Lovely and Sweet Handmade Card
This simple Lovely and Sweet Handmade Card features the beautiful Softly Stippled Sale-A-Bration paper, which is available thru February 29, 2024. The grainy earth tones and textured pastels in this Paper make it the perfect background for this simple card.
To keep this card simple, I highlighted the flowers on the focal image so that it didn’t over power that gorgeous paper. This created a card with some depth but that was very easy to make!
How To Make This Card
Project Skill Level: Busy Bee
Busy Bee projects are designed for the beginner or busy papercrafter. This is a basic cardmaking project that can be achieved by someone who has never made a handmade card before. You can view more Busy Bee cards here.
Cardstock Measurements:
- Basic White Cardstock: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″
- Basic White Cardstock: 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″
- Wild Wheat CardstocK: 3-3/4″ x 5-1/8″
- Very Vanilla Cardstock: 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″
- Softly Stippled Paper (floral): 1-3/4″ x 3-1/8″
- Softly Stippled Paper (linen): 1-3/4″ x 2″
- Softly Stippled Paper (blue stripe): 1-3/4″ x 2-7/8″
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Step-by-Step Instructions:
- Fold the Basic White cardstock in half at the score line to create your card base.
- Using Wild Wheat ink, stamp the cross-hatch background onto the Very Vanilla Cardstock. Using the same ink, stamp the sentiment of choice onto the 1-3/4″ x 2″ piece of Softly Stippled paper (linen pattern.)
- Adhere the 3 pieces of Softly Stippled Paper and the Very Vanilla paper onto the 3-3/4″ x 5-1/8″ Wild Wheat Cardstock as shown in the sample. Adhere to the front of the card.
- Stamp the large flower using Black Memento ink onto the 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ piece of Basic White cardstock. Fussy cut out using your Paper Snips Scissors. (Note: if you have the Lovely & Sweet Bundle, you can cut this out with the floral die from the Bundle.)
- Color in the 2 flowers lightly using the Light Pool Party Blend.
- Cut about 8″ of the Balmy Blue Baker’s Twine from the Baker’s Twine 3-Color Pack and tie into a bow onto the stem of the flower. Adhere to the card as shown in the sample using Stampin’ Dimensionals to finish.
A Tip from Barb
This is the perfect card sketch for whenever you have some pretty paper you’d like to use! Just grab 2-3 colors from the paper you want to use and pull your coordinating cardstock, inks and any embellishments you’d like! An easy peasy card without any stress – I love when my pretty paper can do the heavy lifting on my cards!😊
Thanks for stopping by for today’s card tutorial! My goal is to help you make quick & easy greeting cards for all occasions. If you’d like more detailed directions on how to make this card, feel free to email me. I hope you’ll join me again for more card-making ideas!
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