craftykarendesigns: Abstract Beauty - Flowing Flowers - CASE a Friend

Hi Everyone,

Today I am hopping with the lovely Crafty Collaborations group and the theme is 'CASE a Friend'. Now strictly speaking, Sharon Armstrong isn't a friend in the 'ring up for a chat' way, but, she welcomes me into her Studio on a weekly basis to craft along with her or to watch while she shows me something new. The Stampin' Up community is worldwide and a very friendly place to be, so lots of Demonstrators seem like 'friends' to me.

Sharon hosts a 'Mystery Stamping' event every Monday and the card I have made today is from one of those sessions and I have added her YouTube link below if you would like to pop over and see what she does, you won't be disappointed. I have tweaked the measurements slightly as Sharon is in the US and their card sizes are different to UK.

Sharon Armstrong

Materials

1 piece of thick white card 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

1 piece of balmy blue card 3 7/8" x 5 5/8", 4 pieces 1 3/8" x 1 7/8", 1 piece 1 3/8" x 2 3/8"

1 piece of basic white card 3 5/8" x 5 3/8", 1 piece 1 1/4" x 2 1/4", scraps for stamping the flowers

4 pieces of dsp (Abstract Beauty) 1 1/4" x 1 3/4"

Flowing Flowers stamp set

Shaded Summer stamp set

Balmy Blue ink

Magenta Madness ink

Paper Snips

Trimmer

Simply Scored

Bone Folder

Gilded Gems

Dimensionals

Multipurpose Adhesive

Instructions

On the long side score the thick card at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make the card base.

Adhere the balmy blue mat to the card front and then add the white mat on top of that.

Adhere the 4 dsp layers to their mats and arrange on the card front as in the picture, also add the longer balmy blue mat for the sentiment.

Using the set of 3 small flowers, stamp off once and then stamp on the sentiment layer two or three times to completely cover it, then stamp over the top in magenta madness using the sentiment from the Shaded Summer stamp set and adhere in place.

On the scraps of white card, stamp the large flower once in magenta madness and once in balmy blue and then fussy cut them both. Add the blue one to the card first with dimensionals and then add the magenta madness one over the top as shown.

I've stamped the small flowers on the inside of the card using balmy blue.

Add some gilded gems and the card is complete.

Please pop over and see what everyone else has made and see if you can get some inspiration from people you may not have seen before.

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Happy Crafting,

Karen X