designer Label
Ribbon: American Crafts - Elements; Scrapbook Heaven Kit
Embossing Folders: Cuttlebug - Stylized Flowers and Polka Dots
Misc: Glossy Accents, Me and My Big Ideas - beads, Crystal Stickles, Pop up dots, adhesive