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Monday, May 8, 2023

May Card Ministry

 Here are the three cards we'll be creating for St. John's Card Ministry this month.



Materials:

  • Artistically Inked stamp set

  • Artistic dies

  • Christian Birthdays stamp set

  • Inkpads: Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue, Smoky Slate, Pear Pizzazz

  • Cardstocks: Misty Moonlight, Basic White

  • Painted Texture embossing folder

  • Stampin' Dimensionals

Preparation:

  • Basic White card base 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored @ 4-1/4

  • Misty Moonlight 3-1/2 x 4-1/4

  • White  3-1/2 x 4-1/4 emboss

  • 1-3/4 x 2stamped greeting

  • White stamping flowers

Assemble Card:

  1. Basic White:

    • Stamp three large roses in Misty Moonlight ink (stamped off for one flower)

    • Stamp cluster of three small flowers in Balmy Blue and Smoky Slate ink

    • Stamp leaves (two doubles and one single) in Pear Pizzazz Ink

  1. Diecut all flowers and leaves

  2. Basic White: 1-3/4 x 2 Stamp Happy Birthday in Misty Moonlight

  3. Glue Misty Moonlight cs to Basic White card base angled to the left.

  4. Emboss 3-1/2 x 4-1/4 White cs with embossing folder then adhere over top of the Moonlight layer, this time angled to the right.

  5. Use glue and Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere flowers and leaves to the card front as shown, glue sentiment in bottom right area.

  6. Inside: stamp sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink and swirly swishes in Balmy Blue ink.

Materials:

  • Grassy Grove stamp set

  • Grove dies

  • Christian Birthday stamp set

  • Stampin' Dimensionals

  • Inks: Old Olive, Soft Suede, Shaded Spruce

  • Papers: Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Basic White, New Horizons DSP

Preparation:

  • Sahara Sand card base 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored @ 4-1/4

  • DSP 4-1/8 x 5-3/8

  • Basic White 3-1/2 x 2-3/8 stamped grass and trees

  • Basic White 2 x 2 stamped deer

  • Soft Suede 3-3/4 x 2-5/8

Assemble Card:

  1. Stamp Happy Birthday in Soft Suede ink at the top of Basic White 3-1/2 x 2-3/8

      • Stamp Trees in Shaded Spruce ink

      • Stamp grass in Old Olive ink

  1. Stamp deer in Soft Suede ink on 2 x 2 Basic White, then diecut

  2. Glue stamped white layer to Soft Suede layer

  3. Glue DSP to card front, then adhere deer diecut with two dimensionals

  4. Inside: stamp sentiment from Christian stamp set in Soft Suede ink, grass in Old Olive, and trees in Shaded Spruce


Materials:

  • Nature's Prints stamp set

  • Natural Prints dies

  • Cardstocks: Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, Pretty Prints DSP

  • Inks: Calypso Coral

Preparation:

  • Calypso Coral card base 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored @ 4-1/4

  • Very Vanilla inside 4 x 5-1/4

  • Very Vanilla 3-1/4 x 3-1/4

  • Very Vanilla stamped greeting 1-3/4 x 3

  • Very Vanilla stamped fern 2-3/4 x 3-3/4

  • DSP 3 x 3 outside layer

Assemble Card:

  1. Stamp flower bunch in Calypso Coral ink on the edges of the card base.

  2. Glue 3-1/4 x 3-1/4 Very Vanilla layer to card front top, glue 3 x 3 DSP on top.

  3. Stamp fern on 2-3/4 x 3-3/4 Very Vanilla, and "Birthday Wishes" on 1-3/4 x 3 Very Vanilla

  4. Diecut fern and birthday greeting

  5. Glue greeting and fern diecuts to card front

  6. Inside: stamp sentiment, flower and fern twice (one stamped off)